Form: 10-Q

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

August 6, 2024



Final Version

EXHIBIT A TO AMENDMENT NO. 5
Conformed Credit Agreement reflecting changes pursuant to
Amendment No. 5, dated as of June 27, 2024
ABL CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of May 31, 2018
as amended as of November 15, 2019,
as further amended and restated as of July 14, 2021,
and as further amended and restated as of July 29, 2022,
and as further amended as of June 27, 2024
among
THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC.,
as US Borrower,
THE HILLMAN GROUP CANADA ULC,
as Canadian Borrower,
THE HILLMAN COMPANIES, INC.,
as Holdings,
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY HERETO,
as Lenders and Issuing Banks,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
as Administrative Agent and Swingline Lender,

and

BARCLAYS BANK PLC, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (ACTING THROUGH ITS CANADA BRANCH), MUFG UNION BANK, N.AMUFG BANK, LTD. and PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners


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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS    2
Section 1.01.    Defined Terms    2
Section 1.02.    Classification of Revolving Loans and Borrowings    7981
Section 1.03.    Terms Generally    8081
Section 1.04.    Accounting Terms; GAAP    8182
Section 1.05.    Effectuation of Transactions    8283
Section 1.06.    Timing of Payment of Performance    8283
Section 1.07.    Times of Day    8283
Section 1.08.    Currency Generally; Exchange Rate    8283
Section 1.09.    Cashless Rollovers    8384
Section 1.10.    Certain Conditions, Calculations and Tests    8385
Section 1.11.    Rounding    8889
Section 1.12.    Divisions.    8889
Section 1.13.    Quebec Terms.    8889
Section 1.14.    Alternate Currencies.    8890
ARTICLE II THE CREDITS    8991
Section 2.01.    Commitments    8991
Section 2.02.    Loans and Borrowings    9092
Section 2.03.    Requests for Borrowings    9193
Section 2.05.    Letters of Credit.    9496
Section 2.07.    Funding of Borrowings    101103
Section 2.08.    Type; Interest Elections    102104
Section 2.09.    Termination and Reduction of Commitments    103105
Section 2.10.    Repayment of Revolving Loans; Evidence of Debt    104106
Section 2.11.    Prepayment of Revolving Loans    105107
Section 2.12.    Fees    107109
Section 2.13.    Interest    108110
Section 2.14.    Benchmark Replacement Setting    110112
Section 2.15.    Increased Costs    111113
Section 2.16.    Break Funding Payments    112115
Section 2.17.    Taxes    113115
Section 2.18.    Payments Generally; Allocation of Proceeds; Sharing of Payments    117120
Section 2.19.    Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders    121123
Section 2.20.    Illegality    122125
Section 2.21.    Defaulting Lenders    123126
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Section 2.22.    Incremental Credit Extensions    126129
Section 2.23.    Extensions of Revolving Loans and Additional Revolving Commitments    128131
Section 2.24.    Swingline Loans.    130133
Section 2.25.    Reallocation Mechanism    133136
Section 2.26.    Segregation of Canadian Facility    134137
Section 2.27.    Erroneous Payments    134137
Section 2.28.    CDOR Rate Successor    135
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES    136138
Section 3.01.    Organization; Powers    136138
Section 3.02.    Authorization; Enforceability    136139
Section 3.03.    Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts    136139
Section 3.04.    Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect    136139
Section 3.05.    Properties    137139
Section 3.06.    Litigation and Environmental Matters    137140
Section 3.07.    Compliance with Laws    138140
Section 3.08.    Investment Company Status    138141
Section 3.09.    Taxes    138141
Section 3.10.    ERISA    138141
Section 3.11.    Disclosure    138141
Section 3.12.    Solvency    139142
Section 3.13.    Capitalization and Subsidiaries    139142
Section 3.14.    Security Interest in Collateral    139142
Section 3.15.    Labor Disputes    139143
Section 3.16.    Federal Reserve Regulations    140143
Section 3.17.    Sanctions and Anti-Corruption Laws    140143
Section 3.18.    Borrowing Base Certificates.    140144
Section 3.19.    Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts    141144
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS    141144
Section 4.01.    Closing Date    141144
Section 4.02.    Each Credit Extension    143147
ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS    144148
Section 5.01.    Financial Statements and Other Reports    144148
Section 5.02.    Existence    149152
Section 5.03.    Payment of Taxes    149153
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Section 5.04.    Maintenance of Properties    149153
Section 5.05.    Insurance    149153
Section 5.06.    Inspections    150154
Section 5.07.    Maintenance of Books and Records    151155
Section 5.08.    Compliance with Laws    151155
Section 5.09.    Compliance with Environmental Laws    151155
Section 5.10.    Designation of Subsidiaries    152156
Section 5.11.    Use of Proceeds    152157
Section 5.12.    Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security    152157
Section 5.13.    [Reserved]    154159
Section 5.14.    Further Assurances    154159
Section 5.15.    Cash Management.    154159
ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS    157162
Section 6.01.    Indebtedness    157162
Section 6.02.    Liens    163168
Section 6.03.    No Further Negative Pledges    167172
Section 6.04.    Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness    169174
Section 6.05.    Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions    173178
Section 6.06.    Investments    175180
Section 6.07.    Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets    178183
Section 6.08.    [Reserved].    182187
Section 6.09.    Transactions with Affiliates    182187
Section 6.10.    Conduct of Business    184189
Section 6.11.    [Reserved].    184189
Section 6.12.    Amendments of or Waivers with Respect to Restricted Debt    184189
Section 6.13.    Fiscal Year    185190
Section 6.14.    Permitted Activities of Holdings    185190
Section 6.15.    Financial Covenant    186192
ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT    187193
Section 7.01.    Events of Default    187193
ARTICLE VIII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT    191196
ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS    199204
Section 9.01.    Notices    199204
Section 9.02.    Waivers; Amendments    202207
Section 9.03.    Expenses; Indemnity    206211
Section 9.04.    Waiver of Claim    208213
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Section 9.05.    Successors and Assigns    208213
Section 9.06.    Survival    214219
Section 9.07.    Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution    214220
Section 9.08.    Severability    215220
Section 9.09.    Right of Setoff    215221
Section 9.10.    Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process    216221
Section 9.11.    Waiver of Jury Trial    217222
Section 9.12.    Headings    217223
Section 9.13.    Confidentiality    217223
Section 9.14.    No Fiduciary Duty    218224
Section 9.15.    Several Obligations    219225
Section 9.16.    USA PATRIOT Act    219225
Section 9.17.    Canadian Anti-Money Laundering    219225
Section 9.18.    Disclosure    219226
Section 9.19.    Appointment for Perfection    219226
Section 9.20.    Interest Rate Limitation    220226
Section 9.21.    ABL Intercreditor Agreement    221227
Section 9.22.    Conflicts    221228
Section 9.23.    Release of Certain Loan Parties    221228
Section 9.24.    Judgment Currency    222229
Section 9.25.    Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions    222229
Section 9.26.    Lender Representation    223230
Section 9.27.    Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs.    224231
Section 9.28.    Amendment and Restatement    225232


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SCHEDULES:
Schedule 1.01(a) Commitment Schedule
Schedule 1.01(d) Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 3.13 Subsidiaries
Schedule 3.15 Labor Disputes
Schedule 3.19 Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts
Schedule 5.10 Unrestricted Subsidiaries
Schedule 6.01 Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 6.02 Existing Liens
Schedule 6.06 Existing Investments
Schedule 9.01 Lead Borrower’s Website Address for Electronic Delivery
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit A Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B-1 Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit B-2 Form of Letter of Credit Request
Exhibit B-3 Form of Swingline Loan Request
Exhibit C Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit D Form of Interest Election Request
Exhibit E Form of Perfection Certificate
Exhibit F Form of Perfection Certificate Supplement
Exhibit G Form of Promissory Note
Exhibit H
Form of Loan Guaranty Agreement
Exhibit I-1
Form of US Pledge and Security Agreement
Exhibit I-2
Form of Canadian Security Agreement
Exhibit J-1 Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit J-2
Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit J-3
Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit J-4
Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit K
Form of Solvency Certificate
Exhibit L
Form of ABL Intercreditor Agreement
Exhibit M Form of US and Canadian Borrowing Base Certificate
Exhibit N Form of Hedge Agreement Designation Notice

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ABL CREDIT AGREEMENT
ABL CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of May 31, 2018, as amended as of November 15, 2019 and as further amended and restated as of July 14, 2021, and as further amended and restated as of July 29, 2022 (this “Agreement”), by and among The Hillman Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “US Borrower”), The Hillman Group Canada ULC, a British Columbia unlimited liability company (the “Canadian Borrower”), The Hillman Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (as successor in merger to Hillman Investment Company), (“Holdings”), the Lenders and Issuing Banks from time to time party hereto and Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”), in its capacities as administrative agent and collateral agent (the “Administrative Agent”) and the Swingline Lender, with Barclays, Bank of America, N.A., Bank of America, N.A. (acting through its Canada Branch), MUFG Union Bank, N.ALTD. and PNC Capital Markets LLC as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners (in such capacities, the “Arrangers” and each, an “Arranger”).
RECITALS
A.    The Borrowers, Holdings, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent, were party to that certain ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2018 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, the “Original Credit Agreement”; the Original Credit Agreement as modified by Amendment No. 2, the “Existing Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders party to the Original Credit Agreement made certain loans and other extensions of credit to the Borrowers.
B.    Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into HMAN (the “Merger”), with HMAN as the surviving corporation, and as result of the Merger, Holdings and the US Borrower became indirect Subsidiaries of Landcadia Parent.
C.    In connection with the consummation of the Merger, (i) Landcadia Parent obtained equity financing proceeds in an aggregate amount of $375.0 million pursuant to a private placement of its Class A common stock (the “PIPE Investment”) to the PIPE Investors, (ii) Landcadia Parent redeemed its Class A common stock in connection with the Merger (the “Landcadia Stock Redemption”), and (iii) trust cash held by Landcadia Parent from Landcadia Parent’s initial public offering remaining after the Landcadia Stock Redemption and the proceeds of the PIPE Investment was applied to consummate the Transactions, including the Trust Preferred Redemption, the payment of certain Transaction Costs and the contribution directly or indirectly to the US Borrower to be applied, together with the proceeds of the Term Facility and any borrowings under the ABL Facility on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, to effect the Refinancing (as defined in the Term Credit Agreement).
D.    The US Borrower (i) requested that the Lenders (as defined in the Term Credit Agreement) extend credit in the form of senior secured term loan credit facilities in an aggregate principal amount of $1.035 billion comprised of (1) a $835.0 million term loan facility and (2) a $200.0 million delayed draw term loan facility, and (ii) obtained, together with the Canadian Borrower, an asset-based revolving credit facility under Amendment No. 2 in an aggregate principal amount equal to $250.0 million.
E.    This Agreement restates, supersedes and replaces the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety. The parties hereto agree that (i) the Obligations of the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date shall remain outstanding without novation and shall constitute continuing
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Obligations and (ii) the extensions of credit under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.

DEFINITIONS
1.1.Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
30-Day Average Availability” means, during the 30-consecutive day period immediately preceding the relevant date of calculation, the quotient, obtained by dividing (a) the sum of each day’s Availability during the 30-consecutive day period immediately preceding the relevant date of calculation by (b) thirty (30) days.
ABL Intercreditor Agreement” means (a) the ABL Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit L hereto, dated as of the Closing Date, and as amended and restated as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, by and among the Administrative Agent, the Term Agent and the other parties thereto from time to time and acknowledged by the US Loan Parties, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time; (b) an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement as in effect on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date with any material modifications which are reasonably acceptable to the Lead Borrower and the Administrative Agent; and (c) if requested by the Lead Borrower, an intercreditor agreement the terms of which are consistent with market terms governing security arrangements for the sharing of Liens and Collateral proceeds on a Split Collateral Basis at the time the intercreditor agreement is proposed to be established, so long as the terms of such intercreditor agreement are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower; provided, that (i) if required by the Administrative Agent prior to agreeing that any form (or modification) is reasonably acceptable to it, the form of any other intercreditor agreement shall be deemed acceptable to the Administrative Agent (and the Lenders) if posted to the Lenders and not objected to by the Required Lenders within five (5) Business Days thereafter, (ii) any ABL Intercreditor Agreement shall be limited to terms governing the sharing of Liens and the relative rights and obligations of the secured parties regarding Collateral (other than Canadian Collateral) and the proceeds thereof and shall not restrict or limit any Indebtedness or the terms and conditions thereof (including any amendments and refinancings) to the extent such Indebtedness would otherwise be permitted by the Loan Documents and (iii) in no event shall an ABL Intercreditor Agreement provide that any Indebtedness secured by Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral be secured by Liens on such ABL Priority Collateral that are pari passu with or senior to the Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing the First Priority Secured Obligations.
ABL Priority Collateral” means US ABL Priority Collateral and Canadian Collateral.
ABR”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such Borrowing, bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
ABR Revolving Loan” means a Revolving Loan to the US Borrower bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
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Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in the UCC (and/or, with respect to any Accounts of any Canadian Loan Party, as defined in the PPSA), including all rights to payment for Inventory, merchandise and goods sold or leased, or for services rendered.
Account Debtor” means any Person obligated on an Account.
ACH” means automated clearing house transfers.
Acquired Canadian Eligible Accounts” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Canadian Borrowing Base”.
Acquired Canadian Eligible Inventory” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Canadian Borrowing Base”.
Acquired US Eligible Accounts” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “US Borrowing Base”.
Acquired US Eligible Inventory” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “US Borrowing Base”.
Additional Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VIII.
Additional Revolving Commitments” means any revolving credit commitment added pursuant to Section 2.22 or 2.23.
Additional Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the aggregate Outstanding Amount at such time of all Additional Revolving Loans of such Lender, plus the aggregate outstanding amount at such time of such Lender’s LC Exposure and Swingline Exposure and participation interest in Protective Advances and Overadvances, in each case, attributable to its Additional Revolving Commitments.
Additional Revolving Facility” means any revolving credit facility added pursuant to Section 2.22 or 2.23.
Additional Revolving Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(b).
Additional Revolving Loans” means any Revolving Loan made hereunder pursuant to any Additional Revolving Commitments.
“Adjusted Term CORRA Rate” means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to (i) the Term CORRA Rate for such calculation plus (ii) the Applicable CORRA Adjustment.
Adjusted Term SOFR” means, for purposes of any calculation, an interest rate per annum equal to (i) Term SOFR plus (ii) the Applicable SOFR Adjustment.
Adjustment Date” means the first day of January, April, July and October of each calendar year.
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Administrative Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
Administrative Agent Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.15(b).
Administrative Questionnaire” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(d).
Adverse Proceeding” means any action, suit, proceeding (whether administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of Holdings, the Borrowers or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or before or by any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign (including any Environmental Claim), whether pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings, any Borrower or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries, threatened in writing, against or affecting Holdings, the Borrowers or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries or any property of Holdings, the Borrowers or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries.
Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with, that Person. No Person shall be an “Affiliate” of Holdings or any subsidiary thereof solely because it is an unrelated portfolio company of the Sponsor and none of the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates shall be considered an Affiliate of Holdings or any subsidiary thereof.
Aggregate Commitments” means, at any time, the sum of all Commitments at such time. As of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, the amount of Aggregate Commitments is $375.0 million.
Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this ABL Credit Agreement.
AHYDO” means “applicable high yield discount obligations” within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code.
Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 0.50%, (b) Term SOFR published on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day the next previous Business Day) for an Interest Period of one month (taking into account the Floor) plus 1.00%, (c) the Prime Rate and (d) 0.00%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Term SOFR, as the case may be, shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Term SOFR, as the case may be. If the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate for any reason, the Alternate Base Rate shall be determined without regard to clause (a) above until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist.
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Alternate Currency” means (a) as regards the US Borrower, any currency other than Dollars and (b) as regards the Canadian Borrower, any currency other than Dollars and Canadian Dollars, approved by the Lenders in accordance with Section 1.14.
Amendment No. 1” means that certain Amendment No. 1 to this Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2019, by and among the Borrowers, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Administrative Agent, certain Additional Lenders (as defined therein) and the Consenting Lenders (as defined therein).
Amendment No. 1 Effective Date” means November 15, 2019, being the date on which all conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 of Amendment No. 1 were satisfied.
Amendment No. 2” means that certain Amendment No. 2 to this Agreement, dated as of July 14, 2021, by and among Holdings, the Borrowers, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
Amendment No. 2 Effective Date” means July 14, 2021, being the date on which all conditions precedent set forth in Section 4 of Amendment No. 2 are satisfied or waived.
Amendment No. 2 Effective Date Material Adverse Effect” means a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Merger Agreement (as in effect on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date)).
Amendment No. 3” means that certain Amendment No. 3 to this Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, by and among Holdings, the Borrowers, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
Amendment No. 3 Effective Date” means July 29, 2022, being the date on which all conditions precedent set forth in Section 4 of Amendment No. 3 are satisfied or waived.
Applicable Creditor” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.24(b).
Applicable Intercreditor Agreement” means (a) in the case of Collateral, an ABL Intercreditor Agreement, and (b) otherwise, any Additional Agreement.
Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender for any Class, the percentage of the Aggregate Commitments for such Class represented by such Lender’s Commitment for such Class; provided that for purposes of Section 2.21 and otherwise herein, when there is a Defaulting Lender, any such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment shall be disregarded in the relevant calculations. In the event the Aggregate Commitments for any Class shall have expired or been terminated, the Applicable Percentages of any Lender of such Class shall be determined on the basis of the Revolving Credit Exposure of the applicable Lenders of such Class, giving effect to any assignments and to any Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of determination.
Applicable Rate” means, for any day,
(a)with respect to Initial Revolving Loans, any Overadvance or any Protective Advance, (x) to the extent the Total Leverage Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period) is greater than 2.75 to 1.00, the rate per annum applicable to the relevant Class of Revolving Loans set forth below, based upon the Average
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Availability for the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter; provided that until the first Adjustment Date following the completion of at least one (1) full Fiscal Quarter ended after the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, Average Availability shall be determined in accordance with the Existing Credit Agreement for the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date (which, for the avoidance of doubt, is Category 3):
Average Availability ABR Revolving Loans, Canadian Prime Rate Revolving Loans and Canadian Base Rate Revolving Loans
SOFR Revolving Loans and CDORTerm CORRA Rate Revolving Loans
Category 1
≥ 66%

0.25%

1.25%
Category 2
< 66% but ≥ 33%

0.50%

1.50%
Category 3
< 33%

0.75%

1.75%

or (y) to the extent the Total Leverage Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period) is less than or equal to 2.75 to 1.00, the rate per annum applicable to the relevant Class of Revolving Loans set forth below, based upon the Average Availability for the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter:

Average Availability ABR Revolving Loans, Canadian Prime Rate Revolving Loans and Canadian Base Rate Revolving Loans
SOFR Revolving Loans and CDORTerm CORRA Rate Revolving Loans
Category 1
≥ 50%

0.25%

1.25%
Category 2
< 50%

0.50%

1.50%
(b)with respect to any Additional Revolving Loan of any Class, the rate or rates per annum specified in the applicable Incremental Revolving Facility, or Extension Amendment.
The Applicable Rate pursuant to clause (a) shall be adjusted quarterly on a prospective basis on each Adjustment Date based upon the Average Availability in accordance with the table above; provided that if a Borrowing Base Certificate is not delivered when required pursuant to Section 5.01(l), the “Applicable Rate” shall be the rate per annum set forth above in Category 3 until such Borrowing Base Certificate is delivered in compliance with Section 5.01(l).
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“Applicable CORRA Adjustment” means, for any calculation with respect to a CORRA Rate Revolving Loan, a percentage per annum,
(i)with respect to Daily Simple CORRA Rate Loans, 0.10%; and
(ii)with respect to Term CORRA Rate Loans, 0.10%.
Applicable SOFR Adjustment” means, for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Revolving Loan, a percentage per annum,
(1)with respect to Daily Simple SOFR Loans, 0.10%; and
(2)with respect to Term SOFR Loans, 0.10%.
Approved Appraiser” means Hilco Valuation Services, LLC or any other appraiser or consultant approved in writing by the Lead Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) so long as no Specified Default is continuing, in which case the Lead Borrower’s consultation (but not approval) shall be required with respect to the appointment of an “Approved Appraiser”.
Arrangers” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
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 9.05), and accepted by the Administrative Agent in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower.
Availability” means as of any applicable date, the amount by which the Line Cap exceeds the Total Revolving Credit Exposure, in each case at such time.
Availability Reserve” means without duplication, (a) the Rent and Charges Reserve; (b) the Hedge Product Reserve, (c) the Banking Services Reserve; provided that reserves of the type described in this clause (c) shall be instituted only after consultation with the Lead Borrower; (d) the Priority Payable Reserve; (e) the GST, HST Tax Reserve; (f) the Royalty Reserve; and (g) such additional reserves not otherwise addressed in clauses (a) through (f) above, in such amounts and with respect to such matters, as the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion may elect to establish or modify from time to time.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) such Availability Reserves shall not be established or changed except upon not less than five (5) Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Lead Borrower) prior written notice to the Lead Borrower, which notice shall include a reasonably detailed description of such applicable Availability Reserve being established (during which period (a) the Administrative Agent shall, if requested, discuss any such Availability Reserve or change with the Lead Borrower and (b) the Lead Borrower may take such action as may be required so that the event, condition or matter that is the basis for such Availability Reserve or change thereto no longer exists or exists in a manner that would result in the establishment of a lower Availability Reserve or result in a lesser change thereto, in a manner and to the extent reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), (ii) the amount of any Availability Reserve established by the Administrative Agent, and any change in the amount of any Availability Reserve, shall be limited to such Availability Reserve or changes as the Administrative Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion to be necessary (a) to reflect items that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the value of the
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applicable Eligible Accounts or Eligible Inventory or (b) to reflect items that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the enforceability or priority of the Administrative Agent’s Liens on the applicable Collateral, and (iii) the amount of any Availability Reserve established by the Administrative Agent, and any change in the amount of any Availability Reserve, shall have a reasonable relationship to the event, condition or other matter that is the basis for such Availability Reserve, criteria, rate or such change; provided that (x) no Availability Reserves may be established after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date based on circumstances, contingencies, events, conditions or matters known to the Administrative Agent as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date for which no Availability Reserve was imposed on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date or criteria included in the definitions of Eligible Accounts or Eligible Inventory, in each case, as in effect on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, unless such events, conditions or matters have changed in any material adverse respect since the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, (y) in no event shall any Availability Reserve with respect to any component of the Borrowing Base duplicate any Availability Reserve or adjustment already accounted for in determining eligibility criteria (including collection and/or advance rates) and (z) no Availability Reserve shall be imposed on the first 5% of dilution of Accounts and thereafter no dilution Availability Reserve shall exceed 1% for each incremental whole percentage in dilution over 5% (it being agreed that partial percentage point reserves are permitted (e.g., a reserve for 0.1 percentage points where dilution is 5.1%)). Notwithstanding clause (i) of the preceding sentence, changes to the Availability Reserves solely for purposes of correcting mathematical or clerical errors (and such other changes as are otherwise agreed to by the Lead Borrower) shall only be subject to a notice period of one (1) Business Day, it being understood that no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to result therefrom, if applicable, for a period of five (5) Business Days.
Available Amount” means, at any time, an amount equal to, without duplication:
(a)    the sum of:
(i)    the greater of $90.0 million and 35.0% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA; plus
(ii)    [reserved]; plus
(iii)    the amount of any Cash and Cash Equivalents (including from the proceeds of any property or assets (including Capital Stock)) and the Fair Market Value of property or assets contributed to the Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by any Parent Company or received by the Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in return for any issuance of Qualified Capital Stock to any Parent Company (but excluding any amounts (w) constituting a Cure Amount (or similar term with respect to an equity cure of a financial covenant default), (x) received from the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (y) the proceeds of equity used to incur Contribution Indebtedness, or (z) consisting of the proceeds of any loan or advance made pursuant to Section 6.06(h)(ii)), in each case, during the period from and including the day immediately following the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date through and including such time; plus
(iv)    the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness or Disqualified Capital Stock, in each case, of the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness or such Disqualified Capital Stock issued to the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary), which has been directly or indirectly converted into or exchanged
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for Qualified Capital Stock of the Lead Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Company (or contributed to the Lead Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Company and cancelled), together with the Fair Market Value of any Cash Equivalents and the Fair Market Value of any property or assets received by the Lead Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary upon such exchange, conversion or contribution, in each case, during the period from and including the day immediately following the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date through and including such time; plus
(v)    the net proceeds received by the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during the period from and including the day immediately following the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date through and including such time in connection with the Disposition to any Person (other than the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) of any acquisition or Investment made in reliance on amounts available under Section 6.06(r); plus
(vi)    the aggregate proceeds received by the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during the period from and including the day immediately following the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date through and including such time in connection with returns, profits, distributions and similar amounts received in Cash, Cash Equivalents and/or the Fair Market Value of any property or assets, including cash principal repayments and interest payments of loans, in each case, received in respect of any Investment made after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date in reliance on amounts available under Section 6.06(r); plus
(vii)    an amount equal to the sum of (A) the amount of any Investments by the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in reliance on amounts available under Section 6.06(r) in any Unrestricted Subsidiary (in an amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of Investments in such Unrestricted Subsidiary) that has been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or is liquidated, wound up or dissolved into, the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (B) the amount of Cash, Cash Equivalents and the Fair Market Value of the property or assets of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that have been transferred, conveyed or otherwise distributed to the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, during the period from and including the day immediately following the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date through and including such time and (C) the net proceeds received by the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during the period from and including the day immediately following the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date through and including such time in connection with the sale, transfer or other disposition (other than to Holdings, the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that was previously a Restricted Subsidiary and designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent such proceeds have not otherwise increased any other Restricted Payment basket under Section 6.04(a); plus
(viii)    the amount of any “Declined Proceeds” (as defined in the Term Credit Agreement); minus
(b)    an amount equal to the sum of (i) Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 6.04(a)(iii), plus (ii) Restricted Debt Payments made pursuant to Section 6.04(b)(vi), plus
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(iii) Investments made pursuant to Section 6.06(r), in each case, after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and prior to such time or contemporaneously therewith.
Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then current Benchmark, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 2.14(d).
Average Availability” means, on the applicable Adjustment Date, the quotient, expressed as a percentage, obtained by dividing (a) the average daily Availability for the Fiscal Quarter immediately preceding such Adjustment Date by (b) the average daily Line Cap for such Fiscal Quarter. In determining “Average Availability”, the Borrowing Base as of any day shall be calculated by reference to the most recent Borrowing Base Certificates delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to such day pursuant to Section 5.01(l).
Average Usage” means, on the applicable Adjustment Date, the quotient, expressed as a percentage, obtained by dividing (a) the average daily Outstanding Amount of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure for the Fiscal Quarter immediately preceding such Adjustment Date by (b) the average daily Aggregate Commitments (other than Commitments of Defaulting Lenders) for such Fiscal Quarter.
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, regulation, rule 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).
Banking Services” means each and any of the following bank services provided to Holdings, any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (a) under any arrangement that is in effect on the Closing Date between Holdings, any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and a counterparty that is (or is an Affiliate or branch of) the Administrative Agent, any Lender or an Arranger as of the Closing Date or (b) under any arrangement that is entered into after the Closing Date by Holdings, any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with any counterparty that is (or is an Affiliate or branch of) the Administrative Agent, any Lender or an Arranger at the time such arrangement is entered into: commercial credit cards, stored value cards, purchasing cards, treasury management services, netting services, overdraft protections, check drawing services, corporate payment systems, automated payment services (including depository, overdraft, controlled disbursement, ACH transactions, return items and interstate depository network services), employee credit card programs, cash pooling services, supply chain finance and any arrangements or services similar to any of the foregoing and/or otherwise in connection with Cash management and Deposit Accounts.
Banking Services Obligations” means any and all obligations of Holdings, the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether absolute or contingent and however and whenever
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created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), in connection with Banking Services, in each case, that has been designated to the Administrative Agent in writing by the Lead Borrower as being Banking Services Obligations for the purposes of the Loan Documents, it being understood that each counterparty thereto shall be deemed (A) to appoint the Administrative Agent as its non-fiduciary agent under the applicable Loan Documents and (B) to agree to be bound by the provisions of Article VIII, Section 9.03, Section 9.10, Section 9.11 and the ABL Intercreditor Agreement (and any other applicable Additional Agreement) as if it were a Lender.
Banking Services Reserve” means the aggregate amount of reserves established by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its Permitted Discretion in respect of Secured Banking Services Obligations.
Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.).
Barclays” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
Benchmark” means, initially, with respect to U.S. Dollars, Term SOFR and with respect to Canadian Dollars, the Term CORRA Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to Term SOFR or, the Term CORRA Rate or any then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.14(a).
Benchmark Replacement” means, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:
(a)(a) in the case of any Borrowing denominated in U.S. Dollars, the sum of: (ai) Daily Simple SOFR and (bii) the Applicable SOFR Adjustment and (b) in the case of any Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars, the sum of: (i) the Daily Simple CORRA Rate and (ii) the Applicable CORRA Adjustment;
(b)the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) the then-prevailing market convention or any evolving market convention that the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower reasonably expect to become the prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for U.S. dollar-denominated broadly syndicated credit facilities at such time and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;
provided that, in the case of clause (1), such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement is displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion and in consultation with the Lead Borrower; provided further, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, if the then-prevailing market convention or any evolving market convention that the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower reasonably expect to become the prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for U.S. dollar-denominated broadly syndicated credit facilities is not Daily Simple SOFR, at the request of the Lead Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, the Benchmark Replacement may be
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determined pursuant to clause (2) above. If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date or (ii) the then-prevailing market convention or any evolving market convention that the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower reasonably expect to become the prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable currency at such time.
Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Alternate Base Rate,” “Canadian Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides, and the Lead Borrower reasonably agrees, are appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement that permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with the prevailing market practice for U.S. dollar denominated broadly syndicated credit facilities (or, if the Administrative Agent decides in its reasonable discretion that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent decides, and the Lead Borrower reasonably agrees, that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower reasonably agree is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(c)in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein (subject to the proviso therein) and (b) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); and
(d)in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date of the publicon which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-
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representative; provided that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication of information referenced therein and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and (ii) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(e)a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(f)a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(g)a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longernot, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
Benchmark Unavailability Period” means the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.14 and (y) ending at the time that
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a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.14.
Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding individual beneficial ownership solely to the extent expressly required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in 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”.
Blocked Account Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.15(a).
Blocked Accounts” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.15(a).
Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the U.S.
Borrower Materials” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(d).
Borrowers” means, collectively, the US Borrower and the Canadian Borrower, and each, individually, a “Borrower”.
Borrowing” means any (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type and Class made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of SOFR Revolving Loans or CDORTerm CORRA Rate Revolving Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect, (b) incurrence of Swingline Loans or (c) Protective Advance.
Borrowing Base” means, at any time of calculation, the aggregate amount of the US Borrowing Base and the Canadian Borrowing Base.
Borrowing Base Certificates” means the US Borrowing Base Certificate or Canadian Borrowing Base Certificate, as applicable.
Borrowing Request” means a request by any Borrower (or the Lead Borrower on its behalf) for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03 and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-1 or such other form that is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and such Borrower (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 applicable Borrower.
Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City, New York or Toronto, Ontario are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that when used in connection with any CDORTerm CORRA Rate Revolving Loan or Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars any funding, disbursement, settlement and/or payments in Canadian Dollars in respect of such CDORTerm CORRA Rate Revolving Loan or Letter of Credit or any other dealing in Canadian Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such CDORTerm CORRA Rate Revolving Loan or Letter of Credit, the term “Business Day”
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shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in Canadian Dollar deposits in the Toronto interbank market.
Canadian AML Laws” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17.
Canadian Base Rate” means, at any time, the annual rate of interest equal to the highest of (a) the Prime Rate, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 0.50%, (c) Term SOFR published on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day the next previous Business Day) for an Interest Period of one month (taking into account the Floor) plus 1.00%. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, the applicable Canadian Base Rate shall at no time be less than 0.00% per annum.
Canadian Base Rate Revolving Loans” means Revolving Loans to the Canadian Borrower denominated in Dollars and bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Canadian Base Rate.
Canadian Borrower” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
Canadian Borrowing Base” means the Dollar Equivalent sum of the following as set forth in the most recently delivered Canadian Borrowing Base Certificate:
(a)85% of the Canadian Loan Parties’ Eligible Accounts; plus
(b)the lesser of (i) 85% of the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of the Canadian Loan Parties’ Eligible Inventory or (ii) 75% of the lower of (A) the market value (on a first in first out basis) or (B) the book value of the Canadian Loan Parties’ Eligible Inventory (in each case, as determined by Canadian Borrower (or the Lead Borrower on its behalf) in good faith); plus
(c)the positive amount, if any, by which the US Borrowing Base exceeds the total Initial US Revolving Credit Exposure (without giving effect to any increase in the US Borrowing Base pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “US Borrowing Base”); plus
(d)100% of Qualified Cash of the Canadian Loan Parties up to an amount not exceeding $20.0 million in the aggregate; minus
(e)any Availability Reserve established in connection with the foregoing.
In connection with any Specified Transaction, the Canadian Borrower may submit a Canadian Borrowing Base Certificate reflecting a calculation of the Canadian Borrowing Base that includes Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory (otherwise satisfying the criteria in respect thereof, contained in such definition) acquired by Canadian Loan Parties in connection with such Specified Transaction (the “Acquired Canadian Eligible Accounts” and the “Acquired Canadian Eligible Inventory”, respectively) and, from and after the Specified Transaction Date, the Canadian Borrowing Base hereunder shall be calculated giving effect thereto; provided that prior to the completion of a field examination and inventory appraisal with respect to such Acquired Canadian Eligible Accounts and Acquired Canadian Eligible Inventory, such adjustment to the Canadian Borrowing Base shall only be available if a customary desktop audit with respect to such assets reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion has been completed and shall be limited to, from the Specified Transaction Date until the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Specified Transaction Date, the aggregate amount of Acquired Canadian Eligible Accounts and Acquired Canadian Eligible Inventory
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included in the Canadian Borrowing Base prior to the completion of a field examination and inventory appraisal with respect thereto, shall not exceed 10% of the Canadian Borrowing Base (calculated after giving effect to the inclusion (up to such 10% cap) of the Acquired Canadian Eligible Accounts and Acquired Canadian Eligible Inventory as to which a field examination and inventory appraisal has not been performed). From the ninety-first (91st) day following the Specified Transaction Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree), the Canadian Borrowing Base shall be calculated without reference to the Acquired Canadian Eligible Accounts and the Acquired Canadian Eligible Inventory until a field examination and inventory appraisal has been completed with respect to such assets; it being understood and agreed that (x) there shall be no Default or Event of Default solely as a result of a failure to complete and deliver such inventory appraisal and field examination on or prior to the dates indicated above and (y) the performance of such inventory appraisal and field examination on the Acquired Canadian Eligible Accounts and the Acquired Canadian Eligible Inventory shall not count toward the limitations on the number of inventory appraisals and field examinations contained in Section 5.06(b).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) for the period from and including the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date until the ninetieth (90) day after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (or (A) such earlier date on which the Canadian Borrower delivers an inventory appraisal and field examination reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or (B) such later date as the Administrative Agent agrees to in its Permitted Discretion) and (ii) for purposes of the Canadian Borrowing Base Certificate required to be delivered on or prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, the Canadian Borrowing Base shall be the Canadian Borrowing Base as specified in the most recent Canadian Borrowing Base Certificate delivered under the Original Credit Agreement; provided that the Canadian Borrowing Base shall be deemed to be $0 if such inventory appraisal and field examination are not delivered by the ninety-first (91st) day after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent agrees to in its Permitted Discretion).
Canadian Borrowing Base Certificate” means a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Canadian Borrower, in substantially the form of Exhibit M, as such form, subject to the terms hereof, may from time to time be modified as agreed by the Canadian Borrower and the Administrative Agent or such other form which is acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
Canadian Collateral” means any and all property of any Canadian Loan Party subject (or purported to be subject) to a Lien under any Collateral Document and any and all other property of any Canadian Loan Party, now existing or hereafter acquired, that is or becomes subject (or purported to be subject) to a Lien pursuant to any Collateral Document, in each case, to secure the Canadian Secured Obligations.
Canadian Concentration Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.15(a).
Canadian Dollars” or “C$” refers to the lawful money of Canada.
Canadian Employee” means any employee or former employee of the Canadian Borrower or any other Canadian Loan Party.
Canadian Employee Plan” means any employee benefit, health, welfare, supplemental unemployment benefit, bonus, pension, supplemental pension, profit sharing, retiring allowance, severance, deferred compensation, stock compensation, stock purchase, unit purchase, retirement, life, hospitalization insurance, medical, dental, disability or other employment group or similar benefit or
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employment plans or supplemental arrangements applicable to the Canadian Employees but does not include any Canadian Pension Plan.
Canadian Hedge Product Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Canadian Secured Hedging Obligations”.
Canadian LC Collateral Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(j).
Canadian LC Exposure” means at any time, the sum of (a) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Canadian Letters of Credit at such time and (b) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all LC Disbursements with respect to Canadian Letters of Credit that have not yet been reimbursed at such time. The Canadian LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall equal its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate Canadian LC Exposure at such time.
Canadian Letter of Credit” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(a)(i)(B).
Canadian Letter of Credit Sublimit” means $15.012.0 million, subject to increase in accordance with Section 2.22.
Canadian Line Cap” means at any time, the lesser of (i) the aggregate Initial Canadian Commitment and (ii) the then-applicable Canadian Borrowing Base.
Canadian Loan Party” any Loan Party that is a Canadian Person.
Canadian Lockbox” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.15(a).
Canadian Obligations” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest, fees and expenses (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Initial Canadian Revolving Loans, any Additional Revolving Loans made to the Canadian Borrower, all Canadian Overadvances, all Canadian Protective Advances, all Canadian LC Exposure, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and all other advances to, debts, liabilities and obligations of the Canadian Loan Parties to the Lenders or to any Lender, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any indemnified party arising under the Loan Documents in respect of any Initial Canadian Revolving Loan, any Additional Revolving Loans made to the Canadian Borrower, Canadian Overadvance, Canadian Protective Advance, Canadian Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute, contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising.
Canadian Overadvance” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04(b).
Canadian Pension Plans” means each pension plan required to be registered under Canadian federal or provincial law that is maintained or contributed to by Canadian Loan Parties for their employees or former employees, but does not include the Canada Pension Plan or the Quebec Pension Plan as maintained by the Government of Canada or the Province of Quebec, respectively.
Canadian Person” means any Person that is incorporated, organized or formed under the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof.
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Canadian Prime Rate” means the per annum rate of interest established as the “prime rate” of Royal Bank of Canada which it quotes or establishes for such day as its reference rate of interest in order to determine interest rates for commercial loans made by it in Canadian Dollars in Canada which shall not be less than the one (1) month CDORAdjusted Term CORRA Rate plus 1.00%, with any such rate to be adjusted automatically without notice, as of the opening of business on the effective date of any change in such rate; provided that the Canadian Prime Rate shall at no time be less than zero.
Canadian Prime Rate Revolving Loans” means Revolving Loans made to the Canadian Borrower denominated in Canadian Dollars and bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Canadian Prime Rate.
Canadian Protective Advance” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(a).
Canadian Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Initial Canadian Revolving Credit Exposure or unused Initial Canadian Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Initial Canadian Revolving Credit Exposure and such unused Initial Canadian Commitments at such time; provided that the Initial Canadian Revolving Credit Exposure and unused Initial Canadian Commitments of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarding in the determination of the Canadian Required Lenders at any time.
Canadian Restricted Subsidiary” means, as to the Canadian Borrower, any subsidiary of the Canadian Borrower that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Canadian Secured Banking Services Obligations” means the Banking Services Obligations of the Canadian Loan Parties provided by Secured Banking Services Providers.
Canadian Secured Hedging Obligations” means all Hedging Obligations (other than any Excluded Swap Obligations) under each Hedge Agreement between any Canadian Loan Party and a counterparty that is or becomes an Administrative Agent, a Lender, an Arranger or any Affiliate or branch of the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Arranger, for which such Canadian Loan Party agrees to provide security and in each case that has been designated to the Administrative Agent in writing by the Canadian Borrower as being a Canadian Secured Hedging Obligation for purposes of the Loan Documents, it being understood that each counterparty thereto shall be deemed (A) to appoint the Administrative Agent as its agent under the applicable Loan Documents and (B) to agree to be bound by the provisions of Article 8, Section 9.03, and Section 9.10 and the ABL Intercreditor Agreement as if it were a Lender; provided that for any such Canadian Secured Hedging Obligations to constitute “Designated Hedging Obligations,” the applicable Canadian Loan Party must have provided written notice to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit N notifying the Administrative Agent of (i) the existence of the applicable Hedge Agreement and (ii) the maximum amount of obligations of the applicable Canadian Loan Party that may arise thereunder (the “Canadian Hedge Product Amount”). The Canadian Hedge Product Amount may be changed from time to time upon written notice to the Administrative Agent by the applicable Secured Party and Canadian Loan Party. No Canadian Hedge Product Amount may be established or increased at any time that a Default or Event of Default exists, or if a reserve in such amount would cause a Canadian Overadvance.
Canadian Secured Obligations” means all Secured Obligations of the Canadian Loan Parties.
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Canadian Security Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Canadian ABL Pledge and Security Agreement among the Canadian Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Canadian Borrower, and to the extent that a Canadian Loan Party has a place of business, registered office, chief executive office or tangible property in the province of Quebec, such term shall include each deed of hypothec and all related documents as may be applicable.
Canadian Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Canadian Borrower that is a Canadian Person.
Canadian Successor Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.07(a).
Canadian Super Majority Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Initial Canadian Revolving Credit Exposure and unused Initial Canadian Commitments representing more than 66 2/3% of the sum of the aggregate Initial Canadian Revolving Credit Exposure and such unused Initial Canadian Commitments of all Lenders at such time; provided that the Initial Canadian Revolving Credit Exposure and unused Initial Canadian Commitment of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in the determination of the Canadian Super Majority Lenders at any time.
Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease or finance lease on the balance sheet of that Person (but excluding any operating or non-finance lease regardless of whether the obligations thereunder are included as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person).
Capital Stock” means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation), including partnership interests and membership interests, and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase or other arrangements or rights to acquire any of the foregoing, but excluding for the avoidance of doubt any Indebtedness convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing.
Captive Insurance Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Lead Borrower that is maintained as a self-insurance subsidiary and is subject to regulation as an insurance company (and any Restricted Subsidiary thereof).
Cash” means money, currency or a credit balance in any Deposit Account.
Cash Dominion Period” means (a) each Liquidity Period or (b) the period during which any Specified Default has occurred and is continuing.
Cash Equivalents” means, as at any date of determination, (a) readily marketable securities (i) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed or insured as to interest and principal by the U.S. or Canadian government or (ii) issued by any agency or instrumentality of the U.S. or Canada, the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. or Canada, in each case maturing within one (1) year after such date and, in each case, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating thereto; (b) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the U.S. or province or territory of Canada or any political subdivision of any such state, province or territory or any public instrumentality thereof or by any foreign government, in each case maturing within one (1)
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year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least P-2 from Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency) and, in each case, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating thereto; (c) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1) year from the date of creation thereof and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least P-2 from Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency); (d) deposits, money market deposits, time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances (or similar instruments) maturing within one (1) year after such date and issued or accepted by any Lender or by any bank organized under, or authorized to operate as a bank under, the laws of the U.S. or Canada, any state or province, as applicable, thereof or the District of Columbia or any political subdivision thereof and that has capital and surplus of not less than $100.0 million and, in each case, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating thereto; (e) shares of any money market mutual fund that has (i) substantially all of its assets invested in the types of investments referred to in clauses (a) through (d) above, (ii) net assets of not less than $250.0 million and (iii) a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least P-2 from Moody’s and (f) solely with respect to any Captive Insurance Subsidiary, any investment such Captive Insurance Subsidiary is not prohibited to make in accordance with applicable law.
Cash Equivalents shall also include (x) Investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (a) through (f) above of foreign obligors, which Investments or obligors (or the parent companies thereof) have the ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies and (y) other short-term Investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in Investments analogous to the Investments described in clauses (a) through (f) and in this paragraph.
“CDOR Rate” means the rate of interest per annum equal to the average rate for Canadian bankers’ acceptances for a term comparable to the relevant Interest Period appearing on the “Refinitiv CDOR Page” (or comparable nationally recognized screen as determined by the Administrative Agent if the Refinitiv CDOR Page is not available) at or about 10:15 a.m. (Toronto time) two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such interest period (or such date, as applicable); provided that the CDOR Rate shall at no time be less than zero.
“CDOR Revolving Loans” means Revolving Loans to the Canadian Borrower denominated in Canadian Dollars and bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the CDOR Rate (except as set forth in the definition of Canadian Prime Rate).
CFPOA” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.17(b).
Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, treaty, rule or regulation after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, (b) any change in any law, treaty, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date or (c) compliance by any Lender (including the Swingline Lender) or any Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or Issuing Bank or by such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (other than any such request, guideline or directive to comply with any law, rule or regulation that was in effect on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date). For purposes of this definition and Section 2.15, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests,
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rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or U.S., Canadian or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above, be deemed to be a Change in Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.
Change of Control” means the earliest to occur of:
(a)    [reserved];
(b)    the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of Securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act, but excluding (i) any employee benefit plan and/or Person acting as the trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator therefor, (ii) one or more Permitted Holders, (iii) any group directly or indirectly controlled by one or more Permitted Holders, and (iv) any underwriter in connection with the initial public offering of the Capital Stock of Landcadia Parent solely for the purposes of facilitating the distribution of such Capital Stock and the “sponsors” of Landcadia Parent), of Capital Stock representing more than the greater of (A) 40% of the total voting power of all of the outstanding voting stock of Holdings and (B) the percentage of the total voting power of all of the outstanding voting stock of Holdings beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Permitted Holders; and
(c)    the Lead Borrower ceasing to be a direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Holdings (or any permitted successor hereunder);
provided that (x) a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred with respect to clause (b) above if the Permitted Holders have, at such time, the right or ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate for election a majority of the board of directors or similar governing body of Holdings, and (y) the creation of a Parent Company shall not in and of itself cause a Change of Control so long as at the time such Person became a Parent Company, (1) there is no change in the direct or indirect beneficial ownership of the total voting power of all of the outstanding voting stock of Holdings by the Permitted Holders or (2) no Person and no group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), including any such group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of Securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) (other than one or more Permitted Holders or any group directly or indirectly controlled by one or more Permitted Holders), shall have beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provisions), directly or indirectly, of 40% or more of the total voting power of all of the outstanding voting stock of Holdings.
Charge” means any charge, fee, loss, expense, cost, accrual or reserve of any kind.
Charged Amounts” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.20.
Class”, when used in reference to (a) any Revolving Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Initial US Revolving Loans, Initial Canadian Revolving Loans, US Protective Advances, Canadian Protective Advances, Additional Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans or other loans or series established as a separate “class” pursuant to Section 2.22 or 2.23, (b) any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is an
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Initial Commitment, an Additional Revolving Commitment of any series established as a separate “Class” pursuant to Section 2.22 or 2.23 or a commitment to make any other Commitments under any other Revolving Facility established as a separate “Class” and (c) any Lender, refers to whether such Lender has a Revolving Loan or Commitment of a particular Class. For purposes of this definition, any separate series or tranche shall be treated as a separate “Class” regardless of whether such series or tranche is specifically as a separate “Class”. For the avoidance of doubt, the Initial US Revolving Loans and the Initial Canadian Revolving Loans constitute separate Classes of Revolving Loans.
Closing Date” means May 31, 2018.
Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Co-Investors” means, individually and collectively, (a) any current and former officers, directors and members of the management of the Lead Borrower, any Parent Company and/or any subsidiary of the Lead Borrower, solely to the extent that such Persons own Capital Stock in the Lead Borrower or any direct or indirect parent thereof on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, (b) OCHP III HC RO, L.P., Oak Hill Capital Partners III, L.P. and Oak Hill Capital Management Partners III, L.P., together with, in the case of this clause (b), their respective Affiliates (but not portfolio companies) and solely to the extent that such Persons or such Affiliates own Capital Stock in the Lead Borrower or any direct or indirect parent thereof on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, and (c) any other Person (other than the Sponsor) making a cash equity investment directly or indirectly in any Parent Company on or prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, including the PIPE Investors.
Collateral” means the US Collateral and the Canadian Collateral; provided that solely to the extent the Lead Borrower elects to cause a Foreign Subsidiary to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the last sentence of the definition of “Subsidiary Guarantor”, the “Collateral” shall include any and all then existing or after acquired property of such Foreign Subsidiary to the extent subject to a Lien under any Collateral Document.
Collateral Access Agreement” means a landlord waiver, bailee letter or acknowledgment agreement of any lessor, warehouseman, processor, consignee, mortgagee, customs broker or other Person (other than any Loan Party) having possession of, a Lien upon, or having rights or interests in the inventory (or any books or records relating thereto) of any Loan Party, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower.
Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” means, at any time, subject to (x) the applicable limitations set forth in this Agreement and/or any other Loan Document and (y) the time periods (and extensions thereof) set forth in Section 5.12, the requirement that:
(a)    the Administrative Agent shall have received in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that is required to become a Loan Party after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date pursuant to Section 5.12 (including by any Subsidiary ceasing to be an Excluded Subsidiary), and each Discretionary Guarantor:
(i)    in the case of any Person that will become a US Loan Party, (A) a joinder to the Loan Guaranty in substantially the form attached as an exhibit thereto, (B) a supplement to the US Security Agreement in substantially the form attached as an exhibit thereto, (C) if such Restricted Subsidiary owns registrations of or applications for U.S. Patents, Trademarks and/or Copyrights that constitute Collateral, an Intellectual Property Security Agreement, (D) a completed Perfection Certificate, (E) UCC or the equivalent
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financing statements in appropriate form for filing in such jurisdictions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, (F) an executed joinder to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement (and any applicable Additional Agreement) in substantially the form attached as an exhibit thereto and (G) entry into a Blocked Account Agreement with respect to each of its Blocked Accounts; and
(ii)    in the case of any Person that will become a Canadian Loan Party, (A) a joinder to the Loan Guaranty in substantially the form attached as an exhibit thereto, (B) a supplement to the Canadian Security Agreement in substantially the form attached as an exhibit thereto and/or, if applicable, a deed of hypothec, (C) a completed Perfection Certificate, (D) PPSA financing statements and other appropriate registration documents in appropriate form for filing in such jurisdictions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, and (E) entry into a Blocked Account Agreement with respect to each of its Blocked Accounts; and
(b)    each item of Collateral that such Restricted Subsidiary is required to deliver under Section 4.02 of the US Security Agreement or under any other Collateral Document required to be entered into pursuant to paragraph (i) above (which, in each case, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be delivered within the time periods (and extensions thereof) set forth in Section 5.12 and shall exclude Excluded Assets);
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary,
(A)    no control agreements, other control arrangements or perfection by “control” shall be required (except as provided in clauses (y) and (z) below) and no Loan Party shall be required to perfect a security interest in any Collateral, in each case (to the extent applicable), other than perfection by (w) filing of a UCC-1 financing statement or PPSA financing statement, (x) with respect to IP Rights, filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, (y) delivery of certificates evidencing Capital Stock, stock transfer forms executed in blank, notes and other evidence of indebtedness and note transfer forms executed in blank, in each case, to the extent required to be pledged as Collateral and required to be delivered pursuant to the Collateral Documents, or (z) to the extent required pursuant to Section 5.15;
(B)    (i) no action (including any filings or registrations) outside of the United States in order to create or perfect any security interest in any asset located outside of the United States (with respect to assets and equity of US Loan Parties), outside of Canada (with respect to assets and equity of Canadian Loan Parties) or outside of the jurisdiction of organization of any Foreign Discretionary Guarantor (with respect to assets and equity of such Foreign Discretionary Guarantor) (including with respect to intellectual property and equity interests) shall be required and (ii) no security or pledge agreements shall be governed by any other law other than the laws of New York (except the laws of any other U.S. state may govern to the extent necessary to create or perfect a security interest in any portion of the Collateral (with respect to US Loan Parties)), the laws of any province or territory in Canada (with respect to Canadian Loan Parties) or the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of any Foreign Discretionary Guarantor (with respect to such Foreign Discretionary Guarantor); and
(C)    the Loan Parties shall not be required to take any action to collaterally assign to the Administrative Agent their respective rights under (w) the Merger Agreement, (x) any
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documentation governing a permitted acquisition or investment not prohibited under the terms of this Agreement, (y) any representation and warranty insurance policy or (z) any business interruption policy.
With respect to any Collateral that is Term Collateral, prior to the Discharge of Term Obligations (as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement), to the extent that the Term Agent determines that any such property or assets shall not become part of, or shall be excluded from, the “Collateral” under the Term Facility, or that any delivery, perfection or notice requirement in respect of any such “Collateral” under the Term Facility shall be extended or waived, the Administrative Agent shall automatically be deemed to accept such determination under a provision that exists in substantially the same form in the Term Facility Documentation and the Loan Documents and shall execute any documentation, if applicable, requested by the Lead Borrower in connection therewith, including termination and release documents and extensions and waivers.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Lead Borrower elects to cause a Foreign Subsidiary to become a Foreign Discretionary Guarantor pursuant to the definition of “Guarantor”, such Foreign Discretionary Guarantor, as the case may be, shall (i) provide a Loan Guaranty and (ii) grant a perfected lien in favor of the Administrative Agent on substantially all of its assets (other than Excluded Assets) pursuant to arrangements reasonably agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower, which shall be consistent with the principles of, and be no more onerous and restrictive to such Foreign Discretionary Guarantor, than, the provisions applicable to the US Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantors organized in the United States, subject to customary limitations in such jurisdiction as may be reasonably agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower, and nothing in the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” or other limitation in this Agreement shall in any way limit or restrict the pledge of assets and property by any such Foreign Discretionary Guarantor or the pledge of the Capital Stock of such Foreign Discretionary Guarantor by any other Loan Party that holds such Capital Stock, in each case, solely by virtue of such Foreign Discretionary Guarantor being a Foreign Subsidiary or otherwise an Excluded Subsidiary.
Collateral Documents” means, collectively, (a) each Security Agreement, (b) each Intellectual Property Security Agreement, (c) any supplement to any of the foregoing delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” and (d) each of the other instruments and documents pursuant to which any Loan Party grants a Lien on any Collateral as security for payment of the Secured Obligations.
Commercial Tort Claim” has the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s Initial Commitment, Additional Revolving Commitment and any other commitment to provide Revolving Loans under a Revolving Facility, as applicable, in effect as of such time.
Commitment Fee Rate” means on any date, with respect to the Initial Commitments, the applicable rate per annum set forth below based upon the Average Usage; provided that until the first Adjustment Date following the completion of at least one full Fiscal Quarter after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, “Commitment Fee Rate” shall be the applicable rate per annum set forth below in Level I:
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Level Average Usage Unused Line Fee Rate
I
≥ 30%
0.250%
II
< 30%
0.375%

The Commitment Fee Rate shall be adjusted quarterly on a prospective basis on each Adjustment Date based upon the Average Usage as of such Adjustment Date.
Commitment Schedule” means the Schedule attached hereto as Schedule 1.01(a).
Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.).
Company Competitor” means (a) any Person that is or becomes (i) a competitor of the Lead Borrower and/or any of its subsidiaries (including after giving effect to the Merger and any other permitted acquisition) or (ii) an Affiliate of a Person described in clause (a)(i) and, in each case, identified in writing to the Administrative Agent, (b) any reasonably identifiable Affiliate of any person described in clause (a) above (on the basis of such Affiliate’s name) (other than any Competitor Debt Fund Affiliate unless the Lead Borrower has a reasonable basis to include such Competitor Debt Fund Affiliate as a Company Competitor or Disqualified Institution), and/or (c) any other Affiliate of any Person described in clause (a) or clause (b) above identified by name in a written notice to the Administrative Agent.
Competitor Debt Fund Affiliate” means, with respect to any Company Competitor, any bona fide debt fund, investment vehicle, regulated bank entity or unregulated lending entity that is (i) primarily engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business and (ii) managed, sponsored or advised by any Person that is Controlling, Controlled by or under common Control with such Company Competitor or Affiliate thereof, but only to the extent that no personnel associated or involved with the investment in (or management, control or operation of), such Company Competitor or such Affiliate thereof (A) makes (or has the right to make or participate with others in making) investment decisions on behalf of, or otherwise cause the direction of the investment policies of, such debt fund, investment vehicle, regulated bank entity or unregulated entity or (B) has access, directly or indirectly (including through such Company Competitor or any of its Affiliates), to any information (other than information that is publicly available) relating to any Parent Company, Holdings, the Lead Borrower and/or any of their respective subsidiaries and/or any of their respective businesses; it being understood and agreed that the term “Competitor Debt Fund Affiliate” shall not include any Person that is a “Disqualified Institution” pursuant to clauses (a) or (c) of the definition thereof.
Compliance Certificate” means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
Concentration Accounts” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.15(a).
Confidential Information” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.13.
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” means, as to any Person for any period, an amount determined in accordance with Section 1.08, for such Person on a consolidated basis equal to the total of (a) Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (b) the sum, without duplication, of (to the extent
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deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than in respect of clauses (xi), (xiii), (xv), (xvii), (xviii), (xix) and (xx) below or deducted from revenues in net income (or loss) used in calculating Consolidated Net Income) the amounts of:
(i)    consolidated total interest expense determined in accordance with GAAP and, to the extent not reflected in such consolidated total interest expense, annual agency fees paid to the administrative agents and collateral agents under any credit facilities, costs associated with obtaining hedging arrangements and breakage costs in respect of hedging arrangements related to interest rates, any expense resulting from the discounting of any indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization accounting or, if applicable, purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions or any acquisition, penalties and interest relating to taxes, any “additional interest” or “liquidated damages” with respect to other securities for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations, amortization or expensing of deferred financing fees, amendment and consent fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees, expenses and discounted liabilities and any other amounts of non-Cash interest, any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees and any other fees related to the Transactions or any acquisitions after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any qualified securitization facility, any accretion of accrued interest on discounted liabilities and any Prepayment premium or penalty, interest expense attributable to a parent company resulting from push-down accounting and any lease, rental or other expense in connection with any lease that is not a capitalized lease, any losses on hedging obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk (net of interest income and gains on such hedging obligations), costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities (whether amortized or immediately expensed), fees and expenses paid to (or for the benefit of) any arranger, any administrative or collateral agent, any lender or any other secured party under the Loan Documents and the Term Credit Agreement (and any related loan documents) or to (or for the benefit of) any other holder of permitted Indebtedness in connection with its services hereunder (including fees and expenses in connection with any modifications of the Loan Documents), other bank or any other Person in connection with its services as administrative agent or trustee, or similar capacity under any other Indebtedness permitted hereunder and financing fees;
(ii)    (A) provision for Taxes during such period (including pursuant to any Tax sharing arrangement or any distributions or other Restricted Payments for the payment of any Tax), including, in each case, arising out of tax examinations, repatriation of amounts from a Foreign Subsidiary and (without duplication) any payment to a Parent Company pursuant to Section 6.04(a)(i) and (iv) in respect of Taxes, and (B) the amount of any cash tax benefits related to the tax amortization of intangible assets in such period;
(iii)    depreciation and amortization (including, without limitation, amortization of goodwill, software and other intangible assets);
(iv)    any non-cash Charge (provided, that to the extent any such non-cash Charge represents an accrual or reserve for any actual or potential cash items in any future period (including of the type described in clause (vii) below), (A) such Person may elect (in its sole discretion) not to add back such non-cash Charge in the then-current period, in which case, any cash payment in respect thereof in any future period shall be not subtracted from Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, and (B) to the extent such Person elects (in its sole discretion) to add back such non-cash Charge in the then-current period, any cash payment in respect thereof in any
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subsequent periods shall be subtracted from Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clause (c)(v) below);
(v)    [reserved];
(vi)    Public Company Costs;
(vii)    (A) management, monitoring, consulting, transaction and advisory fees (including termination fees) and indemnities and expenses actually paid or accrued by, or on behalf of, such Person or any of its subsidiaries (1) to the Investors (or their Affiliates or management companies) to the extent permitted under this Agreement or (2) as permitted by Section 6.09(f); (B) the amount of payments made to option holders of any Parent Company in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to shareholders of such Person, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders as though they were shareholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, including any cash consideration for any repurchase of equity, in each case to the extent permitted under the Loan Documents and (C) the amount of fees, expenses and indemnities paid to directors, including of Holdings or any Parent Company;
(viii)    losses or discounts on sales of receivables and related assets in connection with any receivables financing permitted under this Agreement;
(ix)    any Charges (or net income) attributable to any interest, non-controlling interest and/or minority interest of any third party in any Restricted Subsidiary;
(x)    the amount of earnout obligation expense (or similar Charges) incurred in connection with (including adjustments thereto) (A) the Merger, (B) acquisitions and Investments consummated prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, and (C) any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted by this Agreement, in each case, which is paid or accrued during the applicable period;
(xi) pro forma “run rate” cost savings (including sourcing and supply chain savings), operating expense reductions, operating, revenue and productivity improvements and synergies (net of actual amounts realized) projected by the Lead Borrower in good faith that are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable (in the good faith determination of such Person) in connection with (A) the Transactions related to actions that have been taken (including prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date) or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Lead Borrower) within twenty-four (24) months after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and (B) any permitted acquisitions, Investments, Dispositions and other Specified Transactions, operating expense reductions, any operating, revenue and productivity improvements and enhancements, synergies, restructurings, cost savings initiatives and other initiatives (including, without limitation, new business, customer and contract wins, the modification and renegotiation of contracts and other arrangements, pricing adjustments and increases, supply chain optimization (including consolidating or changing suppliers, supply base reduction and reduction in materials costs), product and warranty improvements (including lean manufacturing initiatives, design, engineering and automation optimization and discontinuing or replacing products) and other items of the type described in clause (xii) below) projected by the Lead Borrower in good faith to result from actions that have been taken (including prior to completion of any such acquisitions, Investments, Dispositions and
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other Specified Transactions) or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Lead Borrower) within eighteen (18) months (or, in respect of any revenue improvements and enhancements, only, within twelve (12) months) after any such acquisitions, Investments, Dispositions and other Specified Transactions, operating expense reductions, any operating, revenue and productivity improvements and enhancements, synergies, restructurings, cost savings initiatives and other initiatives; pro forma “run rate” shall be the full benefit associated with any action taken, committed to be taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such acquisitions, Investments, Dispositions and other Specified Transactions, operating expense reductions, any operating, revenue and productivity improvements and enhancements, synergies, restructurings, cost savings initiatives and other initiatives had been fully realized on the first day of the applicable period for the entirety of such period;
(xii)    (A) Charges attributable to the undertaking and/or implementation of operating, revenue and productivity improvements and enhancements, operating expense reductions, cost savings initiatives and other initiatives, transitions, openings and pre-openings, business and operation optimization, restructurings, integration, inventory optimization programs, software development, systems upgrade, closure or consolidation of facilities and properties, curtailments, entry into new markets, strategic initiatives and contracts, consulting fees, signing or retention costs, retention or completion bonuses, expansion and relocation expenses, severance payments, modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, and any other items of a similar nature, new systems design and implementation and startup costs, (B) reductions, improvements, enhancements, synergies and initiatives as contemplated in clause (xi) above, and (C) Charges related to legal settlement, fines, judgments or orders, including with respect to warranty claims;
(xiii)    with respect to key making or copying, knife sharpening and other product or service related centers and kiosks that have been in operation for less than twelve (12) months during the applicable period, an amount equal to  (A) the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for each such center or kiosk during such period multiplied by twelve (12) divided by the numbers of months such center or kiosk has been in operation, minus (B) the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for each such center or kiosk actually included in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for during such period;
(xiv)    [reserved];
(xv)    to the extent not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income, proceeds of business interruption insurance in an amount representing the earnings for the applicable period that such proceeds are intended to replace (whether or not then received so long as such Person in good faith expects to receive such proceeds within the next four Fiscal Quarters (it being understood that to the extent not actually received within such Fiscal Quarters, such proceeds shall be deducted in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clause (c)(iv) below));
(xvi)    [reserved];
(xvii)    the amount of (A) any Charge to the extent that a corresponding amount is received in cash by such Person from a Person other than such Person or any Restricted
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Subsidiary of such Person under any agreement providing for reimbursement of such Charge and (B) any Charge with respect to any liability or casualty event, business interruption or any product recall, (1) so long as such Person has submitted in good faith, and reasonably expects to receive payment in connection with, a claim for reimbursement of such amounts under its relevant insurance policy (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within the next four Fiscal Quarters) or (2) without duplication of amounts included in a prior period under clause (B)(1) above, to the extent such Charge is covered by insurance proceeds received in cash during such period (it being understood that if the amount received in cash under any such agreement in any period exceeds the amount of Charge paid during such period such excess amounts received may be carried forward and applied against any Charge in any future period);
(xviii)    the amount of Cash actually received (or the amount of the benefit of any netting arrangement resulting in reduced Cash Charges) during such period, to the extent not included in Consolidated Net Income in any period or related non-Cash gain deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA in any prior period;
(xix)    the excess of rent expense during such period over actual Cash rent paid over due to the use of straight line rent for GAAP purposes; and
(xx)    Other Agreed Adjustments,
minus (c) to the extent such amounts increase Consolidated Net Income, without duplication:
(i)    non-cash gains or income; provided, that to the extent any non-cash gain or income represents an accrual or deferred income in respect of actual potential Cash items in any future period, such Person may elect (in its sole discretion) not to deduct such non-cash gain or income in the then-current period;
(ii)    [reserved];
(iii)    [reserved];
(iv)    the amount added back to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clause (b)(xv) above in a prior period to the extent the relevant business interruption insurance proceeds were not received within the time period required by such clause and are required to be deducted from Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clause (b)(xv) above;
(v)    to the extent that such Person added back the amount of any non-Cash charge to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clause (b)(iv) above in a prior period, the cash payment in respect thereof in the relevant future period (except as otherwise provided in clause (b)(iv) above); and
(vi)    the excess of actual Cash rent paid over rent expense during such period due to the use of straight line rent for GAAP purposes.
Consolidated First Lien Debt” means, as to any Person determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with Section 1.08 (and, if applicable, Section 1.10), at any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Total Debt outstanding on such date (i) under this Agreement or (ii) that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a pari passu or senior basis with the First
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Priority Secured Obligations (it being understood that Consolidated Total Debt outstanding on any applicable date of determination (subject to Section 1.10) under any Term Facility secured on a Split Collateral Basis (including the Term Facility as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date) and any other debt secured on a pari passu basis therewith, but excluding all Junior Lien Indebtedness (as defined in the Term Credit Agreement)) shall constitute Consolidated First Lien Debt, excluding (for the avoidance of doubt) any Junior Lien Indebtedness thereunder).
Consolidated Interest Expense” means, as to any Person determined on a consolidated basis at any date of determination and in accordance with Section 1.08, the sum, without duplication, of (a) consolidated Cash interest of the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP, (i) including (A) the Cash interest component of Capital Lease obligations and (B) net Cash payments made (less net Cash payments received) pursuant to obligations under permitted hedging arrangements related to interest rates (subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 1.08(b)); but (ii) excluding (A) annual agency and trustee fees paid to the administrative and collateral agents and trustees under any credit facilities, indentures or other permitted Indebtedness, (B) costs associated with obtaining hedging arrangements and breakage costs in respect of hedging arrangements related to interest rates, (C) any expense resulting from the discounting of any Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization accounting or, if applicable, purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions or any acquisition, (D) penalties and interest relating to Taxes, (E) any “additional interest” or “liquidated damages” with respect to other securities for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations, (F) amortization or expensing of deferred financing fees, amendment and consent fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees, expenses and discounted liabilities and any other amounts of non-cash interest, (G) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees and any other fees related to the Transactions or after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, any other transactions (including acquisitions and Indebtedness), (H) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any qualified securitization facility, (I) any accretion of accrued interest on discounted liabilities and any Prepayment premium or penalty (including amendment, tender and consent solicitation fees), (J) interest expense attributable to a parent company resulting from push-down accounting and (K) any lease, rental or other expense in connection with any lease that is not a Capital Lease, net of (b) Cash interest income of the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Consolidated Net Income” means, as to any Person, determined in accordance with Section 1.08, on a consolidated basis (the “Subject Person”) for any period, the net income (or loss) of the Subject Person for such period taken as a single accounting period determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded, without duplication:
(a)    (i) the income of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Subject Person) in which any other Person (other than the Subject Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) has a joint interest, except that the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments (including any ordinary course dividend, distribution or other payment) paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the Subject Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by such Person during such period (regardless of whether such payment is in respect of the income of such Person in the current period or any prior period) shall be included in Consolidated Net Income or (ii) the loss of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Subject Person) in which any other Person (other than the Subject Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) has a joint interest, other than to the extent that the Subject Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has contributed cash or Cash Equivalents to such Person in respect of such loss during such period for the express purpose of funding such losses (but shall exclude any other Investment in such Person);
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(b)    gains or losses (less all fees and expenses chargeable thereto) attributable to any sales or dispositions of Capital Stock or assets (including asset retirement costs) or of returned surplus assets, in each case, outside of the ordinary course of business;
(c)    gains or losses from extraordinary items, any one-time event or item, and nonrecurring or unusual items, in each case, as determined in good faith by the Subject Person (including any costs of and payments of actual or prospective legal settlements, fines, judgments or orders and all related fees and expenses), including in connection with any acquisitions, Investments and Dispositions;
(d)    any unrealized or realized net foreign currency translation or transaction gains or losses impacting net income (including currency re-measurements of any Indebtedness); provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, realized gains and losses in respect of any Designated Operational FX Hedge shall be included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income;
(e)    any net gains, Charges or losses with respect to (i) any disposed (other than Dispositions of assets and inventory in the ordinary course of business), abandoned, divested and/or discontinued asset, property or operation (other than, at the option of the Subject Person, any asset, property or operation pending the disposal, abandonment, divestiture and/or termination thereof), (ii) any disposal (other than Dispositions of assets and inventory in the ordinary course of business), abandonment, divestiture and/or discontinuation of any asset, property or operation (other than, at the option of such Subject Person, relating to assets or property held for sale pending the Disposition thereof) and/or (iii) facilities or plants that have been closed during such period or for which Charges and losses were required to be recorded pursuant to GAAP;
(f)    (i) any net income or loss (less all fees and expenses or charges related thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness (and the termination of any associated Hedge Agreements) and (ii) any other losses and expenses incurred in connection with the early termination, refinancing or prepayment of guarantee obligations, operating leases and other similar contractual obligations;
(g)    (i) any Charges incurred pursuant to any management equity plan, profits interest or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, pension plan, any stock subscription or shareholder agreement or any distributor equity plan or agreement, or any similar equity plan or agreement, including any fair value adjustments that may be required under liquidity puts for such arrangements and (ii) any Charges in connection with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Capital Stock held by management of any Parent Company, the Lead Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, to the extent that any such Charge is funded with net cash proceeds contributed to relevant Person as a capital contribution or as a result of the sale or issuance of Qualified Capital Stock;
(h)    accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted within twelve (12) months after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (or after the closing of any consummated acquisition or Investment) that are required to be established or adjusted as a result of the Transactions (or such acquisition or Investment) in accordance with GAAP or as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies in accordance with GAAP;
(i)    any (A) write-off or amortization made in such period of deferred financing costs and premiums paid or other expenses incurred directly in connection with any early
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extinguishment of Indebtedness, (B) impairment Charges, write-offs or write-downs of any assets and (C) amortization of intangible assets;
(j)    (A) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Subject Person and its subsidiaries) in the Subject Person’s consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP (including in the inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill, intangible assets, in-process research and development, deferred revenue, deferred rent, deferred trade incentives and other lease-related items, advanced billings and debt line items thereof) resulting from the application of recapitalization, accounting or purchase acquisition accounting, as the case may be, in relation to the Transactions or any consummated acquisition or Investment or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of Taxes and (B) the cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles or policies made in such period in accordance with GAAP which affect Consolidated Net Income (except that, if the Lead Borrower determines in good faith that the cumulative effects thereof are not material to the interests of the Lenders, the effects of any change, adoption or modification of any such principles or policies may be included);
(k)    the income or loss of any Person accrued prior to the date on which such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person or is merged into or consolidated or amalgamated with such Person’s assets are acquired by such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person;
(l)    Transaction Costs;
(m)    transaction fees and Charges (1) in connection with the consummation of any transaction (or any transaction proposed and not consummated), (2) in connection with any offering of debt or equity securities (or any offering of debt or equity securities proposed and not consummated) and/or (3) that are actually reimbursed or reimbursable by third parties pursuant to indemnification or reimbursement provisions or similar agreements or insurance; provided, that in respect of any fee, cost, expense or reserve that is added back in reliance on clause (3) above, such Person in good faith expects to receive reimbursement for such fee, cost, expense or reserve within the next four Fiscal Quarters;
(n)    unrealized net losses and gains under Hedge Agreements and/or other derivative instrument;
(o)    any costs or expenses incurred during such period relating to environmental remediation, litigation, or other disputes in respect of events and exposures that occurred prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date; and
(p)    any deferred tax expense associated with tax deductions or net operating losses arising as a result of the Transactions, or the release of any valuation allowance related to such items.
Consolidated Secured Debt” means, as to any Person determined on a consolidated basis, at any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Total Debt outstanding on such date that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral.
Consolidated Total Assets” means, as to any Person determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with Section 1.08, at any date of determination, all amounts that would, in
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conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the applicable Person at such date.
Consolidated Total Debt” means, as to any Person determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with Section 1.08, at any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness for borrowed money (which shall be deemed to include LC Disbursements that have not been reimbursed within the time periods required by this Agreement) and the outstanding principal balance of all Indebtedness with respect to Capital Leases and purchase money Indebtedness, in each case, in an amount that would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) any letter of credit (including all undrawn letters of credit), bank guarantees or similar obligations and performance, surety or similar bonds, (ii) any intercompany Indebtedness eliminated in accordance with GAAP during consolidation and (iii) any such Indebtedness for which such Person has irrevocably deposited in trust or escrow the necessary funds (including Cash and Cash Equivalents) for the payment, redemption or satisfaction of Indebtedness), minus, (b) the aggregate amount of (i) unrestricted Cash (including all principal Cash held in dedicated accounts for the deposit of payments by customers and disbursements to be made in connection with services performed for customers) and Cash Equivalents of such Person in an amount that would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and (ii) Cash and Cash Equivalents restricted in favor of the Revolving Facility and any Term Facility (which may also include Cash and Cash Equivalents securing other Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral along with the Revolving Facility and any Term Facility).
Contractual Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any provision of any Security issued by that Person or of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it or any of its properties is subject.
Contribution Indebtedness” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(r).
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.
Copyright” means the following: (a) all copyrights, rights and interests in copyrights, works protectable by copyright whether published or unpublished, copyright registrations and copyright applications; (b) all renewals of any of the foregoing; (c) all income, royalties, damages, and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable under any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, damages or payments for past, present or future infringements for any of the foregoing; (d) the right to sue for past, present, and future infringements of any of the foregoing; and (e) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing.
“CORRA” means the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average administered and published by the Bank of Canada (or any successor administrator).
“CORRA Administrator” means the Bank of Canada (or any successor administrator).
“CORRA Determination Date” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple CORRA Rate”.
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“CORRA Rate Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple CORRA Rate”.
Corresponding Tenor” with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.
Covenant Trigger Period” means the period (a) commencing on any day on which Availability is less than the greater of (i) 10% of the Line Cap and (ii) $30.0 million and (b) continuing until the Availability for each day over a thirty (30) consecutive day period has been equal to or greater than the greater of (i) 10% of the Line Cap and (ii) $30.0 million.
Credit Extension” means each of (i) the making of a Revolving Loan or Protective Advance or (ii) the issuance, amendment, modification, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit (other than any such amendment, modification, renewal or extension that does not increase the Stated Amount of the relevant Letter of Credit).
Cure Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.15(b).
Cure Right” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.15(b).
“Daily Simple CORRA Rate” means, for any day (a “CORRA Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) (i) CORRA for the day (such day “CORRA Determination Date”) that is five (5) Business Days prior to (A) if such CORRA Rate Day is a Business Day, such CORRA Rate Day or (B) if such CORRA Rate Day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such CORRA Rate Day, in each case, as such CORRA is published by the CORRA Administrator on the CORRA Administrator’s website plus (ii) the Applicable CORRA Adjustment and (b) the Floor. Any change in Daily Simple CORRA Rate due to a change in CORRA shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in CORRA without notice to the Canadian Borrower. If by 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on any given CORRA Determination Date, CORRA in respect of such CORRA Determination Date has not been published on the CORRA Administrator’s website and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Daily Simple CORRA Rate has not occurred, then CORRA for such CORRA Determination Date will be CORRA as published in respect of the first preceding Business Day for which such CORRA was published on the CORRA Administrator’s website, so long as such first preceding Business Day is not more than five (5) Business Days prior to such CORRA Determination Date.
Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) (i) SOFR for the day (such day “i”) that is five U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to (A) if such SOFR Rate Day is a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day or (B) if such SOFR Rate Day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as such SOFR is published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website plus (ii) the Applicable SOFR Adjustment and (b) the Floor. If by 5:00 pm (New York City time) on the second (2nd) U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately following any day “i”, the SOFR in respect of such day “i” has not been published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Daily Simple SOFR has not occurred, then the SOFR for such day “i” will be the SOFR as published in respect of the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business
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Day for which such SOFR was published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website; provided that any SOFR determined pursuant to this sentence shall be utilized for purposes of calculation of Daily Simple SOFR for no more than three (3) consecutive SOFR Rate Days. Any change in Daily Simple SOFR due to a change in SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in SOFR without notice to the Borrower.
Debtor Relief Laws” means (a) the Bankruptcy Code of the U.S., (b) the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), (c) the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), (d) the Winding-Up and Restructuring Act (Canada), and (e) and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, general assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization or similar debtor relief laws of the U.S., Canada or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
Default” means any event or condition which upon notice, lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default.
Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that has (a) defaulted in its obligations under this Agreement, including without limitation, (x) to make a Revolving Loan within two (2) Business Days of the date required to be made by it hereunder or (y) to fund its participation in a Letter of Credit or Swingline Loan required to be funded by it hereunder within two (2) Business Days of such obligation arose or such Revolving Loan, Letter of Credit was required to be made or funded, (b) notified the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender, any Issuing Bank or any Loan Party in writing that it does not intend to satisfy any such obligation or has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement or under agreements in which it commits to extend credit generally, (c) failed, within two (2) Business Days after the request of Administrative Agent or the Borrowers, to confirm in writing that it will comply with the terms of this Agreement relating to its obligations to fund prospective Revolving Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans; 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 if received prior to the applicable funding date, (d) become (or any parent company thereof has become) (i) insolvent or been determined by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Person or its assets, to be insolvent, or the assets or management of which has been taken over by any Governmental Authority or (ii) the subject of a Bail-In Action or (e) become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, monitor, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or custodian, appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, unless in the case of any Lender subject to this clause (e), the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent shall each have determined that such Lender intends, and has all approvals required to enable it (in form and substance satisfactory to each of the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent), to continue to perform its obligations as a Lender hereunder; provided that no Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Capital Stock in such Lender or its parent by any Governmental Authority; provided that, such action does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the U.S. or Canada 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 contract or agreement to which such Lender is a party.
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Deposit Account” means a demand, time, savings, passbook or like account with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or like organization, other than an account evidenced by a negotiable certificate of deposit.
Derivative Transaction” means (a) any interest-rate transaction, including any interest-rate swap, basis swap, forward rate agreement, interest rate option (including a cap, collar or floor), and any other instrument linked to interest rates that gives rise to similar credit risks (including when-issued securities and forward deposits accepted), (b) any exchange-rate transaction, including any cross-currency interest-rate swap, any forward foreign-exchange contract, any currency option, and any other instrument linked to exchange rates that gives rise to similar credit risks, (c) any equity derivative transaction, including any equity-linked swap, any equity-linked option, any forward equity-linked contract, and any other instrument linked to equities that gives rise to similar credit risk and (d) any commodity (including precious metal) derivative transaction, including any commodity-linked swap, any commodity-linked option, any forward commodity-linked contract, and any other instrument linked to commodities that gives rise to similar credit risks; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees, members of management, managers or consultants of the Borrowers or their subsidiaries shall be a Derivative Transaction.
Designated Hedging Obligations” means any Canadian Secured Hedging Obligations and US Secured Hedging Obligations for which the applicable Loan Party has complied with the requirements of the definitions of Canadian Secured Hedging Obligations and US Secured Hedging Obligations, as applicable, to constitute “Designated Hedging Obligations.”
Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value of non-Cash consideration received by the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any Disposition pursuant to Section 6.07(h) that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation (which amount will be reduced by the amount of Cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale or conversion of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration to Cash or Cash Equivalents).
Designated Operational FX Hedge” means any Hedge Agreement entered into for the purpose of hedging currency-related risks in respect of the revenues, cash flows or other balance sheet items of Holdings, any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiaries and designated at the time entered into (or on or prior to the Closing Date, with respect to any Hedge Agreement entered into on or prior to the Closing Date) as a Designated Operational FX Hedge by a Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent.
Discretionary Guarantor” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Guarantor”.
Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, lease, sublease, or other disposition of any property of any Person.
Disqualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, (a) matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable (other than for Qualified Capital Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund
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obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than for Qualified Capital Stock), in whole or in part, on or prior to ninety-one (91) days following the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Capital Stock is issued (it being understood that if any such redemption is in part, only such part coming into effect prior to ninety-one (91) days following the Latest Maturity Date shall constitute Disqualified Capital Stock), (b) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable (unless at the sole option of the issuer thereof) for (i) debt securities or (ii) any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Capital Stock, in each case at any time on or prior to ninety-one (91) days following the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Capital Stock is issued, (c) contains any mandatory repurchase obligation or any other repurchase obligation at the option of the holder thereof (other than for Qualified Capital Stock), in whole or in part, which may come into effect prior to ninety-one (91) days following the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Capital Stock is issued (it being understood that if any such repurchase obligation is in part, only such part coming into effect prior to ninety-one (91) days following the Latest Maturity Date shall constitute Disqualified Capital Stock) or (d) requires scheduled payments of dividends in Cash on or prior to ninety-one (91) days following the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Capital Stock is issued; provided that any Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof (or the holders of any security into or for which such Capital Stock is convertible, exchangeable or exercisable) the right to require the issuer thereof to redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of any change in control, offering of debt or equity securities or any Disposition occurring prior to ninety-one (91) days following the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Capital Stock is issued shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock if (x) such Capital Stock provides that the issuer thereof will not redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions prior to the Termination Date or (y) such redemption is subject to events that would cause the Termination Date to occur.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, (A) if such Capital Stock is issued pursuant to any plan for the benefit of directors, officers, employees, members of management, managers or consultants or by any such plan to such directors, officers, employees, members of management, managers or consultants, in each case in the ordinary course of business of Holdings, the Lead Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the issuer thereof in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations, and (B) no Capital Stock held by any future, present or former employee, director, officer, manager, member of management or consultant (or their respective Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Lead Borrower (or any Parent Company or any subsidiary) shall be considered Disqualified Capital Stock because such stock is redeemable or subject to repurchase pursuant to any management equity subscription agreement, stock option, stock appreciation right or other stock award agreement, stock ownership plan, put agreement, stockholder agreement or similar agreement that may be in effect from time to time.
Disqualified Institution” means:
(a)    (i) any Person that is identified in writing to the Administrative Agent prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (or if identified after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, the disqualification of such person is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), (ii) any reasonably identifiable Affiliate of any Person described in clause (i) above (on the basis of such Affiliate’s name) and (iii) any other Affiliate of any Person described in clauses (i) and/or (ii) above that is identified by name in a written notice to the Administrative Agent after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date;
(b)    any Company Competitor (it being understood and agreed that no Competitor Debt Fund Affiliate of any Company Competitor may be designated as a Disqualified Institution
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pursuant to this clause (b) unless the Lead Borrower has a reasonable basis for such designation); and/or
(c)    any Affiliate or Representative of any Initial Committed Lender that is engaged as a principal primarily in private equity, mezzanine financing or venture capital;
provided, that no written notice delivered pursuant to clauses (a)(i), (a)(iii) above or clauses (a) and/or (c) of the definition of “Company Competitor” shall apply retroactively to disqualify any person that has previously acquired a valid assignment or participation interest in the Revolving Loans.
Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any currency other than Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date or other relevant date of determination) for the purchase of Dollars with such other currency.
Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the U.S.
Domestic Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Lead Borrower organized under the laws of the United States, any state or the District of Columbia.
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.
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 authority to exercise any Write-Down and Conversion Powers.
Eligible Accounts” means those Accounts created by any Loan Party (other than Holdings) in the ordinary course of business, that arise out of such Loan Party’s sale of goods or rendition of services, that comply with each of the representations and warranties in all material respects respecting Eligible Accounts made in the Loan Documents, and that are not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below; provided, however, that such criteria may be revised from time to time by the Administrative Agent in the Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion to address, among other things, the results of any audit performed by the Administrative Agent from time to time after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date. In determining the amount to be included, Eligible Accounts shall be calculated net of customer deposits and unapplied cash and shall be reduced by, without duplication, the amount of all discounts, claims, credits or credits pending, promotional program allowances, rebated price adjustments, finance and service charges and counterclaims. Eligible Accounts shall not include the following:
(a)Accounts that are more than sixty (60) days past due;
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(b)Accounts owed by an Account Debtor where 50% or more of all Accounts owed by that Account Debtor are deemed ineligible under clause (a) above,
(c)Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is an Affiliate of a Loan Party, or an employee or agent of a Loan Party, as applicable, (other than Accounts of an Affiliate that is a portfolio company of the Sponsor (and is not a Subsidiary of Holdings) arising in the ordinary course of business on arm’s length terms),
(d)Accounts arising in a transaction wherein goods are sold pursuant to a guaranteed sale, a sale or return, a sale on approval, a bill and hold (except where ownership in the underlying good has been transferred to the Account Debtor and in connection therewith the Administrative Agent has in its Permitted Discretion, established an Availability Reserve), or any other terms by reason of which the payment by the Account Debtor may be conditional,
(e)Accounts that are payable in a currency other than Dollars, Canadian Dollars and Euro,
(f)Accounts exceeding $10.0 million in the aggregate with respect to which the Account Debtor is either (i) not domiciled in the U.S. or Canada or (ii) if other than a natural Person, not organized, formed or incorporated under the laws of the United States or Canada unless, (x) the Account is supported by an irrevocable letter of credit or other credit support reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or (y) the Account Debtor is an Affiliate of an Account Debtor that satisfies either clause (i) or (ii) above that has initiated the relevant purchase order on behalf of such Account Debtor in the ordinary course of business,
(g)(i) with respect to the US Borrowing Base, Accounts in excess of $2.5 million in the aggregate with respect to which the Account Debtor is the United States or any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States (exclusive, however, of Accounts with respect to which the US Borrower has complied, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent, with the Assignment of Claims Act, 31 USC § 3727) or (ii) with respect to the Canadian Borrowing Base, Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is Canada or any province or territory of Canada or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof (exclusive, however, of Accounts with respect to which the Canadian Loan Party has complied, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent, with the Financial Administration Act (Canada)) or other similar applicable law of a Canadian province or territory),
(h)Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a creditor of a Borrower or any Loan Party, has or has asserted a right of setoff, or has disputed its obligation to pay all or any portion of the Account, to the extent of such claim, right of setoff or dispute (unless such Account Debtor has entered into a written agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to waive such claim, right of offset, or dispute), solely to the extent of such claim, right of setoff or dispute or open accounts payable,
(i)Accounts with respect to which an Account Debtor whose total obligations owing to the Loan Parties exceeds (x) 35% (in the case of Home Depot) or (y) 20% (in the case of any other Account Debtor) of all Eligible Accounts, to the extent of the obligations owing by such Account Debtor in excess of such percentage; provided, however, that, in each case, the amount of Eligible Accounts that are excluded because they exceed the foregoing percentage shall be determined by the Administrative Agent based on all of the otherwise Eligible Accounts
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prior to giving effect to any eliminations based upon the foregoing concentration limit but shall not be excluded in an amount in excess of the foregoing percentage,
(j)Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is subject to an insolvency proceeding, is not Solvent, has gone out of business, or as to which a Borrower or any Loan Party has received notice of an imminent insolvency proceeding unless an Account Debtor has been authorized to pay such Accounts pursuant to a valid court order (and so long as the financial condition of such Account Debtor is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion),
(k)Accounts that are not subject to the Administrative Agent’s valid and perfected first priority Lien (including taking into account the governing law of the applicable contracts evidencing the Accounts and sufficiency of the applicable Collateral Documents to create valid and perfected Liens with respect thereto as determined by the Administrative Agent acting in its Permitted Discretion); provided that this clause (k) shall not exclude from Eligible Accounts those Accounts subject to unregistered Liens created by operation of law that accrue amounts not yet due and payable, provided that such Liens are Permitted Liens,
(l)Accounts with respect to which (i) the goods giving rise to such Account have not been shipped and billed to the Account Debtor, (ii) the services giving rise to such Account have not been performed and billed to the Account Debtor or (iii) the services represent fees for shared warehouse space, lab fees and other miscellaneous non-trade activity,
(m)Accounts that represent the right to receive progress payments or other advance billings that are due prior to the completion of performance by the applicable Loan Party, of the subject contract for goods or services,
(n)Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a person described in Section 3.17(a)(i) or a country listed in Section 3.17(a),
(o)Accounts (i) exceeding $15.0 million in the aggregate with terms requiring payment within three hundred sixty-five (365) days but not prior to one hundred eighty-one (181) days and (ii) with terms not requiring payment within three hundred sixty-five (365) days; and
(p)any Account owed by an Account Debtor which has been sold (in whole or in part) by a Loan Party pursuant to a true sale factoring arrangement (for the avoidance of doubt, other than any Account subject to settlement, payment transfer and similar servicing arrangements (including the “PrimeRevenue System”), regardless of whether such arrangements provide for discounted payments in connection with such services so long as such arrangements are not intended to be true sales).
Eligible Assignee” means (a) any Lender, (b) any commercial bank, insurance company, or finance company, financial institution, any fund that invests in loans or any other “accredited investor” (as defined in Regulation D of the Securities Act) or (c) any Affiliate or branch of any Lender; provided that in any event, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include (i) any natural person, (ii) any Disqualified Institution or (iii) the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates.
Eligible In-Transit Inventory” means Inventory owned by a Loan Party (other than Holdings) that would be Eligible Inventory if it were not subject to a bill of lading or other document of title and in transit from a non-Loan Party location outside the United States or Canada to a location of a
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Loan Party within the United States or Canada, and that the Administrative Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, deems to be Eligible In-Transit Inventory. Without limiting the foregoing, no Inventory shall be Eligible In-Transit Inventory unless it (a) is either (i) subject to a negotiable bill of lading or other negotiable document of title showing the Administrative Agent (or, with the consent of the Administrative Agent, the applicable Loan Party) as consignee, which negotiable bill of lading or other document of title is in the possession of the Administrative Agent or such other Person as the Administrative Agent shall approve, or (ii) being handled by a customs broker, freight forwarder or other handler that has delivered to the Administrative Agent a Collateral Access Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), (A) no Inventory shall be Eligible In-Transit Inventory if it is or becomes subject to (x) a negotiable bill of lading or other negotiable document of title showing any other Person other than the Administrative Agent (or, with the consent of the Administrative Agent, the applicable Loan Party) as consignee or (y) a non-negotiable bill of lading or other document of title showing any Person other than a Loan Party or the Administrative Agent as consignee or buyer, and (B) no more than $75.0 million of Inventory under this clause (ii) shall constitute Eligible In-Transit Inventory other than Inventory in excess of such amount that is subject to a negotiable bill of lading or other negotiable document of title showing the Administrative Agent (or, with the consent of the Administrative Agent, the applicable Loan Party) as consignee and in the possession of the Administrative Agent; (b) is fully insured in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion; (c) is not sold by a vendor that has a right to reclaim, divert shipment of, repossess, stop delivery, claim any reservation of title or otherwise assert Lien rights against the Inventory, or with respect to whom any Loan Party is in default of any obligations; (d) is subject to purchase orders and other sale documentation satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion, and title has passed to the applicable Loan Party; and (e) is shipped by a common carrier that is not affiliated with the vendor and is not a person described in Section 3.17(a)(i) or a country listed in Section 3.17(a) or on any specially designated nationals list maintained by OFAC or similar list maintained by the Government of Canada and is not otherwise a “sanctioned” person under any Canadian AML Laws.
Eligible Inventory” means Inventory of a Loan Party (other than Holdings) consisting of raw materials, work in progress and finished goods, that complies with each of the representations and warranties in all material respects respecting Eligible Inventory made in the Loan Documents, and that is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below; provided, however, that such criteria may be revised from time to time by the Administrative Agent in the Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion to address, among other things, the results of any audit or appraisal performed by the Administrative Agent from time to time after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date. In determining the amount to be so included, Inventory shall be valued at cost or market value on a basis consistent with the Loan Parties’ historical accounting practices. An item of Inventory shall not be included in Eligible Inventory if:
(a)a Loan Party does not have good, valid, and marketable title thereto,
(b)a Loan Party does not have actual and exclusive possession thereof (either directly or through a bailee or agent of a Loan Party), unless, in each case, such Inventory is otherwise eligible pursuant to clause (d) below,
(c)it is not located at a location in (i) with respect to the US Borrowing Base, the United States or (ii) with respect to the Canadian Borrowing Base, Canada (in each case, unless it is Eligible In-Transit Inventory),
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(d)it is in-transit to or from a location of a Loan Party (other than (i) in-transit from one location of a Loan Party to another location of a Loan Party and (ii) Eligible In-Transit Inventory),
(e)it is located on real property leased by a Loan Party or in a contract warehouse, in each case, unless (i) it is subject to a Collateral Access Agreement or (ii) a Rent and Charges Reserve has been established by the Administrative Agent, if required in its Permitted Discretion,
(f)it is the subject of a bill of lading or other document of title (unless it is Eligible In-Transit Inventory),
(g)it is not subject to the Administrative Agent’s valid and perfected first priority Lien; provided that this clause (g) shall not exclude from Eligible Inventory that Inventory subject to unregistered Liens created by operation of law that secure amounts not yet due and payable, provided such Liens are Permitted Liens,
(h)it is located at any location at which the aggregate value of all Inventory at such location is less than $500,000,
(i)it is the portion of the Eligible Inventory that represents intercompany profit,
(j)[reserved],
(k)it is consigned to a customer,
(l)any Inventory as to which the applicable Loan Party takes a revaluation reserve, but only to the extent of the reserve,
(m)it is located at an outside processor or vendor,
(n)it consists of goods that are obsolete or slow moving, restrictive or custom items, or goods that constitute spare parts, packaging and shipping materials, labels, supplies used or consumed in a Loan Party’s business, bill and hold goods, defective goods, “out-of-spec”, damaged, non-standard, trial items, “seconds” or Inventory acquired on consignment,
(o)it consists of goods returned or rejected by the applicable Loan Party’s customers other than the goods that are undamaged or resalable in the ordinary course of business,
(p)it is subject to any licensing arrangement or any other intellectual property or other proprietary rights of any Person, the effect of which would be to limit the ability of the Administrative Agent, or any Person selling the Inventory on behalf of the Administrative Agent, to sell such Inventory in enforcement of the Administrative Agent’s Liens without further consent or payment to the licensor or such other Person (unless such consent has then been obtained), or
(q)it is not covered by casualty insurance maintained as required by Section 5.05.
Each reference to Loan Parties in the foregoing definition of Eligible Inventory shall be deemed to exclude Holdings.
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Environment” means ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, land surface and subsurface strata and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.
Environmental Claim” means any investigation, notice, notice of violation, claim, action, suit, proceeding, demand, abatement order or other order or directive (conditional or otherwise), by any Governmental Authority or any other Person, arising (a) pursuant to or in connection with any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law; (b) in connection with any Hazardous Material or any actual or alleged Hazardous Materials Activity; or (c) in connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to the Environment.
Environmental Laws” means any and all current or future applicable foreign or domestic, federal, provincial or state (or any subdivision of either of them), statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, judgments, Governmental Authorizations, or any other applicable requirements of Governmental Authorities and the common law relating to (a) environmental matters, including those relating to any Hazardous Materials Activity; or (b) the generation, use, storage, transportation or disposal of or exposure to Hazardous Materials, in any manner applicable to the Borrowers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or any Facility.
Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental investigation or remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), 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.
ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
ERISA Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, (a) any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code of which that Person is a member; and (b) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code of which that Person is a member.
ERISA Event” means (a) a “reportable event” within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those for which the 30-day notice period has been waived); (b) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan, or the filing of any request for or receipt of a minimum funding waiver under Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan or a failure to make a required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (c) the provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (d) the withdrawal by the Lead Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to any Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan; (f) the imposition of liability on the Lead Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application
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of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (g) a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) of the Lead Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Multiemployer Plan, or the receipt by the Lead Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in insolvency pursuant to Section 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA or is in “endangered” or “critical” status, within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; (h) a failure by the Lead Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates to pay when due (after expiration of any applicable grace period) any installment payment with respect to withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA; (i) a determination that any Pension Plan is, or is reasonably expected to be, in “at-risk” status, within the meaning of Section 430(i)(4) of the Code or Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA; or (j) the incurrence of liability or the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 436 or 430(k) of the Code or pursuant to ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan.
Erroneous Payment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.27(a).
EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.
Euro” or “” means the single currency unit of the Participating Member State.
Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Excluded Account” means any Deposit Account or Securities Account (as defined in the UCC or the PPSA, as applicable) (i) which is used exclusively as a Trust Fund Account, (ii) any Deposit Account used by any Loan Party exclusively for disbursements and payments (including payroll) in the ordinary course of business, (iii) which is used for the sole purpose of holding the proceeds of Term Collateral pending reinvestment by the US Borrower or application against the Term Loans, (iv) which is a zero balance account or (v) which has a daily balance at any time of less than $1.0 million individually or $5.0 million in the aggregate for all such Excluded Accounts.
Excluded Assets” means each of the following:
(a)any assets (including any lease, licenses or agreement) subject to a purchase money security interest, capital lease or similar arrangement permitted by this Agreement as to which the grant of a security interest therein would (i) constitute a violation of a restriction in favor of a third party (other than Holdings, the Borrowers or any of their subsidiaries) or result in the abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of any right of the relevant Loan Party, or (ii) result in a breach, termination (or a right of termination) or default under such contract, instrument, lease, license, agreement or other document (including pursuant to any “change of control” or similar provision); provided, however, that any such asset will only constitute an Excluded Asset under clause (i) or clause (ii) above to the extent such violation or breach, termination (or right of termination) or default would not be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction, the PPSA or any other applicable law; provided, further, that any such asset shall cease to constitute an Excluded Asset at such time as the condition causing such violation, breach, termination (or right of termination) or default or right to amend or require
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other actions no longer exists and to the extent severable, the security interest granted under the applicable Collateral Document shall attach immediately to any portion of such contract, instrument, lease, license, agreement or document that does not result in any of the consequences specified in clauses (i) and (ii) above;
(b)the Capital Stock of any (i) Immaterial Subsidiary, (ii) Captive Insurance Subsidiary, (iii) Unrestricted Subsidiary (except to the extent the security interest in such Capital Stock may be perfected by the filing of a Form UCC-1, PPSA or similar financing statement), (iv) not-for-profit subsidiary, (v) special purpose entity used for any permitted securitization facility, (vi) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary and is not permitted to be pledged pursuant to such entity’s organizational documents without (A) the consent of one or more unaffiliated third parties other than Holdings, the Borrowers or any of their subsidiaries (after giving effect to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction, the PPSA or any other applicable law) or (B) giving rise to a “right of first refusal”, a “right of first offer” or a similar right that may be exercised by any third party other than Holdings, the Borrowers or any of their subsidiaries, (vii) any subsidiary that is prohibited from having its stock pledged by (A) any law or regulation or would require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval or authorization, or (B) any Contractual Obligation that exists on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date or at the same time such subsidiary becomes a subsidiary of any Borrower and not entered into in contemplation of such subsidiary becoming a subsidiary of such Borrower, (viii) any Restricted Subsidiary acquired by any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date that, at the time of the relevant acquisition (and not entered into in contemplation of such acquisition), is an obligor in respect of any Indebtedness permitted to be assumed by such Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent (and for so long as) the documentation governing the applicable assumed Indebtedness prohibits the Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary from being pledged, and (ix) any person that is not (A) a Borrower or (B) a Restricted Subsidiary that is a direct, first tier subsidiary of a Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor;
(c)any IP Rights in any non-U.S. jurisdictions and any intent-to-use Trademark application prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” or an “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto, only to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use Trademark application or any registration issuing therefrom under applicable law;
(d)any asset (including governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters, authorizations and agreements), the grant or perfection of a security interest in which would (i) be prohibited or restricted by applicable law (after giving effect to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC, the PPSA and other applicable law) or (ii) require any governmental consent, approval, license or authorization that has not been obtained (after giving effect to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC, the PPSA and other applicable laws), (iii) be prohibited by enforceable anti-assignment provisions of applicable Requirements of Law, except, in the case of this clause (iii), to the extent such prohibition would be rendered ineffective under the UCC, the PPSA or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition, or (iv) be prohibited by enforceable anti-assignment provisions of contracts governing such asset in existence on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date or on the date of acquisition of the relevant asset (and in each case not entered into in anticipation of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date or such acquisition and except, in each case, to the extent that term in such contract providing for such prohibition purports to prohibit the granting of a security interest over all assets of such Loan Party or any
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other Loan Party) other than to the extent such prohibition would be rendered ineffective under the UCC, the PPSA or other applicable law;
(e)(i) any leasehold Real Estate Asset and (ii) any owned Real Estate Asset;
(f)any leasehold interests in any other asset or property (except to the extent the security interest in such leasehold interest may be perfected by the filing of a Form UCC-1 or PPSA financing statement);
(g)any motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title;
(h)any Margin Stock;
(i)unless otherwise agreed with respect to any Foreign Discretionary Guarantor of the applicable Obligations, to the extent securing (A) any US Obligations, any asset of a Foreign Subsidiary, a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco or any direct or indirect subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary or a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco, and (B) any Canadian Obligations, the Capital Stock of any Canadian Person that is not a Canadian Restricted Subsidiary;
(j)unless otherwise agreed with respect to any Foreign Discretionary Guarantor of the US Obligations, to the extent securing US Obligations, the Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary or any Foreign Subsidiary Holdco, other than 65% of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a direct, first-tier Restricted Subsidiary of any of the US Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor of the US Obligations (it being understood with respect to any Credit Extension, Overadvance or Protective Advance made to the US Borrower, a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than any such Foreign Discretionary Guarantor) will at no time include a Foreign Subsidiary, a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco or any direct or indirect subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary or a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco) and owned by the US Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor;
(k)(i) Commercial Tort Claims with a value (as reasonably estimated by the Lead Borrower) of less than $20.0 million (except as to which perfection of the security interest in such Commercial Tort Claims is accomplished by the filing of a Form UCC-1 or PPSA financing statement covering “all assets” (or similar language)), (ii) Letter-of-Credit Rights (except to the extent constituting a supporting obligation for other Collateral as to which perfection of the security interest in such Letter-of-Credit Rights may be perfected by the filing of a Form UCC-1 or PPSA financing statement covering “all assets” (or similar language)) and (iii) Excluded Accounts;
(l)any (i) Cash or Cash Equivalents comprised of (a) funds specially and exclusively used or to be used for payroll and payroll taxes and other employee benefit payments to or for the benefit of any Loan Party’s employees, (b) funds used or to be used to pay all Taxes required to be collected, remitted or withheld (including, without limitation, withholding Taxes (including employer’s share thereof)) and (c) any other funds which any Loan Party holds as an escrow or fiduciary for the benefit of another Person (Cash and Cash Equivalents described in this clause (l), the “Tax and Trust Funds”) as long as such Tax and Trust Funds are deposited in a Trust Fund Account;
(m)any accounts receivable and related assets that are sold or disposed of in connection with any factoring or similar arrangement permitted by this Agreement;
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(n)any asset or property (including the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary), the grant or perfection of a security interest in which would result in material adverse tax liabilities or consequences to any Parent Company, Holdings, the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiary (including with respect to any tax distribution paid or payable to any Parent Company), as reasonably determined by the Lead Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent;
(o)any asset with respect to which the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower have reasonably determined that the cost, burden, difficulty or consequence (including any effect on the ability of the relevant Loan Party to conduct its operations and business in the ordinary course of business) of obtaining or perfecting a security interest therein outweighs the benefit of a security interest to the relevant Secured Parties afforded thereby;
(p)all intellectual property and intellectual property rights of the Canadian Loan Parties; and
(q)any property or assets that would otherwise constitute Term Collateral, to the extent that the Term Agent in respect of the Term Credit Agreement as in effect on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (or any Term Facility that has refinanced in full the Term Credit Agreement as in effect on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date) secured on a Split Collateral Basis determines that any such property or assets shall not become part of, or shall be excluded from, the Collateral under the Term Facility (other than in connection with the Discharge of Term Obligations (as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement));
provided that, Excluded Assets shall not include (i) any proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any Excluded Assets referred to in clauses (a) through (q) (unless such proceeds, substitutions or replacements would constitute “Excluded Assets” referred to in clauses (a) through (q)) or (ii) any intercompany loan (including intercompany notes evidencing such intercompany loans) made by any Loan Party to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor.
Excluded Subsidiary” means:
(a)    any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary;
(b)    any Immaterial Subsidiary;
(c)    any Restricted Subsidiary that is prohibited from providing a Guarantee by (i) law or regulation or whose provision of a Guarantee would require a governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization in order to provide a Guarantee or (ii) any contractual obligation existing on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date or at the time such Restricted Subsidiary becomes a subsidiary (which Contractual Obligation was not entered into in contemplation of such Restricted Subsidiary becoming a subsidiary) from providing a Loan Guaranty;
(d)    any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Lead Borrower that is (i) a not-for-profit subsidiary, (ii) a Captive Insurance Subsidiary, (iii) a special purpose entity used for any permitted securitization or receivables facility or financing, or (iv) an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
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(e)    except as may be agreed with respect to any Foreign Discretionary Guarantor, to the extent guaranteeing any (i) US Obligations (A) a Foreign Subsidiary or a direct or indirect subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary or (B) a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco or a direct or indirect subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco and (ii) Canadian Obligations, any Subsidiary of the Canadian Loan Parties that is not a Canadian Restricted Subsidiary or a Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the US Obligations;
(f)    any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Lead Borrower (in consultation with the Administrative Agent), the burden or cost of providing a Loan Guaranty outweighs the benefits afforded thereby;
(g)    solely in the case of any obligation under any Secured Hedging Obligations that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1(a)(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act, any subsidiary of Holdings that is not an “Eligible Contract Participant” as defined under the Commodity Exchange Act (after giving effect to any applicable customary “keepwell” provision under the Loan Guaranty);
(h)    any Restricted Subsidiary acquired by a Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date that, at the time of the relevant acquisition (and not entered into in contemplation of such acquisition), is an obligor in respect of assumed Indebtedness that is permitted hereunder to the extent (and for so long as) the documentation governing the applicable assumed Indebtedness prohibits such Restricted Subsidiary from providing a Loan Guaranty;
(i) any subsidiary of a Borrower where the provision of a Loan Guaranty would result in material adverse tax consequences to any Parent Company, Holdings, the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiary, as reasonably determined by the Lead Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent; and
(j) any subsidiary as reasonably agreed between the Lead Borrower and the Administrative Agent;
provided, however, that none of Holdings, any Borrower or any Discretionary Guarantor (subject to the final sentence of the definition of “Guarantor”) shall constitute an Excluded Subsidiary.
Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Loan Guaranty of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Loan Guaranty 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 of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder (determined after giving effect to Section 3.20 of the Loan Guaranty and any other “keepwell,” support or other agreement for the benefit of such Guarantor) at the time the Loan Guaranty of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. 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 Loan Guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal.
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Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender (which for purposes of this term shall include any Issuing Bank and any Swingline Lender) or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document (each such person, a “Recipient”), (a) Taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income (however denominated) and franchise Taxes, in each case, (i) 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 (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) any branch profits Taxes imposed under Section 884(a) of the Code or any similar Tax, imposed by any jurisdiction described in clause (a), (c) in the case of any Lender with respect to a Revolving Loan or Commitment extended to the US Borrower, any U.S. federal withholding Tax that is imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Revolving Loan or Commitment that are (or would be) required to be withheld pursuant to a Requirement of Law in effect at the time such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), except (i) pursuant to an assignment or designation of a new lending office under Section 2.19 and (ii) to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to the designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from any Loan Party with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 2.17, (d) any Tax imposed as a result of a failure by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to comply with Section 2.17(f), (e) any withholding Tax imposed under FATCA, (f) U.S. backup withholding taxes and (g) in the case of any Lender with respect to a Revolving Loan or Commitment extended to the Canadian Borrower, any Canadian withholding tax imposed by reason of the Recipient (i) not dealing at arm’s length (within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) with a Loan Party or (ii) being a “specified shareholder” (as defined in subsection 18(5) of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) of a Loan Party or not dealing at arm’s length with such a specified shareholder for purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada), other than, in the case of clauses (i) or (ii) above, where the non-arm’s length relationship arises, or where the Recipient is a specified shareholder of a Loan Party or not dealing at arm’s length with such a specified shareholder by virtue of it having become a party to, received or perfected a security interest under or enforced any rights under, any Loan Document.
Existing Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit previously issued that (a) will remain outstanding on and after the Closing Date and (b) is listed on Schedule 1.01(d).
“Extended Revolving Credit Commitment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a)(ii).
Extended Revolving Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a)(ii).
Extended Revolving Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a)(ii).
Extension” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a).
Extension Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (to the extent required by Section 2.23) and the Borrowers executed by each of (a) Holdings, (b) the Borrowers, (c) the Administrative Agent and (d) each Lender that has accepted the applicable Extension Offer pursuant hereto and in accordance with Section 2.23.
Extension Offer” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a).
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Facility” means any real property (including all buildings, fixtures or other improvements located thereon) now, hereafter or, except with respect to Articles V and VI, hereof owned, leased, operated or used by any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries.
Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any property, assets (including Capital Stock and Indebtedness) or obligations, the fair market value thereof as such fair market value is determined in good faith by the Lead Borrower (after taking into account, with respect to property and assets, any liabilities with respect thereto that impact such fair market value).
FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, 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.
FCA” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(a).
FCPA” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.17(b).
Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate 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 Effective Rate for any day is less than zero, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day will be deemed to be zero.
Fee Letter” means that certain Amended and Restated Fee Letter, dated as of February 12, 2021, by and among the Arrangers and the other financial institutions party thereto as Commitment Parties (as defined therein) and the Lead Borrower.
First Lien Leverage Ratio” means the ratio, as of any date of determination, of (a) Consolidated First Lien Debt as of the last day of the Test Period then most recently ended to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, in each case for the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
First Priority” means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created on any US Collateral or Canadian Collateral pursuant to any Collateral Documents, that, subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, such Lien is senior in priority to any other Lien to which such US Collateral or Canadian Collateral is subject, other than any Permitted Lien.
First Priority Secured Obligations” means the Secured Obligations in respect of the Initial Revolving Facility and any other Revolving Facility secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Initial Revolving Facility (as incurred and secured on the Closing Date).
Fiscal Quarter” means a fiscal quarter of the Lead Borrower of any Fiscal Year.
Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Lead Borrower based on a 52-53 week fiscal year ending the last Saturday of December unless otherwise permitted under Section 6.13.
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Fixed Basket” means any category or subcategory of exceptions, thresholds, baskets, or other provisions in this Agreement based on a fixed Dollar amount and/or percentage of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets as of any date of determination (including in Article VI and the Fixed Incremental Amount and clause (b) or any sub-clause therein of the definition of Incremental Cap) or that is not otherwise an Incurrence-Based Basket.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, for any Test Period, the ratio, determined on a consolidated basis for the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such Test Period minus (i) capital expenditures paid in cash during such Test Period (except to the extent financed with the proceeds of Dispositions or long term Indebtedness (other than the Revolving Loans)) and (ii) the aggregate amount of federal, state, local and foreign income Taxes actually paid or payable currently in cash during such Test Period to (b) Fixed Charges actually paid or payable currently in cash during such Test Period, in each case, of the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
Fixed Charges” means without duplication, during any applicable period, the sum of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense, (b) scheduled principal amortization payments in respect of Indebtedness for borrowed money paid or payable in cash (other than payments made by the Borrowers or their Restricted Subsidiaries to the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries and, in any case, excluding any earn-out obligation or purchase price adjustment), all calculated for the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, (c) solely for purposes of testing Section 6.15, unfinanced Restricted Payments made in reliance on the Payment Conditions and (d) solely to the extent testing compliance with the Payment Conditions, Restricted Payments made in reliance on the Payment Conditions.
Fixed Incremental Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Incremental Cap.”
Floor” means the benchmark rate floor applicable to each Facility provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to Term SOFR, which, as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, is 0.00%.
Foreign Discretionary Guarantor” means a Discretionary Guarantor that is organized in a jurisdiction outside of the United States.
Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
Foreign Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the US Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
Foreign Subsidiary Holdco” means a direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Lead Borrower that has no material assets other than the capital stock and, if applicable, indebtedness of one or more subsidiaries that are Foreign Subsidiaries or other Foreign Subsidiary Holdcos.
Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to the Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the outstanding LC Obligations, but other than such LC Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of Swingline Loans, but
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other than such Swingline Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders in accordance with the terms hereof.
Funding Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.03(h).
GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. in effect and applicable to the accounting period in respect of which reference to GAAP is made, subject to Section 1.04.
Governmental Authority” means any federal, provincial, territorial, state, municipal, national or other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity or officer exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a state or locality of the U.S., the U.S., a province or territory of Canada, Canada or a foreign government or any other political subdivision thereof, including central banks and supra national bodies.
Governmental Authorization” means any permit, license, authorization, plan, directive, consent order or consent decree of or from any Governmental Authority.
Granting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(e).
GST, HST Tax Reserve” means an amount determined by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion from time to time representing an estimate of potential prior or pari passu ranking capital gains tax, value added tax, goods and services tax, harmonized sales tax and/or any other taxes and the costs of any administration or winding-up.
Guarantee” of or by any Person (as used in this definition, the “Guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the Guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of any other Person (the “Primary Obligor”) in any manner and including any obligation of the Guarantor (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the Primary Obligor so as to enable the Primary Obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or monetary obligation, (e) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part) or (f) secured by any Lien on any assets of such Guarantor securing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or monetary other obligation is assumed by such Guarantor (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation to obtain any such Lien); provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business, or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition, Disposition or other transaction permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary
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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.
Guarantor” means Holdings, the Borrowers, any Subsidiary Guarantor and any Discretionary Guarantor. Notwithstanding the definition of “Excluded Subsidiary”, the Lead Borrower may elect, in its sole discretion (but subject to the consent of the Administrative Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to cause one or more Restricted Subsidiaries that are Excluded Subsidiaries or, without limiting the obligation of Holdings and the Borrowers to at all times be a Guarantor, one or more specified Parent Companies to become a Guarantor (any such person, a “Discretionary Guarantor”) by causing such Person to execute a joinder to the Loan Guaranty (in substantially the form attached as an exhibit thereto) and to satisfy the requirements of Section 5.12, the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and the Perfection Requirements (as if such Person was a newly formed Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary but without regard to the time periods specified therein, provided that such entity shall not be deemed a Guarantor or Discretionary Guarantor until such entity has complied with such requirements); provided, that (i) in the case of any Foreign Discretionary Guarantor, the jurisdiction of such person is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being understood that Canada shall be deemed to be a jurisdiction that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and (ii) Administrative Agent shall have received at least two (2) Business Days prior to such Person becoming a Guarantor all documentation and other information in respect of such person required under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations (including the USA Patriot Act); provided, further, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary, no Parent Company that becomes a Discretionary Guarantor shall be required to grant (but may grant at the Lead Borrower’s election) any Liens or provide any Collateral or other security for its obligations. Any such Discretionary Guarantor shall be treated as and shall be subject to all provisions applicable to Loan Parties and Guarantors and shall not otherwise be treated as or subject to the provisions applicable to Excluded Subsidiaries on the basis for which such Person constituted an Excluded Subsidiary at the time of such designation; provided that no Parent Company that is a Discretionary Guarantor (other than Holdings) shall be treated as a Loan Party or Guarantor for purposes of Article VI or any exceptions, thresholds or baskets applicable to or available to any Person on the basis that such Parent Company is a Loan Party or Guarantor for so long as such Parent Company has not granted any Liens or provided any Collateral or other security for its obligations and otherwise complied with the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and Perfection Requirements (as if such Person was a newly formed Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary but without regard to the time periods specified therein). For the avoidance of doubt, no assets of any Discretionary Guarantor that is not a Canadian Loan Party shall be included in the Canadian Borrowing Base and no assets of any Discretionary Guarantor that is not a US Loan Party shall be included in the US Borrowing Base unless the jurisdiction of such Discretionary Guarantor is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
Hazardous Materials” means any chemical, material, substance or waste, or any constituent thereof, which is prohibited, defined, listed or regulated as “toxic”, “hazardous” or as a “pollutant” or “contaminant” or words of similar meaning or effect by any Environmental Law.
Hazardous Materials Activity” means any past, current, proposed or threatened activity, event or occurrence involving any Hazardous Material, including the use, manufacture, possession, storage, holding, presence, existence, location, Release, threatened Release, discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing, construction, treatment, abatement, removal,
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remediation, disposal, disposition or handling of any Hazardous Material, and any corrective action or response action with respect to any of the foregoing.
Hedge Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any Derivative Transaction between any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and any other Person.
Hedge Product Reserve” means the aggregate amount of reserves established by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its Permitted Discretion in respect of Designated Hedging Obligations, which shall not exceed the sum of all Canadian Hedge Product Amounts and US Hedge Product Amounts in respect of Designated Hedging Obligations at such time.
Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under any Hedge Agreement.
Hillman Trust” means Hillman Group Capital Trust, a Delaware business statutory trust.
HMAN” means HMAN Group Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Holding Company” means either Holdings or any Parent Company that becomes a Discretionary Guarantor or both Holdings and any Parent Company that becomes a Discretionary Guarantor.
Holdings” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement, together with any successors and assignees permitted hereunder.
IBA” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(a).
IFRS” means international accounting standards within the meaning of the IAS Regulation 1606/2002, as in effect from time to time (subject to the provisions of Section 1.04), to the extent applicable to the relevant financial statements.
Immaterial Subsidiary” means, as of any date of determination, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Lead Borrower that has been designated by the Lead Borrower as an “Immaterial Subsidiary” for purposes of this Agreement, provided that the Consolidated Total Assets and Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (as so determined) of all such designated Immaterial Subsidiaries that would otherwise be required to be Subsidiary Guarantors shall not exceed 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets and 5.0% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, in each case, of the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the relevant Test Period; provided, further, that, at all times prior to the first delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), this definition shall be applied based on the pro forma consolidated financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.01.
Immediate Family Member” means, with respect to any individual, such individual’s child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, domestic partner, former domestic partner, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law and daughter-in-law (including adoptive relationships), any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals, such individual’s estate (or an executor or administrator acting on its behalf), heirs or legatees or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.
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Incremental Cap” means:
(a)the greatest of (i) $125.0 million (the “Fixed Incremental Amount”), (ii) the maximum amount such that after giving pro forma effect to any Incremental Revolving Facility implemented in reliance on this clause (a)(ii) (assuming a full drawing of such Incremental Revolving Facility), the First Lien Leverage Ratio does not exceed 4.50:1.00, and (iii) the amount by which the Borrowing Base exceeds the Aggregate Commitments at such time; provided that, in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or similar Investment, the Borrowing Base shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis without giving effect to any limitations, exclusions or qualifications with respect to the acquired assets set forth in the definitions of “Canadian Borrowing Base” and “US Borrowing Base”, including any eligibility requirements with respect to the acquired assets pending the completion of any field examinations and inventory appraisals; plus
(b)the amount of any permanent voluntary reduction of any Aggregate Commitment; plus
(c)in the case of any Incremental Revolving Facility that effectively replaces any Aggregate Commitment terminated in accordance with Section 2.19, an amount equal to the relevant terminated Aggregate Commitment.
Incremental Revolving Commitment” means any commitment made by a lender to provide all or any portion of any Incremental Revolving Facility or Incremental Revolving Loans.
Incremental Revolving Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).
Incremental Revolving Facility Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement executed by (a) Holdings, the Lead Borrower and, if the initial Canadian Commitment is being increased pursuant to Section 2.22, the Canadian Borrower, (b) solely to the extent adversely affecting the rights and interests of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent and (c) each Lender that agrees to provide all or any portion of such Incremental Revolving Facility being incurred pursuant thereto and in accordance with Section 2.22.
Incremental Revolving Lender” means, with respect to any Incremental Revolving Facility, each Lender providing any portion of such Incremental Revolving Facility.
Incremental Revolving Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).
Incurrence-Based Basket” means any category (or subcategory) of exceptions, thresholds, baskets, or other provisions in this Agreement based on complying or subject to compliance (including on a Pro Forma Basis) with any financial ratio (including, without limitation, any First Lien Leverage Ratio, any Secured Leverage Ratio, any Total Leverage Ratio, any Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, any Net Interest Coverage Ratio, clause (a)(ii) (or sub-clause) of the definition of Incremental Cap, and/or the Payment Conditions).
Indebtedness” as applied to any Person means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money; (b) that portion of obligations with respect to Capital Leases to the extent recorded as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared
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in accordance with GAAP; (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments to the extent the same would appear as indebtedness on a balance sheet (including the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; (d) any obligation owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than any earn out obligation, purchase price and working capital adjustment obligations and any similar obligation except to the extent reflected as a liability on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP and not paid within thirty (30) days after becoming due and payable), which purchase price is due more than three hundred sixty four (364) days from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof; (e) all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned or held by such Person regardless of whether the Indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by such Person in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the Fair Market Value of the property or asset subject to such Lien; (f) the face amount of any letter of credit issued for the account of such Person or as to which such Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings; (g) the Guarantee by such Person of the Indebtedness of another; (h) all obligations of such Person in respect of any Disqualified Capital Stock and (i) all net obligations of such Person in respect of any Derivative Transaction, including any Hedge Agreement, whether or not entered into for hedging or speculative purposes. For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or any joint venture (other than any joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, except to the extent such Person’s liability for such Indebtedness is otherwise limited and only to the extent such Indebtedness would otherwise be included in the calculation of Consolidated Total Debt; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the term “Indebtedness” shall exclude, and shall be calculated without giving effect to, (A) the effects of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose hereunder as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of such Indebtedness and any such amounts that would have constituted Indebtedness hereunder but for the application of this proviso shall not be deemed an incurrence of Indebtedness hereunder, (B) the effects of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose under this Agreement as a result of accounting for any embedded derivative created by the terms of such Indebtedness (it being understood that any such amounts that would have constituted Indebtedness under this Agreement but for the application of this sentence shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness under this Agreement), (C) liabilities under vendor agreements to the extent such liabilities may be satisfied exclusively through non-cash means such as purchase volume earning credits, (D) reserves for deferred taxes (or obligation to make any distributions or Restricted Payments in respect thereof), (E) any obligations incurred under ERISA or any unpaid financial obligations incurred under applicable law relating to Canadian Pension Plans or Canadian Employee Plans, (F) any obligations incurred under applicable minimum standards pension legislation or statutory benefit plan administered by a Governmental authority, (G) accrued expenses and trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business (including on an inter-company basis), (H) liabilities associated with customer prepayments and deposits, (I) Indebtedness that is non-recourse to the credit of such Person and (J) for all purposes under this Agreement other than for purposes of Section 6.01, intercompany Indebtedness among Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, further, that the principal amount of any Indebtedness shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.08.
Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes and Other 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.
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Indemnitee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.03(b).
Information” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.11(a).
Initial Canadian Commitment” means with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Initial Canadian Revolving Loans (and acquire participations in Canadian Letters of Credit) hereunder as set forth on the Commitment Schedule, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender assumed its Initial Canadian Commitment, as applicable, as the same may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09 or 2.10, (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to reallocations pursuant to Section 2.25, (c) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 2.22, or (d) established or increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.22 in connection with an Incremental Revolving Facility. The aggregate amount of the Initial Canadian Commitments on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date is $50.0 million.
Initial Canadian Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Initial Canadian Revolving Lender at any time (a) the aggregate Outstanding Amount at such time of all Initial Canadian Revolving Loans of such Initial Canadian Revolving Lender, plus (b) the aggregate amount at such time of such Initial Canadian Revolving Lender’s Canadian LC Exposure and participation interest in Canadian Protective Advances and Canadian Overadvances, in each case attributable to its Initial Canadian Commitment.
Initial Canadian Revolving Lender” means any Lender with an Initial Canadian Commitment and which is a financial institution that is listed on Schedule I, II, or III of the Bank Act (Canada) or is not a foreign bank for purposes of the Bank Act (Canada), and if such financial institution is not resident in Canada and is not deemed to be resident in Canada for purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada), that financial institution deals at arm’s length with the Canadian Borrower for purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada).
Initial Canadian Revolving Loan” means any loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(b).
Initial Commitment” means with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Initial US Commitment and/or Initial Canadian Commitment.
Initial Revolving Credit Exposure” means with respect to any Lender at any time, the aggregate Outstanding Amount at such time of all Initial Revolving Loans of such Lender, plus the aggregate amount at such time of such Lender’s LC Exposure and Swingline Exposure and participation interest in Protective Advances and Overadvances, in each case, attributable to its Initial Commitments.
Initial Revolving Credit Maturity Date” means the date that is the earlier of (i) five (5) years after the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, and (ii) ninety-one (91) days prior to the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date (as defined in the Term Credit Agreement).
Initial Revolving Facility” means the Initial Commitments and the Initial Revolving Loans and other extensions of credit thereunder.
Initial Revolving Lender” means any Lender with an Initial Commitment or any Initial Revolving Credit Exposure.
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Initial Revolving Loan” means any Initial US Revolving Loan and/or any Initial Canadian Revolving Loan.
Initial US Commitment” means with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Initial US Revolving Loans (and acquire participations in US Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans) hereunder as set forth on the Commitment Schedule, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender assumed its Initial US Commitment, as the same may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09 or 2.10, (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to reallocations pursuant to Section 2.25, (c) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 2.22, or (d) established or increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.22 in connection with an Incremental Revolving Facility. The aggregate amount of the Initial US Commitments on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date is $325.0 million.
Initial US Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Initial US Revolving Lender at any time (a) the aggregate Outstanding Amount at such time of all Initial US Revolving Loans of such Initial US Revolving Lender, plus (b) the aggregate amount at such time of such Initial US Revolving Lender’s US LC Exposure and Swingline Exposure and participation interest in US Protective Advances and US Overadvances, in each case attributable to its Initial US Commitment.
Initial US Revolving Lender” means any Lender with an Initial US Commitment.
Initial US Revolving Loan” means any loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
Intellectual Property Security Agreement” means any agreement, including any supplement thereto, executed on or after the Closing Date confirming or effecting the grant of any Lien on IP Rights owned by any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in accordance with this Agreement and the US Security Agreement, including any of the following: (a) a Trademark Security Agreement substantially in the form attached as an exhibit to the US Security Agreement, (b) a Patent Security Agreement substantially in the form attached as an exhibit to the US Security Agreement or (c) a Copyright Security Agreement attached as an exhibit to the US Security Agreement, together with any and all supplements or amendments thereto.
Interest Election Request” means a request by the applicable Borrower in the form of Exhibit D or another form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08.
Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Revolving Loan (including Swingline Loans), Canadian Base Rate Revolving Loan or Canadian Prime Rate Revolving Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December (commencing on June 30, 2018) or the maturity date applicable to such Revolving Loan, (b) with respect to any SOFR Revolving Loan or CDORTerm CORRA Rate Revolving Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Revolving Loan is a part and, in the case of a SOFR Borrowing or CDOR Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three (3) months’ duration, each day that would have been an Interest Payment Date had successive Interest Periods of three (3) months’ duration been applicable to such Borrowing and (c) to the extent necessary to create a fungible Class of Revolving Loans in connection with the incurrence of any Additional Revolving Loans, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower, the date of the incurrence of such Additional Revolving Loans.
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Interest Period” means with respect to any CDORTerm CORRA Rate Borrowing or SOFR Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one (1), three (3) or, in the case of SOFR Borrowing only, six (6) months (or, to the extent available to all relevant affected Lenders, a shorter period) thereafter, as the applicable Borrower may elect; provided that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
Inventory” has the meaning assigned to such term in the UCC (and/or, with respect to any Inventory of a Canadian Loan Party, as defined in the PPSA).
Investment” means (a) any purchase or other acquisition by the Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any of the Securities of any other Person (other than any Loan Party), (b) the acquisition by purchase or otherwise (other than any purchase or other acquisition of inventory, materials, supplies and/or equipment in the ordinary course of business) of all or substantially all of the business, property or fixed assets of any other Person or any division or line of business or other business unit of any other Person and (c) any loan, advance (other than any advance to any current or former employee, officer, director, member of management, manager, consultant or independent contractor of the Lead Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Company for moving, entertainment and travel expenses, drawing accounts and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business) or capital contribution by the Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any other Person. Subject to Section 5.10, the amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment, plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect thereto, but giving effect to any repayments of principal in the case of any Investment in the form of a loan and any return of capital or return on Investment in the case of any equity Investment (whether as a distribution, dividend, redemption or sale but not in excess of the amount of the relevant initial Investment) and in each case, the amount of any Investment shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.08.
Investors” means (a) the Sponsor, (b) the Co-Investors and (c) any other Person making a cash equity investment directly or indirectly in any Parent Company after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, so long as in the case of this clause (c), (i) no such Person’s direct or indirect beneficial ownership of Holdings is greater than the Sponsor’s direct or indirect beneficial ownership of Holdings, and (ii) the aggregate direct or indirect beneficial ownership of Holdings by such Persons does not exceed 40% of the aggregate direct or indirect beneficial ownership of Holdings of all Investors collectively, in each case, other than any Person who is a Lender on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (and such Person shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of an Investor under this Agreement).
IP Rights” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.05(c).
IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
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ISDA Definitions” means the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or such successor thereto.
Issuing Bank” means each financial institution with a commitment to issue US Letters of Credit and/or Canadian Letters of Credit as set forth on Schedule 1.01(a) and any other Lender that, at the request of any Borrower and with the consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) agrees to become an Issuing Bank; provided that the maximum amount of US Letters of Credit and Canadian Letters of Credit issued and outstanding of any Issuing Bank shall not exceed the amount set forth on Schedule 1.01(a) (as such schedule may be updated from time to time pursuant to Section 2.05(b) with the consent of the applicable Issuing Banks to reflect additional Issuing Banks) at any time unless otherwise agreed in writing by such Issuing Bank. Each Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by any Affiliate or branch of such Issuing Bank, which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate or branch with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate or branch.
Judgment Currency” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.24(b).
Junior Debentures” means the junior subordinated debentures issued by The Hillman Companies, Inc. to the Hillman Trust pursuant to the Junior Debentures Indenture.
Junior Debentures Indenture” means the indenture dated September 5, 1997 between The Hillman Companies, Inc. (as successor to the original issuer thereunder) and The Bank of New York as the trustee.
Junior Lien Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral (other than Indebtedness among Holdings and/or its subsidiaries) that is contractually junior or subordinated to the Lien on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness outstanding under any Term Facility, “Incremental Equivalent Debt” (as defined in the Term Credit Agreement or any equivalent term under any documentation governing any Term Facility) and Indebtedness under this Agreement, in each case, on a Split Collateral Basis, each shall not constitute Junior Lien Indebtedness.
Landcadia Parent” means Landcadia Holdings III, Inc., a Delaware corporation, to be renamed Hillman Solutions Corp. after consummation of the Merger.
Landcadia Stock Redemption” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals to this Agreement.
Landcadia Stock Redemption Amount” means an amount equal to the aggregate cash amount of the Landcadia Stock Redemption.
Latest Maturity Date” means, as of any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any Revolving Loan or commitment hereunder at such time, including the latest maturity or expiration date of any Initial Revolving Loan, any Additional Revolving Loan or any Additional Revolving Commitment.
LC Disbursement” means a payment or disbursement made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
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LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of the US LC Exposure and the Canadian LC Exposure. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall equal its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate LC Exposure at such time.
LC Obligations” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the amount available to be drawn under Letters of Credit then outstanding, assuming compliance with all requirements for drawings referenced therein, plus (b) the aggregate principal amount of all unreimbursed LC Disbursements.
LC Reimbursement Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(e)(i).
LCT Election” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.10(a).
LCT Test Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.10(a).
Lead Borrower” means the US Borrower.
Legal Reservations” means the application of relevant Debtor Relief Laws, general principles of equity and/or principles of good faith and fair dealing.
Lenders” means the Initial Revolving Lenders (which as the context requires, includes the Swingline Lender), any Additional Revolving Lender, any lender with a Commitment or an outstanding Revolving Loan and any other Person that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.
Letter of Credit” means any US Letter of Credit or Canadian Letter of Credit.
Letter of Credit Request has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).
Letter-of-Credit Right” has the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, deed of trust, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement 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 Capital Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing), in each case, in the nature of security; provided that in no event shall an operating lease in and of itself be deemed to constitute a Lien on any asset.
Limited Condition Transaction” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.10(a).
Line Cap” means at any time, the lesser of (i) the Aggregate Commitments and (ii) the then-applicable Borrowing Base.
Liquidity Period” means any period (a) beginning on the date on which Availability shall have been less than the greater of (i) 10% of the Line Cap and (ii) $30.0 million, in either case for each day during a period of five (5) consecutive Business Days, and (b) ending on the date on which
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Availability is equal to or greater than the greater of (i) 10% of the Line Cap and (ii) $30.0 million for each day during a period of thirty (30) consecutive calendar days.
Loan Documents” means this Agreement, any Promissory Note, each Loan Guaranty, the Collateral Documents, each Blocked Account Agreement, the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, the Amendment No. 2, any Additional Agreement and any other document or instrument designated by the Lead Borrower and the Administrative Agent as a “Loan Document”. Any reference in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Loan Document shall include all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto.
Loan Guaranty” means (a) the ABL Guaranty, dated as of the Closing Date, and as amended and restated as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit H, among Holdings, the Borrowers and each other Loan Party and by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (b)(i) each other guaranty agreement in substantially the form attached as Exhibit H, (ii) another form of guaranty that is otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower or (iii) any supplement or joinder to any of the foregoing, in each case, executed by any Person pursuant to Section 5.12 or as provided in the definition of “Guarantor”.
Loan Parties” means Holdings, the Borrowers, each other Guarantor and, in each case, their respective successors and permitted assigns.
Lockbox” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.15(a).
Margin Stock” has the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.
Market Capitalization” means an amount equal to (i) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of common Capital Stock of any applicable Parent Company on the date of the declaration of a Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to Section 6.04(a)(viii) multiplied by (ii) the arithmetic mean of the closing prices per share of such common Capital Stock on the principal securities exchange on which such common Capital Stock are traded for the thirty (30) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of declaration of such Restricted Payment.
Material Account” means any Deposit Account or Securities Account of a Loan Party other than any Excluded Account.
Material Adverse Effect” means (a) for any purpose on or prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, an Amendment No. 2 Effective Date Material Adverse Effect and (b) for any purpose after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, a material adverse effect on (i) the business, assets, financial condition or results of operations, in each case, of Holdings, the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) the rights and remedies (taken as a whole) of the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) under the applicable Loan Documents or (iii) the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their payment obligations under the applicable Loan Documents.
Material Debt Instrument” means any promissory note payable to, or in favor, of a Loan Party with an aggregate principal amount outstanding, in each case, of not less than $20.0 million. “Maturity Date” means (a) with respect to the Initial Revolving Loans, the Initial Revolving Credit Maturity Date, (b) with respect to any Incremental Revolving Facility, the final maturity date set forth in the applicable Incremental Revolving Facility Amendment and (c) with respect to any Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, the final maturity date set forth in the applicable Extension Amendment.
Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.20.
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Merger” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals to this Agreement.
Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, made and entered into as of January 24, 2021, and as amended by the First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of March 12, 2021, by and among, inter alios, Landcadia Parent, Merger Sub, HMAN, and the other parties thereto, together with the schedules and exhibits thereto (including the Company Disclosure Letter (as defined in the Merger Agreement)).
Merger Sub” means Helios Sun Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Minimum Extension Condition” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(b).
Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan which is a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA, that is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA, and in respect of which the Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates, makes or is obligated to make contributions or with respect to which any of them has any ongoing obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.
Narrative Report” means, with respect to the financial statements with respect to which it is delivered, a management discussion and narrative report describing the operations of Holdings, the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the applicable Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year and for the period from the beginning of the then-current Fiscal Year to the end of the period to which the relevant financial statements relate.
Net Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense, in each case for the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
Net Orderly Liquidation Value” means with respect to Eligible Inventory of any Person, the orderly liquidation value thereof, net of all costs and expenses reasonably estimated to be incurred in connection with such liquidation, as determined based upon the most recent Inventory appraisal conducted in accordance with this Agreement.
Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any issuance or incurrence of Indebtedness or Capital Stock, the Cash proceeds thereof, net of all Taxes and customary fees, commissions, costs, underwriting discounts and other fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith.
Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(b).
Notice of Intent to Cure” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.15(b).
Obligations” means, collectively, the US Obligations and the Canadian Obligations.
OFAC” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.17(a).
Organizational Documents” means (a) with respect to any corporation, its certificate and/or articles of incorporation or organization and its by-laws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive
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documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction), (b) with respect to any limited partnership, its certificate of limited partnership and its partnership agreement, (c) with respect to any general partnership, its partnership agreement, (d) with respect to any limited liability company, its articles of organization or association or certificate of formation or incorporation, and its operating agreement (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction), and (e) with respect to any other form of entity, such other organizational documents required by local law or customary under such jurisdiction to document the formation and governance principles of such type of entity. In the event that any term or condition of this Agreement or any other Loan Document requires any Organizational Document to be certified by a secretary of state or similar governmental official, the reference to any such “Organizational Document” shall only be to a document of a type customarily certified by such governmental official.
Original Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
Other Agreed Adjustments” means any add-backs and adjustments (including pro forma adjustments of the type in clause (b)(xi) of the definition of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA”), to the extent not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income, of the type reflected in (a) the Sponsor Model, (b) the draft of the financial accounting due diligence report delivered to the Arrangers on or about September, 2020, and (c) any confidential information memorandum, lender presentations and other marketing materials in respect of the Term Facility, in each case, which add-backs and adjustments shall not, for the avoidance of doubt, be limited to the time periods or amounts in respect of which such add backs and adjustments were identified therein.
Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Lender, any Issuing Bank, any Swingline Lender or the Administrative Agent, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, or engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Revolving Loan or Loan Document).
Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary Taxes or any intangible, recording, filing or other similar Taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, but not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment, grant of a participation, designation of a different lending office or other transfer (other than an assignment or designation of a different lending office made pursuant to Section 2.19) or Excluded Taxes.
Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to Revolving 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 Revolving Loans occurring on such date, (b) with respect to any Letters of Credit, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letters of Credit after giving effect to any changes in the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letters of Credit or the issuance or expiry of any Letters of Credit, including as a result of any LC Disbursements and (c) with respect to any LC Disbursements on any date, the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the aggregate outstanding amount of such LC Disbursements on such date after giving effect to
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any disbursements with respect to any Letter of Credit occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the LC Disbursements as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by any Borrower of unreimbursed LC Disbursements.
Overadvance” means a US Overadvance or a Canadian Overadvance.
Parent Company” means Holdings and any other Person of which the Lead Borrower is an indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, including HMAN and Landcadia Parent.
Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(c).
Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(c).
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 the legislation for the European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
Patent” means the following: (a) any and all patents and patent applications (and industrial designs and industrial design applications, to the extent applicable); (b) all inventions described and claimed therein; (c) all reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations in part thereof; (d) all income, royalties, damages, claims, and payments now or hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto, including, without limitation, damages and payments for past, present and future infringements thereof; (e) all rights to sue for past, present, and future infringements thereof; and (f) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing.
Payment Conditions” means as to any transaction, (i) no Specified Default exists or would result from any such transaction, and (ii) Availability (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) on the date of the proposed transaction and the 30-Day Average Availability immediately preceding such transaction would be greater than (a) in the case of Restricted Payments, (x) if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) is greater than or equal to 1.00:1.00, the greater of 15% of the Line Cap and $37.5 million and (y) if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) is less than 1.00:1.00, the greater of 17.5% of the Line Cap and $45.0 million and (b) in the case of Investments, Restricted Debt Payments and any other transaction subject to Payment Conditions, (x) if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) is greater than or equal to 1.00:1.00, the greater of 12.5% of the Line Cap and $30.0 million and (y) if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) is less than 1.00:1.00, the greater of 15.0% of the Line Cap and $37.5 million.
Payment Conditions Basket” means any category (or subcategory) of exceptions, thresholds, baskets, or other provisions in this Agreement based on complying or subject to compliance (including on a Pro Forma Basis) with the Payment Conditions.
Payment Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.27(b).
PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan”, as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan), that is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, which the Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates, maintains or contributes to or has an obligation to contribute to, or otherwise has any liability, contingent or otherwise.
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Perfection Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E.
Perfection Certificate Supplement” means a supplement to the Perfection Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F.
Perfection Requirements” means the filing of appropriate financing statements with the office of the Secretary of State, the PPSA registry or other appropriate office or security register of the jurisdiction of organization (and, as applicable, of the jurisdiction of the registered office, chief executive office or location where such Loan Party maintains Collateral or, in the case of a Foreign Discretionary Guarantor or other Loan Party that is not a registered organization, other appropriate office of the jurisdiction of such Loan Party’s “location” under Section 9-307 of the UCC or the PPSA, as applicable) of each Loan Party, the filing of appropriate assignments or notices with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office, in each case in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and the delivery to the Administrative Agent (or the Term Agent as bailee and agent for the Administrative Agent) of any stock certificate or Material Debt Instrument required to be delivered pursuant to the applicable Loan Documents, together with instruments of transfer executed in blank and entry into a Blocked Account Agreement with respect to each Blocked Account, in each case, subject in all respects to the definitions of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”, “Discretionary Guarantor” and “Excluded Assets” and the last paragraph of Section 4.01.
“Periodic Term CORRA Determination Day” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Term CORRA Rate”.
Permitted Acquisition” means any acquisition by the Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether by purchase, merger, amalgamation or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of, or any business line, unit or division or product line of, any Person or of a majority of the outstanding Capital Stock of any Person (but in any event including any Investment in (x) any Person that results in such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Lead Borrower, (y) any Restricted Subsidiary which serves to increase the Lead Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s respective equity ownership in such Restricted Subsidiary or (z) any joint venture for the purpose of increasing the Lead Borrower’s or its relevant Restricted Subsidiary’s ownership interest in such joint venture).
Permitted Discretion” means the reasonable (from the perspective of a secured asset-based lender) business judgment exercised in good faith in accordance with customary business practices of the Administrative Agent for comparable asset-based lending transactions.
Permitted Holders means (a) the Investors and (b) any Person with which one or more Investors form a “group” (within the meaning of Section 14(d) of the Exchange Act) so long as, in the case of this clause (b), the relevant Investors beneficially own more than 50% of the relevant voting stock beneficially owned by the group.
Permitted Liens” means Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.02.
Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, unlimited limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability partnership, unlimited liability corporation, Governmental Authority or any other entity.
PIPE Investment” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals to this Agreement.
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PIPE Investors” means Alyeska Master Fund, L.P., Arena Capital Fund, LP, Arena Capital Fund, LP, Citadel Multi-Strategy Equities Master Fund Ltd., Clal Insurance Company Ltd., Clal Pension Provident Funds Ltd., Columbia Small Cap Growth Fund I, Columbia Variable Portfolio – Small Company Growth Fund, D.E. Shaw Oculus Portfolios, L.L.C.,    D.E. Shaw Valence Portfolios, L.L.C., Glazer Enhanced Fund, LP, Glazer Enhanced Offshore Fund, Ltd., Highmark Limited in respect of its Segregated Account Highmark Multi-Strategy 2, Hawk Ridge Master Fund LP, Jane Street Global Trading, LLC, Jeffries Financial Group Inc., The K2 Principal Fund L.P., Kepos Alpha Master Fund L.P., Ghisallo Master Fund LP, Marshall Wace Investment Strategies – Eureka Fund, Marshall Wace Investment Strategies – Market Neutral TOPS Fund, Marshall Wace Investment Strategies – Systematic Alpha Plus Fund, Marshall Wace Investment Strategies – TOPS Fund, Maven Investment Partners US Ltd., BEMAP Master Fund Ltd., Bespoke Alpha MAC MIM LP, DS Liquid Div RVA MON LLC, Monashee Pure Alpha SPV I LP, Monashee Solitario Fund LP, SFL SPV I LLC, MMFT LT, LLC, More Provident Funds LTD, Park West Investors Master Fund, Limited, Park West Partners International, K2 PSAM Event Master Fund Ltd., Lumyna PSAM Global Event UCITS Fund, Lymyna Specialist Funds – Event Alternative Fund, PSAM WorldArb Master Fund Ltd., Samlyn Long Alpha Master Fund, Ltd., Samlyn Net Neutral Master Fund, Ltd., Samlyn Offshore Master Fund, Ltd., Samlyn Onshore Fund, LP, Schonfeld Strategic 460 Fund LLC, Suvretta Capital Management, LLC, Nineteen 77 Global Merger Arbitrage Master Limited, Nineteen 77 Global Merger Arbitrage Opportunity Fund, Nineteen 77 Global Multi-Strategy Alpha Master Limited, VB Capital Management AG, Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund, Brookdale International Partners, L.P., Met Investors Series Trust – MetLife Small Cap Value Portfolio, Minnesota Life Insurance Company – Special Small Cap Value Equity, Quad/Graphics Diversified Plan, Truck Insurance Exchange, Wells Fargo Special Small Cap Value CIT, Wells Fargo Special Small Cap Value Fund, 21st Century Insurance Company, VALIC Company I – Small Cap Special Values Fund and any Affiliates of the foregoing.
Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA) maintained by the Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any of its ERISA Affiliates, other than any Multiemployer Plan.
Platform” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(d).
PPSA” means the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario) (or any successor statute) and the regulations thereunder; provided, however, if validity, perfection and effect of perfection and non-perfection and opposability of the Administrative Agent’s Lien in any Collateral are governed by the personal property security laws of any Canadian jurisdiction other than the Province of Ontario, PPSA shall mean those personal property security laws (including the Civil Code of Quebec) of such other jurisdiction for the purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such validity, perfection, and effect of perfection and non-perfection and for the definitions related to such provisions, as from time to time in effect.
Prepayment” means any prepayment, redemption, purchase, repurchase (including pursuant to any tender offer, offer to purchase or repurchase or similar process or arrangement), retirement or other reduction (including upon cancellation after contribution, assignment or other transfer thereof to the Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) of any Indebtedness (in the case of revolving credit Indebtedness, to the extent accompanied by a corresponding permanent reduction of commitments); “Prepay” and “Prepaid” shall have correlative meanings.
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Primary Obligor” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Guarantee”.
Prime Rate” means the “U.S. Prime Rate” as quoted by the print edition of The Wall Street Journal or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent).
Priority Payable Reserve” means, in each case other than items reflected in the GST, HST Tax Reserve and the Rent and Charges Reserves, with respect to the Canadian Loan Parties, the total amount of the accrued or past due liabilities at such time of the Canadian Loan Parties which are secured by a Lien, choate or inchoate, which ranks or is capable of ranking prior to or pari passu with the Administrative Agent’s Liens in respect of Canadian Loan Parties’ Eligible Accounts or Canadian Loan Parties’ Eligible Inventory, including amounts owing for wages (including amounts protected by the Wage Earner Protection Program Act (Canada)), vacation pay, employee deductions, sales tax, excise tax, tax payable pursuant to Part IX of the Excise Tax Act (Canada) (net of GST input credits), income tax, workers’ compensation, government royalties, employee and employer pension plan contributions (including “normal cost”, “special payments” and any other payments in respect of any funding deficiencies or shortfalls), Taxes, and other statutory or other claims, in each case to the extent that such claims have or may have priority over, or rank pari passu with, the Administrative Agent’s Liens.
Pro Forma Basis” or “pro forma effect” means, as to any calculation of any financial ratio or test (including the First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Secured Leverage Ratio, the Total Leverage Ratio, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, the Net Interest Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, Consolidated Total Assets or any component definitions of any of the foregoing), such financial ratio or test shall be calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with Section 1.10 and shall give pro forma effect to any Specified Transactions (and if applicable, any Limited Condition Transaction) and other pro forma adjustments pursuant to Section 1.10.
Projections” means the projections of the Lead Borrower and its subsidiaries included in the Sponsor Model, including any financial estimates, forecasts and other forward looking financial information set forth therein.
Promissory Note” means a promissory note of the relevant Borrower payable to any Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit G, evidencing the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Revolving Loans of such Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Revolving Loans made by such Lender.
Protective Advance” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(a).
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 Company Costs” means any Charge associated with, or in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith and Charges relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (and, in each case, similar Requirements of Law under other jurisdictions), as applicable to companies with equity or debt securities held by the public, the rules of
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national securities exchange companies with listed equity or debt securities, directors’ or managers’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, any Charge relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders or debtholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance and other executive costs, legal and other professional fees and listing fees.
Public Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(d).
Qualified Capital Stock” of any Person means any Capital Stock of such Person that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.
Qualified Cash” means the amount of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of the applicable Loan Parties at such time to the extent held in an account both (a) maintained with the Administrative Agent and (b) subject to a Blocked Account Agreement in favor of the Administrative Agent and in compliance with Section 5.15.
Real Estate Asset” means, at any time of determination, all right, title and interest (fee, leasehold or otherwise) of any Loan Party in and to real property (including, but not limited to, land, improvements and fixtures thereon).
Reallocation” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.25(a).
Reallocation Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.25(a).
Reference Time” with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (1) if such Benchmark is Term SOFR, 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the day that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the date of such setting, and (2) if such Benchmark is the Term CORRA Rate, 1:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the day that is two (2) Business Days preceding the date of such setting, and (3) if such Benchmark is not Term SOFR or the Term CORRA Rate the time that is the then-prevailing market convention for such Benchmark as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion in consultation with the Lead Borrower or an evolving market convention that the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower reasonably expect to become the prevailing market convention for such Benchmark.
Refinancing” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(o).
Refinancing Indebtedness” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(p).
Refunding Capital Stock” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04(a)(ix).
Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(b)(iv).
Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Regulation T” means Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
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Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, managers, officers, trustees, employees, partners, agents, advisors and other representatives of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of any Hazardous Material into the Environment, including the movement of any Hazardous Material through the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.
Relevant Governmental Body” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
Rent and Charges Reserve” means the aggregate of (a) all past due amounts due and owing by a Loan Party to any landlord, warehouseman, processor, repairman, mechanic, shipper, freight forwarder, broker or other Person who possesses any Eligible Inventory and could legally assert a Lien on any Eligible Inventory; and (b) an amount equal to up to three (3) months’ rent for all of the Loan Parties’ leased locations or the amount that may be payable for up to three (3) months to any third party warehouse or other storage facilities where Eligible Inventory is located, in each case, other than (x) any such location with respect to which the Administrative Agent shall have received a Collateral Access Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being understood that upon receipt of any such Collateral Access Agreement with respect to such location the portion of any Rent and Charges Reserve attributable to such location shall be immediately released), (y) any amounts being disputed in good faith and (z) any such location where Eligible Inventory not in excess of $500,000 is located.
Representatives” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.13.
Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposure or unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposure and such unused commitments at such time; provided that the Revolving Credit Exposure and unused Commitments of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in the determination of the Required Lenders at any time; provided, that the amount of any participation in any Swingline Loan and unreimbursed LC Obligations that a Defaulting Lender has failed to fund that have not been reallocated to and funded by another Lender shall be deemed to be held by the Lender that is the Swingline Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, in making such determination to the extent such Lender that is the Swingline Lender or Issuing Bank is not a Defaulting Lender.
Required Minimum Balance” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.15(b).
Requirements of Law” means, with respect to any Person, collectively, the common law and all federal, state, provincial, territorial, local, foreign, multinational or international laws, statutes, codes, treaties, standards, rules and regulations, guidelines, ordinances, orders, judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees (including administrative or judicial precedents or authorities) and the interpretation or administration thereof by, and other determinations, directives, requirements or requests of any
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Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law and that are applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
Responsible Officer” of any Person means the chief executive officer, the president, the chief financial officer, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any executive vice president, any senior vice president, any vice president or the chief operating officer of such Person and any other individual or similar official thereof responsible for the administration of the obligations of such Person in respect of this Agreement, and, as to any document delivered on the Closing Date, the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date or the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, shall include any secretary or assistant secretary or any other individual or similar official thereof with substantially equivalent responsibilities of a Loan Party and, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article II, any other officer or responsible employee of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of any 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.
Responsible Officer Certification” means, with respect to the financial statements for which such certification is required, the certification of a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower that such financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, in accordance with GAAP, the consolidated financial condition of the Lead Borrower as at the dates indicated and its consolidated income and cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments.
Restricted Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04(b).
Restricted Debt Payment” has the meaning assigned to such term in in Section 6.04(b).
Restricted Payment” means (a) any dividend or other distribution on account of any shares of any class of the Capital Stock of the Lead Borrower, except a dividend payable solely in shares of Qualified Capital Stock to the holders of such class; (b) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value of any shares of any class of the Capital Stock of the Lead Borrower and (c) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of the Capital Stock of the Lead Borrower now or hereafter outstanding.
Restricted Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any subsidiary of such Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unless otherwise specified, “Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean any Restricted Subsidiary of the Lead Borrower.
Revaluation Date” means (a) with respect to any Revolving Loan, each of the following: (i) the date of the Borrowing of such Revolving Loan, (ii) each date of any continuation of such Revolving Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (iii) the date of delivery of any Borrowing Base Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(l) (without giving effect to the proviso thereto) and (iv) the date of any voluntary reduction of the related Commitment pursuant to Section 2.09(c); (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following: (i) the date of on which such Letter of Credit is issued, (ii) the date of any amendment of such Letter of Credit that has the effect
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of increasing the face amount thereof and (iii) the date of delivery of any Borrowing Base Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(l) (without giving effect to the proviso thereto); and (c) any additional date as the Administrative Agent or the relevant Issuing Bank, as applicable, may determine or the Required Lenders may require at any time.
Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure, at such time.
Revolving Facility” means the Initial Revolving Facility, any Incremental Revolving Facility and/or any Extended Revolving Facility.
Revolving Loans” means the Initial Revolving Loans, the Swingline Loans and the Additional Revolving Loans.
Royalty Reserve” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate of (a) all past due royalty payments owing by a Loan Party as of such date of determination, plus (b) an amount equal to projected royalty payments anticipated to be owing by the Loan Parties in the three months following such date of determination.
S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of S&P Global, Inc. and any successor thereto.
Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” means the lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, which the applicable Borrower or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary (a) has sold or transferred or is to sell or to transfer to any other Person (other than the Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) and (b) intends to use for substantially the same purpose as the property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by any Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary to any Person (other than the Lead Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) in connection with such lease.
Sanctioned Country” means at any time, a country or territory that is itself the target of comprehensive Sanctions (as of the date of this Agreement, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, the Crimea region of Ukraine, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, and the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic).
Sanctions” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state, the United Kingdom, or the government of Canada or any agency thereof.
SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of its functions.
Secured Banking Services Obligations” means the US Secured Banking Services Obligations and the Canadian Secured Banking Services Obligations.
Secured Banking Services Provider” means the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Arranger or an Affiliate or branch of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Arranger as of the Closing Date or when such an arrangement is entered into, that is providing Banking Services.
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Secured Hedging Obligations” means Canadian Secured Hedging Obligations and US Secured Hedging Obligations.
Secured Obligations” means all Obligations, together with (a) all Secured Banking Services Obligations and (b) all Secured Hedging Obligations.
Secured Leverage Ratio” means the ratio, as of any date of determination, of (a) Consolidated Secured Debt to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, in each case for the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
Secured Parties” means (a) the Lenders, (b) the Issuing Banks, (c) the Administrative Agent, (d) each counterparty to a Hedge Agreement with a Loan Party the obligations under which constitute Secured Hedging Obligations, (e) Secured Banking Services Provider, (f) the Arrangers and (g) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Loan Party under any Loan Document.
Securities” means any stock, shares, units, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing; provided that “Securities” shall not include any earn-out agreement or obligation or any employee bonus or other incentive compensation plan or agreement.
Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Security Agreements” means the US Security Agreement and the Canadian Security Agreement.
SOFR” means, with respect to any U.S. Government Securities Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such U.S. Government Securities Business Day published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website on the immediately succeeding U.S. Government Securities Business Day.
SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
SOFR Revolving Loan” means a Revolving Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to Adjusted Term SOFR, other than, in each case, pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of “Alternate Base Rate”.
SPC” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(e).
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Specified Default” means any Event of Default arising under Section 6.15(a) after the expiration of any cure periods set forth in Section 6.15(b), Section 7.01(a) (solely with respect to principal, interest and recurring fees), Section 7.01(d) (with respect to any material misrepresentation in any Borrowing Base Certificate that resulted in a material overstatement of the Borrowing Base), Section 7.01(e)(i), Section 7.01(e)(ii), Section 7.01(f) or Section 7.01(g).
Specified Merger Agreement Representations” means the representations and warranties made by or on behalf of (or related to) HMAN, its subsidiaries or their respective businesses in the Merger Agreement which are material to the interests of the Lenders, but which are required to be true and correct only to the extent that HMAN (or its applicable Affiliate party to the Merger Agreement) has the right to terminate, taking into account any cure provisions, its obligations under the Merger Agreement or to decline to consummate the Merger as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties.
Specified Representations” means the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.01(a)(i), Section 3.01(b) (as it relates to the due authorization, execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents and the enforceability thereof), Section 3.02 (as it relates to the due authorization, execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents and the enforceability thereof), Section 3.03(b)(i), Section 3.08, Section 3.12, Section 3.14 (as it relates to the creation, validity and perfection of the security interests in the Collateral, subject to the last paragraph of Section 4.01), Section 3.16 and Sections 3.17(a)(ii), (b)(ii) and (c).
Specified Transaction” means (a) (i) any incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness (excluding any borrowings under this Agreement or any Additional Revolving Facility incurred substantially concurrently with such Specified Transaction), and (ii) any Prepayment, redemptions, repurchases and other retirements of any Indebtedness (in the case of any Additional Revolving Facility, to the extent accompanied by a permanent reduction in the commitments thereunder), (b) to the extent applicable in determining the First Lien Leverage Ratio or the Secured Leverage Ratio, the incurrence of any Lien on Collateral, (c) any Permitted Acquisition and any Investment that results in a Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (d) any Restricted Payment, (e) any Restricted Debt Payment, (f) any Disposition, whether by purchase, merger, amalgamation or otherwise, of (i) all or substantially all of the assets of, or any business line, unit or division or product line of, any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary that results in such Restricted Subsidiary no longer being a Restricted Subsidiary of the Lead Borrower, or (iii) any asset pursuant to Section 6.07(h) having a Fair Market Value greater than $50.0 million, (g) to the extent elected by the Lead Borrower to be excluded in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, any designation of operations or assets of a Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary as discontinued operations in accordance with GAAP, (h) solely for the purposes of determining the applicable amount of Cash and Cash Equivalents, any contribution of capital to (and the Net Proceeds from the issuance of any Qualified Capital Stock by) a Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, (i) any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary in compliance with this Agreement, and (j) any other transaction that by the terms of this Agreement requires a financial ratio to be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis or after giving pro forma effect thereto.
Specified Transaction Date” means the date a Specified Transaction is consummated.
Split Collateral Basis” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, the obligations thereunder are secured by US ABL Priority Collateral (or similar current assets) on a junior priority basis
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relative to the Secured Obligations and also secured by all other US Collateral on a Senior priority basis relative to the Secured Obligations, in each case, as provided in an ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
Sponsor” means CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC and any of its controlled Affiliates and funds managed or advised by any of them or any of their respective controlled Affiliates.
Sponsor Model” means the financial model delivered by the Sponsor to the Arrangers on or about September 15, 2020.
Spot Rate” means, on any date of determination, the exchange rate, as determined by the Administrative Agent, that is applicable to conversion of one currency into another currency, which is (a) the exchange rate reported by Bloomberg (or other commercially available source designated by the Administrative Agent) as of the end of the preceding Business Day in the financial market for the first currency or (b) if such report is unavailable for any reason, the spot rate for the purchase of the first currency with the second currency as in effect during the preceding Business Day in Administrative Agent's principal foreign exchange trading office for the first currency.
Stated Amount” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, at any time, the maximum amount available to be drawn thereunder, in each case determined (x) as if any future automatic increases in the maximum available amount provided for in any such Letter of Credit had in fact occurred at such time and (y) without regard to whether any conditions to drawing could then be met but after giving effect to all previous drawings made thereunder.
Subject Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.03(e).
Subject Person” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”.
Subordinated Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness among Holdings and/or its subsidiaries) of the Borrowers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations.
subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Person or Persons (whether directors, trustees or other Persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof, in each case to the extent such entity’s financial results are required to be included in such Person’s consolidated financial statements under GAAP; provided that in determining the percentage of ownership interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no ownership interests in the nature of a “qualifying share” of the former Person shall be deemed to be outstanding. Unless otherwise specified, “subsidiary” shall mean any subsidiary of the Lead Borrower.
Subsidiary Guarantor” means (x) on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, each Restricted Subsidiary of the Lead Borrower (other than any subsidiary that is an Excluded Subsidiary) and (y) thereafter, each subsidiary of the Lead Borrower that guarantees any of the Secured Obligations pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (including each Restricted Subsidiary that is a Discretionary Guarantor), in each case, until such time as the relevant subsidiary is released from its obligations under
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the Loan Guaranty in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Credit Extension, Overadvance or Protective Advance made to the US Borrower, a Subsidiary Guarantor will at no time include a Foreign Subsidiary, a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco or any direct or indirect subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary or a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco, regardless of whether any such entity guarantees any Secured Obligations of the Canadian Borrower.
Successor Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.07(a).
Supporting Information” means (a) a detailed aging, by total, of the Loan Parties’ Accounts, together with reconciliation and supporting documentation for any reconciling items noted and (b) a listing of the Loan Parties Inventory pursuant to a detailed Inventory system/perpetual report together with a reconciliation to the Loan Parties’ general ledger accounts.
Swap Obligations” means, with respect to any Loan Party, 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.
Swingline Commitment” means $30.0 million. The Swingline Commitment is part of and not in addition to the Commitments.
Swingline Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall equal to its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate Swingline Exposure at such time.
Swingline Lender” means Barclays, in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder, or any successor lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
Swingline Loan” means any Revolving Loan made pursuant to Section 2.24(a).
Swingline Loan Request” means a notice of a Swingline Loan Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.24(b), which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B-3 or such other form as approved by the Administrative Agent.
Tax and Trust Funds” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Excluded Asset”.
Taxes” means any and all present and future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges in the nature of a tax imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
Term Agent” means the administrative agent, the trustee or other similar representative under the Term Credit Agreement.
Term Collateral” means Term Priority Collateral (as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement).
“Term CORRA Administrator” means Candeal Benchmark Administration Services Inc., TSX Inc., or any successor administrator.
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“Term CORRA Rate” means, with respect to any Term CORRA Rate Borrowing denominated in Canadian dollars, the Term CORRA Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the “Periodic Term CORRA Determination Day”) that is two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term CORRA Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 1:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on any Periodic Term CORRA Determination Day the Term CORRA Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term CORRA Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term CORRA Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term CORRA Rate will be the Term CORRA Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term CORRA Administrator on the first preceding Business Day for which such Term CORRA Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term CORRA Administrator so long as such first preceding Business Day is not more than five (5) Business Days prior to such Periodic Term CORRA Determination Day; provided, further, that if Term CORRA Rate shall ever be less than the Floor, then Term CORRA Rate shall be deemed to be the Floor.
“Term CORRA Rate Revolving Loan” means a Revolving Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to Adjusted Term CORRA Rate.
“Term CORRA Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on CORRA.
Term Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, among, inter alios, Holdings, the Lead Borrower, the Term Agent and the lenders from time to time party thereto and any other document governing any Term Facility.
Term Facility” means the credit facilities governed by the Term Credit Agreement and one or more debt facilities or other financing arrangements (including indentures and debt securities) providing for loans, notes or other long-term indebtedness that replace or refinance, in whole or in part, such credit facility, including any such replacement or refinancing facility or other financing arrangements (including indentures) that increases or decreases the amount permitted to be borrowed thereunder or alters the maturity thereof and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, amendments and restatements or refundings thereof or any such indentures or credit facilities that replace or refinance, in whole or in part, such credit facility (or any subsequent replacement thereof) to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(p) (or any other provision in Section 6.01, so long as, if applicable, any corresponding Lien is permitted by Section 6.02).
Term Facility Documentation” means the Term Facility and all related notes, collateral documents, letters of credit and guarantees, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any appendices, exhibits or schedules to any of the foregoing (as the same may be in effect from time to time).
Term Loans” shall mean the loans under the Term Facility.
Term Obligations” means the “Secured Obligations” as defined in the Term Credit Agreement.
Term SOFR” means,
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(a)    for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Revolving Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable Corresponding Tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the “Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable Corresponding Tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such Corresponding Tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such Corresponding Tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day, and
(b)    for any calculation with respect to an ABR Revolving Loan on any day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable Corresponding Tenor of one month on the day (such day, the “ABR Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any ABR Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable Corresponding Tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such Corresponding Tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such Corresponding Tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Base Rate SOFR Determination Day;
provided, further, that if Term SOFR determined as provided above (including pursuant to the proviso under clause (a) or clause (b) above) shall ever be less than the Floor, then Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor.
Term SOFR Administrator” means the CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent as the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR. If by 5:00 pm (New York City time) on such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day, the “Term SOFR Reference Rate” for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a benchmark replacement date with respect to the Term SOFR Rate has not occurred, then the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate as published in respect of the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate was published by the Term SOFR Administrator, so long as such first preceding business day is not more than five (5) business days prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day.
Termination Date” means the date that all or any Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Revolving Loan and all fees, expenses and other amounts and Obligations payable under any Loan Document, Banking Services Obligations and Hedging Obligations have been paid in full (other than (a) contingent indemnification obligations and (b) Banking
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Services Obligations or Hedging Obligations that are not being terminated as to which arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the applicable counterparty have been made), all Letters of Credit, Swingline Loans and Protective Advances have expired or have been terminated (or have been collateralized or back-stopped by a letter of credit or otherwise in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the relevant Issuing Bank) and all LC Disbursements have been reimbursed.
Test Period” means, as of any date, subject to Section 1.10, the period of four (4) consecutive Fiscal Quarters then most recently ended for which financial statements under Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b), as applicable, have been delivered (or are required to have been delivered); it being understood and agreed that prior to the first delivery of financial statements of Section 5.01(a), “Test Period” means the period of four (4) consecutive Fiscal Quarters in respect of which financial statements were delivered pursuant to Section 4(d) of Amendment No. 2.
Threshold Amount” means $50.0 million.
Total Leverage Ratio” means the ratio, as of any date of determination, of (a) Consolidated Total Debt to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, in each case for the Lead Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
Total Revolving Credit Exposure” means at any time, the sum of the Initial Revolving Credit Exposure and the Additional Revolving Credit Exposure.
Trademark” means the following: (a) all trademarks (including service marks), common law marks, trade names, trade dress, domain names and logos, slogans and other indicia of origin under the laws of any jurisdiction in the world, and the registrations and applications for registration thereof and the goodwill of the business connected to the use of and symbolized by the foregoing; (b) all renewals of the foregoing; (c) all income, royalties, damages, and payments now or hereafter due or payable with respect thereto, including, without limitation, damages, claims and payments for past, present and future infringements or dilutions thereof; (d) all rights to sue for past, present, and future infringements or dilutions of any of the foregoing, including the right to settle suits involving claims and demands for royalties owing; and (e) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing.
tranche” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a).
Transaction Costs” means (a) fees, premiums, penalties, breakage costs, interest expense to satisfy and discharge any securities with a redemption date after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, expenses and other transaction costs (including original issue discount or upfront fees) payable or otherwise borne by Holdings, the Lead Borrower and its subsidiaries or any Parent Company of the Lead Borrower in connection with the Transactions and the transactions contemplated thereby and (b) any payments to be made after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date from the proceeds of the Revolving Loans, Indebtedness under the Term Credit Agreement, cash on hand of Holdings, the Lead Borrower and its subsidiaries or any Parent Company of the Lead Borrower.
Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of the Loan Documents to which they are a party and the Borrowing of Revolving Loans hereunder, (b) the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of the Term Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents (as defined in the Term Credit Agreement as in effect on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date) to which they are a party and the incurrence of Indebtedness under the Term Credit Agreement on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, (c) the Merger and the other transactions
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contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (d) the Refinancing (as defined in the Term Credit Agreement as in effect on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date), (e) the Junior Debentures Redemption (as defined in the Term Credit Agreement as in effect on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date), (f) the Trust Preferred Redemption (as defined in the Term Credit Agreement as in effect on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date), (g) the Landcadia Stock Redemption, (h) the PIPE Investment and (i) the payment of the Transaction Costs.
Treasury Capital Stock” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04(a)(ix).
Treasury Regulations” means the U.S. federal income tax regulations promulgated under the Code.
Trust Fund Account” means any account containing Cash and Cash Equivalents consisting solely of Tax and Trust Funds.
Trust Fund Certificate” means a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower certifying (a) the type and amount of any Tax and Trust Funds contained or held in a Blocked Account, and (b) that (x) the obligation requiring such Tax and Trust Funds is due and payable within 15 Business Days of delivery of such certificate and (y) amounts on deposit in any applicable Trust Fund Account are insufficient to make such payment.
Trust Preferred Securities” means the 11.6% trust preferred securities issued by Hillman Trust pursuant to an amended and restated declaration of trust, dated September 5, 1997, as amended, revised or modified.
Type”, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Revolving Loan, or on the Revolving Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to SOFR, the CDORTerm CORRA Rate, the Canadian Prime Rate, the Canadian Base Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York or any other state the laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the creation or perfection of security interests.
UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of any Borrower designated by the Lead Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and listed on Schedule 5.10 or after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date pursuant to Section 5.10.
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U.S.” means the United States of America.
US ABL Priority Collateral” means ABL Priority Collateral (as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement) of the US Loan Parties.
US Borrower” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
US Borrowing Base” means the sum, in Dollars, of the following as set forth in the most recently delivered US Borrowing Base Certificate:
(a)85% of the US Loan Parties’ Eligible Accounts; plus
(b)the lesser of (i) 85% of the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of the US Loan Parties’ Eligible Inventory or (ii) 75% of the lower of (A) the market value (on a first in first out basis) and (B) the book value of the US Loan Parties’ Eligible Inventory if such calculation is made at any other time (in each case, as determined by the Lead Borrower in good faith); plus
(c)solely to the extent the Canadian Borrower elects, in its sole discretion, to cause each of the Canadian Loan Parties to guarantee the US Obligations in accordance with the requirements of Section 5.14 and the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” as if it were required to guarantee the US Obligations pursuant to Section 5.12, the positive amount, if any, by which the Canadian Borrowing Base exceeds the total Initial Canadian Revolving Credit Exposure (without giving effect to any increase in the Canadian Borrowing Base pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “Canadian Borrowing Base”); plus
(d)100% of Qualified Cash of the US Loan Parties, up to an amount not exceeding $40.0 million in the aggregate; minus
(e)any Availability Reserve established in connection with the foregoing.
In connection with any Specified Transaction, the US Borrower may submit a US Borrowing Base Certificate reflecting a calculation of the US Borrowing Base that includes Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory (otherwise satisfying the criteria in respect thereof, contained in such definition) acquired by US Loan Parties in connection with such Specified Transaction (the “Acquired US Eligible Accounts” and the “Acquired US Eligible Inventory”, respectively) and, from and after the Specified Transaction Date, the US Borrowing Base hereunder shall be calculated giving effect thereto; provided that prior to the completion of a field examination and inventory appraisal with respect to such Acquired US Eligible Accounts and Acquired US Eligible Inventory, such adjustment to the US Borrowing Base shall only be available if a customary desktop audit with respect to such assets reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion has been completed and shall be limited to, from the Specified Transaction Date until the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Specified Transaction Date, the aggregate amount of Acquired US Eligible Accounts and Acquired US Eligible Inventory included in the US Borrowing Base prior to the completion of a field examination and inventory appraisal with respect thereto, shall not exceed 10% of the US Borrowing Base (calculated after giving effect to the inclusion (up to such 10% cap) of the Acquired US Eligible Accounts and Acquired US Eligible Inventory as to which a field examination and inventory appraisal has not been performed). From the ninety-first (91st) day following the Specified Transaction Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree), the US Borrowing Base shall be calculated without reference to the Acquired US Eligible Accounts and the Acquired US Eligible Inventory until a field examination and inventory appraisal has been completed with respect to such assets; it being understood and agreed that
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(x) there shall be no Default or Event of Default solely as a result of a failure to complete and deliver such inventory appraisal and field examination on or prior to the dates indicated above and (y) the performance of such inventory appraisal and field examination on the Acquired US Eligible Accounts and the Acquired US Eligible Inventory shall not count toward the limitations on the number of inventory appraisals and field examinations contained in Section 5.06(b).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) for the period from and including the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date until the ninetieth (90th) day after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (or (A) such earlier date on which the US Borrower delivers an inventory appraisal and field examination reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or (B) such later date as the Administrative Agent agrees to in its Permitted Discretion) and (ii) for purposes of the US Borrowing Base Certificate required to be delivered on or prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, the US Borrowing Base shall be the US Borrowing Base as specified in the most recent US Borrowing Base Certificate delivered under the Original Credit Agreement; provided that the US Borrowing Base shall be deemed to be $0 if such inventory appraisal and field examination are not delivered by the ninety-first (91st) day after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent agrees to in its Permitted Discretion).
US Borrowing Base Certificate” means a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower, in substantially the form of Exhibit M, as such form, subject to the terms hereof, may from time to time be modified as agreed by the Lead Borrower and the Administrative Agent or such other form which is acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
US Collateral” means any and all property of any US Loan Party subject to a Lien under any Collateral Document and any and all other property of any US Loan Party, now existing or hereafter acquired, that is or becomes subject to a Lien pursuant to any Collateral Document, in each case, to secure the US Secured Obligations, other than any Excluded Assets.
US Concentration Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.15(a).
U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
US Hedge Product Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of US Secured Hedging Obligations.
US LC Collateral Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(j).
US LC Exposure” means at any time, the sum of (a) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding US Letters of Credit at such time and (b) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all LC Disbursements with respect to US Letters of Credit that have not yet been reimbursed at such time. The US LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall equal its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate US LC Exposure at such time.
US Letter of Credit Sublimit” means $40.043.0 million, subject to increase in accordance with Section 2.22.
US Letters of Credit” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(a)(i)(A).
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US Line Cap” means at any time, the lesser of (i) the aggregate Initial US Commitment and (ii) the then-applicable US Borrowing Base.
US Loan Party” means any Loan Party that is incorporated or organized under the laws of the US, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; provided, that, a US Loan Party will at no time include a Foreign Subsidiary, a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco or any direct or indirect subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary or a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco.
US Lockbox” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.15(a).
US Obligations” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest, fees and expenses (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Initial US Revolving Loans, any Additional Revolving Loans made to the US Borrower, all US Overadvances, all US Protective Advances, all US LC Exposure, all Swingline Exposure, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and all other advances to, debts, liabilities and obligations of the US Loan Parties to the Lenders or to any Lender, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any indemnified party arising under the Loan Documents in respect of any Revolving Loan, Overadvance, Protective Advance or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute, contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising.
US Overadvance” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04(a).
US Protective Advance” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(a).
US Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Initial US Revolving Credit Exposure or unused Initial US Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Initial US Revolving Credit Exposure and such unused Initial US Commitments at such time; provided that the Initial US Revolving Credit Exposure and unused Initial US Commitments of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarding in the determination of the US Required Lenders at any time.
US Secured Banking Services Obligations” means the Banking Services Obligations of a US Loan Party provided by Secured Banking Services Providers that are not “Banking Services Obligations” as defined in the Term Credit Agreement or any equivalent under the Term Facility.
US Secured Hedging Obligations” means all Hedging Obligations (other than any Excluded Swap Obligations) of any US Loan Party under each Hedge Agreement that (a) is in effect on the Closing Date between any US Loan Party and a counterparty that is the Administrative Agent, a Lender, an Arranger or any Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Arranger as of the Closing Date or (b) is entered into after the Closing Date between any US Loan Party and any counterparty that is (or is an Affiliate of) the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Arranger at the time such Hedge Agreement is entered into, for which such US Loan Party agrees to provide security and in each case that has been designated to the Administrative Agent in writing by the US Borrower as being a US Secured Hedging Obligation for purposes of the Loan Documents, it being understood that each counterparty thereto shall be deemed (A) to appoint the Administrative Agent as its agent under the applicable Loan Documents and (B) to agree to be bound by the provisions of Article VIII, Section 9.03 and Section 9.10 as if it were a Lender; provided that for any such US Secured Hedging Obligations to constitute “Designated Hedging Obligations,” the applicable US Loan Party must have provided written notice to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit N notifying the Administrative Agent of (i) the existence of the applicable Hedge Agreement and (ii) the maximum amount of
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obligations of the applicable US Loan Party that may arise thereunder (the “US Hedge Product Amount”). The US Hedge Product Amount may be changed from time to time upon written notice to the Administrative Agent by the applicable Secured Party and US Loan Party. No US Hedge Product Amount may be established or increased at any time that a Default or Event of Default exists, or if a reserve in such amount would cause an Overadvance.
US Secured Obligations” means all US Obligations, US Secured Banking Services Obligations and US Secured Hedging Obligations.
US Security Agreement” means the US ABL Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, and as amended and restated as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit J, among the US Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
US Successor Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.07(a).
US Super Majority Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Initial US Revolving Credit Exposure and unused Initial US Commitments representing more than 66-2/3% of the sum of the aggregate Initial US Revolving Credit Exposure and such unused Initial US Commitments of all Lenders at such time; provided that the Initial US Revolving Credit Exposure and unused Initial US Commitment of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in the determination of the US Super Majority Lenders at any time.
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.17(f).
USA PATRIOT Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).
Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required scheduled payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness; provided that the effects of any prepayments made on such Indebtedness shall be disregarded in making such calculation.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the Capital Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares required by law to be owned by a resident of the relevant jurisdiction) shall be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
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
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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.
1.2.Classification of Revolving Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Revolving Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., an “Initial Revolving Loan” or “Initial US Revolving Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “SOFR Revolving Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “SOFR Initial US Revolving Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., an “Initial US Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “SOFR Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “SOFR Initial US Revolving Borrowing”).
1.3.Terms Generally.
1.3.1.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.
1.3.2.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”.
1.3.3.Unless the context requires otherwise (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein or in any Loan Document (or any Loan Document (as defined in the Term Credit Agreement)) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or extended, replaced or refinanced (subject to any restrictions or qualifications on such amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, supplements or modifications or extensions, replacements or refinancings set forth herein), (ii) any reference to any law in any Loan Document shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such law, (iii) any reference herein or in any Loan Document to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and permitted assigns, (iv) the words “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 hereof, (v) all references herein or in any Loan Document to Articles, Sections, clauses, paragraphs, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles, Sections, clauses and paragraphs of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, such Loan Document, (vi) in the computation of periods of time in any Loan Document from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”, the words “to” and “until” mean “to but excluding” and the word “through” means “to and including” and (vii) the words “asset” and “property”, when used in any Loan Document, 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.
1.3.4.Notwithstanding anything else provided herein or in any other Loan Document, any interest, fee or principal payments on any Indebtedness due and payable (or paid) as of the last Business Day of a calendar month, calendar quarter or calendar year, as applicable, shall be deemed to have been due and payable (or paid) as of the end of the respective fiscal month, Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year, as applicable, ended closest to such
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calendar period for purposes of all calculations of Consolidated First Lien Debt, Consolidated Secured Debt, Consolidated Total Debt and Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA hereunder.
1.3.5.Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any Default or Event of Default, other than any Event of Default which cannot be waived without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, shall be deemed not to be “continuing” or to “exist” if the events, actions, inactions or conditions that gave rise to such Default or Event of Default have been or are deemed to have been remedied or cured (including by payment, delivering notice or taking any action (including if paid, delivered or taken after the specified time for such action or after the expiration of any grace or cure periods therefor), omitting to take any action or unwinding or modifying any prior action or event to the extent necessary for such action or event to be or have been permitted) or have ceased to exist and the Lead Borrower would otherwise have been in compliance with this Agreement but for such Default or Event of Default and the consequences thereof (any such Default or Event of Default, a “Subject Default”) and upon any Subject Default having been cured, remedied or waived or deemed to no longer to exist or be continuing or to have been remedied or cured, each other Default or Event of Default that may have resulted from the making or deemed making of any representation or warranty, the taking of any action or the consummation of any transaction due to the continuation or existence of the Subject Default shall automatically be deemed to have been cured and no longer continuing; provided, that the foregoing shall not be applicable with respect to any Default or Event of Default if a “responsible officer” of the Lead Borrower had actual knowledge that such events, actions, inactions or conditions constituted a Default or Event of Default and knowingly failed to give timely notice to the Administrative Agent of such Default or Event of Default required herein.
1.3.6.In the context of an amalgamation pursuant to the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof, “the continuing or surviving corporation” shall include the corporation resulting from such an amalgamation.
1.4.Accounting Terms; GAAP.
1.4.1.All financial statements to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting nature that are used in calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, the Net Interest Coverage Ratio, the First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Secured Leverage Ratio, the Total Leverage Ratio, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time (except as otherwise provided in the definition of “GAAP”); provided, that (i) if the Lead Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Lead Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date of delivery of the financial statements described in Section 3.04(a) in GAAP or in the application thereof (including the conversion to IFRS as described below) on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Lead Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change becomes or became effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith, and (ii) if such an amendment is requested by the Lead Borrower or the Required Lenders, then the Lead Borrower and the Administrative
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Agent shall negotiate in good faith to enter into an amendment of the relevant affected provisions (without the payment of any amendment or similar fee to the Lenders) to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP or the application thereof. All terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made without giving effect to (i) any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (previously referred to as Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 159) (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of any Borrower or any subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein and (ii) any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof. If the Lead Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Lead Borrower (or its applicable Parent Company) is required to report under IFRS or has elected to do so through an early adoption policy, thereafter “GAAP” shall mean international financial reporting standards pursuant to IFRS (provided that after such conversion, the Lead Borrower cannot elect to report under GAAP).
1.4.2.Notwithstanding paragraph (a) above, solely for purposes of determining the amount any Capital Lease, Consolidated Interest Expense, Consolidated Total Debt and Indebtedness, GAAP shall exclude the accounting treatment requiring all leases to be reflected as liabilities on the balance sheet and capitalized, and only those leases that would constitute Capital Leases in conformity with GAAP prior to the implementation of such accounting treatment shall be considered Capital Leases, and all calculations and determinations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made in a manner consistent therewith
1.5.Effectuation of Transactions. Each of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement (and all corresponding definitions) is made after giving effect to the Transactions, unless the context otherwise requires.
1.6.Timing of Payment of Performance. Subject to the definitions of Interest Payment Date and Interest Period, when payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of “Interest Period”) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension.
1.7.Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to New York City time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
1.8.Currency Generally; Exchange Rate.
1.8.1.Subject to clause (b) of this Section 1.08, for purposes of any determination under Article V, Article VI (other than Section 6.15(a) and the calculation of compliance with any financial ratio) or Article VII with respect to any Specified Transaction, any other transaction or utilization or other measurement or calculation of any transaction or action in a currency other than Dollars, (i) the Dollar equivalent amount of such Specified
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Transaction, any other transaction or utilization or other measurement or calculation of any transaction or action shall be calculated based on a currency exchange rate determined by the Lead Borrower in good faith in effect on the date of such applicable transaction, utilization, measurement or calculation (or such other date as the Lead Borrower determines in good faith is the appropriate calculation date, including, at the election of the Lead Borrower, the applicable LCT Test Date for a Limited Condition Transaction); provided that, in the case of the incurrence of Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, the Lead Borrower may instead elect to use the currency exchange rate in effect on the date such indebtedness was first committed or first incurred (whichever yields the lower Dollar equivalent); provided that if any Indebtedness is incurred (and, if applicable, associated Lien granted) to refinance or replace other Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than Dollars, and the relevant refinancing or replacement would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing or replacement, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing or replacement Indebtedness (and, if applicable, associated Lien granted) does not exceed an amount sufficient to repay the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced or replaced, except by an amount equal to (x) unpaid accrued interest and premiums (including tender premiums) thereon plus other reasonable and customary fees and expenses (including upfront fees and original issue discount) incurred in connection with such refinancing or replacement, (y) any existing commitments unutilized thereunder and (z) additional amounts permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01 and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of a change in the rate of currency exchange occurring after the time of such Specified Transaction, any other transaction or utilization or other measurement or calculation of any transaction or action. For purposes of Section 6.15 and the calculation of compliance with any financial ratio for purposes of taking any action hereunder, on any relevant date of determination, amounts denominated in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the applicable currency exchange rate used in preparing the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), as applicable, for the relevant Test Period and will, with respect to any Indebtedness, reflect the currency translation effects, determined in accordance with GAAP, of any Hedge Agreement permitted hereunder in respect of currency exchange risks with respect to the applicable currency in effect on the date of determination for the Dollar Equivalent amount of such Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, to the extent that the Lead Borrower would not be in compliance with Section 6.15 if any Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than Dollars were to be translated into Dollars on the basis of the applicable currency exchange rate used in preparing the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), as applicable, for the relevant Test Period, but would be in compliance with Section 6.15 if such Indebtedness that is denominated in a currency other than in Dollars were instead translated into Dollars on the basis of the average relevant currency exchange rates over such Test Period (taking into account the currency effects of any Hedge Agreement permitted hereunder and entered into with respect to the currency exchange risks relating to such Indebtedness), then, solely for purposes of compliance with Section 6.15, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the last day of such Test Period shall be calculated on the basis of such average relevant currency exchange rates.
1.8.2.Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify with the Lead Borrower’s consent to appropriately reflect a change in currency of any country and any relevant market convention or practice relating to such change in currency.
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1.9.Cashless Rollovers. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, to the extent that any Lender extends the maturity date of, or replaces, renews or refinances, any of its then-existing Revolving Loans with Incremental Revolving Loans or loans incurred under a new credit facility, in each case, to the extent such extension, replacement, renewal or refinancing is effected by means of a “cashless roll” by such Lender, such extension, replacement, renewal or refinancing shall be deemed to comply with any requirement hereunder or any other Loan Document that such payment be made “in Dollars”, “in Canadian Dollars”, “in immediately available funds”, “in Cash” or any other similar requirement.
1.10.Certain Conditions, Calculations and Tests.
1.10.1.Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, with respect to any intended acquisition, Investment (other than Investments in a Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary), Restricted Payment and/or Restricted Debt Payment (each, taken together with any related actions and transactions (including, in the case of any Indebtedness (including any Revolving Loans and Incremental Revolving Facilities), the incurrence, repayment and other intended uses of proceeds), a “Limited Condition Transaction”), to the extent that the terms of this Agreement require satisfaction of, or compliance with, any condition, test or requirement (including satisfaction of, or compliance with, the Payment Conditions, subject to the limitations set forth in the first proviso below), in order to effect, incur or consummate such Limited Condition Transaction (including (w) compliance with any financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, Section 2.22, any First Lien Leverage Ratio, any Secured Leverage Ratio, any Total Leverage Ratio, any Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, any Net Interest Coverage Ratio, the amount of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets (including any component definitions of the foregoing), 30-Day Average Availability and/or Availability), (x) the making or accuracy of any representations and warranties, (y) the absence of a Default or Event of Default (or any type of Default or Event of Default, including any Specified Default) and/or (z) any other condition, test or requirement), at the election of the Lead Borrower (a “LCT Election”), the date of determination of whether any relevant conditions, tests and requirements are satisfied or complied with shall be made on, and shall be deemed to be, the date (the “LCT Test Date”) that the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered into (or, if applicable, delivery of notice of redemption, Prepayment, declaration of dividend or similar event), giving pro forma effect to such Limited Condition Transaction (including any related actions and transactions) pursuant to this Section 1.10; provided, that with respect to determining the satisfaction of, or compliance with, the Payment Conditions (1) an LCT Election may be made with respect to 30-Day Average Availability and/or Availability solely in connection with Permitted Acquisitions (or similar Investments) and any related actions and transactions, including Indebtedness (including Liens securing such Indebtedness) to be incurred or assumed in connection with Permitted Acquisitions (or similar Investments), but not in connection with Restricted Payments and/or Restricted Debt Payments and (2) if the Lead Borrower has made an LCT Election with respect to any Permitted Acquisition (or similar Investment) that is anticipated to be funded in whole or in part with Revolving Loans hereunder (the Revolving Loans anticipated to be funded in connection therewith, the “Subject Loans”), then the Subject Loans shall be deemed to be outstanding for all purposes of this Agreement (other than the calculation of “Applicable Rate” and “Commitment Fee Rate” and for calculation of interest owing hereunder), including for purposes of determining Availability in connection with any request for a Credit Extension, evaluating whether a Covenant Trigger Period or a Cash Dominion Period has occurred and is continuing and/or determining satisfaction of, or compliance with, the Payment Conditions on a Pro Forma
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Basis with respect to any unrelated transactions or actions expressly subject to satisfaction of, or compliance with, the Payment Conditions on a Pro Forma Basis on or following the applicable LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Permitted Acquisition (or similar Investment) is consummated or the definitive agreement (or, if applicable, notice, declaration or similar event) for such Permitted Acquisition (or similar Investment) is terminated or expires without consummation of such Permitted Acquisition (or similar Investment); provided that the Lead Borrower shall be entitled to elect to deem the Subject Loans to not be outstanding as set forth above to the extent that the Lead Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent of such election, in which case the related Permitted Acquisition (or similar Investment), and any related incurrence of Indebtedness and Liens, shall be deemed to not be a Limited Condition Transaction for purposes of testing the Payment Conditions thereafter. If the Lead Borrower has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction and such Limited Condition Transaction (including any related actions and transactions) would be permitted on the LCT Test Date, (i) each such condition, test and requirement shall be deemed satisfied and complied with for all purposes of such Limited Condition Transaction and (ii) any change in status of any such condition, test and requirement between the LCT Test Date and the taking of the relevant actions or consummation of the relevant transactions such that any applicable financial ratios or tests, baskets, conditions, requirements or provisions would be exceeded, breached or otherwise no longer complied with or satisfied for any reason (including due to fluctuations in Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction) shall be disregarded such that all financial ratios or tests, baskets, conditions, requirements or provisions shall continue to be deemed complied with and satisfied for all purposes of such Limited Condition Transaction, all applicable transactions and actions will permitted and no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to exist or to have occurred or resulted from such change in status or Limited Condition Transaction; provided, that (A) if financial statements for one or more subsequent fiscal quarters shall have become available subsequent to the LCT Test Date, the Lead Borrower may elect, in its sole discretion, to re-determine all financial ratios or tests, baskets, conditions, requirements or provisions on the basis of such financial statements, in which case, such date of redetermination shall thereafter be deemed to be the applicable LCT Test Date for purposes of such ratios, tests or baskets, and (B) except as contemplated in the foregoing clause (A), compliance with such financial ratios or tests, baskets, conditions, requirements or provisions shall not be determined or tested at any time for purposes of such Limited Condition Transaction after the applicable LCT Test Date. If the Lead Borrower has made an LCT Election, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any financial ratios or tests (including any Incurrence-Based Baskets), thresholds and availability (including under any Fixed Basket) under this Agreement with respect to any unrelated transactions or actions on or following the applicable LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or the definitive agreement (or, if applicable, notice, declaration or similar event) for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any financial ratios or tests, thresholds and availability shall be determined assuming such Limited Condition Transaction (including any related actions and transactions) had been consummated.
1.10.2.For purposes of determining the permissibility of any action, change, transaction or event or compliance with any term that requires a calculation of any financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, Sections 2.22, 2.23, 6.15, any First Lien Leverage Ratio, any Secured Leverage Ratio, any Total Leverage Ratio, any Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, any Net Interest Coverage Ratio and/or the amount or percentage of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA
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or Consolidated Total Assets (including any component definitions of the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding clause (k) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”, which shall be disregarded)), (i) Specified Transactions that have been made during the applicable Test Period (or, except as provided in Section 1.10(c), subsequent to such Test Period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of any such ratio is made) and any Limited Condition Transaction (including any related actions and transactions) shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis and be given pro forma effect assuming that all such Specified Transactions (including any related actions and transactions) and Limited Condition Transactions had occurred on the first day of the applicable Test Period (or, in the case of Consolidated Total Assets and Consolidated Total Debt, on the last date of the applicable Test Period) in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower and include, for the avoidance of doubt, the amount of “run-rate” cost savings (including sourcing and supply chain savings), operating expense reductions, operating, revenue and productivity improvements and synergies projected by the Lead Borrower in good faith in a manner consistent with, and without duplication of, clause (b)(xi) of the definition of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis and given pro forma effect as though such “run-rate” cost savings (including sourcing and supply chain savings), operating expense reductions, operating, revenue and productivity improvements and synergies had been realized on the first day of such period for the entirety of such period), and any such adjustments shall be included in the initial pro forma calculations of such financial ratios or tests and during any subsequent Test Period in a manner consistent with, and without duplication of, clause (b)(xi) of the definition of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA”, whether through a pro forma adjustment or otherwise, and (ii) any borrowings under any revolving facility (including the Revolving Facility) made subsequent to the end of the applicable Test Period incurred substantially concurrently with the applicable Specified Transaction or used for working capital needs and capital expenditures shall be disregarded and excluded from such pro forma calculation (other than determinations with respect to the Borrowing Base and Availability) and the Cash proceeds of any such borrowing shall not be “netted” from such pro forma calculation.
1.10.3.The calculation of any financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, Sections 2.22 and 2.23, any First Lien Leverage Ratio, any Secured Leverage Ratio, any Total Leverage Ratio, any Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, any Net Interest Coverage Ratio and/or the amount or percentage of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets (including any component definitions of the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding clause (k) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”, which shall be disregarded), but excluding actual compliance with Section 6.15) shall be based on the most recently ended Test Period for which internal financial statements are available (as determined in good faith by the Lead Borrower); provided, that, for purposes of the definition of “Applicable Rate”, (i) to the extent any Specified Transactions were made subsequent to the end of the applicable Test Period, such Specified Transactions shall not be given pro forma effect or be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, and (ii) such financial ratio or test shall be based on the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered or are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) or referred to in Section 4.01(c) of the Term Credit Agreement, as applicable.
1.10.4.The principal amount of any non-interest bearing Indebtedness or other discount security constituting Indebtedness at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the Lead Borrower dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being
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calculated on a Pro Forma Basis or being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness attributable to any period subsequent to such Test Period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of any such ratio is made shall be calculated for as if the rate in effect on the date of the event for which the calculation is made had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any hedging obligations applicable to such Indebtedness). Interest on a Capital Lease obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease obligation in accordance with GAAP. Any calculation of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and the Net Interest Coverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis will be calculated using an assumed interest rate in determining Consolidated Interest Expense based on the indicative interest margin contained in any financing commitment documentation with respect to such Indebtedness or, if no such indicative interest margin exists, as reasonably determined by the Lead Borrower in good faith.
1.10.5.The increase in amounts secured by Liens by virtue of accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, amortization of original issue discount and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Liens for purposes of Section 6.02.
1.10.6.For purposes of determining compliance at any time with the provisions of this Agreement, in the event that any Indebtedness (including any Incremental Revolving Facility), Lien, Restricted Payment, Restricted Debt Payment, Investment, Disposition or Affiliate transaction or other transaction, as applicable, meets the criteria of more than one category (or subcategory within any category) of exceptions, thresholds, baskets, or other provisions of transactions or items permitted pursuant to any clause of Article VI (other than Sections 6.01(a) and (x)), any component (or subcomponent) in the definition of “Incremental Cap” or any other provision of this Agreement, the Lead Borrower, in its sole discretion, may, at any time, classify or reclassify (on one or more occasions) and/or divide or re-divide (on one or more occasions) such transaction or item (or portion thereof) among one or more such categories of exceptions, thresholds, baskets or provisions, as elected by the Lead Borrower in its sole discretion; provided that (i) the Initial Revolving Loans and the Term Loans outstanding on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date and any refinancing indebtedness in respect thereof may not be reclassified and (ii) no Indebtedness, Lien, Restricted Payment, Restricted Debt Payment or Investment (or any portion of any of the foregoing) that is initially made in reliance on one or more categories of exceptions, thresholds, baskets or provisions (other than a Payment Conditions Basket) may be reclassified or re-divided as having been incurred or made under a Payment Conditions Basket unless the Payment Conditions would have been satisfied, or complied with, at the time of the incurrence or making thereof. It is understood and agreed that any Indebtedness (including any Incremental Revolving Facility), Lien, Restricted Payment, Restricted Debt Payment, Investment, Disposition or Affiliate transaction or other transaction need not be permitted solely by reference to one category (or subcategory) of exceptions, thresholds, baskets or provisions permitting such Indebtedness, Lien, Restricted Payment, Restricted Debt Payment, Investment, Disposition and/or Affiliate transaction under Article VI (other than Sections 6.01(a) and (x)), any component (or subcomponent) in the definition of “Incremental Cap” or any other provision of this Agreement, but may instead be permitted in part under any combination thereof. Upon delivery of financial statements following any initial classification and division (or any subsequent reclassification and re-division), if any applicable financial ratios for any Incurrence-Based Baskets would then be satisfied for the incurrence of
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such Indebtedness (including any Incremental Revolving Facility), Lien, Restricted Debt Payment, Investment, Disposition or Affiliate transaction, any amount thereof under any Fixed Basket shall automatically be deemed reclassified and re-divided as incurred under any available Incurrence-Based Baskets to the extent not previously elected by the Lead Borrower and will be deemed to have been incurred, issued, made or taken first, to the extent available, pursuant to any available Incurrence-Based Baskets as set forth above without utilization of any Fixed Basket; provided that no Indebtedness, Lien, Restricted Payment, Restricted Debt Payment or Investment (or any portion of any of the foregoing) may be subsequently reclassified or re-divided (whether automatically or otherwise) as incurred or made pursuant to a Payment Conditions Basket, unless the Payment Conditions would have been satisfied, or complied with, at the time of the incurrence or making thereof.
1.10.7.With respect to any amounts incurred or transactions entered into or consummated (including any Indebtedness (including any Incremental Revolving Facility), Lien, Restricted Payment, Restricted Debt Payment, Investment, Disposition or Affiliate transaction or other transaction), in reliance on a combination of Fixed Baskets and Incurrence-Based Baskets, it is understood and agreed that (i) the Incurrence-Based Baskets shall first be calculated without giving effect to any Fixed Baskets being relied upon for any portion of such incurrence or transactions (i.e., the portion of such incurrence or transaction in reliance on all Fixed Baskets shall be disregarded in the calculation of the financial ratio applicable to the Incurrence-Based Baskets, but full pro forma effect shall otherwise be given thereto and to all other applicable and related transactions (including, in the case of Indebtedness, the intended use of the aggregate proceeds of Indebtedness being incurred in reliance on a combination of Fixed Baskets and Incurrence-Based Baskets, but without “netting” the Cash proceeds of such Indebtedness) and all other permitted pro forma adjustments (except that the incurrence of any borrowings under any Additional Revolving Facility incurred substantially concurrently with the applicable transaction shall be disregarded as set forth in Section 1.10(b))) and (ii) thereafter, the incurrence of the portion of such amounts or other applicable transaction to be entered into in reliance on any Fixed Baskets shall be calculated (and may subsequently be reclassified into Incurrence-Based Baskets in accordance with Section 1.10(f)). For example, in calculating the maximum amount of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Fixed Baskets and Incurrence-Based Baskets in Section 6.01 in connection with an acquisition, only the portion of such Indebtedness intended to be incurred under Incurrence-Based Baskets shall be included in the calculation of financial ratios (and the portion of such Indebtedness intended to be incurred under Fixed Baskets shall be deemed to not have been incurred in calculating such financial ratios), but pro forma effect shall be given to the use of proceeds from the entire amount of Indebtedness intended to be incurred under both the Fixed Baskets and Incurrence-Based Baskets, the consummation of the acquisitions and any related repayments of Indebtedness.
1.11.Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under 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 for five).
1.12.Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liabili