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EX-95 - EX-95 - MATRIX SERVICE CO | exhibit95-mtrxx2021x06x30x.htm |
EX-32.2 - EX-32.2 - MATRIX SERVICE CO | exhibit322-mtrxx2021x06x30x.htm |
EX-32.1 - EX-32.1 - MATRIX SERVICE CO | exhibit321-mtrxx2021x06x30x.htm |
EX-31.2 - EX-31.2 - MATRIX SERVICE CO | exhibit312-mtrxx202106x30x.htm |
EX-31.1 - EX-31.1 - MATRIX SERVICE CO | exhibit311-mtrxx2021x06x30x.htm |
EX-23 - EX-23 - MATRIX SERVICE CO | exhibit23-mtrxx2021x06x30x.htm |
EX-21 - EX-21 - MATRIX SERVICE CO | exhibit21-mtrxx2021x06x30x.htm |
EX-10.20 - EX-10.20 - MATRIX SERVICE CO | exhibit1020-matrixservicec.htm |
EX-10.17 - EX-10.17 - MATRIX SERVICE CO | exhibit1017-formofrestrict.htm |
EX-10.16 - EX-10.16 - MATRIX SERVICE CO | exhibit1016-formoflongxter.htm |
10-K - 10-K - MATRIX SERVICE CO | mtrx-20210630.htm |
Exhibit 10.19
Execution Version
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of September 9, 2021
among
MATRIX SERVICE COMPANY,
as a Borrower
and certain Subsidiaries thereof,
each as a Loan Party hereto,
CERTAIN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,
as Lenders,
BANK OF MONTREAL,
and
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS,
as Arranger and Book Runner
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS | |||||
1.01 Defined Terms | 1 | ||||
1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions | 62 | ||||
1.03 Accounting Terms | 63 | ||||
1.04 Uniform Commercial Code | 64 | ||||
1.05 Rounding | 64 | ||||
1.06 Times of Day | 64 | ||||
1.07 Letter of Credit Amounts | 65 | ||||
1.08 Exchange Rates; and Currency Equivalents | 65 | ||||
1.09 Québec References | 65 | ||||
ARTICLE II THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS | |||||
2.01 Loan Commitments | 66 | ||||
2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans | 69 | ||||
2.03 Letters of Credit. | 71 | ||||
2.04 Swing Line Loans | 78 | ||||
2.05 Repayment of Loans | 80 | ||||
2.06 Prepayments | 81 | ||||
2.07 Termination or Reduction of Commitments | 83 | ||||
2.08 Interest. | 84 | ||||
2.09 Fees. | 85 | ||||
2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees | 86 | ||||
2.11 Evidence of Debt. | 86 | ||||
2.12 Payments Generally; the Administrative Agent’s Clawback | 87 | ||||
2.13 Sharing of Payments by Lenders | 89 | ||||
2.14 Settlement Among Lenders | 90 | ||||
2.15 Nature and Extent of Each Borrower’s Liability | 90 | ||||
2.16 Cash Collateral | 94 | ||||
2.17 Defaulting Lenders | 95 | ||||
2.18 Uncommitted Increase in Revolving Credit Commitments | 97 | ||||
2.19 Designation of Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries | 98 | ||||
ARTICLE III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY | |||||
3.01 Taxes. | 99 | ||||
3.02 Illegality | 103 | ||||
3.03 Inability to Determine Rates; Effect of Benchmark Transition Event | 104 | ||||
3.04 Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurocurrency Rate Loans | 106 | ||||
3.05 Compensation for Losses | 107 | ||||
3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. | 108 | ||||
3.07 Survival | 108 |
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ARTICLE IV SECURITY AND ADMINISTRATION OF COLLATERAL | |||||
4.01 Security | 109 | ||||
4.02 Collateral Administration | 109 | ||||
4.03 After Acquired Property; Further Assurances | 111 | ||||
4.04 Cash Management. | 111 | ||||
4.05 Information Regarding Collateral | 114 | ||||
ARTICLE V CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS | |||||
5.01 Conditions of Initial Credit Extension | 114 | ||||
5.02 Conditions to all Credit Extensions | 117 | ||||
ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | |||||
6.01 Existence, Qualification and Power | 118 | ||||
6.02 Authorization; No Contravention | 118 | ||||
6.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents | 118 | ||||
6.04 Binding Effect | 118 | ||||
6.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect | 118 | ||||
6.06 Litigation | 119 | ||||
6.07 No Default | 119 | ||||
6.08 Ownership of Property; Liens. | 119 | ||||
6.09 Environmental Compliance | 120 | ||||
6.10 Insurance | 121 | ||||
6.11 Taxes | 121 | ||||
6.12 ERISA Compliance | 121 | ||||
6.13 Subsidiaries and Equity Interests | 123 | ||||
6.14 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act | 123 | ||||
6.15 Disclosure | 123 | ||||
6.16 Compliance with Laws | 124 | ||||
6.17 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc | 124 | ||||
6.18 Labor Matters | 124 | ||||
6.19 Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts. | 125 | ||||
6.20 Accounts | 125 | ||||
6.21 Sanctions; Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws | 126 | ||||
6.22 Brokers | 126 | ||||
6.23 Customer and Trade Relations | 126 | ||||
6.24 Material Contracts | 126 | ||||
6.25 Casualty | 127 | ||||
6.26 Senior Indebtedness | 127 | ||||
6.27 Post-Retirement Benefits | 127 | ||||
6.28 Payment and Performance Bonds | 127 |
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ARTICLE VII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | |||||
7.01 Financial Statements | 127 | ||||
7.02 Borrowing Base Certificate; Other Information | 128 | ||||
7.03 Notices | 130 | ||||
7.04 Payment of Obligations | 132 | ||||
7.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc | 132 | ||||
7.06 Maintenance of Properties | 132 | ||||
7.07 Maintenance of Insurance; Condemnation Proceeds | 132 | ||||
7.08 Compliance with Laws | 134 | ||||
7.09 Books and Records | 134 | ||||
7.10 Inspection Rights and Appraisals; Meetings with the Administrative Agent. | 134 | ||||
7.11 Use of Proceeds | 135 | ||||
7.12 New Subsidiaries | 135 | ||||
7.13 Compliance with ERISA and PBA | 136 | ||||
7.14 Further Assurances | 137 | ||||
7.15 Licenses | 137 | ||||
7.16 Environmental Laws | 137 | ||||
7.17 Leases, Mortgages and Third-Party Agreements | 138 | ||||
7.18 Material Contracts | 138 | ||||
7.19 Treasury Management Services | 138 | ||||
7.20 No Cash Hoarding | 138 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII NEGATIVE COVENANTS | |||||
8.01 Indebtedness | 139 | ||||
8.02 Liens | 141 | ||||
8.03 Investments | 143 | ||||
8.04 Fundamental Changes | 144 | ||||
8.05 Dispositions | 144 | ||||
8.06 Restricted Payments | 145 | ||||
8.07 Change in Nature of Business | 146 | ||||
8.08 Transactions with Affiliates | 146 | ||||
8.09 Burdensome Agreements | 146 | ||||
8.10 Use of Proceeds | 147 | ||||
8.11 Prepayment of Indebtedness; Amendment to Material Contracts. | 147 | ||||
8.12 Financial Covenants | 148 | ||||
8.13 Creation of New Subsidiaries | 148 | ||||
8.14 Securities of Subsidiaries | 148 | ||||
8.15 Sale and Leaseback | 148 | ||||
8.16 Organizational Documents; Fiscal Year | 148 | ||||
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ARTICLE IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES | |||||
9.01 Events of Default | 148 | ||||
9.02 Remedies upon Event of Default | 151 | ||||
9.03 Application of Funds. | 152 | ||||
ARTICLE X ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT | |||||
10.01 Appointment and Authority | 154 | ||||
10.02 Rights as a Lender | 154 | ||||
10.03 Exculpatory Provisions | 154 | ||||
10.04 Reliance by the Administrative Agent | 155 | ||||
10.05 Delegation of Duties | 155 | ||||
10.06 Resignation of the Administrative Agent | 156 | ||||
10.07 Non-Reliance on the Administrative Agent and Other Lenders | 156 | ||||
10.08 No Other Duties, Etc | 157 | ||||
10.09 The Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim; Credit Bidding | 157 | ||||
10.10 Collateral Matters | 158 | ||||
10.11 Other Collateral Matters. | 159 | ||||
10.12 Credit Product Arrangement Provisions | 159 | ||||
10.13 ERISA Related Provisions | 160 | ||||
10.14 Recovery of Erroneous Payments | 162 | ||||
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS | |||||
11.01 Amendments, Etc. | 162 | ||||
11.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication | 165 | ||||
11.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies | 167 | ||||
11.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver | 168 | ||||
11.05 Marshalling; Payments Set Aside | 170 | ||||
11.06 Successors and Assigns. | 170 | ||||
11.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality | 174 | ||||
11.08 Right of Setoff | 175 | ||||
11.09 Interest Rate Limitation | 176 | ||||
11.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness | 176 | ||||
11.11 Survival | 176 | ||||
11.12 Severability | 176 | ||||
11.13 Replacement of Lenders | 177 | ||||
11.14 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc. | 178 | ||||
11.15 Waiver of Jury Trial | 179 | ||||
11.16 Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents | 179 | ||||
11.17 USA PATRIOT Act Notice | 179 | ||||
11.18 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility | 179 | ||||
11.19 Attachments | 180 |
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11.20 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions | 180 | ||||
11.21 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs | 181 | ||||
11.22 Judgment Currency | 181 | ||||
ARTICLE XII CONTINUING GUARANTY | |||||
12.01 Guaranty | 182 | ||||
12.02 Rights of Lenders | 182 | ||||
12.03 Certain Waivers | 183 | ||||
12.04 Obligations Independent | 183 | ||||
12.05 Subrogation | 183 | ||||
12.06 Termination; Reinstatement | 183 | ||||
12.07 Subordination | 184 | ||||
12.08 Stay of Acceleration | 184 | ||||
12.09 Condition of Borrowers | 184 | ||||
12.10 Keepwell | 184 | ||||
12.11 Limitation of Guaranty | 184 |
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SCHEDULES | |||||
1.03 | Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries | ||||
2.01 | Revolving Credit Commitments and Applicable Percentages | ||||
4.05 | Information Regarding Collateral | ||||
6.06 | Litigation | ||||
6.08 | Owned and Ground Lease Real Property | ||||
6.09 | Environmental Matters | ||||
6.10 | Insurance | ||||
6.12 | Pension Plans | ||||
6.13 | Subsidiaries and Equity Interests | ||||
6.18 | Labor Matters | ||||
6.19 | Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts and Commodity Accounts | ||||
6.24 | Material Contracts | ||||
6.28 | Bonds | ||||
7.21 | Post-Closing | ||||
8.01 | Existing Indebtedness | ||||
8.02 | Existing Liens | ||||
8.03 | Existing Investments | ||||
11.02 | Addresses for Notices |
EXHIBITS | |||||
Form of | |||||
A | Revolving Credit Loan Note | ||||
B | Compliance Certificate | ||||
C-1 | Security Agreement | ||||
C-2 | Canadian Security Agreement | ||||
D | Borrowing Base Certificate | ||||
E | Assignment and Assumption Agreement |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of September 9, 2021, among MATRIX SERVICE COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Matrix”), MATRIX SERVICE INC., an Oklahoma corporation (“Matrix Service”), MATRIX PDM ENGINEERING, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Matrix PDM Engineering”), MATRIX NORTH AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION, INC., an Oklahoma corporation (“Matrix Oklahoma”), together with each other Person from time to time a “US Borrower” hereunder (together with Matrix, Matrix Service, Matrix PDM Engineering and Matrix Oklahoma, may each be referred to herein individually, as a “US Borrower” and collectively, as “US Borrowers), MATRIX SERVICE CANADA ULC, an Alberta unlimited liability corporation (“Matrix ULC”), MATRIX SME CANADA ULC, a Nova Scotia unlimited company (“Matrix SME Canada”), MATRIX NORTH AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION LTD., an Ontario corporation (“Matrix North America”), together with each other Person from time to time a “Canadian Borrower” hereunder (together with Matrix ULC, Matrix SME Canada and Matrix North America, may each be referred to herein individually, as a “Canadian Borrower” and collectively, as “Canadian Borrowers” and together with US Borrowers, may each be referred to herein individually, as a “Borrower” and collectively, as “Borrowers”), MATRIX SERVICE INTERNATIONAL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Matrix Service International”), MATRIX INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING, LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership (“Matrix International Engineering”), MATRIX APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Matrix Applied”), MSI FEDERAL CONTRACTING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“MSI”), MATRIX PDM, LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (“Matrix PDM”), MATRIX PDM ENGINEERING LTD., a Nova Scotia company limited by shares (“Matrix PDM Canada”), MATRIX NORTH AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Matrix Delaware”), MATRIX SME CANADA, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Matrix SME Delaware”), and together with each other Person from time to time a “Guarantor” hereunder (together with Matrix Service International, Matrix International Engineering, Matrix Applied, MSI, Matrix PDM, Matrix PDM Canada, Matrix Delaware and Matrix SME Delaware, may each be referred to herein individually, as a “Guarantor” and collectively, as “Guarantors”), EACH LENDER FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”), and BANK OF MONTREAL, as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and a Letter of Credit Issuer.
Preliminary Statements
A. The Borrowers have requested that Lenders, the Swing Line Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer provide certain credit facilities to the Borrowers to finance their mutual and collective business enterprise.
B. Lenders are willing to provide the credit facilities on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.1Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“Account” means “accounts” as defined in the UCC or if applicable, the PPSA.
“Account Debtor” means any Person who is or may become obligated under or on account of any Account, Contractual Obligation, Chattel Paper or General Intangible.
“ACH” means automated clearing house transfers.
“Acquisition” means (a) the acquisition of a controlling Equity Interest or other ownership interest in or Control of another Person, whether by purchase of such Equity Interest or other ownership interest or upon exercise of an option or warrant for, or conversion of securities into, such Equity Interest or other ownership interest, (b) the acquisition of assets of another Person which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person or of a line or lines of business conducted by such Person, whether in one or a series of related transactions or (c) the merger, amalgamation, consolidation or combination of a Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary with another Person.
“Additional Commitment Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.18(c).
“Adjustment Date” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Applicable Margin.”
“Administrative Agent” means Bank of Montreal, in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 11.02, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower Agent and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. For the purposes of (i) Section 8.08 and (ii) the proviso to the definition of “Eligible Assignee” only, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors, managing general partners or the equivalent or is an officer or director of the specified Person.
“Agent Indemnitee” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(c).
“Agent Indemnitee Liabilities” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(c).
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“Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments” means, as at any date of determination thereof, the sum of all Revolving Credit Commitments of all Lenders at such date.
“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement.
“Agreement Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 11.22.
“Allocable Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(c)(ii).
“ALTA Survey” means a survey satisfactory to the Administrative Agent prepared in accordance with the standards adopted by the American Land Title Association and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping in 2021, known as the “Minimum Standard Detail Requirements of Land Title Surveys” and sufficient form to satisfy the requirements any applicable title insurance company to provide extended coverage over survey defects and shall also show the location of all easements, utilities, and covenants of record, dimensions of all improvements, encroachments from any adjoining property, and certify as to the location of any flood plain area affecting the subject Real Property.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means all Laws of any jurisdiction applicable to a Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries from time to time targeting or relating to bribery or corruption, including the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act 2010 and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada).
“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means all Laws applicable to a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries related to terrorism financing or money laundering, including the Executive Order, the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (otherwise known as the Bank Secrecy Act), the PATRIOT Act, the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada) and the Criminal Code (Canada).
“Applicable Margin” means, with respect to any Type of Loan, the percentages per annum set forth below, as based upon the Average Availability for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter:
Level | Average Availability (as a percentage of Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments) | Eurocurrency Rate Loans | Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans | ||||||||
I | > 66% | 2.50% | 1.50% | ||||||||
II | < 66% but > 33% | 2.25% | 1.25% | ||||||||
III | < 33% | 2.00% | 1.00% |
From the Closing Date until the first day of each fiscal quarter, commencing with the fiscal quarter starting January 1, 2022 (the “Adjustment Date”), margins shall be determined as if Level II were applicable. From and after January 1, 2022, any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in Average Availability shall become effective as of each Adjustment Date based upon Average Availability for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter. If any Borrowing Base Certificate (including any required financial information in support thereof) of the Borrowers is not received by Administrative Agent by the date required pursuant to Section 7.02(a), then the Applicable Margin shall be determined as if the Average Availability for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter is at Level I until such time as such Borrowing Base Certificate and supporting information are received. If any Borrowing Base Certificate (including any required information in support thereof) delivered hereunder is
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determined at any time before the Facility Termination Date to be inaccurate, and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Margin based upon the pricing grid set forth in the table above, (the “Accurate Applicable Margin”) for any period that such Borrowing Base Certificate covered, then (i) the Borrower Agent shall promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) deliver to the Administrative Agent a correct Borrowing Base Certificate for such period, (ii) the Applicable Margin shall be automatically and retroactively adjusted such that after giving effect to the corrected Borrowing Base Certificate, the Applicable Margin shall automatically be reset to the Accurate Applicable Margin based upon the pricing grid set forth in the table above for such period (or failing timely delivery of such corrected Borrowing Base Certificate, Level I of the table set forth above) and (iii) the Loan Parties shall promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) pay to Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, the accrued additional interest owing as a result of such Accurate Applicable Margin for such period, if any (or failing delivery of such corrected Borrowing Base Certificate, Level I of the table set forth above). The provisions of this definition shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to Section 2.08 or otherwise and shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
“Applicable Percentage” means with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Revolving Credit Facility, represented by the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Revolving Credit Lender at such time; provided that if the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated at such time, then the Applicable Percentage of each Revolving Credit Lender shall be the Applicable Percentage of such Revolving Credit Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments,. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
“Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage” means with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility at such time.
“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (a) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, a Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility or holds a Loan under the Revolving Credit Facility at such time, (b) with respect to the Letter of Credit Sublimit, (i) the Letter of Credit Issuer and (ii) if any Letters of Credit have been issued, the Revolving Credit Lenders and (c) with respect to the Swing Line Sublimit, (i) the Swing Line Lender and (ii) if any Swing Line Loans are outstanding, the Revolving Credit Lenders.
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Arranger” means BMO Capital.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit E or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
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“Assumed Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a Person which is (a) in existence at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or (b) assumed in connection with an Investment in or Acquisition of such Person, and which, in each case, (i) has not been incurred or created in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary, (ii) only such Person (or its Subsidiaries so acquired) are obligors with respect to such Indebtedness, (iii) such Indebtedness is not a revolving loan facility; and (iv) such Indebtedness is not secured by any Liens on working capital assets (including any assets of the type included in the Borrowing Base).
“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any Capital Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease.
“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited Consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, and the related Consolidated statements of income or operations, retained earnings and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto, in the form and scope provided to the Administrative Agent before the Closing Date.
“Auditor” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01(a).
“Australian Dollars” means the lawful currency of Australia.
“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iii).
“Availability” means (a) the Maximum Borrowing Amount minus (b) Total Revolving Credit Outstandings. In calculating Availability at any time and for any purpose under this Agreement, the Borrower Agent, on behalf of the Borrowers, shall certify to the Administrative Agent that all accounts payable and Taxes are being paid on a timely basis and consistent with past practices (absent which the Administrative Agent may establish a Reserve therefor).
“Availability Period” means the period from the Closing Date to the Revolving Credit Termination Date.
“Availability Reserves” means, without duplication of any other Reserves or items that are otherwise addressed or excluded through eligibility criteria, such reserves and adjustments thereto as the Administrative Agent from time to time determines in its Credit Judgment as being appropriate (a) to reflect the impediments to the Administrative Agent’s ability to realize upon the Eligible Borrowing Base Assets, (b) to reflect sums that any Loan Party may be required to pay under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or, in the case of leased assets, rents or other amounts payable under such leases) and has failed to pay, (c) to reflect amounts for which claims may be reasonably expected to be asserted against the Eligible Borrowing Base Assets, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders or (d) to reflect criteria, events, conditions, contingencies or risks which adversely affect any component of the Borrowing Base, or the assets, business, financial performance or financial condition of any Loan Party. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Availability Reserves may include (but are not limited to) (i) Rent and Charge Reserves; (ii) the Dilution
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Reserve; (iii) Credit Product Reserves, (iv) Wage Claim Reserves; (v) Subcontractor Reserve; (vi) customs duties, and other costs to release Inventory which is being imported into the United States or Canada; (vii) outstanding Taxes and other governmental charges, including, without limitation, ad valorem, real estate, personal property, sales, and other Taxes which might have priority over the interests of the Administrative Agent in the Eligible Borrowing Base Assets; (viii) any liabilities that are or may become secured by Liens on the Collateral (including Permitted Liens) which might have priority over the Liens or interests of the Administrative Agent in the Collateral; (ix) reserves for any royalty or other compensation owing to any Person with respect to any Intellectual Property related to Borrowing Base Assets; and (x) reserves with respect to the salability of Eligible Inventory and Eligible Equipment or which reflect such other factors as affect the market value of the Eligible Inventory and Equipment, including in the case of Inventory, obsolescence, seasonality, Shrink, vendor chargebacks, imbalance, change in Inventory character, composition or mix, markdowns and out of date and/or expired Inventory.
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (x) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period or (y) otherwise any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement as of such date.
“Average Availability” means, for any period, the average of each calendar day’s Availability during such period.
“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).
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code.
“Base Rate” means, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the rate of interest announced by BMO from time to time as its prime rate for such day (with any change in such rate announced by BMO taking effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change); (b) the Federal Funds Rate for such day, plus 0.50%; (c) the LIBOR Rate for a one month Interest Period, plus 1.00%; and (d) 1.00%.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Revolving Credit Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate. All Base Rate Loans are available in Dollars only.
“Benchmark” means, initially, LIBOR; provided that if the replacement of the Benchmark has occurred pursuant to Section 3.03(b), then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement
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to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate. Any reference to “Benchmark” shall include, as applicable, the published component used in the calculation thereof.
“Benchmark Replacement” means, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent:
(1)For the purposes of Section 3.03(b)(i)-(ii):
(a) the sum of: (a) Term SOFR and (b) 0.11448% (11.448 basis points) for an Available Tenor of one‐month’s duration and 0.26161% (26.161 basis points) for an Available Tenor of three‐months’ duration;
(b) the sum of: (a) Daily Simple SOFR and (b) 0.11448% (11.448 basis points);
(2) For the purposes of Section 3.03(b)(iii), the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate and (b) and adjustment that may be positive, negative or zero in each case that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement for such Available Tenor of such Benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then-prevailing market convention including any applicable recommendation made by the Relevant Governmental Body, for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.
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 Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” the timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, the timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Benchmark Transition Event” means, with respect to any then-current Benchmark other than the LIBOR, the occurrence of a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of the then-current Benchmark, the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark, 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, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark, announcing or stating that such administrator has ceased or will cease on a specified date to provide all Available Tenors of such
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Benchmark, 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 all Available Tenors of such Benchmark are or will no longer be representative of the underlying market and economic reality that such Benchmark is intended to measure and that representativeness will not be restored.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, which certification shall be substantially similar in form and substance to the form of Certification Regarding Beneficial Owners of Legal Entity Customers published jointly, in May 2018, by the Loan Syndications and Trading Association and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.
“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”.
“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning specified in Section 11.21(b).
“BMO” means Bank of Montreal.
“BMO Capital” means BMO Capital Markets.
“Board of Directors” means, with respect to any Person, (a) in the case of any corporation or unlimited liability company, the board of directors of such Person or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, (b) in the case of any limited liability company, the board of managers or board of directors or sole member or manager of such Person or any Person or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, (c) in the case of any partnership, the Board of Directors of a general partner of such Person and (d) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.
“Bonded AR Proceeds” has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(b).
“Bonded Equipment” means all now owned or hereafter acquired right, title and interest with respect to Equipment owned by a Borrower and (whether or not included in the definition of Equipment) all other personal property in each case which is delivered to, prefabricated for or specifically ordered for a Bonded Job Site, whether or not the same will be deemed to be affixed to, arise out of or relate to any real property, together with all accessions thereto.
“Bonded Inventory” means all now owned and hereafter acquired inventory of a Borrower, including, without limitation, goods, merchandise and other personal property in each case which is furnished under any Bonded Contract, all raw materials, work in process, finished goods and materials and supplies of any kind, nature or description in each case which is delivered to, prefabricated for or specifically ordered for a Bonded Job Site.
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“Bonded Job Site” means the site specified in a contract that is the subject to a payment or performance bond (or other Bonding Obligation) where any Borrower is to perform or provide the contracted for services or goods required thereunder.
“Bonding Obligations” means any and all obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any Person to secure or assure the performance of any bid, contract, lease or statutory obligation, or otherwise constituting a bid, performance, return-of-money, surety, appeal or payment bond, contract or like undertaking, in each case, entered into by the Company or such Subsidiary in the Ordinary Course of Business.
“Borrower Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(g).
“Borrowers” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.
“Borrowing” means any of (a) a Revolving Credit Borrowing or (b) a Swing Line Borrowing, as the context may require.
“Borrowing Base” means, at any time of calculation, the Dollar Equivalent an amount equal to:
(a)the Value of Eligible Accounts (less (but without duplication) the Dollar Equivalent of all cash received but not yet applied in respect of such Eligible Accounts) multiplied by 85%; plus
(b)the Value of Eligible Time and Material Accounts (less (but without duplication) the Dollar Equivalent of all cash received but not yet applied in respect of such Eligible Time and Material Accounts) multiplied by 80%; plus
(c)the lesser of (i) the Dollar Equivalent of the Cost of Eligible Inventory multiplied by 50% and (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of $3,000,000; plus
(d)the lesser of (i) the Dollar Equivalent of the NOLV of Eligible Equipment multiplied by 85% and (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of $20,000,000; plus
(e)the lesser of (i) the Dollar Equivalent of Eligible Cash (but excluding all cash received but not yet applied in respect of, or in the reduction of, any other Borrowing Base assets) multiplied by 100% and (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of $50,000,000; less
(f)the Dollar Equivalent amount of all Availability Reserves.
The term “Borrowing Base” and the calculation thereof shall not include any assets or property acquired in any Acquisition (including any Permitted Acquisition), or otherwise outside the ordinary course of business, in each case unless (x) if so required by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent has conducted Field Exams and appraisals reasonably required by it (with results reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and (y) the Person owning such assets or property shall be a (directly or indirectly) wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Company and have become a Borrower.
“Borrowing Base Assets” means all assets of the Borrowers of the type included in the Borrowing Base, regardless of eligibility thereof.
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“Borrowing Base Certificate” means a certificate, in the form of Exhibit D hereto and otherwise in satisfactory to Administrative Agent, by which Borrowers certify calculation of the Borrowing Base.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and, if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to an Eurocurrency Rate Loan, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means any such day that is also a London Banking Day.
“Capital Leases” means all leases that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases.
“Canadian Borrowers” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Canadian Dollars” means the lawful currency of Canada.
“Canadian Dollar Sublimit” means the Dollar Equivalent of $15,000,000.
“Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan” means each Canadian Pension Plan, other than a Canadian Multi-Employer Pension Plan, that contains a “defined benefit provision” as such term is defined in Section 147.1(1) of the Tax Act.
“Canadian Multi-Employer Pension Plan” means each Canadian Pension Plan that is a “multi-employer pension plan” as such term is defined under the PBA, and each “multi-employer plan” as such term is defined in Section 8500(1) of the Income Tax Regulations (Canada).
“Canadian Insolvency Laws” means any of the Bankruptcy Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), the Winding-up and Restructuring Act (Canada), and any other applicable insolvency or other similar law of Canada or any province or territory thereof relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, assignments for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratoria, compositions, compromises or extensions generally with creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization, recapitalization, arrangement, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or other similar relief (including, without limitation, the Canadian corporate statutes when relied upon in connection with any of the foregoing).
“Canadian Pension Plan” means each pension plan that is a “registered pension plan” as such term is defined in subsection 248(1) of the Tax Act or that is subject to the funding requirements of the PBA and that is maintained or contributed to, or to which there is or may be an obligation to contribute by a Loan Party or any Affiliate, or in respect of which a Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof has any liability, contingent or otherwise, in each case, for or in respect of 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 Pension Event” means (a) the failure of a Loan Party or any Affiliate to make required contributions when due to any Canadian Pension Plan in accordance with its terms and applicable Laws; (b) a withdrawal by a Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof from a Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan or a Canadian Multi-Employer Pension Plan resulting in the full or partial wind-up of such Canadian
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Defined Benefit Pension Plan or Canadian Multi-Employer Pension Plan or resulting in either the imposition of withdrawal liability on any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof, or notification to any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof concerning the imposition of any withdrawal liability; (; (c) the voluntary full or partial wind up of a Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan by a Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof, or the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan or a Canadian Multi-Employer Pension Plan with the Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario, or a similar Governmental Authority of another provincial or federal jurisdiction (d) the Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario, or a similar Governmental Authority instituting proceedings to revoke registration or terminate, in whole or in part, any Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan or Canadian Multi-Employer Pension Plan or causing a trustee to be appointed to administer any Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan or Canadian Multi-Employer Pension Plan, or the Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario, or a similar Governmental Authority instituting a proceeding in respect of a Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan or Canadian Multi-Employer Pension Plan and such proceeding shall not have been dismissed within thirty (30) days thereafter; (e) a contribution failure in respect of any Canadian Pension Plan sufficient to give rise to a Lien, or the occurrence of any event with respect to any Canadian Pension Plan which could result in the incurrence of a liability, fine or penalty under the terms of such plan, the PBA or the Tax Act ; or (f) a Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof becomes liable for any obligations under a Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan or Canadian Multi-Employer Pension Plan.
“Canadian Prime Rate” means, for any day a fluctuating rate of interest per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the per annum rate of interest quoted or established as the “prime rate” of the Administrative Agent which it quotes or establishes for such day as its reference rate of interest in order to determine interest rates for commercial loans in Canadian Dollars in Canada to its Canadian Borrowers; (b) the average CDOR Rate (which shall not be less than 0.00%) for a 30-day term plus ½ of 1.00% per annum, adjusted automatically with each quoted or established change in such rate, all without the necessity of any notice to any Borrower or any other Person; and (c) 1.00%. Such prime rate is based on various factors including cost and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in the prime rate shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
“Canadian Prime Rate Loan” means a Revolving Credit Loan that bears interest based on the Canadian Prime Rate. All Canadian Prime Rate Loans shall be denominated in Canadian Dollars only.
“Canadian Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof by the Canadian Borrowers, each other Loan Parties registered or incorporated under the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2.
“Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, (a) for the benefit of one or more of the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Revolving Credit Lenders, as collateral for Letter of Credit Obligations or obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders to fund participations in respect of Letter of Credit Obligations, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer, (b) for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, as collateral for Protective Advances or Swing Line Loans that have not been refunded by the Revolving Credit Lenders, cash or deposit account
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balances or, if the Administrative Agent shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or (c) for the benefit of the Secured Parties during the continuance of an Event of Default or in connection with the Payment in Full, as collateral for any Obligations that are due or may become due, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
“Cash Equivalents” means any of the following types of property, to the extent owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens created under the Security Instruments):
(a)cash, denominated in Dollars, or in the case of the Canadian Borrowers, denominated in Canadian Dollars;
(b)readily marketable direct obligations of the government of the United States or Canada or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or obligations the timely payment of principal and interest on which are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the government of the United States or Canada or any state, province, territory or municipality thereof, in each case so long as such obligation has an investment grade rating by S&P and Moody’s;
(c)commercial paper rated at least P1 (or the then equivalent grade) by Moody’s and A1 (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P, or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations;
(d)insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of, or time deposits with any Lender or with any commercial bank that (i) is a member of the Federal Reserve System, (ii) issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial paper rated as described in the first portion of clause (c) above, (iii) is organized under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof and (iv) has combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000;
(e)readily marketable general obligations of any corporation organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America or any province or territory of Canada, payable in the United States of America or Canada, as applicable, expressed to mature not later than twelve months following the date of issuance thereof and rated A or better by S&P or A3 or better by Moody’s;
(f)readily marketable shares of investment companies or money market funds that, in each case, invest solely in the foregoing Investments described in clauses (a) through (e) above; and
(g)in the case of any Subsidiary of the Company organized or having its principal place of business outside the United States or Canada, investments denominated in the currency of the jurisdiction in which such Subsidiary is organized or has its principal place of business which are similar in nature and substantially the same in term and ratings to the items specified in clauses (a) through (f) above.
“CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980.
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“CERCLIS” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
“CFC” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Excluded Subsidiary”.
“CFCHC” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Excluded Subsidiary”.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Change of Control” means an event or series of events by which:
(a)any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of the Company or its Subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-4 and 13d-6 under the Exchange Act, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire (such right, an “option right”), whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the Equity Interests of the Company on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such Equity Interests that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right); or
(b)during any period of 24 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the Company cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body; or
(c)the Company shall fail to own and control, beneficially and of record (directly or indirectly), 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except where such failure is the result of a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents; or
(d)any “change of control” or similar event occurs under the Organic Documents of any Borrower or under any Material Contract to which any Borrower is a party.
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“Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 5.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 11.01 (or, in the case of Section 5.01(b), waived by the Person entitled to receive the applicable payment).
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral” means, collectively, certain property of the Loan Parties or any other Person in which the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party is granted a Lien under any Security Instrument as security for all or any portion of the Obligations or any other obligation arising under any Loan Document.
“Commitment Increase” has the meaning specified in Section 2.18(a).
“Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, in each case, described in Section 2.02.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Company” means Matrix.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“Concentration Account” has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(b).
“Conforming Credit Product Obligations” means Credit Product Obligations (a) established pursuant to a Credit Product Notice delivered at a time no Event of Default shall be continuing and (b) up to a maximum amount (or, in the case of Credit Product Obligations arising under Swap Contracts, the Swap Termination Value thereunder) specified in such Credit Product Notice (whether delivered to establish or increase the amount thereof) to the extent that no Overadvance would exist if a Credit Product Reserve were established therefore on the date of such Credit Product Notice.
“Consolidated” means the consolidation, in accordance with GAAP, of the financial condition or operating results of such Person and its Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, for any period the sum of (without duplication) all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period for items that would be classified as “property, plant or equipment” or comparable items on the Consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including without limitation all transactional costs incurred in connection with such expenditures provided the same have been capitalized; provided that Consolidated Capital Expenditures shall exclude any capital expenditures (a) financed with Indebtedness permitted hereunder other than Loans, (b) made with (i) Net Cash Proceeds from any Disposition described in Section 8.05(b) or (ii) proceeds of insurance arising from any casualty or other insured damage or from condemnation or similar awards with respect to any property or asset, in each case, to the extent such proceeds are reinvested within ninety days of receipt thereof, and
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(c) constituting any portion of the purchase price of an Permitted Acquisition which is accounted for as a capital expenditure.
“Consolidated Cash Balance” means, at any time, (a) the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents held or controlled by the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries (other than amounts held in the Equity Repurchase Program Securities Account, in the JP Credit Card Cash Collateral Account or in a Qualified Account) minus (b) the sum of (i) Cash Collateral that is Cash Collateralizing Obligations in accordance with this Agreement plus (ii) any outstanding checks and similar payment items issued by Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and pending electronic funds transfers of Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, the result of (a) Consolidated Net Income for such period; plus, to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income, without duplication, (i) Consolidated Interest Charges (net of interest income for such period of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries) for such period, plus (ii) federal, state, provincial, territorial local and foreign income tax expense for such period, net of income tax credits, plus (iii) depreciation and amortization for such period, plus (iv) non-cash compensation expense, or other non-cash expenses or charges, for such period arising from the granting of stock options, stock appreciation rights or similar equity arrangements, plus (v) non-cash expenses or losses and other non-cash charges incurred during such period (excluding any non-cash charges representing an accrual of, or reserve for, cash charges to be paid within the next twelve months and reduced by any cash payments made during such period in respect of such non-cash items added back in a prior period); plus (vi) expenses of up to $1,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement incurred in connection with the Transaction, plus or (minus) (vii) any extraordinary gains or (losses) incurred other than those incurred in the ordinary course of business; minus (b) the sum of (i) non-cash income, gains or profits during such period plus (ii) to the extent included in calculating Consolidated Net Income for such period, the non-cash portion (as to the Company or the applicable Subsidiary) of any income that is generated by a Joint Venture for such period; in each case for clauses (a) and (b) above as determined for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis and subject to applicable Pro Forma Adjustments.
“Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means the ratio, determined on a Consolidated basis for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the applicable Measurement Period, of (a) Consolidated EBITDA minus Consolidated Capital Expenditures to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges.
“Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, for any period, for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, the sum of, without duplication, (a) Consolidated Interest Charges paid or required to be paid in cash during such period, (b) all principal repayments made or required to be made of Consolidated Funded Indebtedness during such period, but excluding (i) any such payments to the extent constituting a refinancing of such Consolidated Funded Indebtedness through the incurrence of additional Indebtedness otherwise expressly permitted under Section 8.02 and (ii) repayments of Revolving Credit Loans, (c) the greater of (i) the aggregate amount of federal, state, provincial, territorial, local and foreign income taxes paid in cash (less any refunds actually received in cash with respect to taxes for the same period), in each case, of or by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period and (ii) $0, and (d) all Restricted Payments made in cash during such period.
“Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of all obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including Obligations hereunder) and
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all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments, (b) all purchase money Indebtedness, (c) all direct obligations arising under standby and commercial letters of credit (excluding the undrawn amount thereof), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties (excluding the amounts available thereunder as to which demand for payment has not yet been made), surety bonds (excluding the amounts available thereunder as to which demand for payment has not yet been made) and similar instruments, (d) all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable arising in the Ordinary Course of Business not more than sixty (60) days past due, (e) Attributable Indebtedness in respect of Capital Leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations, (f) without duplication, all Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a) through (e) above of Persons other than the Company or any Subsidiary, and (g) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary is a general partner or joint venturer, to the extent such Indebtedness is recourse to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary.
“Consolidated Interest Charges” means, with respect to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for any period ending on the date of computation thereof, the gross interest expense of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including without limitation (a) the current amortized portion of all fees (including fees payable in respect of any Swap Contract in the nature of an interest rate hedge and all fees payable in respect of any Letter of Credit) payable in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness to the extent included in gross interest expense and (b) the portion of any payments made in connection with Capital Leases allocable to interest expense, all determined on a Consolidated basis; provided however, that Consolidated Interest Charges shall include the amount of payments in respect of Synthetic Lease Obligations that are in the nature of interest.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, the net income after taxation of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for that period excluding (a) net income, expenses, losses or gains realized in connection with (i) any sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any asset (other than in the Ordinary Course of Business), or (ii) repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness (including any cancellation or early extinguishment of Indebtedness), and (b) extraordinary or nonrecurring gain or income (or expense), in either case consented by the Administrative Agent; provided that there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income, without duplication, (x) the net income or loss of (x) any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions are not actually paid to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in cash, (y) any Person in which any other Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) has an ownership interest, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid in cash to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary by such Person during such period and (z) any Person the ability of which to make Restricted Payments is restricted by any agreement or Organization Document, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid in cash to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary by such Person during such period to the extent permitted to be paid.
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the total assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Company delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 or, for the period prior to the time any such statements are so delivered pursuant to Section 7.01, the pro forma financial statements otherwise previously delivered to the Administrative Agent.
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“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Control Agreement” means, with respect to any Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account, an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, among the Administrative Agent, the financial institution or other Person at which such account is maintained and the Loan Party maintaining such account, effective to grant “control” (as defined under the applicable UCC or PPSA) over such account to the Administrative Agent.
“Controlled Account Bank” means each bank with whom Deposit Accounts are maintained in which any funds of any of the Loan Parties are concentrated and with whom a Control Agreement has been, or is required to be, executed in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Controlled Deposit Account” means each Deposit Account (including all funds on deposit therein) that is the subject of an effective Control Agreement and that is maintained by any Loan Party with a financial institution approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Controlled Persons” means, with respect to any Person, (a) its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, (b) its officers, directors, employees and agents and (c) the officers, directors, employees and agents of such Subsidiaries and Affiliates.
“Core Business” means any material line of business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date and any business directly related thereto.
“Cost” means (a) with respect to Inventory, the lower of (i) cost (as reflected in the general ledger of such Person) and (ii) market value, in each case, determined in accordance with GAAP calculated on a first-in, first-out basis and in accordance with the Loan Parties’ accounting practices as in effect on the Closing Date and (b) with respect to Equipment, Real Property and other property, the lower of (i) cost (as reflected in the general ledger of such Person) and (ii) market value, in each case, determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Covered Entity” has the meaning specified in Section 11.21(b).
“Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure at such time.
“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) a Letter of Credit Extension.
“Credit Judgment” means, with reference to the Administrative Agent, a determination made in good faith using reasonable business judgment (from the perspective of a secured, asset-based lender).
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“Credit Product Arrangements” means, collectively, (a) Swap Contracts between a Loan Party and any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender and (b) Treasury Management and Other Services.
“Credit Product Notice” means the written notice from a Credit Product Provider and the Borrower Agent to the Administrative Agent relating to Credit Product Arrangements in the form of Exhibit G hereto, or such other form as may be acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Credit Product Obligations” means Indebtedness and other obligations of any Loan Party (a) arising under Credit Product Arrangements, (b) owing to any Credit Product Provider and (c) only if owing to a Credit Product Provider other than BMO or its Affiliates, as to which a Credit Product Notice has been delivered to the Administrative Agent in which the Borrower Agent has expressly requested that such obligations be treated as Credit Product Obligations for purposes hereof; provided, however, Credit Product Obligations shall not include Excluded Swap Obligations.
“Credit Product Provider” means BMO or any of its Affiliates, so long as such provider and the Borrower Agent deliver a Credit Product Notice to the Administrative Agent by the later of the Closing Date or, if not outstanding on the Closing Date, ten (10) days following the entering into of the applicable Credit Product Arrangement, (i) describing the Credit Product Arrangement and setting forth the maximum amount of Credit Product Obligations thereunder to be secured by the Collateral (and, if all or any portion of such Credit Product Obligations arise under Swap Contracts, the Swap Termination Value of such Credit Product Obligations) and the methodology to be used in calculating such amount and (ii) agreeing to be bound by Section 10.12.
“Credit Product Reserve” means (a) reserves which shall be established by the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to not less than the last reported Swap Termination Value (as given in accordance with the definition of Credit Product Obligation) of the then outstanding Priority Swap Obligations for the account of the Loan Parties or their Affiliates, and (b) reserves established by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its discretion to reflect the reasonably anticipated liabilities in respect of the then outstanding Credit Product Obligations.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining “Daily Simple SOFR” for syndicated business loans; provided, that if the Administrative Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may establish another convention in its reasonable discretion.
“Daily Exchange Rate” means the daily average exchange rate as published by a reputable source chosen from time to time by the Administrative Agent and as determined by the Administrative Agent, provided that, if any such date of determination is not a Business Day, then it shall be the Daily Exchange Rate as of the most recently ended Business Day. “Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the Canadian Insolvency Laws, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or Canada or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Deed of Hypothec” means the deed of hypothec creating a hypothec in favor of the Administrative Agent, as hypothecary representative for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the
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laws of the Province of Québec on the assets of any of the Canadian Borrowers or any other Loan Party existing under the laws of the Province of Québec, having its domicile (within the meaning of the Civil Code of Québec) in the Province of Québec or having a place of business or tangible property situated in the Province of Québec.
“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would unless cured or waived be an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to the sum of (a) the Base Rate or the Canadian Prime Rate, as applicable, plus (b) the Applicable Margin with respect to Base Rate Loans, plus (c) 2% per annum; provided, however, that (i) with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan, until the end of the Interest Period during which the Default Rate is first applicable, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Margin) otherwise applicable to such Eurocurrency Rate Loan plus 2% per annum, and thereafter as set forth in the portion of this sentence preceding this proviso, and (ii) with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, the Default Rate shall equal the Letter of Credit Fee, then in effect plus 2% per annum, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
“Default Right” has the meaning specified in Section 11.21(b).
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.17(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including, in the case of any Revolving Credit Lender, in respect of its participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified any Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swing Line Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower Agent, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Agent that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Agent), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject,
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repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.17(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swing Line Lender and each other Lender.
“Designated Jurisdiction” means, at any time, any country, region or territory which is itself the target of Sanctions broadly restricting or prohibiting dealings with such country, region or territory (including, without limitation, the Crimea region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).
“Dilution Percent” means the percent, for the most recently ended period of twelve consecutive months, equal to (a) bad debt write-downs or write-offs, discounts, returns, promotions, credits, credit memos and other dilutive items with respect to Accounts for such period, divided by (b) gross sales for such period.
“Dilution Reserve” means, at any date of determination, (a) the percentage amount by which the Dilution Percent exceeds 5.0% times (b) the amount of Eligible Accounts of the Borrowers.
“Direct Foreign Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary, other than a Domestic Subsidiary that is not a CFCHC, a majority of whose Voting Equity Interests are owned by the Company or a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including by Division, any sale and leaseback transaction, any casualty or condemnation or otherwise) of any property (including any Equity Interest), or part thereof, by any Person, and including any sale, assignment, transfer, forgiveness, write-off or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any Investment, notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.
“Disqualified Equity Interest” means any Equity Interest that, 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, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 180 days after the Maturity Date, (b) is convertible into or exchangeable for debt securities (unless only occurring at the sole option of the issuer thereof), (c) (i) contains any repurchase obligation that may come into effect prior to, (ii) requires cash dividend payments (other than taxes) prior to, or (iii) provides the holders thereof with any rights to receive any cash upon the occurrence of a change of control or sale of assets prior to, in each case, the date that is 180 days after the Maturity Date; provided, however, that (i) with respect to any Equity Interests issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interest shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, resignation, death or disability and (ii) any class of Equity Interest of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of an Equity Interest that is not a Disqualified Equity Interest, such Equity Interests shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Equity Interests and (iii) only the portion of such Equity Interests which so matures or is so
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mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Equity Interests.
“Division” means the creation of one or more new limited liability companies by means of any statutory division of a limited liability company pursuant to any applicable limited liability company act or similar statute of any jurisdiction. “Divide” shall have the corresponding meaning.
“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
“Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount in Dollars, (b) with respect to any amount denominated in Canadian Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent at such time of calculation on the basis of the applicable Spot Rate and (c) with respect to any amount denominated in Australian Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent at such time of calculation on the basis of the applicable Spot Rate.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any political subdivision of the United States (but excluding any territory or possession thereof).
“Dominion Trigger Period” means the period (a) commencing on the day that (i) an Event of Default occurs and is continuing or (ii) Availability is less than the greater of (x) 17.5% of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments at such time and (y) $17,500,000 and (b) continuing until the date that during the previous sixty (60) consecutive days, (i) no Event of Default has existed and (ii) Availability has been greater than the greater of (x) 17.5% of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments at such time and (y) $17,500,000 at all times during such period; provided, however, that a Dominion Trigger Period may not be cured as contemplated by clause (b) more than two (2) times in any fiscal year.
“Early Opt-in Effective Date” means, with respect to any Early Opt-in Election, the sixth (6th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to the Lenders, so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to the Lenders, written notice of objection to such Early Opt-in Election from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.
“Early Opt-in Election” means the occurrence of:
(1)a notification by the Administrative Agent to (or the request by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent to notify) each of the other parties hereto that at least five currently outstanding U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time contain (as a result of amendment or as originally executed) a SOFR-based rate (including SOFR, a term SOFR or any other rate based upon SOFR) as a benchmark rate (and such syndicated credit facilities are identified in such notice and are publicly available for review), and
(2)the joint election by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to trigger a fallback from LIBOR and the provision by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Lenders.
“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
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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 responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Eligible Accounts” means Accounts due to a Borrower that are determined by the Administrative Agent, in its Credit Judgment, to be Eligible Accounts. Except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent at its sole option, and without limiting the ability of the Administrative Agent to exercise its Credit Judgment to determine whether an Account constitutes an Eligible Account, each of the following shall be deemed to be Accounts that are not Eligible Accounts:
(a)Accounts that are not fully earned by performance (or otherwise represent a progress or milestone billing, a pre-billing or an otherwise contingent Account (it being agreed that, without limiting the foregoing, an Account shall be eligible under this clause if such Account is conditioned upon such Borrower’s satisfactory completion of any further performance under the agreement related to such Account, or if such Borrower has any remaining performance obligations (other than customary warranty obligations not then performable) under any such agreement related to such Account)) or not evidenced by a written invoice which has been delivered to the applicable Account Debtor;
(b)Accounts that have been outstanding for more than ninety (90) days from the invoice date or more than sixty (60) days past the original due date, whichever comes first;
(c)Accounts due from any Account Debtor, fifty percent (50%) of whose Accounts or of those Accounts of its Affiliates are otherwise ineligible under the terms clause (b) above (whether by application of clause (b) under this definition and/or by cross-reference thereto under the definition of Eligible Time and Material Accounts, or both);
(d)Accounts due from any Sanctioned Person or that otherwise involve transactions or dealings that are prohibited by or would cause the Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer, any Lender or Loan Party to be in violation of Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Sanctions;
(e)Accounts with respect to which (i) any representation or warranty set for in any Loan Document with respect thereto is not true and correct in all material respects, (ii) a Borrower does not have good, valid and marketable title thereto, free and clear of any Lien (other than junior Permitted Liens), (iii) is not subject to a perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent (and without limiting the foregoing, the proceeds of such Account may not be subject to any trust (whether arising by contract or Law) in respect of the application of such proceeds) or (iv) the applicable Account Debtor has not been instructed to (or does not in fact) remit payment to a deposit account of a Borrower subject to a Control Agreement;
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(f)Accounts which are disputed or with respect to which a claim, counterclaim, offset or chargeback has been asserted, but only to the extent of such dispute, counterclaim, offset or chargeback, provided that in order for an Account to be eligible under this “but only” clause, such dispute, counterclaim, offset or chargeback must be reducible to liquidated sum (with the calculation thereof being acceptable to the Administrative Agent);
(g)Accounts which (i) do not arise out of a sale of goods or rendition of services (in each case, excluding warranty contracts on a standalone basis) in the Ordinary Course of Business, (ii) do not arise upon credit terms usual to the business of the Borrowers, (iii) are not payable in Dollars, (iv) is not payable to a Borrower or (v) have been determined to be uncollectible;
(h)Accounts (i) upon which a Borrower’s right to receive payment is not absolute or is contingent upon the fulfillment of any condition whatsoever, including cash on delivery and cash in advance transactions or (ii) as to which a Borrower is not able to bring suit or otherwise enforce its remedies against the related Account Debtor through judicial process;
(i)Accounts which are owed by any officer, director, agent or Affiliate any Borrower;
(j)Accounts for which all material consents, approvals or authorizations of, or registrations or declarations with any Governmental Authority required to be obtained, effected or given in connection with the performance of such Account by the Account Debtor or in connection with the enforcement of such Account by the Administrative Agent have not been duly obtained, effected or given or are not in full force and effect;
(k)Accounts due from an Account Debtor either which is the subject of any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws, has had a trustee or receiver appointed for all or a substantial part of its property, has made an assignment for the benefit of creditors or has suspended its business, or which is a party to any litigation, arbitration or other proceeding with a Loan Party;
(l)Accounts due from any Governmental Authority, except to the extent that the subject Account Debtor is the federal government of the United States of America and has complied with the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940 and any similar state legislation;
(m)Accounts (i) owing from any Account Debtor that is also a supplier to or creditor of a Borrower, unless such Person has waived in writing any right of setoff in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent but only to the extent of the aggregate amount of such Borrower’s liability to such Account Debtor, (ii) to the extent representing any manufacturer’s or supplier’s allowances, credits, discounts, incentive plans or similar arrangements entitling such Borrower to discounts on future purchase therefrom, (iii) to the extent constituting amounts owed with respect to loans or advances, or (iv) to the extent relating to payment of interest, fees, late charges or Taxes;
(n)Accounts arising out of sales on a bill-and-hold, guaranteed sale, sale-or-return, sale on approval or consignment basis or subject to any right of return, setoff or charge back
(o)Accounts where any return, rejection or repossession of any services or asset has occurred the sale or provision of which gave rise to such Account, or whether the underlying agreement has been canceled by the Account Debtor;
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(p)Accounts arising out of sales or services to any Account Debtor organized or having its principal office or substantially all assets outside the United States or Canada unless either (i) such Accounts are fully backed by an irrevocable letter of credit on terms, and issued by a financial institution, acceptable to the Administrative Agent and such irrevocable letter of credit is in the possession of the Administrative Agent, or (ii) such Accounts are supported by credit insurance on terms and from providers acceptable to the Administrative Agent, including naming the Administrative Agent as an additional insured and loss payee;
(q)Accounts that are evidenced by any judgment, Instrument or Chattel Paper;
(r)Accounts due from an Account Debtor and its Affiliates, the aggregate of which Accounts (including Eligible Accounts and Eligible Time and Material Accounts) due from such Account Debtor and its Affiliates represents more than twenty percent (20%) of all then outstanding Accounts owed to the Borrowers, but only to the extent of such excess;
(s)Accounts that remain open after the applicable Account Debtor has made a partial payment in respect of the applicable invoice (whether or not the applicable Account Debtor has provided an explanation for such partial payment);
(t)Accounts where the applicable Account Debtor tendered a check or other item of payment in full or partial satisfaction and such check or other item of payment has been returned by the financial institution on which it is drawn;
(u)Accounts arising from the sale or rental of goods where such goods are the subject of a Capital Lease or any purchase money financing arrangement;
(v)Accounts for which payment has been received by the applicable Borrower but such payment has not been applied to the applicable Account;
(w)Accounts for which amounts (including any amounts constituting retainage) remain owing to any providers of materials or laborers (other than employees of a Loan Party, which amounts owing to employees may be subject to an Availability Reserve) who provided materials or services, or both, related to the sale of goods or performance of services that gave rise to the applicable Account, unless (at the Administrative Agent’s election) such amounts have been specifically and fully Reserved;
(x)such Account is owed by an Account Debtor as to which a Borrower has entered into a factoring or similar agreement with respect to any of the Accounts owing by such Account Debtor to a Borrower (regardless of whether such Account has been factored);
(y)Accounts for which the underlying sale and other documentation governing such Account is not governed by the laws of the United States or in the case of any Accounts of a Canadian Borrower, any state thereof or Canada or any province or territory thereof;
(z)Accounts (or any portion thereof) representing retainage; or
(aa)Accounts arising from a sale of goods or performance of services subject to a payment or performance bond, any other Bonding Obligation or otherwise supported by a Surety; and without
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limiting the foregoing, any Account whose proceeds would constitute (once paid) Bonded AR Proceeds shall not constitute an Eligible Account.
“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender or any of its Affiliates; (b) an Approved Fund; and (c) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (i) the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swing Line Lender (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and (ii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, absent the written consent of the Administrative Agent, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include a Loan Party or any of the Loan Parties’ Affiliates or any counterparty to any Subordination Provisions or such counterparty’s Affiliates.
“Eligible Borrowing Base Assets” means all Eligible Inventory, Eligible Accounts, Eligible Time and Material Accounts, Eligible Cash and Eligible Equipment.
“Eligible Cash” means unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of the Borrowers from time to time deposited in a Qualified Account. In no event may (i) any Bonded AR Proceeds constitute Eligible Cash at any time that Section 4.04(b) requires that such Bonded AR Proceeds be held in a segregated Controlled Deposit Account and not commingled with other non-Bonded AR Proceeds, or (ii) any amounts held in the Equity Repurchase Program Securities Account constitute Eligible Cash.
“Eligible Equipment” means Equipment owned by a Borrower as of the Closing Date that continues to be owned by such Borrower thereafter and is determined by the Administrative Agent, in its Credit Judgment, to be Eligible Equipment. Except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent at its sole option, and without limiting the ability of the Administrative Agent to exercise its Credit Judgment to determine whether Equipment constitutes Eligible Equipment, each of the following shall be deemed to be Equipment that is not Eligible Equipment:
(a)Equipment as to which a Borrower does not have good, valid, and marketable title;
(b)Equipment as to which a Borrower does not have actual and exclusive possession thereof (either directly or, in the Ordinary Course of Business, through a bailee, processor, or agent of such Borrower);
(c)except for (i) at any time during the first sixty (60) days following the Closing Date, and (ii) at any time thereafter, (A) Equipment being utilized by a Loan Party at a customer project site in the Ordinary Course of Business, or (B) Equipment located on Real Property for which a Lien Waiver is not required hereunder, Equipment located on Real Property not owned by a Borrower, or owned by a Borrower but subject to a third party mortgage or similar encumbrance, unless subject to a Lien Waiver to the extent required hereunder for such Equipment, provided that (1) the Administrative Agent may elect to waive such requirement hereunder for such Equipment (and for the avoidance of doubt, such waiver shall not preclude the Administrative Agent from electing to impose a Rent and Charges Reserve in connection with such Equipment), or (2) even if a Lien Waiver is not required hereunder, the Administrative Agent may elect to impose a Rent and Charges Reserve at any time for such Equipment located on any Real Property for which a Lien Waiver has not been delivered;
(d)Equipment that is materially damaged, defective or otherwise unfit for use in its intended purpose;
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(e)Equipment that is not subject to a valid and perfected first-priority Lien of the Administrative Agent, subject to no other Liens (unless subject to a Lien Waiver), or otherwise does not comply with each of the representations and warranties and covenants applicable to Equipment made by the Borrowers in this Agreement and each applicable Security Instrument; provided with respect to any Eligible Rolling Stock, the perfection (as opposed to the attachment or any other aspect) of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon may be deferred to the date (to the extent expressly) provided in Schedule 7.21;
(f)Equipment that is Rolling Stock, unless constituting Eligible Rolling Stock; or
(g)Equipment that is Bonded Equipment.
“Eligible Inventory” means Inventory of a Borrower that is determined by the Administrative Agent, in its Credit Judgment, to be Eligible Inventory. Except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent at its sole option, the following items of Inventory shall not be included in Eligible Inventory:
(a)Inventory that is not solely owned by a Borrower or a Borrower does not have good and valid title thereto;
(b)Inventory that (i) does not consist of finished goods or raw materials or (ii) is not readily saleable in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(c)Inventory that does not comply with each of the covenants, representations and warranties respecting Inventory made by the Borrowers in the Loan Documents;
(d)Inventory that is leased by or is on consignment to a Borrower (whether as lessor, lessee, consignor or consignee);
(e)Inventory that is not located in the United States of America or Canada (excluding territories or possessions of the United States or Canada);
(f)Inventory that is not at a location that is owned by a Borrower; provided, however, that such Inventory that is located on leased premises or in the possession of a warehouseman, bailee, processor, repairman, mechanic or similar other Person in the ordinary course of business shall not be excluded from Eligible Inventory under this clause (f), so long as at any time following the sixtieth (60th) day after the Closing Date, the lessor or such Person possessing such Inventory has delivered a Lien Waiver to the Administrative Agent to the extent required hereunder for such Inventory, provided further that (A) the Administrative Agent may elect to waive such requirement hereunder for such Inventory (and for the avoidance of doubt, such waiver shall not preclude the Administrative Agent from electing to impose a Rent and Charges Reserve in connection with such Inventory), or (B) even if a Lien Waiver is not required hereunder, the Administrative Agent may elect to impose a Rent and Charges Reserve at any time for such Inventory located on any Real Property for which a Lien Waiver has not been delivered;
(g)Inventory held at any location (owned or a third-party location) with an aggregate Cost of Inventory at such location of less than the Dollar Equivalent of $100,000, notwithstanding receipt of a Lien Waiver or implementation of a Rent and Charge Reserve as provided under clause (f) above;
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(h)Inventory that is in transit, except between locations of Borrowers (or between locations of Borrowers and processors or vendors in the Ordinary Course of Business);
(i)Inventory that is comprised of goods which (i) are damaged, defective, “seconds” or otherwise unmerchantable, (ii) have been returned or are to be returned to the vendor or (iii) are discontinued products, obsolete or slow moving;
(j)Inventory consisting of work-in-process (unless work-in-progress approved by the Administrative Agent) or spare parts;
(k)Inventory consisting of promotional, marketing, packaging and shipping materials or supplies used or consumed in the Borrowers’ business and other similar non-merchandise categories;
(l)Inventory that is not in compliance with all standards imposed by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Inventory, its use or sale;
(m)Inventory that is subject to any warehouse receipt, bill of lading or negotiable Document that has not been issued to or in the name of the Administrative Agent;
(n)Inventory consisting of or containing Hazardous Materials;
(o)Inventory that is not subject to a perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent (subject only to Permitted Liens set forth in clauses (c), (d) or (m) of Section 8.02 hereof);
(p)Inventory that is not insured in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(q)Inventory not on a perpetual schedule;
(r)Inventory that consists of bill and hold goods or goods that have been sold but not yet delivered;
(s)Inventory that is subject to any License or other arrangement that restricts such Borrowers’ or the Administrative Agent’s right to dispose of such Inventory, unless (i) Administrative Agent has received an appropriate Lien Waiver; and (ii) such Borrowers have not received notice of a dispute in respect of any such License or other arrangement; or
(t)Inventory that is Bonded Inventory.
“Eligible Rolling Stock” means Eligible Equipment consisting of Rolling Stock that (a) meets, in all material respects, all applicable material safety or regulatory standards applicable to it for the use for which it is intended or for which it is being used; (b) the ownership of which is evidenced by a Certificate of Title that has the name of a Borrower noted thereon as the owner of it and is otherwise properly registered (with all registration fees paid) in one of the states of the United States to such Borrower that is entitled to operate such Rolling Stock in the state that has issued such Certificate of Title in accordance with all applicable laws (other than any Rolling Stock the ownership of which is not required to be evidenced by a Certificate of Title under the laws applicable to it) and the Administrative Agent have
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received such evidence thereof as it may require; (c) at the request of the Administrative Agent, the Certificate of Title (if in paper format) with respect to any such Rolling Stock is delivered to the Administrative Agent; (d) meets, in all material respects, all applicable material standards of all motor vehicle laws or other statutes and regulations established by any Governmental Authority and is not subject to any licensing or similar requirement that would limit the right of the Administrative Agent to sell or otherwise dispose of such Rolling Stock; (e) is used or usable in the ordinary course of a Borrower’s business and has not been damaged in any material respect or in an inoperable condition that continues for any period of more than thirty (30) consecutive days; and (f) is insured in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement.
“Eligible Time and Material Accounts” means, with respect to any Borrower as of any date of determination, each Account of such Borrower (other than Eligible Accounts) arising in the Ordinary Course of Business with respect to a fixed-price or cost-plus contract that requires Borrower to satisfy specified progress milestones or performance standards between such Borrower and its customer, in each case that (i) is in accordance in all material respects with the applicable billing procedures, performance thresholds and other provisions of an executed contract or other documentation satisfactory to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion with the applicable Account Debtor, (ii) has been verified to Administrative Agent’s satisfaction pursuant to field examinations and other verifications from time to time performed on behalf of Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (iii) the services or goods represented by the Account and also, any other services then required to be performed and any other goods then required to be delivered, in each case through the date of determination under the related contract, in each case have been performed or delivered, or both (as applicable) and accepted by the Account Debtor, (iv) is otherwise satisfactory to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion and (v) would otherwise constitute an Eligible Account but for only the fact that such Account arises from a milestone or progress billing. In addition, no Account shall constitute an Eligible Time and Material Account if:
(a)such Account is not billable solely upon either the time the applicable Borrower spent multiplied by an hourly rate or a specified price (or a cost plus formulation) with respect to goods provided;
(b)such Account arises from a contract in which such Borrower would collect in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate pursuant to its terms, but only to the extent of any such excess;
(c)it arises from a sale of goods or performance of services subject to a performance or payment bond (or any other Bonding Obligation) or otherwise supported by a Surety, unless an agreement between Administrative Agent and such bonding company or Surety has been entered into which is in form and substance acceptable to Administrative Agent at its sole option;
(d)such Account requires a period of more than three (3) months (or such longer time period as may be approved by the Administrative Agent at its sole option) for the applicable Borrower to start and complete the sale of underlying goods or performance of services;
(e)such Account represents billings less than cost; or
(f)such Account is not subject to Administrative Agent’s first priority perfected security interest or is subject to any other Lien (other than junior Permitted Liens). Without limiting the
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foregoing, the proceeds of such Account may not be subject to any trust (whether arising by contract or Law) in respect of the application of such proceeds.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, provincial, territorial, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of or partnership or membership interest in (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of or partnership or membership interest in (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of or partnership or membership interest in (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares, interests or units (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person, whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, units, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with any Loan Party within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).
“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) the withdrawal of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is insolvent; (d) with respect to a Pension Plan, the filing by any Loan Party or any other ERISA Affiliate of a notice of intent to terminate (or treatment of a plan amendment as termination) under Section 4041 of ERISA or Section 4041A of ERISA; (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan; (f) any event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (g) the determination that any Pension Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA; (h) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Loan Party or
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any ERISA Affiliate; or (i) the failure of any Loan Party or an ERISA Affiliate to make any required contribution to any Pension Plan when due. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a complete withdrawal (within the meaning of Section 4203 of ERISA) shall not occur for any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate that has an obligation to contribute under a Multiemployer Plan for work performed in the building and construction industry, unless the requirements of Section 4203(b) of ERISA are met.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor thereto), as in effect from time to time.1
“Eurocurrency liabilities” has the meaning specified in Section 3.04(e).
“Eurocurrency Rate” means:
(a)for any Interest Period, with respect to any Credit Extension:
(i)denominated in Dollars, the LIBOR Rate; and
(ii)denominated in Canadian Dollars, the rate per annum equal to the Canadian Dollar Offered Rate (“CDOR”), or a comparable or successor rate which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) (in such case, the “CDOR Rate”) at or about 10:00 a.m. (Toronto, Ontario time) on the first day of such Interest Period (or such other day as is generally treated as the rate fixing day by market practice in such interbank market, as determined by the Administrative Agent) (or if such day is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; and
(b)for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to ICE LIBOR, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time determined two (2) London Banking Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits being delivered in the London interbank market for a term of one month commencing that day;
provided that, (i) to the extent a comparable or successor rate is approved by the Administrative Agent in connection with any rate set forth in this definition, the approved rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice, except to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such approved rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and (ii) if any component of the Eurocurrency Rate shall be less than the Floor at any time, such rate shall be deemed equal to the Floor for purposes of this Agreement.
1 The EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule may be found at http://www.lma.eu.com/uploads/files/EU%20BAIL-IN%20LEGISLATION%20SCHEDULE%2022-Dec-2015%2010-46%20.pdf
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1.1“Eurocurrency Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate”. Eurocurrency Rate Loans may be denominated in Dollars or up to the Canadian Dollar Sublimit, denominated in Canadian Dollars.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Excluded Deposit Account” means (a) Trust Accounts, (b) zero balance disbursement accounts, (c) other Deposit Accounts maintained in the Ordinary Course of Business containing cash amounts that do not exceed at any time the Dollar Equivalent of $250,000 for any such account and the Dollar Equivalent of $750,000 in the aggregate for all such accounts under this clause (c), (d) other Deposit Accounts maintained with foreign banks or other foreign financial institutions outside of the United States and Canada that do not exceed at any time the Dollar Equivalent of $4,500,000 in the aggregate for all such accounts under this clause (d) and (e) for the one hundred twenty (120) day period after the Closing Date, the JPM Credit Card Cash Collateral Account.
“Excluded Equity Interests” means (a) any of the outstanding Voting Equity Interests of any CFC or CFCHC that is a Direct Foreign Subsidiary of a Loan Party in excess of 65% of all the Voting Equity Interests of such CFC or CFCHC, (b) any Voting Equity Interests of any CFC or CFCHC that is not a Direct Foreign Subsidiary of a Loan Party, (c) the Equity Interests of a Subsidiary that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary the pledge of which would violate a contractual obligation to the owners of the other Equity Interests of such Subsidiary (other than any such owners that are the Company or Affiliates of the Company) that is binding on or relating to such Equity Interests, or the applicable organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholders’ agreement of such Subsidiary, and (d) Equity Interests of any Immaterial Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Voting Equity Interests or other Equity Interests of any Borrower or any other Loan Party hereto on the Closing Date shall constitute Excluded Equity Interests.
“Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) each Immaterial Subsidiary, (b)(i) any Subsidiary that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code (a “CFC”), (ii) any Subsidiary that owns no material assets other than the Equity Interests or indebtedness of one or more CFCs and/or one or more CFCHCs (a “CFCHC”) and (iii) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of any CFC or CFCHC and (c) any Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, neither any Borrower nor any other Loan Party party hereto on the Closing Date shall be an Excluded Subsidiary.
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Loan Party of, or the grant by such Loan Party of a Lien to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Loan Party’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guarantee of such Loan Party or the grant of such Lien 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 Guarantee or Lien is or becomes illegal.
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“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. or Canadian federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Revolving Credit Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower Agent under Section 11.13) or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(ii) or (c), amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.01(e) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.
“Executive Order” means Executive Order No. 13224 of September 23, 2001, entitled “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism.”
“Existing Agreement” means that certain Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 2, 2020, among the Borrowers, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent, and a syndicate of lenders, as amended through the Closing Date.
“Extraordinary Expenses” means all costs, expenses, liabilities or advances that Administrative Agent may incur or make during a Default or Event of Default, or during the pendency of an proceeding of any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Laws, including those relating to (a) any audit, inspection, repossession, storage, repair, appraisal, insurance, manufacture, preparation or advertising for sale, sale, collection, or other preservation of or realization upon any Collateral; (b) any action, arbitration or other proceeding (whether instituted by or against Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Loan Party, any representative of creditors of a Loan Party or any other Person) in any way relating to any Collateral (including the validity, perfection, priority or avoidability of Administrative Agent’s Liens with respect to any Collateral), Loan Documents, Letters of Credit or Obligations, including any lender liability or other claims; (c) the exercise, protection or enforcement of any rights or remedies of Administrative Agent in, or the monitoring of, any proceeding applicable to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Laws; (d) settlement or satisfaction of any taxes, charges or Liens with respect to any Collateral; (e) any enforcement action; (f) negotiation and documentation of any modification, waiver, workout, restructuring or forbearance with respect to any Loan Documents or Obligations; and (g) Protective Advances. Such costs, expenses and advances include transfer fees, Other Taxes, storage fees, insurance costs, permit fees, utility reservation and standby fees, legal fees, appraisal fees, brokers’ fees and commissions, auctioneers’ fees and commissions, accountants’ fees, environmental study fees, wages and salaries paid to employees of any Loan Party or independent contractors in liquidating any Collateral, and travel expenses.
“FASB ASC” means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
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“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.
“Facility Termination Date” means the date as of which Payment in Full has occurred.
“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or any group of assets, as of any date of determination, the value of the consideration obtainable in a sale of such assets at such date of determination assuming a sale by a willing seller to a willing purchaser dealing at arm’s length and arranged in an orderly manner over a reasonable period of time giving regard to the nature and characteristics of such asset.
“FCPA” means the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum (but in no event, less than 0%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to BMO on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Fee Letter” means the letter agreement, dated as of the Closing Date among the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.
“Field Exam” means any visit and inspection of the properties, assets and records of any Loan Party during the term of this Agreement, which shall include access to such properties, assets and records sufficient to permit the Administrative Agent or its representatives to examine, audit and make extracts from any Loan Party’s books and records, make examinations and audits of any Loan Party’s other financial matters and Collateral as Administrative Agent deems appropriate in its Credit Judgment, and discussions with its officers, employees, agents, advisors and independent accountants regarding such Loan Party’s business, financial condition, assets, prospects and results of operations.
“Field Exam Trigger Event” means Availability is less than the greater of (a) 15% of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments at such time and (b) $15,000,000.
“Fixed Charge Trigger Period” means the period (a) commencing on the day that (i) an Event of Default occurs and is continuing or (ii) Availability is less than the greater of (x) 15% of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments at such time and (y) $15,000,000 and (b) continuing until the date that during the previous thirty (30) consecutive days, (i) no Event of Default has existed and (ii) Availability has been greater than the greater of (x) 15% of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments at such time and (y) $15,000,000 at all times during such period.
“Floor” means 0.00%.
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“FLSA” means the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
“Foreign Benefit Law” means any law or regulation, other than United States law, governing or applicable to any employee benefit plan, program, scheme or arrangement that is not subject to United States law.
“Foreign Government Scheme or Arrangement” has the meaning specified in Section 6.12(e).
“Foreign Lender” means (a) if the applicable Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if the applicable Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which such Borrower is resident for tax purposes.
“Foreign Plan” has the meaning specified in Section 6.12(e).
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender that is a Revolving Credit Lender, (a) with respect to the Letter of Credit Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations other than Letter of Credit Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Revolving Credit Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, (b) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Revolving Credit Lenders and (c) with respect to the Administrative Agent, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of Protective Advances other than Protective Advances as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Revolving Credit Lenders.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States, consistently applied.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States, Canada or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state, provincial, territorial or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, any (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation,
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(iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantor” means Matrix Service International, Matrix International Engineering, Matrix Applied, MSI, Matrix PDM, Matrix PDM Canada, Matrix Delaware, Matrix SME Delaware and each other Person identified as a “Guarantor” on the signature page hereto and each other Person who executes or becomes a party to this Agreement as a guarantor pursuant to Article XII or otherwise executes and delivers a guaranty agreement acceptable to the Administrative Agent guaranteeing any of the Obligations.
“Guarantor Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(c).
“Guaranty” means the guaranty to be delivered by the initial Guarantors on the Closing Date pursuant to Article XII, or otherwise by executing and delivering a guaranty agreement acceptable to the Administrative Agent guaranteeing any of the Obligations.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Honor Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Borrower) the gross revenue or total assets of which accounts for not more than (i) 2.5% of the consolidated gross revenues (after intercompany eliminations) of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii) 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets (after intercompany eliminations), in each case, as of the last day of the most recently completed fiscal quarter as reflected on the financial statements for such quarter. If the Restricted Subsidiaries that constitute Immaterial Subsidiaries pursuant to the previous sentence account for, in the aggregate, more than (i) 2.5% of such consolidated gross revenues (after intercompany eliminations) or (ii) 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets (after intercompany eliminations), each as described in the previous sentence, then the term “Immaterial Subsidiary” shall exclude each such Restricted Subsidiary (starting with the Restricted Subsidiary that accounts for the most consolidated gross revenues or Consolidated Total Assets and then in descending order) necessary to limit the Immaterial Subsidiaries as a group to the lesser of 2.5% of the consolidated gross revenues and 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets, each as described in the previous sentence. As of the Closing Date, each of Matrix International Holding Company, Ltd., a private company formed under the laws of England and Wales, Mobile Aquatic Solutions, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, DEVCO USA, LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company,
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and River Consulting, LLC, a Louisiana limited liability company constitutes the only Immaterial Subsidiaries.
“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a)all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments or upon which interest is customarily paid;
(b)all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under or in respect of letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and other financial products and services (including treasury management and commercial credit card, merchant card and purchase or procurement card services and including all Bonding Obligations);
(c)net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;
(d)all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable arising in the Ordinary Course of Business not more than sixty (60) days past due);
(e)indebtedness secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
(f)obligations under Capital Leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations of such Person;
(g)all obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase or payment in respect of any Disqualified Equity Interest; and
(h)all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, to the extent such Indebtedness is recourse to such Person. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of any Capital Lease or Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(b).
“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07.
“Insolvency Event” means, with respect to any Person:
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(a)the commencement of: (i) a voluntary case by such Person under the Bankruptcy Code or (ii) the seeking of relief by such Person under other Debtor Relief Laws;
(b)the commencement of an involuntary case or proceeding against such Person under the Bankruptcy Code or other Debtor Relief Laws and the petition or other filing is not controverted or dismissed within sixty (60) days after commencement of the case or proceeding;
(c)a custodian (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code or equal term under any other Debtor Relief Law, including a receiver, interim receiver, receiver manager, trustee or monitor) is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or substantially all of the property of such Person;
(d)such Person commences (including by way of applying for or consenting to the appointment of, or the taking charge by, a rehabilitator, receiver, interim receiver, custodian, trustee, monitor, conservator or liquidator (or any equal term under any other Debtor Relief Laws) (collectively, a “conservator”) of such Person or all or any substantial portion of its property) any other proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency, liquidation, rehabilitation, conservatorship or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to such Person;
(e)such Person is adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be insolvent or bankrupt;
(f)any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding referred to in clauses (a) or (b) above is entered;
(g)such Person suffers any appointment of any conservator or the like for it or any substantial part of its property that continues undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days; or
(h)such Person makes a compromise, arrangement or assignment for the benefit of creditors or generally does not pay its debts as such debts become due.
“Intellectual Property” means all past, present and future: trade secrets, know-how and other proprietary information; trademarks, uniform resource locations (URLs), internet domain names, service marks, sound marks, trade dress, trade names, business names, designs, logos, slogans (and all translations, adaptations, derivations and combinations of the foregoing) indicia and other source and/or business identifiers, and the goodwill of the business relating thereto and all registrations or applications for registrations which have heretofore been or may hereafter be issued thereon throughout the world; copyrights (including copyrights for computer programs) and copyright registrations or applications for registrations which have heretofore been or may hereafter be issued throughout the world and all tangible property embodying the copyrights, unpatented inventions (whether or not patentable); patent applications and patents; industrial design applications and registered industrial designs; license agreements related to any of the foregoing and income therefrom; books, records, writings, computer tapes or disks, flow diagrams, specification sheets, computer software, source codes, object codes, executable code, data, databases and other physical manifestations, embodiments or incorporations of any of the foregoing; the right to sue for all past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing; all other intellectual property; and all common law and other rights throughout the world in and to all of the foregoing.
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“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan, (i) the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Eurocurrency Rate Loan; provided that if any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan is greater than three (3) months, the respective dates that fall every three (3) months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates, (ii) any date that such Loan is prepaid or converted, in whole or in part, and (iii) the Maturity Date; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan) or Canadian Prime Rate Loan, (i) the first day of each month with respect to interest accrued through the last day of the immediately preceding month, (ii) any date that such Loan is prepaid or converted, in whole or in part, and (iii) the Maturity Date; provided, further, that interest accruing at the Default Rate shall be payable from time to time upon demand of the Administrative Agent.
“Interest Period” means, as to each Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as an Eurocurrency Rate Loan and ending, in each case, on the date one (1) month or three (3) months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower Agent in its Committed Loan Notice; provided that:
(a)any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(b)any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(c)no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.
“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) an Acquisition with respect to another Person or (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor Guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person. For purposes of compliance with Section 8.03, the amount of any Investment (i) shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment, less all returns of principal or equity thereon (and without adjustment by reason of the financial condition of such other Person), (ii) if made by the transfer or exchange of property other than cash, shall be deemed to be the original principal or capital amount equal to the Fair Market Value of such property at the time of such transfer or exchange and (iii) if made in the form of a Guaranty or acquisition or assumption of Indebtedness, shall be deemed the maximum principal amount of such Indebtedness or maximum value of the obligation guaranteed when made, as applicable.
“IP Rights” rights of any Person to use any Intellectual Property.
“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the Letter of Credit Issuer and any
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Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor the Letter of Credit Issuer and relating to any such Letter of Credit.
“Joint Venture” means a Person (other than a Subsidiary, natural person or Governmental Authority) that is (a) formed to be or represents a joint venture between the Company or one of its Subsidiaries and other Person(s) (regardless of the type of entity used), and (b) formed for the purpose of bidding for, undertaking or handling specific projects or for the purpose of acquiring Equity Interests of any other Person.
“JPM Credit Card Cash Collateral Account” means that deposit account in the name of Borrower held at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., that contains no more than $2,600,000 to secure commercial credit card services and automated clearinghouse services.
“Judgement Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 11.22.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes (including Canadian provincial and federal statutes), treaties, rules, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.
“Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and, as the context requires, includes the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swing Line Lender.
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower Agent and the Administrative Agent.
“Letter of Credit” means (a) any standby or documentary letter of credit issued by a Letter of Credit Issuer or (b) any indemnity, guarantee, exposure transmittal memorandum or similar form of credit support, in any case, issued by the Administrative Agent or an Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to this Agreement for the benefit of a Borrower (or any other Loan Party or Domestic Subsidiary thereof as to which all “know your customer” or other similar requirements have been satisfied). Letters of Credit may be issued in Dollars or if agreed to by the Administrative Agent at its sole option, also in either Canadian Dollars or Australian Dollars.
“Letter of Credit Advance” means each Revolving Credit Lender’s funding of its participation in any Letter of Credit Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage. All Letter of Credit Advances shall be denominated in Dollars, unless the underlying Letter of Credit is denominated in Canadian Dollars (in which case, any Letter of Credit Advance for any such Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Canadian Dollars) or Australian Dollars (in which case, any Letter of Credit Advance for any such Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Australian Dollars).
“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the Letter of Credit Issuer.
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“Letter of Credit Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Revolving Credit Borrowing. All Letter of Credit Borrowings shall be denominated in Dollars, unless the underlying Letter of Credit is denominated in (i) Canadian Dollars (in which case, any Letter of Credit Borrowing for any such Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Canadian Dollars) or (ii) Australian Dollars (in which case, any Letter of Credit Borrowing for any such Letter of Credit shall be denominated in the Dollar Equivalent of such Australian Dollar amount).
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is seven days prior to the Maturity Date (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the preceding Business Day).
“Letter of Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the renewal or increase of the amount thereof.
“Letter of Credit Fees” means, collectively or individually as the context may indicate, the fees with respect to Letters of Credit described in Section 2.09(b).
“Letter of Credit Issuer” means each of BMO, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder. At any time there is more than one Letter of Credit Issuer, all singular references to the Letter of Credit Issuer shall mean any Letter of Credit Issuer, either Letter of Credit Issuer, each Letter of Credit Issuer, the Letter of Credit Issuer that has issued the applicable Letter of Credit, or both Letter of Credit Issuers, as the context may require.
“Letter of Credit Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit, plus (b) the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all Letter of Credit Borrowings, plus (c) the aggregate amount of all accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.07. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Dollar Equivalent of $75,000,000 and (b) the Dollar Equivalent of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments.
“LIBOR” means ICE LIBOR, as defined in the definition of LIBOR Rate.
“LIBOR Rate” means for any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Loan, the rate per annum equal to the ICE Benchmark Administration (or the successor thereto if the ICE Benchmark Administration is no longer making the LIBOR Rate available) LIBOR Rate (“ICE LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or such other commercially available source providing quotations of ICE LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; provided, that if the LIBOR Rate as so determined would be less than the Floor, the LIBOR Rate will be deemed to be the Floor for purposes of this Agreement.
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“LIBOR Loan” means a Revolving Credit Loan that bears interest a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of “LIBOR Rate.”
“License” means any license or agreement under which a Loan Party is granted IP Rights in connection with any manufacture, marketing, distribution or disposition of Collateral, any use of assets or property or any other conduct of its business.
“Licensor” means any Person from whom a Loan Party obtains IP Rights.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest, or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to Real Property, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Lien Waiver” means an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, by which (a) for any material Collateral located on leased premises or owned premises subject to a mortgage, the lessor or mortgagee, as applicable, agrees to, among other things, waive or subordinate any Lien it may have on the Collateral and permit the Administrative Agent to enter upon the premises and remove the Collateral or to use the premises to store or dispose of the Collateral; (b) for any Collateral held by a warehouseman, processor, shipper, customs broker or freight forwarder, such Person waives or subordinates any Lien it may have on the Collateral, agrees to hold any Documents in its possession relating to the Collateral as agent for the Administrative Agent, and agrees to deliver the Collateral to the Administrative Agent upon request; (c) for any Collateral held by a repairman, mechanic or bailee, such Person acknowledges the Administrative Agent’s Lien, waives or subordinates any Lien it may have on the Collateral, and agrees to deliver the Collateral to Administrative Agent upon request; and (d) for any Collateral subject to a Licensor’s IP Rights, the Licensor grants to the Administrative Agent the right, vis-à-vis such Licensor, to enforce the Administrative Agent’s Liens with respect to the Collateral, including the right to dispose of it with the benefit of the Intellectual Property, whether or not a default exists under any applicable License.
“Line Reserve” means such reserves and adjustments thereto as the Administrative Agent from time to time determines in its Credit Judgment as being appropriate, including (a) the Rent and Charges Reserve; (b) the Credit Product Reserve; (c) Wage Claim Reserves; (d) the aggregate amount of liabilities at any time secured by Liens upon Collateral that are senior to the Administrative Agent’s Liens; (e) sums that any Loan Party may be required to pay under any Section of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or, in the case of leased assets, rents or other amounts payable under such leases) and has failed to pay and (f) amounts for which claims may be reasonably expected to be asserted against the Collateral, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders.
“Loan” means an extension of credit under Article II in the form of a Revolving Credit Loan, a Protective Advance or a Swing Line Loan.
“Loan Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(a).
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Revolving Credit Loan Note, each Security Instrument, each Committed Loan Notice, Swing Line Loan Notice, each Issuer Document, each
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Borrowing Base Certificate, each Compliance Certificate, the Fee Letter, any agreement creating or perfecting rights in Cash Collateral securing any Obligation hereunder and all other instruments and documents heretofore or hereafter executed or delivered to or in favor of any Lender or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Loans made and transactions contemplated by this Agreement, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Credit Product Arrangements.
“Loan Obligations” means all Obligations other than amounts (including fees) owing by any Loan Party pursuant to any Credit Product Arrangements.
“Loan Parties” means the Borrowers and each Guarantor.
“London Banking Day” means any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.
“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, the operations, business, assets, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of either (i) the Borrowers, taken as a whole or (ii) the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party or on the ability of the Administrative Agent to collect any Obligation or realize upon any material portion of the Collateral.
“Material Contract” means any agreement or arrangement to which a Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary is party (other than the Loan Documents) (a) that is deemed to be a material contract under any securities laws applicable to such Loan Party, including the Securities Act of 1933; (b) for which breach, termination, nonperformance or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (c) that relates to Subordinated Debt or to other Indebtedness in an aggregate Dollar Equivalent principal amount of $1,000,000 or more or (d) that certain General Indemnity Agreement dated February 17, 2016 by and among Matrix and certain of Matrix’s subsidiaries party thereto in favor of Federal Insurance Company, Pacific Indemnity Company and each other “Surety” specified therein (the “Chubb Indemnity Agreement”) along with any other similar or replacement indemnity agreement in favor of a surety (collectively, the “General Indemnity Agreement”).
“Material License” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.15.
“Material Third-Party Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.17(a).
“Matrix” means Matrix Service Company, a Delaware corporation.
“Matrix Applied” means Matrix Applied Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Matrix Delaware” means Matrix North American Construction, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Matrix International Engineering” means Matrix International Engineering, LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership.
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“Matrix North America” means Matrix North American Construction Ltd., an Ontario corporation.
“Matrix Oklahoma” means Matrix North American Construction, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation.
“Matrix PDM” means Matrix PDM, LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company.
“Matrix PDM Canada” means Matrix PDM Engineering LTD., a Nova Scotia company limited by shares.
“Matrix PDM Engineering” means Matrix PDM Engineering, Inc., a Delaware corporation
“Matrix Service” means Matrix Service Inc., an Oklahoma corporation.
“Matrix Service International” means Matrix Service International, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Matrix SME Canada” means Matrix SME Canada ULC, a Nova Scotia unlimited company.
“Matrix SME Delaware” means Matrix SME Canada, Inc. a Delaware corporation.
“Matrix ULC” means Matrix Service Canada ULC, an Alberta unlimited liability corporation.
“Maturity Date” means September 9, 2026.
“Maximum Borrowing Amount” means the lesser of (A) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments minus the Line Reserves, if any and (B) the Borrowing Base.
“Measurement Period” means, at any date of determination, the most recently completed trailing twelve month period of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for which financial statements have or should have been delivered in accordance with Section 7.01(a) or 7.01(b).
“Minimum Collateral Amount” means, at any time, (a) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or Deposit Account balances provided to reduce or eliminate Fronting Exposure during the existence of a Defaulting Lender, an amount equal to 105% of the Fronting Exposure of the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time plus 105% of the Fronting Exposure of the Administrative Agent with respect to Protective Advances outstanding at such time, (b) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or Deposit Account balances provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.16(a)(i) or 2.16(a)(ii), an amount equal to 105% of the Outstanding Amount of all Letter of Credit Obligations, and (c) otherwise, an amount determined by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer in their sole discretion.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Monthly Exchange Rate” means the monthly average exchange rate as published by a reputable source chosen from time to time by the Administrative Agent and as determined by the Administrative Agent.
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“Mortgage Related Documents” means, with respect to any Real Property subject to a Mortgage, the following, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and received by the Administrative Agent for review at least 15 days prior to the effective date of the Mortgage: (a) an ALTA mortgagee title policy (or binder therefor) covering the Administrative Agent’s interest under the Mortgage, in a form and amount and by an insurer acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which must be fully paid on such effective date; (b) such assignments of leases, estoppel letters, attornment agreements, consents, waivers and releases as the Administrative Agent may require with respect to other Persons having an interest in the Real Property; (c) an ALTA Survey by a licensed surveyor acceptable to the Administrative Agent; (d) a life-of-loan flood hazard determination and, if the Real Property is located in a flood plain, an acknowledged notice to borrower and flood insurance in an amount, on terms, including endorsements, and by an insurer, in each case, acceptable to the Administrative Agent; (e) a current appraisal of the Real Property, prepared by an appraiser acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and in form and substance satisfactory to Required Lenders; (f) an environmental assessment, prepared by environmental engineers acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and accompanied by such reports, certificates, studies or data as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require, which shall all be in form and substance satisfactory to Required Lenders; and (g) an environmental indemnity agreement and such other documents, instruments or agreements as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require with respect to any environmental risks regarding the Real Property.
“Mortgaged Property” means Real Property required from time to time to be subject to a Mortgage pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents.
“Mortgages” means the mortgages, leasehold mortgages, deeds of trust, leasehold deeds of trust or deeds to secure debt executed by a Loan Party on or about the Closing Date, or from time to time thereafter as may be required under the Loan Documents, in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, by which such Loan Party has granted to the Administrative Agent, as security for the Obligations, a Lien upon the Mortgaged Property described therein, together with all mortgages, deeds of trust and comparable documents now or at any time hereafter securing the whole or any part of the Obligations.
“MSI” means MSI Federal Contracting, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions, or to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability (contingent or otherwise).
“Multiple Employer Plan” means a Plan which has two or more contributing sponsors (including any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate) at least two of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Section 4064 of ERISA.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means
(a)with respect to the Disposition of any asset of any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of the cash and cash equivalents received in connection with such Disposition (including any cash received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received) over (ii) the sum of (A) the principal amount of any Indebtedness that is secured by such asset and that is required to be repaid in
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connection with the Disposition thereof (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents and Indebtedness owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary), (B) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Loan Party or any Subsidiary in connection with such Disposition, including any brokerage commissions, underwriting fees and discount, legal fees, finder’s fees and other similar fees and commissions, (C) taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable by the Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the relevant Disposition, (D) the amount of any reasonable reserve required to be established in accordance with GAAP against liabilities (other than taxes deducted pursuant to clause (C) above) to the extent such reserves are (x) associated with the assets that are the object of such Disposition and (y) retained by such Loan Party or applicable Restricted Subsidiary, and (E) the amount of any reasonable reserve for purchase price adjustments and retained fixed liabilities reasonably expected to be payable by such Loan Party or applicable Restricted Subsidiary in connection therewith to the extent such reserves are (1) associated with the assets that are the object of such Disposition and (2) retained by such Loan Party or applicable Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of any reserve provided for in clause (D) or (E) above (other than in connection with a payment in respect of such liability) shall (X) be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such Disposition occurring on the date of such reduction, and (Y) immediately be applied to the prepayment of Loans in accordance with Section 2.06(c); and
(b)with respect to any issuance of Indebtedness or Equity Interests by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of the cash and cash equivalents received in connection with such issuance over (ii) the sum of (A) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such issuance, including any brokerage commissions, underwriting fees and discount, legal fees, and other similar fees and commissions and (B) taxes paid or payable to the applicable taxing authorities by the Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with and at the time of such issuance.
“NOLV” means, with respect to the Borrowers’ Equipment, the net orderly liquidation value of such Equipment, (a percentage of the Cost of such Equipment) that might be realized at an orderly, negotiated sale held within a reasonable period of time, net of all liquidation expenses, as determined from time to time by reference to the most recent appraisal received by the Administrative Agent conducted by an independent appraiser engaged by the Administrative Agent; provided that on the first day of each calendar month (commencing with November 1, 2021), the NOLV that is otherwise determined above for any particular Equipment shall be reduced on a straight-line basis, which reduction shall be calculated by (1) first dividing such NOLV by 84 and (2) next multiplying that quotient by the number of full calendar months that have been completed after the Closing Date.
“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.01.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
“Non-Extension Notice Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iii).
“NPL” means the National Priorities List pursuant to CERCLA, as updated from time to time.
“Obligations” means (a) all amounts owing by any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Secured Party pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, including all Letter of Credit
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Obligations, and including all principal, interest (including any interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any Loan Party, or would accrue but for such filing or commencement, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), reimbursement obligations, indemnification and reimbursement payments, fees, costs and expenses (including all fees, costs and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent) incurred in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, now existing or hereafter arising hereunder or thereunder, together with all renewals, extensions, modifications or refinancings thereof and (b) Credit Product Obligations; provided that Obligations of a Loan Party shall not include its Excluded Swap Obligations.
“OFAC” means the United States Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“OFAC SDN List” means the list of the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained by OFAC.
“Ordinary Course of Business” means the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, consistent with past practices and undertaken in good faith and not to circumvent any provision of this Agreement.
“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation or unlimited liability company, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity and (d) with respect to any of the foregoing, each shareholder agreement, member agreement, agreement among partners or limited partners, stock designation, equity holder agreement or other agreement among or affecting rights of holders of Equity Interests issued by any Loan Party.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 11.13).
“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, Protective Advances and Swing Line Loans on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding principal
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amount thereof after giving effect to any Borrowings and any prepayments or repayments of Revolving Credit Loans, Protective Advances or Swing Line Loans occurring on such date; and (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit Obligations on any date, (i) the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding amount of such Letter of Credit Obligations on such date after giving effect to any Letter of Credit Extension occurring on such date plus and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrowers of Unreimbursed Amounts and all Letter of Credit Borrowings on such date.
“Overadvance” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.01(c)(i)(A).
“Overadvance Loan” means a Base Rate Loan made when an Overadvance exists or is caused by the funding thereof.
“Overnight Rate” means, for any day and from time to time as in effect, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and (ii) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in Canadian Dollars, an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
“Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in clause (d) of Section 11.06.
“Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in clause (d) of Section 11.06.
“Patent Security Agreement” means any patent security agreement pursuant to which a Loan Party assigns to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, such Person’s interests in its patents, as security for the Obligations.
“PATRIOT Act” means United States Public Law 107-56, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.
“Payment Conditions” means, with respect to any Specified Transaction, the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a)as of the date of any such Specified Transaction and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(b)Availability (after giving Pro Forma Effect to such Specified Transaction) during the thirty (30) consecutive day period ending on and including the date of such Specified Transaction shall be not less than, the greater of (A) 20% of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and (B) $20,000,000, as of such date;
(c)the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the end of the most recently ended Measurement Period prior to the making of such Specified Transaction, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, shall be equal to or greater than 1.00 to 1.00; provided that, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test described in this clause (c) shall not apply if the Availability (calculated in order to give Pro
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Forma Effect to such Specified Transaction) during the thirty (30) consecutive day period ending on and including the date of such Specified Transaction is not less than (i) in the case of a Specified Investment, the greater of (A) 22.5% of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and (B) $22,500,000 or (ii) in the case of a Specified Debt Payment or a Specified Restricted Payment, the greater of (A) 27.5% of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and (B) $27,500,000, in each case, as of such date; and
(d)the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent certifying as to compliance with the preceding clauses and demonstrating (in reasonable detail) the calculations required thereby.
“Payment in Full” means (a) the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all Obligations, together with all accrued and unpaid interest and fees thereon, other than Letter of Credit Obligations that have been fully Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to 105% of the amount thereof or as to which other arrangements with respect thereto satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have been made, (b) the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have terminated or expired, (c) the obligations and liabilities of each Loan Party and its Affiliates under all Credit Product Arrangements shall have been fully, finally and irrevocably paid and satisfied in full and the Credit Product Arrangements shall have expired or been terminated, or other arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Credit Product Providers shall have been made with respect thereto, and (d) all claims of the Loan Parties against any Secured Party arising on or before the payment date in connection with the Loan Documents or any Credit Product Arrangements, as applicable, shall have been released on terms acceptable to the Administrative Agent or the applicable Credit Product Providers; provided that notwithstanding full payment or Cash Collateralization of the Obligations as provided herein, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to terminate its Liens in any Collateral unless, with respect to any damages the Administrative Agent may incur as a result of the dishonor or return of Payment Items applied to Obligations, Administrative Agent receives (i) a written agreement, executed by Borrowers and any Person whose advances are used in whole or in part to satisfy the Obligations, indemnifying Administrative Agent and Lenders from any such damages; or (ii) such Cash Collateral as the Administrative Agent, in its discretion, deems necessary to protect against any such damages.
“Payment Item” means each check, draft or other item of payment payable to a Borrower, including those constituting proceeds of any Collateral.
“PBA” means the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario), as well as any other applicable minimum pension benefits standards legislation of provincial or federal jurisdiction in Canada.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Pension Act” means the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
“Pension Funding Rules” means the rules of the Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and Multiemployer Plans and set forth in, with respect to plan years ending prior to the effective date of the Pension Act, Section 412 of the Code and Section 302 of ERISA, each as in effect prior to the Pension Act and, thereafter, Section 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.
“Pension Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (including a Multiple Employer Plan or a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by any Loan Party and any ERISA Affiliate
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and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code.
“Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition by a Loan Party with respect to which:
(a)the Person to be (or whose assets are to be) acquired does not oppose such Acquisition and the line or lines of business of the Person to be acquired constitute Core Businesses and had positive EBITDA for the 12 month period most recently ended;
(b)the cost of such Acquisition (including cash and other property (other than Equity Interests or options to acquire Equity Interests of any Loan Party) given as consideration, any Indebtedness incurred, assumed or acquired by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Acquisition, and all additional purchase price amounts in the form of earnouts and other contingent obligations calculated at the maximum potential amount thereof) does not exceed the Dollar Equivalent of $10,000,000 individually and the Dollar Equivalent of $25,000,000 when aggregated with all other Acquisitions consummated during the term of this Agreement;
(c)after giving effect to such Acquisition on a Pro Forma Basis and the costs related thereto (including cash and other property (other than Equity Interests or options to acquire Equity Interests of any Loan Party) given as consideration, any Indebtedness incurred, assumed or acquired by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Acquisition, all additional purchase price amounts in the form of earnouts and other contingent obligation calculated at the maximum potential amount thereof, and all fees expenses and transaction costs incurred in connection therewith), the Payment Conditions shall have been met with respect thereto;
(d)the Borrower Agent shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date on which any such Acquisition is to be consummated or such shorter time as Administrative Agent may allow, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (i) certifying that all of the requirements set forth above will be satisfied on or prior to the consummation of such Acquisition and (ii) a reasonably detailed calculation of item (b) above (and such certificate shall be updated as necessary to make it accurate as of the date the Acquisition is consummated); and
(e)the Borrower Agent shall have furnished the Administrative Agent with ten (10) days’ prior written notice of such intended Acquisition and shall have furnished the Administrative Agent with a current draft of the applicable acquisition documents (and final copies thereof as and when executed), and to the extent available, appropriate financial statements of the Person which is the subject of such Acquisition, pro forma projected financial statements for the twelve (12) month period following such Acquisition after giving effect to such Acquisition (including balance sheets, cash flows and income statements by month for the acquired Person, individually, and on a Consolidated basis with all Loan Parties), and, to the extent available, such other information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
“Permitted Liens” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, unlimited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
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“Plan” means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (including a Pension Plan), maintained for employees of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate or any such Plan to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees.
“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.
“PPSA” means the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario) (and other equivalent personal property security legislation in any other applicable Canadian province or territory) and the regulations thereunder, as from time to time in effect, provided, however, if attachment, perfection or priority of any Secured Party’s security interest in any Collateral is governed by the personal property security laws of any jurisdiction in Canada other than Ontario, with respect to such Collateral, PPSA shall mean those personal property security laws in such other jurisdiction of Canada (including the Civil Code of Québec and the regulation respecting the register of personal and movable real rights thereunder) for the purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection or priority and for the definitions related to such provisions.
“Priority Swap Obligations” means Credit Product Obligations under Swap Contracts (a) owing to BMO or its Affiliates (so long as BMO (in its discretion) shall have established a Credit Product Reserve with respect thereto) or (b) owing to any other Credit Product Provider and expressly identified as “Priority Swap Obligations” in a Credit Product Notice from the Borrower Agent and such Credit Product Provider to the Administrative Agent (which at all times shall be subject to a Credit Product Reserve).
“Pro Forma Adjustment” means, for the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any Measurement Period, if at any time during such Measurement Period any Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have made a Permitted Acquisition or Disposition, Consolidated EBITDA for such Measurement Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if any such Permitted Acquisition or Disposition occurred on the first day of such Measurement Period, including (a) with respect to an any Permitted Acquisition, inclusion of (i) the actual historical results of operation of such acquired Person or line of business during such Measurement Period and (ii) pro forma adjustments arising out of events which are directly attributable to such Permitted Acquisition, are factually supportable, and are expected to have a continuing impact, in each case determined on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation SX promulgated under the Securities Act and as interpreted by the staff of the SEC and acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (b) with respect to any Disposition, exclusion of the actual historical results of operations of the disposed of Person or line of business or assets during such Measurement Period.
“Pro Forma Basis,” “Pro Forma Compliance” and “Pro Forma Effect” means, with respect to compliance with any applicable test, financial ratio or covenant hereunder, that (without duplication):
(a)the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made, to the extent applicable;
(b) all Specified Pro Forma Transactions that have been made during the applicable period of measurement or subsequent to such period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation is made (the period beginning on the first day of such period of measurement and continuing until the date of the consummation of such event, the “Reference Period”) shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable Reference Period; provided that (i) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Pro Forma
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Transaction, (A) shall be excluded in the case of a Disposition of all or substantially all Equity Interests in or assets of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries, and (B) shall be included in the case of a Permitted Acquisition or Investment described in the definition of Specified Pro Forma Transaction, and (ii) all Indebtedness issued, incurred or assumed as a result of, or to finance, any Specified Pro Forma Transaction or permanently repaid in connection with any Specified Pro Forma Transaction during the Reference Period shall be deemed to have been issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid at the beginning of such Reference Period (with interest expense of such Person attributable to any Indebtedness for which pro forma effect is being given as provided in preceding clause (ii) that has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable Reference Period determined by utilizing the rate that is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination); provided, that, the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test, financial ratio or covenant solely to the extent that such adjustments are consistent with the definition of Consolidated EBITDA and the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment;
(c)with respect to any calculation of Availability on a pro forma basis (i) for any period or as of any specified time pursuant to any provision hereunder, the determination or calculation of Availability shall be made giving pro forma effect to all funds utilized in connection with the consummation of Specified Transactions as if funded with Loans hereunder on the date of such Specified Transactions and on each date of the period being so tested and (ii) for any Permitted Acquisition, the calculation of consideration paid in connection with such Acquisition shall include all earn-out obligations, if any, in connection therewith, calculated at the maximum potential amount thereof; and
(d)for the purposes of calculating the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for any Measurement Period on a Pro Forma Basis for determining compliance with the Payment Conditions with respect to any Specified Debt Payment or Specified Restricted Payment, the amount of any proposed Specified Debt Payment and/or any proposed Specified Restricted Payment, together with all other such payments made (or to be simultaneously or contemporaneously made) during such Measurement Period based on compliance with the Payment Conditions, shall be included in the definition of “Consolidated Fixed Charges” for such determination.
Whenever any provision of this Agreement requires the Borrowers to be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis (or in Pro Forma Compliance) with a specified level of Availability or specified Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio in connection with any action to be taken by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower Agent shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Senior Officer setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations demonstrating such compliance.
“Properly Contested” means with respect to any obligation of a Loan Party, (a) the obligation is subject to a bona fide dispute regarding amount or such Loan Party’s liability to pay; (b) the obligation is being properly contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently pursued; (c) appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (d) non-payment could not have a Material Adverse Effect, nor result in forfeiture or sale of any assets of a Loan Party; (e) no Lien is imposed on assets of a Loan Party, unless bonded and stayed to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent; (f) if the obligation results from entry of a judgment or other order, such judgment or order is stayed pending appeal or other judicial review; and (g) no Account related to any Bonding Obligation where such Bonding Obligation is being Properly Contested may be included within the Borrowing Base.
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“Protective Advance” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(c)(ii)(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 Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.
“QFC” has the meaning specified in Section 11.21(b).
“QFC Credit Support” has the meaning specified in Section 11.21(b).
“Qualified Accounts” means any investment or other non-operating account of a Loan Party maintained by or at the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates and except as may be deferred pursuant to Schedule 7.21, subject to a Control Agreement in favor of the Administrative Agent; provided that at all times from and after the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have sole dominion and control of the disposition of the amounts so deposited, whether or not during a Dominion Trigger Period.
“Qualified ECP” means any Loan Party with total assets exceeding $10,000,000, or that constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act and can cause another Person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Ratable Share” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(c)(ii)(C).
“Real Property” means all land, together with the buildings, structures, parking areas, and other improvements thereon, now or hereafter owned by any Person, including all easements, rights-of-way, and similar rights appurtenant thereto and all leases, tenancies, and occupancies thereof.
“Recipient” means the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Letter of Credit Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any Obligation of a Loan Party hereunder.
“Refinancing Conditions” means the following conditions for Refinancing Indebtedness: (a) it is in an aggregate principal amount that does not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, replaced, renewed or extended (the “Original Indebtedness”) plus accrued interest and reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with such Refinancing Indebtedness; (b) the interest rate applicable to such Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the greater of the (i) interest rate applicable to the Original Indebtedness and (ii) the otherwise market rate of interest for such similar Indebtedness to similarly borrowers; (c) it has a final maturity no sooner than and a weighted average life no less than the applicable Original Indebtedness; (d) it contains no mandatory prepayment provisions more favorable to the lenders thereunder than the mandatory prepayment provision under the Original Indebtedness, (e) to the extent the Original Indebtedness is unsecured, such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be unsecured; (f) to the extent the Original Indebtedness is secured by Liens, such Refinancing Indebtedness is either unsecured or is not secured by any Liens that did not secure the Original Indebtedness immediately prior to incurrence of the Refinancing Indebtedness; (g) to the extent that such Original Indebtedness is subject to any Subordinations Provisions, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subject to Subordination Provisions no less favorable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders than those applicable to the Original Indebtedness immediately prior to incurrence of the Refinancing Indebtedness; (h) no additional Person not obligated, primarily or contingently, on the Original
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Indebtedness is obligated, primarily or contingently, on such Refinancing Indebtedness; (i) such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be on terms not materially less favorable to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, and not materially more restrictive to the Loan Parties, than the terms of the Original Indebtedness; and (j) upon giving effect to such Refinancing Indebtedness, no Default or Event of Default exists.
“Refinancing Indebtedness” means the Indebtedness that is the result of any renewal, modification, refinancing, refunding, replacement, or extension of Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.01(b), (f), (g), (h), (p), (q) and (r) as to which the Refinancing Conditions are satisfied; provided that the incurrence of any such Refinancing Indebtedness will be deemed to utilize permitted amounts of Indebtedness, if any, under each clause thereof.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(c).
“Registered Public Accounting Firm” has the meaning specified in the Securities Laws and shall be independent of the Company as prescribed in the Securities Laws.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and/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 and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
“Rent and Charges Reserve” means the aggregate of (a) all past due rent and other amounts owing by a Borrower to any landlord, warehouseman, processor, repairman, mechanic, shipper, freight forwarder, broker or other Person who possesses any Eligible Borrowing Base Assets or could assert a Lien on any Eligible Borrowing Base Assets; and (b) a reserve at least equal to three months’ rent and other charges that could be payable to any such Person, unless it has executed a Lien Waiver.
“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period has been waived.
“Reporting Trigger Period” means the period (a) commencing on the day that (i) an Event of Default occurs and is continuing or (ii) Availability is less than the greater of (x) 15% of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments at such time and (y) $15,000,000 and (b) continuing until the date that during the previous thirty (30) consecutive days, (i) no Event of Default has existed and (ii) Availability has been greater than the greater of (x) 15% of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments at such time and (y) $15,000,000 at all times during such period; provided, however, that a Reporting Trigger Period may not be cured as contemplated by clause (b) more than two (2) times in any fiscal year.
“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an Letter of Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.
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“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding (and from and after the Administrative Agent’s written election to activate this parenthetical, at any time there are two (2) or more Lenders, at least two (2) non-Affiliate Lenders holding) more than 50% of the Total Credit Exposure of all Lenders. The Total Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time.
“Required Supermajority Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding (and from and after the Administrative Agent’s written election to activate this parenthetical, at any time there are two (2) or more Lenders, at least two (2) non-Affiliate Lenders holding) at least 66⅔% of the Total Credit Exposure of all Lender. The Total Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Supermajority Lenders at any time.
“Rescindable Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(b)(ii).
“Reserve” means any reserve constituting all or any portion of the Availability Reserve or the Line Reserve.
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to each Loan Party, the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer, controller or assistant treasurer or any vice president of such Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“Restricted Payment” means (i) any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or other Equity Interest of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such capital stock or other Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Person thereof) or (iii) any distribution, advance or repayment of Indebtedness to or for the account of a holder of Equity Interests of the Company or its Affiliates.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Revaluation Date” means (a) with respect to any Loan, each of the following: (i) each date of a Borrowing of an Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars, (ii) each date of a continuation of an Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars pursuant to Section 2.02, and (iii) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require; and (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following: (i) each date of issuance, amendment and/or extension of a Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars, (ii) each date of any payment by the Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars, and (iii) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require.
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“Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period, made pursuant to Section 2.01(a) or (c).
“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01(a), (b) purchase participations in Letter of Credit Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Revolving Credit Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount at such time of its outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and such Lender’s participation in Letter of Credit Obligations, Swing Line Loans and Protective Advances at such time.
“Revolving Credit Facility” means the facility described in Sections 2.01(a), 2.03 and 2.04 providing for Revolving Credit Loans, Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to or for the benefit of the Borrowers by the Revolving Credit Lenders, Letter of Credit Issuer and Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, in the maximum aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding of the Dollar Equivalent of $100,000,000, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“Revolving Credit Lender” means each Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment or, following termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, has any Revolving Credit Exposure.
“Revolving Credit Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).
“Revolving Credit Loan Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrowers in favor of a Revolving Credit Lender evidencing Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
“Revolving Credit Termination Date” means the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 2.07(a), and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and of the obligation of the Letter of Credit Issuer to make Letter of Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 9.02.
“Rolling Stock” means all trucks, trailers, tractors, service vehicles, vans, pick-up trucks, forklifts, wheel loaders and other mobile equipment and other vehicles, wherever located.
“Royalties” means all royalties, fees, expense reimbursement and other amounts payable by a Loan Party under a License.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Same Day Funds” means immediately available funds.
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“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, that is (a) the target of Sanctions; (b) any Person listed in the annex to, or otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive Order or any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC (including the OFAC SDN List), the United States Department of State or the Government of Canada (including, without limitation, OFAC, the U.S. Department of Commerce, United States Department of State or U.S. Department of Defense), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, or any other relevant sanctions authority, (c) any Person located, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction or (d) any Person directly or indirectly 25% or more owned or controlled, individually or in the aggregate, by any Person described in clauses (a) or (b) above.
“Sanctions” means all economic or financial sanctions, sectoral sanctions, secondary sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the United States government (including those administered by OFAC the U.S. Department of Commerce, United States Department of State or U.S. Department of Defense), or (b) the Government of Canada, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, or any other relevant sanctions authority with jurisdiction over any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
“Sarbanes-Oxley” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Secured Party” means (a) each Lender, (b) each Credit Product Provider, (c) the Administrative Agent, (d) the Letter of Credit Issuer, (e) the Arranger and (f) the successors and assigns of each of the foregoing.
“Secured Party Expenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.04(a).
“Securities Laws” means the Securities Act of 1933, the Exchange Act, Sarbanes-Oxley and the applicable accounting and auditing principles, rules, standards and practices promulgated, approved or incorporated by the SEC or the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, as each of the foregoing may be amended and in effect on any applicable date hereunder.
“Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof by the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1.
“Security Instruments” means, collectively or individually as the context may indicate, the Security Agreement, the Canadian Security Agreement, any Deed of Hypothec, the Control Agreements, the Patent Security Agreement, the Trademark Security Agreement, each Lien Waiver and all other agreements (including securities account control agreements), instruments and other documents, whether now existing or hereafter in effect, pursuant to which any Loan Party or other Person shall grant or convey to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders a Lien in property as security for all or any portion of the Obligations.
“Settlement Date” has the meaning provided in Section 2.14.
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“Shrink” means Inventory which has been lost, misplaced, stolen, or is otherwise unaccounted for.
“SOFR” means a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such Business Day published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate) on the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org (or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the administrator of the secured overnight financing rate from time to time).
“Solvent” means, as to any Person, such Person (a) owns property or assets whose fair salable value is greater than the amount required to pay all of its debts (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities); (b) owns property or assets whose present fair salable value (as defined below) is greater than the probable total liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities) of such Person as they become absolute and matured; (c) is able to pay all of its debts as they mature; (d) has capital that is not unreasonably small for its business and is sufficient to carry on its business and transactions and all business and transactions in which it is about to engage; (e) is not “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code; and (f) has not incurred (by way of assumption or otherwise) any obligations or liabilities (contingent or otherwise) under any Loan Documents, or made any conveyance in connection therewith, with actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud either present or future creditors of such Person or any of its Affiliates. “Fair salable value” means the amount that could be obtained for assets within a reasonable time, either through collection or through sale under ordinary selling conditions by a capable and diligent seller to an interested buyer who is willing (but under no compulsion) to purchase. For purposes hereof, the amount of all contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at the time, can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
“Specified Debt Payment” means any prepayment of Indebtedness made pursuant to Section 8.11(a)(iv) or with respect to which the Payments Conditions apply.
“Specified Investment” means any Investment made pursuant to Section 8.03(g) or (h) or with respect to which the Payments Conditions apply.
“Specified Loan Party” means a Loan Party that is not then an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act (determined prior to giving effect to Section 2.15(c)).
“Specified Pro Forma Transaction” means, with respect to any period, any Investment, Disposition, Subsidiary designation as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary or other event, including any Specified Transactions, that by the terms of the Loan Documents requires “Pro Forma Compliance” with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a “Pro Forma Basis.”
“Specified Restricted Payment” means any Restricted Payment with respect to which the Payments Conditions apply.
“Specified Transaction” means each Specified Debt Payment, each Specified Investment and each Specified Restricted Payment.
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“Spot Rate” means, on any determination date, (x) the Daily Exchange Rate if being determined in connection with (i) determining the Dollar Equivalent amount of any Accounts of Canadian Borrowers reported on any Borrowing Base Certificate or (ii) determining the Dollar Equivalent of any amounts reflected and/or reported in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any related document or certificate (including financial statements and reports) delivered hereunder or thereunder to the extent any such amounts reflect or represent a balance-sheet-related item or the like, in each case, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, or (y) the Monthly Exchange Rate if being determined in connection with determining the Dollar Equivalent of any amounts reflected and/or reported in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any related document or certificate (including financial statements and reports) delivered hereunder or thereunder to the extent any such amounts reflect or represent an income statement related item or the like (including, without limitation, revenue and expense amounts), in each case, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
“Subcontractor Reserves” means the reserves established by the Administrative Agent from time to time, in its reasonable discretion, to reflect the aggregate amount of liabilities of the Loan Parties that are, or, upon nonpayment of or creation of a claim with respect to such liability, would be, (i) pursuant to Law, secured by Liens on the Collateral that are senior to the Administrative Agent’s Liens or secured by Liens on any Bonded Job Site, (ii) subject a trust arrangement with respect to the collections or proceeds of any Account or (iii) pursuant to Law, allow the Account Debtor to withhold or offset payment on any Account on account thereof, in any case arising under any applicable Law for the benefit of mechanics, materialmen, repairmen or other providers of labor or materials.
“Subordinated Debt” means unsecured Indebtedness which is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the prior Payment in Full and which is in form and on terms satisfactory to, and approved in writing by, the Administrative Agent at its sole option.
“Subordination Provisions” means any provision relating to debt or lien subordination applicable to or contained in any documents evidencing any Indebtedness, including Subordinated Debt, including as set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement or other applicable intercreditor agreements acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, unlimited liability company or other business entity (but not a representative office of such Person) of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.
“Subsidiary Guarantor” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is a Guarantor.
“Surety” means any surety party to any contractual arrangements entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to any bid, performance, surety or payment bonds, contracts or like undertakings.
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity
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contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement, together with any related schedules.
“Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any obligation to perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender); provided, however that it is understood and agreed that such amounts provided by the applicable Credit Product Provider with respect to Credit Product Obligations under Swap Contracts may include a commercially reasonable level of “cushion” to account for normal short-term market fluctuations.
“Swing Line” means the revolving credit facility made available by the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04.
“Swing Line Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.04.
“Swing Line Lender” means BMO in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.
“Swing Line Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).
“Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.04(b).
“Swing Line Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $10,000,000 and (b) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments.
“Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the
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insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).
“Tax Act” means the Income Tax Act (Canada).“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term SOFR” means, for the applicable corresponding tenor, the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.
“Term SOFR Event” means the determination by the Administrative Agent that (a) Term SOFR has been recommended for use by the Relevant Governmental Body, (b) the administration of Term SOFR is administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent and (c) LIBOR has already been replaced with a Benchmark Replacement in accordance with Section 3.03(b) that is not Term SOFR.
“Term SOFR Notice” means a notification by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders and the Borrower of the occurrence of a Term SOFR Event.
“Threshold Amount” means the Dollar Equivalent of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000).
“Total Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the unused outstanding Revolving Credit Commitments of such Lender and the Credit Exposure of such Lender at such time.
“Total Revolving Credit Outstandings” means, without duplication, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans, Protective Advances, Swing Line Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations.
“Trademark Security Agreement” means any trademark security agreement pursuant to which any Loan Party assigns to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, such Person’s interest in its trademarks as security for the Obligations.
“Transaction” means, individually or collectively as the context may indicate the entering by the Borrowers of the Loan Documents to which they are a party and the funding of the Revolving Credit Facility.
“Treasury Management and Other Services” means (a) all arrangements for the delivery of treasury and cash management services, (b) all commercial credit card, purchase card, p-card and merchant card services; and (c) all other banking products or services, including trade and supply chain finance services and leases, other than Letters of Credit, in each case, to or for the benefit of any Loan Party or an Affiliate of any Loan Party which are entered into or maintained with a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender and which are not prohibited by the express terms of the Loan Documents.
“Trust Accounts” means Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts containing cash, cash equivalents or securities (a) held exclusively for employee benefit payments and expenses related to a Loan Party’s employees, or (b) required to be collected, remitted or withheld exclusively to pay payroll or
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taxes (including, without limitation, federal and state withholding taxes (including the employer’s share thereof)).
“Type” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan, a Canadian Prime Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Rate Loan.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided that if, with respect to any financing statement or by reason of any mandatory provisions of law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection of the security interests granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any applicable Loan Document is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction of the United States other than New York or a Canadian Province, the term “UCC” shall also include the Uniform Commercial Code or PPSA, as applicable, as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions of this Agreement, each Loan Document and any financing statement relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection.
“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person 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.
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that has been designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary both in accordance with Section 2.19 and with the written consent of the Administrative Agent. Each Unrestricted Subsidiary as of the Closing Date is listed on Schedule 1.03 hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither any Borrower nor any other Loan Party party hereto on the Closing Date may constitute an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Unused Facility Amount” means the daily amount by which (a) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments exceeds (b) the sum of (i) Outstanding Amount of the Dollar Equivalent of all Revolving Credit Loans other than Swing Line Loans and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of the Dollar Equivalent of all Letter of Credit Obligations, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.17. For the avoidance of doubt, the Outstanding Amount of the Dollar Equivalent of Swing Line Loans shall not be considered usage for purposes of determining the Unused Facility Amount.
“Unused Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(a).
“Unused Fee Rate” means a per annum rate equal 0.25%.
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“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“Value” means, for any Eligible Account or Eligible Time and Material Account, as applicable, the Dollar Equivalent of the face amount of such Eligible Account or Eligible Time and Material Account, as applicable, net of (a) any returns, rebates, discounts (calculated on the shortest terms), credits, allowances or Taxes (including sales, excise or other taxes) that have been or could reasonably be expected to be claimed by the Account Debtor or any other Person and (b) the amount of any premiums, deductibles, co-insurance, fees or similar costs of and amounts payable by any Borrower relating to any acceptable credit insurance obtained with respect to such Account.
“Voting Equity Interests” means Equity Interests with respect to which the holders thereof are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of members of the Board of Directors of the issuer thereof, even if the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.
“Wage Claim Reserves” means the reserves established by the Administrative Agent from time to time, in its reasonable discretion, to reflect the aggregate amount of liabilities of the Loan Parties that are or, upon nonpayment of or creation of a claim with respect to such liability, would, pursuant to Law, be secured by Liens on the Collateral that are senior to the Administrative Agent’s Liens arising from any state or Federal statutory provision for wage claims, unpaid taxes or other obligations or liabilities of the Loan Parties.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
1.2Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a)The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to
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such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (vi) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and (vii) all covenants in Article VIII shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or be otherwise within the limitations of, another covenant (other than specific cross references permitting actions or conditions under other covenants) shall not avoid the occurrence of an Event of Default or Default if such action is taken or condition exists.
(b)In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”
(c)Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(d)A reference to Loan Parties’ “knowledge” or similar concept means actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer, or knowledge that a Responsible Officer would have obtained if he or she had engaged in good faith and diligent performance of his or her duties, including reasonably specific inquiries of employees or agents and a good faith attempt to ascertain the matter.
1.3Accounting Terms.
(a)Generally. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect on the Closing Date, except (i) with respect to any reports or financial information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.01, which shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect and applicable to that accounting period in respect of which reference to GAAP is being made and (ii) as otherwise specifically prescribed herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of each Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.
(b)Changes in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower Agent or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower Agent shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower Agent shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably
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requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 1.03 or the definition of “Capital Leases”, in the event of a change in GAAP requiring all leases to be capitalized, only those leases that would have constituted Capital Leases on the Closing Date (assuming for purposes hereof that such leases were in existence on the Closing Date) shall be considered Capital Leases, and all calculations and deliverables under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made in accordance therewith (provided that all financial statements delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement after the date of such change in GAAP shall contain a schedule showing the adjustments necessary to reconcile such financial statements with GAAP as in effect immediately prior to such change).
(c)Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities. Except as expressly provided otherwise herein, all references herein to Consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries or to the determination of any amount for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis or any similar reference shall, in each case, be deemed to include each variable interest entity that the Company is required to consolidate pursuant to FASB ASC 810 as if such variable interest entity were a Subsidiary as defined herein.
(d)Calculations. In computing financial ratios and other financial calculations of the Company and its Subsidiaries required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement, all Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be calculated at Dollar Equivalent par value irrespective if the Company has elected the fair value option pursuant to FASB Interpretation No. 159 – The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities—Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115 (February 2007). For purposes of determining any “extraordinary” item, extraordinary shall be determined in accordance with GAAP as in effect prior to Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-01.
1.4Uniform Commercial Code. As used herein, the following terms are defined in accordance with the UCC in effect in the State of New York from time to time: “Chattel Paper,” “Commodity Account,” “Commodity Contracts,” “Deposit Account,” “Documents,” “Equipment”, “General Intangibles,” “Instrument,” “Inventory,” “Record,” and “Securities Account.” Any term defined in this Agreement by reference to the UCC shall also have any extended, alternative or analogous meaning given to such term in the PPSA and under other Canadian laws (including, without limitation, the Securities Transfer Act, 2006 (Ontario), the Bills of Exchange Act (Canada) and the Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada)), in all cases for the extension, preservation or betterment of the security and rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, (ii) all references in this Agreement to a financing statement, continuation statement, amendment or termination statement shall be deemed to refer also to the analogous documents used under the PPSA, including, without limitation, where applicable, financing change statements and (iii) all references to federal or state securities law of the United States shall be deemed to refer also to analogous federal, provincial and territorial securities laws in Canada.
1.5Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
1.6Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Central time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
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1.7Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
1.8Exchange Rates; and Currency Equivalents.
(a)The Administrative Agent shall determine the Dollar Equivalent amounts of Credit Extensions and Outstanding Amounts denominated in Canadian Dollars and Australian Dollars. Such Dollar Equivalent shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Dollar Equivalent of such amounts until the next Revaluation Date to occur. Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by Loan Parties hereunder or calculating the financial covenant hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the Administrative Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer, as applicable.
(b)Wherever in this Agreement in connection with a Borrowing, conversion, continuation or prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Borrowing or Eurocurrency Rate Loan is denominated in Canadian Dollars, such amount shall be the relevant Canadian Dollar equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to the nearest unit of Canadian Dollars, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent.
(c)The Administrative Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall the Administrative Agent have any liability with respect to the administration, submission or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of “Eurodollar Rate” or with respect to any rate that is an alternative or replacement for or successor to any of such rates (including, without limitation, any successor rate determined pursuant to Section 3.03) or the effect of any of the foregoing, or of any changes pursuant to Section 3.03.
(d)Except as the context may require otherwise, each reference to a Dollar amount used in respect of Articles VI, VII, VIII and IX (or the applicable definitions or cross-referenced sections used therein) shall be deemed a reference to the Dollar Equivalent of such Dollar amount.
(e)All amounts from time to time payable hereunder by a Loan Party shall be payable in Dollars, unless the Borrowing or the Letter of Credit was denominated in Canadian Dollars, in which case such Borrowing or the related Letter of Credit Obligations (along with all interest and fees accruing thereon or a part thereof) shall be payable in Canadian Dollars.
1.9Québec References. For purposes of any Collateral located in the Province of Québec or charged by any Deed of Hypothec (or any other Loan Document) and for all other purposes pursuant to which the interpretation or construction of a Loan Document may be subject to the laws of the Province of Québec or a court or tribunal exercising jurisdiction in the Province of Québec, (a) “personal property” shall be deemed to include “movable property,” (b) “real property” shall be deemed to include “immovable property” and an “easement” shall be deemed to include a “servitude,” (c) “tangible
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property” shall be deemed to include “corporeal property,” (d) “intangible property” shall be deemed to include “incorporeal property,” (e) “security interest” “mortgage” and “lien” shall be deemed to include a “hypothec,” “prior claim” and a “resolutory clause”, (f) all references to filing, registering or recording financing statements or other required documents under the Uniform Commercial Code, the PPSA or other applicable law shall be deemed to include publication under the Civil Code of Québec, and all references to releasing or terminating any Lien shall be deemed to include a release, discharge and mainlevee of a hypothec, (g) all references to “perfection” of or “perfected” Liens shall be deemed to include a reference to the “opposability” of such Liens to third parties, (h) any “right of offset,” “right of setoff” or similar expression shall be deemed to include a “right of compensation”, (i) “goods” shall be deemed to include “corporeal movable property” other than chattel paper, documents of title, instruments, money and Securities, (j) an “agent” shall be deemed to include a “mandatary.”, (k) “construction liens” shall be deemed to include “legal hypothecs”, (l) “joint and several” shall be deemed to include “solidary”, (m) “gross negligence or willful misconduct” shall be deemed to be “intentional or gross fault”, (n) “beneficial ownership” shall be deemed to include “ownership on behalf of another as mandatary”, (o) “easement” shall be deemed to include “servitude”, (p) “priority” shall be deemed to include “prior claim”, (q) “survey” shall be deemed to include “certificate of location and plan”, (r) a “land surveyor” shall be deemed to include an “arpenteur-géomètre”; (s) “state” shall include “province”, (t) “fee simple title” shall be deemed to include “absolute ownership” and “ownership” (including ownership under a right of superficies), (u) “accounts” shall include “claims”, (v) “legal title” shall include “holding title on behalf of an owner as mandatory or prete-nom”, (w) “ground lease” shall include “emphyteusis” or a “lease with a right of superficies”, as applicable, (x) “lease” shall include a “leasing contract”, and (y) “guarantee” and “guarantor” shall include “suretyship” and “surety”, respectively. The parties hereto confirm that it is their wish that this Agreement and any other document executed in connection with the transactions contemplated herein be drawn up in the English language only (except if another language is required under any applicable law) and that all other documents contemplated thereunder or relating thereto, including notices, may also be drawn up in the English language only. Les parties aux présentes confirment que c’est leur volonté que cette convention et les autres documents de crédit soient rédigés en langue anglaise seulement et que tous les documents, y compris tous avis, envisagés par cette convention et les autres documents peuvent être rédigés en langue anglaise seulement (sauf si une autre langue est requise en vertu d’une loi applicable.
ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
2.1Loan Commitments.
(a)Revolving Credit Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “Revolving Credit Loan”) to the Borrowers, in Dollars or Canadian Dollars, from time to time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the lesser of (i) the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, or (ii) such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Borrowing Base; provided, however, that immediately after giving effect to any Revolving Credit Borrowing, (A) the Dollar Equivalent of the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Dollar Equivalent of the Maximum Borrowing Amount, (B) the Revolving Credit Exposure of each Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment and (C) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings of all Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars shall not exceed the Canadian Dollar Sublimit.
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Within such limits and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow under this Section 2.01(a), prepay under Section 2.06(a), and reborrow under this Section 2.01(a).
(b)[Reserved].
(c)Overadvances and Protective Advances.
(i)Overadvances.
(A)If at any time the aggregate principal balance of all Loans exceeds the Maximum Borrowing Amount (an “Overadvance”), the excess amount shall be payable by the Borrowers within one (1) Business Day of the earlier of (x) the Administrative Agent’s demand (which may be by e-mail) and (ii) any Responsible Officer of any Loan Party becoming aware of such Overadvance. All Overadvance Loans shall constitute Obligations secured by the Collateral and shall be entitled to all benefits of the Loan Documents.
(B)The Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion (but shall have absolutely no obligation to), require Lenders to honor requests for Overadvance Loans and to forbear from requiring the applicable Borrower(s) to cure an Overadvance, as long as (a) such Overadvance does not continue for more than thirty (30) consecutive days and (b) the aggregate amount of the Overadvances existing at any time, together with the Protective Advances outstanding at any time, do not exceed 10.0% of the Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect. Overadvance Loans may be required even if the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 have not been satisfied. In no event shall Overadvance Loans be required that would cause the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings to exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments. Required Lenders may at any time prospectively revoke the Administrative Agent’s authority to make further Overadvance Loans to any or all Borrowers by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent. Any funding of an Overadvance Loan or sufferance of an Overadvance shall not constitute a waiver by the Administrative Agent or Lenders of the Event of Default caused thereby. In no event shall any Borrower or other Loan Party be deemed a beneficiary of this Section 2.01(c) nor authorized to enforce any of its terms.
(ii)Protective Advances.
(A)The Administrative Agent shall be authorized by each Borrower and the Lenders from time to time in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion (but shall have absolutely no obligation to), to make Base Rate Loans to the Borrowers on behalf of the Lenders (any of such Loans are herein referred to as “Protective Advances”) which the Administrative Agent deems necessary or desirable to (a) preserve or protect Collateral or any portion thereof or (b) to enhance the likelihood of, or maximize the amount of, repayment of the Loans and other Credit Exposure; provided that no Protective Advance shall cause the aggregate amount of the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings at such time to exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect. All Protective Advances made by the Administrative Agent constitute Obligations, secured by the Collateral and shall be treated for all purposes as Base Rate Loans.
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(B)The aggregate amount of Protective Advances outstanding at any time shall not exceed 10.0% of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect, and such Protective Advances, together with the aggregate amount of Overadvances existing at any time, shall not exceed 10.0% of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect. Protective Advances may be made even if the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 have not been satisfied. Each Lender shall participate in each Protective Advance on a ratable basis. Required Lenders may at any time revoke the Administrative Agent’s authority to make further Protective Advances to any or all Borrowers by written notice to the Administrative Agent. Absent such revocation, the Administrative Agent’s determination that funding of a Protective Advance is appropriate shall be conclusive. At any time that there is sufficient Availability and the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.02 have been satisfied, the Administrative Agent may request the Lenders to make a Loan to repay a Protective Advance. At any other time, the Administrative Agent may require the Lenders to fund their risk participations described in Section 2.01(c)(ii)(C).
(C)Upon the making of a Protective Advance by the Administrative Agent (whether before or after the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default), each Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have unconditionally and irrevocably purchased from the Administrative Agent without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in such Protective Advance equal to the proportion of the Total Credit Exposure of such Lender to the Total Credit Exposure of all Lenders (its “Ratable Share”) of such Protective Advance. Each Lender shall transfer (a “Transfer”) the amount of such Lender’s purchased interest and participation promptly when requested to the Administrative Agent, to such account of the Administrative Agent as the Administrative Agent may designate, but in any case not later than 3:00 p.m. on the Business Day notified (if notice is provided by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 p.m. and otherwise on the immediately following Business Day (the “Transfer Date”)). Transfers may occur during the existence of a Default or Event of Default and whether or not the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.02 have then been satisfied. Such amounts transferred to the Administrative Agent shall be applied against the amount of the applicable Protective Advance and shall constitute Loans of such Lenders, respectively. If any such amount is not transferred to the Administrative Agent by any Lender on such Transfer Date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon for each day from the date such payment was due until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent, at the Overnight Rate for three (3) Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate. From and after the date, if any, on which any Lender is required to fund, and funds, its interest and participation in any Protective Advance purchased hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to such Lender, such Lender’s Ratable Share of all payments of principal and interest and all proceeds of Collateral received by the Administrative Agent in respect of such Protective Advance.
(d)Determination of the Borrowing Base. The Borrowing Base shall be established and adjusted from time to time as follows:
(i)The amount of the Borrowing Base shall initially be established in each Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower Agent
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pursuant to Section 7.02(a). The Administrative Agent shall have the right, at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date in good faith and in the exercise of it Credit Judgment to establish, modify or eliminate Reserves. The Borrowing Base shall also be subject to adjustment by the Administrative Agent in its Credit Judgment (A) to reflect any determination that the amount of the Borrowing Base set forth in a Borrowing Base Certificate differs materially from the actual Borrowing Base determined by the Administrative Agent; (B) to reflect Administrative Agent’s reasonable estimate of declines in value of Borrowing Base Assets due to collections received in the Concentration Account or otherwise; (C) to reflect changes in advance rates as a result of changes in dilution, quality, mix and other factors affecting the Borrowing Base Assets; (D) to the extent any information or calculation does not comply with this Agreement and (E) to reflect other adjustments in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(ii)In connection with any adjustment to the Borrowing Base, the Administrative Agent shall (A) promptly notify the Borrower Agent in writing (including via e-mail) whenever the Administrative Agent determines that the amount of the Borrowing Base set forth in a Borrowing Base Certificate differs materially from the actual Borrowing Base determined by the Administrative Agent and (B) discuss with Borrower Agent (1) the basis for any such difference and (2) any changes made or proposed to be made to the amount of the Borrowing Base, including the reasons for any imposition of or changes in Reserves or any change in advance rates or eligibility criteria with respect to Borrowing Base Assets. The determination of the Borrowing Base by the Administrative Agent shall be presumptively correct and shall constitute the Borrowing Base for all purposes hereunder.
2.2Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.
(a)Each Borrowing, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or of any conversion of Eurocurrency Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans, and (ii) one Business Day prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans. Each telephonic notice by the Borrowers pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be promptly confirmed in writing by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of the Dollar Equivalent of $100,000 or a whole multiple of the Dollar Equivalent of $100,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in Sections 2.02(f), 2.03(c) and 2.04(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of the Dollar Equivalent of $500,000 or a whole multiple of the Dollar Equivalent of $100,000 in excess thereof. During a Dominion Trigger Period, there shall be no minimum borrowing amounts for Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans. Each such notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (ii) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Loans are to be converted, (iii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day) and (iv) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrowers fail to specify a Type of Loan or if the Borrowers fail to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurocurrency Rate Loans. If the Borrowers request a
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Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fail to specify an Interest Period, they will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.
(b)Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice for the Revolving Credit Facility, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of the amount of its Applicable Percentage under the Revolving Credit Facility of the applicable Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Appropriate Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in the preceding subsection. In the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 5.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrowers in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrowers on the books of BMO with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided, however, that if, on the date a Committed Loan Notice with respect to a Revolving Credit Borrowing is given by the Borrower, there are Letter of Credit Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such Letter of Credit Borrowings, and second, shall be made available to the Borrowers as provided above.
(c)Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Rate Loan . During the existence of a Default, (i) no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as an Eurocurrency Rate Loan without the consent of the Required Lenders, and (ii) the Required Lenders may demand that any or all of the then outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars be prepaid, or redenominated into Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof, on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto.
(d)The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower Agent and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurocurrency Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower Agent and the Lenders of any change in BMO’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.
(e)After giving effect to all conversions of Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than five (5) Interest Periods in effect in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility.
(f)Borrowers and each Lender hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, to advance to Borrowers, and/or to pay and charge to Borrowers’ Loan Account hereunder, all sums necessary to pay (i) any interest accrued on the Obligations when due and to pay all fees, costs and expenses and other Obligations at any time owed by any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder and (ii) any service charge or expenses due pursuant to Section 11.04 when due. The Administrative Agent shall advise the Borrower Agent of any such advance or charge promptly after the making thereof. Such action on the part of the Administrative Agent shall
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not constitute a waiver of the Administrative Agent’s rights and the Borrowers’ obligations under this Agreement. Any amount which is added to the principal balance of the Loan Account as provided in this Section 2.02(f) shall constitute Revolving Credit Loans (notwithstanding the failure of the Borrowers to satisfy any of the conditions to Credit Extensions in Section 5.02) and Obligations hereunder and shall bear interest at the interest rate then and thereafter applicable to Base Rate Loans.
2.3Letters of Credit.
(a)The Letter of Credit Commitment.
(i)Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the Letter of Credit Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the earlier to occur of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date or the termination of the Availability Period, to issue Letters of Credit at the request of the Borrower Agent for the account of a Borrower (or any other Loan Party or Domestic Subsidiary thereof as to which all “know your customer” or other similar requirements have been satisfied) so long as such Borrower is a joint and several co-applicant; references to a “Borrower” in this Section 2.03 shall be deemed to include reference to such other Loan Party and any applicable Domestic Subsidiary, as the case may be, and to amend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drafts under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Credit Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the a Borrower and any drawings thereunder; provided that the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be obligated to make any Letter of Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, and no Revolving Credit Lender shall be obligated to participate in any Letter of Credit, if as of the date of such Letter of Credit Extension, (A) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings would exceed the Maximum Borrowing Amount, (B) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender would exceed such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, or (C) the Outstanding Amount of all Letter of Credit Obligations would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each request by the Borrower Agent for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower Agent that the Letter of Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers’ ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrowers may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.
(ii)The Letter of Credit Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit, if:
(A)subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur (i) as to standby Letters of Credit, more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last renewal, and (ii) as to commercial Letters of Credit, later than the earlier of (1) 270 days after the date of issuance thereof and (2) 60 days before the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless in each case the Required Lenders have approved such expiry date; or
(B)the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date;
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(iii)The Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A)any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the Letter of Credit Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit or any Law applicable to the Letter of Credit Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the Letter of Credit Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the Letter of Credit Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the Letter of Credit Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the Letter of Credit Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the Letter of Credit Issuer in good faith deems material to it;
(B)the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the Letter of Credit Issuer;
(C)such Letter of Credit is in an initial amount less than the Dollar Equivalent of $10,000; or
(D)any Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless the Letter of Credit Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer (in its sole discretion) with the Borrowers or such Lender to eliminate the Letter of Credit Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other Letter of Credit Obligations as to which the Letter of Credit Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion.
(iv)The Letter of Credit Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the Letter of Credit Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.
(v)The Letter of Credit Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the Letter of Credit Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(vi)The Letter of Credit Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article X with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article X included the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to
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such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the Letter of Credit Issuer.
(b)Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.
(i)Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower Agent delivered to the Letter of Credit Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent and, if applicable, of the applicable Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer may agree in a particular instance in its sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing or presentation thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing or presentation thereunder; and (G) such other matters as the Letter of Credit Issuer may require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer (1) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as the Letter of Credit Issuer may require. Additionally, the Borrower Agent shall furnish to the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Administrative Agent may require.
(ii)Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the Letter of Credit Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the applicable Borrower and, if not, the Letter of Credit Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the Letter of Credit Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Credit Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Borrower, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article V shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Company or the Company and the applicable Borrower or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the Letter of Credit Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Letter of Credit Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
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(iii)If the Borrower Agent so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the Letter of Credit Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit other than a commercial Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the Letter of Credit Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Borrower Agent shall not be required to make a specific request to the Letter of Credit Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Revolving Credit Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the Letter of Credit Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit; provided, however, that the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the Letter of Credit Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.03(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is five Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Credit Lender or the Borrower Agent that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 5.02 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the Letter of Credit Issuer not to permit such extension.
(iv)Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the Letter of Credit Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower Agent and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c)Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i)Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing or presentation of documents under such Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall notify the Borrower Agent and the Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of any payment by the Letter of Credit Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an “Honor Date”), the Borrowers shall reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer through the Administrative Agent in Dollars (or if the underlying Letter of Credit is denominated in (i) Canadian Dollars, Canadian Dollars or (ii) Australian Dollars, the Dollar Equivalent of such Australian Dollar amount) and in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing. If the Borrowers fail to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing or payment (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. In such event, the Borrower Agent shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.03 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given by the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Administrative Agent
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pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii)Each Revolving Credit Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer, in Dollars (or if the underlying Letter of Credit is denominated in (i) Canadian Dollars, Canadian Dollars or (ii) Australian Dollars, the Dollar Equivalent of such Australian Dollar amount), at the Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar (or as applicable, Canadian Dollar) denominated payments an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 3:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower Agent in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Letter of Credit Issuer in Dollars (or as applicable, Canadian Dollars).
(iii)With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have incurred from the Letter of Credit Issuer an Letter of Credit Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which Letter of Credit Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such Letter of Credit Borrowing and shall constitute an Letter of Credit Advance from such Revolving Credit Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.
(iv)Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Revolving Credit Loan or Letter of Credit Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer.
(v)Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or Letter of Credit Advances to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Credit Lender may have against the Letter of Credit Issuer, any Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. No such making of an Letter of Credit Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrowers to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
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(vi)If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Credit Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Letter of Credit Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate for three (3) Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with the foregoing. A certificate of the Letter of Credit Issuer submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d)Repayment of Participations. At any time after the Letter of Credit Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Credit Lender such Revolving Credit Lender’s Letter of Credit Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrowers or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof in Dollars (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Revolving Credit Lender’s Letter of Credit Advance was outstanding) and in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(e)Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrowers to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit, and to repay each Letter of Credit Borrowing shall be joint and several and absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i)any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;
(ii)the existence of any claim, counterclaim, set-off, defense or other right that any Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the Letter of Credit Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii)any draft, demand, certificate or other document or endorsement presented under or in connection with such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(iv)any payment by the Letter of Credit Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of
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Credit, or any payment made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law;
(v)any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Borrower or any Subsidiary; or
(vi)any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of Canadian Dollars or Australian Dollars to the Company or any Subsidiary or in the relevant currency markets generally.
(f)Role of Letter of Credit Issuer. Each Revolving Credit Lender and the Borrowers agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Revolving Credit Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. Each Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit. The Letter of Credit Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument endorsing, transferring or assigning or purporting to endorse, transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
(g)Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower Agent, when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.
(h)Issuing Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to Letter of Credit Issuer. The Borrowers shall pay directly to the Letter of Credit Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit, at a rate equal to 0.125%, computed on the amount of such Letter of Credit (a “Issuing Fee”), and payable upon the issuance or renewal (automatic or otherwise) thereof or upon any amendment increasing the amount thereof. In addition, the Borrowers shall pay directly to the Letter of Credit Issuer for its own account, in Dollars (or if the underlying Letter of Credit is denominated in Canadian Dollars, in Canadian Dollars), the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the Letter of Credit Issuer relating to letters of
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credit issued by it as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.
(i)Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.
(j)Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Restricted Subsidiary or any other Borrower, each Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Restricted Subsidiaries or any other Borrower inures to the benefit of such Borrower, and that such Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Restricted Subsidiaries or other Borrower.
2.4Swing Line Loans.
(a)The Swing Line. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender may, but shall not be obligated to, make loans in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04 in Dollars (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) to the Borrowers from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations of the Revolving Credit Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Maximum Borrowing Amount, and (ii) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender shall not exceed such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and provided, further, that the Borrowers shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the discretion of the Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line Loans, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under Section 2.06(a)(ii), and reborrow under this Section 2.04. Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.
(b)Borrowing Procedures. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrower Agent’s irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Agent. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will (i) deliver notice to the Borrower Agent and the Administrative Agent as to whether it will or will not make such Swing Line Loan available to the Borrowers and, if agreeing to
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make such Swing Line Loan, (ii) confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving Credit Lender) prior to 1:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Article V is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender may, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower Agent at its office by crediting the account of the Borrower Agent on the books of the Swing Line Lender in Same Day Funds.
(c)Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.
(i)The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion, but no less frequently than weekly, may request, on behalf of the Borrowers (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Credit Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02 without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 5.02. The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrower Agent with a copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall make an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the amount specified in such Committed Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral available with respect to the applicable Swing Line Loan) for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 2:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrowers in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.
(ii)If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Revolving Credit Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Revolving Credit Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.
(iii)If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such
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Revolving Credit Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate for three (3) Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate, plus any administrative processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swing Line Lender in connection with the foregoing. A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(iv)Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Credit Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrowers or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.02. No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrowers to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.
(v)All refinancings and fundings under this Section 2.04(c) shall be in addition to and without duplication of the settlement procedures and obligations under Section 2.14.
(d)Repayment of Participations. At any time after any Revolving Credit Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender its Applicable Percentage of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Revolving Credit Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.
(e)Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrowers for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Applicable Percentage shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.
(f)Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. The Borrowers shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.
2.5Repayment of Loans.
(a)[Reserved]
(b)Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrowers shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each the Revolving Credit Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of and all accrued and unpaid interest on all Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on such date.
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(c)Swing Line Loans. The Borrowers shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earlier to occur of (i) each refinancing date arising under Section 2.04(c) and (ii) the Maturity Date.
(d)Protective Advances. The Borrowers shall repay all Protective Advances on the earlier to occur of (i) demand by the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Maturity Date.
(e)Other Obligations. Obligations other than principal and interest on the Loans, including Letter of Credit Obligations and Extraordinary Expenses, shall be paid by Borrowers as specifically provided herein and in any other applicable Loan Documents or, if no payment date is specified, on demand.
2.6Prepayments.
(a)Optional.
(i)The Borrowers may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Revolving Credit Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that except with respect to prepayments in accordance with Section 4.04(c), (A) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (1) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans and (2) one Business Day prior to any date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans; (B) any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be in a Dollar Equivalent principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof; and (C) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans shall be in a Dollar Equivalent principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. During a Dominion Trigger Period, there shall be no minimum repayment amount for Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurocurrency Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s ratable portion of such prepayment (based on such Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility). If such notice is given by the Borrower Agent, the Borrowers shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Subject to Section 2.17, such prepayments shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages.
(ii)The Borrowers may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from the Borrower Agent, at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (A) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of the prepayment, and (B) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower Agent, the Borrowers shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.
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(b)Mandatory.
(i)[Reserved].
(ii)Asset Dispositions. If a Disposition occurs with respect to any property of any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Disposition of property permitted by Section 8.05 (b), (h) or (k)) which results in the realization by such Person of Net Cash Proceeds in excess of the Dollar Equivalent of $250,000, the Borrowers shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Loans (and during the continuance of any Default arising under Section 9.01(a), (b)(with respect to a breach of Section 7.01, 7.02 or 8.12), (f) or (p) or any Event of Default, Cash Collateralize Letter of Credit Obligations, if applicable) equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds immediately upon receipt thereof by such Person.
(iii)Equity Issuance. Upon the sale or issuance by any Loan Party (other than, in the case of the Company, the sale or issuance of Equity Interests that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests) or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any of its Equity Interests, the Borrowers shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Loans (and during the continuance of any Default arising under Section 9.01(a), (b)(with respect to a breach of Section 7.01, 7.02 or 8.12), (f) or (p) or any Event of Default, Cash Collateralize Letter of Credit Obligations, if applicable) equal to 100% of all Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom immediately upon receipt thereof by such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary.
(iv)Debt Incurrence. Upon the incurrence or issuance by any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness expressly permitted to be incurred or issued pursuant to Section 8.01), the Borrowers shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Loans (and during the continuance of any Default arising under Section 9.01(a), (b)(with respect to a breach of Section 7.01, 7.02 or 8.12), (f) or (p) or any Event of Default, Cash Collateralize Letter of Credit Obligations, if applicable) equal to 100% of all Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom immediately upon receipt thereof by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary.
(v)Extraordinary Receipts. Upon receipt of any cash by (or paid to or for the account of) any Loan Party or its Restricted Subsidiaries not in the ordinary course of business, including tax refunds, pension plan reversions or surplus withdrawals, proceeds of insurance (other than proceeds of business interruption insurance to the extent such proceeds constitute compensation for lost earnings), indemnity payments, purchase price adjustments, judgments, settlements or other payments in connection with any cause of action, and not otherwise included in clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this Section 2.06(b), the Borrowers shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Loans (and during the continuance of any Default arising under Section 9.01(a), (b)(with respect to a breach of Section 7.01, 7.02 or 8.12), (f) or (p) or any Event of Default, Cash Collateralize Letter of Credit Obligations, if applicable) equal to 100% of the cash amount thereof (net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses or other amounts required to be paid in connection therewith) immediately upon receipt.
(vi)Overadvances. If, for any reason, the Dollar Equivalent of the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings at any time exceed the Dollar Equivalent of the Borrowing Base at such time, the Borrowers shall upon demand prepay Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and Letter of Credit Borrowings and/or Cash Collateralize the Letter of Credit Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided, however, that the Borrowers shall not be required to Cash
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Collateralize the Letter of Credit Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.06(b)(vi) unless, after the prepayment of the Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans, the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.
(vii)Canadian Dollars. If the Administrative Agent notifies the Company at any time that the Outstanding Amount of all Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars at such time exceeds the Canadian Dollar Sublimit then in effect, then, within two (2) Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Borrowers shall prepay Loans in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce such Outstanding Amount as of such date of payment to an amount not to exceed 100% of the Canadian Dollar Sublimit then in effect.
(c)Application of Mandatory Prepayments. Subject to Section 9.03:
(i)Each prepayment of Loans pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.06(b) (other than prepayments from any Disposition of assets of the type included in the Borrowing Base) shall be applied to the Revolving Credit Facility in the manner set forth in clause (ii) below. Subject to Section 2.17, such prepayments shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any prepayment hereunder arising from a Disposition of assets of the type then included in the Borrowing Base shall be applied to repay Revolving Credit Facility in accordance with clause (ii) below.
(ii)Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.17, prepayments of the Revolving Credit Facility made pursuant to Section 2.06(b), first, shall be applied ratably to the Letter of Credit Borrowings and the Swing Line Loans, second, shall be applied ratably to the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, third, unless either waived by the Administrative Agent or neither any Default arising under Section 9.01(a), (b)(with respect to a breach of Section 7.01, 7.02 or 8.12), (f) or (p) nor any Event of Default shall be continuing, shall be used to Cash Collateralize the remaining Letter of Credit Obligations in the Minimum Collateral Amount and, fourth, the amount remaining, if any, after the prepayment in full of all outstanding Obligations (other than Credit Product Obligations) and the Cash Collateralization of the remaining Letter of Credit Obligations in the Minimum Collateral Amount (unless either waived by the Administrative Agent or neither any Default arising under Section 9.01(a), (b)(with respect to a breach of Section 7.01, 7.02 or 8.12), (f) or (p) nor any Event of Default shall be continuing), may be retained by the Borrowers for use in the ordinary course of Borrowers’ business. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit that has been Cash Collateralized, the funds held as Cash Collateral shall be applied (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrowers or any other Loan Party or any Defaulting Lender that has provided Cash Collateral) to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Revolving Credit Lenders, as applicable.
2.7Termination or Reduction of Commitments.
(a)Revolving Credit Commitment. The Borrowers may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower Agent, terminate the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit, Canadian Dollar Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit, or from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit, Canadian Dollar Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. five (5) Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or any whole
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multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (iii) the Borrowers shall not terminate or reduce (A) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings would exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, (B) the Letter of Credit Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto, the Outstanding Amount of Letter of Credit Obligations not fully Cash Collateralized hereunder would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit, or (C) the Swing Line Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Outstanding Amount of Swing Line Loans would exceed the Swing Line Sublimit or (D) the Canadian Dollar Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto, the Outstanding Amount of Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars would exceed the Canadian Dollar Sublimit and (iv) if, after giving effect to any reduction or termination of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit, Canadian Dollar Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, such Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such notice of termination or reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit, Canadian Dollar Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit. Any reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments shall be applied to the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender according to its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage. All fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.
2.8Interest.
(a)Subject to the provisions of Sections 2.08(b) and 3.03 below, (i) each Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin; (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin; (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin; (iv) each Canadian Prime Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Canadian Prime Rate plus the Applicable Margin; and (v) each other Obligation (including, to the extent not prohibited by applicable Law, interest not paid when due) shall bear interest on the unpaid amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
(b) If any amount payable by the Borrowers under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable Laws.
(ii)If any other Event of Default exists, then the Administrative Agent may, and upon the request of the Required Lenders shall, require (and notify the Borrower Agent thereof) that all outstanding Loan Obligations shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate.
(iii)Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
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(c)Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
(d)If, for any reason (including inaccurate reporting in any Compliance Certificate, Borrowing Base Certificate or other Borrower Materials), it is determined that a higher Applicable Margin should have applied to a period than was actually applied, then the proper margin shall be applied retroactively and Borrowers shall immediately pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders, an amount equal to the difference between the amount of interest and fees that would have accrued using the proper margin and the amount actually paid.
(e)For the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada), (i) whenever a rate of interest or fee rate hereunder is calculated on the basis of a year (the “deemed year”) that contains fewer days than the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation, such rate of interest or fee rate shall be expressed as a yearly rate by multiplying such rate of interest or fee rate by the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation and dividing it by the number of days in the deemed year, (ii) the principle of deemed reinvestment of interest shall not apply to any interest calculation hereunder and (iii) the rates of interest stipulated herein are intended to be nominal rates and not effective rates or yields.
(f)If any provision of this Agreement would oblige any Loan Party that is incorporated or otherwise organized under the Laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof, to make any payment of interest or other amount payable to any Lender in an amount or calculated at a rate which would be prohibited by applicable Law or would result in a receipt by such Lender of “interest” at a “criminal rate” (as such terms are construed under the Criminal Code (Canada)), then, notwithstanding such provision, such amount or rate shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by law or so result in a receipt by that Lender of “interest” at a “criminal rate”, such adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary (but only to the extent necessary), as follows:
(i)first, by reducing the amount or rate of interest required to be paid to the affected Lender under this Section 2.08; and
(ii)thereafter, by reducing any fees, commissions, costs, expenses, premiums and other amounts required to be paid to the affected Lender which would constitute interest for purposes of section 347 of the Criminal Code (Canada).
2.9Fees.
(a)Unused Fee. The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage, a fee (the “Unused Fee”) equal to the Unused Fee Rate times the Unused Facility Amount. The Unused Fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article V is not met, and shall be due and payable in Dollars quarterly in arrears on the first Business Day after each calendar quarter, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the last day of the Availability Period. If there is any change in the Unused Fee Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Unused Fee Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Unused Fee Rate was in effect.
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(b)Letter of Credit Fees. Subject to the provisions of the last sentence of this clause (b), the Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Applicable Percentage, in Dollars, a Letter of Credit fee (“Letter of Credit Fee”) for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Rate Loans times the Dollar Equivalent of the daily maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit); provided, however, any Letter of Credit Fees otherwise payable for the account of a Defaulting Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit as to which such Defaulting Lender has not provided Cash Collateral satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be payable, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, to the other Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective Applicable Percentages allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.17(a)(iv), with the balance of such fee, if any, payable to the Letter of Credit Issuer for its own account. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.07. The Letter of Credit Fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article V is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the first Business Day after each calendar quarter, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the last day of the Availability Period. If there is any change in the Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Rate Loans during any quarter, the daily maximum amount of each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Rate Loans separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Margin was in effect. At all times that the Default Rate shall be applicable to any Loans pursuant to Section 2.08(b), the Letter of Credit Fees payable under this clause (b) shall accrue and be payable at the Default Rate.
(c)Fee Letter. The Borrowers agree to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, the fees payable in the amounts and at the times set forth in the Fee Letter.
(d)Generally. All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in Dollars in immediately available funds, to (i) the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Revolving Credit Lenders, and otherwise, to the Lenders entitled thereto or (ii) the Letter of Credit Issuer, in the case of fees payable to it. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
2.10Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate) and the Unused Fee shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan or other Loan Obligation not paid when due for the day on which the Loan is made or such Loan Obligation is due and unpaid, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, or such Loan Obligation for the day on which the Loan, or such portion thereof, or Loan Obligation is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
2.11Evidence of Debt.
(a)Loan Account. The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent (the “Loan Account”) in the ordinary
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course of business. In addition, each Lender may record in such Lender’s internal records, an appropriate notation evidencing the date and amount of each Loan from such Lender, each payment and prepayment of principal of any such Loan, and each payment of interest, fees and other amounts due in connection with the Loan Obligations due to such Lender. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrowers and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrowers hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Loan Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Revolving Credit Loan Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Revolving Credit Loan Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b)Account Records. In addition to the accounts and records referred to in (a) above, each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
2.12Payments Generally; the Administrative Agent’s Clawback.
(a)General. All payments to be made by the Borrowers shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars (or when required hereunder, Canadian Dollars) and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. Subject to Section 2.14, Section 9.03 and payments made during a Dominion Trigger Period from the Concentration Account, the Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable Percentage in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by the Borrowers shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected on computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
(b)Presumptions by Administrative Agent.
(i)Funding by Lenders. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of Eurocurrency Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans, prior to 12:00 noon on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may
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assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrowers a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrowers severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrowers to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the Overnight Rate, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans. If the Borrowers and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrowers the amount of such interest paid by the Borrowers for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrowers shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrowers may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
(ii)Payments by Borrower. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower Agent prior to the time at which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swing Line Lender hereunder that the Borrowers will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrowers have made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may (but shall not be required to) in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Appropriate Lenders the amount due. With respect to any payment that the Administrative Agent makes to any Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or any other Secured Party as to which the Administrative Agent determines (in its sole and absolute discretion) that any of the following applies (such payment referred to as the “Rescindable Amount”): (1) the Borrowers have not in fact made the corresponding payment to the Administrative Agent; (2) the Administrative Agent has made a payment in excess of the amount(s) received by it from Borrowers either individually or in the aggregate (whether or not then owed); or (3) the Administrative Agent has for any reason otherwise erroneously made such payment; then each of the Secured Parties severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the Rescindable Amount so distributed to such Secured Party, in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the Overnight Rate.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or any Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(c)Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrowers by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article V are
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not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
(d)Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Revolving Credit Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 11.04(c) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 11.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 11.04(c).
(e)Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
(f)Insufficient Funds. If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, Letter of Credit Borrowings, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied as provided in Section 2.06(c).
2.13Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise (other than in connection with a Supplemental Facility), obtain payment in respect of (a) the Loan Obligations due and payable to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Loan Obligations due and payable to such Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Loan Obligations due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time) of payments on account of the Loan Obligations due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all the Lenders at such time or (b) the Loan Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Loan Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Loan Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time) of payments on account of the Loan Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all of the Lenders at such time, then, in each case under clauses (a) and (b) above, the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (A) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (B) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and subparticipations in Letter of Credit Obligations and Swing Line Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of Loan Obligations then due and payable to the Lenders or owing (but not due and payable) to the Lenders, as the case may be, provided that:
(i)if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and
(ii)the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of
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this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), (B) the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 2.16, or (C) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or subparticipations in Letter of Credit Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).
Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation.
2.14Settlement Among Lenders.
(a)The amount of each Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans shall be computed weekly (or more frequently in the Administrative Agent’s discretion) and such amount shall be adjusted upward or downward based on all Revolving Credit Loans and repayments of Revolving Credit Loans received by the Administrative Agent as of 3:00 p.m. on the first Business Day (such date, the “Settlement Date”) following the end of the period specified by the Administrative Agent.
(b)The Administrative Agent shall deliver to each of the Revolving Credit Lenders promptly after a Settlement Date a summary statement of the amount of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans for the period and the amount of repayments received for the period. As reflected on the summary statement, (i) the Administrative Agent shall transfer to each Revolving Credit Lender its Applicable Percentage of repayments, and (ii) each Revolving Credit Lender shall transfer to the Administrative Agent (as provided below) or the Administrative Agent shall transfer to each Revolving Credit Lender, such amounts as are necessary to insure that, after giving effect to all such transfers, the Revolving Credit Exposure of each Revolving Credit Lender shall be equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings as of such Settlement Date. If the summary statement requires transfers to be made to the Administrative Agent by the Revolving Credit Lenders and is received prior to 1:00 p.m. on a Business Day, such transfers shall be made in immediately available funds no later than 3:00 p.m. that day; and, if received after 1:00 p.m., then no later than 3:00 p.m. on the next Business Day. The obligation of each Revolving Credit Lender to transfer such funds is irrevocable, unconditional and without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent. If and to the extent any Revolving Credit Lender shall not have so made its transfer to the Administrative Agent, such Lender agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, forthwith on demand such amount, together with interest thereon, for each day from such date until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent, equal to the Overnight Rate plus any reasonable administrative, processing, or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing.
2.15Nature and Extent of Each Borrower’s Liability.
(a)Joint and Several Liability. Each Borrower agrees that it is jointly and severally liable for all Obligations, except Excluded Swap Obligations, and all agreements under the Loan Documents. Each Borrower agrees that its guaranty obligations hereunder constitute a continuing guaranty of payment and not of collection, that such obligations shall not be discharged until the Facility Termination Date, and that such obligations are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of (i) the genuineness, validity,
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regularity, enforceability, subordination or any future modification of, or change in, any Obligations or Loan Document, or any other document, instrument or agreement to which any Borrower is or may become a party or be bound; (ii) the absence of any action to enforce this Agreement (including this Section) or any other Loan Document, or any waiver, consent or indulgence of any kind by the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect thereto; (iii) the existence, value or condition of, or failure to perfect a Lien or to preserve rights against, any security or guaranty for the Obligations or any action, or the absence of any action, by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in respect thereof (including the release of any security or guaranty); (iv) the insolvency of any Borrower; (v) any election by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in proceeding under Debtor Relief Laws for the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; (vi) any borrowing or grant of a Lien by any other Borrower, as debtor-in-possession under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise; (vii) the disallowance of any claims of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against any Borrower for the repayment of any Obligations under Section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise; or (viii) any other action or circumstances that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, except full payment in cash or Cash Collateralization of all Obligations on the Facility Termination Date.
(b)Waivers.
(i)Each Borrower expressly waives all rights that it may have now or in the future under any statute, at common law, in equity or otherwise, to compel the Administrative Agent or Lenders to marshal assets or to proceed against any Borrower, other Person or security for the payment or performance of any Obligations before, or as a condition to, proceeding against such Borrower. Each Borrower waives all defenses available to a surety, guarantor or accommodation co-obligor other than full payment of all Obligations. It is agreed among each Borrower, the Administrative Agent and Lenders that the provisions of this Section 2.15 are of the essence of the transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents and that, but for such provisions, the Administrative Agent and Lenders would decline to make Loans and issue Letters of Credit. Each Borrower acknowledges that its guaranty pursuant to this Section is necessary to the conduct and promotion of its business, and can be expected to benefit such business.
(ii)The Administrative Agent and Lenders may, in their discretion, pursue such rights and remedies as they deem appropriate, including realization upon Collateral by judicial foreclosure or nonjudicial sale or enforcement, without affecting any rights and remedies under this Section 2.15. If, in taking any action in connection with the exercise of any rights or remedies, the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall forfeit any other rights or remedies, including the right to enter a deficiency judgment against any Borrower or other Person, whether because of any applicable Laws pertaining to “election of remedies” or otherwise, each Borrower consents to such action and waives any claim of forfeiture of such rights or remedies based upon it, even if the action may result in loss of any rights of subrogation that such Borrower might otherwise have had. Any election of remedies that results in denial or impairment of the right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to seek a deficiency judgment against any Borrower shall not impair any other Borrower’s obligation to pay the full amount of the Obligations. Each Borrower waives all rights and defenses arising out of an election of remedies, such as nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to any security for the Obligations, even though that election of remedies destroys such Borrower’s rights of subrogation against any other Person. The Administrative Agent may bid all or a portion of the Obligations at any foreclosure or trustee’s sale or at any private sale, and the amount of such bid need not be paid by the Administrative
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Agent but shall be credited against the Obligations. The amount of the successful bid at any such sale, whether the Administrative Agent or any other Person is the successful bidder, shall be conclusively deemed to be the fair market value of the Collateral, and the difference between such bid amount and the remaining balance of the Obligations shall be conclusively deemed to be the amount of the Obligations guaranteed under this Section 2.15, notwithstanding that any present or future law or court decision may have the effect of reducing the amount of any deficiency claim to which the Administrative Agent or any Lender might otherwise be entitled but for such bidding at any such sale.
(c)Extent of Liability; Contribution.
(i)Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Borrower’s liability under this Section 2.15 shall be limited to the greater of (i) all amounts for which such Borrower is primarily liable, as described below, and (ii) such Borrower’s Allocable Amount.
(ii)If any Borrower makes a payment under this Section 2.15 of any Obligations (other than amounts for which such Borrower is primarily liable) (a “Guarantor Payment”) that, taking into account all other Guarantor Payments previously or concurrently made by any other Borrower, exceeds the amount that such Borrower would otherwise have paid if each Borrower had paid the aggregate Obligations satisfied by such Guarantor Payments in the same proportion that such Borrower’s Allocable Amount bore to the total Allocable Amounts of all Borrowers, then such Borrower shall be entitled to receive contribution and indemnification payments from, and to be reimbursed by, each other Borrower for the amount of such excess, pro rata based upon their respective Allocable Amounts in effect immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment. The “Allocable Amount” for any Borrower shall be the maximum amount that could then be recovered from such Borrower under this Section 2.15 without rendering such payment voidable under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state fraudulent transfer or conveyance act, or similar statute or common law.
(iii)Each Loan Party that is a Qualified ECP when its guaranty of or grant of Lien as security for a Swap Obligation becomes effective hereby jointly and severally, absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support to each Specified Loan Party with respect to such Swap Obligation as may be needed by such Specified Loan Party from time to time to honor all of its obligations under the Loan Documents in respect of such Swap Obligation (but, in each case, only up to the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering such Qualified ECP’s obligations and undertakings under this Section 2.15 voidable under any applicable fraudulent transfer or conveyance act). The obligations and undertakings of each Qualified ECP under this Section shall remain in full force and effect until Payment in Full. Each Loan Party intends this Section to constitute, and this Section shall be deemed to constitute, a guarantee of the obligations of, and a “keepwell, support or other agreement” for the benefit of, each Loan Party for all purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act.
(d)Direct Liability; Separate Borrowing Availability. Nothing contained in this Section 2.15 shall limit the liability of any Borrower to pay Loans made directly or indirectly to that Borrower (including Loans advanced to any other Borrower and then re-loaned or otherwise transferred to, or for the benefit of, such Borrower), Letter of Credit Obligations relating to Letters of Credit issued to support such Borrower’s business, and all accrued interest, fees, expenses and other related Obligations with
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respect thereto, for which such Borrower shall be primarily liable for all purposes hereunder. The Administrative Agent and Lenders shall have the right, at any time in their discretion, to condition Revolving Credit Loans and Letters of Credit upon a separate calculation of borrowing availability consistent with the Borrowing Base for each Borrower and to restrict the disbursement and use of such Revolving Credit Loans and Letters of Credit to such Borrower.
(e)Joint Enterprise. Each Borrower has requested that the Administrative Agent and Lenders make this credit facility available to Borrowers on a combined basis, in order to finance Borrowers’ business most efficiently and economically. The Borrowers’ business is a mutual and collective enterprise, and the successful operation of each Borrower is dependent upon the successful performance of the integrated group. The Borrowers believe that consolidation of their credit facility will enhance the borrowing power of each Borrower and ease administration of the Revolving Credit Facility, all to their mutual advantage. The Borrowers acknowledge that the Administrative Agent’s and Lenders’ willingness to extend credit and to administer the Collateral on a combined basis hereunder is done solely as an accommodation to Borrowers and at Borrowers’ request.
(f)Subordination. Each Loan Party hereby subordinates any claims, including any rights at law or in equity to payment, subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification or set off, that it may have at any time against any other Loan Party, howsoever arising, to the full payment in cash or Cash Collateralization of all Obligations on the Facility Termination Date.
(g)Borrower Agent.
(i)Each Loan Party hereby irrevocably appoints and designates (or, if not a party hereto, by execution and delivery of a guaranty agreement acceptable to Administrative Agent or otherwise becoming a Guarantor hereunder shall be deemed to have irrevocably appointed and designated) Matrix Service Company (“Borrower Agent”) as its representative and agent and attorney-in-fact for all purposes under the Loan Documents, including, as applicable, requests for Credit Extensions, designation of interest rates, delivery or receipt of communications, preparation and delivery of Borrowing Base and financial reports, receipt and payment of Obligations, requests for waivers, amendments or other accommodations, actions under the Loan Documents (including in respect of compliance with covenants), and all other dealings with the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuers, Swing Line Lender or any Lender.
(ii)Any notice, election, representation, warranty, agreement or undertaking by or on behalf of any Loan Party by the Borrower Agent shall be deemed for all purposes to have been made by such Loan Party and shall be binding upon and enforceable against such Loan Party to the same extent as if made directly by such Loan Party.
(iii)The Borrower Agent hereby accepts the appointment by each Loan Party hereunder to act as its agent and attorney-in-fact.
(iv)The Administrative Agent and Lenders shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, any notice or communication (including any notice of borrowing) delivered by Borrower Agent on behalf of any Borrower or other Loan Party. The Administrative Agent and Lenders may give any notice to or communication with a Loan Party hereunder to the Borrower Agent on behalf of such Loan Party. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuers and the Lenders shall have the right, in its discretion, to deal exclusively with
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Borrower Agent for any or all purposes under the Loan Documents. Each Loan Party agrees (or, if not a party hereto, by execution and delivery of a guaranty agreement acceptable to Administrative Agent or otherwise becoming a Guarantor hereunder shall be deemed to have agreed) that any notice, election, communication, representation, agreement or undertaking made on its behalf by Borrower Agent shall be binding upon and enforceable against it.
2.16Cash Collateral.
(a)Certain Credit Support Events. If (i) the Letter of Credit Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit upon presentation and such drawing has resulted in a Letter of Credit Borrowing, (ii) as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any Letter of Credit Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, (iii) any Protective Advance shall not have been funded by the Lenders upon demand by the Administrative Agent, (iv) the Borrowers shall be required to provide Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 9.02 or (v) there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, the Borrowers shall immediately (in the case of clause (iv) above) or within one Business Day (in all other cases) following any written request by the Administrative Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer, provide Cash Collateral in an amount not less than the Minimum Collateral Amount (determined in the case of Cash Collateral provided pursuant to clause (v) above, after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)