CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of June 12, 2015 among EDGEWELL PERSONALCARE NETHERLANDS B.V., as Borrower, ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC. (to be renamed EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE COMPANY), as Parent The Lenders Party Hereto and THE BANK OFTOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD. as Administrative Agent TABLE OF CONTENTS

EX-10.1 2 d942646dex101.htm EX-10.1 EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION COPY

 

 

 

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of

June 12, 2015

among

EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE NETHERLANDS B.V.,

as Borrower,

ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC. (to be renamed EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE COMPANY),

as Parent

The Lenders Party Hereto

and

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.

as Administrative Agent

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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Article I Definitions      1   
 

SECTION 1.01

 

Defined Terms

     1   
 

SECTION 1.02

 

Intentionally Omitted

     25   
 

SECTION 1.03

 

Terms Generally

     26   
 

SECTION 1.04

 

Accounting Terms; GAAP; Pro Forma Calculations

     26   
 

SECTION 1.05

 

Status of Obligations

     28   
Article II The Credits      28   
 

SECTION 2.01

 

Commitments

     28   
 

SECTION 2.02

 

Loans and Borrowings

     28   
 

SECTION 2.03

 

Requests for Revolving Borrowings

     28   
 

SECTION 2.04

 

Intentionally Omitted

     29   
 

SECTION 2.05

 

Intentionally Omitted

     29   
 

SECTION 2.06

 

Intentionally Omitted

     29   
 

SECTION 2.07

 

Funding of Borrowings

     29   
 

SECTION 2.08

 

Interest Elections

     29   
 

SECTION 2.09

 

Termination and Reduction of Commitments

     30   
 

SECTION 2.10

 

Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt

     31   
 

SECTION 2.11

 

Prepayment of Loans

     31   
 

SECTION 2.12

 

Fees

     32   
 

SECTION 2.13

 

Interest

     32   
 

SECTION 2.14

 

Alternate Rate of Interest

     33   
 

SECTION 2.15

 

Increased Costs

     33   
 

SECTION 2.16

 

Break Funding Payments

     34   
 

SECTION 2.17

 

Taxes

     35   
 

SECTION 2.18

 

Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs

     37   
 

SECTION 2.19

 

Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders

     38   
 

SECTION 2.20

 

Intentionally Omitted

     39   
 

SECTION 2.21

 

Defaulting Lenders

     39   
 

SECTION 2.22

 

Judgment Currency

     39   
Article III Representations and Warranties      40   
 

SECTION 3.01

 

Organization; Corporate Powers

     40   
 

SECTION 3.02

 

Authority

     40   
 

SECTION 3.03

 

No Conflict; Governmental Consents

     41   
 

SECTION 3.04

 

Financial Statements

     41   
 

SECTION 3.05

 

No Material Adverse Change

     41   
 

SECTION 3.06

 

Taxes

     42   
 

SECTION 3.07

 

Litigation; Loss Contingencies and Violations

     42   
 

SECTION 3.08

 

Capitalization

     42   
 

SECTION 3.09

 

ERISA

     42   
 

SECTION 3.10

 

Accuracy of Information

     43   
 

SECTION 3.11

 

Securities Activities

     43   
 

SECTION 3.12

 

Material Agreements

     43   
 

SECTION 3.13

 

Compliance with Laws

     44   
 

SECTION 3.14

 

Assets and Properties

     44   
 

SECTION 3.15

 

Statutory Indebtedness Restrictions

     44   
 

SECTION 3.16

 

Insurance

     44   
 

SECTION 3.17

 

Labor Matters

     44   
 

SECTION 3.18

 

Environmental Matters

     44   
 

SECTION 3.19

 

Solvency

     45   

 

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SECTION 3.20

 

Benefits

     45   
 

SECTION 3.21

 

Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions

     45   
 

SECTION 3.22

 

Centre of Main Interests

     46   
 

SECTION 3.23

 

Works Council

     46   
Article IV Conditions      46   
 

SECTION 4.01

 

Effective Date

     46   
 

SECTION 4.02

 

Each Borrowing

     47   
Article V Affirmative Covenants      47   
 

SECTION 5.01

 

Reporting

     47   
 

SECTION 5.02

 

Corporate Existence

     50   
 

SECTION 5.03

 

Corporate Powers; Conduct of Business

     50   
 

SECTION 5.04

 

Compliance with Laws

     50   
 

SECTION 5.05

 

Payment of Taxes and Claims; Tax Consolidation

     50   
 

SECTION 5.06

 

Insurance

     51   
 

SECTION 5.07

 

Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions

     51   
 

SECTION 5.08

 

ERISA Compliance

     51   
 

SECTION 5.09

 

Maintenance of Property

     51   
 

SECTION 5.10

 

Environmental Compliance

     51   
 

SECTION 5.11

 

Use of Proceeds

     52   
Article VI Negative Covenants      52   
 

SECTION 6.01

 

Subsidiary Indebtedness

     52   
 

SECTION 6.02

 

Sales of Assets

     53   
 

SECTION 6.03

 

Liens

     54   
 

SECTION 6.04

 

Investments

     55   
 

SECTION 6.05

 

Contingent Obligations

     56   
 

SECTION 6.06

 

Conduct of Business; New Subsidiaries; Acquisitions

     56   
 

SECTION 6.07

 

Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates

     57   
 

SECTION 6.08

 

Restriction on Fundamental Changes

     57   
 

SECTION 6.09

 

Sales and Leasebacks

     57   
 

SECTION 6.10

 

Margin Regulations; Use of Proceeds

     58   
 

SECTION 6.11

 

ERISA

     58   
 

SECTION 6.12

 

Corporate Documents; Separation and Distribution Agreement

     58   
 

SECTION 6.13

 

Fiscal Year

     58   
 

SECTION 6.14

 

Subsidiary Covenants

     58   
 

SECTION 6.15

 

Swap Obligations

     59   
 

SECTION 6.16

 

Issuance of Disqualified Stock

     59   
 

SECTION 6.17

 

Certain Spin-Off Related Transactions

     59   
 

SECTION 6.18

 

Financial Covenants

     59   
Article VII Events of Default      60   
Article VIII The Administrative Agent      63   
Article IX Miscellaneous      65   
 

SECTION 9.01

 

Notices

     65   
 

SECTION 9.02

 

Waivers; Amendments

     67   
 

SECTION 9.03

 

Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver

     68   
 

SECTION 9.04

 

Successors and Assigns

     70   
 

SECTION 9.05

 

Survival

     73   

 

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SECTION 9.06

 

Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution

     73   
 

SECTION 9.07

 

Severability

     74   
 

SECTION 9.08

 

Right of Setoff

     74   
 

SECTION 9.09

 

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

     74   
 

SECTION 9.10

 

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

     75   
 

SECTION 9.11

 

Headings

     75   
 

SECTION 9.12

 

Confidentiality

     75   
 

SECTION 9.13

 

USA PATRIOT Act

     76   
 

SECTION 9.14

 

Releases of Parent Guarantor

     76   
 

SECTION 9.15

 

Interest Rate Limitation

     76   
 

SECTION 9.16

 

No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility

     77   

 

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SCHEDULES:
Schedule A – Commitments
Schedule 1.1.1 – Permitted Existing Investments
Schedule 1.1.2 – Permitted Existing Liens
Schedule 1.1.3– Permitted Existing Contingent Obligations
Schedule 3.03– Conflicts; Governmental Consents
Schedule 3.07– Litigation; Loss Contingencies
Schedule 3.18– Environmental Matters
Schedule 6.07– Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit A – Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B – [Reserved]
Exhibit C – [Reserved]
Exhibit D – [Reserved]
Exhibit E – List of Closing Documents
Exhibit F – Form of Parent Guaranty
Exhibit G – [Reserved]
Exhibit H-1 – Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit H-2 – Form of Interest Election Request
Exhibit I – Form of Note

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of June 12, 2015 among EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE NETHERLANDS B.V., ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC. (to be renamed EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE COMPANY), the LENDERS from time to time party hereto, and THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., as Administrative Agent.

The parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

Acquisition” means any transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated on or after the date of this Agreement, by which the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (i) acquires any going business or all or substantially all of the assets of any firm, corporation or division thereof, whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise or (ii) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the most recent transaction in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in number of votes) of the securities of a corporation which have ordinary voting power for the election of directors (other than securities having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) or a majority (by percentage of voting power) of the outstanding equity interests of another Person.

Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

Administrative Agent” means The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (including its branches and affiliates), in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.

Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person is the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of greater than ten percent (10%) or more of any class of voting securities (or other voting interests) of the controlled Person or possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the controlled Person, whether through ownership of Equity Interests, by contract or otherwise.

Agent Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(d).

Aggregate Commitment” means the aggregate of the Commitments of all of the Lenders, as reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. As of the Effective Date, the Aggregate Commitment is €270,000,000.

Alternative Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(a).


Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Parent or its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery, anti-money laundering or corruption.

Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the Aggregate Commitment represented by such Lender’s Commitment; provided that, in the case of Section 2.21 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, “Applicable Percentage” shall mean the percentage of the Aggregate Commitment (disregarding any Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments and to any Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of determination.

Applicable Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Eurocurrency Spread” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, as the case may be, based upon the Status (as defined below) applicable on such date:

 

     Reference Rating    Eurocurrency
Spread
    Commitment
Fee Rate
 

Level I Status:

   ³ BB+/Ba1      2.00     0.25

Level II Status:

   £ BB/Ba2      2.25     0.30

For purposes of the foregoing,

Level I Status” exists at any date if, on such date, the Parent’s Moody’s Rating is Ba1 or better and the Parent’s S&P Rating is BB+ or better.

Level II Status” exists at any date if, on such date, the Parent has not qualified for Level I Status.

Moody’s Rating” means, at any time, the rating issued by Moody’s and then in effect with respect to the Parent’s senior unsecured long-term debt securities without third-party credit enhancement.

S&P Rating” means, at any time, the rating issued by S&P and then in effect with respect to the Parent’s senior unsecured long-term debt securities without third-party credit enhancement.

Status” means Level I Status or Level II Status.

The Applicable Rate shall be determined in accordance with the foregoing table based on the Parent’s Status as determined from its then-current Moody’s Rating and S&P Rating; provided, that (a) if at any time the Parent only has one such rating, then such single rating shall determine the Parent’s Status; and (b) if at any time the Parent has no Moody’s Rating and no S&P Rating, Level II Status shall exist. The credit rating in effect on any date for the purposes of this Agreement is that in effect at the close of business on such date.

Approved Fund” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

 

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Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption agreement entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Attributable Receivables Indebtedness” means, at any time, the principal amount of Indebtedness which (i) if a Permitted Receivables Facility is structured as a lending agreement or other similar agreement, constitutes the principal amount of such Indebtedness or (ii) if a Permitted Receivables Facility is structured as a purchase agreement or other similar agreement, would be outstanding at such time under the Permitted Receivables Facility if the same were structured as a lending agreement rather than a purchase agreement or such other similar agreement (whether such amount is described as “capital” or otherwise).

Authorized Officer” means (i) in relation to the Parent, any of the chief executive officer, the president, any vice president (including any executive vice president), the chief financial officer or the treasurer of the Parent, acting singly, or (ii) in relation to the Borrower, a management board member A acting singly, a management board member B acting jointly with a management board member A, or a duly appointed attorney.

Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the first anniversary of the Effective Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.

Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof, unless such ownership interest results in or provides such Person 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 permits such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.

Benefit Plan” means a defined benefit plan as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan or Foreign Pension Plan) in respect of which the Parent or any other member of the Controlled Group is, or within the immediately preceding six (6) years was, an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.

Borrower” means Edgewell Personal Care Netherlands B.V., a besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid (private company with limited liability) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands.

Borrowing” means Revolving Loans made or continued on the same date and as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

 

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Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03 in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H-1, which shall be signed by a management board member B acting jointly with a management board member A.

Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Chicago, Illinois and New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in euro in the London interbank market (and the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which the TARGET2 payment system is not open for the settlement of payments in euro).

Capital Stock” means (i) in the case of a corporation, capital stock, (ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, (iii) in the case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited) and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

Capitalized Lease” of a Person means any lease of property by such Person as lessee which would be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Capitalized Lease Obligations” of a Person means the amount of the obligations of such Person under Capitalized Leases which would be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of section 957 of the Code.

Change in Control” means an event or series of events by which:

(i) any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of thirty percent (30%) or more of the voting power of the then outstanding Equity Interests of the Parent entitled to vote generally in the election of the directors of the Parent;

(ii) during any period of 12 consecutive calendar months, the board of directors of the Parent shall cease to have as a majority of its members individuals who either:

(a) were directors of the Parent on the first day of such period, or

(b) were elected or nominated for election to the board of directors of the Parent at the recommendation of or other approval by at least a majority of the directors then still in office at the time of such election or nomination who were directors of the Parent on the first day of such period, or whose election or nomination for election was so approved;

(iii) other than as a result of a transaction not prohibited under the terms of this Agreement, the Parent (a) shall cease to own, of record and beneficially, with sole voting and dispositive power, 100% of the outstanding shares of Equity Interests of the Borrower or (b) shall cease to have the power, directly or indirectly, to elect all of the members of the board of directors (or other governing body) of the Borrower; or

(iv) other than as a result of a transaction not prohibited under the terms of this Agreement, the Parent or the Borrower consolidates with or merges into another corporation or conveys, transfers or leases all or substantially all of its property to any Person, or any corporation consolidates with or merges into the Parent or the Borrower, in either event pursuant to a transaction in which the outstanding Equity Interests of the Parent or the Borrower are reclassified or changed into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property.

 

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Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement (or with respect to any Lender, if later, the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender), 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, requirement or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder, issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law” regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced or terminated from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09, and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule A, or in the Assignment and Assumption or other documentation contemplated hereby pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable.

Communications” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(d).

Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

Consolidated Assets” means the total assets of the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

Consolidated Domestic Assets” means the total assets of the Parent and each of its consolidated Domestic Subsidiaries.

Consolidated Net Worth” means, as of any date, all amounts which would be included under shareholders’ equity (including capital stock, additional paid-in capital and retained earnings) on the consolidated balance sheet for the Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Tangible Assets” means, as of any date of determination thereof, Consolidated Assets of the Parent and its Subsidiaries minus the Intangible Assets of the Parent and Subsidiaries on such date.

 

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Consolidated Total Capitalization” means, as of any date, the sum of (i) Indebtedness of the Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries and (ii) Consolidated Net Worth, all determined in accordance with GAAP.

Contaminant” means any waste, pollutant, hazardous substance, toxic substance, hazardous waste, special waste, petroleum or petroleum-derived substance or waste, toxic mold, asbestos or polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”), and includes but is not limited to these terms as defined in Environmental, Health or Safety Requirements of Law.

Contingent Obligation”, as applied to any Person, means any Contractual Obligation, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any Indebtedness of another or other obligation or liability of another, including, without limitation, any such Indebtedness, obligation or liability of another directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-made or discounted or sold with recourse by that Person, or in respect of which that Person is otherwise directly or indirectly liable, including Contractual Obligations (contingent or otherwise) arising through any agreement to purchase, repurchase, or otherwise acquire such Indebtedness, obligation or liability or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge thereof (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise), or to maintain solvency, assets, level of income, or other financial condition, or to make payment other than for value received. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be equal to the present value of the portion of the obligation so guaranteed or otherwise supported, in the case of known recurring obligations, and the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect of the portion of the obligation so guaranteed or otherwise supported assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder, in all other cases.

Contractual Obligation”, as applied to any Person, means any provision of any equity or debt securities issued by that Person or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, pledge agreement, guaranty, contract, undertaking, agreement or instrument, in any case in writing, to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound, or to which it or any of its properties is subject. Without in any way limiting the foregoing, as used with respect to the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, Contractual Obligations shall include, without limitation, the Financing Facilities and any instruments, documents or agreements executed or delivered in connection therewith by which the Parent or such Subsidiaries are 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. The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

Controlled Group” means the group consisting of (i) any corporation which is a member of the same controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code) as the Parent; (ii) a partnership or other trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is under common control (within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code) with the Parent; and (iii) a member of the same affiliated service group (within the meaning of Section 414(m) of the Code) as the Parent, any corporation described in clause (i) above or any partnership or trade or business described in clause (ii) above.

Credit Party” means the Administrative Agent or any other Lender.

CRR” means the Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012.

 

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Customary Permitted Liens” means:

(i) Liens imposed by law for Taxes (x) that are not yet delinquent or (y) the validity or amount of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Parent or its Subsidiary has set aside on its books reserves with respect thereto to the extent required by GAAP;

(ii) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed by law (other than any Lien imposed pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Code or Section 303(k) of ERISA or a violation of Section 436 of the Code), arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.05;

(iii) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations;

(iv) pledges and deposits made to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money), leases (other than Capitalized Lease Obligations), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(v) judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute a Default under clause (h) of Article VII;

(vi) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way, site plan agreements, development agreements, operating agreements, cross-easement agreements, reciprocal easement agreements and encumbrances, applicable laws and municipal ordinances, building codes, covenants, conditions, rights, waivers, reservations, restrictions, encroachments, agreements and other similar matters of fact or record and matters that would be disclosed by a survey or inspection of any real property and exceptions to title on real property that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Parent or any Subsidiary or the ordinary operation of such real property;

(vii) customary rights of setoff upon deposits of cash in favor of banks and other depository institutions and Liens of a collecting bank arising under the UCC in respect of payment items in the course of collection and customary Liens pursuant to the general banking conditions (algemene bankvoorwaarden) of Dutch financial institutions;

(viii) Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statement filings (or similar filings under applicable law) regarding operating leases or consignments;

(ix) Liens representing any interest or title of a licensor, lessor or sublicensor or sublessor, or a licensee, lessee or sublicensee or sublessee, in the property subject to any lease (other than Capitalized Lease Obligations), license or sublicense or concession agreement permitted by this Agreement;

(x) Liens arising in the ordinary course of business in favor of customs and forwarding agents and similar Persons in respect of imported goods and merchandise in the custody of such Persons;

(xi) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

 

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(xii) Liens or rights of setoff against credit balances of the Parent or any Subsidiary with credit card issuers or credit card processors to secure obligations of the Parent or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, to any such credit card issuer or credit card processor incurred in the ordinary course of business as a result of fees and chargebacks;

(xiii) other Liens that are contractual rights of set-off;

(xiv) Liens of landlords on fixtures, equipment and movable property located on leased premises and utility easements, building restrictions and such other encumbrances or charges against real property as are of a nature generally existing with respect to properties of a similar character and which arise in the ordinary course of business; and

(xv) Liens (including, without limitation and to the extent constituting Liens, negative pledges) on intellectual property arising from intellectual property licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business;

provided that the term “Customary Permitted Liens” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness arising solely by operation of clause (c) of the definition thereof).

Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two (2) Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans or (ii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a Loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after request by a Credit Party, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Credit Party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event.

Disqualified Stock” means any preferred stock and any Capital Stock 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, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date.

Disregarded Domestic Person” means a Subsidiary of the Parent (a) incorporated under the laws of any jurisdiction in the United States and (b) that either (i) has no material assets other than equity interests of one or more CFCs, does not conduct any business or activity other than the ownership of such equity interests and does not incur, and is not otherwise liable for, any indebtedness or other liabilities, or (ii) is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of a CFC.

 

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DOL” means the United States Department of Labor and any Person succeeding to the functions thereof.

Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

Domestic Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Parent that is incorporated under the laws of any jurisdiction in the United States and that is not a Disregarded Domestic Person.

EBIT” means, for any period, on a consolidated basis for the Parent and its Subsidiaries, the sum of the amounts for such period, without duplication, of (i) Net Income, plus (ii) Interest Expense to the extent deducted in computing Net Income, plus (iii) charges against income for foreign, federal, state and local taxes to the extent deducted in computing Net Income, plus (iv) non-cash charges (except any non-cash charges that require accrual of a reserve for anticipated future cash payments for any period) to the extent deducted in computing Net Income, plus (v) (a) other extraordinary non-cash charges to the extent deducted in computing Net Income, and (b) from and after the Spin-Off Date, other extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring charges, losses or expenses, to the extent deducted in computing Net Income (provided, that the cash portion of such losses or expenses shall not exceed $25,000,000 during any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters), plus (vi) from and after the Spin-Off Date, fees and expenses related to the issuance of Indebtedness or Equity Interests, Permitted Acquisitions, Investments permitted pursuant to Section 6.04 and dispositions permitted pursuant to Section 6.02, to the extent deducted in computing Net Income, plus (vii) from and after the Spin-Off Date, restructuring charges, accruals, reserves and business optimization expenses (subject to the limits on the amount thereof described in Section 1.04(b)) minus (viii) extraordinary gains to the extent added in computing Net Income. In the event that the Parent or any Subsidiary shall have completed an Acquisition or disposition since the beginning of the relevant Reference Period, computations of EBIT shall be determined for such period on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with Section 1.04(b); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, for all purposes hereunder, from and after the Spin-Off Date, EBIT for the fiscal quarters ended September 30, 2014, December 31, 2014 and March 31, 2015 attributable to the Parent and Persons that are Subsidiaries of the Parent on the Effective Date shall be deemed to be equal to $98,300,000, $94,200,000 and $140,400,000, respectively.

EBITDA” means, for any period, on a consolidated basis for the Parent and its Subsidiaries, the sum of the amounts for such period, without duplication, of (i) EBIT, plus (ii) depreciation expense to the extent deducted in computing Net Income, plus (iii) amortization expense, including, without limitation, amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets, to the extent deducted in computing Net Income. In the event that the Parent or any Subsidiary shall have completed an Acquisition or disposition since the beginning of the relevant Reference Period, computations of EBITDA shall be determined for such period on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with Section 1.04(b); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, for all purposes hereunder, from and after the Spin-Off Date, EBITDA for the fiscal quarters ended September 30, 2014, December 31, 2014 and March 31, 2015 attributable to the Parent and Persons that are Subsidiaries of the Parent on the Effective Date shall be deemed to be equal to $123,800,000, $118,000,000 and $161,600,000, respectively.

Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01.

Electronic Signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.

Electronic System” means any electronic system, including e-mail, e-fax, Intralinks®, ClearPar®, Debt Domain, Syndtrak and any other Internet or extranet-based site, whether such electronic system is owned, operated or hosted by the Administrative Agent and any of its respective Related Parties or any other Person, providing for access to data protected by passcodes or other security system.

 

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Environmental, Health or Safety Requirements of Law” means all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws or regulations relating to or addressing pollution or protection of the environment, human health and safety in respect of exposure to hazardous substances, or protection of worker health or safety, including, but not limited to, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq., the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq., and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq., in each case including any amendments thereto, any successor statutes, and any regulations promulgated thereunder, and any state or local equivalent thereof.

Environmental Property Transfer Act” means any applicable requirement of law that conditions, restricts, prohibits or requires any notification or disclosure triggered by the closure of any property or the transfer, sale or lease of any property or deed or title for any property for environmental reasons, including, but not limited to, any so-called “Industrial Site Recovery Act” or “Responsible Property Transfer Act.”

Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, including (unless the context otherwise requires) any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.

euro” and/or “” means the single currency of the Participating Member States.

Eurocurrency” when used in reference to a currency means euro and when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, means that such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.

Eurocurrency Payment Office” of the Administrative Agent means the office, branch, affiliate or correspondent bank of the Administrative Agent for euro as specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower and each Lender. For payments in euro as of the Effective Date, payment to the Eurocurrency Payment Office shall be made to the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., London Branch, Account Number -                                                          , SWIFT -                     .

Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.

Exchange Rate” means, on any day, with respect to euro, the rate at which euro may be exchanged into Dollars, as set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m., Local Time, on such date on the Bloomberg Foreign Exchange Information Platform. In the event that such rate does not appear on Bloomberg, the Exchange Rate with respect to euro shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent or, in the event no such service is selected, such Exchange Rate shall instead be calculated on the basis of the arithmetical mean of the buy and sell spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent for euro on the London market at 11:00 a.m., Local Time, on such date for the purchase of Dollars with euro, for delivery two Business Days later; provided, that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent, after consultation with the Borrower, may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

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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 applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. Federal or Dutch withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 2.19(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.17, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.17(f) and (d) any U.S. Federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

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), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.

Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it; provided, that, if the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

Fee Letter” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(b).

Final Release Conditions” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14(a).

Financing Facilities” means any Permitted Receivables Facility, any Permitted Financing Facility, the Parent Credit Agreement and prior to the Spin-Off Date, the facility evidenced by the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

Foreign Competition Laws” means competition and foreign investment laws and regulations of any jurisdiction outside the United States.

Foreign Employee Benefit Plan” means any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA which is maintained or contributed to for the benefit of the employees of the Parent or any member of the Controlled Group, but which is not covered by ERISA pursuant to Section 4(b)(4) of ERISA.

Foreign Pension Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) which (i) is maintained or contributed to for the benefit of employees of the Parent or any other member of the Controlled Group, (ii) is not covered by ERISA pursuant to Section 4(b)(4) thereof and (iii) under applicable local law, is required to be funded through a trust or other funding vehicle.

 

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Foreign Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Parent that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

Holders of Obligations” means the holders of the Obligations from time to time and shall include their respective successors, transferees and assigns.

Impacted Interest Period” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “LIBO Rate”.

Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, such Person’s (a) obligations for borrowed money, (b) obligations representing the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of such Person’s business payable on terms customary in the trade), which purchase price is due more than six (6) months from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof, provided that the related obligations are not interest bearing, (c) obligations, whether or not assumed, secured by Liens or payable out of the proceeds or production from property or assets now or hereafter owned or acquired by such Person, (d) obligations which are evidenced by notes, acceptances or other instruments, (e) Capitalized Lease Obligations, (f) Contingent Obligations in respect of Indebtedness, (g) obligations with respect to letters of credit, (h) Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities, (i) Attributable Receivables Indebtedness and (j) Disqualified Stock. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be without duplication (1) the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above and the maximum liability of any such Contingent Obligations at such date and (2) in the case of Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien to which the property or assets owned or held by such Person is subject, the lesser of the fair market value at such date of any asset subject to a Lien securing the Indebtedness of others and the amount of the Indebtedness secured. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition, the term “Indebtedness” shall not include (i) deferred or prepaid revenue, (ii) purchase price holdbacks to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of a seller, (iii) obligations arising under any Swap Agreement, or (iv) contingent or deferred payment obligations (including, without limitation, any purchase price adjustments, indemnification obligations, reimbursement obligations, funding or investment commitments, or earn-out, non-compete, consulting, royalty, milestone, option, development or other incentive payment obligations), except to the extent that the amount payable pursuant to such contingent or deferred payment obligation is, or becomes, reasonably determinable, with respect to any Acquisition, disposition, other acquisition of assets or other business combination.

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) hereof, Other Taxes.

Ineligible Institution” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

 

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Intangible Assets” means the aggregate amount, for the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, of all assets classified as intangible assets under GAAP, including, without limitation, customer lists, acquired technology, goodwill, computer software, trademarks, patents, copyrights, organization expenses, franchises, licenses, trade names, brand names, mailing lists, catalogs, unamortized debt discount and capitalized research and development costs.

Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08 in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H-2, which shall be signed by a management board member B acting jointly with a management board member A.

Interest Expense” means, for any period, the total interest expense of the Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries, whether paid or accrued, including, without duplication, Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities (including Receivables Facility Financing Costs) and the interest component of Capitalized Leases, all as determined in conformity with GAAP. In the event that the Parent or any Subsidiary shall have completed an Acquisition or disposition since the beginning of the relevant Reference Period, computations of Interest Expense shall be determined for such period on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with Section 1.04(b); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, for all purposes hereunder, from and after the Spin-Off Date, Interest Expense for the fiscal quarters ended September 30, 2014, December 31, 2014 and March 31, 2015 attributable to the Parent and Persons that are Subsidiaries of the Parent on the Effective Date shall be deemed to be equal to $15,500,000 for each such fiscal quarter.

Interest Expense Coverage Ratio” is defined in Section 6.18(b) hereof.

Interest Payment Date” means with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period and the Maturity Date.

Interest Period” means with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter (or such other period thereafter as may be agreed to between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and consented to by all Lenders), as the Borrower may elect; provided, that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurocurrency Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent continuation of such Borrowing.

Interpolated Rate” means, at any time, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBOR Screen Rate for the longest period (for which the LIBOR Screen Rate is available for the applicable currency) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period and (b) the LIBOR Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which the LIBOR Screen Rate is available for the applicable currency) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time.

 

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Investment” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any purchase or other acquisition by that Person of any Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, or of a beneficial interest in any Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, issued by any other Person, (ii) any purchase by that Person of all or substantially all of the assets of a business conducted by another Person, and (iii) any loan, advance (other than deposits with financial institutions available for withdrawal on demand, prepaid expenses, accounts receivable, advances to employees and similar items made or incurred in the ordinary course of business) or capital contribution by that Person to any other Person, including all Indebtedness to such Person arising from a sale of property by such Person other than in the ordinary course of its business.

IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

Lender Parent” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.

Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule A and any other Person that shall have become a Lender hereunder pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or other documentation contemplated hereby, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or other documentation contemplated hereby.

Leverage Ratio” is defined in Section 6.18(a) hereof.

LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing and for any applicable Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for euro for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen or, in the event such rate does not appear on either of such Reuters pages, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion (in each case the “LIBOR Screen Rate”) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Quotation Day for such Interest Period; provided that, if the LIBOR Screen Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement; provided, further, that if a LIBOR Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (the “Impacted Interest Period”), then the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period shall be the Interpolated Rate; provided, that, if any Interpolated Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement. It is understood and agreed that all of the terms and conditions of this definition of “LIBO Rate” shall be subject to Section 2.14.

LIBOR Screen Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “LIBO Rate”.

Lien” means any lien (statutory or other), mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance or preference, priority or security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale, Capitalized Lease or other title retention agreement).

Loan Documents” means this Agreement, any promissory notes issued pursuant to Section 2.10(e), the Parent Guaranty, and all other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates identified in Section 4.01 executed or delivered to, or in favor of, the Administrative Agent or any Lenders and including all other pledges, powers of attorney, consents, assignments, contracts, notices, and all other written matter whether heretofore, now or hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Loan Party,

 

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or any employee of any Loan Party, and delivered to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Any reference in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Loan Document shall include all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto, and shall refer to this Agreement or such Loan Document as the same may be in effect at any and all times such reference becomes operative.

Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and the Parent.

Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.

Margin Stock” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Regulation U.

Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect upon (a) the business, assets, operations or financial condition of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents in any material respect, or (c) the validity or enforceability, in all material respects, of any of the Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder (excluding, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (a), (b) or (c), the occurrence of the Spin-Off Transaction).

Material Domestic Subsidiary” means each consolidated Subsidiary (other than any SPV) of the Parent (a) that is a Domestic Subsidiary and (b) the total assets of which exceed, as at the end of any calendar quarter or, in the case of consummation of a Permitted Acquisition, at the time of consummation of such Permitted Acquisition (calculated by the Parent on a Pro Forma Basis taking into account the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition), three percent (3.0%) of the Consolidated Domestic Assets of the Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries (other than SPVs).

Material Foreign Subsidiary” means (i) the Borrower and (ii) each other consolidated Subsidiary (other than any SPV) of the Parent (a) that is a Foreign Subsidiary and (b) the total assets of which exceed, as at the end of any calendar quarter or, in the case of consummation of a Permitted Acquisition, at the time of consummation of such Permitted Acquisition (calculated by the Parent on a Pro Forma Basis taking into account the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition), five percent (5.0%) of the Consolidated Assets of the Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries (other than SPVs).

Material Indebtedness” means (a) any Indebtedness evidenced by the Financing Facilities or (b) any other Indebtedness (other than the Indebtedness hereunder) of a single class with an aggregate outstanding principal amount equal to or greater than $50,000,000.

Material Subsidiaries” means each of the Parent’s Material Domestic Subsidiaries and Material Foreign Subsidiaries.

Maturity Date” means the date that is the second anniversary of the Effective Date.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA which is, or within the immediately preceding six (6) years was, contributed to by either the Parent or any member of the Controlled Group.

 

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Net Income” means, for any period, the net earnings (or loss) after taxes of the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period determined in conformity with GAAP.

Non-ERISA Commitments” means

(i) each pension, medical, dental, life, accident insurance, disability, group insurance, sick leave, profit sharing, deferred compensation, bonus, stock option, stock purchase, retirement, savings, severance, stock ownership, performance, incentive, hospitalization or other insurance, or other welfare, benefit or fringe benefit plan, policy, trust, understanding or arrangement of any kind; and

(ii) each employee collective bargaining agreement and each agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind, with or for the benefit of any present or prior officer, director, employee or consultant (including, without limitation, each employment, compensation, deferred compensation, severance or consulting agreement or arrangement and any agreement or arrangement associated with a change in ownership of the Parent or any member of the Controlled Group);

to which the Parent or any member of the Controlled Group is a party or with respect to which the Parent or any member of the Controlled Group is or will be required to make any payment other than any Plans.

Non-Public Lender” means

(i) until the publication of an interpretation of “public” as referred to in the CRR by the relevant competent authority/ies: an entity which (x) assumes existing rights and/or obligations vis-à-vis the Borrower, the value of which is at least €100,000 (or its equivalent in another currency), (y) provides repayable funds for an initial amount of at least €100,000 (or its equivalent in another currency) or (z) otherwise qualifies as not being forming part of the public;

(ii) as soon as the interpretation of the term “public” as referred to in the CRR has been published by the relevant authority/ies: an entity which is not considered to form part of the public on the basis of such interpretation.

Obligations” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and other obligations and indebtedness (including interest and fees accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), obligations and liabilities of any of the Parent and its Subsidiaries to any of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent or any indemnified party, individually or collectively, existing on the Effective Date or arising thereafter, direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise, arising or incurred under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in respect of any of the Loans made or other obligations incurred or any of the other instruments at any time evidencing any thereof.

OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities” of a Person means, without duplication, (a) any Attributable Receivables Indebtedness and repurchase obligation or liability of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to Receivables or notes receivable sold by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries (calculated to include the unrecovered investment of purchasers or transferees of Receivables or notes receivable or any other obligation of the Parent or such transferor to purchasers/transferees of interests in

 

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Receivables or notes receivables or the agent for such purchasers/transferees), (b) any liability under any sale and leaseback transactions which do not create a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person, (c) any liability under any financing lease or so-called “synthetic” lease transaction, or (d) any obligations arising with respect to any other transaction which is the functional equivalent of or takes the place of borrowing but which does not constitute a liability on the consolidated balance sheets of such Person and its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the consummation of the Spin-Off Transaction, the Spinco High Yield Bond Financing shall not constitute Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries so long as the Spinco High Yield Bond Conditions are satisfied.

Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of any present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than (i) 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 and (ii) any Dutch taxes as a result of any Recipient having an interest, direct or indirect, of five percent (5%) in the Borrower).

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 2.19).

Overnight Foreign Currency Rate” means, for any amount payable in euro, the rate of interest per annum as determined by the Administrative Agent at which overnight or weekend deposits in the euro (or if such amount due remains unpaid for more than three (3) Business Days, then for such other period of time as the Administrative Agent may elect) for delivery in immediately available and freely transferable funds would be offered by the Administrative Agent to major banks in the interbank market upon request of such major banks for the relevant currency as determined above and in an amount comparable to the unpaid principal amount of the related Borrowing, plus any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed upon, or charged to, the Administrative Agent by any relevant correspondent bank in respect of such amount in euro.

Parent” means Energizer Holdings, Inc. (to be renamed Edgewell Personal Care Company upon giving effect to a merger with a wholly-owned Subsidiary prior to the Spin-Off Date, pursuant to which Energizer Holdings, Inc. (as so renamed) shall be the surviving Person), a Missouri corporation.

Parent Credit Agreement” means (i) prior to the Spin-Off Date, that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2011, among the Parent, the institutions from time to time parties thereto as lenders, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, modified, extended, or refinanced or replaced, from time to time prior to the Spin-Off Date in a manner that is not materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders, and (ii) from and after the Spin-Off Date, that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2015 (and with an effective date to be on or about the Spin-Off Date), among the Parent, as borrower, the institutions from time to time parties thereto as lenders, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, modified, extended, or refinanced or replaced, from time to time in a manner that is not materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders. Each reference herein to the Parent Credit Agreement shall mean the applicable Parent Credit Agreement.

 

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Parent Credit Agreement Subsidiary Guarantor” means each Subsidiary of the Parent that guaranties the obligations of the Parent under the Parent Credit Agreement.

Parent Guaranty” means that certain Guaranty dated as of the Effective Date in substantially the form of Exhibit F (including any and all supplements thereto) and executed by the Parent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).

Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).

Participating Member State” means any member state of the European Union that adopts or has adopted the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to economic and monetary union.

Patriot Act” means the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).

PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.

Permitted Acquisition” is defined in Section 6.06 hereof.

Permitted Existing Contingent Obligations” means the Contingent Obligations of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date identified on Schedule 1.1.3 to this Agreement.

Permitted Existing Investments” means the Investments of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date identified on Schedule 1.1.1 to this Agreement.

Permitted Existing Liens” means the Liens on assets of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date identified on Schedule 1.1.2 to this Agreement.

Permitted Financing Facility” means any financing agreement (other than any Permitted Receivables Facility, the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the Parent Credit Agreement) under which the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries incurs or assumes (including in connection with a Permitted Acquisition) Indebtedness permitted by the terms of this Agreement, together with any guarantees of such Indebtedness permitted hereunder (if any) and any other instruments, documents and agreements executed or delivered in connection therewith, as such Permitted Financing Facility may be amended, restated, supplemented, modified, extended, refinanced or replaced from time to time in a manner that is permitted by the terms of this Agreement and is not materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders. For the avoidance of doubt, the Spinco High Yield Bond Financing shall be considered a Permitted Financing Facility for purposes of this Agreement for so long as the Spinco High Yield Bond Conditions are satisfied.

Permitted Receivables Facility” means a receivables facility or facilities created under the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents, providing for the sale, transfer and/or pledge by the Parent and/or one or more other Receivables Sellers of Permitted Receivables Facility Assets (thereby providing financing to the Parent and the Receivables Sellers) to a SPV (either directly or through another Receivables Seller), which in turn shall sell, transfer and/or pledge interests in the respective Permitted Receivables Facility Assets to third-party lenders or investors pursuant to the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents (with the SPV permitted to issue or convey purchaser interests, investor certificates,

 

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purchased interest certificates or other similar documentation evidencing interests in the Permitted Receivables Facility Assets) in return for the cash used by such SPV to acquire the Permitted Receivables Facility Assets from the Parent and/or the respective Receivables Sellers, in each case as more fully set forth in the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents; provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness or Attributable Receivables Indebtedness in connection therewith shall not exceed $100,000,000 at any time.

Permitted Receivables Facility Assets” means Receivables (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Receivables Sellers which are transferred, sold and/or pledged to a SPV pursuant to a Permitted Receivables Facility and any related Permitted Receivables Related Assets which are also so transferred, sold and/or pledged to the SPV and all proceeds thereof.

Permitted Receivables Facility Documents” means each of the documents and agreements entered into in connection with any Permitted Receivables Facility, including all documents and agreements relating to the issuance, funding and/or purchase of certificates and purchased interests or the incurrence of loans, as applicable, all of which documents and agreements shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in each case as such documents and agreements may be amended, modified, supplemented, refinanced or replaced from time to time so long as (i) any such amendments, modifications, supplements, refinancings or replacements do not impose any conditions or requirements on the Parent or any Subsidiary that are more restrictive in any material respect than those in existence immediately prior to any such amendment, modification, supplement, refinancing or replacement unless otherwise consented to by the Administrative Agent, (ii) any such amendments, modifications, supplements, refinancings or replacements are not adverse in any material respect to the interests of the Lenders unless otherwise consented to by the Administrative Agent and (iii) any such amendments, modifications, supplements, refinancings or replacements are otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Permitted Receivables Related Assets” means any assets that are customarily sold, transferred and/or pledged or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving receivables similar to Receivables and any collections or proceeds of any of the foregoing (including, without limitation, lock-boxes, deposit accounts, records in respect of Receivables and collections in respect of Receivables).

Permitted Receivables Transfer” means (i) a sale or other transfer by a Receivables Seller to a SPV of Receivables and Permitted Receivables Related Assets for fair market value and without recourse (except for limited recourse typical of such structured finance transactions), and/or (ii) a sale or other transfer by a SPV to (a) purchasers of or other investors in such Receivables and Permitted Receivables Related Assets or (b) any other Person (including a SPV) in a transaction in which purchasers or other investors purchase or are otherwise transferred such Receivables and Permitted Receivables Related Assets, in each case pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents.

Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

Plan” means an employee benefit plan defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA in respect of which the Parent or any member of the Controlled Group is, or within the immediately preceding six (6) years was, an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

Platform” means Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak or a substantially similar electronic transmission system.

 

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Pro Forma Basis” means, with respect to compliance with any test, covenant or calculation of any ratio hereunder, the determination or calculations of such test, covenant or ratio on a pro forma basis in accordance with Section 1.04(b).

Qualified Cash” means, as of any date of determination, the lesser of (i) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness (not exceeding the lesser of $350,000,000 and the U.S. Dollar equivalent of the Aggregate Commitment (calculated on the basis of the Exchange Rate for euro, on or as of such date) in effect at any time hereunder) then outstanding under any credit facility in favor of any of the Parent’s Foreign Subsidiaries and (ii) the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents held by the Parent’s Foreign Subsidiaries which is legally and otherwise available for repayment of such Indebtedness (net of Taxes or other expenses that would be incurred if such amounts were actually applied to repay such Indebtedness).

Quotation Day” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, the day that is two (2) TARGET2 Days before the first day of such Interest Period.

Receivable(s)” means and includes all of the Parent’s and its Subsidiaries’ presently existing and hereafter arising or acquired accounts, accounts receivable, and all present and future rights of the Parent and its Subsidiaries to payment for goods sold or leased or for services rendered (except those evidenced by instruments or chattel paper), whether or not they have been earned by performance, and all rights in any merchandise or goods which any of the same may represent, and all rights, title, security and guaranties with respect to each of the foregoing, including, without limitation, any right of stoppage in transit.

Receivables Facility Financing Costs” means such portion of the cash fees, service charges, and other costs, as well as all collections or other amounts retained by purchasers of receivables pursuant to a receivables purchase facility, which are in excess of amounts paid to the Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries under any receivables purchase facility for the purchase of receivables pursuant to such facility and are the equivalent of the interest component of the financing if the transaction were characterized as an on-balance sheet transaction.

Receivables Sellers” means the Parent and those Subsidiaries that are from time to time party to the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents (other than any SPV).

Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) any Lender, as applicable.

Reference Bank Rate” means the arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to four decimal places) supplied to the Administrative Agent at its request by the Reference Banks (as the case may be) as of the applicable time on the Quotation Day for Loans in euro for the applicable Interest Period as the rate at which the relevant Reference Bank could borrow funds in the London (or other applicable) interbank market in the euro for the relevant period, were it to do so by asking for and then accepting interbank offers in reasonable market size in that currency and for that period.

Reference Banks” means the principal London (or other applicable) offices of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. and such other banks as may be appointed by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower. No Lender shall be obligated to be a Reference Bank without its consent.

Reference Period” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.04(b).

Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

 

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Regulation” means the Council of the European Union Regulations No. 1346/2000 on Insolvency Proceedings dated May 29, 2000 (as amended from time to time).

Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor thereto or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board relating to reserve requirements applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.

Regulation T” means Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board relating to the extension of credit by and to brokers and dealers of securities for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (as defined therein).

Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board relating to the extension of credit by banks, non-banks and non-broker lenders for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.

Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board relating to the extension of credit by foreign lenders for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (as defined therein).

Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into the environment, including the movement of Contaminants through or in the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.

Reportable Event” means a reportable event as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued under such section, with respect to a Plan, excluding, however, such events as to which the PBGC by regulation waived the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within thirty (30) days after such event occurs.

Required Lenders” means, subject to Section 2.21, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure and unused Commitments at such time.

Requirements of Law” means, as to any Person, the charter and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, rule or regulation, or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, as amended, Foreign Competition Laws, Regulations T, U and X, ERISA, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and any certificate of occupancy, zoning ordinance, building, environmental or land use requirement or permit or environmental, labor, employment, occupational safety or health law, rule or regulation, including Environmental, Health or Safety Requirements of Law.

Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans at such time.

 

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Revolving Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01.

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business.

Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any sale or other transfer of any property or asset by any Person with the intent to lease such property or asset as lessee.

Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).

Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any European Union member state, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b).

Sanctions” means all economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom.

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933.

Senior Management Team” means (a) each Authorized Officer, the chief executive officer, secretary or any other member of management of the Borrower and (b) any chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer, secretary or any other member of management of the Parent.

Separation and Distribution Agreement” means that certain Separation and Distribution Agreement, to be dated on or prior to the Effective Date, by and between the Parent and Spinco, substantially in the form filed with the SEC on May 11, 2015, as amended, restated, supplemented (including as supplemented by delivery of disclosure schedules thereto) or otherwise modified in accordance with Section 6.12.

Separation Obligations” means indemnification obligations of the Parent and/or its Subsidiaries in favor of Spinco and/or its subsidiaries in connection with the Spin-Off Transaction.

Solvent” means, when used with respect to any Person, that at the time of determination:

(i) the fair value of its assets (both at fair valuation and at present fair saleable value) is equal to or in excess of the total amount of its liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities; and

(ii) it is then able and believes that it will be able to pay its debts as they mature; and

(iii) it has capital sufficient to carry on its business as conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

 

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With respect to contingent liabilities (such as litigation and guarantees), such liabilities shall be computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at the time, represent the amount which can be reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

SPV” means any special purpose entity established for the purpose of purchasing receivables in connection with a Permitted Receivables Facility.

Spinco” means Energizer SpinCo, Inc., a Missouri corporation, to be renamed Energizer Holdings, Inc. prior to the effectiveness of the Spin-Off Transaction.

Spinco Credit Facility” means, collectively, the revolving and term loan B credit facilities proposed to be made available to Spinco in connection with the consummation of the Spin-Off Transaction by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent, and the other institutions from time to time parties thereto as lenders.

Spinco High Yield Bond Conditions” means (a) any and all net proceeds of the Spinco High Yield Bond Financing remain in a deposit or securities account of Spinco that is pledged to the trustee for the bondholders thereunder on customary terms; provided that such funds shall be subject to an agreement that if the Spin-Off Transaction shall not have occurred by July 9, 2015, all such proceeds shall be returned to the bondholders and shall no longer constitute Indebtedness of Spinco and (b) the obligations of Spinco under the Spinco High Yield Bond Financing shall not be supported by guarantees from (i) the Parent, (ii) any Subsidiaries of the Parent that will remain Subsidiaries of the Parent after giving effect to the Spin-Off Transaction or (iii) any Subsidiaries of the Parent that have assets, income or operations that will remain with the Parent and its Subsidiaries after giving effect to the Spin-Off Transaction.

Spinco High Yield Bond Financing” means any senior unsecured bonds issued by Spinco prior to and in connection with the Spin-Off Transaction.

Spin-Off Date” means the date on which the Spin-Off Transaction has occurred in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the definition thereof.

Spin-Off Transaction” means the internal legal reorganization of the Parent separating its personal care and household products businesses, and the spin-off by the Parent of Spinco and its Subsidiaries in a tax-free distribution to its shareholders substantially as described in the Form 10 originally filed on February 6, 2015 and as amended on March 25, 2015, May 11, 2015 and May 27, 2015 (including in accordance with the Separation and Distribution Agreement) and in other filings made by the Spinco or the Parent with the SEC; provided that the following conditions shall be satisfied as of the Spin-Off Date:

(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that each of (i) the Parent Credit Agreement referred to in clause (i) of the definition thereof and (iii) the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall, in each case, have been terminated and cancelled, other than contingent indemnification or reimbursement obligations expressly stated to survive such termination, and all indebtedness thereunder shall have been fully repaid (and any and all liens thereunder (if any) shall have been terminated;

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(c) the Administrative Agent shall have received an opening compliance certificate from the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Parent demonstrating compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 6.18, in each case, as of March 31, 2015, computed on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the Spin-Off Transaction, the incurrence of Indebtedness and any other transactions occurring on the Spin-Off Date.

(d) the Parent shall have delivered one or more officer’s certificates indicating that (i) it has completed the Spin-Off Transaction, (ii) after giving effect to the Spin-Off Transaction, none of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries shall be obligated as a primary obligor, guarantor or otherwise on the Indebtedness of Spinco and its Subsidiaries and (iii) after giving effect to the Spin-Off Transaction, the dividends and distributions made in connection therewith, and the incurrence of Indebtedness and any other Transactions occurring on Spin-Off Date, the Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are Solvent;

(e) the Spin-Off Transaction shall have occurred with no changes to the material terms of such Spin-Off Transaction, except as consented to by the Administrative Agent or in a manner that is not adverse to the interests of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders; and

(f) if necessary, the Administrative Agent shall have received from the Parent restated Schedules hereto as of the Spin-Off Date (after giving effect to the Spin-Off Transaction), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve, liquid asset, fees or similar requirements (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves or other requirements) established by any central bank, monetary authority, the Board, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Prudential Regulation Authority, the European Central Bank or other Governmental Authority for any category of deposits or liabilities customarily used to fund loans in euro, expressed in the case of each such requirement as a decimal. Such reserve, liquid asset, fees or similar requirements shall include those imposed pursuant to Regulation D. Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed to be subject to such reserve, liquid asset, fee or similar requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under any applicable law, rule or regulation, including Regulation D. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve, liquid asset or similar requirement.

Subordinated Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Parent or any Subsidiary the payment of which is subordinated to payment of the obligations under the Loan Documents.

subsidiary” or “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, Controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Parent (and for the avoidance of doubt, it is acknowledged and agreed that from and after the consummation of the Spin-Off Transaction, Spinco and its subsidiaries shall cease to constitute Subsidiaries of the Parent).

 

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Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Parent or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.

TARGET2” means the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET2) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if any) reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) for the settlement of payments in euro.

TARGET2 Day” means a day that TARGET2 is open for the settlement of payments in euro.

Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

Term Loan Credit Agreement” means, prior to the Spin-Off Date, that certain Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of April 29, 2015, among the Parent, the institutions from time to time parties thereto as lenders and Citibank, N.A., as the administrative agent, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, modified, extended, or refinanced or replaced, from time to time prior to the Spin-Off Date in a manner that is not materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.

Termination Event” means (i) a Reportable Event with respect to any Benefit Plan; (ii) the withdrawal of the Parent or any member of the Controlled Group from a Benefit Plan during a plan year in which the Parent or such Controlled Group member was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA with respect to such plan; (iii) the imposition of an obligation under Section 4041 of ERISA to provide affected parties written notice of intent to terminate a Benefit Plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (iv) the institution by the PBGC or any foreign governmental authority of proceedings to terminate or appoint a trustee to administer a Benefit Plan or Foreign Pension Plan; (v) any event or condition which might constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Benefit Plan; or (vi) the partial or complete withdrawal of the Parent or any member of the Controlled Group from a Multiemployer Plan.

Total Revolving Credit Exposure” means the sum of the outstanding principal amount of all Lenders’ Revolving Loans at such time.

Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the occurrence of the Spin-Off Transaction on the Spin-Off Date, the borrowing of Loans and other credit extensions, and the use of the proceeds thereof.

Trigger Quarter” is defined in Section 6.18(a) hereof.

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York or any other applicable state.

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SECTION 1.03 Terms Generally. 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”. The word “law” shall be construed as referring to all statutes, rules, regulations, codes and other laws (including official rulings and interpretations thereunder having the force of law or with which affected Persons customarily comply), and all judgments, orders and decrees, of all Governmental Authorities. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any definition of or reference to any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor laws), (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (e) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (f) 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.

SECTION 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP; Pro Forma Calculations. (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made (i) without giving effect to any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein, (ii) without giving effect to any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof and (iii) any obligations relating to a lease that was accounted for by such Person as an operating lease as of the Effective Date and any similar lease entered into after the Effective Date by such Person shall be deemed to be obligations relating to an operating lease and not as Capital Lease Obligations under this Agreement.

(b) All pro forma computations required to be made hereunder giving effect to any Acquisition or disposition, or issuance, incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness, or other transaction shall in each case be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto (and, in the case of any pro forma

 

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computation made hereunder to determine whether such Acquisition or disposition, or issuance, incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness, or other transaction is permitted to be consummated hereunder, to any other such transaction consummated since the first day of the period covered by any component of such pro forma computation and on or prior to the date of such computation) as if such transaction had occurred on the first day of the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending with the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements shall have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) (or, prior to the delivery of any such financial statements, ending with the last fiscal quarter included in the financial statements referred to in Section 3.04), and, to the extent applicable, to the historical earnings and cash flows associated with the assets acquired or disposed of (but without giving effect to any synergies or cost savings) and any related incurrence or reduction of Indebtedness, all in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Swap Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness). From and after the Spin-Off Date, for the purposes of calculating EBIT, EBITDA and Interest Expense for any purpose hereunder (including, without limitation, the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.18) for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (each such period, a “Reference Period”):

(i) if at any time during such Reference Period the Parent or any Subsidiary shall have made any disposition (including, without limitation, the disposition of the household products business pursuant to the Spin-Off Transaction), EBITDA, EBIT and Interest Expense for such Reference Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount (if positive) attributable to the property that is the subject of such disposition for such Reference Period or increased by an amount equal to the amount (if negative) attributable thereto for such Reference Period (it being acknowledged and agreed that for the periods ending September 30, 2014, December 31, 2014 and March 31, 2015, any such reductions in connection with the disposition of the household products business pursuant to the Spin-Off Transaction shall have already been reflected in the agreed upon amounts for such periods as set forth in the definitions of EBITDA, EBIT and Interest Expense); and

(ii) if during such Reference Period the Parent or any Subsidiary shall have made a Permitted Acquisition, EBITDA, EBIT and Interest Expense for such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis as if such Permitted Acquisition occurred on the first day of such Reference Period, giving effect to any net cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies projected to be realized in connection with the applicable Permitted Acquisition or disposition (for the avoidance of doubt, net of (x) the amount of actual benefits realized during such period, and (y) any such projected amounts no longer anticipated to be realized or not actually realized within twelve (12) months) to the extent that such cost savings, reductions or synergies (i) are reasonably expected to be realized within twelve (12) months of such Permitted Acquisition or disposition as set forth in reasonable detail on an officer’s certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent, (ii) are calculated on a basis consistent with GAAP and are, in each case, reasonably identifiable, factually supportable, and expected to have a continuing impact on the operations of the Parent and its Subsidiaries and (iii) such costs, expenses or adjustments are either (x) permitted as an adjustment pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act or (y) represent, when aggregated with all amounts described in clause (vii) of the definition of EBIT, less than ten (10%) of EBITDA (determined without giving effect to any such adjustments).

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing or GAAP to the contrary, so long as the Spinco High Yield Bond Conditions are satisfied, neither the Spinco High Yield Bond Financing, nor or any interest, fees or expenses in connection therewith, shall be included in determining compliance with the covenants in Section 6.18.

 

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SECTION 1.05 Status of Obligations. In the event that the Parent or any other Loan Party shall at any time issue or have outstanding any Subordinated Indebtedness, the Borrower shall take or cause such other Loan Party to take all such actions as shall be necessary to cause the Obligations to constitute senior indebtedness (however denominated) in respect of such Subordinated Indebtedness and to enable the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to have and exercise any payment blockage or other remedies available or potentially available to holders of senior indebtedness under the terms of such Subordinated Indebtedness. Without limiting the foregoing, the Obligations are hereby designated as “senior indebtedness” and as “designated senior indebtedness” and words of similar import under and in respect of any indenture or other agreement or instrument under which such Subordinated Indebtedness is outstanding and are further given all such other designations as shall be required under the terms of any such Subordinated Indebtedness in order that the Lenders may have and exercise any payment blockage or other remedies available or potentially available to holders of senior indebtedness under the terms of such Subordinated Indebtedness.

ARTICLE II

The Credits

SECTION 2.01 Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender (severally and not jointly) agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower in euro from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (b) the Total Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the Aggregate Commitment. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.

SECTION 2.02 Loans and Borrowings. (a) Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.

(b) Each Lender at its option may make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan (and in the case of an Affiliate, the provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 shall apply to such Affiliate to the same extent as to such Lender); provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of €1,000,000 and not less than €10,000,000. There shall not at any time be more than a total of eight (8) Eurocurrency Borrowings outstanding. Any Loan shall at all times be provided by a lender that is a Non-Public Lender.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.

SECTION 2.03 Requests for Revolving Borrowings. To request a Revolving Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by irrevocable written notice (via a written Borrowing Request signed by the Borrower), not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three (3) Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

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(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii) the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and

(iv) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.07.

If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

SECTION 2.04 Intentionally Omitted.

SECTION 2.05 Intentionally Omitted.

SECTION 2.06 Intentionally Omitted.

SECTION 2.07 Funding of Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, New York City time, at the Eurocurrency Payment Office. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request.

(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation (including without limitation the Overnight Foreign Currency Rate) or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Eurocurrency Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.

SECTION 2.08 Interest Elections. (a) Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in the applicable Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to continue such Borrowing and may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.

 

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(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election (by irrevocable written notice via an Interest Election Request signed by the Borrower) by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing to be made on the effective date of such election. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, this Section shall not be construed to permit the Borrower to elect an Interest Period for Eurocurrency Loans that does not comply with Section 2.02(d).

(c) Each written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day; and

(iii) the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which Interest Period shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.

If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

(e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period in the case of a Borrowing in respect of which the Borrower shall have failed to deliver an Interest Election Request prior to the third (3rd) Business Day preceding the end of such Interest Period, such Borrowing shall automatically continue as a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month unless such Eurocurrency Borrowing is or was repaid in accordance with Section 2.11. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing, unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing shall automatically be continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month.

SECTION 2.09 Termination and Reduction of Commitments. (a) Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.

(b) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of €5,000,000 and not less than €25,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, the Total Revolving Credit Exposure would exceed the Aggregate Commitment.

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the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or other transactions specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.

SECTION 2.10 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan on the Maturity Date.

(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.

(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the Obligations.

(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).

SECTION 2.11 Prepayment of Loans. (a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (but subject to break funding payments required by Section 2.16) subject to prior notice in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.11(a). The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by written notice of any prepayment hereunder not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three (3) Business Days before the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.09, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.09. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Revolving Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Revolving Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be

 

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permitted in the case of an advance of a Revolving Borrowing as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by (i) accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.13 and (ii) break funding payments pursuant to Section 2.16.

(b) If at any time the Total Revolving Credit Exposure exceeds the Aggregate Commitment, the Borrower shall immediately repay Borrowings in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to cause the Total Revolving Credit Exposure to be less than or equal to the Aggregate Commitment.

SECTION 2.12 Fees. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily amount of the unused Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided that any commitment fees accruing after the date on which the Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

(b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, including pursuant to that separate fee letter dated May 12, 2015 between the Parent and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (the “Fee Letter”). Notwithstanding any earlier date of payment required by the Fee Letter, the parties hereto agree that the structuring fee referred to therein shall instead be due and payable as a condition to the initial Loans made hereunder as described in Section 4.02 hereof. Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, the Fee Letter shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed.

(c) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in euro (unless otherwise agreed) and in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the case of commitment fees, to the Lenders. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

SECTION 2.13 Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.

(c) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and upon termination of the Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section shall be payable on demand, and (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment.

(d) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

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SECTION 2.14 Alternate Rate of Interest. (a) If at the time that the Administrative Agent shall seek to determine the LIBOR Screen Rate on the Quotation Day for any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the LIBOR Screen Rate shall not be available for such Interest Period and/or for euro for any reason, and the Administrative Agent shall reasonably determine that it is not possible to determine the Interpolated Rate (which conclusion shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error), then the Reference Bank Rate shall be the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Borrowing; provided that if the Reference Bank Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement; provided, further, however, that if less than two Reference Banks shall supply a rate to the Administrative Agent for purposes of determining the LIBO Rate for such Eurocurrency Borrowing, the LIBO Rate shall be equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion after consultation with the Borrower and consented to in writing by the Required Lenders (the “Alternative Rate”); provided, however, that until such time as the Alternative Rate shall be determined and so consented to by the Required Lenders, Borrowings shall not be available.

(b) If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Borrowing:

(i) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for a Loan for the applicable Interest Period; or

(ii) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for a Loan in the applicable currency or for the applicable Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or facsimile as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, any Interest Election Request that requests the continuation of any Borrowing as a Eurocurrency Borrowing in the applicable currency or for the applicable Interest Period, as the case may be, shall be ineffective, and the LIBO Rate for such Eurocurrency Borrowing shall be the Alternative Rate.

SECTION 2.15 Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, liquidity or similar requirement (including any compulsory loan requirement, insurance charge or other assessment) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate);

(ii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender; or

(iii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;

 

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and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of making, continuing, or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such other Recipient hereunder, whether of principal, interest or otherwise, then the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered as reasonably determined by such Lender or such other Recipient (which determination shall be made in good faith (and not on an arbitrary or capricious basis) and generally consistent with similarly situated customers of such Lender or such other Recipient, as applicable, under agreements having provisions similar to this Section 2.15, after consideration of such factors as such Lender or such other Recipient, as applicable, then reasonably determines to be relevant).

(b) If any Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by such Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered as reasonably determined by such Lender (which determination shall be made in good faith (and not on an arbitrary or capricious basis) and generally consistent with similarly situated customers of such Lender under agreements having provisions similar to this Section 2.15, after consideration of such factors as such Lender then reasonably determines to be relevant).

(c) A certificate of a Lender setting forth, in reasonable detail, the basis and calculation of the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within fifteen (15) days after receipt thereof.

(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

SECTION 2.16 Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or as a result of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.11), (b) the failure to borrow, continue or prepay any Eurocurrency Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.11 and is revoked in accordance therewith) or (c) the assignment of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and

 

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expense attributable to such event (other than loss of anticipated profits). Such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan (but not the Applicable Rate applicable thereto), for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in the relevant currency of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurocurrency market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section, and setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations used by such Lender to determine such amount or amounts, shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within fifteen (15) days after receipt thereof.

SECTION 2.17 Taxes. (a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable withholding agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a withholding agent, then the applicable withholding agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.17) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding for Indemnified Taxes been made.

(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. The Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for, Other Taxes.

(c) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.17, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(d) Indemnification by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(e) Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative

 

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Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable and documented expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the basis and calculation of the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).

(f) Status of Lenders. Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall, where applicable, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense (it being understood that the Borrower shall be given a reasonable opportunity to reimburse such Lender with respect to such cost or expense) or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(g) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.17 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.17 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (g) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

 

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(h) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.17 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

(i) Defined Terms. For purposes of this Section 2.17, the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.

SECTION 2.18 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs. (a) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees, or of amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, in the city of the Administrative Agent’s Eurocurrency Payment Office on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Eurocurrency Payment Office, except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments denominated in the same currency received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension (excluding the date of payment).

(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such parties.

(c) At the election of the Administrative Agent, all payments of principal, interest, fees, premiums, reimbursable expenses (including, without limitation, all reimbursement for fees and expenses pursuant to Section 9.03), and other sums payable under the Loan Documents, may be paid from the proceeds of Borrowings made hereunder whether made following a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.03 or a deemed request as provided in this Section or may be deducted from any deposit account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent. The Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes (i) the Administrative Agent to make a Borrowing for the purpose of paying each payment of principal, interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder or any other amount due under the Loan Documents and agrees that all such amounts charged shall constitute Loans and that all such Borrowings shall be deemed to have been requested pursuant to Sections 2.03 or 2.05, as applicable and (ii) the Administrative Agent to charge any deposit account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent for each payment of principal, interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder or any other amount due under the Loan Documents.

(d) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Revolving Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the

 

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Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Revolving Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Revolving Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

(e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation (including without limitation the Overnight Foreign Currency Rate).

(f) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.05(c), 2.06(d) or (e), 2.07(b), 2.18(e) or 9.03(c), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender and for the benefit of the Administrative Agent to satisfy such Lender’s obligations to it under such Section until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid and/or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account over which the Administrative Agent shall have exclusive control as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section; in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.

SECTION 2.19 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

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Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17 or (iii) any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Sections 2.15 or 2.17) and obligations under the Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, delayed or conditioned, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

SECTION 2.20 Intentionally Omitted.

SECTION 2.21 Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

(a) fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(a); and

(b) the Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 9.02); provided, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.02, this clause (b) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of such Lender or each Lender directly affected thereby.

In the event that the Administrative Agent and the Borrower each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage, whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

SECTION 2.22 Judgment Currency. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due from the Borrower hereunder in the currency expressed to be payable herein (the “specified currency”) into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the specified currency with such other currency at the Administrative Agent’s main New York City office on the Business Day preceding that on which final, non appealable judgment is given. The obligations of the Borrower in

 

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respect of any sum due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than the specified currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) may in accordance with normal, reasonable banking procedures purchase the specified currency with such other currency. If the amount of the specified currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency, the Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased exceeds (a) the sum originally due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency and (b) any amounts shared with other Lenders as a result of allocations of such excess as a disproportionate payment to such Lender under Section 2.18, such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, agrees to remit such excess to the Borrower.

ARTICLE III

Representations and Warranties

Each of the Parent and the Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:

SECTION 3.01 Organization; Corporate Powers. Each of the Borrower, the Parent and each of its Material Subsidiaries (i) is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other commercial entity duly organized, validly existing and, to the extent applicable with respect to the Parent and each of its Material Subsidiaries, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign entity and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which failure to be so qualified and in good standing could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (iii) has all requisite power and authority to own, operate and encumber its property and to conduct its business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

SECTION 3.02 Authority.

(a) Each of the Borrower and the Parent has the requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform each of the Loan Documents which are to be executed by it or which have been executed by it as required by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (ii) to file the Loan Documents, if any, which must be filed by it or which have been filed by it as required by this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or otherwise with any Governmental Authority.

(b) The execution, delivery, performance and filing, as the case may be, of each of the Loan Documents which must be executed or filed by the Borrower or the Parent or which have been executed or filed as required by this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or otherwise and to which the Borrower or the Parent is a party, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, have been duly approved by the respective boards of directors and, if necessary, the shareholders of the Borrower and the Parent, and such approvals have not been rescinded. No other action or proceedings on the part of the Borrower or the Parent are necessary to consummate such transactions.

(c) Each of the Loan Documents to which the Borrower or the Parent is a party has been duly executed, delivered or filed, as the case may be, by such party and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (except as enforceability may be limited by

 

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bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles, including concepts of reasonableness, materiality, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law)), is in full force and effect and no material term or condition thereof has been amended, modified or waived from the terms and conditions contained in the Loan Documents delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 4.01 without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders (or all of the Lenders if required by Section 9.03), and the Borrower and the Parent have performed and complied with all the material terms, provisions, agreements and conditions set forth therein and required to be performed or complied with by the Borrower or the Parent on or before the Effective Date, and no unmatured default, default or breach of any covenant by any such party exists thereunder.

SECTION 3.03 No Conflict; Governmental Consents. The execution, delivery and performance of each of the Loan Documents to which the Borrower or the Parent is a party do not and will not (i) conflict with the certificate or articles of incorporation or by-laws (or equivalent constituent documents) of the Borrower or the Parent, (ii) constitute a tortious interference with any Financing Facility or conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Financing Facility, or require termination of any Financing Facility, (iii) constitute a tortious interference with any such Contractual Obligation (other than the Financing Facilities) of any Person or conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Requirement of Law (including, without limitation, any Environmental Property Transfer Act) or Contractual Obligation of the Borrower, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or require termination of any Contractual Obligation, except such interference, breach, default or termination which individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien whatsoever upon any of the property or assets of the Borrower, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, other than Liens permitted or created by the Loan Documents, or (v) require any approval of the Borrower’s, the Parent’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ Board of Directors (or equivalent governing body) or shareholders, as applicable, except such as have been obtained. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.03 to this Agreement, the execution, delivery and performance of each of the Loan Documents to which the Borrower or the Parent is a party do not and will not require any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by any Governmental Authority, including under any Environmental Property Transfer Act, except filings, consents or notices which have been made, obtained or given, or which, if not made, obtained or given, individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.04 Financial Statements. The September 30, 2014 audited and the December 31, 2014 and March 31, 2015 quarterly unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Parent and its Subsidiaries heretofore delivered to the Lenders were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in effect on the date such statements were prepared and fairly present the consolidated financial condition and operations of the Parent and its Subsidiaries at such date and the consolidated results of their operations for the period then ended.

SECTION 3.05 No Material Adverse Change. Since September 30, 2014 (determined by reference to the financial statements prepared with respect to the Parent and its Subsidiaries), there has occurred no change in the business, properties, financial condition, performance or results of operations of the Parent, or the Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or any other event which has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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SECTION 3.06 Taxes.

(a) Tax Examinations. All deficiencies which have been asserted against the Borrower, the Parent or any of the Parent’s Subsidiaries as a result of any federal, state, local or foreign tax examination for each taxable year in respect of which an examination has been conducted have been fully paid or finally settled or are being contested in good faith, and no issue has been raised by any taxing authority in any such examination which, by application of similar principles, reasonably can be expected to result in assertion by such taxing authority of a material deficiency for any other year not so examined which has not been reserved for in the Parent’s consolidated financial statements to the extent, if any, required by GAAP. None of the Borrower, the Parent nor any of the Parent’s Subsidiaries anticipates any material Tax liability with respect to the years which have not been closed pursuant to applicable law that will have or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Payment of Taxes. All Tax returns and reports of the Borrower, the Parent and its Subsidiaries required to be filed have been timely filed, and Taxes which are due and payable have been paid except those items which are being contested in good faith and have been reserved for in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Borrower nor the Parent has any knowledge of any proposed Tax assessment against the Borrower, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that will have or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except for any such liability in respect of other members of the consolidated group of which the Parent previously was a member as a Subsidiary of Ralston Purina Company, in respect of which and solely to the extent that (i) the Parent is entitled to be indemnified by Ralston Purina Company or its successors pursuant to that certain Tax Sharing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2000, between Ralston Purina Company and the Parent (as the same has been or may hereafter be amended or otherwise modified) and (ii) the Parent’s right to indemnification for such liability is not being contested by Ralston Purina Company (or, if previously contested, any such contest has not been resolved in favor of Ralston Purina Company).

SECTION 3.07 Litigation; Loss Contingencies and Violations. There are no actions, suits, proceedings, arbitrations or, to the knowledge of any member of the Borrower’s or the Parent’s Senior Management Team, investigations before or by any Governmental Authority or private arbitrator pending or, to the knowledge of any member of the Borrower’s or the Parent’s Senior Management Team, threatened against the Borrower, the Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any property of any of them that (i) challenges the validity or the enforceability of any material provision of the Loan Documents or (ii) has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (other than as set forth on Schedule 3.07). There is no material loss contingency within the meaning of GAAP which has not been reflected in the consolidated financial statements of the Parent prepared and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) for the fiscal period during which such material loss contingency was incurred. None of the Borrower, the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is (A) in violation of any applicable Requirements of Law which violation will have or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (B) subject to or in default with respect to any final judgment, writ, injunction, restraining order or order of any nature, decree, rule or regulation of any court or Governmental Authority which will have or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.08 Capitalization. None of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the Borrower or the Parent is subject to any vesting, redemption, or repurchase agreement, and there are no warrants or options outstanding with respect to such Capital Stock. The outstanding Capital Stock of the Borrower, the Parent and each of its Subsidiaries is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and the stock of the Parent’s Subsidiaries is not Margin Stock.

SECTION 3.09 ERISA. No Benefit Plan has failed to satisfy the “minimum funding standard” (as defined in Sections 302(a)(2) of ERISA and 412(a) of the Code) whether or not waived. Neither the Parent nor any member of the Controlled Group has incurred any material liability to the PBGC which remains outstanding other than the payment of premiums. As of the last day of the most recent prior plan

 

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year, the market value of assets under each Benefit Plan was not less than the present value of benefit liabilities thereunder (determined in accordance with the actuarial valuation assumptions described therein) by an amount which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Parent nor any member of the Controlled Group has (i) failed to make a required contribution or payment to a Multiemployer Plan of a material amount or (ii) incurred a material complete or partial withdrawal under Section 4203 or Section 4205 of ERISA from a Multiemployer Plan. Neither the Parent nor any member of the Controlled Group has failed to make an installment or any other payment of a material amount required under Section 412 of the Code on or before the due date for such installment or other payment. Each Plan, Foreign Employee Benefit Plan and Non-ERISA Commitment complies in all material respects in form, and has been administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and, in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. There have been no and there is no prohibited transaction described in Sections 406 of ERISA or 4975 of the Code with respect to any Plan for which a statutory or administrative exemption does not exist which could reasonably be expected to subject the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to material liability. Neither the Parent nor any member of the Controlled Group has taken or failed to take any action which would constitute or result in a Termination Event, which action or inaction could reasonably be expected to subject the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to material liability. Neither the Parent nor any member of the Controlled Group is subject to any material liability under, or has any potential material liability under, Section 4063, 4064, 4069, 4204 or 4212(c) of ERISA. The present value of the aggregate liabilities to provide all of the accrued benefits under any Foreign Pension Plan do not exceed the current fair market value of the assets held in trust or other funding vehicle for such plan by an amount which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. With respect to any Foreign Employee Benefit Plan other than a Foreign Pension Plan, reasonable reserves have been established in accordance with prudent business practice or where required by ordinary accounting practices in the jurisdiction in which such plan is maintained. For purposes of this Section 3.09, “material” means any amount, noncompliance or other basis for liability which could reasonably be expected to subject the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to liability, individually or in the aggregate with each other basis for liability under this Section 3.09, in excess of $50,000,000.

SECTION 3.10 Accuracy of Information. All written information, exhibits and reports furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower, the Parent and any of its Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender in connection with the negotiation of, or compliance with, the Loan Documents, the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in the Loan Documents, and all certificates and documents delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to the terms thereof, when taken as a whole and after giving effect to all supplements and updates thereto, do not contain as of the date furnished any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading (when taken as a whole) in light of the circumstances under which such statements are made (provided that, with respect to forecasts or projections, the Loan Parties represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by them to be reasonable at the time prepared (it being understood by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that any such projections are not to be viewed as facts and are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Parent or its Subsidiaries, that no assurances can be given that such projections will be realized and that actual results may differ materially from such projections).

SECTION 3.11 Securities Activities. None of the Borrower, the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock.

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which individually or in the aggregate will have or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Borrower, the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice or has knowledge that (i) it is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any Contractual Obligation applicable to it, or (ii) any condition exists which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute a default with respect to any such Contractual Obligation, in each case, except where such default or defaults, if any, individually or in the aggregate will not have or could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.13 Compliance with Laws. The Borrower, the Parent and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all Requirements of Law applicable to them and their respective businesses, in each case where the failure to so comply individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.14 Assets and Properties. The Borrower, the Parent and each of its Subsidiaries has legal title to all of its material assets and properties (tangible and intangible, real or personal) owned by it or a valid leasehold interest in all of its material leased assets (except insofar as marketability may be limited by any laws or regulations of any Governmental Authority affecting such assets), and all such assets and property are free and clear of all Liens, except Liens permitted under Section 6.03. Substantially all of the assets and properties owned by, leased to or used by the Borrower, the Parent and/or each such Subsidiary of the Borrower or the Parent are in adequate operating condition and repair, ordinary wear and tear excepted. Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document, nor any transaction contemplated under any such agreement, will affect any right, title or interest of the Borrower, the Parent or such Subsidiary in and to any of such assets in a manner that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.15 Statutory Indebtedness Restrictions. None of the Borrower, the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to regulation under the Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce Act, or the Investment Company Act of 1940, or any other federal or state statute or regulation which limits its ability to incur indebtedness or its ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

SECTION 3.16 Insurance. The insurance policies and programs in effect with respect to the respective properties, assets, liabilities and business of the Parent and its Subsidiaries reflect coverage that is reasonably consistent with prudent industry practice.

SECTION 3.17 Labor Matters. No attempt to organize the employees of the Borrower, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, and no labor disputes, strikes or walkouts affecting the operations of the Borrower, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, is pending, or, to the Borrower’s or the Parent’s knowledge, threatened, planned or contemplated, which has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.18 Environmental Matters. (A) Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.18 to this Agreement:

(1) the operations of the Borrower, the Parent and its Subsidiaries comply in all material respects with Environmental, Health or Safety Requirements of Law;

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(3) none of the Borrower, the Parent, any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective present property or operations, or, to the Borrower’s, the Parent’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ knowledge, any of their respective past property or operations, are subject to or the subject of, any investigation known to the Borrower, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, any judicial or administrative proceeding, order, judgment, decree, settlement or other agreement respecting: (A) any material violation of Environmental, Health or Safety Requirements of Law; (B) any material remedial action; or (C) any material claims or liabilities arising from the Release or threatened Release of a Contaminant into the environment;

(4) there is not now, nor to the Borrower’s, the Parent’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ knowledge has there ever been, on or in the property of the Borrower, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries any landfill, waste pile, underground storage tanks, aboveground storage tanks, surface impoundment or hazardous waste storage facility of any kind, any polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) used in hydraulic oils, electric transformers or other equipment, toxic mold or any asbestos containing material that would result in material remediation costs or material penalties to the Borrower, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; and

(5) none of the Borrower, the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material Contingent Obligation in connection with any Release or threatened Release of a Contaminant into the environment.

(B) For purposes of this Section 3.18 “material” means any noncompliance or other basis for liability which could reasonably be likely to subject the Borrower, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to liability, individually or in the aggregate with each other basis for liability under this Section 3.18, in excess of $50,000,000.

SECTION 3.19 Solvency. After giving effect to (i) the Loans to be made on the Effective Date or each such other date as Loans requested hereunder are made, (ii) the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iii) the Spin-Off Transaction on the Spin-Off Date (including any and all dividends or distributions made in connection therewith), and (iv) the payment and accrual of all transaction costs with respect to the foregoing, each of the Borrower and the Parent is, and the Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole are, Solvent.

SECTION 3.20 Benefits. Each of the Borrower, the Parent and its Subsidiaries will benefit from the financing arrangement established by this Agreement. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders have stated and each of the Parent and the Borrower acknowledges that, but for the agreement by the Parent to execute and deliver the Parent Guaranty, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders would not have made available the credit facilities established hereby on the terms set forth herein.

SECTION 3.21 Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. The Parent has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, the Parent, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Borrower, the Parent, its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees and to the knowledge of the Borrower and the Parent their directors and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects. None of (a) the Borrower, the Parent, any Subsidiary or to the knowledge of the Borrower, the Parent or such Subsidiary any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (b) to the knowledge of the Borrower or the Parent, any agent of the Borrower, the Parent or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person. No Borrowing, use of proceeds or other Transactions will violate any Anti-Corruption Law or applicable Sanctions.

 

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SECTION 3.22 Centre of Main Interests. For the purposes of the Regulation the Borrower’s centre of main interests (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Regulation) is situated in its jurisdiction of incorporation and it has no “establishment” (as that term is used in Article 2(h) of the Regulation) in any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 3.23 Works Council. There is no works council with jurisdiction over the transactions as envisaged by any Loan Document to which the Borrower is a party and there is no obligation for the Borrower to establish a works council pursuant to the Dutch Works Council Act (Wet op de Ondernemingsraden).

ARTICLE IV

Conditions

SECTION 4.01 Effective Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02) (the “Effective Date”):

(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received (i) from each party hereto either (1) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (2) written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include facsimile or electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement and (ii) duly executed copies of the Loan Documents and such other legal opinions, certificates, documents, instruments and agreements as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request in connection with the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel and as further described in the list of closing documents attached as Exhibit E.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of (i) Bryan Cave LLP, counsel for the Loan Parties and (ii) Bird & Bird LLP, Netherlands counsel for the Borrower, in each case, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and covering such other matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. The Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinion.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of the initial Loan Parties, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to such Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel and as further described in the list of closing documents attached as Exhibit E.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by Authorized Officers of the Parent and the Borrower, certifying (i) that the representations and warranties contained in Article III are true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any representation or warranty qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any representation or warranty qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) as of such earlier date and (ii) that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of such date.

(e) The Lenders shall have received an opening compliance certificate from the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Parent demonstrating compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 6.18, in each case, as of March 31, 2015, computed on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence of Indebtedness and any other transactions occurring on Effective Date.

 

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The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.

SECTION 4.02 Each Borrowing. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing (other than a continuation of any Loans without increasing the principal amount thereof) is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.02) of the following conditions:

(a) The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any representation or warranty qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) on and as of the date of such Borrowing, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any representation or warranty qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) as of such earlier date.

(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

(c) In the case of the initial Borrowing hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall have received (or shall receive from the proceeds of such Borrowing) the structuring fee set forth in the Fee Letter.

Each Borrowing (other than a continuation of any Loans without increasing the principal amount thereof) shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.

ARTICLE V

Affirmative Covenants

Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full (other than contingent indemnification or reimbursement Obligations expressly stated to survive such payment and termination), each of the Borrower and the Parent covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

SECTION 5.01 Reporting. The Parent shall:

(a) Financial Reporting. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (with sufficient copies for each of the Lenders, which the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver to the Lenders); provided that the requirements of this Section 5.01(a)(1) or (2) may be satisfied by notice to the Administrative Agent that such documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.01(a)(1) or (2) (to the extent included on Form 10-K or Form 10-Q) have been filed with the SEC:

(1) Quarterly Reports. As soon as practicable, and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the Parent’s first three fiscal quarters, the consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such period and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current fiscal year to the end of such fiscal quarter, certified by the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Parent on behalf of the Parent as fairly presenting the consolidated financial position of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods indicated in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.

 

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(2) Annual Reports. As soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year, (a) the consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and the related consolidated and consolidating statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, and in comparative form the corresponding figures for the previous fiscal year along with consolidating schedules in form and substance sufficient to calculate the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.18, and (b) an audit report on the consolidated financial statements (but not the consolidating financial statements or schedules) listed in clause (a) hereof of independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing, which audit report shall be unqualified and shall state that such financial statements fairly present the consolidated financial position of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP and that the examination by such accountants in connection with such consolidated financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.

(3) Officer’s Compliance Certificate. Together with each delivery of any financial statements pursuant to clauses (1) and (2) of this Section 5.01(a), (i) an Officer’s Certificate from the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Parent, stating that (x) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in Article III hereof shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of the date of such Officer’s Certificate and (y) as of the date of such Officer’s Certificate no Default or Event of Default exists, or if any Default or Event of Default exists, stating the nature and status thereof and (ii) a compliance certificate signed by the Parent’s chief financial officer or treasurer setting forth calculations for the period which demonstrate compliance, when applicable, with the provisions of Section 5.12 and Article VI.

(b) Notice of Default and Adverse Developments. Promptly upon any of the chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of the Parent or the Borrower obtaining actual knowledge (i) of any condition or event which constitutes a Default or Event of Default, or becoming aware that any Lender or Administrative Agent has given any written notice with respect to a claimed Default or Event of Default under this Agreement, (ii) that any Person having the authority to give such a notice has given any written notice to the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent or taken any other action with respect to a claimed default or event or condition of the type referred to in clause (e) of Article VII, or (iii) that any other development, financial or otherwise, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect has occurred specifying (a) the nature and period of existence of any such claimed default, Default, Event of Default, condition or event, (b) the notice given or action taken by such Person in connection therewith, and (c) what action the Parent and/or the Borrower has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto.

(c) ERISA Notices. Deliver or cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, at the Borrower’s expense, the following information and notices as soon as reasonably possible, and in any event:

(1) within ten (10) Business Days after any member of the Controlled Group obtains knowledge that a Termination Event has occurred which could reasonably be expected to subject the Parent to liability individually or in the aggregate in excess of $25,000,000, a written statement of the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Parent describing such Termination Event and the action, if any, which the member of the Controlled Group has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto, and when known, any action taken or threatened by the IRS, DOL or PBGC with respect thereto;

 

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(2) within ten (10) Business Days after the filing of any funding waiver request with the IRS, a copy of such funding waiver request and thereafter all communications received by the Parent or a member of the Controlled Group with respect to such request within ten (10) Business Days after such communication is received; and

(3) within ten (10) Business Days after the Parent or any member of the Controlled Group knows or has reason to know that (a) a Multiemployer Plan has been terminated, (b) the administrator or plan sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan intends to terminate a Multiemployer Plan, or (c) the PBGC has instituted or will institute proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA to terminate a Multiemployer Plan, a notice describing such matter.

For purposes of this Section 5.01(c), the Parent and any member of the Controlled Group shall be deemed to know all facts known by the administrator of any Plan of which the Parent or any member of the Controlled Group is the plan sponsor.

(d) Other Indebtedness. Deliver to the Administrative Agent (i) a copy of each regular report, notice or communication regarding potential or actual defaults (including any accompanying officer’s certificate) delivered by or on behalf of the Parent to the holders of funded Material Indebtedness, including, without limitation holders of Indebtedness under any Financing Facility, pursuant to the terms of the agreements governing such Indebtedness, such delivery to be made at the same time and by the same means as such notice or other communication is delivered to such holders, and (ii) a copy of each notice received by the Parent from the holders of funded Material Indebtedness who are authorized and/or have standing to deliver such notice pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness, such delivery to be made promptly after such notice is received by the Parent.

(e) Other Reports. Deliver or cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders copies of all financial statements, reports and notices, if any, sent by the Parent to its securities holders or filed with the SEC by the Parent, other than Reports on Form 8-K which contain only information furnished pursuant to Item 12 thereof; provided that the requirements of this Section 5.01(e) may be satisfied by notice to the Administrative Agent that such documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.01(e) have been filed with the SEC.

(f) Environmental Notices. As soon as possible and in any event within ten (10) days after receipt by the Parent, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent a copy of (i) any notice or claim to the effect that the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be liable to any Person as a result of the Release by the Parent, any of its Subsidiaries, or any other Person of any Contaminant into the environment, and (ii) any notice alleging any violation of any Environmental, Health or Safety Requirements of Law by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries if, in either case, such notice or claim relates to an event which could reasonably be expected to subject the Parent and each of its Subsidiaries to liability individually or in the aggregate in excess of $25,000,000.

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thereof, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent copies of (i) the documents evidencing the Indebtedness extended to the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries under a Permitted Financing Facility or Permitted Receivables Facility having an aggregate principal outstanding or committed amount equal to or greater than $50,000,000 and (ii) all material amendments, restatements, supplements, modifications, extensions, or refinancings or replacements to or of, as the case may be, any of the documents evidencing all or any portion of the Indebtedness extended to the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries under any of the Financing Facilities and any other Material Indebtedness; provided, however, that nothing herein shall eliminate the necessity or advisability of providing advance copies of draft documentation of the foregoing to the Administrative Agent for review in order to ensure the permissibility of any such Indebtedness, amendments, restatements, supplements, modifications, extensions, or refinancings or replacements.

(h) Other Information. Promptly upon receiving a request therefor from the Administrative Agent, prepare and deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders such other information with respect to the Borrower, the Parent, any of its Subsidiaries, or their respective businesses and assets, including, without limitation, information and documentation relating to the Spin-Off Transaction and schedules identifying and describing any Asset Sale (and the use of the net cash proceeds thereof), as from time to time may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 5.02 Corporate Existence. Except as permitted pursuant to Section 6.08, each of the Borrower and the Parent shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at all times maintain its existence and preserve and keep, or cause to be preserved and kept, in full force and effect its rights and franchises material to its businesses.

SECTION 5.03 Corporate Powers; Conduct of Business. Each of the Borrower and the Parent shall, and shall cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to, qualify and remain qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business requires it to be so qualified and where the failure to be so qualified will have or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Borrower and the Parent will, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to, carry on and conduct its business in substantially the same manner and in substantially the same fields of enterprise as it is presently conducted unless the failure of the Parent or its Material Subsidiaries to carry on and conduct its business as so described would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. This Section 5.03 shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, disposition, liquidation, dissolution or other transaction permitted by Section 6.08.

SECTION 5.04 Compliance with Laws. Each of the Borrower and the Parent shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, (a) comply with all Requirements of Law and all restrictive covenants affecting such Person or the business, properties, assets or operations of such Person, and (b) obtain as needed all permits necessary for its operations and maintain such permits in good standing unless, in either case, failure to comply or obtain such permits would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Parent will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, the Parent, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.

SECTION 5.05 Payment of Taxes and Claims; Tax Consolidation. Each of the Borrower and the Parent shall pay, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, (i) all Taxes before any penalty or interest accrues thereon, and (ii) all claims (including, without limitation, claims for labor, services, materials and supplies) for sums which have become due and payable and which by law have or may become a Lien (other than a Lien permitted by Section 6.03) upon any of the Borrower’s, the Parent’s or such Subsidiary’s property or assets, prior to the time when any penalty or fine shall be incurred with respect thereto; provided, however, that no such Taxes referred to in clause (i) above or claims referred to in

 

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clause (ii) above (and interest, penalties or fines relating thereto) need be paid if being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and if such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor.

SECTION 5.06 Insurance. The Parent shall maintain for itself and its Subsidiaries, or shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain in full force and effect, insurance policies and programs, with such deductibles or self-insurance amounts as reflect coverage that is reasonably consistent with prudent industry practice as determined by the Parent.

SECTION 5.07 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions. Each of the Borrower and the Parent shall permit and cause each of the Parent’s Subsidiaries to permit, any authorized representative(s) designated by either the Administrative Agent or any Lender to visit and inspect any of the properties of the Borrower, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, to examine their respective financial and accounting records and other material data relating to their respective businesses or the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, in connection with environmental compliance, hazard or liability), and to discuss their affairs, finances and accounts with their officers and independent certified public accountants, all upon reasonable notice and at such reasonable times during normal business hours, as often as may be reasonably requested (provided that an officer of the Borrower, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries may, if it so desires, be present at and participate in any such discussion). Each of the Borrower and the Parent shall keep and maintain, and cause each of the its Subsidiaries to keep and maintain, in all material respects, proper books of record and account in which entries in conformity with GAAP shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to their respective businesses and activities. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each of the Borrower and the Parent, upon the Administrative Agent’s request, shall turn over copies of any such records to the Administrative Agent or its representatives.

SECTION 5.08 ERISA Compliance. The Parent shall, and shall cause each of the Parent’s Subsidiaries to, establish, maintain and operate all Plans to comply in all material respects with the provisions of ERISA and shall operate all Plans and Non-ERISA Commitments to comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Code, all other applicable laws, and the regulations and interpretations thereunder and the respective requirements of the governing documents for such Plans and Non-ERISA Commitments, except for any noncompliance which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.09 Maintenance of Property. Each of the Borrower and the Parent shall cause all property necessary for the conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and shall cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Borrower or the Parent may be necessary for the conduct of its business; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5.09 shall prevent the Borrower or the Parent from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such property if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Borrower or the Parent, as applicable, desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders.

SECTION 5.10 Environmental Compliance. Each of the Borrower, the Parent and its Subsidiaries shall comply with all Environmental, Health or Safety Requirements of Law, except where noncompliance with any such Environmental, Health or Safety Requirements of law will not have or could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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SECTION 5.11 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Loans solely (a) as part of the consideration payable in exchange for certain Foreign Subsidiaries of the Parent to be acquired by the Borrower in connection with the Spin-Off Transaction, or otherwise to be distributed to enable the Parent to repay existing Indebtedness of the Parent and its Subsidiaries and (b) to pay interest and fees due hereunder to the extent the amount of such obligations are available for draw during the Availability Period. The Borrower will not request any Borrowing, and the Borrower shall not use, and shall ensure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Borrowing (i) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (ii) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, to the extent such activities, businesses or transaction would be prohibited by Sanctions if conducted by a corporation incorporated in the United States or in a European Union member state or (iii) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.

ARTICLE VI

Negative Covenants

Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full (other than contingent indemnification or reimbursement Obligations expressly stated to survive such payment and termination), each of the Parent and the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

SECTION 6.01 Subsidiary Indebtedness. The Parent shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly to create, incur, assume or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness, except:

(a) [reserved];

(b) Indebtedness in respect of guaranties executed by any Parent Credit Agreement Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to any Indebtedness of the Parent, provided such Indebtedness is not incurred by the Parent in violation of this Agreement;

(c) Indebtedness in respect of obligations secured by Customary Permitted Liens;

(d) Indebtedness constituting Contingent Obligations permitted by Section 6.05;

(e) Indebtedness arising from loans (a) from any Subsidiary to any wholly-owned Subsidiary or (b) from the Parent to any wholly-owned Subsidiary;

(f) Indebtedness in respect of obligations under Swap Agreements permitted under Section 6.15;

(g) Indebtedness with respect to surety, appeal and performance bonds obtained by any of the Parent’s Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(h) Prior to the Spin-Off Date, Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Spinco High Yield Bond Financing so long as the Spinco High Yield Bond Conditions are satisfied;

(i) Indebtedness incurred in connection with any Permitted Receivables Facility;

 

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(j) Indebtedness under any agreement governing the provision of treasury or cash management services, including deposit accounts, overnight draft, credit cards, debit cards, p-cards (including purchasing cards and commercial cards), funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting and trade finance services and other cash management services;

(k) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary assumed in connection with any Permitted Acquisition so long as such Indebtedness is not incurred in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition;

(l) Separation Obligations;

(m) Other Indebtedness in addition to that referred to elsewhere in this Section 6.01 incurred by the Parent’s Subsidiaries; provided that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the date of such incurrence or would result therefrom; and provided further that the aggregate outstanding amount of all Indebtedness incurred by the Parent’s Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clauses (b), (e), (f), (i), (j) and (l) of this Section 6.01) shall not at any time exceed 25% of the Parent’s Consolidated Total Capitalization.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall (x) the Borrower directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness other than the Obligations and Indebtedness permitted pursuant to the foregoing clause (e), or (y) any Subsidiary of the Borrower directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate amount outstanding for all such Subsidiaries of the Borrower which, together with Contingent Obligations permitted to be incurred by such Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 6.05, at any time exceeds 5% of Consolidated Tangible Assets.

SECTION 6.02 Sales of Assets. Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries shall sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of any property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, or enter into any agreement to do so, except:

(a) sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business;

(b) the disposition in the ordinary course of business of equipment that is obsolete, excess or no longer used or useful in the Parent’s or its Subsidiaries’ businesses;

(c) any Permitted Receivables Transfer in connection with a Permitted Receivables Facility;

(d) sales, transfers or other dispositions of property to a Loan Party or a Parent Credit Agreement Subsidiary Guarantor; and

(e) sales, transfers or other dispositions of property of a Subsidiary that is not a Parent Credit Agreement Subsidiary Guarantor (other than the Borrower) to another Subsidiary that is not a Parent Credit Agreement Subsidiary Guarantor;

(f) the Parent and its Subsidiaries may enter into, terminate or modify leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses of technology and other property (A) in the ordinary course of business or (B) between or among any Loan Parties and any of their Subsidiaries (or any combination thereof);

 

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(g) the sale, transfer or other disposition of patents, trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property which, in the reasonable judgment of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, are determined to be uneconomical, negligible, unused or obsolete in the conduct of business;

(h) the Parent and its Subsidiaries may incur Liens permitted under Section 6.03; and

(i) sales, assignments, transfers, leases, conveyances or other dispositions of other assets (other than pursuant to clauses (a) through (h) above) if such transaction (i) is for not less than fair market value, and (ii) when combined with all such other transactions (each such transaction being valued at book value) occurring during the fiscal year in which such proposed transaction occurred represents the disposition of not greater than fifteen percent (15%) of the Parent’s Consolidated Assets (such Consolidated Assets being calculated for the end of the fiscal year immediately preceding that in which such transaction is proposed to be entered into).

SECTION 6.03 Liens. Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries shall directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any of their respective property or assets except:

(a) (i) Liens, if any, created by the Loan Documents or otherwise securing the Obligations, (ii) Liens created by the “Loan Documents” under and as defined in the Parent Credit Agreement or otherwise securing the “Obligations” (as such terms are defined in the Parent Credit Agreement), provided that such Liens are shared on an equal and ratable basis with the Lenders with respect to the Obligations hereunder, and (iii) prior to the Spin-Off Date, Liens created by the “Loan Documents” under and as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement or otherwise securing the “Obligations” (as such terms are defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement), provided that such Liens are shared on an equal and ratable basis with the Lenders with respect to the Obligations hereunder;

(b) Customary Permitted Liens;

(c) Liens arising under any Permitted Receivables Facility Documents in connection with a Permitted Receivables Facility;

(d) Liens on the proceeds of the Spinco High Yield Bond Financing, in favor of the trustee for the bondholders under the Spinco High Yield Bond Financing, and held in escrow in accordance with the Spinco High Yield Bond Conditions; and

(e) other Liens, including Permitted Existing Liens, (a) securing Indebtedness of the Parent and/or (b) securing Indebtedness of the Parent’s Subsidiaries as permitted pursuant to Section 6.01, all of which, when taken together, secure Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed five percent (5%) of Consolidated Assets at any time.

In addition, neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries shall become a party to any agreement, note, indenture or other instrument, or take any other action, which would prohibit the creation of a Lien on any of its properties or other assets in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of itself and the Holders of Obligations, as collateral for the Obligations; provided, that any agreement, note, indenture or other instrument in connection with purchase money indebtedness (including Capitalized Leases) may prohibit the creation of a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of itself and the Holders of Obligations on the items of property obtained with the proceeds of such purchase money indebtedness; provided, further, that (a) the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents may prohibit the creation of a Lien with respect to all of the assets of the SPV and with respect to the Receivables and Permitted Receivables Related Assets of any of the Receivables Sellers in favor of the Administrative

 

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Agent for the benefit of itself and the Holders of Obligations, as collateral for the Obligations and (b) each of the Parent Credit Agreement, any Permitted Financing Facility and, prior to the Spin-Off Date, the Term Loan Credit Agreement, may prohibit the creation of a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Holders of Obligations, as collateral for the Obligations unless the holders of the obligations under the Parent Credit Agreement, such Permitted Financing Facility or the Term Loan Credit Agreement, as applicable, shall be provided with an equal and ratable Lien.

SECTION 6.04 Investments. Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries shall directly or indirectly make or own any Investment except:

(a) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;

(b) Permitted Existing Investments in an amount not greater than the amount thereof on the Effective Date;

(c) Investments in trade receivables or received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business;

(d) Investments consisting of deposit accounts maintained by the Parent and its Subsidiaries;

(e) Investments consisting of non-cash consideration from a sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of property permitted by Section 6.02;

(f) Investments in any consolidated Subsidiaries (other than joint ventures);

(g) Investments in joint ventures and nonconsolidated Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000;

(h) Investments constituting Permitted Acquisitions;

(i) Investments constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01 or Contingent Obligations permitted by Section 6.05;

(j) Investments in the SPVs (a) required in connection with any Permitted Receivables Facility Documents and (b) resulting from the transfers permitted by Section 6.02(c);

(k) deposits, prepayments and other credits to suppliers, lessors and landlords made in the ordinary course of business;

(l) advances by Parent or any Subsidiary to employees in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices for travel and entertainment expenses, relocation costs and similar purposes;

(m) Investments in the form of Swap Agreements to the extent permitted under Section 6.15;

(n) Investments by a Subsidiary of the Parent that is not a Parent Credit Agreement Subsidiary Guarantor in any Parent Credit Agreement Subsidiary Guarantor or in any other such Subsidiary that is also not a Parent Credit Agreement Subsidiary Guarantor;

 

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(o) the Parent and its Subsidiaries may make Investments in Spinco in an aggregate amount necessary (but only in an amount necessary) to pay the accrued interest on the Spinco High Yield Bond Financing through the earlier of July 9, 2015 and the termination date of the escrow agreement, as well as fees and expenses in connection with the incurrence, maintenance and repayment of the Spinco High Yield Bond Financing on such date, which invested amount shall be maintained in the deposit or securities account of Spinco pledged in favor of the trustee for the noteholders under the bond indenture; and

(p) Investments in addition to those referred to elsewhere in this Section 6.04 in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (i) $50,000,000 and (ii) 4.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets.

SECTION 6.05 Contingent Obligations. None of the Parent’s Subsidiaries shall directly or indirectly create or become or be liable with respect to any Contingent Obligation, except: (i) recourse obligations resulting from endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business; (ii) Permitted Existing Contingent Obligations; (iii) obligations, warranties, and indemnities, not relating to Indebtedness of any Person, which have been or are undertaken or made in the ordinary course of business and not for the benefit of or in favor of an Affiliate of the Parent or such Subsidiary; (iv) Contingent Obligations with respect to surety, appeal and performance bonds obtained by the Parent or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; (v) Contingent Obligations of Subsidiaries which are guarantors under a guaranty of the Indebtedness of the Parent evidenced by the Parent Credit Agreement, any Permitted Financing Facility or, prior to the Spin-Off Date, the Term Loan Credit Agreement; (vi) Contingent Obligations of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries arising under any Permitted Receivables Facility Documents; (vii) Contingent Obligations of Foreign Subsidiaries (other than the Borrower) represented by guarantees of obligations of other Foreign Subsidiaries; (viii) Contingent Obligations of Subsidiaries which are guarantors under a guaranty of Indebtedness of a Subsidiary of the Parent (including a Permitted Financing Facility, but excluding this Agreement) permitted under Section 6.01(m) (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, Contingent Obligations with respect to Spinco’s obligations under the Spinco High Yield Bond Financing shall only be permitted if the Spinco High Yield Bond Conditions are satisfied); (ix) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business by any of the Parent’s Subsidiaries in respect of obligations of any Subsidiary; and (x) the Separation Obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall (x) the Borrower directly or indirectly create, or become or be liable with respect to any Contingent Obligations, or (y) any Subsidiary of the Borrower directly or indirectly create, or be or become liable with respect to any Contingent Obligation otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate amount outstanding for all such Subsidiaries of the Borrower which, together with Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by such Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 6.01, at any time exceeds 5% of Consolidated Tangible Assets.

SECTION 6.06 Conduct of Business; New Subsidiaries; Acquisitions. Except as expressly provided in clause (c) in the definition of “Permitted Acquisition” below, none of the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries shall engage in any business other than the businesses engaged in by the Parent and its Subsidiaries on the date of such transaction and any business or activities which are substantially similar, related or incidental thereto. Without in any way limiting the foregoing, neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries shall make any Acquisitions, other than Acquisitions meeting the following requirements or otherwise approved by the Required Lenders (each such Acquisition constituting a “Permitted Acquisition”):

(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such Acquisition or the incurrence of any Indebtedness in connection therewith, and all of the representations and warranties contained herein shall be true and correct on and as of the date such Acquisition with the same effect as though made on and as of such date;

 

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(b) the purchase is consummated on a non-hostile basis pursuant to a negotiated acquisition agreement approved by the board of directors or other applicable governing body of the seller prior to the commencement of such Acquisition; provided, however, that nothing in this clause (b) shall prevent the Parent from enforcing its rights against a seller following a default in such seller’s obligations under any such agreement;

(c) the businesses being acquired shall be consumer product companies or other businesses that are substantially similar, related or incidental to the businesses or activities engaged in by the Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date, as well as suppliers to or distributors of products similar to those of the Parent and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Parent and its Subsidiaries shall be permitted to acquire businesses that do not satisfy the foregoing criteria in this clause (c) so long as the aggregate purchase price for all such Acquisitions does not exceed five percent (5%) of the Parent’s consolidated tangible net assets (on a Pro Forma Basis) as of the date of the consummation of such Acquisition; and

(d) prior to each such Acquisition, the Parent shall determine that after giving effect to such Acquisition and the incurrence of any Indebtedness by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, to the extent permitted by this Agreement, in connection therewith, on a Pro Forma Basis the Parent would have been in compliance with the financial covenants in Section 6.18 for the applicable period being tested and no Event of Default shall otherwise have occurred and be continuing.

SECTION 6.07 Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates. Except for (a) the Spin-Off Transaction and any agreements entered into pursuant thereto, (b) the transactions set forth on Schedule 6.07, (c) Permitted Receivables Transfers and (d) Investments permitted by Section 6.04, neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries shall directly or indirectly enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any holder or holders of any of the Equity Interests of the Parent, or with any Affiliate of the Parent which is not its Subsidiary, on terms that are less favorable to the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, than those that might be obtained in an arm’s length transaction at the time from Persons who are not such a holder or Affiliate.

SECTION 6.08 Restriction on Fundamental Changes. Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries shall enter into any merger or consolidation, or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey, lease, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or series of transactions, all or substantially all of the Parent’s or any such Subsidiary’s business or property, whether now or hereafter acquired, except (i) transactions permitted under Sections 6.02 or 6.06) (including the liquidation, winding up or dissolution of a Subsidiary other than the Borrower in connection with a transaction permitted under Section 6.02), (ii) a Subsidiary of the Parent (other than the Borrower) may be merged into, liquidated into or consolidated with the Parent (in which case the Parent shall be the surviving corporation) or any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Parent (other than the Borrower), and (iii) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any Person (other than the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) may merge or consolidate with the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Borrower) in connection with a Permitted Acquisition; provided that any such merger or consolidation involving the Parent must result in the Parent as the surviving entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries shall merge, or consolidate with, or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve the Borrower, or convey, lease, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or series of transactions, all or substantially all of the Borrower’s business or property, whether now or hereafter acquired.

SECTION 6.09 Sales and Leasebacks. Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries shall become liable, directly, by assumption or by Contingent Obligation, with respect to any lease, whether an

 

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operating lease or a Capitalized Lease, of any property (whether real or personal or mixed), (i) which it or one of its Subsidiaries sold or transferred or is to sell or transfer to any other Person, or (ii) which it or one of its Subsidiaries intends to use for substantially the same purposes as any other property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by it or one of its Subsidiaries to any other Person in connection with such lease, unless in either case the sale involved is not prohibited under Section 6.02 and the lease involved is not prohibited under Section 6.01.

SECTION 6.10 Margin Regulations; Use of Proceeds. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries, shall use all or any portion of the proceeds of any credit extended under this Agreement (i) to purchase or carry Margin Stock in violation of any of the regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X or (ii) for any purpose other than those set forth in Section 5.11.

SECTION 6.11 ERISA. The Parent shall not:

(a) fail to satisfy the “minimum funding standard” (as defined in Sections 302 of ERISA and 412 of the Code), with respect to any Benefit Plan, whether or not waived;

(b) terminate, or permit any Controlled Group member to terminate, any Benefit Plan which would result in liability of the Parent or any Controlled Group member under Title IV of ERISA;

(c) fail, or permit any Controlled Group member to fail, to pay any required installment or any other payment required under Section 412 of the Code on or before the due date for such installment or other payment; or

(d) permit any unfunded liabilities with respect to any Foreign Pension Plan;

except where such transactions, events, circumstances, or failures are not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably expected to result in liability individually or in the aggregate in excess of $50,000,000 or have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 6.12 Corporate Documents; Separation and Distribution Agreement. Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries shall amend, modify or otherwise change any of the terms or provisions in any of their respective constituent documents or the Separation and Distribution Agreement, in each case, as in effect on the date hereof, in any manner materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders.

SECTION 6.13 Fiscal Year. Neither the Parent nor any of its consolidated Subsidiaries shall change its fiscal year for accounting or tax purposes from a twelve-month period ending September 30 of each year.

SECTION 6.14 Subsidiary Covenants. The Parent will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create or otherwise cause to become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or make any other distribution on its stock, redeem or repurchase its stock, make any other similar payment or distribution, pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to the Parent or any other Subsidiary, make loans or advances or other Investments in the Parent or any other Subsidiary, to sell, transfer or otherwise convey any of its property to the Parent or any other Subsidiary or merge, consolidate with or liquidate into the Parent or any other Subsidiary other than pursuant to (i) this Agreement, the Parent Credit Agreement, any Permitted Financing Facility or, prior to the Spin-Off Date, the Term Loan Credit Agreement; provided, however, that the restrictions in a Permitted Financing Facility shall be no more adverse to the Lenders than the provisions set forth in this

 

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Agreement and in any event (x) shall not prohibit any Subsidiary from paying dividends or making any other distribution on its stock to, redeem or repurchase its stock from, or making any other similar payment or distribution to, the Borrower or the Parent, and (y) shall not prohibit the Parent or any Subsidiary from paying any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to, making loans or advances or other Investments in, selling, transferring or otherwise conveying any of its property to, or merge, consolidate with or liquidating into, the Borrower or the Parent, all as established by the Borrower and the Parent to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent and (ii) any Permitted Receivables Facility Documents.

SECTION 6.15 Swap Obligations. The Parent shall not and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Swap Agreements other than Swap Agreements entered into by the Borrower, the Parent or its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Borrower, the Parent or such Subsidiary has hedged its or its Subsidiaries’ reasonably estimated interest rate, foreign currency or commodity exposure and which are of a non-speculative nature.

SECTION 6.16 Issuance of Disqualified Stock. All issued and outstanding Disqualified Stock shall be treated as Indebtedness for borrowed money for all purposes of this Agreement, and the amount of such deemed Indebtedness shall be the aggregate amount of the liquidation preference of such Disqualified Stock.

SECTION 6.17 Certain Spin-Off Related Transactions. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement:

(a) the Parent and its Subsidiaries shall be permitted to consummate the Spin-Off Transaction in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the definition thereof;

(b) the Parent shall be permitted to execute and deliver signature pages to the Spinco Credit Facility and the agreement described in clause (ii) of the definition of “Parent Credit Agreement” so long as none of the following occurs until immediately prior to the consummation of the Spin-Off Transaction: (a) no loans or other extensions of credit are made to the Parent, Spinco or their respective Subsidiaries thereunder; (b) none of Parent, Spinco or their respective Subsidiaries have guaranteed, or granted Liens on its assets (or made filings with any Governmental Authority in anticipation of granting any such Liens), in respect of any existing or potential obligations thereunder; and (c) the Parent, Spinco and their respective Subsidiaries shall not be subject to any effective covenants or terms thereunder (other than customary obligations arising under any commitment or fee letters executed in connection therewith); and

(A) none of Parent, Spinco or their Subsidiaries shall amend, supplement or otherwise modify the terms of the Spin-Off Transaction as reflected in the Form 10 or in other filings made by the Spinco and the Parent with the Securities and Exchange Commission, except as consented to by the Administrative Agent or in a manner that is not adverse to the interests of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders.

SECTION 6.18 Financial Covenants. Each of the Borrower and the Parent shall comply with the following (subject, in each case, to Section 1.04 (c)):

(a) Maximum Leverage Ratio. The Parent shall not permit the ratio (the “Leverage Ratio”), determined at the end of each of its fiscal quarters, of (i) the sum of all Indebtedness of the Parent and its Subsidiaries minus (x) solely for the purposes of the calculation of the Leverage Ratio for any fiscal quarter prior to the fiscal quarter in which the Spin-Off Date occurs, Attributable Receivables Indebtedness, and (y) for any fiscal quarter during which (or following the fiscal quarter in which) the

 

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Spin-Off Date occurs, Qualified Cash, to (ii) EBITDA, to be greater than 3.50 to 1.00; provided that if, at the end of any fiscal quarter, the Leverage Ratio is greater than 3.50 to 1.00 and the Parent has entered into a transaction or transactions, excluding the Spin-Off Transaction and including, but not limited to, Permitted Acquisitions or repurchases of the Parent’s Capital Stock within the two most recently ended fiscal quarters (including such fiscal quarter) (a fiscal quarter in which all such conditions are satisfied, a “Trigger Quarter”), then the Leverage Ratio may be greater than 3.50 to 1.00 but shall not exceed 4.00 to 1.00 for such Trigger Quarter and the next succeeding three fiscal quarters; provided that, following the occurrence of a Trigger Quarter, no subsequent Trigger Quarter shall be deemed to have occurred or to exist for any reason unless and until the Leverage Ratio has returned to less than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00 as of the end of at least one fiscal quarter following the occurrence of such initial Trigger Quarter; provided, further that the Leverage Ratio shall return to less than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00 no later than the fourth fiscal quarter after such initial Trigger Quarter. The Leverage Ratio shall be calculated as of the last day of each fiscal quarter based upon (a) Indebtedness, Attributable Receivables Indebtedness and Qualified Cash, as applicable, as of the last day of each such fiscal quarter and (b) EBITDA for the four-quarter period ending on such day.

(b) Minimum Interest Expense Coverage Ratio. The Parent shall maintain a ratio (the “Interest Expense Coverage Ratio”), determined at the end of each of its fiscal quarters, of (a) EBIT for such period to (b) Interest Expense for such period of greater than 3.00 to 1.00. The Interest Expense Coverage Ratio shall be calculated as of the last day of each fiscal quarter based upon EBIT and Interest Expense for the four-quarter period ending on such day.

ARTICLE VII

Events of Default

If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:

(a) Failure to Make Payments When Due. The Borrower shall (i) fail to pay when due any of the Obligations consisting of principal with respect to the Loans or (ii) shall fail to pay within five (5) Business Days of the date when due any of the other Obligations under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents;

(b) Breach of Certain Covenants. The Borrower or the Parent shall fail duly and punctually to perform or observe any agreement, covenant or obligation binding on the Borrower or there shall otherwise be a breach of any covenant under:

(1) Article V (other than Section 5.11) and such failure or breach shall continue unremedied for thirty (30) days after the earlier to occur of (a) the date on which written notice from the Administrative Agent or any Lender is received by the Borrower or the Parent of such breach and (b) the date on which a member of the Senior Management Team of the Borrower or the Parent had knowledge of the existence of such breach or should have known of the existence of such breach; or

(2) Section 5.11 or any provision of Article VI;

(c) Breach of Representation or Warranty. Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Borrower or the Parent to the Administrative Agent or any Lender herein or by any Loan Party in any of the other Loan Documents or in any statement or certificate at any time given by any such Person pursuant to any of the Loan Documents shall be false or misleading in any material respect on the date as of which made (or deemed made);

 

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(d) Other Defaults. The Borrower or the Parent shall default in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in this Agreement (other than as covered by clauses (a) or (b) of this Article VII), or any Loan Party shall default in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in any of the other Loan Documents, and such default shall continue for thirty (30) days after the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which written notice from the Administrative Agent or any Lender is received by the Borrower or the Parent of such breach and (ii) the date on which a member of the Senior Management Team of the Borrower or the Parent had knowledge of the existence of such breach or should have known of the existence of such breach;

(e) Default as to Other Indebtedness. The Borrower, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), beyond any period of grace provided, with respect to any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder) which individually or together with other such Indebtedness as to which any such failure exists (other than hereunder) constitutes Material Indebtedness; or any breach, default or event of default (including any “Amortization Event” or event of like import in connection with any Permitted Receivables Facility) shall occur, or any other condition shall exist under any instrument, agreement or indenture pertaining to any such Material Indebtedness beyond any period of grace, if any, provided with respect thereto, if the effect thereof is to cause an acceleration, mandatory redemption, a requirement that the Borrower, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries offer to purchase such Material Indebtedness or other required repurchase of such Material Indebtedness, or permit the holder(s) of such Material Indebtedness to accelerate the maturity of any such Material Indebtedness or require a redemption or other repurchase of such Material Indebtedness; or any such Material Indebtedness shall be otherwise declared to be due and payable (by acceleration or otherwise) or required to be prepaid, redeemed or otherwise repurchased by the Borrower, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment) prior to the stated maturity thereof;

(f) Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, Etc.

(1) An involuntary case shall be commenced against the Borrower, the Parent or any of the Parent’s Material Subsidiaries and the petition shall not be dismissed, stayed, bonded or discharged within sixty (60) days after commencement of the case; or a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of the Borrower, the Parent or any of the Parent’s Material Subsidiaries in an involuntary case, under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereinafter in effect; or any other similar relief shall be granted under any applicable federal, state, local or foreign law;

(2) A decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or other officer having similar powers over the Borrower, the Parent or any of the Parent’s Material Subsidiaries or over all or a substantial part of the property of the Borrower, the Parent or any of the Parent’s Material Subsidiaries shall be entered; or an interim receiver, trustee or other custodian of the Borrower, the Parent or any of the Parent’s Material Subsidiaries or of all or a substantial part of the property of the Borrower, the Parent or any of the Parent’s Material Subsidiaries shall be appointed or a warrant of attachment, execution or similar process against any substantial part of the property of the Borrower, the Parent or any of the Parent’s Material Subsidiaries shall be issued and, except if a bankruptcy is declared (faillissement is uitgesproken) under the Dutch Bankruptcy Act (Faillissementswet), any such event shall not be stayed, dismissed, bonded or discharged within sixty (60) days after entry, appointment or issuance;

 

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(g) Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, Etc. The Borrower, the Parent or any of the Parent’s Material Subsidiaries (i) shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case, or to the conversion of an involuntary case to a voluntary case, under any such law, (iii) shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, trustee or other custodian for all or a substantial part of its property, (iv) shall make any assignment for the benefit of creditors, (v) shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the foregoing or (vi) is generally not paying, or admits in writing its inability to pay, its debts as they become due;

(h) Judgments and Attachments. Any money judgment(s) (other than a money judgment covered by insurance as to which the insurance company has not disclaimed or reserved the right to disclaim coverage), writ or warrant of attachment, or similar process against the Borrower, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets involving in any single case or in the aggregate an amount in excess of $50,000,000 is or are entered and shall remain undischarged, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days or in any event later than fifteen (15) days prior to the date of any proposed sale thereunder;

(i) Dissolution. Any order, judgment or decree shall be entered against the Borrower or the Parent decreeing its involuntary dissolution or split up and such order shall remain undischarged and unstayed for a period in excess of sixty (60) days; or the Borrower or the Parent shall otherwise dissolve or cease to exist except as specifically permitted by this Agreement;

(j) Loan Documents. At any time, for any reason, any Loan Document as a whole that materially affects the ability of the Administrative Agent, or any of the Lenders to enforce the Obligations ceases to be in full force and effect or the Borrower or any Loan Party seeks to repudiate its obligations under any Loan Document;

(k) Termination Event. Any Termination Event occurs which the Required Lenders believe is reasonably likely to subject either the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to liability individually or in the aggregate in excess of $50,000,000;

(l) Waiver of Minimum Funding Standard. If the plan administrator of any Plan applies under Section 412(c) of the Code for a waiver of the minimum funding standards of Section 412(a) of the Code and the Required Lenders believe the substantial business hardship upon which the application for the waiver is based could reasonably be expected to subject either the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to liability individually or in the aggregate in excess of $50,000,000;

(m) Change in Control. A Change in Control shall occur;

(n) Swap Agreements. Nonpayment by the Borrower or the Parent of any material obligation under any Swap Agreement or the breach by the Borrower or the Parent of any material term, provision or condition contained in any such Swap Agreement;

(o) Environmental Matters. The Borrower, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries shall be the subject of any proceeding or investigation pertaining to (i) the Release by the Borrower, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any Contaminant into the environment, (ii) the liability of the Borrower, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries arising from the Release by any other Person of any Contaminant into the environment, or (iii) any violation of any Environmental, Health or Safety Requirements of Law which by the Borrower, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, which, in any case, has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(p) Guarantor Revocation. The Parent shall terminate or revoke any of its obligations under the Parent Guaranty or breach any of the material terms of such Parent Guaranty; or

(q) Permitted Receivables Facility Document Events. A “termination event”, an “amortization event” or any other breach or event of like import under any Permitted Receivables Facility Documents permitted hereby (any such event, a “Receivables Facility Trigger Event”) shall (i) occur with respect to the conduct or performance of (a) any Receivables Seller, (b) any servicer of the Receivables (so long as such servicer is the Parent or a Subsidiary thereof) under the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents, (c) any guarantor of the obligations of any Receivables Seller or servicer under the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents or (d) any of their respective Subsidiaries other than an SPV and (ii) result in the termination of reinvestments of collections or proceeds of Receivables and Permitted Receivables Related Assets under any agreements evidencing Attributable Receivables Indebtedness (it being understood and agreed that the occurrence of a Receivables Facility Trigger Event resulting solely from (x) the conduct or performance of an SPV and/or (y) the performance or quality of the Receivables securing the obligations under the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents, taken together with the circumstances described in the foregoing clause (ii), shall not give rise to a Default under this clause (q);

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (f) or (g) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and in case of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (f) or (g) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations accrued hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, exercise any rights and remedies provided to the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents or at law or equity.

ARTICLE VIII

The Administrative Agent

Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” as used herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.

 

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The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.

The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.

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the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right (with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, that no consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent.

Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and not investments in a business enterprise or securities. Each Lender further represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender shall, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder and in deciding whether or to the extent to which it will continue as a Lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder.

The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

SECTION 9.01 Notices. (a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile, as follows:

(i) if to the Borrower or the Parent, to it at 1350 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Suite 300, Chesterfield, MO 63017, Attention of William C. Fox, Vice President and Treasurer (Facsimile No. (314)  ###-###-####) with a copy to 6 Research Drive, Shelton, Connecticut 06484, Attention of General Counsel (Facsimile No. (203)  ###-###-####), and if to the Borrower, with a copy to it at Dr. Willem Dreesweg 2, Suite 184a, 1185 VB Amstelveen, the Netherlands, Attention of Management;

 

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(ii) if to the Administrative Agent, to The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., 1251 Avenue of the Americas, Attention of Lawrence Blat/ Phoebe Caneda (Telephone No. (212)  ###-###-####/ 5777), ***@*** / ***@***, with a copy to The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., 1251 Avenue of the Americas, Attention of Maria DeJesus / Ligia Castro, ***@*** / ***@***;

(iii) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or facsimile number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.

Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices delivered through Electronic Systems, to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).

(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by using Electronic Systems pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient, at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i), of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient.

(c) Any party hereto may change its address or facsimile number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.

(d) Electronic Systems.

(i) The Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make Communications (as defined below) available to the other Lenders by posting the Communications on Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak, ClearPar or a substantially similar Electronic System.

(ii) Any Electronic System used by the Administrative Agent is provided “as is” and “as available.” The Agent Parties (as defined below) do not warrant the adequacy of such Electronic Systems and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party in connection with the

 

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Communications or any Electronic System. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to any Loan Party, any Lender or any other Person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Loan Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Communications through an Electronic System except with respect to actual or direct damages to the extent determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the willful misconduct or gross negligence of any Agent Party. “Communications” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed by the Administrative Agent or any Lender by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section, including through an Electronic System.

SECTION 9.02 Waivers; Amendments. (a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by the Borrower or the Parent therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the amount of the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby (provided, that (x) any amendment or modification of the financial covenants in this Agreement (or defined terms used in the financial covenants in this Agreement) shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or fees for purposes of this clause (ii) even if the effect of such amendment or modification would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or to reduce any fee payable hereunder and (y) only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the provisions of Section 2.13(b) or to waive any obligation of any Borrower to pay interest or any other amount at the interest rate prescribed in such Section), (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby (other than any reduction of such amounts arising with respect to the matters set forth in the proviso to clause (ii) above), (iv) change Section 2.18(b) or (d) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender or (vi) except as permitted pursuant to Section 9.14, release the Parent from its obligations under the Parent Guaranty, in each case, without the

 

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written consent of each Lender; provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (it being understood that any change to Section 2.21 shall require the consent of the Administrative Agent). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement shall be required of any Defaulting Lender, except with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the first proviso of this paragraph and then only in the event such Defaulting Lender shall be directly affected by such amendment, waiver or other modification.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement and any other Loan Document may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (x) to add one or more credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Revolving Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (y) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders and Lenders.

(d) If, in connection with any proposed amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent of “each Lender” or “each Lender directly affected thereby,” the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained, but the consent of other necessary Lenders is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is necessary but not obtained being referred to herein as a “Non-Consenting Lender”), then the Borrower may elect to replace a Non-Consenting Lender as a Lender party to this Agreement, provided that, concurrently with such replacement, (i) another bank or other entity which is reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall agree, as of such date, to purchase for cash the Loans and other Obligations due to the Non-Consenting Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption and to become a Lender for all purposes under this Agreement and to assume all obligations of the Non-Consenting Lender to be terminated as of such date and to comply with the requirements of clause (b) of Section 9.04, and (ii) the Borrower shall pay to such Non-Consenting Lender in same day funds on the day of such replacement (1) the outstanding principal amount of its Loans and all interest, fees and other amounts then accrued but unpaid to such Non-Consenting Lender by the Borrower hereunder to and including the date of termination, including without limitation payments due to such Non-Consenting Lender under Sections 2.15 and 2.17, and (2) an amount, if any, equal to the payment which would have been due to such Lender on the day of such replacement under Section 2.16 had the Loans of such Non-Consenting Lender been prepaid on such date rather than sold to the replacement Lender.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein (i) the Administrative Agent may, with the consent of the Borrower only, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency and (ii) the Administrative Agent may, without any other party’s consent, amend this Agreement on the Spin-Off Date to append hereto the Schedules received from the Borrower pursuant to clause (f) of the definition of Spin-Off Transaction.

SECTION 9.03 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (which shall be limited, in the case of legal fees and expenses, to the reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of a single firm as primary counsel, along with such specialist counsel as may reasonably be required by the Administrative Agent, and a single firm of local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction, for the Administrative Agent) in connection with the syndication and distribution (including, without limitation, via the internet or through a service such as Intralinks) of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof

 

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(whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated) and (ii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (which shall be limited, in the case of legal fees and expenses, to the reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of a single firm as primary counsel, along with such specialist counsel as may reasonably be required by the Administrative Agent, and a single firm of local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction, for the Administrative Agent, and not more than a single firm of outside counsel, and a single firm of local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction, for all of the other Lenders and, in the event of an actual or reasonably perceived conflict of interest (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent or applicable Lender), one additional firm of counsel for each group of similarly affected persons) in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and any other Loan Document, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses (subject to the foregoing limitations with respect to legal fees and expenses) incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans.

(b) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and reasonable and documented expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or the use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or Release of any Contaminant on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any liability arising in connection with any Environmental, Health or Safety Requirements of Law related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective properties and operations, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not such claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding is brought by the Borrower or any other Loan Party or its or their respective equity holders, Affiliates, creditors or any other third Person and whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from (i) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (ii) any dispute solely among Indemnitees (not arising as a result of any act or omission by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates) other than claims against any Credit Party in its capacity as, or in fulfilling its role as, the Administrative Agent or any similar role under or in connection with this Agreement. This Section 9.03(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims or damages arising from any non-Tax claim.

(c) To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount (it being understood that the Borrower’s failure to pay any such amount shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof); provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such.

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information or other materials obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet) other than damages that are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Indemnitee shall assert against any Loan Party or its Related Parties and no Loan Party shall assert against any Indemnitee, and each Indemnitee and Loan Party hereby waives, any claim on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided, that nothing contained in this sentence shall limit the Borrower’s indemnity obligations to the extent set forth in Section 9.03(b).

(e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than fifteen (15) days after written demand therefor.

SECTION 9.04 Successors and Assigns. (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) the Borrower and the Parent may not assign or otherwise transfer any of their rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more Persons (other than an Ineligible Institution) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:

(A) the Parent (provided that the Parent shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days after having received notice thereof); provided, further, that no consent of the Parent shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee; and

(B) the Administrative Agent.

(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than €5,000,000 unless each of the Parent and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no such consent of the Parent shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

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(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement;

(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (x) an Assignment and Assumption or (y) to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to a Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, such fee to be paid by either the assigning Lender or the assignee Lender or shared between such Lenders;

(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and its Affiliates and their Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws; and

(E) assignment or transfer to or assumption by any person of Commitments or Loans shall only be permitted if such person is a Non-Public Lender.

For the purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the terms “Approved Fund” and “Ineligible Institution” have the following meanings:

Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and 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.

Ineligible Institution” means (a) a natural person, (b) a Defaulting Lender or its Lender Parent, (c) the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates, or (d) a company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person or relative(s) thereof.

(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations (including, without limitation, the obligation to timely deliver the documentation described in Section 2.17(f)) of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.

 

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(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive (absent manifest error), and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(v) Upon its receipt of (x) a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee or (y) to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to a Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that if either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.05(c), 2.06(d) or (e), 2.07(b), 2.18(e) or 9.03(c), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

(c) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Parent or the Administrative Agent, , sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”), other than an Ineligible Institution, in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged; (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations; and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.17(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.17(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.18 and 2.19 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 2.15 or 2.17, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to

 

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Section 2.18(d) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

SECTION 9.05 Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof.

SECTION 9.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Sections 4.01 and 9.17, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile, e-mailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and

 

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the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

SECTION 9.07 Severability. Any provision of any Loan Document held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions thereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 9.08 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final and in whatever currency denominated) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any Loan Party against any of and all of the Obligations held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under the Loan Documents and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.

SECTION 9.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

(b) Each of the Borrower and the Parent hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, and of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

(c) Each of the Borrower and the Parent hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

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SECTION 9.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

SECTION 9.11 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

SECTION 9.12 Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any Governmental Authority (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (1) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (2) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) on a confidential basis to (1) any rating agency in connection with rating the Parent or its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities provided for herein or (2) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the credit facilities provided for herein, (h) with the consent of the Borrower or (i) to the extent such Information (1) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (2) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower relating to the Borrower or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower and other than information pertaining to this Agreement routinely provided by arrangers to data service providers, including league table providers, that serve the lending industry; provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

EACH OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING PARAGRAPH FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC

 

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INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BORROWER AND ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY THE BORROWER OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE BORROWER, THE OTHER LOAN PARTIES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE BORROWER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW.

SECTION 9.13 USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the Patriot Act hereby notifies each Loan Party that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of such Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify such Loan Party in accordance with the Patriot Act.

SECTION 9.14 Releases of Parent Guarantor. (a) At such time as the principal and interest on the Loans, the fees, expenses and other amounts payable under the Loan Documents and the other Obligations (other than contingent indemnification or reimbursement Obligations expressly stated to survive such payment and termination) shall have been paid in full in cash and the Commitments shall have been terminated (the foregoing, collectively, the “Final Release Conditions”), the Parent Guaranty and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Parent thereunder shall automatically terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person.

(b) Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release the Parent Guaranty pursuant hereto.

SECTION 9.15 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.

 

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SECTION 9.16 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Lenders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, (B) the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) the Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) each of the Lenders and their Affiliates is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) no Lender or any of its Affiliates has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except, in the case of a Lender, those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) each of the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and no Lender or any of its Affiliates has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower or its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against each of the Lenders and their Affiliates with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE NETHERLANDS B.V.,

as the Borrower

By

/s/ R.M. van den Outenaar

Name: R.M. van den Outenaar
Title: Managing Director A

ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC. (to be renamed EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE COMPANY),

as the Parent

By

/s/ Mark S. LaVigne

Name: Mark S. LaVigne
Title: Vice President and Secretary

 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

Edgewell Personal Care Netherlands B.V.


THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., individually as a Lender and as Administrative Agent
By

/s/ Victor Pierzchalski

Name: Victor Pierzchalski
Title: Authorized Signatory

 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

Edgewell Personal Care Netherlands B.V.


SCHEDULE A

COMMITMENTS

 

LENDER

   COMMITMENT  

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.

   270,000,000   

AGGREGATE COMMITMENT

   270,000,000   


SCHEDULES TO

CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of June 12, 2015

among

EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE NETHERLANDS B.V.,

as Borrower,

ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC. (to be renamed EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE COMPANY),

as Parent

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO

and

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.

as Administrative Agent


SCHEDULE 1.1.1

Permitted Existing Investments

Investments of Energizer International, Inc.

Eveready East Africa Limited (Kenya) (10.5%)

Energizer Egypt S.A.E. (70.02%)

Energizer Lanka Ltd. (84.1%)

Energizer Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (80.235%)

Investment of Energizer Group France SAS

COREPILE SA (France) (20%) ** - recycling entity

Investment of Energizer Battery, Inc.

Energizer Receivables Funding Corporation - bankruptcy remote entity

Investment of Energizer Czech spol. s r.o.

ECOBAT s r.o. (Czech Republic) (16.66%) ** - recycling entity

Investment of Energizer SA

ECOPILHAS LDA. (Portugal) (16.66%) ** - recycling entity

Investment of Energizer Hungary Trading Ltd. - recycling entity

RE’LEM Public Benefit Co. (Hungary) (33.3%) **

Investment of Energizer Hellas A.E.

AFIS, S.A. (Greece) (40%) ** - recycling entity

Investment of Playtex Products, LLC

Playtex Marketing Corporation (50%) (joint venture)

Other immaterial Investments.

 

** non-profit


SCHEDULE 1.1.2

Permitted Existing Liens

 

1. UCC Financing Statement No.  ###-###-#### filed with the Missouri Secretary of State on February 26, 2014 by Engel Machinery Inc. against the Parent covering a Purchase Money Security Interest in an Engel Injection Molding Machine Anlage+Knickarm;

 

2. UCC Financing Statement No. 1408254289970 filed with the Missouri Secretary of State on August 5, 2014 by Engel Machinery Inc. against the Parent covering an Engel Injection Molding Machine;

 

3. UCC Financing Statement No.  ###-###-#### filed with the Delaware Secretary of State of July 9, 2012 by Coesia Health & Beauty, Inc. d/b/a Norden, Inc. against Edgewell Personal Care, LLC (FKA Energizer Personal Care, LLC) covering a NordenMatic 702 Tube Filling Machine;

 

4. UCC Financing Statement No. 2011 1721037 filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on May 6, 2011 by Engel Machinery Inc. against Schick Manufacturing, Inc. covering a Purchase Money Security Interest in an Engel Injection Molding Machine;

 

5. UCC Financing Statement No. 2011 1721128 filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on May 6, 2011 by Engel Machinery Inc. against Schick Manufacturing, Inc. covering a Purchase Money Security Interest in an Engel Injection Molding Machine;

 

6. UCC Financing Statement No.  ###-###-#### filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on December 22, 2014 by Milacron Marketing Company LLC against Schick Manufacturing, Inc. covering a K-Tec 450 Injection Molding Machine;

 

7. UCC Financing Statement No.  ###-###-#### filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on May 22, 2015 by Makino Inc. against Schick Manufacturing, Inc. covering a Makino Machine; and

 

8. Liens securing immaterial and de minimis Indebtedness.


SCHEDULE 1.1.3

Permitted Existing Contingent Obligations

Guaranties of immaterial and de minimis obligations arising in the ordinary course of business and not related to the borrowing of money.


SCHEDULE 3.03

Conflicts; Governmental Consents

None.


SCHEDULE 3.07

Litigation; Loss Contingencies

None.


SCHEDULE 3.18

Environmental Matters

None.


SCHEDULE 6.07

Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates

None.


EXHIBIT A

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

This Assignment and Assumption (the “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert name of Assignor] (the “Assignor”) and [Insert name of Assignee] (the “Assignee”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.

For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below (including any guarantees included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the “Assigned Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.

 

1. Assignor:
2. Assignee:
[and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender]1]
3. Borrower(s): Edgewell Personal Care Netherlands B.V.
4. Administrative Agent: The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement

 

1  Select as applicable.


5.   Credit Agreement:    The Credit Agreement dated as of June 12, 2015 among Borrower, Energizer Holdings, Inc. (to be renamed Edgewell Personal Care Company), as Parent, the Lenders parties thereto, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as Administrative Agent, and the other agents parties thereto

 

6. Assigned Interest:

 

Aggregate Amount of
Commitment/Loans for all
Lenders
   Amount of
Commitment/
Loans Assigned
     Percentage Assigned
of
Commitment/Loans2
 
€                                 
€                                 
€                                 

Effective Date:                  , 20     [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]

The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

 

ASSIGNOR
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]
By:  

 

  Title:
ASSIGNEE
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]
By:  

 

  Title:

 

2  Set forth, so at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.

 

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Consented to and Accepted:
THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., as Administrative Agent
By:

 

Title:
[Consented to:]3
[ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC.][EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE COMPANY]
By:

 

Title:

 

3  To be added only if the consent of the Parent is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.

 

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ANNEX I

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

1. Representations and Warranties.

1.1 Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.

1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder and (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.

3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Acceptance and adoption of the terms of this Assignment and Assumption by the Assignee and the Assignor by Electronic Signature or delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by any Electronic System shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.


EXHIBIT B

[RESERVED]

 


EXHIBIT C

[RESERVED]

 


EXHIBIT D

[RESERVED]

 


EXHIBIT E

LIST OF CLOSING DOCUMENTS

EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE NETHERLANDS B.V.

CREDIT FACILITIES

June 12, 2015

LIST OF CLOSING DOCUMENTS1

A. LOAN DOCUMENTS

1. Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) by and among Edgewell Personal Care Netherlands B.V., a besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid, incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands (the “Borrower”), Energizer Holdings, Inc. (to be renamed Edgewell Personal Care Company) (the “Parent”),, the institutions from time to time parties thereto as Lenders (the “Lenders”) and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., in its capacity as Administrative Agent for itself and the other Lenders (the “Administrative Agent”), evidencing a revolving credit facility to the Borrower from the Lenders in an initial aggregate principal amount of €270,000,000.

SCHEDULES

 

Schedule A – Commitments
Schedule 1.1.1 – Permitted Existing Investments
Schedule 1.1.2 – Permitted Existing Liens
Schedule 1.1.3 – Permitted Existing Contingent Obligations
Schedule 3.03 – Conflicts; Governmental Consents
Schedule 3.07 – Litigation; Loss Contingencies
Schedule 3.18 – Environmental Matters
Schedule 6.07 – Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B [Reserved]
Exhibit C [Reserved]
Exhibit D [Reserved]
Exhibit E List of Closing Documents
Exhibit F Form of Parent Guaranty
Exhibit G [Reserved]
Exhibit H-1 Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit H-2 Form of Interest Election Request
Exhibit I Form of Note

 

2. Guaranty executed by the Parent (collectively with the Borrower, the “Loan Parties”) in favor of the Administrative Agent

 

1  Each capitalized term used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the above-defined Credit Agreement. Items appearing in bold and italics shall be prepared and/or provided by the Borrower and/or Borrower’s counsel.


B. CORPORATE DOCUMENTS

 

3. Certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each Loan Party, or, in relation to the Borrower, a certificate of a management board member A, certifying (i) that there have been no changes in the Certificate of Incorporation or other charter document of such Loan Party, as attached thereto and, except in relation to the Borrower, as certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State (or analogous governmental entity) of the jurisdiction of its organization, since the date of the certification thereof by such governmental entity, (ii) the By-Laws, articles of association or other applicable organizational document, as attached thereto, of such Loan Party as in effect on the date of such certification, (iii) resolutions of the Board of Directors or other governing body of such Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Loan Document to which it is a party, and (iv) the names and true signatures of the incumbent officers of each Loan Party authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (in the case of the Borrower) authorized to request a Borrowing under the Credit Agreement.

 

4. Good Standing Certificate for the Parent from the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of its organization (and such similar certificates for the Borrower as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request).

C. OPINIONS

 

5. Opinion of Bryan Cave LLP, counsel for the Loan Parties.

 

6. Opinion of Bird & Bird LLP, Netherlands counsel for the Borrower.

D. CLOSING CERTIFICATES AND MISCELLANEOUS

 

7. A Certificate signed by Authorized Officers of the Parent and the Borrower certifying the following: (i) that the representations and warranties contained in Article III of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any representation or warranty qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) as of the Effective Date except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any representation or warranty qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) as of such earlier date and (ii) that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing.

 

8. Opening compliance certificate from the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Parent demonstrating compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 6.18, in each case, as of March 31, 2015, computed on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence of Indebtedness and any other transactions occurring on Effective Date.

 

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EXHIBIT F

FORM OF PARENT GUARANTY

GUARANTY

THIS GUARANTY (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Guaranty”) is made as of June 12, 2015, by and among ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC. (to be renamed EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE COMPANY) (the “Guarantor””) in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations (as defined below), under the Credit Agreement referred to below.

WITNESSETH

WHEREAS, Edgewell Personal Care Netherlands B.V., a besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid, incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands (the “Borrower”), the Guarantor, as parent of the Borrower, the institutions from time to time parties thereto as lenders (the “Lenders”), and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., in its capacity as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), have entered into a certain Credit Agreement dated as of June 12, 2015 (as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented and/or restated, and as in effect from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), providing, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, for extensions of credit and other financial accommodations to be made by the Lenders to the Borrower;

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the extensions of credit by the Lenders under the Credit Agreement that the Guarantor execute and deliver this Guaranty, whereby the Guarantor shall guarantee the payment when due of all Obligations; and

WHEREAS, in consideration of Guarantor’s indirect ownership interest in the Borrower, and in order to induce the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to enter into the Credit Agreement, the Guarantor is willing to guarantee the Obligations of the Borrower;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Definitions. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have, as used herein, the respective meanings provided for therein.

SECTION 2. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The Guarantor represents and warrants (which representations and warranties shall be deemed to have been renewed at the time of the making or continuation of any Loan) that:

(A) It is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company duly and properly incorporated or organized, as the case may be, validly existing and (to the extent such concept applies to such entity) in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation and has all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, except to the extent that the failure to have such authority could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(B) It (to the extent applicable) has the requisite power and authority and legal right to execute and deliver this Guaranty and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution and


delivery by the Guarantor of this Guaranty and the performance by it of its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by proper proceedings, and this Guaranty constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

(C) Neither the execution and delivery by it of this Guaranty, nor the consummation by it of the transactions herein contemplated, nor compliance by it with the provisions hereof will (i) conflict with its certificate or articles of incorporation or by-laws (or equivalent constituent documents), (ii) constitute a tortious interference with any Financing Facility or conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Financing Facility, or require termination of any Financing Facility, (iii) constitute a tortious interference with any such Contractual Obligation (other than the Financing Facilities) of any Person or conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Requirement of Law (including, without limitation, any Environmental Property Transfer Act) or Contractual Obligation of it, or require termination of any Contractual Obligation, except such interference, breach, default or termination which individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien whatsoever upon any of its property or assets, other than Liens permitted or created by the Loan Documents, or (v) require any approval of its Board of Directors (or equivalent governing body) or shareholders, as applicable, except such as have been obtained. No order, consent, adjudication, approval, license, authorization, or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by, or other action in respect of any governmental or public body or authority, or any subdivision thereof, which has not been obtained by it, is required to be obtained by it in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by it of, or the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against it of, this Guaranty.

In addition to the foregoing, the Guarantor covenants that, so long as any Lender has any Commitment outstanding under the Credit Agreement or any amount payable under the Credit Agreement or any other Guaranteed Obligations shall remain unpaid, it will, and, if necessary, will enable the Borrower to, fully comply with those covenants and agreements of the Borrower applicable to the Guarantor set forth in the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 3. The Guaranty. The Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees the full and punctual payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations, including, without limitation, (i) the principal of and interest on each Loan made to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, (ii) all other amounts payable by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (iii) the punctual and faithful performance, keeping, observance, and fulfillment by the Borrower of all of the agreements, conditions, covenants, and obligations of the Borrower contained in the Loan Documents (all of the foregoing being referred to collectively as the “Guaranteed Obligations” and the holders from time to time of the Guaranteed Obligations being referred to collectively as the “Holders of Guaranteed Obligations”). Upon (x) the failure by the Borrower to pay punctually any such amount or perform such obligation, and (y) such failure continuing beyond any applicable grace or notice and cure period, the Guarantor agrees that it shall forthwith on demand pay such amount or perform such obligation at the place and in the manner specified in the Credit Agreement or the relevant Loan Document, as the case may be. The Guarantor hereby agrees that this Guaranty is an absolute, irrevocable and unconditional guaranty of payment and is not a guaranty of collection.

 

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SECTION 4. Guaranty Unconditional. The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall not be released, discharged or otherwise affected by:

(A) any extension, renewal, settlement, indulgence, compromise, waiver or release of or with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any obligation of any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether (in any such case) by operation of law or otherwise, or any failure or omission to enforce any right, power or remedy with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any obligation of any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations;

(B) any modification or amendment of or supplement to the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, including, without limitation, any such amendment which may increase the amount of, or the interest rates applicable to, any of the Obligations guaranteed hereby;

(C) any release, surrender, compromise, settlement, waiver, subordination or modification, with or without consideration, of any collateral securing the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, any other guaranties with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, or any other obligation of any person or entity with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, or any nonperfection or invalidity of any direct or indirect security for the Guaranteed Obligations;

(D) any change in the corporate, partnership or other existence, structure or ownership of the Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the Borrower or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any of their respective assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of the Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations;

(E) the existence of any claim, setoff or other rights which the Guarantor may have at any time against the Borrower, any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Administrative Agent, any Holder of Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, whether in connection herewith or in connection with any unrelated transactions; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim;

(F) the enforceability or validity of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof or the genuineness, enforceability or validity of any agreement relating thereto or with respect to any collateral securing the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, or any other invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against the Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, for any reason related to the Credit Agreement any other Loan Document, or any provision of applicable law, decree, order or regulation of any jurisdiction purporting to prohibit the payment by the Borrower or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise affecting any term of any of the Guaranteed Obligations;

(G) the failure of the Administrative Agent to take any steps to perfect and maintain any security interest in, or to preserve any rights to, any security or collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations, if any;

 

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(H) the election by, or on behalf of, any one or more of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations, in any proceeding instituted under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) (the “Bankruptcy Code”), of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code;

(I) any borrowing or grant of a security interest by the Borrower, as debtor-in-possession, under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code;

(J) the disallowance, under Section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code, of all or any portion of the claims of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations or the Administrative Agent for repayment of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;

(K) the failure of any other guarantor to sign or become party to this Guaranty or any amendment, change, or reaffirmation hereof; or

(L) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Borrower, any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Administrative Agent, any Holder of Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this Section 4, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder except as provided in Section 5.

SECTION 5. Continuing Guarantee; Discharge Only Upon Payment In Full; Reinstatement In Certain Circumstances. The Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall constitute a continuing and irrevocable guarantee of all Guaranteed Obligations now or hereafter existing and shall remain in full force and effect until all Guaranteed Obligations shall have been paid in full in cash and the Commitments shall have terminated or expired or satisfaction otherwise of the Final Release Conditions. If at any time any payment of the principal of or interest on any Loan or any other amount payable by the Borrower or any other party under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document (including a payment effected through exercise of a right of setoff) is rescinded, or is or must be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower or otherwise (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by a Holder of Guaranteed Obligations in its discretion), the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such payment shall be reinstated as though such payment had been due but not made at such time.

SECTION 6. General Waivers; Additional Waivers.

(A) General Waivers. The Guarantor irrevocably waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand or action on delinquency, protest, the benefit of any statutes of limitations and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any notice not provided for herein, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by any Person against the Borrower, any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other Person.

(B) Additional Waivers. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Guarantor hereby absolutely, unconditionally, knowingly, and expressly waives:

(i) any right it may have to revoke this Guaranty as to future indebtedness or notice of acceptance hereof;

(ii) (a) notice of acceptance hereof; (b) notice of any loans or other financial accommodations made or extended under the Loan Documents or the creation or existence of any Guaranteed Obligations; (c) notice of the amount of the Guaranteed

 

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Obligations, subject, however, to the Guarantor’s right to make inquiry of Administrative Agent and Holders of Guaranteed Obligations to ascertain the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations at any reasonable time; (d) notice of any adverse change in the financial condition of the Borrower or of any other fact that might increase the Guarantor’s risk hereunder; (e) notice of presentment for payment, demand, protest, and notice thereof as to any instruments among the Loan Documents; (f) notice of any Default or Event of Default; and (g) all other notices (except if such notice is specifically required to be given to the Guarantor hereunder or under the Loan Documents) and demands to which the Guarantor might otherwise be entitled;

(iii) its right, if any, to require the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations to institute suit against, or to exhaust any rights and remedies which the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations has or may have against, any third party, or against any collateral provided by any third party; and the Guarantor further waives any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense (other than the defense that the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been fully and finally performed and indefeasibly paid) by reason of the cessation from any cause whatsoever of the liability of any third party in respect thereof;

(iv) (a) any rights to assert against the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations any defense (legal or equitable), set-off, counterclaim, or claim which the Guarantor may now or at any time hereafter have against any other party liable to the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations; (b) any defense, set-off, counterclaim, or claim, of any kind or nature, arising directly or indirectly from the present or future lack of perfection, sufficiency, validity, or enforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor; (c) any defense the Guarantor has to performance hereunder, and any right the Guarantor has to be exonerated, arising by reason of: the impairment or suspension of the Administrative Agent’s and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations’ rights or remedies against any third party; the alteration by the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations of the Guaranteed Obligations; any discharge of any third party’s obligations to the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations by operation of law as a result of the Administrative Agent’s and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations’ intervention or omission; or the acceptance by the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations of anything in partial satisfaction of the Guaranteed Obligations; and (d) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting the Guarantor’s liability hereunder or the enforcement thereof, and any act which shall defer or delay the operation of any statute of limitations applicable to the Guaranteed Obligations shall similarly operate to defer or delay the operation of such statute of limitations applicable to the Guarantor’s liability hereunder; and

(v) any defense arising by reason of or deriving from (a) any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations; or (b) any election by the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations under Section 1111(b) of Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”, as now and hereafter in effect (or any successor statute), to limit the amount of, or any collateral securing, its claim against the Guarantors.

 

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SECTION 7. Subordination of Subrogation; Subordination of Intercompany Indebtedness.

(A) Subordination of Subrogation. Until the Guaranteed Obligations have been fully and finally performed and indefeasibly paid in full in cash, or satisfaction otherwise of the Final Release Conditions, the Guarantor (i) shall have no right of subrogation with respect to such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) waive any right to enforce any remedy which the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations or the Administrative Agent now have or may hereafter have against the Borrower, any endorser or any guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, and (iii) waive any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any security or collateral given to the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations and the Administrative Agent to secure the payment or performance of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other liability of the Borrower to the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations. Should the Guarantor have the right, notwithstanding the foregoing, to exercise its subrogation rights, the Guarantor hereby expressly and irrevocably (A) subordinates any and all rights at law or in equity to subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification or set off that the Guarantor may have to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and (B) waives any and all defenses available to a surety, guarantor or accommodation co-obligor until the Guaranteed Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full in cash. The Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that this subordination is intended to benefit the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations and shall not limit or otherwise affect the Guarantor’s liability hereunder or the enforceability of this Guaranty, and that the Administrative Agent, the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations and their respective successors and assigns are intended third party beneficiaries of the waivers and agreements set forth in this Section 7(A).

(B) Subordination of Intercompany Indebtedness. The Guarantor agrees that any and all claims of the Guarantor against the Borrower hereunder (in such capacity, the “Obligor”) with respect to any “Intercompany Indebtedness” (as hereinafter defined), any endorser, obligor or any other guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, or against any of its properties shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment, in full and in cash, of all Guaranteed Obligations; provided that, as long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Guarantor may receive payments of principal and interest from the Obligor with respect to Intercompany Indebtedness. Notwithstanding any right of the Guarantor to ask, demand, sue for, take or receive any payment from the Obligor, all rights, liens and security interests of the Guarantor, whether now or hereafter arising and howsoever existing, in any assets of the Obligor shall be and are subordinated to the rights of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations and the Administrative Agent in those assets. The Guarantor shall not have any right to possession of any such asset or to foreclose upon any such asset, whether by judicial action or otherwise, unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been fully paid and satisfied (in cash) and all financing arrangements pursuant to any Loan Document have been terminated. If all or any part of the assets of the Obligor, or the proceeds thereof, are subject to any distribution, division or application to the creditors of the Obligor, whether partial or complete, voluntary or involuntary, and whether by reason of liquidation, bankruptcy, arrangement, receivership, assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other action or proceeding, or if the business of the Obligor is dissolved or if substantially all of the assets of the Obligor are sold, then, and in any such event (such events being herein referred to as an “Insolvency Event”), any payment or distribution of any kind or character, either in cash, securities or other property, which shall be payable or deliverable upon or with respect to any indebtedness of the Obligor to the Guarantor (“Intercompany Indebtedness”) shall be paid or delivered directly to the Administrative Agent for application on any of the Guaranteed Obligations, due or to become due, until such Guaranteed Obligations shall have first been fully

 

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paid and satisfied (in cash). Should any payment, distribution, security or instrument or proceeds thereof be received by the Guarantor upon or with respect to the Intercompany Indebtedness after any Insolvency Event and prior to the satisfaction of all of the Guaranteed Obligations and the termination of all financing arrangements pursuant to any Loan Document among the Borrower and the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations, the Guarantor shall receive and hold the same in trust, as trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations and shall forthwith deliver the same to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations, in precisely the form received (except for the endorsement or assignment of the Guarantor where necessary), for application to any of the Guaranteed Obligations, due or not due, and, until so delivered, the same shall be held in trust by the Guarantor as the property of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations. If the Guarantor fails to make any such endorsement or assignment to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent or any of its officers or employees is irrevocably authorized to make the same. The Guarantor agrees that until the Guaranteed Obligations (other than the contingent indemnity obligations) have been paid in full (in cash) and satisfied and all financing arrangements pursuant to any Loan Document among the Borrower and the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations have been terminated, or the Final Release Conditions have been otherwise satisfied, the Guarantor will not assign or transfer to any Person (other than the Administrative Agent) any claim any the Guarantor has or may have against the Obligor.

SECTION 8. Intentionally Omitted.

SECTION 9. Limitation of Guaranty. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Guaranty, the amount guaranteed by the Guarantor hereunder shall be limited to the extent, if any, required so that its obligations hereunder shall not be subject to avoidance under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or similar statute or common law. In determining the limitations, if any, on the amount of the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder pursuant to the preceding sentence, it is the intention of the parties hereto that any rights of subrogation, indemnification or contribution which the Guarantor may have under this Guaranty, any other agreement or applicable law shall be taken into account.

SECTION 10. Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any amount payable by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall nonetheless be payable by the Guarantor hereunder forthwith on demand by the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 11. Notices. All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be given in the manner prescribed in Article IX of the Credit Agreement with respect to the Administrative Agent at its notice address therein and with respect to the Guarantor, in care of the Borrower at the address of the Borrower set forth in the Credit Agreement or such other address or facsimile number as such party may hereafter specify for such purpose by notice to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the provisions of such Article IX.

SECTION 12. No Waivers. No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any other Holder of Guaranteed Obligations in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies provided in this Guaranty, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

 

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SECTION 13. Successors and Assigns. This Guaranty is for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations and their respective successors and permitted assigns; provided, that the Guarantor shall not have any right to assign its rights or obligations hereunder without the consent of all of the Lenders, and any such assignment in violation of this Section 13 shall be null and void; and in the event of an assignment of any amounts payable under the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents in accordance with the respective terms thereof, the rights hereunder, to the extent applicable to the indebtedness so assigned, may be transferred with such indebtedness. This Guaranty shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns.

SECTION 14. Changes in Writing. Neither this Guaranty nor any provision hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only in writing signed by each of the Guarantors and the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 15. GOVERNING LAW. THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 16. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS; JURY TRIAL; IMMUNITY.

(A) CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. THE GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.

(B) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE GUARANTOR HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED THEREUNDER AND FURTHER WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO INTERPOSE ANY COUNTERCLAIM RELATED TO THIS GUARANTY OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY IN SUCH ACTION.

(C) TO THE EXTENT THAT THE GUARANTOR HAS OR HEREAFTER MAY ACQUIRE ANY IMMUNITY FROM JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OR FROM ANY

 

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LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER FROM SERVICE OR NOTICE, ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN AID OF EXECUTION OF A JUDGMENT, EXECUTION OR OTHERWISE), THE GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES SUCH IMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS GUARANTY.

SECTION 17. No Strict Construction. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Guaranty. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Guaranty shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Guaranty.

SECTION 18. Taxes, Expenses of Enforcement, Etc.

(A) Taxes.

(i) Each payment by the Guarantor hereunder or under any promissory note shall be made without withholding for any Taxes, unless such withholding is required by any law. If the Guarantor determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it is so required to withhold Taxes, then the Guarantor may so withhold and shall timely pay the full amount of withheld Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. If such Taxes are Indemnified Taxes, then the amount payable by the Guarantor shall be increased as necessary so that, net of such withholding (including such withholding applicable to additional amounts payable under this Section), the applicable Recipient receives the amount it would have received had no such withholding been made.

(ii) In addition, the Guarantor shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(iii) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes by the Guarantor to a Governmental Authority, the Guarantor shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(iv) The Guarantor shall indemnify each Recipient for any Indemnified Taxes that are paid or payable by such Recipient in connection with any Loan Document (including amounts payable under this Section 18(A)) and any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. The indemnity under this Section 18(A) shall be paid within ten (10) days after the Recipient delivers to the Guarantor a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the basis and calculation of the amount of any Indemnified Taxes so payable by such Recipient. Such certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so payable absent manifest error. Such Recipient shall deliver a copy of such certificate to the Administrative Agent. In the case of any Lender making a claim under this Section 18(A) on behalf of any of its beneficial owners, an indemnity payment under this Section 18(A) shall be due only to the extent that such Lender is able to establish that, with respect to the applicable Indemnified Taxes, such beneficial owners supplied to the applicable Persons such properly completed and executed documentation necessary to claim any applicable exemption from, or reduction of, such Indemnified Taxes.

(v) By accepting the benefits hereof, each Lender agrees that it will provide any documentation described in Section 2.17(f) of the Credit Agreement to the Administrative Agent and the Guarantor.

(B) Expenses of Enforcement, Etc. The Guarantor agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations for any reasonable and documented costs and out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees) paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent or any other Holder of Guaranteed Obligations in connection with the collection and enforcement of amounts due under the Loan Documents, including without limitation this Guaranty.

 

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SECTION 19. Setoff. At any time after all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations have become due and payable (by acceleration or otherwise), each Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent) and its Affiliates may, without notice to the Guarantor and regardless of the acceptance of any security or collateral for the payment hereof, appropriate and apply in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement toward the payment of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (i) any indebtedness due or to become due from such Holder of Guaranteed Obligations or the Administrative Agent to the Guarantor, and (ii) any moneys, credits or other property belonging to the Guarantor, at any time held by or coming into the possession of such Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent) or any of their respective affiliates.

SECTION 20. Financial Information. The Guarantor hereby assumes responsibility for keeping itself informed of the financial condition of the Borrower and any and all endorsers and/or other guarantors of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, that diligent inquiry would reveal, and the Guarantor hereby agrees that none of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent) shall have any duty to advise the Guarantor of information known to any of them regarding such condition or any such circumstances. In the event any Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent), in its sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to the Guarantor, such Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent) shall be under no obligation (i) to undertake any investigation not a part of its regular business routine, (ii) to disclose any information which such Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent), pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance or banking practices, wishes to maintain confidential or (iii) to make any other or future disclosures of such information or any other information to the Guarantor.

SECTION 21. Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Guaranty shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Guaranty shall be prohibited by or invalid under such law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Guaranty.

SECTION 22. Merger. This Guaranty represents the final agreement of the Guarantor with respect to the matters contained herein and may not be contradicted by evidence of prior or contemporaneous agreements, or subsequent oral agreements, between the Guarantor and any Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent).

SECTION 23. Headings. Section headings in this Guaranty are for convenience of reference only and shall not govern the interpretation of any provision of this Guaranty.

 

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SECTION 24. Judgment Currency. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due from the Guarantor hereunder in the currency expressed to be payable herein (the “specified currency”) into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the specified currency with such other currency at the Administrative Agent’s main New York City office on the Business Day preceding that on which final, non-appealable judgment is given. The obligations of the Guarantor in respect of any sum due hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than the specified currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by any Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent), as the case may be, of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency such Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent), as the case may be, may in accordance with normal, reasonable banking procedures purchase the specified currency with such other currency. If the amount of the specified currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to such Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent), as the case may be, in the specified currency, the Guarantor agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent), as the case may be, against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased exceeds (a) the sum originally due to any Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent), as the case may be, in the specified currency and (b) amounts shared with other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations as a result of allocations of such excess as a disproportionate payment to such other Holder of Guaranteed Obligations under Section 2.18 of the Credit Agreement, such Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent), as the case may be, agrees, by accepting the benefits hereof, to remit such excess to the Guarantor.

SECTION 25. Counterparts. This Guaranty may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Guaranty by facsimile, e-mailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Guaranty. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Guaranty and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

SECTION 26. Termination of Guaranty. The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guaranty shall automatically terminate in accordance with Section 9.14 of the Credit Agreement.

Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.

 

ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC. (to be renamed EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE COMPANY)
By:

 

Name:
Title:

 

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Acknowledged and Agreed

as of the date first written above:

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.,

as Administrative Agent

By:

 

Name:
Title:

 

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EXHIBIT G

[RESERVED]

 


EXHIBIT H-1

FORM OF BORROWING REQUEST

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.,

as Administrative Agent

for the Lenders referred to below

 

[                    
Attention: [                     ]
Facsimile: [                    ]]1
With a copy to:
[                     ]
[                     ]
Attention: [                     ]
Facsimile: [                     ]

 

  Re: Edgewell Personal Care Netherlands B.V.

[Date]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of June 12, 2015 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Edgewell Personal Care Netherlands B.V. (the “Borrower”), Energizer Holdings, Inc. (to be renamed Edgewell Personal Care Company), as Parent, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. The Borrower hereby gives you notice pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Credit Agreement that it requests a Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the Borrower specifies the following information with respect to such Borrowing requested hereby:

 

1. Aggregate principal amount of Borrowing:2                     

 

2. Date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day):                     

 

3. Interest Period and the last day thereof:3                     

 

5. Location and number of the Borrower’s account or any other account agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to which proceeds of Borrowing are to be disbursed:                     

 

1  Conform to applicable notice address in Section 9.01(a)(ii).
2  Not less than applicable amounts specified in Section 2.02(c).
3  Which must comply with the definition of “Interest Period” and end not later than the Maturity Date.


[Signature Page Follows]

 


The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the conditions to lending specified in Section[s] [4.01 and]1 4.02 of the Credit Agreement are satisfied as of the date hereof.

 

Very truly yours,
EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE NETHERLANDS B.V., as the Borrower
By:

 

Name:
Title: Management Board Member A
By:

 

Name:
Title: Management Board Member B

 

 

1  To be included only for Borrowings on the Effective Date.


EXHIBIT H-2

FORM OF INTEREST ELECTION REQUEST

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.,

as Administrative Agent

for the Lenders referred to below

[                     

Attention: [                     ]

Facsimile: ([    ]) [    ]-[             ]]1

Re: Edgewell Personal Care Netherlands B.V.

[Date]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of June 12, 2015 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Edgewell Personal Care Netherlands B.V. (the “Borrower”), Energizer Holdings, Inc. (to be renamed Edgewell Personal Care Company), as Parent, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. The Borrower hereby gives you notice pursuant to Section 2.08 of the Credit Agreement that it requests to continue an existing Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the Borrower specifies the following information with respect to such continuation requested hereby:

 

1. List date, principal amount and Interest Period (if applicable) of existing Borrowing:                     

 

2. Aggregate principal amount of resulting Borrowing:                     

 

3. Effective date of interest election (which shall be a Business Day):                     

 

4. Interest Period and the last day thereof:2                    

[Signature Page Follows]

 

1  Conform to applicable notice address in Section 9.01(a)(ii).
2  Which must comply with the definition of “Interest Period” and end not later than the Maturity Date.


Very truly yours,

EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE NETHERLANDS B.V.,

as Borrower

By:

 

Name:
Title: Management Board Member A
By:
 

 

Name:
Title: Management Board Member B


EXHIBIT I

[FORM OF]

NOTE

[             ], 2015

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE NETHERLANDS B.V., a besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid, incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands (the “Borrower”), HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY PROMISES TO PAY to the order of [NAME OF LENDER] (the “Lender”) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the “Credit Agreement” (as defined below) on the Maturity Date or on such earlier date as may be required by the terms of the Credit Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are as defined in the Credit Agreement.

The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan made to it from the date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full at a rate or rates per annum determined in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement. Interest hereunder is due and payable at such times and on such dates as set forth in the Credit Agreement.

At the time of each Loan, and upon each payment or prepayment of principal of each Loan, the Lender shall make a notation either on the schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof, or in such Lender’s own books and records, in each case specifying the amount of such Loan, the respective Interest Period thereof, or the amount of principal paid or prepaid with respect to such Loan, as applicable; provided that the failure of the Lender to make any such recordation or notation shall not affect the Obligations of the Borrower hereunder or under the Credit Agreement.

This Note is one of the notes referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, that certain Credit Agreement dated as of June 12, 2015 by and among the Borrower, Energizer Holdings, Inc. (to be renamed Edgewell Personal Care Company), as Parent, the financial institutions from time to time parties thereto as Lenders and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as Administrative Agent (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement, among other things, (i) provides for the making of Loans by the Lender to the Borrower from time to time in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding such Lender’s Commitment, the indebtedness of the Borrower resulting from each such Loan to it being evidenced by this Note, and (ii) contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events and also for prepayments of the principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof upon the terms and conditions therein specified.

Demand, presentment, protest and notice of nonpayment and protest are hereby waived by the Borrower.

Whenever in this Note reference is made to the Administrative Agent, the Lender or the Borrower, such reference shall be deemed to include, as applicable, a reference to their respective successors and permitted assigns. The provisions of this Note shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of said successors and assigns. The Borrower’s successors and assigns shall include, without limitation, a receiver, trustee or debtor in possession of or for the Borrower.


This Note shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

 

EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE NETHERLANDS B.V.
By:

 

Name:
Title:

Note


SCHEDULE OF LOANS AND PAYMENTS OR PREPAYMENTS

 

Date

   Amount of
Loan
   Interest
Period/Rate
   Amount of
Principal
Paid or
Prepaid
   Unpaid
Principal
Balance
   Notation
Made By