Amendment No. 5 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated May 16, 2023, among Sabre GLBL Inc., as Borrower and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent
Exhibit 10.1
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AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of May 16, 2023 (this Amendment), among Sabre GLBL Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower) and Bank of America, N.A., administrative agent (the Administrative Agent).
WHEREAS, the Borrower, Holdings, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February 19, 2013 (as amended, amended and restated, modified and/or supplemented prior to the date hereof, the Existing Credit Agreement; and the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended pursuant to this Amendment, the Credit Agreement), pursuant to which the Lenders have extended credit to the Borrower;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 3.03(c)(i) of the Existing Credit Agreement (as amended pursuant to the Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans and the Seventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans), (i) the Borrower has notified the Administrative Agent that U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities are currently being executed or amended (as applicable) to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace LIBOR and (ii) the Borrower and the Administrative Agent have jointly elected, pursuant to a SOFR Early Opt-in (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement), to replace LIBOR with Term SOFR with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans for all purposes under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents; and
WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement for to reflect the establishment of Term SOFR as the Benchmark Replacement (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) and to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) in connection therewith;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 2. Amendments to Credit Agreement.
(a) Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4 hereof, on and as of the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text), and (ii) adding the double underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the amended Credit Agreement attached hereto as Appendix A.
(b) From and after the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, Annex II to the Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment and Annex II to the Seventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment shall be of no further force and effect, and Section 3.03 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans.
(c) As of the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, any outstanding 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans and 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans that are Eurocurrency Rate Loans prior to giving effect to this Amendment No. 5 will continue as Eurocurrency Rate Loans (in accordance with the Existing Credit Agreement prior to giving effect to this Amendment No. 5) until the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next following Business Day if such day is not a Business Day) and, to the extent it remains outstanding on such date, shall only be available to be converted by the Borrower to a Term SOFR Loan or a Base Rate Loan
SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties. To induce the other parties hereto to enter into this Amendment, the Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent that:
(a) The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Amendment is within the Borrowers corporate and other powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action. Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Amendment will (a) contravene the terms of any of the Borrowers Organization Documents or (b) violate any applicable material Law; except in the case of this clause (b) to the extent that such violation or contravention would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower. This Amendment constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity.
(c) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, after giving effect to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 4. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date (the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date) on which each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
(a) the Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received counterparts of this Amendment that, when taken together, bear the signatures of (i) the Borrower and (ii) the Administrative Agent;
(b) the Administrative Agent shall have received payment of all fees and other amounts previously agreed in writing by the Borrower to be due and payable on or prior to the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date and, to the extent invoiced at least two Business Days prior to the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date (except as otherwise reasonably agreed by the Borrower), reimbursement or payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent; and
(c) The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
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SECTION 5. Intentionally Omitted.
SECTION 6. Reference to Agreement. From and after the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, the terms Agreement, this Agreement, herein, hereinafter, hereto, hereof and words of similar import, as used in the Credit Agreement, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, refer to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby, and the term Credit Agreement, as used in the other Loan Documents, shall mean the Credit Agreement as amended hereby and as may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
SECTION 7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Except to the extent applicable law would prohibit the same, make the same unenforceable or affirmatively requires a manually executed counterpart signature, the delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by fax, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means approved by the Administrative Agent in writing (which may be via email) that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be as effective as the delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment. In furtherance of the foregoing, the words execution, signed, signature, delivery and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Amendment 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. As used herein, 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 other record. Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Amendment and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Amendment. The Administrative Agent may also require that any such documents and signatures delivered by telecopy or other electronic image scan transmission be confirmed by a manually signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature delivered by telecopy or other electronic image scan transmission.
SECTION 8. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 9. Jurisdiction. ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER THIS AMENDMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THIS AMENDMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY (IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN) OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS
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AMENDMENT, THE BORROWER, HOLDINGS, EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS AND AGREES NOT TO COMMENCE ANY SUCH LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. THE BORROWER, HOLDINGS, EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS AMENDMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO.
SECTION 10. Headings. The headings of this Amendment are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
SECTION 11. No Novation. This Amendment shall not extinguish the Obligations for the payment of money outstanding under the Credit Agreement or discharge or release the lien or priority of any Loan Document or any other security therefor or any guarantee thereof, and the liens and security interests existing immediately prior to the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties securing payment of the Obligations are in all respects continuing and in full force and effect with respect to all Obligations. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation, or a payment and reborrowing, or a termination, of the Obligations outstanding under the Credit Agreement or instruments guaranteeing or securing the same, which shall remain in full force and effect, except as modified hereby or by instruments executed concurrently herewith. Nothing expressed or implied in this Amendment or any other document contemplated hereby or thereby shall be construed as a release or other discharge of the Borrower under the Credit Agreement or the Borrower or any other Loan Party under any Loan Document from any of its obligations and liabilities thereunder, and such obligations are in all respects continuing with only the terms being modified as provided in this Amendment. The Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect, until and except as modified hereby. This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document for all purposes of the Credit Agreement. Each Guarantor further agrees that nothing in the Credit Agreement, this Amendment or any other Loan Document shall be deemed to require the consent of such Guarantor to any future amendment to the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 12. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall be given as provided in the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 13. Severability. If any provision of this Amendment is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Amendment and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 14. Successors. The terms of this Amendment shall be binding upon, and shall inure for the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
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SECTION 15. No Waiver. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Agents under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other provision of the Credit Agreement or of any other Loan Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle the Borrower to receive a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their duly authorized officers, all as of the date and year first above written.
SABRE GLBL INC., | ||
By | /s/ Brian Evans | |
Name: Brian Evans | ||
Title: Treasurer |
[Signature Page to Sabre Amendment No. 5]
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Henry Pennell | |
Name: Henry Pennell | ||
Title: |
[Signature Page to Sabre Amendment No. 5]