Exhibit 10.1
FIFTH AMENDMENT TO FINANCING AGREEMENT
FIFTH AMENDMENT TO FINANCING AGREEMENT, dated as of August 3, 2023 (this “Amendment”), to the Financing Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2021 (as amended by the First Amendment to Financing Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2021, as amended by the Second Amendment to Financing Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2021, as amended by the Third Amendment to Financing Agreement, dated as September 30, 2022, as amended by the Fourth Amendment to Financing Agreement, dated as January 9, 2023, and as may be further as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Existing Financing Agreement”, and, the Existing Financing Agreement as amended by this Amendment, the “Financing Agreement”), by and among Xponential Intermediate Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Parent”), Xponential Fitness LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“XF”), each Subsidiary (as defined therein) of Parent listed as a “Borrower” on the signature pages thereto (together with XF and each other Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a "Borrower" thereunder, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), each other Subsidiary of Parent listed as a "Guarantor" on the signature pages thereto (together with Parent and each other Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a “Guarantor” thereunder or otherwise guaranties all or any part of the Obligations (as defined therein), each a “Guarantor” and collectively, the "Guarantors"), the lenders from time to time party thereto (each a “Lender” and collectively, the "Lenders"), Wilmington Trust, National Association (“Wilmington Trust”), as collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “Collateral Agent”) and Wilmington Trust, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “Administrative Agent” and together with the Collateral Agent, each an “Agent” and collectively, the “Agents”). All terms used herein that are defined in the Financing Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Financing Agreement (as amended hereby).
WHEREAS, the Borrowers wish to amend the Financing Agreement to provide for additional term loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to $65,000,000 (the “Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loans”) to be made by the Lenders listed on Annex A hereto or any of their Affiliates or funds managed or advised by any of them or any of their respective Affiliates as may be set forth in an updated Annex A most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent (which updated Annex A, if any, shall in any event be delivered prior to both the Fifth Amendment Funding Date and the delivery of the Notice of Borrowing in respect of the Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loans) by any such Lender then party hereto (accompanied by a signature page to this Amendment) (the Lenders listed on Annex A hereto, as may be updated in accordance herewith, “Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Lenders”) (or by Lenders’ counsel on their behalf) in accordance with their respective commitments set forth on such Annex A (the “Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Commitments”), the proceeds of which will be used to consummate the Fifth Amendment Transactions;
WHEREAS, the Loan Parties have requested that the Agents and the Lenders amend the Financing Agreement in certain respects in connection with, the Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loans, and to make the other amendments contemplated hereby, and the Agents and the Lenders are agreeable to such request for amendment on and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein; and
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NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Amendments to Financing Agreement.
(a) The Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Lenders hereby, severally but not jointly, agree to provide the full amount of the Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loans in accordance with their respective Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Commitments. The Borrowers hereby agree to borrow the full amount of the Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loans. The Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Commitments shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Financing Agreement.
(b) The aggregate Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Commitments as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date (as hereinafter defined) are $65,000,000. The Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Commitments will terminate in full upon the making of the related Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loans.
(c) Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Required Lenders) of the conditions set forth in Section 4 below, the funding of the Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loans will occur in one drawing on the Fifth Amendment Funding Date and will be made by the Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Lenders listed on the most recently delivered copy of Annex A hereto, ratably in accordance with their respective Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Commitments pursuant to the Administrative Borrower’s request in the form of a Notice of Borrowing (which notice may be delivered upon a shorter time period than set forth in Section 2.02 of the Financing Agreement, or not at all, to the extent agreed to by the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent). In the event that the Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loans are not borrowed on the Fifth Amendment Funding Date, either upon mutual agreement of the Borrowers and the Required Lenders (with concurrent written notice to the Administrative Agent) or due to a failure of the conditions set forth in Section 4 below to be satisfied (or waived by the Required Lenders), then automatically (unless the Required Lenders are ready, willing and able to close and the Borrowers are in breach of their obligation to close hereunder): (x) the amendments to the Financing Agreement pursuant to this Amendment shall no longer be of force and effect and shall be null and void and the Financing Agreement as in effect prior to this Amendment shall remain in effect and (y) the Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Commitments shall terminate.
(d) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, in accordance with the recitals hereof (and, for the avoidance of doubt, without modifying the aggregate principal amount of Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Commitments set forth on Annex A as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date), Annex A to this Amendment may be updated from time to time prior to the Fifth Amendment Funding Date and delivery of the Notice of Borrowing in respect of the Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loans by the Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Lenders that are party hereto as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date (or Lenders’ counsel on their behalf). Each of parties hereto hereby agree that (x) any updated copy of Annex A hereto delivered by or on behalf of the
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Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Lenders (or by Lenders’ counsel on their behalf) shall (i) automatically replace Annex A hereto upon delivery hereof and (ii) be accompanied by a counterpart to this Amendment from each Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Lender listed on such updated copy of Annex A that is not otherwise party to this Amendment as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, which counterparts shall be automatically appended to this Amendment and become a part hereof upon delivery of such counterparts and (y) the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon such updated copy of Annex A hereto in performing its obligations hereunder and under the Financing Agreement as amended hereby.
(e) The Existing Financing Agreement is, subject to satisfaction of each of the conditions set forth in Section 3, amended in accordance with Exhibit A hereto by deleting the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and by inserting the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double underlined text), in each case in the place where such text appears therein, such that immediately after giving effect to this Amendment the Existing Financing Agreement will read as set forth in Exhibit A.
(f) Exhibits B and C to the Existing Financing Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read as set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto. Except as set forth in this clause (b), all other Schedules and Exhibits to the Existing Financing Agreement shall not be amended, modified, supplemented or otherwise affected.
(g) Each Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Lender shall be deemed to be a “Lender”, a “Term Loan Lender” and a “Secured Party” for all purposes under the Financing Agreement and each other Loan Document, and shall have all of the rights and obligations of a Lender, a Term Loan Lender and a Secured Party under the Financing Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loans shall be Term Loans and Initial Term Loans for all purposes under the Financing Agreement and each other Loan Document and, unless otherwise set forth in the Financing Agreement, shall have terms identical to the Initial Term Loans outstanding under the Financing Agreement immediately prior to the date hereof (including, but not limited to, with respect to “Applicable Margin”, “Maturity Date” and Section 2.04(b)); provided, that the type and, if applicable, initial Interest Period applicable to the Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loans shall be as specified in the applicable Notice of Borrowing.
(h) Each Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Lender, to the extent not a Lender under the Financing Agreement, (x) (a) confirms that it has received copies of the Financing Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with copies of the financial statements referred to therein and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Amendment; (b) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Assignor, or any Lender, 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 (c) appoints and authorizes each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to take
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such action as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (as the case may be) on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Loan Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (as the case may be) by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; (y) acknowledges and agrees that the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent each are and shall be entitled to all of the indemnifications, exculpations and other rights and protections set forth in the Financing Agreement (including as amended hereby) and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, those set forth in Article X of the Financing Agreement (including as amended hereby) (and such Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Lender shall be obligated as a Lender under such Article X)), and (z) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations which by the terms of the Financing Agreement (as amended hereby) and the other Loan Documents as are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
(i) The proceeds of the Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loans shall be used to consummate the Fifth Amendment Transactions.
(j) Schedule 1.01(A) of the Financing Agreement shall be amended and supplemented to include the Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Commitments set forth on Annex A hereto.
2. Representations and Warranties. Each Loan Party hereby jointly and severally represents and warrants to the Agents and the Lenders, as of the date hereof, as follows:
(a) Representations and Warranties; No Event of Default. The representations and warranties contained herein, in Article VI of the Financing Agreement and in each other Loan Document, certificate or other writing delivered by or on behalf of any Loan Party to any Secured Party pursuant thereto on or prior to the Fifth Amendment Effective Date are true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) on and as of such date as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly relates solely to an earlier date (in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) on and as of such earlier date), and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date or would result from this Amendment becoming effective in accordance with its terms.
(b) Authorization; Enforceability. The execution and delivery of this Amendment by each Loan Party, and the performance of the Financing Agreement, as amended hereby, (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary action, (ii) do not and will not contravene (A) any of its Governing Documents, (B) any applicable Requirement of Law or (C) any Contractual Obligation binding on or otherwise affecting it or any of its properties, (iii) do not and
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will not result in or require the creation of any Lien (other than pursuant to any Loan Document) upon or with respect to any of its properties other than any such Lien that constitutes a Permitted Lien, and (iv) do not and will not result in any default, noncompliance, suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or nonrenewal of any permit, license, authorization or approval applicable to its operations or any of its properties except, in the case of clauses (ii)(B), (ii)(C) and (iv), as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. This Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and general principles of equity.
3. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective upon satisfaction in full, or waiver by the Required Lenders, of the following conditions precedent (the first date upon which all such conditions shall have been satisfied (or waived by the Required Lenders) being herein called the “Fifth Amendment Effective Date”):
Section 1.01 Delivery of Documents. The Agent and the Required Lenders shall have received, on or before the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, the following, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders and, unless indicated otherwise, dated the Fifth Amendment Effective Date:
(i) this Amendment, duly executed by the Loan Parties, each Agent, the Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Lenders and the Required Lenders (including all Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Lenders);
(ii) a copy of the resolutions of each Loan Party, certified as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date by an Authorized Officer thereof, authorizing (A) the borrowings hereunder and the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and (B) the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party of this Amendment and the execution and delivery of the other documents to be delivered by such Person in connection herewith;
(iii) a certificate of an Authorized Officer of each Loan Party, certifying the names and true signatures of the representatives of such Loan Party authorized to sign this Amendment and the other documents to be executed and delivered by such Loan Party in connection herewith, together with evidence of the incumbency of such authorized officers;
(iv) a certificate of the appropriate official(s) of the jurisdiction of organization of each Loan Party certifying as of a recent date not more than 30 days prior to the Fifth Amendment Effective Date as to the good standing of such Loan Party, in such jurisdiction, except, in each case, where the failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole;
(v) a true and complete copy of the charter, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership or other publicly filed organizational document of each Loan Party certified as of a recent date not more than 30 days prior to the Fifth Amendment Effective Date by an appropriate official of the jurisdiction of organization of such Loan Party
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which shall set forth the same complete name of such Loan Party as is set forth herein and the organizational number of such Loan Party, if an organizational number is issued in such jurisdiction (or a certification that there have been no changes to such organizational documents since the Second Amendment Effective Date);
(vi) a copy of the Governing Documents of each Loan Party, together with all amendments thereto, certified as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date by an Authorized Officer of such Loan Party (or a certification that there have been no changes to such Governing Documents since the Second Amendment Effective Date);
(vii) an opinion of (a) Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, special New York counsel to the Loan Parties, (b) Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, special Delaware counsel to the Loan Parties, and (c) Roetzel & Andress, special Ohio counsel to the Loan Parties, in each case, as to such customary matters as the Required Lenders may reasonably request;
(viii) a certificate of an Authorized Officer of each Loan Party, certifying as to the matters described in Section 2(a) of this Amendment; and
(ix) A copy of the that certain Fifth Amendment fee letter, dated as of August 3, 2023, by and between XF and the lenders party thereto (the “Fee Letter”).
4. Conditions Precedent to Funding. The obligation of the Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Lenders to fund the Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loans is subject to the satisfaction in full, or waiver by the Required Lenders, of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Effectiveness. The Fifth Amendment Effective Date has occurred.
(b) Payment of Fees, Etc. The Borrowers shall have paid (or caused to be paid), on or before the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, (i) all fees, costs and expenses then due and payable, if any, pursuant to Section 12.04 of the Financing Agreement and the Fee Letter and (ii) to the Agents, for their own account, an amendment fee in the amount of $7,500.00, which fee shall be fully earned on the Fifth Amendment Effective Date.
(c) Delivery of Documents. The Agents and the Required Lenders shall have received, on or before the Fifth Amendment Funding Date, the following, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders and, unless indicated otherwise, dated the Fifth Amendment Funding Date:
(i) a certificate of an Authorized Officer of each Loan Party, certifying as to the matters described in Section 2(a) of this Amendment (with references therein to the Fifth Amendment Effective Date being deemed to be references to the Fifth Amendment Funding Date solely for purposes of this Section 4(b)(i));
(ii) a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Administrative Borrower, certifying on behalf of the Loan Parties, as to the solvency of the Loan Parties (on a consolidated basis), which certificate shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Required Lenders;
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(iii) a Notice of Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Financing Agreement; and
(iv) a counterpart to this Amendment from each Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Lender not otherwise party to this Amendment as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date.
(d) Fifth Amendment Transactions. The Fifth Amendment Transactions shall have been (or, substantially concurrently with the making of the Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loans, shall be) consummated.
5. Continued Effectiveness of the Financing Agreement and Other Loan Documents. Each Loan Party hereby (i) acknowledges and consents to this Amendment, (ii) confirms and agrees that the Financing Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party is, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects except that on and after the Fifth Amendment Effective Date all references in the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document to "Financing Agreement", the "Agreement", "thereto", "thereof", "thereunder" or words of like import referring to the Financing Agreement shall mean the Financing Agreement as amended by this Amendment, and (iii) confirms and agrees that to the extent that the Financing Agreement or any such other Loan Document purports to assign or pledge to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, or to grant to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders a security interest in or Lien on, any Collateral as security for the Obligations or Guaranteed Obligations, as the case may be, of any Loan Party from time to time existing in respect of the Financing Agreement (as amended hereby) and the other Loan Documents, such pledge, assignment and/or grant of the security interest or Lien is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects as of the date hereof. This Amendment does not and shall not affect any of the obligations of any Loan Party, other than as expressly provided herein, including, without limitation, the Borrower's obligation to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of Financing Agreement, or the obligations of any other Loan Party under any Loan Document to which it is a party, all of which obligations shall remain in full force and effect. Except as expressly provided herein, the execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Agents or any Lender under the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document.
6. Reaffirmation of Loan Parties. Each Loan Party hereby reaffirms its obligations under the Financing Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party as of the date hereof. Each Loan Party hereby further ratifies and reaffirms as of the date hereof the validity and enforceability of all of the Liens and security interests heretofore granted by it, pursuant to and in connection with the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document to the Agents, on behalf and for the benefit of the Agents and each Lender, as collateral security for the obligations under the Financing Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with their respective terms, and acknowledges that all of such liens and security interests, and all collateral heretofore pledged by it as security for such obligations, continues to be and remain collateral for such obligations. Although each of the Guarantors have been informed of the matters set forth herein and have acknowledged and
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agreed to same, each of the Guarantors understands that the Agents and the Lenders shall have no obligation to inform the Guarantors of such matters in the future or to seek the Guarantors' acknowledgement or agreement to future amendments, waivers, or modifications, and nothing herein shall create such a duty.
7. Miscellaneous.
(a) This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment by electronic mail shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Amendment. Any party may request in writing that parties delivering an executed counterpart of this Amendment by electronic mail also deliver an original executed counterpart of this Amendment but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Amendment. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Amendment shall be deemed to include electronic signatures 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 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. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment following the Fifth Amendment Effective Date but on or prior to the Fifth Amendment Funding Date shall be equally as effective as delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date.
(b) Section and paragraph headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose.
(c) THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(d) This Amendment constitutes a "Loan Document" under the Financing Agreement.
(e) Any provision of this Amendment that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining portions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
(f) The Borrower will pay (or cause to be paid) promptly upon receipt of a reasonably detailed invoice therefor, all reasonable and documented fees and out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Agents and the Lenders in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment in accordance with and pursuant to Section 12.04 of the Financing Agreement, including, without limitation, reasonable and documented fees, costs and expenses of
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(x) King & Spalding LLP, counsel to the Lenders and (y) Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, counsel to the Agents.
(g) By its execution hereof, each of the Lenders party hereto, constituting all Lenders party to the Financing Agreement (including all Incremental Term Loan Lenders), hereby (i) authorizes and directs each Agent to execute and deliver this Amendment and (ii) acknowledges and agrees that (x) the authorization and direction in this Section 7(g) constitutes an authorization and direction from the Lenders under the provisions of Article X of the Financing Agreement and (y) Article X (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Sections 10.03 and 10.05 thereof) of the Financing Agreement shall apply to any and all actions taken by either Agent in accordance with such direction.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
BORROWER:
XPONENTIAL FITNESS LLC |
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/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
GUARANTORS:
XPONENTIAL INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, LLC |
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/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
CLUB PILATES FRANCHISE, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
CYCLEBAR HOLDCO, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
CYCLEBAR FRANCHISING, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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CYCLEBAR WORLDWIDE INC. |
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/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
STRETCH LAB FRANCHISE, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
ROW HOUSE FRANCHISE, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
YOGA SIX FRANCHISE, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
AKT FRANCHISE, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
PB FRANCHISING, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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STRIDE FRANCHISE, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
XPONENTIAL FITNESS BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
RUMBLE FRANCHISE, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
BFT FRANCHISE HOLDINGS, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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AKT FRANCHISE SPV, LLC, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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[Signature Page to Fifth Amendment]
XPOF ASSETCO, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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STRIDE FRANCHISE SPV, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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STRETCH LAB FRANCHISE SPV, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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RUMBLE FRANCHISE SPV, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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[Signature Page to Fifth Amendment]
ROW HOUSE FRANCHISE SPV, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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PB FRANCHISING SPV, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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CYCLEBAR FRANCHISING SPV, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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CLUB PILATES FRANCHISE SPV, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ John Meloun |
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Name: John Meloun |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND
COLLATERAL AGENT:
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent |
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/s/ Teisha Wright |
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Name: Teisha Wright |
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Title: Vice President |
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LENDERS:
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MSD PCOF PARTNERS XXXIX, LLC, as Lender
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/s/ Kenneth Gerold |
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Name: Kenneth Gerold Title: Authorized Signatory |
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MSD INVESTMENT CORP., as Lender
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/s/ Kenneth Gerold |
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Name: Kenneth Gerold Title: Authorized Signatory |
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MSD XPO PARTNERS, LLC, as Lender
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By: |
/s/ Kenneth Gerold |
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Name: Kenneth Gerold Title: Authorized Signatory |
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MSD BDC SPV I, LLC, as Lender
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By: |
/s/ Kenneth Gerold |
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Name: Kenneth Gerold Title: Authorized Signatory |
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CORBIN OPPORTUNITY FUND, LP, as Lender By: Redwood Capital Management, LLC, as its sub-advisor
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/s/ Sean Sauler |
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Name: Sean Sauler Title: Deputy CEO |
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REDWOOD MASTER FUND, LTD., as Lender By: Redwood Capital Management, LLC, its Investment Manager
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/s/ Sean Sauler |
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Name: Sean Sauler Title: Deputy CEO |
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REDWOOD OPPORTUNITY MASTER FUND, LTD., as Lender By: Redwood Capital Management, LLC, its Investment Manager
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/s/ Sean Sauler |
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Name: Sean Sauler Title: Deputy CEO |
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REDWOOD ENHANCED INCOME, CORP., By: Redwood Capital Management, LLC, its Investment Manager, as Lender
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/s/ Sean Sauler |
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Name: Sean Sauler Title: Co-President |
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DELALV Cayman C-1, Ltd., as Lender
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/s/ Seth Charnow |
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Name: Seth Charnow Title: Authorized Signatory |
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DELALV Cayman C-2, Ltd., as Lender
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By: |
/s/ Seth Charnow |
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Name: Seth Charnow Title: Authorized Signatory |
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DELALV PORTFOLIOS, LLC, as Lender
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By: |
/s/ Seth Charnow |
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Name: Seth Charnow Title: Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Fifth Amendment]
Annex A
Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Lenders’ Commitments
Lender Name |
Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Commitments |
Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loan Commitment Percentage |
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MSD PCOF Partners XXXIX, LLC |
$24,923,025.00 |
38.343115385% |
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MSD Investment Corp. |
$15,576,975.00 |
23.964576923% |
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DELALV Cayman C-1, Ltd. |
$19,500,000.00 |
30.000000000% |
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Redwood Enhanced Income Corp. |
$5,000,000.00 |
7.692307692% |
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$65,000,000.00 |
100.000000000% |
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Exhibit A
Amended Security Agreement
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Conformed through First Amendment, dated July 27, 2021
Second Amendment, dated October 8, 2021
Third Amendment, dated September 30, 2022
Fourth Amendment, dated January 9, 2023
Fifth Amendment, dated August 3, 2023
FINANCING AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 19, 2021
by and among
XPONENTIAL INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, LLC,
as Parent,
XPONENTIAL FITNESS LLC
AND EACH OTHER SUBSIDIARY OF PARENT
LISTED AS A BORROWER ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO,
as Borrowers,
PARENT AND EACH OTHER SUBSIDIARY OF PARENT LISTED AS A GUARANTOR ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO,
as Guarantors,
THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
as Lenders,
and
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS; CERTAIN TERMS |
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Section 1.01 |
Definitions |
1 |
Section 1.02 |
Terms Generally |
51 |
Section 1.03 |
Certain Matters of Construction |
52 |
Section 1.04 |
Accounting and Other Terms |
52 |
Section 1.05 |
Time References |
53 |
Section 1.06 |
Rates |
53 |
ARTICLE II THE LOANS |
54 |
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Section 2.01 |
Commitments |
54 |
Section 2.02 |
Making the Loans |
54 |
Section 2.03 |
Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt |
56 |
Section 2.04 |
Interest |
57 |
Section 2.05 |
Reduction of Commitment; Prepayment of Loans |
58 |
Section 2.06 |
Fees |
61 |
Section 2.07 |
[Intentionally Omitted] |
63 |
Section 2.08 |
Taxes |
63 |
Section 2.09 |
SOFR Option |
66 |
ARTICLE III [Intentionally Omitted]. |
71 |
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ARTICLE IV PAYMENTS AND OTHER COMPENSATION |
71 |
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Section 4.01 |
[Intentionally Omitted] |
71 |
Section 4.02 |
Payments; Computations and Statements |
71 |
Section 4.03 |
Sharing of Payments, Defaulting Lenders, Etc |
72 |
Section 4.04 |
Apportionment of Payments |
73 |
Section 4.05 |
Increased Costs and Reduced Return |
74 |
Section 4.06 |
Joint and Several Liability of the Borrowers |
76 |
ARTICLE V CONDITIONS TO LOANS |
77 |
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Section 5.01 |
Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness |
77 |
Section 5.02 |
Conditions Precedent to All Loans |
80 |
ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
80 |
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Section 6.01 |
Representations and Warranties |
80 |
ARTICLE VII COVENANTS OF THE LOAN PARTIES |
90 |
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Section 7.01 |
Affirmative Covenants |
90 |
Section 7.02 |
Negative Covenants |
102 |
Section 7.03 |
Financial Covenants |
114 |
ARTICLE VIII CASH MANAGEMENT AND OTHER COLLATERAL MATTERS |
116 |
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Section 8.01 |
Cash Management Arrangements |
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ARTICLE IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
117 |
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Section 9.01 |
Events of Default |
117 |
Section 9.02 |
Cure Right |
121 |
ARTICLE X AGENTS |
122 |
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Section 10.01 |
Appointment |
122 |
Section 10.02 |
Nature of Duties |
123 |
Section 10.03 |
Rights, Exculpation, Etc |
124 |
Section 10.04 |
Reliance |
126 |
Section 10.05 |
Indemnification |
126 |
Section 10.06 |
Agents Individually |
127 |
Section 10.07 |
Successor Agent |
127 |
Section 10.08 |
Collateral Matters |
127 |
Section 10.09 |
Agency for Perfection |
129 |
Section 10.10 |
No Reliance on any Agent’s Customer Identification Program |
129 |
Section 10.11 |
No Third Party Beneficiaries |
130 |
Section 10.12 |
No Fiduciary Relationship |
130 |
Section 10.13 |
Collateral Custodian |
131 |
Section 10.14 |
Collateral Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
131 |
ARTICLE XI GUARANTY |
132 |
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Section 11.01 |
Guaranty |
132 |
Section 11.02 |
Guaranty Absolute |
132 |
Section 11.03 |
Waiver |
133 |
Section 11.04 |
Continuing Guaranty; Assignments |
134 |
Section 11.05 |
Subrogation |
134 |
Section 11.06 |
Contribution |
134 |
ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS |
135 |
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Section 12.01 |
Notices, Etc |
135 |
Section 12.02 |
Amendments, Etc |
137 |
Section 12.03 |
No Waiver; Remedies, Etc |
139 |
Section 12.04 |
Expenses; Attorneys’ Fees |
140 |
Section 12.05 |
Right of Set-off |
141 |
Section 12.06 |
Severability |
141 |
Section 12.07 |
Assignments and Participations |
141 |
Section 12.08 |
Counterparts |
145 |
Section 12.09 |
GOVERNING LAW |
145 |
Section 12.10 |
CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS AND VENUE |
145 |
Section 12.11 |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL, ETC |
146 |
Section 12.12 |
Consent by the Agents and Lenders |
146 |
Section 12.13 |
No Party Deemed Drafter |
146 |
Section 12.14 |
Reinstatement; Certain Payments |
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Section 12.15 |
Indemnification |
147 |
Section 12.16 |
Administrative Borrower |
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Section 12.17 |
Records |
149 |
Section 12.18 |
Binding Effect |
149 |
Section 12.19 |
Interest |
149 |
Section 12.20 |
Confidentiality |
150 |
Section 12.21 |
Public Disclosure |
151 |
Section 12.22 |
Integration |
151 |
Section 12.23 |
USA PATRIOT Act |
151 |
Section 12.24 |
Keepwell |
152 |
Section 12.25 |
Released Loan Party. |
152 |
Section 12.26 |
Electronic Signatures |
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SCHEDULE AND EXHIBITS
Schedule 1.01(A) Lenders’ Commitments
Schedule 1.01(B) Earnouts
Schedule 6.01(e) Capitalization; Subsidiaries
Schedule 6.01(f) Litigation; Commercial Tort Claims
Schedule 6.01(i) ERISA
Schedule 6.01(l) Nature of Business
Schedule 6.01(o) Real Property and Facilities
Schedule 6.01(q) Franchise Matters
Schedule 6.01(r) Environmental Matters
Schedule 6.01(s) Insurance
Schedule 6.01(v) Bank Accounts
Schedule 6.01(w) Intellectual Property
Schedule 6.01(x) Material Contracts
Schedule 6.01(dd) Name; Jurisdiction of Organization; Organizational ID Number; Chief Place of Business; Chief Executive Office; FEIN
Schedule 6.01(ee) Collateral Locations
Schedule 7.01(s) Post-Closing Obligations
Schedule 7.02(a) Existing Liens
Schedule 7.02(b) Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 7.02(c) Capitalized Lease Obligations
Schedule 7.02(e) Existing Investments
Schedule 7.02(e)(xx) Franchisee Loan Parameters
Schedule 7.02(j) Transactions with Affiliates
Schedule 7.02(k) Limitations on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions
Schedule 8.01 Cash Management Banks/Cash Management Accounts
Exhibit A Form of Joinder Agreement
Exhibit B Form of Notice of Borrowing
Exhibit C Form of SOFR Notice
Exhibit D Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit E Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit F Form of Franchise Report
Exhibit G Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
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FINANCING AGREEMENT
Financing Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2021, by and among Xponential Intermediate Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Parent”), Xponential Fitness LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“XF”), each Subsidiary (as hereinafter defined) of Parent listed as a “Borrower” on the signature pages hereto (together with XF and each other Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a “Borrower” hereunder, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), each other Subsidiary of Parent listed as a “Guarantor” on the signature pages hereto (together with Parent and each other Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a “Guarantor” hereunder or otherwise guaranties all or any part of the Obligations (as hereinafter defined), each a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”), the lenders from time to time party hereto (each a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”), Wilmington Trust, National Association (“Wilmington Trust”), as collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “Collateral Agent”) and Wilmington Trust, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “Administrative Agent” and together with the Collateral Agent, each an “Agent” and collectively, the “Agents”).
RECITALS
The Borrowers have asked the Lenders to extend credit to the Borrowers consisting of an initial term loan in an aggregate principal amount of $212,000,000. The proceeds of the initial term loan shall be used to repay existing indebtedness of the Loan Parties and for general working capital or other corporate purposes of the Loan Parties (as hereinafter defined), including, but not limited to, the payment of fees and expenses related to this Agreement and the Transactions. The Lenders are severally, and not jointly, willing to extend such credit to the Borrowers subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
In consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS; CERTAIN TERMS
Section 2.01 Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings indicated below, such meanings to be applicable equally to both the singular and plural forms of such terms:
“2023 Incremental Term Loans” has the meaning set forth in the Fourth Amendment.
“Account Control Agreement” means an account control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Required Lenders, each of which is among each relevant Loan Party and the Collateral Agent and the applicable Cash Management Banks.
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“Account Debtor” means each debtor, customer or obligor in any way obligated on or in connection with any Account Receivable.
“Accounts Receivable” means, with respect to any Person, any and all accounts (as that term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code), any and all rights of such Person to payment for goods sold and/or services rendered, including accounts, general intangibles and any and all such rights evidenced by chattel paper, instruments or documents, whether due or to become due and whether or not earned by performance, and whether now or hereafter acquired or arising in the future, and any proceeds arising therefrom or relating thereto.
“Acquisition” means the acquisition of all or substantially all of the Equity Interests of any Person or all or substantially all of the assets of any Person or line of business or a division of such Person.
“Act” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 7.02(c).
“Action” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.12.
“Additional Amount” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.08(a).
“Adjusted Term SOFR” means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to (a) Term SOFR for such calculation plus (b) the Term SOFR Adjustment; provided that if Adjusted Term SOFR as so determined shall ever be less than the Floor, then Adjusted Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor.
“Administrative Agent” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble hereto.
“Administrative Agent’s Account” means an account at a bank designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time as the account into which the Loan Parties shall make all payments to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Administrative Agent Fee Letter” means the fee letter, dated as of the Effective Date, among the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.
“Administrative Borrower” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.16.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 10% or more of the Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of members of the Board of Directors of such Person or (b) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall: (i) any Agent or any Lender be considered an “Affiliate” of any Loan Party or (ii) any Agent or any Lender be considered an
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“Affiliate” of the Sponsor solely as a result of its ownership of the PubCo Convertible Preferred or any shares of common stock of PubCo issuable upon conversion of the PubCo Convertible Preferred.
“Affiliated Lenders” means the Sponsor and each of its Affiliates (including the Loan Parties) and Related Funds of the foregoing who become a Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“After Acquired Property” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 7.01(o).
“Agent” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble hereto.
“Agent Fee Letter” means that certain Fee Letter, dated as of the Effective Date, by and among the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Agent Indemnified Matters” means, collectively, all Indemnified Matters and all Environmental Indemnified Matters.
“Agent Parties” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.01(d).
“Agreement” means this Financing Agreement, including all amendments, modifications and supplements and any exhibits or schedules to any of the foregoing, and shall refer to this Agreement as the same may be in effect at the time such reference becomes operative.
“Ancillary Fees” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.02(a).
“Anti-Corruption Laws” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 6.01(jj)(i).
“Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Laws” means any Requirement of Law relating to terrorism, economic sanctions or money laundering, including, without limitation, (a) the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 (i.e., 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956 and 1957), (b) the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 (31 U.S.C. §§ 5311-5330 and 12 U.S.C. §§ 1818(s), 1820(b) and 1951-1959), and the implementing regulations promulgated thereunder, (c) the USA PATRIOT Act and the implementing regulations promulgated thereunder, (d) the laws, regulations and Executive Orders administered by the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), (e) any law prohibiting or directed against terrorist activities or the financing or support of terrorist activities (e.g., 18 U.S.C. §§ 2339A and 2339B), and (f) any similar laws enacted in the United States or any other jurisdictions in which the parties to this Agreement operate, as any of the foregoing laws have been, or shall hereafter be, amended, renewed, extended, or replaced and all other present and future legal requirements of any Governmental Authority governing, addressing, relating to, or attempting to eliminate, terrorist acts and acts of war and any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
“Applicable Margin” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to the interest rate of the Term Loans (or any portion thereof) (a) that are Reference Rate Loans, 5.50% or (b) that are SOFR Loans 6.50%.
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“Applicable Prepayment Premium” means, (i) as of any date of determination, with respect to and in the event of any prepayment of the Term Loans (other than 2023 Incremental Term Loans), (a) during the period of time after the date that is the first anniversary of the Effective Date up to and including the date that is the first anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date, an amount equal to 0.98% times the principal amount of any such prepayment of the Term Loans on such date, (b) during the period of time after the date that is the first anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date up to and including the date that is the second anniversary of the Effective Date, an amount equal to 0.50% times the principal amount of any such prepayment of the Term Loans on such date, (c) during the period of time after the date that is the second anniversary of the Effective Date up to and including the date that is the second anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date, an amount equal to 0.16% times the principal amount of any such prepayment of the Term Loans on such date, and (d) from the second anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date and at all times thereafter, zero and (ii) as of any date of determination, with respect to and in the event of any prepayment of the 2023 Incremental Term Loans (a) during the period of time from and after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date up to and including the date that is the first anniversary of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, an amount equal to 2.00% times the principal amount of any such prepayment of the 2023 Incremental Term Loans on such date, (b) during the period of time after the date that is the first anniversary of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date up to and including the date that is the second anniversary of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, an amount equal to 0.50% times the principal amount of any such prepayment of the 2023 Incremental Term Loans on such date, and (c) from the second anniversary of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date and at all times thereafter, zero.
“Assignment and Acceptance” means an assignment and acceptance entered into by an assigning Lender and an assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in accordance with Section 12.07 hereof and substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto or such other form (including electronic documentation generated by MarkitClear or other electronic platform) reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Authorized Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or other financial officer performing similar functions, secretary, president, executive vice president, vice president or manager of such Person or any other officer of such Person designated as an “Authorized Officer” by any of the foregoing officers in a writing delivered to the Agents.
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (x) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period pursuant to this Agreement (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 2.09(k).
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time and any successor statute or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
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“Benchmark” means, initially, the Term SOFR Reference Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.09(h).
“Benchmark Replacement” means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the sum of (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement to the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that any Benchmark Replacement shall be administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent as determined by it; provided, further, that if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Floor, such Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time; ; provided that any Benchmark Replacement Adjustment shall be administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent as determined by it.
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(a) in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) have been determined and announced by the
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regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative; provided that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt, if such Benchmark is a term rate, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(c) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt, if such Benchmark is a term rate, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication
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of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Start Date” means, in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (a) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (b) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than 90 days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication).
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means the period (if any) (a) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.09 and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.09.
“Benefit Plan” means an “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) that is sponsored or maintained by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“Board of Directors” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, (b) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the general partner of the partnership, (c) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee or board of managers of such company or the sole member or the managing member thereof, and (d) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.
“Borrower” and “Borrowers” have the meanings specified therefor in the preamble hereto. As of the Effective Date, the Administrative Borrower is the only Borrower under this Agreement.
“Brand Access Fees” means cash fees paid to the Loan Parties by certain organizations in connection with multi-year contracts with such Loan Parties.
“Business Day” means (a) for all purposes other than as described in clause (b) below, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required to close, and (b) with respect to the borrowing, payment or continuation of, or determination of interest rate on, SOFR Loans, any day that is both a Business Day described in clause (a) above and a U.S. Government Securities Business Day.
“Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period that in accordance with GAAP are or should be included in “property, plant and equipment” or in a similar
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fixed asset account on its balance sheet, whether such expenditures are paid in cash or financed and including all Capitalized Lease Obligations added during such period; provided, that the term “Capital Expenditures” shall not include any such expenditures which constitute (a) expenditures by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries made in connection with the replacement, substitution or restoration of such Person’s assets (i) to the extent financed from (A) insurance proceeds and other proceeds relating to the loss of property paid on account of the loss of or damage to, destruction of or condemnation of the assets being replaced or restored by such Person that has received such proceeds or (B) proceeds received by such Person from any Disposition permitted under this Agreement, in each case, so long as the Borrowers are permitted to reinvest such proceeds pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(viii) or (ii) with compensation awards arising from the taking by eminent domain or condemnation of the assets being replaced, (b) expenditures financed with the proceeds received from the sale or issuance of Equity Interests to the Sponsor or any other Persons, (c) a Permitted Acquisition or any investment permitted hereunder, (d) expenditures that are accounted for as capital expenditures of such Person and that actually are paid for by a third party (excluding any Loan Party) and for which no Loan Party has provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such third party or any other person (whether before, during or after such period), and (e) the purchase price of equipment that is purchased substantially contemporaneously with the trade in of existing equipment to the extent that the gross amount of such purchase price is reduced by the credit granted by the seller of such equipment for the equipment being traded in at such time.
“Capitalized Lease” means, with respect to any Person, any lease of real or personal property by such Person as lessee which is (a) required under GAAP to be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person or (b) a transaction of a type commonly known as a “synthetic lease” (i.e., a lease transaction that is treated as an operating lease for accounting purposes but with respect to which payments of rent are intended to be treated as payments of principal and interest on a loan for Federal income tax purposes).
“Capitalized Lease Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, obligations of such Person and its Subsidiaries under Capitalized Leases, and, for purposes hereof, the amount of any such obligation shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
“CARES Act” means the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, as amended, and the related rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“CARES Act Indebtedness” means any unsecured loan or other financial accommodation under the Payroll Protection Program established pursuant to the CARES Act under 15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36) (as added to the Small Business Act by Section 1102 of the CARES Act).
“Cash Equivalents” means
(a) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case, maturing within 1 year from the date of acquisition thereof;
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(b) marketable direct obligations issued or fully guaranteed by any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within 1 year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either Standard & Poor’s Rating Group or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.;
(c) commercial paper, maturing not more than 1 year after the date of issue rated P‑1 by Moody’s or A‑1 by Standard & Poor’s;
(d) certificates of deposit maturing not more than 1 year after the date of issue, issued by commercial banking institutions and money market or demand deposit accounts maintained at commercial banking institutions, each of which is a member of the Federal Reserve System and has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;
(e) deposit accounts maintained with (i) any bank that satisfies the criteria described in clause (d) above, or (ii) any other bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof so long as the full amount maintained with any such other bank is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;
(f) repurchase agreements having maturities of not more than 90 days from the date of acquisition which are entered into with major money center banks included in the commercial banking institutions described in clause (c) above and which are secured by readily marketable direct obligations of the United States Government or any agency thereof;
(g) debt securities with maturities of 6 months or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any commercial bank satisfying the criteria described in clause (d) above;
(h) money market accounts maintained with mutual funds having assets in excess of $500,000,000, which assets are primarily comprised of Cash Equivalents described in another clause of this definition; and
(i) marketable tax exempt securities rated A or higher by Moody’s or A+ or higher by Standard & Poor’s, in each case, maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof.
“Cash Management Accounts” means the bank accounts of each Loan Party (other than the Excluded Accounts) maintained at one or more Cash Management Banks listed on Schedule 8.01.
“Cash Management Bank” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 8.01(a).
“Catterton Preferred Equity” means that certain preferred equity of H&W Franchise Holdings, LLC (a) issued pursuant to the Operating Agreement of LCAT Franchise Fitness Holdings, LLC, (b) evidenced by Class A-3 Units, Class A-4 Units and Class A-5 Units and (c) outstanding as of the Effective Date.
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“CEA” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C.§1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“CFTC” means the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation, judicial ruling, judgment or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives concerning capital adequacy 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 shall, in each case, be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Change of Control” means each occurrence of any of the following:
(a) at any time prior to a public offering of any Equity Interests of the Parent or any parent company of the Parent, (i) the Permitted Holders cease beneficially and of record to own and control, directly or indirectly, at least 51% on a fully diluted basis of the aggregate outstanding voting power of the Equity Interests of the Parent, or (ii) the Sponsor ceases beneficially and of record to own and control, directly or indirectly, the largest percentage on a fully diluted basis of the aggregate outstanding voting power of the Equity Interests of the Parent necessary to nominate or elect a majority of the Board of Directors of the Parent;
(b) at any time after a public offering of any Equity Interests of the Parent or any parent company of the Parent, the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than a Permitted Holder, of beneficial ownership of more than the greater of (x) 35% of the aggregate outstanding voting power of the Equity Interests of the Parent and (y) the percentage on a fully diluted basis of the aggregate outstanding voting power of the Equity Interests of the Parent then owned by the Permitted Holders;
(c) at any time after a public offering of any Equity Interests of the Parent or any parent company of the Parent, during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors of the Parent (together with any new directors whose election by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Parent was approved by a vote of at least a majority the directors of the Parent then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period, or whose election or nomination for election was previously approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Parent;
(d) the Parent shall cease to have, directly or indirectly, the aggregate beneficial ownership (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of at least the percentage of the
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aggregate voting power or economic power of the Equity Interests of each other Loan Party held by it on the Effective Date (or, with respect to any Subsidiary that becomes a Loan Party after the Effective Date, on the date such Subsidiary becomes a Loan Party hereunder), other than pursuant to a transaction permitted under Section 7.02(c) of this Agreement; or
(e) at any time after a public offering of any of the Equity Interests of the Parent or any parent company of the Parent (i) any Loan Party consolidates or amalgamates with or merges into another entity or conveys, transfers or leases all or substantially all of its property and assets to another Person, unless otherwise permitted hereunder or (ii) any entity consolidates or amalgamates with or merges into any Loan Party in a transaction pursuant to which the outstanding voting Equity Interests of such Loan Party are reclassified or changed into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction described in this clause (ii) in which either (A) in the case of any such transaction involving the Parent, no person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than a Permitted Holder has, directly or indirectly, acquired beneficial ownership of more than 35% of the aggregate outstanding voting Equity Interests of the Parent or (B) in the case of any such transaction involving a Loan Party other than the Parent, the Parent has beneficial ownership on a fully diluted basis of at least the same percentage of the aggregate voting and economic power of all Equity Interests of the resulting, surviving or transferee entity as it held prior to the date of such transaction.
“Collateral” means all of the property and assets and all interests therein and proceeds thereof now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party upon which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted by such Loan Party as security for all or any part of the Obligations; provided, that the term “Collateral” shall not include any “Excluded Property” (as defined in the Security Agreement).
“Collateral Agent” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble hereto.
“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment.
“Communications” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.01(d).
“Competitor” means any Person which is a direct competitor of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries in the same or substantially similar line of business as the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date, if, in each case, at the time of a proposed assignment or participation, Agents and the assigning Lender have been notified in writing by the Administrative Borrower that such a Person is a direct competitor of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries.
“Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 7.01(a)(iv).
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Adjusted Term SOFR or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Reference Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of
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determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 2.09(e) and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders) decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders) determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders) decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided, that any such other manner of administration shall be administratively feasible as determined by the Administrative Agent).
“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 EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:
(a) increased (without duplication) by the following, in each case (other than clauses (vii) and (ix)) to the extent deducted (and not added back) in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:
(i) any provision for (or less any benefit, including income tax credits and refunds, from) income taxes (including franchise, gross receipts and single business taxes imposed in lieu of income taxes); plus
(ii) depreciation and amortization expense of such Person for such period; plus
(iii) the amount of any documented and clearly identifiable restructuring charges; provided that the amounts added to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (iii) shall not exceed the lesser of 5% of Consolidated EBITDA (calculated prior to giving effect to such add-backs) and $3,000,000 for any period; provided further, that amounts added to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (iii) when aggregated with amounts added to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clause (vi)(2) and clause (vii) shall not exceed the lesser of 17.0% of Consolidated EBITDA (calculated prior to giving effect to such add-backs) and $4,500,000; plus
(iv) any other non-cash charges or adjustments, including (A) any write offs or write downs reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period, (B) equity-based awards compensation expense and expenses related to or associated with deferred compensation programs, (C) losses on sales, disposals or abandonment of, or any impairment charges or asset
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write-down or write-off related to, intangible assets, long-lived assets, inventory and investments in debt and equity securities, (D) all losses from investments recorded using the equity method, (E) charges for facilities closed prior to the applicable lease expiration, and (F) non-cash expenses in connection with new studio or other facility openings and closings; plus
(v) the amount of (i) board of directors fees not to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate for such period and (ii) any Permitted Management Fees and related indemnities and expenses paid or accrued in such period under the Management Agreement on the date hereof, in each case, to the extent permitted hereunder; plus
(vi) (1) all fees, costs, charges or expenses in connection with Permitted Acquisitions and other Investments permitted hereunder (including Acquisitions consummated prior to the Effective Date), whether or not such acquisitions are consummated; provided, (A) with respect to Permitted Acquisitions and other Investments permitted hereunder that are consummated, such fees, costs, charges or expenses (a) are incurred within 120 days following the consummation of such acquisition or Investment and (b) shall not exceed $2,000,000 for any period, and (B) with respect to acquisitions and Investments which are not consummated, the aggregate amount of such fees, costs, charges or expenses added back shall not exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate for such period and (2) the amount of extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual losses (including all fees and expenses relating thereto), charges or expenses, integration costs, transition costs, pre-opening, opening, consolidation and closing costs for facilities or studios, costs and operating expenses incurred in connection with any strategic initiatives or attributable to the implementation of cost saving initiatives, costs or accruals or reserves incurred in connection with Permitted Acquisitions and whether or not such acquisitions are consummated) whether on, after or prior to the Effective Date, other business optimization expenses (including costs and expenses relating to business optimization programs and new systems design and implementation costs), severance costs and expenses, one-time compensation charges, retention or completion bonuses, executive recruiting costs, consulting fees, restructuring costs and reserves, and curtailments or modifications to pension and postretirement employee benefit plans; provided, that the amounts added to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (vi)(2) when aggregated with amounts added to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clause (iii) and clause (vii) shall not exceed the lesser of 17.0% of Consolidated EBITDA (calculated prior to giving effect to such add-backs) and $4,500,000 for any period; plus
(vii) the amount of “run-rate” cost savings, cost synergies and operating expense reductions related to restructurings, or cost savings initiatives that are projected by the Administrative Borrower in good faith to result from Permitted Acquisitions and Investments permitted hereunder with respect to which all actions have been taken and factual support has been provided to Lenders, in each case, during the 12 month period following such Permitted Acquisition or Investment (provided that in each case, such cost savings, cost synergies or operating expense reductions shall be certified by management of the Administrative Borrower and calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, cost synergies or operating expense reductions had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions during such period (it is understood and agreed that “run-rate” means the full recurring benefit that is associated with any action taken (which adjustments shall
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exclude the annualization of any studio royalties); provided that such cost savings, cost synergies and operating expenses are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable; provided further that the amounts added to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause shall not exceed the lesser of 7.5% of Consolidated EBITDA (calculated prior to giving effect to such add-back) and $4,000,000 for such period; provided further, that amounts added to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (vii) when aggregated with amounts added to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clause (iii) and clause (vi)(2) shall not exceed the lesser of 17.0% of Consolidated EBITDA (calculated prior to giving effect to such add-backs) and $4,500,000 for any period; plus
(viii) any non-cash costs or expense incurred by the Parent or a Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement; plus
(ix) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not representing Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clause (b) below for any previous period and not added back; plus
(x) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period; plus
(xi) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed in cash, expenses with respect to liability or casualty events; plus
(xii) any proceeds of a business interruption insurance claim actually received in cash and solely to the extent replacing lost profits; plus
(xiii) any losses or start-up costs or expenses (excluding marketing costs and expenses funded or reasonably and in good faith expected to be funded with amounts contributed by franchisees in to marketing funds) incurred and reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period; provided that with respect to any test period, such amounts (A) be solely and directly attributable to any brand acquired by the Parent or any other Loan Party during the trailing twelve month period following the acquisition of such brand, (B) shall not exceed $1,000,000 for any period and (C) be supported by documentation to the satisfaction of the Required Lenders; plus
(xiv) [reserved]; plus
(xv) non-recurring refresh expenses in connection with Permitted Acquisitions and Investments permitted hereunder, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $3,000,000; plus
(xvi) non-cash losses related to the fair value accounting of contingent liabilities including earn-outs; plus
(xvii) [reserved]; plus
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(xviii) non-recurring costs and expenses in connection with Studio Support (A) for any period ending during the Fiscal Year ending on December 31, 2021, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $8,000,000, (B) for the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarter periods ending on March 31, 2022, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $8,000,000, (C) for the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarter periods ending on June 30, 2022, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $6,000,000, (D) for the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarter periods ending on September 30, 2022, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $4,000,000 and (E) for the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarter periods ending on December 31, 2022, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,000,000; plus
(xix) (A) non-recurring legal fees related to AKT seller mediation and/or litigation and settlement costs in connection therewith in an aggregate amount not to exceed (x) for any period ending during the Fiscal Year ending on December 31, 2020, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $3,000,000 and (y) for any period ending during the Fiscal Year ending on December 31, 2021, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $4,000,000; provided, that the amount added to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (a)(xix)(A) for the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarter periods ending on March 31, 2021, June 30, 2021 and September 30, 2021 shall not exceed $7,000,000 for each such period and (B) any other non-recurring legal fees related to litigation and settlement costs in connection therewith in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,000,000; plus
(xx) Public Company Costs;
(b) decreased (without duplication) by the following, in each case to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:
(i) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period; plus
(ii) any non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a prior period unless such cash did not increase Consolidated EBITDA in such prior period; plus
(iii) extraordinary gains and unusual or non-recurring gains (less all fees and expenses relating thereto); plus
(iv) non-cash gains related to the fair value accounting of contingent liabilities including earn-outs;
(v) in each case to the extent included in determining such Consolidated Net Income for such period and without duplication, the amount of positive Consolidated EBITDA of Subsidiaries that have not guaranteed the Obligations hereunder and provided Liens on their assets securing the Obligations for such period;
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(c) increased or decreased (without duplication) by, as applicable, any adjustments resulting from the application of FASB Accounting Standards Codification 460, Guarantees.
For purposes of determining compliance with any financial test or ratio hereunder, Consolidated EBITDA (computed in accordance with the terms of this definition) of any Subsidiary acquired in a Permitted Acquisition by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries during such period shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for any period as if such Subsidiary was acquired at the beginning of such period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount added to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clauses (a)(iii), (a)(vi)(2) and (a)(vii) shall not exceed the lesser of 17.0% of Consolidated EBITDA (calculated prior to giving effect to such add-backs) and $4,500,000.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for each of the periods set forth below, Consolidated EBITDA shall be the amount set forth opposite such period:
APPLICABLE PERIOD |
CONSOLIDATED EBITDA |
Fiscal Quarter ended March 31, 2020 |
$11,462,000.00 |
Fiscal Quarter ended June 30, 2020 |
$(2,772,000.00) |
Fiscal Quarter ended September 30, 2020 |
$1,653,000.00 |
Fiscal Quarter ended December 31, 2020 |
$11,415,000.00 |
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to the contrary, neither the incurrence of any CARES Act Indebtedness nor any payment or forgiveness of all or any portion of any CARES Act Indebtedness shall result in any increase to Consolidated EBITDA for any period.
“Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person at any date and without duplication, all Indebtedness of such Person of the type described in clauses (a), (c), (e), (f) and (i) (to the extent (x) guaranteeing Indebtedness of the type described in clause (a), (c), (e) or (f) of the definition of Indebtedness or (y) consisting of Indebtedness with respect to earn-outs or other deferred payments in respect of Acquisitions consummated prior to the Effective Date and listed on Schedule 1.01(B)) of the definition of Indebtedness, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including, in any event, but without duplication, with respect to Parent and its Subsidiaries, the Loans and the amount of their Capitalized Lease Obligations.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period; provided, however, that the following shall be excluded (without duplication): (a) the net income of any other Person in which such Person or one of its Subsidiaries has a joint interest with a third-party (which interest does not cause the net income of such other Person to be consolidated into the net income of such Person), except to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid to such Person or Subsidiary, (b) the net income of any Subsidiary of such Person that is, on the last day of such period, subject to any restriction or limitation on the payment of dividends or the
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making of other distributions, to the extent of such restriction or limitation, (c) the net income of any other Person arising prior to such other Person becoming a Subsidiary of such Person or merging or consolidating into such Person or its Subsidiaries, (d) any net gains or losses attributable to the sale or other disposition of any studios and (e) costs or expenses in connection with an initial public offering of Equity Interests of the Parent or any direct or indirect parent company of the Parent, in each case which has not been consummated. On any date of determination, the Consolidated Net Income will be measured on a Modified Cash Basis.
“Consolidated Net Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, (a) gross interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP (including, without limitation, interest expense paid to Affiliates (other than the Loan Parties) of such Person, debt extinguishment costs, lender and agency fees and other loan servicing fees, Unused Line Fee, write-downs of deferred financing costs and original issue discount, commissions and fees with respect to letters of credit, imputed interest on Capitalized Leases and similar items), less (b) the sum of (i) interest income for such period and (ii) gains for such period on Hedging Agreements (to the extent not included in interest income above and to the extent not deducted in the calculation of gross interest expense), plus (c) the sum of (i) losses for such period on Hedging Agreements (to the extent not included in gross interest expense) and (ii) the upfront costs or fees for such period associated with Hedging Agreements (to the extent not included in gross interest expense), in each case, determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
“Contingent Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, (a) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of a primary obligor, (b) the obligation to make take-or-pay or similar payments, if required, regardless of nonperformance by any other party or parties to an agreement, and (c) any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (A) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (B) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, assets, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the holder of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term “Contingent Obligation” shall not include any indemnities on product warranties extended in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation with respect to which such Contingent Obligation is made (or, if less, the maximum amount of such primary obligation for which such Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument evidencing such Contingent Obligation) or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability with respect thereto (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder), as determined by such Person in good faith. All existing Contingent Obligations constituting earn-outs or other deferred payments in respect of Acquisitions consummated prior to the Effective Date are listed on Schedule 1.01(B).
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“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Controlled Investment Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person that (a) directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person and (b) is organized by such Person primarily for the purpose of making equity or debt investments in one or more companies. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.
“Debtor Relief Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and any other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief law of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction from time to time in effect.
“Default” means an event which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (i) has failed to fund any portion of the Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date required to be funded by it hereunder and has not cured such failure prior to the date of determination, (ii) has otherwise failed to pay over to any Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, and has not cured such failure prior to the date of determination, or (iii) has been deemed insolvent or become the subject of an Insolvency Proceeding.
“Disposition” means any transaction, or series of related transactions, pursuant to which any Person or any of its Subsidiaries sells, assigns, transfers or otherwise disposes of any property or assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to any other Person, in each case, whether or not the consideration therefor consists of cash, securities or other assets owned by the acquiring Person, excluding any sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of business on ordinary business terms.
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interest into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition, (a) matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date which is 91 days after the Final Maturity Date, (b) is convertible into or exchangeable for (i) debt securities or (ii) any Equity Interests referred to in clause (a) above, in each case at any time prior to the date which is 91 days after the Final Maturity Date, (c) contains any repurchase obligation that may come into effect either (i) prior to payment in full of all Obligations (other than unasserted contingent indemnification Obligations) or (ii) prior to the date that is 91 days after the Final Maturity Date or (d) provides for scheduled payments or the payment of cash dividends or distributions prior to the date that is 91 days after the Final Maturity Date; provided, however, that any Equity Interests that would not constitute
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Disqualified Equity Interests but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof (or the holders of any security into or for which such Equity Interests is convertible, exchangeable or exercisable) the right to require the issuer thereof to redeem such Equity Interests upon the occurrence of a Change of Control or a Disposition occurring prior to the date which is 91 days after the Final Maturity Date shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests if such Equity Interests provide that the issuer thereof will not redeem any such Equity Interests pursuant to such provisions prior to the date which is 91 days after the Final Maturity Date.
“Dollar,” “Dollars” and the symbol “$” each means lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Effective Date” means April 19, 2021, the first date on which each of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.01 shall have been satisfied (or waived) in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders.
“Effectiveness Date” means the date indicated in a document or agreement to be the date on which such document or agreement becomes effective, or, if there is no such indication, the date of execution of such document or agreement.
“Eligible Contract Participant” means an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the CEA and regulations thereunder.
“Eligibility Date” means, with respect to each Borrower and Guarantor and each Swap, the date on which this Agreement or any other Loan Document becomes effective with respect to such Swap (for the avoidance of doubt, the Eligibility Date shall be the Effectiveness Date of such Swap if this Agreement or any other Loan Document is then in effect with respect to such Borrower or Guarantor, and otherwise it shall be the Effectiveness Date of this Agreement and/or such other Loan Document(s) to which such Borrower or Guarantor is a party).
“Eligible Transferee” means (a) a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender or a Related Fund, (b) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States, or any state thereof, and having total assets or net worth in excess of $100,000,000, (c) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country which is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or a political subdivision of any such country and which has total assets or net worth in excess of $100,000,000, provided that such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United States, (d) a finance company, insurance company, or other financial institution or fund (other than an Affiliated Lender) that is engaged in making, purchasing, or otherwise investing in commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and having (together with its Affiliates) total assets or net worth in excess of $100,000,000, and (e) any Affiliated Lender. No natural person (or any entity organized for the benefit of a natural person) shall be an Eligible Transferee.
“Employee Plan” means an employee benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) covered by Title IV of ERISA and maintained or contributed to (or that was maintained or
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contributed to at any time during the 6 calendar years preceding the date of any borrowing hereunder) for employees of any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates.
“Environmental Actions” means any written complaint, summons, citation, notice, directive, order, claim, litigation, investigation, judicial or administrative proceeding, judgment, letter or other written communication from any Person or Governmental Authority to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries involving violations of Environmental Laws or Releases of Hazardous Materials (a) from any assets, properties or businesses owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any predecessor in interest; (b) from adjoining properties or businesses; or (c) onto any facilities which received Hazardous Materials generated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any predecessor in interest.
“Environmental Indemnified Matters” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.15(b).
“Environmental Laws” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9601, et seq.), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. § 1801, et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. § 6901, et seq.), the Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.) and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), as such laws may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time, and any other Requirement of Law, permit, license or other binding determination of any Governmental Authority imposing liability or establishing standards of conduct for protection of the environment or other binding government restrictions relating to the protection of the environment or the Release, deposit or migration of any Hazardous Materials into the environment.
“Environmental Liabilities and Costs” means all liabilities, monetary obligations, Remedial Actions, losses, damages, punitive damages, consequential damages, treble damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts and consultants and costs of investigations and feasibility studies), fines, penalties, sanctions and interest which relate to any environmental condition on or a Release of Hazardous Materials from or onto (i) any property presently or formerly owned by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) any facility which received Hazardous Materials generated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Environmental Lien” means any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for Environmental Liabilities and Costs.
“Equity Interest” means (a) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated and whether or not voting) of corporate stock, and (b) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership, membership or other equity interests of such Person.
“Equity Issuance” means either (a) the sale or issuance by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any shares of its Equity Interests or (b) the receipt by Parent of any cash capital contributions.
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“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute of similar import, and regulations thereunder, in each case, as in effect from time to time. References to sections of ERISA shall be construed also to refer to any successor sections.
“ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a group of which such Person is a member and which would be deemed to be a “controlled group” within the meaning of Sections 414(b), (c), (m) and (o) of the Internal Revenue Code.
“Event of Default” means any of the events set forth in Section 9.01.
“Excess Cash Flow” means, with respect to any Person for any period, (a) Consolidated EBITDA of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, less (b) the sum of (without duplication):
(i) all cash principal payments made pursuant to Sections 2.03(b) and 2.05(c)(v) and (vii) and all cash principal payments on other Indebtedness (other than the Loans) of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries during such period to the extent such other Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred, and such payments are permitted to be made, under this Agreement,
(ii) all Consolidated Net Interest Expense to the extent paid or payable in cash during such period,
(iii) all payments paid in cash during such period on account of Capital Expenditures and Permitted Acquisitions by such Person and its Subsidiaries to the extent permitted to be made under this Agreement (excluding Capital Expenditures and Permitted Acquisitions to the extent financed through the incurrence of Indebtedness or through the issuance of Equity Interests),
(iv) all scheduled loan servicing fees and other similar fees in respect of Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries paid in cash during such period,
(v) income taxes paid in cash or payable by such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period and any Tax Distributions,
(vi) the aggregate amount paid by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in cash during such period on account of Permitted Acquisitions (excluding the portion of such payments financed through the incurrence of Indebtedness or through the issuance of Equity Interests),
(vii) the excess, if any, of Working Capital at the end of such period minus Working Capital at the beginning of such period (or minus the excess, if any, of Working Capital at the beginning of such period minus Working Capital at the end of such period),
(viii) amounts on account of reserves or accruals established in purchase accounting,
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(ix) the amount of Restricted Payments paid in cash pursuant to Section 7.02(h) during such period,
(x) Permitted Management Fees paid during such period to the extent permitted under Section 7.02(h), and
(xi) [Intentionally Omitted];
(xii) any Investments made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in each case except to the extent financed with the proceeds of long-term Indebtedness; and
(xiii) all other cash items added back to calculate Consolidated EBITDA during such period.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Excluded Accounts” means any Petty Cash Account and any other deposit account used for (a) funding payroll or segregating payroll taxes or funding other employee wage or benefit payments, (b) segregating 401(k) contributions or contributions to an employee stock purchase plan or (c) funding other employee health and benefit plans.
“Excluded Hedge Liability or Liabilities” means, with respect to each Borrower and Guarantor, each of its Swap Obligations if, and only to the extent that, all or any portion of this Agreement or any Other Document that relates to such Swap Obligation is or becomes illegal under the CEA, or any rule, regulation or order of the CFTC, solely by virtue of such Borrower’s and/or Guarantor’s failure to qualify as an Eligible Contract Participant on the Eligibility Date for such Swap. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing or in any other provision of this Agreement or any Other Document, the foregoing is subject to the following provisos: (a) if a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one Swap, this definition shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to Swaps for which such guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal under the CEA, or any rule, regulations or order of the CFTC, solely as a result of the failure by such Borrower or Guarantor for any reason to qualify as an Eligible Contract Participant on the Eligibility Date for such Swap; (b) if a guarantee of a Swap Obligation would cause such obligation to be an Excluded Hedge Liability but the grant of a security interest would not cause such obligation to be an Excluded Hedge Liability, such Swap Obligation shall constitute an Excluded Hedge Liability for purposes of the guaranty but not for purposes of the grant of the security interest; and (c) if there is more than one Borrower or Guarantor executing this Agreement or the Other Documents and a Swap Obligation would be an Excluded Hedge Liability with respect to one or more of such Persons, but not all of them, the definition of Excluded Hedge Liability or Liabilities with respect to each such Person shall only be deemed applicable to (i) the particular Swap Obligations that constitute Excluded Hedge Liabilities with respect to such Person, and (ii) the particular Person with respect to which such Swap Obligations constitute Excluded Hedge Liabilities.
“Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) any Immaterial Subsidiary, (b) any Non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary, (c) any Subsidiary that is prohibited or restricted by law, rule or regulation or by any contractual obligation from providing a guarantee or that would require a governmental (including regulatory) or third party consent, approval, license or authorization in order to provide
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such guarantee (including under any financial assistance, corporate benefit, thin capitalization, capital maintenance, liquidity maintenance or similar legal principles), it being understood that the Parent and its Subsidiaries shall have no obligation to obtain any such consent, approval, license or authorization, (d) any Foreign Subsidiary and (e) any other Subsidiary designated at the request of the Administrative Borrower, and consented to in writing by the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent any Guarantor becomes an Excluded Subsidiary as a result of (i) the sale or partial disposition of the outstanding Equity Interests of such Subsidiary or (ii) issuance of additional Equity Interest by such Subsidiary, in each case for the purposes of making such Guarantor an Excluded Subsidiary and not for a bona fide business purposes, such Subsidiary shall remain a Guarantor notwithstanding its status as a Non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary.
“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 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 under Section 12.02(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.08, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.08(d) or (f) and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Executive Order No. 13224” means the Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be, renewed, extended, amended or replaced.
“Existing Agent” means Cerberus Business Finance Agency, LLC.
“Existing Credit Facility” means that certain Financing Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2020 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the Effective Date, including by the first amendment thereto, dated as of August 4, 2020), by and among the Administrative Borrower the other Loan Parties signatories thereto, the Existing Lenders and the Existing Agent, together with all other documents and instruments relating thereto.
“Existing Lenders” means the lenders party to the Existing Credit Facility.
“Extraordinary Receipts” means any cash received by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the following: (a) foreign, United States, state or local tax refunds, (b) pension plan reversions, (c) proceeds of insurance and insurance claim refunds (excluding (i) insurance proceeds received which are owed to a third party (including legal, accounting and other professional and transaction fees arising from events giving rise to such proceeds) that is not an
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Affiliate of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law or with Contractual Obligations entered into by the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries from time to time in the ordinary course of business, (ii) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, business interruption insurance proceeds (if any) and (iii) insurance proceeds received by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries as reimbursement for any out-of-pocket costs incurred or made by such Person prior to the receipt thereof directly related to the event resulting from the payment of such proceeds), (d) judgments, proceeds of settlements or other consideration of any kind in connection with any cause of action (excluding, any portion thereof that represents out-of-pocket expenses by such Person), (e) condemnation awards (and payments in lieu thereof) (excluding any portion thereof that represents out-of-pocket expenses by such Person) and (f) indemnity payments to the extent the amount received is not required to be remitted to any other Person (other than any Affiliate of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) and to the extent such proceeds exceed the loss, damages, fees, costs and expenses incurred by or actual remediation and replacement costs of the applicable Loan Party or Subsidiary in connection with any such matter.
“Facility” means a parcel of real property owned in fee simple and described on Schedule 6.01(o), including, without limitation, the land on which such facility or office is located, all buildings and other improvements thereon, all fixtures located at or used in connection with such facility or office, all whether now or hereafter existing.
“FASB ASC” means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue 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, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the foregoing and any legislation, regulations or official rules or practices adopted pursuant to any such intergovernmental agreement.
“FCPA” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 6.01(jj).
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" means, for any day, the rate per annum (based on a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed and rounded upward to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average of the quotations (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent. The Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be deemed equal to 0% if such rate, as otherwise determined above, would be less than 0%.
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“Fifth Amendment” means the Fifth Amendment to Financing Agreement, dated as of August 3, 2023, among the Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Agents.
“Fifth Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 3 of the Fifth Amendment.
“Fifth Amendment Funding Date” means August 3, 2023, or such other date that is mutually agreed by the Required Lenders and the Borrowers, with concurrent written notice (which may be by email) to the Administrative Agent.
“Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loans” has the meaning set forth in the Fifth Amendment.
“Fifth Amendment Transactions” means (i) the distribution of the proceeds of the Fifth Amendment Incremental Term Loans to repurchase a portion of the common Equity Interests of PubCo (with the timing and amounts of such repurchases to be determined) from one or more holders of such Equity Interests (which may include holders that are PubCo Affiliates), (ii) the payment of fees and expenses in connection with the Fifth Amendment and the foregoing and (iii) for working capital or other general corporate purposes.
“Final Maturity Date” means the earliest of (i) February 28, 2025, (ii) the date on which all Loans shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and (iii) the payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations as to which no claim has been made) and the termination of all Commitments.
“Financial Statements” means (a) the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2019, and the related consolidated statement of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the Fiscal Year then ended, and (b) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for the thirteen months ended February 28, 2021, and the related consolidated statement of operations, shareholder’s equity and cash flows for the thirteen months then ended.
“First Amendment” means the First Amendment to Financing Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2021, among the Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Agents.
“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Parent and its Subsidiaries ending on December 31 of each year.
“Floor” means a rate of interest equal to 1.00%.
“Flow of Funds Agreement” means a funding authorization letter, dated the Effective Date, made by the Borrowers in favor of the Administrative Agent, and the funds flow memorandum attached thereto describing the sources and uses of all cash payments in connection with the Transactions.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Parent that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
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“Fourth Amendment” means the Fourth Amendment to Financing Agreement, dated as of January 9, 2023, among the Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Agents.
“Fourth Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 6 of the Fourth Amendment.
“Fourth Amendment Funding Date” means January 13, 2023, or such other date that is mutually agreed by the Required Lenders and the Borrowers, with concurrent written notice (which may be by email) to the Administrative Agent.
“Fourth Amendment Transactions” means (i) the distribution of the proceeds of the 2023 Incremental Term Loans and other available cash by XF to the Parent in the aggregate amount of the Repurchases (as defined below) (the “XPO Distribution”), (ii) the use of the proceeds of the XPO Distribution by the Parent to repurchase, immediately prior to the Repurchases, 85,334 Preferred Units (as defined in the Parent’s Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (the “LLCA”)) from XF for $130,766,360, together with accrued and unpaid dividends on such Preferred Units in accordance with the LLCA (the “Units Repurchase”), (iii) the use of proceeds from the Units Repurchase by XF to repurchase 85,334 shares of PubCo Convertible Preferred from one or more holders of such PubCo Convertible Preferred at an aggregate purchase price of $130,766,360, together with accrued and unpaid dividends on such shares of PubCo Convertible Preferred (the “Repurchases”) and (iv) the payment of fees and expenses in connection with the Fourth Amendment and the foregoing.
“Franchise” means a franchise or licensing arrangement subject to a Franchise Agreement for the operation of a Franchised Location.
“Franchise Agreements” means any franchise agreements whether now existing or hereafter entered into by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and related to the franchising of the business of operating a Franchised Location, and all other agreements with any Franchisee, sub-franchisee or similar Person to which any Loan Party is a party, in each case, related to the franchising of the business of operating a Franchised Location, all as amended or modified from time to time.
“Franchise Collections” mean those collections of the Parent and its Subsidiaries derived from any Accounts Receivable, however evidenced, constituting payment obligations, revenue, profits, income, royalties, finder’s fees, and deferred sales fees payable to an obligor pursuant to the terms of any Franchise Agreements.
“Franchised Location” means a health and wellness facility owned and operated by a Loan Party or a Franchisee.
“Franchisee” means any franchisee under a Franchise Agreement.
“Funding Losses” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.09(e).
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in the United States, applied on a consistent basis, provided that for the purposes of Section 7.03 hereof and the definitions used therein, “GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting
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principles in effect on the date hereof and consistent with those used in the preparation of the Financial Statements, provided, further, that if there occurs after the date of this Agreement any change in GAAP that affects in any respect the calculation of the financial covenant contained in Section 7.03 hereof, the Required Lenders and the Administrative Borrower shall negotiate in good faith amendments to the provisions of this Agreement that relate to the calculation of such covenant with the intent of having the respective positions of the Lenders and the Borrowers after such change in GAAP conform as nearly as possible to their respective positions as of the date of this Agreement and, until any such amendments have been agreed upon, the financial covenant set forth in Section 7.03 hereof shall be calculated as if no such change in GAAP has occurred; provided that no Lender shall be entitled to receive any fees (other than reimbursement of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable legal fees) pursuant to Section 12.04 hereof) in connection with such amendments.
“Governing Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization, and the operating agreement; (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture agreement, declaration or other applicable agreement or documentation evidencing or otherwise relating to its formation or organization; and (d) with respect to any of the entities described above, any other agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any Federal, state, city, town, municipality, county, local or other political subdivision thereof or thereto and any department, commission, board, bureau, instrumentality, agency or other entity acting within its legal authority and exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government, including, without limitation, the SEC.
“Governmental Order” means any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, stipulation, determination, decision, verdict or award issued, made, rendered or entered by or with any Governmental Authority.
“Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 11.01.
“Guarantor” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble hereto, it being understood and agreed that no Excluded Subsidiaries of the Parent shall be Guarantors.
“Guaranty” means (a) the guaranty of each Guarantor party hereto contained in ARTICLE XI hereof and (b) each other guaranty, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, made by any other Guarantor in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders guaranteeing all or part of the Obligations.
“Hazardous Material” means (a) any element, compound or chemical that is defined, listed or otherwise classified as a contaminant, pollutant, toxic pollutant, toxic or hazardous substance, extremely hazardous substance or chemical, hazardous waste, special waste,
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or solid waste under Environmental Laws; (b) any pollutant, contaminant, waste, hazardous waste, toxic substance or dangerous good which is defined in or regulated as such by any Environmental Law and which is present in the environment in such quantity or state that it contravenes any Environmental Law; (c) petroleum and its refined products; (d) polychlorinated biphenyls; (e) any substance exhibiting a hazardous waste characteristic, including, without limitation, corrosivity, ignitability, toxicity or reactivity as well as any radioactive or explosive materials; and (f) any raw materials, building components (including, without limitation, asbestos-containing materials) and manufactured products containing hazardous substances listed or classified as such under Environmental Laws.
“Hedging Agreement” means any interest rate, foreign currency, commodity or equity swap, collar, cap, floor, adjustable strike cap, adjustable strike corridor, cross-currency swap or forward rate agreement, or other agreement or arrangement designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates or currency, commodity or equity values (including, without limitation, any option with respect to any of the foregoing and any combination of the foregoing agreements or arrangements, and (without limiting the generality of any of the foregoing) specifically including any foreign exchange transaction, including spot and forward foreign currency purchases and sales, listed or over-the-counter options on foreign currencies, non-deliverable forwards and options, foreign currency swap agreements, and currency exchange rate price hedging arrangements), and any confirmation executed in connection with any such agreement or arrangement.
“Highest Lawful Rate” means, with respect to any Agent or any Lender, the maximum non-usurious interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received on the Obligations under laws applicable to such Agent or such Lender which are currently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum non-usurious interest rate than applicable laws now allow.
“Holdout Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.02(b).
“Illegality Notice” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.09(f).
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary or group of Subsidiaries identified in writing to the Agents that does not account for, on an aggregate basis, greater than 2.0% of the assets or greater than 2.0% of the revenues of the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money; (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables and accrued expenses or other accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s business and not outstanding for more than 90 days (180 days if a bona fide dispute exists in respect of such trade payable so long as adequate reserves have been set aside for the payment thereof on the Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP) after the date such payable was created); (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments or upon which interest payments are customarily made; (d) all reimbursement, payment or other obligations and
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liabilities of such Person created or arising under any conditional sales or other title retention agreement with respect to property used and/or acquired by such Person, even though the rights and remedies of the lessor, seller and/or lender thereunder may be limited to repossession or sale of such property, (e) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person; (f) all obligations and liabilities, contingent or otherwise, of such Person, in respect of letters of credit, acceptances and similar facilities other than obligations and liabilities that are cash collateralized on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders); (g) all net obligations and liabilities, calculated on a basis reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders and in accordance with accepted practice, of such Person under Hedging Agreements; (h) all monetary obligations under any receivables factoring, receivable sales or similar transactions and all monetary obligations under any synthetic lease, tax ownership/operating lease, off-balance sheet financing or similar financing; (i) all Contingent Obligations; (j) all Disqualified Equity Interests; and (k) all obligations referred to in clauses (a) through (j) of this definition of another Person secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) a Lien upon property owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness, provided, however that if recourse in respect of any Indebtedness of the foregoing is limited to specific assets, then such Indebtedness shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (x) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (y) the fair market value of the asset encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith; provided further, that Indebtedness shall not include (i) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranties or other unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, (ii) endorsements of checks or drafts arising in the ordinary course of business, (iii) preferred Equity Interests to the extent not constituting Disqualified Equity Interests, (iv) any earnout or similar purchase price obligation until such obligation becomes due and payable and required to be reflected on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP, and (v) deferred fees and expenses payable under the Management Agreement. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership of or joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, so long as, in the case of a joint venture, such Indebtedness is recourse to any Loan Party. For the avoidance of doubt, “Indebtedness” shall exclude operating leases.
“Indemnified Matters” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.15.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitees” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.15.
“Ineligible Institutions” means (a) a Competitor, (b) those other entities designated in writing by the Administrative Borrower, delivered to the Administrative Agent and agreed to by the Required Lenders or (c) in the case of clauses (a) and (b), any of their respective Affiliates that are (i) readily identifiable as Affiliates on the basis of their name or (ii) identified by name by the Administrative Borrower to the Administrative Agent in writing from time to time.
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“Initial Term Loan” means, collectively, the loans made by the Initial Term Loan Lenders to the Borrowers on the Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(ii).
“Initial Term Loan Commitment” means, with respect to each Initial Term Loan Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make the Initial Term Loan on the Effective Date to the Borrowers in the amount set forth under the heading “Initial Term Loan” in Schedule 1.01(A) hereto, as the same may be terminated or reduced from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
“Initial Term Loan Lender” means a Lender with an Initial Term Loan Commitment or an Initial Term Loan.
“Initial Term Loan Upfront Fee” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.06.
“Insolvency Proceeding” means any proceeding commenced by or against any Person under any provision of any Debtor Relief Law.
“Intercompany Subordination Agreement” means an Intercompany Subordination Agreement made by the Loan Parties in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders.
“Interest Period” means, with respect to each SOFR Loan, the period commencing on the date of the making of such SOFR Loan (or the continuation of a SOFR Loan or the conversion of a Reference Rate Loan to a SOFR Loan) and ending 1, 3 or 6 months thereafter as selected by the Administrative Borrower; provided, however, that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended (subject to clauses (c)-(e) below) to the next succeeding Business Day, (b) interest shall accrue at the applicable rate based upon the Adjusted Term SOFR from and including the first day of each Interest Period to, but excluding, the day on which any Interest Period expires, (c) any Interest Period that would end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (d) with respect to an Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period), the Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month that is 1, 3 or 6 months after the date on which the Interest Period began, as applicable, and (e) the Administrative Borrower may not select an Interest Period which will end after the Final Maturity Date.
“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or any successor statute thereto) and the regulations thereunder.
“Inventory” means, with respect to any Person, all goods and merchandise of such Person, including, without limitation, all raw materials, work-in-process, packaging, supplies, materials and finished goods of every nature used or usable in connection with the shipping, storing, advertising or sale of such goods and merchandise, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.
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“Investment” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 7.02(e); provided that the amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto, less all returns of principal and other cash returns therefor.
“Joinder Agreement” means a Joinder Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, duly executed by a Domestic Subsidiary of a Loan Party made a party hereto pursuant to Section 7.01(b).
“Landlord Waivers” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 7.01(m).
“Lease” means any lease of real property to which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as lessor or lessee.
“Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble hereto.
“Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien (statutory or otherwise), security interest, charge or other encumbrance or security or preferential arrangement of any nature, including, without limitation, any conditional sale or title retention arrangement, any Capitalized Lease and any assignment, deposit arrangement or financing lease intended as, or having the effect of, security, but not including the interest of a lessor under a lease that is an operating lease.
“Loan” means the Term Loans made by a Lender to the Borrowers pursuant to ARTICLE II hereof.
“Loan Document” means this Agreement, the Agent Fee Letter, any Guaranty, any Joinder Agreement, any Mortgage, any Security Agreement, the Flow of Funds Agreement, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, any Perfection Certificate, the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Third Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment, any collateral access agreement, any landlord subordination or waiver agreement, any other agreement, instrument, certificate, report and other document executed and delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or otherwise evidencing or securing any Loan or any other Obligation.
“Loan Party” means any Borrower and any Guarantor.
“Management Agreement” means that certain Management Services Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and between TPG Growth III Management, LLC (which assigned such Management Services Agreement to Sponsor prior to the Closing Date) and H&W Investco Management LLC.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on any of (a) the operations, business, assets, properties or financial condition of the Loan Parties taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Loan Parties taken as a whole to perform any of their payment or reporting obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party, (c) the legality, validity or enforceability against any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other material Loan Document, (d) the rights and remedies of any Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document, or (e) the validity, perfection or priority of a Lien (other than the Collateral Agent’s Lien on any Collateral the
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perfection of which is not required under the Loan Documents) in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders on any of the Collateral having a fair market value in excess of $2,000,000 (except to the extent resulting from any actions or inactions on the part of the Agents based upon timely receipt of information regarding the Loan Parties as required by this Agreement).
“Material Contract” means, with respect to any Person, (a) each contract or agreement to which that Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a party involving aggregate consideration payable to or by that Person or that Subsidiary of $500,000 or more in any Fiscal Year; and (b) all other contracts or agreements as to which the breach, nonperformance, cancellation, or failure to renew (without contemporaneous replacement of substantially equivalent value) by any party could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material Real Estate Asset” means any individual real property owned in fee-simple, and the improvements thereto, located in the United States of America and having a fair market value (as determined by the Borrower in good faith after taking into account any liabilities with respect thereto that impact such fair market value) in excess of $500,000.
“Modified Cash Basis” means financial reporting on a GAAP accrual basis; provided, however, that for all purposes hereof franchise territory sales, equipment sales, Brand Access Fees and any other cash revenue streams that are amortized under GAAP will be recorded on a cash basis consistent with the past practices of the Loan Parties.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Mortgage” means a mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, made by a Loan Party in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, securing the Obligations and delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 7.01(b), (o), (s) or otherwise.
“MSD” means MSD Partners, L.P.
“MSD Entities” means MSD and any of its controlled Affiliates and funds managed or advised by any of them or any of their respective controlled Affiliates.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates has contributed, or has been obligated to contribute, to at any time during the preceding 6 years.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means, (a) with respect to any Disposition by any Person or any of its Subsidiaries, the aggregate amount of cash received (directly or indirectly) from time to time (whether as initial consideration or through the payment or disposition of deferred consideration but only as and when received) by or on behalf of such Person or such Subsidiary, in connection therewith after deducting therefrom only (i) the amount of any Indebtedness secured by any Permitted Lien on any asset (other than Indebtedness assumed by the purchaser of such asset) which is required to be, and is, repaid in connection with such Disposition (other than Indebtedness under this Agreement), (ii) reasonable expenses, attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees and other fees related thereto incurred by such Person or such Subsidiary
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in connection therewith, (iii) transfer taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable to any taxing authorities by such Person or such Subsidiary in connection therewith, and (iv) net income taxes to be paid or reasonably estimated to be payable in connection with such Disposition (after taking into account any tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements) or any Tax Distributions and (b) with respect to the issuance or incurrence of any Indebtedness by any Person or any of its Subsidiaries, or an Equity Issuance, the aggregate amount of cash received (directly or indirectly) from time to time (whether as initial consideration or through the payment or disposition of deferred consideration) by or on behalf of such Person or such Subsidiary in connection therewith, after deducting therefrom only (i) reasonable expenses, attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, accountants’ fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable and customary fees and expenses related thereto incurred by such Person or such Subsidiary in connection therewith, (ii) transfer taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable by such Person or such Subsidiary in connection therewith and (iii) net income taxes to be paid or reasonably estimated to be payable in connection therewith (after taking into account any tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements) or any Tax Distributions; in each case of clause (a) and (b) to the extent, but only to the extent, that the amounts so deducted are (x) actually paid or payable to a Person that, except in the case of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and tax payment, is not an Affiliate of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries and (y) properly attributable to such transaction or to the asset that is the subject thereof. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Net Cash Proceeds shall not include (A) the Net Cash Proceeds owed by a Loan Party to any third-party Person in which such Person has a joint equity interest in a Subsidiary of such Loan Party, (B) in the case of any Disposition or casualty event by a Non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (B)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Borrower or any wholly-owned Subsidiary as a result thereof, (C) the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any adjustment to the sale price or any liabilities (other than any taxes deducted pursuant to clauses (ii) or (iii) above) (1) related to any of the applicable assets and (2) retained by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations (however, the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such Disposition or casualty event occurring on the date of such reduction) and (D) any funded escrow established pursuant to the documents evidencing any such sale or disposition to secure any indemnification obligations or adjustments to the purchase price associated with any such sale or disposition (provided that to the extent that any amounts are released from such escrow to a Borrower or a Subsidiary, such amounts net of any related expenses shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds).
“New Lending Office” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.08(d).
“New Subsidiary” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 7.01(b)(i).
“Non-U.S. Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.08(d).
“Non-Qualifying Party” means any Borrower or any Guarantor that on the Eligibility Date fails for any reason to qualify as an Eligible Contract Participant.
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“Non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of a Person that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
“Notice of Borrowing” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.02(a).
“Obligations” means all present and future indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities of each Loan Party to the Agents and the Lenders arising under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, whether or not the right of payment in respect of such claim is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured, unsecured, and whether or not such claim is discharged, stayed or otherwise affected by any proceeding referred to in Section 9.01. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of each Loan Party under the Loan Documents include (a) the obligation (irrespective of whether a claim therefor is allowed in an Insolvency Proceeding) to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorneys’ fees and disbursements, indemnities and other amounts payable by such Person under the Loan Documents and (b) the obligation of such Person to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that any Agent or any Lender (in its sole discretion) may elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Person. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Obligations shall not include any Excluded Hedge Liabilities.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Taxes” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.08(b).
“Parent” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble hereto.
“Participant Register” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.07(g).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.
“Perfection Certificate” means a Perfection Certificate executed by the Administrative Borrower in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders.
“Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Term SOFR”.
“Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition by a Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party to the extent that each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
(a) the Borrowers shall have furnished to the Agents at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the consummation of such Acquisition (i) an executed term sheet and/or commitment letter (setting forth in reasonable detail the terms and conditions of such Acquisition) and, at the
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request of any Agent (or any Lender through the Administrative Agent), such other information and documents that any Agent or Lender may reasonably request, including, without limitation, executed counterparts of the respective material agreements, instruments or other documents pursuant to which such Acquisition is to be consummated (including, without limitation, any related management, non-compete, employment, option or other material agreements), any schedules to such agreements, instruments or other documents and all other material ancillary agreements, instruments or other documents to be executed or delivered in connection therewith, (ii) pro forma financial statements of the Parent and its Subsidiaries after the consummation of such Acquisition, (iii) historical financial statements relating to the business or Person to be acquired evidencing positive Consolidated EBITDA on a pro forma basis (with such adjustments as the Required Lenders agree to in good faith) for the four fiscal quarter period most recently ended prior to the date the Acquisition, (iv) a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Administrative Borrower, demonstrating on a pro forma basis compliance, as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter period for which financial statements have been or are required to be delivered hereunder, with all financial covenant set forth in Section 7.03 hereof after the consummation of such Acquisition, and (v) copies of such other agreements, instruments or other documents (including, without limitation, the Loan Documents required by Section 7.01(b)) as any Agent (or the Required Lenders through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request; provided, that with respect to an Acquisition in which the consideration is less than $7,500,000 (a “Limited Permitted Acquisition”), so long as the cash purchase price for such Limited Permitted Acquisition, when aggregated with the cash purchase price of all Limited Permitted Acquisitions (including the proposed Limited Permitted Acquisition) in any Fiscal Year does not exceed $15,000,000, the Borrowers shall only be required to furnish to the Agents at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the consummation of such Acquisition, board materials containing material financial information with respect to such Acquisition provided to the Board of Directors of such Loan Party or its Subsidiaries;
(b) the agreements, instruments and other documents in connection with such Acquisition shall provide that (i) neither the Loan Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries shall, in connection with such Acquisition, assume or remain liable in respect of any Indebtedness of the seller or sellers, or other obligation of the seller or sellers (except for Permitted Indebtedness and obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business in operating the property so acquired and necessary and desirable to the continued operation of such property and except for Indebtedness that either (x) is permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 7.02(c) or (y) the Agents, with the consent of the Required Lenders, otherwise expressly consent to in writing after their review of the terms of the proposed Acquisition), and (ii) all property to be so acquired in connection with such Acquisition shall be free and clear of any and all Liens, except for Permitted Liens (and if any such property is subject to any Lien not permitted by this clause (ii) then concurrently with such Acquisition such Lien shall be released);
(c) any Subsidiary to be acquired or formed as a result of such Acquisition shall be engaged in a similar business (or reasonably related thereto) as the Loan Parties and such Subsidiary will be a directly owned Subsidiary of a Loan Party (it being understood that such Subsidiary may have Foreign Subsidiaries, so long as the principal operations and material assets of the acquired business reside in the United States);
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(d) such Acquisition shall be effected in such a manner so that the acquired Equity Interests or assets are owned either by a Loan Party or a directly owned Subsidiary of a Loan Party and, if effected by merger or consolidation involving a Loan Party, the continuing or surviving Person shall be such Loan Party or shall become a Loan Party, or Section 7.02(e) shall otherwise be complied with;
(e) any such Subsidiary (and its equityholders) shall execute and deliver the agreements, instruments and other documents required by Section 7.01(b); and
(f) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and none shall exist immediately after giving effect thereto; and
(g) the purchase price for such Acquisition shall not exceed $7,500,000, and, when aggregated with the purchase price of all Permitted Acquisitions (including the proposed Acquisition) consummated after the Effective Date, shall not exceed $15,000,000, provided that the portion (if any) of such purchase price funded with (x) Equity Interests of the Administrative Borrower or any parent company or Subsidiary of the Administrative Borrower or (y) the proceeds of equity contributions made by the Sponsor after the Effective Date shall, in each case, be excluded from the purchase price limitations set forth in this clause (g);
(h) after giving pro forma effect to such proposed Acquisition, the Total Leverage Ratio of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements and a Compliance Certificate have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(i) and (iv) shall not exceed 4.50 to 1.00; and
(i) immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition, Qualified Cash shall not be less than $5,000,000.
“Permitted Dispositions” means:
(a) Dispositions of obsolete or worn-out equipment in the ordinary course of business, provided that (i) the Net Cash Proceeds of such Dispositions does not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year and $1,000,000 in the aggregate prior to the Final Maturity Date and (ii) in all cases, are applied in accordance with Section 2.05(c)(v);
(b) Dispositions of assets from any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to any other Loan Party (other than the Parent) or any of its Subsidiaries, provided that, the aggregate amount of all Dispositions by a Loan Party to a Subsidiary of a Loan Party that is not a Loan Party under this clause (b) does not exceed $1,000,000 prior to the Final Maturity Date;
(c) leases or subleases of real property and licenses or sublicenses of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business which do not materially interfere with the business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed $750,000 during the term of this Agreement;
(d) Dispositions of equipment to the extent that such property is (i) exchanged for fair market value for credit against the purchase price of, or (ii) sold for fair market value in the ordinary course of business for, similar replacement or upgraded property;
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(e) Dispositions by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries of real property not to exceed $100,000 in the aggregate;
(f) Dispositions (including discounts, cancellation or forgiveness) of Accounts Receivable in connection with compromise, write-down or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business to the extent permitted under this Agreement or in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of the applicable Account Debtors and Dispositions of any securities received in any such bankruptcy or reorganization;
(g) (i) the lapse of registered intellectual property of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries to the extent not economically desirable in the conduct of their respective businesses or (ii) the abandonment of intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business so long as, in each case under clauses (i) and (ii), such lapse or abandonment is not materially adverse to the interests of the Secured Parties or the business of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries;
(h) any involuntary condemnation, seizure or taking, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, or confiscation or requisition of use of property;
(i) Dispositions of obsolete, surplus, uneconomical worn out or not useful property in the ordinary course of business;
(j) to the extent constituting a Disposition, the making of Investments permitted by Section 7.02(e) and Restricted Payments permitted by Section 7.02(h) and the granting of Permitted Liens and the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests);
(k) any surrender, waiver, settlement, compromise, modification or release of contractual rights in the ordinary course of business, or the settlement, release or surrender of tort or other claims of any kind; and
(l) Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures or Non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the joint venture or similar parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and/or similar binding arrangements;
(m) Dispositions of Investments permitted by Section 7.02(e)(xx);
(n) Dispositions of acquired franchisee locations; and
(o) Dispositions by the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted under clauses (a) through (n); provided that (i) the aggregate fair market value of all property Disposed of in reliance on this clause (o) (x) in any Fiscal Year shall not exceed $1,000,000 and (y) prior to the Final Maturity Date shall not exceed $2,000,000 and (ii) at least 75% of the purchase price for such asset shall be paid to the applicable Borrower or its Subsidiary in cash.
“Permitted Cure Equity” means Qualified Equity Interests of the Parent.
“Permitted Holder” means the Sponsor and its respective Affiliates and Related Funds.
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“Permitted Indebtedness” means (subject to the last paragraph in Section 12.02(a)):
(a) any Indebtedness owing to any Agent or any Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including any guarantees hereof or thereof);
(b) any other Indebtedness listed on Schedule 7.02(b), and the extension of maturity, refinancing or modification of the terms thereof; provided, however, that (i) after giving effect to such extension, refinancing or modification, the amount of such Indebtedness is not greater than the amount of Indebtedness outstanding immediately prior to such extension, refinancing or modification (other than with respect to fees and expenses incurred for such refinancing, extension or modification) and (ii) no Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party that was not liable with respect to the Indebtedness prior to its refinancing or modification shall be liable with respect to such Indebtedness after giving effect to its refinancing or modification (a “Permitted Refinancing”);
(c) (i) Indebtedness evidenced by Capitalized Lease Obligations listed on Schedule 7.02(c) and (ii) other Capitalized Lease Obligations entered into after the Effective Date in order to finance Capital Expenditures made by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries so long as such Indebtedness, when aggregated with the principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred under this clause (c) and clause (d) of this definition, does not exceed $1,000,000 outstanding at any time;
(d) Indebtedness permitted by clause (e)(i) of the definition of “Permitted Lien”;
(e) Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.02(e);
(f) Subordinated Indebtedness in the aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $1,500,000 and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(g) Indebtedness of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries under any Hedging Agreement so long as such Hedging Agreements are used solely as a part of such Person’s normal business operations as a risk management strategy or hedge against changes resulting from market operations and not as a means to speculate for investment purposes on trends and shifts in financial or commodities markets;
(h) Indebtedness in respect of guarantees by a Loan Party in respect of Indebtedness of any other Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries permitted hereunder;
(i) Indebtedness owed by one Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to another Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, so long as the making of the loan or other advance by the Loan Party that is acting as the lender is permitted hereunder; provided that Loans owed by a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to a Loan Party shall not exceed an $1,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(j) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with cash pooling, netting and cash management arrangements consisting of overdrafts or similar arrangements; provided that any such Indebtedness does not consist of Indebtedness for borrowed
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money and is owed to the financial institutions providing such arrangements and such Indebtedness is extinguished within sixty (60) days;
(k) Indebtedness arising out of the issuance of surety, stay, customs or appeal bonds, letters of credit, bank guarantees and performance bonds and performance and completing guarantees or other similar obligations, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits, environmental obligations or property, casualty or liability insurance of Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries and in connection with other surety and performance bonds in the ordinary course of business, and reimbursement obligations in respect of any of the foregoing;
(l) Indebtedness of any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries thereof consisting of (x) repurchase obligations with respect to Equity Interests of such Person issued to the directors, consultants, managers, officers and employees of any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries thereof arising upon the death, disability or termination of employment of such director, consultant, manager, officer or employee to the extent such repurchase is permitted under Section 7.02(h) and (y) promissory notes issued by any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries thereof to directors, consultants, managers, officers and employees (or their spouses or estates) of any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries thereof to purchase or redeem Equity Interests of such of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries issued to such director, consultant, manager, officer or employee to the extent such purchase or redemption is permitted under Section 7.02(h);
(m) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary acquired after the Effective Date or an entity merged into or consolidated or amalgamated with a Loan Party or any Subsidiary after the Effective Date, and Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets, which Indebtedness exists at the time of such acquisition, merger or consolidation or amalgamation and is not created in contemplation of such event and where such acquisition, merger or consolidation or amalgamation is otherwise permitted under this Agreement;
(n) additional unsecured Indebtedness of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1,500,000 at any one time outstanding;
(o) Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit issued by third party financial institutions, so long as the maximum aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed $500,000;
(p) Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.02;
(q) Indebtedness in respect of earn-outs, purchase price adjustments and other similar payment obligations under agreements entered into in connection with Permitted Acquisitions (and not related to any Acquisition consummated prior to the Effective Date);
(r) Indebtedness incurred in respect of credit cards, credit card processing services, debt cards, stored value cards, purchase cards (including so-called “procurement cards” or “P-cards”) or other similar cash management services, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;
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(s) contingent liabilities in respect of any indemnification obligation, adjustment of purchase price, non-compete or similar obligation of any Loan Party incurred in connection with the consummation of one or more Permitted Acquisitions;
(t) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, deferred compensation to employees of the Loan Parties incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(u) Indebtedness consisting of the financing of insurance premiums to the extent non-recourse (other than to the insurance premiums); and
(v) Cares Act Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $6,200,000 outstanding at any time.
“Permitted Investments” means Cash Equivalents.
“Permitted Liens” means:
(a) Liens securing the Obligations;
(b) Liens for taxes, assessments and governmental charges the payment of which is not required under Section 7.01(c);
(c) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, landlords’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money) that are not overdue by more than forty-five (45) days or which are bonded or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings promptly initiated and diligently conducted, and a reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made therefor;
(d) Liens described on Schedule 7.02(a); provided, that (i) no such Lien shall at any time be extended to cover any additional property not subject thereto on the Effective Date and (ii) the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Liens shall not be extended, renewed, refunded or refinanced unless such extension, renewal, refunding or refinancing is a Permitted Refinancing;
(e) (i) purchase money Liens on equipment or other assets acquired or held by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of its business to secure the purchase price of such equipment or other assets or term loan Indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition of such equipment or other assets or (ii) Liens existing on such equipment or other assets at the time of its acquisition; provided, however, that, in case of both clause (i) and (ii) above, (A) no such Lien shall extend to or cover any other property of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by any such Lien shall not exceed the lesser of 100% of the fair market value (as calculated at the time of the acquisition of such property) or the cost of the property so held or acquired and (C) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness secured by any or all such Liens shall not exceed the principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred under clause (c)(ii) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness;
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(f) deposits and pledges of cash securing (i) obligations incurred in respect of workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other forms of governmental insurance or benefits, (ii) the performance of bids, tenders, leases, contracts (other than for the payment of money) and statutory obligations or (iii) obligations on surety or appeal bonds, but only to the extent such deposits or pledges are made or otherwise arise in the ordinary course of business and secure obligations not past due or to the extent contested in good faith by proper proceedings which stay the imposition of any penalty, fine or Lien resulting from the non-payment thereof and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside for the payment thereof on the Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP;
(g) easements, zoning restrictions, survey defects, covenants, conditions, restrictions and similar encumbrances on real property and minor irregularities in the title thereto (and any renewal, replacement, or extension thereof) that do not materially impair the use of such property by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in the normal conduct of such Person’s business;
(h) Liens (and any renewal, replacement, or extension thereof) on real property or equipment securing Indebtedness permitted by subsection (c) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness;
(i) Liens in the ordinary course of business of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection;
(j) Liens arising by operation of law under Article 2 of the UCC in favor of a reclaiming seller of goods or buyer of goods;
(k) brokers’ Liens, bankers’ Liens, rights of setoff and other similar Liens existing solely with respect to cash and Cash Equivalents on deposit in one or more accounts maintained by any Borrower, Guarantor or Subsidiary thereof (including any restriction on the use of such cash and Cash Equivalents), in each case, granted in the ordinary course of business in favor of the bank or banks with which such accounts are maintained, including any such Liens or rights of setoff securing amounts owing in the ordinary course of business to such bank with respect to cash management and operating account arrangements, including those involving pooled accounts and netting arrangements;
(l) licenses and sub-licenses and other similar encumbrances of intellectual property granted by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business that do not materially detract from the value of the intellectual property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of any Borrower, Guarantor or Subsidiary thereof in an aggregate amount not to exceed $750,000;
(m) any exceptions (and any renewal, replacement, or extension thereof) in the Title Insurance Policy for any real property and any other exceptions raised by the title insurer in the title insurance commitment that are omitted from such Title Insurance Policy;
(n) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 9.01(k);
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(o) any interest or title of a lessor under any lease or sublease entered into by any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries as permitted under this Agreement or in the ordinary course of business and any financing statement filed in connection with any such lease or sublease;
(q) Liens on cash collateral securing Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit permitted under clause (o) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”;
(r) Liens on assets of the applicable acquired subsidiary securing Indebtedness permitted under clause (m) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”;
(s) Liens in respect of interests in joint ventures; and
(t) other Liens (other than Liens securing Indebtedness) outstanding in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $750,000.
“Permitted Management Fees” means, at any time prior to an initial public offering, so long as (a) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (b) immediately before and after giving effect to such payment, (i) Qualified Cash is greater than or equal to $2,000,000 and (ii) the Total Leverage Ratio of the Loan Parties is less than or equal to the then applicable Total Leverage Ratio required under Section 7.03 for the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements and a Compliance Certificate have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(i) and (iv), all monitoring or consulting fees payable by any Loan Party pursuant to the Management Agreement in an aggregate amount not to exceed $750,000 in any Fiscal Year; provided, that any Permitted Management Fees not paid, due to the failure to satisfy the payment conditions set forth in clauses (a) and (b) above, shall be deferred and may be paid or distributed when such payment conditions have been satisfied.
“Permitted Refinancing” has the meaning specified therefor in clause (b) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”.
“Person” means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, joint venture or other enterprise or entity or Governmental Authority.
“Petty Cash Account” means one or more deposit accounts holding a maximum amount of funds on deposit in all such deposit accounts not to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate.
“Plan” means any Employee Plan or Multiemployer Plan.
“Platform” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.01(d).
“Post-Default Rate” means a rate of interest per annum equal to the rate of interest otherwise in effect from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement plus two percent (2.00%).
“Projections” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(a)(vii).
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“Pro Rata Share” means:
(a) [Reserved];
(b) with respect to a Lender’s obligation to make the Initial Term Loan and receive payments of interest, fees, and principal with respect thereto, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) such Lender’s Initial Term Loan Commitment, by (ii) the Total Initial Term Loan Commitment, provided that if the Total Initial Term Loan Commitment has been reduced to zero, the numerator shall be the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s portion of the Initial Term Loan and the denominator shall be the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Initial Term Loan;
(c) [Reserved];
(d) with respect to all other matters (including, without limitation, the indemnification obligations arising under Section 10.05), the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s portion of the Term Loans, by (ii) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans,
provided, that in the case of (b) above, the portion of the Term Loans held or deemed held by any Affiliated Lender, in each case, shall be excluded for the purposes of making a determination of Pro Rata Share to the extent such term is used to determine any voting rights of the Lenders.
“Public Company Costs” means charges, expenses and costs associated with, or in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith and charges, expenses and costs in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as applicable to companies with equity or debt securities held by the public, the rules of national securities exchange for companies with listed equity or debt securities, including directors’ or managers’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, costs, expenses and charges relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders or debtholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance and other executive costs, legal and other professional fees, and listing fees.
“Qualified Cash” means, as of any date of determination, the amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries held in Cash Management Accounts subject to Account Control Agreements.
“Qualified ECP Loan Party” means each Borrower or Guarantor that on the Eligibility Date is (a) a corporation, partnership, proprietorship, organization, trust, or other entity other than a “commodity pool” as defined in Section 1a(10) of the CEA and CFTC regulations thereunder that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 or (b) an Eligible Contract Participant that can cause another person to qualify as an Eligible Contract Participant on the Eligibility Date under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the CEA by entering into or otherwise providing a “letter of credit or keepwell, support, or other agreement” for purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the CEA.
“Qualified Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all Equity Interests of such Person that are not Disqualified Equity Interests.
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“Real Property Deliverables” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 7.01(o).
“Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent or (b) any Lender.
“Reference Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) 2.00% per annum, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 0.50% per annum, (c) the Adjusted Term SOFR (which rate shall be calculated based upon an Interest Period of 1 month on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day)) plus 1.00% per annum, and (d) the rate last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the United States or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent). If the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR for any reason, the Reference Rate shall be determined without regard to clause (b) or (c) above, as applicable, until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exists. Each change in the Reference Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.
“Reference Rate Loan” means each portion of a Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Reference Rate.
“Register” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.07(d).
“Registered Loans” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.07(d).
“Regulation T”, “Regulation U” and “Regulation X” mean, respectively, Regulations T, U and X of the Board or any successor, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Related Fund” means, with respect to any Person, a fund or account managed by the investment advisor or investment manager of such Person.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the direct and indirect equityholders, partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, seeping, migrating, dumping or disposing of any Hazardous Material (including the abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers and other closed receptacles containing any Hazardous Material) into the indoor or outdoor environment, including, without limitation, the movement of Hazardous Materials through or in the ambient air, soil, surface or ground water, or property.
“Released Loan Party” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.25.
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“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
“Remedial Action” means all actions taken to (a) clean up, remove, remediate, contain, treat, monitor, assess, evaluate or in any other way address Hazardous Materials in the indoor or outdoor environment; (b) prevent or minimize a Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials so they do not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment; (c) perform pre-remedial studies and investigations and post-remedial operation and maintenance activities; or (d) perform any other actions authorized by 42 U.S.C. § 9601.
“Replacement Lender” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 4.03(a).
“Reportable Event” means an event described in Section 4043 of ERISA (other than an event not subject to the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC under the regulations promulgated under such Section).
“Required Lenders” means Lenders whose Pro Rata Shares (calculated in accordance with clause (d) of the definition thereof) aggregate at least 50.1%; provided, that, if there are two or more unaffiliated Lenders, at least two unaffiliated Lenders shall be needed in order to constitute Required Lenders; provided, further, if MSD Entities hold at least 20% of (a) the outstanding Term Loans as of the date of determination minus (b) any prepayments of Term Loans made following the Effective Date, then “Required Lenders” must include such MSD Entities.
“Requirements of Law” means, with respect to any Person, collectively, the common law and all federal, state, provincial, local, foreign, multinational or international laws, statutes, codes, treaties, standards, rules and regulations, guidelines, ordinances, orders, judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees (including administrative or judicial precedents or authorities) and the interpretation or administration thereof by, and other determinations, directives, requirements or requests of, any Governmental Authority, in each case that are applicable to and legally binding upon such Person or any of its property.
“Restricted Payment” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 7.02(h).
“Rumble Franchisee” means a Franchisee that has entered into a Franchise Agreement with Rumble Franchise, Inc.
“Sanctioned Person” means any individual person, group, regime, entity or thing listed or otherwise recognized as a specially designated, prohibited, or debarred person under any of the U.S. Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Laws.
“SBA” means the U.S. Small Business Administration.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other similar or successor agency of the Federal government administering the Securities Act.
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“Second Amendment” means the Second Amendment to Financing Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2021, among the Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Agents.
“Second Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 5 of the Second Amendment.
“Secured Party” means any Agent and any Lender.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar Federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.
“Securitization” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.07(j).
“Security Agreement” means a Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, made by a Loan Party in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, securing the Obligations and delivered to the Collateral Agent.
“Senior Indebtedness” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 12.02(a).
“Small Business Act” means the Small Business Act (15 U.S. Code Chapter 14A – Aid to Small Business).
“SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Adjusted Term SOFR, other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “Reference Rate”.
“Solvent” means, with respect to any Person on a particular date, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person on a going concern basis is not less than the total amount of the liabilities of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person on a going concern basis is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its existing debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the normal course of business, (d) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature, and (e) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute unreasonably small capital. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5).
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“Sponsor” means Snapdragon Capital Partners LLC and its Controlled Investment Affiliates (but excluding any portfolio company thereof).
“Standard & Poor’s” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of S&P Global Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Studio Support” means Investments made by any Loan Party in any franchisee in order to provide additional financial support (in the form of payment of rent or other expenses of such franchisee) and/or additional marketing support (in addition to marketing support with respect to any “Marketing Fund”) and any net operating losses associated with acquired franchisee locations.
“Subordinated Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (including without limitation, Indebtedness obtained to finance a Permitted Acquisition) of any Loan Party; provided that such Indebtedness (a) has been expressly subordinated in right of payment to all Indebtedness of such Loan Party under the Loan Documents by the execution and delivery of a subordination agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, (b) does not mature prior to the date that is 91 days after the Final Maturity Date, (c) has no scheduled amortization or payments, repurchases or redemptions of principal prior to the date that is 91 days after the Final Maturity Date, and (d) contains covenants that are no more restrictive than those contained herein.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person at any date, any corporation, limited or general partnership, limited liability company, trust, estate, association, joint venture or other business entity (a) the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of such Person in such Person’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP or (b) of which more than 50% of (i) the outstanding Equity Interests having (in the absence of contingencies) ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such Person, (ii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, the interest in the capital or profits of such partnership or limited liability company or (iii) in the case of a trust, estate, association, joint venture or other entity, the beneficial interest in such trust, estate, association or other entity business is, at the time of determination, owned or controlled directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, by such Person.
“Swap” means any “swap” as defined in Section 1a(47) of the CEA and regulations thereunder other than (a) a swap entered into on, or subject to the rules of, a board of trade designated as a contract market under Section 5 of the CEA, or (b) a commodity option entered into pursuant to CFTC Regulation 32.3(a).
“Swap Obligation” means any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a Swap.
“Tax Distributions” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 7.02(h)(A).
“Tax Group” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 7.02(h)(A).
“Tax Receivable Agreement” means a customary tax receivable agreement among Xponential Fitness, Inc., Parent and the “Members” party thereto, as such agreement may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time to the extent (solely in the event of amendments
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or modifications that are materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders, it being understood that any modification that would increase the obligations of the Parent and its Subsidiaries thereunder by more than 10% would be deemed materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders) approved in writing by the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders).
“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” and “Term Loans” means the Initial Term Loan.
“Term Loan Commitment” means the Initial Term Loan Commitment.
“Term Loan Lender” means a Lender with a Term Loan Commitment or a Term Loan.
“Term Loan Obligations” means any Obligations with respect to the Term Loans (including without limitation, the principal thereof, the interest thereon, and the fees and expenses specifically related thereto).
“Term SOFR” means,
(a) for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the “Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day, and
(b) for any calculation with respect to a Reference Rate Loan on any day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one month on the day (such day, the “Reference Rate Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Reference Rate Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business
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Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Reference Rate SOFR Determination Day.
“Term SOFR Adjustment” means, for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Loan, a percentage per annum as set forth below for the applicable Interest Period therefor:
Interest Period |
Percentage |
One month |
0.11448% |
Three months |
0.26161% |
Six months |
0.42826% |
“Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
“Termination Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to any Employee Plan, (b) any event that causes any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates to incur liability under Section 515 (other than for payment of timely contributions to one or more Multiemployer Plans), 4062, 4063, 4064, 4069, 4201, 4204 or 4212 of ERISA or Section 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code, (c) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate an Employee Plan or the treatment of an Employee Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 of ERISA, (d) the institution of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate an Employee Plan, or (e) any other event or condition that could reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Employee Plan.
“Third Amendment” means the Third Amendment to Financing Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2022, among the Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Agents.
“Third Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 5 of the Third Amendment.
“Title Insurance Policy” means a mortgagee’s loan policy, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, together with all reasonable and customary endorsements as the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request to the extent the same are available in the applicable jurisdiction at commercially reasonable rates, provided however that (i) in lieu of a zoning endorsement the Collateral Agent shall accept a zoning report from a nationally recognized zoning report provider and (ii) an ALTA 9, Comprehensive Endorsement, shall not be required if not available at a nominal rate, issued by or on behalf of a title insurance company reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, insuring the Lien created by a Mortgage in an amount equal to 115% of the fair market value of the Material Real Estate Asset covered thereby, delivered to the Collateral Agent.
“Total Commitment” means the Total Term Loan Commitment.
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“Total Initial Term Loan Commitment” means the sum of the amounts of the Lenders’ Initial Term Loan Commitments.
“Total Leverage Ratio” means, on any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the amount of Consolidated Funded Indebtedness of the Parent and its Subsidiaries on such date, minus the amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries on such date, if any, and, in any event, so long as such cash and Cash Equivalents are subject to an Account Control Agreement to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for the four consecutive fiscal quarter period ending prior to such date.
“Total Term Loan Commitment” means the amount of the Total Initial Term Loan Commitments.
“Transactions” means, collectively, the transactions to occur on or about the Effective Date pursuant to the Loan Documents, including (a) the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents and the making of the Loans hereunder, (b) the payment in full of the Existing Credit Facility, and (c) the payment of all fees and expenses to be paid on or prior to the Effective Date and owing in connection with the foregoing.
“Transferee” means any Agent or any Lender (or any transferee or assignee thereof, including a participation holder.
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“Uniform Commercial Code” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 1.04.
“Unused Line Fee” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.06(a).
“USA PATRIOT Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56, Oct. 26, 2001)) as amended by the USA Patriot Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109-177, March 9, 2006) and as the same may have been or may be further renewed, extended, amended, or replaced.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code.
“WARN” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 6.01(z).
“Wilmington Trust” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble hereto.
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“Working Capital” means at any date of determination thereof, (i) the sum, for any Person and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, of (A) the current expected balance of all Accounts Receivable of such Person and its Subsidiaries as at such date of determination, plus (B) the aggregate book value of all Inventory of such Person and its Subsidiaries as at such date of determination, plus (C) the aggregate amount of prepaid expenses and other current assets of such Person (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) and its Subsidiaries as at such date of determination, minus (ii) the sum, for such Person and its Subsidiaries, of (X) the unpaid amount of all accounts payable of such Person and its Subsidiaries as at such date of determination, plus (Y) the aggregate amount of all accrued expenses of such Person and its Subsidiaries as at such date of determination (but, excluding from accounts payable and accrued expenses, the current portion of long-term debt and all accrued interest, taxes and management fees).
Section 2.02 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”. 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, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) 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, (d) 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 (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any right or interest in or to assets and properties of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible.
Section 2.03 Certain Matters of Construction . A Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to exist at all times during the period commencing on the date that such Default or Event of Default occurs to the date on which such Default or Event of Default is waived in writing (which may include e-mail) pursuant to this Agreement or, in the case of a Default, is cured within any period of cure expressly provided for in this Agreement; and an Event of Default shall “continue” or be “continuing” until such Event of Default has been waived in writing (which may include e-mail) by the Required Lenders. Any Lien referred to in this Agreement or any other Loan Document as having been created in favor of any Agent, any agreement entered into by any Agent pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any payment made by or to or funds received by any Agent pursuant to or as contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any act taken or omitted to be taken by any Agent, shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, be created, entered into, made or received, or taken or omitted, for the benefit or account of the Agents and the Lenders. Wherever the phrase “to the knowledge of any Loan Party” or words of similar import relating to the knowledge or the awareness of any Loan Party are used in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, such phrase shall mean and refer to the actual knowledge of the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or general counsel of the Administrative Borrower, but in any event, with respect to
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financial matters, the chief executive officer, chief financial officer or treasurer of Administrative Borrower. All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or otherwise within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a default if such action is taken or condition exists. In addition, all representations and warranties hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular representation or warranty proves to be incorrect or is breached, the fact that another representation or warranty concerning the same or similar subject matter is correct or is not breached will not affect the incorrectness of a breach of a representation or warranty hereunder. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in any other Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party shall be the greater of (i) the amount actually invested decreased by management fees and distributions representing a return of capital with respect to such Investment received by a Loan Party or a Subsidiary and (ii) zero.
Section 2.04 Accounting and Other Terms. (a) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, each accounting term used herein shall have the meaning given it under GAAP applied on a basis consistent with those used in preparing the Financial Statements. All terms used in this Agreement which are defined in Article 8 or Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York (the “Uniform Commercial Code”) and which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings herein as set forth therein, provided that terms used herein which are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York on the date hereof shall continue to have the same meaning notwithstanding any replacement or amendment of such statute except as the Required Lenders and the Administrative Borrower may otherwise agree in writing.
(b) For purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, (i) with respect to the accounting for leases as either operating leases or capital leases and the impact of such accounting in accordance with FASB ASC 840 (or any other similar promulgation or methodology under GAAP with respect to the same subject matter as FASB ASC 840) on the definitions and covenants herein, GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2016 shall be applied and (ii) for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of the Parent and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrowers or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Required Lenders and the Borrowers shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders and the Borrowers); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrowers shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
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Section 2.05 Time References. Unless otherwise indicated herein, all references to time of day refer to Eastern Standard Time or Eastern daylight saving time, as in effect in New York on such day. For purposes of the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each means “to but excluding”; provided, however, that with respect to a computation of fees or interest payable to any Agent or any Lender, such period shall in any event consist of at least one full day.
Section 2.06 Rates. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to the Reference Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, the Reference Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of the Reference Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR, Adjusted Term SOFR, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion (each, a “Rate Selection Source or Service”) to ascertain the Reference Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR, Adjusted Term SOFR or any other Benchmark, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service. Notwithstanding the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, the Borrowers shall retain any and all rights they may have against the Administrative Agent for any liability for direct damages (as opposed to special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages) arising solely out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in applying the Reference Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR, Adjusted Term SOFR or any other Benchmark, in each case as set forth on a Rate Selection Source or Service, to the Obligations as required by this Agreement.
ARTICLE III
THE LOANS
Section 3.01 Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions and relying upon the representations and warranties herein set forth:
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(i) [Reserved].
(ii) each Initial Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make the Initial Term Loan to the Borrowers on the Effective Date, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of such Initial Term Loan Lender’s Initial Term Loan Commitment.
(iii) [Reserved].
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(i) [Reserved].
(ii) [Reserved].
(iii) The aggregate principal amount of the Initial Term Loan made on the Effective Date shall not exceed the Total Initial Term Loan Commitment. Any principal amount of the Initial Term Loan which is repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.
(iv) [Reserved].
(v) The aggregate principal amount of all Loans outstanding at any time to the Borrowers shall not exceed the Total Commitment.
Section 3.02 Making the Loans. (a) The Administrative Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent written notice in the form of Exhibit B hereto (a “Notice of Borrowing”)), not later than 12:00 noon (New York time) on the date which is three (3) Business Days prior to the date of the proposed Loan (in the case of a SOFR Loan), or not later than 12:00 noon (New York time) on the date which is one (1) Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Loan (in the case of a Reference Rate Loan). Such Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and shall specify (i) the principal amount and type of the proposed Loan, (ii) the proposed borrowing date, which must be a Business Day, and, with respect to the Initial Term Loan, must be the Effective Date, (iii) whether the proposed Loan is to be a Reference Rate Loan or a SOFR Loan, (iv) in the case of a SOFR Loan, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period” and (v) the wiring information of the account of the Borrowers to which the proceeds of such Loan are to be disbursed. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders may act without liability upon the basis of email or facsimile notice believed by the Administrative Agent in good faith to be from the Administrative Borrower (or from any Authorized Officer thereof designated in writing purportedly from the Administrative Borrower to the Administrative Agent). The Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any Authorized Officer’s authority to request a Loan on behalf of the Borrowers until the Administrative Agent receives written notice to the contrary. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have no duty to verify the authenticity of the signature appearing on any written Notice of Borrowing.
(b) Each Notice of Borrowing pursuant to this Section 2.02 shall be irrevocable and the Borrowers shall be bound to make a borrowing in accordance therewith. The Borrowers shall have no more than seven (7) SOFR Loans in effect at any given time.
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(c)
(i) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection 2.02(c), all Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders simultaneously and proportionately to their Pro Rata Shares of the Total Initial Term Loan Commitment, it being understood that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in that other Lender’s obligations to make a Loan requested hereunder, nor shall the Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of the default by any other Lender in that other Lender’s obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder, and each Lender shall be obligated to make the Loans required to be made by it by the terms of this Agreement regardless of the failure by any other Lender.
(ii) Following the receipt of a Notice of Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall notify each applicable Lender of the specifics of the Loan. Each applicable Lender shall make its Pro Rata Share of the applicable Loan available to the Administrative Agent, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent’s account no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date of the proposed Loan. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (or, if such borrowing is a borrowing of Initial Loans, Sections 5.01 and 5.02) and receipt of all of the proceeds of the applicable Loan, the Administrative Agent will make the proceeds of such Loans received by it available to the Borrowers on the day of the proposed Loan by causing an amount, in immediately available funds, equal to the proceeds of all such Loans received by the Administrative Agent in the Administrative Agent’s Account to be deposited in the account designated by the Administrative Borrower in the applicable Notice of Borrowing.
(iii) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender prior to 12:00 p.m. on 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 each applicable Lender has made the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent on the applicable borrowing day and the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, may, but shall not be obligated to, cause a corresponding amount to be made available to the Borrowers on such day. If the Administrative Agent makes such corresponding amount available to the Borrowers and such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by any such Lender, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such payment was due until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for three (3) Business Days and thereafter at the Reference Rate. Upon any such failure by a Lender to pay the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall promptly thereafter notify the Administrative Borrower of such failure and the Borrowers shall promptly pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent for its own account.
(iv) Nothing in this subsection 2.02(c) shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligations to fulfill its Commitments hereunder.
(d) [Reserved].
Section 3.03 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) [Reserved].
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(b) The outstanding principal of the Initial Term Loan shall be repayable, ratably, in consecutive quarterly installments, each such installment to be due and payable on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter (i.e. March, June, September, and December) (each, a “Scheduled Term Loan Payment Date”), (i) commencing with June 30, 2021 and, for the Scheduled Term Loan Payment Dates occurring on June 30, 2021 and September 30, 2021, in an amount equal to 0.25% of the original principal amount of the Initial Term Loan made hereunder on the Effective Date, (ii) commencing with December 31, 2021 and, for the Scheduled Term Loan Payment Dates occurring on December 31, 2021, March 31, 2022, June 30, 2022 and September 30, 2022, in an amount equal to $739,922.87, (iii) commencing with December 31, 2022 and, for the Scheduled Term Loan Payment Dates occurring on December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023, in an amount equal to $758,672.87; provided, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or otherwise, the payment to be made on the Scheduled Term Loan Payment Date occurring on March 31, 2023 shall be made only with respect to the outstanding principal of the Initial Term Loans other than the 2023 Incremental Term Loans (and ratably to such Loans) and none of the original principal amount of the 2023 Incremental Term Loans shall be repayable on such date, (iv) commencing with June 30, 2023 and for each Scheduled Term Loan Payment Date thereafter, in an amount equal to $1,064,922.87, and (v) commencing with September 30, 2023 and for each Scheduled Term Loan Payment Date thereafter, in an amount equal to $1,189,922.87; provided, however, that the last such installment shall be in the amount necessary to repay in full the unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans on the Final Maturity Date. The outstanding unpaid principal of the Term Loans and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall be due and payable in full on the Final Maturity Date.
(c) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the Indebtedness of the Borrowers 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.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrowers 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.
(e) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (c) or (d) 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 obligation of the Borrowers to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
(f) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a note. In such event, the Borrowers shall execute and deliver to such Lender a note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns). Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment
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pursuant to Section 12.07) be represented by one or more notes payable to the payee named therein and its registered assigns.
Section 3.04 Interest.
(a) [Reserved].
(b) Term Loans. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, at the option of the Administrative Borrower, the Term Loans or any portion thereof shall be either a Reference Rate Loan or a SOFR Loan. Each portion of any Term Loans that is a Reference Rate Loan shall bear interest on the principal amount thereof from time to time outstanding, from the date of the making of such Term Loans until repaid, at a rate per annum equal to the Reference Rate plus the Applicable Margin. Each portion of any Term Loans that is a SOFR Loan shall bear interest on the principal amount thereof from time to time outstanding, from the date of the making of such Term Loans until repaid, at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted Term SOFR for the Interest Period in effect for such Term Loans (or such portion thereof) plus the Applicable Margin.
(c) Default Interest. To the extent permitted by law and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the principal of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all Loans, fees, indemnities or any other Obligations of the Loan Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, shall, upon the election of the Required Lenders, bear interest, from the date such Event of Default occurred until the date such Event of Default is cured or waived in writing in accordance herewith, at a rate per annum equal at all times to the Post-Default Rate.
(d) Interest Payment. Interest on each Loan shall be payable monthly, in arrears, on the last Business Day of each calendar month, commencing on the last Business Day of the first full calendar month following the calendar month in which such Loan is made and at maturity (whether upon demand, by acceleration or otherwise). Interest at the Post-Default Rate shall be payable on demand.
(e) General. All interest shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 (or 365 or 366 as applicable, in the case of Loans and other obligations accruing interest based on the Reference Rate) days for the actual number of days, including the first day but excluding the last day, elapsed.
Section 3.05 Reduction of Commitment; Prepayment of Loans.
(a) Reduction of Commitments.
(i) [Reserved].
(ii) Initial Term Loan. The Total Initial Term Loan Commitment shall terminate on the Effective Date after the funding of the Initial Term Loan by the Term Loan Lenders.
(iii) [Reserved].
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(A) [Reserved].
(B) [Reserved].
(b) Optional Prepayment.
(i) [Reserved].
(ii) Term Loans. The Borrowers may, at any time and from time to time, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent received by the Administrative Agent not later than (x) in the case of SOFR Loans, 11:00 a.m. least three (3) Business Days’ prior to the date of prepayment and (y) in the case of Reference Rate Loans, 11:00 a.m. one (1) Business Day’s prior to the date of prepayment, in each case to prepay the principal of the Term Loans, in whole or in part. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment, whether the Term Loans to be prepaid are SOFR Loans or Reference Rate Loans, and, if SOFR Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Term Loans (except that if the Term Loans to be prepaid includes both Reference Rate Loans and SOFR Loans, absent direction by the Borrower, the applicable prepayment shall be applied first to Reference Rate Loans to the full extent thereof before application to SOFR Loans (and, in the case of SOFR Loans, in direct order of Interest Period maturities). The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Term Loan Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Term Loan Lender’s ratable portion of such prepayment. Each prepayment made pursuant to this clause (b)(ii) shall be irrevocable (except that such notice may be conditional) and shall be accompanied by the payment of (A) accrued interest to the date of such payment on the amount prepaid, (B) the Applicable Prepayment Premium, if any, payable in connection with such prepayment of the Term Loans, (C) any amounts payable under Section 2.09 in connection with such prepayment of the Term Loans, and (D) if such prepayment would reduce the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans to zero, all fees and other amounts which have accrued or otherwise become payable as of such date. Each such prepayment shall be applied pro rata against the remaining installments of principal due on the Term Loans.
(iii) [Intentionally Omitted].
(iv) Prepayment In Full. The Borrowers may, upon at least five (5) Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate this Agreement on the Business Day specified in such written notice by paying to the Administrative Agent, in cash, the Obligations (excluding any unasserted contingent indemnification Obligations), in full, plus the Applicable Prepayment Premium, if any, payable in connection with such termination of this Agreement. If the Administrative Borrower has sent a notice of termination pursuant to this clause (iv), then the Lenders’ obligations to extend credit hereunder shall terminate and the Borrowers shall be obligated to repay the Obligations (excluding any unasserted contingent indemnification Obligations) in full, plus the Applicable Prepayment Premium, if any, payable in connection with such termination of this Agreement on the date set forth as the date of termination of this Agreement in such notice (except that such termination may be conditioned on the closing of a replacement financing facility).
(c) Mandatory Prepayment.
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(i) [Reserved].
(ii) [Intentionally Omitted].
(iii) [Intentionally Omitted].
(iv) Within five (5) Business Days of delivery to the Agents and the Lenders of annual financial statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(ii), commencing with the delivery to the Agents and the Lenders of the financial statements for the Fiscal Year ended on December 31, 2022 (or, if such financial statements are not delivered to the Agents on the date such statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(ii), five (5) Business Days after the date such statements are required to be delivered to the Agents pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(ii)), the Borrowers shall prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Loans in accordance with clause (d) below in an amount equal to the result (if positive) of (1) 50% of the Excess Cash Flow of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, minus (2) the amount of any voluntary prepayments of the Term Loans made during such Fiscal Year.
(v) Subject to clause (viii) below, within five (5) Business Days following any Permitted Disposition (other than a Disposition pursuant to clauses (b), (c), (d), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j) and (k) of the definition of “Permitted Disposition”) by any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 7.02(c)(ii), the Borrowers shall prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Loans in accordance with clause (d) below in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received by such Person in connection with such Permitted Disposition to the extent that the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds received by all Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries (and not paid to the Administrative Agent as a prepayment of the Loans) shall exceed for all such Permitted Dispositions $500,000 in any Fiscal Year. Nothing contained in this subsection (v) shall permit any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to make a Disposition of any property other than in accordance with Section 7.02(c)(ii).
(vi) Upon the issuance or incurrence by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness), the Borrowers shall prepay the outstanding amount of the Loans in accordance with clause (d) below in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received by such Person in connection therewith. The provisions of this subsection (vi) shall not be deemed to be implied consent to any such issuance, incurrence or sale otherwise prohibited by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(vii) Subject to clause (viii) below, within two (2) Business Days of the receipt by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Extraordinary Receipts, the Borrowers shall prepay the outstanding principal of the Loans in accordance with clause (d) below an amount equal to 100% of such Extraordinary Receipts net of any reasonable expenses incurred in collecting such Extraordinary Receipts to the extent that the aggregate amount thereof received by all Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries (and not paid to the Administrative Agent as a prepayment of the Loans) shall exceed $750,000 in any Fiscal Year.
(viii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to Net Cash Proceeds received by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with a Permitted Disposition or the receipt of Extraordinary Receipts consisting of insurance proceeds or
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condemnation awards that are required to be used to prepay the Obligations pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(v) or Section 2.05(c)(vii), as the case may be, up to $1,000,000 in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year of the Net Cash Proceeds from all such Permitted Dispositions and Extraordinary Receipts shall not be required to be so used to prepay the Obligations to the extent that such Net Cash Proceeds and Extraordinary Receipts are used to acquire, replace, repair or restore properties or assets used in the Parent’s and its Subsidiaries’ business, provided that, (A) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date such Person receives such Net Cash Proceeds or Extraordinary Receipts, (B) the Administrative Borrower delivers a certificate to the Administrative Agent within 30 days after the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds or Extraordinary Receipts resulting from such Disposition or loss, destruction or taking, as the case may be, stating that such Net Cash Proceeds or Extraordinary Receipts shall be used to acquire, replace, repair or restore properties or assets used in such Person’s business within a period specified in such certificate not to exceed two hundred and seventy (270) days after the date of receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds or Extraordinary Receipts (which certificate shall set forth estimates of the Net Cash Proceeds or Extraordinary Receipts to be so expended), (C) such Net Cash Proceeds or Extraordinary Receipts are deposited in an account of a Loan Party listed on Schedule 6.01(v) and (D) upon the earlier of (1) the expiration of the period specified in the relevant certificate furnished to the Administrative Agent pursuant to clause (B) above or (2) the occurrence of an Event of Default, such Net Cash Proceeds or Extraordinary Receipts, if not theretofore so used, shall be used to prepay the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.05(c)(v) or Section 2.05(c)(vii) as applicable.
(ix) Within three (3) Business Days after receipt by the Borrowers of the proceeds of any Permitted Cure Equity pursuant to Section 9.02 in respect of any noncompliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.03, the Borrowers shall prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(d) in an amount equal to 100% of such proceeds.
(x) Within one (1) Business Day after any initial public offering where the Borrowers, or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrowers, receive net proceeds of at least $200,000,000 (for the avoidance of doubt, such proceeds shall be net of any related fees and expenses) the Borrowers shall prepay the Term Loans (or offer to prepay the Term Loans at par) in an amount equal to the amount of such proceeds remaining after giving effect to the repurchase of the Catterton Preferred Equity; provided that, in no event shall the prepayments required to be made pursuant to this Section 2.05(c)(x), exceed $60,000,000 in the aggregate.
(d) Application of Payments. Each prepayment pursuant to subsections (c)(iv), (c)(v), (c)(vi), (c)(vii), (c)(ix) and (c)(x) above shall be applied to the Term Loans, until paid in full. Prepayments of the Term Loans shall be applied against the remaining installments of principal of the Term Loans (including the final payment of the Term Loans on the Final Maturity Date) in the inverse order of maturity.
(e) Interest and Fees. Any prepayment made pursuant to this Section 2.05 shall be accompanied by (i) accrued interest on the principal amount being prepaid to the date of prepayment, (ii) any Funding Losses (if any) payable pursuant to Section 2.09(e) and (iii) other than in the case of prepayments made pursuant to Sections 2.05(c)(iv), (v), (vii) and (ix), the
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Applicable Prepayment Premium, if any, shall be payable in connection with such voluntary or mandatory prepayment of the Loans.
(f) Cumulative Prepayments. Payments with respect to any subsection of this Section 2.05 are without duplication of payments made or required to be made under any other subsection of this Section 2.05.
(g) Notice of Mandatory Prepayments. The Administrative Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any event giving rise to a prepayment under this Section 2.05(c) at least four Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment, and each such notice shall specify the date of such prepayment, provide a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment and contain the amount of the Applicable Prepayment Premium (if any) applicable thereto. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of the contents of any such prepayment notice so received from the Administrative Borrower, including the date on which such prepayment is to be made.
Section 3.06 Fees.
(a) Upfront Fee/OID. On the Effective Date, the Borrowers shall pay, or cause to be paid, to the Initial Term Lenders, an upfront fee (the “Initial Term Loan Upfront Fee”) in an amount equal to 2.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Term Loans actually funded by the Initial Term Loan Lenders on the Closing Date; provided, that, at the option of each Initial Term Lenders, such Initial Term Loan Upfront Fee shall be taken in the form of an equivalent amount of original issue discount in respect of the aggregate principal amount of Initial Term Loans made by such Initial Term Lender on the Effective Date; provided, further that the parties hereto agree to treat the Initial Term Loan Upfront Fee as original issue discount for U.S. federal (and all applicable state and local) income tax purposes.
(b) Applicable Prepayment Premium. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent required pursuant to Section 2.05(e) or in the event of the termination of this Agreement and repayment of the Obligations at any time prior to the Final Maturity Date, for any reason, including (i) termination upon the election of the Required Lenders to terminate after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default (or, in the case of the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 9.01(f) or Section 9.01(g) with respect to any Loan Party, automatically upon the occurrence thereof), (ii) foreclosure and sale of Collateral, (iii) sale of the Collateral in any Insolvency Proceeding, or (iv) restructuring, reorganization, or compromise of the Obligations by the confirmation of a plan of reorganization or any other plan of compromise, restructuring, or arrangement in any Insolvency Proceeding, then, in view of the impracticability and extreme difficulty of ascertaining the actual amount of damages to the Agents and the Lenders or profits lost by the Agents and the Lenders as a result of such early termination, and by mutual agreement of the parties as to a reasonable estimation and calculation of the lost profits or damages of the Agents and the Lenders, the Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of the Term Lenders, the Applicable Prepayment Premium, if any, measured as of the date of such termination. The Loan Parties expressly agree that: (A) the Applicable Prepayment Premium is reasonable and is the product of an arm’s length transaction between sophisticated business people, ably represented by counsel; (B) the Applicable Prepayment Premium shall be payable notwithstanding the then prevailing market rates at the time
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payment is made; (C) there has been a course of conduct between the Lenders and the Loan Parties giving specific consideration in this transaction for such agreement to pay the Applicable Prepayment Premium; (D) the Loan Parties’ agreement to pay the Applicable Prepayment Premium is a material inducement to Lenders to provide the Commitments and make the Loans; and (E) the Applicable Prepayment Premium represents a good faith, reasonable estimate and calculation of the lost profits or damages of the Agents and the Lenders and that it would be impractical and extremely difficult to ascertain the actual amount of damages to the Agents and the Lenders or profits lost by the Agents and the Lenders as a result of such acceleration. In connection with an initial public offering of Equity Interests of the Parent or any direct or indirect parent company of the Parent, including PubCo (such initial public offering, an “IPO”): (a) in connection with the first $60,000,000 of principal amount of Term Loans prepaid (including for the avoidance of doubt, prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(x)) with the proceeds of, and substantially concurrently with the consummation of, such IPO, no Applicable Prepayment Premium shall be due and owing, (b) in connection with the next $65,000,000 of principal amount of Term Loans prepaid (i.e. the amount prepaid in excess of $60,000,000 of principal up to an aggregate principal prepayment amount of $125,000,000) (such aggregate principal amount, the “Excess IPO Prepayment Amount”) with the proceeds of and substantially concurrently with the consummation of, such IPO or the proceeds of and substantially concurrently with the consummation of, the PubCo Convertible Preferred, an amount equal to 0.75% of such Excess IPO Prepayment Amount shall be due and owing and (c) in connection with any Term Loans in excess of $125,000,000 of principal amount prepaid with the proceeds of such IPO or the proceeds of the PubCo Convertible Preferred, the Applicable Prepayment Premium shall be due and owing with respect to such excess amount.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) Agent Fee Letter The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, for their own account, the fees set forth in the Agent Fee Letter in the amounts and at the times specified therein.
Section 3.07 [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 3.08 Taxes (a) Except as otherwise required by applicable law, any and all payments by any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all Taxes. If any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent shall be required to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder to any Agent or any Lender (or any Transferee), (i) if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased by the amount (an “Additional Amount”) necessary so that after making all such deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.08) such Agent or such Lender (or such Transferee) shall receive an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Loan Party or the Administrative Agent shall make such deductions and (iii) such Loan Party or the Administrative Agent shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. For purposes of this Section 2.08, the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.
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(b) In addition, each Loan Party agrees to pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law any present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any recording, intangible or similar taxes, charges or levies that arise from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 12.02(b)) (“Other Taxes”). Each Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent official receipts or certified copies thereof (or other reasonable evidence of payment) in respect of any Taxes or Other Taxes payable hereunder promptly after payment of such Taxes or Other Taxes.
(c) The Loan Parties hereby jointly and severally indemnify and agree to hold each Agent and each Lender harmless from and against any Indemnified Taxes (including, without limitation, Indemnified Taxes imposed on any amounts payable under this Section 2.08) payable or paid by such Person, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. Such indemnification shall be paid within ten (10) days from the date on which any such Person makes written demand therefor specifying in reasonable detail the nature and amount of such Indemnified Taxes.
(d)
(i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall 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 delivery of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in (d)(ii) and (d)(iii) below) by any Lender shall not be required if in such Lender’s reasonable judgment, such completion, execution or delivery would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(ii) Each Lender (or Transferee) that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States (a “Non-U.S. Lender”) agrees that it shall, no later than the Effective Date (or, in the case of a Lender (or Transferee) which becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 12.07 hereof after the Effective Date, promptly after the date upon which such Lender (or Transferee) becomes a party hereto) deliver to the Agents (and the Administrative Agent shall deliver a copy to the Administrative Borrower) (or, in the case of a participant, to the Lender granting the participation only) one properly completed and duly executed copy of either U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8ECI or W-8IMY or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, in each case claiming complete exemption from, or reduced rate of, U.S. Federal withholding tax on payments of interest hereunder. In addition, in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. Federal withholding tax under
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Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, such Non-U.S. Lender hereby represents to the Agents and the Borrowers, and shall provide a properly completed an duly executed copy of a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G (any such certificate, a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”), to the effect that such Non-U.S. Lender is not a bank for purposes of Section 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, is not a 10-percent shareholder (within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code) of the Parent and is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Parent (within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code), and such Non-U.S. Lender agrees that it shall promptly notify the Agents in the event any such representation is no longer accurate. Such forms shall be delivered by each Non-U.S. Lender on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of a Transferee that is a participation holder, on or before the date such participation holder becomes a Transferee hereunder) and on or before the date, if any, such Non-U.S. Lender changes its applicable lending office by designating a different lending office (a “New Lending Office”). In addition, such Non-U.S. Lender shall deliver such forms within twenty (20) days after receipt of a written request therefor from any Agent (who may be acting pursuant to a request by the Administrative Borrower), the assigning Lender or the Lender granting a participation, as applicable. Each Non-U.S. Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence, expiration or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Non-U.S. Lender. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.08, a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this Section 2.08(d) that such Non-U.S. Lender is not legally able to deliver. If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender failed to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (A) a certification signed by the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller and (B) other documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent sufficient for the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such applicable reporting requirements or to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (d), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(iii) Any Lender (or Transferee) that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or Agents), executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding.
(e) The Loan Parties shall not be required to indemnify any Non-U.S. Lender, or pay any Additional Amounts to any Non-U.S. Lender, in respect of any withholding tax pursuant to this Section 2.08 to the extent that (i) the obligation to withhold such amounts existed on the date such Non-U.S. Lender became a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of a Transferee that is a participation holder, on the date such participation holder became a Transferee hereunder) or, with respect to payments to a New Lending Office, the date such Non-U.S. Lender designated such New Lending Office with respect to a Loan; provided, however, that this clause (i) shall not apply to the extent the indemnity payment or Additional Amounts any Transferee, or Lender (or Transferee) through a New Lending Office, would be entitled to receive (without regard
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to this clause (i)) do not exceed the indemnity payment or Additional Amounts that the Person making the assignment, participation or transfer to such Transferee, or Lender (or Transferee) making the designation of such New Lending Office, would have been entitled to receive in the absence of such assignment, participation, transfer or designation, or (ii) the obligation to pay such Additional Amounts would not have arisen but for a failure by such Non-U.S. Lender to comply with the provisions of clause (d) above.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower two executed copies of whichever of the following is applicable:
(i) if the Administrative Agent is a U.S. Person, Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 certifying to such Administrative Agent’s exemption from U.S. federal backup withholding; or
(ii) if the Administrative Agent is not a U.S. Person,
(A) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI with respect to payments received for its own account; and
(B) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY with respect to any amounts payable to the Administrative Agent for the account of others, certifying that it is a U.S. branch of a foreign bank or insurance company described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1(b)(2)(iv)(A) that is a participating FFI (including a reporting Model 2 FFI), registered deemed-compliant FFI (including a reporting Model 1 FFI), or NFFE that is using this form as evidence of its agreement with the withholding agent to be treated as a U.S. Person with respect to any payments associated with this withholding certificate.
The Administrative Agent 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 in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(g) If any Lender or any Agent determines, in its sole judgment exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Loan Party or with respect to which any Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.08, it shall pay to the Administrative Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Loan Parties under this Section with respect to the Indemnified Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of such Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided that the Administrative Borrower, upon the reasonable request of such Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Administrative Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to such Agent or such Lender in the event such Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection (g), in no event will any Lender or any Agent be required to pay any amount to the Administrative Borrower pursuant to this subsection (g) the payment of which would place such Agent or such Lender in a less favorable net after-Tax position than such Agent or such Lender would have been
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in if the Indemnified Taxes giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Taxes had never been paid. This subsection shall not be construed to require any Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns and any other informa