ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 200 Vesey Street New York, New York 10281 | CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC Eleven Madison Avenue New York, New York 10010 | BARCLAYS 745 Seventh Avenue New York, New York 10019 | CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. 390 Greenwich Street New York, New York 10013 |
Borrower: | The Company (the “Borrower”). |
Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners: | RBCCM, CS Securities, Barclays and Citi (in such capacity, the “Lead Arrangers”). |
Bank Facilities Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent: | Royal Bank will act as the sole administrative agent and sole collateral agent (in such capacities, the “Bank Facilities Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders (as defined below). |
Other Agents: | The Borrower may designate additional financial institutions reasonably acceptable to the Lead Arrangers (such consent not to be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed) to act as syndication agent, documentation agent or co-documentation agent. |
Transactions: | As described in Exhibit A to the Commitment Letter. |
Lenders: | Royal Bank, CS, Barclays and Citi (or one or more of their respective affiliates) and a syndicate of financial institutions and other lenders (the “Lenders”) arranged by the Lead Arrangers and reasonably acceptable to you (other than Disqualified Institutions). |
Term Loan B Facility: | A senior secured first lien term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $1,800 million (the “Term Loan B Facility”). |
Loans under the Term Loan B Facility (the “Term B Loans”) will be available in U.S. dollars. | |
Revolving Facility: | A senior secured first lien revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $350 million (the “Revolving Facility”). Lenders with commitments under the Revolving Facility are collectively referred to herein as the “Revolving Lenders”. The commitments in respect of the Revolving Facility are referred to herein as “Revolving Commitments” and the loans thereunder are referred to herein as “Revolving Loans”. |
Revolving Loans will be available in U.S. dollars. | |
Swingline Facility: | The Bank Facilities Administrative Agent or another Revolving Lender approved by the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent and the Borrower (in such capacity, the “Swingline Lender”) will make available to the Borrower a swingline facility under which the Borrower may make short-term borrowings (such borrowings, “Swingline Loans”) in U.S. dollars (in minimum amounts to be agreed upon and integral multiples to be agreed upon) in an aggregate principal amount of up to an amount to be agreed. Except for purposes of calculating the commitment fee described below, any such borrowing of Swingline Loans will reduce availability under the Revolving Facility on a dollar-for-dollar basis. The Revolving Lenders will be unconditionally obligated to purchase participations in any Swingline Loans pro rata based upon their commitments under the Revolving Facility. To the extent that any Revolving Lender is in default of its obligations in respect of the Revolving Facility and such Lender’s swingline exposure is not reallocated to the applicable non-defaulting Revolving Lenders in accordance with customary reallocation provisions, the Swingline Lender may require the Borrower to prepay Loans in such amount that eliminates such exposure and will have no obligation to make new Swingline Loans to the extent such Swingline Loans would exceed the unused commitments of non-defaulting Revolving Lenders. |
Letters of Credit: | Up to an aggregate principal amount to be agreed of the Revolving Facility will be available to the Borrower in the form of letters of credit. Letters of credit will be issued by the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent and each other Lead Arranger (or their respective affiliates) (and other Revolving Lenders approved by the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent and the Borrower that consent to be an issuer of letters of credit) (in such capacity, the “Issuing Bank”) on a pro rata basis; provided that, (i) in no event shall Royal Bank, Credit Suisse or Barclays (or any of their respective affiliates) be required to issue trade or commercial letters of credit and (ii) no Issuing Bank shall be obligated to issue any letters of credit in an aggregate amount exceeding such Issuing Bank’s unused commitments under the Revolving Facility. Each letter of credit will be denominated in U.S. dollars and will expire not later than the earlier of (a) twelve months after its date of issuance and (b) the fifth business day prior to the final maturity of the Revolving Facility; provided, however, that any letter of credit may provide for renewal thereof for additional periods of up to twelve months on customary terms (which in no event shall extend beyond the date referred to in clause (b) above). Drawings under any letter of credit shall be reimbursed (whether with its own funds or with the proceeds of Revolving Loans, if otherwise available) by the Borrower within one business day. The Revolving Lenders will be irrevocably and unconditionally obligated to acquire participations in each letter of credit, pro rata in accordance with their commitments under the Revolving Facility, and to fund such participations in the event the Borrower does not reimburse the Issuing Bank for drawings within one business day. To the extent that any Revolving Lender is in default of its obligations in respect of the Revolving Facility and such Revolving Lender’s letter of credit exposure is not reallocated to the applicable non-defaulting Lenders in accordance with customary reallocation provisions, the Issuing Bank may require the Borrower to cash collateralize the pro rata participation of such Revolving Lender in respect of each applicable outstanding letter of credit. |
Incremental Facilities: | The definitive credit documentation in respect of the Bank Facilities shall provide for one or more incremental first lien revolving facilities (the “Incremental Revolving Facilities”) and/or incremental first lien term loan B facilities (the “Incremental Term B Facilities”; together with the Incremental Revolving Facilities, collectively, the “Incremental Facilities”) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (a) $700 million (this clause (a), the “Fixed-Dollar Incremental Prong”) and (b) and amount such that, after giving effect to the incurrence of such Incremental Facility pursuant to this clause (b) (and after giving effect to any acquisition consummated concurrently therewith and any other acquisition, disposition, debt incurrence, debt retirement and other appropriate pro forma adjustment events, including any debt incurrence or retirement subsequent to the end of the applicable test period and on or prior to the date of such incurrence, all to be further defined in the Bank Facilities Documents (as defined below)), the Company would be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with a Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio (to be defined in a manner consistent with the Documentation Principles, but in any event to include a cap on the amount of unrestricted cash that may be netted in any computation thereof of $250.0 million, and in any event without netting the proceeds of the relevant Incremental Facility, and in the case of any Incremental Revolving Facility, assuming a full draw of such Incremental Revolving Facility and excluding amounts posted as security under that certain deed of guarantee, dated as of October 19, 2015, among Time Inc., Time Inc. (UK) Ltd. and IPC Media Pension Trustee Limited, or any successor or replacement agreement or amendment thereto, and any letters of credit issued or acquired in connection therewith (collectively, the “UK Pension Security Obligations”)) (recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements have been delivered) equal to or less than 2.00:1.00. |
The Incremental Facilities shall not initially be effective but may be activated at any time and from time to time during the life of the applicable Bank Facility at the request of the Borrower with consent required only from those Lenders (including new lenders that are reasonably acceptable to the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent and the Borrower) that agree, in their sole discretion, to participate in such Incremental Facility, and the following shall be conditions to the effectiveness of any Incremental Facility: (i) subject to customary “SunGard” or “funds certain” conditions in the case of any Incremental Facility the proceeds of which will be used to fund an acquisition or other similar investment permitted under the Bank Facilities Documents (as defined below), no payment or bankruptcy default or event of default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) subject to customary “SunGard” or “funds certain” conditions in the case of any Incremental Facility the proceeds of which will be used to fund an acquisition or other similar investment permitted under the Bank Facilities Documents, all representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects immediately prior to, and after giving effect to, the incurrence of such Incremental Facility (provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality”, “material adverse effect” or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects (after giving effect to any such qualification therein)), (iii) the maturity date of any such Incremental Term B Facility shall be no earlier than the maturity date for the Term Loan B Facility, (iv) the weighted average life to maturity of any Incremental Term B Facility shall be no shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of the Term Loan B Facility, (v) the interest margins for any Incremental Term B Facility shall be determined by the Borrower and the lenders of such Incremental Facility; provided that in the event that the all-in-yield for any Incremental Term B Facility incurred prior to the date that is eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date (the “MFN Sunset”) is greater than the all-in-yield for the Term Loan B Facility by more than 50 basis points (the “Yield Differential”), then the Applicable Margin (as defined below) for the Term Loan B Facility shall be increased to the extent necessary so that the all-in-yield for such Incremental Facility is not more than 50 basis points higher than the all-in-yield for the Term Loan B Facility and (vi) any Incremental Revolving Facility shall be on terms and pursuant to documentation applicable to the Incremental Revolving Facility and any Incremental Term Loan B Facility shall be on terms and pursuant to documentation to be determined; provided that, to the extent such terms and documentation relating to any Incremental Term B Facility are not consistent with the Term Loan B Facility (except to the extent permitted by clauses (iii), (iv) or (v) above), they shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent. | |
For purposes of determining the interest margins applicable to the Incremental Term B Facilities and the Yield Differential for the Incremental Term B Facilities, (A) original issue discount (“OID”) or upfront fees (which shall be deemed to constitute like amounts of OID) payable by the Borrower for the account of the Lenders with respect to the Term Loan B Facility or such Incremental Term B Facility in the primary syndication thereof shall be included (with OID being equated to interest based on an assumed four-year life to maturity), (B) customary arrangement or similar fees payable to the Lead Arrangers (or their respective affiliates) in connection with the Term Loan B Facility or to one or more arrangers (or their affiliates) of such Incremental Term B Facility shall be excluded and (C) if the Adjusted LIBOR or ABR floor for such Incremental Term B Facility is greater than the Adjusted LIBOR or ABR floor, respectively, for the Term Loan B Facility, the difference between such floor for such Incremental Term B Facility and the Term Loan B Facility shall be equated to an increase in the Applicable Margin to the extent an increase in the interest rate floor in the Term Loan B Facility would cause an increase in the interest rate then in effect thereunder, and in such case the interest rate floor (but not the interest rate margin) applicable to the Term Loan B Facility shall be increased by such increased amount. | |
An amount not to exceed the then available capacity with respect to the incurrence of Incremental Facilities may, subject to compliance with the requirements set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) of the Incremental Facilities provision above (except that (A) customary bridge facilities shall be permitted notwithstanding clauses (iii) and (iv) and (B) any such indebtedness in the form of term loans that is secured on a pari passu basis with the Bank Facilities shall be subject to the requirements of clause (v) of the Incremental Facilities provision above), be used by the Borrower for the incurrence of “incremental equivalent” indebtedness consisting of the issuance of senior secured (on a pari passu basis with the Bank Facilities), junior lien, unsecured or subordinated notes or junior lien, unsecured or subordinated loans (including, in each case, “mezzanine” debt and bridge loans), in each case to be subject to intercreditor arrangements evidenced by a customary intercreditor agreement to be agreed, a form of which will be attached to the Bank Facilities Documents as an exhibit (an “Agreed Intercreditor”); provided that the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenant after giving effect to the incurrence thereof; provided, further, that any such incremental equivalent indebtedness shall be deemed to be secured on a first lien basis, whether or not so secured. | |
Refinancing Facilities: | The Bank Facilities Documents will permit the Borrower to refinance the Term Loan B Facilities or commitments under the Revolving Facility from time to time, in whole or part, with one or more new term loan facilities (each, a “Refinancing Term Facility”) or new revolving credit facilities (each, a “Refinancing Revolving Facility”; the Refinancing Term Facilities and the Refinancing Revolving Facilities are collectively referred to as “Refinancing Facilities”), respectively, under the Bank Facilities Documents with the consent of the Borrower, the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) and the institutions providing such Refinancing Term Facility or Refinancing Revolving Facility or with one or more additional series of senior unsecured notes or loans or senior secured notes that will be secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Bank Facilities or junior lien secured notes or loans, which will be subject to an Agreed Intercreditor (any such notes or loans, “Refinancing Notes”); provided that (a) any Refinancing Term Facility does not mature prior to the maturity date of, or have a weighted average life to maturity, earlier than the final maturity, or the weighted average life, of the Term B Loans being refinanced and any Refinancing Notes mature no earlier than the final maturity of the class of loans being refinanced, (b) any Refinancing Notes are not subject to any amortization prior to final maturity and are not subject to mandatory redemption or prepayment (except customary asset sale and change of control provisions), (c) any Refinancing Revolving Facility does not mature prior to the maturity date of the revolving commitments being refinanced, (d) the other terms and conditions of any Refinancing Term Facility or Refinancing Revolving Facility (excluding pricing and optional prepayment terms) are substantially identical to, or (taken as a whole) less favorable to the investors providing such Refinancing Term Facility or Refinancing Revolving Facility, as applicable, than, those applicable to the Term B Loans or revolving commitments being refinanced (each as determined by the Borrower in good faith) (except for covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the latest final maturity date of the Term Loan B Facility and Revolving Facility) and (e) the proceeds of such Refinancing Facilities shall be applied, substantially concurrently with the incurrence thereof, to the pro rata prepayment of outstanding loans (and, in the case of the Revolving Facility, pro rata commitment reductions) under the applicable class of loans being so refinanced. |
Purpose: | The proceeds of loans under the Term Loan B Facility, together with the Equity Contribution and the proceeds of borrowings under the Revolving Facility on the Closing Date, will be used, in part, to finance the Acquisition and the Refinancing and to pay the Transaction Costs. |
The proceeds of loans under the Revolving Facility will be used for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including financing of permitted acquisitions. | |
Letters of credit will be used by the Borrower for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries. | |
Availability: | The full amount of the Term Loan B Facility must be drawn in a single drawing concurrently with the consummation of the Acquisition and the Refinancing. Amounts repaid or prepaid under the Term Loan B Facility may not be reborrowed. |
Loans under the Revolving Facility will be available (i) on the Closing Date in an amount up to $75 million plus such additional amounts required to fund any additional upfront fees or OID payable due to any imposition of the “Bank Facilities Market Flex” provisions under the Fee Letter and (ii) after the Closing Date and at any time prior to the final maturity of the Revolving Facility, in each case, in minimum principal amounts to be agreed upon. Amounts prepaid under the Revolving Facility may be reborrowed. Letters of credit may be issued at any time on and after the Closing Date and at any time prior to the date set forth in clause (b) of the first paragraph of the section of this Exhibit B entitled “Letters of Credit”. | |
Interest Rates and Fees: | As set forth on Annex I hereto. |
Maturity and Amortization: | The Term Loan B Facility will mature on the seventh anniversary of the Closing Date and, commencing on the last day of the first full fiscal quarter ended after the Closing Date, will amortize in equal quarterly installments in aggregate annual amounts equal to 1.00% of the original principal amount of the Term Loan B Facility during each year of the Term Loan B Facility, with a final balloon payment equal to the balance of the original principal amount of the Term Loan B Facility payable at maturity. The Revolving Facility will mature, and all Revolving Commitments will terminate, on the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date. |
The Bank Facilities Documents shall provide the right for individual Lenders under each class of Bank Facility to agree to extend the maturity date of all or a portion of the loans and/or commitments of such class (which may include, among other things, an increase in the interest rate payable with respect thereto, with such extension not subject to any financial test or “most favored nation” pricing provision) upon the request of the Borrower and without the consent of any other Lender; it being understood that each Lender under the applicable class or classes that are being extended shall have the opportunity to participate in such extension on the same terms and conditions as each other Lender in such class or classes; provided, that it is understood that no existing Lender will have any obligation to commit to any such extension. | |
Guarantees: | Subject to terms and conditions consistent with the Documentation Principles, all obligations of the Borrower under the Bank Facilities and of the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries under any interest rate protection or other hedging arrangements entered into with the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent, a Lender or any affiliate of the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent or any such Lender (collectively, the “Hedging Arrangements”) and certain cash management arrangements entered into with the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent or a Lender or any affiliate of the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent or any such Lender (collectively, the “Cash Management Arrangements” and, together with the Hedging Arrangements, the “Secured Agreements”), will be unconditionally guaranteed by the Borrower and each existing and each subsequently acquired or organized direct or indirect wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiary of the Borrower (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), subject to customary exceptions for (a) unrestricted subsidiaries, (b) immaterial subsidiaries (to be defined in a manner to be agreed as to individual and aggregate revenues or assets excluded), (c) any subsidiary that is prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation or by any contractual obligation (with respect to any such contractual obligations, only to the extent existing on the Closing Date or the date the applicable person becomes a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Borrower and not created or entered into in contemplation of the Transactions or the acquisition thereof) from guaranteeing the Bank Facilities or which would require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization to provide a guarantee (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received), including the guarantee of swap obligations by any of the Borrower or their subsidiaries that are not an “Eligible Contract Participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.) and related rulings by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (after giving effect to customary “keepwell” arrangements), (d) any subsidiary with respect to which the guarantee therefrom would reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower and its subsidiaries (as determined by the Borrower in good faith), (e) any direct or indirect U.S. subsidiary of a direct or indirect non-U.S. subsidiary of the Borrower that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “IRS Code”) (any such non-U.S. subsidiary, a “CFC”) and any direct or indirect U.S. subsidiary of the Borrower that has no material assets other than equity of one or more direct or indirect non-U.S. subsidiaries that are CFCs (any such entity, a “FSHCO”), (f) certain special purpose entities and not-for-profit subsidiaries, if any, and (g) captive insurance companies, if any; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any person that provides a guarantee in respect of the Bridge Facility and/or the Senior Notes (or any securities issued in lieu thereof) shall also guarantee the obligations under the First Lien Facilities and the Secured Agreements. |
The foregoing guarantees are referred to herein as the “Bank Guarantees”). The Borrower and the Guarantors are herein referred to as the “Loan Parties” and, individually, as a “Loan Party”. | |
Security: | Subject to the limitations in, and in any event on terms and conditions consistent with, the Documentation Principles, obligations of the Loan Parties in respect of the Bank Facilities, the Bank Guarantees, the Secured Agreements will be secured by the following property of the Loan Parties, wherever located, now owned or hereafter acquired (collectively, the “Collateral”): |
(a) valid and perfected first-priority security interests in, and mortgages on, substantially all tangible and intangible assets of the Loan Parties (including, subject to the following paragraph, accounts receivables, deposit accounts, inventory, equipment, investment property, intellectual property, other general intangibles and material fee-owned real property); | |
(b) a valid and perfected first-priority pledge in the equity interests of and each present and future, direct or indirect wholly-owned restricted subsidiary of the Borrower (which pledge, in the case of capital stock of any non-U.S. organized subsidiary or FSHCO, shall be limited to 65% of the voting capital stock and 100% of the non-voting capital stock of such non-U.S. organized subsidiary or FSHCO), subject in each case to any applicable prohibitions and limitations provided by law or regulation; and | |
(c) all proceeds and products of the property and assets described in clauses (a) and (b) above. | |
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Collateral shall exclude the following: (i) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title; (ii) pledges and security interests (including in respect of interests in partnerships, joint ventures and other non‑wholly‑owned entities) to the extent prohibited by law or prohibited by agreements containing anti‑assignment clauses not overridden by the UCC or other applicable law; (iii) any leased real property and any owned real property with a fair market value of less than an amount to be mutually agreed (with any required mortgages on properties with a value greater than such amount being permitted to be delivered post‑closing); (iv) intent‑to‑use trademark or service mark applications; (v) equity interests in any person other than wholly‑owned subsidiaries; (vi) any lease, license or other agreement or any property subject to a purchase money security interest, capital lease obligation or similar arrangements, in each case, to the extent permitted under the Bank Facilities Documents to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement, purchase money, capital lease or a similar arrangement or create a right of termination in favor of any other unaffiliated third party thereto after giving effect to the applicable anti‑assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable law, other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition; and (vii) those assets as to which the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent and the Borrower agree that the costs of obtaining such a security interest or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the value to the Lenders of the security to be afforded thereby. | |
In addition, (a) control agreements shall not be required with respect to any deposit accounts, securities accounts or commodities accounts, (b) no perfection actions (beyond the filing of a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code) shall be required with respect to (A) commercial tort claims not exceeding an amount to be agreed, (B) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title and (C) letter of credit rights, except to the extent constituting a supporting obligation for other Collateral as to which perfection is accomplished by the filing of a UCC financing statement or equivalent (it being understood that no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights, other than the filing of a UCC financing statement or equivalent), (c) promissory notes to the extent evidencing debt for borrowed money in a principal amount (individually) of less than an amount to be agreed shall not be required to be delivered, (d) share certificates of immaterial subsidiaries and non-subsidiaries shall not be required to be delivered and (e) no actions in any non-U.S. jurisdiction or required by the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction shall be required to be taken to create any security interests in assets located or titled outside of the U.S. or to perfect or make enforceable any security interests in any such assets (it being understood that there shall be no security agreements or pledge agreements governed under the laws of any non U.S. jurisdiction. | |
Bank Facilities Documents: | The definitive documentation for the Bank Facilities, including all the above-described pledges, security interests and mortgages (collectively, the “Bank Facilities Documents”), shall be negotiated in good faith as promptly as reasonably practicable and shall be consistent with and substantially similar to the precedent documentation identified in the Fee Letter, giving effect to the Certain Funds Provision and shall contain the terms and conditions set forth in the Commitment Letter and Bank Facilities Term Sheet and shall contain only those payments, conditions to borrowing, mandatory prepayments, representations, warranties, covenants and events of default expressly set forth in this Bank Facilities Term Sheet applicable to the Company and its restricted subsidiaries and reflect the operational and strategic requirements of the Company and its subsidiaries in light of their size, geographic locations, industry, business, business practices, operations, financial accounting, disclosures set forth in the Merger Agreement (collectively, the “Documentation Principles”). Standards, qualifications, thresholds, exceptions, “baskets” and grace and cure periods shall be consistent with the foregoing principles. The Bank Facilities Documents will include customary European Union “bail-in” provisions. |
Mandatory Prepayments: | Loans under the Term Loan B Facility and any Incremental Term B Facility shall be ratably prepaid with: |
(a) 50% (with step-downs to 25% and 0% based on a Total Net Leverage Ratio of 2.50:1.00 and 2.00:1.00 (to be defined in a manner consistent with the Documentation Principles, but in any event to include a cap on the amount of unrestricted cash that may be netted in any computation thereof of $250 million, and excluding any UK Pension Security Obligations)) of the Borrower’s annual excess cash flow (to be defined in a manner consistent with the Documentation Principles) commencing with the first full fiscal year of the Borrower ending after the Closing Date; provided that voluntary prepayments of Term B Loans and Revolving Loans (in the case of Revolving Loans, solely to the extent accompanied by corresponding permanent reduction in Revolving Commitments) shall, in each case, reduce excess cash flow payments on a dollar-for-dollar basis (except to the extent made with the proceeds of long-term indebtedness and limited, in the case of any buyback of such loans or commitments below the par value thereof, to the amount of each actually paid by or on behalf of the Borrower in respect of such repurchase); | |
(b) 100% of the net cash proceeds of all non-ordinary course asset sales or other dispositions of property by the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries (including, without limitation, insurance and condemnation proceeds), subject to exceptions to be agreed upon (it being understood that such exceptions shall include the dispositions listed on Section 6.2 of the Company Disclosure Letter (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (the “Merger Agreement Dispositions”) that may occur after the Closing Date) and customary reinvestment rights if reinvested within twelve months of such sale or disposition (or committed to be reinvested within such twelve month period and reinvested within six months thereafter); provided that the net cash proceeds from the sale, disposition, transfer or separation of property or assets representing a percentage of the Borrower’s consolidated EBITDA in excess of an amount to be agreed in the aggregate, whether in a single transaction or multiple transactions, will be subject to mandatory prepayment without reinvestment rights; and | |
(c) 100% of the net cash proceeds of issuances of debt obligations of the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries after the Closing Date (other than permitted debt (other than Refinancing Debt in respect of the Bank Facilities)). | |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries determine in good faith that it would result in material adverse tax consequences, if all or a portion of the funds required to make a mandatory prepayment from asset sales or excess cash flow involving a foreign subsidiary or assets located outside of the United States were up-streamed or transferred from such foreign subsidiary as a distribution or dividend (a “Restricted Amount”), the amount the Borrower will be required to mandatorily prepay shall be reduced by the Restricted Amount until such time as the Borrower determines that the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries may upstream or transfer such Restricted Amount without incurring such material adverse tax consequences; provided that the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Restricted Amount to be up-streamed or transferred without incurring such material tax liability within one year of the applicable prepayment event. Prepayment from non-U.S. subsidiaries’ excess cash flow or from proceeds of their asset sales will not be required to the extent such prepayments (including the repatriation of cash in connection therewith) would be restricted by applicable law, rule or regulation or contractual obligation. | |
Mandatory prepayments shall be applied ratably among the Term Loan B Facility and any Incremental Term B Facility to remaining amortizing repayments as directed by the Borrower (or in the absence of direction from the Borrower, in the direct order of maturity); provided that certain mandatory prepayments may be declined by the Lenders and to the extent so declined, may be retained by the Borrower. | |
The Borrower shall be required to repay outstanding Revolving Loans and cash collateralize outstanding letters of credit at any time, to the extent that the outstanding credit extensions under the Revolving Facility exceed the principal amount of the Revolving Commitments. | |
Voluntary Prepayments/Reductions in Commitments: | Subject to the “Soft-Call Premium” provision below in the case of the Term Loan B Facility only, voluntary prepayments of borrowings under the Term Loan B Facility and voluntary reductions of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Commitments will be permitted at any time, in minimum principal amounts to be agreed upon, without premium or penalty, subject to reimbursement of the Lenders’ redeployment costs in the case of a prepayment of Adjusted LIBOR loans other than on the last day of the relevant interest period. |
All voluntary prepayments under the Term Loan B Facility shall be applied (a) amongst classes of loans as directed by the Borrower and (b) to the remaining amortization payments thereunder as directed by the Borrower. | |
Soft-Call Premium: | If, prior to the date that is six months after the Closing Date, (a) there shall occur any amendment, amendment and restatement or other modification of the definitive documentation for the initial Term Loan B Facility the primary purpose of which is to reduce the all-in yield then in effect for the loans thereunder, (b) all or any portion of the initial Term Loan B Facility is voluntarily prepaid or mandatorily prepaid with the net cash proceeds of secured term loans in a transaction the primary purpose of which is to lower the all-in yield below the all-in yield in effect for the loans so prepaid, or (c) a Lender must assign its loans under the initial Term Loan B Facility as a result of its failure to consent to an amendment, amendment and restatement or other modification of the initial Term Loan B Facility the primary purpose of which is to reduce the all-in yield then in effect for the loans under the initial Term Loan B Facility (any of clause (a), (b) or (c), a “Repricing Transaction”), then in each case the aggregate principal amount so subject to such Repricing Transaction (other than any Repricing Transaction made in connection with a change of control) will be subject to a 1.00% prepayment premium. |
Representations and Warranties: | To be applicable to the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries and with exceptions and materiality qualifiers consistent with the Documentation Principles, and limited to the following: financial statements (including pro forma financial statements); no material adverse change; organizational status and good standing; compliance with laws; power and authority; enforceability of Bank Facilities Documents; no conflict with law, organizational documents or contractual obligations; governmental and third-party approvals; material agreements; litigation; ownership of property; intellectual property; use of proceeds; insurance; undisclosed liabilities; taxes; PATRIOT Act and other “know your customer” anti-money laundering or anti-terrorism laws; laws applicable to sanctioned persons, including OFAC regulations and FCPA; Federal Reserve margin regulations; Investment Company Act; subsidiaries and equity interests; environmental matters; consolidated solvency on the Closing Date; accuracy of disclosure; ERISA and other pension matters; labor matters; status as senior debt; and creation, validity, perfection and priority of security interests. |
Conditions Precedent to Initial Borrowing: | Under the Bank Facilities Documents, the availability of the initial borrowing under the Bank Facilities shall only be subject to the Specified Conditions set forth in Section 5 of the Commitment Letter. |
Conditions Precedent to Each Subsequent Borrowing: | The making of each extension of credit under the Bank Facilities after the Closing Date shall be conditioned upon (a) the accuracy of representations and warranties in all material respects (provided that the materiality qualification in this clause (a) shall not apply to the extent such representations and warranties are already qualified by materiality), (b) the absence of defaults and events of default at the time of, and after giving effect to the making of such extension of credit and the use of proceeds thereof and (c) the delivery of a customary borrowing notice, subject, in the case of clauses (a) and (b) to customary “SunGard” or “funds certain” limitations in the case of any Incremental Facility incurred for the purpose of funding an acquisition or other similar investment permitted by the terms of the Bank Facilities Documents. |
Affirmative Covenants: | To be applicable to the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries and subject to exceptions and qualifications consistent with the Documentation Principles, and limited to the following: delivery of audited annual consolidated and unaudited consolidated quarterly financial statements (in each case, accompanied by customary comparative statements and management’s discussion and analysis consistent with the Company’s existing disclosure), annual budgets, accountants’ letters, audit opinions, officers’ certificates and other information reasonably requested by the Lenders through the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent; notices of defaults, material adverse effects, litigation and other material events; use of proceeds; taxes; deposit accounts; payment of obligations; maintenance of existence and material rights, privileges, licenses and permits; compliance with laws and regulations (including environmental laws and labor laws); PATRIOT Act and anti-money laundering laws; OFAC and laws against sanctioned persons; FCPA and anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws; maintenance of property (including intellectual property) and insurance; material agreements; maintenance of ratings (but not any particular rating and subject to a commercially reasonable efforts standard); maintenance of books and records; right of the Lenders to inspect property and books and records upon reasonable prior notice; and further assurances with respect to guarantees, security interests and related matters. |
Negative Covenants: | To be applicable to the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries and in each case with customary exceptions, qualifications and baskets (including a customary “builder basket” for restricted payments, investments and/or prepayments of junior lien, unsecured or subordinated debt based on 100% of EBITDA less 1.4x interest expense, subject to no event of default and compliance with a Total Net Leverage Ratio of not greater than 3.50:1.00) consistent with the Documentation Principles, and limited to the following: limitations on the incurrence of indebtedness (including guarantee obligations, earn-outs and similar deferred compensation) (it being understood that stock issued in connection with the Equity Contribution shall not constitute disqualified stock); liens (with exceptions including, but not limited to, a basket in an amount to be agreed for cash collateral, letters of credit or similar arrangements securing UK Pension Security Obligations); mergers, liquidations and dissolutions; sales of assets (including sale and leasebacks) (with exceptions including, but not limited to, Merger Agreement Dispositions); dividends, distributions and other payments (including redemptions and repurchases) in respect of equity interests (with exceptions to include a general basket of $250.0 million subject to no event of default); investments, acquisitions, loans and advances (including an exception for permitted acquisitions, subject to restrictions consistent with the Documentation Principles); transactions with affiliates; prepayments, redemptions or repurchases of junior lien, unsecured and subordinated debt and amending or otherwise modifying any documents related thereto; amending or otherwise modifying any organizational documents in a manner materially adverse to the Lenders; restrictive agreements (including restrictions on the ability of subsidiaries to grant liens or to pay dividends or to make distributions); changes in fiscal year (with an exception to allow for the migration of the fiscal year of the Target to that of the Company’s following the Closing Date); and changes in lines of business. |
Unrestricted Subsidiaries: | The Bank Facilities Documents will contain provisions pursuant to which, subject to no continuing default or event of default and pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenant (whether or not then required to be tested) and limitations on loans, advances and other investments in, unrestricted subsidiaries, the Borrower will be permitted to designate any existing or subsequently acquired or organized subsidiary as an “unrestricted subsidiary” and subsequently re-designate any such unrestricted subsidiary as a restricted subsidiary; provided that any subsidiary that constitutes a restricted subsidiary with respect to the Bridge Facility shall also be a restricted subsidiary with respect to the Bank Facilities. Unrestricted subsidiaries will not be subject to the representation and warranties, affirmative or negative covenant or event of default provisions of the Bank Facilities Documents, and the results of operations and indebtedness of unrestricted subsidiaries will not be taken into account for purposes of determining compliance with any financial tests contained in the Bank Facilities Documents. The designation of any restricted subsidiary as an unrestricted subsidiary shall constitute an investment therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market value thereof. The designation of any unrestricted subsidiary as a restricted subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence at the time of designation of any indebtedness or liens of such subsidiary existing at such time and an investment in such subsidiary. |
Financial Covenants: | With respect to the Term Loan B Facility: None. |
With respect to the Revolving Facility: Limited to a maximum Total Net Leverage Ratio (the “Financial Covenant”) of 4.25:1.00. | |
The Financial Covenant shall be tested only in the event that on the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower (with measurement to commence, if applicable, as of the last day of the first full fiscal quarter after the Closing Date), the aggregate amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and letters of credit (other than letters of credit that have been cash collateralized or otherwise backstopped) exceeds 30% of the revolving commitments. | |
For purposes of determining compliance with the Financial Covenant, a cash equity contribution (which shall be common equity or otherwise in a form reasonably acceptable to the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent) in the Borrower after the end of the relevant fiscal quarter and on or prior to the day that is ten business days after the day on which financial statements are required to be delivered for such a fiscal quarter will, at the request of the Borrower, be included in the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA solely for purposes of determining compliance with the Financial Covenant for the applicable fiscal quarter and applicable subsequent periods that include such fiscal quarter (any such equity contribution so included in the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA, a “Specified Equity Contribution”); provided that (a) in each four fiscal quarter period, there shall be a period of two fiscal quarters in which no Specified Equity Contribution is made and only five Specified Equity Contributions may be made during the term of the Bank Facilities, (b) the amount of any Specified Equity Contribution shall not exceed the amount required to cause the Borrower to be in compliance with such Financial Covenant, (c) all Specified Equity Contributions will be disregarded for all purposes other than determining compliance with the Financial Covenant, including, without limitation for purposes of determining any financial ratio based conditions, pricing or availability of any baskets with respect to the covenants contained in the Bank Facilities Documents and (d) there shall be no pro forma or other reduction in indebtedness (via cash netting or otherwise) with the proceeds of any Specified Equity Contribution for determining compliance with the Financial Covenant for any four quarter period that includes the fiscal quarter in which such Specified Equity Contribution is made. For the avoidance of doubt, during any period between non‑compliance with the Financial Covenant and the receipt by the Borrower of the necessary Specified Equity Contribution, the Borrower shall not be permitted to borrow Revolving Loans or request the issuance, extension or amendment of any letter of credit. | |
Financial Definitions: | “Adjusted EBITDA” shall be defined in a manner consistent with the Documentation Principles but in any event shall include add backs, deductions and adjustments, as applicable, without duplication, for (a) non-cash items, (b) extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring items, (c) restructuring charges and related charges, (d) other than with respect to the Transactions, pro forma “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies related to acquisitions, dispositions and other specified transactions, restructurings, cost savings initiatives and other initiatives and/or actions that are reasonably identifiable, factually supportable and projected by the Company in good faith to result from actions that have been taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Company) within 18 months after such acquisition, disposition or other specified transaction, restructuring, cost savings initiative or other initiative and/or action; provided that the aggregate amount of such pro forma adjustments in respect of this clause (d) shall not exceed 20% of Adjusted EBITDA (determined before giving effect to all such adjustments) for any four-quarter period and (e) add-backs reflected in the financial model delivered by the Company to the Lead Arrangers on or about October 17, 2017 (the “Financial Model”) and projected by the Company in good faith to result from actions with respect to the Transactions that have been taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Company) within 18 months after the Closing Date, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $400.0 million. |
Events of Default: | Consistent with the Documentation Principles, to be applicable to the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries, and limited to the following: nonpayment of principal when due; nonpayment of interest, fees or other amounts after a three business day grace period; material inaccuracy of representations and warranties; violation of negative covenants or the Financial Covenants; violation of other covenants (subject, in customary cases, to grace periods of 30 days); cross-default and cross-acceleration to other material debt; bankruptcy and insolvency events of the Borrower and any restricted subsidiary (subject to customary grace periods for involuntary actions); certain ERISA and other pension events (subject to customary grace periods); material unsatisfied judgments (subject to customary grace periods); actual or asserted invalidity of any material Bank Guarantee, material security interest or any intercreditor or subordination arrangement; and change of control (to be defined in a manner consistent with the Documentation Principles but, in any event limited to the beneficial ownership of a third party person or group in excess of 35% of outstanding voting power and changes of control under material indebtedness, including the Senior Notes). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a breach of the Financial Covenant will not constitute an event of default for purposes of the Term Loan B Facility, and the Lenders in respect of the Term Loan B Facility will not be permitted to exercise any remedies with respect to an uncured breach of the Financial Covenant, until the date (if any) on which the commitments in respect of the Revolving Facility have been terminated and the outstanding loans thereunder have been accelerated. |
Voting: | Amendments and waivers of the Bank Facilities Documents will require the approval of Lenders (the “Required Lenders”) holding more than 50% of the aggregate amount of loans and commitments under the Bank Facilities, except that: (a) the consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby shall be required with respect to (i) increases in or extensions of commitments of such Lender, (ii) reductions of principal, interest (other than default interest), premiums or fees, (iii) reductions in the amount of or extensions of scheduled amortization or final maturity and (iv) modifications of the pro rata sharing and pro rata repayment provisions; (b) the consent of 100% of the Lenders will be required with respect to (i) modifications to any of the voting percentages applicable thereto and (ii) releases of liens on all or substantially all of the Collateral or all or substantially all of the value of the Bank Guarantees; and (c) the consent of the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent and the applicable Swingline Lender or Issuing Bank will be required to amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights and duties of the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent and such Swingline Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, amendments, waivers and other modifications of the Financial Covenant (or of any of the definitions included in the Financial Covenant, solely for purposes of determining compliance with the Financial Covenant) will require only the consent of the lenders holding more than 50% of the aggregate loans and commitments in respect of the Revolving Facility and no other consents or approvals shall be required with respect to any such amendment, waiver or modification. |
The Bank Facilities Documents shall contain customary provisions for replacing non-consenting Lenders in connection with amendments and waivers requiring the consent of all relevant Lenders or of all relevant Lenders directly affected thereby so long as relevant Lenders holding at least 50% of the aggregate amount of the loans and commitments under the relevant Bank Facilities have consented thereto. | |
Yield Protection and Increased Costs: | Consistent with the Documentation Principles, including customary tax gross-up provisions (including, without limitation, with respect to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Basel III and NAIC requests, directives or guidelines). |
Defaulting Lenders: | Consistent with the Documentation Principles. |
Assignments and Participations: | The Lenders will be permitted to assign loans and commitments (other than to Disqualified Institutions, to the extent the list of such institutions has been made available to all Lenders upon request) with the consent of the Borrower (unless an event of default has occurred and is continuing or such assignment is to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an approved fund); provided that, in the case of the Term Loan B Facility, the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent within ten (10) business days after having received notice thereof), the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent and, in the case of assignments under the Revolving Facility, each Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender, in each case such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Unless otherwise agreed by the Borrower, each assignment (except to other Lenders or their affiliates or approved funds) will be in a minimum amount of $1.0 million in the case of the Term Loan B Facility and $5.0 million in the case of the Revolving Facility (or, if less, the full amount of the assignee’s interests in the Revolving Facility). The Bank Facilities Administrative Agent will receive a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, payable by the assignor and/or the assignee, with each assignment. Assignments will not be required to be pro rata among the Bank Facilities. The Lenders will be permitted to participate loans and commitments (other than to Disqualified Institutions, to the extent the list of such institutions has been made available to all Lenders upon request) subject to terms and conditions and consistent with the Documentation Principles. Voting rights of participants shall be limited to matters in respect of (a) increases in commitments, (b) reductions of principal, interest (other than default interest) or fees, (c) extensions of scheduled amortization or final maturity, (d) releases of all or substantially all of the Collateral or all or substantially all of the value of the Guarantees, (e) changes in voting thresholds and (f) changes in pro rata sharing and pro rata repayment provisions. Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Bank Facilities Documents to the contrary, the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities for monitoring or enforcing prohibitions on assignments or participations to, or the sharing of information with, Disqualified Institutions, and shall have no liability with respect thereof. |
Buybacks: | Term Loans may be purchased by and assigned to the Company or any of its subsidiaries on a non-pro rata basis through (a) in the case of Term B Loans only, open market purchases and/or (b) Dutch auctions open to all lenders of the applicable class on a pro rata basis in accordance with customary procedures, so long as (1) no default or event of default has occurred and is continuing, (2) any such loans are permanently cancelled immediately upon acquisition thereof, (3) no proceeds of loans under the Revolving Facility are used to fund such purchases and (4) in the case of Dutch auctions open to all applicable term lenders on a pro rata basis, such auction shall be subject to customary provisions regarding the treatment of material non-public information with respect to the business of the Borrower and its subsidiaries. The Bank Facilities Documents will either require the Borrower or an affiliated lender, as applicable, to (x) make a “no MNPI” representation or (y) make a statement that such representation cannot be made, in connection with Borrower repurchases or affiliated lender assignments and will require that the parties thereto waive any potential claims arising from the Borrower or the applicable affiliated lender being in possession of undisclosed information that may be material to a Lender’s decision to participate. |
Expenses and Indemnification: | The Borrower shall pay, upon written demand and presentation of a written summary statement (with reasonably supporting detail if the Borrower shall so request) (a) all reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket expenses of the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers and the Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank associated with the syndication of the Bank Facilities and the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of the Bank Facilities Documents and any amendment or waiver with respect thereto (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel identified herein, one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction and counsel otherwise retained with the Borrower’s consent) and (b) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses of the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers, the Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank and the Lenders (including, without limitation, the fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel) in connection with the enforcement of the Bank Facilities Documents. |
The Loan Parties will indemnify the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers, the Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank and the Lenders and their respective affiliates, and the officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents and controlling persons of the foregoing, and hold them harmless from and against all costs, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel) and liabilities of any such indemnified person arising out of or relating to any claim or any litigation or other proceedings (regardless of whether any such indemnified person is a party thereto or whether such claim, litigation, or other proceeding is brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any of their respective affiliates, creditors or shareholders) that relate to the Bank Facilities Documents, except to the extent that it is found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (x) resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the indemnified party or any of its Related Persons or (y) resulted from a material breach of any of the Bank Facilities Documents or any claim, action, suit, inquiry, litigation, investigation, or other proceeding that does not involve an act or omission of any of the Loan Parties or any of their affiliates and that is brought by an indemnified party against another indemnified party (other than any claim, action, suit, inquiry, litigation, investigation or other proceeding brought by or against an indemnified person in its capacity as an agent or an arranger in respect of the Bank Facilities). | |
Governing Law and Forum: | New York. |
Counsel to Bank Facilities Administrative Agent and Lead Arrangers: | Paul Hastings LLP. |
Interest Rates: | The interest rates under the Bank Facilities will be as follows: |
At the option of the Borrower, initially, (i) Adjusted LIBOR plus the Applicable Margin or (ii) ABR plus the Applicable Margin. | |
As used herein: | |
“Adjusted LIBOR” means the London interbank offered rate, adjusted for statutory reserve requirements, which rate shall not be less than zero. | |
“ABR” means the highest of (a) the prime rate announced or established by the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent from time to time, changing effective on the date of announcement of said corporate base rate changes, (b) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50% per annum and (c) one-month Adjusted LIBOR plus 1.00% per annum. The prime rate is not necessarily the lowest rate charged by the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent to its customers. | |
“Applicable Margin” means (a) with respect to the Term B Loans: (i) 3.25% per annum, in the case of Adjusted LIBOR loans, and (ii) 2.25% per annum, in the case of ABR loans; and (b) with respect to the Revolving Loans, (i) 3.00% per annum, in the case of Adjusted LIBOR loans, and (ii) 2.00% per annum, in the case of ABR loans. The Applicable Margin applicable to the Revolving Loans will be subject to two 25 basis point step-downs based on Total Net Leverage Ratios of 2.50:1.00 and 2.00:1.00, respectively. | |
Adjusted LIBOR borrowings may be made for interest periods of 1, 2, 3 or 6 (or, if agreed to by all applicable Lenders, 12) months, as selected by the Borrower. | |
Interest on loans and all fees will be payable in arrears on the basis of a 360-day year (calculated on the basis of actual number of days elapsed); provided that interest on ABR loans, when based on the Bank Facilities Administrative Agent’s prime rate, will be payable in arrears on the basis of a 365-day year (or a 366-day year in a leap year), in each case calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed. Interest will be payable on Adjusted LIBOR loans on the last day of the applicable interest period (and at the end of each three months, in the case of interest periods longer than three months) and upon prepayment, and on ABR loans quarterly and upon prepayment. | |
Default Rate: | Upon and during the continuance of any payment or bankruptcy event of default, with respect to any overdue principal, the applicable interest rate plus 2.00% per annum, and with respect to any other overdue amount (including overdue interest), the interest rate applicable to ABR loans plus 2.00% per annum. |
Letter of Credit Fees: | A per annum fee equal to the applicable spread over Adjusted LIBOR under the Revolving Facility in effect from time to time will accrue on the aggregate face amount of outstanding letters of credit under the Revolving Facility, payable in arrears at the end of each quarter and upon termination of each respective letter of credit and the Revolving Facility. Such fees shall be distributed to the applicable non-defaulting Revolving Lenders pro rata in accordance with their commitments under the Revolving Facility. In addition, the Borrower shall pay to the Issuing Bank, for its own account, (a) a fronting fee of 12.5 basis points upon on the aggregate face amount of outstanding letters of credit, payable in arrears at the end of each quarter and upon termination of the Revolving Facility and (b) the Issuing Bank’s customary issuance and administration fees. |
Commitment Fee: | A commitment fee of 0.50% per annum on the average daily unused portion of the Revolving Facility, payable quarterly in arrears and subject to a step‑down to 0.375% per annum at a Total Net Leverage Ratio of 2.50:1.00. |
Borrower: | The Borrower under the Bank Facilities (the “Borrower”). |
Lead Arrangers and Bookrunner: | CS Securities, RBCCM, Barclays and Citi (in such capacity, the “Lead Arrangers”). |
Bridge Facility Administrative Agent: | CS will act as the sole administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Bridge Facility Administrative Agent”) for the Bridge Lenders (as defined below). |
Other Agents: | The Borrower may designate additional financial institutions reasonably acceptable to the Lead Arrangers (such consent not to be unreasonably conditions, withheld or delayed) to act as syndication agent, documentation agent or co-documentation agent. |
Transactions: | As described in Exhibit A to the Commitment Letter. |
Bridge Lenders: | CS, Royal Bank, Barclays and Citi (or one or more of their respective affiliates) and a syndicate of financial institutions and other lenders (the “Bridge Lenders”) arranged by the Lead Arrangers (other than Disqualified Institutions). |
Bridge Facility: | The Bridge Lenders will make senior increasing rate loans (the “Initial Bridge Loans”) to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount of up to $1,400 million less the aggregate amount of Senior Notes issued on or prior to the Closing Date (and/or any securities issued in lieu thereof). The Initial Bridge Loans will be available to the Borrower in U.S. dollars. |
Purpose: | The proceeds of the Initial Bridge Loans and, if applicable, the proceeds of the Senior Notes or other securities issued in lieu thereof (if any), together with the proceeds of the Credit Facilities, the Equity Contribution and cash on hand will be used to finance the Acquisition and the Refinancing and to pay the Transaction Costs. |
Availability: | The full amount of the Bridge Facility must be drawn in a single drawing concurrently with the consummation of the Acquisition and the Refinancing. Amounts repaid or prepaid under the Bridge Facility may not be reborrowed. |
Amortization: | None. |
Maturity: | The Initial Bridge Loans will have an initial maturity date that is the one year anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Initial Bridge Loan Maturity Date”), which shall be extended as provided below. If any of the Initial Bridge Loans have not been previously repaid in full on or prior to the Initial Bridge Loan Maturity Date, such Initial Bridge Loans shall, subject to the “Conditions to Extension” set forth in Annex I hereto, automatically be extended into senior term loans (each an “Extended Term Loan”) due on the date that is eight years after the Closing Date (the “Extended Maturity Date”) having the terms set forth on Annex I hereto. The date on which Initial Bridge Loans are extended as Extended Term Loans is referred to as the “Extension Date”. At any time or from time to time after the Extension Date, at the option of the Bridge Lenders, the Extended Term Loans may be exchanged in whole or in part for senior unsecured exchange notes (the “Exchange Notes”) having an equal principal amount and having the terms set forth on Annex II hereto; provided that the Borrower may defer the first issuance of Exchange Notes until such time as the Borrower shall have received requests to issue an aggregate of at least $200.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Exchange Notes. |
In connection with any Bridge Lender’s exchange of Initial Bridge Loans for Exchange Notes, or at any time prior thereto, if requested by any Bridge Lender that is an Initial Lender (each, an “Initial Bridge Lender”), the Borrower shall (i) deliver to the Bridge Lender that is receiving Exchange Notes, and to such other Bridge Lenders as such Initial Bridge Lender requests, an offering memorandum of the type customarily utilized in a Rule 144A offering of high yield securities covering the resale of such Exchange Notes by such Bridge Lenders, in such form and substance as reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and such Initial Bridge Lender, and keep such offering memorandum updated in a manner as would be required pursuant to a customary Rule 144A securities purchase agreement, (ii) execute an exchange agreement containing provisions customary in Rule 144A securities purchase agreements (including indemnification provisions) and a registration rights agreement customary in Rule 144A offerings, in each case, if requested by such Initial Bridge Lender, (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered such opinions and accountants’ comfort letters addressed to the Initial Bridge Lender and such certificates as such Initial Bridge Lender may request as would be customary in Rule 144A offerings and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Bridge Lender and (iv) take such other actions, and cause its advisors, auditors and counsel to take such actions, as reasonably requested by such Initial Bridge Lender in connection with issuances or resales of Exchange Notes, including providing such information regarding the business and operations of the Borrower and its subsidiaries as is reasonably requested by any prospective holder of Exchange Notes and customarily provided in due diligence investigations in connection with purchases or resales of securities. | |
Guarantees: | The Initial Bridge Loans will be jointly and severally guaranteed by each of the Guarantors (as defined in Exhibit B) that guarantees the Bank Facilities on a senior unsecured basis (such guarantees, the “Bridge Guarantees” and, together with the Bank Guarantees, the “Guarantees”). |
Ranking: | The Initial Bridge Loans, the Bridge Guarantees, the Extended Term Loans and the Exchange Notes will, in each case, rank pari passu in right of payment with the Bank Facilities and other senior indebtedness of the Borrower and shall be unsecured. |
Security: | None. |
Interest Rates: | Prior to the Initial Bridge Loan Maturity Date, the Initial Bridge Loans will accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to Adjusted LIBOR (as defined below), plus 6.00% (the “Initial Margin”). The Initial Margin will increase by an additional 50 basis points on the date that is three months after the Closing Date and a further additional 50 basis points for each additional three month period thereafter; provided that at no time shall the interest rate in effect on the Initial Bridge Loans exceed the Total Cap (as defined in the Fee Letter) (excluding interest at the Default Rate as described below). |
“Adjusted LIBOR” means the London interbank offered rate for deposits for a three month (or six month, in the case of Extended Term Loans) period, adjusted for statutory reserve requirements, which rate shall not be less than zero; provided that Adjusted LIBOR shall be no less than 1.00% per annum. | |
Interest will be payable (or shall accrue) in arrears, (a) for the Initial Bridge Loans, at the end of each successive three month period following the Closing Date and on the Initial Bridge Loan Maturity Date and (b) for the Extended Term Loans, semi-annually, commencing on the date that is six months after the Initial Bridge Loan Maturity Date and on the final maturity date thereof. | |
Default Rate: | Upon and during the continuance of any payment or bankruptcy event of default, with respect to any overdue principal, the applicable interest rate plus 2.00% per annum and with respect to any other amount (including interest), the interest rate applicable to the Initial Bridge Loans plus 2.00% per annum. |
Bridge Facility Documents: | The definitive documentation for the Bridge Facility shall contain the terms and conditions set forth in this Exhibit C and shall be based on the Bank Facilities Documents, with customary changes to reflect the interim unsecured nature of the Bridge Facility (the “Bridge Facility Documents” and, together with the Bank Facilities Documents, the “Loan Documents”). The Bridge Facility Documents will include customary European Union “bail-in” provisions. |
Mandatory Prepayments: | Subject to the mandatory prepayment provisions of the Bank Facilities, the Borrower will be required to prepay the Initial Bridge Loans on a pro rata basis at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest with (i) the net cash proceeds from the issuance of the Securities (as defined in the Fee Letter), (ii) the net cash proceeds from any direct or indirect public offering or private placement of any debt for borrowed money, (iii) the net cash proceeds from the issuance of equity interests (including contributions in respect thereof); and (iv) the net cash proceeds from any non‑ordinary course asset sales or dispositions by the Borrower or any restricted subsidiary (including insurance, casualty and condemnation proceeds), subject to exceptions to be agreed upon and customary reinvestment rights if reinvested within twelve months of such sale or disposition (or committed to be reinvested within such twelve month period and reinvested within six months thereafter). |
The Borrower will also be required to offer to prepay the Initial Bridge Loans following the occurrence of a change of control at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of repayment; provided, however, that prior to making the repayment offer, the Borrower will, within 30 days of the occurrence of such change of control, repay all obligations under the Bank Facilities or obtain any required consents of the lenders under the Bank Facilities to make such repayment of the Initial Bridge Loans. | |
Voluntary Prepayments: | Voluntary prepayments of the Initial Bridge Loans will be permitted at any time, in minimum principal amounts to be agreed upon, without premium or penalty, subject to reimbursement of the Bridge Lenders’ redeployment costs. |
Conditions Precedent to Borrowing: | Under the Bridge Facility Documents, the availability of the borrowing under the Bridge Facility on the Closing Date shall only be subject to the Specified Conditions set forth in Section 5 of the Commitment Letter. |
Representations and Warranties: | The representations and warranties shall be substantially similar to those representations and warranties contained in the Bank Facilities Documents, with usual and customary modifications to reflect differences between the Bank Facilities and the Bridge Facility. |
Covenants: | The Bridge Facility Documents will contain usual and customary affirmative and negative covenants for transactions of this type, applicable to the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries, which in the case of negative covenants, will be incurrence‑based covenants and in no event, except as set forth herein, will contain any financial maintenance covenants or be more restrictive than, or include covenants not included in, the Bank Facilities. |
Prior to the Initial Bridge Loan Maturity Date, the debt and lien incurrence and restricted payment covenants of the Initial Bridge Loans shall be more restrictive (as reasonably agreed by the Lead Arrangers and the Borrower) than those contained in the Bank Facilities. | |
Financial Covenants: | None. |
Events of Default: | Usual and customary for facilities of this type, to be applicable to the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries, and limited to the following (but in any event not more restrictive than those set forth in the Bank Facilities Documents): nonpayment of principal when due; nonpayment of interest, fees or other amounts after a three business day grace period; material inaccuracy of representations and warranties; violation of negative covenants; violation of other covenants (subject, in customary cases, to grace periods of 30 days); cross‑payment default and cross acceleration to other material debt; bankruptcy and insolvency events of the Borrower and any restricted subsidiary (subject to customary grace periods for involuntary actions); certain ERISA and other pension events (subject to customary grace periods); material unsatisfied judgments (subject to customary grace periods); and actual or asserted invalidity of any material Bridge Guarantee. |
Voting: | Amendments and waivers of the Bridge Facility Documents will require the approval of Bridge Lenders holding more than 50% of the aggregate amount of loans under the Bridge Facility, except that: (a) the consent of each Bridge Lender directly and adversely affected thereby shall be required with respect to (i) increases in or extensions of commitments, (ii) reductions of principal, interest (other than default interest), premium or fees, (iii) extensions of final maturity and (iv) modifications of the pro rata sharing and pro rata repayment provisions; (b) the consent of 100% of the Bridge Lenders will be required with respect to (i) modifications to any of the voting percentages applicable thereto, (ii) releases of all or substantially all of the Bridge Guarantees and (iii) modifications to the conditions to exchange Extended Term Loans for Exchange Notes; and (c) the consent of the Bridge Facility Administrative Agent will be required to amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights and duties of the Bridge Facility Administrative Agent. |
Yield Protection and Increased Costs: | The Bridge Facility Documents will include customary tax gross‑up, cost and yield protection provisions substantially similar to those in the Bank Facilities Documents. |
Assignments and Participations: | The Bridge Lenders will have the right to assign all or, subject to minimum amounts to be agreed, a portion of their Initial Bridge Loans after the Closing Date without the consent of the Borrower (other than to Disqualified Lenders, to the extent the list of such institutions has been made available to all Bridge Lenders upon request); provided, however, that prior to the Initial Bridge Loan Maturity Date, unless a Demand Failure Event (as defined in the Fee Letter) or an event of default has occurred and is at such time continuing, the consent of the Borrower shall be required with respect to any such assignment if, subsequent thereto, the Initial Bridge Lenders would hold, in the aggregate, less than 50.1% of the outstanding Initial Bridge Loans. |
The Bridge Lenders will be permitted to participate Initial Bride Loans without restriction (other than to Disqualified Lenders, to the extent the list of such institutions has been made available to all Bridge Lenders upon request). Voting rights of participants shall be limited to matters in respect of (a) increases in commitments, (b) reductions of principal, interest (other than default interest) or fees, (c) extensions of final maturity, (d) releases of all or substantially all of the Bridge Guarantees, (e) changes in voting thresholds and (f) changes in pro rata sharing and pro rata repayment provisions. Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Bridge Facility Documents to the contrary, the Bridge Facility Administrative Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities for monitoring or enforcing prohibitions on assignments or participations to, or the sharing of information with, Disqualified Institutions and shall have no liability in respect thereof. | |
Expenses and Indemnification: | Substantially similar to the Bank Facilities. |
Governing Law and Forum: | New York. |
Counsel to Bridge Facility Administrative Agent and Lead Arrangers: | Paul Hastings LLP. |
Maturity: | The Extended Term Loans will mature on the date that is eight years after the Closing Date. |
Interest Rate: | The Extended Term Loans will bear interest at an interest rate per annum equal to the Total Cap (excluding interest at the default rate as described below). |
Interest shall be payable in arrears semi‑annually commencing on date that is six months following the Initial Bridge Loan Maturity Date and ending on the maturity date of the Extended Term Loans, computed on the basis of a 360-day year. | |
Default Rate: | Upon and during the continuance of any payment or bankruptcy event of default, with respect to any overdue principal, the applicable interest rate plus 2.00% per annum and, with respect to any other amount (including interest), the interest rate applicable to the Extended Term Loans plus 2.00% per annum. |
Guarantees: | Same as the Initial Bridge Loans. |
Covenants, Defaults and Offers to Repurchase: | Upon and after the Extension Date, the covenants, offers to repurchase and defaults that would be applicable to the Exchange Notes, if issued, will also be applicable to the Extended Term Loans in lieu of the corresponding provisions of the Bridge Documents. |
Optional Prepayment: | The Extended Term Loans may be prepaid, in whole or in part, at par (without premium or penalty), plus accrued and unpaid interest upon not less than one business days’ prior written notice, at the option of the Borrower at any time. |
Conditions to Extension: | The automatic extension of Bridge Loans into Extended Term Loans is subject to the following conditions being satisfied: (i) there shall exist no payment or bankruptcy event of default and (ii) the Bridge Rollover Fee (as defined in the Fee Letter) shall have been paid in full. |
Issuer: | The Borrower, in its capacity as the issuer of the Exchange Notes, is referred to as the “Issuer”. |
Principal Amount: | The Exchange Notes will be available only in exchange for the Extended Term Loans on or after the Extension Date. The principal amount of any Exchange Note will equal 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Extended Term Loan which it thereafter evidences. |
Maturity: | The Exchange Notes will mature on the date that is eight years after the Closing Date. |
Interest Rate: | The Exchange Notes will bear interest payable semi‑annually, in arrears, at a rate equal to the Total Cap. |
Guarantees: | Same as the Initial Bridge Loans and the Extended Term Loans. |
Offer to Purchase from Asset Sale Proceeds: | The Issuer will be required to make an offer to repurchase the Exchange Notes (and, if outstanding, prepay the Extended Term Loans) on a pro rata basis, which offer shall be at 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of repurchase with a portion of the net cash proceeds from any non‑ordinary course asset sales or dispositions by the Borrower or any Guarantor or their respective restricted subsidiaries in excess of amounts either reinvested in the business of the Borrower or its subsidiaries or required to be paid to the lenders under the Bank Facilities, with such proceeds being applied to the Extended Term Loans, the Exchange Notes and the Senior Notes in a manner to be agreed, subject to other customary exceptions and baskets to be agreed and in any event not less favorable to the Borrower than those applicable to the Bridge Facility. |
Offer to Purchase upon Change of Control: | The Issuer will be required to make an offer to repurchase the Exchange Notes following the occurrence of a change of control (to be defined in a manner to be agreed) at a price in cash equal to 101% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, excluding those Exchange Notes that are held by the Initial Bridge Lenders and their affiliates, in which the price in cash shall equal 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, plus in each case accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of repurchase. |
Optional Redemption: | In the case of Exchange Notes held by an Initial Bridge Lender or any affiliate of any Initial Lender (other than bona fide investment funds and entities that manage assets on behalf of unaffiliated third‑parties (the “Asset Management Affiliates”) and excluding Exchange Notes acquired pursuant to bona fide open market purchases from third parties or market making activities (“Repurchased Securities”)), the Issuer may redeem such Exchange Notes in whole or in part at par plus accrued and unpaid interest at any time after the issuance thereof. Exchange Notes held by any party that is not an Initial Bridge Lender and is not affiliated with any Initial Bridge Lender (other than Asset Management Affiliates and other than with respect to Repurchased Securities) will be redeemable prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date at a customary “make‑whole” premium calculated using a discount rate equal to the yield on comparable U.S. Treasury securities plus 50 basis points. Thereafter, the Exchange Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Issuer at a premium equal to 50.0% of the coupon on the Exchange Notes, declining ratably to par on the date which is two years prior to the maturity date thereof. In addition, if at least 90% of the outstanding principal amount of the Exchange Notes are put to the issuer in connection with a change of control offer, then the Issuer may redeem the balance of the outstanding principal amount of the Exchange Notes at a redemption price equal to 101%, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption. In addition, up to 40% of the Exchange Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Issuer prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date with the net cash proceeds received by the Issuer from a qualified equity offering of the Issuer at a premium equal to the coupon on the Exchange Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption; provided that after giving effect to such redemption at least 60% of the aggregate principal amount of Exchange Notes originally issued shall remain outstanding. |
Defeasance and Discharge Provisions: | Customary for similar high yield debt securities. |
Modification: | Customary for similar high yield debt securities. |
Registration Rights: | The Exchange Notes shall be issued with customary registration rights. |
Right to Transfer Exchange Notes: | The holders of the Exchange Notes shall have the absolute and unconditional right to transfer such exchange notes in compliance with applicable law to any third parties. |
Covenants: | Customary for similar high yield debt securities; provided that the negative covenants shall be no more restrictive than those contained in the Bank Facilities Documents. |
Events of Default: | Customary for similar high yield debt securities (but in any event no more restrictive than those set forth in the Bank Facilities Documents). |
Governing Law and Forum: | New York. |