Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): December 7, 2016

 

 

 

LOGO

CONDUENT INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

New York   001-37817   81-2983623

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

233 Mount Airy Road, Suite 100

Basking Ridge, New Jersey

07920

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (908) 758-1200

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Credit Facility

In connection with the previously announced spin-off (the “Spin-Off”) of Conduent Incorporated (the “Company”) from Xerox Corporation (“Xerox”), on December 7, 2016 (the “Closing Date”), the Company entered into a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) among the Company, its subsidiaries Xerox Business Services, LLC (“XBS”), Affiliated Computer Services International B.V. (the “Dutch Borrower” and, together with XBS, the “Borrowers”) and Conduent Finance, Inc. (“CFI”), the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent. The Credit Agreement provides for senior secured credit facilities consisting of (i) a senior secured term loan “A” facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $700 million with a five-year maturity (the “Term Loan A Facility”), of which the equivalent of approximately $278 million was borrowed in Euros by the Dutch Borrower on December 8, 2016, and the remainder of which is available to be borrowed by XBS on or prior to the date of completion of the Spin-Off, (ii) a senior secured term loan “B” facility in an aggregate principal amount of $750 million with a seven-year maturity (the “Term Loan B Facility” and, together with the Term Loan A Facility, the “Term Loan Facilities”), which was borrowed by XBS on the Closing Date and (iii) a senior secured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $750 million with a five-year maturity (the “Revolving Credit Facility” and, together with the Term Loan Facilities, the “Senior Credit Facilities”), which, from and after the date of completion of the Spin-Off, will be available to be borrowed by the Borrowers, and of which up to $300 million will be available for the issuance of letters of credit from time to time.

We expect to use the net proceeds of borrowings under the Term Loan Facilities to purchase our international subsidiaries from Xerox, to pay a distribution to Xerox and for working capital and other general corporate purposes. Future borrowings under the Senior Credit Facilities will be subject to customary borrowing conditions.

The Credit Agreement permits the Borrowers to incur incremental term loan borrowings and/or increase commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility, subject to certain limitations and the satisfaction of certain conditions, in an aggregate amount not to exceed (i) $300 million plus, (ii) if the senior secured net leverage ratio of XBS and its subsidiaries does not exceed 2.25 to 1.00 on a pro forma basis (without giving effect to any incurrence under clause (i) that is incurred substantially simultaneously with amounts incurred under clause (ii)), an unlimited amount.

All obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities are unconditionally guaranteed by the Company, XBS, CFI and the existing and future direct and indirect wholly owned domestic subsidiaries of XBS (subject to certain exceptions). All obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities, and the guarantees of those obligations, are secured, subject to certain exceptions, by substantially all of the assets of XBS and the guarantors under the Senior Credit Facilities (other than the Company and CFI), including a first-priority pledge of all of the capital stock of XBS and the subsidiaries of XBS directly held by XBS or the guarantors (other than the Company and CFI) under the Senior Credit Facilities (which pledge, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, will be limited to 65% of the capital stock of any first-tier foreign subsidiary).

Under the Credit Agreement, the applicable Borrower will be required to make principal payments under the Term Loan A Facility of 7.5% of the original aggregate principal amount during the second year following the date of the Spin-Off, 7.5% of the original aggregate principal amount during the third year following the date of the Spin-Off, 10.0% of the original aggregate principal amount during the fourth year following the date of the Spin-Off and 15.0% of the original aggregate principal amount during the fifth year following the date of the Spin-Off, and XBS will be required to make principal payments under the Term Loan B Facility of 1.0% of the original aggregate principal amount per year during the term of the facility.

All remaining outstanding principal and interest under the Term Loan A Facility and the Term Loan B Facility will be due and payable on the date that is five years and seven years, respectively, after the Closing Date. All then outstanding principal and interest under the Revolving Credit Facility will be due and payable, and all commitments thereunder will terminate, on the date that is five years after the Closing Date.

XBS is permitted to prepay amounts outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities at any time. The Credit Agreement contains a “soft call” prepayment penalty whereby lenders under the Term Loan B Facility will, subject to customary carve-outs and exceptions, be entitled to receive a prepayment fee equal to 1% of the principal repaid if the Term Loan B Facility is voluntarily refinanced or repriced pursuant to certain refinancing transactions within twelve months of the Closing Date. Subject to certain exceptions, the Term Loan Facilities will require XBS to prepay certain amounts outstanding thereunder with the net cash proceeds of certain asset sales, certain casualty events, certain issuances of debt and, in the case of the Term Loan B Facility, with excess cash flow.

 


Borrowings under the Term Loan A Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility will bear interest at a rate equal to either the sum of a base rate plus a margin ranging from 1.00% to 1.50% or the sum of a eurocurrency rate plus a margin ranging from 2.00% to 2.50%, with either such margin varying according to the total net leverage ratio of XBS. The initial margin is 1.25% in the case of base rate borrowings, or 2.25% in the case of eurocurrency borrowings. Borrowings under the Term Loan B Facility will bear interest at a rate equal to either the sum of a base rate plus 4.50% or the sum of a eurocurrency rate plus 5.50%. Borrowings incurred by the Dutch Borrower under the Term Loan A Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility are only available as eurocurrency loans. XBS will be required to pay a quarterly commitment fee under the Revolving Credit Facility at a rate ranging from 0.35% to 0.40% per annum, with such rate varying according to the total net leverage ratio of XBS and the actual daily unused portion of the commitments during the applicable quarter. The initial rate is 0.375%. XBS will also be required to pay a fee equal to the spread over adjusted LIBOR on the aggregate face amount of outstanding letters of credit under the Revolving Credit Facility. In addition, the applicable Borrower will pay a customary issuance fee in respect to letters of credit issued under our Revolving Credit Facility.

The Credit Agreement contains certain customary affirmative and negative covenants, restrictions and events of default, in each case subject to certain exceptions and thresholds. Under the Credit Agreement, XBS will be required to maintain a total net leverage ratio not to exceed (i) 4.25 to 1.00 with respect to each fiscal quarter (commencing with the first full fiscal quarter ending after the date of consummation of the Spin-Off) until the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2018 and (ii) 3.75 to 1.00 with respect to each fiscal quarter thereafter. If the Borrowers do not comply with the covenants in the Credit Agreement, the lenders may, subject to customary cure rights, require the immediate payment of all amounts outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities.

The foregoing description of the Senior Credit Facilities does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Credit Agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The Indenture

On December 7, 2016, XBS and CFI (together, the “Issuers”), each a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, issued $510 million aggregate principal amount of 10.500% senior unsecured notes due 2024 (the “Notes”). Xerox will not be a guarantor or otherwise provide credit support for the Notes.

We intend to use the proceeds of the issuance of the Notes to fund a portion of the previously announced transfer of cash by us to Xerox in connection with the Spin-Off.

The Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws. The Notes were offered in the United States only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance on the exemption from registration set forth in Rule 144A under the Securities Act and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on the exemption from registration set forth in Regulation S under the Securities Act.

The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of December 7, 2016, among the Issuers, the Guarantors (as defined below) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

The Notes mature on December 15, 2024 and bear interest at a rate of 10.500% per year. Interest on the Notes is payable on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on June 15, 2017.

The Notes are jointly and severally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Company and each of the existing and future domestic subsidiaries of CFI or XBS that guarantee the obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities. The Notes are unsecured and senior obligations of the Issuers. The guarantees are unsecured and senior obligations of the guarantors.

If (1) on or prior to the date the Spin-Off is completed, (A) the Issuers notify the Trustee in writing that Xerox has determined, in its sole discretion, not to pursue the completion of the Spin-Off or (B) Xerox, in its sole discretion, publicly announces that it will not pursue the completion of the Spin-Off or (2) the Spin-Off is not completed by March 31, 2017, then the Issuers will be required to redeem the Notes, in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the issue price of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date.

At the option of the Issuers, the Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part, at any time prior to December 15, 2020, at a price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date plus a “make-whole” premium.


The Issuers may also redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time on or after December 15, 2020, at the redemption prices specified in the Indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to (but excluding) the redemption date.

Additionally, at any time prior to December 15, 2019, the Issuers may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes with the net cash proceeds from certain equity offerings at a price equal to 110.500% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date.

The Indenture includes certain covenants relating to debt incurrence, liens, restricted payments, assets sales and transactions with affiliates, changes in control and mergers or sales of all or substantially all of the Issuers’ assets.

The Indenture provides for customary events of default (subject, in certain cases, to customary grace periods), which include nonpayment on the Notes, breach of covenants in the Indenture, payment defaults or acceleration of other indebtedness over a specified threshold, failure to pay certain judgments over a specified threshold and certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency. Generally, if an event of default occurs, the Trustee under the Indenture or holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of all then outstanding Notes may declare the principal of, and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on, all the then outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately.

The foregoing description of the Indenture does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Indenture, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

  4.1    Indenture, dated as of December 7, 2016, among Conduent Finance, Inc., Xerox Business Services, LLC, the Guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
10.1    Credit Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2016, among Conduent Incorporated, Xerox Business Services, LLC, Affiliated Computer Services International B.V., Conduent Finance, Inc., the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

 

 


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Registrant has duly authorized this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized.

Date: December 9, 2016

 

CONDUENT INCORPORATED

By:   /s/ Douglas H. Marshall
 

Douglas H. Marshall

Secretary

 


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

  4.1    Indenture, dated as of December 7, 2016, among Conduent Finance, Inc., Xerox Business Services, LLC, the Guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
10.1    Credit Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2016, among Conduent Incorporated, Xerox Business Services, LLC, Affiliated Computer Services International B.V., Conduent Finance, Inc., the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

CONDUENT FINANCE, INC.,

XEROX BUSINESS SERVICES, LLC,

CONDUENT INCORPORATED AND

THE OTHER GUARANTORS NAMED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

 

 

INDENTURE

 

 

Dated as of December 7, 2016

10.500% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2024

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  
ARTICLE I   
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE      1   
SECTION 1.01.    Definitions      1   
SECTION 1.02.    Other Definitions      33   
SECTION 1.03.    Rules of Construction      33   
SECTION 1.04.    Acts of Holders      34   
ARTICLE II   
THE NOTES      36   
SECTION 2.01.    Form and Dating; Terms      36   
SECTION 2.02.    Execution and Authentication      37   
SECTION 2.03.    Registrar and Paying Agent      37   
SECTION 2.04.    Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust      38   
SECTION 2.05.    Holder Lists      38   
SECTION 2.06.    Transfer and Exchange      38   
SECTION 2.07.    Replacement Notes      49   
SECTION 2.08.    Outstanding Notes      50   
SECTION 2.09.    Treasury Notes      50   
SECTION 2.10.    Temporary Notes      50   
SECTION 2.11.    Cancellation      50   
SECTION 2.12.    Defaulted Interest      51   
SECTION 2.13.    CUSIP/ISIN Numbers      51   
ARTICLE III   
REDEMPTION      51   
SECTION 3.01.    Notices to Trustee      51   
SECTION 3.02.    Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed      52   
SECTION 3.03.    Notice of Redemption      52   
SECTION 3.04.    Effect of Notice of Redemption      53   
SECTION 3.05.    Deposit of Redemption Price      53   
SECTION 3.06.    Notes Redeemed in Part      54   
SECTION 3.07.    Optional Redemption      54   
SECTION 3.08.    Mandatory Redemption      55   
SECTION 3.09.    Special Mandatory Redemption      55   
SECTION 3.10.    Offers to Repurchase by Application of Excess Proceeds      55   
ARTICLE IV   
COVENANTS      57   
SECTION 4.01.    Payment of Notes      57   

 

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          Page  
SECTION 4.02.    Maintenance of Office or Agency      57   
SECTION 4.03.    Reports and Other Information      57   
SECTION 4.04.    Compliance Certificate      60   
SECTION 4.05.    Taxes      60   
SECTION 4.06.    Stay, Extension and Usury Laws      60   
SECTION 4.07.    Limitation on Restricted Payments      60   
SECTION 4.08.    Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries      66   
SECTION 4.09.    Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock      68   
SECTION 4.10.    Asset Sales      72   
SECTION 4.11.    Transactions with Affiliates      76   
SECTION 4.12.    Liens      78   
SECTION 4.13.    Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control      79   
SECTION 4.14.    Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries      81   
SECTION 4.15.    Suspension of Certain Covenants      81   
SECTION 4.16.    Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions      83   
SECTION 4.17.    Limitations on Business Activities      83   
ARTICLE V   
SUCCESSORS      83   
SECTION 5.01.    Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets      83   
ARTICLE VI   
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES      85   
SECTION 6.01.    Events of Default      85   
SECTION 6.02.    Acceleration      87   
SECTION 6.03.    Other Remedies      87   
SECTION 6.04.    Waiver of Defaults      87   
SECTION 6.05.    Control by Majority      88   
SECTION 6.06.    Limitation on Suits      88   
SECTION 6.07.    Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment      88   
SECTION 6.08.    Collection Suit by Trustee      88   
SECTION 6.09.    Restoration of Rights and Remedies      89   
SECTION 6.10.    Rights and Remedies Cumulative      89   
SECTION 6.11.    Delay or Omission Not Waiver      89   
SECTION 6.12.    Trustee May File Proofs of Claim      89   
SECTION 6.13.    Priorities      89   
SECTION 6.14.    Undertaking for Costs      90   
ARTICLE VII   
TRUSTEE      90   
SECTION 7.01.    Duties of Trustee      90   
SECTION 7.02.    Rights of Trustee      91   
SECTION 7.03.    Individual Rights of Trustee      93   
SECTION 7.04.    Trustee’s Disclaimer      93   

 

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          Page  
SECTION 7.05.    Notice of Defaults      93   
SECTION 7.06.    [Reserved]      93   
SECTION 7.07.    Compensation and Indemnity      93   
SECTION 7.08.    Replacement of Trustee      94   
SECTION 7.09.    Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.      95   
SECTION 7.10.    Eligibility; Disqualification      95   
ARTICLE VIII   
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE      95   
SECTION 8.01.    Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance      95   
SECTION 8.02.    Legal Defeasance and Discharge      95   
SECTION 8.03.    Covenant Defeasance      96   
SECTION 8.04.    Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance      96   
SECTION 8.05.    Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions      97   
SECTION 8.06.    Repayment to Issuers      98   
SECTION 8.07.    Reinstatement      98   
ARTICLE IX   
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER      98   
SECTION 9.01.    Without Consent of Holders of Notes      98   
SECTION 9.02.    With Consent of Holders of Notes      99   
SECTION 9.03.    Revocation and Effect of Consents      100   
SECTION 9.04.    Notation on or Exchange of Notes      101   
SECTION 9.05.    Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.      101   
SECTION 9.06.    Payment for Consent      101   
ARTICLE X   
GUARANTEES      101   
SECTION 10.01.    Guarantee      101   
SECTION 10.02.    Limitation on Guarantor Liability      103   
SECTION 10.03.    Notation Not Required      103   
SECTION 10.04.    Subrogation      103   
SECTION 10.05.    Benefits Acknowledged      103   
SECTION 10.06.    Release of Guarantees      103   
ARTICLE XI   
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE      104   
SECTION 11.01.    Satisfaction and Discharge      104   
SECTION 11.02.    Application of Trust Money      105   

 

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          Page  
ARTICLE XII   
MISCELLANEOUS      105   
SECTION 12.01.    Notices      105   
SECTION 12.02.    Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes      106   
SECTION 12.03.    Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent      106   
SECTION 12.04.    Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion      107   
SECTION 12.05.    Rules by Trustee and Agents      107   
SECTION 12.06.    No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders      107   
SECTION 12.07.    Governing Law      107   
SECTION 12.08.    Waiver of Jury Trial      107   
SECTION 12.09.    Force Majeure      107   
SECTION 12.10.    Benefits of Indenture      108   
SECTION 12.11.    No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements      108   
SECTION 12.12.    Successors      108   
SECTION 12.13.    Severability      108   
SECTION 12.14.    Counterpart Originals      108   
SECTION 12.15.    Table of Contents, Headings, etc.      108   
SECTION 12.16.    U.S.A. Patriot Act      108   

 

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Schedule

 

SCHEDULE I    List of Guarantors as of the Issue Date

Exhibits

 

EXHIBIT A    Form of Note
EXHIBIT B    Form of Certificate of Transfer
EXHIBIT C    Form of Certificate of Exchange
EXHIBIT D    Form of Supplemental Indenture to Be Delivered by Subsequent Guarantors

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of December 7, 2016, among Conduent Finance, Inc. (“Finance Co”), a Delaware corporation, and Xerox Business Services, LLC (“XBS”), a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “Issuers” and each an “Issuer”), Conduent Incorporated (“Parent”), a New York corporation, the other Guarantors (as defined herein) listed on Schedule I hereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee.

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Issuers have duly authorized the creation of an issue of $510,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 10.500% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Initial Notes”); and

WHEREAS, each of the Issuers and the Guarantors has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Issuers, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

ARTICLE I

Definitions and Incorporation by Reference

SECTION 1.01. Definitions.

144A Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued to evidence Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.

Acquired Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person,

(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, including Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, and

(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.

The term “Acquired Indebtedness” does not include Indebtedness of a Person that is redeemed, discharged, defeased, retired or otherwise repaid at the time of, or immediately upon consummation of, the transactions by which such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or such asset acquisition.

Additional Notes” means Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued from time to time under this Indenture in accordance with Section 2.02, but subject to compliance with Section 4.09.

Adjusted EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus, without duplication and (except with respect to clause (8) below) to the extent deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of:

(1) total income tax expense;

 

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(2) interest expense, amortization or write-off of debt discount and debt issuance costs and commissions, discounts and other fees and charges associated with Indebtedness;

(3) depreciation and amortization expense;

(4) any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual expenses or losses, in each case, including any restructuring charges, separation costs or integration costs;

(5) losses on dispositions of assets outside of the ordinary course of business;

(6) other non-cash items reducing such Consolidated Net Income;

(7) without duplication of the foregoing, other add backs of the type and nature consistent with Parent’s line item Other Expenses in the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA in “Summary—Summary Historical and Pro Forma Financial Data” in the Offering Memorandum; and

(8) the amount of “run-rate” cost savings projected by the Issuers in good faith, net of the amount of actual benefits realized or expected to be realized prior to or during such period (which cost savings shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as though they had been realized on the first day of such period) from actions taken or to be taken within four fiscal quarters of any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation (in each case with respect to a business (as such term is used in Regulation S-X Rule 11-01 under the Securities Act), a company, a segment, an operating division or unit or line of business) or any operational change or strategic cost initiative; provided that (A) (x) such cost savings are reasonably identifiable and expected by the Issuers to be achieved based on such actions and (y) the benefits resulting therefrom are anticipated by the Issuers to be realized within twelve (12) months of such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation or within twelve (12) months from the end of such period in the case of an operational change or strategic cost initiative and (B) the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (8) for any period shall not exceed (1) 15.0% of Adjusted EBITDA for such period (calculated prior to giving effect to this clause (8)) plus (2) the amount of any such cost savings of the type that would be permitted to be included in pro forma financial statements prepared in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act minus, without duplication and to the extent included in the statement of Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (i) any extraordinary or non-recurring or unusual income or gains, (ii) gains on dispositions of assets outside of the ordinary course of business and (iii) other non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.

Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, Custodian or other agent appointed in accordance with this Indenture to perform any function that this Indenture authorizes such agent to perform.

Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note on any Redemption Date, the greater of:

(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Note; and

 

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(2) the excess, if any, of:

(A) the present value at such Redemption Date of (i) the redemption price of such Note at December 15, 2020 (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing in Section 3.07(b)), plus (ii) all required interest payments due on such Note through December 15, 2020 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the Redemption Date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points; over

(B) the principal amount of such Note,

as calculated by the Issuers or on behalf of the Issuers by such Person as the Issuers may designate. The Trustee shall have no responsibility in connection with calculation or determination of the Applicable Premium.

Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and/or Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.

Asset Sale” means:

(1) the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of property or assets (including by way of a Sale and LeaseBack Transaction) of an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (each referred to in this definition as a “disposition”); or

(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries issued in compliance with Section 4.09 and the issuance or sale of Equity Interests representing directors’ qualifying shares or shares or interests required to be held by foreign nationals or other third parties to the extent required by applicable law), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions;

in each case, other than:

(1) any disposition of cash, Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or damaged, unnecessary, obsolete or worn out equipment or other property or assets in the ordinary course of business, or property or assets (including real property) no longer used or useful or economically practicable to maintain in the business of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the reasonable opinion of the Issuers, or any disposition of inventory or goods (or other property or assets) in the ordinary course of business;

(2) the disposition of all or substantially all of the property or assets of an Issuer or any of the Subsidiaries pursuant to the provisions described in Section 5.01 or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture;

(3) the making of any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 4.07;

(4) any disposition of property or assets or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary in any transaction or series of transactions with an aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) not to exceed $20,000,000;

 

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(5) any disposition of property or assets or issuance of securities by an Issuer to another Issuer, a Restricted Subsidiary to an Issuer or by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary to another Restricted Subsidiary;

(6) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code, or any comparable or successor provision, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;

(7) the sale, lease, assignment, license, sublicense or sub-lease of any real or personal property, assets or services in the ordinary course of business;

(8) any disposition of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(9) any disposition of property or assets subject to a Lien held by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in a foreclosure, eminent domain, seizure or similar proceeding or exercises of termination rights under any lease, license, concession or other agreement or dispositions of property or assets required by law, governmental regulation or any order of any court, administrative agency or regulatory body;

(10) the Designated Asset Sale; provided that any portion of Net Proceeds from the Designated Asset Sale exceeding $50,000,000 will be deemed to be Net Proceeds of an Asset Sale to the extent of such excess;

(11) (A) non-exclusive licenses, sublicenses or cross-licenses of intellectual property or other general intangibles of, and (B) exclusive licenses, sublicenses or cross-licenses of intellectual property or other general intangibles in the ordinary course of business of, an Issuer or the Restricted Subsidiaries;

(12) sales, transfers and other dispositions of Investments or other interests in joint ventures or similar entities to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements or rights of first refusal between the parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;

(13) the lapse or abandonment of intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business, which in the good faith determination of the Issuers is not material to the conduct of the business of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

(14) the granting of Liens not prohibited by this Indenture;

(15) the unwinding of any Hedging Obligations;

(16) an issuance of Equity Interests pursuant to benefit plans, employment agreements, equity plans, stock subscription or shareholder agreements, stock ownership plans and other similar plans, policies, contracts or arrangements established in the ordinary course of business or approved by the Issuers in good faith;

(17) any surrender or waiver of obligations of trade creditors or customers or contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contractual rights, tort or other claims of any kind;

 

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(18) dispositions or discounts of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings and exclusive of factoring or similar arrangements;

(19) any financing transaction (excluding by way of a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction) with respect to property constructed, acquired, replaced, repaired or improved by an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date;

(20) dispositions of leasehold improvements or leased assets in connection with the termination of any operating lease;

(21) any swap of assets in the ordinary course of business in exchange for services (including in connection with any outsourcing arrangements) of comparable or greater value or usefulness to the business of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Issuers;

(22) any transfers or dispositions of assets that are required by the Separation and Distribution Agreement as described in the Offering Memorandum; and

(23) vendor financing and receivables programs in the ordinary course of business.

Attributable Debt” means, in respect of any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, at the time of determination, the present value of the total obligations of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.

Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors as amended from time to time.

Bilateral Letter of Credit Facility” means any letter of credit facility of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary.

Board of Directors” means (1) with respect to Parent, Finance Co or any other corporation, the board of directors or managers, as applicable, of the corporation, or any duly authorized committee thereof; (2) with respect to any partnership, the board of directors or other governing body of the general partner of the partnership or any duly authorized committee thereof; and (3) with respect to any other Person, the board or any duly authorized committee of such Person serving a similar function. Whenever any provision requires any action or determination to be made by, or any approval of, a Board of Directors, such action, determination or approval shall be deemed to have been taken or made if approved by a majority of the directors on any such Board of Directors (whether or not such action or approval is taken as part of a formal board meeting or as a formal board approval).

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the laws of, or are in fact closed in, the State of New York or the place of payment.

Capital Stock” means:

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(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and

(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP. The amount of Indebtedness represented by such liability will be the capitalized amount of such liability at the time any determination thereof is to be made as determined on the basis of GAAP.

Cash Equivalents” means:

(1) United States dollars;

(2) (A) Euros, Canadian dollars, Sterling or any national currency of any member state of the European Union and (B) any other foreign currency held by an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(3) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government, Canadian government or any member state of the European Union or, in each case, any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that full faith and credit obligation of such country or member state is pledged in support thereof), with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

(4) certificates of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar deposits and dollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition thereof, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and $100,000,000 (or the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks;

(5) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (3) and (4) above and clause (8) below entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above;

(6) commercial paper rated at least (A) “P-1” by Moody’s or at least “A-1” by S&P (or if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof and (B) “P-2” by Moody’s or at least “A-2” by S&P (or if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) and in each case maturing within 12 months after creation thereof;

(7) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least “P-2” or “A-2” from either Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency), and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof;

 

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(8) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, any province of Canada, any member state of the European Union or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having an Investment Grade Rating from either Moody’s or S&P (or if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

(9) Investments with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated “AAA” (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or “Aaa3” (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency); and

(10) investment funds investing 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (9) above.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above; provided that such amounts are converted into any currency listed in clauses (1) and (2) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.

CFC” means (a) any Person that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code or (b) any direct or indirect subsidiary of any such Person.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following after the Distribution Date, in each case excluding any of the Transactions:

(1) the sale, lease or transfer (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than (i) an Issuer or (ii) a Restricted Subsidiary;

(2) any Issuer becomes aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the direct or indirect acquisition by any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, of “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular Person or “group,” such Person or “group” will not be deemed to have beneficial ownership of any securities that such Person or “group” has the right to acquire or vote only upon the happening of any future event or contingency, including the passage of time, that has not yet occurred) of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Parent (determined on a fully diluted basis but without giving effect to contingent voting rights that have not yet vested) (other than a transaction following which holders of securities that represented 100% of the Voting Stock of Parent immediately prior to such transaction (or other securities into which such securities are converted as part of such transaction) own, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock of any surviving Person in such transaction immediately after such transaction (excluding for purposes of such determination, any such Voting Stock held by any such holder immediately following such transaction to the extent representing an increase in the aggregate proportionate ownership percentage of the

 

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Voting Stock in Parent or the surviving Person in such transaction, as applicable, relative to the other holders of the Voting Stock of Parent immediately prior to such transaction compared to the proportionate ownership percentages of the Voting Stock of Parent of such holders immediately prior to such transaction));

(3) Parent at any time ceases to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Voting Stock of XBS; or

(4) the adoption of a plan of liquidation and dissolution of an Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuers.

Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, Société Anonyme.

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

Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means the ratio of the aggregate amount of Adjusted EBITDA of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (the “Transaction Date”) for which Required Financial Statements have been delivered (such four full fiscal quarter period being referred to herein as the “Four Quarter Period”) to the aggregate amount of Consolidated Interest Expense of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the Four Quarter Period, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Adjusted EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio” as determined in good faith by the Issuers. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and without duplication, in the event that an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (i) incurs, assumes, guarantees, redeems, retires or extinguishes any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness repaid, redeemed, retired or extinguished under any revolving credit facility, except to the extent such revolving credit facility is permanently reduced and has not been replaced) or (ii) issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, in each case during the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, then for purposes of this definition Consolidated Interest Expense shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, redemption, retirement or extinguishment of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (and in each case the application of the proceeds thereof), as if the same had occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period.

In calculating Consolidated Interest Expense for purposes of determining the denominator (but not the numerator) of this Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio definition: (1) interest on outstanding Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis as of the Transaction Date and which will continue to be so determined thereafter shall be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum equal to the rate of interest on such Indebtedness in effect on the Transaction Date; and (2) notwithstanding clause (1) of this paragraph, interest on Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis, to the extent such interest is covered by agreements relating to interest rate Hedging Obligations, shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after giving effect to the operation of such agreements.

Consolidated Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, the sum, without duplication, of (1) the total amount of (A) Indebtedness for borrowed money, (B) Indebtedness evidenced by bonds, notes (other than notes in favor of trade creditors evidencing trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business), debentures or other similar instruments for the payment of which such person is liable, (C) Capitalized Lease Obligations, (D) the Notes and (E) guarantees of the foregoing, in each case, of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding (x) Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit and

 

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bankers’ acceptances and performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds or performance or completion guarantees (and, without duplication, reimbursement obligations in respect thereof), except to the extent of unreimbursed amounts drawn thereunder, (y) intercompany Indebtedness and (z) Indebtedness in respect of Hedging Obligations not yet due and owing), outstanding on such date; minus (2) up to $150,000,000 of Eligible Cash of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries, as of the most recently ended fiscal period for which Required Financial Statements have been delivered (with such pro forma adjustments as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio” as determined in good faith by the Issuers); plus (3) the greater of (i) the aggregate liquidation value and (ii) maximum fixed repurchase price without regard to any change of control or redemption premiums of all Disqualified Stock of the Issuers and of Restricted Subsidiaries that are Guarantors and all Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of this definition, the “maximum fixed repurchase price” of any Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock that does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock as if such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock were purchased on any date on which Consolidated Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the fair market value of such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such fair market value shall be the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers).

Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of:

(1) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income of such Person (including (A) amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, (B) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances, (C) non-cash interest expense (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark to market valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP), (D) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, (E) imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt and (F) net payments, if any, pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations with respect to Indebtedness, and excluding (X) amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and (Y) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees); plus

(2) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and such Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; plus

(3) whether or not treated as interest expense in accordance with GAAP, all cash dividends or other distributions accrued (excluding dividends payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of an Issuer) on any series of Disqualified Stock or any series of Preferred Stock during such period (other than dividends or distributions to an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary).

For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by the Issuers to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that, GAAP to the contrary notwithstanding, there shall be excluded, without duplication:

(1) the net income (or loss) of any other Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person) in which such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has an ownership interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually received in cash (or in kind and converted to cash) by such Person or such Restricted Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar distributions;

(2) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.07(a)(3), the net income (or loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that is not a Guarantor to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by the terms of any Contractual Obligation (other than under agreement governing the Senior Credit Facilities) or requirement of law applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary, except to the extent that any such income is actually received in cash (or in kind and converted to cash) by such Person or such Restricted Subsidiary;

(3) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period;

(4) any income (or loss) from discontinued operations;

(5) any non-cash compensation charge or expense, including any such charge or expense arising from the grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, employee benefit plans or agreements, stock options, restricted stock or other rights, and any non-cash deemed finance charges or expenses in respect of any pension liabilities or other retiree provisions or on the revaluation of any benefit plan obligation and any non-cash charges or expenses in respect of curtailments, discontinuations or modifications to pension plans; and

(6) the effects of purchase accounting, fair value accounting or recapitalization accounting adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries) resulting from the application of purchase accounting, fair value accounting or recapitalization accounting in relation to the Transactions or any acquisition or divestiture consummated before or after the Issue Date, and the amortization, write-down or write-off of any amounts thereof.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any period ending on or prior to the Distribution Date, the Consolidated Net Income of the Issuers will be deemed to be the Consolidated Net Income of the Issuers and the other Subsidiaries of Xerox that will be Restricted Subsidiaries as of the Distribution Date, irrespective of whether such entities were Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuers for the entirety of such period, in each case with such pro forma adjustments (including to give effect to the Transactions) as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio” as determined in good faith by the Issuers.

Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of:

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(2) Adjusted EBITDA of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters prior to such date for which Required Financial Statements have been delivered.

In the event that an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (i) incurs, assumes, guarantees, redeems, retires or extinguishes any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness repaid, redeemed, retired or extinguished under any revolving credit facility, except to the extent such revolving credit facility is permanently reduced and has not been replaced) or (ii) issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, in each case subsequent to the period for which the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to or substantially simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio is made (the “Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio Calculation Date”), then Consolidated Indebtedness shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, redemption, retirement or extinguishment of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (and, in each case, the application of the proceeds thereof), as if the same had occurred as of the date of determination of Consolidated Indebtedness referred to in clause (1) above.

For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and discontinued operations in each case with respect to a business (as such term is used in Regulation S-X Rule 11-01 under the Securities Act), a company, a segment, an operating division or unit or line of business that the Issuers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries has made during the relevant period or subsequent to such period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio Calculation Date (each, for purposes of this definition, a “pro forma event”) shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and discontinued operations had occurred on the first day of such period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries since the beginning of such period shall have made or effected any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or discontinued operation, in each case with respect to a business (as such term is used in Regulation S-X Rule 11-01 under the Securities Act), a company, a segment, an operating division or unit or line of business that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or discontinued operation had occurred at the beginning of such period.

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of an Issuer. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the good faith determination of the Issuers as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, to reflect reasonably identifiable and factually supportable operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from any action taken or expected to be taken within 12 months after the date of any pro forma event; provided that (x) no such amounts shall be included pursuant to this paragraph to the extent duplicative of any amounts that are otherwise added back in computing Adjusted EBITDA with respect to such period and (y) such amounts shall be subject to the limitations contained in clause (8) of the definition of “Adjusted EBITDA.”

Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the total amount of assets (less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries less the sum of (1) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other intangibles, and (2) all current liabilities, in each case, as at the end of the most recent ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to this Indenture, deter-mined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP on a pro forma basis to give effect to any acquisition or disposition of assets made after such balance sheet date and on or prior to the date of determination.

 

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Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of the date of determination, the ratio of (1) the Consolidated Indebtedness of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries that is secured by a Lien on any property or assets of the Issuers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date, to (2) Adjusted EBITDA of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters ending immediately prior to such date for which Required Financial Statements have been delivered, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to the Consolidated Indebtedness and Adjusted EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio” as determined in good faith by the Issuers.

Contingent Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent:

(1) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor;

(2) 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; or

(3) to purchase property, 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 against loss in respect thereof.

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.

Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” shall be the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office, as at the date of this Indenture, is located for purposes of Section 4.02 only at 111 Fillmore Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55107, Attention: Conduent Finance Inc., and for all other purposes is located at 225 Asylum Street, 23rd Floor, Hartford, CT 06103, Attention: Conduent Finance, Inc., or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Issuers, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Issuers).

Credit Facilities” means, with respect to an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, one or more debt facilities (including the Senior Credit Facilities) or other financing arrangements (including commercial paper facilities, receivables financing or indentures) providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other Indebtedness, including any notes, mortgages, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements or refundings thereof and

 

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any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities that replace, refund or Refinance any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed thereunder (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 4.09), alters the maturity thereof, changes any other terms, covenants or other provisions or adds Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders.

Custodian” means the Trustee when serving as custodian for the Depositary with respect to the Global Notes, or any successor entity thereto.

Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06(c), substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Increases or Decreases of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.

Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as Depositary under this Indenture and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

Designated Asset Sale” means the sale, lease, assignment or disposition of real property of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary owned as of the Distribution Date and determined in good faith by the Issuers not likely to be useful in the business of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries, and so designated as the Designated Asset Sale pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate.

Designated Non-cash Consideration” means the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of non-cash consideration received by an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or conversion of or collection on such Designated Non-cash Consideration.

Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event: (1) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or (2) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale), in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date that is 91 days after the earlier of the maturity date of the Notes or the date the Notes are no longer outstanding; provided, however, that only the portion of Capital Stock which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so putable, convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided further, however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any employee, director or consultant of any Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or any plan for the benefit of employees, directors or consultants of an Issuer or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees or in respect of equity-based awards issued in connection with the Transactions, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may mature or be required to be repurchased or redeemed by an Issuer or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of any such

 

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employee’s termination, death or disability; provided further, however, that any class of Capital Stock of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.

Distribution” means Xerox’s distribution of the shares of Parent’s common stock to Xerox’s stockholders.

Distribution Date” means the date on which the Distribution is made.

Domestic Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

Eligible Cash” means any cash and Cash Equivalents held by the Issuers or a Restricted Subsidiary.

Employee Matters Agreement” means the Employee Matters Agreement between Xerox and Parent, to be dated on or prior to the Distribution Date.

EMU” means economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.

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

Equity Offering” means any public or private sale of common stock or Preferred Stock of an Issuer (excluding Disqualified Stock) or any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, including Parent, in each case, other than

(1) public offerings with respect to any of the common stock of such Issuer or parent company registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (or any successor form);

(2) issuances to any Subsidiary of an Issuer; and

(3) Refunding Capital Stock.

Euro” means the single currency of participating member states of the EMU.

Euroclear” means Euroclear S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.

Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(a).

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers)” means the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Issuers, whose determination will be conclusive for all purposes under this Indenture and the Notes.

Finance Co” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.

Foreign Holding Company” means any Domestic Subsidiary that has no material assets other than Equity Interests issued by CFCs.

 

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Foreign Subsidiary” means (1) any Subsidiary which is not a Domestic Subsidiary or (2) any Subsidiary of a Subsidiary described in the preceding clause (1).

Form 10” means the registration statement on Form 10, originally filed by Parent with the SEC on June 30, 2016, as amended or supplemented.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States which are in effect on the Issue Date.

Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(ii), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b) or 2.06(d).

Government Securities” means securities that are:

(1) direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or

(2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such depository receipt.

guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other obligations.

Guarantee” means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the Issuers’ Obligations under the Notes and this Indenture.

Guarantor” means, collectively, Parent and each Restricted Subsidiary that executes this Indenture as a Guarantor on the Issue Date, each Restricted Subsidiary that incurs a Guarantee on or prior to the Distribution Date and each other Restricted Subsidiary that incurs a Guarantee of the Notes; provided that upon the release or discharge of such Person from its Guarantee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, such Person automatically ceases to be a Guarantor; provided, further, that neither any CFC nor any Foreign Holding Company shall in any event be a Guarantor.

Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, commodity swap agreement, commodity cap agreement, commodity collar agreement, foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or similar agreement providing for the transfer or mitigation of interest rate or currency risks or commodity pricing risks either generally or under specific contingencies.

 

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Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person on the day of determination, without duplication:

(1) the principal in respect of (A) any indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money and (B) indebtedness evidenced by bonds, notes (other than notes in favor of trade creditors evidencing trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business), debentures or other similar instruments for the payment of which such Person is liable;

(2) the net obligations under all Hedging Obligations of such Person (the amount of such obligations to be equal at any time to the net payment under such agreements or arrangements giving rise to such obligation that would be payable by such Person at the termination of such agreement or arrangement);

(3) all Attributable Debt in respect of a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction entered into by such Person and all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person;

(4) the principal component of all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of any property (excluding trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business), to the extent the same would be required to be shown as a long-term liability on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP;

(5) the principal amount of all reimbursement obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments (the amount of such obligations being equal at any time to the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such letters of credit or other instruments plus the aggregate amount of drawings thereunder that have not been reimbursed) (except to the extent such reimbursement obligations relate to trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business);

(6) the principal component of Indebtedness of the type referred to in clause (1) of a third Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by the Person first referenced in this definition (other than Liens on Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries), whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such first Person; provided, however, that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of (A) the Indebtedness so secured and (B) the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of the assets of such first Person securing such Indebtedness; and

(7) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by the Person first referenced in this definition to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on Indebtedness of the type referred to in clause (1) of a third Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business;

provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (A) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (B) deferred or prepaid revenues, (C) trade payables, accrued expenses and intercompany liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business, (D) any earn-out obligations until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person

 

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in accordance with GAAP, (E) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy underperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, (F) obligations under customary overdraft arrangements in the ordinary course of business to cover working capital needs (including cash pooling arrangements), (G) performance guarantees in the ordinary course of business or (H) the Xerox Guarantee Obligations.

Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant to Persons engaged in similar businesses of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith determination of the Issuers, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.

Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.

Initial Notes” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.

Initial Purchasers” means Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mizuho Securities USA Inc., MUFG Securities Americas Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC, and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

Interest Payment Date” means June 15 and December 15 of each year to stated maturity or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.

Internal Transactions” means the series of internal transactions, including those described under the headings “The Spin-Off and the Transactions” and “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” in the Offering Memorandum or otherwise described in the Form 10 (including the payment by Parent of a cash distribution to Xerox (the “Xerox Cash Transfer”)), following which the Issuers will hold the business constituting the Business Process Outsourcing Business of Xerox and related operations, as described in the Form 10.

Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency, and in each such case with a “stable” or better outlook.

Investment Grade Securities” means:

(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States, United Kingdom or Canadian government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents);

(2) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Issuers and their Subsidiaries;

(3) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (1) and (2) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution; and

 

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(4) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada customarily utilized for high quality investments.

Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit, deposits, advances to customers, dealers, distributors and suppliers, commission, payroll, travel and similar advances to directors, officers and employees, in each case made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of such Person in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property; provided, however, that endorsements of negotiable instruments and documents in the ordinary course of business will not be deemed to be an Investment. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 4.07:

(1) “Investments” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Issuers’ collective direct or indirect equity interest in such Subsidiary (without duplication)) of the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of the net assets of a Subsidiary of an Issuer at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the applicable Issuer(s) or Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to:

(a) the Issuers’ direct or indirect “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; less

(b) the portion (proportionate to the Issuers’ collective direct or indirect equity interest in such Subsidiary (without duplication)) of the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and

(2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) at the time of such transfer.

The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment (determined, in the case of any Investment made with assets of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, based on the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) at the time of such Investment of the assets invested), reduced by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment or other amount received in cash by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Investment.

Issue Date” means December 7, 2016.

Issuers” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto.

Issuers’ Order” means a written request or order signed on behalf of the Issuers, by an Officer of each Issuer who must be (A) the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of such Issuer or (B) an Executive Vice President, a Senior Vice President, the Treasurer or the Controller of such Issuer, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

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Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien (statutory or otherwise), pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest, preference, priority or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or similar agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction in respect of a security interest; provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.

Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds and the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of any Cash Equivalents received by an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale, including any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale, net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, including legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions, any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on Indebtedness (other than Subordinated Indebtedness) required (other than required by Section 4.10(b)(1)) to be paid as a result of such transaction, any costs associated with unwinding any related Hedging Obligations in connection with such transaction and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by an Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.

Non-Guarantor Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor.

Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.

Notes” means any Note authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. For all purposes of this Indenture, the term “Notes” shall also include any Additional Notes that may be issued hereafter. The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes, if any, shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture (including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase), except as specifically noted otherwise herein.

Obligations” means any principal (including any accretion), interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law), penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal (including any accretion), interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

Offering Memorandum” means the offering memorandum, dated November 22, 2016, relating to the sale of the Initial Notes to potential purchasers.

 

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Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer, the Controller, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of an Issuer.

Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of any Issuer by an Officer of the applicable Issuer.

Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to an Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.

Parent” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.

Parent Series A Preferred Stock” means Parent’s Series A Preferred Stock having a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, issued to existing holders of Xerox preferred shares in connection with the Distribution pursuant to the terms of an exchange agreement.

Pari Passu Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of an Issuer or a Guarantor (other than Parent) that ranks equally in right of payment with the Notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee, as applicable.

Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).

Permitted Asset Swap” means the substantially concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person; provided that any cash or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 4.10.

Permitted Investments” means:

(1) any Investment by an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

(2) any Investment in cash, the Notes, Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities and Investments that were Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities when made;

(3) any Investment by an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in a Person if as a result of such Investment:

(A) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; or

(B) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary,

and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Investment was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, transfer or conveyance;

 

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(4) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting cash or Cash Equivalents and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.10 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

(5) any Investment (i) existing on the Issue Date or made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Issue Date, (ii) made pursuant to the Spin-Off Documents or (iii) consisting of any replacement, refinancing, extension, modification or renewal of any Investment existing on the Issue Date or made pursuant to the Spin-Off Documents; provided that the amount of any such Investment may only be increased (i) as required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the Issue Date or the Distribution Date, as applicable, or (ii) as otherwise permitted under this Indenture;

(6) any Investment acquired by an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries:

(a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by an Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuers of such other Investment or accounts receivable;

(b) as a result of a foreclosure by an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default; or

(c) as a result of the settlement, compromise or resolution of litigation, arbitration or other disputes with Persons who are not Affiliates of an Issuer;

(7) Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 4.09(b)(9);

(8) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests (exclusive of Disqualified Stock) of the Issuers or any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, including Parent; provided, however, that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.07(a)(3);

(9) guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.09;

(10) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.11(b) (except transactions described in clauses (2), (6), (9), (11), (13) and (17) of Section 4.11(b));

(11) Investments consisting of (A) purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material, services or equipment, or other similar assets or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property, in each case in the ordinary course of business or (B) the leasing or licensing of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business or the leasing, licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons;

(12) additional Investments having an aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (12) that are at that time outstanding (without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or marketable securities) not to exceed at the time of such Investment the greater of (x) $150,000,000 and (y) 20.00% of Adjusted EBITDA, for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters ending immediately prior

 

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to the making of such Investment for which Required Financial Statements have been delivered (with the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided that if such Investment is in Capital Stock of a Person that subsequently becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed made under clause (1) or (3) above and shall not be included as having been made pursuant to this clause (12);

(13) [reserved];

(14) advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, officers, directors and employees of an Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries not in excess of $12,000,000 outstanding at any one time, in the aggregate;

(15) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees of an Issuer or its Subsidiaries for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses, payroll expenses and other similar expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or to fund such Person’s direct or indirect purchase of Equity Interests of an Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, including Parent;

(16) any Investment in any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, including Parent, any Subsidiary or any joint venture, in each case, in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements, cash pooling arrangement, zero balance arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business;

(17) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business;

(18) Investments resulting from pledges or deposits with respect to leases or utilities provided to third parties in the ordinary course of business or that are made in connection with Permitted Liens;

(19) advances, prepayments, loans or extensions of credit to customers and suppliers in the ordinary course of business;

(20) Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in the joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements; and

(21) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers.

Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person:

(1) pledges, deposits or security by such Person under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance, employers’ health tax, and other social security laws or similar legislation, or other insurance related obligations (including, but not limited to, in respect of deductibles, self-insured retention amounts and premiums and adjustments thereto) or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, trade contracts or government contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or agreements with utilities,

 

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or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety, stay, customs or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, performance and return of money bonds and other similar obligations (including letters of credit issued in lieu of any such bonds or to support the issuance thereof and including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations), in each case incurred

in the ordinary course of business;

(2) Liens imposed by law or regulation, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, mechanics’, contractors’ and other similar Liens, in each case for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;

(3) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP, or for property taxes on property an Issuer or one of its Subsidiaries has determined to abandon if the sole recourse for such tax, assessment or charge is to such property;

(4) (A) Liens in favor of issuers of performance or surety bonds; or bid, indemnity, warranty, release, appeal or similar bonds; or with respect to other regulatory requirements or in favor of regulatory bodies or letters of credit issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person, in each case in the ordinary course of its business, (B) Liens arising in respect of performance guarantees in the ordinary course of business and (C) Liens on cash in connection with the Xerox Guarantee Obligations existing on the Distribution Date;

(5) survey exceptions, encumbrances, ground leases, servitudes, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph, cable and telephone lines, utilities and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties that were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness or other covenants, conditions, restrictions and minor defects or irregularities in title (“Other Encumbrances”), in each case which Liens and Other Encumbrances do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;

(6) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (4), (12) or (17) of Section 4.09(b); provided that (x) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (4) extend only to the assets and/or Capital Stock, the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of which is financed thereby and any replacements, additions and accessions thereto and any income or profits therefrom; provided that individual financings of equipment provided by one lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings of equipment provided by such lender, (y) Liens securing Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (12) only secure Refinancing Indebtedness that serves to Refinance any Indebtedness secured by a Lien; provided that such Liens are limited to all or part of the same property or assets (plus additions, accessions, improvements, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or, under the written arrangements under which the original Lien arose, could secure) the Indebtedness being refinanced and (z) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (17) extend only to the assets of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries;

 

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(7) Liens existing on the Issue Date (other than Liens permitted by clause (36));

(8) Liens on property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming such a Restricted Subsidiary; provided further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries other than pursuant to customary after-acquired property clauses;

(9) Liens on property at the time an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition, merger or consolidation;

(10) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to an Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be incurred in accordance with Section 4.09;

(11) Liens securing Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 4.09(b)(9);

(12) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances or trade letters of credit issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

(13) (A) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including of real property and intellectual property) granted to others in the ordinary course of business and (B) with respect to any leasehold interest held by an Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, the terms of the leases granting such leasehold interest and the rights of lessors thereunder, which in the case of each of (A) and (B) do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and do not secure any Indebtedness;

(14) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statute) financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(15) Liens in favor of the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor;

(16) Liens on equipment of an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries granted in the ordinary course of business;

(17) Liens securing obligations arising from vendor financing and receivables programs in the ordinary course of business;

(18) Liens to secure any Refinancing (or successive Refinancings) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (6), (7), (8), (9) and this clause (18); provided, however, that (A) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (and additions, accessions, improvements,

 

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proceeds and replacements and customary deposits in connection therewith and proceeds and products therefrom) and assets that secured or, under the written agreements pursuant to which the original Lien arose, could secure the original Indebtedness, and (B) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (i) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described in clauses (6), (7), (8), (9) and this clause (18) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and (ii) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, and accrued and unpaid interest related to such Refinancing;

(19) deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;

(20) other Liens securing Obligations that do not exceed the greater of (x) $100,000,000 and (y) 13.50% of Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters ending immediately prior to the creation of such Lien for which Required Financial Statements have been delivered, in aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding;

(21) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 6.01(a)(5) so long as such Liens are adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings that may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment have not been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated has not expired;

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

(23) Liens (A) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code or any comparable or successor provision on items in the course of collection, (B) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (C) in favor of banking or other financial institutions arising as a matter of law or pursuant to customary depositary terms encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;

(24) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 4.09; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;

(25) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(26) banker’s liens, Liens that are statutory, common law or contractual rights of set-off and other similar Liens, in each case (A) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (B) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or (C) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(27) Liens on assets of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries;

 

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(28) Liens on the Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

(29) Liens deemed to exist by reason of (A) any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement or (B) any encumbrance or restriction imposed under any contract for the sale by an Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries of the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of an Issuer, or any business unit or division of an Issuer or any Subsidiary of an Issuer permitted by this Indenture;

(30) Liens on property or assets used to defease or to irrevocably satisfy and discharge Indebtedness; provided that such defeasance or satisfaction and discharge is not prohibited by an Issuer;

(31) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(32) Liens incurred to secure cash management arrangements, zero balance arrangements, controlled disbursements, cash sweeps, or credit card, purchase card and other card services, or to implement cash pooling arrangements in the ordinary course of business (including Liens securing letters of credit, bank guarantees, surety bonds or similar instruments supporting any of the foregoing);

(33) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement in respect of any Investment permitted under this Indenture;

(34) rights deemed to arise under revenue sharing or similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business pursuant to which third parties are granted the right to receive a portion of the revenues, income or profits generated from specific assets or operations of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(35) Liens securing the Notes and the related Guarantees;

(36) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Credit Facilities, including any letter of credit facility relating thereto, incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(1);

(37) [reserved]; and

(38) Liens securing obligations under Bilateral Letter of Credit Facilities not to exceed $100,000,000 at any time.

Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

Preferred Stock” means any Equity Interest with preferential rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.

Public Company Expenses” means expenses incurred in connection with (a) the Spin-Off, (b) compliance with applicable law and regulations, including requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as

 

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applicable to companies with equity or debt securities held by the public, or the rules of national securities exchanges applicable to companies with listed equity or debt securities, (c) expenses incurred by Parent in connection with any public offering or other sale of Capital Stock or Indebtedness (i) where the net proceeds of such offering or sale are intended to be received by or contributed to an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) in a pro-rated amount of such expenses in proportion to the amount of such net proceeds intended to be so received or contributed, or (iii) otherwise on an interim basis prior to completion of such offering so long as Parent shall cause the amount of such expenses to be repaid to the relevant Issuer or relevant Restricted Subsidiary out of the proceeds of such offering promptly if completed and (d) any other expenses attributable to the status of any parent company of an Issuer, including Parent, as a public company, including expenses relating to investor relations and other general corporate overhead, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders, directors’ fees, directors’ and officers’ insurance and other executive costs, indemnification obligations to directors and officers, legal, audit and other professional fees and expenses and listing and filing fees.

Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(i) to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture, except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.

QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

Rating Agencies” means Moody’s and S&P or if Moody’s or S&P or both shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization or organizations, as the case may be, selected by the Issuers which shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P or both, as the case may be.

Record Date” for the interest payable on any applicable Interest Payment Date means June 1 or December 1(whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

Refinance” means, in respect of any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock in exchange or replacement for, such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” shall have correlative meanings.

Refinancing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (including any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred to pay premiums (including tender premiums), accrued interest, accrued dividends, defeasance costs and reasonable fees and expenses in connection therewith) that Refinances any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock existing on the Issue Date or incurred thereafter in compliance with this Indenture, including Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock that Refinances Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that such Refinancing Indebtedness:

(1) either (A) has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock being Refinanced or (B) does not require payments of principal (other than any such payment that may arise as a result of an acceleration following default or pursuant to customary change of control or asset sale provisions) prior to the date that is 91 days following the final scheduled maturity of the Notes;

(2) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances (i) Indebtedness subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or any Guarantee thereof, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Guarantee, as applicable, at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being Refinanced or (ii) Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, respectively; and

 

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(3) shall not include:

(A) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of an Issuer or a Guarantor; or

(B) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

Regulation S Global Note” means a Regulation S Temporary Global Note or Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as applicable.

Regulation S Permanent Global Note” means a permanent Global Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination initially equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note upon expiration of the Restricted Period.

Regulation S Temporary Global Note” means a temporary Global Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend, the Private Placement Legend and the Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.

Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(iii).

Related Business Assets” means assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business; provided that any assets received by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for assets transferred by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would be or become a Restricted Subsidiary.

Required Financial Statements” means the financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 4.03.

Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such Person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

Restricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

Restricted Global Note” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

 

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Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

Restricted Period” means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.

Restricted Subsidiary” means, with respect to any person, at any time, any direct and indirect Subsidiary of such Person that is not then an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary of a Person while such entity remains a Subsidiary of such Person, such Subsidiary shall be included in the definition of “Restricted Subsidiary.” For purposes of the Notes and this Indenture, and the interpretation thereof, for all periods prior to the completion of the Spin-Off (including on and after the Issue Date), the Subsidiaries of Xerox that will be Subsidiaries of an Issuer upon completion of the Spin-Off will be deemed to have been Restricted Subsidiaries of such Issuer. Unless otherwise indicated herein, all references to Restricted Subsidiaries shall mean Restricted Subsidiaries of any Issuer.

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

Rule 903” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.

Rule 904” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of McGraw Hill Financial, Inc., or any successor to its rating agency business.

Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” means any direct or indirect arrangement providing for the leasing by an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of any real or tangible personal property (other than a lease for a term not exceeding 12 months), which property has been or is to be sold or transferred for value by an Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary to a third Person in contemplation of such leasing.

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien. For the avoidance of doubt, Attributable Debt will be considered to be secured by the assets that are the subject of the Sale and Lease-Back Transaction.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Senior Credit Facilities” means the credit facilities under the credit agreement expected to be entered into on the Issue Date in connection with the Transactions by and among the Issuers, each Guarantor, Affiliated Computer Services International B.V., the lenders party thereto in their capacities as lenders thereunder and the administrative agent thereunder, including any guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings or Refinancings thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders or investors that replace, refund or refinance any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 4.09).

 

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Separation and Distribution Agreement” means the Separation and Distribution Agreement between Xerox and Parent, to be dated on or prior to the Distribution Date.

Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the Issue Date.

Similar Business” means any business, services or activities conducted or proposed to be conducted by an Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries on the Issue Date or any business, services or activities that are similar, reasonably related, incidental, complementary or ancillary to any of the foregoing or are extensions or developments of any thereof.

Spin-Off” means the Internal Transactions and the Distribution.

Spin-Off Documents” means the Separation and Distribution Agreement, Transition Services Agreement, Tax Matters Agreement, Employee Matters Agreement, documents related to the Xerox Guarantee Obligations and any other instruments, assignments, documents and agreements executed in connection with the implementation of the transactions contemplated by any of the foregoing.

Sterling” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

Subordinated Indebtedness” means:

(1) any Indebtedness of an Issuer which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, and

(2) any Indebtedness of a Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of such entity.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person:

(1) any corporation, association, or other business entity (other than a partnership, limited liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; and

(2) any partnership, limited liability company or similar entity of which

(x) more than 50% of the voting interests or general partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or otherwise, and

(y) such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.

Tax Matters Agreement” means the Tax Matters Agreement between Xerox and Parent, to be dated on or prior to the Distribution Date.

 

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Transactions” means (1) (A) the Spin-Off, (B) the payment of the Xerox Cash Transfer, (C) the issuance by Parent of the Parent Series A Preferred Stock, (D) any other transactions contemplated by, or pursuant to, the Spin-Off Documents or otherwise in connection with the Spin-Off (including any cancellation or termination of Indebtedness, agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings, including intercompany accounts payables, receivables or Indebtedness, between Parent, an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Xerox or any of its other Subsidiaries, on the other hand, and making certain intercompany contributions and dividend payments) and (E) any other transactions pursuant to agreements or arrangements in effect on the Distribution Date on substantially the terms described in the Offering Memorandum or any amendment, modification, addition or supplement thereto or replacement thereof, as long as the terms of such agreement or arrangement, as so amended, modified, added, supplemented or replaced are not materially more disadvantageous to the Holders when taken as a whole compared to the applicable agreements as described in the Offering Memorandum (as determined in good faith by the Issuers), (2) the issuance of the Notes, (3) the entering into of the Senior Credit Facilities and the borrowings thereunder and (4) the payment of fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing.

Transition Services Agreement” means the Transition Services Agreement between Xerox and Parent, to be dated on or prior to the Distribution Date.

Treasury Rate” means, as of any Redemption Date, the yield to maturity as of such Redemption Date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to December 15, 2020; provided, however, that if the period from the Redemption Date to December 15, 2020 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.

Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb).

Trustee” means U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving under this Indenture.

Unrestricted Definitive Note” means one or more Definitive Notes that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

Unrestricted Global Note” means a permanent Global Note, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Increases or Decreases of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing Notes that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:

(1) any Subsidiary of an Issuer which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the applicable Issuer, as provided below); and

(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

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An Issuer may designate any Subsidiary of such Issuer (including any existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary, but excluding any Issuer) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that:

(1) such designation complies with Section 4.07; and

(2) each of:

(A) the Subsidiary to be so designated; and

(B) its Subsidiaries

has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary except for Liens described in clause (28) of the definition of “Permitted Liens.”

The Issuers may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and either:

(1) the Issuers could incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio test described in Section 4.09(a); or

(2) the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio for the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries would be less than or equal to such ratio immediately prior to such designation,

in each case on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation.

Any such designation by the Issuers shall be notified by the Issuers to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors of the applicable Issuer or any committee thereof giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions, whereupon such designation shall be immediately effective.

U.S. Person” means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act.

Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors or other governing body of such Person.

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing:

(1) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or scheduled redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment; by

(2) the sum of all such payments.

Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Equity Interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares or interests required to be held by foreign nationals or other third parties to the extent required by applicable law) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

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XBS” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.

Xerox” means Xerox Corporation, a New York corporation.

Xerox Guarantee Obligations” means obligations owed by Parent, an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary on or after the Distribution Date to Xerox or any of its subsidiaries in respect of Guarantees or other credit support instruments provided by or through Xerox or any of its subsidiaries for the benefit of Parent, an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary.

SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions.

 

Term

  

Defined in Section

“Acceptable Commitment”    4.10
“Affiliate Transaction”    4.11
“Asset Sale Offer”    4.10
“Authentication Order”    2.02
“Change of Control Offer”    4.13
“Change of Control Payment”    4.13
“Change of Control Payment Date”    4.13
“Covenant Defeasance”    8.03
“Covenant Suspension Event”    4.15
“DTC”    2.03
“Event of Default”    6.01
“Excess Proceeds”    4.10
“incur”, “incurrence”    4.09
“Legal Defeasance”    8.02
“Note Register”    2.03
“Offer Amount”    3.10
“Offer Period”    3.10
“Paying Agent”    2.03
“Permitted Payments”    4.07
“Purchase Date”    3.10
“Redemption Date”    3.07
“Refunding Capital Stock”    4.07
“Registrar”    2.03
“Restricted Payments”    4.07
“Reversion Date”    4.15
“Special Mandatory Redemption”    3.09
“Successor Company”    5.01
“Successor Guarantor”    5.01
“Suspended Covenants”    4.15
“Suspension Period”    4.15
“Trigger Date”    3.09

SECTION 1.03. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

 

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(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

(c) “or” is not exclusive;

(d) the words “including”, “include” or “includes” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”;

(e) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;

(f) references to “shall” and “will” are intended to have the same meaning;

(g) references to sections of, or rules under, the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time;

(h) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article”, “Section” or “clause” refers to an Article, Section or clause, as the case may be, of this Indenture;

(i) “furnish to the Trustee” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “or electronically transmit”;

(j) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not any particular Article, Section, clause or other subdivision; and

(k) Indebtedness that is unsecured shall not be deemed to be subordinated or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured, and Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinated or junior to any other Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority lien with respect to the same collateral.

For the purposes of this Indenture and the Notes and the interpretation hereof and thereof (other than for purposes of assessing whether the Distribution, the Distribution Date or the Spin-Off has actually occurred in the case of any provisions hereof expressly referencing any of such terms), unless the context requires otherwise, the Transactions shall be deemed to have occurred immediately prior to the Issue Date. For purposes of this Indenture and the Notes and the interpretation hereof and thereof, (i) unless the context requires otherwise, the term “consolidated” with respect to any Person refers to such Person consolidated with each Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries, and excludes from such consolidation any Unrestricted Subsidiary as if such Unrestricted Subsidiary were not an Affiliate of such Person and (ii) unless the context requires otherwise and only for so long as Finance Co and XBS are under common control, determinations and calculations required to be performed on a “consolidated” basis shall be made as if Finance Co were a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of XBS for all relevant periods.

SECTION 1.04. Acts of Holders.

(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuers. Proof of execution of any such instrument

 

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or of a writing appointing any such agent, or the holding by any Person of a Note, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 7.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuers, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.04.

(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by or on behalf of any legal entity other than an individual, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute proof of the authority of the Person executing the same. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.

(c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.

(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the same Note and the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee or any Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.

(e) The Issuers may, but shall not be obligated to, set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders entitled to give any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or take any other act, or to vote or consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted to be given or taken by Holders. Unless otherwise specified, if not set by the Issuers prior to the first solicitation of a Holder made by any Person in respect of any such action, or in the case of any such vote, prior to such vote, any such record date shall be the later of 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent or the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the Trustee prior to such solicitation.

(f) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled to take any action under this Indenture with regard to any particular Note may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Note or by one or more duly appointed agents, each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount. Any notice given or action taken by a Holder or its agents with regard to different parts of such principal amount pursuant to this Section 1.04 shall have the same effect as if given or taken by separate Holders of each such different part.

(g) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including the Depositary, may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and the Depositary may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Note through such depositary’s standing instructions and customary practices.

(h) The Issuers may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons who are beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note held by the Depositary entitled under the procedures of such Depositary to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date.

 

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ARTICLE II

The Notes

SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating; Terms.

(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Issuers). Each Note shall be dated the date of the Trustee’s authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000.

(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Increases or Decreases of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Increases or Decreases of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent up to the aggregate principal amount of Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as applicable, to reflect exchanges, repurchases and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee as Custodian (or if the Trustee and the Custodian are not the same Person, by the Custodian at the direction of the Trustee), in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06.

(c) Temporary Global Notes. Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee as Custodian, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the Issuers and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. Upon the expiry of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in each Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall be exchanged for beneficial interests in a Regulation S Permanent Global Note pursuant to Section 2.06 and the Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the authentication of a Regulation S Permanent Global Note, the Trustee shall cancel the corresponding Regulation S Temporary Global Note. The aggregate principal amount of a Regulation S Temporary Global Note and a Regulation S Permanent Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.

(d) Terms. The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

 

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The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Issuers, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

The Notes may be required to be repurchased by the Issuers pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer as provided in Section 4.10 or a Change of Control Offer as provided in Section 4.13. The Notes shall not be redeemable, other than as provided in Article III.

Additional Notes ranking pari passu with the Initial Notes may be created and issued from time to time by the Issuers without notice to or consent of the Holders and shall be consolidated with and form a single class with the other Notes (including any Initial Notes or other Additional Notes) and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as such Notes (other than date of issue and, if applicable, the date from which interest shall accrue and the first date on which payment thereof shall be made); provided that the Issuers’ ability to issue Additional Notes shall be subject to the Issuers’ compliance with Section 4.09. Any Additional Notes may be issued with the benefit of an indenture supplemental to this Indenture.

(e) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Notes that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.

SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication. At least one Officer of each Issuer shall execute the Notes by manual or facsimile signature.

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.

A Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been duly authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

On the Issue Date, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Issuers’ Order (an “Authentication Order”), authenticate and deliver the Initial Notes. In addition, at any time, from time to time, the Trustee shall upon receipt of an Authentication Order authenticate and deliver any Additional Notes for an aggregate principal amount specified in such Authentication Order for such Additional Notes issued under this Indenture.

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Issuers to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Issuers.

SECTION 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent. The Issuers shall maintain (i) a registrar with an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”) and (ii) a paying agent with an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (the “Paying

 

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Agent”). The Registrar shall maintain a register reflecting ownership of the Notes outstanding from time to time (“Note Register”) and upon written request from the Issuers, the Registrar shall provide the Issuers with a copy of the Note Register. The Issuers may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agents. The Issuers initially appoint the Trustee as (i) Registrar and Paying Agent and (ii) the Custodian with respect to the Global Notes. The Issuers may change the Paying Agents or the Registrars without prior notice to the Holders. The Issuers shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Issuers fail to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. An Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may act as a Paying Agent or a Registrar. All Agents appointed under this Indenture shall be appointed pursuant to agency agreements among the Issuers, the Trustee and the Agent, as applicable. In acting hereunder and in connection with the Notes, the Paying Agent and Registrar shall act solely as agents of the Issuers, and will not thereby assume any obligations towards or relationship of agency or trust for or with any Holder.

The Issuers initially appoint The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.

SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. The Issuers shall require the Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Issuers in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Issuers at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than an Issuer or a Subsidiary of an Issuer) shall have no further liability for the money. If an Issuer or a Subsidiary of an Issuer acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Issuers, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

SECTION 2.05. Holder Lists. The Registrar shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuers shall furnish to the Trustee at least two Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes.

SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 2.06, a Global Note may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor thereto or a nominee of such successor. A beneficial interest in a Global Note shall be exchangeable for a Definitive Note if (A) (i) the Depositary notifies the Issuers that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Note or (ii) the Depositary has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuers within 120 days of such notice, (B) the Issuers, at their option, notify the Trustee in writing that they elect to cause the issuance of Definitive Notes; provided that in no event shall a Regulation S Temporary Global Note be exchanged by the Issuers for Definitive Notes prior to (x) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (y) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required under the provisions of Regulation S (including Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act) or (C) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Notes and the Depositary has requested the issuance of Defini-

 

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tive Notes. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (A), (B) or (C) above, Definitive Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests therein will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the Depositary (in accordance with its Applicable Procedures). Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note, except for Definitive Notes issued subsequent to any of the preceding events in (A), (B) or (C) above and pursuant to Section 2.06(c). A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a); provided, however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c).

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Neither the Issuers nor any agent of any Issuer shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Note, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act, or for complying with or ensuring compliance with any Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in Global Notes shall be transferred or exchanged only for beneficial interests in Global Notes pursuant to this clause (b). Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as, if applicable, one or more of the other following subparagraphs:

(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in a Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. Except as required pursuant to the Private Placement Legend, no written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i).

(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i), the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar (in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Issuers) either:

(A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or

 

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(B) (1) if Definitive Notes are at such time permitted to be issued under this Indenture, a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above; provided that in no event shall Definitive Notes be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in a Regulation S Temporary Global Note prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required under the provisions of Regulation S (including Rule 903).

Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h).

(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) and the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; or

(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof.

(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) and the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or

(B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each case, if the Registrar or the Issuers so request or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and the Issuers to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

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If any such transfer is effected pursuant to this Section 2.06(b)(iv) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuers shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to this Section 2.06(b)(iv).

(v) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note Prohibited. Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note.

(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes. Beneficial interests in Global Notes shall be exchanged for Definitive Notes only pursuant to this clause (c).

(i) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon the occurrence of any of the events in clause (A), (B) or (C) of Section 2.06(a), subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii) and receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;

(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an Issuer or a Subsidiary of an Issuer, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,

 

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the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h), and the Issuers shall execute and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate and mail to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the applicable principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall mail such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

(ii) Beneficial Interests in a Regulation S Temporary Global Note to Definitive Notes. Notwithstanding Sections 2.06(c)(i)(A) and (C), a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) of the Securities Act.

(iii) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only upon the occurrence of any of the events in clause (A), (B) or (C) of Section 2.06(a), the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii) hereof and if the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or

(B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each case, if the Registrar or the Issuers so request or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and the Issuers to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(iv) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon the occurrence of any of the events in clause (A), (B) or (C) of Section 2.06(a) and satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii), the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h), and the Issuers shall execute and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall

 

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authenticate and mail to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the applicable principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall mail such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. Restricted Definitive Notes shall be exchanged for beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes only pursuant to this clause (d).

(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;

(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an Issuer or a Subsidiary of an Issuer, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,

the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note.

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delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or

(B) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each case, if the Registrar or the Issuers so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and the Issuers to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.

(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.

If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraph (ii) or (iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuers shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.

(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Definitive Notes shall be exchanged for Definitive Notes only pursuant to this clause (e). Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e):

(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the transfer will be made to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

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(B) if the transfer will be made to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; or

(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.

(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or

(B) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each case, if the Registrar or the Issuers so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and the Issuers to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

(f) [Reserved].

(g) Legends. The following legends shall appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture:

(i) Private Placement Legend.

(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:

 

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“THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS ONE YEAR (IN THE CASE OF THE 144A NOTES) OR 40 DAYS (IN THE CASE OF THE REGULATION S NOTES) AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE NOTES AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH AN ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF AN ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) ONLY (A) TO AN ISSUER, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUERS’ AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/ OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM.

[IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES:] BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

BY ITS ACQUISITION OF THIS SECURITY, THE HOLDER THEREOF WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT EITHER (1) NO PORTION OF THE ASSETS USED BY SUCH HOLDER TO ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS SECURITY CONSTITUTES THE ASSETS OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE U.S. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), A PLAN, ACCOUNT OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) OR PROVISIONS UNDER ANY OTHER FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, NON-U.S. OR OTHER LAWS OR REGULATIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO SUCH PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (COLLECTIVELY, “SIMILAR LAWS”), OR OF AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE CONSIDERED TO INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY

 

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SUCH PLAN, ACCOUNT OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT WITHIN THE MEANING OF 29 C.F.R. SECTION 2510.3-101 AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA OR OTHERWISE OR (2) THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A SIMILAR VIOLATION UNDER ANY APPLICABLE SIMILAR LAW.”

(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraph (b)(iv), (c)(iii), (c)(iv), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii) or (e)(iii) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

(ii) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(h) OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUERS. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUERS OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”

(iii) Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend. The Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

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“THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN).”

(iv) Original Issue Discount Legend. Each Note issued hereunder that has more than a de minimis amount of original issue discount for U.S. Federal income tax purposes shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THIS SECURITY HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (“OID”) FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. THE ISSUE PRICE, THE AMOUNT OF OID, THE ISSUE DATE AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE OBTAINED BY CONTACTING THE TREASURER OF XEROX BUSINESS SERVICES, LLC, 233 MOUNT AIRY ROAD, SUITE 100, BASKING RIDGE, NEW JERSEY, 07920, TELEPHONE NUMBER (908) 758-1200.”

(h) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed or repurchased in part, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

(i) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 or at the Registrar’s request.

(ii) The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents in connection with a transfer of Notes.

(iii) No service charge shall be made to a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but Holders shall pay all taxes due on transfer (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.10, 4.10, 4.13 and 9.04).

(iv) Neither the Registrar nor the Issuers shall be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note selected for redemption.

(v) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuers, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

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(vi) Neither the Registrar nor the Issuers shall be required (A) to register the transfer of or exchange any Note for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a Record Date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date or (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes tendered (and not withdrawn) for repurchase in connection with a Change of Control Offer or an Asset Sale Offer.

(vii) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Issuers may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Issuers shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

(viii) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02.

(ix) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by electronic transmission.

(x) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Notes) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

(xi) Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.

(xii) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in, Depositary or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than a Depositary) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or purchase) or the payment of any amount or delivery of any Notes (or other security or property) under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders in respect of the Notes shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Holders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through Depositary subject to the applicable rules and procedures of Depositary. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.

SECTION 2.07. Replacement Notes. If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee, or the Registrar, the Issuers and the Trustee receive evidence to its satisfaction of the ownership and destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Issuers shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s and the Issuers’ requirements are met. An indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Issuers to protect the Issuers, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is so replaced. The Issuers may charge for their expenses (including the expenses of the Trustee) in replacing a Note.

 

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Every replacement Note is a contractual obligation of the Issuers and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued under this Indenture.

SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Notes. The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because an Issuer or an Affiliate of an Issuer holds the Note.

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.

If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.

If the Paying Agent (other than an Issuer, a Subsidiary of an Issuer or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a Redemption Date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.

SECTION 2.09. Treasury Notes. In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by an Issuer, or by any Affiliate of an Issuer, shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Notes that are to be acquired by an Issuer, any Subsidiary of an Issuer or an Affiliate of an Issuer pursuant to an exchange offer, tender offer or other similar agreement shall not be deemed to be owned by an Issuer, a Subsidiary of an Issuer or an Affiliate of an Issuer until legal title to such Notes passes to such Issuer, such Subsidiary or such Affiliate, as the case may be.

SECTION 2.10. Temporary Notes. Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Issuers may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Issuers consider appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuers shall prepare and upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.

Holders and beneficial holders, as the case may be, of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits accorded to Holders, or beneficial holders, respectively, of Notes under this Indenture.

SECTION 2.11. Cancellation. The Issuers at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee or, at the direction of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of cancelled Notes (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act) in accordance with its customary procedures. Confirmation of the disposal of all cancelled Notes shall be delivered to the Issuers upon their written request. The Issuers may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

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SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest. If the Issuers default in a payment of interest on the Notes, they shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest to Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01. The Issuers shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Issuers shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such defaulted interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such defaulted interest as provided in this Section 2.12. The Issuers shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date; provided that no such special record date shall be less than ten days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Issuers (or, upon the written request of the Issuers, the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Issuers) shall mail or cause to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, (or otherwise deliver in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary) to each Holder a notice at his or her address as it appears in the Note Register that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.12 and for greater certainty, each Note delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Note.

SECTION 2.13. CUSIP/ISIN Numbers. The Issuers in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP or ISIN numbers, as applicable, (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee may use CUSIP or ISIN numbers, as applicable, in notices to Holders as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption or other action shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuers will as promptly as practicable notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP or ISIN Code numbers, as applicable. Additional Notes will not be issued with the same CUSIP, if any, as any existing Notes unless such Additional Notes are fungible with such existing Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

ARTICLE III

Redemption

SECTION 3.01. Notices to Trustee. If the Issuers elect to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 3.07, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least five Business Days (or such later date acceptable to the Trustee) before notice of redemption is mailed or caused to be mailed (or otherwise sent in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary) to the applicable Holders pursuant to Section 3.03, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth (i) the paragraph or subparagraph of such Note and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the Redemption Date (subject to any conditions precedent applicable thereto), (iii) the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption price (or manner of calculation if not then known). If the redemption price is not known at the time such notice is to be given, the actual redemption price, calculated as described in the terms of the Notes and/or this Indenture, will be set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee no later than the Redemption Date.

 

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SECTION 3.02. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed. If the Issuers are redeeming less than all of the Notes at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed on a pro rata basis (or as nearly pro rata as practicable) or by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate, unless otherwise required by law or the rules of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or by lot or, with respect to any Global Notes, in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary; provided that no Notes of $2,000 or less shall be redeemed or repurchased in part.

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuers in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Notes and portions of Notes selected shall be in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; no Notes of $2,000 or less can be redeemed in part, except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.

SECTION 3.03. Notice of Redemption. Subject to any contrary provisions of Section 3.09, the Issuers shall mail or cause to be mailed by first-class mail (or otherwise delivered in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary), notices of redemption at least 30 days (15 days in the case of redemption pursuant to Section 3.07(d)) but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder at such Holder’s registered address or otherwise in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary, except that redemption notices may be mailed (or otherwise sent in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary) more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with Article VIII or Article XI. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, any notice of redemption that relates to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof that is to be redeemed. The Issuers shall issue a new Note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note in the name of the Holder upon cancellation of the original Note.

The notice shall identify the Notes (including the CUSIP or ISIN number) to be redeemed and shall state:

(A) subject to clause (I) below, the Redemption Date;

(B) the redemption price (or manner of calculation if not then known);

(C) if any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the portion of the principal amount of that Note that has been or is to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date upon surrender of such Note, the Issuers will issue a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note in the name of the Holder upon cancellation of the original Note;

(D) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

(E) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

(F) that, unless the Issuers default in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;

(G) the paragraph or subparagraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed;

 

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(H) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP or ISIN number, as applicable, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes; and

(I) any condition to such redemption.

At the Issuers’ written request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Issuers’ name and at its expense; provided that the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least five Business Days before notice of redemption is required to be mailed or caused to be mailed (or sent or caused to be sent in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary) to Holders pursuant to this Section 3.03 (unless a shorter notice shall be agreed to by the Trustee), an Officer’s Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in this Section 3.03.

Any redemption or notice of redemption may, at the Issuers’ direction, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent (including in the case of a redemption related to an Equity Offering, the consummation of such Equity Offering). In the event any one or more of such conditions precedent is not satisfied (or waived by the Issuers) on the applicable Redemption Date, the Issuers will be entitled, at their option, to rescind such notice of redemption or extend on one or more occasions such Redemption Date until the satisfaction (or waiver by the Issuers) of such conditions precedent, unless such notice is earlier rescinded as described above by the Issuers.

SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption. Subject to the last paragraph of Section 3.03 and the terms of the applicable redemption notice (including any conditions precedent contained therein), once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the Redemption Date at the redemption price, subject to the satisfaction of any conditions precedent to the redemption. The notice, if mailed in a manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the Holder of the Notes designated for redemption in whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Notes. Subject to Section 3.05, on and after the Redemption Date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption.

SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Redemption Date, the Issuers shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes to be redeemed on that date. On the written request of the Issuers, the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Issuers any money deposited with the Paying Agent by the Issuers in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all Notes to be redeemed.

If the Issuers comply with the provisions of this Section 3.05, on and after the Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of the Notes called for redemption. If a Note is redeemed on or after a Record Date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such Record Date. If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Issuers to comply with this Section 3.05, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest accrued to the redemption date not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01.

 

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SECTION 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Issuers shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Issuers a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered representing the same indebtedness to the extent not redeemed; provided that each new Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. It is understood that, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, only an Authentication Order and not an Opinion of Counsel or Officer’s Certificate is required for the Trustee to authenticate such new Note.

SECTION 3.07. Optional Redemption.

(a) Prior to December 15, 2020, the Issuers may redeem the Notes, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon notice as described in Section 3.03, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”), subject to the rights of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.

(b) On and after December 15, 2020, the Issuers may redeem the Notes, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon notice as described in Section 3.03, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, if redeemed during the twelve month period beginning on December 15 of each of the years indicated below:

 

Year

   Percentage  

2020

     105.250

2021

     102.625

2022 and thereafter

     100.000

(c) Until December 15, 2019, the Issuers may, at any time and from time to time, upon notice as described in Section 3.03, redeem up to 35.0% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes (including any Additional Notes) at a redemption price equal to 110.500% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, in an amount no greater than the aggregate cash proceeds received by an Issuer from one or more Equity Offerings (including such cash proceeds initially received by a parent company of an Issuer and contributed to an Issuer); provided that (1) an aggregate principal amount of Notes equal to at least 65.0% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued on the Issue Date remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption and (2) each such redemption occurs within 90 days of the closing of such Equity Offering.

(d) If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in any Change of Control Offer and the Issuers, or any third party making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Issuers as described in Section 4.13, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Issuers will have the right to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase upon not less than 15 days’ nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase pursuant to such Change of Control Offer, at a price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.

 

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SECTION 3.08. Mandatory Redemption. Except as provided for in Section 3.09, the Issuers shall not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

SECTION 3.09. Special Mandatory Redemption. If (1) on or prior to the Distribution Date, (A) the Issuers notify the Trustee in writing that Xerox has determined, in its sole discretion, not to pursue the completion of the Spin-Off or (B) Xerox, in its sole discretion, publicly announces that it will not pursue the completion of the Spin-Off or (2) the Spin-Off is not completed by March 31, 2017 (the earliest of any such date, the “Trigger Date”), then the Issuers shall redeem the Notes, in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the issue price of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (such redemption, the “Special Mandatory Redemption”). In the event of a Special Mandatory Redemption, the Issuers will cause a notice of special mandatory redemption to be mailed by first-class mail to each Holder at such Holder’s registered address or otherwise in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary promptly, but in any event not later than five Business Days after the Trigger Date, and will redeem the Notes on the date that is four Business Days after the date of provision of such notice.

SECTION 3.10. Offers to Repurchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.

(a) In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10, the Issuers shall be required to commence an Asset Sale Offer, it shall follow the procedures specified below.

(b) The Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days following its commencement and no longer, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “Offer Period”). No later than five Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the “Purchase Date”), the Issuers shall apply all Excess Proceeds (the “Offer Amount”) to the purchase of Notes and, if required by the terms of any Pari Passu Indebtedness, such Pari Passu Indebtedness (on a pro rata basis, if applicable), or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.

(c) If the Purchase Date is on or after a Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, up to but excluding the Purchase Date, shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such Record Date, and no additional interest shall be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.

(d) Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Issuers shall send, by first-class mail (or otherwise sent in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary), a notice to each of the Holders, with a copy mailed or electronically transmitted to the Trustee and Agents. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders and, if required by the terms of any Pari Passu Indebtedness, holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, shall state:

(i) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.10 and Section 4.10 and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer shall remain open;

(ii) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;

 

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(iii) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue interest;

(iv) that, unless the Issuers default in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;

(v) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000;

(vi) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Note completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Issuers, the Depositary, if appointed by the Issuers, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;

(vii) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Issuers, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receive, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;

(viii) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by the Holders thereof exceeds the Offer Amount, the Trustee shall select the Notes and the Issuers or the agent for such Pari Passu Indebtedness shall select such Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis (or as nearly pro rata as practicable) based on the amount of the Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered, unless otherwise required by law or the rules of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness are listed or by lot or such other similar method in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary; provided that no Notes of $2,000 or less shall be repurchased in part; and

(ix) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer) representing the same indebtedness to the extent not repurchased.

(e) On or before the Purchase Date, the Issuers shall, to the extent lawful, (1) accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof validly tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered and (2) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions thereof so tendered.

(f) The Issuers, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes properly tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Issuers for purchase, and the Issuers shall promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate and mail or deliver (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) such new Note to such Holder in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered representing the same indebtedness to the extent not repurchased; provided that each such new Note shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Issuers to the Holder thereof. The Issuers shall publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Purchase Date.

 

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ARTICLE IV

Covenants

SECTION 4.01. Payment of Notes. The Issuers shall pay or cause to be paid to the Paying Agent the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than an Issuer or a Subsidiary, holds as of 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the due date money deposited by an Issuer in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due. In any case where an Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or any other stated maturity of any payment required to be made on the Notes shall not be a Business Day, then each such payment need not be made on such date, but shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or stated maturity of such payment and no additional interest shall be payable as a result of such delay in payment.

The Issuers shall pay the Paying Agent interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal to the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; they shall pay the Paying Agent interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.

SECTION 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Issuers shall maintain the office or agency required under Section 2.03 (which may be an office of the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuers in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuers shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Issuers shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

The Issuers may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuers of their obligation to maintain an office or agency required under Section 2.03. The Issuers shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

The Issuers hereby designate the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Issuers in accordance with Section 2.03.

SECTION 4.03. Reports and Other Information.

(a) Notwithstanding that any Issuer may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise report on an annual and quarterly basis on forms provided for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, the Issuers shall be required to file with the SEC within the dates set forth below:

(1) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, combined annual reports of the Issuers containing, in all material respects, the financial information that would have been required to be contained in an Annual Report on Form 10-K under the Exchange Act if each Issuer had been a reporting company under the Exchange Act;

 

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(2) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2017), combined quarterly reports of the Issuers containing, in all material respects, the financial information that would have been required to be contained in a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act if each Issuer had been a reporting company under the Exchange Act; and

(3) within the time periods specified for filing Current Reports on Form 8-K after the occurrence of each event that would have been required to be reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act if each Issuer had been a reporting company under the Exchange Act, current reports containing, in all material respects, the information that would have been required to be contained in a Current Report on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act; provided that no such Current Reports will be required to be filed and provided that are not material to the interests of Holders in their capacities as such (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) if each Issuer had been a reporting company under the Exchange Act.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) none of the foregoing reports shall be required to contain the separate financial information for Guarantors and non-guarantor subsidiaries contemplated by Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC, (2) none of the foregoing reports shall be required to present compensation or beneficial ownership information and (3) if any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, including Parent, is a guarantor of the Notes, the reports, information and other documents required to be filed and provided as described above may be those of a parent company, rather than those of any Issuers, so long as such filings would otherwise satisfy in all material respects the requirements of clause (1), (2) or (3) above; provided that if such parent company holds material assets (other than cash, Cash Equivalents and the capital stock of the Issuers and Restricted Subsidiaries) such annual and quarterly reports shall include a reasonable explanation of the material differences between the assets, liabilities and results of operations of such parent company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the other hand.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, (i) the Issuers shall not be deemed to have failed to comply with any of their obligations described in this Section 4.03 for purposes of Section 6.01(a)(3) until 90 days after the date any such report is due under this Section 4.03 and (ii) no Issuer shall be so obligated to file such reports with the SEC (A) if the SEC does not permit such filing or (B) so long as if clause (A) is applicable, and subject to clause (i) of this sentence, the Issuers make available the applicable information to prospective purchasers of Notes upon request, in addition to providing such information to the Trustee, in each case, by the applicable date the Issuers would be required to file such information pursuant to Section 4.03(a). To the extent any such information is not so filed or furnished, as applicable, within the time periods specified in Section 4.03(a) and such information is subsequently filed or furnished, as applicable, the Issuers shall be deemed to have satisfied their obligations with respect thereto at such time and any Default or Event of Default with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been cured; provided that such cure shall not otherwise affect the rights of the Holders under Article VI if Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then total outstanding Notes have declared the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the then outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately and such declaration shall not have been rescinded or cancelled prior to such cure.

 

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(c) At any time after the Issue Date that any of the Subsidiaries of any Issuer are Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual reports required by Section 4.03(a) shall include a reasonably detailed presentation in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” or other comparable section, of the financial condition and results of operations of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Issuers; provided, however, that such reasonably detailed presentation shall not be required if (i) the total amount of assets of all Unrestricted Subsidiaries as at the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to this Indenture, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, are less than 5.0% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets and (ii) the total amount of revenues of all Unrestricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which Required Financial Statements have been delivered, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, are less than 5.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which Required Financial Statements have been delivered, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

(d) So long as the Notes are outstanding and the reports required to be delivered under this Section 4.03 are not filed with the SEC, the Issuers shall maintain a website (that, at the option of the Issuers, may be password protected) to which Holders of Notes, prospective investors, broker-dealers and securities analysts are given access promptly upon request and to which all of the reports required by this Section 4.03 are posted.

(e) At any time after the Distribution Date that neither the Issuers nor any parent company of an Issuer (including Parent) has a class of its common stock listed on a national securities exchange, the Issuers shall hold a conference call for the Holders and securities analysts to discuss such financial information no later than 10 calendar days after filing the annual financial information described in Section 4.03(a)(1) and after filing the quarterly financial information described in Section 4.03(a)(2). The Issuers shall announce any such conference call at least three Business Days in advance and not more than ten Business Days after filing of the foregoing financial information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the requirements of this Section 4.03(e) shall not apply for any period in which the Issuers or any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer holds publicly announced conference calls for investors and analysts so long as Holders of Notes are provided 10 calendar days’ prior notice of such conference calls.

(f) To the extent not satisfied by the reports referred to in Section 4.03(a), the Issuers shall furnish to Holders of Notes, prospective investors, broker-dealers and securities analysts, upon their request at any time during which the Notes are not freely transferable under the Securities Act, any information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act so long as the Notes are not freely transferable under the Securities Act.

(g) Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under this Indenture is for informational purposes only and the information and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein, or determinable from information contained therein including the Issuers’ compliance with any of the covenants under this Indenture (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officer’s Certificate). The Trustee shall have no responsibility whatsoever to determine whether any filing or posting referred to in this Section 4.03 has occurred.

(h) Notwithstanding the foregoing, for all reports covering periods ended on or prior to the Distribution Date, the Issuers will be deemed to be in compliance with the reporting requirements of this Section 4.03 by virtue of the filing of the Form 10.

 

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SECTION 4.04. Compliance Certificate.

(a) The Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year ending after the Issue Date, an Officer’s Certificate that, as to such Officer signing such certificate, to the best of his or her knowledge the Issuers have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every condition and covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default shall have occurred and is continuing, describing all such Defaults of which he or she may have knowledge).

(b) The Issuers shall, within 30 days after becoming aware of any Default, deliver to the Trustee by registered or certified mail or by electronic transmission an Officer’s Certificate specifying such Default.

SECTION 4.05. Taxes. Each Issuer shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, pay, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate negotiations or proceedings or (b) the failure to make payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.

SECTION 4.06. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. The Issuers and each of the Guarantors covenant (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuers and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenant that they shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

SECTION 4.07. Limitation on Restricted Payments.

(a) Each Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

(i) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of any Issuer’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Equity Interests, including any dividend, payment or distribution payable in connection with any merger or consolidation, other than:

(A) dividends, payments or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of any Issuer; or

(B) dividends, payments or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend, payment or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend, payment or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities;

(ii) purchase, redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of an Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer (including in connection with any merger or consolidation), to the extent held by a Person other than an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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(iii) make any principal payment on, or purchase, redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness of an Issuer or a Guarantor other than the payment, purchase, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or retirement of:

(A) Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.09(b)(7); or

(B) Subordinated Indebtedness in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of purchase, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or retirement; or

(iv) make any Restricted Investment

(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, on or after the Distribution Date, at the time of such Restricted Payment:

(1) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;

(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries is at least 2.00:1.00;

(3) immediately after giving pro forma effect to the making of such Restricted Payment (with such pro forma adjustments as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustments set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio” as determined in good faith by the Issuers), the Issuers’ Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio is no greater than 3.50 to 1.00; and

(4) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries (and not rescinded or refunded) after the Distribution Date (including Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (1) and (17) of Section 4.07(b) (but, in the case of Restricted Payments permitted by clause (17) of Section 4.07(b), only if and to the extent that at the time such Restricted Payment is made the amount of Restricted Payments permitted by this paragraph is positive), but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.07(b)), is less than the sum of (without duplication):

(A) (i) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Issuers accrued during the period (treated as one accounting period) beginning on the first day of the first full fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter during which the Issue Date occurs to the end of the Issuers’ most recently completed fiscal quarter for which Required Financial Statements have been delivered at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such aggregate cumulative Consolidated Net Income of the Issuers for such period shall be a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit);

 

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(B) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of marketable securities or other property received by an Issuer from (i) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of (x) an Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock or Refunding Capital Stock) or (y) to the extent such net cash proceeds are actually contributed to an Issuer, Equity Interests of Parent or any other direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, or (ii) otherwise contributed to the equity (other than through an issuance of Disqualified Stock) of an Issuer after the Issue Date (other than an issuance or sale to a Subsidiary of an Issuer or an issuance or sale to an employee stock ownership plan or other trust established by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent funded by an Issuer or its Subsidiaries); plus

(C) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of marketable securities or other property received by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary from the issuance or sale (other than to an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary or to an employee stock ownership plan or other trust established by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent funded by an Issuer or its Subsidiaries) by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date of any Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock that has been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests of an Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) or Equity Interests of Parent or any other direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, plus, without duplication, any cash proceeds and the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of marketable securities or other property received by any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary upon such conversion or exchange; plus

(D) 100% of the aggregate amount received in cash and the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of marketable securities or other property received by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary from: (i) the sale or other disposition (other than to an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of and the receipt of any dividends or distributions from Restricted Investments made by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and repayments of loans or advances, and releases of guarantees, which constituted Restricted Investments by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case after the Issue Date; or (ii) the sale (other than to an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than to the extent of the amount of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary that constituted a Permitted Investment) or a dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case after the Issue Date; plus

(E) in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or the merger or consolidation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary into an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary or the transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case after the Distribution Date, the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) or if such fair market value exceeds $100,000,000, the fair market value as specified in writing by an Independent Financial Advisor, of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, merger, consolidation or transfer (other than to the extent of the amount of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary that constituted a Permitted Investment); plus

(F) in the event that an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary has made or makes any Investment in a Person subsequent to the Issue Date that, as a result of or in connection with such Investment, becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, an amount equal to the existing Investment of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person to the extent it was previously treated as a Restricted Payment.

 

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(b) Section 4.07(a) shall not prohibit any of the following (collectively, “Permitted Payments”):

(1) the payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or the giving of such irrevocable notice, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or the giving of such notice such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture (assuming, in the case of a redemption payment, the giving of the notice of such redemption payment would have been deemed to be a Restricted Payment at such time and such deemed Restricted Payment would have been permitted at such time);

(2) the purchase, redemption, defeasance, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests of an Issuer or Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, including Parent, or of Subordinated Indebtedness of an Issuer or any Guarantor, in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent issuance or sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or to an employee stock ownership plan or other trust established by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent funded by the an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of, Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of an Issuer or Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, including Parent (collectively, the “Refunding Capital Stock”);

(3) the purchase, redemption, defeasance, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of (i) Subordinated Indebtedness of an Issuer or a Guarantor made by, in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent incurrence of, Refinancing Indebtedness of an Issuer or a Guarantor or (ii) Disqualified Stock of an Issuer or any Guarantor made in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent incurrence of Refinancing Indebtedness of an Issuer or any Guarantor, in each case that is incurred in compliance with Section 4.09;

(4) a Restricted Payment to pay for the purchase, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) or otherwise in settlement of any equity-based award of an Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, including Parent, held by any future, present or former member of management, employee, director or consultant of an Issuer, any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, including Parent, or any of the Subsidiaries of an Issuer pursuant to any equity-based plan or stock option plan or any other management, employee or director benefit plan or agreement, or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement or upon the termination of such member’s, employee’s, director’s or consultant’s employment or directorship; provided, however, that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this clause (4) do not exceed in any calendar year $25,000,000 (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over for one additional calendar year); provided further that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

(A) the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of an Issuer or Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, including Parent, to future, present or former members of management, employees, directors or consultants of an Issuer, any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, including Parent, or any Subsidiaries of an Issuer that occurs after the Issue Date, to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments by virtue of Section 4.07(a)(3); plus

 

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(B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date; less

(C) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made with the cash proceeds described in clauses (A) and (B) of this clause (4);

and provided further that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary from any future, present or former members of management, employees, directors or consultants of an Issuer, any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, including Parent, or any Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of an Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, including Parent, will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 4.07 or any other provision of this Indenture;

(5) purchases, redemptions, defeasances, repurchases or other acquisitions of Equity Interests deemed to occur (i) upon exercise of stock options, stock appreciation rights or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options, stock appreciation rights or warrants or (ii) for purposes of satisfying any required tax withholding obligation upon the exercise or vesting of a grant or award that was granted or awarded to an employee;

(6) on or after the Distribution Date, other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount taken together with all other outstanding Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (6) not to exceed $100,000,000;

(7) [reserved];

(8) any Restricted Payment attributable to, or arising or made in connection with, the Transactions and the fees and expenses related thereto as described in the Offering Memorandum, including the Xerox Cash Transfer;

(9) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of any Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions similar to those described in Section 4.10 and Section 4.13; provided that prior to any such repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement, all Notes tendered by Holders in connection with a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed, defeased, acquired or retired;

(10) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests of an Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer deemed to occur in connection with paying cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests in connection with a share dividend, distribution, share split, reverse share split, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination of an Issuer, any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer or any Subsidiaries of an Issuer, in each case permitted under this Indenture;

(11) the distribution, by dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to, an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash Equivalents);

(12) Restricted Payments made by an Issuer to any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, including Parent, at such times and in such amounts as shall be necessary to pay the tax liabilities of such parent company directly attributable to (or arising as a result of) the operations of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries; provided, that the amount of Restricted Payments made

 

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pursuant to this clause (12) shall not exceed the sum of (a)(i) the taxable income of Parent attributable to Parent’s interest in the Issuers multiplied by (ii) the highest marginal tax rate applicable to a corporation residing in New York, New York at such time, plus (b) any sales, use, value added or other non-income tax liabilities of Parent directly attributable to (or arising as a result of) the operations of the Issuers and their Subsidiaries;

(13) the declaration and payment of regularly scheduled or accrued dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiaries issued or incurred in accordance with Section 4.09 or Capital Stock of an Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, including Parent, issued in connection with the Transactions with respect to equity-based awards;

(14) payments of cash, or dividends, distributions or advances by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to allow the payment of cash, in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares upon the exercise of options or warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Capital Stock of any such Person or any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, including Parent;

(15) mandatory redemptions or repurchases of Disqualified Stock the issuance of which itself constituted a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment otherwise permissible under this Indenture;

(16) on or after the Distribution Date, the payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, including Parent, (A) to pay dividends on the Parent Series A Preferred Stock in an aggregate amount not to exceed $12,000,000 per fiscal year and (B) to pay Public Company Expenses; or

(17) on or after the Distribution Date, any additional Restricted Payments so long as, immediately after giving pro forma effect to the making of such Restricted Payment (with such pro forma adjustments as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustments set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio” as determined in good faith by the Issuers), the Issuers’ Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio is no greater than 2.00 to 1.00;

provided, however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clauses (6), (11) or (17), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof.

(c) The Issuers will not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the last sentence of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.” For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by an Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated shall be deemed to be an Investment in an amount determined as set forth in the definition of “Investment.” Such designation shall be permitted only if an Investment in such amount would be permitted at such time, whether as a Restricted Payment or a Permitted Investment, and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an “Unrestricted Subsidiary.” Unrestricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to any of the covenants set forth in this Indenture.

(d) For purposes of clauses (2), (3) and (4) of Section 4.07(b), a Restricted Payment shall be deemed to have been made substantially concurrently with the applicable event if made or irrevocably committed to be made within 90 days of such event.

 

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(e) The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) on the date of such Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be paid, transferred or issued by an Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to such Restricted Payment.

SECTION 4.08. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.

(a) No Issuer shall, nor shall it permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

(1) (A) pay dividends or make any other distributions to an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries on its Capital Stock, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or

(B) pay any Indebtedness owed to an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

(2) make loans or advances to an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; or

(3) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries.

(b) The restrictions in Section 4.08(a) shall not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

(1) contractual encumbrances or restrictions (i) in effect on the Issue Date or (ii) in effect on the Distribution Date on substantially the terms described in the Offering Memorandum, including those arising under the Senior Credit Facilities and any related documentation;

(2) (i) this Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees and (ii) any agreement governing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09; provided that the provisions relating to restrictions of the type described in clauses (1) through (3) of Section 4.08(a) contained in such agreement, taken as a whole, are (in the good faith determination of the Issuers) not materially more restrictive than the provisions contained in the Senior Credit Facilities, or in this Indenture, in each case as in effect when initially executed;

(3) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business and Capitalized Lease Obligations that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in Section 4 .08(a)(3) on the property so acquired or leased;

(4) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;

(5) any agreement or other instrument of a Person (including an Unrestricted Subsidiary that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary whether by redesignation or otherwise) acquired by or merged or consolidated with or into an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in existence at the time of such transaction (but not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired;

 

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(6) contracts for the sale of assets, including customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of an Issuer that impose restrictions solely on the assets to be sold (including vendor financing and receivables programs in the ordinary course of business);

(7) any Hedging Obligations;

(8) Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09 and Section 4.12 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;

(9) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by leases, customers under contracts or other contracts or agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(10) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 4.09;

(11) customary provisions in joint venture agreements or arrangements and other similar agreements or arrangements relating solely to such joint venture;

(12) customary provisions contained in leases, sub-leases, licenses or sub-licenses, permits, applicable franchise agreements, contracts and other agreements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(13) any agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, not relating to Indebtedness and that do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair (in the good faith determination of the Issuers) the ability of the Issuers or the Guarantors to pay the principal and interest on the Notes;

(14) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all the Capital Stock or the assets of a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent it restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending such sale or other disposition;

(15) customary provisions imposed on the transfer of copyrighted or patented materials; and

(16) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (1), (2) and (3) of Section 4.08(a) imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (1) through (15) of this Section 4.08(b); provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith determination of the Issuers, no more restrictive in any material respect with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.

(c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.08, (1) the priority of any Preferred Stock in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on common stock will not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make distributions on Capital Stock and (2) the subordination of loans or advances made to an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to other Indebtedness Incurred by an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries will not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans or advances.

 

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SECTION 4.09. Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock.

(a) No Issuer shall, nor shall permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable for (collectively, “incur” and collectively, an “incurrence”) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and the Issuers shall not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Issuers may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock and issue shares of Preferred Stock, if the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries at the time such Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is issued would be no greater than 4.50 to 1:00, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom); provided further, however, that Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors may not incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock if, after giving pro forma effect to such incurrence or issuance, more than an aggregate of the greater of (x) $100,000,000 and (y) 15.00% of Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters ending immediately prior to such incurrence or issuance for which Required Financial Statements have been delivered, at the time of incurrence or issuance of such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of such Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors is outstanding pursuant to this Section 4.09(a) and clause (17) of Section 4.09(b).

(b) The provisions of Section 4.09(a) shall not apply to:

(1) (x) the incurrence of Indebtedness under Credit Facilities by the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder (with letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the face amount thereof); provided, however, that immediately after giving effect to any such incurrence, the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness under this clause (1)(x), together with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding pursuant to clause (1)(y) hereof, does not exceed at any one time an amount equal to (A) $2,500,000,000 plus (B) an unlimited additional amount so long as the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio on a pro forma basis as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which Required Financial Statements have been delivered does not exceed 2.25 to 1.00 (with up to an aggregate of $300,000,000 of Indebtedness incurred under subclause (A) above substantially simultaneously with the incurrence of any Indebtedness under this subclause (B) not being included in the calculation of the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio under this subclause (B) for such substantially simultaneous incurrence) and (y) any Indebtedness incurred to Refinance Indebtedness incurred under clause (1)(x) hereof (or successive Refinancings of Indebtedness incurred under this clause (1)(y)); provided that solely for the purpose of calculating the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio under clause (1)(x) above, any outstanding Indebtedness incurred under this clause (1) that is unsecured shall nevertheless be deemed to be secured by a Lien;

(2) Indebtedness represented by the Notes (including any Guarantee) (other than any Additional Notes or Guarantees with respect thereto);

(3) Indebtedness of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (1) and (2) of this Section 4.09(b));

 

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(4) (A) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations and Attributable Debt), Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to finance the purchase, lease, construction or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets, and any Indebtedness incurred to Refinance any such Indebtedness (and successive Refinancings thereof), in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference which, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding under this clause (4)(A), together with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to clause (B) of this clause (4), does not exceed, at the time of incurrence, the greater of (x) $75,000,000 and (y) 11.00% of Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters ending immediately prior to such time for which Required Financial Statements have been delivered and (B) any Indebtedness incurred to Refinance Indebtedness incurred under clause (A) of this clause (4) (or successive Refinancings of Indebtedness incurred under this clause (B));

(5) Indebtedness incurred by an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, bank guarantees, warehouse receipts or similar facilities issued or entered into in the ordinary course of business, including letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits, property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits, or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance;

(6) Indebtedness arising from agreements of an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries providing for indemnification, earn-out, holdback, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;

(7) Indebtedness of an Issuer to a Restricted Subsidiary or the other Issuer or of a Restricted Subsidiary to an Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness (other than such as may arise from ordinary course intercompany cash management obligations) owing by an Issuer or a Guarantor to a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the applicable Guarantee, as applicable; and provided further that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to an Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (7);

(8) shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to an Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event that results in such Preferred Stock being beneficially owned by a Person other than an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of Preferred Stock (except to an Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed in each case to be an issuance of such shares of Preferred Stock not permitted by this clause (8);

(9) Hedging Obligations not entered into for speculative purposes;

 

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(10) obligations in respect of workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance, performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and performance or completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(11) (A) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of an Issuer and Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor not otherwise permitted under this Indenture in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the outstanding principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (11)(A), together with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to clause (B) of this clause (11), does not exceed, at the time of incurrence, the greater of (x) $100,000,000 and (y) 13.50% of Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters ending immediately prior to such time for which Required Financial Statements have been delivered and (B) any Indebtedness incurred to Refinance Indebtedness incurred under clause (A) of this clause (11) (or successive Refinancings of Indebtedness incurred under this clause (B));

(12) the incurrence by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of Refinancing Indebtedness that serves to Refinance:

(A) any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred as permitted under Section 4.09(a) or clause (2), (3) and/or (13) of this Section 4.09(b), or

(B) any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred to so Refinance the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock described in clause (A) of this Section 4.09(b)(12);

(13) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of (x) an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary incurred to finance an acquisition of any assets, business or Person or (y) Persons that are acquired by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into or consolidated with an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided that, after giving effect to such acquisition, merger or consolidation, either:

(A) the Issuers would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a), or

(B) the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio immediately prior to such acquisition, merger or consolidation;

(14) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or other cash management services in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within ten Business Days of notice of its incurrence;

(15) Indebtedness of an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries supported by a letter of credit or bank guarantee issued pursuant to the Credit Facilities, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit or bank guarantee;

 

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(16) (A) any guarantee by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary so long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Indenture,

(B) any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of an Issuer; provided that such guarantee is incurred in accordance with Section 4.14, or

(C) any guarantee by an Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations to suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors and licensees of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(17) (A) Indebtedness of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount, which when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (17)(A) and incurred by Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 4.09(a), together with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to clause (B) of this clause (17), does not exceed, at the time of incurrence, the greater of (x) $50,000,000 and (y) 7.25% of Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters ending immediately prior to such incurrence for which Required Financial Statements have been delivered, and (B) any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness incurred under clause (A) of this clause (17) (or successive Refinancings of Indebtedness incurred under this clause (B));

(18) Indebtedness of an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(19) Indebtedness of an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries undertaken in connection with cash management, card obligations, netting services, overdraft protections, cash pooling arrangements and related activities, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

(20) Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to current or former officers, directors and employees thereof, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of an Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, including Parent, to the extent permitted under Section 4.07(b)(4);

(21) Indebtedness arising as a result of vendor financing and receivables programs in the ordinary course of business; and

(22) Indebtedness under Bilateral Letter of Credit Facilities not to exceed $100,000,000 at any time.

(c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock described in clauses (1) through (22) of Section 4.09(b) or is permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a), the Issuers, in their sole discretion, may divide and/or classify on the date of incurrence such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.09 and may later redivide and/or reclassify (based on circumstances existing at the time of such redivision or reclassification) such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.09; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities on the Distribution Date will be treated as incurred on the Distribution Date under Section 4.09(b)(1) and will not later be reclassified.

 

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(d) Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, the payment of dividends in the form of additional shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable, of the same class, and accretion of original issue discount or liquidation preference will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section 4.09. Guarantees of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to, Indebtedness which is otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of Indebtedness shall not be included in the determination of such amount of Indebtedness; provided that the incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such guarantee or letter of credit, as the case may be, was in compliance with this Section 4.09.

(e) For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed or first incurred (whichever is lower), in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to Refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such Refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such Refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being Refinanced. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.09, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that may be incurred pursuant to this Section 4.09 shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies.

(f) The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to Refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being Refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated as in effect on the date of such Refinancing.

(g) The Issuers will not, and will not permit any Guarantor (other than Parent) to, directly or indirectly, incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any Indebtedness of such Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such Indebtedness is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee, in all material respects, to the extent and in the manner as such Indebtedness is so subordinated to other Indebtedness of the applicable Issuer or Guarantor, as the case may be.

SECTION 4.10. Asset Sales.

(a) No Issuer shall, nor shall it permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale, unless:

(1) the applicable Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and

 

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(2) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, in the Issuers’ good faith determination, at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the applicable Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:

(A) any liabilities of the applicable Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary (other than Contingent Obligations and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets (or are otherwise extinguished by the transferee in connection with the transactions relating to such Asset Sale) and for which the Issuers and all such Restricted Subsidiaries have been released,

(B) any notes or other obligations or securities received by the applicable Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the applicable Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents, or by their terms are required to be satisfied for cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received), in each case, within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale, and

(C) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the applicable Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (C) that is at that time outstanding (but, to the extent that any such Designated Non-Cash Consideration is sold or otherwise liquidated for cash, minus the lesser of (i) the amount of the cash received (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (ii) the initial amount of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration) not to exceed $75,000,000 at the time of receipt, with the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Issuers) of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value,

shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this provision and for no other purpose.

(b) Within 15 months after the receipt of any Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the applicable Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, at its option, may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale,

(1) to permanently reduce:

(A) Obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities and, if applicable, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto,

(B) Obligations under Pari Passu Indebtedness that are secured by a Lien, which Lien is permitted by this Indenture, and, if applicable, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto,

(C) Obligations under the Notes (provided that such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof) or any other Pari Passu Indebtedness of the applicable Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor (and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto, if applicable); provided that if such Net Proceeds are applied to other Pari Passu Indebtedness (other than the Senior Credit Facilities or

 

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other Secured Indebtedness) then the Issuers shall (i) equally and ratably reduce Obligations under the Notes (x) as provided under Section 3.07 or (y) through open market purchases (provided that such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof) or (ii) make an offer (in accordance with clauses (c), (d) and (e) of this Section 4.10) to all Holders of Notes to purchase their Notes at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of Notes that would otherwise be redeemed under clause (i) of this clause (C), or

(D) Indebtedness of a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, other than Indebtedness owed to an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; or

(2) to (A) make an Investment in any one or more businesses; provided that such Investment in any business in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock results in an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, owning an amount of the Capital Stock of such business such that it constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary, (B) make capital expenditures or (C) acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair businesses, properties and/or assets (other than current assets or Equity Interests in a Person that is not, or does not as a result of any such acquisition become, a Restricted Subsidiary) that, in the case of each of (A), (B) and (C) are either (x) used or useful in a Similar Business or (y) replace the businesses, properties and/or assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale; provided that, in the case of this clause (2), a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment so long as the applicable Issuer or such other Restricted Subsidiary enters into such commitment with the good faith expectation that such Net Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment within 180 days of such commitment (an “Acceptable Commitment”); and provided further that if any Acceptable Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are applied, then such Net Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds if not otherwise applied as provided above within 15 months of the receipt of such Net Proceeds; or

(3) any combination of the foregoing.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any of or all the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sales by a Foreign Subsidiary (x) are prohibited or delayed by applicable local law from being repatriated to the United States or (y) would have a material adverse tax consequence (taking into account any foreign tax credit or other net benefit actually realized in connection with such repatriation that would not otherwise be realized) as determined by the Issuers in good faith, the portion of such Net Proceeds so affected will not be required to be in compliance with this covenant, and such amounts may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary; provided that clause (x) above shall apply to such amounts so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law will not permit repatriation to the United States (the Issuers hereby agreeing to use reasonable efforts to cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to take all actions reasonably required by the applicable local law, applicable organizational impediments or other impediment to permit such repatriation), and if such repatriation of any of such affected Net Proceeds is permitted under the applicable local law and is not subject to clause (y) of this paragraph, then such repatriation will be promptly effected and such repatriated Net Proceeds will be applied (whether or not repatriation actually occurs) in compliance with this Section 4.10. The time periods set forth in this covenant in respect of any such Net Proceeds shall not start until such time as the Net Proceeds may be repatriated (whether or not such repatriation actually occurs).

 

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(d) Any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale that are not invested or applied as provided and within the time period set forth in Section 4.10(b) will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $35,000,000, an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall make an offer to all Holders of the Notes and, if required by the terms of any Pari Passu Indebtedness, to the holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness (an “Asset Sale Offer”) to purchase the maximum aggregate principal amount of the Notes in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof and such Pari Passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any (or, in respect of such Pari Passu Indebtedness, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for or permitted by the terms of such Pari Passu Indebtedness), to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture.

(e) An Issuer shall commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within ten Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceed $35,000,000 by mailing (or otherwise delivering in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary) the notice required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, with a copy mailed or electronically transmitted to the Trustee.

(f) To the extent that the aggregate principal amount of Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Issuers may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject to the other covenants contained in this Indenture. If the aggregate amount (determined as above) of Notes and the Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered in an Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and the Issuers or the agent for such Pari Passu Indebtedness shall select such Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis (or as nearly pro rata as practicable) based on the amount (determined as set forth above) of the Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered, unless otherwise required by law or the rules of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness are listed or by lot or such other similar method in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary; provided that no Notes of $2,000 or less shall be repurchased in part. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero. The Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries, at the option of the Issuers in their sole discretion, may make an Asset Sale Offer and satisfy the obligations described in this Section 4.10 with respect to any Excess Proceeds prior to the amount of Excess Proceeds exceeding $35,000,000, in which case, upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reduced by the amounts of such Excess Proceeds.

(g) Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds pursuant to this Section 4.10, the holder of such Net Proceeds may apply such Net Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under a revolving credit facility or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture.

(h) The Issuers will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Issuers will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached their obligations described in this Indenture by virtue thereof.

 

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SECTION 4.11. Transactions with Affiliates.

(a) No Issuer shall, nor shall it permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of such Issuer (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $5,000,000, unless:

(1) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms, taken as a whole, that are not materially less favorable to the applicable Issuer or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction at the time of such transaction by the applicable Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an arm’s-length basis;

(2) any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $50,000,000 is approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of an Issuer; and

(3) the Issuers deliver to the Trustee, with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $100,000,000, an opinion issued by an Independent Financial Advisor as to the fairness to the applicable Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of view.

(b) Section 4.11(a) shall not apply to the following:

(1) transactions between or among the Issuers and any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (including transactions between the Issuers or between or among the Restricted Subsidiaries) (or an entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of, or in connection with, such transaction, so long as neither such entity nor the selling entity was an Affiliate of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary prior to such transaction);

(2) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.07 or Permitted Investments;

(3) the payment of reasonable fees and compensation paid to, and indemnities and reimbursements and employment, benefit and severance arrangements and agreements provided on behalf of, or entered into with, former, current or future officers, directors, employees or consultants of an Issuer, any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, including Parent, or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

(4) (A) any agreement or arrangement as in effect as of the Issue Date (or transactions pursuant thereto), (B) any other agreements or arrangements (or transactions pursuant thereto) as in effect on the Distribution Date (including the Spin-Off Documents) or pursuant to or in connection with the Spin-Off Documents (including the Transactions) or (C) any amendment, modification or supplement to the agreements referenced in clause (A) or (B) above or any replacement thereof, as long as the terms of such agreement or arrangement, as so amended, modified, supplemented or replaced are not materially more disadvantageous to the Holders when taken as a whole compared to the applicable agreements or arrangements as in effect on the Issue Date or as described in the Offering Memorandum, as applicable, as determined in good faith by the Issuers;

 

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(5) the Transactions and the payment of all fees and expenses related to the Transactions;

(6) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, or transactions otherwise relating to the purchase or sale of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture, which are fair to the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors of an Issuer or the senior management thereof, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party;

(7) the issuance or transfer of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of an Issuer and the granting of registration and other customary rights in connection therewith;

(8) [reserved];

(9) payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to employees, directors or consultants of the Issuer, any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, including Parent, or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and employment agreements, benefit plans, equity plans, stock option and stock ownership plans and other similar arrangements with such employees, directors or consultants which, in each case, are approved by the Issuers in good faith;

(10) transactions with joint ventures for the purchase or sale of goods, equipment and services entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(11) transactions in which an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, has delivered to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (1) of Section 4.11(a);

(12) the issuances of securities or other payments, loans (or cancellation of loans), awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, benefit plans, equity plans, stock option and stock ownership plans or similar employee benefit plans approved by the Board of Directors of an Issuer in good faith;

(13) any transaction with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) that would constitute an Affiliate Transaction solely because an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries owns an Equity Interest in or otherwise controls such Person;

(14) any transaction in which the only consideration paid by an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is in the form of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of an Issuer to Affiliates of the Issuers or any contribution to the capital of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than in consideration of Disqualified Stock);

(15) the provision to any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, including Parent, or to Unrestricted Subsidiaries of cash management, accounting, business and strategic management, legal, human resources, centralized purchasing, leasing and other overhead services (including any necessary or incidental use of equipment, goods or services involving intellectual property that are related to the foregoing) in the ordinary course of business undertaken in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth in this Indenture;

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(17) transactions between the Issuers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and any Person that would constitute an Affiliate Transaction solely because a director of which is also a director of an Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, including Parent; provided, however, that such director abstains from voting as a director of such Issuer or such direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other Person;

(18) payments by an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to any of such persons pursuant to tax sharing agreements among such persons, to the extent permitted by clause (12) of the definition of “Permitted Payments”;

(19) intercompany transactions undertaken in good faith for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of Parent, the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth herein;

(20) (A) the guarantee by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Indebtedness of any direct or indirect parent company of an Issuer that becomes such a parent company of an Issuer in a Change of Control transaction consummated in accordance with this Indenture, or of any Indebtedness of Subsidiaries of such parent company; provided that such guarantee was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred and (B) the granting by an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of any Liens to secure such Indebtedness or such guarantee; provided that such Liens are permitted to be incurred under this Indenture;

(21) the Xerox Guarantee Obligations; and

(22) prior to the Spin-Off, (A) any cash management transactions, zero balance arrangements or related transactions between or among Parent, the Issuers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Xerox or any of its other Subsidiaries, on the other hand, (B) any cancellation of Indebtedness, intercompany accounts, balances, credits or debits between or among Parent, the Issuers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Xerox or any of its other Subsidiaries, on the other hand, and (C) any other transactions between or among Parent, the Issuers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Xerox or any of its other Subsidiaries, on the other hand, in each case under this clause (C) in the ordinary course of business.

SECTION 4.12. Liens. The Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) that secures obligations under any Indebtedness or any related guarantee, on any asset or property of such Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary whether now owned or hereafter acquired, unless:

(1) in the case of Liens securing Subordinated Indebtedness, the Notes are (or in the case of a Lien on any asset or property of such Guarantor, its Guarantee is) secured by a Lien on such property, assets or proceeds that is senior in priority to such Liens; or

(2) in the case of Liens securing any other Indebtedness, the Notes are (or in the case of a Lien on any asset or property of such Guarantor, its Guarantee is) secured by an equal and ratable (or prior ranking) Lien on such property, assets or proceeds.

Any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes pursuant to this Section 4.12 shall be deemed automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the applicable Lien described in clauses (1) and (2) of this Section 4.12.

 

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For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.12, a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness need not be permitted solely by reference to the second preceding paragraph of this Section 4.12 or to one category (or portion thereof) of the Permitted Liens described in clauses (1) through (38) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof.

With respect to any Lien securing Indebtedness that was permitted to secure such Indebtedness at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such Lien shall also be permitted to secure any Increased Amount of such Indebtedness. The “Increased Amount” of any Indebtedness shall mean any increase in the amount of such Indebtedness in connection with any accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms.

SECTION 4.13. Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.

(a) If a Change of Control occurs after the Distribution Date, unless the Issuers have previously or concurrently mailed (or otherwise sent in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary) a redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding Notes as described in Section 3.07, the Issuers shall make an offer to purchase all of the Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at a price in cash (the “Change of Control Payment”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of purchase, subject to the right of Holders of the Notes of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, unless the Issuers have previously or concurrently mailed (or otherwise sent in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary) a redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding Notes as described in Section 3.07 or the Issuers have previously made a Change of Control Offer in connection with such Change of Control, the Issuers shall send notice of such Change of Control Offer by first-class mail, with a copy mailed or electronically transmitted to the Trustee, to each Holder of Notes to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary, with the following information:

(1) that a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.13 and that, subject to Section 4.13(a)(7), all Notes properly tendered pursuant to such Change of Control Offer will be accepted for payment by the Issuers;

(2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which will, subject to Section 4.13(a)(7), be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”);

(3) that any Note not properly tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest;

(4) that unless the Issuers default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest on the Change of Control Payment Date;

(5) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their tendered Notes and their election to require the Issuers to purchase such Notes; provided that the paying agent receives, not later than the expiration time of the Change of Control Offer, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder of the Notes, the principal amount of Notes tendered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered Notes and its election to have such Notes purchased;

 

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(6) that if the Holders tender less than all of the Notes, the Holders of the remaining Notes will be issued new Notes and such new Notes will be equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered. The unpurchased portion of the Notes must be equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof;

(7) if such notice is delivered prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, stating that the Change of Control Offer is conditional on the occurrence of such Change of Control, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Issuers’ discretion, the Change of Control Payment Date may be delayed until such time as the Change of Control shall occur, or that such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that the Issuers shall determine that such condition will not be satisfied by the Change of Control Payment Date or by the Change of Control Payment Date as so delayed; and

(8) the other instructions, as determined by the Issuers, consistent with this Section 4.13, that a Holder must follow.

The Issuers shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Issuers shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached their obligations under this Indenture by virtue thereof.

(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuers will, to the extent permitted by law,

(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, and

(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered.

(c) The Issuers shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.13 and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of the making of the Change of Control Offer.

(d) Notes repurchased by the Issuers pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will have the status of Notes issued but not outstanding or will be retired and canceled at the option of the Issuers. Notes purchased by a third party pursuant to this Section 4.13(d) will have the status of Notes issued and outstanding unless transferred to an Issuer.

 

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SECTION 4.14. Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries. No Issuer shall permit any Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Guarantor) to guarantee the payment of any Indebtedness for borrowed money of an Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor unless (x) the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness guaranteed by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors does not exceed $15,000,000 or (y):

(1) the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness guaranteed by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors exceeds $15,000,000;

(2) within 20 days after the date that such Indebtedness is guaranteed, such Restricted Subsidiary executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to this Indenture, the form of which is attached as Exhibit D hereto, providing for a Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary, except that with respect to a guarantee of Indebtedness of an Issuer or any such Guarantor:

(A) if the Notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee is subordinated in right of payment to such Indebtedness, the Guarantee under the supplemental indenture shall be subordinated to such Restricted Subsidiary’s guarantee with respect to such Indebtedness substantially to the same extent as the Notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee is subordinated to such Indebtedness; and

(B) if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee, any such guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Restricted Subsidiary’s Guarantee of the Notes substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee; and

(3) the Issuers shall within such 20 days deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) such Guarantee has been duly executed and authorized and (B) such Guarantee constitutes a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of such Restricted Subsidiary, except insofar as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws (including all laws relating to fraudulent transfers) and except insofar as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity;

provided that this Section 4.14 shall not be applicable to any guarantee of any Restricted Subsidiary that existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary and was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, further, that neither any CFC nor any Foreign Holding Company shall in any event be a Guarantor. The Issuers may elect, in their sole discretion, to cause any Subsidiary that is not otherwise required to be a Guarantor to become a Guarantor, in which case such Subsidiary shall not be required to comply with the 20 day periods described in this Section 4.14.

SECTION 4.15. Suspension of Certain Covenants.

(a) If at any date following the Distribution Date, (1) the Notes have Investment Grade Ratings from both Rating Agencies and (2) no Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture a “Covenant Suspension Event” shall be deemed to have occurred. Beginning on the day of a Covenant Suspension Event and ending on a Reversion Date (such period a “Suspension Period”) with respect to the Notes, the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be subject to Section 4.07, Section 4.08, Section 4.09, Section 4.10, Section 4.11, Section 4.14, Section 4.16, Section 4.17 and clause (4) of Section 5.01(a) (collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”).

(b) If on any subsequent date (the “Reversion Date”) one or both of the Rating Agencies withdraws its Investment Grade Rating or downgrades the rating assigned to the Notes below an Investment Grade Rating, the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants with respect to future events. The period of time beginning on the day of a Covenant Suspension Event and ending on a Reversion Date is referred to herein as a “Suspension Period.”

 

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(c) During any Suspension Period, the Guarantee of each Guarantor will be suspended, and such Guarantee will be reinstated on each Reversion Date. On each Reversion Date, all Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred during the Suspension Period will be classified as having been incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) or one of the clauses set forth in Section 4.09(b) (to the extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock would be permitted to be incurred thereunder as of the Reversion Date and after giving effect to Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred prior to the Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reversion Date). To the extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock would not be so permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) or 4.09(b), such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as permitted under Section 4.09(b)(3).

(d) Calculations made after the Reversion Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments in Section 4.07 will be made as though Section 4.07 had been in effect during the entire period of time after the Issue Date (including the Suspension Period) and all Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period not otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 4.07(b) will reduce the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.07(a)(3); provided that, during the Suspension Period the Issuers shall not designate any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to be Unrestricted Subsidiaries. In addition, for purposes of Section 4.11, all agreements, arrangements and transactions entered into by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiaries with an Affiliate of an Issuer during the applicable Suspension Period prior to such Reversion Date will be deemed to have been entered into on or prior to the Issue Date, and for purposes of Section 4.08, all contracts entered into during the applicable Suspension Period prior to such Reversion Date that contain any of the restrictions contemplated by such covenant will be deemed to have been existing on the Issue Date. For purposes of Section 4.10, on the Reversion Date, the unutilized Excess Proceeds amount will be reset to zero.

(e) The Issuers shall deliver promptly to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate notifying it of any Covenant Suspension Event and reinstatement of Suspended Covenants on a Reversion Date under this Section 4.15.

(f) Notwithstanding the reinstatement of the Suspended Covenants on a Reversion Date, no Default or Event of Default or breach of any kind under this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees shall be deemed to have occurred on such Reversion Date as a result of any actions taken by the Issuers or the Restricted Subsidiaries during the Suspension Period (or upon the termination of the Suspension Period or thereafter based solely on events that occurred during the Suspension Period) to the extent such actions were permitted under this Indenture during the Suspension Period, and none of the Issuers or the Restricted Subsidiaries shall bear any liability for any actions taken or events occurring during the applicable Suspension Period to the extent such actions were permitted under this Indenture during the Suspension Period, regardless of whether such actions or events would have been permitted if the applicable Suspended Covenants remained in effect during such period. On and after each Reversion Date, each Issuer and its Subsidiaries shall be permitted to consummate the transactions contemplated by any contract entered into during any Suspension Period so long as such contract and such consummation would have been permitted during such Suspension Period.

 

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SECTION 4.16. Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions. No Issuer shall, nor shall it permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction; provided, that an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary may enter into a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction if:

(1) the applicable Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, could have (a) incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt relating to such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction under Section 4.09 and (b) incurred a Lien to secure such Indebtedness without equally and ratably securing the Notes pursuant to Section 4.12; and

(2) the transfer of assets in such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction is permitted by, and the applicable Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary applies the proceeds of such transaction in compliance with, Section 4.10.

SECTION 4.17. Limitations on Business Activities. No Issuer shall, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than Similar Businesses, except as would not be material to the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

ARTICLE V

Successors

SECTION 5.01. Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets.

(a) No Issuer shall consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions (for the avoidance of doubt, other than the Transactions), to any Person unless:

(1) such Issuer is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, merger or wind up (if other than such Issuer) or the Person to whom such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a corporation, partnership (including a limited partnership), trust or limited liability company organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state or commonwealth thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof (such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Company”); provided that, if such Successor Company is not a corporation and there is no other Issuer that at such time is a corporation, another Person that is a corporation organized or existing under such laws becomes a co-obligor of the Notes;

(2) the Successor Company, if other than an Issuer, expressly assumes all the obligations of such Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to a supplemental indenture or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

(3) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists;

(4) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions:

(A) the Successor Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a); or

 

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(B) the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio for the Successor Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries would be less than or equal to such ratio for the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction; and

(5) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture; provided that in giving an Opinion of Counsel, counsel may rely on an Officer’s Certificate as to any matters of fact, including as to satisfaction of clauses (3) and (4) above.

The Successor Company shall succeed to, and be substituted for, the applicable Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes and the applicable Issuer shall automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and the Notes except in the case of a lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (3), (4) and (5), which do not apply to transactions referred to in this sentence:

(A) any Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate with, merge into or wind up into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions to any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, and

(B) an Issuer may merge with an Affiliate of such Issuer solely for the purpose or effect of reorganizing such Issuer in a state or commonwealth of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof.

(b) No Guarantor (other than Parent) shall, and the Issuers shall not permit any such Guarantor (other than Parent) to, consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the Transactions), to any Person unless:

(1) (A) such Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, merger or wind up (if other than such Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Guarantor, as the case may be, or the laws of the United States, any state or commonwealth thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof (such Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Guarantor”);

(B) the Successor Guarantor, if other than such Guarantor or another Guarantor, expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under this Indenture and such Guarantor’s related Guarantee pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; and

(C) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists; or

(2) the consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition complies with Section 4.10.

In the case of clause (1) above, the Successor Guarantor will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Guarantor under this Indenture and such Guarantor’s Guarantee and, except in the case of a lease, such Guarantor will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and such Guarantor’s Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) any Guarantor may merge into or

 

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transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets to another Guarantor (other than Parent) or any Issuer and (B) subject to compliance with clauses (1)(A) and (1)(B) above, any Guarantor may merge with an Affiliate of the Guarantor solely for the purpose or effect of reorganizing the Guarantor in a state or commonwealth of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, this Article V shall not apply to Parent.

ARTICLE VI

Defaults and Remedies

SECTION 6.01. Events of Default.

(a) An “Event of Default” wherever used herein means any one of the following events with respect to the Notes:

(1) default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, maturity, acceleration or otherwise, of principal of the Notes;

(2) default for 30 days or more in the payment when due of interest on or with respect to the Notes;

(3) failure by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary for 60 days after receipt of written notice given by the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to comply with any of its other obligations, covenants or agreements (other than a default referred to in clause (1) or (2) of this Section 6.01(a)) contained in this Indenture or the Notes;

(4) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there is issued or by which there is secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or the payment of which is guaranteed by an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, other than Indebtedness owed to an Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or is created after the issuance of the Notes, if both:

(A) such default either results from the failure to pay any principal of such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods) or relates to an obligation other than the obligation to pay principal of any such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity and results in the holder or holders of such Indebtedness causing such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; and

(B) the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregate $50,000,000 or more;

(5) failure by an Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $50,000,000 (other than any judgments covered by indemnities provided by, or insurance policies issued by, reputable and creditworthy companies), which final judgments remain unpaid, undischarged and unstayed for a period of more than 60 days after such judgment becomes final, and in the event such judgment is not covered by an indemnity or insurance, an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree which is not promptly stayed;

 

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(6) an Issuer, Parent (if it is then a Guarantor) or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

(i) commences proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent;

(ii) consents to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under applicable Bankruptcy Law;

(iii) consents to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or other similar official of it or for all or substantially all of its property;

(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or

(v) makes an admission in writing of its inability generally to pay its debts as they become due;

(7) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

(i) is for relief against an Issuer, Parent (if it is then a Guarantor) or any Significant Subsidiary in a proceeding in which it is to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent;

(ii) appoints a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or other similar official of an Issuer, Parent (if it is then a Guarantor) or any Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of an Issuer, Parent (if it is then a Guarantor) or any Significant Subsidiary; or

(iii) orders the liquidation of an Issuer, Parent (if it is then a Guarantor) or any Significant Subsidiary; and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days; or

(8) the Guarantee of Parent (if it is then a Guarantor) or of any Significant Subsidiary shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect (in each case, except as otherwise not prohibited by this Indenture) or be declared null and void or any responsible officer of any such Guarantor denies that it has any further liability under its Guarantee or gives notice to such effect, in each case other than by reason of the termination of this Indenture or the release of any such Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture.

(b) The Trustee may withhold from the Holders notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default, except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest, if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Indenture, no provision of this Indenture shall prevent the completion of any of the Transactions, nor shall the Transactions give rise to any Default or impair or reduce the availability or constitute the utilization of any basket or other exceptions (other than any such baskets or other exceptions that expressly refer to the Transactions or the Spin-Off) in the covenants in this Indenture or the Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Indenture, no provision of this Indenture shall restrict the transactions described in clauses (A) and (B) of Section 4.11(b)(22), in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business.

 

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SECTION 6.02. Acceleration.

(a) If any Event of Default (other than of a type specified in clause (6) or (7) of Section 6.01(a)) occurs and is continuing under this Indenture, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then total outstanding Notes may declare the principal of, and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on, all the then outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately. Upon the effectiveness of such declaration, such principal and any accrued and unpaid interest on all the then outstanding Notes will be due and payable immediately. The Trustee shall have no obligation to accelerate the Notes if in the reasonable judgment of the Trustee acceleration is not in the best interest of the Holders of the Notes.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising under clause (6) or (7) of Section 6.01(a), the principal of, and premium and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on, all the then outstanding Notes shall become due and payable without further action or notice.

SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies. Subject to the duties of the Trustee as provided for in Article VII, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Defaults.

(a) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under this Indenture, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest on or the principal of any Note held by a non-consenting Holder, and rescind any acceleration and its consequences with respect to the Notes (except if such recession would conflict with any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).

(b) In the event of any Event of Default specified in clause (4) of Section 6.01(a), such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding any resulting payment default, other than as a result of acceleration of the Notes) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose:

(1) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged;

(2) the Holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default; or

 

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(3) the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured.

SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority. Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct in writing the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder of a Note or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction.

SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits. Subject to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee thereunder, in case an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of the Notes unless the Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal or interest when due, no Holder of a Note may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:

(1) such Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is continuing with respect to the Notes;

(2) Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the total outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee in writing to pursue the remedy;

(3) Holders of the Notes have offered the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

(4) the Trustee has not complied with such written request within 60 days after the receipt thereof and the offer of security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense; and

(5) Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount at maturity of the total outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

SECTION 6.07. Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the legal right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an Asset Sale Offer or a Change of Control Offer), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(1) or (2) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuers for the whole amount of principal of and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation of the Trustee and the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, in each case as set forth in Section 7.07.

 

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SECTION 6.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceedings, the Issuers, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions under this Indenture and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding has been instituted.

SECTION 6.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in Section 2.07, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given under this Indenture or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

SECTION 6.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Note to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

SECTION 6.12. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to any Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes including the Guarantors), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to participate as a member in any official committee of creditors appointed in such matter and to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation and the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 out of the estate in any such proceeding shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

SECTION 6.13. Priorities. If the Trustee or any Agent collects any money pursuant to this Article VI, it shall pay out the money in the following order:

(i) to the Trustee, the Agents, their agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee or any Agent and the costs and expenses of collection;

 

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(ii) to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and

(iii) to the Issuers or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct including a Guarantor, if applicable.

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.13.

SECTION 6.14. Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.14 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.

ARTICLE VII

Trustee

SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee.

(a) If an Event of Default has occurred (and has not been cured), the Trustee shall, in the exercise of its power, use the same degree of care and skill as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

(i) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculation or other facts stated therein).

(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(i) this clause (c) does not limit the effect of clause (b) of this Section 7.01;

 

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(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved in a court of competent jurisdiction that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05.

(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to clauses (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.01.

(e) Subject to this Article VII, whether or not an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the written request or written direction of any Holder or Holders of the Notes unless such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense.

(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee.

(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuers, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Issuers and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificates or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under this Indenture in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney appointed with due care.

(d) The permissive right of the Trustee to take actions permitted by this Indenture shall not be construed as an obligation or duty to do so.

(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture; provided, however, that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or gross negligence.

(f) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Issuers shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer.

 

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(g) None of the provisions of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise to incur any liability, financial or otherwise, in the performance of any of its duties under this Indenture, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not assured to it.

(h) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event that is in fact such a Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.

(i) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

(j) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities under this Indenture, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act under this Indenture.

(k) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties under this Indenture.

(l) The Trustee may request that the Issuers deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.

(m) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture (as amended or supplemented), the Issuers, the Trustee and any Paying Agent may, to the extent it is required to do so by law, deduct or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed from principal or interest payments hereunder. The Issuers, the Trustee and any Paying Agent shall reasonably cooperate with each other and shall provide each other with copies of documents or information reasonably necessary for each of the Issuers, the Trustee and any such Paying Agent to comply with any withholding tax or tax information reporting obligations imposed on any of them, including any obligations imposed pursuant to an agreement with a governmental authority.

(n) The Trustee shall have the right to rely upon and comply with instructions and directions sent by e-mail, facsimile and other similar unsecured electronic methods by persons believed in good faith by the Trustee to be authorized to give instructions and directions on behalf of the Person or Persons authorized to give such notice or other communication hereunder. If the Trustee believes in good faith that a Person is authorized to give such instructions and directions hereunder, the Trustee shall have no further duty or obligation to verify or confirm that the Person who sent such instructions or directions is, in fact, a Person authorized to give instructions or directions on behalf of the Person or Persons notice or other communication; and the Trustee shall have no liability for any losses, liabilities, costs or expenses incurred or sustained by such Person sending such notice or other communication as a result of such reliance upon or compliance with such instructions or directions, provided, however, that such losses have not arisen from gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee. The Person sending such notice or other communication agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.

 

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SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuers or any Affiliate of the Issuers with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as Trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.09 and 7.10.

SECTION 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Issuers’ use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Issuers or upon the Issuers’ direction under any provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.

SECTION 7.05. Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and is continuing and is actually known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of Notes a notice of the Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default relating to the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold from the Holders notice of any continuing Default if it determines that withholding notice is in the interest of the Holders of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be deemed to know of any Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event that is such a Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.

SECTION 7.06. [Reserved].

SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity. The Issuers shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services under this Indenture as the parties shall agree in writing from time to time. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuers shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

The Issuers and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Trustee for, and hold the Trustee harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claims, liability or expense (including reasonable and documented out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by it (as evidenced in an invoice from the Trustee) in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties under this Indenture (including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Issuers or any of the Guarantors (including this Section 7.07) or defending itself against any claim whether asserted by any Holder, the Issuers or any Guarantor, or liability in connection with the acceptance, exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties under this Indenture). The Trustee shall notify the Issuers promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Issuers shall not relieve the Issuers of its obligations under this Indenture. The Issuers shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall provide reasonable cooperation at the Issuers’ expense in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Issuers shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel; provided, however, that the Issuers shall not be required to pay such fees and expenses if it assumes the

 

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Trustee’s defense and, in the Trustee’s reasonable judgment, there is no conflict of interest between the Issuers and the Trustee in connection with such defense. Any settlement which affects the Trustee may not be entered into without the consent of the Trustee, unless the Trustee is given a full and unconditional release from liability with respect to the claims covered thereby and such settlement does not include a statement or admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of the Trustee. The Issuers need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct or negligence or any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

The obligations of the Issuers under this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.

To secure the payment obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(6) or (7) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee. A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08. The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Issuers. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Issuers in writing. The Issuers may remove the Trustee if:

(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

(c) a receiver, custodian or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of the Trustee for any reason, the Issuers shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Issuers.

If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee (at the Issuers’ expense), the Issuers or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

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If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuers. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided all sums owing to the Trustee under this Indenture have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Issuers’ obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor under this Indenture or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; provided that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or authenticate Notes in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall only apply to its successor or successors by merger, consolidation or conversion.

SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification. There shall at all times be a Trustee under this Indenture that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

ARTICLE VIII

Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance

SECTION 8.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The Issuers may, at their option and at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article VIII.

SECTION 8.02. Legal Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Issuers’ exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes and Guarantees and to have cured all then existing Events of Default on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (“Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuers shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b) below, to have satisfied all their other obligations under the Notes and this Indenture including that of the Guarantors and to have cured all then existing Events of Default (and the Trustee, on demand of and at

 

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the expense of the Issuers, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged under this Indenture:

(a) the rights of Holders of the Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes when such payments are due solely out of the trust created pursuant to Section 8.05;

(b) the Issuers’ obligations pursuant to Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.07, 2.08, 2.10 and 4.02;

(c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee, and the Issuers’ respective obligations in connection therewith; and

(d) the provisions of this Section 8.02.

Subject to compliance with this Article VIII, the Issuers may exercise their option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of their option under Section 8.03.

SECTION 8.03. Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Issuers’ exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be released from their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.16 and 4.17 and clauses (4) and (5) of Section 5.01(a) and Section 5.01(b) with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (“Covenant Defeasance”), and such Notes shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes under this Indenture (it being understood that such Notes may not be outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such outstanding Notes, the Issuers or any Guarantor, as applicable, may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and the Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Issuers’ exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, Sections 6.01(a)(3), 6.01(a)(4), 6.01(a)(5), 6.01(a)(6) (solely with respect to Significant Subsidiaries), 6.01(a)(7) (solely with respect to Significant Subsidiaries) and 6.01(a)(8) shall not constitute Events of Default.

SECTION 8.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.02 or 8.03 to the outstanding Notes:

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance with respect to the Notes:

(1) the Issuers must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal amount of, premium, if any, and interest due on the Notes on the stated maturity date or on the Redemption Date, as the case may be, and the Issuers must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular Redemption Date;

 

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(2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions,

(a) the Issuers have received from, or there has been published by, the United States Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or

(b) since the issuance of the Notes, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law,

in either case to the effect that, and based thereon, such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as applicable, as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

(3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to such tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(4) no Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness, and, in each case the granting of Liens in connection therewith) shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit with respect to the Notes;

(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under the Senior Credit Facilities or any other material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which an Issuer or any Guarantor is a party or by which an Issuer or any Guarantor is bound (other than that resulting from borrowing of funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith);

(6) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuers with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Issuers or any Guarantor or others; and

(7) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions), each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with.

SECTION 8.05. Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions. Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06, all money and Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.04 shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including an Issuer or a Guarantor acting as Paying Agent), as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.

 

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The Issuers shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

SECTION 8.06. Repayment to Issuers. Anything in this Article VIII or Article XI to the contrary notwithstanding, each of the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall promptly deliver or pay to the Issuers upon request any money or Government Securities held by it in accordance with this Article VIII or Article XI which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(1)), are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance, Covenant Defeasance or discharge in accordance with Article XI.

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuers, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuers on their written request or (if then held by the Issuers) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter look only to the Issuers for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or any Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuers as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.

SECTION 8.07. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States dollars or Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Issuers’ obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03, as the case may be; provided that, if the Issuers make any payment of principal of, premium or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of their obligations, the Issuers shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or the Paying Agent.

ARTICLE IX

Amendment, Supplement and Waiver

SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders of Notes. Notwithstanding Section 9.02, the Issuers, any Guarantor (with respect to a Guarantee or this Indenture) and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture and any Guarantee or the Notes without the consent of any Holder:

(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency;

(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;

(3) to comply with Section 5.01;

(4) to provide for the assumption of an Issuer’s or any Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders;

 

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(5) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders or that in the good faith judgment of the Issuers does not materially adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such Holder;

(6) to add covenants for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuers or any Guarantor;

(7) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act or to comply with the rules of any applicable securities depository;

(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee thereunder pursuant to the requirements thereof;

(9) to add or release a Guarantor under this Indenture or to secure the Obligations under this Indenture;

(10) to make such provisions as necessary for the issuance of Additional Notes otherwise permitted to be issued under this Indenture;

(11) to conform the text of this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes to any provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the Offering Memorandum; or

(12) to make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Notes as permitted by this Indenture, including to facilitate the issuance and administration of the Notes; provided, however, that (i) compliance with this Indenture as so amended would not result in Notes being transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable securities law and (ii) such amendment in the good faith judgment of the Issuers does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Holders to transfer Notes.

SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders of Notes. Except as provided in Section 9.01 or below in this Section 9.02, the Issuers and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, any Guarantee and the Notes with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a continuing Default in the payment of interest on, premium, if any, or the principal of, any Note, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes issued under this Indenture may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes). Sections 2.08 and 2.09 shall determine which Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for the purposes of this Section 9.02.

The consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 is not necessary under this Indenture to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment. It is sufficient if such consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Issuers shall deliver electronically or mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Issuers to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

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Without the consent of each affected Holder of Notes, an amendment or waiver may not, with respect to Notes held by a non-consenting Holder:

(1) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

(2) reduce the principal amount of or change the fixed final maturity of any Note or reduce the premium payable upon redemption or change the time at which such Note may be redeemed (excluding any amendment or waiver of any minimum notice period for redemption which may be amended with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority of the Notes then outstanding) as described in Section 3.07;

(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;

(4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes, except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration;

(5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated therein;

(6) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or Events of Default or the rights of Holders to receive payments of principal of or interest on the Notes;

(7) make any change in these amendment and waiver provisions as it relates to the Notes;

(8) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, or interest on, such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes;

(9) make any change to or modify the ranking as to contractual right of payment of the Notes that would adversely affect the Holders;

(10) except as expressly permitted by this Indenture, modify the terms of the Guarantees of any Significant Subsidiary in any manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes; or

(11) change the provisions applicable to the redemption of the Notes as described in Section 3.09 in any manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes.

SECTION 9.03. Revocation and Effect of Consents. Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the earlier of the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective and the date on which the Trustee receives an Officer’s Certificate from the Issuers certifying that the requisite principal amount of Notes have consented. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.

 

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The Issuers may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement, or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement, or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date.

SECTION 9.04. Notation on or Exchange of Notes. If an amendment changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Note to deliver it to the Trustee so an appropriate notation may be reflected therein. The Trustee may also place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. Alternatively, the Issuers in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.

Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

SECTION 9.05. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc. The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article IX if the amendment, supplement or waiver does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it. In executing any amendment, supplement or waiver, the Trustee (subject to Section 7.01) may request and shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 12.03, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amendment, supplement or waiver is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuers and any Guarantors party thereto, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions. No Opinion of Counsel will be required by the immediately preceding sentence for the Trustee to execute any amendment or supplement adding a new Guarantor under this Indenture.

SECTION 9.06. Payment for Consent. The Issuers will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder of Notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.

ARTICLE X

Guarantees

SECTION 10.01. Guarantee. Subject to this Article X, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture or thereunder: (a) the performance and full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of, premium or interest on the Notes, expenses, indemnification or otherwise, on the terms set forth in this Indenture; and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such

 

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other obligations, that same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.

The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations under this Indenture shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Issuers, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Issuers, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuers, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that this Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.

If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Issuers, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Issuers or the Guarantors, any amount paid either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.

Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable and documented out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.01.

Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article VI for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article VI, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Guarantee. Any Guarantor that makes a payment under its Guarantee shall be entitled, upon payment in full of all guaranteed obligations under this Indenture, to a contribution from each other Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP.

Each Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against any Issuer for liquidation, reorganization, should any Issuer become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of any Issuer’s assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Notes are, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on the Notes or Guarantees, whether as a voidable preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Notes shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

 

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In case any provision of any Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Each payment to be made by a Guarantor in respect of its Guarantee shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any kind or nature.

SECTION 10.02. Limitation on Guarantor Liability. Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article X, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law.

SECTION 10.03. Notation Not Required. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on the Notes.

The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof under this Indenture, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.

SECTION 10.04. Subrogation. Each Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of Holders of Notes against the Issuers in respect of any amounts paid by any Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.01; provided that, no Guarantor shall be entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until all obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture and the Notes shall have been paid in full.

SECTION 10.05. Benefits Acknowledged. Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it pursuant to its Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

SECTION 10.06. Release of Guarantees. A Guarantee by a Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged, and no further action by such Guarantor, the Issuers or the Trustee is required for the release of such Guarantor’s Guarantee upon (a) receipt by the Trustee of a notification from the Issuers that such Guarantee be released and (b) the occurrence of any of the following:

(1) for Guarantors other than Parent, any direct or indirect sale, exchange, disposition or other transfer (including by merger, consolidation or otherwise) of (A) the Capital Stock of such Guarantor, after which such Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary or (B) all the assets of such Guarantor which sale, exchange, disposition or other transfer is made in a manner not in violation of the applicable provisions of this Indenture;

 

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(2) for Guarantors other than Parent, (A) after the initial effectiveness of the Senior Credit Facilities, the release or discharge of the guarantee by such Guarantor of the Senior Credit Facilities or (B) the release or discharge of the obligation which resulted in the creation of such Guarantee, in each case except a release or discharge by or as a result of payment under such guarantee;

(3) for Guarantors that are Restricted Subsidiaries, designation of such Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions set forth under Section 4.07 and the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” in this Indenture;

(4) the Issuers’ exercise of its legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option as described under Article VIII or the Issuers’ obligations under this Indenture being discharged in the manner described in Article XI;

(5) the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event as described in Section 4.15; provided that such Guarantee will be reinstated upon the applicable Reversion Date in accordance with Section 4.15(c); or

(6) for Guarantors other than Parent, the initial effectiveness of the Senior Credit Facilities, if such Guarantor does not guarantee the Senior Credit Facilities at such time.

If any Guarantor (other than Parent) is released from its Guarantee, any of its Subsidiaries that are Guarantors will also be released from their Guarantees, if any.

Upon the written request of the Issuers, the Trustee shall evidence such release by a supplemental indenture or other instrument which may be executed by the Trustee without the consent of any Holder.

ARTICLE XI

Satisfaction and Discharge

SECTION 11.01. Satisfaction and Discharge. This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect as to all of the Notes, when either:

(1) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered, except mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid and the Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(2) (a) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice of redemption or otherwise, will become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption and redeemed within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuers, and an Issuer or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes cash in U.S. dollars, Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

(b) the Issuers have paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by them under this Indenture; and

 

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(c) the Issuers have delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or the Redemption Date, as the case may be.

In addition, the Issuers must deliver an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (a) of clause (2) of this Section 11.01, the provisions of Section 11.02 and Section 8.06 shall survive.

SECTION 11.02. Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06, all money and Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including an Issuer or any Guarantor acting as the Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 11.01 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Issuers’ and any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.01 until such time as the Trustee or any Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 11.01; provided that if the Issuers have made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of their obligations, the Issuers shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE XII

Miscellaneous

SECTION 12.01. Notices. Any notice or communication by an Issuer, any Guarantor, the Trustee or any Paying Agent to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in person, electronically transmitted (only in the case of notices or communications to the Trustee) or mailed by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested) or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:

If to an Issuer and/or any Guarantor:

Conduent Incorporated

233 Mount Airy Road, Suite 100

Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920

Attention: Treasurer

 

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If to the Trustee:

U.S. Bank National Association

225 Asylum Street, 23rd Floor | Hartford, CT 06103

Attention: Philip G. Kane Jr.

An Issuer, any Guarantor, the Trustee or any Paying Agent, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five calendar days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed by first-class mail (or in the case of Notes in global form, on the date the notice is sent pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Depositary); the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery; and on the first date of which publication is made, if given by publication; and when sent, if sent electronically; provided that any notice or communication delivered to the Trustee shall be deemed effective upon actual receipt thereof.

Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first-class mail (certified or registered, return receipt requested) or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

If an Issuer mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

SECTION 12.02. Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes. Holders may communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes.

SECTION 12.03. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Issuers or any of the Guarantors to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Issuers or such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee (except as set forth in Section 9.05):

(1) an Officer’s Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.04) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and

(2) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.04) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.

In giving any Opinion of Counsel under this Indenture, counsel may rely as to factual matters on an Officer’s Certificate or certificates of public officials.

 

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SECTION 12.04. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to Section 4.04) shall include:

(1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with (which examination or investigation, in the case of an Opinion of Counsel, may be limited to reliance on an Officer’s Certificate as to matters of fact or certificates of public officials); and

(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with; provided, however, that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officer’s Certificate or certificates of public officials.

SECTION 12.05. Rules by Trustee and Agents. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

SECTION 12.06. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders. No director, officer, employee, incorporator, member or stockholder of an Issuer or any Guarantor, in their capacity as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuers or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Guarantees or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting Notes waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

SECTION 12.07. Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND ANY GUARANTEE WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 12.08. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE ISSUERS, THE GUARANTORS, THE HOLDERS AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

SECTION 12.09. Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its reasonable control, including strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software or hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

 

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SECTION 12.10. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or the Notes shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any Registrar and its successors hereunder and the Holders any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

SECTION 12.11. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Issuers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

SECTION 12.12. Successors. All agreements of the Issuers in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind their successors. All agreements of the Trustee or any Agent in this Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture shall bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.06.

SECTION 12.13. Severability. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

SECTION 12.14. Counterpart Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or .pdf transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture and signature pages for all purposes.

SECTION 12.15. Table of Contents, Headings, etc. The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

SECTION 12.16. U.S.A. Patriot Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in order to help the United States government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, pursuant to Federal regulations that became effective on October 1, 2003 (Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act), all financial institutions are required to obtain, verify, record and update information that identifies each person establishing a relationship or opening an account. The parties to this agreement agree that it will provide to the Trustee such information as they may request, from time to time, in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, including but not limited to the name, address, tax identification number and other information that will allow it to identify the individual or entity who is establishing the relationship or opening the account and may also ask for formation documents such as articles of incorporation or other identifying documents to be provided.

[Signatures on following page]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.

 

CONDUENT FINANCE, INC.

By:

  /s/ John F. Rivera
  Name: John F. Rivera
 

Title: Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]


XEROX BUSINESS SERVICES, LLC
By:   /s/ Brian J. Webb-Walsh
  Name: Brian J. Webb-Walsh
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]


CONDUENT INCORPORATED

as Guarantor

By:   /s/ Brian J. Webb-Walsh
 

Name: Brian J. Webb-Walsh

 

Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]


U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:   /s/ Philip G. Kane, Jr.
  Name: Philip G. Kane, Jr.
  Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]


ACS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, INC.

XEROX CARD SERVICES, LLC

as Guarantors

By:

  /s/ Brian J. Webb-Walsh
  Name: Brian J. Webb-Walsh
  Title: President

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]


XEROX STATE HEALTHCARE, LLC,

XEROX AUDIT & COMPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, LLC

XEROX HERITAGE, LLC

ACS EDI GATEWAY, INC.

XEROX CARE AND QUALITY SOLUTIONS, INC.

SPECIALTY I, LLC

ACS LENDING, INC.

as Guarantors

By:   /s/ Brian J. Webb-Walsh
  Name: Brian J. Webb-Walsh
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]


ACS HUMAN SERVICES, LLC

   

ISG HOLDINGS, INC.

XEROX HR SOLUTIONS, LLC

   

ISG SERVICES, LLC

XEROX HR SOLUTIONS, LLP

   

BUNCH CARESOLUTIONS LLC

XEROX EDUCATION SERVICES, LLC,

   

STRATACARE, LLC

ACS BRC HOLDINGS, LLC

   

CDR ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.

ACS ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, LLC

   

TMS HEALTH, LLC

ACS BPO SERVICES, INC.

   

ACS EDUCATION LOAN SERVICES LLC

GOVERNMENT RECORDS SERVICES, INC.

   

XEROX RECOVERY SERVICES, INC.

TITLE RECORDS CORPORATION

   

STATIT SOFTWARE, INC.

ACS TMC, INC.

   

SUPERIOR VENTURE PARTNER, INC.

DIGITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMPANY, L.L.C.

   

ACS E-SERVICES, LLC

XEROX GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS, LLC

   

ACS HUMAN RESOURCES SOLUTIONS, LLC

XEROX FEDERAL SOLUTIONS, LLC

   

ACS HR SOLUTIONS WORLD SERVICES, LLC

CONSILIENCE SOFTWARE, INC.

   

XEROX RELOCATION & ASSIGNMENT SERVICES, LLC

THE NATIONAL ABANDONED PROPERTY PROCESSING CORPORATION

   

ACS IMAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.

ACS TRADEONE MARKETING, INC.

WAGERS & ASSOCIATES, INC.

EDUCATION SALES AND MARKETING, LLC

   

ACS SECURITIES SERVICES, INC.

OUTSOURCED ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS, INC.

EDUCATION SERVICES COMPANY, LLC

   

INTELLINEX LLC

XEROX EDUCATION SOLUTIONS, LLC

   

INTELLINEX PS-OS, INC.

ACS/ECG HOLDINGS, LLC

   

LEARNSOMETHING, INC.

ACS DEFENSE, LLC

   

LIVEBRIDGE, INC.

ACS MIDDLE EAST, INC.

   

NEWSPAPER SERVICES HOLDING, INC.

PARKINDY LLC

TRANSACTION PROCESSING SPECIALISTS, INC.

XEROX TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS, INC.

CONSULTEC IPA, INC.

MIDASPLUS, INC.

ACS CONSULTANT HOLDINGS CORPORATION

XEROX CONSULTANT COMPANY, INC.

ACS HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS, INC.

BREAKAWAY HEALTHCARE AND LIFE SCIENCES, LLC

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION COMPANY

HEALTHY COMMUNITIES INSTITUTE CORPORATION

   

WIRELESS DATA SERVICES NORTH AMERICA, INC.

WIRELESS DATA SERVICES OPERATIONS, INC.

WDS GLOBAL – TEXAS, INC.

ACS ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC

ETRAVELEXPERTS, LLC

ESM CHAPERONE, LLC

CONDUENT LEGAL & COMPLIANCE

SOLUTIONS, LLC

as Guarantors

 

By: 

  /s/ Brian J. Webb-Walsh
   

 

    Name: Brian J. Webb-Walsh
    Title: Senior Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]


XEROX COMMERCIAL SOLUTIONS, LLC

XEROX STATE & LOCAL SOLUTIONS, INC.,

ACS COMPIQ CORPORATION

RSA ENTERPRISES LLC

RSA MEDICAL LLC

RSA MEDICAL EXAMS LLC

TMS HEALTH PATIENT ACCESS SOLUTIONS, LLC

SMART DATA CONSULTING CORP

as Guarantors

By:   /s/ Brian J. Webb-Walsh
  Name: Brian J. Webb-Walsh
  Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]


ACS@XEROX LLC,

as Guarantor

By:

  /s/ J. Michael Peffer
  Name: J. Michael Peffer
  Title: Assistant Secretary

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]


BUCK CONSULTANTS, LLC.

as Guarantor

By:   /s/ J. Michael Peffer
  Name: J. Michael Peffer
 

Title: Secretary

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]


BUCK KWASHA SECURITIES LLC

as Guarantor

By:   /s/ Nicolas Medina
  Name: Nicolas Medina
 

Title: President

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]


ACS PROTECTION SERVICES, INC.

as Guarantor

By:   /s/ Andrew Buruato
  Name: Andrew Buruato
  Title: President

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]


XEROX MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.

as Guarantor

By:

  /s/ Sumeet Sanghani
  Name: Sumeet Sanghani
 

Title: President

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]


SCHEDULE I

LIST OF GUARANTORS AS OF THE ISSUE DATE

CONDUENT INCORPORATED

ACS ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC

ACS BPO SERVICES, INC.

ACS BRC HOLDINGS, LLC

ACS COMPIQ CORPORATION

ACS CONSULTANT HOLDINGS CORPORATION

ACS DEFENSE, LLC

ACS EDI GATEWAY, INC.

ACS EDUCATION LOAN SERVICES LLC

ACS ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, LLC

ACS E-SERVICES, LLC

ACS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, INC.

ACS HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS, INC.

ACS HR SOLUTIONS WORLD SERVICES, LLC

ACS HUMAN RESOURCES SOLUTIONS, LLC

ACS HUMAN SERVICES, LLC

ACS IMAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.

ACS LENDING, INC.

ACS MIDDLE EAST, INC.

ACS PROTECTION SERVICES, INC.

ACS SECURITIES SERVICES, INC.

ACS TMC, INC.

ACS TRADEONE MARKETING, INC.

ACS/ECG HOLDINGS, LLC

ACS@XEROX LLC

BREAKAWAY HEALTHCARE AND LIFE SCIENCES, LLC

BUCK CONSULTANTS, LLC

BUCK KWASHA SECURITIES LLC

BUNCH CARESOLUTIONS, LLC

CDR ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.

CONDUENT LEGAL & COMPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, LLC

CONSILIENCE SOFTWARE, INC.

CONSULTEC IPA, INC.

DIGITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMPANY, L.L.C.

EDUCATION SALES AND MARKETING, LLC

EDUCATION SERVICES COMPANY, LLC

ESM CHAPERONE, LLC

ETRAVELEXPERTS, LLC

GOVERNMENT RECORDS SERVICES, INC.

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION COMPANY

HEALTHY COMMUNITIES INSTITUTE CORPORATION

INTELLINEX LLC

INTELLINEX PS-OS, INC.

ISG HOLDINGS, INC.

ISG SERVICES, LLC

LEARNSOMETHING, INC.

 

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LIVEBRIDGE, INC.

MIDASPLUS, INC.

NEWSPAPER SERVICES HOLDING, INC.

OUTSOURCED ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS, INC.

PARKINDY LLC

RSA ENTERPRISES LLC

RSA MEDICAL EXAMS LLC

RSA MEDICAL LLC

SMART DATA CONSULTING CORP

SPECIALTY I, LLC

STATIT SOFTWARE, INC.

STRATACARE, LLC

SUPERIOR VENTURE PARTNER, INC.

THE NATIONAL ABANDONED PROPERTY PROCESSING CORPORATION

TITLE RECORDS CORPORATION

TMS HEALTH PATIENT ACCESS SOLUTIONS, LLC

TMS HEALTH, LLC

TRANSACTION PROCESSING SPECIALISTS, INC.

WAGERS & ASSOCIATES, INC.

WDS GLOBAL-TEXAS, INC.

WIRELESS DATA SERVICES NORTH AMERICA, INC.

WIRELESS DATA SERVICES OPERATIONS, INC.

XEROX AUDIT & COMPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, LLC

XEROX CARD SERVICES, LLC

XEROX CARE AND QUALITY SOLUTIONS, INC.

XEROX COMMERCIAL SOLUTIONS, LLC

XEROX CONSULTANT COMPANY, INC.

XEROX EDUCATION SERVICES, LLC

XEROX EDUCATION SOLUTIONS, LLC

XEROX FEDERAL SOLUTIONS, LLC

XEROX GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS, LLC

XEROX HERITAGE, LLC

XEROX HR SOLUTIONS, LLC

XEROX HR SOLUTIONS, LLP

XEROX MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.

XEROX RECOVERY SERVICES, INC.

XEROX RELOCATION & ASSIGNMENT SERVICES, LLC

XEROX STATE & LOCAL SOLUTIONS, INC.

XEROX STATE HEALTHCARE, LLC

XEROX TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS, INC.

 

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EXHIBIT A

[FACE OF NOTE]

[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

[Insert the Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

 

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[144A CUSIP: 206786 AA3]

[Reg S CUSIP: U20547 AA0]

[144A ISIN: US206786AA35]

[Reg S ISIN: USU20547AA09

[RULE 144A][REGULATION S] GLOBAL NOTE

10.500% Senior Notes due 2024

 

No.                [$         ]

CONDUENT FINANCE, INC.

and

XEROX BUSINESS SERVICES, LLC

promise to pay (without duplication) to [      ]. or registered assigns, the principal sum [set forth on the Schedule of Increases and Decreases of Interests in the Global Note attached hereto] [of United States Dollars] on December 15, 2024.

Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15

Record Dates: June 1 and December 1

IN WITNESS HEREOF, the Issuers have caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

CONDUENT FINANCE, INC., as an Issuer

By

   
 

Name:

 

Title:

 

XEROX BUSINESS SERVICES, LLC, as an Issuer

By

   
 

Name:

 

Title:

 

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This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture:

Dated: [        ]

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee

By

   
  Authorized Signatory

 

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[Back of Note]

10.500% Senior Notes due 2024

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

1. Interest. CONDUENT FINANCE, INC. and XEROX BUSINESS SERVICES, LLC promise to pay (without duplication) interest on the principal amount of this Note at 10.500% per annum. The Issuers will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year to stated maturity, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest Payment Date”). The first Interest Payment Date shall be [June 15, 2017]1. The Issuers will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal to the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; they shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from [December 7, 2016]2. At maturity, the Issuers will pay accrued and unpaid interest from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

2. Method of Payment. The Issuers will pay interest on the Notes to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the June 1 or December 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such Record Date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. Payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest and premium, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Issuers or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, U.S. Bank National Association will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuers may change the Paying Agent or the Registrar without prior notice to the Holders. An Issuer or any Subsidiary of an Issuer may act as a Paying Agent or Registrar.

4. Indenture. The Issuers issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of December 7, 2016 (the “Indenture”), among Conduent Finance, Inc., Xerox Business Services, LLC, the Guarantors named therein and the Trustee. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of the Issuers designated as their 10.500% Senior Notes due 2024. The Issuers shall be entitled to issue Additional Notes pursuant to Article II and Section 4.09 of the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

1 With respect to the Initial Notes.
2 With respect to the Initial Notes.

 

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5. Optional Redemption.

(a) Prior to December 15, 2020, the Issuers may redeem the Notes, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon notice as described in Section 3.03 of the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, subject to the rights of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.

(b) On and after December 15, 2020 the Issuers may redeem the Notes, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon notice as described in Section 3.03 of the Indenture, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, if redeemed during the twelve month period beginning on December 15 of each of the years indicated below:

 

Year

   Percentage  

2020

     105.250

2021

     102.625

2022 and thereafter

     100.000

(c) Until December 15, 2019, the Issuers may, at any time and from time to time, upon notice as described in Section 3.03 of the Indenture, redeem up to 35.0% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes (including any Additional Notes) at a redemption price equal to 110.500% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, in an amount no greater than the aggregate cash proceeds received by an Issuer from one or more Equity Offerings (including such cash proceeds initially received by a parent company of an Issuer and contributed to an Issuer); provided that (1) an aggregate principal amount of Notes equal to at least 65.0% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued on the Issue Date remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption and (2) each such redemption occurs within 90 days of the closing of such Equity Offering.

(d) If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in any Change of Control Offer (as defined below) and the Issuers, or any third party making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Issuers as described in Section 4.13 of the Indenture, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Issuers will have the right to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase upon not less than 15 days’ nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase pursuant to such Change of Control Offer, at a price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.

6. Mandatory Redemption. Except pursuant to a special mandatory redemption as provided for in Section 3.09 of the Indenture, the Issuers shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

 

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7. Notice of Redemption. Subject to any contrary provisions of Section 3.09 of the Indenture, notice of redemption will be mailed by first-class mail (or otherwise delivered in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary) at least 30 days (15 days in the case of a redemption described in paragraph 5(d) above) but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder at such Holder’s registered address or otherwise in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary, except that redemption notices may be mailed (or otherwise sent in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary) more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with Article VIII or Article XI of the Indenture. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the Redemption Date interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

8. Offers to Repurchase.

(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Issuers shall make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of each Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”). The Change of Control Offer shall be made in accordance with Section 4.13 of the Indenture.

(b) If the Issuers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries consummates an Asset Sale, within ten Business Days of each date that Excess Proceeds exceed $35,000,000, the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary shall make an offer to all Holders of the Notes and, if required by the terms of any Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes (“Pari Passu Indebtedness”), to the holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness (an “Asset Sale Offer”), to purchase the maximum aggregate principal amount of Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any (or, in respect of such Pari Passu Indebtedness, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for or permitted by the terms of such Pari Passu Indebtedness), to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. Any Asset Sale Offer shall be made in accordance with Section 4.10 of the Indenture.

9. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents in connection with a transfer of the Notes. Holders shall pay all taxes due on transfer. The Issuers are not required to transfer or exchange any Note selected for redemption or surrendered for repurchase in connection with an Asset Sale Offer or Change of Control Offer. Also, the Issuers are not required to transfer or exchange any Notes for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed or between a Record Date and the following Interest Payment Date.

10. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes. Only registered Holders shall have rights under the Indenture and this Note.

11. Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. The Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented as provided in the Indenture.

 

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12. Defaults and Remedies. The Events of Default relating to the Notes are defined in Section 6.01 of the Indenture. If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare the principal of, and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on, all the then total outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, the principal of, and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on, all the then outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in writing in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default, except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest, if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except, a continuing Default or Event of Default in payment of the interest on or the principal of any Note held by a non-consenting Holder. The Issuers are required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Issuers are required within 30 days after becoming aware of any Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default.

13. Guarantees. The Issuers’ obligations under the Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by the Guarantors, subject to the terms of the Indenture.

14. Authentication. This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee.

15. Governing Law. THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

16. CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Issuers have caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices to Holders as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

17. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders. No director, officer, employee, incorporator, member or stockholder of an Issuer or any Guarantor, in their capacity as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuers or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Guarantees or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting Notes waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

The Issuers will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to the Issuers at the following address:

Conduent Incorporated

233 Mount Airy Road, Suite 100

Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920

Attention: Treasurer

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:  
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:    
  (Insert assignee’s legal name)
 
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
 
 
 
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint                         to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuers. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:        
Your Signature:    
   

(Sign exactly as your name appears

on the face of this Note)

 

Signature Guarantee*:    

 

 

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuers pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.13 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

 

☐ Section 4.10    ☐ Section 4.13

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Issuers pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.13 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

 

        $                         

 

Date:            
Your Signature:         
     (Sign exactly as your name appears
on the face of this Note)
  

 

Tax Identification No.:        
Signature Guarantee*:        

 

 

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES AND DECREASES OF INTERESTS

IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*

The initial outstanding principal amount of this Global Note is $            . The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note or increases or decreases in the outstanding principal amount of this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date

 

Amount of

decrease in

Principal Amount

 

Amount of

increase in

Principal Amount of

this Global Note

   Principal Amount
of this Global Note
following such
decrease or increase
   Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee or
Note Custodian

 

* This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

Conduent Finance, Inc. and Xerox Business Services, LLC

c/o Conduent Incorporated

233 Mount Airy Road, Suite 100

Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920

Attention: Treasurer

U.S. Bank National Association

as Trustee and Registrar

U.S. Bank National Association

225 Asylum Street, 23rd Floor

Hartford, CT 06103

Telephone No.: (860) 241-6842

Re: 10.500% Senior Notes due 2024

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of December 7, 2016 (the “Indenture”), among Conduent Finance, Inc., Xerox Business Services, LLC, the Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

                     (the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $             in such Note[s] or interests (the “Transfer”), to (the “Transferee”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]

1. ☐ CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE RELEVANT 144A GLOBAL NOTE OR A RELEVANT DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, and such Transfer is in compliance with all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States and other jurisdictions. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

2. ☐ CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE RELEVANT REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE OR A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the

 

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Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

3. ☐ CHECK AND COMPLETE IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE RELEVANT DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO ANY PROVISION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OTHER THAN RULE 144A OR REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):

(a) ☐ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;

or

(b) ☐ such Transfer is being effected to the Issuers or a subsidiary thereof;

or

(c) ☐ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

4. ☐ CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE OR OF AN UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE.

(a) ☐ CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO RULE 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

(b) ☐ CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and

 

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the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

(c) ☐ CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO OTHER EXEMPTION. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuers.

 

[INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]
By     
  Name:
  Title:

Dated:                                      

 

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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

 

1. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:

[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]

 

  (a) ☐      a beneficial interest in the:

 

  (i) ☐ 144A Global Note (CUSIP/ISIN:                ), or

 

  (ii) ☐ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP/ISIN:                ), or

 

  (b) ☐      a Restricted Definitive Note.

 

2. After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:

[CHECK ONE]

 

  (a) ☐      a beneficial interest in the:

 

  (i) ☐ 144A Global Note (CUSIP/ISIN:                ), or

 

  (ii) ☐ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP/ISIN:                ), or

 

  (iii) ☐ Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP/ISIN:                ); or

 

  (b) ☐       a Restricted Definitive Note; or

 

  (c) ☐       an Unrestricted Definitive Note, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

Conduent Finance, Inc. and Xerox Business Services, LLC

c/o Conduent Incorporated

233 Mount Airy Road, Suite 100

Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920

Attention: Treasurer

U.S. Bank National Association

as Trustee and Registrar

U.S. Bank National Association

225 Asylum Street, 23rd Floor

Hartford, CT 06103

Telephone No.: (860) 241-6842

Re: 10.500% Senior Notes due 2024

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of December 7, 2016 (the “Indenture”), among Conduent Finance, Inc., Xerox Business Services, LLC, the Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

                 (the “Owner”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $         in such Note[s] or interests (the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:

(1) EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE FOR UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE

(a) ☐ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

(b) ☐ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

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(c) ☐ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

(d) ☐ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

(2) EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES FOR RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES

(a) ☐ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

(b) ☐ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] ☐ 144A Global Note ☐ Regulation S Global Note, with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuers and are dated                 .

 

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[INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]
By    
 

Name:

Title:

Dated:                     

 

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EXHIBIT D

[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE

DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS]

Supplemental Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of                 , among (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), an affiliate of Conduent Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or Xerox Business Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “Issuers”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

WITNESSETH

WHEREAS, the Issuers and the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to below) have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of December 7, 2016, providing for the issuance of an unlimited aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuers’ Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture (the “Guarantee”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

(1) Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

(2) Agreement to be Bound; Guarantee. Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary by executing this Supplemental Indenture agrees to be a Guarantor under the Indenture for all purposes thereof and as such will have all of the rights and be subject to all of the obligations and agreements of a “Guarantor” under the Indenture, including but not limited to the obligations and agreements in Article X thereof.

(3) Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(4) Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or .pdf transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture and signature pages for all purposes.

(5) Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience of reference only, and are not to be considered part of this Supplemental Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions.

 

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(6) The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary.

(7) Benefits Acknowledged. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary’s Guarantee is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it pursuant to this Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

(8) Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and each Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby and entitled to the benefits hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.

 

[GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]
By    
 

Name:

Title:

 

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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

By

   
 

Name:

Title:

 

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EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of December 7, 2016

among

CONDUENT INCORPORATED,

as Holdings,

XEROX BUSINESS SERVICES, LLC,

as the U.S. Borrower,

AFFILIATED COMPUTER SERVICES INTERNATIONAL B.V.,

as the Dutch Borrower,

CONDUENT FINANCE, INC.,

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA

and

MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,

as Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.

PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC

and

SUNTRUST BANK,

as Co-Documentation Agents

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,

as Syndication Agent

THE TERM B LOANS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT WERE ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1271 ET SEQ. OF THE UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME. BEGINNING NO LATER THAN 10 DAYS AFTER THE CLOSING DATE, A LENDER MAY OBTAIN THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY OF THE TERM B LOANS BY SUBMITTING A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR SUCH INFORMATION TO THE U.S. BORROWER AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: XEROX BUSINESS SERVICES, LLC, 233 MOUNT AIRY ROAD, SUITE 100, BASKING RIDGE, NEW JERSEY, 07920, TELEPHONE NUMBER (908) 758-1200.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  
ARTICLE I   
DEFINITIONS   

SECTION 1.01.

  Defined Terms      1   

SECTION 1.02.

  Classification of Loans and Borrowings      39   

SECTION 1.03.

  Terms Generally      39   

SECTION 1.04.

  Accounting Terms; GAAP      39   

SECTION 1.05.

  Payments on Business Days      40   

SECTION 1.06.

  Limited Condition Transactions      40   

SECTION 1.07.

  Rounding      41   

SECTION 1.08.

  Letter of Credit Amounts      41   

SECTION 1.09.

  Currency Equivalents Generally      41   

SECTION 1.10.

  Additional Alternative Currencies      41   
ARTICLE II   
THE CREDITS   

SECTION 2.01.

  Commitments      42   

SECTION 2.02.

  Loans and Borrowings      42   

SECTION 2.03.

  Requests for Borrowings      43   

SECTION 2.04.

  Swingline Loans      44   

SECTION 2.05.

  Letters of Credit.      46   

SECTION 2.06.

  Funding of Borrowings      52   

SECTION 2.07.

  [Reserved]      53   

SECTION 2.08.

  Termination and Reduction of Commitments      53   

SECTION 2.09.

  Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt      53   

SECTION 2.10.

  Prepayment of Loans      56   

SECTION 2.11.

  Fees      61   

SECTION 2.12.

  Interest      62   

SECTION 2.13.

  Alternate Rate of Interest      63   

SECTION 2.14.

  Increased Costs      63   

SECTION 2.15.

  Break Funding Payments      64   

SECTION 2.16.

  Taxes      64   

SECTION 2.17.

  Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs      67   

SECTION 2.18.

  Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders      68   

SECTION 2.19.

  Incremental Facilities      69   

SECTION 2.20.

  Extended Term Loans and Extended Revolving Commitments      71   

SECTION 2.21.

  Defaulting Lenders      72   

SECTION 2.22.

  Illegality      74   
ARTICLE III   
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES   

SECTION 3.01.

  Organization; Powers; Subsidiaries      75   

SECTION 3.02.

  Authorization; Enforceability      75   

SECTION 3.03.

  Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts      75   

SECTION 3.04.

  Financial Statements; Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect      76   

SECTION 3.05.

  Properties      76   

SECTION 3.06.

  Litigation and Environmental Matters      76   

 

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SECTION 3.07.

  Compliance with Laws      76   

SECTION 3.08.

  Investment Company Status      77   

SECTION 3.09.

  Taxes      77   

SECTION 3.10.

  Solvency      77   

SECTION 3.11.

  ERISA      77   

SECTION 3.12.

  Disclosure      77   

SECTION 3.13.

  Federal Reserve Regulations      77   

SECTION 3.14.

  Security Interests      77   

SECTION 3.15.

  USA PATRIOT Act      78   

SECTION 3.16.

  Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions      78   

SECTION 3.17.

  Insurance      78   
ARTICLE IV   
CONDITIONS   

SECTION 4.01.

  Closing Date      78   

SECTION 4.02.

  Initial Term A Loan Funding Date      80   

SECTION 4.03.

  Delayed Draw Term A Loan Funding Date      80   

SECTION 4.04.

  Conditions to all Credit Events      81   
ARTICLE V   
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS   

SECTION 5.01.

  Financial Statements and Other Information      82   

SECTION 5.02.

  Notices of Material Events      83   

SECTION 5.03.

  Existence; Conduct of Business      84   

SECTION 5.04.

  Payment of Taxes      84   

SECTION 5.05.

  Maintenance of Properties; Insurance      84   

SECTION 5.06.

  Books and Records; Inspection Rights      84   

SECTION 5.07.

  Compliance with Laws      84   

SECTION 5.08.

  Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit      85   

SECTION 5.09.

  Further Assurances; Additional Security and Guarantees      85   

SECTION 5.10.

  Maintenance of Ratings      86   

SECTION 5.11.

  Designation of Subsidiaries      86   
ARTICLE VI   
NEGATIVE COVENANTS   

SECTION 6.01.

  Indebtedness      87   

SECTION 6.02.

  Liens      89   

SECTION 6.03.

  Fundamental Changes      92   

SECTION 6.04.

  Restricted Payments      92   

SECTION 6.05.

  Investments      93   

SECTION 6.06.

  Prepayments, Etc. of Indebtedness      96   

SECTION 6.07.

  Transactions with Affiliates      96   

SECTION 6.08.

  Changes in Fiscal Year      97   

SECTION 6.09.

  Financial Covenant      97   

SECTION 6.10.

  Burdensome Agreements      97   

SECTION 6.11.

  Dispositions      98   

SECTION 6.12.

  Lines of Business      99   

SECTION 6.13.

  Amendments to Organizational Documents      99   

SECTION 6.14.

  Certain Transactions Prior to the Spin-Off      99   

SECTION 6.15.

  Holdings Covenant      100   

 

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ARTICLE VII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

ARTICLE VIII

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

 

         Page  

SECTION 9.01.

  Notices      106   

SECTION 9.02.

  Waivers; Amendments      107   

SECTION 9.03.

  Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver      109   

SECTION 9.04.

  Successors and Assigns      110   

SECTION 9.05.

  Survival      114   

SECTION 9.06.

  Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness      114   

SECTION 9.07.

  Severability      114   

SECTION 9.08.

  Right of Setoff      114   

SECTION 9.09.

  Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process      115   

SECTION 9.10.

  WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      115   

SECTION 9.11.

  Headings      115   

SECTION 9.12.

  Confidentiality      116   

SECTION 9.13.

  USA PATRIOT Act      116   

SECTION 9.14.

  Interest Rate Limitation      116   

SECTION 9.15.

  No Fiduciary Duty      117   

SECTION 9.16.

  Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions      117   

SECTION 9.17.

  Dutch Borrower Representation      118   

 

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SCHEDULES:

Schedule 2.01

      Commitments / Specified LC Exposure Sublimits

Schedule 3.01

      Subsidiaries

Schedule 5.09(c)

      Post-Closing Matters

Schedule 6.01

      Existing Indebtedness

Schedule 6.02

      Existing Liens

Schedule 6.05(f)

      Investments

Schedule 6.07

      Affiliate Transactions

Schedule 6.10

      Burdensome Agreements

Schedule 6.11

      Dispositions

Schedule 9.01

      Notices

EXHIBITS:

Exhibit A

      Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit B-1

      Form of Initial Term A Loan Note

Exhibit B-2

      Form of Delayed Draw Term A Loan Note

Exhibit B-3

      Form of Term B Loan Note

Exhibit C

      Form of Revolving Note

Exhibit D-1

      Form of Security Agreement

Exhibit D-2

      Form of Holdings Pledge Agreement

Exhibit E

      Form of Borrowing Request

Exhibit F

      Form of Swingline Loan Notice

Exhibit G

      Form of Compliance Certificate

Exhibit H

      Form of Guarantee Agreement

Exhibit I-1

      Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (For Foreign Lenders that are not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Exhibit I-2

      Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (For Foreign Lenders that are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Exhibit I-3

      Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants that are not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Exhibit I-4

      Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants that are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Exhibit J

      Form of First Lien Intercreditor Agreement

Exhibit K

      Form of Discounted Prepayment Option Notice

Exhibit L

      Form of Lender Participation Notice

Exhibit M

      Form of Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of December 7, 2016, among CONDUENT INCORPORATED, XEROX BUSINESS SERVICES, LLC, AFFILIATED COMPUTER SERVICES INTERNATIONAL B.V., CONDUENT FINANCE, INC., the LENDERS party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

The parties hereto agree to the following:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

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

Acceptable Discount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(c)(iii).

Acceptance Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(c)(ii).

Acquired Entity or Business” means each Person, property, business or assets acquired by the U.S. Borrower or a Subsidiary, to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the U.S. Borrower or such Subsidiary.

Act” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.13.

Additional Credit Extension Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement (which may, at the option of the Administrative Agent, be in the form of an amendment and restatement of this Agreement) providing for any Incremental Term Loans, Increased Commitments, Replacement Term Loans, Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments, which shall be consistent with the applicable provisions of this Agreement relating to Incremental Term Loans, Increased Commitments, Replacement Term Loans, Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments and otherwise satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the U.S. Borrower.

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

Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder, or any successor administrative agent.

Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 9.01, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrowers and the Lenders.

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

Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

Agency Fee Letter” means the administrative agency fee letter, dated as of the Closing Date, between the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

Alternative Currency” means each of Euros, Canadian Dollars, Sterling and any other currency added as an “Alternative Currency” pursuant to Section 1.11 hereof.

 

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Alternative Currency L/C Sublimit” means, with respect to all Letters of Credit denominated in Alternative Currencies, the Dollar Equivalent of $300,000,000.

Alternative Currency Revolving Sublimit” means, with respect to all Revolving Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies, the Dollar Equivalent of $450,000,000.

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

Applicable Discount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(c)(iii).

Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender and as applicable, (a) with respect to Revolving Loans, LC Exposure or Swingline Loans of any Class, a percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s Revolving Commitment of such Class and the denominator of which is the aggregate Revolving Commitment of such Class of all Revolving Lenders of such Class (and if the Revolving Commitments of such Class have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon such Lender’s share of the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures of such Class at that time) and (b) with respect to the Term Loans of any Class, a percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans of such Class and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding amount of the Term Loans of such Class.

Applicable Period” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Applicable Rate.”

Applicable Rate” means (a) 2.25%, in the case of Eurocurrency Term A Loans and Eurocurrency Revolving Loans, (b) 1.25%, in the case of Base Rate Term A Loans, Base Rate Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans, (c) 5.50%, in the case of Eurocurrency Term B Loans, (d) 4.50%, in the case of Base Rate Term B Loans and (e) 0.375%, in the case of commitment fees; provided that, the Applicable Rate with respect to Term A Loans, Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and commitment fees shall be subject to adjustment following each date of delivery of Financials after the Delayed Draw Funding Date, based on the Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the end of the period covered by such Financials, as follows:

 

Level

  

Total Net

Leverage Ratio

   Eurocurrency
Term A
Loans
    Base Rate
Term A Loans
    Eurocurrency
Revolving
Loans
    Base Rate
Revolving
Loans and
Swingline
Loans
    Commitment
Fee
 
1    Greater than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00      2.50     1.50     2.50     1.50     0.40
2    Less than 3.00 to 1.00 but greater than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00      2.25     1.25     2.25     1.25     0.375
3    Less than 2.00 to 1.00      2.00     1.00     2.00     1.00     0.35

Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate for Term A Loans, Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans or commitment fees resulting from a change in the Total Net Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date of delivery of the Financials; provided that Level 1 pricing shall apply at the option of the Administrative Agent or at the request of the Required Revolving/TLA Lenders as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Financials were required to have been delivered but have not been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) and shall continue to so apply to and including the date on which such Financials are so delivered (and thereafter the Level otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply).

 

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In the event that any Financials previously delivered were incorrect or inaccurate, and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Rate for any period (an “Applicable Period”) than the Applicable Rate applied for such Applicable Period, then (i) the U.S. Borrower shall as soon as practicable deliver to the Administrative Agent the correct Financials for such Applicable Period, (ii) the Applicable Rate shall be determined as if the Level for such higher Applicable Rate were applicable for such Applicable Period, and (iii) the U.S. Borrower shall within three Business Days of demand thereof by the Administrative Agent pay to the Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest owing as a result of such increased Applicable Rate for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Agreement. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to any Event of Default.

Applicable Time” means (a) with respect to any Borrowings and payments in Dollars, 2:00 p.m., New York City time, and (b) with respect to any Borrowings and payments in any Alternative Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Alternative Currency, as may be reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be necessary for timely settlement on the relevant date in accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of payment and notified to the relevant parties hereto.

Approved Bank” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Cash Equivalents.”

Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

Arrangers” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated (or any other registered broker-dealer wholly-owned by Bank of America Corporation to which all or substantially all of Bank of America Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ investment banking, commercial lending services or related businesses may be transferred following the date of this Agreement), BNP Paribas Securities Corp. Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

Asset Sale” means any Disposition of Property or series of related Dispositions of Property pursuant to clause (k) of Section 6.11 which yields net cash proceeds to the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in excess of $20,000,000 in the aggregate for any such Disposition or series of related Dispositions.

Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.

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

Audited Financial Statements” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(i).

Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b)(iii).

Availability Period” means the period from and including the Spin-Off Date to but excluding the earlier of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

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Available Amount” means, at any time (the “Reference Time”), an amount equal to:

(a) the sum, without duplication, of:

(i) an amount equal to 50% of the cumulative amount of Consolidated Net Income for the period commencing on the first day of the first full fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter during which the Closing Date occurs and ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter of the U.S. Borrower completed prior to the Reference Time for which Financials have been delivered (or, if Consolidated Net Income for such period is negative, 100% of such negative amount (but not less than zero)), plus

(ii) the aggregate net cash proceeds received after the Closing Date and at or prior to the Reference Time by the U.S. Borrower either (A) as capital contributions (other than from any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) in respect of the Qualified Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower (other than Designated Preferred Stock of the U.S. Borrower) or (B) from the issuance or sale of Qualified Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower to Holdings (other than Designated Preferred Stock of the U.S. Borrower), plus

(iii) the aggregate net cash proceeds received after the Closing Date and at or prior to the Reference Time by Holdings (and contributed in cash to the U.S. Borrower in respect of Qualified Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower (other than Designated Preferred Stock)) (other than from any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) upon the exercise of any options, warrants or rights to purchase Qualified Equity Interests (other than Designated Preferred Stock) (and excluding the net cash proceeds from the exercise of any options, warrants or rights to purchase Qualified Equity Interests financed, directly or indirectly, using funds borrowed from the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary until and only to the extent such borrowing is repaid), plus

(iv) the aggregate net cash proceeds received after the Closing Date and at or prior to the Reference Time by the U.S. Borrower (other than from any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) from the conversion or exchange, if any, of Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries into or for Qualified Equity Interests plus, to the extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity Interests were issued after the Closing Date, the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the U.S. Borrower from their original issuance (other than from any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) (and excluding the net cash proceeds from the conversion or exchange of Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity Interests financed, directly or indirectly, using funds borrowed from the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary until and only to the extent such borrowing is repaid), plus

(v) 100% of the aggregate amount received in cash by means of the sale or other disposition (other than to the U.S. Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Investments made pursuant to Section 6.05(l) by the U.S. Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries and repurchases and redemptions of such Investments from the U.S. Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries and repayments of loans or advances which constitute such Investments made pursuant to Section 6.05(l) by the U.S. Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case to the extent that such amounts were not otherwise included in the Consolidated Net Income of the U.S. Borrower for such period, plus

(vi) in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or the merger, amalgamation or consolidation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary into the U.S. Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary or the transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the U.S. Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, the lesser of (x) the fair market value of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary (or the assets transferred), as determined in good faith by the U.S. Borrower, at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of such merger, amalgamation or consolidation or transfer of assets (after taking into consideration any Indebtedness associated with the Unrestricted Subsidiary so designated or merged, amalgamated or consolidated or Indebtedness associated with the assets so transferred) and (y) the amount of Investments made in such Unrestricted Subsidiary in reliance on the Available Amount, minus

 

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(b) the sum, without duplication, of:

(i) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 6.04(g)(y) prior to the Reference Time; plus

(ii) the aggregate amount of Investments made in reliance on Section 6.05(c), Section 6.05(h) or Section 6.05(l) using the Available Amount basket, and clause (b) of the definition of Permitted Acquisition using the Available Amount basket prior to the Reference Time; plus

(iii) the aggregate amount of prepayments of Junior Financing made in reliance on Section 6.06(a)(iii)(B) prior to the Reference Time.

Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

Bail-In Legislation” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the FRBNY Rate in effect on such day plus  12 of 1%, (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1% and (d) in the case of Term B Loans, 1.75%; provided that the Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the Eurocurrency Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such day, subject to the interest rate floor set forth in the definition of the term “Eurocurrency Rate.” Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the FRBNY Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the FRBNY Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.

Bilateral Letter of Credit Facility” means any letter of credit facility of the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary entered into with a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender other than pursuant to this Agreement.

Bilateral Letter of Credit Facility Bank” means any holder of obligations owed pursuant to a Bilateral Letter of Credit Facility.

Borrowers” means the U.S. Borrower and the Dutch Borrower.

Borrower Materials” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(c).

Borrowing” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect, (b) Term Loans of a single Class made on the same date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect or (c) a Swingline Loan.

Borrowing Request” means a request by a Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.

Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that when used in connection with (a) a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Dollars, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market, (b) any Borrowings or LC Disbursements that are the subject of a borrowing, drawing, payment, reimbursement or rate selection denominated in Euro, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which the Trans-European Real-time Gross Settlement Operating System (or any successor operating system) is not open for the settlement of payments in Euro and (c) a Eurocurrency Loan or Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency other than Euro, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in deposits in such Alternative Currency in the interbank market in the principal financial center of the country whose lawful currency is such Alternative Currency.

 

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Canadian Dollar” means the lawful currency of Canada.

Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date, and the amount of such obligations as of any date shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date.

Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the applicable Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders, as collateral for LC Exposure, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank (which documents are hereby consented to by the Revolving Lenders). Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at the Administrative Agent.

Cash Equivalents” means:

(a) any evidence of Indebtedness issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof and having a maturity of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

(b) time deposits, certificates of deposit and bank notes of any financial institution that (i) is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or (ii) is a member of the Federal Reserve System (or organized in any foreign country recognized by the United States) and whose senior unsecured debt is rated at least P-2, A-2 or F2, short-term, or A2, A or A, long-term, by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch (any such bank in the foregoing clause (i) or (ii) being an “Approved Bank”). Issues with only one short-term credit rating must have a minimum credit rating of P-1, A-1 or F1;

(c) commercial paper, including asset-backed commercial paper, and floating or fixed rate notes issued by an Approved Bank or a corporation or special purpose vehicle (other than an Affiliate or Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower) organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia (or any foreign country recognized by the United States) rated at least A-2 by S&P and at least P-2 by Moody’s and having a maturity of not more than 12 months from the date of acquisition;

(d) asset-backed securities rated Aaa, AAA or AAA by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, with weighted average lives of 12 months or less (measured to the next maturity date);

(e) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating to marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the government or any agency or instrumentality of the United States maturing within 365 days from the date of acquisition;

(f) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s, BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P or BBB- by Fitch, and in each such case with a “stable” or better outlook, with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

(g) Investments with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P, Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s or AAA (or the equivalent thereof) by Fitch (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency);

(h) money market funds which invest substantially all of their assets in assets described in the preceding clauses (a) through (g); and

 

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(i) instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above denominated in any foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction.

Cash Flow” means, with reference to any fiscal year, an amount (but not less than zero) equal to:

(a) Consolidated Net Income for such period (adjusted to exclude (x) any gains attributable to Asset Sales and Casualty Events to the extent included in Net Cash Proceeds of such Asset Sales or Casualty Events and (y) any losses attributable to Asset Sales and Casualty Events); plus

(b) the sum of all amounts deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income amount in respect of all charges for (without duplication) (i) depreciation of fixed assets and amortization of intangible assets for such period and (ii) all other non-cash charges for such period; plus

(c) the amount, if any, by which Consolidated Working Capital of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries decreased during such period (but excluding any such decrease arising from any Permitted Acquisition or Disposition by the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the reclassification during such period of current assets to long term assets (and vice versa) and current liabilities to long term liabilities (and vice versa) and the application of purchase accounting); minus

(d) all non-cash gains, credits or benefits added in computing Consolidated Net Income for such period; minus

(e) the amount, if any, by which Consolidated Working Capital of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries increased during such period (but excluding any such increase arising from any Permitted Acquisition or Disposition by the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the reclassification during such period of current assets to long term assets (and vice versa) and current liabilities to long term liabilities (and vice versa) and the application of purchase accounting).

Cash Management Bank” means any Person that is the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent or a Lender at the time a Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary initially incurred any Cash Management Obligation to such Person (or on the Closing Date, the Initial Term A Funding Date or the Delayed Draw Funding Date, in the case of Cash Management Obligations existing on such date).

Cash Management Obligations” means obligations owed by a Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Cash Management Bank in respect of (x) treasury management services (including controlled disbursements, zero balance arrangements, cash sweeps, pooling arrangements, corporate credit card, purchase card and other card services (including commercial (or purchasing) card programs), automated clearinghouse transactions, return items, overdrafts, temporary advances, interest and fees and interstate depository network services) or (y) short-term loans or lines of credit not exceeding $10,000,000 in the aggregate, in each case provided to the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

Casualty Event” means any event that gives rise to the receipt by a Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of any tangible Property in excess of $20,000,000.

CDOR Rate” means, for any Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars, the CDOR Screen Rate.

CDOR Screen Rate” means, with respect to any Interest Period, the average rate for bankers acceptances as administered by the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (or any other Person that takes over the administration of that rate) with a tenor equal in length to such Interest Period, as displayed on the CDOR page of the Reuters screen or, in the event such rate does not appear on such Reuters page, on any successor or substitute page on such screen or service that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected from time to time by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.

 

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CFC” means (a) any Person that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code or (b) any direct or indirect subsidiary of any such Person.

Change in Control” means (a) the acquisition of beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in effect on the Closing Date) (other than, on or prior to the Spin-Off Date, Xerox and its subsidiaries), of Equity Interests in Holdings representing more than 35% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Holdings, (b) a “change in control” or any comparable term under, and as defined in, the Senior Notes Indenture or any agreement governing Material Indebtedness, shall have occurred, (c) Holdings ceases to (i) directly own 100% of the Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower and (ii) directly or indirectly own 100% of the Equity Interests of the Dutch Borrower or (d) at any time after the Spin-Off Date, occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the U.S. Borrower by Persons who were not (i) directors of the U.S. Borrower on the Spin-Off Date, (ii) nominated or appointed by the board of directors of the U.S. Borrower or (iii) approved by the board of directors of the U.S. Borrower as director candidates prior to their election to such board of directors. For the avoidance of doubt, the consummation of the Spin-Off shall not constitute a Change in Control.

Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, treaty, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, treaty, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law,” regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

Charges” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14.

Class,” when used in reference to any (a) Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Initial Term A Loans, Delayed Draw Term A Loans, Term B Loans, Incremental Term Loans of any series, Extended Term Loans of any series, Replacement Term Loans of any series or Swingline Loans and (b) when used with respect to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is an Initial Term A Loan Commitment, Delayed Draw Term A Loan Commitment, Term B Loan Commitment, Revolving Commitment or Extended Revolving Commitment of any series.

Closing Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 of this Agreement were satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02 of this Agreement).

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

Co-Documentation Agents” means The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., PNC Capital Markets LLC and SunTrust Bank.

Collateral” means all the “Collateral” (or any equivalent term) as defined in any Collateral Document and all other property of whatever kind and nature subject or purported to be subject from time to time to a Lien under any Collateral Document to secure the Obligations.

Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Holdings Pledge Agreement, each guarantee agreement, security agreement, intellectual property security agreement, pledge agreement or other similar agreement delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.09 and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents executed by any Loan Party that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

 

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Commitment” means a Revolving Commitment, Extended Revolving Commitment, Term A Loan Commitment, Delayed Draw Term A Loan Commitment or Term B Loan Commitment.

Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

Conduent Finance” means Conduent Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period with respect to the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus, without duplication and (except with respect to clause (viii) below) to the extent deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of:

(i) total income tax expense;

(ii) interest expense, amortization or write-off of debt discount and debt issuance costs and commissions, discounts and other fees and charges associated with Indebtedness;

(iii) depreciation and amortization expense;

(iv) any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual expenses or losses, in each case, including any restructuring charges, separation costs or integration costs;

(v) losses on Dispositions of assets outside of the ordinary course of business;

(vi) other non-cash items reducing such Consolidated Net Income;

(vii) without duplication of the foregoing, other add backs of the type and nature consistent with Holdings’ line item “Other expenses, net” in the combined statements of (loss) income included in the Form 10; provided that the total amount added back pursuant to this clause (vii) with respect to the portion of such line item entitled “All other expenses, net” shall not exceed $3,000,000 for such period;

(viii) the amount of “run-rate” cost savings projected by the U.S. Borrower in good faith, net of the amount of actual benefits realized or expected to be realized prior to or during such period (which cost savings shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as though they had been realized on the first day of such period) from actions taken or to be taken within four fiscal quarters of any Investment, acquisition, Disposition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation (in each case with respect to a business (as such term is used in Regulation S-X Rule 11-01), a company, a segment, an operating division or unit or line of business) or any operational change or strategic cost initiative; provided that (A) (x) such cost savings are reasonably identifiable and expected by the U.S. Borrower to be achieved based on such actions and (y) the benefits resulting therefrom are anticipated by the U.S. Borrower to be realized within 12 months of such Investment, acquisition, Disposition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation or within 12 months from the end of such period in the case of an operational change or strategic cost initiative and (B) the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (viii) for any period of four fiscal quarters shall not exceed (1) 15 % of Consolidated EBITDA for such period (calculated prior to giving effect to this clause (viii)) plus (2) the amount of any such cost savings of the type that would be permitted to be included in pro forma financial statements prepared in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,

minus, without duplication and to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (i) any extraordinary or non-recurring or unusual income or gains, (ii) gains on Dispositions of assets outside of the ordinary course of business and (iii) other non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that, GAAP to the contrary notwithstanding, there shall be excluded, without duplication:

(a) the net income (or loss) of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower) in which the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has an ownership interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually received in cash (or in kind and converted to cash) by the U.S. Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar distributions;

(b) solely for the purpose of determining the Available Amount, the net income (or loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower that is not a Loan Party to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by the terms of any Contractual Obligation (other than under any Loan Document) or requirement of Law applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary, except to the extent that any such income is actually received in cash (or in kind and converted to cash) by the U.S. Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Loan Party;

(c) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period;

(d) any income (or loss) from discontinued operations;

(e) any non-cash compensation charge or expense, including any such charge or expense arising from the grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, employee benefit plans or agreements, stock options, restricted stock or other rights, and any non-cash deemed finance charges or expenses in respect of any pension liabilities or other retiree provisions or on the revaluation of any benefit plan obligation and any non-cash charges or expenses in respect of curtailments, discontinuations or modifications to pension plans; and

(f) the effects of purchase accounting, fair value accounting or recapitalization accounting adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries) resulting from the application of purchase accounting, fair value accounting or recapitalization accounting in relation to the Transactions or any acquisition or divestiture consummated before or after the Closing Date, and the amortization, write-down or write-off of any amounts thereof.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any period ending on or prior to the Spin-Off Date, Consolidated Net Income will be deemed to be the Consolidated Net Income of the U.S. Borrower and the other subsidiaries of Xerox that will be Restricted Subsidiaries as of the Spin-Off Date, irrespective of whether such entities were Restricted Subsidiaries of the U.S. Borrower for the entirety of such period, in each case with such pro forma adjustments (including to give effect to the Transactions) as are appropriate and consistent with the definition of “Pro Forma Basis”, as determined in good faith by the U.S. Borrower.

Consolidated Subsidiaries” means Subsidiaries that would be consolidated with Holdings in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of the date of any determination thereof, total assets of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis as of such date.

Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means at any time the sum, without duplication, of (i) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding as of such time calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (other than Indebtedness described in clause (c), (d), (e) (except to the extent supporting Indebtedness described in clauses (a), (b) and (g) of the definition of “Indebtedness”), (h), (i) or (j) of the definition of “Indebtedness” (provided that there shall be included in Consolidated Total Indebtedness any Indebtedness in respect of drawings thereunder to the extent not reimbursed within two Business Days after the date of such drawing)) plus (ii) the principal amount of any obligations of any Person (other than the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) of the type described in the foregoing clause (i) that are Guaranteed by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (whether or not reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of the U.S. Borrower).

 

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Consolidated Working Capital” means, at any time, Current Assets minus Current Liabilities, at such time.

Contract Consideration” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Excess Cash Flow.”

Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

Control” means, with respect to any Person, the power to, directly or indirectly, direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.

Credit Event” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.

Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure at such time, plus (b) the aggregate amount of its Term Loans outstanding at such time.

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

Current Assets” means, at any date, all assets of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries which under GAAP would be classified as current assets on the consolidated balance sheet of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding any (i) cash or Cash Equivalents (including cash and Cash Equivalents held on deposit for third parties by the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), (ii) permitted loans to third parties or related parties, (iii) deferred bank fees and derivative financial instruments related to Indebtedness, (iv) deferred tax assets, (v) assets held for sale and (vi) pension assets).

Current Liabilities” means, at any date, all liabilities of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries which under GAAP would be classified as current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than (i) current maturities of long-term debt, (ii) outstanding revolving loans and letter of credit reimbursement obligations, (iii) accruals of interest expense (excluding interest expense that is due and unpaid), (iv) obligations in respect of derivative financial instruments related to Indebtedness, (v) deferred tax liabilities, (vi) liabilities in respect of unpaid earnouts, (vii) accruals relating to restructuring reserves, (viii) liabilities in respect of funds of third parties on deposit with the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (ix) the current portion of any Capital Lease Obligation, (x) the current portion of any other long-term liability for borrowed money, (xi) permitted short term indebtedness from third parties and (xii) non-cash compensation liabilities.

Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

Declined Proceeds” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(b)(v).

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

Default Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(c).

 

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Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of any Class of Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the U.S. Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the U.S. Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the U.S. Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the U.S. Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the U.S. Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of (A) a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or (B) a Bail-In Action, or (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in, or provide such Lender with, immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the U.S. Borrower, each Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender and each Lender.

Delayed Draw Funding Date” means the Spin-Off Date, or, if the anticipated Spin-Off Date is not a Business Day, the Business Day prior to the anticipated Spin-Off Date (as determined by the U.S. Borrower in good faith).

Delayed Draw Term A Loan Commitment” means, with respect to each Delayed Draw Term A Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make Delayed Draw Term A Loans expressed as an amount representing the maximum possible aggregate amount of such Lender’s Delayed Draw Term A Loans hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s Delayed Draw Term A Loan Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Delayed Draw Term A Loan Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Delayed Draw Term A Loan Commitments is equal to $421,675,200.

Delayed Draw Term A Loan Commitment Expiration Date” means the earlier of (a) the Special Mandatory Prepayment Date and (b) the making of the Delayed Draw Term A Loans on the Delayed Draw Funding Date.

Delayed Draw Term A Lender” means a Lender with a Delayed Draw Term A Loan Commitment or an outstanding Delayed Draw Term A Loan.

Delayed Draw Term A Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(b).

Delayed Draw Term A Loan Maturity Date” means December 7, 2021; provided that if the Special Mandatory Prepayment Trigger Date occurs, the Delayed Draw Term A Loan Maturity Date shall instead be the Special Mandatory Prepayment Date.

 

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Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the U.S. Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a disposition pursuant to Section 6.11 that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or conversion of or collection on such Designated Non-Cash Consideration.

Designated Preferred Stock” means Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of Holdings or the U.S. Borrower that is issued for cash (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer, on or prior to the issue date thereof.

Discount Range” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(c)(ii).

Discounted Prepayment Option Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(c)(ii).

Discounted Voluntary Prepayment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(c)(i).

Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(c)(v).

Disposition” means, with respect to any Property, any sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer, license, sublicense, abandonment or other disposition thereof, and the terms “Dispose” and “Disposed of” have correlative meanings, but excluding, licenses and leases entered into in the ordinary course of business or that are customarily entered into by companies in the same or similar lines of business (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, exclusive licenses entered into outside the ordinary course of business).

Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control, public equity offering or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control, public equity offering or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments and the expiration, cancellation, termination or cash collateralization of any Letters of Credit in accordance with the terms hereof), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests and except as permitted in clause (a) above), in whole or in part, (c) requires the scheduled payments of dividends in cash (for this purpose, dividends shall not be considered required if the issuer has the option to permit them to accrue, cumulate, accrete or increase in liquidation preference or if the U.S. Borrower has the option to pay such dividends solely in Qualified Equity Interests), or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date.

Dollar Equivalent” means, at any date, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in a currency other than Dollars, such amount converted to Dollars by the Administrative Agent, or Issuing Bank, as applicable, at the Exchange Rate on such date.

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

Domestic Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

Dutch Borrower” means Affiliated Computer Services International B.V., a private limited company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) organized under the laws of the Netherlands, having its official seat in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and registered in the Trade Register of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under number 34160388.

Dutch Civil Code” means the Burgerlijk Wetboek of the Netherlands.

 

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ECF Payment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(b)(iv).

EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 9.04(b)(v), (vi), (vii) and (viii) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 9.04(b)(iii)).

EMU” means the economic and monetary union in accordance with the Treaty of Rome 1957, as amended by the Single European Act 1986, the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 and the Amsterdam Treaty of 1998.

EMU Legislation” means the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.

Environment” means ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, land surface, sediments, and subsurface strata and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.

Environmental Laws” means all Laws relating to the pollution, the protection of the Environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials or, as it relates to exposure to Hazardous Materials, health and safety matters.

Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage or treatment of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials into the Environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interest.

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the U.S. Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

ERISA Event” means (a) any Reportable Event or the requirements of Section 4043(b) of ERISA apply with respect to a Plan; (b) with respect to any Plan, the failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, whether or not waived; (c) a determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at-risk” status (as defined in Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4) of the Code); (d) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (e) the incurrence by the U.S. Borrower, a Subsidiary or

 

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any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f) the receipt by the U.S. Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (g) the incurrence by the U.S. Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (h) the receipt by the U.S. Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the U.S. Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the impending imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent pursuant to Section 4245 of ERISA, or is in “endangered” or “critical” status, within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; (i) a failure by the U.S. Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate to pay when due (after expiration of any applicable grace period) any installment payment with respect to withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA; (j) the withdrawal of any of the U.S. Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from a Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA or (k) the imposition of a lien or security interest in favor of the PBGC or any Plan on any assets of the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary under Section 430(k) of the Code or under Section 4068 of ERISA.

EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.

Euro” and “EUR” mean the lawful currency of the Participating Member States introduced in accordance with EMU Legislation.

Euro Equivalent” means, at any date, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Euros, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in a currency other than Euros, such amount converted to Euros by the Administrative Agent at the Exchange Rate on such date.

Eurocurrency Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurocurrency Rate.

Eurocurrency Rate” means, for any Interest Period with respect to (a) any Loan in any LIBOR Quoted Currency, the LIBO Screen Rate as of the Applicable Time on the Quotation Day for such currency and Interest Period and (b) any Loan in any Non-Quoted Currency, the applicable Local Screen Rate as of the Applicable Time on the Quotation Day for such currency and Interest Period; provided that, if a LIBO Screen Rate or a Local Screen Rate, as applicable, shall not be available at the applicable time for the applicable Interest Period (an “Impacted Interest Period”), then the Eurocurrency Rate for such currency and Interest Period shall be the Interpolated Rate; provided, further, that, (i) if any Eurocurrency Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement, and (ii) in the case of Term B Loans, the Eurocurrency Rate shall not be less than 0.75%.

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

Excess Cash Flow” means, with respect to any fiscal year, the amount (if any, but which amount shall not be less than zero) by which (a) Cash Flow during such period exceeds (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of payments or repurchases made or otherwise paid by the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of all principal on all Indebtedness (whether at maturity, as a result of mandatory prepayment, acceleration or otherwise, but excluding voluntary prepayments deducted pursuant to Section 2.10(b)(iv)(B)), plus, (ii) to the extent each of the following is not deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income and without duplication:

(A) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to this subclause (A) or subclause (D) below in a prior period, capital expenditures, capitalized software expenses and acquisitions of intellectual property of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, made in cash during such period or, at the option of the U.S. Borrower, made prior to the date the applicable Excess Cash Flow payment is required to be made under Section 2.10(b)(iv) with respect to such period (except to the extent financed with long-term Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness));

 

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(B) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to subclause (D) below in a prior period, the amount of (i) Investments made by the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Sections 6.05(f), (h), (l) and (r) and (ii) Restricted Payments made by the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Sections 6.04(c), (d), (g)(x) and (i), in each case, in cash (except, in each case, to the extent financed with long-term Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness));

(C) cash losses from any sale or disposition outside the ordinary course of business;

(D) without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in a prior period, the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts (the “Contract Consideration”) entered into prior to or during such period or any planned cash expenditures (the “Planned Expenditures”), in each case, relating to Investments permitted pursuant to Sections 6.05(f), (h), (l) or (r), capital expenditures, capitalized software expenses or acquisitions of intellectual property to be, or expected to be, consummated or made during the period of two consecutive fiscal quarters of the U.S. Borrower following the end of such period (except, in each case, to the extent financed with long-term Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness)); provided that to the extent the aggregate amount of cash actually utilized to finance such Investments permitted pursuant to Sections 6.05(f), (h), (l) or (r), capital expenditures, capitalized software expenses or acquisitions of intellectual property during such following period of two consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration and the Planned Expenditures, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow at the end of such period of two consecutive fiscal quarters;

(E) the aggregate amount of expenditures (other than Investments or Restricted Payments) actually made by the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed and amounts in respect thereof are not otherwise deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income for such period or any prior period (except, in each case, to the extent financed with long-term Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness));

(F) the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments actually paid in cash by the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness;

(G) payments by the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of long-term liabilities of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness;

(H) cash expenditures in respect of Swap Agreements during such fiscal year; and

(I) the amount of Taxes (including penalties and interest) paid in cash in such period and (without duplication) tax reserves set aside or payable with respect to such period to the extent they exceed the amount of Tax expense deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period.

Exchange Rate” means, on any day, for purposes of determining the Dollar Equivalent or the Euro Equivalent of any other currency, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent, or Issuing Bank, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Administrative Agent, or Issuing Bank, as applicable, as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m., (x) in the case of Dollars, New York City time and (y) in the case of Alternative Currencies, London time. In the event that such rate is not available, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent, or Issuing Bank, as applicable, and the U.S. Borrower or, in the absence of such agreement, the Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent, or Issuing Bank, as applicable, in the market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or about 11:00 a.m., (x) in the case of Dollars, New York City time and (y) in the case of Alternative Currencies, London time, on such date for the purchase of Dollars or Euros, as the case may be, for delivery on such date, in the case where such other currency is Sterling, or two Business Days later, in the case of each other currency; provided that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being reasonably quoted, the Administrative Agent, or Issuing Bank, as applicable, after consultation with the U.S. Borrower, may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

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Excluded Property” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.

Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Loan Party of, or the grant by such Loan Party of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Loan Party’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (determined after giving effect to Section 5.15 of the Guarantee Agreement and any other “keepwell, support or other agreement” for the benefit of such Loan Party and any and all guarantees of such Loan Party’s Swap Obligations by other Loan Parties) at the time the Guarantee of such Loan Party, or a grant by such Loan Party of a security interest, becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes excluded in accordance with the first sentence of this definition.

Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document, (a) any Taxes imposed on (or measured by) net income (however denominated), franchise or similar Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each case (i) imposed on it by any jurisdiction as a result of such recipient being organized under the laws of or having its principal office located in or, in the case of any Lender, having its applicable lending office located in, such jurisdiction or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) with respect to any Loan made by a Lender to the U.S. Borrower, any U.S. federal withholding Tax and with respect to any Loan made by a Lender to the Dutch Borrower, any Dutch withholding tax, in each case imposed with respect to any 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 applicable Commitment (or, to the extent such Lender did not fund an applicable Loan pursuant to a prior Commitment, on the date on which such Lender acquires its interest in such Loan); provided that this clause (i) shall not apply to a Lender that became a Lender pursuant to an assignment request by the U.S. Borrower under Section 2.18) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to the designation of such new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 2.16, (c) any withholding Tax that is attributable to a Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.16(e) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA. For purposes of clause (b)(i) of this definition, a participation acquired pursuant to Section 2.17 shall be treated as having been acquired on the earlier date(s) on which the applicable Lender acquired the applicable interest in the Commitments or Loans to which such participation relates.

Existing Term Loan Class” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a).

Extended Revolving Commitments” means revolving credit commitments established pursuant to Section 2.20 that are substantially identical to the Revolving Commitments of any Class except that such Revolving Commitments may have a later maturity date and different provisions with respect to interest rates and fees (including any extension fees) than those applicable to the Revolving Commitments of such Class.

Extended Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a).

Extending Term Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(c).

Extension Election” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(c).

Extension Request” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a).

 

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FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations promulgated thereunder or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to current Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code (or any amended or successor version described above) and any intergovernmental agreements (and any related laws, regulations or official administrative practices) implementing the foregoing.

Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the FRBNY based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depository institutions (as determined in such manner as the FRBNY shall set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the FRBNY as the federal funds effective rate; provided that if such rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.

Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the applicable Person.

Financials” means the financial statements of Holdings required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b).

First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means an intercreditor agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit J (with such changes thereto as are reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the U.S. Borrower), by and between the Administrative Agent and the collateral agent for one or more classes of Incremental Equivalent Indebtedness or Term Loan Refinancing Debt that are intended to be secured by Liens ranking pari passu with the Liens securing the Obligations.

Foreign Holding Company” means any Domestic Subsidiary that has no material assets other than Equity Interests issued by CFCs.

Foreign Lender” means any Lender or Issuing Bank that is not a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

Foreign Plan” means any pension plan, benefit plan, fund (including any superannuation fund) or other similar program established, maintained or contributed to by a Borrower or any Subsidiary for the benefit of employees of a Borrower or any Subsidiary employed and residing outside the United States (other than any plans, funds or other similar programs that are maintained exclusively by a Governmental Authority), which plan, fund or other similar program provides, or results in, retirement income or a deferral of income in contemplation of retirement, and which plan is not subject to ERISA.

“Foreign Plan Event” means, with respect to any Foreign Plan, (a) the existence of unfunded liabilities in excess of the amount permitted under any applicable Law, or in excess of the amount that would be permitted absent a waiver from a Governmental Authority, (b) the failure to make, the required contributions or payments, under any applicable Law, on or before the due date for such contributions or payments (c) the receipt of a notice from a Governmental Authority relating to the intention to terminate any such Foreign Plan or to appoint a trustee or similar official to administer any such Foreign Plan, or alleging the insolvency of any such Foreign Plan, (d) the incurrence of any liability by a Borrower or any Subsidiary under applicable Law on account of the complete or partial termination of such Foreign Plan or the complete or partial withdrawal of any participating employer therein or (e) the occurrence of any transaction that is prohibited under any applicable Law and that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any liability by a Borrower or any Subsidiary, or the imposition on a Borrower or any Subsidiary of, any fine, excise tax or penalty resulting from any noncompliance with any applicable Law.

Foreign Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

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Form 10” means the registration statement on Form 10, originally filed by Holdings with the SEC on June 30, 2016, as amended or supplemented.

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

FRBNY” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

FRBNY Rate” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day (or for any day that is not a banking day, for the immediately preceding banking day); provided that if none of such rates are published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “FRBNY Rate” means the rate for a federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m. on such day received by the Administrative Agent from a Federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided, further, that if any of the aforesaid rates shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement

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

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

Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America or any other nation or, in each case, any political subdivision thereof, whether state, local, provincial or otherwise and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or monetary obligation; provided that the term Guarantee shall not include (x) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business or (y) performance guarantees in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower of (i) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made and (ii) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee, unless such primary obligation or the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee shall be such guaranteeing person’s maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the U.S. Borrower in good faith.

Guarantee Agreement” means the Guarantee Agreement executed by the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit H, together with each guarantee agreement supplement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 5.09.

Guarantor” means (a) Holdings, (b) Conduent Finance and (c) each Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

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Hazardous Materials” means petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas and all other substances, materials or wastes of any nature that in relevant form and concentration are regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

Hedge Bank” means any Person that is the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent or a Lender at the time it enters into a Secured Hedge Agreement (or on the Closing Date, the Initial Term A Funding Date or the Delayed Draw Funding Date, in the case of Secured Hedge Agreements existing on such date), in its capacity as a party thereto.

Holdings” means Conduent Incorporated, a New York corporation.

Holdings Pledge Agreement” means the Pledge Agreement executed by Holdings and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2.

Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower that on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries did not have consolidated revenues in excess of 5.0% of the U.S. Borrower’s consolidated revenues for the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period of the U.S. Borrower for which Financials have been delivered and did not have consolidated total assets in excess of 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the U.S. Borrower for which Financials have been delivered on or prior to the Closing Date or pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b); provided that (i) all such Subsidiaries designated as “Immaterial Subsidiaries” taken together shall not have revenues for any fiscal year of the U.S. Borrower or total assets as of the last day of any fiscal year in an amount that is equal to or greater than 7.5% of the consolidated revenues or total assets, as applicable, of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for, or as of the last day of, such fiscal year, as the case may be, and (ii) to the extent such limitation would be exceeded, the U.S. Borrower shall designate Restricted Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent to no longer be designated as Immaterial Subsidiaries so that such limitation would not be exceeded.

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

Increased Commitments” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(a).

Increasing Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(a).

Incremental Equivalent Indebtedness” means Indebtedness consisting of (a) loans that are unsecured or secured by Liens ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations or (b) debt securities that are unsecured or secured by Liens ranking pari passu or junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, in each case issued or Guaranteed by the Loan Parties (or any of them) that is designated by the U.S. Borrower in a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent as “Incremental Equivalent Indebtedness” on or prior to the date of incurrence; provided that (i) such Indebtedness does not have a final maturity that is prior to the Latest Maturity Date or a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the then outstanding Term Loans, (ii) such Indebtedness is not secured by a Lien on any assets of the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries except for Liens on the Collateral permitted by Section 6.02(s), (iii) such Indebtedness is not incurred or Guaranteed by any Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, (iv) on the date of incurrence of such Indebtedness the U.S. Borrower shall be in compliance, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, with the covenant contained in Section 6.09 as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter of the U.S. Borrower for which Financials have been delivered prior to such time, (v) the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Equivalent Indebtedness incurred following the Closing Date, when aggregated with the aggregate amount of all Increased Commitments (other than Refinancing Revolving Commitments) and Incremental Term Loans (other than Refinancing Term Loans) established following the Closing Date shall not exceed (i) $300,000,000 plus (ii) an additional amount that would not cause the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis (for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to such Incremental Equivalent Indebtedness) as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which Financials were required to have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) to exceed 2.25 to 1.00 (determined without giving effect to any amount incurred substantially concurrently under subclause (i)) and (vi) the other terms and conditions relating to such debt securities or loans (other than interest rates, rate floors, call protection, discounts, fees, premiums and optional prepayment or redemption provisions) are not in the aggregate materially more restrictive than the terms of this Agreement as determined in good faith by the U.S. Borrower (except for provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date).

 

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Incremental Term Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(a).

Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business, milestone payments incurred in connection with any investment or series of related investments, any earn-out obligation except to the extent such obligation is a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP at the time initially incurred and deferred or equity compensation arrangements payable to directors, officers or employees), (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on Property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, but limited to the fair market value of such Property (except to the extent otherwise provided in this definition), (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances and (j) all obligations of such Person under any Swap Agreement (with the “principal” amount of any Swap Agreement on any date being equal to the early termination value thereof on such date). The Indebtedness of any Person shall (i) include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is expressly liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity and pursuant to contractual arrangements, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor, and (ii) exclude (A) customer deposits and advances and interest payable thereon in the ordinary course of business in accordance with customary trade terms and other obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business through credit on an open account basis customarily extended to such Person, (B) obligations under customary overdraft arrangements with banks outside the United States incurred in the ordinary course of business to cover working capital needs (including cash pooling arrangements) and (C) bona fide indemnification, purchase price adjustment, earn-outs, holdback and contingency payment obligations to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet or such payment depends on the performance of such business after the closing. For the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness shall not include performance guarantees in the ordinary course of business or Xerox Guarantee Obligations.

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 (a), Other Taxes.

Indemnitee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.03(b).

Information” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.12.

Initial Term A Commitment Expiration Date” means the earliest of (a) the Special Mandatory Prepayment Date, (b) the making of the Initial Term A Loans on the Initial Term A Funding Date and (c) the close of business on the Delayed Draw Funding Date.

Initial Term A Funding Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.02 of this Agreement are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02 of this Agreement).

Initial Term A Lender” means a Lender with an Initial Term A Loan Commitment or an outstanding Initial Term A Loan.

Initial Term A Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(a).

 

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Initial Term A Loan Commitment” means with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make an Initial Term A Loan pursuant to Section 2.01(a), as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s Initial Term A Loan Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed an Initial Term A Loan Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Initial Term A Loan Commitments is the Euro Equivalent of $278,324,800.

Initial Term A Loan Maturity Date” means December 7, 2021; provided that if the Special Mandatory Prepayment Trigger Date occurs, the Initial Term A Loan Maturity Date shall instead be the Special Mandatory Prepayment Date.

Information Memorandum” means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated November 7, 2016 relating to the Borrowers and the Transactions.

Intercompany Transfers” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the “Transactions.”

Interest Election Request” means a request by a Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.

Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any Base Rate Loan (other than a Swingline Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December, (b) with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period and (c) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid.

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

Interpolated Rate” means, at any time, for any Interest Period, with respect to (a) any Loan in any LIBOR Quoted Currency, the rate per annum (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the LIBO Screen Rate) determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between (i) the LIBO Screen Rate for the longest period (for which the LIBO Screen Rate is available for the applicable currency) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period and (ii) the LIBO Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which the LIBO Screen Rate is available for the applicable currency) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time, and (b) any Loan in any Non-Quoted Currency, the rate per annum (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the Local Screen Rate) determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between (i) the Local Screen Rate for the longest period (for which the Local Screen Rate is available for the applicable currency) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period and (ii) the Local Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which the Local Screen Rate is available for the applicable currency) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time.

 

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Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests or debt or other securities of another Person or (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee of Indebtedness of, assumption of Indebtedness of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person. For purposes of Section 6.05, (i) the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment, and (ii) in the event the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (an “Initial Investing Person”) transfers an amount of cash or other Property (the “Invested Amount”) for purposes of permitting the U.S. Borrower or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries to ultimately make an Investment of the Invested Amount in the U.S. Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any other Person (the Person in which such Investment is ultimately made, the “Subject Person”) through a series of substantially concurrent intermediate transfers of the Invested Amount to the U.S. Borrower or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries other than the Subject Person (each an “Intermediate Investing Person”), including through the incurrence or repayment of intercompany Indebtedness, capital contributions or redemptions of Equity Interests, then, for all purposes of Section 6.05, any transfers of the Invested Amount to Intermediate Investing Persons in connection therewith shall be disregarded and such transaction, taken as a whole, shall be deemed to have been solely an Investment of the Invested Amount by the Initial Investing Person in the Subject Person and not an Investment in any Intermediate Investing Person.

IP Rights” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.05(b).

ISP” means, with respect to any standby Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance of such Letter of Credit).

Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the applicable Issuing Bank and the applicable Borrower (or any Restricted Subsidiary) or in favor of such Issuing Bank and relating to such Letter of Credit.

Issuing Bank” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Mizuho Bank Ltd. and any other Lender (subject to such Lender’s consent) designated by the U.S. Borrower and consented to by the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) that becomes an Issuing Bank, in each case in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and any successors in such capacity as provided in Section 9.04. An Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.

Issuing Bank LC Exposure Sublimit” means, for each Issuing Bank, the amount of the LC Exposure Sublimit set forth with respect to such Issuing Bank on Schedule 2.01.

Junior Financing” means any Indebtedness that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any of the Obligations.

Latest Maturity Date” means, at any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any Loan or Commitment hereunder at such time, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.

Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities.

 

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L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Revolving Lender, such Revolving Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Percentage thereof. All L/C Advances shall be denominated in Dollars.

L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a LC Disbursement under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Base Rate Revolving Borrowing. All L/C Borrowings shall be denominated in Dollars.

L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.

LC Disbursement” means a payment made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements, including Unreimbursed Amounts, that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the applicable Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure of the Revolving Lenders at such time. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” and not to have expired or terminated in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

LC Exposure Sublimit” means $300,000,000.

LC Participation Calculation Date” means, with respect to any LC Disbursement made by an Issuing Bank or any refund of a reimbursement payment made by an Issuing Bank to a Borrower, in each case in a currency other than Dollars, (a) the date on which such Issuing Bank shall advise the Administrative Agent that it purchased with Dollars the currency used to make such LC Disbursement or refund or (b) if such Issuing Bank shall not advise the Administrative Agent that it made such a purchase, the date on which such LC Disbursement or refund is made.

LCT Election” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.06(a).

LCT Test Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.06(a).

Lender Participation Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(c)(iii).

Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 2.19 or pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Banks.

Letter of Credit” means a Letter of Credit issued pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(i)(x); provided that Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch will not be obligated to issue (or cause to be issued) commercial letters of credit (as opposed to a standby letters of credit).

Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the applicable Issuing Bank.

Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).

LIBO Screen Rate” means the London interbank offered rate administered by the ICE Benchmark Association (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for the applicable LIBOR Quoted Currency for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen or, in the event such rate does not appear on either of such Reuters pages, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion.

 

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LIBOR Quoted Currency” means Dollars, Euros and Sterling.

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset (or any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

Limited Condition Transaction” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.06(a).

Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement, the Collateral Documents, each Additional Credit Extension Amendment, any promissory notes executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2.09(h), the Agency Fee Letter and any amendments, waivers, supplements or other modifications to any of the foregoing.

Loan Parties” means the Borrowers and the Guarantors.

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

Local Screen Rates” means the CDOR Screen Rate; provided that, if any Local Screen Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, property or financial condition of the U.S. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) the ability of the Loan Parties to perform their obligations under this Agreement or any and all other Loan Documents, or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder.

Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit), of any one or more of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $50,000,000.

Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA that is subject to ERISA, and in respect of which the U.S. Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates is (or during the preceding five plan years has been) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

Net Cash Proceeds” means (a) with respect to any Asset Sale or any Casualty Event, an amount equal to (i) the sum of cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with such Asset Sale or Casualty Event (including any cash or Cash Equivalents received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note or installment receivable, purchase price adjustment or earn-out or otherwise, but only as and when so received and, with respect to any Casualty Event, any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of such Casualty Event actually received by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) less (ii) the sum of (A) the principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest and other amounts on any Indebtedness that is secured by the Property or otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment in connection with such Asset Sale or Casualty Event and that is repaid in connection with such Asset Sale or Casualty Event (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents and Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted by Section 6.02(s)), (B) the out-of-pocket expenses (including attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, accounting fees and other professional and transactional fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, other expenses and brokerage, consultant and other commissions and fees) actually incurred by the U.S. Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Asset Sale or Casualty Event, (C) taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be actually payable in connection therewith, (D) any reserve for adjustment in accordance with GAAP in respect of (x) the sale price of such Property and (y) any liabilities associated with such Property and retained by

 

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the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Disposition, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction and (E) the Borrowers’ reasonable estimate of payments required to be made with respect to unassumed liabilities relating to the Property involved within one year of such Asset Sale or Casualty Event; provided that “Net Cash Proceeds” shall include any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the Disposition of any non-cash consideration received within 180 days of such Asset Sale by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any such Asset Sale (but only as and when so received); and (b) with respect to the incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, an amount equal to (i) the sum of the cash received in connection with such incurrence or issuance less (ii) the attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, accountants’ fees, underwriting or other discounts, upfront fees, commissions, costs and other fees, transfer and similar taxes and other out-of-pocket expenses actually incurred by the U.S. Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such incurrence or issuance.

New Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(a).

Non-Extension Notice Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b)(iii).

Non-Quoted Currency” means Canadian Dollars.

Note” means a promissory note made by the applicable Borrower in favor of a Lender evidencing Loans made by such Lender to such Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1, Exhibit B-2, Exhibit B-3 or Exhibit C, as applicable.

Obligations” means all indebtedness (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), other monetary obligations, liabilities, covenants and duties of any of the Loan Parties to any of the Secured Parties and their respective Affiliates, individually or collectively, existing on the Closing Date or arising thereafter (direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured) arising or incurred under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any Secured Hedge Agreement or Cash Management Obligation (including under any of the Loans made or reimbursement or other monetary obligations incurred or any of the Letters of Credit or other instruments at any time evidencing any thereof) or under Bilateral Letter of Credit Facilities, in each case whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether all such obligations arise or accrue before or after the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings (and whether or not such claims, interest, costs, expenses or fees are allowed or allowable in any such proceeding); provided that the “Obligations” with respect to any Loan Party shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Loan Party.

Offered Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(c)(iii).

“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely as a result of such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payment under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned any interest in any Loan or Loan Document. For the avoidance of doubt, in the case of any Loan made to the Dutch Borrower, Other Connection Taxes include any Taxes imposed on a recipient under the laws of the Netherlands, if and to the extent such Tax becomes payable as a result of such recipient having a substantial interest (aanmerkelijk belang) as defined in the Dutch Income Tax Act (Wet inkomstenbelasting 2001) in the Dutch Borrower.

Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court, documentary, recording, filing or similar Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, registration or enforcement of, or from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

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Overnight Bank Funding Rate” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight Eurocurrency borrowings by U.S.–managed banking offices of depository institutions (as such composite rate shall be determined by the FRBNY as set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the FRBNY as an overnight bank funding rate (from and after such date as the FRBNY shall commence to publish such composite rate).

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

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

Participating Member State” means any member state of the EMU which has the Euro as its lawful currency.

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

Perfection Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 6 to the Security Agreement or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Perfection Certificate Supplement” means a supplement to the Perfection Certificate containing any information not included in the Perfection Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent on the Closing Date (or in any previously delivered Perfection Certificate Supplement) with respect to matters required by Sections 1(a), (2), (6), (7), (8), (9) of the Perfection Certificate and, solely to the extent relating to updates to Section 1(a) of the Perfection Certificate, Sections (3), (4) and (5) of the Perfection Certificate.

Permitted Acquisition” means the purchase or other acquisition, in one or more series of transactions, of property and assets or businesses of any Person or of assets constituting a business unit, a line of business or division of such Person, or Equity Interests in a Person that, upon the consummation thereof, will be a Restricted Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower (including as a result of a merger or consolidation); provided that the following conditions are satisfied to the extent applicable:

(a) to the extent required by Section 5.09, each applicable Loan Party and any such newly created or acquired Specified Domestic Subsidiary shall have complied with the requirements of Section 5.09, within the times specified therein;

(b) the aggregate amount of Investments (without duplication for any Investment made through a series of Investments) made by a Loan Party in Persons that are not Loan Parties prior to any such Investment, and do not become Loan Parties as a result of any such Investment, together with the amount of Investments made in non-Loan Parties pursuant to Section 6.05(c)(iv), does not exceed (x) the greater of (A) $115,000,000 and (B) 16% of Consolidated EBITDA determined on a Pro Forma Basis for the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period ending immediately prior to the date on which such Investment is made and for which Financials have been delivered, plus (y) the Available Amount, plus (z) the amount of Investments permitted by Section 6.05(r); provided that (i) in the case of a purchase or other acquisition that is comprised of the purchase or acquisition of Persons with at least 90% of domestic “EBITDA” in the aggregate, the portion of the aggregate amount of cash or Property provided by Loan Parties to make any such purchase or acquisition that is attributable to foreign “EBITDA” shall also be permitted without the use of the amounts available pursuant to this clause (b) or Section 6.05(c)(iv), (ii) in the case of Investments permitted under this clause (b) that are comprised of the purchase or acquisition of Persons with less than 90% of domestic “EBITDA” in the aggregate, only the portion of the aggregate amount of cash or Property provided by Loan Parties to make any such purchase or acquisition that is attributable to foreign “EBITDA” that is in excess of 10% shall be required to use the amounts available pursuant to this clause (b) or Section 6.05(c)(iv) and (iii) this clause (b) shall not apply to the extent the consideration for the relevant purchase or acquisition consists of Equity Interests of Holdings;

 

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(c) the acquired Property, business or Person is in a business permitted under Section 6.12; and

(d) at the time of and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Permitted Asset Swap” means the substantially concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person; provided that any cash or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 2.10(b).

Permitted Encumbrances” means:

(a) Liens imposed by law for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that are not yet delinquent or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;

(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, landlords’, workmen’s, suppliers’ and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are either (i) not overdue by more than 60 days or (ii) being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves with respect thereto have been set aside to the extent required by GAAP;

(c) (i) Liens, pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations or to secure other public, statutory or regulatory obligations (including to support letters of credit or bank guarantees), (ii) Liens, pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business securing liability for premiums or reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or surety bonds for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing insurance to a Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) Liens in connection with surety bonds entered into in the ordinary course of business and (iv) Liens on the escrow account established as of the Spin-Off Date (and the amounts on deposit therein as of the Spin-Off Date) in respect of Xerox Guarantee Obligations;

(d) Liens (other than any lien imposed under ERISA or Section 430(k) of the Code) or deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, governmental contracts, tenders, statutory bonds, leases, statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs, appeal and replevin bonds, performance bonds or in favor of franchisors or other regulatory bodies and other obligations of a like nature (including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations), in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(e) Liens in respect of judgments, decrees, attachments or awards that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (k) of Article VII;

(f) easements, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), rights-of-way, covenants, licenses, encroachments, protrusions and similar encumbrances and minor title defects affecting real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; and

(g) any interest or title of a lessor, sublessor, licensor or sublicensor under any lease, sublease, license or sublicense entered into by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary as a part of its business and covering only the assets so leased or licensed;

provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness.

 

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Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Indebtedness of a Person, any amendment, modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension of such Indebtedness of such Person; provided that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension, (b) other than with respect to Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(e), such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the earlier of (x) the final maturity date of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended and (y) the date which is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date, (c) other than with respect to Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(e), such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended, (d) to the extent such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms, taken as a whole, at least as favorable to the Lenders (in the good faith determination of the U.S. Borrower) as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended and (e) if any Liens securing the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced, exchanged or extended is secured by the Collateral on a second priority (or other junior priority) basis to the Liens securing the Obligations, the Liens securing such Indebtedness shall be secured by the Collateral on a second priority (or other junior priority) basis to the Liens securing the Obligations on terms that are at least as favorable to the Secured Parties (in the good faith determination of the U.S. Borrower) as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced, exchanged or extended, taken as a whole.

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

Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) other than a Multiemployer Plan, subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the U.S. Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

Planned Expenditures” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Excess Cash Flow.”

Platform” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(c).

Post-Acquisition Period” means, with respect to any Permitted Acquisition, the period beginning on the date such Permitted Acquisition is consummated and ending on the one-year anniversary of the date on which such Permitted Acquisition is consummated.

Preferred Equity Interests” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the “Transactions.”

Preferred Stock” as applied to the Equity Interests of any Person, means Equity Interests of any class or classes (however designated) which are preferred as to the payment of dividends or distributions, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over shares of Equity Interests of any other class of such Person.

Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its office located in New York, New York; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.

Pro Forma Adjustment” means, for any applicable period of measurement that includes all or any part of a fiscal quarter included in any Post-Acquisition Period, with respect to the Consolidated EBITDA of the applicable Acquired Entity or Business or the Consolidated EBITDA of the U.S. Borrower, the pro forma increase or decrease

 

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in such Consolidated EBITDA, projected by the U.S. Borrower in good faith as a result of (a) actions that have been taken or are expected to be taken during such Post-Acquisition Period for the purposes of realizing reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings or (b) any additional costs incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, in each case in connection with the combination of the operations of such Acquired Entity or Business with the operations of the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries, calculated assuming that such actions had been taken on, or such costs had been incurred since, the first day of such period; provided that (i) any such pro forma increase or decrease to such Consolidated EBITDA shall be without duplication for cost savings or additional costs already included in such Consolidated EBITDA for such period of measurement and (ii) any increase to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this definition of “Pro Forma Basis” shall be subject to the limitations set forth in the proviso of clause (vii) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA.”

Pro Forma Basis” means, with respect to compliance with any test or covenant hereunder, that (A) to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made and (B) all Specified Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test or covenant: (a) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the Property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (i) in the case of a Disposition of all or substantially all Equity Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower owned by the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any division, product line or facility used for operations of the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, shall be excluded, and (ii) in the case of a Permitted Acquisition or Investment described in the definition of “Specified Transaction,” or designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall be included, (b) any repayment, redemption or retirement of Indebtedness and (c) any Indebtedness incurred, assumed or guaranteed by the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith and if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination; provided that, without limiting the application of the Pro Forma Adjustment pursuant to clause (A) above (but without duplication thereof), the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test or covenant solely to the extent that such adjustments are (x) consistent with the definition of Consolidated EBITDA and give effect to events (including operating expense reductions) that are in the good faith determination of the U.S. Borrower (I) reasonably identifiable and factually supportable (provided that (i) any increase to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this definition of “Pro Forma Basis” shall be subject to the limitations set forth in the proviso of clause (vii) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” and (ii) any such pro forma increase or decrease to such Consolidated EBITDA shall be without duplication for cost savings or additional costs already included in such Consolidated EBITDA for such period of measurement) and (II) expected to have a continuing impact on the consolidated financial results of the U.S. Borrower or (y) otherwise consistent with the definition of “Pro Forma Adjustment.”

Pro Forma Financial Statements” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(i).

Professional Lender” shall mean (i) until the publication of an interpretation of “public” as referred to in the CRR by the competent authorities, an entity which (A) assumes rights and/or obligations vis-à-vis the Dutch Borrower, the value of which is at least EUR 100,000 (or its equivalent in another currency), (B) provides repayable funds for an initial amount of at least EUR 100,000 (or its equivalent in another currency) or (C) otherwise qualifies as not forming part of the public and (ii) as soon as the interpretation of the term “public” as referred to in the CRR has been published by the competent authorities, an entity which is not considered to form part of the public on the basis of such interpretation.

Property” means any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including Equity Interests.

Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(c)(ii).

Public Company Expenses” means expenses incurred in connection with (a) the Spin-Off, (b) compliance with applicable law and regulations, including requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as applicable to companies with equity or debt securities held by the public, or the rules of national securities

 

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exchanges applicable to companies with listed equity or debt securities, (c) expenses incurred by Holdings in connection with any public offering or other sale of Equity Interests or Indebtedness (i) where the net proceeds of such offering or sale are intended to be received by or contributed to the U.S. Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) in a pro rated amount of such expenses in proportion to the amount of such net proceeds intended to be so received or contributed or (iii) otherwise on an interim basis prior to completion of such offering so long as Holdings shall cause the amount of such expenses to be repaid to the U.S. Borrower or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary out of the proceeds of such offering promptly if completed and (d) any other expenses attributable to the status of Holdings as a public company, including expenses relating to investor relations and other general corporate overhead, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders, directors’ fees, directors’ and officers’ insurance and other executive costs, indemnification obligations to directors and officers, legal, audit and other professional fees and listing and filing fees.

Public Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(c).

Qualified Equity Interests” means Equity Interests of Holdings or the U.S. Borrower, as the context requires, in each case other than Disqualified Equity Interests.

Qualifying Lenders” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(c)(iv).

Qualifying Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(c)(iv).

Quarterly Financial Statements” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(i).

Quotation Day” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, (i) if the currency is Sterling or Canadian Dollars, the first day of such Interest Period, (ii) if the currency is Euro, two TARGET2 Days before the first day of such Interest Period, (iii) for any other currency, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period (unless, in each case, market practice differs in the relevant market where the Eurocurrency Rate for such currency is to be determined, in which case the Quotation Day will be determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with market practice in such market (and if quotations would normally be given on more than one day, then the Quotation Day will be the last of those days)).

Reference Time” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Available Amount.”

Refinanced Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02.

Refinancing Indebtedness” means (i) any Refinancing Term Loans and (ii) any Term Loan Refinancing Debt.

Refinancing Revolving Commitments” means Increased Commitments that are designated by the U.S. Borrower in a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date of issuance as “Refinancing Revolving Commitments.”

Refinancing Term Loans” means Incremental Term Loans that are designated by the U.S. Borrower as “Refinancing Term Loans” in a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the U.S. Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date of incurrence.

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

Regulation S-X” means Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Rejection Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(b)(v).

Related Business Assets” means assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or useful in any business permitted by Section 6.12; provided that any assets received by the U.S. Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for assets transferred by the U.S. Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would be or become a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

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

Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the Environment.

Removal Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in paragraph (g) of Article VIII.

Replacement Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02.

Repricing Transaction” means each of (a) the prepayment, repayment, refinancing, substitution or replacement of all or a portion of the Term B Loans with the proceeds of any secured term loans incurred or guaranteed by the U.S. Borrower or any Guarantor which reduces the effective yield (with the comparative determinations to be made by the Administrative Agent in a manner consistent with generally accepted financial practices, and in any event consistent with clause (vi) of the proviso to the second to last sentence of Section 2.19(a)) to less than the effective yield (as determined by the Administrative Agent on the same basis) applicable to such Term B Loans so prepaid, repaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced and (b) any amendment, waiver or other modification to, or consent under, this Agreement incurred for the primary purpose of reducing the effective yield (to be determined by the Administrative Agent on the same basis as set forth in preceding clause (a)) of the Term B Loans; provided that in no event shall any such prepayment, repayment, refinancing, substitution, replacement, amendment, waiver, modification or consent in connection with a Change in Control constitute a Repricing Transaction. Any determination by the Administrative Agent of any effective interest rate as contemplated by preceding clauses (a) and (b) shall be conclusive and binding on all Lenders, and the Administrative Agent shall have no liability to any Person with respect to such determination.

Reportable Event” means any reportable event as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than those events as to which the 30-day notice period referred to in Section 4043(c) of ERISA has been waived, with respect to a Plan (other than a Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Code).

Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Credit Exposure and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Credit Exposure and unused Commitments at such time; provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the Credit Exposure held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

Required Revolving Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposure and/or unused Revolving Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposure and unused Revolving Commitments at such time; provided that the Revolving Commitment of, and the portion of the Revolving Credit Exposure held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving Lenders.

Required Revolving/TLA Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposure, unused Revolving Commitments, Delayed Draw Term A Loan Commitments (or once funded, Delayed Draw Term A Loans) and/or Initial Term A Loans representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposure, unused Revolving Commitments, Delayed Draw Term A Loan Commitments and Term A Loans at such time; provided that the Delayed Draw Term A Loan Commitment, Term A Loans and Revolving Commitments of, and the portion of the Revolving Credit Exposure held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving/TLA Lenders.

 

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Required Term B Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Term B Loans and Incremental Term Loans representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Term B Loans and Incremental Term Loans at such time; provided that the Term B Loans and Incremental Term Loans held, or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of the Required Term B Lenders.

Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer, or controller or any equivalent under the laws of the Netherlands of a Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

Restricted Payments” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property (other than Qualified Equity Interests)) with respect to any Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property (other than Qualified Equity Interests)), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests in the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

Restricted Subsidiary” means (a) any Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary and (b) subject to clause (j)(iii) of Article VIII, Conduent Finance.

Revolving Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum possible aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08, (b) increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.19 and (c) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04 of this Agreement. The initial amount of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, in the applicable Additional Credit Extension Amendment or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Commitments is $750,000,000.

Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of such Lender’s outstanding Revolving Loans and its LC Exposure and Swingline Exposure at such time.

Revolving Credit Maturity Date” means December 7, 2021; provided that if the Special Mandatory Prepayment Trigger Date occurs, the Revolving Credit Maturity Date shall instead be the Special Mandatory Prepayment Date.

Revolving Lender” means each Lender that has a Revolving Commitment or that holds Revolving Credit Exposure.

Revolving Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(d).

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

Sanctions” means all economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom.

Sanctioned Country” means a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any comprehensive Sanctions.

 

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Sanctioned Persons” means (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, or by the United Nations Security Council or the European Union, (b) any Person organized under the laws of or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b).

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto and any analogous Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means an intercreditor agreement, in form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the U.S. Borrower, by and between the Administrative Agent and the collateral agent for one or more classes of Indebtedness that is intended to be secured by Liens ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations providing that, inter alia, (i) the Liens securing the Obligations rank prior to the Liens securing such other Indebtedness, (ii) all amounts received in connection with any enforcement action with respect to any Collateral or, to the extent attributed to the Collateral, in connection with any United States or foreign bankruptcy, liquidation or insolvency proceeding shall first be applied to repay all Obligations (whether or not allowed in any such proceeding) prior to being applied to the obligations in respect of such other Indebtedness and (iii) until the repayment of the Obligations in full and termination of commitments hereunder (subject to customary limitations with respect to contingent obligations and other customary qualifications and, in the event Indebtedness in the form of bank debt is subject thereto, to customary standstill provisions) the Administrative Agent shall have the sole right to take enforcement actions with respect to the Collateral.

Secured Hedge Agreement” means any Swap Agreement that is entered into by and between any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank.

Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, the Lenders, the Hedge Banks, the Cash Management Banks, the Bilateral Letter of Credit Facility Banks, any Affiliate of a Lender or the Administrative Agent to which Obligations are owed and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Article VIII.

Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement executed by the Loan Parties (other than the Dutch Borrower) and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1, together with each security agreement supplement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 5.09.

Senior Notes” means $510,000,000 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes to be issued by the U.S. Borrower and Conduent Finance in connection with the Transactions.

Senior Notes Indenture” means the indenture that governs the Senior Notes.

Senior Secured Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, the amount of Consolidated Total Indebtedness less, (i) in each case to the extent constituting Consolidated Total Indebtedness, unsecured Indebtedness of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii) the lesser of (x) the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents included in the consolidated balance sheet of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date and (y) $150,000,000.

Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) Senior Secured Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA determined in respect of the four fiscal quarter period ending on, or most recently ended prior to, such date.

Separation Distribution” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the “Transactions.”

series” means, with respect to any Extended Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans or Replacement Term Loans, all such Term Loans that have the same maturity date, amortization and interest rate provision and that are designated as part of such “series” pursuant to the applicable Additional Credit Extension Amendment.

 

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Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they become absolute and matured and (d) such Person is not engaged in any business, as conducted on such date and as proposed to be conducted following such date, for which such Person’s property would constitute unreasonably small capital. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

Special Mandatory Prepayment Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(b)(viii).

Special Mandatory Prepayment Trigger Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(b)(viii).

Specified Domestic Subsidiary” means each wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower other than (a) any Foreign Holding Company, (b) any Unrestricted Subsidiary, (c) any CFC and (d) any Domestic Subsidiary that is an Immaterial Subsidiary; provided that upon any wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary ceasing to meet the requirements of one or more of clauses (a) through (d) of this definition, the U.S. Borrower shall be deemed to have acquired a Specified Domestic Subsidiary at such time and shall cause such Domestic Subsidiary to comply with the applicable provisions of Section 5.09; provided, further that none of the following shall be a Specified Domestic Subsidiary: (i) any Subsidiary that is prohibited or restricted by applicable Law from guaranteeing the Obligations; (ii) any Subsidiary that (A) is prohibited by any contractual obligation existing on the Closing Date or on the date such Subsidiary is acquired or otherwise becomes a Subsidiary (but not entered into in contemplation of the Transactions or such acquisition) from guaranteeing the Obligations or (B) would require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization to guarantee the Obligations, unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received; and (iii) any trust that relates to the funding or payment of benefits under any “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA).

Specified Representations” means the representations and warranties made by the Borrowers and the relevant parties pursuant to Sections 3.01(a)(i), 3.02, 3.03(b)(ii), 3.08, 3.10 (provided that references therein to (i) “Transactions” shall instead refer to the applicable Permitted Acquisition or similar investment (and any related transactions) and (ii) “Closing Date” shall instead refer to the date in which any such transactions in clause (i) are consummated), 3.13, 3.14 and 3.15 and the final sentence of Section 3.16.

Specified Transaction” means, with respect to any period, any of the following events occurring after the first day of such period and prior to the applicable date of determination: (i) (A) any Investment by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Person (including in connection with a Permitted Acquisition) other than a Person that was a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary on the first day of such period, (B) any Asset Sale or Casualty Event or discontinuation of operations, in each of subclause (A) and subclause (B) with respect to a business (as such term is used in Regulation S-X Rule 11-01), a company, a segment, an operating division or unit or line of business, (ii) any incurrence, assumption, guarantee, repayment, redemption or extinguishment of Indebtedness, (iii) the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case in accordance with Section 5.11 and (iv) any Restricted Payment.

Spin-Off” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the “Transactions.”

Spin-Off Date” means the date of the consummation of the Spin-Off.

Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentage (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the FRB to which the Administrative Agent is subject with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the FRB). Such reserve percentage shall

 

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include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

Sterling” and “£” mean the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

Subsequent Transaction” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.06(b).

subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body are at the time beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, or is otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower.

Subsidiary Guarantor” means (a) each Subsidiary that is party to the Guarantee Agreement on the Closing Date (other than the Dutch Borrower) and (b) each Specified Domestic Subsidiary that becomes a party to the Guarantee Agreement after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.09 or otherwise; provided that the term “Subsidiary Guarantor” shall exclude any CFC or Foreign Holding Company.

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

Swap Obligations” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

Swingline Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such time.

Swingline Lender” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and any other Lender (subject to such Lender’s consent) designated by the U.S. Borrower and consented to by the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) that becomes a Swingline Lender, in each case in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder, or any successor Swingline Lender hereunder.

Swingline Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.04.

Swingline Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swingline Loan Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.04, which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit F.

Swingline Loan Sublimit” means $50,000,000.

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

 

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

Term A Lender” means a Delayed Draw Term A Lender and/or Initial Term A Lender.

Term A Loans” means the Initial Term A Loans and the Delayed Draw Term A Loans.

Term B Lender” means each Lender with a Term B Loan Commitment or an outstanding Term B Loan.

Term B Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(c).

Term B Loan Commitment” means, with respect to each Term B Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make a Term B Loan pursuant to Section 2.01(c), as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s Term B Loan Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed a Term B Loan Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Term B Loan Commitments is $750,000,000.

Term B Loan Maturity Date” means December 7, 2023.

Term Loan Refinancing Debt” means any Indebtedness consisting of debt securities or credit facilities incurred or Guaranteed by Loan Parties following the Closing Date that are designated by the U.S. Borrower in a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date of issuance as “Term Loan Refinancing Debt”; provided that (i) such Indebtedness does not mature or have scheduled amortization or scheduled payments of principal and is not subject to mandatory redemption, repurchase, prepayment or sinking fund obligation (other than customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or casualty event and customary acceleration rights after an event of default) prior to the 91st day after the Latest Maturity Date, (ii) such Indebtedness is not secured by any assets of the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries except for assets subject to Liens permitted by Section 6.02(s), (iii) such Indebtedness is not incurred or Guaranteed by any Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and (iv) the other terms and conditions relating to such debt securities or loans (other than interest rates, call protection, rate floors, fees, discounts, premiums, and optional prepayment and redemption provisions) are not in the aggregate materially more restrictive than the terms of this Agreement as determined in good faith by the U.S. Borrower (except for provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date).

Term Loans” means the Initial Term A Loans, the Delayed Draw Term A Loans, the Term B Loans, the Incremental Term Loans of each series and the Extended Term Loans of each series, collectively.

Total Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness on such date less the lesser of (x) the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents included in the consolidated balance sheet of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date and (y) $150,000,000 to (b) Consolidated EBITDA determined in respect of the four fiscal quarter period ending on, or most recently ended prior to, such date.

Transaction Agreements” means the agreements and arrangements described in the Form 10 to be entered into with Xerox and certain Persons that were subsidiaries of Xerox on or prior to the Spin-Off Date in connection with the Spin-Off, including the Xerox Guarantee Obligations.

Transactions” means (a) the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the borrowing of the Term B Loans on the Closing Date, (b) the borrowing of Initial Term A Loans hereunder on the Initial Term A Funding Date to fund the intercompany transfer of certain assets of the business process outsourcing business of Xerox Corporation (“Xerox”) to the U.S. Borrower or one or more of the U.S. Borrower’s Subsidiaries (the “Intercompany Transfers”), (c) the borrowing of the Delayed Draw Term A Loans on or prior to the Spin-Off Date, (d) the issuance of the Senior Notes on or prior to the Spin-Off Date,

 

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(e) the issuance by Holdings of Holdings’ Series A Preferred Stock, having a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (the “Preferred Equity Interests”), to Xerox pursuant to the terms of an exchange agreement and the transfer by Xerox of these shares and certain preferred shares of Xerox in exchange for certain other preferred shares of Xerox, (f) the entering into of the Transaction Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereby to occur on or prior to the Spin-Off Date, (g) the use of the proceeds of the Delayed Draw Term A Loans and the Term B Loans, together with the proceeds of the Senior Notes and cash on hand of Holdings and/or the U.S. Borrower, (i) to pay a distribution to Xerox in the amount of approximately $1,600,000,000 (the “Separation Distribution”) in partial exchange for assets contributed by Xerox to Holdings as part of the same plan as Xerox’s distribution of the common stock of Holdings to the shareholders of Xerox on a pro rata basis (the “Spin-Off”), (ii) to fund cash to the balance sheet of Holdings and its subsidiaries, (iii) for general corporate purposes and (vi) for the payment of fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing.

Type,” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate or the Base Rate.

UCP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or in any other applicable jurisdiction.

Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(c)(i).

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary designated by the U.S. Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.11 subsequent to the Closing Date and any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

U.S. Borrower” means Xerox Business Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (a) the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness into (b) the sum of the total of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining scheduled installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment of principal including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse between such date and the making of such payment.

wholly owned” means, with respect to a Subsidiary of a Person, a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Equity Interests of which (other than (x) director’s qualifying shares and (y) shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable Law) are owned by such Person and/or by one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

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Xerox Guarantee Obligations” means obligations owed by Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary on or after the Spin-Off Date to Xerox or any of its subsidiaries in respect of Guarantees or other credit support instruments provided by or through Xerox or any of its subsidiaries for the benefit of Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, pursuant to the Transaction Agreements as in effect on the Spin-Off Date (as such Transaction Agreements may be amended in a manner not more adverse to the interest of the Lenders in any material respect when taken as a whole (in the good faith determination of the U.S. Borrower) than such Transaction Agreements as in effect on the Spin-Off Date.

SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Revolving Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing”).

SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” 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, refinanced, restated, replaced or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any definition of or reference to any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor laws), unless otherwise expressly stated to the contrary, (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (d) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (e) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (f) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. Any reference herein to the “knowledge” of the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary means the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of such Person.

SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP.

(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that (i) if the U.S. Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the U.S. Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the U.S. Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith and (ii) notwithstanding anything in GAAP to the contrary, for purposes of all financial calculations hereunder, the amount of any Indebtedness outstanding at any time shall be the stated principal amount thereof (except to the extent such Indebtedness provides by its terms for the accretion of principal, in which case the amount of such Indebtedness at any time shall be its accreted amount at such time); provided, further, that notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any change to GAAP occurring after the date hereof as a result of the adoption of any proposals set forth in the Proposed Accounting Standards Update, Leases (Topic 840), issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board on August 17, 2010, or any other proposals issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in connection therewith, in each case if such change would require treating any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) as a capital lease where such lease (or similar arrangement) would not have been required to be so treated under GAAP as in effect on the date hereof.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining compliance with any test or covenant or the compliance with or availability of any basket contained in this Agreement, the Total Net Leverage Ratio and Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.

SECTION 1.05. Payments on Business Days. When the payment of any amount hereunder or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be; provided that, with respect to any payment of interest on, or principal of, Eurocurrency Loans, if such extension would cause any such payment to be made in the next succeeding calendar month, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.

SECTION 1.06. Limited Condition Transactions.

(a) In connection with any action taken solely in connection with a Permitted Acquisition whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing, Investment or redemption or repayment of indebtedness requiring irrevocable notice in advance of such redemption or repayment (a “Limited Condition Transaction”), for purposes of (i) determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement (other than Section 6.09) which requires the calculation of any financial ratio or test, including the Total Net Leverage Ratio, Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio and any other financial ratio (and for the avoidance of doubt, to also include any financial ratio or test set forth in Section 2.19) or (ii) testing availability under baskets set forth in this Agreement (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets and including any determination of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), in each case, at the option of the U.S. Borrower (the U.S. Borrower’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an “LCT Election”), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered into or the date on which the U.S. Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary becomes legally obligated to consummate such Limited Condition Transaction (the “LCT Test Date”), and if, after giving effect to the Limited Condition Transaction and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith on a Pro Forma Basis (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they had occurred on the first day of the most recent test period ending prior to the LCT Test Date (except with respect to any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness for purposes of the calculation of any leverage-based test or ratio, which shall in each case be treated as if they had occurred on the last day of such test period), the U.S. Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary would have been permitted to take such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio, test or basket, such ratio, test or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with. For the avoidance of doubt, if the U.S. Borrower has made an LCT Election and any of the ratios, tests or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio, test or basket, including due to fluctuations in the total assets of the U.S. Borrower or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets, tests or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations.

(b) If the U.S. Borrower has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any calculation of any ratio, test or basket availability with respect to the incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens, the making of Restricted Payments, the making of any Investment, the conveyance, lease or other transfer of assets, the prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other satisfaction of Indebtedness, or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary (a “Subsequent Transaction”) following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or the date that the definitive agreement or irrevocable notice for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of determining whether such Subsequent Transaction is permitted under this Agreement, any such ratio, test or basket shall be required to be satisfied (i) on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated and (ii) assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have not been consummated.

 

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SECTION 1.07. Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

SECTION 1.08. Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Letter of Credit Application related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such times.

SECTION 1.09. Currency Equivalents Generally.

(a) Unless the context otherwise requires, any amount specified in this Agreement to be in Dollars shall also include the Dollar Equivalent of any Alternative Currency. The maximum amount of Indebtedness and other threshold amounts that the U.S. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may incur under Article VI shall not be deemed to be exceeded with respect to any outstanding Indebtedness and other threshold amounts solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies. When calculating capacity for the incurrence of additional Indebtedness and other threshold amounts by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, the exchange rate of currencies shall be measured as of the date of such calculation.

(b) (i) The Administrative Agent, or the relevant Issuing Bank, as applicable, shall determine the Dollar Equivalent of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency as of the date of the issuance thereof and on the first Business Day of each calendar month on which such Letter of Credit is outstanding, in each case using the Exchange Rate in effect on the date of determination, and each such amount shall be the Dollar Equivalent of such Letter of Credit until the next required calculation thereof pursuant to this Section. The Administrative Agent, or the relevant Issuing Bank, as applicable, shall in addition determine the Dollar Equivalent of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency as provided in Sections 2.05(c) and 2.05(l).

(ii) The Administrative Agent shall determine the Dollar Equivalent of any Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency as of the date of the borrowing thereof and as of the date of the commencement of each subsequent Interest Period therefor, in each case using the Exchange Rate in effect on the date of determination, and each such amount shall, except as provided in clause (iii) below, be the Dollar Equivalent of such Borrowing until the next required calculation thereof pursuant to this Section.

(iii) The Administrative Agent, or the relevant Issuing Bank, as applicable, may also determine the Dollar Equivalent of any Borrowing or Letters of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency as of such other dates as the Administrative Agent shall determine, in each case using the Exchange Rate in effect on the date of determination, and each such amount shall be the Dollar Equivalent of such Borrowing or Letter of Credit until the next calculation thereof pursuant to this Section.

(iv) The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers, the applicable Lenders and the Issuing Banks of each determination of the Dollar Equivalent of each Letter of Credit, Borrowing and LC Disbursement.

SECTION 1.10. Additional Alternative Currencies. The Borrowers may from time to time request that an additional currency be added as an “Alternative Currency”; provided that such requested currency is a lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars. Such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and each Revolving Lender; provided that if such “Alternative Currency” is to be used for Letters of Credit only, such request shall be subject only to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank.

 

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ARTICLE II

The Credits

SECTION 2.01. Commitments.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender having an Initial Term A Loan Commitment severally agrees to make Initial Term A Loans on the Initial Term A Funding Date to the Dutch Borrower in Euros by making immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent’s account not later than the time specified by the Administrative Agent, which Initial Term A Loans shall not exceed for any such Lender the Initial Term A Loan Commitment of such Lender. Amounts repaid in respect of Initial Term A Loans may not be reborrowed.

(b) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender having a Delayed Draw Term A Loan Commitment severally agrees to make Delayed Draw Term A Loans on the Delayed Draw Funding Date to the U.S. Borrower in Dollars by making immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent’s account not later than the time specified by the Administrative Agent, which Delayed Draw Term A Loans shall not exceed for any such Lender the Delayed Draw Term A Loan Commitment of such Lender. Amounts repaid in respect of Delayed Draw Term A Loans may not be reborrowed.

(c) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender having a Term B Loan Commitment severally agrees to make Term B Loans on the Closing Date to the U.S. Borrower in Dollars by making immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent’s account not later than the time specified by the Administrative Agent, which Term B Loans shall not exceed for any such Lender the Term B Loan Commitment of such Lender. Amounts repaid in respect of Term B Loans may not be reborrowed.

(d) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the U.S. Borrower and to the Dutch Borrower in Dollars and/or an Alternative Currency from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, (ii) the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the total Revolving Commitments or (iii) the Dollar Equivalent of Revolving Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies exceeding the Alternative Currency Revolving Sublimit. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.

SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings.

(a) Each Loan (other than a Swingline Loan) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Class and Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments of the applicable Class. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required. Any Swingline Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.04.

(b) Subject to Section 2.13, each Revolving Borrowing and Term Loan Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Base Rate Loans (solely in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars) or Eurocurrency Loans as the applicable Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Swingline Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan. Each Lender at its option may make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the applicable Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, all Revolving Loans made in Alternative Currencies shall be Eurocurrency Loans.

(c) Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of (i) Eurocurrency Loans shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 (or, if not an integral multiple, the entire available amount) and not less than $1,000,000 (or comparable amounts determined by the Administrative Agent in the case

 

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of Alternative Currencies) and (ii) Base Rate Loans (other than Swingline Loans which shall be subject to Section 2.04) shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $500,000; provided that Eurocurrency Revolving Loans and Base Rate Revolving Loans may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Revolving Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(c). Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of 20 Eurocurrency Borrowings outstanding.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Borrower shall be entitled to request or convert a Base Rate Borrowing to or continue any Eurocurrency Borrowing if the Interest Period requested (i) with respect to a Revolving Borrowing would end after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, (ii) with respect to an Initial Term A Loan Borrowing would end after the Initial Term A Loan Maturity Date, (iii) with respect to a Delayed Draw Term A Loan Borrowing would end after the Delayed Draw Term A Loan Maturity Date or (iv) with respect to a Term B Loan Borrowing would end after the Term B Loan Maturity Date.

SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings. To request a Borrowing, a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other or a continuation of Eurocurrency Loans, the applicable Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request, which may be given by telephone, not later than (i) 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days (or in the case of Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency (other than the Initial Term A Loan), four Business Days) prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Loans or of any conversion of Eurocurrency Loans to Base Rate Loans, and (ii) 11:00 a.m. New York City time, on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans; provided, however, that if such Borrower wishes to request Eurocurrency Loans having an Interest Period of twelve months in duration as provided in the definition of “Interest Period,” (x) the applicable notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, four Business Days prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Eurocurrency Loans, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the applicable Lenders of such request and determine whether the requested Interest Period is available to all of them and (y) not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Eurocurrency Loans, the Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Borrower (which notice may be by telephone) whether or not the requested Interest Period has been consented to by all the applicable Lenders. Each Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and, in the case of a telephonic Borrowing Request, shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or facsimile or transmission by electronic communication in accordance with Section 9.01(b) to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E and signed by the applicable Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the Class of Loans to which such Borrowing Request relates;

(ii) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing, conversion or continuation;

(iii) the date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, which shall be a Business Day;

(iv) whether such Borrowing, conversion or continuation is to be a Base Rate Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing;

(v) in the case of a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, the currency of the requested Borrowing;

(vi) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”;

(vii) the location and number of the applicable Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.06; and

(viii) whether the applicable Borrower is requesting a new Borrowing, a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurocurrency Loans.

 

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(b) If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be a Base Rate Borrowing (other than with respect to Initial Term A Loans and Revolving Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency). In the case of a failure to timely request a conversion or continuation of Eurocurrency Loans, such Loans shall be converted into Base Rate Loans. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Borrowing or conversion or continuation of Eurocurrency Loans, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurocurrency Loans. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurocurrency Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Loan. During the existence of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, may require that no Loans denominated in Dollars may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurocurrency Loans without the consent of the Required Lenders. In making any determination of the Dollar Equivalent for purposes of calculating the amount of Revolving Loans to be borrowed from the respective Lenders on any date, the Administrative Agent shall use the relevant Exchange Rate in effect on the date on which the applicable Borrower delivers a Borrowing Request for such Revolving Loans pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.03.

SECTION 2.04. Swingline Loans.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04, to make Swingline Loans in Dollars to the U.S. Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period; provided that no such Swingline Loan shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto, (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans would exceed the Swingline Loan Sublimit, (ii) the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the total Revolving Commitments or (iii) unless otherwise agreed by such Swingline Lender, the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans, Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit issued by such Swingline Lender would exceed such Swingline Lender’s Revolving Commitments hereunder; provided, further, that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the U.S. Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans. Immediately upon the making of a Swingline Loan, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swingline Lender a risk participation in such Swingline Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Swingline Loan.

(b) To request a Swingline Loan, the U.S. Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and Swingline Lender of such request, which may be given by telephone and shall be irrevocable. Each such notice must be received by the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $100,000, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swingline Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the U.S. Borrower. Promptly after receipt by the Swingline Lender of any telephonic Swingline Loan Notice, the Swingline Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swingline Loan Notice and, if not, the Swingline Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swingline Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Lender) prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Swingline Loan Borrowing (A) directing the Swingline Lender not to make such Swingline Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in Section 2.04(a) or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.04 is not then satisfied, then the Swingline Lender shall make such Swingline Loan available to the U.S. Borrower by means of a credit to the general deposit account of the U.S. Borrower with the Swingline Lender or the Administrative Agent by 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.

 

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(c) (i) The Swingline Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the U.S. Borrower (and the U.S. Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swingline Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the amount of the applicable Class of Swingline Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Borrowing Request for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02 and Section 2.03, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Revolving Commitments of the applicable Class and the conditions set forth in Section 4.04. The Swingline Lender shall furnish the U.S. Borrower with a copy of the applicable Borrowing Request promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Lender shall make an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage (of the amount of the applicable Class of Swingline Loans) of the aggregate amount specified in such Borrowing Request available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds for the account of the Swingline Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the day specified in such Borrowing Request, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the U.S. Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swingline Lender.

(ii) If for any reason any Swingline Loan cannot be refinanced by such Base Rate Loan in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swingline Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swingline Lender that each of the Revolving Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swingline Loan and such Revolving Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation. If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swingline Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swingline Lender at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Federal Funds Effective Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swingline Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such Revolving Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Revolving Lender’s Base Rate Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant Swingline Loan, as the case may be. A certificate of the Swingline Lender submitted to any Revolving Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (ii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(iii) Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Base Rate Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Swingline Lender, the U.S. Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Base Rate Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.04. No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the U.S. Borrower to repay Swingline Loans, together with interest as provided herein.

(d) (i) At any time after any Revolving Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swingline Loan, if the Swingline Lender receives any payment on account of such Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender will distribute to such Revolving Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof in the same funds as those received by the Swingline Lender.

(ii) If any payment received by the Swingline Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swingline Loan is required to be returned by the Swingline Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 9.08 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swingline Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Swingline Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Federal Funds Effective Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swingline Lender. The obligations of the Revolving Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

 

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(e) The Swingline Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the U.S. Borrower for interest on the Swingline Loans. Until each Revolving Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of any Swingline Loan, interest in respect of such Applicable Percentage shall be solely for the account of the Swingline Lender.

(f) The U.S. Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swingline Loans directly to the Swingline Lender.

(g) If the maturity date shall have occurred in respect of any Class of Revolving Commitments at a time when another Class or Classes of Revolving Commitments is or are in effect with a longer maturity date, then on the earliest occurring maturity date all then outstanding Swingline Loans shall be repaid in full on such date (and there shall be no adjustment to the participations in such Swingline Loans as a result of the occurrence of such maturity date); provided, however, that if on the occurrence of such earliest maturity date (after giving effect to any repayments of Revolving Loans and any reallocation of Letter of Credit participations as contemplated in Section 2.05(d)), there shall exist sufficient unutilized Extended Revolving Commitments or Revolving Commitments so that the respective outstanding Swingline Loans could be incurred pursuant to the Extended Revolving Commitments or Revolving Commitments which will remain in effect after the occurrence of such maturity date, then there shall be an automatic adjustment on such date of the participations in such Swingline Loans and the same shall be deemed to have been incurred solely pursuant to the relevant Extended Revolving Commitments or Revolving Commitments, and such Swingline Loans shall not be so required to be repaid in full on such earliest maturity date.

(h) The U.S. Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, designate as additional Swingline Lenders one or more Revolving Lenders that agree to serve in such capacity as provided below. The acceptance by a Revolving Lender of an appointment as a Swingline Lender hereunder shall be evidenced by an agreement, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the U.S. Borrower, executed by the U.S. Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such designated Swingline Lender, and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i) such Revolving Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement and (ii) references herein to the term “Swingline Lender” shall be deemed to include such Revolving Lender in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.

SECTION 2.05. Letters of Credit. The Letter of Credit Commitment.

(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (x) each Issuing Bank agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section 2.05, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Delayed Draw Funding Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars or an Alternative Currency for the account of Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with paragraph (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (y) the Revolving Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (i) the aggregate LC Exposure shall not exceed the LC Exposure Sublimit, (ii) the aggregate amount of LC Exposure with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding by any Issuing Bank shall not exceed its Issuing Bank LC Exposure Sublimit at any one time, (iii) the aggregate LC Exposure denominated in Alternative Currencies shall not exceed the Alternative Currency L/C Sublimit and (iv) the total Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the total Revolving Commitments. Each request by a Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by such Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers’ ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrowers may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.

(ii) No Issuing Bank shall issue any Letter of Credit, if: (A) subject to Section 2.05(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Required Lenders and the applicable Issuing Bank have approved such expiry date; or (B) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Revolving Lenders and the applicable Issuing Bank have approved such expiry date.

 

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(iii) No Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:

(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such Issuing Bank from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to such Issuing Bank or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such Issuing Bank shall prohibit, or request that such Issuing Bank refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which such Issuing Bank in good faith deems material to it;

(B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such Issuing Bank applicable to letters of credit generally;

(C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank, such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $100,000 (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof);

(D) such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder; or

(E) a default of any Revolving Lender’s (of the applicable Class) obligations to fund under Section 2.05(c) exists or any Revolving Lender (of the applicable Class) is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless such Issuing Bank has entered into satisfactory arrangements (in the Issuing Bank’s sole and absolute discretion) with the applicable Borrower or such Revolving Lender to eliminate the Issuing Bank’s risk with respect to such Revolving Lender (including as a result of the reallocation of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure among the non-defaulting Revolving Lenders as contemplated by Section 2.21).

(iv) No Issuing Bank shall amend any Letter of Credit if the Issuing Bank would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.

(v) No Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such Issuing Bank would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.

(vi) Each Issuing Bank shall act on behalf of the applicable Revolving Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and each Issuing Bank shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article VII with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such Issuing Bank in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article VII included such Issuing Bank with respect to such acts or omissions and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to such Issuing Bank.

(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.

(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of a Borrower delivered (in writing or by e-mail, facsimile or other electronic means) to the applicable Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application or amendment request, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m.,

 

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New York City time, at least three Business Days (or such later date and time as the applicable Issuing Bank may agree in a particular instance in its sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the currency thereof; (E) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (F) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (H) such other matters as the applicable Issuing Bank may require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit amendment request shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank: (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as the applicable Issuing Bank may require. Additionally, the applicable Borrower shall furnish to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the applicable Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.

(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the applicable Issuing Bank will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the applicable Borrower and, if not, such Issuing Bank will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless an Issuing Bank has received written notice from the Administrative Agent or the applicable Borrower, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Section 4.04 shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such Issuing Bank shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the applicable Borrower (or Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with such Issuing Bank’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit by an Issuing Bank, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from such Issuing Bank a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the relevant Class times the amount of such Letter of Credit.

(iii) If a Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the applicable Issuing Bank may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the applicable Issuing Bank to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the applicable Issuing Bank, the applicable Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to an Issuing Bank for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the applicable Issuing Bank to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, however, that no Issuing Bank shall permit any such extension if (A) such Issuing Bank has determined that it would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.05(a) or otherwise) or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Revolving Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent or the applicable Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.04 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing such Issuing Bank not to permit such extension.

(iv) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the Issuing Bank will also deliver to the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

 

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(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.

(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank shall promptly examine the documents presented relevant to such drawing and shall notify the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day following the Business Day on which such Borrower shall have received such notice, such Borrower shall reimburse such Issuing Bank through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing and in the currency of such drawing. If the applicable Borrower fails to so reimburse such Issuing Bank by such time, (A) if such payment relates to a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, automatically and with no further action required, the obligations of the applicable Borrower to reimburse the applicable LC Disbursement shall be permanently converted into an obligation to reimburse the Dollar Equivalent, calculated using the Exchange Rate on the applicable LC Participation Calculation Date, of such LC Disbursement and (B) in the case of each other LC Disbursement, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each applicable Revolving Lender of the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”) and the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. In such event in the prior clause (B), the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Base Rate Revolving Loan to be disbursed on such date of notice in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the applicable Class of Revolving Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.04 (other than the delivery of a Borrowing Notice). Any notice given by the applicable Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.05(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice. If the applicable Borrower’s reimbursement of, or obligation to reimburse, any amounts in any Alternative Currency would subject the Administrative Agent, the applicable Issuing Bank or any Revolving Lender to any stamp duty, ad valorem charge or similar Tax that would not be payable if such reimbursement were made or required to be made in Dollars, such Borrower shall pay the amount of any such Tax requested by the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Revolving Lender.

(ii) Each Revolving Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent in Dollars for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank at the Administrative Agent’s Office for payments in an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.05(c)(iii), such Revolving Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Revolving Loan to the applicable Borrower in such amount.

(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount in respect of a Letter of Credit that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.04 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the applicable Issuing Bank a L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute a L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.05.

(iv) Until each applicable Lender funds its Revolving Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) to reimburse an Issuing Bank for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of such Issuing Bank.

(v) Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse each Issuing Bank for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit of the applicable Class issued by it, as contemplated by this Section 2.05(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Lender may have against such Issuing Bank, the applicable Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.04 (other than delivery by the applicable Borrower of a Borrowing Request). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the applicable Borrower to reimburse an Issuing Bank for the amount of any payment made by such Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.

 

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(vi) If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of an Issuing Bank any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.05(c) by the time specified in Section 2.05(c)(ii), such Issuing Bank shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such Issuing Bank at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Federal Funds Effective Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by such Issuing Bank in connection with the foregoing. If such Revolving Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of an Issuing Bank submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d) Repayment of Participations.

(i) At any time after an Issuing Bank has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Lender such Revolving Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.05(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of such Issuing Bank any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the applicable Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Revolving Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof in Dollars and in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.

(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of an Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 9.08 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Issuing Bank in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Revolving Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Federal Funds Effective Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Revolving Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the applicable Borrower to reimburse each Issuing Bank for each drawing under each Letter of Credit issued by it and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following: (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrowers or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the applicable Issuing Bank or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction; (iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit; (iv) any payment by such Issuing Bank under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or any payment made by such Issuing Bank under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; (v) any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant Alternative Currency to either Borrower or any Subsidiary or in the relevant currency markets generally; or (vi) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrowers or any

 

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Subsidiary. The applicable Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the applicable Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, such Borrower will promptly notify the applicable Issuing Bank. The Borrowers shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the applicable Issuing Bank and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.

(f) Role of Issuing Banks. Each Revolving Lender and each of the Borrowers agree that, in paying any drawing under any Letter of Credit, no Issuing Bank shall have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the Issuing Banks, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of any Issuing Bank shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment); or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrowers hereby assume all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude either Borrower pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the Issuing Banks, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of any Issuing Bank shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 2.05(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, a Borrower may have a claim against any Issuing Bank, and such Issuing Bank may be liable to a Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to special, indirect, punitive, consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by such Borrower which such Borrower proves were caused by such Issuing Bank’s willful misconduct or gross negligence (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment). In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Issuing Bank may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and such Issuing Bank shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.

(g) Cash Collateral.

(i) Upon the request of the applicable Issuing Bank, if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any LC Exposure for any reason remains outstanding, the applicable Borrower shall immediately Cash Collateralize (or otherwise backstop in a manner satisfactory to such Issuing Bank) 103% of the then outstanding amount of all LC Exposure with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank at the request of such Borrower.

(ii) In addition, if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrowers at any time that the LC Exposure at such time exceeds the LC Exposure Sublimit then in effect, then, within two Business Days (or such later time as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion) after receipt of such notice, the Borrowers shall Cash Collateralize the LC Exposure in an amount equal to the amount by which the LC Exposure exceeds the LC Exposure Sublimit.

(h) Applicability of ISP and UCP; Limitation of Liability. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable Issuing Bank and the applicable Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit and (ii) the rules of the UCP shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Issuing Bank shall be responsible to a Borrower for, and the Issuing Banks’ rights and remedies against the applicable Borrower shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of the applicable Issuing Bank required under any law, order or practice that is required to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the Law or any order of a jurisdiction where the applicable Issuing Bank or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP or UCP, as applicable, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade - International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.

 

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(i) Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.

(j) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary, the applicable Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrowers hereby acknowledge that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary inures to the benefit of the applicable Borrower, and that each Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiaries.

(k) If the maturity date in respect of any Class of Revolving Commitments occurs prior to the expiration of any Letter of Credit, then (i) if one or more other Classes of Revolving Commitments in respect of which the maturity date shall not have occurred are then in effect, such Letters of Credit shall automatically be deemed to have been issued (including for purposes of the obligations of the Revolving Lenders to purchase participations therein and to make Revolving Loans and payments in respect thereof pursuant to Section 2.05(c) and (d)) under (and ratably participated in by Lenders pursuant to) the Revolving Commitments in respect of such non-terminating Classes up to an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate principal amount of the unutilized Revolving Commitments thereunder at such time (it being understood that no partial face amount of any Letter of Credit may be so reallocated) and (ii) to the extent not reallocated pursuant to immediately preceding clause (i), the Borrowers shall Cash Collateralize any such Letter of Credit in accordance with Section 2.05(g). Commencing with the maturity date of any Class of Revolving Commitments, the sublimit for Letters of Credit shall be agreed with the Lenders under the extended Classes of Revolving Commitments.

(l) Conversion. In the event that the Loans become immediately due and payable on any date pursuant to Article VII, all amounts (i) that the Borrowers are at the time or become thereafter required to reimburse or otherwise pay to the Administrative Agent in respect of LC Disbursements made under any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii) that the Revolving Lenders are at the time or become thereafter required to pay to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent is at the time or becomes thereafter required to distribute to the applicable Issuing Bank) pursuant to paragraph (f) of this Section in respect of unreimbursed LC Disbursements made under any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency and (iii) of each Revolving Lender’s participation in any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency under which an LC Disbursement has been made shall, automatically and with no further action required, in each case be converted into the Dollar Equivalent thereof, calculated using the Exchange Rate on such date (or in the case of any LC Disbursement made after such date, on the date such LC Disbursement is made). On and after such conversion, all amounts accruing and owed to the Administrative Agent, the applicable Issuing Bank or any Revolving Lender in respect of the obligations described in this paragraph shall accrue and be payable in Dollars at the rates otherwise applicable hereunder.

SECTION 2.06. Funding of Borrowings.

(a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds (x) in the case of any Loan denominated in Dollars, by 2:00 p.m., New York City time, and (y) in the case of any Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, by 12:00 noon, local time, in the place of settlement for such Alternative Currency, in each case, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage or other percentage provided for herein; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.04. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the applicable Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account designated by the applicable Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that Base Rate Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(c) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the relevant Issuing Bank.

 

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(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed time of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the applicable Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the applicable Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the Federal Funds Effective Rate, or (ii) in the case of a Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans of the applicable Class in the case of a Loan in Dollars or the interest rate applicable to Eurocurrency Loans in the case of a Loan in an Alternative Currency. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.

SECTION 2.07. [Reserved].

SECTION 2.08. Termination and Reduction of Commitments.

(a) Unless previously terminated, (i) the Initial Term A Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Initial Term A Commitment Expiration Date, (ii) the Delayed Draw Term A Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Delayed Draw Term A Loan Commitment Expiration Date, (iii) the Term B Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date and (iv) all Revolving Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

(b) The Borrowers may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Revolving Commitments, the Delayed Draw Term A Loan Commitments or the Term B Loan Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of such Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000 (or, if less, the remaining amount of such Commitments) and (ii) the Borrowers shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.10 and Cash Collateralization (or other backstop in respect of) outstanding Letters of Credit, the total Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the total Revolving Commitments.

(c) The Borrowers shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by facsimile or transmission by electronic communication in accordance with Section 9.01(b)) of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrowers pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Commitments delivered by the Borrowers may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or instruments of Indebtedness or the occurrence of any other specified event, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrowers (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Subject to Section 2.20(d), each reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments of such Class. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Delayed Draw Term A Loan Commitments may only be reduced among the Delayed Draw Term A Lenders on a ratable basis.

SECTION 2.09. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.

(a) Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan made to such Borrower on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date in the applicable currency. The U.S. Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and the first date after such Swingline Loan is made that is the 15th or last day of a calendar month and is at least five Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each date that a Revolving Loan is made, the U.S. Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding.

 

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(b) The Dutch Borrower promises to repay in Euros the Initial Term A Loans (to the extent funded) on the last day of each quarter and in an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Initial Term A Loans funded on the Initial Term A Funding Date multiplied by the percentage, in each case, as set forth below:

 

Quarter

   Percentage  

First full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     0

Second full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     0

Third full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     0

Fourth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     0

Fifth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     1.875

Sixth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     1.875

Seventh full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     1.875

Eighth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     1.875

Ninth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     1.875

Tenth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     1.875

Eleventh full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     1.875

Twelfth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     1.875

Thirteenth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     2.50

Fourteenth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     2.50

Fifteenth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     2.50

Sixteenth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     2.50

Seventeenth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     3.75

Eighteenth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     3.75

Nineteenth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     3.75

 

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provided, however, that the Dutch Borrower shall repay the entire unpaid principal amount of the Initial Term A Loans on the Initial Term A Loan Maturity Date.

(c) The U.S. Borrower promises to repay in Dollars the Delayed Draw Term A Loans (to the extend funded) on the last day of each quarter and in an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Delayed Draw Term A Loans funded on the Delayed Draw Funding Date multiplied by the percentage, in each case, as set forth below:

 

Quarter

   Percentage  

First full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     0

Second full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     0

Third full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     0

Fourth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     0

Fifth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     1.875

Sixth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     1.875

Seventh full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     1.875

Eighth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     1.875

Ninth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     1.875

Tenth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     1.875

Eleventh full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     1.875

Twelfth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     1.875

Thirteenth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     2.50

Fourteenth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     2.50

Fifteenth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     2.50

Sixteenth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     2.50

Seventeenth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     3.75

Eighteenth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     3.75

Nineteenth full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date

     3.75

 

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provided, however, that the U.S. Borrower shall repay the entire unpaid principal amount of the Delayed Draw Term A Loans on the Delayed Draw Term A Loan Maturity Date.

(d) The U.S. Borrower promises to repay in Dollars the Term B Loans (to the extent funded) on the last day of each quarter (beginning with the first full fiscal quarter ended after the Spin-Off Date) and in an amount equal to 0.25% of the outstanding principal amount of the Term B Loans funded on the Closing Date; provided, however, that the U.S. Borrower shall repay the entire unpaid principal amount of the Term B Loans on the Term B Loan Maturity Date.

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

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

(g) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (e) or (f) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein absent manifest error; 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 each Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(h) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by promissory notes. In such event, the applicable Borrower or the Borrowers shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender promissory notes payable to such Lender and its registered assigns in a form approved by the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 2.10. Prepayment of Loans.

(a) Optional Prepayments.

(i) The Borrowers shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing of any Class in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (subject to the requirements of clause (iii) below), subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section.

(ii) The applicable Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) by telephone (confirmed by facsimile or transmission by electronic communication in accordance with Section 9.01(b)) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 12:00 p.m., New York City time (or in the case of an Alternative Currency, 11:00 a.m., London time), three Business Days before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment of a Base Rate Borrowing, not later than 12:00 pm., New York City time, on the date of prepayment or (iii) in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date, the Class or Classes of Loans to be repaid

 

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and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that such notice may state that it is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or instruments of Indebtedness or the occurrence of any other specified event, in which case such notice may be revoked by the applicable Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date for prepayment specified therein) if such condition is not satisfied. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.10(a) shall be applied to repayments thereof required pursuant to Section 2.09(b), (c) or (d) in the order selected by the applicable Borrower. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the notice of prepayment. Prepayments pursuant to this Section 2.10(a) shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.12 and shall be subject to Section 2.15.

(iii) In the event that, on or prior to the date that is twelve months after the Closing Date, the U.S. Borrower (x) prepays, repays, refinances, substitutes or replaces any Term B Loans in connection with a Repricing Transaction (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any prepayment made pursuant to Section 2.10(b)(iii) that constitutes a Repricing Transaction), or (y) effects any amendment, waiver or other modification of, or consent under, this Agreement resulting in a Repricing Transaction, the U.S. Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each of the applicable Term B Lenders, (A) in the case of clause (x), a premium of 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term B Loans so prepaid, repaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced and (B) in the case of clause (y), a fee equal to 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term B Loans outstanding immediately prior to such amendment, waiver, modification or consent that are the subject of such Repricing Transaction. If, on or prior to the date that is twelve months after the Closing Date, all or any portion of the Term B Loans held by any Lender are prepaid, repaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced pursuant to Section 2.18 as a result of, or in connection with, such Lender not consenting with respect to any amendment, waiver, modification or consent referred to in clause (y) above (or otherwise in connection with a Repricing Transaction), such prepayment, repayment, refinancing, substitution or replacement will be made at 101% of the principal amount so prepaid, repaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced. All such amounts shall be due and payable on the date of effectiveness of such Repricing Transaction.

(b) Mandatory Prepayments.

(i) If the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrowers at any time that (A) the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure at such time exceeds the Revolving Commitments then in effect or (B) the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure denominated in Alternative Currencies at such time exceeds the Alternative Currency Revolving Sublimit, then, within one Business Day after receipt of such notice, the Borrowers shall prepay their applicable Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans and/or Cash Collateralize LC Exposure in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided, however, that, subject to the provisions of Section 2.05(g)(ii), the Borrowers shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the LC Exposures pursuant to this Section 2.10(b) unless after the prepayment in full of such Loans the Revolving Credit Exposure exceeds the Revolving Commitments then in effect; provided, further, that solely with respect to any excess resulting from currency exchange rate fluctuations, this Section 2.10(b)(i) shall not apply unless, on the last day of any fiscal quarter of the U.S. Borrower, the Dollar Equivalent of Revolving Credit Exposure exceeds the Revolving Commitments by more than 2.5 % as a result of such fluctuations.

(ii) (A) If the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary receives any Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale or Casualty Event, the Borrowers shall apply an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds (in the case of an Asset Sale by the Dutch Borrower or another Foreign Subsidiary, subject to Section 2.10(b)(ix)) to prepay Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.10(b)(v) on or prior to the date which is 10 Business Days after the date of the realization or receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds; provided that no such prepayment shall be required pursuant to this Section 2.10(b)(ii)(A) with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds that the Borrowers shall reinvest in accordance with Section 2.10(b)(ii)(B);

(B) With respect to any Net Cash Proceeds realized or received with respect to any Asset Sale or Casualty Event, at the option of the Borrowers, the Borrowers may reinvest all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds in assets useful for the U.S. Borrower’s or a Restricted Subsidiary’s business within (x) 15 months following receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds or (y) if the U.S. Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary enters into a legally binding commitment to reinvest such Net Cash Proceeds within 15 months following receipt thereof, within six months

 

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following the last day of such 15-month period; provided that any such Net Cash Proceeds that are not so reinvested within the applicable time period set forth above shall be applied as set forth in Section 2.10(b)(ii)(A) within five Business Days after the end of the applicable time period set forth above.

(iii) If the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs or issues any Refinancing Indebtedness or any Indebtedness not expressly permitted to be incurred or issued pursuant to Section 6.01 (without prejudice to the restrictions therein), the Borrowers shall apply an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiary therefrom to prepay the Loans being refinanced thereby in accordance with Section 2.10(b)(v) on or prior to the date which is three Business Days after the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds.

(iv) No later than the fifth Business Day after the date on which financial statements with respect to each fiscal year of the U.S. Borrower are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) (beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017), the U.S. Borrower shall, subject to Section 2.10(b)(ix), prepay the then outstanding Term Loans by an amount equal to (A) 75% of Excess Cash Flow of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently completed fiscal year of the U.S. Borrower (provided that the foregoing percentage shall be reduced to 50% when the Total Net Leverage Ratio calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the relevant fiscal year is equal to or less than 3.00 to 1.00, 25% when the Total Net Leverage Ratio calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the relevant fiscal year is equal to or less than 2.50 to 1.00, and 0% when the Total Net Leverage Ratio calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the relevant fiscal year is equal to or less than 2.00 to 1.00) minus (B) the principal amount of (1) any Term Loans, and, to the extent pari passu with the Term Loans in right of payment and with respect to security, Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Equivalent Debt, Refinancing Term Loans and Refinancing Indebtedness in the form of term loans and (2) any Revolving Loans and Refinancing Indebtedness in the form of revolving loans (in each case, to the extent accompanied by a permanent reduction of the relevant revolving commitment) voluntarily prepaid pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 2.10 or voluntarily prepaid or purchased pursuant to the applicable provisions of the documentation governing such Refinancing Indebtedness, Incremental Equivalent Debt or Refinancing Term Loans, in each case, during such fiscal year on or, at the option of the U.S. Borrower, prior to the date of the required prepayment under this Section 2.10(b)(iv) in respect of such fiscal year; provided that (x) no such voluntary prepayments or purchases shall reduce the payments required to be made under this Section 2.10(b)(iv) for more than one fiscal year and (y) no such voluntary prepayments or purchases shall reduce the payments required to be made under this Section 2.10(b)(iv) to the extent financed with long-term Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness). The amount of each such prepayment shall be applied to the outstanding Term B Loans pro rata until paid in full. Any payment under this clause (iv) shall be an “ECF Payment.”

(v) The Borrowers shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to clauses (ii) through (iv) of this Section 2.10(b) at least three Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each applicable Term Lender of the contents of the Borrowers’ prepayment notice and of such Term Lender’s pro rata share of the prepayment. Each Term Lender may reject all or a portion of its pro rata share of any mandatory prepayment (such declined amounts, the “Declined Proceeds”) of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this Section 2.10(b) by providing written notice (each, a “Rejection Notice”) to the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, one Business Day after the date of such Lender’s receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent regarding such prepayment. Each Rejection Notice from a given Lender shall specify the principal amount of the mandatory repayment of Term Loans to be rejected by such Lender. If a Term Lender fails to deliver a Rejection Notice to the Administrative Agent within the time frame specified above or such Rejection Notice fails to specify the principal amount of the Term Loans to be rejected, any such failure will be deemed an acceptance of the total amount of such Lender’s pro rata share of such mandatory prepayment of Term Loans. Any Declined Proceeds shall be retained by the Borrowers and used for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement; provided that Declined Proceeds with respect to clause (iv) of this Section 2.10(b) shall first be offered by the applicable Borrower to the Term A Lenders on a pro rata basis before being retained by the Borrowers to the extent any such Declined Proceeds remain. The Administrative Agent may make appropriate adjustments to the accounts of the Term Lenders to reflect any non pro rata payment of Term Loans of any Class as a result of this Section 2.10(b)(v).

 

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(vi) Each prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.10(b) shall be applied, subject to Section 2.10(b)(v), pro rata to each Class of Term Loans (on a pro rata basis to the Term Loans of the Lenders with such Class of Term Loans), except that (A) prepayments pursuant to Section 2.10(b)(iv) shall be applied first to the outstanding Term B Loans, and to the extent of any Declined Proceeds by the Term B Lenders pursuant to Section 2.10(b)(v), then applied to the outstanding Term A Loans on a pro rata basis and (B) prepayments pursuant to Section 2.10(b)(iii) may be applied to the Class or Classes of Term Loans selected by the Borrowers and shall, in each case, be further applied to such Class of Term Loans, first in direct order of maturity to the next eight scheduled repayments thereof following the date of such prepayment pursuant to Section 2.09 and second ratably to the remaining scheduled repayments of such Class required pursuant to Section 2.09.

(vii) Any prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.10(b) shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.12 and shall be subject to Section 2.15.

(viii) If (1) on or prior to the Spin-Off Date, (A) the U.S. Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that Xerox has determined, in its sole discretion, not to pursue the completion of the Spin-Off or (B) Xerox, in its sole discretion, publicly announces that it will not pursue the completion of the Spin-Off or (2) the Spin-Off is not completed by March 31, 2017 (the earliest of any such date, the “Special Mandatory Prepayment Trigger Date”), then each Borrower shall prepay, on a pro rata basis, all Loans made to it and then outstanding at the issue price of (x) 97.50%, in respect of Term B Loans and (y) 100%, in respect of Initial Term A Loans, Delayed Draw Term A Loans and Revolving Loans (plus accrued and unpaid interest), on or prior to the date that is two Business Days after the Special Mandatory Prepayment Trigger Date (such date, the “Special Mandatory Prepayment Date”). Failure to do so shall constitute an Event of Default.

(ix) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.10, to the extent that the U.S. Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale by a Foreign Subsidiary or the Net Cash Proceeds of any Casualty Event from a Foreign Subsidiary or the Excess Cash Flow attributable to Foreign Subsidiaries would have material adverse tax consequences, the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Term Loans at the times provided in this Section 2.10 until such time as such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow may be up-streamed or transferred without incurring such adverse tax consequences.

(c) (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.10(a) (which provisions shall not be applicable to this Section 2.10(c)), each Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay Term Loans of any Class made to it and owing to Lenders electing to participate in such prepayments at a discount to the par value of such Term Loans and on a non-pro rata basis (each, a “Discounted Voluntary Prepayment”) pursuant to the procedures described in this Section 2.10(c); provided that (A) no Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be made unless immediately after giving effect to such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (B) no proceeds of Revolving Loans shall be utilized to make any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, (C) any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be offered to all Lenders with Term Loans of the applicable Class on a pro rata basis and (D) the U.S. Borrower on the date such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment is made shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the U.S. Borrower stating (1) that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment and (2) that each of the conditions to such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment contained in this Section 2.10(c) has been satisfied or waived.

(ii) To the extent a Borrower seeks to make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, the applicable Borrower will provide written notice to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit K hereto (each, a “Discounted Prepayment Option Notice”) that the applicable Borrower desires to prepay Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount specified therein by such Borrower (each, a “Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount”), in each case at a discount to the par value of such Term Loans as specified below. The Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount of Term Loans shall not be less than $10,000,000. The Discounted Prepayment Option Notice shall further specify with respect to the proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment: (A) the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount for Term Loans and the Class of Term Loans to which such offer relates, (B) a discount range (which may be a single percentage) selected by the U.S. Borrower with respect to such proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment equal to a percentage of par of the principal amount of such Term Loans (the “Discount Range”) and (C) the date by which Lenders are required to indicate their election to participate in such proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment which shall be at least five Business Days following the date of the Discounted Prepayment Option Notice (the “Acceptance Date”).

 

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(iii) Upon receipt of a Discounted Prepayment Option Notice in accordance with Section 2.10(c)(ii), the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each applicable Lender thereof. On or prior to the Acceptance Date, each Lender with Term Loans of the applicable Class may specify by written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit L hereto (each, a “Lender Participation Notice”) to the Administrative Agent (A) a maximum discount to par (the “Acceptable Discount”) within the Discount Range (for example, a Lender specifying a discount to par of 20% would accept a prepayment price of 80% of the par value of the Term Loans to be prepaid) and (B) a maximum principal amount (subject to rounding requirements specified by the Administrative Agent) of Term Loans of the applicable Class held by such Lender with respect to which such Lender is willing to permit a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment at the Acceptable Discount (“Offered Loans”). Based on the Acceptable Discounts and principal amounts of Term Loans specified by the Lenders in Lender Participation Notices, the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the applicable Borrower, shall calculate the applicable discount for Term Loans (the “Applicable Discount”), which Applicable Discount shall be (A) the percentage specified by the U.S. Borrower if the U.S. Borrower has selected a single percentage pursuant to Section 2.10(c)(ii) for the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment or (B) otherwise, the highest Acceptable Discount at which the applicable Borrower can pay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount in full (determined by adding the principal amounts of Offered Loans commencing with the Offered Loans with the highest Acceptable Discount); provided, however, that in the event that such Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount cannot be repaid in full at any Acceptable Discount, the Applicable Discount shall be the lowest Acceptable Discount specified by the Lenders that is within the Discount Range. The Applicable Discount shall be applicable for all Lenders who have offered to participate in the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment and have Qualifying Loans (as defined below). Any Lender with outstanding Term Loans under the applicable Class whose Lender Participation Notice is not received by the Administrative Agent by the Acceptance Date shall be deemed to have declined to accept a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment of any of its Term Loans at any discount to their par value within the Applicable Discount.

(iv) The applicable Borrower shall make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment by prepaying those Term Loans (or the respective portions thereof) of the applicable Class offered by the Lenders (“Qualifying Lenders”) that specify an Acceptable Discount that is equal to or greater than the Applicable Discount (“Qualifying Loans”) at the Applicable Discount; provided that if the aggregate proceeds required to prepay all Qualifying Loans (disregarding any interest payable at such time) would exceed the amount of aggregate proceeds required to prepay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount, such amounts in each case calculated by applying the Applicable Discount, the applicable Borrower shall prepay such Qualifying Loans ratably among the Qualifying Lenders based on their respective principal amounts of such Qualifying Loans (subject to rounding requirements specified by the Administrative Agent). If the aggregate proceeds required to prepay all Qualifying Loans (disregarding any interest payable at such time) would be less than the amount of aggregate proceeds required to prepay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount, such amounts in each case calculated by applying the Applicable Discount, the applicable Borrower shall prepay all Qualifying Loans.

(v) Each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be made within five Business Days of the Acceptance Date, without premium or penalty (and with any amounts due under Section 2.15), upon irrevocable notice substantially in the form of Exhibit M hereto (each a “Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice”), delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, two Business Days prior to the date of such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, which notice shall specify the date and amount of the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment and the Applicable Discount determined by the Administrative Agent. Upon receipt of any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. If any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable to the applicable Lenders, subject to the Applicable Discount on the applicable Term Loans, on the date specified therein together with accrued interest (on the par principal amount) to, but not including, such date on the amount prepaid.

(vi) To the extent not expressly provided for herein, each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be consummated pursuant to reasonable procedures (including as to timing, rounding, minimum amounts, Type and Interest Periods and calculation of Applicable Discount in accordance with Section 2.10(c)(iii) above) reasonably established by the Administrative Agent and the U.S. Borrower.

 

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(vii) Prior to the delivery of a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, the applicable Borrower may withdraw its offer to make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment pursuant to any Discounted Prepayment Option Notice.

(viii) To the extent the Term Loans are prepaid pursuant to this Section 2.10(c), scheduled amortization amounts for the Term Loans of such Class under Section 2.09 shall be reduced on a pro rata basis by the principal amount of the Term Loans so prepaid.

(ix) For the avoidance of doubt, any Loans that are prepaid pursuant to this Section 2.10(c) shall be deemed canceled immediately upon giving effect to such prepayment.

SECTION 2.11. Fees.

(a) The U.S. Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily amount by which the Revolving Commitment of such Lender exceeds the Revolving Loans and LC Exposure of such Lender during the period from and including the Delayed Draw Funding Date to but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates; provided that any commitment fee accrued with respect to the Revolving Commitment of a Defaulting Lender during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the U.S. Borrower so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender except to the extent that such commitment fee shall otherwise have been due and payable by the U.S. Borrower prior to such time; and provided, further, that no commitment fee shall accrue on the Revolving Commitment of a Defaulting Lender at any time that such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender. Accrued commitment fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on March 31, 2017, shall be payable in arrears on the third Business Day following such last day of March, June, September or December, as applicable, and accrued commitment fees shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate; provided, however, that if the Administrative Agent has not notified the U.S. Borrower pursuant to Section 1.09(b)(iii) of the determination of the Dollar Equivalent of each Letter of Credit, Borrowing and LC Disbursement outstanding as of the last day of March, June, September or December, as applicable, at least one Business Day prior to the date on which such commitment fees would be payable, then accrued commitment fees for such period shall not be payable until the first Business Day following the date on which the Administrative Agent provides such notice. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

(b) Each Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit requested by such Borrower, which shall accrue at the same Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to Eurocurrency Revolving Loans on the average daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Delayed Draw Funding Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Revolving Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure (including in respect of Letters of Credit that have expired or terminated if amounts are drawn thereunder and have not yet been reimbursed) and (ii) to each Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.125% per annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) attributable to Letters of Credit requested by such Borrower and issued by such Issuing Bank during the period from and including the Delayed Draw Funding Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure (including in respect of Letters of Credit that have expired or terminated if amounts are drawn thereunder and have not yet been reimbursed), as well as such Issuing Bank’s standard fees and commissions with respect to the issuance, amendment, cancellation, negotiation, transfer, presentment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Unless otherwise specified above, participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on March 31, 2017, shall be payable in arrears on the third Business Day following such last day of March, June, September or December, as applicable; provided, however, that if the Administrative Agent has not notified the U.S. Borrower pursuant to Section 1.09(b)(iii) of the determination of the Dollar Equivalent of each Letter of Credit and LC Disbursement outstanding as of the last day of March, June, September or December, as applicable, at least one Business Day prior to the date on which such

 

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participation fees and fronting fees would be payable, then accrued participation fees and fronting fees for such period shall not be payable until the first Business Day following the date on which the Administrative Agent provides such notice; provided further that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to an Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within 10 days after demand. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

(c) The U.S. Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent in the Agency Fee Letter.

(d) The U.S. Borrower agrees to pay (i) on the Closing Date, to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each applicable Lender, the fees payable to such Lender with respect to its Initial Term A Loans and Term B Loans under this Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date and (ii) on the Delayed Draw Funding Date, to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each applicable Lender, the fees payable to such Lender with respect to its Delayed Draw Term A Loan Commitments and Revolving Commitments under this Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date.

(e) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in Dollars and immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the relevant Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Lenders. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

SECTION 2.12. Interest.

(a) The Loans comprising each Base Rate Borrowing (including each Swingline Loan) shall bear interest at the Base Rate in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Rate.

(b) The Loans comprising each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall bear interest at the Eurocurrency Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, while an Event of Default exists under clause (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Article VII, the applicable Borrower shall pay interest on all overdue amounts, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section (in the case of such other amount in Dollars) or 2% plus the daily weighted average interest rate applicable to all Loans in the relevant Alternative Currency (in the case of any such other amount in an Alternative Currency) (the “Default Rate”).

(d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable by the applicable Borrower in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of a Base Rate Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period or a Swingline Loan), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

(e) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Base Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year) and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Base Rate or Eurocurrency Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

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SECTION 2.13. Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Borrowing:

(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period; or

(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrowers and the Lenders by telephone or facsimile or transmission by electronic communication in accordance with Section 9.01 as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrowers and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing denominated in Dollars to, or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing denominated in Dollars as, a Eurocurrency Borrowing shall be ineffective and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing, if denominated in Dollars, shall be made as a Base Rate Borrowing and if such borrowing request requests a Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency or if any Interest Election Request requests the continuation of a Eurocurrency Borrowing in an Alternative Currency, such Borrowing or continuation shall be made or continued as a Borrowing bearing interest at an interest rate reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, after consultation with the Borrowers and the applicable Lenders, to compensate the applicable Lenders for such Borrowing in such currency for the applicable period plus the Applicable Rate; provided that if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only Borrowings in one currency, then Borrowings in other currencies will not be affected by the provisions of this Section.

SECTION 2.14. Increased Costs.

(a) If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender or any Issuing Bank;

(ii) subject a Lender or Issuing Bank to any additional Tax (other than any Excluded Taxes or Indemnified Taxes); or

(iii) impose on any Lender or any Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurocurrency Loan (or, in the case of clause (ii), any Loan) or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan or to increase the cost to such Lender or such Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such Issuing Bank hereunder, whether of principal, interest or otherwise, in each case by an amount deemed by such Lender or such Issuing Bank to be material in the context of its making of, and participation in, extensions of credit under this Agreement, then, upon the request of such Lender or such Issuing Bank, the applicable Borrower will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) If any Lender or any Issuing Bank determines in good faith that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or

 

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the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity requirements), then from time to time, upon the request of such Lender or such Issuing Bank, the applicable Borrower will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(c) A certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank setting forth in reasonable detail the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section and setting forth in reasonable detail the manner in which such amount or amounts was determined and certifying that such Lender or Issuing Bank is generally charging such amounts to similarly situated borrowers under comparable credit facilities shall be delivered to the Borrowers and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The applicable Borrower shall pay such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days (or such later date as may be agreed by the applicable Lender or Issuing Bank) after receipt thereof.

(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided that no Borrower shall be required to compensate a Lender or an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies such Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided, further, that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

SECTION 2.15. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or as a result of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.10), (b) the conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurocurrency Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.10 and is revoked in accordance therewith) or (d) the assignment of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by a Borrower pursuant to Section 2.18, then, in any such event, the applicable Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense (excluding loss of anticipated profit) attributable to such event. Such loss, cost or expense to any Lender may be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Eurocurrency Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan (and excluding any Applicable Rate), for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in the relevant currency of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurocurrency market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent, who in turn will deliver it to the applicable Borrower, and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The applicable Borrower shall pay the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days (or such later date as may be agreed by the applicable Lender) after receipt thereof.

SECTION 2.16. Taxes.

(a) All payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Taxes unless required by applicable Law. If any applicable withholding agent shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes in respect of any such payments, then (i) the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after all required deductions have been made (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.16)

 

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the Lender or Issuing Bank (as the case may be) or, in the case of a payment made to the Administrative Agent for its own account, the Administrative Agent, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the applicable withholding agent shall make such deductions and (iii) the applicable withholding agent shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law.

(b) Without duplication of Section 2.16(a), the applicable Borrower shall pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for, any Other Taxes.

(c) The applicable Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each Issuing Bank, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes payable by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document hereunder (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.16), and any Other Taxes, and, in each case, any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the applicable Borrower by a Lender or an Issuing Bank, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

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

(e) Any Lender that is legally entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax under the law of any jurisdiction in which a Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to any payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. Each such Lender shall, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders any such documentation (including any specific documentation referred to in the paragraph below) obsolete, expired or inaccurate in any material respect, deliver promptly to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent updated or other appropriate documentation (including any new documentation reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower or the Administrative Agent) or promptly notify the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its legal ineligibility to do so.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, with respect to any Loan made to the U.S. Borrower:

(i) any Lender that is a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to the U.S. 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 U.S. Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. Federal backup withholding tax;

(ii) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally eligible to do so, deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the U.S. Borrower or the Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally eligible to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:

(A) two duly completed original Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or any successor forms) claiming eligibility for benefits of an income Tax treaty to which the United States of America is a party,

 

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(B) two duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8ECI (or any successor forms),

(C) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) two original certificates, in substantially the form of Exhibit I-1, or any other form approved by the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent, to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the U.S. Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and that no payments in connection with the Loan Documents are effectively connected with such Foreign Lender’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business and (y) two original duly completed Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or any successor forms),

(D) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner (for example, where the Foreign Lender is a partnership or a participating Lender), two original Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8IMY (or any successor forms) of the Foreign Lender, accompanied by copies of Form W-8ECI, W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, a United States Tax Compliance Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit I-2, Exhibit I-3, or Exhibit I-4, Form W-9, Form W-8IMY and/or any other required information (or any successor forms) from each beneficial owner, as applicable (provided that, if such Foreign Lender is a partnership and is not a participating Lender and if one or more beneficial owners are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, the United States Tax Compliance Certificate may be provided by such Foreign Lender on behalf of such beneficial owner), or

(E) two originals of any other form prescribed by applicable requirements of Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable requirements of Law to permit the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made, and

(iii) 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 were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the U.S. Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA, to determine whether such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA and to determine whether any amount is required to be deducted and withheld from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (vi), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to deliver to the Loan Parties and to any successor Administrative Agent any documentation provided by such Lender to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.16(e).

(f) If the Administrative Agent, an Issuing Bank or a Lender determines, in its sole good faith discretion, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by a Loan Party or with respect to which a Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.16, it shall promptly pay over such refund to the applicable Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Loan Parties under this Section 2.16 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes) of the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided that the applicable Borrower, upon the

 

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request of the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the applicable Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. The Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender shall, at the U.S. Borrowers’ request, provide the Borrowers with a copy of any notice of assessment or other evidence of the requirement to repay such refund received from the relevant Governmental Authority (provided that the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender may delete any information therein that the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender reasonably deems confidential). This Section shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes which it reasonably deems confidential) to the Borrowers or any other Person.

(g) For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Section 2.16, the term “Lender” shall include any Swingline Lender and any Issuing Bank.

SECTION 2.17. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs.

(a) Each Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.14, 2.15 or 2.16, or otherwise) without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City time (or as specified in the next sentence in the case of Loans in an Alternative Currency), on the date when due, in immediately available funds. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by a Borrower hereunder with respect to principal and interest on Loans in an Alternative Currency shall be made on the date when due, for the pro rata account of the relevant Lenders to which such payment is owed, in such Alternative Currency and in immediately available funds not later than the Applicable Time (which Applicable Time shall be specified by the Administrative Agent to the Borrowers by the same time at least one Business Day prior to the date when due). Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made in the specified currency to the Administrative Agent, except payments to be made directly to an Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension.

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

(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price promptly restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by either Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a

 

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participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans to any assignee or participant in accordance with Section 9.04. Each Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable Laws, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such participation.

(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the relevant Issuing Bank hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the applicable Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the applicable Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the relevant Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrowers with respect to any amount owing under this paragraph (d) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

(e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.17 or 9.03, then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans and to make payments are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payments.

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) all amounts payable by the Borrowers under this Agreement (other than payment of principal, interest and any payments required to be made by the Dutch Borrower pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.16 with respect to Loans made to it and participation fees and fronting fees payable under Section 2.11(b) with respect to Letters of Credit requested by it) shall be an obligation of, and shall be discharged by, the U.S. Borrower, (ii) the Dutch Borrower shall not be liable for any obligations of the U.S. Borrower hereunder and (iii) each of the U.S. Borrower and the Dutch Borrower shall be severally and jointly liable for the obligations of the Dutch Borrower hereunder.

SECTION 2.18. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.

(a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, or if either Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.14 or 2.16, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. Each Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment. Any Lender claiming reimbursement of such costs and expenses shall deliver to the Borrowers a certificate setting forth such costs and expenses in reasonable detail which shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, or if a Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16, if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, if any Lender fails to grant a consent in connection with any proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination of the provisions of this Agreement as contemplated by Section 9.02 for which the consent of each Lender or each Lender of the applicable Class or each affected Lender is required but the consent of the Required Lenders (or of a majority in interest of the Lenders of the applicable Class, as the

 

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case may be) is obtained or if any other circumstance exists hereunder that gives the Borrowers the right to replace a Lender as a party hereto, then the applicable Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, but excluding the consents required by, Section 9.04), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:

(i) the applicable Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 9.04 (unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent);

(ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and LC Disbursements, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 2.14, Section 2.15 and Section 2.16) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the applicable Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);

(iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.14 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.16, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and

(iv) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.

A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling a Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

(c) Subject to Section 2.18(a), each Lender may make any Loan to a Borrower through any lending office; provided that the exercise of this option shall not affect the obligations of the applicable Borrower to repay the Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or otherwise alter the rights of the parties hereto.

SECTION 2.19. Incremental Facilities.

(a) The Borrowers may from time to time on or after the Spin-Off Date elect to increase the Revolving Commitments or any Extended Revolving Commitments (“Increased Commitments”) or obtain one or more tranches of (or increase any existing tranche of) term loans denominated in Dollars (each, an “Incremental Term Loan”), in each case in an aggregate principal amount of not less than (x) $10,000,000, in the case of Increased Commitments, and (y) $20,000,000 (or such lesser amount as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree), in the case of Incremental Term Loans, so long as, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of all such Increased Commitments and Incremental Term Loans (other than Refinancing Term Loans and Refinancing Revolving Commitments) does not exceed (i) $300,000,000 plus (ii) an additional amount that would not cause the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis (for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to such Increased Commitments or Incremental Term Loans (and the immediately following provisos)) as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter at the end of which Financials were required to have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) to exceed 2.25 to 1.00; provided that, (x) with respect to any Increased Commitments, the maximum amount of Revolving Loans available to be drawn under such Increased Commitments shall be assumed to have been borrowed and (y) in each case, without giving effect to any incurrence under clause (i) above that is incurred substantially simultaneously with amounts under this clause (ii) less (iii) the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Equivalent Indebtedness previously incurred by the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries. The Borrowers may arrange for any such increase or tranche to be provided by one or more Lenders (each Lender so agreeing to an increase in its Revolving Commitment or Extended Revolving Commitment, or to participate in such Incremental Term Loan, an “Increasing Lender”), or by one or more new banks, financial institutions or other entities (each such new bank, financial institution or other entity, a “New Lender”), to increase their existing Revolving Commitment or Extended Revolving Commitment, or to participate in such Incremental Term Loan, or extend Revolving Commitments or Extended Revolving Commitments, as the case may be; provided that each New Lender (and, in the case of an Increased Commitment, each Increasing Lender) shall be subject to the approval of

 

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the U.S. Borrower and, to the extent such consent would be required under Section 9.04 for an assignment to such New Lender, the Administrative Agent and, in the case of an Increased Commitment, each Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender (such consents not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Without the consent of any Lenders other than the relevant Increasing Lenders or New Lenders, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended pursuant to an Additional Credit Extension Amendment as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrower(s), to effect the provisions of this Section 2.19. Increases of Revolving Commitments and Extended Revolving Commitment and new Incremental Term Loans created pursuant to this Section 2.19 shall become effective on the date agreed by the applicable Borrower(s), the Administrative Agent and the relevant Increasing Lenders or New Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in the Revolving Commitments or Extended Revolving Commitments or Incremental Term Loans shall be permitted under this paragraph unless (i) on the proposed date of the effectiveness of such increase in the Revolving Commitments or Extended Revolving Commitments or borrowing of such Incremental Term Loan, the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.04 shall be satisfied or waived by the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of the applicable Borrower(s); provided, that to the extent agreed to by the Lenders providing such Increased Commitments or Incremental Term Loans, as applicable, and the proceeds of such Increased Commitments or Incremental Term Loans, as the case may be, are used to finance a Permitted Acquisition or similar Investment, with respect to the condition set forth in Section 4.04(a), only the Specified Representations shall be required to be true and correct, and the condition set forth in Section 4.04(b) shall be limited to an Event of Default under clauses (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Article VII and (ii) other than in the case of Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Commitments, the U.S. Borrower shall be in compliance, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis (assuming for this purpose that all Increased Commitments were fully drawn), with the covenant contained in Section 6.09 as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter of the U.S. Borrower for which Financials have been delivered prior to such time. On the effective date of any increase in the Revolving Commitments or Extended Revolving Commitments, (i) each relevant Increasing Lender and New Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent such amounts in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine, for the benefit of the other Lenders, as being required in order to cause, after giving effect to such increase and the use of such amounts to make payments to such other Lenders, each Lender’s portion of the outstanding Loans of the applicable Lenders of such class to equal its Applicable Percentage of such outstanding Loans, and (ii) if, on the date of such increase, there are any Revolving Loans of the applicable Class outstanding, such Revolving Loans shall on or prior to the effectiveness of such Increased Commitments be prepaid to the extent necessary from the proceeds of additional Revolving Loans made hereunder by the Increasing Lenders and New Lenders, so that, after giving effect to such prepayments and any borrowings on such date of all or any portion of such Increased Commitments, the principal balance of all outstanding Revolving Loans of such Class owing to each Lender with a Revolving Commitment of such Class is equal to such Lender’s pro rata share (after giving effect to any nonratable Increased Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.19) of all then outstanding Revolving Loans of such Class. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the borrowing notice, minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to the transactions effected pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence. The deemed payments made pursuant to clause (ii) of the second preceding sentence shall be accompanied by payment of all accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, in respect of each Eurocurrency Loan, shall be subject to indemnification by the applicable Borrower pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.15 if the deemed payment occurs other than on the last day of the related Interest Periods. The terms of any Incremental Term Loans shall be as set forth in the Additional Credit Extension Amendment providing for such Incremental Term Loans; provided that (i) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Incremental Term Loans shall not be shorter than the then remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term B Loans (without giving effect to any prepayments), (ii) the final maturity date of any Incremental Term Loans shall be no earlier than the Term B Loan Maturity Date, (iii) Incremental Term Loans shall not participate on a greater than pro rata basis with the applicable Term Loans in any mandatory prepayment hereunder (except in the case of incurrence of Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof), (iv) the provisions with respect to payment of interest, original issue discount and upfront fees shall be as set forth in the amendment providing for such Incremental Term Loans; provided that, in the case of Incremental Term Loans that are secured pari passu in right of payment and with respect to security with any then existing Term B Loans, the “yield” will not be more than 0.50% higher than the corresponding “yield” applicable to any existing Term B Loans unless the “yield” with respect to the applicable Term B Loans is adjusted to be equal to the “yield” with respect to the relevant Incremental Term Loans, minus 0.50%; provided, further, that in determining the applicable “yield” under this clause (iv): (w) the interest rate margin and any original issue discount (“OID”) or upfront fees paid by the

 

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applicable Borrowers in connection with the Term B Loans or Incremental Term Loans (based on a four-year average life to maturity), shall be included, (x) any amendments to or changes in the Applicable Rate with respect to the Term B Loans that became effective subsequent to the Delayed Draw Funding Date but prior to the time of (or concurrently with) the addition of such Incremental Term Loans shall be included, (y) prepayment premiums, customary arrangement, customary commitment, ticking, structuring and customary underwriting fees and any amendment fees paid or payable to the Arrangers (or their Affiliates) in their respective capacities as such in connection with the Term B Loans or to one or more arrangers (or their Affiliates) in their capacities as such applicable to such Incremental Term Loans and any similar fees not paid generally to all Lenders shall be excluded and (z) if such Incremental Term Loans include any interest rate floor greater than that which is applicable to the Term B Loans, such differential between interest rate floors shall be equated to the applicable interest rate margin for purposes of determining whether an increase to the “yield” applicable to the Term B Loans shall be required, but only to the extent an increase in the interest rate floor applicable to the Term B Loans 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 B Loans shall be increased to the extent of such differential between interest rate floors, and (v) all other terms applicable to such Incremental Term Loans (other than provisions specified in clauses (i) through (v) above) to the extent not identical to the terms of the then outstanding Term A Loans or Term B Loans, as the case may be, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The terms of any Increased Commitments shall be the same as those of the Revolving Commitments or Extended Revolving Commitments, as applicable; provided that Refinancing Revolving Commitments may have a later maturity date than, and pricing and fees different from, those applicable to the Revolving Commitments and Extended Revolving Commitments. For the avoidance of doubt, no Lender shall have any obligation to provide any Increased Commitment or Incremental Term Loan.

(b) This Section 2.19 shall override any provisions in Section 9.02 to the contrary.

SECTION 2.20. Extended Term Loans and Extended Revolving Commitments.

(a) The Borrowers may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of the Term Loans of any Class in an aggregate principal amount of not less than $25,000,000 (or such lesser amount as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) (an “Existing Term Loan Class”) be converted to extend the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of such Term Loans (any such Term Loans which have been so converted, “Extended Term Loans”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.20. In order to establish any Extended Term Loans, the applicable Borrower(s) shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders under the Existing Term Loan Class) (an “Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Term Loans to be established, which shall be consistent with the Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan Class from which such Extended Term Loans are to be converted except that:

(i) all or any of the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Extended Term Loans may be delayed to later dates than, or be reduced to a lesser amount than, the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Class to the extent provided in the applicable Additional Credit Extension Amendment;

(ii) the pricing terms, including interest margins and interest rate floors, with respect to the Extended Term Loans may be different than those for the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Class and upfront fees may be paid to the Extending Term Lenders to the extent provided in the applicable Additional Credit Extension Amendment; and

(iii) the Additional Credit Extension Amendment may provide for other covenants and terms that apply only after the Latest Maturity Date.

(b) Any Extended Term Loans converted pursuant to any Extension Request shall be designated a series of Extended Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that, subject to the limitations set forth in clause (a) above, any Extended Term Loans converted from an Existing Term Loan Class may, to the extent provided in the applicable Additional Credit Extension Amendment and consistent with the requirements set forth above, be designated as an increase in any previously established Class of Term Loans.

 

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(c) The applicable Borrower(s) shall provide the applicable Extension Request at least 10 Business Days, or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree, prior to the date on which Lenders under the applicable Existing Term Loan Class are requested to respond. No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Term Loans of any Existing Term Loan Class converted into Extended Term Loans pursuant to any Extension Request. Any Lender wishing to have all or a portion of its Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan Class subject to such Extension Request (such Lender an “Extending Term Lender”) converted into Extended Term Loans shall notify the Administrative Agent (an “Extension Election”) on or prior to the date specified in such Extension Request of the amount of its Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan Class which it has elected to request be converted into Extended Term Loans (subject to any minimum denomination requirements reasonably imposed by the Administrative Agent and acceptable to the applicable Borrower(s)). In the event that the aggregate amount of Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan Class subject to Extension Elections exceeds the amount of Extended Term Loans requested pursuant to an Extension Request, Term Loans of the Existing Term Loan Class subject to Extension Elections shall be converted to Extended Term Loans on a pro rata basis based on the amount of Term Loans included in each such Extension Election (subject to any minimum denomination requirements reasonably imposed by the Administrative Agent and acceptable to the applicable Borrower(s)).

(d) The Borrowers may, with the consent of each Person providing an Extended Revolving Commitment, the Administrative Agent and any Person acting as swingline lender or issuing bank under such Extended Revolving Commitments, amend this Agreement pursuant to an Additional Credit Extension Amendment to provide for Extended Revolving Commitments and to incorporate the terms of such Extended Revolving Commitments into this Agreement on substantially the same basis as provided with respect to the applicable Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) the establishment of any such Extended Revolving Commitments shall be accompanied by a corresponding reduction in the Revolving Commitments of the applicable Class, (ii) any reduction in the applicable Revolving Commitments may, at the option of the Borrowers, be directed to a disproportional reduction of such Revolving Commitments of any Lender providing an Extended Revolving Commitment and (iii) any Extended Revolving Commitments provided pursuant to this clause (d) shall be in a minimum principal amount of $25,000,000.

(e) Extended Term Loans and Extended Revolving Commitments shall be established pursuant to an Additional Credit Extension Amendment to this Agreement among the applicable Borrower(s), the Administrative Agent and each Extending Term Lender or Lender providing an Extended Revolving Commitment which shall be consistent with the provisions set forth above (but which shall not require the consent of any other Lender other than those consents required pursuant to this Agreement). Each Additional Credit Extension Amendment shall be binding on the Lenders, the Loan Parties and the other parties hereto. In connection with any Additional Credit Extension Amendment, the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent shall enter into such amendments to the Collateral Documents as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent (which shall not require any consent from any Lender other than those consents provided pursuant to this Agreement) in order to ensure that the Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments are provided with the benefit of the applicable Collateral Documents and shall deliver such other documents, certificates and opinions of counsel in connection therewith as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent. No Lender shall be under any obligation to provide any Extended Term Loan or Extended Revolving Commitment.

(f) The provisions of this Section 2.20 shall override any provision of Section 9.02 to the contrary.

SECTION 2.21. Defaulting Lenders.

(a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:

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(ii) Reallocation of Payments. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VII or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 9.08), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender hereunder; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested by any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, to be held as cash collateral for future funding obligations of that Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Swingline Loan or Letter of Credit; fourth, as the Borrowers may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Agreement; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrowers as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrowers against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (A) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (B) such Loans or L/C Borrowings were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.04 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Borrowings owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Borrowings owed to, that Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post cash collateral pursuant to this Section 2.21(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

(iii) Certain Fees. That Defaulting Lender (A) shall not be entitled to receive any commitment fee pursuant to Section 2.11(a) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrowers shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender for such period) and (B) shall be limited in its right to receive a participation fee as provided in Section 2.21(c).

(iv) Reallocation of Applicable Percentages to Reduce Fronting Exposure. During any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the amount of the obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Swingline Loans or Letters of Credit pursuant to Sections 2.04 and 2.05, the Applicable Percentage of each non-Defaulting Lender shall be computed without giving effect to the Revolving Commitment of that Defaulting Lender; provided that (A) each such reallocation shall be given effect only if, at the date the applicable Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Default or Event of Default exists; and (B) the aggregate obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans shall not exceed the positive difference, if any, of (1) the Revolving Commitment of that non-Defaulting Lender minus (2) the Revolving Credit Exposure of that Lender.

(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Banks agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any cash collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders at a price equal to the par value of such Loans or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Revolving Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Applicable Percentages (without giving effect to Section 2.21(a)(iv)), whereupon that Lender will cease to be a

 

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Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrowers for the period that such Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

(c) Cash Collateral. If the reallocation described in Section 2.21(a)(iv) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, within three Business Days following the written request of the Administrative Agent, the applicable Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, the applicable Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent cash collateral (or, in the case of Swingline Exposure, at such Borrower’s election, prepayment ) in an amount sufficient to cover the portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.21(a)(iv) and any cash collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender or pursuant to Section 2.21(a)(ii) from payments made for the account of such Defaulting Lender) for so long as such Swingline Exposure or LC Exposure is outstanding; provided that, (i) if a Borrower cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure pursuant to this clause (c), the Borrowers shall not be required to pay participation fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.11(b) with respect to such portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure for so long as such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is cash collateralized; (ii) if any portion of the LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender is reallocated pursuant to Section 2.21(a)(iv) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.11(b) shall be adjusted to give effect to such reallocation; and (iii) if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is neither reallocated nor cash collateralized pursuant to Section 2.21(a)(iv) or this clause (c), then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of any Issuing Bank or any other Lender hereunder, all participation fees payable under Section 2.11(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure shall be payable to the Issuing Banks (and allocated among them ratably based on the amount of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by each Issuing Bank) until and to the extent that such LC Exposure is reallocated and/or cash collateralized.

SECTION 2.22. Illegality. If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its lending office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrowers through the Administrative Agent, (i) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurocurrency Loans shall be suspended and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Borrowers shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) (at the option of the Borrowers), prepay or convert all Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Loans to such day, or promptly, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Loans and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Rate, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Rate. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the applicable Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.

 

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ARTICLE III

Representations and Warranties

Each of the Borrowers represents and warrants to the Lenders as of the Closing Date, the Initial Term A Funding Date, the Delayed Draw Funding Date and (except as to representations and warranties made as of a date certain) as of the date such representations and warranties are deemed to be made under Section 4.04 of this Agreement, that:

SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers; Subsidiaries.

(a) Each of Holdings, the Borrowers and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries is (i) duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable in the relevant jurisdiction) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and (iii) is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable) in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required; except in each case referred to in clauses (i) (other than with respect to the Borrowers and Holdings), (ii) or (iii), where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Schedule 3.01 hereto identifies each Subsidiary as of the Closing Date and, if such Subsidiary is a Subsidiary Guarantor, the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, as the case may be, the percentage of issued and outstanding shares of each class of its capital stock or other Equity Interests owned by the U.S. Borrower or the other Subsidiaries and, if such percentage is not 100% (excluding directors’ qualifying shares as required by Law), a description of each class issued and outstanding. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock and other Equity Interests, to the extent owned by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary, of each Subsidiary are validly issued and outstanding and fully paid and nonassessable (which term under the laws of the Netherlands should be interpreted to mean that a holder of a share will not by reason of merely being such a holder be subject to assessment or calls by the Subsidiary or its creditors for further payment on such share) and all such shares and other equity interests indicated on Schedule 3.01 as owned by a Borrower or another Subsidiary are owned, beneficially and of record, by a Borrower or any Subsidiary on the Closing Date free and clear of all Liens, other than Liens permitted under Section 6.02. As of the Closing Date, there are no outstanding commitments or other obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary to issue, and no options, warrants or other rights of any Person to acquire, any shares of any class of capital stock or other equity interests of any Subsidiary, except as disclosed on Schedule 3.01.

SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions are within each Loan Party’s corporate, limited liability company or partnership powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational and, if required, action by the holders of such Loan Party’s Equity Interests. The Loan Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the Loan Parties party thereto and constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Loan Parties party thereto, enforceable against such Loan Parties in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except for (A) filings necessary to perfect or maintain the perfection of the Liens on the Collateral granted by the Loan Parties in favor of the Administrative Agent, (B) the approvals, consents, registrations, actions and filings which have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and effect and (C) those approvals, consents, registrations or other actions or filings, the failure of which to obtain or make could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) will not violate (i) any applicable law or regulation or order of any Governmental Authority or (ii) the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of any Loan Party, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon any Loan Party or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Loan Party, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any material asset of any Loan Party (other than pursuant to the Loan Documents and Liens permitted by Section 6.02); except with respect to any violation or default referred to in clause (b)(i) or (c) above, to the extent that such violation or default could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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SECTION 3.04. Financial Statements; Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect

(a) The U.S. Borrower has furnished to the Lenders the combined balance sheet and the related combined statements of (loss) income, of comprehensive (loss) income, of changes in parent equity and of cash flows of the business processing outsourcing business of Xerox (i) as of, and for the fiscal year ended, December 31, 2015, audited by Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP, independent public accountants, and (ii) as of, and for the nine months ended, September 30, 2016, which financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the combined financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in conformity with GAAP (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of certain footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause (ii) above).

(b) Since December 31, 2015, there has been no event or condition that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.05. Properties.

(a) The U.S. Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries has good record title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its material real and personal property material to its business, subject to Liens permitted by Section 6.02 and except for such defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes and except where the failure to have such title or interest could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) The U.S. Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed or possesses the valid right to use, all trademarks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to the operation of the business of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (collectively, “IP Rights”), and the use thereof by the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries does not infringe upon, misappropriate or violate the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements, misappropriations or violations that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters.

(a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the U.S. Borrower, threatened against or affecting the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect. There are no labor controversies pending against or, to the knowledge of the U.S. Borrower, threatened against or affecting the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Except with respect to any matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including its respective facilities and operations, (i) has failed to comply with any applicable Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become obligated for any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any actual or threatened claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.

SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws. Each of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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SECTION 3.08. Investment Company Status. None of Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any other Loan Party is required to register as an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

SECTION 3.09. Taxes. Each of the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries has (a) filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes (including any Taxes in the capacity of a withholding agent) required to have been paid by it, except (i) Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the U.S. Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books reserves to the extent required by GAAP or (ii) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (b) made adequate provisions in accordance with GAAP for all Taxes payable by the U.S. Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary that are not yet due and payable, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.10. Solvency. Immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Closing Date, Initial Term A Funding Date and on the Delayed Draw Funding Date, the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent.

SECTION 3.11. ERISA. Except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) no Reportable Event has occurred during the past five years as to which the U.S. Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate was required to file a report with the PBGC; (b) no ERISA Event or Foreign Plan Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (c) none of the U.S. Borrower, the Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates has received any written notification during the past five years that any Multiemployer Plan is insolvent pursuant to Section 4245 of ERISA, or has been terminated within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; and (d) none of the U.S. Borrower, the Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.

SECTION 3.12. Disclosure. Neither the Information Memorandum nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information (excluding any financial projections or pro forma financial information and information of a general economic or general industry nature, to which the Borrowers make only those representations stated in the following sentence) furnished by or on behalf of Holdings or the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on or before the Closing Date in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished), when taken as a whole and when taken together with the SEC filings of Holdings and Xerox at such time, contains as of the date such statement, information, document or certificate was so furnished any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial projections and pro forma financial information contained in the materials referenced above have been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by management of Holdings to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such financial information is not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial information may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a material amount.

SECTION 3.13. Federal Reserve Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loan have been used or will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the FRB, including Regulations T, U and X. None of the Borrowers or any of their respective Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of buying or carrying margin stock.

SECTION 3.14. Security Interests. The provisions of each Collateral Document, upon execution and delivery thereof by the parties thereto, are effective to create legal and valid Liens on all the Collateral in respect of which and to the extent such Collateral Document purports to create Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties; and upon the proper filing of UCC financing statements, upon the taking of possession or control by the Administrative Agent of the Collateral with respect to which a security interest may be perfected by possession or control (which possession or control shall be given to the Administrative Agent to the extent possession or control by the Administrative Agent is required by this Agreement or the Collateral Documents), and the taking of all other actions to be taken pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Documents, such Liens constitute perfected first priority Liens on the Collateral (subject to Liens permitted by Section 6.02) to the

 

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extent perfection can be obtained by the filing of UCC financing statements, possession or control, securing the Obligations, enforceable against the applicable Loan Party in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

SECTION 3.15. USA PATRIOT Act. Each of the Loan Parties and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries are in compliance, in all material respects, with the Act.

SECTION 3.16. Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. Holdings and the Borrowers have implemented and maintain in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, its Subsidiaries, the directors and officers of Holdings and the U.S. Borrower, and, to the knowledge of Holdings and the U.S. Borrower, the employees and agents of Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects and are not engaged in any activity that would reasonably be expected to result in Holdings or a Borrower being designated as a Sanctioned Person. None of Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, any Subsidiary, any directors or officers of Holdings or the U.S. Borrower, or, to the knowledge of Holdings and the U.S. Borrower, employees or agents of Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person. None of the Transactions contemplated hereby will violate any Anti-Corruption Law or applicable Sanctions.

SECTION 3.17. Insurance. The properties of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, in such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance compatible with the following standards), with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses as the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

ARTICLE IV

Conditions

SECTION 4.01. Closing Date. The effectiveness of this Agreement and the obligation of each Lender to make Term B Loans on the Closing Date is subject to each of the following conditions being satisfied on or prior to the Closing Date:

(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from (i) each party hereto either (A) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (B) written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include facsimile or electronic mail transmission in accordance with Section 9.01) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement;

(b) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from the U.S. Borrower and each initial Guarantor either (A) counterparts of each of the Guarantee Agreement and the Security Agreement signed on behalf of such Loan Party contemplated to be party thereto and the Holdings Pledge Agreement signed on behalf of Holdings or (B) written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include facsimile or electronic mail transmission in accordance with Section 9.01 of a signed signature page of each of the Guarantee Agreement, the Security Agreement and the Holdings Pledge Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of each of the Guarantee Agreement, the Security Agreement and the Holdings Pledge Agreement, as applicable, together with:

(i) a duly completed Perfection Certificate signed by the U.S. Borrower;

(ii) Uniform Commercial Code financing statements naming the U.S. Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor as debtor and the Administrative Agent as secured party in appropriate form for filing in the jurisdiction of incorporation or formation of each such Loan Party;

 

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(iii) certificates representing (A) all certificated Equity Interests in the U.S. Borrower and Conduent Finance owned by Holdings and (B) all certificated Equity Interests owned directly by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case to the extent pledged (and required to be delivered) under the Security Agreement or the Holdings Pledge Agreement together with stock powers executed in blank, except as contemplated by Schedule 5.09(c);

(iv) all notes, chattel paper and instruments owned by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor to the extent pledged (and required to be delivered) pursuant to the Security Agreement duly endorsed in blank or with appropriate instruments of transfer;

(v) short form security agreements in appropriate form for filing with the United States Patent & Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, as appropriate, with respect to the patents, trademarks, copyrights and exclusive copyright licenses of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors registered or applied for with such offices, which items are listed in the Perfection Certificate and constituting Collateral; and

(vi) copies of Lien, judgment, copyright, patent and trademark searches in each jurisdiction reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent with respect to the U.S. Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received the executed legal opinions, each in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of (i) Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, special counsel to Holdings and the Guarantors organized under the laws of New York, (ii) Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., special counsel to the U.S. Borrower and the Guarantors organized under the laws of Delaware, (iii) Kolesar and Leatham, special counsel to the Guarantors organized under the laws of Nevada, (iv) Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, special counsel to the Guarantors organized under the laws of Pennsylvania, (v) Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, special counsel to the Guarantors organized under the laws of Indiana and (vi) Allen & Overy LLP, special counsel to the Administrative Agent as to matters of Dutch law, or, in each case, such other legal counsel as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. The Borrowers hereby request such counsel to deliver such opinion;

(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received such customary closing documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of the initial Loan Parties (to the extent such concept is applicable in the relevant jurisdiction), the authorization of the Transactions, and the identity, authority and capacity of the Responsible Officers of the Loan Parties authorized to act as such in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel;

(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate attesting to the Solvency of the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole on a consolidated basis) on the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions to occur on the Closing Date, from a Financial Officer of the U.S. Borrower;

(f) The Lenders shall have received, at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, all documentation and other information reasonably requested in writing by them at least ten Business Days prior to the Closing Date in order to allow the Lenders to comply with the Act;

(g) The Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the applicable Lenders shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Closing Date, including, to the extent invoiced three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrowers hereunder;

(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received Notes executed by the applicable Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting Notes at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date;

 

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(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) the audited combined balance sheets as of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2015 and the related combined statements of (loss) income, of comprehensive (loss) income, of changes in parent equity and of cash flows of the business processing outsourcing business of Xerox for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2015 (the “Audited Financial Statements”), (ii) the unaudited combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2016 and the related combined statements of (loss) income, or comprehensive (loss) income, of changes in parent equity and of cash flows of the business processing outsourcing business of Xerox for the nine months then ended (the “Quarterly Financial Statements”) and (iii) the unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2016 and the related combined statement of loss of the business processing outsourcing business of Xerox for the twelve months then ended, in each case after giving effect to the Transactions (the “Pro Forma Financial Statements”), all of which financial statements shall be prepared in conformity with GAAP and, with respect to the Pro Forma Financial Statements only, shall comply with in all material respects with the requirements of Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933 (unless otherwise agreed with the Administrative Agent);

(j) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of each Borrower certifying (A) that the conditions specified in Sections 4.04(a) and (b) have been satisfied and (B) that there has been no event or circumstance since December 31, 2015, that has had or could be reasonably expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and

(k) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request as required by Section 2.03.

SECTION 4.02. Initial Term A Loan Funding Date. The obligation of each Lender to make Initial Term A Loans on the Initial Term A Funding Date shall be subject to satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate attesting to the Solvency of the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole on a consolidated basis) on the Initial Term A Funding Date after giving effect to the Transactions to occur on or prior to the Initial Term A Funding Date, from a Financial Officer of the U.S. Borrower;

(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of each Borrower certifying (A) that the conditions specified in Sections 4.04(a) and (b) have been satisfied and (B) that there has been no event or circumstance since December 31, 2015, that has had or could be reasonably expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request as required by Section 2.03.

SECTION 4.03. Delayed Draw Term A Loan Funding Date. The obligation of each Lender to make Delayed Draw Term A Loans on the Delayed Draw Funding Date, the effectiveness of the Revolving Commitments and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit shall be subject to satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate attesting to the Solvency of the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole on a consolidated basis) on the Delayed Draw Funding Date after giving effect to the Transactions to occur on the Delayed Draw Funding Date, from a Financial Officer of the U.S. Borrower;

(b) After giving effect to the Transactions, the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have outstanding no Indebtedness for borrowed money other than (i) the Initial Term A Loans, the Delayed Draw Term A Loans, the Term B Loans and the Revolving Commitments (and the Revolving Loans thereunder), (ii) the Senior Notes and (iii) Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder;

 

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(c) The Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the applicable Lenders shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Delayed Draw Funding Date, including, to the extent invoiced three Business Days prior to the Delayed Draw Funding Date, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrowers hereunder;

(d) The Spin-Off shall have been consummated, or shall be reasonably expected by the Borrowers to be consummated within two Business Days of the Delayed Draw Funding Date, on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Lead Arrangers, it being understood that the consummation of the Spin-Off in all material respects on the terms disclosed in the Form 10 as of the date hereof is satisfactory to the Lead Arrangers;

(e) The U.S. Borrower shall have issued the Senior Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $510,000,000 and borrowed the Term B Loans, in each case, prior to or substantially concurrently with the funding of the Delayed Draw Term A Loans and the effectiveness of the Revolving Commitments on the Delayed Draw Funding Date;

(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of each Borrower certifying (A) that the conditions specified in Sections 4.04(a) and (b) have been satisfied and (B) that there has been no event or circumstance since December 31, 2015, that has had or could be reasonably expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and

(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request as required by Section 2.03.

SECTION 4.04. Conditions to all Credit Events. Except as provided in Section 2.19, the obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing including on the Initial Term A Funding Date and the Delayed Draw Funding Date (but not a conversion or continuation of Loans), and of the Issuing Banks to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, in each case, following the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrowers set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, except where any representation and warranty is expressly made as of a specific earlier date, such representation and warranty shall be true in all material respects as of any such earlier date;

(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(c) The Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, shall have received a Borrowing Request, Swingline Loan Notice or Letter of Credit Application, as applicable.

Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the applicable Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 4.04.

 

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ARTICLE V

Affirmative Covenants

Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated or been cash collateralized or otherwise backstopped on terms satisfactory to the Issuing Banks and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, each of the Borrowers covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information. The U.S. Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly furnish a copy to each Lender):

(a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of Holdings, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, the audited consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Consolidated Subsidiaries and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year (and including a management discussion and analysis), audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit (other than a “going concern” or like qualification or exception resulting solely from an upcoming maturity date of any Indebtedness or a prospective non-compliance with any financial maintenance covenant under this Agreement)) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial position and results of operations of Holdings and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP;

(b) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Holdings, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2017, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Consolidated Subsidiaries and related statements of income and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year (and including a management discussion and analysis), all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial position and results of operations of Holdings and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

(c) (i) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G executed by a Financial Officer of the U.S. Borrower (x) certifying as to whether, to the knowledge of such Financial Officer after reasonable inquiry, a Default has occurred and is continuing and, if so, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (y) in the case of any such certificate delivered for any fiscal period ending on or after March 31, 2017, setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 6.09 and (z) solely in connection with the delivery of financial statements pursuant to clause (a) above for any fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017, calculating Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year, (ii) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a reasonably detailed description of the material differences between the financial statements of Holdings and the financial statements of the U.S. Borrower (which may be in the form of footnotes to the financial statements of Holdings), accompanied by a certification of a Financial Officer of the U.S. Borrower certifying that except as described therein, such financial information presents fairly, in all material respects in accordance with GAAP, the financial position and result of operations of the U.S. Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries and (iii) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, a Perfection Certificate Supplement or a certificate of a Financial Officer of the U.S. Borrower stating that there has been no change in the information set forth in the last Perfection Certificate or Perfection Certificate Supplement, as the case may be, most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent;

(d) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the U.S. Borrower (or 120 days with respect to the budget for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017), commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, a reasonably detailed consolidated budget for the next succeeding fiscal year prepared on a quarterly basis;

(e) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all annual, quarterly and current reports and proxy statements filed by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary with the SEC;

 

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(f) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request; and

(g) at any time there are any Unrestricted Subsidiaries, with each set of consolidated financial statements referred to in Sections 5.01(a) and 5.01(b) above, (i) the related combined financial statements of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries accompanied by the certification of a Financial Officer of the U.S. Borrower certifying that such financial information presents fairly, in all material respects in accordance with GAAP, the financial position and result of operations of all Unrestricted Subsidiaries and (ii) a list of all Unrestricted Subsidiaries as of such date or confirmation that there has been no change in such information since the date of the last such list; provided, however, that no information pursuant to clause (g)(i) shall be required if the total amount of assets of all Unrestricted Subsidiaries as at the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(a) and 5.01(b) above, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, are less than 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.01 may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which Holdings or the U.S. Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto, on Holdings’ or the U.S. Borrower’s website on the Internet (if such website address has been identified to the Administrative Agent) or furnishes or files such documents with the SEC for posting on its EDGAR website or (ii) on which such documents are delivered by the U.S. Borrower to the Administrative Agent to be posted on the U.S. Borrower’s behalf on IntraLinks/or another relevant website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial or third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent). The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the U.S. Borrower with any such request for delivery.

The U.S. Borrower acknowledges and agrees that all financial statements furnished pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) and (e) above are hereby deemed to be Borrower Materials suitable for distribution, and to be made available, to Public Lenders as contemplated by Section 9.01(c) and may be treated by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as if the same had been marked “PUBLIC” in accordance with such paragraph (unless the U.S. Borrower otherwise notifies the Administrative Agent in writing on or prior to delivery thereof).

SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events. The U.S. Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (for prompt notification to each Lender) prompt (but in any event within five Business Days) written notice after any Financial Officer of the U.S. Borrower obtains knowledge of the following:

(a) the occurrence of any Default;

(b) (i) any dispute, litigation, investigation, proceeding or suspension between the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Governmental Authority; or (ii) the commencement of, or any material development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including pursuant to any Environmental Laws, in each case that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and

(c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event or Foreign Plan Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events or Foreign Plan Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the U.S. Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

 

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SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business. The U.S. Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence, other than with respect to the Borrowers, to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any transaction permitted under Section 6.03 or 6.11.

SECTION 5.04. Payment of Taxes. The U.S. Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, pay its Tax liabilities, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) (i) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and (ii) the U.S. Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary has set aside on its books reserves with respect thereto to the extent required by GAAP or (b) the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance. The U.S. Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, (a) keep and maintain all tangible Property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and casualty or condemnation excepted, except if the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies or through self-insurance, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations and (c) maintain and protect all material IP Rights; provided that even if material, the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be required to maintain and protect such IP Rights if the U.S. Borrower determines in its business judgment that maintaining and/or protecting any such IP Rights would not be in the best interests of the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taking into account past practice, the estimated cost of any actions to maintain and protect such IP Rights and the expected benefits of any such actions. The U.S. Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiary Guarantors to, name the Administrative Agent as loss payee, as its interest may appear, and/or additional insured with respect to any general and umbrella liability insurance providing liability coverage or coverage in respect of any Collateral and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause each provider of any such insurance to agree, by endorsement upon the policy or policies issued by it or by independent instruments furnished to the Administrative Agent, that it will give the Administrative Agent prior written notice before any such policy or policies shall be altered or canceled.

SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights. The U.S. Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which entries that are full, true and correct in all material respects are made of all material dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The U.S. Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or, during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its senior officers and use commercially reasonable efforts to make its independent accountants available to discuss the affairs, finances and condition of the Borrowers, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested and in all cases subject to applicable Law and the terms of applicable confidentiality agreements; provided that (i) the Lenders will conduct such requests for visits and inspections through the Administrative Agent and (ii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such visits and inspections may occur no more frequently than once per year; provided, further, that neither the U.S. Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary will be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making copies or abstracts of, or discussion of, any document, information or other matter (x) that constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (y) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by Law or any binding agreement or (z) that is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall give the U.S. Borrower the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the U.S. Borrower’s independent accountants.

SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws. The U.S. Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property (including Environmental Laws and ERISA), in each case except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The U.S. Borrower will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by Holdings, the Borrowers, their Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.

 

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SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit. The proceeds of the Initial Term A Loans will be used to finance the Intercompany Transfers. The proceeds of the Delayed Draw Term A Loans and Term B Loans, together with the proceeds of the Senior Notes, will be used to finance the remaining Transactions, to pay related fees, costs and expenses and for working capital and general corporate purposes (including Permitted Acquisitions) and the proceeds of Loans and other Credit Events made following the Delayed Draw Funding Date will be used to finance the working capital needs, and for general corporate purposes (including Permitted Acquisitions or any other purposes not prohibited by this Agreement), of Holdings, the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the FRB, including Regulations T, U and X. No Borrower will request any Borrowing or Letter of Credit, and no Borrower shall use, and shall procure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use (and, in the case of directors, officers, employees and agents, shall not directly use), the proceeds of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit (A) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (B) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, to the extent such activities, businesses or transaction would be prohibited by Sanctions if conducted by a corporation incorporated in the United States or in a European Union member state, or (C) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.

SECTION 5.09. Further Assurances; Additional Security and Guarantees.

(a) The U.S. Borrower shall, and shall cause each applicable Specified Domestic Subsidiary to, at the U.S. Borrower’s expense, comply with the requirements of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and take all action reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to carry out more effectively the purposes of the Collateral Documents (including any such action reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in connection with the delivery by the U.S. Borrower of any Perfection Certificate Supplement).

(b) Upon the formation or acquisition of any Specified Domestic Subsidiary by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or the designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary (to the extent such Restricted Subsidiary is also a Specified Domestic Subsidiary), within 60 days after such formation or acquisition (or such longer period as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) (provided that with respect to any such formation or acquisition prior to the Delayed Draw Funding Date, the requirements of this Section 5.09(b) shall be satisfied on or prior to the Delayed Draw Funding Date):

(i) cause any such Specified Domestic Subsidiary to deliver a Perfection Certificate Supplement to the Administrative Agent;

(ii) deliver all certificated Equity Interests of such Specified Domestic Subsidiary held by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor that are Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents to the Administrative Agent together with appropriately completed stock powers or other instruments of transfer executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the U.S. Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, and all intercompany notes owing to such Specified Domestic Subsidiary to the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor required to be delivered pursuant to the Collateral Documents together with instruments of transfer executed and delivered in blank by a duly authorized officer of the U.S. Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable;

(iii) cause each such Specified Domestic Subsidiary to execute a supplement to each of the Guarantee Agreement and the Security Agreement and take all actions reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in order to cause the Liens created by the Security Agreement to be duly perfected to the extent required by such agreement or this Agreement in accordance with all applicable requirements of Law, including the filing of UCC financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent; and

 

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(iv) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver a customary opinion of counsel to the U.S. Borrower with respect to the guarantee and security provided by such Specified Domestic Subsidiary.

(c) To the extent not completed prior to the Closing Date, the U.S. Borrower shall satisfy the requirements set forth on Schedule 5.09(c) on or prior to the dates set forth on such schedule (or such later dates as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent).

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be required to comply with the provisions of this Section 5.09 to the extent that the cost of providing any Guarantee or Liens, or perfection thereof, required by this Section are, in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent (in consultation with the U.S. Borrower), excessive in relation to the value to be afforded to the Lenders thereby.

(e) Promptly upon reasonable request by the Administrative Agent, the U.S. Borrower shall (i) correct any mutually identified material defect or error that may be discovered in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation of any Collateral Document or other document or instrument relating to any Collateral, and (ii) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request from time to time in order to carry out more effectively the purposes of this Agreement and the Collateral Documents.

(f) Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, in no event shall (i) the assets of any CFC or Foreign Holding Company or (ii) more than 65% of the Equity Interests in any first-tier CFC or Foreign Holding Company constitute collateral security for payment of the Obligations of the U.S. Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary.

SECTION 5.10. Maintenance of Ratings. The U.S. Borrower shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain (i) a long-term public credit rating of the U.S. Borrower and (ii) a credit rating for the credit facilities evidenced by this Agreement, in each case, from both S&P and Moody’s; provided that in no event shall the U.S. Borrower be required to maintain any specific rating with any such rating agency.

SECTION 5.11. Designation of Subsidiaries. The U.S. Borrower may at any time designate any Restricted Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower (other than the Dutch Borrower) as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) immediately before and after such designation, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Total Net Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis, as of the last day of the most recent fiscal year or fiscal quarter for which Financials have been delivered, would not exceed 3.50 to 1.00, and, as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of any such designation, the U.S. Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations demonstrating compliance with such ratio and (iii) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it is a “Restricted Subsidiary” for purposes of any Material Indebtedness. The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date shall constitute an Investment by the U.S. Borrower therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market value of the U.S. Borrower’s or its Restricted Subsidiaries’, as applicable, Investments therein. The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute (i) the incurrence at the time of designation of any Investment, Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time and (ii) a return on any Investment by the U.S. Borrower in Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the preceding sentence in an amount equal to the fair market value at the date of such designation of the U.S. Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, investment in such Subsidiary.

 

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ARTICLE VI

Negative Covenants

From the Closing Date until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated or been cash collateralized or otherwise backstopped on terms satisfactory to the Issuing Banks and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrowers covenant and agree with the Lenders that:

SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness. The U.S. Borrower will not create, incur, assume or permit to exist, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or permit to exist, any Indebtedness, except:

(a) Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents;

(b) Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 6.01 and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (b);

(c) Indebtedness of (i) a Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor to any other Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to a Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary to the extent permitted by Section 6.05 and (iii) any Loan Party to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party; provided all such Indebtedness permitted under this subclause (iii) shall be subordinated to the Obligations by the issuer of such Indebtedness;

(d) Guarantees of Indebtedness of the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, all to the extent permitted by Section 6.05;

(e) Indebtedness incurred to finance the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (e); provided that (i) such Indebtedness (other than Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted above in this clause (e)) is incurred prior to or within 270 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction, repair, replacement or improvement and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (e) shall not exceed at any time the greater of (x) $75,000,000 and (y) 11.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarter period ending immediately prior to the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred and for which Financials have been delivered;

(f) Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit (including trade letters of credit), bank guarantees, surety bonds or similar instruments issued or incurred in the ordinary course of business, including in respect of card obligations or any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository and cash management services or any automated clearing house transfers, workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims;

(g) Indebtedness under Bilateral Letter of Credit Facilities not to exceed $100,000,000 at any time;

(h) Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, provided that Indebtedness shall be permitted to be incurred pursuant to this clause (h) only if at the time such Indebtedness is incurred the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this clause (h) at such time (including such Indebtedness) would not exceed the greater of (x) $75,000,000 and (y) 11.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarter period ending immediately prior to the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred and for which Financials have been delivered;

(i) Indebtedness under Swap Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(j) Indebtedness in respect of bid, performance, surety, stay, customs, appeal or replevin bonds or completion guarantees and similar obligations issued or incurred in the ordinary course of business, including guarantees or obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments supporting such obligation, in each case, not in connection with Indebtedness for money borrowed;

 

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(k) Indebtedness in respect of judgments, decrees, attachments or awards that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (k) of Article VII;

(l) Indebtedness consisting of bona fide purchase price adjustments, earn-outs, indemnification obligations, obligations under deferred compensation or similar arrangements and similar items incurred in connection with acquisitions and asset sales not prohibited by Section 6.05 or 6.11;

(m) on or after the Spin-Off Date, (i) Indebtedness of a Person acquired in a Permitted Acquisition existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and not created in contemplation thereof; provided that, after giving effect to the acquisition of such Person, on a Pro Forma Basis, (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (B) the U.S. Borrower would be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with Section 6.09 as of the last day of the most recent fiscal year or fiscal quarter ending immediately prior to the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred and for which Financials have been delivered and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (m); provided, further, that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness incurred by non-Loan Parties under this clause (m), together with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness incurred by non-Loan Parties under Section 6.01(u), shall not exceed $75,000,000;

(n) the Senior Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $750,000,000 and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof (and, in each case, any Guarantees thereof by the Guarantors);

(o) Indebtedness in the form of (i) guarantees of loans and advances to officers, directors, consultants and employees, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any one time outstanding, and (ii) reimbursements owed to officers, directors, consultants and employees;

(p) Indebtedness consisting of obligations to make payments to current or former officers, directors and employees, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses with respect to the cancellation, or to finance the purchase or redemption, of Equity Interests of Holdings or to the extent permitted by Section 6.04;

(q) Cash Management Obligations and other Indebtedness in respect of card obligations, netting services, overdraft protections, cash pooling arrangements and similar cash management arrangements, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(r) Indebtedness consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums with the providers of such insurance or their affiliates or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(s) Indebtedness supported by a Letter of Credit, in a principal amount not to exceed the face amount of such Letter of Credit;

(t) Indebtedness arising as a result of vendor financing and receivables programs in the ordinary course of business;

(u) on or after the Spin-Off Date, (x) Indebtedness of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, which indebtedness may be unsecured or secured on a junior basis to the Obligations, so long as (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would arise after giving effect thereto and (ii) on a Pro Forma Basis (A) in the case of any such Indebtedness that is unsecured at the time of incurrence, the Total Net Leverage Ratio, as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter ending immediately prior to the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred and for which Financials have been delivered, would be no greater than (1) on or prior to December 31, 2018, 4.00 to 1.00, and (2) thereafter, 3.50 to

 

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1.00, and (B) in the case of any such Indebtedness that is secured, the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio, as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter ending immediately prior to the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred and for which Financials have been delivered, would be no greater than 2.25 to 1.00 and (y) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (u); provided that (i) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties outstanding at any one time pursuant to this clause (u), together with the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred by non-Loan Parties pursuant to Section 6.01(m), shall not exceed $75,000,000 and (ii) (x) the maturity date of such Indebtedness shall be no earlier than the Latest Maturity Date, (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness shall not be shorter than the then remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term B Loans (without giving effect to any prepayments) and (z) such Indebtedness shall not have terms and conditions (other than pricing, rate floors, discounts, fees, premiums, call protection and optional prepayment and redemption provisions) that are materially less favorable (when taken as a whole) to the Loan Parties than the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents (when taken as a whole), as determined in good faith by the U.S. Borrower (except for provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date);

(v) other Indebtedness of the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that Indebtedness shall be permitted to be incurred pursuant to this clause (v) only if at the time such Indebtedness is incurred the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this clause (v) at such time (including such Indebtedness) would not exceed the greater of (x) $100,000,000 and (y) 13.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarter period ending immediately prior to the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred and for which Financials have been delivered;

(w) Indebtedness in respect of Investments permitted by Section 6.05(r);

(x) Incremental Equivalent Indebtedness and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (x);

(y) Term Loan Refinancing Debt and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (y);

(z) all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (a) through (y) above;

(aa) ny Indebtedness arising under guarantees entered into pursuant to Section 2:403 of the Dutch Civil Code in respect of a Subsidiary incorporated in the Netherlands and any residual liability with respect to such guarantees arising under Section 2:404 of the Dutch Civil Code; and

(bb) any joint and several liability arising as the result of a fiscal unity (fiscale eenheid) for Dutch tax purposes, or its equivalent in any other relevant juridiction, of which any Loan Party resident for tax purposes in the Netherlands is or has been a member.

SECTION 6.02. Liens. The U.S. Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any Property now owned or hereafter acquired by it, except:

(a) Permitted Encumbrances;

(b) Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;

(c) any Lien on any Property of the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on the Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 6.02 and any modifications, replacements, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any other Property of the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than (A) improvements and after-acquired Property that is affixed or incorporated into the Property covered by such Lien or financed by Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01 and (B) proceeds and products thereof, and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the Closing Date and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

 

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(d) on or after the Spin-Off Date, any Lien existing on any Property prior to the acquisition thereof by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or existing on any Property of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition prior to the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other Property of the U.S. Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary (other than the proceeds or products thereof and other than improvements and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the Property covered by such Lien), (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof and (iv) the Indebtedness secured thereby (or, as applicable, any modifications, replacements, renewals or extensions thereof) is permitted under Section 6.01;

(e) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed, repaired, replaced or improved by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such security interests secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (e) of Section 6.01, (ii) such security interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby (other than Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by clause (e) of Section 6.01) are incurred prior to or within 270 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction, repair or replacement or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets and (iv) such security interests shall not apply to any other Property of the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary except for accessions to such Property, Property financed by such Indebtedness and the proceeds and products thereof; provided, further, that individual financings of equipment provided by one lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings of equipment provided by such lender;

(f) rights of setoff and similar arrangements and Liens in respect of Cash Management Obligations or cash pooling arrangements and in favor of depository and securities intermediaries to secure obligations owed in respect of card obligations or any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository and cash management services, cash pooling arrangements or any automated clearing house transfers of funds and fees and similar amounts related to bank accounts or securities accounts (including Liens securing letters of credit, bank guarantees, surety bonds or similar instruments supporting any of the foregoing);

(g) Liens on assets of a Restricted Subsidiary which is not a Subsidiary Guarantor securing Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.01;

(h) Liens (i) on “earnest money” or similar deposits or other cash advances in connection with acquisitions permitted by Section 6.05 or (ii) consisting of an agreement to Dispose of any Property in a Disposition permitted under Section 6.11, including customary rights and restrictions contained in such agreements;

(i) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business which do not (i) interfere in any material respect with the business of the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) secure any Indebtedness;

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

(k) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection and (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, including Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits;

 

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(l) Liens arising out of (i) conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) vendor financing and receivables programs, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(m) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 6.05;

(n) rights of setoff relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(o) ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries are located and other Liens affecting the interest of any landlord (and any underlying landlord) of any real property leased by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(p) Liens on equipment owned by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and located on the premises of any supplier and used in the ordinary course of business and not securing Indebtedness;

(q) Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.02, provided that a Lien shall be permitted to be incurred pursuant to this clause (q) only if at the time such Lien is incurred the aggregate principal amount of the obligations secured at such time (including such Lien) by Liens outstanding pursuant to this clause (q) would not exceed the greater of (x)$100,000,000 and (y) 13.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period ending immediately prior to the date on which such Lien is incurred and for which Financials have been delivered;

(r) Liens on any Property of (i) a Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor in favor of any other Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor and (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor in favor of the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(s) Liens on the Collateral securing Indebtedness of the Loan Parties permitted by Section 6.01(g), (u), (x) or (y) so long as the holders of such Indebtedness, or a trustee or agent acting on their behalf, are parties to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable;

(t) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

(u) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases or consignments entered into by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(v) Liens, pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;

(w) Liens securing insurance premiums financing arrangements; provided that such Liens are limited to the applicable unearned insurance premiums;

(x) Liens arising under Article 24 or 25 of the general terms and conditions (Algemene Bank Voorwaarden) of any member of the Dutch Bankers’ Association (Nederlandse Vereniging van Banken) or any similar term applied by a financial institution in the Netherlands pursuant to its general terms and conditions; and

 

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(y) Liens, including any netting or set-off arising as a result of a fiscal unity (fiscale eenheid) for Dutch tax purposes, or its equivalent in any other relevant juridiction, of which any Loan Party resident for tax purposes in the Netherlands is or has been a member.

SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes. The U.S. Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:

(a) any Restricted Subsidiary may be merged or consolidated with or into any Person and any Restricted Subsidiary may be liquidated or dissolved or change its legal form, in each case in order to consummate any Investment otherwise permitted by Section 6.05 or Disposition otherwise permitted by Section 6.11; provided that if a Borrower is a party to any such merger or consolidation transaction, such Borrower shall be the surviving Person in such merger or consolidation;

(b) any Loan Party may merge or consolidate with any other Person in a transaction in which such Loan Party is the surviving Person in such merger or consolidation;

(c) any Borrower may be consolidated with or merged into an Affiliate incorporated or organized for the purpose of changing the legal domicile of such Borrower, reincorporating such Borrower in another jurisdiction, or changing the legal form of such Borrower; provided that the U.S. Borrower remains organized in the United States and the Dutch Borrower remains organized in the Netherlands; and

(d) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge into or consolidate with a Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Restricted Subsidiary (and, if any party to such merger or consolidation is a Loan Party, is a Loan Party); provided that if a Borrower is a party to any such merger or consolidation transaction, such Borrower shall be the surviving Person in such merger or consolidation.

SECTION 6.04. Restricted Payments. The U.S. Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except:

(a) the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends or other distributions with respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in additional shares of its Qualified Equity Interests or options to purchase Qualified Equity Interests;

(b) Restricted Subsidiaries may declare and make Restricted Payments ratably with respect to their Equity Interests;

(c) the U.S. Borrower may make Restricted Payments (including to permit Holdings to make Restricted Payments) pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for present or former officers, directors, consultants or employees of Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000 in any fiscal year (with any unused amount of such base amount available for use in the next succeeding fiscal year);

(d) Restricted Payments or distributions to Holdings to provide funds that are used by Holdings (i) on or after the Spin-Off Date, to make Restricted Payments in respect of the Preferred Equity Interests, in an amount not to exceed $12,000,000 per fiscal year, (ii) to pay Public Company Expenses and (iii) to pay the Tax liabilities of Holdings directly attributable to (or arising as a result of) the operations of the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries and/or Conduent Finance, provided, however, that the amount of Restricted Payments pursuant to this subclause (iii) shall not exceed the sum of (A) (1) the taxable income of Holdings attributable to Holdings’ interest in the U.S. Borrower and the Conduent Finance multiplied by (2) the highest marginal Tax rate applicable to a corporation residing in New York, New York at such time, plus (B) any sales, use, value added or other non-income Tax liabilities of Holdings directly attributable to (or arising as a result of) the operations of the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries and/or Conduent Finance;

 

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(e) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, the U.S. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into and consummate transactions expressly permitted by any provision of Section 6.07 (other than Section 6.07(a));

(f) the U.S. Borrower may make, or may make Restricted Payments or distributions to Holdings to permit it to make, repurchases of Equity Interests in Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;

(g) on or after the Spin-Off Date, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would arise after giving effect thereto, the U.S. Borrower may make other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the sum of (x) $100,000,000 less any amounts used to prepay Indebtedness pursuant to Section 6.06(a)(iii)(A), plus (y) the Available Amount; provided that the U.S. Borrower may only make the Restricted Payments permitted under the foregoing clause (g)(y) so long as the Total Net Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis, as of the last day of the most recent fiscal year or fiscal quarter ending immediately prior to the date on which such Restricted Payment is made and for which Financials have been delivered, would be no greater than 3.50 to 1.00;

(h) on or after the Spin-Off Date, the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may make unlimited Restricted Payments under this clause (h) so long as (A) on a Pro Forma Basis the Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recent fiscal year or fiscal quarter ending immediately prior to the date on which such Restricted Payment is made and for which Financials have been delivered does not exceed 2.00 to 1.00 and (B) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would arise after giving effect thereto;

(i) the U.S. Borrower may make, or may make Restricted Payments or distributions to Holdings to permit it to make, payments of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exercisable for Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings or the U.S. Borrower, including Designated Preferred Stock;

(j) the declaration and payments of dividends on Disqualified Equity Interests permitted to be issued pursuant to Section 6.01;

(k) the U.S. Borrower may make, or may make Restricted Payments or distributions to Holdings to permit it to make, payments of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) issued after the Closing Date in an amount not to exceed the net cash proceeds of such Designated Preferred Stock received by the U.S. Borrower (other than from a Restricted Subsidiary);

(l) Restricted Payments made to consummate (or to permit Holdings to consummate) the Transactions and the Spin-Off, including in respect of the Separation Distribution; and

(m) the payment of dividends and distributions within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration of such payment, such payment would have complied with any other provision of this Section 6.04.

SECTION 6.05. Investments. The U.S. Borrower will not, and will not allow any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, make or hold any Investments, except:

(a) Investments by the U.S. Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in cash and Cash Equivalents;

 

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(b) loans or advances to officers, directors, consultants and employees of Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (i) for reasonable and customary business-related travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes, (ii) in connection with such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of Holdings or the U.S. Borrower; provided that an amount equal to the amount of such loans and advances shall be contributed to the U.S. Borrower in cash as common equity, and (iii) for purposes not described in the foregoing subclauses (i) and (ii), in an aggregate principal amount outstanding not to exceed $12,000,000;

(c) Investments by (i) any Loan Party in any Loan Party, (ii) any Foreign Subsidiary in any Loan Party, (iii) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in a Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (or in any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary), (iv) any Loan Party in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party only if at the time such Investment is made the aggregate amount of Investments outstanding at such time (including such Investment) pursuant to this subclause (iv) (valued at cost and net of any return representing a return of capital in respect of any such Investment), together with the amount of Investments made in, and acquisitions of, non-Loan Parties pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of “Permitted Acquisition,” would not exceed (x) the greater of (A) $115,000,000 and (B) 16.0% of Consolidated EBITDA determined on a Pro Forma Basis for the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period ending immediately prior to the date on which such Investment is made and for which Financials have been delivered, plus (y) the Available Amount, plus (z) the amount of Investments permitted by Section 6.05(r); provided that (1) in the case of a purchase or other acquisition that is comprised of the purchase or acquisition of Persons with at least 90% of domestic “EBITDA” in the aggregate, the portion of the aggregate amount of cash or Property provided by Loan Parties to make any such purchase or acquisition that is attributable to foreign “EBITDA” shall also be permitted without the use of the amounts available pursuant to this subclause (iv) or clause (b) of the definition of “Permitted Acquisition”, (2) in the case of Investments permitted under this subclause (iv) that are comprised of the purchase or acquisition of Persons with less than 90% of domestic “EBITDA” in the aggregate, only the portion of the aggregate amount of cash or Property provided by Loan Parties to make any such purchase or acquisition that is attributable to foreign “EBITDA” that is in excess of 10% shall be required to use the amounts available pursuant to this subclause (iv) or clause (b) of the definition of “Permitted Acquisition” and (3) this subclause (iv) shall not apply to the extent (x) the relevant purchase or acquisition is made with proceeds of sales of, or contributions to, the common Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower or (y) the consideration for the relevant purchase or acquisition consists of Equity Interests of Holdings;

(d) (i) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business and (ii) Investments (including debt obligations and Equity Interests) received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and other credits to suppliers in the ordinary course of business or received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers or in settlement of delinquent obligations of, or other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business or upon the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment;

(e) Investments resulting from the receipt of promissory notes and other non-cash consideration in connection with any Disposition permitted by Section 6.11 (other than Section 6.11(e)) or Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.04;

(f) (i) Investments existing or contemplated on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.05(f) and any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment or extension thereof and (ii) Investments existing on the Closing Date by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary and any modification, renewal or extension thereof; provided that the amount of the original Investment is not increased except by the terms of such Investment or as otherwise permitted by this Section 6.05;

(g) Investments in Swap Agreements permitted under Section 6.01(i);

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(i) Investments in the ordinary course of business in prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and worker’s compensation, performance and other similar deposits provided to third parties;

(j) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collection or deposit;

(k) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to licensing development, marketing or manufacturing agreements or arrangements or similar agreements or other intellectual property arrangements with other Persons;

(l) on or after the Spin-Off Date, any Investment; provided that (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (ii) the amount of such Investment (valued at cost) does not exceed the Available Amount at the time such Investment is made;

(m) advances of payroll payments, fees or other compensation to officers, directors, consultants or employees, in the ordinary course of business;

(n) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made solely with Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings;

(o) Investments held by a Restricted Subsidiary acquired (or designated as such) after the Closing Date or of a Person merged into a Borrower or merged or consolidated with a Restricted Subsidiary permitted under Section 6.03 to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;

(p) lease, utility and other similar deposits in the ordinary course of business;

(q) Investments resulting from the creation of a Lien permitted under Section 6.02 and Investments resulting from Dispositions permitted under Section 6.03(a), Restricted Payments permitted under Section 6.04 and payments in respect of Indebtedness not prohibited by Section 6.06;

(r) on or after the Spin-Off Date, any Investment; provided that an Investment shall be permitted to be made pursuant to this clause (r) only if at the time such Investment is made the aggregate amount of Investments outstanding at such time (including such Investment) pursuant to this clause (r), Section 6.05(c)(iv) and clause (b) of the definition of “Permitted Acquisition”, in each case, in reliance on this Section 6.05(r) (valued at cost and net of any return representing a return of capital in respect of any such Investment) would not exceed the greater of (i) $115,000,000 and (ii) 16.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period ending immediately prior to the date on which such Investment is made and for which Financials have been delivered;

(s) on or after the Spin-Off Date, either Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may make unlimited Investments under this clause (s) so long as (i) on a Pro Forma Basis the Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recent fiscal year or fiscal quarter ending immediately prior to the date on which such Investment is made and for which Financials have been delivered would not exceed 2.50 to 1.00 and (ii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would arise after giving effect thereto; and

(t) Investments in Foreign Subsidiaries in connection with cash pooling arrangements and cash management services entered into in the ordinary course of business.

 

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SECTION 6.06. Prepayments, Etc. of Indebtedness.

(a) The U.S. Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner (it being understood that payments of regularly scheduled interest shall be permitted) any Junior Financing or make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of any Junior Financing, except (i) prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances or other satisfactions of Junior Financing with the Net Cash Proceeds of any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, (ii) payments upon the conversion of any Junior Financing to cash or Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of Holdings, (iii) on or after the Spin-Off Date, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would arise after giving effect thereto, prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments in respect of any Junior Financing in an aggregate amount not to exceed the sum of (A) $100,000,000 less any amounts used to make Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 6.04(g)(x) plus (B) the Available Amount; provided that in the case of clause (iii)(B), the Total Net Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis, as of the last day of the most recent fiscal year or fiscal quarter for which Financials have been delivered, would be no greater than 3.50 to 1.00 and (iv) on or after the Spin-Off Date, prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances or other satisfaction of any Junior Financing so long as on a Pro Forma Basis the Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recent fiscal year or fiscal quarter for which Financials have been delivered would not exceed 2.00 to 1.00.

(b) The U.S. Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, amend, modify or change in any Junior Financing in a manner that would not be permitted if the terms of such amended, modified or changed Junior Financing would not be permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Agreement on such date.

SECTION 6.07. Transactions with Affiliates. The U.S. Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any Property to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any Property from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions, in each case involving aggregate consideration in excess of $5,000,000, with any of its Affiliates, except (a) at prices and on terms and conditions substantially as favorable to the U.S. Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (in the good faith determination of the U.S. Borrower) as could reasonably be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, (b) transactions between or among Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and any entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction not involving any other Affiliate, (c) the payment of customary compensation and benefits and reimbursements of out-of-pocket costs to, and the provision of indemnity on behalf of, directors, officers, consultants, employees and members of the boards of directors of Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, (d) loans and advances to officers, directors, consultants and employees in the ordinary course of business, (e) Restricted Payments and other payments permitted under Section 6.04 or 6.06, (f) employment, incentive, benefit, consulting and severance arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business with officers, directors, consultants and employees of Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, (g) (i) the transactions pursuant to the agreements in effect on the Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 6.07, (ii) the transactions pursuant to any other agreements or arrangements as in effect on the Spin-Off Date (including the Transaction Agreements) or entered into pursuant to or in connection with the Transaction Agreements or (iii) any amendment, modification or supplement to the agreements and arrangements referenced in clauses (i) and (ii) or any replacement thereof, to the extent such amendment, modification or supplement is not adverse to the Lenders in any material respect when taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the U.S. Borrower) compared to the applicable agreements or arrangements as in effect on the Closing Date or the Spin-Off Date, as applicable, (h) the Transactions and the payment of fees and expenses related to the Transactions, (i) the issuance of Qualified Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower or Holdings and the granting of registration or other customary rights in connection therewith, (j) any transaction with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) that would constitute a transaction with an Affiliate solely because the U.S. Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries owns an Equity Interest in or otherwise Controls such Person, (k) the existence of, and the performance by the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of its obligations under the terms of, any limited liability company agreement, limited partnership or other organizational document or securityholders agreement (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party on the Closing Date and which is set forth on Schedule 6.07, and similar agreements that it may enter into thereafter, provided that the existence of, or the performance by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of obligations under, any amendment to any such existing agreement or any such similar agreement entered into after the Closing Date shall only be

 

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permitted by this Section 6.07(k) to the extent not more adverse to the interest of the Lenders in any material respect when taken as a whole (in the good faith determination of the U.S. Borrower) than any of such documents and agreements as in effect on the Closing Date, (l) transactions with landlords, customers, clients, suppliers, joint venture partners or purchasers or sellers of goods and services, and any intellectual property licenses, in each case in the ordinary course of business and not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement, (m) any transaction in which the only consideration paid by the U.S. Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is in the form of Qualified Equity Interests to Affiliates of the U.S. Borrower, or any contribution to the capital of the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than in consideration of Disqualified Equity Interests), (n) the provision to Holdings, or to any Unrestricted Subsidiaries, of cash management, accounting, business and strategic management, legal, human resources, centralized purchasing, leasing and other overhead services (including any necessary or incidental use of equipment, goods or services involving intellectual property that are related to the foregoing) in the ordinary course of business undertaken in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth in this Agreement, (o) transactions between the U.S. Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and any Person that would constitute a transaction with an Affiliate solely because a director of such other Person is also a director of the U.S. Borrower or Holdings, provided that such director abstains from voting as a director of the U.S. Borrower or Holdings, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other Person, (p) entry into, and payments by the U.S. Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to, tax sharing agreements, to the extent permitted under Section 6.04, and intercompany transactions undertaken in good faith for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth in this Agreement, (q) the Xerox Guarantee Obligations, (r) the guarantee by Holdings of any obligations of the U.S. Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, (s) the provision of services to directors or officers of Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of the nature provided by Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to customers in the ordinary course of business and (t) on or prior to the Spin-Off Date, (i) any cash management transactions, zero balance arrangements or related transactions between or among Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Xerox or any of its other subsidiaries, on the other hand, (ii) any cancelation of Indebtedness, intercompany accounts, balances, credits or debits between or among Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Xerox or any of its other subsidiaries, on the other hand, and (iii) any other transactions between or among Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Xerox or any of its other subsidiaries, on the other hand, in each case under this subclause (iii) in the ordinary course of business.

SECTION 6.08. Changes in Fiscal Year. The U.S. Borrower will cause its fiscal year to end on December 31 of each calendar year; provided that the U.S. Borrower may upon written notice to the Administrative Agent cause its fiscal year to end on another date with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), in which case the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary to reflect such change in fiscal year.

SECTION 6.09. Financial Covenant. The U.S. Borrower will not permit the Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the U.S. Borrower (commencing with the full fiscal quarter ending after the Spin-Off Date) to be greater than (i) 4.25 to 1.00 with respect to each fiscal quarter until the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2018 and (ii) 3.75 to 1.00 for each fiscal quarter thereafter.

SECTION 6.10. Burdensome Agreements. The U.S. Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into or permit to exist any Contractual Obligation that limits the ability of (a) any Restricted Subsidiary to make Restricted Payments to a Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or to otherwise transfer property to or invest in a Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or (b) the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person for the benefit of the Secured Parties with respect to the Obligations or under the Loan Documents; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to Contractual Obligations which (i) (A) exist on the Closing Date and (to the extent not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.10) are listed in Schedule 6.10, (B) are contained in the Senior Notes or Senior Notes Indenture as in effect on the Closing Date and (C) to the extent Contractual Obligations permitted by clauses (A) and (B) are set forth in an agreement evidencing Indebtedness, such Contractual Obligations set forth in any agreement evidencing any permitted renewal, extension or refinancing of such Indebtedness so long as such renewal, extension or refinancing does not expand the scope of the restrictions described in clauses (A) or (B) that are contained in such Contractual

 

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Obligations, (ii) are binding on a Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Restricted Subsidiary first becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, so long as such Contractual Obligations were not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) represent Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary which is not the U.S. Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor which is permitted by Section 6.01, (iv) arise in connection with any Disposition permitted by Section 6.11, (v) are customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures permitted under Section 6.05 and applicable solely to such joint venture, (vi) are negative pledges and restrictions on Liens in favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01 but solely to the extent any negative pledge relates to the property financed by or secured by such Indebtedness (and excluding in any event any Indebtedness constituting any Junior Financing) or that expressly permits Liens for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the credit facilities established hereunder and the Obligations under the Loan Documents on a senior basis without the requirement that such holders of such Indebtedness be secured by such Liens on an equal and ratable, or junior, basis, (vii) are customary restrictions on leases, subleases, licenses or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted hereby so long as such restrictions may relate to the assets subject thereto, (viii) comprise restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(e) to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, (ix) are customary provisions restricting assignment or transfer of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business, (x) arise in connection with cash or other deposits permitted under Section 6.02 or Permitted Encumbrances or are restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business, (xi) are customary provisions in any documentation related to vendor financing and receivables programs entered into in the ordinary course of business or (x) are restrictions in any one or more agreements governing Indebtedness entered into after the Closing Date that contain encumbrances and other restrictions that are, taken as a whole, in the good faith judgment of the U.S. Borrower, no more restrictive in any material respect with respect to the U.S. Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary than those encumbrances and other restrictions that are in effect on the Closing Date pursuant to agreements and instruments in effect on the Closing Date or, if applicable, on the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to agreements and instruments in effect on such date.

SECTION 6.11. Dispositions. The U.S. Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any Disposition, except:

(a) Dispositions of obsolete or worn out Property and Dispositions of property no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the U.S. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, in the ordinary course of business, and grants of source code licenses of software in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

(b) Dispositions of inventory and immaterial assets in the ordinary course of business;

(c) Dispositions of Property to the extent that (i) such Property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement Property or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement Property;

(d) Dispositions of Property (i) to the U.S. Borrower or to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor of such Property is a Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor, the transferee thereof must be a Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) to the extent such transaction constitutes an Investment permitted under Section 6.05 and (iii) consisting of Equity Interests of non-Loan Parties to other non-Loan Parties;

(e) Dispositions permitted by Sections 6.03, 6.04 and 6.05 and Liens permitted by Section 6.02;

(f) Dispositions of cash and Cash Equivalents;

(g) (i) Dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof and (ii) Dispositions in connection with vendor financing and receivables programs in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(h) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses, in each case in the ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere with the business of the U.S. Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;

(i) transfers of Property to the extent subject to Casualty Events or other condemnation events;

(j) Dispositions of Investments in, and issuances of any Equity Interests in, joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;

(k) on or after the Spin-Off Date, any Disposition of Property; provided that (i) at the time of such Disposition (other than any such Disposition made pursuant to a legally binding commitment entered into at a time when no Event of Default exists), no Event of Default shall exist or would result from such Disposition and (ii) except in the case of any Permitted Asset Swap, with respect to any Disposition pursuant to this clause (k), the U.S. Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall receive not less than 75% of such consideration in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided, however, that for the purposes of this clause (ii), each of the following shall be deemed to be cash: (A) any liabilities (as shown on the U.S. Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto) of the U.S. Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the payment in cash of the Obligations, that are assumed by the transferee with respect to the applicable Disposition and for which the U.S. Borrower and all of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing, (B) any securities received by the U.S. Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the U.S. Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received) within 180 days following the closing of the applicable Disposition and (C) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the U.S. Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (C) that is at that time outstanding, not in excess of $50,000,000, with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value, shall be deemed to be cash consideration;

(l) any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the U.S. Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the U.S. Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders; and

(m) Dispositions of the real property set forth on Schedule 6.11;

provided that any Disposition of any Property to the extent classified pursuant to Section 6.11(k) shall be for no less than the fair market value of such Property at the time of such Disposition in the good faith determination of the U.S. Borrower.

SECTION 6.12. Lines of Business. The U.S. Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business substantially different from the businesses of the type conducted by the U.S. Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of execution of this Agreement and businesses reasonably related, ancillary or complementary thereto and reasonable extensions thereof.

SECTION 6.13. Amendments to Organizational Documents. The U.S. Borrower shall not amend or otherwise modify any of its organizational documents in a manner that would be materially adverse to the Lenders.

SECTION 6.14. Certain Transactions Prior to the Spin-Off. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, in no event at any time prior to the Spin-Off shall any covenant contained herein restrict the transactions described in subclauses (i) and (ii) of Section 6.07(t).

 

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SECTION 6.15. Holdings Covenant. Holdings shall directly own 100% of the Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower. Holdings may not pledge or grant any consensual Lien on the Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower to any Person other than Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

ARTICLE VII

Events of Default

If any of the following events (each an “Event of Default”) shall occur and be continuing:

(a) either Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement (unless financed with a Borrowing as contemplated by Section 2.05(c)), when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;

(b) either Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement, or to make any deposit of cash collateral, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five Business Days;

(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, or other document required to be delivered in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;

(d) Holdings or the Borrowers shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Article VI, Section 2.10(b)(viii), Section 5.02(a), Section 5.03 (solely with respect to the legal existence of Holdings or the Borrowers) or Section 5.08;

(e) any Loan Party, as applicable, shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article) or any other Loan Document, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrowers;

(f) (i) either Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness (other than any Swap Agreement), when and as the same shall become due and payable, or if a grace period shall be applicable to such payment under the agreement or instrument under which such Indebtedness was created, beyond such applicable grace period; or (ii) the occurrence under any Swap Agreement of an “early termination date” (or equivalent event) of such Swap Agreement resulting from any event of default or “termination event” under such Swap Agreement as to which either Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is the “defaulting party” or “affected party” (or equivalent term) and, in either event, the termination value with respect to any such Swap Agreement owed by the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than $50,000,000 and the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiary fail to pay such termination value when due after applicable grace periods;

(g) either Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall default in the performance of any obligation in respect of any Material Indebtedness or any “change of control” (or equivalent term) shall occur with respect to any Material Indebtedness, in each case, that results in such Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both, but after giving effect to any applicable grace period) the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause such Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity (other than solely in Qualified Equity Interests); provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to (i) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or

 

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assets securing such Indebtedness or as a result of a casualty event affecting such property or assets or (ii) any default that is validly waived by the holders of the relevant Material Indebtedness prior to any termination of Commitments or acceleration of Loans as provided below in this Article;

(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of a Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for a Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed or unstayed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

(i) either Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for a Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any corporate action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

(j) either Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) shall become generally unable, admit in writing its inability generally or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

(k) one or more final, non-appealable judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $50,000,000 (to the extent due and payable and not covered by insurance as to which the relevant insurance company has not denied coverage) shall be rendered against a Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain unpaid or undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be paid, bonded or effectively stayed;

(l) an ERISA Event or Foreign Plan Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events or Foreign Plan Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(m) a Change in Control shall occur; or

(n) (x) at any time, any Lien purported to be created by any Collateral Document, for any reason other than (i) as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder (including as a result of a transaction permitted under Section 6.03 or 6.11) or the satisfaction in full of all the Obligations or (ii) as a result of the Administrative Agent’s failure to (A) maintain possession of any stock certificate, promissory note or other instrument delivered to it under any Collateral Document or (B) file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements (provided that, in the case of each of subclauses (A) and (B), the Loan Parties shall have taken such remedial action as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request), ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party contests in writing the validity or enforceability of any provision of any Collateral Document; or (y) any Loan Party denies in writing that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Collateral Document (other than as a result of repayment in full of the Obligations and termination of the Commitments), or purports in writing to revoke or rescind any Collateral Document, in the case of clauses (x) and (y) with respect to a material portion of the Collateral purported to be covered by the Collateral Documents,

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to a Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrowers, take any or all of the following actions, at the

 

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same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments and the obligation of each Issuing Bank to issue, amend or extend any Letter of Credit, and thereupon the Commitments and such obligations of each Issuing Bank shall terminate immediately, (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations of the Borrowers accrued hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers and (iii) require the Borrowers to Cash Collateralize 103% of the outstanding LC Exposure; and in case of any event with respect to the Borrowers described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the Commitments and the obligation of each Issuing Bank to issue, amend or extend any Letter of Credit, shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations accrued hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers and the Borrowers shall Cash Collateralize 103% of the outstanding LC Exposure.

ARTICLE VIII

The Administrative Agent

(a) Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its agent and authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its collateral agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the collateral agent by the terms hereof and the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the collateral agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, and no Borrower shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.

(b) The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as a financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdings, the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

(c) [Reserved]

(d) The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing; (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or by the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Laws; and (c) except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the U.S. Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided herein) or in the absence of its own gross

 

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negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice describing such Default thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrowers, a Lender or an Issuing Bank, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

(e) The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or an Issuing Bank unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or an Issuing Bank prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrowers), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

(f) The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents reasonably appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.

(g) The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrowers. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrowers and (unless an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Article VII shall have occurred and be continuing) with the consent of the Borrowers (which consent of the Borrowers shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the Issuing Banks under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the Issuing Banks directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees payable

 

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by the Borrowers to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent. Any resignation by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender, (b) the retiring Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents and (c) the successor Issuing Bank shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring Issuing Bank to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring Issuing Bank with respect to such Letters of Credit. If the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition of Defaulting Lender, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable Laws, by notice in writing to the Borrowers and such Person, remove such Person as Administrative Agent, and the Borrowers in consultation with the Lenders shall, unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in which case the Required Lenders in consultation with the Borrowers shall, appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States; provided that, without the consent of the Borrowers (not to be unreasonably withheld), the Required Lenders shall not be permitted to select a successor that is not a U.S. financial institution described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1441-1(b)(2)(ii) or a U.S. branch of a foreign bank described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1441-1(b)(2)(iv)(A). If no such successor shall have been appointed by the Borrowers or the Required Lenders, as applicable, and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Removal Effective Date”), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with notice on the Removal Effective Date.

(h) Each Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

(i) To the extent required by any applicable Laws, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. Without limiting or expanding the provisions of Section 2.16, each Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent against, and shall make payable in respect thereof within 30 days after demand therefor, any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent by the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority as a result of any failure of the Administrative Agent to properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of such Lender for any reason (including because the appropriate form was not delivered or not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of withholding Tax ineffective). A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due the Administrative Agent under this clause (i). The agreements in this clause (i) shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, a “Lender” shall, for purposes of this clause (i), include any Swingline Lender and any Issuing Bank.

 

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(j) The Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks irrevocably agree:

(i) that any Lien on any Property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document shall be automatically released (A) upon termination of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (in each case, other than (w) obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements, (x) obligations under any Bilateral Letter of Credit Facilities, (y) Cash Management Obligations and (z) contingent reimbursement and indemnification obligations, in each case of this clause (z), not yet accrued and payable) and the expiration or termination or cash collateralization of all Letters of Credit, (B) at the time the Property subject to such Lien is transferred in connection with any transfer permitted hereunder to any Person (other than in the case of a transfer by the U.S. Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor, any transfer to the U.S. Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor), (C) subject to Section 9.02, if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders (or such greater number of Lenders as may be required pursuant to Section 9.02), (D) if the Property subject to such Lien is owned by a Subsidiary Guarantor, upon release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee under the applicable Guarantee Agreement pursuant to clause (iii) below or (E) if the Property becomes Excluded Property;

(ii) (A) to release or subordinate any Lien on any Property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such Property that is permitted by Section 6.02(e) or 6.02(i) the extent and for so long as the contract or other agreement in which such Lien is granted validly prohibits the creation of any other Lien on such assets and (B) that the Administrative Agent is authorized (but not required) to subordinate any Lien on any Property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such Property that is permitted by any other clause of Section 6.02 to be senior to the Liens securing the Obligations; and

(iii) that (A) any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Specified Domestic Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder and (B) Conduent Finance shall be automatically released from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement and shall no longer be a Restricted Subsidiary hereunder if the Senior Notes cease to be outstanding or Conduent Finance ceases to be an issuer or obligor in respect of the Senior Notes or other Material Indebtedness.

Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders (or such greater number of Lenders as may be required pursuant to Section 9.02) will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of Property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement, Security Agreement or Holdings Pledge Agreement pursuant to this paragraph (j). In each case as specified in this paragraph (j), the Administrative Agent will (and each Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to), at the U.S. Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release or subordination of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Collateral Documents, or to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement, Security Agreement or Holdings Pledge Agreement, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this paragraph (j) and subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a certification by the U.S. Borrower and applicable Loan Party stating that such transaction is in compliance with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and as to such other matters with respect thereto as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Arrangers, Co-Documentation Agents or Syndication Agent listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Co-Documentation Agent, Syndication Agent, a Lender or the Issuing Bank hereunder.

 

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ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

SECTION 9.01. Notices.

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

(i) if to Holdings, the Borrowers, Conduent Finance, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks or the Swingline Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 9.01; and

(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.

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

(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or Issuing Bank pursuant to Article II if such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrowers may, in their discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

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

(c) The Platform; Borrower Materials. The Borrowers hereby acknowledge that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arrangers will make available to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrowers hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on Intralinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”), and (b) certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to Holdings, the Borrowers or their respective subsidiaries or any of their respective securities) (each, a “Public Lender”). Each Borrower hereby agrees that it will identify that portion of the Borrower Materials that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and that (i) all such Borrower Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof, (ii) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrowers shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as solely containing information that is either (A) publicly available information or (B) not material (although it may be

 

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sensitive and proprietary) with respect to Holdings, the Borrowers or their respective subsidiaries or any of their respective securities for purposes of United States Federal securities laws (provided, however, that such Borrower Materials shall be treated as set forth in Section 9.12, to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute information subject to the terms thereof), (iii) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor;” and (iv) the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Investor.” THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ITS RELATED PARTIES AND THE ARRANGERS DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY OR ITS RELATED PARTIES OR ANY ARRANGER IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM.

(d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of Holdings, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Swingline Lender may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to Holdings, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Swingline Lender. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, facsimile number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender. Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to Holdings, the Borrowers or their securities for purposes of United States Federal or state securities laws.

SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments.

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

(b) Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Holdings, the Borrowers, Conduent Finance, the Required Term B Lenders and the Required Lenders or by Holdings, the Borrowers, Conduent Finance and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Term B Lenders and the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of each Lender directly adversely affected thereby, it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.04 or the waiver of any Default or mandatory prepayment shall not constitute an increase of any Commitment of

 

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any Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest or premium thereon (other than any waiver of the application of the default rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.12(c), which shall only require the consent of the Required Lenders), or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly adversely affected thereby, it being understood that any change to the definition of “Total Net Leverage Ratio” or in the component definitions thereof shall not constitute a reduction in such rate or fee, (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender directly adversely affected thereby, it being understood that the waiver of (or amendment to the terms of) any mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans shall not constitute a postponement of any date scheduled for the payment of principal or interest, (iv) change Section 2.17(b) or (c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender directly adversely affected thereby, (v) change any of the provisions of this Section, the definition of “Required Lenders”, the definition of “Required Revolving Lenders”, the definition of “Required Revolving/TLA Lenders”, the definition of “Required Term B Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender or each Lender of the applicable Class, as applicable, (vi) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guarantees provided by the Guarantors under the Guarantee Agreement, without the written consent of each Lender (except in connection with a transaction permitted hereby), (vii) after the Closing Date, waive or modify any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.04 with respect to Borrowings of Revolving Loans, without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders, (viii) release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Lien of the Collateral Documents, without the written consent of each Lender (except in connection with a transaction permitted hereby), (ix) amend Section 10.1 of the Security Agreement or Section 10.1 of the Holdings Pledge Agreement without the written consent of each Lender, (x) amend the definition of “Applicable Percentage” without the written consent of each Lender, (xi) amend Section 2.10(b)(viii) in a manner that would have the effect of postponing the Delayed Draw Term A Loan Maturity Date, Initial Term A Loan Maturity Date or Revolving Credit Maturity Date without the consent of each applicable Lender or (xii) change the definition of “Alternative Currency” except as set forth in Section 1.11; provided that (1) no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the relevant Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, (2) the Administrative Agent, Holdings, the Borrowers and Conduent Finance may, with the consent of each other but without the consent of any other Person, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement and any other Loan Document to cure any ambiguity, typographical or technical error, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency, provided that such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document if the same is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders within five Business Days following receipt of notice thereof, (3) any waiver, amendment or other modification of this Agreement that by its terms affects the rights or duties under this Agreement of the Lenders of one or more Classes (but not the Lenders of any other Class) may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Holdings, the Borrowers, Conduent Finance and the requisite number or percentage in interest of each affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto under this Section if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders hereunder at the time and (4) if the terms of any waiver, amendment or other modification of this Agreement or any other Loan Document provide that any Class of Loans (together with all accrued interest thereon and all accrued fees payable with respect to the Commitments of such Class) will be repaid or paid in full, and the Commitments of such Class (if any) terminated, as a condition to the effectiveness of such waiver, amendment or other modification, then so long as the Loans of such Class (together with such accrued interest and fees) are in fact repaid or paid in full and such Commitments are in fact terminated, in each case prior to or substantially simultaneously with the effectiveness of such amendment, then such Loans and Commitments shall not be included in the determination of the Required Lenders with respect to such amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder other than an amendment, waiver or consent described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above (it being understood that any Commitments or Loans held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for a vote of the Lenders hereunder requiring any consent of less than all affected Lenders).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent, Holdings, the Borrowers and Conduent Finance (i) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit

 

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the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Term Loans and Revolving Credit Exposures and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (ii) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders and (B) this Agreement may be amended as contemplated by Section 2.19 and Section 2.20 with only the consent of such parties as is provided for by such Sections.

In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, Holdings, the Borrowers, Conduent Finance and the Lenders providing Replacement Term Loans (as defined below) to permit the refinancing of all outstanding Term Loans of any Class (“Refinanced Term Loans”) with a replacement term loan tranche denominated in Dollars (“Replacement Term Loans”) hereunder; provided that (a) the aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Refinanced Term Loans, (b) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Replacement Term Loans shall not be shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Refinanced Term Loans at the time of such refinancing (except to the extent of nominal amortization for periods where amortization has been eliminated as a result of prepayment of the Term Loans) and (c) all other terms applicable to such Replacement Term Loans shall be substantially identical to, or less favorable to the Lenders providing such Replacement Term Loans than, those applicable to such Refinanced Term Loans (as determined by the U.S. Borrower in good faith), except to the extent necessary to provide for covenants and other terms applicable to any period after the latest final maturity of the Term Loans in effect immediately prior to such refinancing.

SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

(a) The U.S. Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their Affiliates (limited, in the case of legal expenses, to the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of a single counsel for the Arrangers and the Administrative Agent and their Affiliates (and, if necessary, one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction and any reasonably necessary regulatory counsel)), in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the relevant Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender (limited, in the case of legal expenses, to the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of a single counsel (and, if necessary, one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction, any reasonably necessary regulatory counsel and one additional counsel for each group of similarly affected Persons in the event of a conflict of interest)), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.

(b) The U.S. Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, each Issuing Bank and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (limited, in the case of legal expenses, to the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of a single counsel for the Indemnitees (and, if necessary, one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction and one additional counsel for each group of similarly affected Indemnitees in the event of a conflict of interest)), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution, enforcement or delivery of this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by any Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) to the extent relating to or arising from any of the foregoing, any actual or alleged Release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or from any property owned or operated by the U.S. Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the U.S. Borrower or any

 

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of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto and whether brought by Holdings, a Borrower, their equityholders or any third party; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or any of its Related Parties of (y) resulted from any dispute solely among Indemnitees (other than any dispute involving claims against the Administrative Agent or any Arranger, in each case in its capacity as such) and not arising out of any act or omission of the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates. The Borrowers shall not be liable for any settlement if such settlement was effected without their consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with their written consent, the indemnification obligations of the Borrowers under this Section 9.03(b) shall apply in respect thereof. The Borrowers shall not, without the prior written consent of an Indemnitee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceedings in respect of which indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnitee unless (a) such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnitee in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnitee from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceedings and (b) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnitee or any injunctive relief or other non-monetary remedy.

(c) To the extent that the U.S. Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent, an Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, but without releasing such Borrower from its obligation to do so, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, the relevant Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in its capacity as such.

(d) To the extent permitted by applicable Laws, no party hereto shall assert, and each party hereto hereby waives, any claim against any other party hereto and any Indemnitee on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that this clause (d) shall in no way limit the Borrowers’ indemnification obligations set forth in this Section 9.03.

(e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than 15 days after written demand therefor; provided, however, that an Indemnitee shall promptly refund any amount received under this Section 9.03, without interest, to the extent that there is a final judicial or arbitral determination that such Indemnitee was not entitled to indemnification rights with respect to such payment pursuant to the express terms of this Section 9.03.

SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns.

(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Borrowers may not assign or otherwise transfer any of their rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (d) of this Section or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of paragraph (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in paragraph (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

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(b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and Loans (including for purposes of this paragraph (b), participations in LC Disbursement and in Swingline Loans) at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

(i) Minimum Amounts.

(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitments of any Class and the Loans at the time owing to it of such Class or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and

(B) in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than (x) $1,000,000, in the case of Term B Loans, Incremental Term Loans or Term B Loan Commitments, or (y) $5,000,000, in the case of any other Loans or Commitments, in each case unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the U.S. Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, however, that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met.

(ii) Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not (A) apply to the Swingline Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of Swingline Loans or (B) prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate Classes on a non-pro rata basis;

(iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:

(A) the consent of the Borrowers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default pursuant to Article VII(a), (b), (h) or (i) has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment, (2) such assignment is an assignment of a Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or (3) such assignment is an assignment of an Initial Term A Loan, Delayed Draw Term A Loan or Revolving Commitment to a Term A Lender or Revolving Lender or an Affiliate of a Term A Lender or Revolving Lender; provided that the Borrowers shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment if they have not responded to a request for their consent by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after having received such request;

(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of any Term Loan Commitment, Revolving Commitment or Term Loan if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender;

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(D) the consent of the Swingline Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment in respect of Revolving Loans.

(iv) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

(v) No Assignment to the Borrowers. No assignment shall be made to Holdings, the Borrowers or any of Holdings’ or the Borrowers’ Affiliates or subsidiaries.

(vi) No Assignment to Natural Persons. No assignment shall be made to a natural person (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person).

(vii) No Assignment to a Defaulting Lender. No assignment shall be made to a Defaulting Lender or any Affiliate thereof.

(viii) Revolving Commitments. No assignment of Revolving Loans or Revolving Commitments shall be made to any Person that is unable to fund Revolving Loans in all Alternative Currencies.

(ix) Assignment to a Professional Lender. No assignment of Initial Term A Loan Commitments, Initial Term A Loans, Revolving Loans or Revolving Commitments shall be made to a Person who is not a Professional Lender.

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Upon request, the Borrowers (at their expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (d) of this Section.

(c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts and interest thereon of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers and any Lender (as to itself), at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person, a Defaulting Lender or the Borrowers or any of the Borrowers’ respective Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in LC Disbursements and/or Swingline Loans) owing to it);

 

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provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in Section 9.02(b)(i) that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (e) of this Section, the Borrowers agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16 (subject to the limitations and requirements of such Sections and Section 2.18) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section (it being agreed that any documentation required to be provided under Section 2.16(e) shall be provided solely to the participating Lender). To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant shall be subject to Sections 2.17 and 2.18 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts and interest thereon of each participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of the participation in question for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

(e) Limitations upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.14, 2.15 or 2.16 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrowers’ prior written consent or except to the extent the entitlement to a greater payment results from a Change in Law after the sale of such participation.

(f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note(s), if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(g) Resignation as Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender after Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time any Issuing Bank assigns all of its Revolving Commitment and Revolving Loans pursuant to paragraph (b) above, such Issuing Bank may, (i) upon 30 days’ notice to the Borrowers and the Lenders, resign as Issuing Bank and/or (ii) upon 30 days’ notice to the Borrowers, resign as Swingline Lender. In the event of any such resignation as Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, the Borrowers shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by the Borrowers to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as the case may be. If JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. resigns as Issuing Bank, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the Issuing Bank hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as Issuing Bank and all LC Disbursement with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.05(c)). If JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. resigns as Swingline Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swingline Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swingline Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.04. Upon the appointment of a successor Issuing Bank and/or Swingline Lender, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become

 

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vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as the case may be, and (b) the successor Issuing Bank shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. to effectively assume the obligations of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. with respect to such Letters of Credit.

SECTION 9.05. Survival. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Event, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding. The provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof.

SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto as of the Closing Date, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or.pdf shall be effective as delivery of an originally executed counterpart of this Agreement.

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

SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff.

(a) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, after obtaining the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final and in whatever currency denominated) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the applicable Borrower against any of and all the Obligations of such Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.

(b) To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of a Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender and each

 

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Issuing Bank severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Federal Funds Effective Rate from time to time in effect, in the applicable currency of such recovery or payment. The obligations of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.

(a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York (without regard to the conflict of law principles thereof to the extent that the application of the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby).

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

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

(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. The Dutch Borrower hereby appoints the U.S. Borrower as its agent for service of process. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

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

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

 

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SECTION 9.12. Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, advisors, reinsurers and representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested or required by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process (provided, that to the extent practicable and permitted by law, the Borrowers have been notified prior to such disclosure so that the Borrowers may seek, at the Borrowers’ sole expense, a protective order or other appropriate remedy), (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or any Eligible Assignee invited to be a Lender pursuant to Section 2.19 or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to a Borrowers and their obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrowers, (h) to S&P, Moody’s, Fitch or another internationally recognized rating agency or (i) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Holdings or the Borrowers. For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from Holdings, the Borrowers or any Subsidiary relating to Holdings, the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by Holdings, the Borrowers or any Subsidiary; provided that all information received after the Closing Date from Holdings, the Borrowers or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall be deemed confidential unless such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as not being confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks acknowledge that (a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning Holdings, the Borrowers or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws.

In addition, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and publicly available information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Commitments and the Loans.

SECTION 9.13. USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrowers that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrowers and each other Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of the Borrowers and each other Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrowers and each other Loan Party in accordance with the Act. The Borrowers shall, promptly following a request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender reasonably requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Act.

SECTION 9.14. Interest Rate Limitation . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable Law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable Law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to

 

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the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.

SECTION 9.15. No Fiduciary Duty. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), Holdings, the Borrowers and each other Loan Party acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers are arm’s-length commercial transactions between Holdings, the Borrowers, each other Loan Party and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers, on the other hand, (B) each of Holdings, the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) Holdings, the Borrowers and each other Loan Party is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) the Administrative Agent, each Arranger and each Lender is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for Holdings, the Borrowers, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Arranger nor any Lender has any obligation to Holdings, the Borrowers, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of Holdings, the Borrowers, the other Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor any Arranger nor any Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to Holdings, the Borrowers, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by Laws, each of Holdings, the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby. Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that the Arrangers have not and will not be acting as fiduciaries for the Lenders and that the Arrangers shall not have any powers, rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities with respect to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in their capacities as such.

SECTION 9.16. Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and

(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or

(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

 

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SECTION 9.17. Dutch Borrower Representation. If the Dutch Borrower is represented by an attorney in connection with the signing and/or execution of this Agreement or any other agreement, deed or document referred to in or made pursuant to this Agreement, it is hereby expressly acknowledged and accepted by the other parties to this Agreement that the existence and extent of the attorney’s authority and the effects of the attorney’s exercise or purported exercise of his or her authority shall be governed by the laws of the Netherlands.

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

 

CONDUENT INCORPORATED
By:   /s/ Brian J. Webb-Walsh
 

Name: Brian J. Webb-Walsh

Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]


XEROX BUSINESS SERVICES, LLC
By:   /s/ Brian J. Webb-Walsh
 

Name: Brian J. Webb-Walsh

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]


AFFILIATED COMPUTER SERVICES INTERNATIONAL B.V.
By:   /s/ Ian Branch
 

Name: Ian Branch

Title: Managing Director

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]


CONDUENT FINANCE, INC.
By:   /s/ John F. Rivera
 

Name: John F. Rivera

Title: Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually as a Lender, as the Swingline Lender, as an Issuing Bank and as Administrative Agent
By:   /s/ John G. Kowalczuk
 

Name: John G. Kowalczuk

Title: Executive Director

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]


Name of Lender:
By:   [Lender signature pages are on file with Administrative Agent]
 

Name:

Title:

For any Lender requiring a second signature line:
By:    
 

Name:

Title:

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]