Execution Version
$350,000,000
Senior Secured Credit Facility
SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
among
FRESHPET, INC.,
a Delaware corporation, as Borrower,
THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
and
CITY NATIONAL BANK,
as Lead Arranger and Agent
Dated as of February 19, 2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1.
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DEFINITIONS
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1.1
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Defined Terms
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1.2
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Other Definitional Provisions
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35
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1.3
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Leases
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36 |
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Section 2.
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AMOUNT AND TERMS OF LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT; COMMITMENT AMOUNTS
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2.1
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Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit; Revolving
Loan Commitments
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2.2
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Delayed Draw Term Loans; Delayed Draw Term Loan
Commitment.
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2.3
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Optional Prepayments; Optional Commitment Reductions
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2.4
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Mandatory Prepayments
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2.5
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Conversion and Continuation Options
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2.6
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Minimum Amounts of Tranches; Minimum Borrowings
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2.7
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Interest Rates and Payment Dates
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2.8
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Computation of Interest and Fees
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2.9
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[Reserved].
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2.10
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Pro Rata Treatment and Payments
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2.11
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Illegality
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2.12
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Increased Costs
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2.13
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Taxes.
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2.14
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Indemnity
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2.15
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Mitigation of Costs
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2.16
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Unused Commitment Fee
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2.17
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Substitution of Lenders
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2.18
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Defaulting Lenders
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2.19
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Issuance of Letters of Credit.
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2.20
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[Reserved]
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2.21
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Swing Line Loans
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2.22
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Protective Advances.
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2.23
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Incremental Commitment.
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2.24
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Temporary Inability to Determine Rate
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2.25
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Benchmark Replacement Setting.
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Section 3.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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3.1
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Financial Condition
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3.2
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Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law, Etc
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3.3
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Corporate Power; Authorization; Consents;
Enforceable Obligations
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3.4
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No Conflict
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3.5
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No Litigation
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3.6
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Ownership of Property; Liens; Condition of
Properties
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3.7
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Environmental Matters
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3.8
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Intellectual Property
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3.9
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Taxes
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3.10
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Federal Regulations
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3.11
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ERISA Compliance
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3.12
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Investment Company Act
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3.13
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Subsidiaries
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3.14
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Purpose of Loans and Letters of Credit.
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3.15
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Accuracy and Completeness of Information
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3.16
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Real Property Assets
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3.17
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Permits, Etc
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3.18
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Nature of Business
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3.19
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Capital Structure and Equity Ownership
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3.20
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Insolvency
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3.21
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Labor Matters
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3.22
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Condemnation
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3.23
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[Reserved].
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3.24
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Foreign Assets Control Regulations; Anti-Money
Laundering; Beneficial Ownership Certification.
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Section 4.
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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4.1
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Conditions to Closing Date
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4.2
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Conditions to Each Loan
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Section 5.
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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5.1
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Financial Statements
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5.2
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Certificates; Other Information
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5.3
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[Reserved].
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5.4
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Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence
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5.5
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Maintenance of Tangible Property; Insurance
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5.6
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Inspection of Property; Books and Records;
Discussions
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5.7
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Use of Proceeds
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5.8
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Hedging Obligations
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5.9
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[Reserved]
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5.10
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Lease and License Compliance; Landlord Consents
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5.11
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Environmental Laws
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5.12
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Covenants Regarding Subsidiaries.
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5.13
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Payment of Taxes.
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5.14
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Acquisition of Real Property Collateral
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5.15
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Cash Management.
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5.16
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Certain Post-Closing Obligations
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Section 6.
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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6.1
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Financial Condition Covenants
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6.2
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Limitation on Indebtedness
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6.3
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Limitation on Liens
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6.4
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Limitation on Fundamental Changes
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6.5
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Limitation on Sale of Assets
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6.6
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Limitation on Restricted Payments
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6.7
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Limitation on Acquisitions, Investments, Loans
and Advances
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6.8
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Transactions with Affiliates.
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6.9
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Fiscal Year
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6.10
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Prohibitions on Certain Agreements,
Modifications to Certain Agreements
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6.11
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Sale-Leaseback Transactions
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6.12
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Line of Business
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6.13
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Anti-Terrorism Laws
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Section 7.
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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7.1
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Events of Default
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7.2
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Application of Payments and Proceeds
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Section 8.
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THE AGENT
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8.1
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Appointment
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8.2
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Delegation of Duties
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8.3
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Exculpatory Provisions
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8.4
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Reliance by Agent
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8.5
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Notice of Default
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8.6
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Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders
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8.7
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Indemnification
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8.8
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Agent in Its Individual Capacity
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107 |
8.9
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Successor Agent
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8.10
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Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim
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8.11
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Collateral Matters
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8.12
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Lead Arranger
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Section 9.
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CREATION OF SECURITY INTEREST
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9.1
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Grant of Security Interest
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9.2
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Negotiable Collateral
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9.3
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Collection of Accounts, General Intangibles, and
Negotiable Collateral
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9.4
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Filing of Financing Statements; Commercial Tort
Claims; Delivery of Additional Documentation Required.
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9.5
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Power of Attorney
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9.6
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Right to Inspect
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9.7
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Control Agreements
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Section 10.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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10.1
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Amendments and Waivers
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10.2
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Replacement of Holdout Lender
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10.3
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Notices
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113 |
10.4
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No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
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10.5
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Survival of Representations and Warranties
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10.6
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Payment of Expenses; Indemnification
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10.7
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Successors and Assigns; Participation;
Purchasing Lenders
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10.8
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Adjustments; Set-Off
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10.9
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Counterparts
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10.10
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Severability
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10.11
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Integration
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10.12
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CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY
TRIAL WAIVER; JUDICIAL REFERENCE PROVISION
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120
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10.13
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Acknowledgements
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10.14
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Headings
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10.15
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Confidentiality
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10.16
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Interest Rate Limitation
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125 |
10.17
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PATRIOT Act
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10.18
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Keepwell
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10.19
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Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions.
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126 |
10.20
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Amendment and Restatement
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10.21
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Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs
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10.22
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Revival and Reinstatement of Obligations;
Certain Waivers.
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Exhibits |
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A-1
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Form of Revolving Note
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A-2
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Form of Delayed Draw Term Note
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A-3
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Form of Swing Line Note
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B
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Form of Continuation Notice
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C
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Form of Borrowing Notice
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D
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Form of Covenant Compliance Certificate
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E
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Form of Assignment and Acceptance
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Form of Pricing Certificate
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Schedules |
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A.
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Commitments
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3.1
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Certain Off-Balance Sheet Items
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3.2
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Legal Names
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3.13
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Subsidiaries
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3.16
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Real Property
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3.19
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Capital Structure and Equity Ownership
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5.15
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Cash Management Banks
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6.2
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Indebtedness
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6.3
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Liens
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SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, made as of February 19, 2021, by and among (1) FRESHPET,
INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), (2) the banks and other lenders from time to time party hereto (the “Lenders”)
and (3) CITY NATIONAL BANK, a national banking association (“CNB”), as lead arranger and administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity as administrative agent, together
with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Agent”).
RECITALS
A. The Borrower, CNB, as the Agent and a Lender, and certain other Lenders, are parties to that certain Fifth
Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of April 17, 2020 (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing
Loan Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders party thereto, made available to Borrower (i) a revolving loan and letter of credit facility in the aggregate maximum principal amount of $35,000,000, with an aggregate outstanding
principal amount of $1,975,703.15 as of the date hereof, consisting entirely of Letter of Credit Usage (as defined in the Existing Loan Agreement), and (ii) delayed draw term loan facility in the aggregate maximum principal amount of $130,000,000,
with an aggregate outstanding principal amount of $0.00 as of the date hereof.
B. The Borrower has requested that the Existing Loan Agreement be amended and restated to (i) increase the revolving
loan and letter of credit facility to $50,000,000, (ii) increase the delayed draw term loan facility to $300,000,000 and (iii) make certain other changes to the Existing Loan Agreement as set forth herein.
C. The Agent and the Lenders have agreed to such requests, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree to amend and restate the Existing Loan Agreement as follows, without constituting a novation:
1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Accountants”: any of the “Big Four”
independent certified public accounting firms or other nationally recognized or regionally-recognized independent accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Agent.
“Acquisition”: any transaction, or any
series of related transactions, consummated after the Closing Date, by which the Borrower and/or any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly (a) acquires any division, any operating business unit, or any line of business or all or substantially
all of the assets of any firm, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, corporation or division thereof, whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise, (b) acquires in one transaction or as the most recent transaction in a
series of transactions control of securities of a Person engaged in an ongoing business representing more than 50% of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing position if the business affairs of such Person are
managed by a board of directors or other governing body or (c) acquires control of more than 50% of the ownership interest in any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, business trust or other Person that is not managed by a board of
directors or other governing body.
“Adjusted EBITDA”: for Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, for the fiscal quarter most recently ended and the immediately preceding three fiscal quarters, the sum of (a) net income (or loss) for that period, plus
(b) the aggregate amount of U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. taxes that are measured by income for that period (including distributions made pursuant to Section 6.6(ii)),
plus (c) Interest Expense for that period, plus (d) depreciation expense for that period, plus (e) amortization expense for that period, plus (f) non-recurring plant start-up costs in connection with
the Projects or other real property (including all buildings, fixtures, integrated equipment or other improvements located thereon) owned or leased by the Borrower for its pet food business operations in the United States, incurred in any period
beginning with the quarter ending March 31, 2021, not to exceed $14,000,000 for all such costs added back pursuant to this clause (f) during the term of this Agreement, plus,
(g) extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual costs, expenses or losses, in each case, acceptable to the Agent, not to exceed 20% of EBITDA for that period (or less extraordinary,
non-recurring or unusual gains), plus (h) any non-cash expense associated with compensation in the form of Capital Stock paid to employees, officers and directors of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, plus (i) any costs or expenses incurred pursuant to any stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan, agreement or any stock
subscription or stockholders agreement, in each case set forth in clauses (b) through (i) without
duplication and to the extent deducted in the calculation of net income. For the avoidance of doubt, calculation of Adjusted EBITDA (i) shall not include addbacks for any lost revenue related to the COVID-19 global pandemic or other epidemiological
conditions (such as downturns in the financial markets or pandemics) and (ii) shall exclude income or gains resulting from grants or forgiveness of any loans made pursuant to any program offered by Governmental Authorities in response to
circumstances resulting from the COVID-19 virus, including without limitation, programs offered under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, and including the Paycheck Protection Program. The Borrower shall provide to the Agent,
upon request, back-up documentation regarding the foregoing add-backs, reasonably acceptable to the Agent.
“Affected Financial Institution”: (a) any EEA
Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate”: as to any Person, (a) any other
Person (other than a Subsidiary) which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person or (b) any Person who is a director, officer, shareholder, member or partner (i) of such Person, (ii) of
any Subsidiary of such Person or (iii) of any Person described in the preceding clause (a). For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, either to (i) vote securities having 10% or more of the
ordinary voting power for the election of directors or managers of such Person or (ii) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.
“Agent”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Aggregate Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment”:
$300,000,000, as the same may be adjusted pursuant to the provisions hereof.
“Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitment”:
$50,000,000, as the same may be adjusted pursuant to the provisions hereof.
“Aggregate Total Commitment”: on any date of
determination, collectively, the sum of the Aggregate Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment and the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitment.
“Aggregate Total Commitment Percentage”:
with respect to each Lender, the percentage equivalent of the ratio which such Lender’s Commitments bears to the Aggregate Total Commitment.
“Agreement”: this Sixth Amended and Restated
Loan and Security Agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Anti-Terrorism Laws”: any Requirements of
Law relating to terrorism or money laundering, including Executive Order No. 13224, the PATRIOT Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 (i.e., 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956 and 1957), the Requirements of Law administered by OFAC, and
all Requirements of Law comprising or implementing these laws.
“Applicable Margin”: with respect to
Revolving Loans and Delayed Draw Term Loans:
(i) if the Total Funded Debt Ratio as of the fiscal quarter most recently ended (for which the Agent has received the financial statements and Covenant Compliance Certificate required by Sections 5.1
and 5.2(a)) is equal to or greater than 3.25:1.00 (“Leverage Level 1”), 3.25% per annum (in the case of LIBOR Loans) and 2.25% per annum (in the case of Base Rate Loans);
(ii) if the Total Funded Debt Ratio as of the fiscal quarter most recently ended (for which the Agent has received the financial statements and Covenant Compliance Certificate required by Sections 5.1
and 5.2(a)) is less than 3.25:1.00, but equal to or greater than 2.50:1.00 (“Leverage Level 2”), 2.75% per annum (in the case of LIBOR Loans) and 1.75% per annum (in the case
of Base Rate Loans);
(iii) if the Total Funded Debt Ratio as of the fiscal quarter most recently ended (for which the Agent has received the financial statements and Covenant Compliance Certificate required by Sections 5.1
and 5.2(a)) is less than 2.50:1.00, but equal to or greater than 1.75:1.00 (“Leverage Level 3”), 2.25% per annum (in the case of LIBOR Loans) and 1.25% per annum (in the case
of Base Rate Loans); and
(iv) if the Total Funded Debt Ratio as of the fiscal quarter most recently ended (for which the Agent has received the financial statements and Covenant Compliance Certificate required by Sections 5.1
and 5.2(a)) is less than 1.75:1.00 (“Leverage Level 4”), 1.75% per annum (in the case of LIBOR Loans) and 0.75% per annum (in the case of Base Rate Loans).
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provision herein to the contrary, during the period from and including the
Closing Date through and including the date that is five (5) Business Days after receipt by the Agent of the financial statements and related Covenant Compliance Certificate referred to in Sections
5.1 and 5.2(a) with respect to the period ending March 31, 2021, the Applicable Margin for each Type of Revolving Loan and Delayed Draw Term Loan shall be set at
Leverage Level 4. Thereafter, the Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans and Delayed Draw Term Loans is subject to change following receipt by the Agent of a Pricing Certificate pursuant to Section
2.7(d).
“Asset Disposition”: the sale, sale and
leaseback, transfer, conveyance, exchange, long-term lease accorded sales treatment under GAAP or similar disposition (including by means of a merger, consolidation, amalgamation, joint venture or other substantive combination) of any of the
properties, business or assets (other than cash and Cash Equivalents, but including the assignment of any lease, license or permit relating to any property) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person or Persons; provided that Asset Dispositions shall not include any of the following:
(a) the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(b) dispositions of assets or property (x) between or among the Loan Parties or (y) by a Subsidiary to a Loan Party, to the extent (i) any resulting investment constitutes an investment permitted
pursuant to Section 6.7, (ii) the foregoing constitutes a distribution permitted pursuant to Section 6.6,
or (iii) the foregoing constitutes a transaction permitted by Section 6.4;
(c) dispositions in the ordinary course of business constituting the sale or discount of accounts receivable reasonably in connection with the collection or compromise thereof;
(d) the disposition of equipment that is substantially damaged, obsolete or worn-out in the ordinary course of business or no longer used or useful;
(e) the use or transfer of money or Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business, in a manner that is not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents;
(f) the licensing, on a non-exclusive basis, of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business, or the lapse of intellectual property that is
immaterial or no longer used in or necessary to its business;
(g) trade-ins of assets to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such disposition are promptly applied to
the purchase price of replacement property;
(h) the sale or issuance by (x) the Borrower of its own Capital Stock, to the extent that any such disposition does not result in a Change of Control or (y) any Subsidiary of its own Capital Stock, to
the extent that (i) any resulting investment constitutes an investment permitted pursuant to Section 6.7 and (ii) such disposition is not prohibited by the terms of this
Agreement;
(i) the granting of a Lien permitted pursuant to Section 6.3;
(j) dispositions resulting from property loss events or takings and transfers of property that has suffered a property
loss event or a taking (constituting a total loss or constructive total loss of such property) upon receipt of the Net Proceeds of such property loss event or taking;
(k) mergers or consolidations permitted by Section 6.4, Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.6, and Investments permitted
by Section 6.7; and
(l) any other disposition of property; provided that the aggregate consideration received during any fiscal year of the Borrower
for all such dispositions shall not exceed $1,000,000.
“Assignment and Acceptance”: an Assignment
and Acceptance in the form of Exhibit E to this Agreement.
“Available Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment”:
with respect to each Delayed Draw Lender on the date of determination thereof, the amount by which (a) the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment of such Lender on such date exceeds (b) the principal sum of such Lender’s Delayed Draw Term Loans
outstanding.
“Available Revolving Loan Commitment”: with
respect to each Revolving Loan Lender on the date of determination thereof, the amount by which (a) the Revolving Loan Commitment of such Lender on such date exceeds (b) the principal sum of (i) such Lender’s Revolving Loans outstanding, and (ii) the
amount obtained by multiplying such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment Percentage by the aggregate Letter of Credit Amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding, all Swing Line Loans outstanding and the aggregate amount of unreimbursed drawings under
all Letters of Credit on such date.
“Bail-In Action”: the exercise of any
Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation”: (a) 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, regulation rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is
described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating
to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Bankruptcy Code”: Title 11 of the United
States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
“Base Rate”: for any day, a rate per annum
equal to the greater of (x) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1% per annum, (y) subject to Section 2.25, the LIBOR Adjusted Rate (which rate shall be calculated based upon an Interest Period of 1 month and shall be
determined on a daily basis), plus 1 percentage point, and (z) a fluctuating per annum rate of interest equal at all times to the rate of interest in effect for such day as announced from time to time by CNB as its “prime rate” as of such date; provided that if Base Rate shall be less than 0%, such rate shall be deemed to be 0% for all purposes under this Agreement. The Base Rate is a reference rate and does not
necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer. The Agent may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Base Rate. If, for any reason, the Agent shall have determined (which
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate for any reason, including the inability or failure of the Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms
hereof, the Base Rate shall be determined without regard to clause (x) of the first sentence of this definition until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Federal Funds
Effective Rate or the “Prime Rate”, as the case may be, shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the “Prime Rate”, as applicable.
“Base Rate Loans”: Loans the rate of
interest applicable to which is based upon the Base Rate.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification”: a
certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation”: 31 C.F.R.
§ 1010.230, as amended from time to time, and any successor regulation or statute.
“Blocked Person”: a Person (a) listed in the
annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, Executive Order No. 13224, (b) majority owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, Executive
Order No. 13224, (c) with which the Agent or any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law, (d) that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as defined in Executive
Order No. 13224 or (e) that is named a “specially designated national” or “blocked person” on the most current list published by OFAC or other similar list.
“Books”: all of Borrower’s and its
Subsidiaries’ now owned or hereafter acquired books and records (including all of their Records indicating, summarizing, or evidencing their assets (including the Collateral) or liabilities, all of Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ Records relating to
their business operations or financial condition, and all of their Goods or General Intangibles related to such information).
“Borrower”: as defined in the preamble
hereto.
“Borrower Collateral”: all of Borrower’s now
owned or hereafter acquired right, title, and interest in and to each of the following:
(a) all of its Accounts,
(b) all of its Books,
(c) all of its Commercial Tort Claims,
(d) all of its Deposit Accounts,
(e) all of its Equipment,
(f) all of its General Intangibles, including without limitation, Intellectual Property,
(g) all of its Inventory,
(h) all of its Investment Property (including all of its securities and Securities Accounts),
(i) all of its Negotiable Collateral,
(j) all of its Supporting Obligations,
(k) Money or other assets of Borrower that now or hereafter come into the possession, custody, or control of any Secured Party, and
(l) the proceeds and products, whether tangible or intangible, of any of the foregoing, including proceeds of insurance covering any or all of the foregoing, and any and all Accounts, Books, Deposit
Accounts, Equipment, General Intangibles, Inventory, Investment Property, Negotiable Collateral, Real Property, Supporting Obligations, Money, or other tangible or intangible property resulting from the sale, lease, license, exchange, collection,
or other disposition of any of the foregoing, or any portion thereof or interest therein, and the proceeds thereof; provided that “Borrower Collateral” shall not include the
Excluded Property; provided, further, that if and when any property shall cease to be Excluded
Property, “Borrower Collateral” shall include such property and a Lien on and security interest in such property shall be deemed granted therein.
“Borrowing Notice”: a notice from the
Borrower to the Agent requesting a borrowing of Loans, substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto.
“Business Day”: a day other than a Saturday,
Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in the State of New York or California are authorized or required by law to close and which, in the case of a LIBOR Loan, is a Eurodollar Business Day.
“Canadian Subsidiary”: Professor Connors
Canada, Inc., a company organized under the laws of the province of Ontario.
“Canadian Subsidiary Dissolution”: means any
of the consolidation, combination or merger of the Canadian Subsidiary with and into Borrower or the liquidation, wind up, dissolution or other similar transaction reasonably approved by the Agent, of the Canadian Subsidiary (in each case, including
any similar transaction under local law governing of such Subsidiary); provided, that if the aggregate Net Proceeds received from all such transactions are in an amount greater than $1,000,000, the remaining assets of the Canadian Subsidiary (if any)
and any proceeds of any of the foregoing shall be transferred to Borrower.
“Capital Expenditures”: means, with respect
to any Person for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period that are capital expenditures as determined in accordance with GAAP, whether such expenditures are paid in cash or financed
excluding (a) interest capitalized during such period, (b) any expenditure described above to the extent such expenditure is part of the aggregate amounts payable as consideration for any Permitted Acquisition consummated during or prior to such
period, (c) to the extent permitted by this Agreement, the Net Proceeds of any Asset Disposition used or contractually committed to be so used by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 2.4(b), (d) expenditures of proceeds of insurance settlements, condemnation awards and other settlements in respect of lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property to the
extent such expenditures are made to replace or repair such lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property or otherwise to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets or properties useful in the
business of Borrower and the Subsidiaries, (e) expenditures that are accounted for as capital expenditures of such person and that actually are paid for by, or for which Borrower or any Subsidiary receives reimbursement in cash from, a third party
and for which none of Borrower or any Subsidiary has provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such third party or any other person (whether before, during or after such period), and (f)
other expenditures that Agent determines in its discretion to exclude from this definition of “Capital Expenditures”.
“Capitalized Lease Obligations”: obligations
for the payment of rent for any real or personal property under leases or agreements to lease that, in accordance with GAAP, have been or should be capitalized on the books of the lessee and, for purposes hereof, the amount of any such obligation
shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Capital Stock”: any and all shares,
interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation), any and all warrants, options or rights to purchase or any other
securities convertible into any of the foregoing.
“Cash Collateral Deposit”: cash deposits
made by the Borrower to the Agent to be held by the Agent as Collateral pursuant hereto or pursuant to such other security documentation as the Agent shall request, for the reimbursement of drawings under Letters of Credit and to the Swing Line
Lender for reimbursement of Swing Line Loans.
“Cash Equivalents”: means (a) marketable
direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within 1 year from the date of acquisition thereof,
(b) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within 1 year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of
acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either Standard & Poor’s Rating Group (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), (c) commercial paper maturing no more than 270 days from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at
least P-1 from Moody’s, (d) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within 1 year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof having at the date of
acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $250,000,000, (e) Deposit Accounts maintained with (i) any bank that satisfies the criteria described in clause (d) above, or (ii) any other bank organized under the laws of the United
States or any state thereof so long as the amount maintained with any such other bank is less than or equal to $100,000 and is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and (f) Investments in money market funds substantially all of whose
assets are invested in the types of assets described in clauses (a) through (e) above.
“Cash Management Account”: as defined in Section 5.15(a) hereof.
“Cash Management Bank”: as defined in Section
5.15 hereof.
“Cash Management Obligations”: obligations
of the Loan Parties to any Eligible Counterparty under one or more credit cards, debit cards, cash management agreements, deposit account agreements, treasury agreements, sweep agreements or similar agreements pertaining to cash management services,
including without limitation, automated clearing house services.
“CFC” means any Subsidiary of a Loan Party
that is a controlled foreign corporation (as that term is defined in Section 957 of the Code) the dividends of which are not entitled to the dividends received deduction under Section 245A of the Code.
“CFC Holdco” means any Subsidiary of a Loan
Party substantially all of the assets of which consist of the Capital Stock (including, for this purpose, any debt or other instrument treated as equity for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or Capital Stock and indebtedness of any CFC or any other
CFC Holdco.
“Change in Law”: the occurrence, after the
date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application
thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; 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 or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel
III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Change of Control”: (a) any Person or two
or more Persons acting in concert, shall have acquired beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of Capital Stock of Borrower (or other securities convertible into such Capital Stock) representing 35% or more of the combined voting power of all
Capital Stock of Borrower entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote for the election of members of the board of directors or other governing body of Borrower; (b) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert, shall
have acquired by contract or otherwise, or shall have entered into a contract or arrangement that, upon consummation thereof, will result in its or their acquisition of the power to exercise, directly or indirectly, a controlling influence over the
management or policies of Borrower or control over the Capital Stock of such Person entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or other governing body of Borrower on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such Capital Stock
that such Person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right) representing 35% or more of the combined voting power of such Capital Stock; or (c) Borrower shall cease to hold 100% of the Capital Stock and voting power of each of
its Subsidiaries that is a Guarantor (other than in connection with any transaction permitted pursuant to Section 6.4).
“Chillers”: a refrigerated unit out of which
Borrower’s products are sold.
“Closing Date”: the date on which the
conditions set forth in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 are satisfied and the initial Loan is made, which date is
February 19, 2021.
“Code”: the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended from time to time.
“Collateral”: all of the property (tangible
or intangible) subject to or purported to be subject to the lien or security interest purported to be created by any Loan Document as security for all or part of the Obligations, including without limitation, the Borrower Collateral.
“Collateral Documents”: each Guaranty, each
Guarantor Security Agreement, the Stock Pledge Agreement, the Mortgages, each Intellectual Property Security Agreement, any Control Agreements and all other instruments, documents and agreements encumbering the Collateral or evidencing or perfecting
a security interest therein for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
“Collections”: all cash, checks, notes,
instruments, and other items of payment (including insurance proceeds, proceeds of cash sales, rental proceeds, and tax refunds).
“Commitment”: a Revolving Loan Commitment or
a Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment, as applicable.
“Commitment Increase Notice”: as defined in
Section 2.23(a) hereof.
“Commodity Exchange Act”: the Commodity
Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.) as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Continuation Notice”: a request for
continuation or conversion of a Loan as set forth in Section 2.5, substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.
“Contractual Obligation”: 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 Agreement”: a control agreement,
restricted account agreement or similar agreement or document, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and entered into for the purpose of perfecting a security interest in one or more Securities Accounts, Deposit
Accounts, electronic Chattel Paper, Investment Property, and Letter-of-Credit Rights of the Loan Parties.
“Correct Applicable Margin”: as defined in Section 2.7(e) hereof.
“Covenant Compliance Certificate”: a
certificate of a Responsible Officer or other senior officer of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto.
“Debt Offering”: the incurrence, sale or
issuance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any debt securities or other Indebtedness of the type referred to in clauses (i) or (iii) of the definition of Indebtedness in this Section
1.1, other than any Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.2.
“Debt Service”: for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, for the fiscal quarter most recently ended and the immediately preceding three fiscal quarters, without duplication, the sum of (a) Interest Expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period paid or
required to be paid in cash plus (b) the aggregate amount of scheduled principal payments made on Total Funded Debt for such period.
“Default”: any of the events specified in Section 7.1, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, or any other condition, has been satisfied.
“Defaulting Lender”: any Lender that (a) has
failed to fund any portion of the Loans required to be funded by it, (b) has failed to pay over to Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within three (3) Business Days of the date when due, unless the subject
of a good faith dispute, (c) has notified the Borrower or the Agent in writing or has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend or expect to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement or generally under other
agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (d) is or becomes (or whose parent company is or becomes) the subject of a bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or conservatorship proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian
appointed for it, or (e) becomes the subject of a Bail-in Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of an
ownership interest in such Lender or parent company thereof or the exercise of control over a Lender or parent company thereof by a governmental authority or instrumentality thereof.
“Delayed Draw Lender”: each Lender having
(i) a Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment or (ii) Delayed Draw Term Loans outstanding.
“Delayed Draw Term Loan”: as defined in Section 2.2(a) hereof.
“Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment”: the
commitment of a Lender to make a Delayed Draw Term Loan hereunder as set forth on Schedule A hereof, as the same may be adjusted pursuant to the provisions hereof.
“Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Expiration Date”:
August 19, 2023, or such earlier date as such Commitment shall expire or be terminated or the Delayed Draw Term Loans shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof (whether pursuant to Section 7.1 or otherwise).
“Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Percentage”:
with respect to each Delayed Draw Lender, the percentage equivalent of the ratio which such Lender’s Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment bears to the Aggregate Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment.
“Delayed Draw Term Loan Maturity Date”:
February 19, 2026, or such earlier date as the Delayed Draw Term Loans shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof (whether pursuant to Section 7.1 or
otherwise).
“Delayed Draw Term Note”: as defined in Section 2.2(c) hereof.
“Delayed Draw Term Reduction Installment”:
prior to the Secondary Conversion Date, the Initial DDTL Reduction Installment, and thereafter the Secondary DDTL Reduction Installment.
“Division/Series Transaction”: with respect
to the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, that any such Person (a) divides into two or more Persons (whether or not the original Loan Party or Subsidiary thereof survives such division) or (b) creates, or reorganizes into, one or more series, in
each case as contemplated under the laws of any jurisdiction.
“Dollars” and “$”: dollars in lawful currency of the United States.
“Dutch Subsidiary”: Freshpet NE B.V., a
company organized under the laws of Netherlands.
“EBITDA”: for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, without duplication, with respect to any period, the sum of (a) net income (or loss) for that period, plus (b) to the extent deducted in
the calculation of net income, the aggregate amount of U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. taxes, in each case, that are measured by income for that period, plus (c)
Interest Expense for that period, plus (d) depreciation expense for that period, plus (e) amortization
expense for such period.
“EEA Financial Institution”: (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”: any of the member
states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority”: 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 Counterparty”: the Agent, any
Affiliate of the Agent, any Lender and any Affiliate of any Lender, in each case, that from time to time enters into a Lender Hedging Agreement or Cash Management Obligation with the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof; provided, the term “Eligible Counterparty” shall include any Person that is the Agent, an Affiliate of the Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender as of the Closing Date or as of the date that such
Person enters into a Lender Hedging Agreement or Cash Management Obligation, as applicable, but subsequently ceases to be the Agent, an Affiliate of the Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, as the case may be.
“Environmental Actions”: any complaint,
summons, citation, notice, directive, order, claim, litigation, investigation, judicial or administrative proceeding, judgment, letter, or other communication from any Governmental Authority, or any third party alleging violations of Environmental
Laws or releases of Hazardous Substances from (a) any assets, properties, or businesses of Borrower, its Subsidiaries, or any of their predecessors in interest, or (b) from or onto any facilities which received Hazardous Substances generated by
Borrower, its Subsidiaries, or any of their predecessors in interest.
“Environmental Indemnity”: with respect to
any Real Property, an environmental indemnity agreement (whether provided as a separate document or included in another document required to be delivered to the Agent pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in connection with such Real
Property), executed by the Loan Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
“Environmental Laws”: all federal, state,
provincial, foreign and local laws, rules and regulations governing (a) environmental matters, (b) the generation, use, control, removal, storage, transportation, spill, release or discharge of Hazardous Substances and (c) as it relates to exposure
to Hazardous Substances, occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene, or the protection of human, plant or animal health, including without limitation as provided in the provisions of and the regulations under (i) the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. §§9601 et seq.), (ii) the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. §§6901 et seq.), (iii) the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. §§7401 et seq.), (iv) the Hazardous Materials Transportation
Act (49 U.S.C. §§1801 et seq.), (v) the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. §§6901 et seq.), (vi) the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. §§1251 et seq.), (vii) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. §§3000(f) et
seq.), (viii) the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 USC §2701 et seq.), (ix) the Emergency Planning and the Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (42 USC §11001 et seq.), (x) the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 USC §651 et seq.), to the extent it
regulates occupational exposure to Hazardous Substances, and (xi) the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. §§2601 et seq.), any state and local or foreign counterparts or equivalents, all as heretofore or hereafter amended.
“Environmental Liabilities and Costs”: all
liabilities, monetary obligations, losses, damages, punitive damages, consequential damages, treble damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts, or consultants, and costs of investigation
and feasibility studies), fines, penalties, sanctions, and interest incurred as a result of any claim or demand, or Remedial Action required, by any Governmental Authority or any third party, and which arise from any Environmental Action.
“Environmental Lien”: any Lien in favor of
any Governmental Authority for Environmental Liabilities and Costs.
“Equipment”: Equipment (as that term is
defined in the UCC) and includes machinery, machine tools, motors, furniture, furnishings, fixtures, vehicles (including motor vehicles), computer hardware, tools, parts, and goods (other than consumer goods, farm products, or Inventory), wherever
located, including all attachments, accessories, accessions, replacements, substitutions, additions, and improvements to any of the foregoing.
“Equityholder Agreements”: each shareholder
agreement, member agreement, partner agreement, voting agreement, buy-sell agreement, option, warrant, put, call, right of first refusal, and other agreement or instrument governing the equity of any Loan Party or any other security with conversion
rights into equity of any Loan Party.
“Equity Offering”: the sale or issuance (or
reissuance) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Capital Stock or beneficial interests (common stock, preferred stock, partnership interests, member interests or otherwise) or any options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights to
purchase such Capital Stock or beneficial interests.
“ERISA”: the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate”: as to any Person, each
trade or business including such Person, whether or not incorporated, which together with such Person would be treated as a single employer under Sections 414(b) or (c) of the Code, or, solely with respect to Section 412 of the Code, Sections 414(m)
or (o) of the Code.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule”: the EU
Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Eurodollar Business Day”: any day on which
banks are open for dealings in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
“Event of Default”: as defined in Section 7.1 hereof.
“Excess Cash Flow”: for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, with respect to the fiscal year of the Borrower ending on December 31, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter, without duplication, the sum of (a) EBITDA for such period, minus (b) cash Interest Expense and aggregate cash amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments paid during such period, minus (c)
the aggregate principal amount of scheduled payments on any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and Cash Collateral Deposits with respect to outstanding Letters of Credit, in each case made during such period, minus (d) unfinanced (other than with the proceeds of revolving borrowings) Capital Expenditures made in cash by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period to the extent not prohibited by this
Agreement, minus (e) aggregate amount of U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. taxes that are paid in cash during such period (including distributions made pursuant to
Section 6.6(ii)).
“Exchange Act”: the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as in effect from time to time.
“Excluded Deposit Accounts”: (a) Deposit
Accounts the balance of which consists exclusively of withheld income taxes and federal, state or local employment taxes, (b) all Deposit Accounts constituting (and the balance of which consists solely of funds set aside in connection with) payroll
accounts, trust or fiduciary accounts, and accounts dedicated to the payment of accrued employee benefits, medical, dental and employee benefits claims to employees of any Loan Party, (c) zero balance disbursement accounts and (d) other Deposit
Accounts maintained in the ordinary course of business containing cash amounts that do not exceed at any time $250,000 for any such account and $500,000 in the aggregate for all such accounts under this clause (d).
“Excluded Prepayment Amount”: as defined in
Section 2.7(g).
“Excluded Property”: (i) (A) that portion of
the outstanding Capital Stock of any CFC or CFC Holdco that is a direct Subsidiary of a Loan Party, which exceeds an aggregate of 65% of the total combined voting power of all classes of the Capital Stock of such CFC or CFC Holdco entitled to vote
(within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.956-2(c)(2) or any successor regulation thereto); provided that, Excluded Property shall not include, and Collateral shall
include, 100% of each class of Capital Stock of any such CFC or CFC Holdco not entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.956-2(c)(2) or any successor regulation thereto), (B) any Capital Stock of any direct or indirect
Subsidiary of a CFC or CFC Holdco and (C) any assets of any Excluded Subsidiary, (ii) any rights or interest in any contract, lease, permit, license, or license agreement covering real or personal property of Borrower if under the terms of such
contract, lease, permit, license, or license agreement, or applicable law with respect thereto, the grant of a security interest or Lien therein is prohibited as a matter of law or under the terms of such contract, lease, permit, license, or license
agreement and such prohibition or restriction has not been waived or the consent of the other party to such contract, lease, permit, license, or license agreement has not been obtained (provided,
that, (A) the foregoing exclusions of this clause (ii) shall in no way be construed (1) to apply to the extent that any described prohibition or restriction is unenforceable under Section 9-406, 9-407, 9-408, or 9-409 of the UCC or other applicable
law, or (2) to apply to the extent that any consent or waiver has been obtained that would permit Agent’s security interest or Lien notwithstanding the prohibition or restriction on the pledge of such contract, lease, permit, license, or license
agreement and (B) the foregoing exclusions of clauses (i) and (ii) shall in no way be construed to limit, impair, or otherwise affect any of Agent’s, any other Secured Party’s continuing security interests in and Liens upon any rights or interests of
Borrower in or to (1) monies due or to become due under or in connection with any described contract, lease, permit, license, license agreement, or Capital Stock (including any Accounts or Capital Stock), or (2) any proceeds from the sale, license,
lease, or other dispositions of any such contract, lease, permit, license, license agreement, or Capital Stock) and (iii) any United States intent-to-use trademark applications to the extent that, and solely during the period in which, the grant of a
security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark applications under applicable federal law; provided that upon submission
and acceptance by the United States Patent and Trademark Office of an amendment to allege use pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 1060(a) (or any successor provision), such intent-to-use trademark application shall not be considered Excluded Property.
“Excluded Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of
a Loan Party that is a CFC, a CFC Holdco or a direct or indirect Subsidiary of a CFC or CFC Holdco.
“Excluded Swap Obligations”: with respect to
any Loan Party (other than the direct counterparty of such Swap Obligation), any Swap Obligation of a Loan Party (other than the direct counterparty of such Swap Obligation) if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of such Loan
Party pursuant to a Guaranty of, or the grant by such Loan Party of a security interest pursuant to the Loan Documents 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 at the time the guarantee of such Loan Party pursuant to a Guaranty or the grant of such security interest pursuant to a Loan Document would have otherwise become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation but for such
Guarantor’s failure to constitute an “eligible contract participant” at such time. 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 illegal.
“Excluded Taxes”: with respect to the Agent,
any Lender or any other recipient of any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document, (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by its net income or net profits (however denominated), franchise Taxes imposed on it
in lieu of net income Taxes and branch profits Taxes imposed on it, in each case, by any jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) (a) as a result of the recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office located
in, or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office in such jurisdiction, or (b) that are Other Connection Taxes, (ii) any US federal withholding Tax that is imposed on amounts payable to a Lender (other than a Non-US Lender that becomes
a Lender pursuant to a request by a Loan Party) under any laws in effect at the time such Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new lending office), except to the extent that, in the case where a Lender designates a new lending office, such
Lender, or in the case of an assignment, the assignor, was entitled, immediately prior to the time of designation of a new lending office or assignment as the case may be, to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such Tax
pursuant to Section 2.13(a), (iii) any Tax is attributable to such recipient’s failure to comply with Section
2.13(e) and (iv) any withholding Tax that is imposed pursuant to FATCA.
“Existing Loan Agreement”: has the meaning
set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“FATCA”: Sections 1471 through 1474 of the
Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any applicable
agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing
such Sections of the Code.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate”: for any day,
the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if
such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Agent from three federal funds brokers of national recognized standing selected by it.
“Fee Letter”: that certain amended and
restated side letter dated as of the Closing Date executed between the Borrower and the Agent with respect to certain fees payable in connection with this Agreement, as it may be amended, modified or restated from time to time.
“Financial Statements”: (a) the audited
balance sheet of the Borrower for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, and the related statements of income and cash flows as of and for the fiscal year then ended and (b) the unaudited balance sheet of the Borrower for the twelve-month period
ended on December 31, 2020, and the related statements of income as of and for the year to date then ended.
“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”: for the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, for the fiscal quarter most recently ended and the immediately preceding three fiscal quarters, the ratio of Free Cash Flow to Debt Service for such period.
“Flood Insurance Laws”: collectively, (i) the
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statue thereto, (iii) the National Flood Insurance
Reform Act of 1994 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (iv) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (v) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of
2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
“Foreign Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary that is
not organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Free Cash Flow”: with respect to any
fiscal period, without duplication, the sum of (a) Adjusted EBITDA for such fiscal period, minus (b) Maintenance Capital Expenditures made (to the extent not already incurred in
a prior period) or incurred during such period, minus (c) the aggregate amount of U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. taxes paid in cash on or measured by income of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal period (including, without duplication, Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 6.6(ii) for the purpose of allowing the
Borrower’s members to pay income taxes attributable to the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries), minus all Restricted Payments made during such period.
“Fronting Exposure”: at any time there is a
Defaulting Lender, (i) such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment Percentage of the outstanding Letter of Credit Amount and (ii) such Defaulting Lender’s pro rata share of outstanding Swing Line Loans made by the Swing Line Lender other than
Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders in accordance with the terms hereof.
“GAAP”: generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States in effect from time to time.
“General Intangibles”: General Intangibles
(as that term is defined in the UCC), including payment intangibles, contract rights, rights to payment, rights arising under common law, statutes, or regulations, choses or things in action, goodwill, patents, trade names, trade secrets, trademarks,
servicemarks, copyrights, blueprints, drawings, purchase orders, customer lists, monies due or recoverable from pension funds, route lists, rights to payment and other rights under any royalty or licensing agreements, infringement claims, computer
programs, information contained on computer disks or tapes, software, literature, reports, catalogs, insurance premium rebates, tax refunds, and tax refund claims, and any other personal property other than Accounts, Deposit Accounts, Goods,
Investment Property, and Negotiable Collateral.
“Governmental Authority”: any nation or
government, any federal, state or other political subdivision thereof and any federal, state or local entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of government (including any supra-national bodies such
as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Guarantee Obligation”: as to any Person
(the “guaranteeing person”), any obligation of (a) the guaranteeing person or (b) another Person (including any bank under any letter of credit) which Person the guaranteeing
person has agreed to reimburse or indemnify for undertaking such obligation in either case guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the “primary
obligations”) of any other third Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of the guaranteeing person,
whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or to maintain
working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary
obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection or customary
indemnifications under agreements, in each case given or entered into in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lesser of (a) an amount equal to the stated or
determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee
Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person’s maximum
reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good faith.
“Guarantor Security Agreement”: one or more
security agreements executed and delivered by a Guarantor, including pursuant to Section 5.12(a) hereof, to secure the obligations of the Guarantors under any Guaranty, in each
case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
“Guarantors”: collectively, (a) each
Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) and (b) with respect to any Hedging Obligations owing by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries and any Swap Obligation of a Specified Loan Party, the Borrower. For the avoidance of
doubt, no Excluded Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor.
“Guaranty”: one or more guaranty agreements
executed and delivered by a Guarantor, including pursuant to Section 5.12(a) hereof, guaranteeing the Obligations, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Agent, as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
“Hazardous Substances”: any substance or
material that is described as a toxic or hazardous substance, waste, material, pollutant, contaminant or infectious waste, or words of similar import or meaning, or any other words which are intended to define, list or classify substances by reason
of deleterious properties such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity, toxicity, or reproductive toxicity and includes, without limitation, asbestos and asbestos containing materials, petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction
thereof, natural gas, natural gas liquids, liquefied natural gas, or synthetic gas usable for fuel, or any mixture thereof), petroleum products, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea formaldehyde, radon gas, radioactive matter, medical waste, otherwise
regulated materials and chemicals which cause cancer or reproductive toxicity, which is or becomes designated, classified or regulated as being “toxic”, “hazardous” or similarly designated, classified or regulated under any Environmental Laws.
“Hedging Agreements”: as defined in the
definition of “Hedging Obligations” in this Section 1.1.
“Hedging Obligations”: of any Person, any
and all obligations of such Person, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under (i) any and all
agreements, devices or arrangements designed to protect at least one of the parties thereto from the fluctuations of interest rates, commodity prices, exchange rates or forward rates applicable to such party’s assets, liabilities or exchange
transactions, including dollar-denominated or cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements, forward currency exchange agreements, interest rate cap or collar protection agreements, forward rate currency or interest rate options, puts and warrants
or any similar derivative transactions (“Hedging Agreements”), and (ii) any and all cancellations, buy-backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any of the foregoing; provided that Hedging Obligations shall not include Excluded Swap Obligations.
“Holdout Lender”: as defined in Section 10.2.
“Increased Amount Date”: as defined in Section 2.23 hereof.
“Incremental Facility Supplement”: as
defined in Section 2.23 hereof.
“Incremental Term Loan”: as defined in Section 2.23 hereof.
“Incremental Term Loan Commitment”: as
defined in Section 2.23 hereof.
“Incremental Term Note”: as defined in Section 2.23 hereof.
“Indebtedness”: as to any Person, (i) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all indebtedness of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services incurred in the ordinary course of business (other than trade payables or deferred rent, taxes or
compensation, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business and repayable in accordance with customary trade practices), (iii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (iv) all
indebtedness created or arising under any conditional-sale or other title-retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person, (v) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, (vi) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of
such Person under bankers’ acceptance, Letter of Credit or similar facilities, (vii) all mandatory redemption, mandatory repurchase or mandatory dividend obligations of such Person with respect to its stock, in each case to the extent due in cash on
or before that date that is ninety-one (91) days after the later of the Revolving Loan Commitment Expiration Date, the Delayed Draw Term Loan Maturity Date and the maturity date of any Incremental Term Loan facility, (viii) all liabilities in respect
of unfunded vested benefits under plans covered by Title IV of ERISA, (ix) all Hedging Obligations of such Person and (x) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of, and obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise
acquire, or otherwise to secure a credit against loss in respect of, indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), or (ix) above.
“Indemnified Taxes”: (i) 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 (ii) to the extent not otherwise described in (i), Other Taxes.
“Insolvency”: with respect to any
Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Multiemployer Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
“Installed Store”: a store or other place of
business not owned, leased or operated by a Loan Party or any of its Affiliates in which Borrower’s products are maintained and sold.
“Intellectual Property”: as defined in Section 3.8 hereof.
“Intellectual Property Security Agreement”:
any patent security agreement, trademark security agreement, copyright security agreement, or any notice thereof, made by the grantors party thereto in favor of the Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, including that
certain Third Amended and Restated Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2019, executed and delivered by Borrower and Agent, in each case, as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented in accordance with the terms hereof
and thereof.
“Intercompany Subordination Agreement”: that
certain Amended and Restated Intercompany Subordination Agreement, dated as of November 13, 2014, executed and delivered by Borrower, the Canadian Subsidiary and Agent, as supplemented by (i) that certain Joinder Agreement, dated as of September 21,
2017, by and among the UK Subsidiary, Borrower and the Agent and (ii) that certain Joinder Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2019, by and among the Dutch Subsidiary, Borrower and the Agent, and as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented,
or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance to the terms thereof and hereof.
“Interest Expense”: as of any date, with
respect to any Person, the sum of (a) all cash interest, unused commitment fees, letter of credit fees and similar fees (in each case as such expenses are calculated according to GAAP) paid or payable (without duplication) for such fiscal period by
that Person to a lender in connection with borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of assets, in each case to the extent considered “interest expense” under GAAP, including the net effect of payments made or received by the Borrower under any
Hedging Agreement to the extent allocable to such period under GAAP plus (b) the portion of rent paid or payable (without duplication) for such fiscal period by that Person under Capitalized Lease Obligations that is treated as interest in accordance
with GAAP.
“Interest Payment Date”: (a) as to any Base
Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each calendar quarter to occur while any such Loan is outstanding, (b) as to any LIBOR Loan having an Interest Period of three months or less, the last day of such Interest Period, (c) as to any LIBOR Loan having
an Interest Period longer than three months, each day which is at the end of each three month-period within such Interest Period after the first day of such Interest Period and the last day of such Interest Period and (d) for each of clauses (a), (b)
and (c) above the day on which any such Loan becomes due and payable in full or is paid or prepaid in full.
“Interest Period”: with respect to any LIBOR
Loan (other than with respect to LIBOR Loans outstanding with respect to Swing Line Loans, which shall be subject to the last paragraph of this definition):
(a) initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such LIBOR Loan and ending one (1), two (2), three (3), or six (6) months thereafter, as
available, as selected by the Borrower in its notice of borrowing or its Continuation Notice, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and
(b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR Loan and ending one (1), two (2), three (3), or six (6) months thereafter, as
available, as selected by the Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Agent not less than three (3) Eurodollar Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto;
provided that,
all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:
(i) if any Interest Period pertaining to a LIBOR Loan would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the
result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;
(ii) any Interest Period for any Loan that would otherwise extend beyond the date final payment is due on such Loan shall end on the date of such final payment; and
(iii) any Interest Period pertaining to a LIBOR Loan that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month.
“Interest Rate Determination Date”: with
respect to any Interest Period, the date that is two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.
“Investment Company Act”: as defined in Section 3.12 hereof.
“IRS”: the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
“Issuing Bank”: CNB.
“Kitchen South Agreement”: that certain
Contract Manufacturing Agreement entered into by the Borrower and the contractor thereunder with respect to the manufacturing of the Borrower’s products in Arkansas, a copy of which has been provided to the Agent prior to the Closing Date, as such
agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance to the terms thereof and hereof.
“Landlord Consent”: each waiver or consent
or similar document executed by the landlord of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, as such agreements may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the
terms hereof and thereof.
“Lenders”: as defined in the preamble hereto
and Section 8.8 hereof. References to the “Lenders” will include the Issuing Bank and the Swing Line Lender, where applicable.
“Lender Hedging Agreement”: any Hedging
Agreement entered into between the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof and an Eligible Counterparty.
“Letter of Credit”: as defined in Section 2.1(b) hereof.
“Letter of Credit Amount”: the stated
maximum amount available to be drawn under a particular Letter of Credit, as such amount may be reduced or reinstated from time to time in accordance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
“Letter of Credit Request”: a request by the
Borrower for the issuance of a Letter of Credit on the Agent’s standard form of standby Letter of Credit application and agreement.
“Letter of Credit Sublimit”: as defined in Section 2.1(b) hereof.
“Leverage Level 1”: as used in the
definition of “Applicable Margin” contained in this Section 1.1.
“LIBOR”: with respect to any LIBOR Loan for
any Interest Period, a rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the Agent and equal to the rate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) quoted as (i) the “LIBOR Rate” which appears on the Bloomberg Screen B TMM Page under
the heading “LIBOR Fix” as of 11:00 a.m. (London Time) for the date that is the applicable Interest Rate Determination Date or (ii) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause
(i) does not appear on such page or service or if such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate per annum determined as of approximately 9:00 a.m. (Los Angeles time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date by reference to
the Intercontinental Exchange Benchmark Administration Ltd. Interest Settlement Rates for deposits in Dollars (as set forth by any service selected by the Agent that has been nominated by the Intercontinental Exchange Benchmark Administration Ltd.
(or any successor or substitute agency determined by the Agent) as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying such rates) with a term equivalent to the applicable Interest Period; provided that if LIBOR shall be less than 0.75%, such rate shall be deemed to be 0.75% for all purposes under this Agreement. The Agent currently uses the rate quoted in Bloomberg as indicated above to provide
information with respect to the interbank Eurodollar market, but the Agent, in its sole discretion, may change the service providing such information at any time. Each determination of LIBOR by the Agent shall be conclusive and binding upon the
parties hereto, absent manifest error.
“LIBOR Adjusted Rate”: with respect to each
day during each Interest Period pertaining to a LIBOR Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the following formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%):
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“LIBOR Loans”: Loans the rate of interest
applicable to which is based upon LIBOR Adjusted Rate.
“LIBOR Reserve Requirements”: for any day as
applied to a LIBOR Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve requirements in effect on such day (including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves under any regulations of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto) dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities”
in Regulation D of such Board) maintained by a member bank of such Federal Reserve System.
“Lien”: means any interest in an asset
securing an obligation owed to, or a claim by, any Person other than the owner of the asset, irrespective of whether (a) such interest is based on the common law, statute, or contract, (b) such interest is recorded or perfected, and (c) such interest
is contingent upon the occurrence of some future event or events or the existence of some future circumstance or circumstances. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term “Lien” includes the lien or security interest arising from any
mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, charge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), security agreement or other security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other
title retention agreement or any Capitalized Lease Obligation having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing). For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Lien” shall not be deemed to include any nonexclusive intellectual property
license.
“Loan”: a Revolving Loan, a Swing Line Loan,
a Delayed Draw Term Loan or an Incremental Term Loan, as applicable; and “Loans” means the aggregate of all Revolving Loans, all Swing Line Loans, all Delayed Draw Term Loans and
all Incremental Term Loans, as applicable, outstanding at any given time.
“Loan Documents”: this Agreement, any Notes,
the Collateral Documents, the Master Reaffirmation Agreement, the Fee Letter, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, any Environmental Indemnity, any Lender Hedging Agreements, each Landlord Consent, any bailee letters, any Letter of Credit
Requests, any Incremental Facility Supplement and any other agreement executed by a Loan Party in connection therewith and herewith, or in connection with the Existing Loan Agreement, as such agreements and documents may be amended, restated,
supplemented and otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Loan Parties”: the Borrower and each
Guarantor, and “Loan Parties” means any of them.
“Maintenance Capital Expenditures”: means,
for any period, the sum of (without duplication) (a) Capital Expenditures made during such period on account of the maintenance of the Equipment of Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (b) the higher of (i) the actual amount spent on Capital Expenditures made during such period on account of maintenance of the Chillers and (ii) Capital Expenditures made during such period on account of maintenance of the
Chillers, calculated as the product of (x) the total number of Installed Stores as of the end of such period multiplied by (y) $10.
“Margin Stock”: as defined in Regulation U.
“Master Reaffirmation Agreement”: that
certain Master Reaffirmation Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, executed and delivered by Borrower, each of its Subsidiaries party thereto and Agent, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance to the terms thereof and hereof.
“Material Adverse Effect”: a material
adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, results of operations, property or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their
obligations under the Loan Documents or (c) the validity or enforceability of any material provision of the Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the Agent or the Lenders hereunder or thereunder.
“Material Agreements”: the Kitchen South
Agreement.
“Maturity Date”: the latest of the Revolving
Loan Commitment Expiration Date and the Delayed Draw Term Loan Maturity Date.
“Maximum Commitment Amount”: as defined in Section 2.23 hereof.
“Mortgages”: individually and collectively,
(i) that certain Amended, Restated, and Consolidated Open-End Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of May 10, 2019, made by and from the Borrower to the Agent, and recorded with the Recorder of
Deeds, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in Book 2019-1, Starting Page 92121, relating to Property A, as amended by that certain Modification of Amended, Restated, and Consolidated Open-End Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement
and Fixture Filing, dated as of April 13, 2020, made by the Borrower to the Agent, and recorded with the Recorder of Deeds, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in Book 2020-1, Starting Page 83564, and that certain Second Modification of Amended,
Restated, and Consolidated Open-End Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of the Closing Date, made by the Borrower to the Agent, to be recorded with the Recorder of Deeds, Northampton County,
Pennsylvania, on or about the Closing Date, (ii) that certain Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing to be made by the Borrower to the Agent, and to be recorded with the County Clerk, Ellis County, Texas,
relating to Property B, as further described in Section 5.16(a)(iii), and (iii) any other mortgages, deeds of trust, or deeds to secure debt, executed and delivered by Borrower
or another Loan Party in favor of Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, that encumber the Real Property Collateral, in each case, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance to the terms thereof and hereof.
“Multiemployer Plan”: an “employee benefit
plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) which is a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) and which is subject to Title IV of ERISA, and in respect of which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof has, any
liability (contingent or otherwise), or during the preceding six year period has had any liability if a Loan Party would continue to have liability thereto.
“Negotiable Collateral”: letters of credit,
Letter‑of‑Credit Rights, Instruments, Promissory Notes, drafts, Documents, and Chattel Paper (including Electronic Chattel Paper and tangible Chattel Paper).
“Net Proceeds”: (A) with respect to any
Asset Disposition, the net amount equal to the aggregate amount received in cash (including any cash received by way of deferred payment pursuant to a note receivable, other non-cash consideration or otherwise, but only as and when such cash is so
received) in connection with such Asset Disposition minus the sum of (i) the reasonable expenses, including attorneys’, accountants’, investment banking, financial advisory and
other customary fees, commissions and expenses, incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Disposition (including any such bona fide fees, commissions and expenses payable to an Affiliate of the Borrower), (ii)
Indebtedness, other than the Loans, required to be paid in connection with such Asset Disposition and (iii) U.S. federal, state and local and non U.S. taxes, including transfer taxes and net income taxes, paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as
a result of such Asset Disposition; and (B) with respect to any Equity Offering or Debt Offering, the net amount equal to the aggregate amount received in cash (including any cash received by way of deferred payment pursuant to a note receivable,
other non-cash consideration or otherwise, but only as and when such cash is so received) in connection with such Equity Offering or Debt Offering minus the sum of (i) the
reasonable expenses, including attorneys’, accountants’, investment banking, financial advisory and other customary fees, commissions and expenses, incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with such Equity Offering or Debt
Offering (including any such bona fide fees, commissions and expenses payable to an Affiliate of the Borrower) and (ii) U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. taxes, including transfer taxes and net income taxes, paid or reasonably estimated to
be payable as a result of such Equity Offering or Debt Offering. For purposes of this definition, the term “Asset Disposition” shall include those dispositions described in clauses (h)(y), (j) and (l) of the definition of “Asset Disposition.”
“New Lender”: as defined in Section 2.23 hereof.
“Non-US Lender”: a Lender that is not a
“United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“Note”: a Revolving Note, a Swing Line Note,
a Delayed Draw Term Note, or, if the Incremental Term Loan facility shall be activated, any Incremental Term Note, as applicable; and “Notes” means the aggregate of all Revolving
Notes, all Swing Line Notes, all Delayed Draw Term Notes and all Incremental Term Notes.
“Obligations”: the unpaid principal of and
interest on (including interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower,
whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding and whether or not at a default rate) the Loans, the obligation to reimburse drawings under Letters of Credit (including the contingent obligation to
reimburse any drawings under outstanding Letters of Credit), and all other obligations and liabilities of the Loan Parties to the Agent and the Lenders, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or
hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, the Loans, any other Loan Document, any Letter of Credit and any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, including any and
all obligations under Lender Hedging Agreements and any and all Cash Management Obligations, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including all reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel to the Agent and the Lenders that are required to be paid by any Loan Party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any Lender Hedging Agreement); provided
that “Obligations” shall not include Excluded Swap Obligations.
“Occupancy Agreements”: as defined in Section 5.10 hereof.
“OFAC”: the U.S. Department of Treasury
Office of Foreign Assets Control, or any successor thereto.
“OFAC Lists”: collectively, the Specially
Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List maintained by OFAC pursuant to any of the rules and regulations of OFAC or pursuant to any applicable executive orders, including Executive Order No. 13224, as that list may be amended from time to time.
“Organic Documents”: with respect to any
entity, in each case to the extent applicable thereto, its certificate or articles of incorporation or organization, its bylaws or operating agreement, its partnership agreement, all other formation and/or governing documents, and all Equityholder
Agreements, voting agreements and similar arrangements applicable to any of its authorized shares of capital stock, its partnership interests or its membership interests, and any other arrangements relating to the control or management of any such
entity (whether existing as a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company or otherwise).
“Other Connection Taxes”: with respect to any
Agent or Lender, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Person and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Person having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its
obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Taxes”: all present or future stamp,
court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or
otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made at the request of the Borrower)
“Participant”: as defined in Section 10.7(b) hereof.
“PATRIOT Act”: as defined in Section 10.17 hereof.
“PBGC”: the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA or any successor thereto.
“Permitted Acquisition” any Acquisition
consummated after the Closing Date by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is either consented to by the Required Lenders in writing or that satisfies each of the following conditions:
(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
(b) in the case of the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of a Person, all such assets shall be owned 100% by the Borrower or a Subsidiary that is a Guarantor, and such Loan Party
shall take all actions to subject such assets (other than Excluded Assets) to the first priority Lien of the Agent (subject to Liens permitted by Section 6.3), in accordance
with the terms and conditions hereof and of the other Loan Documents within 10 days of such acquisition (or such later date as the Agent may agree);
(c) in the case of the acquisition of Capital Stock, all of the Capital Stock (except for any such securities in the nature of directors’ qualifying shares required pursuant to applicable law) acquired
or otherwise issued by such Person or any newly formed Subsidiary of the Borrower in connection with such acquisition shall be owned 100% by the Borrower or a Subsidiary that is a Guarantor, and such Loan Party shall comply with Section 5.12;
(d) Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.1, on a pro forma
basis after giving effect to such Acquisition as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower, and shall have provided a certificate to the Agent to such effect;
(e) such Acquisition shall be consensual;
(f) the assets being acquired (other than a de minimis amount of assets in relation to Borrower’s and its
Subsidiaries’ total assets), or the Person whose Capital Stock is being acquired, are useful in or engaged in, as applicable, the business of Borrower and its Subsidiaries or a business reasonably related thereto;
(g) the assets being acquired (other than a de minimis amount of assets in relation to the assets being acquired)
are located within the United States or Canada, or the Person whose Capital Stock is being acquired is organized in a jurisdiction located within the United States or Canada;
(h) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent and the Lenders, at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date on which any such acquisition is to be consummated, (i) a due diligence package,
(ii) drafts of acquisition documents together with related disclosure schedules, (iii) a summary description of such acquisition, (iv) upon the request of the Agent for any Permitted Acquisition where the Permitted Acquisition Consideration exceeds
$10,000,000, audited or reviewed financial statements or a quality of earnings report from Accountants;
(i) the Permitted Acquisition Consideration shall be composed solely of (i) common Capital Stock of Borrower or (ii) Subordinated Debt permitted pursuant to Section 6.2(h); and
(j) on or prior to the closing date for such Permitted Acquisition (or such later date as the Agent shall permit in its reasonable discretion), the Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent a
certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that all of the requirements set forth in this definition of “Permitted Acquisition” have been satisfied or will be satisfied on or prior to the consummation of such Acquisition, other
than the requirements of clause (b) and (c) hereof, which shall be satisfied as set forth therein.
“Permitted Acquisition Consideration”: the
purchase consideration for any Permitted Acquisition payable by the Borrower or any Subsidiary and all other payments by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in exchange for, or as part of, or in connection with, any Permitted Acquisition, whether paid in
cash or by exchange of Capital Stock or of properties or otherwise and whether payable at or prior to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition or deferred for payment at any future time, whether or not any such future payment is subject to the
occurrence of any contingency, and includes any and all payments representing the purchase price and any assumptions of Indebtedness, “earn-outs” and other agreements to make any payment the amount of which is, or the terms of payment of which are,
in any respect subject to or contingent upon the revenues, income, cash flow or profits (or the like) of any Person or business (it being understood that any “earn outs” with respect to any Permitted Acquisition shall be the projected value thereof,
as of the date of consummation of such Permitted Acquisition, as determined in good faith by the Borrower and, upon the request of the Agent, the Borrower agrees to provide the Agent with calculations used by the Borrower in determining the
foregoing.
“Permitted Discretion”: a determination made
in the exercise of reasonable (from the perspective of a secured lender) business judgment.
“Permitted Lien”: shall mean Liens permitted
by Section 6.3 hereof.
“Person”: any individual, firm, partnership,
joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, association, business enterprise trust, unincorporated organization, government or department or agency thereof or other entity, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity.
“Portfolio Interest Exemption”: as defined in
Section 2.13(e)(iii)(3) hereof.
“Pricing Certificate”: a certificate of a
Responsible Officer or other senior officer of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit F attached hereto.
“Projects”: development and expansion of
Borrower’s production facilities at Property A and Property B.
“Properties”: the collective reference to
the real and personal property owned, leased, used, occupied or operated, under contract, license or permit, by any Loan Party, including without limitation, each Real Property.
“Property A”: Real Property at address 176
N. Commerce Way, Bethlehem, PA 18017.
“Property B”: approximately 74 acres of Real
Property at address 4800 Sterilite Drive, Ennis, TX 75119, and further described in the William H. Ewing Survey, Abstract Number 332, attached to that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, between the Borrower and Ennis Economic Development
Corporation, signed January, 2020.
“Purchase Money Indebtedness” means
Indebtedness (other than the Obligations, but including Capitalized Lease Obligations), incurred at the time of, or within 90 days after, the acquisition of any fixed assets for the purpose of financing all or any part of the acquisition cost
thereof.
“Purchasing Lender”: as defined in Section 10.7(c) hereof.
“Qualified ECP Guarantor”: in respect of any
Swap Obligation, each Loan Party with total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the relevant guarantee or grant of the relevant security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or such other person as constitutes an
“eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another Person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section
1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Real Property”: any estates or interests in
real property now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and the improvements thereto.
“Real Property Collateral”: Property A,
Property B and any other Real Property hereafter acquired by a Loan Party; provided that Real Property Collateral shall not include Excluded Property, so long as such Real
Property Collateral constitutes Excluded Property.
“Record”: information that is inscribed on a
tangible medium or which is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
“Refunded Swing Line Loans” as defined in Section 2.21(f) hereof.
“Register” as defined in Section 10.7(d) hereof.
“Regulation D”: Regulation D of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as the same is from time to time in effect, and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof and any successor regulation thereto.
“Regulation U”: Regulation U of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as the same is from time to time in effect, and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof and any successor regulation thereto.
“Related Parties”: with respect to any
Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Remedial Action”: all actions taken to (a)
clean up, remove, remediate, contain, treat, monitor, assess, evaluate, or in any way address Hazardous Substances in the indoor or outdoor environment, (b) prevent or minimize a release or threatened release of Hazardous Substances so they do not
migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment, (c) restore or reclaim natural resources or the environment, (d) perform any pre-remedial studies, investigations, or post-remedial operation
and maintenance activities, or (e) conduct any other actions with respect to Hazardous Substances required by Environmental Laws.
“Repatriation”: as defined in Section 2.7(g).
“Replacement Lender”: as defined in Section 10.2.
“Reportable Event”: the occurrence of any of
the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA with respect to a Title IV Plan for which notice to the PBGC is required, other than those events as to which the thirty (30) day notice period is waived under PBGC regulations.
“Required Lenders”: Lenders having
Commitments equal to or more than 50.1% of the Aggregate Total Commitment, or, if any Commitment has terminated, with respect to such Commitment, Lenders with outstanding Loans and/or participations in Letter of Credit (if applicable) under such
Commitment having an unpaid principal balance equal to or more than 50.1% of the sum of (i) the unpaid principal balance of all Loans outstanding, (ii) the aggregate Letter of Credit Amount (if applicable) and (iii) the aggregate amount of
unreimbursed drawings under all Letters of Credit (if applicable); provided that the Commitments, Loans and participations in Letters of Credit of any Defaulting Lender shall be
disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time; provided further that if there are two or more
Lenders who are not Affiliates of one another, then Required Lenders shall include at least two such Lenders who are not Affiliates of one another.
“Requirement of Law”: as to any Person, its
Organic Documents, and any law, treaty, rule, order, judgment or regulation of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of
its property is subject.
“Resolution Authority”: an EEA Resolution
Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer”: with respect to any
Loan Party, any chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer or general counsel of such Loan Party, or, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer, treasurer, or other officer serving in a
similar capacity of such Loan Party.
“Restricted Payments”: as defined in Section 6.6 hereof.
“Revolving Loan”: as defined in Section 2.1(b) hereof.
“Revolving Loan Commitment”: the commitment
of a Lender listed on Schedule A hereof or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it becomes a Lender hereunder, to make Revolving Loans and participate in Letters
of Credit and Swing Line Loans hereunder, as the same may be adjusted pursuant to the provisions hereof.
“Revolving Loan Commitment Expiration Date”:
February 19, 2026, or such earlier date as the Revolving Loan Commitments shall expire in accordance with the terms hereof (whether pursuant to Section 7.1 or otherwise) or such commitment is terminated in accordance with Section 2.3.
“Revolving Loan Commitment Percentage”: with
respect to the Swing Line Lender and each Revolving Loan Lender, the percentage equivalent of the ratio which such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment bears to the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitment.
“Revolving Loan Lender”: each Lender having
(i) a Revolving Loan Commitment, (ii) Revolving Loans outstanding, (iii) a participation in any Letter of Credit, or (iv) a participation in any Swing Line Loan.
“Revolving Note”: as defined in Section 2.1(d) hereof.
“Risk Participation Liability” means, as to
each Letter of Credit, all reimbursement obligations of Borrower to the Issuing Bank with respect to such Letter of Credit, consisting of (a) the amount available to be drawn or which may become available to be drawn, (b) all amounts that have been
paid by the Issuing Bank with respect thereto to the extent not reimbursed by Borrower, whether by the making of a Loan or otherwise, and (c) all accrued and unpaid interest, fees, and expenses payable with respect thereto.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any successor thereto.
“Secured Party” or “Secured Parties”: collectively, the Agent, the Lenders and each counterparty to a Lender Hedging Agreement (including a Person who was a Lender at the time such Hedging Agreement was entered into).
“Solvent”: when used with respect to any
Person, that:
(a) the fair salable value of such Person’s assets exceeds the total amount of liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities, in each case valued at the
probable liability of such Person with respect thereto) of such Person as they become absolute and mature;
(b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay its probable liabilities as such liabilities become absolute and matured;
(c) such Person will be able to realize upon its assets and will have sufficient cash flow from operations to enable it to pay its debts, other liabilities and contingent obligations as they mature in
the ordinary course of its business;
(d) such Person does not have unreasonably small capital with which to engage in its anticipated businesses; and
(e) such Person has not incurred any debts or liabilities, nor does such Person intend to incur, or believe that it will incur, any debts or liabilities, including contingent liabilities, beyond its
ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they become absolute and matured.
“Specified Equity Proceeds”: cash proceeds
from an offering of Borrower’s Capital Stock completed following the Closing Date, as permitted hereunder.
“Specified JV”: that certain Person, as
identified to the Agent in writing by the Borrower on or immediately prior to the Closing Date, in which the Borrower holds a minority interest.
“Specified Loan Party”: any Loan Party that
is not then an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Stock Pledge Agreement”: that certain
Amended and Restated Stock Pledge Agreement, dated as of November 13, 2014, executed and delivered by Borrower to Agent with respect to the pledge of the Stock owned by Borrower, as supplemented by (i) that certain Pledged Interests Addendum with
respect to FP Foods Realty PA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, dated as of October 5, 2016, by Borrower, (ii) that certain Pledged Interests Addendum with respect to the UK Subsidiary, dated as of March 8, 2017, by Borrower and (iii) that
certain Pledged Interests Addendum with respect to the Dutch Subsidiary, dated as of May 15, 2019, by Borrower, and as the same may be otherwise amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance to the terms
thereof and hereof.
“Subordinated Debt”: Indebtedness of Borrower
that is on terms and conditions (including payment terms, interest rates, covenants, remedies, defaults and other material terms) satisfactory to the Agent and which (a) has been expressly subordinated in right of payment to all Obligations by the
execution and delivery of a subordination agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and (b) if such Indebtedness is secured by a Lien, such Lien is expressly subordinated to the Liens granted or purported to be granted to the Agent by
the execution and delivery of a subordination agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.
“Subsidiary”: as to any Person at any time
of determination, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by
reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries or Subsidiaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Swap Obligation”: with respect to any Loan
Party, 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.
“Swing Line Lender”: CNB in its capacity as
the Swing Line Lender hereunder.
“Swing Line Loan”: as defined in Section 2.21(a) hereof.
“Swing Line Note”: as defined in Section 2.21(c) hereof.
“Swing Line Sublimit”: as defined in Section 2.21(a) hereof.
“Tax Distributions”: (i) without duplication
of amounts distributed for Taxes pursuant to clause (ii) for any taxable year in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a member of a consolidated, combined. affiliated, unitary, or similar income tax group of which Borrower or a direct or
indirect parent of Borrower is the common parent (a “Tax Group”), Borrower or any Subsidiary may make distributions to its direct or indirect parent entity necessary to permit
such parent entity to pay any income Taxes of such Tax Group that are due and payable in respect of taxable income attributable to Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries, provided that the amount of such distributions shall not be greater than the amount
of such Taxes that would have been due and payable by the Borrower and its relevant Subsidiaries had the Borrower and its relevant Subsidiaries filed a consolidated, combined, unitary or similar type return with the Borrower as the consolidated
parent and (ii) without duplication of amounts distributed for Taxes pursuant to clause (i), the Borrower may make distributions to its direct and indirect parent entities to pay franchise Taxes and other similar licensing expenses imposed on that
entity by a governmental authority so long as such Taxes or expenses are incurred in the ordinary course of business.
“Tax Status Certificate”: as defined in Section 2.13 hereof.
“Taxes”: all present or future taxes,
levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Termination Event”: (a) a Reportable Event,
(b) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Title IV Plan by the PBGC under Section 4042 of ERISA, (c) the appointment by the PBGC of a trustee to administer any Title IV Plan or (d) the institution of proceedings by the PBGC to appoint a
trustee to administer a Title IV Plan.
“Title IV Plan”: any “employee benefit plan”
(as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) other than a Multiemployer Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and in respect of which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof has any liability (contingent or otherwise), or during the preceding six
year period has had any liability if a Loan Party would continue to have liability thereto.
“Total Funded Debt”: as of any date of
determination, without duplication, the sum of all Indebtedness referred to in clauses (i), (iii), (v), or (vii) of the definition of “Indebtedness” contained in this Section 1.1
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis on such date, in each case excluding Subordinated Debt and Indebtedness owed by one Loan Party to another Loan Party.
“Total Funded Debt Ratio”: for the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, for the fiscal quarter most recently ended and the immediately preceding three fiscal quarters, the ratio of (i) Total Funded Debt as of the last day of such quarter most recently ended, to (ii) Adjusted
EBITDA for such period.
“Tranche”: the collective reference to LIBOR
Loans the Interest Periods with respect to all of which begin on the same date and end on the same later date (whether or not such LIBOR Loans shall originally have been made on the same day).
“Transferee”: as defined in Section 10.7(f) hereof.
“Type”: as to any Loan, its nature as a Base
Rate Loan or a LIBOR Loan.
“UK Subsidiary”: Freshpet Europe LTD, a
United Kingdom private limited company.
“UCC”: the California Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection,
priority, or remedies with respect to Agent’s Lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of California, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as
enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies.
“UK Financial Institution”: any BRRD
Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time)
promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority”: the Bank of
England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“U.S.” or “United States”: the United States of America.
“US Lender”: any Lender that is a U.S.
Person.
“U.S. Person”: any Person that is a “United
States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“Write-down and Conversion Powers”: (a) 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, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial
Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to
have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions.
(a) Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any other Loan Document or any certificate or other document made or delivered
pursuant hereto or thereto.
(b) As used herein, in any other Loan Document, and in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms
partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP. Unless otherwise provided herein, all financial calculations made with respect to the Borrower for the purpose of determining
compliance with the terms of this Agreement shall be made on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
(c) The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement,
and Section, subsection, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The phrase “knowledge
of,” “the knowledge” and “have knowledge” as it relates to any Loan Party, shall be deemed to be the knowledge of the Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
(d) Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the 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 in this Agreement and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a round-up if there is no nearest number) to the number of places by which such ratio is
expressed in this Agreement.
(e) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
(f) References to agreements, other contractual instruments and other documents include all subsequent amendments and other modifications to such agreement and documents, but only to the extent such
amendments and other modifications are not prohibited by the terms of any Loan Document. Except as otherwise specified or limited herein, references to any Person shall include such Person’s successors and assigns. Except as otherwise specified
herein, references to any law or regulation shall include references to such law or regulation as it may be amended, supplemented, modified or replaced from time to time.
(g) The following terms have the meanings given to them in the UCC: “Account,” “Account Debtor,” “Chattel Paper,” “Commercial Tort Claim,” “Commodity Account,” “Deposit Account,” “Document,”
“Electronic Chattel Paper,” “Fixtures,” “Goods,” “Health‑care‑insurance Receivable,” “Instrument,” “Inventory,” “Investment Property,” “Letter‑of‑Credit Rights,” “Money,” “Proceeds,” “Promissory Note,” “Purchase‑Money Obligation,” “Securities
Account” and “Supporting Obligations,” provided that “Instrument” has the meaning given in Article 9 of the UCC.
1.3 Leases. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the determination of whether
a lease is to be treated as an operating lease or capitalized lease shall be made without giving effect to any change in accounting for leases pursuant to GAAP resulting from the implementation of proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-02,
Leases (Topic 842) issued February 25, 2016, or any other implementation of proposed ASU Leases (Topic 842) issued May 16, 2013, or any successor proposal.
SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT; COMMITMENT AMOUNTS
2.1 Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit; Revolving Loan Commitments.
(a) Effective as of the Closing Date, any “Advances” (as defined in the Existing Loan Agreement) and any “Letters of Credit” (as defined in the Existing Loan Agreement) outstanding under the Existing
Loan Agreement shall be deemed outstanding as Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit, respectively, under this Agreement. Any “LIBOR Rate Loans” (as defined in the Existing Loan Agreement) that are “Advances” (as defined in the Existing Loan
Agreement) shall be “broken” immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement and any “LIBOR Rate Loans” (as defined in the Existing Loan Agreement) that are “Advances” (as defined in the Existing Loan Agreement) that are outstanding
immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement shall be converted by Borrower in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Revolving Loan Lender severally agrees to (i) make additional loans on a revolving credit basis to the Borrower from time to time after the Closing
Date to but excluding the day that is two (2) Business Days prior to the Revolving Loan Commitment Expiration Date (each a “Revolving Loan”, and collectively, the “Revolving Loans”) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (ii) participate in standby letters of credit issued for the account of the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19 from time to time from after the Closing Date to, but excluding, the day that is two (2) Business Days prior to the Revolving Loan Commitment Expiration Date (each a “Letter of Credit” and, collectively, the “Letters of Credit”); provided, however, that (A) the sum of (1) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans outstanding, (2) the aggregate Letter of
Credit Amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding, (3) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed drawings under all Letters of Credit and (4) the aggregate principal amount of all Swing Line Loans outstanding, shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving
Loan Commitment at any time and (B) the sum of (1) the aggregate Letter of Credit Amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding and (2) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed drawings under all Letters of Credit shall not exceed $15,000,000 (the “Letter of Credit Sublimit”) at any time. Within the limits of each Revolving Loan Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment, the Borrower may borrow Revolving Loans, and within the
Letter of Credit Sublimit have Letters of Credit issued for the Borrower’s account, prepay Revolving Loans, reborrow Revolving Loans, and have additional Letters of Credit issued for the Borrower’s account after the expiration of previously issued
Letters of Credit. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, Revolving Loans may not be borrowed on the Closing Date.
With respect to each Revolving Loan Lender, the principal amount of each (A) Revolving Loan to be made by such
Revolving Loan Lender and (B) participation of a Revolving Loan Lender in a Letter of Credit, shall be in an amount equal to the product of (i) such Revolving Loan Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment Percentage (expressed as a fraction) and (ii) the
total amount of the Revolving Loan(s) and/or Letter(s) of Credit requested; provided that in no event shall any Revolving Loan Lender be obligated to make a Revolving Loan or
participate in a Letter of Credit if after giving effect to such Revolving Loan or such participation the sum of such Revolving Loan Lender’s (w) Revolving Loans outstanding, (x) Revolving Loan Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Letter of Credit
Amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding and (y) Revolving Loan Commitment Percentage of the aggregate amount of unreimbursed drawings under all Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans outstanding, would exceed its Revolving Loan Commitment or if
the amount of such requested Revolving Loan, such Revolving Loan Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment Percentage of such requested Letter of Credit or Swing Line Loans, is in excess of such Revolving Loan Lender’s Available Revolving Loan Commitment.
(c) Subject to Sections 2.11, 2.24 and 2.25 the Revolving Loans may from time to time be (i) LIBOR Loans, (ii) Base Rate Loans or (iii) a combination thereof, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Agent in
accordance with either Section 2.1(e) or 2.5.
(d) Each Lender shall maintain in its internal records an account or accounts evidencing the Indebtedness hereunder of the Borrower to such Lender, including the amounts of the Revolving Loans made by
it and each repayment and prepayment in respect thereof. Any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower, absent manifest error; provided, failure to
make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect any Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment or the Borrower’s Obligations in respect of any Revolving Loans; and provided further, in the event of any inconsistency between
the Register and any Lender’s records, the recordations in the Register shall govern. If so requested by any Lender by written notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Agent), the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender a Revolving
Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 (a “Revolving Note”) to evidence such Lender’s Revolving
Loans.
(e) The Borrower shall give the Agent irrevocable written notice, substantially in the form of a Borrowing Notice (which notice must be received by the Agent prior to 10:00 a.m., Los Angeles time, on
the Business Day that is the proposed borrowing date or, if all or any part of the Revolving Loans are requested to be made as LIBOR Loans, at least three (3) Eurodollar Business Days prior to the proposed borrowing date) requesting that the
Revolving Loan Lenders make Revolving Loans on the proposed borrowing date and specifying (i) the aggregate amount of Revolving Loans requested to be made, (ii) subject to Sections 2.11, 2.24 and 2.25, whether the Revolving Loans are to be LIBOR
Loans, Base Rate Loans or a combination thereof and (iii) if the Revolving Loans are to be entirely or partly LIBOR Loans, the respective amounts of each such Type of Revolving Loan and the respective lengths of the initial Interest Periods
therefor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such notice may be given by telephone, provided it is promptly confirmed on the same day in writing by delivery to the Agent of a written notice, substantially in the form of a Borrowing Notice. Upon
receipt of such notice, the Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Loan Lender thereof on the date of receipt of such notice. On the proposed borrowing date, not later than 11:00 a.m., Los Angeles time, each Revolving Loan Lender shall make
available to the Agent the amount of such Revolving Loan Lender’s pro rata share of the aggregate borrowing amount (as determined in accordance with the second paragraph of Section
2.1(b)) in immediately available funds by wiring such amount to such account as the Agent shall specify. The Agent may, in the absence of notification from any Revolving Loan Lender that such Revolving Loan Lender has not made its
pro rata share available to the Agent on such date, credit the account of the Borrower on the books of the Agent (or credit such other account as the Borrower shall instruct the Agent in writing) with the aggregate amount of Revolving Loans.
(f) Neither the Agent nor any Revolving Loan Lender shall be responsible for the obligations or Revolving Loan Commitment of any other Revolving Loan Lender hereunder, nor will the failure of any
Revolving Loan Lender to comply with the terms of this Agreement relieve any other Revolving Loan Lender or the Borrower of its obligations under this Agreement.
(g) The Revolving Loan Commitment of each Revolving Loan Lender, and the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitment, shall terminate on the Revolving Loan Commitment Expiration Date.
(h) All outstanding Revolving Loans shall be due and payable on the Revolving Loan Commitment Expiration Date.
2.2 Delayed Draw Term Loans; Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, including without limitation, satisfaction of the requirements and conditions set forth in Section
4.2, each Delayed Draw Lender severally agrees to make term loans (each, a “Delayed Draw Term Loan” and collectively the “Delayed Draw Term Loans”) to the Borrower from time to time after the Closing Date to but excluding the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Expiration Date for its use as permitted pursuant to Section 3.14(b); provided, that, (x) the aggregate principal amount of Delayed Draw Term Loans outstanding
shall not exceed the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment, and (y) each borrowing of Delayed Draw Term Loans shall be in the minimum principal amount of $2,500,000, and in integral multiples of $500,000 in excess thereof (or such other amounts agreed
to by the Agent in its sole discretion). The Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment shall be reduced by the principal amount of Delayed Draw Term Loans made hereunder from time to time, and shall terminate on the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment
Expiration Date.
(b) Subject to Sections 2.11, 2.24 and 2.25, the Delayed Draw Term Loans may from time to time be (i) LIBOR Loans, (ii) Base Rate Loans or (iii) a combination thereof, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the
Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) Each Lender shall maintain in its internal records an account or accounts evidencing the Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender, including the amount of the Delayed Draw Term Loans made by it
and each payment, repayment and prepayment in respect thereof. Any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower, absent manifest error; provided, failure
to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect any Lender’s Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment or the Borrower’s Obligations in respect of any Delayed Draw Term Loans; and provided further, in the event of any inconsistency between the Register and any Lender’s records, the recordations in the Register shall
govern. If so requested by any Lender by written notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Agent), the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender a Delayed Draw Term Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 (a “Delayed Draw Term Note”) to evidence such Lender’s Delayed Draw Term Loans.
(d) The Borrower shall give the Agent irrevocable written notice, substantially in the form of a Borrowing Notice (which notice must be received by the Agent prior to 10:00 a.m., Los Angeles time, on
the Business Day preceding the proposed borrowing date or, if all or any part of the Delayed Draw Term Loans are requested to be made as LIBOR Loans, at least three (3) Eurodollar Business Days prior to the proposed borrowing date) requesting that
the Delayed Draw Lenders make Delayed Draw Term Loans on the proposed borrowing date and specifying (i) the aggregate amount of Delayed Draw Term Loans requested to be made, (ii) subject to Sections
2.11, 2.24 and 2.25, whether the Delayed Draw Term Loans are to be LIBOR Loans, Base
Rate Loans or a combination thereof, (iii) if the Delayed Draw Term Loans are to be entirely or partly LIBOR Loans, the respective amounts of each such Type of Delayed Draw Term Loan and the respective lengths of the initial Interest Periods
therefor, and (iv) the proposed use of such Delayed Draw Term Loans (along with the conditions required by Section 2.2(a) and any other applicable provisions of this
Agreement). Upon receipt of such notice and the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.2, the Agent shall promptly notify each Delayed Draw Lender thereof on
the date of receipt of such notice. On the proposed borrowing date, not later than 11:00 a.m., Los Angeles time, each Delayed Draw Lender shall make available to the Agent the amount of such Delayed Draw Lender’s pro rata share of the aggregate
borrowing amount in immediately available funds by wiring such amount to such account as the Agent shall specify.
(e) The Agent may, in the absence of notification from any Delayed Draw Lender that such Delayed Draw Lender has not made its pro rata share available to the Agent on such date (or, if each such Lender
shall so have made available to the Agent such amount, the Agent shall), credit the account of the Borrower on the books of the Agent (or credit such other account as the Borrower shall instruct the Agent in writing) with the aggregate amount of
Delayed Draw Term Loans.
(f) On (i) August 19, 2022 (the “Initial Conversion Date”), the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Delayed Draw Term
Loans shall be converted to a single term loan (the “Initial Combined Delayed Draw Term Loan”) and shall thereafter be repaid in equal consecutive quarterly installments, each
in an amount equal to 1/28th of the Initial Combined Delayed Draw Term Loan (each such amount an “Initial
DDTL Reduction Installment”), on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter, commencing on the last Business Day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately after the Initial Conversion Date, through but excluding, the earlier of, the
Secondary Conversion Date or the Delayed Draw Term Loan Maturity Date; and (ii) August 19, 2023 (the “Secondary Conversion Date”), the aggregate principal amount of all
outstanding Delayed Draw Term Loans shall be converted to a single term loan and combined with the Initial Combined Delayed Draw Term Loan (the “Combined Delayed Draw Term Loan”)
and shall thereafter be repaid in equal consecutive quarterly installments, each in an amount equal to 1/28th of the Combined Delayed Draw Term Loan (each such amount
a “Secondary DDTL Reduction Installment”), on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter, commencing on the last Business Day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately after
the Secondary Conversion Date, through but excluding, the Delayed Draw Term Loan Maturity Date. The remaining principal balance of all outstanding Delayed Draw Term Loans shall be due and payable on the Delayed Draw Term Loan Maturity Date. No
portion of any Delayed Draw Term Loan repaid under this Agreement shall be available for re-borrowing.
(g) Neither the Agent nor any other Lender shall be responsible for the obligations or Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment of any other Lender hereunder, nor will the failure of any Delayed Draw Lender
to comply with the terms of this Agreement relieve any other Lender or the Borrower of its obligations under this Agreement.
2.3 Optional Prepayments; Optional Commitment Reductions. The Borrower may, at any time and from
time to time, subject to Section 2.14, prepay the Loans and/or permanently reduce the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitment or the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment, in whole or
in part, upon at least one (1) Business Days’ written notice from the Borrower to the Agent, specifying the date and amount of prepayment and/or commitment reduction and, if a prepayment, whether the prepayment is of Revolving Loans, Swing Line
Loans or Delayed Draw Term Loans, or a combination thereof and, if of a combination thereof, the amount allocable to each, and whether the prepayment is of LIBOR Loans, Base Rate Loans or a combination thereof and, if of a combination thereof, the
amount allocable to each. Upon receipt of any such notice from the Borrower, the Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable by the Borrower on the date
specified therein, together with accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid. Any notice of prepayment of Loans and/or reduction or termination of Revolving Loan Commitments or Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment delivered by the Borrower
under this Section may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, the receipt of the proceeds, the issuance of other Indebtedness or the occurrence of any other transaction, in which case such notice
may be revoked by the Borrower (by delivery of further written notice to the Agent as soon as practicable on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Each prepayment of Loans under this Section 2.3 shall be applied, first, to the Delayed Draw Term Loans, as specified below, and second, to the outstanding principal balance of Revolving Loans (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not result in a reduction of any commitments thereunder). Each prepayment
of Delayed Draw Term Loans under this Section 2.3 shall be applied to the remaining Delayed Draw Term Reduction Installments in the inverse order of maturity (for the
avoidance of doubt, any amount that is due and payable on the Delayed Draw Term Loan Maturity Date shall constitute an installment). No Delayed Draw Term Loans prepaid under this Section
2.3 shall be available for reborrowing.
2.4 Mandatory Prepayments.
(a) (i) If at any time the sum of (A) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans outstanding
(other than Revolving Loans made for the purpose of repaying any Refunded Swing Line Loans or reimbursing the Issuing Bank for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, but not yet so applied or providing cash collateral pursuant to Section 2.19(h)), (B) the aggregate Letter of Credit Amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding, (C) the aggregate amount of unreimbursed drawings under all Letters of Credit and
(D) the aggregate principal amount of all Swing Line Loans outstanding, exceeds the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitment, then the Borrower shall promptly, upon the earlier of knowledge thereof or notice by the Agent, prepay the Revolving Loans and/or
make a Cash Collateral Deposit with respect to Letters of Credit in an aggregate amount equal to such excess and (ii) prior to the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Expiration Date, if at any time the aggregate principal amount of all Delayed Draw
Term Loans outstanding, exceeds the Aggregate Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment, then the Borrower shall promptly, upon the earlier of knowledge thereof or notice by the Agent, prepay the Delayed Draw Term Loans in an aggregate amount equal to such
excess.
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to the Agent, increase the cost to Issuing Bank of issuing any Letter
of Credit, or increase the cost to any such Lender of purchasing or maintaining any participation in a Letter of Credit or Swing Line Loan, or the Agent or such Lender of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its
obligation to make any such Loan, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by the Agent or such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of the Agent or such Lender, the Borrower will pay
to the Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
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 the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than,
the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and (ii) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case
of clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public
statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
To induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and participate in the Letters of Credit, to
induce the Agent to enter into this Agreement and to induce the Issuing Bank to issue the Letters of Credit, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Agent and the Lenders that:
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any proceeds of any Loans or any Letters of Credit be used to refinance or repay any
Subordinated Debt, any Indebtedness owed to any Affiliate of Borrower or any preferred stock.
The Borrower hereby agrees that from and after the Closing Date, so long as any Loan remains outstanding and unpaid,
any Letter of Credit remains outstanding, any Commitment remains in effect or any other amount is due and owing to any Lender or the Agent hereunder (other than (i) any contingent indemnification obligations under which there is no outstanding claim or
(ii) Letters of Credit that have been cash collateralized or back stopped in a manner satisfactory to the Issuing Bank):
all such financial statements shall fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and the results of
their operations for the periods indicated in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q, Form 8-K or any successor form or other rules under the Exchange Act) applied on a consistent basis during such
periods (except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto).
5.12 Covenants Regarding Subsidiaries. (a) The Borrower will cause each of its Subsidiaries (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) hereafter formed, acquired or ceasing to be an Excluded Subsidiary
(including any Person formed in connection with or resulting from a Division/Series Transaction) to execute and deliver to the Agent, no later than ten (10) days after the formation or acquisition thereof (or (i) with respect to any Subsidiary that
owns Real Property Collateral, such earlier date as may be necessary to comply with the applicable timing requirements specified in Section 5.14, or (ii) such later date as permitted by the Agent in its sole discretion), a Guaranty and a Guarantor
Security Agreement (or a joinder to an existing Guaranty and Guarantor Security Agreement, if applicable), and an Intercompany Subordination Agreement (or joinder thereto), in each case, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent (it
being understood that any such forms in effect as of the Closing Date are acceptable), together with appropriate Lien searches requested by the Agent indicating the Agent’s first priority Lien (subject to Liens permitted by Section 6.3) on such
Subsidiary’s personal property (other than any Excluded Property) and, in connection with such deliveries, cause to be delivered to the Agent the following, in each case in form and substance acceptable to the Agent, (A) upon request of the Agent, a
favorable written opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Agent as to such matters relating thereto as the Agent may request, (B) a pledge agreement (or a joinder to the Stock Pledge Agreement, if applicable) and original stock certificates
or other certificates, if any, evidencing equity ownership in such Subsidiary, accompanied by stock or other applicable transfer powers duly executed in blank, with regard to the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary, (C) certified copies of the Organic
Documents of such Subsidiary, along with appropriate resolutions and an incumbency certificate of such Subsidiary, (D) Mortgages, and satisfaction of each other requirement specified in Section 5.14 in the time periods set forth therein, with respect
to any Real Property Collateral of such new Subsidiary, (E) appropriate financing statements (and with respect to all property subject to a Mortgage, fixture filings), all in form and substance satisfactory to Agent (including being sufficient to
grant Agent a first priority Lien (subject to Liens permitted by Section 6.3) in and to the assets of such newly formed or acquired Subsidiary other than any Excluded Property), and (F) such other agreements, instruments, approvals or other documents
as the Agent may reasonably request with respect thereto.
(b) With respect to each CFC or CFC Holdco that is a direct Subsidiary of a Loan Party (including any Person formed in connection with or resulting from a Division/Series
Transaction), the Borrower shall take all actions reasonably requested by the Agent to grant to the Agent a perfected Lien on 65% of each class of the Capital Stock of such CFC or CFC Holdco entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg.
Sec. 1.956-2(c)(2) or any successor regulation thereto) and 100% of each class of the Capital Stock of such CFC or CFC Holdco not entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Sec. 1.956-2(c)(2) or any successor regulation thereto) and, in
connection therewith, if the EBITDA of any such Subsidiary (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Canadian Subsidiary, the UK Subsidiary or the Dutch Subsidiary), for any fiscal year of the Borrower, exceeds 15% of EBITDA of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, for such period, then within 30 days (or such longer period as reasonably agreed to by Agent) of the request by the Agent, deliver to the Agent applicable authorization documents, pledge agreement
governed by local law and an opinion of foreign counsel, in each case, in form and substance, and in the case of the opinion from a firm of attorneys, reasonably acceptable to the Agent.
5.13 Payment of Taxes. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries
to, pay or discharge all tax liabilities, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings that stay the enforcement of such claim
and the Borrower or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP or (b) the failure to pay such liabilities could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
5.14 Acquisition of Real Property Collateral. Not less than 30 days (or such
shorter period as reasonably agreed to by Agent) prior to the acquisition thereof, Borrower shall (i) notify the Agent in writing of any Real Property Collateral to be acquired by Borrower or any Subsidiary, on or after the Closing Date and (ii)
cause to be delivered to the Agent with respect to such Real Property Collateral (in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent):
(a) a Phase I environmental site assessment report, along with a reliance letter in favor of the Agent relating thereto,
(b) a completed flood hazard determination from a third party vendor evidencing whether any such Real Property Collateral is located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (or any successor agency) as a “special flood hazard area” (or a similar designation) and, (i) if it is, either (A) a notification to the Borrower or such Subsidiary of such determination signed and dated by the Borrower or such
Subsidiary (the “Borrower Notice”) and (if applicable) notification to the Borrower or such Subsidiary that flood insurance coverage under the National Flood Insurance
Program (“NFIP”) is not available because the community in which the Real Estate Collateral is located does not participate in NFIP, together with evidence the Borrower or
such Subsidiary’s receipt of the Borrower Notice, or (B) if the Borrower Notice is required to be provided to the Borrower or such Subsidiary and flood insurance is available in the community in which the Real Estate Collateral is located,
evidence that Borrower or such Subsidiary has obtained (or, concurrently with the acquisition thereof, will obtain), with insurance companies as are reasonably satisfactory to Agent, such flood insurance in such reasonable total amount as the
Agent may reasonably require, and otherwise sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations relating to flood insurance, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent,
(c) a survey,
(d) a zoning report, and
(e) to the extent then available, construction plans and budget for all projects Borrower then expects to initiate on such Real Property Collateral.
Within 90 days (or such longer period as reasonably agreed to by Agent) after such acquisition of any Real Property Collateral, the
Borrower shall cause to be delivered to the Agent with respect to such Real Property Collateral (in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent):
(a)
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a duly executed Mortgage, along with a fixture filing,
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(b)
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a lenders’ policy of title insurance with respect thereto, in form and substance, and with an insured amount, reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent,
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(c)
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an Environmental Indemnity,
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(d)
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to the extent not previously delivered, construction plans and budget for all projects Borrower then expects to initiate
on such Real Property Collateral; provided that, if Borrower does not then expect to initiate any project on such Real Property Collateral, but later determines to do so, or if plans for any such project change thereafter, then Borrower
shall deliver such new plans and related budget, promptly after such determination or change,
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(e)
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a legal opinion with respect to the documents referred to in clause (a) above, delivered by Borrower’s counsel in the
State in which such Real Property Collateral is located, and
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(f)
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such other agreements, instruments, or other documents as the Agent may reasonably request with respect thereto.
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(a)
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Borrower shall and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to (i) establish and maintain cash and treasury management
services (including, without limitation, its operating accounts and other Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts), of a type and on terms reasonably satisfactory to Agent, at one or more of the banks set forth on Schedule 5.15 (in such
capacity, the “Cash Management Bank”), and shall request in writing and otherwise take such reasonable steps to ensure that all of its and its Subsidiaries’ Account Debtors forward payment of the amounts owed by them directly to the Cash
Management Bank, and (ii) deposit or cause to be deposited promptly, and in any event no later than the first Business Day after the date of receipt thereof, all of their Collections (including those sent directly by their Account Debtors
to Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries) into a bank account held at the Cash Management Bank (a “Cash Management Account”); provided that the requirements in this Section 5.15 shall not apply to Excluded Deposit Accounts.
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(b)
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Each Cash Management Bank shall establish and maintain Cash Management Agreements with the Agent and Borrower, in form
and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent. Each such Cash Management Agreement shall provide, among other things, that (i) the Cash Management Bank will comply with any instructions originated by the Agent directing the
disposition of the funds in such Cash Management Account without further consent by Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, (ii) the Cash Management Bank has no rights of setoff or recoupment or any other claim against the applicable
Cash Management Account other than for payment of its service fees and other charges directly related to the administration of such Cash Management Account and for returned checks or other items of payment, and (iii) upon the instruction
of the Agent (an “Activation Instruction”), the Cash Management Bank will forward by daily sweep all amounts in the applicable Cash Management Account to the Agent’s Account. The Agent agrees not to issue an Activation Instruction with
respect to the Cash Management Accounts unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such Activation Instruction is issued.
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(c)
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So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower may amend Schedule 5.15 to add or
replace a Cash Management Bank or Cash Management Account; provided, however, that (i) such prospective Cash Management Bank shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, and (ii) prior to the time of the opening of such Cash Management
Account, the Borrower (or its Subsidiary, as applicable) and such prospective Cash Management Bank shall have executed and delivered to the Agent a Cash Management Agreement. The Borrower (or its Subsidiaries, as applicable) shall close
any of its Cash Management Accounts (and establish replacement cash management accounts in accordance with the foregoing sentence) promptly and in any event within 30 days of notice from the Agent (or such longer period as the Agent may
reasonably agree; but in no event later than 60 days after such notice is given) that the creditworthiness of any Cash Management Bank is no longer acceptable in the Agent’s reasonable judgment, or as promptly as practicable and in any
event within 60 days of notice from the Agent (or such longer period as the Agent may reasonably agree; but in no event later than 90 days after such notice is given) that the operating performance, funds transfer, or availability
procedures or performance of the Cash Management Bank with respect to Cash Management Accounts or the Agent’s liability under any Cash Management Agreement with such Cash Management Bank is no longer acceptable in the Agent’s reasonable
judgment.
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(d)
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The Cash Management Accounts shall be cash collateral accounts subject to Control Agreements.
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5.16 Certain Post-Closing Obligations. As promptly as practicable, but in any
event within the respective time periods referred to below (or such later date as the Agent may agree), the Borrower shall:
(a) within thirty (30) days after the Closing Date, cause to be delivered to the Agent with respect to such Real Property B (in each case, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent):
(i) an ALTA or Texas Society of Professional Surveyor’s survey of Real Property B certified to Agent;
(ii) a zoning report or other evidence of zoning reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;
(iii) a duly executed Mortgage, along with a fixture filing, if applicable in such state;
(iv) a lenders’ policy of title insurance with respect thereto, in form and substance, and with an insured amount, reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;
(v) an Environmental Indemnity;
(vi) existing construction plans and budgets for all Projects at Property B the Borrower expects to initiate or complete after the Closing Date;
(vii) a legal opinion with respect to the Mortgage for Property B and the other documents referred to in Section
5.16(a)(iii) above, delivered by Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s counsel in the State in which Property B is located;
(viii) a copy of the construction schedule and the construction contract(s) for Property B, and an assignment to the Agent of
such construction contracts;
(ix) an Assignment of Construction Contracts to Agent, together with consent(s) of design professionals to the Agent,
including, including with respect to the architect, engineer and general contractor;
(x) copies of any utility letters and/or verifications;
(xi) copies of all permits and approvals required by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the land where
Property B is located;
(xii) a Phase I environmental site assessment report, along with a reliance letter in favor of the Agent relating thereto; and
(xiii) evidence as to whether Property B is located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or
any successor agency) as a “special flood hazard area” (or a similar designation) and, if it is, evidence that Borrower has obtained, with insurance companies as are reasonably satisfactory to Agent, such flood insurance in such reasonable total
amount as the Agent may reasonably require, and otherwise sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations relating to flood insurance, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent.
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within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, cause to be delivered to the Agent a Control Agreement (or an amendment
to the existing Control Agreement) with respect to each of the accounts of the Loan Parties maintained at Bank of America, N.A., other than Excluded Accounts, to the extent any such accounts (other than Excluded Accounts) are not covered
by an existing Control Agreement.
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SECTION 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower hereby agrees that from and after the Closing Date, so long as any Loan remains outstanding and
unpaid, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding, any Commitment remains in effect or any other amount is due and owing to the Agent hereunder (other than (i) any contingent indemnification obligations under which there is no outstanding claim or
(ii) Letter of Credit that has been cash collateralized or back stopped in a manner satisfactory to the Issuing Bank):
6.1 Financial Condition Covenants. The Borrower shall not:
(a) Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Permit the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the last day of any fiscal
quarter of the Borrower, beginning with the fiscal quarter ending on March 31, 2021, to be less than 1.25:1:00.
(b) Total Funded Debt Ratio. Permit the Total Funded Debt Ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of
the Borrower, beginning with the fiscal quarter ending on March 31, 2021, to be greater than the following with respect to the fiscal quarter set forth opposite each such ratio below:
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Fiscal
Quarter
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Total Funded Debt Ratio
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March 31, 2021 through and including June 30, 2022
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4.00:1.00
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September 30, 2022 through and including September 30, 2023
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3.75:1.00
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December 31, 2023 and each fiscal quarter thereafter
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3.50:1.00
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(c) Maximum Capital Expenditures. Permit
the aggregate amount of all Capital Expenditures made by Borrower and its Subsidiaries, determined as at the end of each fiscal year set forth below, to be greater than the amount set forth opposite such fiscal year:
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Fiscal
Year
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Maximum Capital Expenditures
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2021
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$360,000,000
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2022
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$85,000,000
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2023
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$150,000,000
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2024
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$95,000,000
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2025
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$95,000,000
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2026
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$95,000,000
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provided, that (i) any Capital Expenditures made in such
fiscal year using Specified Equity Proceeds shall not count towards the cap permitted for such year, as set forth in the above table; provided further that all such exclusions permitted under this clause (i) shall not exceed $75,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement; and (ii) if the amount of the Capital Expenditures permitted
to be made in any fiscal year, as set forth in the above table, is greater than the amount of the Capital Expenditures actually made in such fiscal year (the amount by which such permitted amount of Capital Expenditures for such fiscal year (other
than any Capital Expenditures made in such fiscal year using Specified Equity Proceeds to the extent permitted to be excluded pursuant to clause (i) hereof) exceeds the amount of Capital Expenditures actually made for such fiscal year, the “Excess Amount”), then 100% of such Excess Amount (the “Carry-Over Amount”) may be carried forward to the
next succeeding Fiscal Year (the “Succeeding Fiscal Year”), so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom; provided further that the Carry-Over Amount applicable to a particular Succeeding Fiscal Year may not be
used in that Fiscal Year until the amount permitted above to be expended in such Fiscal Year has first been used in full and the Carry-Over Amount applicable to a particular Succeeding Fiscal Year may not be carried forward to another fiscal year.
6.2 Limitation on Indebtedness. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any
Subsidiary to, create, issue, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness except for:
(a) Indebtedness created hereunder and under the other Loan Documents;
(b) Indebtedness (i) constituting endorsements for collection made in the ordinary course of business or (ii) for bank overdrafts incurred in the ordinary course of business that
are promptly repaid;
(c) Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 6.2 as of the Closing Date;
(d) Purchase Money Indebtedness that does not constitute Subordinated Debt in an aggregate amount outstanding at any one time not in excess of $2,000,000, plus any Purchase Money Indebtedness used to finance the purchase of Chillers;
(e) refinancings, renewals, or extensions of Indebtedness permitted under clauses (c) and (d) above (and continuance or renewal of any Permitted Liens associated therewith) so long
as: (i) the terms and conditions of such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not, in Agent’s reasonable judgment, materially impair the prospects of repayment of the Obligations by Borrower or materially impair Borrower’s creditworthiness,
(ii) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in an increase in the principal amount of, or interest rate with respect to, the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, (iii) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do
not result in a shortening of the average weighted maturity of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, nor are they on terms or conditions that, taken as a whole, are materially more burdensome or restrictive to Borrower, (iv) if
the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended was subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, then the terms and conditions of the refinancing, renewal, or extension Indebtedness must include subordination terms and
conditions that are at least as favorable to the Lenders as those that were applicable to the refinanced, renewed, or extended Indebtedness, and (v) the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended is not recourse to any Person that is
liable on account of the Obligations other than those Persons which were obligated with respect to the Indebtedness that was refinanced, renewed, or extended;
(f) Indebtedness of (i) any Loan Party to the Borrower or (ii) any Loan Party to any other Loan Party, provided
that, in each case, if requested by the Agent, the parties have subordinated such Indebtedness to the Obligations pursuant to a subordination agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent in its sole discretion;
(g) any Hedging Obligation that (A) is of a non-speculative nature, (B) is in its ordinary course of business, and (C) is for the purpose of hedging the Borrower’s or such
Subsidiary’s interest rate or currency exposure;
(h) Subordinated Debt not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding;
(i) any other unsecured Indebtedness not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding; and
(j) guarantee obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiaries with respect to Indebtedness of any Loan Party permitted by this Section 6.2.
6.3 Limitation on Liens. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any
Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for:
(a) Liens created hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents;
(b) Liens for taxes, assessments, fees and other charges of any Governmental Authority that are not yet delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings, provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Borrower or a Subsidiary, as applicable, in conformity with GAAP;
(c) Liens created by operation of law not securing the payment of Indebtedness for money borrowed or guaranteed, including carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s,
repairmen’s, landlords’, shippers’, laborers’ or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period of more than forty‑five (45) days and, if overdue, for which adequate reserves have been posted under
GAAP;
(d) pledges or deposits in connection with payroll taxes, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation;
(e) pledges or deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, statutory or regulatory obligations, surety and appeal bonds,
performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(f) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, zoning and other similar encumbrances on real property incurred in the ordinary course of business which, in the aggregate, are not
likely to cause a Material Adverse Effect;
(g) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.2(d); provided that no such Lien covers any property other than the property subject to such Purchase Money Indebtedness, or acquired in connection with the incurrence of such Indebtedness, as applicable, and the
proceeds thereof;
(h) precautionary Liens filed by equipment lessors pursuant to operating leases of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided
that no such Lien covers any property other than the property subject to such lease;
(i) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with importation of goods;
(j) Liens resulting from any judgment or award that is not an Event of Default hereunder;
(k) Liens arising from any interest of a lessor under any real property lease or sublease agreement entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of
business;
(l) Liens securing Subordinated Debt permitted by Section 6.2(h), which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall
be subject to a subordination agreement in accordance with the definition of Subordinated Debt; and
(m) Liens set forth on Schedule 6.3 as of the Closing Date and including any Liens that are replacements of
such Liens to the extent that the original Indebtedness is refinanced, renewed, or extended under Section 6.2(e) and so long as the replacement Liens only encumber those
assets that secured the refinanced, renewed, or extended Indebtedness.
6.4 Limitation on Fundamental Changes. The Borrower shall not, and shall not
permit any Subsidiary to, (a) enter into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution) except (i) any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidation, wind up
or dissolution of a Subsidiary into the Borrower, with the Borrower being the survivor thereof, or between or among its Subsidiaries (provided that if any such Subsidiary is
a Loan Party, a Loan Party shall be the survivor thereof) and (ii) any merger in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, so long as a Loan Party is the survivor thereof and, if such merger, consolidation or other transaction involves the
Borrower, the Borrower is the survivor thereof; provided that the Borrower shall give the Agent ten (10) days’ prior written notice of any such transaction described in
clause (i) or (ii) and shall comply with all reasonable actions requested by the Agent to protect and maintain its Liens granted pursuant to the Loan Documents; or (b) convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, all or
substantially all of its property, business or assets; provided, that this Section 6.4 shall not prohibit or otherwise limit the Canadian Subsidiary Dissolution conducted in accordance with the terms hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, the Borrower shall not, and nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, consummate a Division/Series Transaction without the prior written consent of the Agent.
6.5 Limitation on Sale of Assets. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, make any Asset Disposition unless (i) such Asset Disposition is for fair market value, (ii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such Asset Disposition, (iii) the consideration for
such Asset Disposition is at least 75% cash and (iv) the consideration for such Asset Disposition, when aggregated with the consideration for all previous Asset Dispositions during the same fiscal year, does not exceed $1,000,000 per fiscal year;
provided, that (i) none of the foregoing shall be deemed to permit a Division/Series Transaction and (ii) in no event shall Borrower sell or otherwise dispose of, or permit
any of its Subsidiaries to sell or otherwise dispose of, any Real Property Collateral without the prior written consent of the Agent; provided, further, that this Section 6.5 shall not prohibit or otherwise limit the Canadian Subsidiary
Dissolution conducted in accordance with the terms hereof.
6.6 Limitation on Restricted Payments. The Borrower shall not, and shall not
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (a) if a corporation, declare or pay any dividend on (other than dividends payable solely in Capital Stock of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries), or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a
sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of, any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or any warrants or options to purchase any such Capital
Stock, whether now or hereafter outstanding, (b) if a partnership, limited liability company or other entity, make any distribution (other than distributions payable solely in Capital Stock of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries) or make any payment
on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of, any ownership interests in any class of Capital Stock of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or
any warrants or options to purchase any such Capital Stock, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or (c) make any payments (whether of principal, interest or otherwise) on Indebtedness that is subordinated to the Obligations, or in any case set
forth in the foregoing clauses (a), (b) or (c), any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (such declarations, payments, setting apart,
purchases, redemptions, defeasance, retirements, acquisitions and distributions being herein called “Restricted Payments”); provided, however, that
(i) (x) the Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower, (y) any Subsidiary of a Loan Party may make Restricted Payments to such Loan Party and (z) any Excluded
Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to a Loan Party or another Excluded Subsidiary that is its direct parent;
(ii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make Tax Distributions;
(iii) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to present or former employees,
officers, or directors of the Borrower (or any spouses, ex-spouses, or estates of any of the foregoing) on account of redemptions of Capital Stock of the Borrower held by such Persons; provided, that the aggregate amount of such redemptions made
by the Borrower during any fiscal year does not exceed $1,000,000;
(iv) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments constituting cashless repurchases of Capital Stock of Borrower deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such
Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;
(v) Restricted Payments may be made by the Borrower within 30 days after the date of declaration thereof if at such date of declaration such Restricted Payment would have been
permitted under this Section 6.6 so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
(vi) other cash Restricted Payments described in clause (a) and (b) above may be made by the Borrower if after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Borrower is in compliance with the
Total Funded Debt Ratio required by Section 6.1(b) and so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
(vii) the Borrower may make payments on Subordinated Debt permitted pursuant to Section 6.2(h), but solely to
the extent permitted under the related subordination agreement; and
(viii) the Borrower and Subsidiaries may make such other Restricted Payments as consented to by the Agent in writing.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing in this Section
6.6 shall be deemed to permit a Division/Series Transaction.
6.7 Limitation on Acquisitions, Investments, Loans and Advances. The Borrower
shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, consummate any Acquisition, make any advance, loan, extension of credit or capital contribution to, or purchase any stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities of or any assets
constituting a business unit of, or make any other investment in (any of the foregoing, an “investment”), any Person, except (provided that none of the following shall be deemed to permit a Division/Series Transaction):
(a) cash and Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business;
(b) investments in negotiable instruments for collection;
(c) advances made in connection with purchases of goods or services in the ordinary course of business;
(d) extensions of trade credit made in the ordinary course of business;
(e) investments by any Loan Party in its Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties;
(f) investments constituting loans and advances to officers, managers, directors and employees of the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for
reasonable and customary business-related travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes (including employee payroll advances);
(g) any Hedging Agreement permitted under this Agreement;
(h) investments received in connection with the bankruptcy, reorganization or liquidation of, or the settlement of delinquent accounts or disputes with, any customers, suppliers,
vendors or other account debtors, in each case in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower;
(i) any investments made from casualty insurance proceeds in connection with the replacement, substitution, restoration or repair of assets on account of an insurable event to the
extent such assets were covered by casualty insurance maintained by Borrower or a Subsidiary;
(j) investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material or equipment, in each such case in the ordinary course of business;
(k) investments by a Loan Party after the Closing Date consisting of purchases of Capital Stock of the Specified JV, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $20,000,000; provided that (i) the Borrower shall have provided not less than 5 Business Days prior written notice to Agent of such investment, (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, nor shall either result from the making of such investment, (iii) the Specified JV is organized in a jurisdiction located within North America and is a North American pet product company, (iv) any such investment, when
combined with all prior investments by any Loan Party in the Specified JV, constitutes no more than 30% of outstanding voting Capital Stock of the Specified JV in the aggregate, (v) to the extent not prohibited or restricted from doing so by the
Specified JV or the definitive documentation for such Investment (or, if so prohibited or restricted, subject to the relevant Loan Parties commercially reasonable efforts to obtain consent authorizing the Loan Party to do so), within 30 days of
such investment (or such later date as permitted by the Agent in its sole discretion), the relevant Loan Party shall provide to Agent a pledge agreement and appropriate certificates and powers or financing statements, hypothecating all of such
Capital Stock and any other direct or beneficial ownership interest in the Specified JV acquired by the Loan Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, together with all other documentation, including one or more
opinions of counsel reasonably satisfactory to Agent, which in its opinion is appropriate with respect to the execution and delivery of the applicable documentation referred to above in this clause (v), and (vi) such Loan Party shall only use available cash on its balance sheet to purchase such Capital Stock, and not proceeds of any Loan, from the issuance of any Indebtedness or from the
disposition of any property or assets other than cash (including, without limitation, any intellectual property or Real Property);
(l) Permitted Acquisitions;
(m) any investment owned by a Person at the time such Person is acquired and becomes a Subsidiary pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition; provided that such investment was not made in
connection with or in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition; and
(n) other investments in an aggregate outstanding amount not exceeding $1,000,000 at any time for all such investments.
6.8 Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any transaction, including any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property or the rendering of any
service or the payment of any management or consulting fees, with or to any of the Borrower’s Affiliates, except for transactions that (i) are in the ordinary course of the Borrower or such Subsidiary’s business, (ii) are upon fair and reasonable
terms, and (iii) are no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, than they would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate; provided,
that none of the foregoing shall be deemed to permit a Division/Series Transaction.
6.9 Fiscal Year. The Borrower shall not permit the fiscal year of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary to end on a day other than December 31.
6.10 Prohibitions on Certain Agreements, Modifications to Certain Agreements.
(a) The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, enter into or permit to exist any indenture, agreement, instrument or other arrangement, other than the Loan
Documents that, directly or indirectly, prohibits or restrains, or has the effect of prohibiting or restraining, or imposes materially adverse conditions upon, the incurrence or payment of Indebtedness, the granting of Liens (with respect to the
Loan Parties) (except with respect to Capitalized Lease Obligations and Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.2(c) and (d), and then only with respect to the property encumbered thereby), or the declaration or payment of dividends on any such Subsidiary’s Capital Stock, the making of loans, advances or Investments to the
Borrower or any Subsidiary or the sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition of Property by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (except with respect to Capitalized Lease Obligations and Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.2(c) and (d), and then only with respect to the property encumbered thereby), except for such restrictions that:
(i)
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are binding on a Person at the time such Person first becomes a Subsidiary, so long as such obligation was not entered
into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary;
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(ii)
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are customary restrictions that (x) are related to any Permitted Lien (but solely with respect to the property subject to
such Lien) or (y) are contained in agreements relating to any disposition permitted by Section 6.5 pending such transaction, provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the applicable assets or Person subject to such
disposition;
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are negative pledges and restrictions on Liens in favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.2 but solely to the extent any negative pledge relates to the property financed by such Indebtedness and the proceeds, accessions and products thereof;
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are customary restrictions (i) on leases, subleases, or licenses by a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of property in the
ordinary course of business so long as such restrictions relate only to the property interest subject thereto and (ii) in leases and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof;
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are restrictions on cash deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
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(vi)
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are restrictions on reasonable cash earnest money deposits in favor of sellers in connection with acquisitions permitted
hereunder and only pending such transaction.
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(b) The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, (i) terminate any Material Agreement except pursuant to the terms thereof or (ii) make or permit to be made any
amendment or modification to any Material Agreement, if such amendment or modification could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Agent or the Lenders.
(c) The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, make any amendment to its Organic Documents in a manner that could reasonably be expected to be materially
adverse to the Agent or the Lenders.
6.11 Sale-Leaseback Transactions. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit
any Subsidiary to, sell, assign or otherwise transfer any of its properties, rights or assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to any Person and thereafter directly or indirectly lease back the same or similar property.
6.12 Line of Business. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall
engage in any business other than as described in Section 3.18.
6.13 Anti-Terrorism Laws. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, directly or knowingly indirectly (a) enter into any Contractual Obligation with any Person listed on the OFAC Lists with which a U.S. Person cannot deal with or otherwise engage in business transactions; (b) conduct any business
or engage in any transaction or dealing with any Blocked Person, including the making or receiving of any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Blocked Person with which a U.S. Person cannot deal with or otherwise
engage in business transactions; (c) deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224, any similar executive order or other Anti-Terrorism Law; or (d)
engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in Executive Order No. 13224 or other Anti-Terrorism Law.
SECTION 7. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
If any of the following events shall occur, regardless of the reason therefor (each, an “Event of Default”):
(a) The Borrower shall fail to pay (i) any principal of any Loan when due, (ii) any interest on any Loan
within three (3) Business Days after the date when due or (iii) any other amount payable hereunder or under any Loan Document within five (5) Business Days after any such other amount becomes due; or
(b) Any representation or warranty made by any Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document, as applicable, or which is contained in any certificate, document or financial or other statement
furnished at any time under or 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 (except to the extent already qualified by materiality, in which case,
it shall prove to have been incorrect in any respect); or
(c) Any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in Sections 5.1, 5.2(a), (f) or (g), 5.4(a), (b) or (c), 5.5(b) or (c), 5.6 (only with
respect to the Agent’s right to visit the properties or conduct a collateral audit), 5.7, 5.12, 5.14 or 5.16 or any provision of Section 6;
or
(d) Any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any other agreement contained in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (other than as provided in paragraphs (a) through (c)
of this Section), and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i) notice thereof from the Agent to the Borrower and (ii) knowledge thereof by such Loan Party; or
(e) Any material provision of any Loan Document shall at any time for any reason be declared null and void, or the validity or enforceability of any material provision of any Loan Document shall at
any time be contested by any Loan Party or any other party thereto (other than the Agent) in writing, or a proceeding shall be commenced by any Loan Party or such other party, or by any Governmental Authority or other Person having jurisdiction
over any Loan Party or such other party, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or any Loan Party or any such other party shall deny in writing that it has any liability or obligation purported to be created under any
Loan Document or any Loan Document shall cease to be in full force and effect; or
(f) Any Loan Party shall (A) default in any payment of principal or interest, regardless of the amount, due in respect of any (1) Indebtedness (other than the Loans), issued under the same indenture
or other agreement, if the maximum principal amount of Indebtedness covered by such indenture or agreement is $1,000,000 individually, or $5,000,000 in the aggregate for all such indentures or agreements, or greater or (2) Guarantee Obligation
with respect to an amount of $1,000,000 individually, or $5,000,000 in the aggregate for all such Guarantee Obligations, or greater, in any case without regard to any period of grace provided in the instrument or agreement under which such
Indebtedness or Guarantee Obligation was created, whether or not such default has been waived by the holders of such Indebtedness or Guarantee Obligation or (B) default in the observance or performance of any other material agreement or condition
relating to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee Obligation referred to in clause (A) of this Section 7.1(f) or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist,
the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee Obligation (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders
or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity or such Guarantee Obligation to become payable or such Indebtedness to be required to be defeased or
purchased; or
(g) (i) The Borrower or any other Loan Party shall commence any voluntary case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up,
liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or the Borrower
or any other Loan Party shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against the Borrower or any other Loan Party any involuntary case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in
clause (i) above which (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment and (B) remains undismissed, undischarged, unstayed or unbonded for a period of forty-five (45) days; or (iii) there shall be commenced
against the Borrower or any other Loan Party any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets which results in the entry of
an order for any such relief which shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within forty-five (45) days from the entry thereof; or (iv) the Borrower or any other Loan Party shall take any action in writing in
furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) the Borrower or any other Loan Party shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit
in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due or there shall be a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(h) Except as could not reasonably be expected to and does not result in a Material Adverse Effect (i) any Person shall engage in any non-exempt “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of
ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Title IV Plan, (ii) any failure of a Title IV Plan to satisfy the applicable minimum funding standard (as defined in Section 412 of the Code), (iii) any Termination Event shall occur, (iv) any
Title IV Plan shall terminate, or (v) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate thereof could reasonably be expected to incur any liability in connection with a withdrawal from, or the Insolvency of, a Multiemployer Plan; or
(i) One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against one or more of the Loan Parties involving in the aggregate a liability (to the extent not paid or fully covered by insurance under which
the insurer has been notified of the potential claim and has not denied coverage within two fiscal quarters from the filing of such claim) for all Loan Parties of $1,000,000 or more, and all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated,
discharged or pending appeal within forty-five (45) days from the entry thereof or in any event five (5) days before the date of any sale pursuant to such judgment or decree; or any non-monetary judgment or order shall be entered against any Loan
Party that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and either (i) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any Person upon such judgment which has not been stayed pending appeal or (ii) there shall be any period
of ten (10) consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; or
(j) A Change of Control shall occur; or
(k) Any Lien created under any Loan Document shall for any reason other than pursuant to the terms thereof or as a result of an act or omission by the Agent relating to the failure to file a UCC
continuation (or similar) statement or the loss of possessory collateral delivered to the Agent, cease to be a valid and perfected first priority (except as permitted by Section 6.3)
Lien in any material portion of the Collateral or the property purported to be covered thereby; or
(l) Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is enjoined, restrained, or in any way prevented by court order from continuing to conduct all or any material part of its business affairs; or
(m) any (i) strike, lock‑out, or walkout shall occur or (ii) material slowdown, stoppage or other labor dispute shall occur, that, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), has had or would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(n) a recall is conducted by any Loan Party or required by any Governmental Authority with regard to products of the Borrower having a wholesale value (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) equal
to or in excess of 65% of the sum of the Borrower’s gross revenue for the most recently ended three consecutive calendar months occurring prior to such recall (without the cost of the recalled product) not covered by insurance reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent;
(o) any one or more licenses, permits, accreditations or authorizations of the Borrower or any other Loan Party shall be suspended, limited or terminated or shall not be renewed, or any other action
shall be taken, by any Governmental Authority in response to any alleged failure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party to be in compliance with applicable Requirements of Law, and such action, individually or in the aggregate, has or could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
then, and in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified in paragraph (g) above, automatically each Commitment
and the commitment to issue Letters of Credit shall immediately terminate and the Loans made to the Borrower hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other Obligations shall immediately become due and payable and, to the extent any Letters
of Credit are then outstanding, the Borrower shall make a Cash Collateral Deposit, to be held by the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, as collateral for reimbursement with respect to outstanding Letters of Credit, in the amount equal to the
aggregate Letter of Credit Amount of such Letters of Credit and (B) if such event is any other Event of Default, with the consent of the Required Lenders the Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders the Agent shall, take any or all of
the following actions: (i) by written notice to the Borrower declare the Commitments to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Commitments and the commitment to issue Letters of Credit to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Commitments and the
commitment to issue Letters of Credit shall immediately terminate; and (ii) by written notice to the Borrower, declare the Loans (with accrued interest thereon) and all other Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to be due
and payable forthwith, whereupon (x) the same shall immediately become due and payable and (y) to the extent any Letters of Credit are then outstanding, the Borrower shall make a Cash Collateral Deposit, to be held by the Agent, for the benefit of
the Lenders as collateral for reimbursement with respect to outstanding Letters of Credit, in an amount equal to the aggregate Letter of Credit Amount of the Letters of Credit outstanding. In all cases, subject to the foregoing, the Agent may
enforce any or all of the Liens and other rights and remedies created pursuant to any Loan Document or available at law or in equity. For purposes of clauses (A) and (B) of this paragraph of this Section 7, “Loan Documents” shall not include any Lender Hedging Agreement
and “Obligations” shall not include obligations pursuant to any Lender Hedging Agreement. Presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower.
In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, upon the occurrence, and during the continuation, of any
Event of Default, the Required Lenders (at their election but without notice of their election and without demand) may authorize and instruct Agent to do any one or more of the following on behalf of the Secured Parties, in addition to any other
rights or remedies provided for hereunder or under any other Loan Document or by applicable law, all of which are authorized by Borrower:
(i) Settle or adjust disputes and claims directly with Borrower’s Account Debtors for amounts and upon terms which Agent considers advisable, and in such cases;
(ii) Cause Borrower to hold all of its returned Inventory in trust for the Secured Parties and segregate all such Inventory from all other assets of Borrower or in Borrower’s
possession;
(iii) Without notice to or demand upon Borrower, make such payments and do such acts as Agent considers necessary or reasonable to protect its security interests in the Collateral.
Borrower agrees to assemble the Collateral if Agent so requires, and to make the Collateral available to Agent at a place that Agent may designate which is reasonably convenient to both parties. Borrower authorizes Agent to enter the premises
where the Collateral is located, to take and maintain possession of the Collateral, or any part of it, and to pay, purchase, contest, or compromise any Lien that in Agent’s determination appears to conflict with the priority of Agent’s Liens in
and to the Collateral and to pay all expenses incurred in connection therewith and to charge balances and deposits of Borrower held by the Secured Parties (including any amounts received in the Cash Management Accounts) therefor. With respect to
any of Borrower’s owned or leased premises, Borrower hereby grants Agent a license to enter into possession of such premises and to occupy the same, without charge, in order to exercise any of the Secured Parties’ rights or remedies provided
herein, at law, in equity, or otherwise;
(iv) Without notice to Borrower (such notice being expressly waived), and without constituting an acceptance of any collateral in full or partial satisfaction of an obligation
(within the meaning of the UCC), set off and apply to the Obligations any and all (i) balances and deposits of Borrower held by the Secured Parties (including any amounts received in the Cash Management Accounts), or (ii) Indebtedness at any time
owing to or for the credit or the account of Borrower held by the Secured Parties;
(v) Hold, as cash collateral, any and all balances and deposits of Borrower held by the Secured Parties, and any amounts received in the Cash Management Accounts, to secure the full
and final repayment of all of the Obligations;
(vi) Ship, reclaim, recover, store, finish, maintain, repair, prepare for sale, advertise for sale, and sell (in the manner provided for herein) the Borrower Collateral. Borrower
hereby grants to Agent a license or other right to use, without charge, Borrower’s labels, patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trade names, trademarks, service marks, and advertising matter, or any property of a similar nature, as it pertains to
the Borrower Collateral, in completing production of, advertising for sale, and selling any Borrower Collateral and Borrower’s rights under all licenses and all franchise agreements shall inure to the Secured Parties’ benefit;
(vii) Sell the Borrower Collateral at either a public or private sale, or both, by way of one or more contracts or transactions, for cash or on terms, in such manner and at such
places (including Borrower’s premises) as Agent determines is commercially reasonable. It is not necessary that the Borrower Collateral be present at any such sale;
(viii) Except in those circumstances where no notice is required under the UCC, Agent shall give notice of the disposition of the Borrower Collateral as follows:
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Agent shall give Borrower a notice in writing of the time and place of public sale, or, if the sale is a private sale or
some other disposition other than a public sale is to be made of the Borrower Collateral, the time on or after which the private sale or other disposition is to be made; and
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The notice shall be personally delivered or mailed, postage prepaid, to Borrower as provided in Section 10.3, at least 10 days before the earliest time of disposition set forth in the notice; no notice needs to be given prior to the disposition of any portion of the
Borrower Collateral that is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or that is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market;
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(ix) Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, may credit bid and purchase at any public sale;
(x) Agent may seek the appointment of a receiver or keeper to take possession of all or any portion of the Borrower Collateral or to operate same and, to the maximum extent
permitted by law, may seek the appointment of such a receiver without the requirement of prior notice or a hearing; and
(xi) Agent may exercise all other rights and remedies of the Secured Parties available at law or in equity or pursuant to any other Loan Document.
Borrower hereby agrees that: (a) so long as Agent complies with its obligations, if any, under the UCC, the Secured Parties shall not
in any way or manner be liable or responsible for: (i) the safekeeping of the Collateral, (ii) any loss or damage thereto occurring or arising in any manner or fashion from any cause, (iii) any diminution in the value thereof, or (iv) any act or
default of any carrier, warehouseman, bailee, forwarding agency, or other Person, and (b) all risk of loss, damage, or destruction of the Collateral shall be borne by Borrower.
7.2 Application of Payments and Proceeds. Upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and after the acceleration of the principal amount of any of the Loans, all payments and proceeds in respect of any of the Obligations received by the Agent or any Secured Party under
any Loan Document, including any proceeds of any sale of, or other realization upon, all or any part of the Collateral, shall be applied as follows:
first, to all fees, costs, indemnities, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred by or owing to the Agent with respect to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the Collateral;
second, to all fees, costs, indemnities, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred by or owing to any other Secured Party with respect to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the Collateral;
third, to accrued and unpaid interest on the Obligations (including any interest which, but for the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, would have accrued on such amounts);
fourth, to the principal amount of the Obligations, including to make Cash Collateral Deposits to secure existing obligations with respect to Letters of Credit in compliance with Section 2.19(h), and to the Obligations owing to any counterparty in respect of any Lender Hedging Agreement;
fifth, to any other Obligations owing to the Agent or any other Secured Party under the Loan Documents; and
sixth, to the Borrower or to whoever may be lawfully entitled to receive such balance or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
In carrying out the foregoing, (a) amounts received shall be applied in the numerical order provided until exhausted prior to the
application to the next succeeding category, and (b) each of the Persons entitled to receive a payment in any particular category shall receive an amount equal to its pro rata share of amounts available to be applied pursuant thereto for such
category. Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to any Loan Party shall not be paid with amounts received from such Loan Party or its assets, but appropriate adjustments shall be made with respect to payments from other Loan Parties to preserve
the allocation to the Obligations otherwise set forth in this Section.
SECTION 8. THE AGENT
8.1 Appointment. Each Lender and the Issuing Bank
hereby irrevocably designates and appoints CNB, as Agent for such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes CNB, as the Agent for such Lender, to take such action on its behalf under the
provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Agent, by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as
are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with
any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Agent in such capacity. The provisions of this
Section are solely for the benefit of the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of such provisions.
8.2 Delegation of Duties. The Agent may execute any
of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Agent shall not be responsible for the
negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.
8.3 Exculpatory Provisions. Neither the Agent nor
any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, Subsidiaries or Affiliates shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other
Loan Document (except for its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any
recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by the Borrower, any other Loan Party, or any other party to the Loan Documents, or any officer thereof, contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate,
report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or
sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of the Borrower, any other Loan Party, or any other party to the Loan Documents to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Agent shall not be under any
obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of the
Borrower, any other Loan Party, or any other party to the Loan Documents.
8.4 Reliance by Agent. The Agent shall be entitled
to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any note, writing, resolution, notice (including any telephonic notice), consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or
other document or conversation reasonably believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to
the Borrower), the Accountants and independent accountants and other experts selected by the Agent. The Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note or the holder of any Loan, as set forth in the Register, as the owner thereof for all purposes
unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Agent. The Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it
shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders or all Lenders, as it deems appropriate, or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense (except those incurred
solely as a result of the Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such
action. The Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders or all Lenders, as may be required, and such
request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans.
8.5 Notice of Default. Neither the Agent nor any
Lender shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default hereunder unless such Person has received notice from the Agent, a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default and stating that
such notice is a “notice of default”. In the event that the Agent or any Lender receives such a notice, the Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, shall give notice thereof to the Agent and the Lenders. The Agent shall take such action with
respect to such Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders or all Lenders as appropriate; provided that unless and until the Agent shall have received
such directions, the Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders or as the Agent shall believe
necessary to protect the Agent and the Lenders’ interests in the Collateral.
8.6 Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders. Each
Lender expressly acknowledges that none of the Agent or any of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, Subsidiaries or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Agent
hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Borrower, any other Loan Party, or any other party to the Loan Documents, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents
to the Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of, and investigation into, the business,
operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, and any other party to the Loan Documents and made its own decision to make its Loans, participate in Letters of Credit hereunder
and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to
make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations,
property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, and any other party to the Loan Documents. The Agent agrees to promptly furnish to each Lender a copy of all notices, reports and other
documents received by it from the Borrower pursuant to the terms hereof; provided that the Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any
credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of the Borrower, any other Loan Party, or any other party to the Loan Documents which may otherwise come
into the possession of the Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, Subsidiaries or Affiliates except such as may come into the possession of the employees of Agent then having the responsibility for the
administration of this Agreement.
8.7 Indemnification. The Lenders hereby indemnify
the Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Swing Line Lender, in each case, in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), severally and ratably according to the
respective amounts of their Aggregate Total Commitment Percentages, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs (including, without limitation, the allocated cost of internal
counsel), expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever which may at any time (including, without limitation, at any time following the payment of the Obligations) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Agent, the Issuing Bank and
the Swing Line Lender in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action
taken or omitted by the Agent, the Issuing Bank or Swing Line Lender under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the
payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements to the extent resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Agent, the Issuing
Bank or the Swing Line Lender, as determined by the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement, the Commitments and the expiration of the
Letters of Credit and the payment of all Obligations.
8.8 Agent in Its Individual Capacity. The Agent and
its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and any other party to the Loan Documents as though the Agent were not the Agent hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents. With respect to the Agent, the Loans made by the Agent, the Letters of Credit participated in by the Agent and any Notes issued to the Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents as any Lender and the Agent may exercise the same as though it were not the Agent and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include the Agent in its individual capacity.
8.9 Successor Agent. The Agent may resign as Agent
upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. If the Agent shall resign as Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint (with the approval of the Borrower,
such approval (i) not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned and not to be required if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) shall automatically be deemed to have been granted to any such assignment
unless the Borrower shall object thereto by written notice to Agent within 5 Business Days after having received notice thereof) from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, whereupon such successor agent shall
succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Agent and the term “Agent” shall mean such successor agent, effective upon its appointment, and the former Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Agent shall be terminated, without any other or
further act or deed on the part of such former Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of any of the Obligations. Notice of such appointment shall be given by such successor agent to the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and each
Lender. Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on such thirtieth (30th)
day. After any retiring Agent’s resignation as Agent, the provisions of this Section shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
8.10 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar debtor relief law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or Letter of Credit
shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such
proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, the Letters of Credit and all other Obligations that are
owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders
and the Agent and their respective agents and counsel) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is
hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Agent.
(a) The Lenders hereby authorize the Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Agent upon any Collateral (i) upon termination of the
Commitments and payment and satisfaction of all of the Obligations in full (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable), (ii) constituting property being sold or otherwise disposed of upon the sale or
other disposition thereof in compliance with Section 6.5, (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders or all Lenders, as applicable. Upon
request by the Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to this Section. The Lenders hereby authorize the Agent, at its option and in its discretion
to release any Guarantor from its obligations under any Guaranty and Guarantor Security Agreement, or any other guaranty and security agreement, if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder.
(b) No Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guaranty or Guarantor Security Agreement, or any other guaranty or
security agreement provided in connection herewith. The Lenders understand and agree that all powers, rights and remedies hereunder and under any of the Loan Documents (other than the Lender Hedging Agreements) may be exercised solely by the
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
(c) The Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the
Collateral or the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of any Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, and the Agent shall not be responsible or liable to the Lenders or any other Secured
Party for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.
8.12 Lead Arranger. Lead Arranger, in such capacity, shall not have any right,
power, obligation, liability, responsibility, or duty under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, other than those applicable to it in its capacity as a Lender or as Agent, as applicable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
Lead Arranger, in such capacity, shall not have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or any Loan Party, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Lead Arranger. Each Lender, Agent, and each Loan Party acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on the Lead Arranger in deciding to enter into this Agreement or
in taking or not taking action hereunder. At any time that any Lender serving (or whose Affiliate is serving) as the Lead Arranger shall have transferred to any other Person (other than any Affiliates) all of its interests in the Loans and the
Commitments, such Lender (or an Affiliate of such Lender acting as a Lead Arranger) shall be deemed to have concurrently resigned as Lead Arranger.
SECTION 9. CREATION OF SECURITY INTEREST
9.1 Grant of Security Interest. Borrower hereby grants to Agent, for the benefit
of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in all of its right, title, and interest in all currently existing and hereafter acquired or arising Borrower Collateral in order to secure prompt repayment of any and all of the Obligations
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents and in order to secure prompt performance by Borrower of each of its covenants and duties under the Loan Documents. The Agent’s Liens in and to the Borrower Collateral shall
attach to all Borrower Collateral without further act on the part of Agent or Borrower. Anything contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, except as permitted pursuant to Section 6.5, Borrower and
its Subsidiaries have no authority, express or implied, to dispose of any item or portion of the Collateral.
9.2 Negotiable Collateral. In the event that any Borrower Collateral, including
proceeds, is evidenced by or consists of Negotiable Collateral, and if and to the extent that Agent determines that perfection or priority of Agent’s security interest is dependent on or enhanced by possession, Borrower, promptly upon the request
of Agent, shall endorse and deliver physical possession of such Negotiable Collateral to Agent.
9.3 Collection of Accounts, General Intangibles, and Negotiable Collateral. At
any time after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, Agent or Agent’s designee may (a) notify Account Debtors of Borrower that Borrower’s Accounts, Chattel Paper, or General Intangibles have been assigned to Agent or
that Agent has a security interest therein, or (b) collect Borrower’s Accounts, Chattel Paper, or General Intangibles directly and charge the collection costs and expenses to balances and deposits of Borrower held by the Secured Parties
(including any amounts received in the Cash Management Accounts). Borrower agrees that it will hold in trust for the Secured Parties, as the Secured Parties’ trustee, any of its or its Subsidiaries’ Collections that it receives and immediately
will deliver such Collections to Agent in their original form as received by Borrower or its Subsidiaries.
9.4 Filing of Financing Statements; Commercial Tort Claims; Delivery of Additional
Documentation Required.
(a) Borrower authorizes Agent at any time and from time to time to file, transmit, or communicate, as applicable, financing statements
and amendments (i) describing the Borrower Collateral as “all personal property of debtor” or “all assets of debtor” or words of similar effect, (ii) describing the Borrower Collateral as being of equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, or
(iii) that contain any information required by part 5 of Article 9 of the UCC for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance. Borrower also hereby ratifies any and all financing statements or amendments previously filed by Agent in any
jurisdiction.
(b) As of the Closing Date, Borrower and its Subsidiaries do not hold any Commercial Tort Claims. If Borrower or its Subsidiaries
acquire any Commercial Tort Claims with a value in excess of $500,000 on or after the Closing Date, Borrower shall promptly (but in any event within 3 Business Days after such acquisition) deliver to Agent a written description of such Commercial
Tort Claim and shall deliver a written agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, pursuant to which Borrower or its Subsidiary, as applicable, shall grant a perfected security interest in all of its right, title and
interest in and to such Commercial Tort Claim to Agent, as security for the Obligations (a “Commercial Tort Claim Assignment”).
(c) At any time upon the request of Agent, Borrower shall execute or deliver to Agent, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to execute or
deliver to Agent, any and all financing statements, original financing statements in lieu of continuation statements, amendments to financing statements, fixture filings, security agreements, pledges, assignments, Commercial Tort Claim
Assignments (as defined in clause (b) above), endorsements of certificates of title, and all other documents (collectively, the “Additional Documents”) that Agent may request in its Permitted Discretion, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Agent, to create, perfect, and continue perfected or to better perfect the Agent’s Liens in the assets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (whether now owned or hereafter arising or acquired, tangible or intangible, real or
personal), to create and perfect Liens in favor of Agent in any Real Property Collateral acquired after the Closing Date, and in order to fully consummate all of the transactions contemplated hereby and under the other Loan Documents. To the
maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Borrower authorizes Agent to execute any such Additional Documents in Borrower’s name and authorizes Agent to file such executed Additional Documents in any appropriate filing office. In addition,
together with each delivery of a Covenant Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 5.2(a), Borrower shall (i) provide Agent with a report of all new U.S. federal patent applications, patents, registered copyrights, copyright applications,
registered trademarks, and trademark registration acquired or generated by Borrower or its Subsidiaries during the prior period, and (ii) cause to be prepared, executed, and delivered to Agent supplemental schedules to the applicable Loan
Documents to identify such patents, copyrights, and trademarks as being subject to the security interests created thereunder; provided, however, that neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall register with the U.S. Copyright Office any
unregistered copyrights (whether in existence on the Closing Date or thereafter acquired, arising, or developed) unless within 20 days of the filing of an application for such registration, the applicable Person executes and delivers to Agent a
copyright security agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, supplemental schedules to any existing copyright security agreement, or such other documentation as Agent reasonably deems necessary in order to perfect and
continue perfected Agent’s Liens on such copyrights following such registration.
9.5 Power of Attorney. Borrower hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes, and
appoints Agent (and any of Agent’s officers, employees, or agents designated by Agent) as Borrower’s true and lawful attorney, with power to (a) if Borrower refuses to, or fails timely to execute and deliver any of the documents described in
Section 9.4, sign the name of Borrower on any of the documents described in Section 9.4, (b) at any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, sign Borrower’s name on any invoice or bill of lading relating to the Borrower
Collateral, drafts against Account Debtors, or notices to Account Debtors, (c) send requests for verification of Borrower’s or its Subsidiaries’ Accounts, (d) endorse Borrower’s name on any of its payment items (including all of its Collections)
that may come into any Secured Party’s possession, (e) at any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, make, settle, and adjust all claims under Borrower’s policies of insurance and make all determinations and decisions with
respect to such policies of insurance, and (f) at any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, settle and adjust disputes and claims respecting Borrower’s or its Subsidiaries’ Accounts, Chattel Paper, or General Intangibles
directly with Account Debtors, for amounts and upon terms that Agent determines to be reasonable, and Agent may cause to be executed and delivered any documents and releases that Agent determines to be necessary. The appointment of Agent as
Borrower’s attorney, and each and every one of its rights and powers, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable until all of the Obligations have been fully and finally repaid and performed and the Secured Parties’ obligations to extend
credit hereunder are terminated.
9.6 Right to Inspect. Agent (through any of its officers, employees, or agents)
shall have the right, from time to time hereafter to inspect the Books and make copies or abstracts thereof and to check, test, and appraise the Collateral, or any portion thereof, in order to verify Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ financial
condition or the amount, quality, value, condition of, or any other matter relating to, the Collateral.
9.7 Control Agreements. Borrower agrees that it will and will cause its
Subsidiaries to take commercially reasonable steps in order for Agent to obtain control in accordance with Sections 8-106, 9-104, 9-105, 9-106, and 9-107 of the UCC, including obtaining Control Agreements where applicable, with respect to all of
its or their Securities Accounts, Deposit Accounts, electronic Chattel Paper, Investment Property, and Letter-of-Credit Rights; provided that the requirements in this
Section 9.7 shall not apply to Excluded Deposit Accounts. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent may notify any bank or securities intermediary to liquidate the applicable Deposit Account or Securities
Account or any related Investment Property maintained or held thereby and remit the proceeds thereof to the Agent.
SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Agreement
nor any other Loan Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented, waived or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section. With the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, the Borrower may,
from time to time, enter into written amendments, supplements, waiver or modifications hereto and to the other Loan Documents for the purposes of adding or modifying any provisions to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing in any
manner the rights of the Lenders, the Borrower or any other Loan Party hereunder or thereunder or waiving, on such terms and conditions as may be specified in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents
or any Default and its consequences; provided, however, that no such waiver and no such amendment,
supplement or modification shall: (a) (i) reduce the amount of, waive, or extend or postpone the maturity of, any Loan or any installment due thereon; (ii) reduce the rate of, waive, or extend or postpone the time of payment of, interest
thereon (provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (x) to amend the default interest rate specified in Section 2.7(b) or to waive the obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the default rate specified therein or (y) to amend any financial covenant (or any defined term directly or indirectly used therein),
even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or other Obligation or to reduce any fee payable hereunder); (iii) reduce the amount of, waive, or extend or postpone the time of payment of, any fee,
indemnity or reimbursement payable to any Lender hereunder; or (iv) increase or extend the expiration of any Commitment, in each case without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby; or (b) (i) amend, modify or waive any provision of
this Section 10.1 or reduce the percentage specified in or otherwise modify the definition of Required Lenders, or consent to the assignment or transfer by any Loan Party of
any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (except as permitted by Section 6.4, as in effect on the Closing Date); or (ii) release
any Loan Party from any liability under its respective Loan Documents (except as permitted by Section 6.4, as in effect on the Closing Date); or (iii) release all or
substantially all of the Collateral of the Loan Parties; or (iv) amend, modify or waive, directly or indirectly, any of the provisions of Sections 2.1(f), 2.2(g), 2.10, 7.2 or 10.8; or (v) amend, modify or waive any provision of this Agreement requiring the consent or approval of all Lenders, in each case without the written consent of all the Lenders;
or (c) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 8 without the written consent of the Agent; or (d) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision hereof relating to
the Swing Line Sublimit or the Swing Line Loans without the written consent of the Swing Line Lender; or (e) amend, modify or waive of any Loan Document so as to alter the ratable treatment of Obligations arising under the Loan Documents and
Obligations arising under Hedging Agreements or the definition of “Hedging Agreement,” “Hedging Obligations,” or “Obligations,” (as defined in any applicable Loan Document) in each case in a manner adverse to any Eligible Counterparty with
Obligations then outstanding without the written consent of any such Eligible Counterparty; or (f) (i) extend the stated expiration date of any Letter of Credit beyond the date set forth in the definition of the Revolving Loan Commitment
Expiration Date without the written consent of each Lender holding a Revolving Loan Commitment that is affected thereby; (ii) reduce any reimbursement obligation in respect of any Letter of Credit without the written consent of each Lender
holding a Revolving Loan Commitment; and (iii) amend, modify, terminate or waive any obligation of the Lenders relating to the purchase of participations in Letters of Credit as provided in Section 2.19 without the written consent of the Agent and the Issuing Bank; or (g) (i) waive any existing Event of Default or Default for purposes of satisfying the conditions to funding set forth in Section 4.2 with respect to any requested Delayed Draw Term Loans or (ii) amend, waive or otherwise modify this clause (g) or the definitions of the terms used in this clause (g)
insofar as the definitions affect the substance of this clause (g) without the written consent of each Delayed Draw Lender. Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall
be binding upon the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Agent, and all permitted successors and assigns of the Lenders and the Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment, restatement or other modification to the Fee
Letter shall require the consent of the Agent and the Borrower only. In the case of any waiver, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Agent, shall be restored to their former position and rights hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents, and any Event of Default or Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Event of Default or Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.
10.2 Replacement of Holdout Lender.
(a) If any action to be taken by the Lender Group or Agent hereunder requires the unanimous consent, authorization, or agreement of all Lenders, and a Lender (“Holdout Lender”) fails to give its consent, authorization, or agreement, then Agent, upon at least five (5) Business Days prior irrevocable notice to the Holdout Lender, may
permanently replace the Holdout Lender with one or more substitute Lenders (each, a “Replacement Lender”), and the Holdout Lender shall have no right to refuse to be replaced
hereunder. Such notice to replace the Holdout Lender shall specify an effective date for such replacement, which date shall not be later than fifteen (15) Business Days after the date such notice is given.
(b) Prior to the effective date of such replacement, the Holdout Lender and each Replacement Lender shall execute and deliver an Assignment and Acceptance, subject only to the
Holdout Lender being repaid its share of the outstanding Obligations (including an assumption of its pro rata share of the Risk Participation Liability) without any premium or penalty of any kind whatsoever. If the Holdout Lender shall refuse or
fail to execute and deliver any such Assignment and Acceptance prior to the effective date of such replacement, the Holdout Lender shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment and Acceptance. The replacement of any Holdout
Lender shall be made in accordance with the terms of Section 10.7. Until such time as the Replacement Lenders shall have acquired all of the Obligations, the Commitments,
and the other rights and obligations of the Holdout Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the Holdout Lender shall remain obligated to make the Holdout Lender’s pro rata share of Revolving Loans and Delayed Draw Term Loan, and to
purchase a participation in each Letter of Credit, in an amount equal to its pro rata share of the Risk Participation Liability of such Letter of Credit.
(a) All notices, requests and demands or other communications to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing unless otherwise expressly provided herein
(including by telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered by hand, or three (3) days after being deposited in the United States mail, certified and postage prepaid and
return receipt requested, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when received, in each case addressed to the parties at their addresses as set forth on the signature pages hereof or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the
respective parties hereto; provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Agent pursuant to Section
2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
or 2.5 shall not be effective until received.
(b) The Agent shall be entitled to rely and act upon telephonic notices purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner
specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, (ii) such notices are found not to have been authorized by the Borrower or (iii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient,
varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower hereby indemnifies the Agent from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by the Agent on any such notice.
(c) Notices and other communications to the Lenders may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to
procedures approved by the Agent. The Agent or the Borrower 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. For the avoidance of doubt, notices delivered by the Borrower to the Agent pursuant to Sections 2.1(e), 2.21(d) and 2.5
hereof, may be made by electronic mail and need not include an executed signature; provided that such electronic notice shall be in a form acceptable to the Agent and from
an officer of the Borrower covered by an incumbency certificate previously or concurrently delivered to the Agent. Unless the Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e‑mail address shall be deemed received upon
the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e‑mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or
intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient, at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i), of notification
that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient,
such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient.
(d) The Borrower agrees that the Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the Communications (as defined below) available to the Lenders by posting the Communications (as
defined below) on Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak or a substantially similar electronic transmission system (the “Platform”).
The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available.” The Agent Parties (as defined below) do not warrant the
adequacy of the Platform and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a
particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party in connection with the Communications or the Platform. In no event shall the Agent or any agent or affiliate
thereof (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower or the other Loan Parties, any Lender or any other Person or entity for damages of any kind,
including, without limitation, direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s, any Loan Party’s or the Agent’s transmission of
communications through Platform. “Communications” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of
any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed to the Agent or any Lender by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section, including through the Platform.
10.4 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in
exercising, on the part of the Agent, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
10.5 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and
warranties made hereunder and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
10.6 Payment of Expenses; Indemnification.
(a) The Borrower agrees, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, (a) to pay or reimburse the Agent and each Lender for all its reasonable and documented
costs and out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the preparation and execution of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith
or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the transactions to occur on the Closing Date), including reasonable due diligence expenses and the reasonable and documented
fees and disbursements of (i) one outside counsel to the Agent and the Lenders taken as a whole and (ii) one local counsel to the Agent and the Lenders taken a whole in each relevant jurisdiction, and in the case of any actual or perceived
conflict of interest with respect to any of the counsel identified in clauses (i) through (ii) above, one additional counsel to each group of affected Persons similarly situated, taken as a whole and as to any amendment, supplement or
modification to this Agreement or any other Loan Document and the administration of the transactions contemplated thereby, including in connection with any proceeding or negotiation of the type referred to in clause (b) below, regardless of
whether an Event of Default or Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default, to pay or reimburse the Agent and the Lenders for all of their reasonable and documented costs and
out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents or in connection with any refinancing or restructuring of the Loans or
Letters of Credit provided under this Agreement in the nature of a “work-out” or of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding, including reasonable legal fees and disbursements of outside counsel to the Agent and the Lenders and local counsel in
each relevant jurisdiction to the Agent and the Lenders, and (c) to pay reasonable and documented fees incurred by the Agent in connection with the collateral audits referred to in Section
5.6 to the extent required thereby.
(b) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall indemnify the Agent, 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 expenses (including the reasonable fees, charges and
disbursements of one counsel for such Indemnitees and in the case of any actual or perceived conflict of interest, one additional counsel to each group of affected Persons similarly situated, taken as a whole), and shall indemnify and hold
harmless each Indemnitee from all reasonable and documented fees and time charges, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (including the Borrower or any other Loan Party) arising out of, in connection with, or
as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of the Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of the Agent and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the
proceeds therefrom, (including any refusal by the 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), or
(iii) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party or
any of the Borrower’s or such Loan Party’s directors, shareholders or creditors and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity
shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. This Section 10.6 shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims,
damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.
(c) The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or
discharge of all the other Obligations.
(d) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no party hereto shall assert, and each party hereto hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee or any other party hereto,
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, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit, or the use of the proceeds thereof.
10.7 Successors and Assigns; Participation; Purchasing Lenders.
(a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, except that the Borrower may not
assign, transfer or delegate any of their rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Lenders.
(b) Any Lender may at any time sell to one or more banks or other entities (“Participants”) participating
interests in the rights of such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents; provided any such sale must result in the Participant acquiring at least a $5,000,000
risk participation interest in the aggregate amount of obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. A Participant shall have the right only to vote on the extension of regularly scheduled maturity of principal or interest on
the Loans or reduction of the principal amount or rate of interest on the Loans. In the event of any such sale by a Lender of participating interests to a Participant, such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement to the other parties to this
Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance thereof, such Lender shall remain the holder of its Loans for all purposes under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the Borrower and
the Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the
benefits of Sections 2.12 and 2.13 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including
the requirements under Section 2.13(g) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section
2.13(e) and (f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment;
provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 2.15 as if it were an assignee; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater
payment under Section 2.12 or 2.13, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender
would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a change in law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation
agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.15 with respect to any
Participant. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amount (and
stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the rights of such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (the “Participating 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 interests) to any Person except to the extent such disclosure is necessary to establish that any Obligation under the Loan Documents is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury
Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of
this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. In each case, such joinder shall be on terms and conditions (including with respect to its priority vis-a-vis other Lenders to payments and proceeds of Collateral and pricing
arrangements) satisfactory to the Required Lenders and Agent party to such agreement.
(c) Any Lender may at any time sell to any of its Affiliates or to any Lender, any Affiliate thereof or to one or more additional lenders that are approved by the Borrower (“Purchasing Lenders”), such approval (i) not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned and not to be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and
(ii) shall automatically be deemed to have been granted to any such assignment unless the Borrower shall object thereto by written notice to Agent within five (5) Business Days after having received notice thereof, and the Agent, all or any part
of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance executed by such Purchasing Lender and such transferor Lender, and delivered to the Agent for its acceptance and recording in
the Register (as defined below), accompanied by a $5,000 processing fee; provided, however, that any
such sale (other than a sale of all of the selling Lender’s interest hereunder) must result in the Purchasing Lender having an interest in at least $5,000,000 in aggregate amount of obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Upon such execution and delivery from and after the transfer effective date determined pursuant to such assignment document, (x) the Purchasing Lender thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent provided in the Assignment and
Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder with Commitments as set forth therein, and (y) the transferor Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of such assigned portion and as provided in the Assignment and Acceptance, be
released from its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of a transferor Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such
transferor Lender shall cease to be a party hereto). Any such Assignment and Acceptance shall be deemed to amend this Agreement to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to reflect the addition of such Purchasing Lender and the resulting
adjustment of Revolving Commitment Percentages, or Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Percentages, as applicable, arising from the purchase by such Purchasing Lender of all or a portion of the rights and obligations of such transferor Lender under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Purchasing Lender shall be (i) the Borrower or an Affiliate thereof, (ii) a Defaulting Lender, or (iii) a natural person. At the request of any Lender, the Borrower,
at its own expense, shall execute and deliver to the Agent in exchange for any surrendered Note or Notes a new Note or Notes to such Purchasing Lender and its registered assigns in an amount equal to the Commitments assumed by it, and if the
transferor Lender has retained a Commitment hereunder, a new Note or Notes to the transferor Lender and its registered assigns in an amount equal to such Commitment retained by it hereunder.
(d) The Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower shall maintain at its address referred to in Section 10.3 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register (the “Register”) for the recordation of the names
and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to each Lender from time to time. No assignment shall be effective unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in
this Section 10.7(d). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person
whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of the Loans recorded therein for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice. This Section shall be construed so that the Loans are at all times maintained in “registered form” within the meanings of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related regulations (and any
successor provisions).
(e) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by a transferor Lender and Purchasing Lender (and, in the case of a Purchasing Lender that is not then a Lender or an
Affiliate thereof, by the Borrower (if required) and the Agent) the Agent shall (i) promptly accept such Assignment and Acceptance and (ii) on the effective date determined pursuant thereto record the information contained therein in the
Register. Each assignee shall execute and deliver to the Agent and the Borrower the documentation required under Section 2.13(e) and (f) applicable to it.
(f) The Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any Participant or Purchasing Lender (each, a “Transferee”)
and any prospective Transferee any and all information in such Lender’s possession concerning the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, and the Affiliates and Subsidiaries of any of the foregoing which has been delivered to such Lender by or on
behalf of the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or which has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower in connection with such Lender’s credit evaluation of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties;
provided that such Transferee or prospective Transferee agrees in writing to maintain the confidentiality of such information in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.15.
(g) Nothing herein shall prohibit any Lender from pledging or assigning a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such
Lender, including to any Federal Reserve Bank or other central bank, in accordance with applicable law; 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.
10.8 Adjustments; Set-Off.
(a) If any Lender (a “benefitted Lender”) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of its Loans,
or its participations in Letters of Credit, or interest thereon, or fees, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 7.1(g) or 8.8, or otherwise), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral
received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lender’s Loans, its participation in Letters of Credit, or interest thereon, or fees, such benefitted Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders such portion of each such
other Lender’s Loans or fees, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary to cause such benefitted Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral
or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such
excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such benefitted Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. The Borrower agrees that each
Lender so purchasing a portion of another Lender’s Loans or its participation in Letters of Credit may exercise all rights of payment (including, without limitation, rights of set-off) with respect to such portion as fully as if such Lender were
the direct holder of such portion.
(b) In addition to any rights and remedies of the Agent provided by law, the Agent shall have the right, exercisable upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, without prior notice to the Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, to set-off and appropriate and apply against any such Obligations any and all deposits (general or
special, time or demand, provisional or final) (excluding any payroll, trust and tax withholdings accounts), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by the Agent or any branch or agency thereof or bank controlling the Agent to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower. The Agent agrees promptly to notify the Borrower after
any such set-off and application made by the Agent, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.
10.9 Counterparts and Electronic Signatures. This Agreement may be executed by
one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. The parties agree to electronic contracting and
signatures with respect to this Agreement, or any amendment, modification or waiver hereto. Delivery of an electronic signature to, or a signed copy of, this Agreement by facsimile, email or other electronic transmission (including, without
limitation, Adobe “fill and sign“ and DOCUSIGN) shall be fully binding on the parties to the same extent as the delivery of the signed originals and shall be admissible into evidence for all purposes. The words “execution,” “execute,” “signed,”
“signature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a
manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act of 2000, the New
York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any party shall request manually signed counterpart signatures to this
Agreement, each of the other parties hereby agrees to provide such manually signed signature pages as soon as commercially reasonable. The Borrower agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of electronic signatures and electronic methods
to submit communications to the Agent, including without limitation the risk of the Agent acting on unauthorized instructions that the Agent, in good faith believes to be genuine, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties. The
Agent shall have no liability for accepting and relying on electronic contracting and signatures it in good faith believes to be genuine. The foregoing shall apply to each other Loan Document mutatis mutandis.
10.10 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
10.11 Integration. This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents,
represents the entire agreement of the Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Agent or any Lender relative to the subject matter
hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.
10.12 CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER; JUDICIAL REFERENCE PROVISION.
(a) THE VALIDITY OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (UNLESS
EXPRESSLY PROVIDED TO THE CONTRARY IN ANOTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN RESPECT OF SUCH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT), THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF AND THEREOF, THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS
ARISING HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO OR THERETO, AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSIES OR DISPUTES ARISING HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO OR THERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
(b) THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN
THE STATE AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA; PROVIDED, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING
ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENT’S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. BORROWER, AGENT AND
LENDERS, WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION 10.12(b).
(c) TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, BORROWER, AGENT AND LENDERS HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS, IF ANY, TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM,
CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER
COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS (EACH A “CLAIM”). BORROWER, AGENT AND LENDERS REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY
TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
(d) BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AND
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING
SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT AGENT MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
(e) NO CLAIM MAY BE MADE BY ANY LOAN PARTY AGAINST THE AGENT, ISSUING BANK, SWING LINE LENDER, ANY OTHER LENDER OR ANY AFFILIATE, DIRECTOR, OFFICER, EMPLOYEE,
COUNSEL, REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT, OR ATTORNEY-IN-FACT OF ANY OF THEM FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OR LOSSES IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATED TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY ACT, OMISSION, OR EVENT OCCURRING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AND EACH LOAN PARTY HEREBY WAIVES, RELEASES, AND AGREES NOT TO SUE UPON ANY CLAIM FOR SUCH
DAMAGES, WHETHER OR NOT ACCRUED AND WHETHER OR NOT KNOWN OR SUSPECTED TO EXIST IN ITS FAVOR.
(f) IN THE EVENT ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING IS FILED IN A COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA (THE “COURT”)
BY OR AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CLAIM AND THE WAIVER SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (C) ABOVE IS NOT ENFORCEABLE IN SUCH PROCEEDING, THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
(i) WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MATTERS SPECIFIED IN SUBCLAUSE (ii) BELOW, ANY CLAIM SHALL BE DETERMINED BY A GENERAL REFERENCE PROCEEDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTIONS 638 THROUGH 645.1. THE PARTIES INTEND THIS GENERAL REFERENCE AGREEMENT TO BE SPECIFICALLY ENFORCEABLE. VENUE FOR THE REFERENCE PROCEEDING SHALL BE IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES,
CALIFORNIA.
(ii) THE FOLLOWING MATTERS SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO A GENERAL REFERENCE PROCEEDING: (A) NON-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF ANY SECURITY INTERESTS IN REAL OR PERSONAL
PROPERTY, (B) EXERCISE OF SELF-HELP REMEDIES (INCLUDING SET-OFF OR RECOUPMENT), (C) APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER, AND (D) TEMPORARY, PROVISIONAL, OR ANCILLARY REMEDIES (INCLUDING WRITS OF ATTACHMENT, WRITS OF POSSESSION, TEMPORARY RESTRAINING
ORDERS, OR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIONS). THIS AGREEMENT DOES NOT LIMIT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY TO EXERCISE OR OPPOSE ANY OF THE RIGHTS AND REMEDIES DESCRIBED IN CLAUSES (A) - (D) AND ANY SUCH EXERCISE OR OPPOSITION DOES NOT WAIVE THE RIGHT OF ANY
PARTY TO PARTICIPATE IN A REFERENCE PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO ANY OTHER MATTER.
(iii) UPON THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF ANY PARTY, THE PARTIES SHALL SELECT A SINGLE REFEREE, WHO SHALL BE A RETIRED JUDGE OR JUSTICE. IF THE PARTIES DO NOT AGREE UPON A
REFEREE WITHIN 10 DAYS OF SUCH WRITTEN REQUEST, THEN, ANY PARTY SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO REQUEST THE COURT TO APPOINT A REFEREE PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 640(B). THE REFEREE SHALL BE APPOINTED TO SIT WITH ALL OF THE
POWERS PROVIDED BY LAW. PENDING APPOINTMENT OF THE REFEREE, THE COURT SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO ISSUE TEMPORARY OR PROVISIONAL REMEDIES.
(iv) EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE REFEREE SHALL DETERMINE THE MANNER IN WHICH THE REFERENCE PROCEEDING IS CONDUCTED INCLUDING THE TIME AND
PLACE OF HEARINGS, THE ORDER OF PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE, AND ALL OTHER QUESTIONS THAT ARISE WITH RESPECT TO THE COURSE OF THE REFERENCE PROCEEDING. ALL PROCEEDINGS AND HEARINGS CONDUCTED BEFORE THE REFEREE, EXCEPT FOR TRIAL, SHALL BE CONDUCTED
WITHOUT A COURT REPORTER, EXCEPT WHEN ANY PARTY SO REQUESTS A COURT REPORTER AND A TRANSCRIPT IS ORDERED, A COURT REPORTER SHALL BE USED AND THE REFEREE SHALL BE PROVIDED A COURTESY COPY OF THE TRANSCRIPT. THE PARTY MAKING SUCH REQUEST SHALL
HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO ARRANGE FOR AND PAY THE COSTS OF THE COURT REPORTER, PROVIDED THAT SUCH COSTS, ALONG WITH THE REFEREE’S FEES, SHALL ULTIMATELY BE BORNE BY THE PARTY WHO DOES NOT PREVAIL, AS DETERMINED BY THE REFEREE.
(v) THE REFEREE MAY REQUIRE ONE OR MORE PREHEARING CONFERENCES. THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE ENTITLED TO DISCOVERY, AND THE REFEREE SHALL OVERSEE DISCOVERY IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES OF DISCOVERY, AND SHALL ENFORCE ALL DISCOVERY ORDERS IN THE SAME MANNER AS ANY TRIAL COURT JUDGE IN PROCEEDINGS AT LAW IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
(vi) THE REFEREE SHALL APPLY THE RULES OF EVIDENCE APPLICABLE TO PROCEEDINGS AT LAW IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND SHALL DETERMINE ALL ISSUES IN ACCORDANCE WITH
CALIFORNIA SUBSTANTIVE AND PROCEDURAL LAW. THE REFEREE SHALL BE EMPOWERED TO ENTER EQUITABLE AS WELL AS LEGAL RELIEF AND RULE ON ANY MOTION WHICH WOULD BE AUTHORIZED IN A TRIAL, INCLUDING MOTIONS FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT OR SUMMARY JUDGMENT. THE
REFEREE SHALL REPORT HIS OR HER DECISION, WHICH REPORT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW. THE REFEREE SHALL ISSUE A DECISION AND PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, SECTION 644, THE REFEREE’S DECISION SHALL
BE ENTERED BY THE COURT AS A JUDGMENT IN THE SAME MANNER AS IF THE ACTION HAD BEEN TRIED BY THE COURT. THE FINAL JUDGMENT OR ORDER FROM ANY APPEALABLE DECISION OR ORDER ENTERED BY THE REFEREE SHALL BE FULLY APPEALABLE AS IF IT HAS BEEN ENTERED
BY THE COURT.
(g) THE PARTIES RECOGNIZE AND AGREE THAT ALL CLAIMS RESOLVED IN A GENERAL REFERENCE PROCEEDING PURSUANT HERETO WILL BE DECIDED BY A REFEREE AND NOT BY A JURY.
AFTER CONSULTING (OR HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT) WITH COUNSEL OF THEIR OWN CHOICE, EACH PARTY HERETO KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY AND FOR THEIR MUTUAL BENEFIT AGREES THAT THIS REFERENCE PROVISION SHALL APPLY TO ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN THEM
THAT ARISES OUT OF OR IS RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.
10.13 Acknowledgements. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(b) neither the Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship to the Borrower solely by virtue of any of the Loan Documents, and the relationship pursuant to the Loan
Documents between the Agent and the Lenders on one hand, and the Borrower on the other hand, is solely that of creditor and debtor; and
(c) no joint venture exists among the Lenders, or among the Borrower and the Lenders.
10.14 Headings. Section headings herein are included for convenience of reference
only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose.
10.15 Confidentiality. The Agent and each Lender shall take reasonable
precautions, in accordance with their customary procedures for handling confidential information of the same nature, to maintain the confidentiality of all non-public information obtained from any Loan Party in connection with this Agreement or
any other Loan Document but may, in any event, (a) make disclosures to any of its Affiliates and as reasonably required by any transferee, assignee or participant in connection with the contemplated transfer or assignment of any of the
Commitments, the Loans, any participation in Letters of Credit or participation in any of the foregoing or (b) make disclosures as required or requested by any governmental agency or representative thereof or as required pursuant to legal process
or (c) make disclosures to its attorneys, accountants and credit and political risk insurance providers or (d) make disclosures as required by or deemed advisable under applicable law (including federal and state securities laws and applicable
securities exchanges and markets) or (e) make disclosures in connection with litigation involving the Agent or any Lender or (f) may (at its own expense and with the Borrower’s consent) place advertisements in financial and other newspapers and
periodicals or on a home page or similar place for dissemination of information on the Internet or worldwide web as it may choose, and circulate similar promotional materials, in the form of a “tombstone” or otherwise describing the names of the
Borrower and its Affiliates (or any of them), and the amount, type and closing date with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby or (g) disclose information about the financing transactions in the ordinary course of its business and in a
manner consistent with the public disclosures by such Person in respect of similar financings (including in filings with or communications to investors required by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or applicable foreign
counterpart and earnings press releases); provided that (i) such transferee, assignee or participant agrees in writing to comply with the provisions of this Section 10.15, (ii) the Agent and the Lenders, as applicable, shall attempt to give prior notice to Borrowers of such disclosure pursuant to clause (b) (regarding legal process),
provided that neither the Agent nor any Lender shall have liability for failing to give such notice and (iii) in no event shall the Agent or any Lender be obligated or
required to return any materials furnished by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
10.16 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged,
taken, received or reserved by the Agent in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent
lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to the Agent 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 the Agent.
10.17 PATRIOT Act. Each Lender subject to USA PATRIOT Improvement and
Reauthorization Act, Title III of Pub. L. 109-177 (signed into law March 9, 2009) (the “PATRIOT Act”) hereby notifies the Borrower that, pursuant to the requirements of the
PATRIOT Act, such Lender is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower
in accordance with the PATRIOT Act.
10.18 Keepwell. At such time as the Borrower is a
Qualified ECP Guarantor at the time the guarantee by any Guarantor that is not then an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act (a “Specified Loan Party”)
or the grant of a security interest under the Loan Documents by any such Specified Loan Party, in either case, becomes effective with respect to any Swap Obligation, the Borrower hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to
provide such funds or other support to each Specified Loan Party with respect to such Swap Obligation as may be needed by such Specified Loan Party from time to time to honor all of its obligations under the Loan Documents in respect of such Swap
Obligation (but, in each case, only up to the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering the Borrower’s obligations and undertakings under this Section
10.18 voidable under applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws, and not for any greater amount). The obligations and undertakings of the Borrower under this Section shall remain in full force and effect until the Obligations have
been paid and performed in full (other than unasserted contingent indemnification obligations and unasserted expense reimbursement obligations). The Borrower intends this Section to constitute, and this Section shall be deemed to constitute, a
“keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each Specified Loan Party for all purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act.
10.19 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected 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 Affected Financial Institution arising under
any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
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the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities
arising hereunder that may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and
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the effects of any Bail-in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
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(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 Affected 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 the applicable Resolution Authority.
10.20 Amendment and Restatement. This Agreement amends and restates in its entirety the Existing Loan Agreement effective as of the date hereof. Anything contained herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, this Agreement is not intended to and shall not serve to effect a novation of the “Obligations” (as defined in the Existing Loan Agreement). Instead, it is the express intention of the parties hereto to reaffirm the
indebtedness, obligations and liabilities created under the Existing Loan Agreement which is secured by the Collateral pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents, as reaffirmed by the reaffirmations required hereunder. Each of Borrower and the
other Loan Parties acknowledges and confirms (x) that the liens and security interests granted pursuant to the Loan Documents secure the applicable indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of the Loan Parties to the Agent and the Lenders under
the Existing Loan Agreement, as amended and restated by this Agreement, (y) the Loan Documents shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with their terms unless otherwise amended by the parties thereto, and (z) that the term
“Obligations” as used in the Loan Documents (or any other term used therein to describe or refer to the indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of the Loan Parties to the Agent and the Lenders) includes, without limitation, the indebtedness,
liabilities and obligations of the Loan Parties under this Agreement and any notes delivered hereunder, and under the Existing Loan Agreement, as amended and restated hereby, as the same may be further amended, modified, supplemented and/or
restated from time to time. The Loan Documents and all agreements, instruments and documents executed or delivered in connection with any of the foregoing shall each be deemed to be amended to the extent necessary to give effect to the
provisions of this Agreement. Each reference to the “Loan and Security Agreement” in any Loan Document shall mean and be a reference to this Agreement (as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time).
Cross-references in the Loan Documents to particular section numbers in the Existing Loan Agreement shall be deemed to be cross-references to the corresponding sections, as applicable, of this Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of this Agreement,
and on and after the Closing Date, each reference in the Existing Loan Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein”, or words of like import, and each reference to the Existing Loan Agreement in any other related document,
including any Loan Document as amended hereby, shall mean and be a reference to this Agreement.
10.21 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that this
Agreement or any other Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for any Swap Contract or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support”, and each such QFC, a “Supported QFC”), the
parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
(together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported
QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of California and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):
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In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding
under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property
securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit
Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to
a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be
exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United
States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC
or any QFC Credit Support.
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As used in this Section 10.21, the following terms have the following meanings:
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(i) “BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in
accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
(ii) “Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and
interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance
with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
(iii) “Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12
C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
(iv) “QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in
accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
(v) “Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative
transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward
bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts,
or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all
transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International
Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such
obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
10.22 Revival and Reinstatement of Obligations; Certain Waivers.
(a) If any Secured Party repays, refunds, restores, or returns in whole or in part, any payment or property (including any proceeds of Collateral) previously paid or transferred to
such Secured Party in full or partial satisfaction of any Obligation or on account of any other obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document or any documents relating to Cash Management Obligations, because the payment, transfer, or the
incurrence of the obligation so satisfied is asserted or declared to be void, voidable, or otherwise recoverable under any law relating to creditors’ rights, including provisions of the Bankruptcy Code relating to fraudulent transfers,
preferences, or other voidable or recoverable obligations or transfers (each, a “Voidable Transfer”), or because such Secured Party elects to do so on the reasonable advice of its counsel in connection with a claim that the payment, transfer, or
incurrence is or may be a Voidable Transfer, then, as to any such Voidable Transfer, or the amount thereof that such Secured Party elects to repay, restore, or return (including pursuant to a settlement of any claim in respect thereof), and as to
all reasonable costs, expenses, and attorneys’ fees of such Secured Party related thereto, (i) the liability of the Loan Parties with respect to the amount or property paid, refunded, restored, or returned will automatically and immediately be
revived, reinstated, and restored and will exist and (ii) Agent’s Liens securing such liability shall be effective, revived, and remain in full force and effect, in each case, as fully as if such Voidable Transfer had never been made. If, prior
to any of the foregoing, (A) Agent’s Liens shall have been released or terminated or (B) any provision of this Agreement shall have been terminated or cancelled, Agent’s Liens, or such provision of this Agreement, shall be reinstated in full
force and effect and such prior release, termination, cancellation or surrender shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligation of any Loan Party in respect of such liability or any Collateral securing such
liability.
(b) Anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, if Agent or any Lender accepts a guaranty of only a portion of the Obligations pursuant to any guaranty, Borrower hereby waives its right under
Section 2822(a) of the California Civil Code or any similar laws of any other applicable jurisdiction to designate the portion of the Obligations satisfied by the applicable guarantor’s partial payment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their proper
and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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FRESHPET, INC.,
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a Delaware corporation
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By: /s/ Heather Pomerantz
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Name: Heather Pomerantz
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
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Address for Notices:
FRESHPET, INC.
400 Plaza Drive FL1
Secaucus, NJ 07094
Attn: Richard Kassar
Fax No. (201) 866-2018
with copies to (which shall not constitute notice):
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attn: Jason Kanner, Esq.
Fax No. (212) 446-6460
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[Signature Page to Sixth Amended
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CITY NATIONAL BANK, as Agent, Lender,
Issuing Bank, Swing Line Lender
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By: /s/ John S. Kim
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Name: John S. Kim
Title: Senior Vice President
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Address for Notices:
CITY NATIONAL BANK
400 Park Avenue
7th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attn: John S. Kim
with copies to (which shall not constitute notice):
CITY NATIONAL BANK
agencyservices@cnb.com
and
KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP
515 South Flower Street
Suite 1000
Los Angeles, California 90071
Attention: Jan Harris Cate, Esq.
Facsimile: (213) 947-1151
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* LENDER SIGNATURES ON FILE WITH AGENT
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