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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-Q
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☑ | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023
OR
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☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from _____________to___________
Commission file number 001-39695
VIATRIS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware | | 83-4364296 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1000 Mylan Boulevard, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania 15317
(Address of principal executive offices)
(724) 514-1800
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☑ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☑ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☑
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
The number of shares of common stock outstanding, par value $0.01 per share, of the registrant as of May 3, 2023 was 1,199,029,984.
VIATRIS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX TO FORM 10-Q
For the Quarterly Period Ended
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Glossary of Defined Terms
Unless the context requires otherwise, references to “Viatris,” “the Company,” “we,” “us” or “our” in this Form 10-Q (defined below) refer to Viatris Inc. and its subsidiaries. We also have used several other terms in this Form 10-Q, most of which are explained or defined below. Some amounts in this Form 10-Q may not add due to rounding.
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2003 LTIP | Mylan N.V. Amended and Restated 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan |
2020 Incentive Plan | Viatris Inc. 2020 Stock Incentive Plan |
2022 Form 10-K | Viatris’ annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, as amended |
Adjusted EBITDA | Non-GAAP financial measure that the Company believes is appropriate to provide information to investors - EBITDA (defined below) is further adjusted for share-based compensation expense, litigation settlements, and other contingencies, net, restructuring and other special items |
ANDA | Abbreviated New Drug Application |
AOCE | Accumulated other comprehensive earnings |
API | Active pharmaceutical ingredient |
ARV | Antiretroviral medicines |
ASC | Accounting Standards Codification |
ASU | Accounting Standards Update |
Biocon | Biocon Limited |
Biocon Biologics | Biocon Biologics Limited, a majority owned subsidiary of Biocon |
Biocon Biologics Transaction | The transaction between Viatris and Biocon Biologics pursuant to which Viatris contributed its biosimilars portfolio, composed of the Biocon collaboration programs, biosimilars to Humira®, Enbrel®, and Eylea®, as well as related assets and liabilities to Biocon Biologics |
Biocon Agreement | The transaction agreement between Viatris and Biocon Biologics, dated February 27, 2022, relating to the Biocon Biologics Transaction, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Transaction Agreement, dated November 28, 2022 |
Biogen | Biogen MA Inc. and Biogen International GmbH, collectively |
Business Combination Agreement | Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July 29, 2019, as amended from time to time, among Viatris, Mylan, Pfizer and certain of their affiliates |
CCPS | Compulsory convertible preferred shares |
CMA | Competition and Markets Authority |
Code | The U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended |
Combination | Refers to Mylan combining with Pfizer's Upjohn Business in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction to form Viatris on November 16, 2020 |
Commercial Paper Program | The $1.65 billion unsecured commercial paper program entered into as of November 16, 2020 by Viatris, as issuer, Mylan Inc., Utah Acquisition Sub Inc. and Mylan II B.V., as guarantors, and certain dealers from time to time |
COVID-19 | Novel coronavirus disease of 2019 |
CP Notes | Unsecured, short-term commercial paper notes issued pursuant to the Commercial Paper Program |
Developed Markets segment | Viatris’ business segment that includes our operations primarily in the following markets: North America and Europe |
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Distribution | Pfizer's distribution to Pfizer stockholders all the issued and outstanding shares of Upjohn Inc. |
DOJ | U.S. Department of Justice |
EBITDA | Non-GAAP financial measure that the Company believes is appropriate to provide information to investors - U.S. GAAP net earnings (loss) adjusted for net contribution attributable to equity method investments, income tax provision (benefit), interest expense and depreciation and amortization |
EDPA | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
Emerging Markets segment | Viatris’ business segment that includes, but is not limited to, our operations primarily in the following markets: Parts of Asia, the Middle East, South and Central America, Africa, and Eastern Europe |
ERP system | Enterprise resource planning system |
EU | European Union |
Exchange Act | Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended |
Famy Life Sciences | Famy Life Sciences Private Limited |
FASB | Financial Accounting Standards Board |
FDA | U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
Form 10-Q | This quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023 |
Global Systemically Important Banks | Financial institutions that are considered systemically important by the Financial Stability Board. |
Greater China segment | Viatris’ business segment that includes our operations primarily in the following markets: China, Taiwan and Hong Kong |
Gx | Generic drugs |
IPR | Inter Partes review |
IPR&D | In-process research and development |
IRS | U.S. Internal Revenue Service |
IT | Information technology |
JANZ segment | Viatris’ business segment that includes our operations in the following markets: Japan, Australia and New Zealand |
LIBOR | London Interbank Offered Rate |
Lilly | Eli Lilly and Company |
Maximum Leverage Ratio | The maximum consolidated leverage ratio financial covenant requiring maintenance of a maximum ratio of consolidated total indebtedness as of the end of any quarter to consolidated EBITDA for the trailing four quarters as defined in the related credit agreements from time to time |
MDL | Multidistrict litigation |
MPI | Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
Mylan | Mylan N.V. and its subsidiaries |
Mylan Inc. U.S. Dollar Notes | The 4.200% Senior Notes due 2023, 4.550% Senior Notes due 2028, 5.400% Senior Notes due 2043 and 5.200% Senior Notes due 2048 issued by Mylan Inc., which are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Mylan II B.V., Viatris Inc. and Utah Acquisition Sub Inc. |
Mylan Securitization | Mylan Securitization LLC |
NASDAQ | The NASDAQ Stock Market |
NDA | New drug application |
NHS | National Health Services |
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Note Securitization Facility | The note securitization facility entered into in August 2022 for borrowings up to $200 million and expiring in August 2023 |
OTC | Over-the-counter |
Oyster Point | Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. |
Pfizer | Pfizer Inc. |
PMS | Pharmascience Inc. |
PSUs | Performance awards |
PTAB | U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board |
R&D | Research and development |
Receivables Facility | The $400 million accounts receivable entered into in August 2020 and expiring in April 2025 |
Registered Upjohn Notes | The 1.650% Senior Notes due 2025, 2.300% Senior Notes due 2027, 2.700% Senior Notes due 2030, 3.850% Senior Notes due 2040 and 4.000% Senior Notes due 2050 originally issued on October 29, 2021 registered with the SEC in exchange for the corresponding Unregistered Upjohn U.S. Dollar Notes in a similar aggregate principal amount and with terms substantially identical to the corresponding Unregistered Upjohn U.S. Dollar Notes and fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Mylan Inc., Mylan II B.V. and Utah Acquisition Sub Inc. |
Respiratory Delivery Platform | Pfizer’s proprietary dry powder inhaler delivery platform |
Restricted Stock Awards | The Company’s nonvested restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards, including PSUs |
Revolving Facility | The $4.0 billion revolving facility dated as of July 1, 2021, by and among Viatris, certain lenders and issuing banks from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent |
RICO | Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act |
RSUs | The Company's unvested restricted stock unit awards |
Sanofi | Sanofi-Aventis U.S., LLC |
SARs | Stock Appreciation Rights |
SDNY | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York |
SEC | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
Securities Act | Securities Act of 1933, as amended |
Senior U.S. Dollar Notes | The Upjohn U.S. Dollar Notes, the Utah U.S. Dollar Notes and the Mylan Inc. U.S. Dollar Notes, collectively |
Separation and Distribution Agreement | Separation and Distribution Agreement between Viatris and Pfizer, dated as of July 29, 2019, as amended from time to time |
SG&A | Selling, general and administrative expenses |
SOFR | Secured overnight financial rate |
Stock awards | Stock options and SARs |
Teva | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. |
TSA | Transition services agreement |
U.K. | United Kingdom |
U.S. | United States |
U.S. GAAP | Accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. |
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Unregistered Upjohn U.S. Dollar Notes | The 1.650% Senior Notes due 2025, 2.300% Senior Notes due 2027, 2.700% Senior Notes due 2030, 3.850% Senior Notes due 2040 and 4.000% Senior Notes due 2050 originally issued on June 22, 2020 by Upjohn Inc. (now Viatris Inc.) in a private offering exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Mylan Inc., Mylan II B.V. and Utah Acquisition Sub Inc. |
Upjohn | Upjohn Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer prior to the Distribution, that combined with Mylan and was renamed Viatris Inc. |
Upjohn Business | Pfizer’s off-patent branded and generic established medicines business that, in connection with the Combination, was separated from Pfizer and combined with Mylan to form Viatris |
Upjohn Distributor Markets | Select geographic markets that were part of the Combination that are smaller in nature and in which we had no established infrastructure prior to or following the Combination and that the Company intends to divest |
Upjohn U.S. Dollar Notes | Senior unsecured notes denominated in U.S. dollars and originally issued by Upjohn Inc. or Viatris Inc. pursuant to an indenture dated June 22, 2020 and fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Mylan Inc., Mylan II B.V. and Utah Acquisition Sub Inc. |
Utah Acquisition Sub | Utah Acquisition Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Viatris |
Utah U.S. Dollar Notes | The 3.950% Senior Notes due 2026 and 5.250% Senior Notes due 2046 issued by Utah Acquisition Sub Inc., which are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Mylan Inc., Viatris Inc. and Mylan II B.V. |
Viatris | Viatris Inc., formerly known as Upjohn Inc. prior to the completion of the Combination |
YEN Term Loan Facility | The ¥40 billion term loan agreement dated as of July 1, 2021, among Viatris, the guarantors from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as administrative agent |
PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
VIATRIS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
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Net sales | | | | | $ | 3,719.1 | | | $ | 4,178.2 | |
Other revenues | | | | | 10.0 | | | 13.5 | |
Total revenues | | | | | 3,729.1 | | | 4,191.7 | |
Cost of sales | | | | | 2,186.9 | | | 2,420.5 | |
Gross profit | | | | | 1,542.2 | | | 1,771.2 | |
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Research and development | | | | | 182.9 | | | 142.3 | |
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Selling, general and administrative | | | | | 958.9 | | | 915.3 | |
Litigation settlements and other contingencies, net | | | | | 0.6 | | | 6.2 | |
Total operating expenses | | | | | 1,142.4 | | | 1,063.8 | |
Earnings from operations | | | | | 399.8 | | | 707.4 | |
Interest expense | | | | | 147.0 | | | 146.2 | |
Other (income) expense, net | | | | | (69.9) | | | 33.7 | |
Earnings before income taxes | | | | | 322.7 | | | 527.5 | |
Income tax provision | | | | | 98.0 | | | 128.3 | |
Net earnings | | | | | $ | 224.7 | | | $ | 399.2 | |
Earnings per share attributable to Viatris Inc. shareholders | | | | | | | |
Basic | | | | | $ | 0.19 | | | $ | 0.33 | |
Diluted | | | | | $ | 0.19 | | | $ | 0.33 | |
Weighted average shares outstanding: | | | | | | | |
Basic | | | | | 1,202.5 | | | 1,210.5 | |
Diluted | | | | | 1,205.6 | | | 1,213.1 | |
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
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VIATRIS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Earnings
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Net earnings | | | | | $ | 224.7 | | | $ | 399.2 | |
Other comprehensive loss, before tax: | | | | | | | |
Foreign currency translation adjustment | | | | | 45.3 | | | (469.2) | |
Change in unrecognized gain (loss) and prior service cost related to defined benefit plans | | | | | 1.3 | | | (2.6) | |
Net unrecognized gain on derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships | | | | | 2.8 | | | 0.2 | |
Net unrecognized (loss) gain on derivatives in net investment hedging relationships | | | | | (66.2) | | | 201.3 | |
Net unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities | | | | | 0.9 | | | (1.7) | |
Other comprehensive loss, before tax | | | | | (15.9) | | | (272.0) | |
Income tax (benefit) provision | | | | | (12.5) | | | 44.7 | |
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax | | | | | (3.4) | | | (316.7) | |
Comprehensive earnings | | | | | $ | 221.3 | | | $ | 82.5 | |
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
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Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 506.6 | | | $ | 1,259.9 | |
Accounts receivable, net | 3,497.5 | | | 3,814.5 | |
Inventories | 3,664.3 | | | 3,519.5 | |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 1,763.6 | | | 1,811.2 | |
Assets held for sale | 198.3 | | | 230.3 | |
Total current assets | 9,630.3 | | | 10,635.4 | |
Property, plant and equipment, net | 3,007.8 | | | 3,024.5 | |
Intangible assets, net | 22,701.6 | | | 22,607.1 | |
Goodwill | 10,573.2 | | | 10,425.8 | |
Deferred income tax benefit | 959.1 | | | 925.9 | |
Other assets | 2,418.2 | | | 2,403.5 | |
Total assets | $ | 49,290.2 | | | $ | 50,022.2 | |
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Accounts payable | $ | 1,957.5 | | | $ | 1,766.6 | |
Short-term borrowings | 204.6 | | | — | |
Income taxes payable | 244.5 | | | 279.6 | |
Current portion of long-term debt and other long-term obligations | 508.7 | | | 1,259.1 | |
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Total current liabilities | 6,108.1 | | | 6,746.2 | |
Long-term debt | 18,069.4 | | | 18,015.2 | |
Deferred income tax liability | 2,465.0 | | | 2,432.0 | |
Other long-term obligations | 1,719.8 | | | 1,756.5 | |
Total liabilities | 28,362.3 | | | 28,949.9 | |
Equity | | | |
Viatris Inc. shareholders’ equity | | | |
Common stock: $0.01 par value, 3,000,000,000 shares authorized; shares issued: 1,220,224,204 and 1,213,793,231, respectively | 12.2 | | | 12.1 | |
Additional paid-in capital | 18,679.6 | | | 18,645.8 | |
Retained earnings | 5,252.5 | | | 5,175.6 | |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (2,764.6) | | | (2,761.2) | |
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Common stock shares: 21,239,521 as of March 31, 2023 | 251.8 | | | — | |
Total equity | 20,927.9 | | | 21,072.3 | |
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See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity
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Balance at December 31, 2022 | 1,213,793,231 | | | $ | 12.1 | | | $ | 18,645.8 | | | $ | 5,175.6 | | | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | (2,761.2) | | | | | $ | 21,072.3 | |
Net earnings | — | | | — | | | — | | | 224.7 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | 224.7 | |
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | (3.4) | | | | | (3.4) | |
Issuance of restricted stock and stock options exercised, net | 6,350,585 | | | 0.1 | | | 3.6 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | 3.7 | |
Taxes related to the net share settlement of equity awards | — | | | — | | | (19.4) | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | (19.4) | |
Share-based compensation expense | — | | | — | | | 42.6 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | 42.6 | |
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Common stock repurchase | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 21,239,521 | | | (251.8) | | | — | | | | | (251.8) | |
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Issuance of common stock | 80,388 | | | — | | | 0.9 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | 0.9 | |
Cash dividends declared, $0.12 per common share | — | | | — | | | — | | | (147.8) | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | (147.8) | |
Other | — | | | — | | | 6.1 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | 6.1 | |
Balance at March 31, 2023 | 1,220,224,204 | | | $ | 12.2 | | | $ | 18,679.6 | | | $ | 5,252.5 | | | 21,239,521 | | | $ | (251.8) | | | $ | (2,764.6) | | | | | $ | 20,927.9 | |
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Balance at December 31, 2021 | 1,209,507,463 | | | $ | 12.1 | | | $ | 18,536.1 | | | $ | 3,688.8 | | | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | (1,744.3) | | | | | $ | 20,492.7 | |
Net earnings | — | | | — | | | — | | | 399.2 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | 399.2 | |
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | (316.7) | | | | | (316.7) | |
Issuance of restricted stock, net | 2,816,020 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | — | |
Taxes related to the net share settlement of equity awards | — | | | — | | | (9.3) | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | (9.3) | |
Share-based compensation expense | — | | | — | | | 28.3 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | 28.3 | |
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Balance at March 31, 2022 | 1,212,323,483 | | | $ | 12.1 | | | $ | 18,555.1 | | | $ | 3,941.5 | | | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | (2,061.0) | | | | | $ | 20,447.7 | |
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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Cash flows from operating activities: | | | |
Net earnings | $ | 224.7 | | | $ | 399.2 | |
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities: | | | |
Depreciation and amortization | 730.0 | | | 736.0 | |
Share-based compensation expense | 42.6 | | | 28.3 | |
Deferred income tax benefit | (26.7) | | | (52.8) | |
Gain from equity method investments | — | | | (0.1) | |
Other non-cash items | 29.6 | | | 37.8 | |
Litigation settlements and other contingencies, net | 2.4 | | | 5.2 | |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | | | |
Accounts receivable | 215.0 | | | (115.5) | |
Inventories | (151.1) | | | (69.1) | |
Accounts payable | 183.4 | | | (30.2) | |
Income taxes | (53.9) | | | 67.0 | |
Other operating assets and liabilities, net | (224.8) | | | 132.7 | |
Net cash provided by operating activities | 971.2 | | | 1,138.5 | |
Cash flows from investing activities: | | | |
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired | (667.7) | | | — | |
Capital expenditures | (47.8) | | | (64.5) | |
Purchase of marketable securities | (9.0) | | | (8.6) | |
Proceeds from the sale of marketable securities | 9.0 | | | 8.5 | |
Payments for product rights and other, net | (34.7) | | | (7.4) | |
Proceeds from the sale of assets | 0.7 | | | 5.1 | |
Net cash used in investing activities | (749.5) | | | (66.9) | |
Cash flows from financing activities: | | | |
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt | — | | | 0.1 | |
Payments of long-term debt | (750.1) | | | (0.1) | |
Purchase of common stock | (250.0) | | | — | |
Change in short-term borrowings, net | 204.6 | | | (837.9) | |
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards | (30.0) | | | (9.9) | |
Contingent consideration payments | (8.4) | | | (15.5) | |
Payments of financing fees | — | | | (0.4) | |
Cash dividends paid | (143.8) | | | (145.1) | |
Non-contingent payments for product rights | (9.7) | | | — | |
Issuance of common stock | 0.9 | | | — | |
Other items, net | 11.8 | | | (0.2) | |
Net cash used in financing activities | (974.7) | | | (1,009.0) | |
Effect on cash of changes in exchange rates | 1.2 | | | (11.4) | |
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | (751.8) | | | 51.2 | |
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash — beginning of period | 1,262.5 | | | 706.2 | |
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash — end of period | $ | 510.7 | | | $ | 757.4 | |
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
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VIATRIS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
1.General
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements (“interim financial statements”) of Viatris Inc. and subsidiaries were prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and the rules and regulations of the SEC for reporting on Form 10-Q; therefore, as permitted under these rules, certain footnotes and other financial information included in audited financial statements were condensed or omitted. The interim financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the interim results of operations, comprehensive earnings, financial position, equity and cash flows for the periods presented.
These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto in Viatris’ 2022 Form 10-K. The December 31, 2022 condensed consolidated balance sheet was derived from audited financial statements.
The interim results of operations, comprehensive earnings and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year or any other future period.
2.Revenue Recognition and Accounts Receivable
The Company recognizes revenues in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Under ASC 606, the Company recognizes net revenue for product sales when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to our customers in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. Revenues are recorded net of provisions for variable consideration, including discounts, rebates, governmental rebate programs, price adjustments, returns, chargebacks, promotional programs and other sales allowances. Accruals for these provisions are presented in the condensed consolidated financial statements as reductions in determining net sales and as a contra asset in accounts receivable, net (if settled via credit) and other current liabilities (if paid in cash).
Our net sales may be impacted by wholesaler and distributor inventory levels of our products, which can fluctuate throughout the year due to the seasonality of certain products, pricing, the timing of product demand, purchasing decisions and other factors. Such fluctuations may impact the comparability of our net sales between periods.
Consideration received from licenses of intellectual property is recorded as other revenues. Royalty or profit share amounts, which are based on sales of licensed products or technology, are recorded when the customer’s subsequent sales or usages occur. Such consideration is included in other revenues in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
The following table presents the Company’s net sales by product category for each of our reportable segments for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively:
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(In millions) | Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 |
Product Category | Developed Markets | | Greater China | | JANZ | | Emerging Markets | | Total |
Brands | $ | 1,232.0 | | | $ | 562.4 | | | $ | 190.3 | | | $ | 435.6 | | | $ | 2,420.3 | |
Complex Gx | 129.9 | | | — | | | 6.1 | | | 0.1 | | | 136.1 | |
Generics | 808.5 | | | 2.2 | | | 145.8 | | | 206.2 | | | 1,162.7 | |
Total | $ | 2,170.4 | | | $ | 564.6 | | | $ | 342.2 | | | $ | 641.9 | | | $ | 3,719.1 | |
VIATRIS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) - Continued
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(In millions) | Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
Product Category | Developed Markets | | Greater China | | JANZ | | Emerging Markets | | Total |
Brands | $ | 1,298.7 | | | $ | 569.7 | | | $ | 249.0 | | | $ | 436.7 | | | $ | 2,554.1 | |
Complex Gx and Biosimilars | 364.1 | | | — | | | 10.3 | | | 16.4 | | | 390.8 | |
Generics | 813.3 | | | 3.4 | | | 164.5 | | | 252.1 | | | 1,233.3 | |
Total | $ | 2,476.1 | | | $ | 573.1 | | | $ | 423.8 | | | $ | 705.2 | | | $ | 4,178.2 | |
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(a)Amounts for the three months ended March 31, 2023 include the unfavorable impact of foreign currency translations compared to the prior year period.
(b)Amounts for the three months ended March 31, 2022 include $164.8 million related to the biosimilars business which was subsequently contributed to Biocon Biologics in November 2022. The Company has not recognized the results of the biosimilars business in its consolidated financial statements subsequent to November 29, 2022.
The following table presents net sales on a consolidated basis for select key products for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022:
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| | Three months ended March 31, |
(In millions) | | 2023 | | 2022 |
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Select Key Global Products | | | | |
Lipitor ® | | $ | 417.9 | | | $ | 440.1 | |
Norvasc ® | | 202.7 | | | 207.8 | |
Lyrica ® | | 144.3 | | | 171.7 | |
Viagra ® | | 115.0 | | | 129.8 | |
EpiPen® Auto-Injectors | | 95.8 | | | 88.8 | |
Celebrex ® | | 88.8 | | | 85.2 | |
Creon ® | | 72.7 | | | 74.7 | |
Effexor ® | | 64.6 | | | 77.5 | |
Zoloft ® | | 56.5 | | | 73.1 | |
Xalabrands | | 46.7 | | | 53.0 | |
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Select Key Segment Products | | | | |
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Dymista ® | | $ | 53.2 | | | $ | 44.0 | |
Yupelri ® | | 47.0 | | | 43.7 | |
Xanax ® | | 39.7 | | | 40.0 | |
Amitiza ® | | 36.6 | | | 41.8 | |
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(a)The Company does not disclose net sales for any products considered competitively sensitive.
(b)Products disclosed may change in future periods, including as a result of seasonality, competition or new product launches.
(c)Amounts for the three months ended March 31, 2023 include the unfavorable impact of foreign currency translations compared to the prior year period.
VIATRIS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) - Continued
Variable Consideration and Accounts Receivable
The following table presents a reconciliation of gross sales to net sales by each significant category of variable consideration during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively:
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| | | Three Months Ended |
| | | March 31, |
(In millions) | | | | | 2023 | | 2022 |
Gross sales | | | | | $ | 6,273.0 | | | $ | 7,198.3 | |
Gross to net adjustments: | | | | | | | |
Chargebacks | | | | | (1,350.7) | | | (1,584.2) | |
Rebates, promotional programs and other sales allowances | | | | | (992.2) | | | (1,205.9) | |
Returns | | | | | (50.4) | | | (82.6) | |
Governmental rebate programs | | | | | (160.6) | | | (147.4) | |
Total gross to net adjustments | | | | | $ | (2,553.9) | | | $ | (3,020.1) | |
Net sales | | | | | $ | 3,719.1 | | | $ | 4,178.2 | |
No significant revisions were made to the methodology used in determining these provisions or the nature of the provisions during the three months ended March 31, 2023. Such allowances were comprised of the following at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively:
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(In millions) | March 31, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Accounts receivable, net | $ | 1,739.9 | | | $ | 1,798.7 | |
Other current liabilities | 851.5 | | | 888.8 | |
Total | $ | 2,591.4 | | | $ | 2,687.5 | |
Accounts receivable, net was comprised of the following at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively:
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(In millions) | March 31, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Trade receivables, net | $ | 3,021.9 | | | $ | 3,243.8 | |
Other receivables | 475.6 | | | 570.7 | |
Accounts receivable, net | $ | 3,497.5 | | | $ | 3,814.5 | |
Accounts Receivable Factoring Arrangements
We have entered into accounts receivable factoring agreements with financial institutions to sell certain of our non-U.S. accounts receivable. These transactions are accounted for as sales and result in a reduction in accounts receivable because the agreements transfer effective control over and risk related to the receivables to the buyers. Our factoring agreements do not allow for recourse in the event of uncollectibility, and we do not retain any interest in the underlying accounts receivable once sold. We derecognized $76.3 million and $34.7 million of accounts receivable as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, under these factoring arrangements.
3.Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Adoption of New Accounting Standards
In September 2022, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2022-04, Liabilities—Supplier Finance Programs (Subtopic 405-50), which requires entities to provide qualitative and quantitative disclosures about their supplier finance programs, including a rollforward of related obligations. The adoption of ASU 2022-04 did not affect the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows as the guidance only requires additional disclosures. We adopted this ASU effective January 1, 2023.
VIATRIS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) - Continued
The Company has certain voluntary supply chain finance programs with financial intermediaries which provide participating suppliers the option to be paid by the intermediary earlier than the original invoice due date. The Company’s responsibility is limited to making payments on the terms originally negotiated with the suppliers, regardless of whether the intermediary pays the supplier in advance of the original due date. The range of payment terms the Company negotiates with suppliers are consistent, regardless of whether a supplier participates in a supply chain finance program. The total amounts due to financial intermediaries to settle supplier invoices under supply chain finance programs as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 were $55.5 million and $33.4 million, respectively. These amounts are included within Accounts payable in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
There were no other significant changes in new accounting standards from those disclosed in Viatris’ 2022 Form 10-K. Refer to Viatris’ 2022 Form 10-K for additional information.
4.Acquisitions and Other Transactions
Oyster Point Acquisition
During the first quarter of 2023, the Company completed the acquisition of Oyster Point for approximately $427.4 million in cash, which included $11 per share paid to Oyster Point stockholders through a tender offer, payment for vested share-based awards, and the repayment of debt of Oyster Point. In addition to the upfront cash consideration, each Oyster Point stockholder received one non-tradeable contingent value right representing up to an additional $2 per share, or approximately $60 million in the aggregate, contingent upon Oyster Point achieving certain metrics based upon full year 2022 performance. Oyster Point did not achieve the metrics that would have triggered a contingent payment and the contingent value rights have expired. Oyster Point is focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of first-in-class pharmaceutical therapies to treat ophthalmic diseases.
Vested share-based awards to acquire Oyster Point common stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the closing of the acquisition were cancelled in exchange for the right to receive an amount in cash based upon a formula contained within the merger agreement. The unvested share-based awards were converted into Viatris share-based awards based upon a formula contained within the merger agreement.
In accordance with U.S. GAAP, the Company used the acquisition method of accounting to account for this transaction. Under the acquisition method of accounting, the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the transaction were recorded at their respective estimated fair values at the acquisition date. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company incurred acquisition related costs of approximately $18.3 million, which were recorded primarily in SG&A in the condensed consolidated statement of operations.
The U.S. GAAP purchase price was $392.7 million, net of cash acquired. The preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed for Oyster Point is as follows:
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(In millions) | |
Current assets (excluding inventories and net of cash acquired) | $ | 26.9 | |
Inventories | 37.8 | |
Property, plant and equipment | 1.4 | |
Identified intangible assets | 334.0 | |
Goodwill | 5.9 | |
Deferred income tax benefit | 17.7 | |
Other assets | 7.7 | |
Total assets acquired | $ | 431.4 | |
Current liabilities | 37.0 | |
| |
Other noncurrent liabilities | 1.7 | |
Net assets acquired (net of $34.7 of cash acquired) | $ | 392.7 | |
VIATRIS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) - Continued
The preliminary fair value estimates for the assets acquired and liabilities assumed were based upon preliminary calculations, valuations and assumptions that are subject to change as the Company obtains additional information during the measurement period (up to one year from the acquisition date). The primary areas subject to change relate to the finalization of the valuation of intangible assets and income taxes.
The Company recorded a step-up in the fair value of inventory of approximately $29.3 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company recorded amortization of the inventory step-up of approximately $7.3 million, which is included in Cost of sales in the condensed consolidated statement of operations.
The identified intangible assets of $334.0 million are comprised of product rights and licenses related to a commercial asset, Tyrvaya®, for the treatment of dry eye disease, that have an estimated useful life of 10 years. Significant assumptions utilized in the valuation of identified intangible assets were based on company specific information and projections which are not observable in the market and are thus considered Level 3 measurements as defined by U.S. GAAP.
The goodwill of $5.9 million arising from the acquisition consisted largely of the value of the employee workforce and the expected value of products to be developed in the future. All of the goodwill was assigned to the Developed Markets segment. None of the goodwill recognized in this transaction is currently expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. The operating results of Oyster Point have been included in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations since the acquisition date. The total revenues of Oyster Point for the period from the acquisition date to March 31, 2023, were $6.3 million and net loss, net of tax, was approximately $49.3 million. The net loss for the period includes the effect of the purchase accounting adjustments and acquisition related costs.
The following table presents supplemental unaudited pro forma information for the acquisition, as if it had occurred on January 1, 2022. The unaudited pro forma results reflect certain adjustments related to past operating performance and acquisition accounting adjustments, such as increased amortization expense based on the fair value of assets acquired, the impact of transaction costs and the related income tax effects. The unaudited pro forma results do not include any anticipated synergies which may be achievable, or have been achieved, subsequent to the closing of the acquisition. Accordingly, the unaudited pro forma results are not necessarily indicative of the results that actually would have occurred had the acquisitions been completed on the stated date above, nor are they indicative of the future operating results of Viatris and its subsidiaries.
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| Three Months Ended | | Three Months Ended |
(Unaudited, in millions, except per share amounts) | March 31, 2023 | | March 31, 2022 |
Total revenues | $ | 3,729.1 | | | $ | 4,194.4 | |
Net earnings | $ | 260.5 | | | $ | 337.0 | |
Earnings per share: | | | |
Basic | $ | 0.22 | | | $ | 0.28 | |
Diluted | $ | 0.22 | | | $ | 0.28 | |
Weighted average shares outstanding: | | | |
Basic | 1,202.5 | | | 1,210.5 | |
Diluted | 1,205.6 | | | 1,213.1 | |
Famy Life Sciences Acquisition
On November 7, 2022, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the remaining equity shares of Famy Life Sciences, a privately-owned research company with a complementary portfolio of ophthalmology therapies under development, for consideration of $281 million. The Company had previously entered into a Master Development Agreement with Famy Life Sciences on December 20, 2019 under which the Company obtained rights with respect to acquiring certain pharmaceutical products and had also acquired shares representing approximately 13.5% equity interest in Famy Life Sciences for $25.0 million at December 31, 2020. The investment was accounted for in accordance with ASC 321, Investments - Equity Securities.
VIATRIS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) - Continued
The transaction to acquire the remaining equity shares of Famy Life Sciences closed during the first quarter of 2023. The Company recognized a gain of $18.9 million during the first quarter of 2023 as a result of remeasuring its pre-existing 13.5% equity interest in Famy Life Sciences to fair value, which was recorded as a component of Other (income) expense, net in the condensed consolidated statement of operations.
In accordance with U.S. GAAP, the Company used the acquisition method of accounting to account for this transaction. Under the acquisition method of accounting, the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the transaction were recorded at their respective estimated fair values at the acquisition date. The U.S. GAAP purchase price allocated to the transaction was $325.0 million, which consisted of $281 million of cash consideration paid for the remaining equity shares and $43.9 million for the fair value of the pre-existing 13.5% equity interest. The preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed for Famy Life Sciences is as follows:
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(In millions) | |
| |
IPR&D | $ | 290.0 | |
Goodwill | 89.3 | |
| |
Total assets acquired | $ | 379.3 | |
Current liabilities | 2.2 | |
Deferred tax liabilities | 52.1 | |
Net assets acquired (net of $0.2 of cash acquired) | $ | 325.0 | |
The preliminary fair value estimates for the assets acquired and liabilities assumed were based upon preliminary calculations, valuations and assumptions that are subject to change as the Company obtains additional information during the measurement period (up to one year from the acquisition date). The primary areas subject to change relate to the finalization of the valuation of IPR&D and income taxes.
The amount allocated to IPR&D represents an estimate of the fair value of purchased in-process technology for research projects that, as of the closing date of the acquisition, had not reached technological feasibility and had no alternative future use. The fair value of IPR&D of $290.0 million was based on the excess earnings method, which utilizes forecasts of expected cash inflows (including estimates for ongoing costs) and other contributory charges. A discount rate of 23.9% was utilized to discount net cash inflows to present values. IPR&D is accounted for as an indefinite-lived intangible asset and will be subject to impairment testing until completion or abandonment of the projects. Upon successful completion and launch of each product, the Company will make a determination of the estimated useful life of the individual asset. The acquired IPR&D projects are in various stages of completion and the estimated costs to complete these projects total approximately $120 million, which are expected to be incurred through 2024. There are risks and uncertainties associated with the timely and successful completion of the projects included in IPR&D, and no assurances can be given that the underlying assumptions used to estimate the fair value of IPR&D will not change or the timely completion of each project to commercial success will occur.
The goodwill of $89.3 million arising from the acquisition consisted largely of the value of the employee workforce and the expected value of products to be developed in the future. All of the goodwill was assigned to the Developed Markets segment. None of the goodwill recognized in this transaction is currently expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. The acquisition did not have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations since the acquisition date or on a pro forma basis for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.
Ophthalmology is one of the key therapeutic areas of focus that the Company announced in February 2022 when it announced plans for certain strategic actions. With the combination of Viatris' global commercial footprint, R&D and regulatory capabilities and supply chain, along with Oyster Point's deep knowledge of the ophthalmology space from a clinical, medical, regulatory and commercial perspective—including Tyrvaya®—and Famy Life Sciences' Phase III-ready pipeline, the Company believes it has the foundation to create a leading global ophthalmology franchise, accelerating efforts to address the unmet needs of patients with ophthalmic disease and the eye care professionals who treat them.
VIATRIS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) - Continued
5.Divestitures
Biocon Biologics Transaction
On November 29, 2022, Viatris completed a transaction to contribute its biosimilars portfolio to Biocon Biologics. Under the terms of the Biocon Agreement, Viatris received $3 billion in consideration in the form of a $2 billion cash payment, adjusted as set forth in the Biocon Agreement, and approximately $1 billion of CCPS representing a stake of approximately 12.9% (on a fully diluted basis) in Biocon Biologics. Viatris also is entitled to $335 million of additional cash payments in 2024. In addition, Viatris and Biocon Biologics have agreed to a closing working capital target of $250 million. An amount of cash equal to all or a portion of the closing working capital target may become payable to Biocon Biologics in connection with certain events in the future, depending on the valuations attributable to such events. Refer to Note 8 Balance Sheet Components for additional information on assets and liabilities related to Biocon Biologics. The Company’s CCPS in Biocon Biologics are classified as equity securities, refer to Note 11 Financial Instruments and Risk Management for further discussion.
Viatris and Biocon Biologics also entered an agreement pursuant to which Viatris is providing commercialization and certain other transition services on behalf of Biocon Biologics, including billings, collections, and the remittance of rebates, to ensure business continuity for patients, customers and colleagues. The term of the transition services agreement is generally up to two years. Under the transition services agreement, Viatris is entitled to be reimbursed for its costs (subject to certain caps) plus a markup. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company recognized TSA income of approximately $45.7 million as a component of Other (Income) Expense, net.
Other Potential Divestitures
In November 2022, the Company provided an update on the strategic priorities announced in February 2022, including identifying the following businesses no longer considered core to its future strategy that the Company intends to divest:
•OTC;
•API (while retaining some selective development API capabilities);
•Women’s health care, primarily related to our oral and injectable contraceptives. This does not include all of our women’s health care related products; as an example, our Xulane® product in the U.S. is excluded; and
•Upjohn Distributor Markets.
In the fourth quarter of 2022, we determined that our Upjohn Distributor Markets should be classified as held for sale. Upon classification as held for sale, we recognized a total charge of $374.2 million during the three months ended December 31, 2022. This was comprised of a goodwill impairment charge of $117.0 million, other charges, principally inventory write-offs, of $84.3 million and a charge of approximately $172.9 million to write down the disposal group to fair value, less cost to sell. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company recorded additional inventory reserves of $9.2 million and an intangible asset charge of $32.0 million to write down the disposal group to fair value, less cost to sell. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, assets held for sale associated with the Upjohn Distributor Markets consisted of intangible assets of $198.3 million and $230.3 million, respectively. If these transactions are not completed, the distribution arrangements will expire in accordance with our agreement with Pfizer and the Company will wind down operations in these markets, which may result in additional asset write-offs and other costs being incurred. These additional charges could be in excess of $250 million.
6.Share-Based Incentive Plan
Prior to the Distribution, Viatris adopted and Pfizer, in the capacity as Viatris’ sole stockholder at such time, approved the 2020 Incentive Plan (the Viatris Inc. 2020 Stock Incentive Plan) which became effective as of the Distribution. In connection with the Combination, as of November 16, 2020, the Company assumed the 2003 LTIP (Mylan N.V. Amended and Restated 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan), which had previously been approved by Mylan shareholders. The 2020 Incentive Plan and 2003 LTIP include (i) 72,500,000 shares of Common Stock authorized for grant pursuant to the 2020 Incentive Plan, which may include dividend payments payable in Common Stock on unvested shares granted under awards, (ii) 6,757,640 shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the exercise of outstanding stock options granted to participants under the 2003 LTIP and assumed by Viatris in connection with the Combination and (iii) 13,535,627 shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding equity-based awards, other than stock options, assumed by Viatris in connection with the Combination, or that otherwise remain available for issuance under the 2003 LTIP.
VIATRIS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) - Continued
Under the 2020 Incentive Plan and 2003 LTIP, shares are reserved for issuance to key employees, consultants, independent contractors and non-employee directors of the Company through a variety of incentive awards, including: stock options, SARs, restricted stock and units, PSUs, other stock-based awards and short-term cash awards. Stock option awards are granted with an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the shares underlying the stock options at the date of the grant, generally become exercisable over periods ranging from three to four years, and generally expire in ten years.
The following table summarizes stock awards (stock options and SARs) activity under the 2020 Incentive Plan and 2003 LTIP:
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| Number of Shares Under Stock Awards | | Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share |
Outstanding at December 31, 2022 | 4,449,642 | | | $ | 38.53 | |
Granted | 283,361 | | | 7.68 | |
Exercised | (5,225) | | | 5.27 | |
Forfeited | (242,165) | | | $ | 31.30 | |
Outstanding at March 31, 2023 | 4,485,613 | | | $ | 37.01 | |
Vested and expected to vest at March 31, 2023 | 4,452,279 | | | $ | 37.20 | |
Exercisable at March 31, 2023 | 4,185,316 | | | $ | 38.98 | |
As of March 31, 2023, stock awards outstanding, stock awards vested and expected to vest and stock awards exercisable had average remaining contractual terms of 4.4 years, 4.4 years and 4.0 years, respectively. Also, at March 31, 2023, stock awards outstanding, stock awards vested and expected to vest and stock awards exercisable had aggregate intrinsic values of $0.6 million, $0.5 million, and $0.1 million, respectively.
A rollforward of the changes in the Company’s nonvested Restricted Stock Awards (restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards, including PSUs) from December 31, 2022 to March 31, 2023 is presented below:
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| Number of Restricted Stock Awards | | Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value Per Share |
Nonvested at December 31, 2022 | 27,271,926 | | | $ | 11.81 | |
Granted | 19,043,465 | | | 11.17 | |
Released | (7,743,490) | | | 13.02 | |
Forfeited | (267,038) | | | 11.54 | |
Nonvested at March 31, 2023 | 38,304,863 | | | $ | 11.25 | |
As of March 31, 2023, the Company had $213.8 million of total unrecognized compensation expense, net of estimated forfeitures, related to all of its stock-based awards, which we expect to recognize over the remaining weighted average vesting period of 1.7 years. The total intrinsic value of Restricted Stock Awards released during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 was $100.8 million and $63.1 million, respectively.
7.Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits
Defined Benefit Plans
The Company sponsors various defined benefit pension plans in several countries. Benefits provided generally depend on length of service, pay grade and remuneration levels. Employees in the U.S., Puerto Rico and certain international locations are also provided retirement benefits through defined contribution plans.
The Company also sponsors other postretirement benefit plans including plans that provide for postretirement supplemental medical coverage. Benefits from these plans are provided to employees and their spouses and dependents who meet various minimum age and service requirements. In addition, the Company sponsors other plans that provide for life insurance benefits and postretirement medical coverage for certain officers and management employees.
VIATRIS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) - Continued
Net Periodic Benefit Cost
Components of net periodic benefit cost for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 were as follows:
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| | | | | Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits |
| | | Three Months Ended |
| | | March 31, |
(In millions) | | | | | 2023 | | 2022 |
Service cost | | | | | $ | 7.1 | | | $ | 9.5 | |
Interest cost | | | | | 18.3 | | | 10.4 | |
Expected return on plan assets | | | | | (16.4) | | | (16.6) | |
Amortization of prior service costs | | | | | — | | | 0.1 | |
Recognized net actuarial gains | | | | | (5.0) | | | — | |
Net periodic benefit cost | | | | | $ | 4.0 | | | $ | 3.4 | |
The Company is making the minimum mandatory contributions to its defined benefit pension plans in the U.S. and Puerto Rico for the 2023 plan year. The Company expects to make total benefit payments of approximately $108.5 million from pension and other postretirement benefit plans in 2023. The Company anticipates making contributions to pension and other postretirement benefit plans of approximately $51.3 million in 2023.
8.Balance Sheet Components
Selected balance sheet components consist of the following:
Cash and restricted cash
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(In millions) | March 31, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 | | March 31, 2022 |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 506.6 | | | $ | 1,259.9 | | | $ | 752.4 | |
Restricted cash, included in prepaid expenses and other current assets | 4.1 | | | 2.6 | | | 5.0 | |
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | $ | 510.7 | | | $ | 1,262.5 | | | $ | 757.4 | |
Inventories
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(In millions) | March 31, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Raw materials | $ | 667.4 | | | $ | 571.5 | |
Work in process | 697.4 | | | 755.4 | |
Finished goods | 2,299.5 | | | 2,192.6 | |
Inventories | $ | 3,664.3 | | | $ | 3,519.5 | |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets
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(In millions) | March 31, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Prepaid expenses | $ | 239.7 | | | $ | 194.6 | |
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Available-for-sale fixed income securities | 36.0 | | | 35.3 | |
Fair value of financial instruments | 92.5 | | | 134.7 | |
Equity securities | 45.0 | | | 42.6 | |
Other current assets | 1,350.4 | | | 1,404.0 | |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | $ | 1,763.6 | | | $ | 1,811.2 | |
Prepaid expenses consist primarily of prepaid rent, insurance and other individually insignificant items.
Property, plant and equipment, net
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(In millions) | March 31, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Machinery and equipment | $ | 3,051.3 | | | $ | 2,936.7 | |
Buildings and improvements | 1,548.0 | | | 1,539.7 | |
Construction in progress | 410.8 | | | 474.0 | |
Land and improvements | 135.0 | | | 133.4 | |
Gross property, plant and equipment | 5,145.1 | | | 5,083.8 | |
Accumulated depreciation | 2,137.3 | | | 2,059.3 | |
Property, plant and equipment, net | $ | 3,007.8 | | | $ | 3,024.5 | |
Other assets
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(In millions) | March 31, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
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Non-marketable equity investments | $ | 78.6 | | | $ | 94.0 | |
Deferred consideration due from Biocon Biologics | 305.9 | | | 299.5 | |
CCPS in Biocon Biologics | 1,000.0 | | | 997.4 | |
Operating lease right-of-use assets | 253.8 | | | 259.3 | |
Other long-term assets | 779.9 | | | 753.3 | |
Other assets | $ | 2,418.2 | | | $ | 2,403.5 | |
Accounts payable
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(In millions) | March 31, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Trade accounts payable | $ | 1,415.4 | | | $ | 1,158.0 | |
Other payables | 542.1 | | | 608.6 | |
Accounts payable | $ | 1,957.5 | | | $ | 1,766.6 | |
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Other current liabilities
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(In millions) | March 31, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Accrued sales allowances | $ | 851.5 | | | $ | 888.8 | |
Legal and professional accruals, including litigation accruals | 288.8 | | | 297.2 | |
Payroll and employee benefit liabilities | 617.7 | | | 746.8 | |
Contingent consideration | 65.4 | | | 64.4 | |
Accrued restructuring | 74.6 | | | 95.3 | |
Accrued interest | 214.0 | | | 80.2 | |
Fair value of financial instruments | 98.5 | | | 187.0 | |
Due to Biocon Biologics | 32.1 | | | 22.5 | |
Operating lease liability | 83.5 | | | 80.6 | |
Other | 866.7 | | | 978.1 | |
Other current liabilities | $ | 3,192.8 | | | $ | 3,440.9 | |
Other long-term obligations
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(In millions) | March 31, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Employee benefit liabilities | $ | 542.1 | | | $ | 544.6 | |
Contingent consideration (1) | 307.1 | | | 310.6 | |
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Tax related items, including contingencies | 418.0 | | | 414.6 | |
Operating lease liability | 173.2 | | | 181.4 | |
Accrued restructuring | 58.0 | | | 60.4 | |
Other | 221.4 | | | 244.9 | |
Other long-term obligations | $ | 1,719.8 | | | $ | 1,756.5 | |
(1) Balances as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 include $224.7 million and $221.2 million, respectively, due to Biocon Biologics. Refer to Note 11 Financial Instruments and Risk Management for additional information.
9.Earnings per Share
Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net earnings by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net earnings by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period increased by the number of additional shares that would have been outstanding related to potentially dilutive securities or instruments, if the impact is dilutive.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) - Continued
Basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to Viatris Inc. are calculated as follows:
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(In millions, except per share amounts) | | | | | 2023 | | 2022 |
Basic earnings attributable to Viatris Inc. common shareholders | | | | | | | |
Net earnings attributable to Viatris Inc. common shareholders | | | | | $ | 224.7 | | | $ | 399.2 | |
Shares (denominator): | | | | | | | |
Weighted average shares outstanding | | | | | 1,202.5 | | | 1,210.5 | |
Basic earnings per share attributable to Viatris Inc. shareholders | | | | | $ | 0.19 | | | $ | 0.33 | |
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Diluted earnings attributable to Viatris Inc. common shareholders | | | | | | | |
Net earnings attributable to Viatris Inc. common shareholders | | | | | $ | 224.7 | | | $ | 399.2 | |
Shares (denominator): | | | | | | | |
Weighted average shares outstanding | | | | | 1,202.5 | | | 1,210.5 | |
Share-based awards | | | | | 3.1 | | | 2.6 | |
Total dilutive shares outstanding | | | | | 1,205.6 | | | 1,213.1 | |
Diluted earnings per share attributable to Viatris Inc. shareholders | | | | | $ | 0.19 | | | $ | 0.33 | |
Additional stock awards and Restricted Stock Awards were outstanding during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, but were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share for each respective period because the effect would be anti-dilutive. Excluded shares at March 31, 2023 include certain share-based compensation awards whose performance conditions had not been fully met. Such excluded shares and anti-dilutive awards represented 13.9 million shares and 15.5 million shares for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
The Company paid a quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share on the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock on March 17, 2023. On May 5, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per share on the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock, which will be payable on June 16, 2023 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 24, 2023. The declaration and payment of future dividends to holders of the Company’s common stock will be at the discretion of the Board of Directors, and will depend upon factors, including but not limited to, the Company’s financial condition, earnings, capital requirements of its businesses, legal requirements, regulatory constraints, industry practice, and other factors that the Board of Directors deems relevant.
On February 28, 2022, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had authorized a share repurchase program for the repurchase of up to $1.0 billion of the Company’s shares of common stock. Such repurchases may be made from time-to-time at the Company’s discretion and effected by any means, including but not limited to, open market repurchases, pursuant to plans in accordance with Rules 10b5-1 or 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, privately negotiated transactions (including accelerated stock repurchase programs) or any combination of such methods as the Company deems appropriate. The program does not have an expiration date. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company repurchased approximately 21.2 million shares of common stock at a cost of approximately $250 million. The Company did not repurchase any shares of common stock under the share repurchase program in 2022. The share repurchase program does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of common stock.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) - Continued
10.Goodwill and Intangible Assets
Goodwill
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the three months ended March 31, 2023 are as follows:
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(In millions) | Developed Markets (1) | | Greater China | | JANZ | | Emerging Markets (2) | | Total |
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Balance at December 31, 2022: | 7,461.5 | | | 940.6 | | | 689.0 | | | 1,334.7 | | | 10,425.8 | |
Acquisitions | 95.3 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 95.3 | |
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Foreign currency translation | 60.0 | | | — | | | (8.6) | | | 0.7 | | | 52.1 | |
Balance at March 31, 2023: | $ | 7,616.8 | | | $ | 940.6 | | | $ | 680.4 | | | $ | 1,335.4 | | | $ | 10,573.2 | |
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(1)Balances as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 include an accumulated impairment loss of $385.0 million.
(2)Balances as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 include an accumulated impairment loss of $117.0 million.
Intangible Assets, Net
Intangible assets consist of the following components at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:
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(In millions) | Weighted Average Life (Years) | | Original Cost | | Accumulated Amortization | | Net Book Value |
March 31, 2023 | | | | | | | |
Product rights, licenses and other (1) | 15 | | $ | 37,975.1 | | | $ | 15,604.6 | | | $ | 22,370.5 | |
In-process research and development | | | 331.1 | | | — | | | 331.1 | |
| | | $ | 38,306.2 | | | $ | 15,604.6 | | | $ | 22,701.6 | |
December 31, 2022 | | | | | | | |
Product rights, licenses and other (1) | 15 | | $ | 37,490.5 | | | $ | 14,923.6 | | | $ | 22,566.9 | |
In-process research and development | | | 40.2 | | | — | | | 40.2 | |
| | | $ | 37,530.7 | | | $ | 14,923.6 | | | $ | 22,607.1 | |
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(1)Represents amortizable intangible assets. Other intangible assets consists principally of customer lists and contractual rights.
During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company acquired product rights and licenses from Oyster Point of approximately $334.0 million and IPR&D of approximately $290.0 million from Famy Life Sciences. Refer to Note 4 Acquisitions and Other Transactions for additional information.
Amortization expense and intangible asset disposal & impairment charges (which are included as a component of amortization expense) are classified primarily within cost of sales in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and were as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022:
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| | | March 31, |
(In millions) | | | | | 2023 | | 2022 |
Intangible asset amortization expense | | | | | $ | 603.3 | | | $ | 648.1 | |
Intangible asset disposal & impairment charges | | | | | 32.0 | | | — | |
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Total intangible asset amortization expense (including disposal & impairment charges) | | | | | $ | 635.3 | | | $ | 648.1 | |
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) - Continued
During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company recognized an intangible asset charge of approximately $32.0 million, which was recorded within Cost of sales in the condensed consolidated statement of operations, to write down the disposal group to fair value, less cost to sell, related to our Upjohn Distributor Markets, which are classified as held for sale. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company has approximately $198.3 million and $230.3 million, respectively, of intangible assets related to the Upjohn Distributor Markets that are classified as held for sale in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Refer to Note 5 Divestitures for additional information.
Intangible asset amortization expense over the remainder of 2023 and for the years ending December 31, 2024 through 2027 is estimated to be as follows:
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2023 | $ | 1,772 | |
2024 | 2,274 | |
2025 | 2,179 | |
2026 | 2,124 | |
2027 | 1,912 | |
11. Financial Instruments and Risk Management
The Company is exposed to certain financial risks relating to its ongoing business operations. The primary financial risks that are managed by using derivative instruments are foreign currency risk and interest rate risk.
Foreign Currency Risk Management
In order to manage certain foreign currency risks, the Company enters into foreign exchange forward contracts to mitigate risk associated with changes in spot exchange rates of mainly non-functional currency denominated assets or liabilities. The foreign exchange forward contracts are measured at fair value and reported as current assets or current liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Any gains or losses on the foreign exchange forward contracts are recognized in earnings in the period incurred in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
The Company has also entered into forward contracts to hedge forecasted foreign currency denominated sales from certain international subsidiaries and a portion of forecasted intercompany inventory sales denominated in Euro, Japanese Yen, Chinese Renminbi and Indian Rupee for up to twenty-four months. These contracts are designated as cash flow hedges to manage foreign currency transaction risk and are measured at fair value and reported as current assets or current liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Any changes in the fair value of designated cash flow hedges are deferred in AOCE and are reclassified into earnings when the hedged item impacts earnings.
Net Investment Hedges
The Company may hedge the foreign currency risk associated with certain net investment positions in foreign subsidiaries by either borrowing directly in foreign currencies and designating all or a portion of the foreign currency debt as a hedge of the applicable net investment position or entering into foreign currency swaps that are designated as hedges of net investments.
The Company has designated certain Euro and Yen borrowings as a hedge of its investment in certain Euro-functional and Yen-functional currency subsidiaries in order to manage foreign currency translation risk. Borrowings designated as net investment hedges are marked-to-market using the current spot exchange rate as of the end of the period, with gains and losses included in the foreign currency translation component of AOCE until the sale or substantial liquidation of the underlying net investments. In addition, the Company manages the related foreign exchange risk of the Euro and Yen borrowings not designated as net investment hedges through certain Euro and Yen denominated financial assets and forward currency swaps.
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The following table summarizes the principal amounts of the Company’s outstanding Euro and Yen borrowings and the notional amounts of the Euro and Yen borrowings designated as net investment hedges:
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(In millions) | | Principal Amount | | March 31, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
2.250% Euro Senior Notes due 2024 | | € | 1,000.0 | | | € | 1,000.0 | | | € | 1,000.0 | |
3.125% Euro Senior Notes due 2028 | | 750.0 | | | 750.0 | | | 750.0 | |
2.125% Euro Senior Notes due 2025 | | 500.0 | | | 500.0 | | | 500.0 | |
1.023% Euro Senior Notes due 2024 | | 750.0 | | | 750.0 | | | 750.0 | |
1.362% Euro Senior Notes due 2027 | | 850.0 | | | 850.0 | | | 850.0 | |
1.908% Euro Senior Notes due 2032 | | 1,250.0 | | | 1,250.0 | | | 1,250.0 | |
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Total | | € | 5,100.0 | | | € | 5,100.0 | | | € | 5,100.0 | |
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Yen | | | | | | |
YEN Term Loan | | ¥ | 40,000.0 | | | ¥ | 40,000.0 | | | ¥ | 40,000.0 | |
Yen Total | | ¥ | 40,000.0 | | | ¥ | 40,000.0 | | | ¥ | 40,000.0 | |
At March 31, 2023, the principal amount of the Company’s outstanding Yen borrowings and the notional amount of the Yen borrowings designated as net investment hedge was $301.1 million.
Interest Rate Risk Management
The Company enters into interest rate swaps from time to time in order to manage interest rate risk associated with the Company’s fixed-rate and floating-rate debt. Interest rate swaps that meet specific accounting criteria are accounted for as fair value or cash flow hedges. All derivative instruments used to manage interest rate risk are measured at fair value and reported as current assets or current liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. For fair value hedges, the changes in the fair value of both the hedging instrument and the underlying debt obligations are included in interest expense. For cash flow hedges, the change in fair value of the hedging instrument is deferred through AOCE and is reclassified into earnings when the hedged item impacts earnings.
Credit Risk Management
The Company regularly reviews the creditworthiness of its financial counterparties and does not expect to incur a significant loss from the failure of any counterparties to perform under any agreements. The Company is not subject to any obligations to post collateral under derivative instrument contracts. Certain derivative instrument contracts entered into by the Company are governed by master agreements, which contain credit-risk-related contingent features that would allow the counterparties to terminate the contracts early and request immediate payment should the Company trigger an event of default on other specified borrowings. The Company records all derivative instruments on a gross basis in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Accordingly, there are no offsetting amounts that net assets against liabilities.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) - Continued
The following table summarizes the classification and fair values of derivative instruments in our condensed consolidated balance sheets:
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| Asset Derivatives | | Liability Derivatives |
(In millions) | Balance Sheet Location | March 31, 2023 Fair Value | December 31, 2022 Fair Value | | Balance Sheet Location | March 31, 2023 Fair Value | December 31, 2022 Fair Value |
Derivatives designated as hedges: | | | | | | | |
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Foreign currency forward contracts | Prepaid expenses & other current assets | $ | 22.0 | | $ | 30.4 | | | Other current liabilities | $ | 16.4 | | $ | 26.4 | |
Total derivatives designated as hedges | | 22.0 | | 30.4 | | | | 16.4 | | 26.4 | |
Derivatives not designated as hedges: | | | | | | | |
Foreign currency forward contracts | Prepaid expenses & other current assets | 70.5 | | 104.3 | | | Other current liabilities | 82.1 | | 160.6 | |
Total derivatives not designated as hedges | | 70.5 | | 104.3 | | | | 82.1 | | 160.6 | |
Total derivatives | | $ | 92.5 | | $ | 134.7 | | | | $ | 98.5 | | $ | 187.0 | |
The following table summarizes information about the gains/(losses) incurred to hedge or offset operational foreign exchange or interest rate risk:
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| | Amount of Gains/(Losses) Recognized in Earnings | | Amount of Gains/(Losses) Recognized in AOCE (Net of Tax) on Derivatives | | Amount of Gains/(Losses) Reclassified from AOCE into Earnings |
| | Three months ended March 31, |
(In millions) | Location of Gain/(Loss) | 2023 | 2022 | | 2023 | 2022 | | 2023 | 2022 |
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Derivative Financial Instruments in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships (1) : | | | | | | | | | |
Foreign currency forward contracts | Net sales (3) | $ | — | | $ | — | | | $ | 11.1 | | $ | 9.7 | | | $ | 8.9 | | $ | 14.2 | |
Interest rate swaps | Interest expense (3) | — | | — | | | (0.9) | | (0.9) | | | (1.2) | | (1.1) | |
Non-derivative Financial Instruments in Net Investment Hedging Relationships: | | | | | | | | | |
Foreign currency borrowings | | — | | — | | | (51.9) | | 156.3 | | | — | | — | |
Derivative Financial Instruments Not Designated as Hedging Instruments: | | | | | | | | | |
Foreign currency option and forward contracts | Other (income) expense, net (2) | 44.6 | | 21.7 | | | — | | — | | | — | | — | |
Total | | $ | 44.6 | | $ | 21.7 | | | $ | (41.7) | | $ | 165.1 | | | $ | 7.7 | | $ | 13.1 | |
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(1)At March 31, 2023, the Company expects that approximately $14.0 million of pre-tax net losses on cash flow hedges will be reclassified from AOCE into earnings during the next twelve months.
(2)Represents the location of the gain/(loss) recognized in earnings on derivatives.
(3)Represents the location of the gain/(loss) reclassified from AOCE into earnings.
Fair Value Measurement
Fair value is based on the price that would be received from the sale of an identical asset or paid to transfer an identical liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In order to increase consistency and comparability in fair value measurements, a fair value hierarchy has been established that prioritizes observable and unobservable inputs used to measure fair value into three broad levels, which are described below:
•Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical assets or liabilities. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs.
•Level 2: Observable market-based inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
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•Level 3: Unobservable inputs are used when little or no market data is available. The fair value hierarchy gives the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs.
In determining fair value, the Company utilizes valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs to the extent possible, as well as considers counterparty credit risk in its assessment of fair value.
Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value are classified in the tables below in one of the three categories described above:
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(In millions) | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 |
Recurring fair value measurements | | | | | | | | | | | |
Financial Assets | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash equivalents: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Money market funds | $ | 18.9 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 688.8 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
Total cash equivalents | 18.9 | | | — | | | — | | | 688.8 | | | — | | | — | |
Equity securities: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Exchange traded funds | 44.8 | | | — | | | — | | | 42.4 | | | — | | | — | |
Marketable securities | 0.2 | | | — | | | — | | | 0.2 | | | — | | | — | |
Total equity securities | 45.0 | | | — | | | — | | | 42.6 | | | — | | | — | |
CCPS in Biocon Biologics | — | | | — | | | 1,000.0 | | | — | | | — | | | 997.4 | |
Available-for-sale fixed income investments: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Corporate bonds | — | | | 14.9 | | | — | | | — | | | 13.2 | | | — | |
U.S. Treasuries | — | | | 11.9 | | | — | | | — | | | 11.7 | | | — | |
Agency mortgage-backed securities | — | | | 4.0 | | | — | | | — | | | 4.7 | | | — | |
Asset backed securities | — | | | 5.0 | | | — | | | — | | | 5.1 | | | — | |
Other | — | | | 0.2 | | | — | | | — | | | 0.6 | | | — | |
Total available-for-sale fixed income investments | — | | | 36.0 | | | — | | | — | | | 35.3 | | | — | |
Foreign exchange derivative assets | — | | | 92.5 | | | — | | | — | | | 134.7 | | | — | |
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Total assets at recurring fair value measurement | $ | 63.9 | | | $ | 128.5 | | | $ | 1,000.0 | | | $ | 731.4 | | | $ | 170.0 | | | $ | 997.4 | |
Financial Liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Foreign exchange derivative liabilities | — | | | 98.5 | | | — | | | — | | | 187.0 | | | — | |
Contingent consideration | — | | | — | | | 372.5 | | | — | | | — | | | 375.0 | |
Total liabilities at recurring fair value measurement | $ | — | | | $ | 98.5 | | | $ | 372.5 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 187.0 | | | $ | 375.0 | |
For financial assets and liabilities that utilize Level 2 inputs, the Company utilizes both direct and indirect observable price quotes, including the LIBOR yield curve, foreign exchange forward prices and bank price quotes. Below is a summary of valuation techniques for the Company’s financial assets and liabilities:
•Cash equivalents — valued at observable net asset value prices.
•Equity securities, exchange traded funds — valued at the active quoted market prices from broker or dealer quotations or transparent pricing sources at the reporting date. Unrealized gains and losses attributable to changes in fair value are included in other expense, net, in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
•Equity securities, marketable securities — valued using quoted stock prices from public exchanges at the reporting date. Unrealized gains and losses attributable to changes in fair value are included in Other (income) expense, net in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
•CCPS in Biocon Biologics — valued using a Monte Carlo simulation model using Level 3 inputs. The fair value of the CCPS is sensitive to changes in the forecasts of operating metrics and changes in volatility and discount rates. The Company elected the fair value option for the CCPS under ASC 825. The fair value is reassessed
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quarterly and any change in the fair value estimate is recorded in Other (income) expense, net, in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for that period.
•Available-for-sale fixed income investments — valued at the quoted market prices from broker or dealer quotations or transparent pricing sources at the reporting date. Unrealized gains and losses attributable to changes in fair value, net of income taxes, are included in accumulated other comprehensive loss as a component of shareholders’ equity.
•Foreign exchange derivative assets and liabilities — valued using quoted forward foreign exchange prices and spot rates at the reporting date. Counterparties to these contracts are highly rated financial institutions.
Contingent Consideration
As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had a contingent consideration liability of $224.7 million and $221.2 million, respectively, relating to the Biocon Biologics Transaction. This contingent consideration liability represents the amount of the closing working capital target to which the parties have agreed that may become payable to Biocon Biologics in connection with certain events in the future, depending on the valuations attributable to such events. The remaining contingent consideration liability represents a component of the total purchase consideration for Pfizer’s Respiratory Delivery Platform and certain other acquisitions. The measurement of these contingent consideration liabilities is calculated using unobservable Level 3 inputs based on the Company’s own assumptions primarily related to the probability and timing of future events and payments which are discounted using a market rate of return. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, discount rates ranging from 6.4% to 9.0% were utilized in the valuations. Significant changes in unobservable inputs could result in material changes to the contingent consideration liability.
A rollforward of the activity in the Company’s fair value of contingent consideration from December 31, 2022 to March 31, 2023 is as follows:
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(In millions) | Current Portion (1) | | Long-Term Portion (2) | | Total Contingent Consideration |
Balance at December 31, 2022 | $ | 64.4 | | | $ | 310.6 | | | $ | 375.0 | |
Payments | (9.7) | | | — | | | (9.7) | |
Reclassifications | 10.7 | | | (10.7) | | | — | |
Accretion | — | | | 5.7 | | | 5.7 | |
Fair value loss (3) | — | | | 1.5 | | | 1.5 | |
Balance at March 31, 2023 | $ | 65.4 | | | $ | 307.1 | | | $ | 372.5 | |
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(1)Included in other current liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
(2)Included in other long-term obligations in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
(3)Included in litigation settlements and other contingencies, net in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Although the Company has not elected the fair value option for other financial assets and liabilities other than the CCPS, any future transacted financial asset or liability will be evaluated for the fair value election.
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12.Debt
For additional information, see Note 11 Debt in Viatris’ 2022 Form 10-K.
Short-Term Borrowings
The following table summarizes the Company’s short-term borrowings:
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Receivables Facility | 197.0 | | | — | |
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Other | 7.6 | | | — | |
Short-term borrowings | $ | 204.6 | | | $ | — | |
Receivables Facility and Note Securitization Facility
The Company has a $400 million Receivables Facility, which expires in April 2025 and a $200 million Note Securitization Facility which expires in August 2023. Under the terms of each of the Receivables Facility and Note Securitization Facility, certain of our accounts receivable secure the amounts borrowed and cannot be used to pay our other debts or liabilities. The amount that we may borrow at a given point in time is determined based on the amount of qualifying accounts receivable that are present at such point in time. Amounts outstanding under either facility are included as a component of short-term borrowings, while the accounts receivables securing these obligations remain as a component of accounts receivable, net, in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Long-Term Debt
Effective April 28, 2023, we executed an amendment to the Revolving Facility to convert the benchmark interest rate from LIBOR to an adjusted SOFR, with no change in the applicable interest rate margins.
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A summary of long-term debt is as follows: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
($ in millions) | Interest Rate as of March 31, 2023 | | March 31, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
Current portion of long-term debt: | | | | | |
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2023 Senior Notes (a) * | 3.125 | % | | — | | | 750.6 | |
2023 Senior Notes * | 4.200 | % | | 499.8 | | | 499.8 | |
Other | | | 0.7 | | | 0.7 | |
Deferred financing fees | | | (0.4) | | | (0.6) | |
Current portion of long-term debt | | | $ | 500.1 | | | $ | 1,250.5 | |
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2024 Euro Senior Notes ** | 2.250 | % | | 1,083.3 | | | 1,069.8 | |
2024 Euro Senior Notes **** | 1.023 | % | | 821.8 | | | 813.5 | |
2025 Euro Senior Notes * | 2.125 | % | | 541.5 | | | 534.8 | |
2025 Senior Notes *** | 1.650 | % | | 758.6 | | | 759.6 | |
2026 Senior Notes ** | 3.950 | % | | 2,243.7 | | | 2,243.2 | |
2027 Euro Senior Notes **** | 1.362 | % | | 955.7 | | | 945.9 | |
2027 Senior Notes *** | 2.300 | % | | 774.0 | | | 775.3 | |
2028 Euro Senior Notes ** | 3.125 | % | | 808.7 | | | 798.5 | |
2028 Senior Notes * | 4.550 | % | | 749.0 | | | 748.9 | |
2030 Senior Notes *** | 2.700 | % | | 1,510.9 | | | 1,512.8 | |
2032 Euro Senior Notes **** | 1.908 | % | | 1,459.8 | | | 1,444.4 | |
2040 Senior Notes *** | 3.850 | % | | 1,648.9 | | | 1,650.6 | |
2043 Senior Notes * | 5.400 | % | | 497.4 | | | 497.4 | |
2046 Senior Notes ** | 5.250 | % | | 999.9 | | | 999.9 | |
2048 Senior Notes * | 5.200 | % | | 747.8 | | | 747.8 | |
2050 Senior Notes *** | 4.000 | % | | 2,199.6 | | | 2,200.8 | |
YEN Term Loan Facility | Variable | | 301.1 | | | 305.1 | |
Other | | | 1.6 | | | 2.0 | |
Deferred financing fees | | | (33.9) | | | (35.1) | |
Long-term debt | | | $ | 18,069.4 | | | $ | 18,015.2 | |
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(a) In the first quarter of 2020, the Company terminated interest rate swaps designated as a fair value hedge resulting in net proceeds of approximately $45 million. The fair value adjustment was amortized to interest expense over the remaining term of the notes, which were repaid at maturity in the first quarter of 2023.
* Instrument was issued by Mylan Inc.
** Instrument was originally issued by Mylan N.V.; now held by Utah Acquisition Sub Inc.
*** Instrument was issued by Viatris Inc.
**** Instrument was issued by Upjohn Finance B.V.
At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the aggregate fair value of the Company’s outstanding notes was approximately $15.04 billion and $15.36 billion, respectively. The fair values of the outstanding notes were valued at quoted market prices from broker or dealer quotations and were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.
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Mandatory minimum repayments remaining on the notional amount of outstanding long-term debt at March 31, 2023 were as follows for each of the periods ending December 31:
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2023 | $ | 500 | |
2024 | 1,897 | |
2025 | 1,292 | |
2026 | 2,551 | |
2027 | 1,671 | |
Thereafter | 10,118 | |
Total | $ | 18,029 | |
13.Comprehensive Loss
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, as reflected in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, is comprised of the following:
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Accumulated other comprehensive loss: | | | |
Net unrealized loss on marketable securities, net of tax | $ | (1.6) | | | $ | (2.3) | |
Net unrecognized gain and prior service cost related to defined benefit plans, net of tax | 269.3 | | | 268.5 | |
Net unrecognized loss on derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships, net of tax | (16.8) | | | (18.5) | |
Net unrecognized gain on derivatives in net investment hedging relationships, net of tax | 325.1 | | | 377.0 | |
Foreign currency translation adjustment | (3,340.6) | | | (3,385.9) | |
| $ | (2,764.6) | | | $ | (2,761.2) | |
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Components of accumulated other comprehensive loss, before tax, consist of the following, for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022:
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Gains and Losses on Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships | | Gains and Losses on Net Investment Hedges | | Gains and Losses on Marketable Securities | | Defined Pension Plan Items | | Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment | | Totals |
(In millions) | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts | | Interest Rate Swaps | | Total | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance at December 31, 2022, net of tax | | | | | $ | (18.5) | | | $ | 377.0 | | | $ | (2.3) | | | $ | 268.5 | | | $ | (3,385.9) | | | $ | (2,761.2) | |
Other comprehensive earnings (loss) before reclassifications, before tax | | | | | 10.5 | | | (66.2) | | | 0.9 | | | 6.3 | | | 45.3 | | | (3.2) | |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive (loss) earnings, before tax: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Gain on foreign exchange forward contracts classified as cash flow hedges, included in net sales | (8.9) | | | | | (8.9) | | | | | | | | | | | (8.9) | |
Loss on interest rate swaps classified as cash flow hedges, included in interest expense | | | 1.2 | | | 1.2 | | | | | | | | | | | 1.2 | |
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Amortization of actuarial gain included in SG&A | | | | | | | | | | | (5.0) | | | | | (5.0) | |
Net other comprehensive earnings (loss), before tax | | | | | 2.8 | | | (66.2) | | | 0.9 | | | 1.3 | | | 45.3 | | | (15.9) | |
Income tax provision (benefit) | | | | | 1.1 | | | (14.3) | | | 0.2 | | | 0.5 | | | — | | | (12.5) | |
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Balance at March 31, 2023, net of tax | | | | | $ | (16.8) | | | $ | 325.1 | | | $ | (1.6) | | | $ | 269.3 | | | $ | (3,340.6) | | | $ | (2,764.6) | |
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Gains and Losses on Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships | | Gains and Losses on Net Investment Hedges | | Gains and Losses on Marketable Securities | | Defined Pension Plan Items | | Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment | | Totals |
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Balance at December 31, 2021, net of tax | | | | | $ | 9.2 | | | $ | 16.7 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 32.2 | | | $ | (1,802.4) | | | $ | (1,744.3) | |
Other comprehensive earnings (loss) before reclassifications, before tax | | | | | 13.3 | | | 201.3 | | | (1.7) | | | (2.7) | | | (469.2) | | | (259.0) | |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive (loss) earnings, before tax: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Gain on foreign exchange forward contracts classified as cash flow hedges, included in net sales | (14.2) | | | | | (14.2) | | | | | | | | | | | (14.2) | |
Loss on interest rate swaps classified as cash flow hedges, included in interest expense | | | 1.1 | | | 1.1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1.1 | |
Amortization of prior service costs included in SG&A | | | | | | | | | | | 0.1 | | | | | 0.1 | |
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Net other comprehensive earnings (loss), before tax | | | | | 0.2 | | | 201.3 | | | (1.7) | | | (2.6) | | | (469.2) | | | (272.0) | |
Income tax provision (benefit) | | | | | — | | | 44.9 | | | (0.4) | | | 0.2 | | | — | | | 44.7 | |
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Balance at March 31, 2022, net of tax | | | | | $ | 9.4 | | | $ | 173.1 | | | $ | (1.3) | | | $ | 29.4 | | | $ | (2,271.6) | | | $ | (2,061.0) | |
14.Segment Information
Viatris has four reportable segments: Developed Markets, Greater China, JANZ, and Emerging Markets. The Company reports segment information on the basis of markets and geography, which reflects its focus on bringing its broad and diversified portfolio of branded, complex generics and generic products to people in markets everywhere. Our Developed Markets segment comprises our operations primarily in North America and Europe. Our Greater China segment includes our operations in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Our JANZ segment reflects our operations in Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Our Emerging Markets segment encompasses our presence in more than 125 countries with developing markets and emerging economies including in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East as well as the Company’s ARV franchise.
The Company’s chief operating decision maker is the Chief Executive Officer, who evaluates the performance of its segments based on total revenues and segment profitability.
Certain costs are not included in the measurement of segment profitability, such as costs, if any, associated with the following:
◦Intangible asset amortization expense and impairments of goodwill and long-lived assets;
◦R&D and acquired IPR&D expense;
◦Net charges or net gains for litigation settlements and other contingencies;
◦Certain costs related to transactions and events such as (i) purchase accounting adjustments, where we incur expenses associated with the amortization of fair value adjustments to inventory and property, plant and equipment; (ii) acquisition-related costs, where we incur costs for executing the transaction, integrating the acquired operations and restructuring the combined company; and (iii) other significant items, which are substantive and/or unusual, and in some cases recurring, items (such as restructuring) that are evaluated on an individual basis by management and that either as a result of their nature or size, would not be expected to occur as part of our normal business on a regular
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basis. Such special items can include, but are not limited to, non-acquisition-related restructuring costs, as well as costs incurred for asset impairments and disposals of assets or businesses, including costs related to our planned divestitures and the Biocon Biologics Transaction, and, as applicable, any associated transition activities.
◦Corporate and other unallocated costs associated with platform functions (such as digital, facilities, legal, finance, human resources, insurance, public affairs and procurement), patient advocacy activities and certain compensation and other corporate costs (such as interest income and expense, and gains and losses on investments, as well as overhead expenses associated with our manufacturing, which include manufacturing variances associated with production) and operations that are not directly assessed to an operating segment as business unit (segment) management does not manage these costs.
The Company does not report depreciation expense, total assets and capital expenditures by segment, as such information is not used by the chief operating decision maker.
The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in Note 2 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies included in the 2022 Form 10-K.
Presented in the table below is segment information for the periods identified and a reconciliation of segment information to total consolidated information.
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Developed Markets | | $ | 2,170.4 | | | $ | 2,476.1 | | | $ | 938.7 | | | $ | 1,211.5 | |
Greater China | | 564.6 | | | 573.1 | | | 394.3 | | | 417.7 | |
JANZ | | 342.2 | | | 423.8 | | | 130.5 | | | 174.3 | |
Emerging Markets | | 641.9 | | | 705.2 | | | 313.0 | | | 345.3 | |
Total reportable segments | | $ | 3,719.1 | | | $ | 4,178.2 | | | $ | 1,776.5 | | | $ | 2,148.8 | |
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Reconciling items: | | | | | | | | |
Intangible asset amortization expense | | | | | | (603.3) | | | (648.1) | |
Intangible asset disposal & impairment charges | | | | | | (32.0) | | | — | |
Globally managed research and development costs | | | | | | (182.9) | | | (142.3) | |
Litigation settlements & other contingencies | | | | | | (0.6) | | | (6.2) | |
Transaction related and other special items | | | | | | (178.5) | | | (185.6) | |
Corporate and other unallocated | | | | | | (379.4) | | | (459.2) | |
Earnings from operations | | | | | | $ | 399.8 | | | $ | 707.4 | |
15.Restructuring
2020 Restructuring Program
During the fourth quarter of 2020, Viatris announced a significant global restructuring program in order to achieve synergies and ensure that the organization is optimally structured and efficiently resourced to deliver sustainable value to patients, shareholders, customers, and other stakeholders. As part of the restructuring, the Company is optimizing its commercial capabilities and enabling functions, and closing, downsizing or divesting certain manufacturing facilities globally that are deemed to be no longer viable either due to surplus capacity, challenging market dynamics or a shift in its product portfolio toward more complex products. The remaining actions under the 2020 restructuring program include the disposal or closure of certain manufacturing facilities, which are expected to be substantially completed in 2023.
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For the committed restructuring actions, the Company expects to incur total pre-tax charges of up to approximately $1.4 billion. Such charges are expected to include up to approximately $450 million of non-cash charges mainly related to accelerated depreciation and asset impairment charges, including inventory write-offs. The remaining estimated cash costs of up to approximately $950 million are expected to be primarily related to severance and employee benefits expense, as well as other costs, including those related to contract terminations and other plant disposal costs.
Charges for restructuring and ongoing cost reduction initiatives are recorded in the period the Company commits to a restructuring or cost reduction plan, or executes specific actions contemplated by the plan and all criteria for liability recognition have been met.
The following table summarizes the restructuring charges and the reserve activity for the 2020 restructuring program from December 31, 2022 to March 31, 2023:
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Balance at December 31, 2022: | $ | 155.6 | | | $ | 1.9 | | | $ | 157.5 | |
Charges (1) | 2.8 | | | 6.9 | | | 9.7 | |
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Cash payment | (24.5) | | | (3.1) | | | (27.6) | |
Utilization | — | | | (3.8) | | | (3.8) | |
Foreign currency translation | 0.3 | | | — | | | 0.3 | |
Balance at March 31, 2023: | $ | 134.2 | | | $ | 1.9 | | | $ | 136.1 | |
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(1) For the three months ended March 31, 2023, total restructuring charges in Developed Markets, Emerging Markets, Greater China, and JANZ were approximately $7.7 million, $1.3 million, $(0.6) million, and $1.3 million, respectively.
At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, accrued liabilities for restructuring and other cost reduction programs were primarily included in other current liabilities and other long-term obligations in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
16.Licensing and Other Partner Agreements
We periodically enter into licensing and other partner agreements with other pharmaceutical companies for the development, manufacture, marketing and/or sale of pharmaceutical products. Our significant licensing and other partner agreements are primarily focused on the development, manufacturing, supply and commercialization of multiple complex products. Under these agreements, we have future potential milestone payments and co-development expenses payable to third parties as part of our licensing, development and co-development programs. Payments under these agreements generally become due and are payable upon the satisfaction or achievement of certain developmental, regulatory or commercial milestones or as development expenses are incurred on defined projects. Milestone payment obligations are uncertain, including the prediction of timing and the occurrence of events triggering a future obligation and are not reflected as liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, except for obligations reflected as acquisition related contingent consideration. Refer to Note 11 Financial Instruments and Risk Management for further discussion of contingent consideration.
Our potential maximum development milestones not accrued for at March 31, 2023 totaled approximately $387 million. We estimate that the amounts that may be paid through the end of 2023 to be approximately $5 million. These agreements may also include potential sales-based milestones and call for us to pay a percentage of amounts earned from the sale of the product as a royalty or a profit share. The amounts disclosed do not include sales-based milestones or royalty or profit share obligations on future sales of product as the timing and amount of future sales levels and costs to produce products subject to these obligations is not reasonably estimable. These sales-based milestones or royalty or profit share obligations may be significant depending upon the level of commercial sales for each product.
There have been no significant changes to our licensing and other partner agreements as disclosed in our 2022 Form 10-K.
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17.Income Taxes
Legislative Updates
On August 16, 2022, the U.S. government enacted the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “Inflation Reduction Act”) into law, which includes a new corporate alternative minimum tax (“CAMT”) and an excise tax of 1% on the fair market value of net stock repurchases. Both provisions are effective for years after December 31, 2022. The Company reflected the applicable estimated excise tax in treasury stock as part of the cost basis of the stock repurchased and recorded a corresponding liability in Other current liabilities in our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2023. The share repurchase and authorization amounts disclosed in this Form 10-Q exclude the excise tax. The Company does not anticipate being subject to the 15% CAMT tax in 2023 based on enacted law and regulatory guidance; however, our CAMT status for 2023 could change in the future, depending on new regulations or regulatory guidance issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Tax Examinations
The Company is subject to income taxes and tax audits in many jurisdictions. A certain degree of estimation is thus required in recording the assets and liabilities related to income taxes. Tax audits and examinations can involve complex issues, interpretations, and judgments and the resolution of matters that may span multiple years, particularly if subject to litigation or negotiation.
Although the Company believes that adequate provisions have been made for these uncertain tax positions, the Company’s assessment of uncertain tax positions, including those arising from legal entity restructuring transactions in connection with the Combination, is based on estimates and assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable but the estimates for unrecognized tax benefits and potential tax benefits may not be representative of actual outcomes, and variations from such estimates could materially affect the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows in the period of resolution, settlement or when the statutes of limitations expire.
The Company is subject to ongoing IRS examinations. The years 2015 through 2019 are open years under examination. The years 2012, 2013 and 2014 have one matter open, and a Tax Court petition was filed regarding the matter and a trial was held in December 2018 and is discussed further below.
Several international audits are currently in progress. In some cases, the tax auditors have proposed adjustments or issued assessments to our tax positions, including with respect to intercompany transactions, and we are in ongoing discussions with some of the auditors regarding the validity of their positions.
In instances where assessments have been issued, we disagree with these assessments and believe they are without merit and incorrect as a matter of law. As a result, we anticipate that certain of these matters may become the subject of litigation before tax courts where we intend to vigorously defend our position.
In Australia, the tax authorities have issued notices of assessments to the Company for the years ended December 2009 to December 2020, subject to additional interest and penalties, concerning our tax position with respect to certain intercompany transactions. The tax authorities denied our objections to the assessments for the years ended December 2009 to December 2020 and we have commenced litigation in the Australian Federal Court challenging those decisions. The Company made a partial payment of $56.0 million in 2021 and $5.2 million in 2022 in order to stay potential interest and penalties resulting from this litigation.
In France, the tax authorities have issued notices of assessments to the Company for the years ended December 2013 to December 2015 concerning our tax position with respect to whether income earned by a Company entity not domiciled in France should be subject to French tax. We have commenced litigation before the French tax courts where the tax authorities will seek unpaid taxes, penalties, and interest.
In India, the tax authorities have issued notices of assessments to the Company seeking unpaid taxes and interest for the financial years covering 2013 to 2018 concerning our tax position with respect to certain corporate tax deductions and certain intercompany transactions. Some of these issues were resolved through the Company entering into an agreement with the tax authorities in March 2023 in respect of the pricing of its international transactions. The Company recorded tax expense of approximately $21.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 due to the terms of this agreement. The remaining issues are in the audit phase or are being challenged in the Indian tax courts.
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The Company has recorded a net reserve for uncertain tax positions of $299.3 million and $298.1 million, including interest and penalties, in connection with its international audits at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. In connection with our international tax audits, it is possible that we will incur material losses above the amounts reserved.
The Company’s major U.S. state taxing jurisdictions remain open from fiscal year 2013 through 2021, with several state audits currently in progress. The Company’s major international taxing jurisdictions remain open from 2012 through 2021.
Tax Court Proceedings
The Company's U.S. federal income tax returns for 2012 through 2014 had been subject to proceedings in U.S. Tax Court involving a dispute with the IRS regarding whether certain costs related to ANDAs were eligible to be expensed and deducted immediately or required to be amortized over longer periods. A trial was held in U.S. Tax Court in December 2018 and on April 27, 2021, the Court affirmed Mylan’s position and held that patent litigation expenses related to ANDAs are immediately deductible. The IRS appealed, the case was heard before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals on January 12, 2023 and we are awaiting a decision.
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes
The impact of an uncertain tax position that is more likely than not of being sustained upon audit by the relevant taxing authority must be recognized at the largest amount that is more likely than not to be sustained. No portion of an uncertain tax position will be recognized if the position has less than a 50% likelihood of being sustained.
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18.Litigation
The Company is involved in various disputes, governmental and/or regulatory inquiries, investigations and proceedings, tax proceedings and litigation matters, both in the U.S. and abroad, that arise from time to time, some of which could result in losses, including damages, fines and/or civil penalties, and/or criminal charges against the Company. These matters are often complex and have outcomes that are difficult to predict.
In addition, in connection with the Combination, the Company has generally assumed liability for, and control of, pending and threatened legal matters relating to the Upjohn Business – including certain matters initiated against Pfizer described below – and has agreed to indemnify Pfizer for liabilities arising out of such assumed legal matters. Pfizer, however, has agreed to retain various matters – including certain specified competition law matters – to the extent they arise from conduct during the pre-Distribution period and has agreed to indemnify the Company for liabilities arising out of such matters.
While the Company believes that it has meritorious defenses with respect to the claims asserted against it and the assumed legal matters referenced above, and intends to vigorously defend its position, the process of resolving these matters is inherently uncertain and may develop over a long period of time, and so it is not possible to predict the ultimate resolution of any such matter. It is possible that an unfavorable resolution of any of the ongoing matters could have a material effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, ability to pay dividends and/or stock price.
Some of these governmental inquiries, investigations, proceedings and litigation matters with which the Company is involved are described below, and unless otherwise disclosed, the Company is unable to predict the outcome of the matter or to provide an estimate of the range of reasonably possible material losses. The Company records accruals for loss contingencies to the extent we conclude it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. The Company is also involved in other pending proceedings for which, in the opinion of the Company based upon facts and circumstances known at the time, either the likelihood of loss is remote or any reasonably possible loss associated with the resolution of such proceedings is not expected to be material to the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations, cash flows, ability to pay dividends and/or stock price. If and when any reasonably possible losses associated with the resolution of such other pending proceedings, in the opinion of the Company, become material, the Company will disclose such matters.
Legal costs are recorded as incurred and are classified in SG&A in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.
EpiPen® Auto-Injector Litigation
On February 14, 2020, the Company, together with other non-Viatris affiliated companies, were named as defendants in a putative direct purchaser class action filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas relating to the pricing and/or marketing of the EpiPen® Auto-Injector. On September 21, 2021, after Plaintiffs’ then operative complaint was dismissed with an option to file a limited amended complaint, Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint asserting federal antitrust claims which are based on allegations concerning a patent settlement between Pfizer and Teva and other alleged actions regarding the launch of Teva’s generic epinephrine auto-injector. Plaintiffs’ seek monetary damages, declaratory relief, attorneys’ fees and costs.
Beginning in March 2020, the Company, together with other non-Viatris affiliated companies, were named as defendants in putative direct purchaser class actions filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota relating to contracts with certain pharmacy benefit managers concerning EpiPen® Auto-Injector. The plaintiffs claim that the alleged conduct resulted in the exclusion or restriction of competing products and the elimination of pricing constraints in violation of RICO and federal antitrust law. These actions have been consolidated. Plaintiffs’ seek monetary damages, attorneys’ fees and costs.
On April 24, 2017, Sanofi Aventis U.S., LLC (“Sanofi”) filed a lawsuit against the Company in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. This lawsuit was transferred into a MDL in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas and alleged exclusive dealing and anti-competitive marketing practices in violation of the antitrust laws in connection with the sale and marketing of the EpiPen® Auto-Injector. Sanofi sought monetary damages, declaratory relief, attorneys’ fees and costs. The Court granted the Company’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed Sanofi’s claims. Sanofi’s appeal was denied. Sanofi’s petition seeking review by the U.S. Supreme Court was also denied and concludes this matter.
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The Company has a total accrual of approximately $5.5 million related to these matters at March 31, 2023, which is included in other current liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Although it is reasonably possible that the Company may incur additional losses from these matters, any amount cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. In addition, the Company expects to incur additional legal and other professional service expenses associated with such matters in future periods and will recognize these expenses as services are received. The Company believes that the ultimate amount paid for these services and claims could have a material effect on the Company's business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, ability to pay dividends and/or stock price in future periods.
Drug Pricing Matters
Department of Justice
On December 3, 2015, the Company received a subpoena from the Antitrust Division of the DOJ seeking information relating to the marketing, pricing, and sale of certain of our generic products and any communications with competitors about such products. On September 8, 2016, the Company, as well as certain employees and a member of senior management, received subpoenas from the DOJ seeking similar information. Related search warrants also were executed.
On May 10, 2018, the Company received a civil investigative demand from the Civil Division of the DOJ seeking information relating to the pricing and sale of its generic drug products.
We have fully cooperated with these investigations, which we believe are related to a broader industry-wide investigation of the generic pharmaceutical industry. We have not had contact from DOJ concerning the above-described subpoenas or civil investigative demand in several years.
Civil Litigation
Beginning in 2016, the Company, along with other manufacturers, has been named as a defendant in lawsuits filed in the United States and Canada generally alleging anticompetitive conduct with respect to generic drugs. The lawsuits have been filed by plaintiffs, including putative classes of direct purchasers, indirect purchasers, and indirect resellers, as well as individual direct and indirect purchasers and certain cities and counties. The lawsuits allege harm under federal laws and the United States lawsuits also allege harm under state laws, including antitrust laws, state consumer protection laws and unjust enrichment claims. Some of the United States lawsuits also name as defendants the Company’s President, including allegations against him with respect to a single drug product, and one of the Company’s sales employees, including allegations against him with respect to certain generic drugs. The vast majority of the lawsuits have been consolidated in an MDL proceeding in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (“EDPA”). Plaintiffs generally seek monetary damages, restitution, declaratory and injunctive relief, attorneys’ fees and costs. The EDPA Court has ordered certain plaintiffs’ complaints regarding two single-drug product cases to proceed as bellwethers. The Company is named in those plaintiffs’ complaints that regard one of the two individual drug products.
Attorneys General Litigation
On December 21, 2015, the Company received a subpoena and interrogatories from the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General seeking information relating to the marketing, pricing and sale of certain of the Company’s generic products and communications with competitors about such products. On December 14, 2016, attorneys general of certain states filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut against several generic pharmaceutical drug manufacturers, including the Company, alleging anticompetitive conduct with respect to, among other things, a single drug product. The complaint has subsequently been amended, including on June 18, 2018, to add attorneys general alleging violations of federal and state antitrust laws, as well as violations of various states’ consumer protection laws. This lawsuit has been transferred to the aforementioned MDL proceeding in the EDPA. The operative complaint includes attorneys general of forty-six states, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The Company is alleged to have engaged in anticompetitive conduct with respect to four generic drug products. The amended complaint also includes claims asserted by attorneys general of thirty-six states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico against certain individuals, including the Company’s President, with respect to a single drug product. The amended complaint seeks declaratory and injunctive relief, disgorgement, attorneys’ fees and costs, and certain states seek monetary damages, civil penalties, restitution, and other equitable monetary relief. The States’ claim for disgorgement and restitution under federal law in this case has been dismissed.
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On May 10, 2019, certain attorneys general filed a new complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut against various drug manufacturers and individuals, including the Company and one of its sales employees, alleging anticompetitive conduct with respect to additional generic drugs. On November 1, 2019, the complaint was amended, adding additional states as plaintiffs. The operative complaint is brought by attorneys general of forty-seven states, certain territories and the District of Columbia. The amended complaint also includes claims asserted by attorneys general of forty-two states and certain territories against several individuals, including a Company sales employee. The amended complaint seeks declaratory and injunctive relief, disgorgement, attorneys’ fees and costs, and certain states seek monetary damages, civil penalties, restitution, and other equitable monetary relief. This lawsuit has been transferred to the aforementioned MDL proceeding in the EDPA.
On June 10, 2020, certain attorneys general filed a new complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut against drug manufacturers, including the Company, and individual defendants (none from the Company), alleging anticompetitive conduct with respect to additional generic drugs. On September 9, 2021, the complaint was amended, adding an additional state as a plaintiff. The operative complaint is brought by attorneys general of forty-six states, certain territories and the District of Columbia. The amended complaint seeks declaratory and injunctive relief, disgorgement, attorneys’ fees and costs, and certain states seek monetary damages, civil penalties, restitution, and other equitable monetary relief. This lawsuit has been transferred to the aforementioned MDL proceeding in the EDPA and has been ordered to proceed as a bellwether.
Securities Related Litigation
Purported class action complaints were filed in October 2016 against Mylan N.V. and Mylan Inc. (collectively “Mylan”), certain of Mylan’s former directors and officers, and certain of the Company’s current directors and officers (collectively, for purposes of this paragraph, the “defendants”) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY”) on behalf of certain purchasers of securities of Mylan on the NASDAQ. The complaints alleged that defendants made false or misleading statements and omissions of purportedly material fact, in violation of federal securities laws, in connection with disclosures relating to the classification of their EpiPen® Auto-Injector as a non-innovator drug for purposes of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. On March 20, 2017, a consolidated amended complaint was filed alleging substantially similar claims, but adding allegations that defendants made false or misleading statements and omissions of purportedly material fact in connection with allegedly anticompetitive conduct with respect to EpiPen® Auto-Injector and certain generic drugs.
The operative complaint is the third amended consolidated complaint, which was filed on June 17, 2019, and contains the allegations as described above against Mylan, certain of Mylan’s former directors and officers, and certain of the Company’s current directors, officers, and employees (collectively, for purposes of this paragraph, the “defendants”). A class has been certified covering all persons or entities that purchased Mylan common stock between February 21, 2012 and May 24, 2019 excluding defendants, certain of the Company’s current directors and officers, former directors and officers of Mylan, members of their immediate families and their legal representatives, heirs, successors or assigns, and any entity in which defendants have or had a controlling interest. Plaintiffs seek damages and costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees and expert costs. On March 30, 2023, the Court dismissed all of Plaintiffs’ claims by granting Defendants’ motion for summary judgment and denying Plaintiffs’ cross-motion for partial summary judgment. Plaintiffs have filed an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
On April 30, 2017, a similar lawsuit was filed in the Tel Aviv District Court (Economic Division) in Israel, which has been stayed pending a decision in the SDNY class action litigation.
On February 14, 2020, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority filed a complaint against Mylan in the SDNY asserting allegations pertaining to EpiPen® Auto-Injector and certain generic drugs under the federal securities laws that overlap with those asserted in the third amended complaint identified above. The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority’s complaint seeks monetary damages as well as the plaintiff’s fees and costs.
On June 26, 2020, a putative class action complaint was filed by the Public Employees Retirement System of Mississippi, which was subsequently amended on November 13, 2020, against Mylan N.V., certain of Mylan N.V.’s former directors and officers, and an officer and director of the Company (collectively for the purposes of this paragraph, the “defendants”) in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on behalf of certain purchasers of securities of Mylan N.V. The amended complaint alleges that defendants made false or misleading statements and omissions of purportedly material fact, in violation of federal securities laws, in connection with disclosures relating to the Morgantown manufacturing
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plant and inspections at the plant by the FDA. Plaintiff seeks certification of a class of purchasers of Mylan N.V. securities between February 16, 2016 and May 7, 2019. The complaint seeks monetary damages, as well as the plaintiff’s fees and costs.
On February 15, 2021, a complaint was filed by Skandia Mutual Life Ins. Co., Lansforsakringar AB, KBC Asset Management N.V., and GIC Private Limited, against the Company, certain of Mylan N.V.’s former directors and officers, a current director and officer of the Company, and current employees of the Company. The Complaint asserts claims which are based on allegations that are similar to those in the SDNY and the Western District of Pennsylvania complaints identified above. Plaintiffs seek compensatory damages, costs and expenses and attorneys’ fees.
On October 28, 2021, the Company and certain of its then officers and directors were named as defendants in a putative class action lawsuit filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania on behalf of former Mylan shareholders who received Company common stock in connection with the Combination. A non-Viatris affiliated company and persons were also named as defendants. The complaint alleges violations of Sections 11, 12(a)(2), and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 for purportedly failing to disclose or misrepresenting material information in the registration statement and related prospectus issued in connection with the Combination. On January 3, 2023, an amended complaint was filed naming the same defendants and alleging the same violations as the original complaint. Plaintiffs seek monetary damages, reasonable costs and expenses, and certain other equitable and injunctive relief.
Opioids
The Company, along with other manufacturers, distributors, pharmacies, pharmacy benefit managers, and individual healthcare providers is a defendant in more than 1,000 cases in the United States and Canada filed by various plaintiffs, including counties, cities and other local governmental entities, asserting civil claims related to sales, marketing and/or distribution practices with respect to prescription opioid products. In addition, lawsuits have been filed as putative class actions including on behalf of children with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome due to alleged exposure to opioids.
The lawsuits generally seek equitable relief and monetary damages (including punitive and/or exemplary damages) based on a variety of legal theories, including various statutory and/or common law claims, such as negligence, public nuisance and unjust enrichment. The vast majority of these lawsuits have been consolidated in an MDL in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District Court of Ohio.
On January 13, 2023, the Company received a civil subpoena from the Attorney General of the State of New York seeking information relating to opioids manufactured, marketed, or sold by the Company and related subject matter. The Company is fully cooperating with this subpoena request.
Meda Sweden Commercial Dispute
On August 30, 2021, Ocular AS and other related entities (“Claimants”) initiated an arbitration in Sweden against Meda OTC AB and Meda AB (collectively, “Meda” or the “Company”) alleging breach of a 2013 sale and purchase agreement between Claimants and Meda concerning commercialization of a dental hygiene product. Claimants are seeking approximately $155 million in purported damages, plus interest and costs. The Company believes that it acted lawfully and vigorously contested all aspects of Claimants’ case – including their asserted damages – at an arbitration hearing that took place in February 2023.
Citalopram
In 2013, the European Commission issued a decision finding that Lundbeck and several generic companies, including Generics [U.K.] Limited (“GUK” or the “Company”), had violated EU competition rules relating to various settlement agreements entered into in 2002 for citalopram. After various appeals, the European Commission’s decision was upheld in March 2021. On March 28, 2023, bodies of the national health authorities in England & Wales served a claim in the U.K. Competition Appeals Tribunal against parties to the citalopram investigation, including GUK, seeking monetary damages, plus interest, purportedly arising from the settlement agreements. The Company, beginning in approximately 2018, has received notices from other health service authorities and insurers asserting an intention to file similar claims. Pursuant to an indemnification agreement, Merck KGaA and GUK have agreed to equally share any damages claimed against Merck KGaA and/or GUK alleged to have been caused by the conduct which is the subject of the European Commission decision.
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The Company has accrued approximately €11.9 million as of March 31, 2023 related to this matter. It is reasonably possible that we will incur additional losses above the amount accrued but we cannot estimate a range of such reasonably possible losses at this time. There are no assurances, however, that settlements reached and/or adverse judgments received, if any, will not exceed amounts accrued.
Product Liability
Like other pharmaceutical companies, the Company is involved in a number of product liability lawsuits related to alleged personal injuries arising out of certain products manufactured/or distributed by the Company, including but not limited to those discussed below. Plaintiffs in these cases generally seek damages and other relief on various grounds for alleged personal injury and economic loss.
The Company has accrued approximately $65.1 million as of March 31, 2023 for its product liability matters. It is reasonably possible that we will incur additional losses and fees above the amount accrued but we cannot estimate a range of such reasonably possible losses or legal fees related to these claims at this time. There are no assurances, however, that settlements reached and/or adverse judgments received, if any, will not exceed amounts accrued.
Nitrosamines
The Company, along with numerous other manufacturers, retailers, and others, are parties to litigation relating to alleged trace amounts of nitrosamine impurities in certain products, including valsartan and ranitidine. The vast majority of these lawsuits naming the Company in the United States are pending in two MDLs, namely an MDL pending in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey concerning valsartan and an MDL pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida concerning ranitidine. The lawsuits against the Company in the MDLs include putative and certified classes seeking the refund of the purchase price and other economic and punitive damages allegedly sustained by consumers and end payors as well as individuals seeking compensatory and punitive damages for personal injuries allegedly caused by ingestion of the medications. Similar lawsuits pertaining to valsartan have been filed in other countries. Third party payor, consumer and medical monitoring classes were certified in the valsartan MDL and a Rule 23(f) petition to appeal the certification decision was denied. The Company has also received claims and inquiries related to these products, as well as requests to indemnify purchasers of the Company’s API and/ or finished dose forms of these products. The original master complaints concerning ranitidine were dismissed on December 31, 2020. The end-payor plaintiff immediately appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, which affirmed the dismissal. The personal injury and consumer putative class plaintiffs filed amended master complaints. The Company was not named as a defendant in the amended master complaints, though it was still named in certain short form complaints filed by personal injury plaintiffs. The trial court has dismissed all remaining claims against the generic defendants. Certain of the personal injury plaintiffs appealed this dismissal, which remains pending.
Lipitor
A number of individual and multi-plaintiff lawsuits have been filed against Pfizer in various federal and state courts alleging that the plaintiffs developed type 2 diabetes purportedly as a result of the ingestion of Lipitor. Plaintiffs seek compensatory and punitive damages. In February 2014, the federal actions were transferred for consolidated pre-trial proceedings to an MDL in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Since 2016, certain cases in the MDL were remanded to certain state courts. In 2017, the District Court granted Pfizer’s motion for summary judgment, dismissing all of the cases pending in the MDL. In June 2018, this dismissal was affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The state court proceedings remain pending in Missouri and New York. Prior state court proceedings in California have now been terminated after the California Court previously granted motions (i) to exclude the opinions of plaintiffs’ only general causation expert in connection with his opinions involving the three lowest doses of Lipitor (10, 20 and 40 mg); (ii) for summary judgment in connection with the 10, 20, and 40 mg plaintiffs; and (iii) seeking the dismissal of the remaining cases involving the highest dose of Lipitor (80 mg).
Intellectual Property
The Company is involved in a number of patent litigation lawsuits involving the validity and/or infringement of patents held by branded pharmaceutical manufacturers including but not limited to the matters described below. The Company uses its business judgment to decide to market and sell certain products, in each case based on its belief that the applicable patents are invalid and/or that its products do not infringe, notwithstanding the fact that allegations of patent infringement(s) or
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other potential third party rights have not been finally resolved by the courts. The risk involved in doing so can be substantial because the remedies available to the owner of a patent for infringement may include, a reasonable royalty on sales or damages measured by the profits lost by the patent owner. If there is a finding of willful infringement, damages may be increased up to three times. Moreover, because of the discount pricing typically involved with bioequivalent products, patented branded products generally realize a substantially higher profit margin than generic and biosimilar products. The Company also faces challenges to its patents, including suits in various jurisdictions pursuant to which generic drug manufacturers, payers, governments, or other parties are seeking damages for allegedly causing delay of generic entry. An adverse decision in any of these matters could have an adverse effect that is material to our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, ability to pay dividends and/or stock price.
The Company has accrued approximately $108.8 million as of March 31, 2023 for its intellectual property matters. It is reasonably possible that we will incur additional losses and fees above the amount accrued but we cannot estimate a range of such reasonably possible losses or legal fees related to these claims at this time. There are no assurances, however, that settlements reached and/or adverse judgments received, if any, will not exceed amounts accrued.
Lyrica - United Kingdom
Beginning in 2014, Pfizer was involved in patent litigation in the English courts concerning the validity of its Lyrica pain use patent. In 2015, the High Court of Justice in London ordered that the NHS England issue guidance for prescribers and pharmacists directing the prescription and dispensing of Lyrica by brand when pregabalin was prescribed for the treatment of neuropathic pain and entered a preliminary injunction against certain Sandoz group companies preventing the sale of Sandoz’s full label pregabalin product. Pfizer undertook to compensate certain generic companies and NHS entities for losses caused by these orders, which remained in effect until patent expiration in July 2017. In November 2018, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled that all the relevant claims directed to neuropathic pain were invalid.
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories filed a claim for monetary damages, interest, and costs in May 2020, followed by the Scottish Ministers and fourteen Scottish Health Boards (together, NHS Scotland) in July 2020. In September 2020, Teva, Sandoz, Ranbaxy, Actavis, and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, together with 32 other NHS entities (together, NHS England, Wales, and Northern Ireland) filed their claims. All of the claims except for those filed by Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories and NHS Scotland have been resolved. A trial on the remaining claims has been set for November 2023.
Yupelri
Beginning in January 2023, certain generic companies notified us that they had filed ANDAs with the FDA seeking approval to market generic versions of Yupelri® with associated Paragraph IV certifications. The companies assert the invalidity and/or non-infringement of polymorph patents expiring in 2030 and 2031, and a method of use patent expiring in 2039. The companies have not filed Paragraph IV certifications to our compound patents, which currently expire in December 2025, with one compound patent subject to a patent term extension to October 2028. In February 2023, we brought patent infringement actions against the generic filers in federal district courts, including the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, and the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, asserting infringement of the patents by the generic companies. The actions filed in Delaware and North Carolina have been dismissed and the actions will proceed in New Jersey.
Other Litigation
The Company is involved in various other legal proceedings including commercial, contractual, employment, or other similar matters that are considered normal to its business. The Company has approximately $8.6 million accrued related to these various other legal proceedings at March 31, 2023.
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis addresses material changes in the financial condition and results of operations of Viatris Inc. and subsidiaries for the periods presented. Unless context requires otherwise, the “Company,” “Viatris,” “our” or “we” refer to Viatris Inc. and its subsidiaries.
This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements, the related Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in Viatris’ 2022 Form 10-K, the unaudited interim financial statements and related Notes included in Part I — ITEM 1 of this Form 10-Q and our other SEC filings and public disclosures. The interim results of operations and comprehensive earnings (loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2023, and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year or any other future period.
This Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements”. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements may include, without limitation, statements about the goals or outlooks with respect to the Company’s strategic initiatives, including but not limited to the Company’s two-phased strategic vision and potential divestitures and acquisitions; the benefits and synergies of acquisitions, divestitures or our global restructuring program; future opportunities for the Company and its products; and any other statements regarding the Company’s future operations, financial or operating results, capital allocation, dividend policy and payments, stock repurchases, debt ratio and covenants, anticipated business levels, future earnings, planned activities, anticipated growth, market opportunities, strategies, competitions, commitments, confidence in future results, efforts to create, enhance or otherwise unlock the value of our unique global platform, and other expectations and targets for future periods. Forward-looking statements may often be identified by the use of words such as “will”, “may”, “could”, “should”, “would”, “project”, “believe”, “anticipate”, “expect”, “plan”, “estimate”, “forecast”, “potential”, “pipeline”, “intend”, “continue”, “target”, “seek” and variations of these words or comparable words. Because forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties, actual future results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to:
•the possibility that the Company may be unable to realize the intended benefits of, or achieve the intended goals or outlooks with respect to, its strategic initiatives;
•the possibility that the Company may be unable to achieve expected benefits, synergies and operating efficiencies in connection with acquisitions, divestitures, or its global restructuring program within the expected timeframe or at all;
•impairment charges or other losses related to the divestiture or sale of businesses or assets;
•the Company’s failure to achieve expected or targeted future financial and operating performance and results;
•the potential impact of public health outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics, including the ongoing challenges and uncertainties posed by the COVID-19 pandemic;
•actions and decisions of healthcare and pharmaceutical regulators;
•changes in relevant laws and regulations, including but not limited to changes in tax, healthcare and pharmaceutical laws and regulations globally (including the impact of recent and potential tax reform in the U.S.);
•the ability to attract and retain key personnel;
•the Company’s liquidity, capital resources and ability to obtain financing;
•any regulatory, legal or other impediments to the Company’s ability to bring new products to market, including but not limited to “at-risk launches”;
•success of clinical trials and the Company’s or its partners’ ability to execute on new product opportunities and develop, manufacture and commercialize products;
•any changes in or difficulties with the Company’s manufacturing facilities, including with respect to inspections, remediation and restructuring activities, supply chain or inventory or the ability to meet anticipated demand;
•the scope, timing and outcome of any ongoing legal proceedings, including government inquiries or investigations, and the impact of any such proceedings on the Company;
•any significant breach of data security or data privacy or disruptions to our information technology systems;
•risks associated with having significant operations globally;
•the ability to protect intellectual property and preserve intellectual property rights;
•changes in third-party relationships;
•the effect of any changes in the Company’s or its partners’ customer and supplier relationships and customer purchasing patterns, including customer loss and business disruption being greater than expected following an acquisition or divestiture;
•the impacts of competition, including decreases in sales or revenues as a result of the loss of market exclusivity for certain products;
•changes in the economic and financial conditions of the Company or its partners;
•uncertainties regarding future demand, pricing and reimbursement for the Company’s products;
•uncertainties and matters beyond the control of management, including but not limited to general political and economic conditions, inflation rates and global exchange rates; and
•inherent uncertainties involved in the estimates and judgments used in the preparation of financial statements, and the providing of estimates of financial measures, in accordance with U.S. GAAP and related standards or on an adjusted basis.
For more detailed information on the risks and uncertainties associated with Viatris, see the risks described in Part I, Item 1A in the 2022 Form 10-K, and our other filings with the SEC. You can access Viatris’ filings with the SEC through the SEC website at www.sec.gov or through our website, and Viatris strongly encourages you to do so. Viatris routinely posts information that may be important to investors on our website at investor.viatris.com, and we use this website address as a means of disclosing material information to the public in a broad, non-exclusionary manner for purposes of the SEC’s Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg FD). The contents of our website are not incorporated by reference in this Form 10-Q and shall not be deemed “filed” under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Viatris undertakes no obligation to update any statements herein for revisions or changes after the filing date of this Form 10-Q other than as required by law.
Company Overview
Viatris is a global healthcare company formed in November 2020 whose mission is to empower people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life, regardless of geography or circumstance. Improving the ability of patients to gain access to sustainable and high-quality healthcare is our relentless pursuit. One that rests on visionary thinking, determination and best-in-class capabilities that were strategically built to remove barriers across the health spectrum and advance access globally.
Viatris’ seasoned management team is focused on ensuring that the Company is optimally structured and efficiently resourced to deliver sustainable value to patients, shareholders, customers and other key stakeholders. With a global workforce of approximately 38,000, the Company has industry leading commercial, R&D, regulatory, manufacturing, legal and medical expertise complemented by a strong commitment to quality and an unparalleled geographic footprint to deliver high-quality medicines to patients in more than 165 countries and territories. Viatris’ portfolio comprises more than 1,400 approved molecules across a wide range of key therapeutic areas, including globally recognized iconic and key brands, generics, and complex generics. The Company operates approximately 40 manufacturing sites worldwide that produce oral solid doses, injectables, complex dosage forms and APIs. Viatris is headquartered in the U.S., with global centers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Shanghai, China and Hyderabad, India.
Viatris has four reportable segments: Developed Markets, Greater China, JANZ, and Emerging Markets. The Company reports segment information on the basis of markets and geography, which reflects its focus on bringing its broad and diversified portfolio of branded, complex generics, and generic products to people in markets everywhere. Our Developed Markets segment comprises our operations primarily in North America and Europe. Our Greater China segment includes our operations in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Our JANZ segment reflects our operations in Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Our Emerging Markets segment encompasses our presence in more than 125 countries with developing markets and emerging economies including in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East as well as the Company’s ARV franchise.
Certain Market and Industry Factors
The global pharmaceutical industry is a highly competitive and highly regulated industry. As a result, we face a number of industry-specific factors and challenges, which can significantly impact our results. The following discussion highlights some of these key factors and market conditions.
Generic products, particularly in the U.S., generally contribute most significantly to revenues and gross margins at the time of their launch, and even more so in periods of market exclusivity, or in periods of limited generic competition. As such, the timing of new product introductions can have a significant impact on the Company’s financial results. The entrance into the market of additional competition generally has a negative impact on the volume and pricing of the affected products. Additionally, pricing is often affected by factors outside of the Company’s control. Conversely, generic products generally experience less volatility over a longer period of time in Europe as compared to the U.S., primarily due to the role of government oversight of healthcare systems in the region.
For branded products, the majority of the product’s commercial value is usually realized during the period in which the product has market exclusivity. In the U.S. and some other countries, when market exclusivity expires and generic versions of a product are approved and marketed, there can often be very substantial and rapid declines in the branded product’s sales.
Certain markets in which we do business outside of the U.S. have undergone government-imposed price reductions, and further government-imposed price reductions are expected in the future. Such measures, along with the tender systems discussed below, are likely to have a negative impact on sales and gross profit in these markets. However, government initiatives in certain markets that appear to favor generic products could help to mitigate this unfavorable effect by increasing rates of generic substitution and penetration.
Additionally, a number of markets in which we operate outside of the U.S. have implemented, or may implement, tender systems for generic pharmaceuticals in an effort to lower prices. Generally speaking, tender systems can have an unfavorable impact on sales and profitability. Under such tender systems, manufacturers submit bids that establish prices for generic pharmaceutical products. Upon winning the tender, the winning company will receive priority placement for a period of time. The tender system often results in companies underbidding one another by proposing low pricing in order to win the tender. The loss of a tender by a third party to whom we supply API can also have a negative impact on our sales and profitability. Sales continue to be negatively affected by the impact of tender systems in certain countries.
In addition to the impact of competition, government pricing actions and other measures designed to reduce healthcare costs, our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition could also be affected by other risks of doing business internationally, including the impact of public health epidemics, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, geopolitical events, including the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and related trade controls, sanctions, supply chain and staffing challenges and other economic considerations, supply chain disruptions, foreign currency exchange fluctuations, changes in intellectual property legal protections and other regulatory changes.
Recent Developments
Ophthalmology Acquisitions
During the first quarter of 2023, the Company completed the acquisition of Oyster Point for approximately $427.4 million in cash, which included $11 per share paid to Oyster Point stockholders through a tender offer, payment for vested share-based awards, and the repayment of debt of Oyster Point. In addition to the upfront cash consideration, each Oyster Point stockholder received one non-tradeable contingent value right representing up to an additional $2 per share, or approximately $60 million in the aggregate, contingent upon Oyster Point achieving certain metrics based upon full year 2022 performance. Oyster Point did not achieve the metrics that would have triggered a contingent payment and the contingent value rights have expired. Oyster Point is focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of first-in-class pharmaceutical therapies to treat ophthalmic diseases.
On November 7, 2022, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the remaining equity shares of Famy Life Sciences, a privately-owned research company with a complementary portfolio of ophthalmology therapies under development, for consideration of $281 million. The Company had previously entered into a Master Development Agreement with Famy Life Sciences on December 20, 2019 under which the Company obtained rights with respect to acquiring certain pharmaceutical products and had also acquired shares representing approximately 13.5% equity interest in Famy Life Sciences for $25.0 million at December 31, 2020. The investment was accounted for in accordance with ASC 321, Investments - Equity Securities. The transaction to acquire the remaining equity shares of Famy Life Sciences closed during the first quarter of 2023.
Refer to Note 4 Acquisitions and Other Transactions for more information.
Share Repurchase Program
On February 28, 2022, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had authorized a share repurchase program for the repurchase of up to $1.0 billion of the Company’s shares of common stock. Such repurchases may be made from time-to-time at the Company’s discretion and effected by any means, including but not limited to, open market repurchases, pursuant to plans in accordance with Rules 10b5-1 or 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, privately negotiated transactions (including accelerated stock repurchase programs) or any combination of such methods as the Company deems appropriate. The program does not have an expiration date. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company repurchased approximately 21.2 million shares of common stock at a cost of approximately $250 million. The Company did not repurchase any shares of common stock under the share repurchase program in 2022. The share repurchase program does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of common stock.
2020 Restructuring Program
During the fourth quarter of 2020, Viatris announced a significant global restructuring program in order to achieve synergies and ensure that the organization is optimally structured and efficiently resourced to deliver sustainable value to patients, shareholders, customers, and other stakeholders. As part of the restructuring, the Company is optimizing its commercial capabilities and enabling functions, and closing, downsizing or divesting certain manufacturing facilities globally that are deemed to be no longer viable either due to surplus capacity, challenging market dynamics or a shift in its product portfolio toward more complex products. The remaining actions under the 2020 restructuring program include the disposal or closure of certain manufacturing facilities, which are expected to be substantially completed in 2023.
For the committed restructuring actions, the Company expects to incur total pre-tax charges of up to approximately $1.4 billion. Such charges are expected to include up to approximately $450 million of non-cash charges mainly related to accelerated depreciation and asset impairment charges, including inventory write-offs. The remaining estimated cash costs of up to approximately $950 million are expected to be primarily related to severance and employee benefits expense, as well as other costs, including those related to contract terminations and other plant disposal costs. In addition, management believes the potential annual savings related to these committed restructuring activities to be up to approximately $900 million once fully implemented, with most of these savings expected to improve operating cash flow.
Financial Summary
The table below is a summary of the Company’s financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the prior year period:
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Total revenues | $ | 3,729.1 | | | $ | 4,191.7 | | | $ | (462.6) | | | |
Gross profit | 1,542.2 | | | 1,771.2 | | | (229.0) | | | |
Earnings from operations | 399.8 | | | 707.4 | | | (307.6) | | | |
Net earnings | 224.7 | | | 399.2 | | | (174.5) | | | |
Diluted earnings per share | $ | 0.19 | | | $ | 0.33 | | | $ | (0.14) | | | |
A detailed discussion of the Company’s financial results can be found below in the section titled “Results of Operations.” As part of this discussion, we also report sales performance using the non-GAAP financial measures of “constant currency” net sales and total revenues. These measures provide information on the change in net sales and total revenues assuming that foreign currency exchange rates had not changed between the prior and current period. The comparisons presented at constant currency rates reflect comparative local currency sales at the prior year’s foreign exchange rates. We routinely evaluate our net sales and total revenues performance at constant currency so that sales results can be viewed without the impact of foreign currency exchange rates, thereby facilitating a period-to-period comparison of our operational activities, and believe that this presentation also provides useful information to investors for the same reason.
More information about non-GAAP measures used by the Company as part of this discussion, including adjusted cost of sales, adjusted gross margins, adjusted net earnings and adjusted EBITDA (all of which are defined below) can be found in “Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition - Results of Operations and Results of Operations - Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”
Results of Operations
Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
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(In millions, except %s) | 2023 | | 2022 | | % Change | | 2023 Currency Impact (1) | | 2023 Constant Currency Revenues | | Constant Currency % Change (2) |
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Developed Markets | $ | 2,170.4 | | | $ | 2,476.1 | | | (12) | % | | $ | 73.2 | | | $ | 2,243.6 | | | (9) | % |
Greater China | 564.6 | | | 573.1 | | | (1) | % | | 35.0 | | | 599.6 | | | 5 | % |
JANZ | 342.2 | | | 423.8 | | | (19) | % | | 33.6 | | | 375.8 | | | (11) | % |
Emerging Markets | 641.9 | | | 705.2 | | | (9) | % | | 55.3 | | | 697.2 | | | (1) | % |
Total net sales | $ | 3,719.1 | | | $ | 4,178.2 | | | (11) | % | | $ | 197.1 | | | $ | 3,916.2 | | | (6) | % |
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Other revenues (3) | 10.0 | | | 13.5 | | | NM | | 0.3 | | | 10.3 | | | NM |
Consolidated total revenues (4) | $ | 3,729.1 | | | $ | 4,191.7 | | | (11) | % | | $ | 197.4 | | | $ | 3,926.5 | | | (6) | % |
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(1)Currency impact is shown as unfavorable (favorable).
(2)The constant currency percentage change is derived by translating net sales or revenues for the current period at prior year comparative period exchange rates, and in doing so shows the percentage change from 2023 constant currency net sales or revenues to the corresponding amount in the prior year.
(3)For the three months ended March 31, 2023, other revenues in Developed Markets, JANZ, and Emerging Markets were approximately $7.1 million, $0.2 million, and $2.7 million, respectively.
(4)Amounts exclude intersegment revenue which eliminates on a consolidated basis.
Total Revenues
For the three months ended March 31, 2023, Viatris reported total revenues of $3.73 billion, compared to $4.19 billion for the comparable prior year period, representing a decrease of $462.6 million, or 11%. Total revenues include both net sales and other revenues from third parties. Net sales for the current quarter were $3.72 billion, compared to $4.18 billion for the comparable prior year period, representing a decrease of $459.1 million, or 11%. Other revenues for the current quarter were $10.0 million, compared to $13.5 million for the comparable prior year period.
The decrease in net sales was partially driven by the unfavorable impact of foreign currency translation of approximately $197.1 million, or 5%, primarily reflecting changes in the U.S. Dollar as compared to the currencies of subsidiaries in countries within the EU, China, Japan and India. Additionally, net sales further decreased by approximately $164.8 million or 4% due to the inclusion of net sales related to the divested biosimilars business in the prior year period. On a constant currency basis, the decrease in net sales from the remaining business was approximately $103.5 million, or 3% for the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the prior year period. The decrease was due to base business erosion of approximately $188 million. The decrease in net sales from existing products was partially offset by approximately $85.2 million of new product sales, primarily in the U.S. and Europe. New product sales include new products launched in 2023 and the carryover impact of new products, including business development, launched within the last twelve months. Net sales from acquisitions totaled $6.3 million during the current quarter.
From time to time, a limited number of our products may represent a significant portion of our net sales, gross profit and net earnings. Generally, this is due to the timing of new product introductions, seasonality, and the amount, if any, of additional competition in the market. Our top ten products in terms of net sales, in the aggregate, represented approximately 35% for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.
Net sales are derived from our four reporting segments: Developed Markets, Greater China, JANZ, and Emerging Markets.
Developed Markets Segment
Net sales from Developed Markets decreased by $305.7 million or 12% during the three months ended March 31, 2023 when compared to the prior year period. This decrease was partially due to the unfavorable impact of foreign currency translation of approximately $73.2 million, or 3%. Net sales also decreased by approximately $144.6 million or 6% due to the inclusion of net sales related to the divested biosimilars business in the prior year period. Constant currency net sales from the remaining business decreased by approximately $94.2 million, or 4% when compared to the prior year period. Net sales within North America totaled approximately $925.8 million and net sales within Europe totaled approximately $1.24 billion. The decrease in constant currency net sales was driven by anticipated lower net sales of existing products within the U.S., including cyclosporine ophthalmic emulsion and Wixela Inhub®, as a result of lower volumes and, to a lesser extent, lower pricing due to additional competition. These decreases were partially offset by new product sales, including lenalidomide in the U.S., and higher volumes of existing products in Europe. Net sales from Tyrvaya® totaled $6.3 million during the current quarter.
Greater China Segment
Net sales from Greater China decreased by $8.5 million or 1% for the three months ended March 31, 2023 when compared to the prior year period. This decrease was the result of the unfavorable impact of foreign currency translation of approximately $35.0 million, or 6%. Constant currency net sales increased by approximately $26.6 million, or 5% when compared to the prior year period, driven primarily by increased volumes of existing products. The disposition of the biosimilars business did not have a significant impact on the net sales for the current quarter.
JANZ Segment
Net sales from JANZ decreased by $81.6 million or 19% for the three months ended March 31, 2023 when compared to the prior year period. This decrease was partially the result of the unfavorable impact of foreign currency translation of approximately $33.6 million, or 8%. Constant currency net sales decreased by approximately $43.4 million, or 10% when compared to the prior year period. The decrease was due to lower net sales of existing products mainly driven by lower pricing and, to a lesser extent, volumes, in Japan as a result of government price reductions and additional competition. The disposition of the biosimilars business did not have a significant impact on the net sales for the current quarter.
Emerging Markets Segment
Net sales from Emerging Markets decreased by $63.3 million or 9% for the three months ended March 31, 2023 when compared to the prior year period. This decrease was mainly driven by the unfavorable impact of foreign currency translation of approximately $55.3 million or 8%. In addition, net sales also decreased by approximately $15.5 million, or 2% due to the inclusion of the divested biosimilars business in the prior year period. Constant currency net sales from the remaining business increased by $7.5 million, or 1% when compared to the prior year period.
Cost of Sales and Gross Profit
Cost of sales decreased from $2.42 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2022 to $2.19 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2023. Cost of sales was primarily impacted by the decrease in net sales, including the impact of the disposition of the biosimilars business in November 2022.
Gross profit for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was $1.54 billion and gross margins were 41%. For the three months ended March 31, 2022, gross profit was $1.77 billion and gross margins were 42%. This change is primarily related to the decrease in cost of sales. Adjusted gross margins were 60% for the three months ended March 31, 2023, compared to 59% for the three months ended March 31, 2022.
A reconciliation between cost of sales, as reported under U.S. GAAP, and adjusted cost of sales and adjusted gross margin for the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022 is as follows:
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U.S. GAAP cost of sales | $ | 2,186.9 | | | $ | 2,420.5 | |
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Purchase accounting related amortization | (653.4) | | | (658.8) | |
Acquisition and divestiture related items | (5.0) | | | (9.0) | |
Restructuring related costs | (10.9) | | | (13.1) | |
Share-based compensation expense | (0.6) | | | (0.3) | |
Other special items | (38.8) | | | (41.0) | |
Adjusted cost of sales | $ | 1,478.2 | | | $ | 1,698.3 | |
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(a)Adjusted gross profit is calculated as total revenues less adjusted cost of sales. Adjusted gross margin is calculated as adjusted gross profit divided by total revenues.
Operating Expenses
Research & Development Expense
R&D expense for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was $182.9 million, compared to $142.3 million for the comparable prior year period, an increase of $40.6 million. This increase was primarily due to continued investment in our pipeline, including approximately $10.9 million related to the ophthalmology acquisitions.
Selling, General & Administrative Expense
SG&A expense for the current quarter was $958.9 million, compared to $915.3 million for the comparable prior year period, an increase of $43.6 million. The increase was primarily due to expenses related to the ophthalmology acquisitions of approximately $33.5 million, higher investment in selling and promotional activities, and increased payroll-related costs. Partially offsetting these increases were lower acquisition and divestiture related costs of approximately $26.6 million as a result of transitioning certain support services from Pfizer during 2022.
Litigation Settlements and Other Contingencies, Net
The following table includes the losses/(gains) recognized in litigation settlements and other contingencies, net during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively:
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Contingent consideration adjustment (related to the Respiratory Delivery Platform) | $ | 1.5 | | | $ | 12.4 | |
Litigation settlements, net | (0.9) | | | (6.2) | |
Total litigation settlements and other contingencies, net | $ | 0.6 | | | $ | 6.2 | |
Interest Expense
Interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2023 totaled $147.0 million, compared to $146.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, essentially flat as higher costs related to our variable rate borrowings were offset by the impact of debt repayments.
Other (Income) Expense, Net
Other (income) expense, net includes gains and losses from changes in the fair value of equity securities, foreign exchange, expense (income) related to post-employment benefit plans, TSA income, and interest and dividend income. Other (income) expense, net for the three months ended March 31, 2023 totaled $69.9 million of income, compared to expense of $33.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022. The current quarter income was primarily driven by the reimbursement for transition services provided to Biocon Biologics of approximately $45.7 million. The costs related to the transition services are included in SG&A and R&D. The current quarter income was also attributed to a gain of approximately $18.9 million as a result of remeasuring our pre-existing 13.5% equity interest in Famy Life Sciences to fair value. The prior year period expense was primarily driven by higher foreign exchange costs.
Income Tax Provision
For the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company recognized an income tax provision of $98.0 million, compared to $128.3 million for the comparable prior year period, a decrease of $30.3 million. The current year and prior year provisions were impacted by the levels of income and the changing mix at which it is earned in jurisdictions with differing tax rates. Also impacting the tax provision for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was a tax expense of $21.6 million related to an agreement with the Indian tax authorities in March 2023 in respect of the pricing of its international transactions.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Whenever the Company uses non-GAAP financial measures, we provide a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure. Investors and other readers are encouraged to review the related U.S. GAAP financial measures and the reconciliation of non-GAAP measures to their most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure and should consider non-GAAP measures only as a supplement to, not as a substitute for or as a superior measure to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Additionally, since these are not measures determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP, non-GAAP financial measures have no standardized meaning across companies, or as prescribed by U.S. GAAP and, therefore, may not be comparable to the calculation of similar measures or measures with the same title used by other companies.
Management uses these measures internally for forecasting, budgeting, measuring its operating performance, and incentive-based awards. Primarily due to acquisitions, divestitures and other significant events which may impact comparability of our periodic operating results, we believe that an evaluation of our ongoing operations (and comparisons of our current operations with historical and future operations) would be difficult if the disclosure of our financial results was limited to financial measures prepared only in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We believe that non-GAAP financial measures are useful supplemental information for our investors and when considered together with our U.S. GAAP financial measures and the reconciliation to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure, provide a more complete understanding of the factors and trends affecting our operations. The financial performance of the Company is measured by senior management, in part, using adjusted metrics as described below, along with other performance metrics. The Company’s use of such non-GAAP measures is governed by an adjusted reporting policy maintained by the Company and such non-GAAP measures are reviewed in detail with the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
Adjusted Cost of Sales and Adjusted Gross Margin
We use the non-GAAP financial measure “adjusted cost of sales” and the corresponding non-GAAP financial measure “adjusted gross margin.” The principal items excluded from adjusted cost of sales include restructuring, acquisition related and other special items and purchase accounting related amortization, which are described in greater detail below.
Adjusted Net Earnings
Adjusted net earnings is a non-GAAP financial measure and provides an alternative view of performance used by management. Management believes that, primarily due to acquisitions, divestitures and other significant events, an evaluation of the Company’s ongoing operations (and comparisons of its current operations with historical and future operations) would be difficult if the disclosure of its financial results were limited to financial measures prepared only in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Management believes that adjusted net earnings is an important internal financial metric related to the ongoing operating performance of the Company, and is therefore useful to investors and that their understanding of our performance is enhanced by this measure. Actual internal and forecasted operating results and annual budgets used by management include adjusted net earnings.
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA
EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP financial measures that the Company believes are appropriate to provide additional information to investors to demonstrate the Company’s ability to comply with financial debt covenants and assess the Company’s ability to incur additional indebtedness. The Company also believes that adjusted EBITDA better focuses management on the Company’s underlying operational results and true business performance and, is used, in part, for management’s incentive compensation. We calculate EBITDA as U.S. GAAP net earnings (loss) adjusted for net contribution attributable to equity method investments, income tax provision (benefit), interest expense and depreciation and amortization. EBITDA is further adjusted for share-based compensation expense, litigation settlements and other contingencies, net, and restructuring, impairment of long-lived assets, acquisition and divestiture related and other special items to determine adjusted EBITDA. These adjustments are generally permitted under our credit agreement in calculating adjusted EBITDA for determining compliance with our debt covenants.
The significant items excluded from adjusted cost of sales, adjusted net earnings, and adjusted EBITDA include:
Purchase Accounting Amortization and Other Related Items
The ongoing impact of certain amounts recorded in connection with acquisitions of both businesses and assets is excluded from adjusted cost of sales, adjusted net earnings, and adjusted EBITDA. These amounts include the amortization of intangible assets, inventory step-up, property, plant and equipment step-up, intangible asset impairment charges, including for in-process research and development, and impairment of goodwill. For the acquisition of businesses accounted for under the provisions of ASC 805, Business Combinations, these purchase accounting impacts are excluded regardless of the financing method used for the acquisitions, including the use of cash, long-term debt, the issuance of common stock, contingent consideration or any combination thereof.
Fair Value Adjustments, Including Contingent Consideration
The impact of changes to the fair value of assets and liabilities, including contingent and deferred consideration and accounting for the CCPS in Biocon Biologics, and the related accretion income or expense are excluded from adjusted net earnings and adjusted EBITDA because they are not indicative of the Company’s ongoing operations due to the variability of the amounts and the lack of predictability as to the occurrence and/or timing and management believes their exclusion is helpful to understanding the underlying, ongoing operational performance of the business.
Share-based Compensation Expense
Share-based compensation expense is excluded from adjusted cost of sales, adjusted net earnings and adjusted EBITDA. Our share-based compensation programs have become increasingly weighted toward performance-based compensation, which leads to variability and to a lack of predictability as to the occurrence and/or timing of amounts incurred. As such, management believes the exclusion of such amounts on an ongoing basis is helpful to understanding the underlying operational performance of the business.
Restructuring, Acquisition and Divestiture Related and Other Special Items
Costs related to restructuring, acquisition and divestiture related activities and other actions are excluded from adjusted cost of sales, adjusted net earnings and adjusted EBITDA, as applicable. These amounts include items such as:
•Costs related to formal restructuring programs and actions, including costs associated with facilities to be closed or divested, employee separation costs, impairment charges, accelerated depreciation, incremental manufacturing variances, equipment relocation costs, decommissioning and other restructuring related costs;
•Certain acquisition and divestiture costs, including costs relating to integration and planning, advisory and legal fees, certain financing related costs, certain reimbursements related to the Company’s obligation to reimburse Pfizer for certain financing and transaction related costs under the Business Combination Agreement and Separation and Distribution Agreement, certain other TSA related set-up and exit costs, and other business transformation and/or optimization initiatives, which are not part of a formal restructuring program, including employee separation and post-employment costs;
•The pre-tax loss of the Company’s clean energy investments, whose activities qualify for income tax credits under the Code; only included in adjusted net earnings is the net tax effect of the entity’s activities;
•Other costs, incurred from time to time, related to certain special events or activities that lead to gains or losses, including, but not limited to, incremental manufacturing variances, asset write-downs, including other-than-temporary impairments of investments in equity or debt instruments, or liability adjustments;
•Certain costs to further develop and optimize our global enterprise resource planning systems, operations and supply chain;
•Gains or losses from divestitures, including impairments of held for sale assets; and
•The impact of changes related to uncertain tax positions are excluded from adjusted cost of sales and adjusted net earnings. In addition, tax adjustments to adjusted earnings are recorded to present items on an after-tax basis consistent with the presentation of adjusted net earnings.
The Company has undertaken restructurings and other optimization initiatives of differing types, scope and amount during the covered periods and, therefore, these charges should not be considered non-recurring; however, management excludes these amounts from adjusted cost of sales, adjusted net earnings and adjusted EBITDA because it believes it is helpful to understanding the underlying, ongoing operational performance of the business.
Litigation Settlements, Net
Charges and gains related to legal matters, such as those discussed in Note 18 Litigation included in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q are generally excluded from adjusted net earnings and adjusted EBITDA. Normal, ongoing defense costs of the Company made in the normal course of our business are not excluded.
Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP Net Earnings to Adjusted Net Earnings
A reconciliation between net earnings as reported under U.S. GAAP, and adjusted net earnings for the periods shown follows:
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U.S. GAAP net earnings | | | | | | | | | $ | 224.7 | | | $ | 399.2 | |
Purchase accounting related amortization (primarily included in cost of sales) (a) | | | | | | | | | 653.3 | | | 658.9 | |
Litigation settlements and other contingencies, net | | | | | | | | | 0.6 | | | 6.2 | |
Interest expense (primarily amortization of premiums and discounts on long term debt) | | | | | | | | | (10.3) | | | (13.7) | |
Clean energy investments pre-tax gain | | | | | | | | | — | | | (0.1) | |
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Restructuring related costs (c) | | | | | | | | | 9.7 | | | 16.8 | |
Share-based compensation expense | | | | | | | | | 42.6 | | | 28.3 | |
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Cost of sales (d) | | | | | | | | | 38.8 | | | 41.0 | |
Research and development expense | | | | | | | | | 2.0 | | | 0.3 | |
Selling, general and administrative expense | | | | | | | | | 14.9 | | | 7.4 | |
Other expense, net (e) | | | | | | | | | (21.8) | | | (1.5) | |
Tax effect of the above items and other income tax related items (f) | | | | | | | | | (79.7) | | | (102.2) | |
Adjusted net earnings | | | | | | | | | $ | 932.9 | | | $ | 1,125.3 | |
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Significant items include the following:
(a)For the three months ended March 31, 2023, charges include an intangible asset charge of approximately $32.0 million related to the potential divestiture of the Upjohn Distributor Markets to write down the disposal group to fair value, less cost to sell. Also includes amortization of the step-up in the fair value of inventory related to the Oyster Point acquisition of approximately $7.3 million.
(b)Acquisition and divestiture related costs consist primarily of transaction costs including legal and consulting fees and integration activities.
(c)For the three months ended March 31, 2023, charges include approximately $10.9 million in cost of sales and approximately $(1.2) million in SG&A. Refer to Note 15 Restructuring included in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for additional information.
(d)For the three months ended March 31, 2023, charges include incremental manufacturing variances at plants in the 2020 restructuring program of approximately $22.7 million and inventory reserves related to the potential divestiture of the Upjohn Distributor Markets of approximately $9.2 million.
(e)For the three months ended March 31, 2023, includes a gain of approximately $18.9 million as a result of remeasuring our pre-existing 13.5% equity interest in Famy Life Sciences to fair value.
(f)Adjusted for changes for uncertain tax positions.
Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP Net Earnings to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA
Below is a reconciliation of U.S. GAAP net earnings to EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the prior year period:
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U.S. GAAP net earnings | $ | 224.7 | | | $ | 399.2 | |
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Net contribution attributable to equity method investments | — | | | (0.1) | |
Income tax provision | 98.0 | | | 128.3 | |
Interest expense (a) | 147.0 | | | 146.2 | |
Depreciation and amortization (b) | 730.0 | | | 736.0 | |
EBITDA | $ | 1,199.7 | | | $ | 1,409.6 | |
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Share-based compensation expense | 42.6 | | | 28.3 | |
Litigation settlements and other contingencies, net | 0.6 | | | 6.2 | |
Restructuring, acquisition and divestiture related and other special items (c) | 98.0 | | | 142.2 | |
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 1,340.9 | | | $ | 1,586.3 | |
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(a) Includes amortization of premiums and discounts on long-term debt.
(b) Includes purchase accounting related amortization.
(c) See items detailed in the Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP Net Earnings to Adjusted Net Earnings.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our primary source of liquidity is net cash provided by operating activities, which was $971.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023. We believe that net cash provided by operating activities and available liquidity will continue to allow us to meet our needs for working capital, capital expenditures, interest and principal payments on debt obligations, and dividend payments. Nevertheless, our ability to satisfy our working capital requirements and debt service obligations, and fund planned capital expenditures, share repurchases or dividend payments, will substantially depend upon our future operating performance (which will be affected by prevailing economic conditions), and financial, business and other factors, some of which are beyond our control.
Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities decreased by $167.3 million to $971.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023, as compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $1.14 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2022. Net cash provided by operating activities is derived from net earnings adjusted for non-cash operating items, gains and losses attributed to investing and financing activities and changes in operating assets and liabilities resulting from timing differences between the receipts and payments of cash, including changes in cash primarily reflecting the timing of cash collections from customers, payments to vendors and employees and tax payments in the ordinary course of business.
The decrease in net cash provided by operating activities was principally due to lower operating earnings, including as a result of the disposition of the biosimilars business in November 2022, and the timing of cash payments and collections.
Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities was $749.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023, as compared to $66.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, an increase of $682.6 million.
In 2023, significant items in investing activities included the following:
•cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired, of $667.7 million.
•capital expenditures, primarily for equipment and facilities, totaling approximately $47.8 million. While there can be no assurance that current expectations will be realized, capital expenditures for the 2023 calendar year are expected to be approximately $400 million to $500 million.
In 2022, significant items in investing activities included the following:
•capital expenditures, primarily for equipment and facilities, totaling approximately $64.5 million.
Financing Activities
Net cash used in financing activities was $974.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023, as compared to $1.01 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2022, a decrease of $34.3 million.
In 2023, significant items in financing activities included the following:
•repayment of the 3.125% Senior Notes at maturity of approximately $750.0 million;
•share repurchases of $250.0 million;
•net short-term borrowings of $204.6 million;
•cash dividends paid of $143.8 million; and
•net cash of $12.1 million collected on behalf of Biocon Biologics, which is included in Other items, net.
In 2022, significant items in financing activities included the following:
•net repayments of short-term borrowings of $837.9 million; and
•cash dividends paid of $145.1 million.
Capital Resources
Our cash and cash equivalents totaled $506.6 million at March 31, 2023, and the majority of these funds are held by our non-U.S. subsidiaries. In order to support our global operations, the majority of our cash and cash equivalents are held within the banking system with the majority of this at Global Systemically Important Banks. We monitor the third-party depository institutions that hold our cash and cash equivalents on a regular basis. Our primary emphasis is on the safety of the principal. Where possible, we diversify our cash and cash equivalents among counterparties to minimize exposure to any one counterparty. The Company anticipates having sufficient liquidity, including existing borrowing capacity under the Revolving Facility, Commercial Paper Program and the Receivables Facility and the Note Securitization Facility combined with cash to be generated from operations, to fund foreseeable cash needs without requiring the repatriation of non-U.S. cash.
The Company has access to $4.0 billion under the Revolving Facility which matures in July 2026. Effective April 28, 2023, we executed an amendment to the Revolving Facility to convert the benchmark interest rate from LIBOR to an adjusted SOFR, with no change in the applicable interest rate margins. Up to $1.65 billion of the Revolving Facility may be used to support borrowings under our Commercial Paper Program. As of March 31, 2023, the Company did not have any borrowings outstanding under the Commercial Paper Program and the Revolving Facility.
The Company has a $400 million Receivables Facility which expires in April 2025, and a $200 million Note Securitization Facility which expires in August 2023. As of March 31, 2023, the Company had $197.0 million outstanding under the Receivables Facility and did not have any borrowings outstanding under the Note Securitization Facility. Under the terms of each of the Receivables Facility and Note Securitization Facility, certain of our accounts receivable secure the amounts borrowed and cannot be used to pay our other debts or liabilities. The amount that we may borrow at a given point in time is determined based on the amount of qualifying accounts receivable that are present at such point in time. Amounts outstanding under either facility are included as a component of short-term borrowings, while the accounts receivable securing these obligations remain as a component of accounts receivable, net, in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. In addition, the agreements governing the Receivables Facility and Note Securitization Facility contain various customary affirmative and negative covenants, and customary default and termination provisions.
We have entered into accounts receivable factoring agreements with financial institutions to sell certain of our non-U.S. accounts receivable. These transactions are accounted for as sales and result in a reduction in accounts receivable because
the agreements transfer effective control over and risk related to the receivables to the buyers. Our factoring agreements do not allow for recourse in the event of uncollectibility, and we do not retain any interest in the underlying accounts receivable once sold. We derecognized $76.3 million and $34.7 million of accounts receivable as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 under these factoring arrangements, respectively.
The Company has certain voluntary supply chain finance programs with financial intermediaries which provide participating suppliers the option to be paid by the intermediary earlier than the original invoice due date. The Company’s responsibility is limited to making payments on the terms originally negotiated with the suppliers, regardless of whether the intermediary pays the supplier in advance of the original due date. The range of payment terms the Company negotiates with suppliers are consistent, regardless of whether a supplier participates in a supply chain finance program. The total amounts due to financial intermediaries to settle supplier invoices under supply chain finance programs as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 were $55.5 million and $33.4 million, respectively. These amounts are included within Accounts payable in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
For information regarding our dividends paid and declared, refer to Note 9 Earnings per Share in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q.
We are continuously evaluating the potential acquisition of products, as well as companies, as a strategic part of our future growth. Consequently, we may utilize current cash reserves or incur additional indebtedness to finance any such acquisitions, which could impact future liquidity. Also, on an ongoing basis, we review our operations, including the evaluation of potential divestitures of products and businesses, as part of our future strategy. Any divestitures could impact future liquidity. In addition, we plan to continue to explore various other ways to create, enhance or otherwise unlock the value of the Company’s unique global platform in order to create shareholder value.
In November 2022, the Company provided an update on the strategic priorities announced in February 2022, including identifying the following businesses no longer considered core to its future strategy that the Company intends to divest:
•OTC;
•API (while retaining some selective development API capabilities);
•Women’s health care, primarily related to our oral and injectable contraceptives. This does not include all of our women’s health care related products; as an example, our Xulane® product in the U.S. is excluded; and
•Upjohn Distributor Markets.
Long-term Debt Maturity
For information regarding our debt agreements and mandatory minimum repayments remaining on the outstanding notional amount of long-term debt at March 31, 2023, refer to Note 12 Debt in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q.
The YEN Term Loan Facility and the Revolving Facility contain customary affirmative covenants for facilities of this type, including among others, covenants pertaining to the delivery of financial statements, notices of default and certain material events, maintenance of corporate existence and rights, property, and insurance and compliance with laws, as well as customary negative covenants for facilities of this type, including a financial covenant, which set the Maximum Leverage Ratio as of the end of any quarter at 3.75 to 1.00 for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 and each quarter ending thereafter, except in circumstances as defined in the related credit agreement, and other limitations on the incurrence of subsidiary indebtedness, liens, mergers and certain other fundamental changes, investments and loans, acquisitions, transactions with affiliates, payments of dividends and other restricted payments and changes in our lines of business.
The Company is in compliance with its covenants at March 31, 2023 and expects to remain in compliance for the next twelve months.
Supplemental Guarantor Financial Information
Viatris Inc. is the issuer of the Registered Upjohn Notes, which are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Mylan Inc., Mylan II B.V. and Utah Acquisition Sub Inc.
Following the Combination, Utah Acquisition Sub Inc. is the issuer of the Utah U.S. Dollar Notes, which are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Mylan Inc., Viatris Inc. and Mylan II B.V.
Mylan Inc. is the issuer of the Mylan Inc. U.S. Dollar Notes, which are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Mylan II B.V., Viatris Inc. and Utah Acquisition Sub Inc.
The respective obligations of Viatris Inc., Mylan Inc., Utah Acquisition Sub Inc., and Mylan II B.V. as guarantors of the applicable series of Senior U.S. Dollar Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the applicable guarantor and rank pari passu in right of payment with all of such guarantor’s existing and future senior unsecured obligations that are not expressly subordinated to such guarantor’s guarantee of the applicable series of Senior U.S. Dollar Notes, rank senior in right of payment to any future obligations of such guarantor that are expressly subordinated to such guarantor’s guarantee of the applicable series of Senior U.S. Dollar Notes, and are effectively subordinated to such guarantor’s existing and future secured obligations to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such obligations. Such obligations are structurally subordinated to all of the existing and future liabilities, including trade payables, of the existing and future subsidiaries of such guarantor that do not guarantee the applicable series of Senior U.S. Dollar Notes.
The guarantees by Mylan Inc., Mylan II B.V. and Utah Acquisition Sub Inc. under the applicable series of Senior U.S. Dollar Notes will terminate under certain customary circumstances, each as described in the applicable indenture, including: (1) a sale or disposition of the applicable guarantor in a transaction that complies with the applicable indenture such that such guarantor ceases to be a subsidiary of the issuer of the applicable series of Senior U.S. Dollar Notes; (2) legal defeasance or covenant defeasance or if the issuer’s obligations under the applicable indenture are discharged; (3) with respect to the Utah U.S. Dollar Notes, the earlier to occur of (i) with respect to the guarantee provided by Mylan Inc., (x) the release of Utah Acquisition Sub Inc.’s guarantee under all applicable Mylan Inc. Debt (as defined in the applicable indenture) and (y) Mylan Inc. no longer having any obligations in respect of any Mylan Inc. Debt and (ii) with respect to the guarantee provided by Mylan II B.V., (x) the release of Mylan II B.V.’s guarantee under all applicable Triggering Indebtedness (as defined in the applicable indenture) and (y) the issuer and/or borrower of the applicable Triggering Indebtedness no longer having any obligations with respect to such Triggering Indebtedness; (4) with respect to the guarantees provided by Utah Acquisition Sub Inc. and Mylan II B.V. of the Mylan Inc. U.S. Dollar Notes, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the applicable indenture, such guarantor ceasing to be a guarantor or obligor in respect of any Triggering Indebtedness; and (5) with respect to the Registered Upjohn Notes, (a) upon the applicable guarantor no longer being an issuer or guarantor in respect of (i) Mylan Notes (as defined in the indenture governing the Registered Upjohn Notes) that have an aggregate principal amount in excess of $500.0 million or (ii) any Triggering Indebtedness; in each case, other than in respect of indebtedness or guarantees, as applicable, that are being concurrently released; or (b) upon receipt of the consent of holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding notes of such series in accordance with the indenture governing the Registered Upjohn Notes.
The guarantee obligations of Viatris Inc., Mylan Inc., Utah Acquisition Sub Inc., and Mylan II B.V. under the Senior U.S. Dollar Notes are subject to certain limitations and terms similar to those applicable to other guarantees of similar instruments, including that (i) the guarantees are subject to fraudulent transfer and conveyance laws and (ii) each guarantee is limited in amount to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by the applicable guarantor without rendering the guarantee, as it relates to such guarantor, voidable under applicable fraudulent transfer and conveyance laws or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
The following table presents unaudited summarized financial information of Viatris Inc., Mylan Inc., Utah Acquisition Sub Inc., and Mylan II B.V. on a combined basis as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and as of and for the year ended December 31, 2022. All intercompany balances have been eliminated in consolidation. This unaudited combined summarized financial information is presented utilizing the equity method of accounting.
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| Combined Summarized Balance Sheet Information of Viatris Inc., Mylan Inc., Utah Acquisition Sub Inc. and Mylan II B.V. |
(In millions) | March 31, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
ASSETS | | | |
Current assets | $ | 389.1 | | | $ | 996.3 | |
Non-current assets | 61,641.8 | | | 61,972.6 | |
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Current liabilities | 25,843.7 | | | 26,631.5 | |
Non-current liabilities | 15,259.4 | | | 15,265.2 | |
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| Combined Summarized Income Statement Information of Viatris Inc., Mylan Inc., Utah Acquisition Sub Inc. and Mylan II B.V. |
(In millions) | Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 | | Year Ended December 31, 2022 |
Revenues | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
Gross profit | — | | | — | |
Loss from operations | (212.9) | | | (1,132.4) | |
Net earnings | 224.7 | | | 2,078.6 | |
Other Commitments
The Company is involved in various disputes, governmental and/or regulatory inquiries, investigations and proceedings, tax proceedings and litigation matters, both in the U.S. and abroad, that arise from time to time, some of which could result in losses, including damages, fines and/or civil penalties, and/or criminal charges against the Company. These matters are often complex and have outcomes that are difficult to predict. We have approximately $200.9 million accrued for legal contingencies at March 31, 2023.
While the Company believes that it has meritorious defenses with respect to the claims asserted against it and the assumed legal matters referenced above, and intends to vigorously defend its position, the process of resolving these matters is inherently uncertain and may develop over a long period of time, and so it is not possible to predict the ultimate resolution of any such matter. It is possible that an unfavorable resolution of any of the ongoing matters could have a material effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, ability to pay dividends and/or stock price.
In conjunction with the Combination, Viatris entered into a TSA with Pfizer pursuant to which each party will provide certain limited transition services to the other party generally for an initial period of 24 months from the closing date of the Combination. In addition to the monthly service fees under the TSA, Viatris agreed to reimburse Pfizer for fifty percent of the costs, up to the first $380 million incurred, to establish and wind down the TSA services. Viatris will be required to fully reimburse Pfizer for total costs in excess of $380 million. The Company incurred approximately $3.7 million related to this provision of the TSA during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and approximately $141.7 million during the period beginning on the closing date of the Combination and ended March 31, 2023. We expect to incur future costs related to the completion of the services. As of December 31, 2022, the Company has exited substantially all transition services with Pfizer.
In conjunction with the Biocon Biologics Transaction, Viatris and Biocon Biologics also entered an agreement pursuant to which Viatris is providing commercialization and certain other transition services on behalf of Biocon Biologics, including billings, collections and the remittance of rebates, to ensure business continuity for patients, customers and colleagues.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
For a discussion of the Company’s market risk, see “Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” in Viatris’ 2022 Form 10-K.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
An evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Principal Executive Officer and the Principal Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2023. Based upon that evaluation, the Principal Executive Officer and the Principal Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
Management has not identified any changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (“ICFR”) that occurred during the first quarter of 2023 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s ICFR.
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
For information regarding legal proceedings, refer to Note 18 Litigation, in the accompanying Notes to interim financial statements in this Form 10-Q.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
There have been no material changes in the Company’s risk factors from those disclosed in Viatris’ 2022 Form 10-K.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Viatris Inc.
Issuer purchases of equity securities
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Period | | Total Number of Shares Purchased (a) (b) | | Average Price Paid per Share (c) | | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (a) (b) | | Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs |
January 1 - January 31, 2023 | | 9,509,707 | | | $ | 11.77 | | | 9,509,707 | | | $ | 888,085,194 | |
February 1 - February 28, 2023 | | 11,729,814 | | | 11.77 | | | 11,729,814 | | | 750,013,515 | |
March 1 - March 31, 2023 | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | |
Total | | 21,239,521 | | | $ | 11.77 | | | 21,239,521 | | | $ | 750,013,515 | |
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(a)Refer to Part I, Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition - Results of Operations and Results of Operations – Recent Developments” of this Form 10-Q for additional information regarding the Company’s authorized share repurchase program. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company repurchased approximately 21.2 million shares of common stock at a cost of approximately $250 million under this program.
(b)The number of shares purchased is based on the purchase date and not the settlement date.
(c)Average price per share includes commissions.
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| Offer Letter with Scott A. Smith, dated February 24, 2023, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Report on Form 8-K filed by Viatris Inc. with the SEC on February 27, 2023, and incorporated herein by reference.* |
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| Separation Agreement with Michael Goettler, dated February 24, 2023, filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Report on Form 8-K filed by Viatris Inc. with the SEC on February 27, 2023, and incorporated herein by reference.* |
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| Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the Viatris Inc. 2020 Stock Incentive Plan for awards granted on or after March 3, 2023.* |
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| LIBOR Transition Amendment, dated as of April 28, 2023, to the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2021, among Viatris, the guarantors from time to time party thereto, the lenders and issuing banks from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent.^ |
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| List of subsidiary guarantors and issuers of guaranteed securities.
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| Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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| Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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| Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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* | Denotes management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement. |
^ | Annexes, schedules and/or exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. Viatris agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted attachment to the SEC on a confidential basis upon request. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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| By: | /s/ SCOTT A. SMITH |
| | Scott A. Smith |
| | Chief Executive Officer |
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May 8, 2023
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| | /s/ SANJEEV NARULA |
| | Sanjeev Narula |
| | Chief Financial Officer |
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May 8, 2023
DocumentExhibit 10.3
VIATRIS INC.
PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT
AWARD AGREEMENT
THIS PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of [______] (the “Date of Grant”), is made by and between Viatris Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [______] (the “Participant”).
1.Grant of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units.
(a)Grant. The Company hereby grants to the Participant a total of [______] target performance-based restricted stock units (“PSUs”), on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and as otherwise provided in the Viatris Inc. 2020 Stock Incentive Plan (as may be amended from time to time, the “Plan”). The final number of PSUs actually awarded at the end of the Vesting Period (defined below), if any, shall be based on the attainment of specified levels of the performance measures set forth on Exhibit A. Each PSU represents the right to receive one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Share”). The PSUs shall be credited to a separate book-entry account maintained for the Participant on the books of the Company.
(b)Incorporation by Reference, Etc. The provisions of the Plan are hereby incorporated herein by reference. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, this Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and any interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations promulgated by the Committee from time to time pursuant to the Plan. Any capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the definitions set forth in the Plan. The Committee shall have final authority to interpret and construe the Plan and this Agreement and to make any and all determinations under them, and its decision shall be binding and conclusive upon the Participant and his or her legal representative in respect of any questions arising under the Plan or this Agreement. The Participant acknowledges that the Participant has received a copy of the Plan and has had an opportunity to review the Plan and agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions of the Plan. Without limiting the foregoing, the Participant acknowledges that the PSUs and any Shares acquired upon settlement of the PSUs are subject to provisions of the Plan under which, in certain circumstances, an adjustment may be made to the number of the PSUs and any Shares acquired upon settlement of the PSUs.
2.Vesting; Settlement.
(a)Vesting. The number of earned PSUs shall be determined based on the attainment of specified levels of the performance measures during the period beginning on January 1, 2023 and ending on December 31, 2025 (the “Performance Period”), as set forth on Exhibit A. The number of earned PSUs may range between the levels specified on Exhibit A. Earned PSUs will cliff-vest on the third anniversary of the Date of Grant (the “Vesting Date”), subject to the Participant remaining continuously employed in active service by the Company or one of its Affiliates from the Date of Grant through the Vesting Date.
(b)Performance Measures. The performance measures under this Agreement shall be as set forth on Exhibit A.
(c)Committee Determination. As soon as administratively practicable after the end of the Performance Period, the Committee shall determine the level attained for each performance measure in accordance with Exhibit A. The Participant shall be awarded the final number of PSUs in accordance with the level of performance achieved.
(d)Settlement. Except as otherwise provided herein, each vested and earned PSU shall be settled in Shares within 30 days following the Vesting Date.
3.Dividend Equivalents. Each PSU shall be credited with Dividend Equivalents, which shall be withheld by the Company and credited to the Participant’s account (either in cash or additional Restricted Stock Units in the discretion of the Committee). Dividend Equivalents credited to the Participant’s account and attributable to a PSU shall be distributed (without interest) to the Participant at the same time as the underlying Share is delivered upon settlement of such PSU and, if such PSU is forfeited, the Participant shall have no right to such Dividend Equivalents. Any adjustments for Dividend Equivalents shall be in the sole discretion of the Committee and Dividend Equivalents shall be paid either in cash or Shares in the discretion of the Committee. It is the current intention of the Company that Dividend Equivalents will accrue in additional PSUs.
4.Tax Withholding. Vesting and settlement of the PSUs shall be subject to the Participant satisfying any applicable U.S. Federal, state and local tax withholding obligations and non-U.S. tax withholding obligations. The Company shall be entitled, if the Committee deems it necessary or desirable, to withhold (or secure payment from the Participant in lieu of withholding) the maximum amount of any withholding or other tax permitted by law to be withheld. The Company shall have the right and is hereby authorized to withhold from any amounts payable to the Participant in connection with the PSUs or otherwise the amount of any required withholding taxes in respect of the PSUs, its settlement or any payment or transfer of the PSUs or under the Plan and to take any such other action as the Committee or the Company deem necessary to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such withholding taxes. The Participant may satisfy, in whole or in part, the tax obligations by authorizing the Company to withhold Shares that would otherwise be deliverable to the Participant upon settlement of the PSUs with a Fair Market Value equal to such withholding liability.
5.Termination of Employment.
(a)Termination of Employment due to Death or Disability. If, prior to the Vesting Date, the Participant’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates is terminated (1) by the Company or one of its Affiliates due to the Participant’s Disability (as defined below), or (2) due to the Participant’s death, then the PSUs, to the extent unvested, shall become fully vested as of the date of termination of employment (based on target level performance). Such vested PSUs shall be settled in Shares within 30 days following such termination date. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 5(a) shall not apply to any death or Disability of the Participant occurring after the date of termination of the Participant’s employment for any reason.
(b)Termination of Employment without Cause. If, on or prior to the Vesting Date, the Participant’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates is terminated by the Company without Cause, then a prorated number of PSUs shall continue to be eligible to vest and be settled in accordance with Section 2, as if the Participant had remained continuously employed in active service by the Company or one of its Affiliates through the Vesting Date. Such prorated number of PSUs shall be calculated by multiplying (x) the number of earned PSUs, as determined by the Committee following the end of the Performance Period (or in connection with a Change in Control under Section 6), by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of completed months in the Performance Period through the effective date of the Participant’s termination, and denominator of which is the total number of months in the Performance Period.
(c)Other Termination of Employment. If, prior to the Vesting Date, the Participant’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates terminates for any reason other than as set forth in Section 5(a) or 5(b) above (including any termination of employment by the Participant for any reason, or by the Company for Cause), then all unvested PSUs shall be cancelled
immediately and the Participant shall not be entitled to receive any payments with respect thereto.
6.Change in Control.
(a)In the event of a Change in Control in which no provision is made for assumption or substitution of the PSUs granted hereby in the manner contemplated by Section 11(c) of the Plan, the PSUs, to the extent then unvested, shall automatically be deemed vested, with the number of PSUs deemed vested determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, as of immediately prior to such Change in Control, and the PSUs shall be settled within 30 days following such Change in Control (or, to the extent the PSUs are deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code, within 30 days following a payment event permissible under Section 409A of the Code), in Shares, in cash in an amount equal to the number of vested PSUs multiplied by the Fair Market Value of a Share (as of a date specified by the Committee), or in a combination of cash and Shares, as determined by the Committee.
(b)If a Change in Control occurs in which the acquirer assumes or substitutes the PSUs granted hereby in the manner contemplated by Section 11 of the Plan, then the performance-vesting conditions of the PSUs shall be deemed waived, and the number of PSUs as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall remain eligible to vest so long as the Participant remains continuously employed in active service by the Company or one of its Affiliates through the Vesting Date.
(i)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if, within the 24-month period following such Change in Control, the Participant’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates is terminated (i) by the Company or one of its Affiliates without Cause (other than due to death or Disability), (ii) by the Participant for Good Reason (defined below) or (iii) due to the Participant’s death or Disability, then the number of PSUs determined pursuant to Section 6(b), to the extent unvested, shall become fully vested as of the date of termination of employment, and promptly settled upon vesting, in a manner consistent with Section 2(d).
(ii)For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason”, “Cause” and “Disability” shall have the meanings ascribed to them in (i) the Participant’s employment agreement with the Company or one of its subsidiaries, if applicable, or (ii) the Mylan N.V. Severance Plan and Global Guidelines, adopted July 29, 2019, as may be amended or superseded from time to time.
7.Rights as a Stockholder. The Participant shall not be deemed for any purpose, nor have any of the rights or privileges of, a stockholder of the Company in respect of any Shares underlying the PSUs unless, until and to the extent that (i) the Company shall have issued and delivered to the Participant the Shares underlying the vested PSUs and (ii) the Participant’s name shall have been entered as a stockholder of record with respect to such Shares on the books of the Company. The Company shall cause the actions described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the preceding sentence to occur promptly following settlement as contemplated by this Agreement, subject to compliance with applicable laws.
8.Compliance with Legal Requirements. The granting and settlement of the PSUs, and any other obligations of the Company under this Agreement, shall be subject to all applicable Federal, provincial, state, local and foreign laws, rules and regulations and to such approvals by any regulatory or governmental agency as may be required. The Committee shall have the right to impose such restrictions on the PSUs as it deems reasonably necessary or advisable under applicable Federal securities laws, the rules and regulations of any stock exchange or market upon which Shares are then listed or traded, and/or any blue sky or state securities laws applicable to such Shares. It is expressly understood that the Committee is authorized to administer, construe, and make all determinations necessary or appropriate to the administration of the Plan and this Agreement, all of which shall be binding upon the Participant. The
Participant agrees to take all steps the Committee or the Company determines are reasonably necessary to comply with all applicable provisions of Federal and state securities law in exercising his or her rights under this Agreement.
9.Clawback. The PSUs and/or the Shares acquired upon settlement of the PSUs shall be subject (including on a retroactive basis) to clawback, forfeiture or similar requirements (and such requirements shall be deemed incorporated by reference into this Agreement) to the extent required by applicable law (including, without limitation, Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) if such requirement is in effect at the relevant time, the rules and regulations of any applicable securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Shares may be listed or quoted or if so required pursuant to a written policy adopted by the Company.
10.Miscellaneous.
(a)Transferability. The PSUs may not be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered (a “Transfer”) by the Participant other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order or as otherwise permitted under the Plan. Any attempted Transfer of the PSUs contrary to the provisions hereof, and the levy of any execution, attachment or similar process upon the PSUs, shall be null and void and without effect.
(b)Amendment. The Committee at any time, and from time to time, may amend the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that the rights of the Participant shall not be materially adversely affected without the Participant’s written consent.
(c)Waiver. Any right of the Company contained in this Agreement may be waived in writing by the Committee. No waiver of any right hereunder by any party shall operate as a waiver of any other right, or as a waiver of the same right with respect to any subsequent occasion for its exercise, or as a waiver of any right to damages. No waiver by any party of any breach of this Agreement shall be held to constitute a waiver of any other breach or a waiver of the continuation of the same breach.
(d)Confidentiality Agreement. By accepting this grant of PSUs, the Participant hereby agrees that he or she shall be bound by, and shall comply with, (i) the Agreement Relating To Patents, Copyrights, Inventions, Confidentiality and Proprietary Information, in the form provided by the Company (if applicable) and (ii) all other agreements relating to confidentiality that the Participant has executed during the course of employment with the Company and its Affiliates as in effect from time to time (collectively, the “Executed Confidentiality Agreements”). Participant also agrees that, in addition to any Executed Confidentiality Agreements, Participant shall not use and/or communicate or disclose, in any manner, any confidential, proprietary or privileged Viatris company information or knowledge, which he or she may have had access to while employed with a Viatris company, relating to intellectual property, trade secrets, business plans and strategies, customer plans and strategies and relationships, pricing, research and development plans and strategies, personnel, organization, strategic plans, or the commercialization of the products of Viatris or any of its subsidiaries, consistent with applicable law, including investigations by government agencies.
(e)Section 409A. The PSUs are intended to be exempt from, or compliant with, Section 409A of the Code and shall be interpreted accordingly. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provision of the Plan or this Agreement, if any provision of the Plan or this Agreement contravenes Section 409A of the Code or could cause the Participant to incur any tax, interest or penalties under Section 409A of the Code, the Committee may, in its sole reasonable discretion and with the Participant’s consent, modify such provision to (i) comply with, or avoid being subject to, Section 409A of the Code, or to avoid the incurrence of taxes, interest and penalties under Section 409A of the Code, and (ii) maintain, to the maximum extent practicable, the original intent and economic benefit to the Participant of the applicable provision without
materially increasing the cost to the Company or contravening the provisions of Section 409A of the Code. This Section does not create an obligation on the part of the Company to modify the Plan or this Agreement and does not guarantee that the PSUs or the Shares underlying the PSUs will not be subject to interest and penalties under Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or this Agreement, to the extent that the Participant is a “specified employee” (within the meaning of the Committee’s established methodology for determining “specified employees” for purposes of Section 409A of the Code), payment or distribution of any amounts with respect to the PSUs that are subject to Section 409A of the Code will be made as soon as practicable following the first business day of the seventh month following the Participant’s “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) from the Company and its Affiliates, or, if earlier, the date of the Participant’s death.
(f)General Assets. All amounts credited in respect of the PSUs to the book-entry account under this Agreement shall continue for all purposes to be part of the general assets of the Company. The Participant’s interest in such account shall make the Participant only a general, unsecured creditor of the Company.
(g)Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other communications to be given hereunder to any party shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered in person, by telecopy, by nationally recognized overnight courier, or by first-class registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such party at the address set forth below or such other address as may hereafter be designated in writing by the addressee to the addresser:
(i)if to the Company, to:
Viatris Inc.
1000 Mylan Boulevard
Canonsburg, PA 15317
Facsimile: (724) 514-1533
Attention: Chief Human Resources Officer
(ii)if to the Participant, to the Participant’s home address on file with the Company.
All such notices, requests, consents and other communications shall be deemed to have been delivered in the case of personal delivery or delivery by telecopy, on the date of such delivery, in the case of nationally recognized overnight courier, on the next business day, and in the case of mailing, on the third business day following such mailing if sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.
(h)Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, and each other provision of this Agreement shall be severable and enforceable to the extent permitted by law.
(i)No Rights to Employment. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as giving the Participant any right to be retained, in any position, as an employee, consultant or director of the Company or its Affiliates or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company or its Affiliates, which are hereby expressly reserved, to remove, terminate or discharge the Participant at any time for any reason whatsoever.
(j)Fractional Shares. In lieu of issuing a fraction of a Share resulting from an adjustment of the PSUs pursuant to Section 4(c) of the Plan or otherwise, the Company shall be entitled to pay to the Participant an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of such fractional share.
(k)Beneficiary. The Participant may file with the Committee a written designation of a beneficiary on such form as may be prescribed by the Committee and may, from time to time, amend or revoke such designation. If no beneficiary is designated, if the designation is ineffective, or if the beneficiary dies before the balance of a Participant’s benefit is paid, the balance shall be paid to the Participant’s estate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, a Participant’s beneficiary shall be determined under applicable state law if such state law does not recognize beneficiary designations under Awards of this type and is not preempted by laws which recognize the provisions of this Section 10(k).
(l)Successors. The terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns, and of the Participant and the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Participant.
(m)Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including Exhibit A) and the Plan contain the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter contained herein and supersede all prior communications, representations and negotiations in respect thereto.
(n)Limitation Of Liability. The Participant agrees that any liability of the officers, the Committee, and the Board of Directors of the Company to the Participant under this Agreement shall be limited to those actions or failure to take actions which constitute self-dealing, willful misconduct or recklessness.
(o)Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard to principles of conflicts of law thereof, or principles of conflicts of laws of any other jurisdiction which could cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(p)Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. The Participant and the Company (on behalf of itself and its Affiliates) each consents to jurisdiction in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, or if that court is unable to exercise jurisdiction for any reason, the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County, Pennsylvania, and each waives any other requirement (whether imposed by statute, rule of court or otherwise) with respect to personal jurisdiction or service of process and waives any objection to jurisdiction based on improper venue or improper jurisdiction. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY, IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PLAN OR THIS AGREEMENT.
(q)Headings. The headings of the Sections hereof are provided for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction, and shall not constitute a part, of this Agreement.
(r)Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including via facsimile, electronic image scan (pdf) and electronic signature on the Merrill Lynch intranet system), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties.
EXHIBIT A
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DocumentExhibit 10.4
Execution Version
LIBOR TRANSITION AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
This LIBOR TRANSITION AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of April 28, 2023, is among VIATRIS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), certain Affiliates and Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party hereto as Guarantors, each Lender and Issuing Bank from time to time party hereto and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
(1) The Borrower, the Guarantors, the certain banks party thereto and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2021, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof (such Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement as in effect immediately prior to giving effect to this Amendment, the “Existing Agreement” and as amended hereby, the “Amended Agreement”);
(2) Certain loans, disbursements and/or extensions of credit under the Existing Agreement denominated in Dollars, Sterling, Yen and Euros incur or are permitted to incur interest, fees, commissions or other amounts based on LIBOR (as defined in the Existing Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Existing Agreement;
(3) The Borrower, the Lenders party hereto, being all the Lenders, and the Administrative Agent have determined, in accordance with Section 9.02(b) of the Existing Agreement, to replace LIBOR and implement customary benchmark replacement provisions; and
(4) The Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent have agreed to amend the Existing Agreement as hereinafter set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendments to the Existing Agreement. The Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent agree that, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2, (a) the Existing Agreement is hereby amended to read as set forth in Appendix I hereto to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and insert the added text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: added text) as shown therein and (b) Exhibit C to the Existing Credit Agreement is deleted in its entirety and Appendix II attached hereto is substituted therefor.
SECTION 2. Conditions of Amendment Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date on which the Administrative Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Amendment executed by the Borrower, the Guarantors and each Lender (such date, the “Amendment Effective Date”).
SECTION 3. Reference to and Effect on the Existing Agreement. On and after the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Existing Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Existing Agreement and each reference in each other Loan Document to “the Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Existing Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Amended Agreement. The Existing Agreement, as specifically amended by this Amendment, is and shall continue to be in full force and effect and is hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under the Existing Agreement, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Existing Agreement. This Amendment shall be deemed to constitute a Loan Document. The Borrower and each Guarantor hereby acknowledges that it has read this Amendment and consents to the terms hereof and further hereby affirms, confirms, represents, warrants and agrees that notwithstanding the effectiveness of this Amendment, the obligations of the Borrower and
such Guarantors under each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party shall not be impaired and each of the Loan Documents to which the Borrower and such Guarantors are a party is, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and are hereby confirmed and ratified in all respects, in each case, as amended hereby.
SECTION 4. Representation and Warranty of the Borrower. To induce the Administrative Agent to enter into this Amendment, the Borrower represents and warrants that, as of the effectiveness of this Amendment:
(a) The representations and warranties contained in the Amended Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (except for any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality, which is true and correct in all respects); provided that any representation or warranty expressly made as of a specific earlier date is true in all material respects as of such earlier date, and
(b) No Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 5. Costs and Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay on demand all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery and administration, modification and amendment of this Amendment and the other documents to be delivered hereunder (including the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of one counsel for the Administrative Agent with respect hereto and thereto) in accordance with the terms of the Amended Agreement.
SECTION 6. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Amendment constitutes the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. The words “execute,” “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
SECTION 7. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York (without regard to the conflict of law principles thereof to the extent that the application of the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby).
SECTION 8. Incorporation of Terms. The provisions of Sections 9.03, 9.09, 9.10 and 9.12 of the Existing Agreement shall be incorporated into this Amendment as if set out in full in this Amendment and as if references in those sections to “this Agreement” were references to this Amendment.
SECTION 9. Amendment, Modification and Waiver. This Amendment may not be amended, modified or waived except as permitted by Section 9.02 of the Amended Agreement.
SECTION 10. Defined Terms. Except as provided in Section 2, capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the same meanings as specified in the Amended Agreement.
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Viatris – LIBOR Transition Amendment
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
VIATRIS INC.
By _/s/_John Miraglia________________
Name: John Miraglia
Title: Treasurer
Signature Page to LIBOR Transition Amendment
MYLAN INC.
By _/s/_John Miraglia________________
Name: John Miraglia
Title: Treasurer
UTAH ACQUISITION SUB INC.
By _/s/_John Miraglia________________
Name: John Miraglia
Title: Assistant Treasurer
MYLAN II B.V.
By _/s/_John Miraglia________________
Name: John Miraglia
Title: Board Member
Signature Page to LIBOR Transition Amendment
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as Administrative Agent By: /s/ Michelle D. Diggs_________ Name: Michelle D. Diggs Title: Officer |
Signature Page to LIBOR Transition Amendment
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as a Lender By: /s/ Joseph L. Corah_________ Name: Joseph L. Corah Title: Managing Director |
Signature Page to LIBOR Transition Amendment
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Lender |
By: |
| /s/ Warren Veech III |
| Name: Warren Veech III |
| Title: Vice President |
Signature Page to LIBOR Transition Amendment
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BNP PARIBAS, as a Lender |
By: |
| /s/ Michael Pearce |
| Name: Michael Pearce |
| Title: Managing Director |
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BNP PARIBAS, as a Lender |
By: |
| /s/ John Bosco |
| Name: John Bosco |
| Title: Managing Director |
Signature Page to LIBOR Transition Amendment
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Citibank, N.A., as a Lender |
By: |
| /s/ Eugene Yermash |
| Name: Eugene Yermash |
| Title: Vice President |
Signature Page to LIBOR Transition Amendment
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DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender |
By: |
| /s/ Ming K. Chu |
| Name: Ming K. Chu |
| Title: Director |
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By: |
| /s/ Douglas Darman |
| Name: Douglas Darman |
| Title: Director |
Signature Page to LIBOR Transition Amendment
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DNB Capital LLC, as a Lender |
By: |
| /s/ Dania Hinedi |
| Name: Dania Hinedi |
| Title: Senior Vice President |
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By: |
| /s/ Kristie Li |
| Name: Kristie Li |
| Title: Senior Vice President |
Signature Page to LIBOR Transition Amendment
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Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as a Lender |
By: |
| /s/ Keshia Leday |
| Name: Keshia Leday |
| Title: Authorized Signatory |
Signature Page to LIBOR Transition Amendment
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ING Bank N.V., Dublin Branch, as a Lender |
By: |
| /s/ Cormac Langford |
| Name: Cormac Langford |
| Title: Director |
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By: |
| /s/ Sean Hassett |
| Name: Sean Hassett |
| Title: Director |
Signature Page to LIBOR Transition Amendment
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender |
By: |
| /s/ James Kyle O’Donnell |
| Name: James Kyle O’Donnell |
| Title: Vice President |
Signature Page to LIBOR Transition Amendment
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MIZUHO BANK, LTD., as a Lender |
By: |
| /s/ Tracy Rahn |
| Name: Tracy Rahn |
| Title: Executive Director |
Signature Page to LIBOR Transition Amendment
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PNC Bank, National Association, as a Lender |
By: |
| /s/ Kathryn M. Hutterer |
| Name: Kathryn M. Hutterer |
| Title: Senior Vice President |
Signature Page to LIBOR Transition Amendment
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender |
By: |
| /s/ Scott MacVicar |
| Name: Scott MacVicar |
| Title: Authorized Signatory |
Signature Page to LIBOR Transition Amendment
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MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as a Lender |
By: |
| /s/ Tim Kok |
| Name: Tim Kok |
| Title: Authorized Signatory |
Signature Page to LIBOR Transition Amendment
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MUFG BANK, LTD., as a Lender |
By: |
| /s/ Jack Lonker |
| Name: Jack Lonker |
| Title: Authorized Signatory |
Signature Page to LIBOR Transition Amendment
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DBS BANK LTD., as a Lender |
By: |
| /s/ Kate Khoo |
| Name: Kate Khoo |
| Title: Vice President |
Signature Page to LIBOR Transition Amendment
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Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (PUBL), as a Lender |
By: |
| /s/ Alison Butt |
| Name: Alison Butt |
| Title: Authorised Signatory |
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By: |
| /s/ Andrew Moore |
| Name: Andrew Moore |
| Title: Authorised Signatory |
Signature Page to LIBOR Transition Amendment
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SOCIETE GENERALE, as a Lender |
By: |
| /s/ Kimberly Metzger |
| Name: Kimberly Metzger |
| Title: Director |
Signature Page to LIBOR Transition Amendment
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Standard Chartered Bank, as a Lender |
By: |
| /s/ Kristopher Tracy |
| Name: Kristopher Tracy |
| Title: Director – Financing Solutions |
Signature Page to LIBOR Transition Amendment
Appendix I
Amended Agreement
EXECUTION VERSIONAppendix I to LIBOR Transition Amendment to Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement
Deal CUSIP Number: 92557HAA4 Facility CUSIP Number: 92557HAB2
AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of JULY 1, 2021,
as amended by that certain LIBOR Transition Amendment to Amended and Restated Revolving
Credit Agreement, dated as of April 28, 2023,
among
VIATRIS INC.
as Borrower and
the Guarantors from time to time party hereto and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
and the Lenders and the Issuing Banks from time to time party hereto
BofA SECURITIES, INC., BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP., CITIBANK, N.A.,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., DNB MARKETS, INC.,
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, ING BANK N.V., DUBLIN BRANCH, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,
MORGAN STANLEY MUFG LOAN PARTNERS, LLC, PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC,
and
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC,
as Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE I Definitions 1
SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms 1
SECTION 1.02 Classification of Loans and Borrowings 44
SECTION 1.03 Terms Generally 44
SECTION 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP 45
SECTION 1.05 Payments on Business Days 45
SECTION 1.06 Divisions 46
SECTION 1.07 Rounding_______________________________________________________ 46
SECTION 1.08 Additional Alternative Currencies 46
SECTION 1.09 Change of Currency 47
SECTION 1.10 Times of Day 47
SECTION 1.11 Letter of Credit Amounts 48
SECTION 1.12 Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents; Interest Rates 48
ARTICLE II The Credits________________________________________________________ 48
SECTION 2.01 Commitments 48
SECTION 2.02 Loans and Borrowings 49
SECTION 2.03 Requests for Borrowings 50
SECTION 2.04 Swingline Loans 52
SECTION 2.05 Letters of Credit 54
SECTION 2.06 Funding of Borrowings 63
SECTION 2.07 Market Disruption; Inability to Determine Rates 64
SECTION 2.08 Termination and Reduction of Commitments 68
SECTION 2.09 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt 69
SECTION 2.10 Prepayment of Loans 70
SECTION 2.11 Fees 71
SECTION 2.12 Interest 72
SECTION 2.13 [Reserved] 73
SECTION 2.14 Increased Costs 73
SECTION 2.15 Break Funding Payments 75
SECTION 2.16 Taxes 75
SECTION 2.17 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs 80
SECTION 2.18 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders 82
SECTION 2.19 Expansion Option 84
SECTION 2.20 Judgment Currency 85
SECTION 2.21 Extended Revolving Commitments 86
SECTION 2.22 Defaulting Lender 88
SECTION 2.23 Sustainability Adjustments 90
ARTICLE III Representations and Warranties_______________________________________ 91
SECTION 3.01 Organization; Powers; Subsidiaries 91
SECTION 3.02 Authorization; Enforceability 92
SECTION 3.03 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts 92
SECTION 3.04 Financial Statements; Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change____ 92
SECTION 3.05 Properties 93
SECTION 3.06 Litigation and Environmental Matters 93
SECTION 3.07 Compliance with Laws and Agreements 93
SECTION 3.08 Investment Company Status 93
SECTION 3.09 Taxes 94
SECTION 3.10 Solvency 94
SECTION 3.11 [Reserved] 94
SECTION 3.12 Disclosure 94
SECTION 3.13 Federal Reserve Regulations 94
SECTION 3.14 PATRIOT Act 94
SECTION 3.15 OFAC 94
SECTION 3.16 Beneficial Ownership Certification 95
SECTION 3.17 Representations as to Foreign Obligors 95
ARTICLE IV Conditions Precedent_______________________________________________ 96
SECTION 4.01 Initial Credit Events 96
SECTION 4.02 Subsequent Credit Events 97
ARTICLE V Affirmative Covenants______________________________________________ 98
SECTION 5.01 Financial Statements and Other Information 98
SECTION 5.02 Notices of Material Events 100
SECTION 5.03 Existence; Conduct of Business 100
SECTION 5.04 Payment of Obligations 100
SECTION 5.05 Maintenance of Properties; Insurance 100
SECTION 5.06 Inspection Rights 101
SECTION 5.07 Compliance with Laws 101
SECTION 5.08 Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit 101
SECTION 5.09 Guarantees 101
ARTICLE VI Negative Covenants_______________________________________________ 102
SECTION 6.01 Indebtedness 102
SECTION 6.02 Liens 104
SECTION 6.03 Fundamental Changes 107
SECTION 6.04 Restricted Payments 107
SECTION 6.05 Investments 108
SECTION 6.06 Transactions with Affiliates 109
SECTION 6.07 Financial Covenant 110
SECTION 6.08 Lines of Business 111
ARTICLE VII Events of Default________________________________________________ 111
ARTICLE VIII The Administrative Agent_________________________________________ 114
ARTICLE IX Miscellaneous____________________________________________________ 119
SECTION 9.01 Notices __119
SECTION 9.02 Waivers; Amendments 122
SECTION 9.03 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver 123
SECTION 9.04 Successors and Assigns 125
SECTION 9.05 Survival 131
SECTION 9.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness 131
SECTION 9.07 Severability 131
SECTION 9.08 Right of Setoff 131
SECTION 9.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process 132
SECTION 9.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL 133
SECTION 9.11 Headings 133
SECTION 9.12 Confidentiality 133
SECTION 9.13 USA PATRIOT Act 135
SECTION 9.14 Interest Rate Limitation 135
SECTION 9.15 No Fiduciary Duty 135
SECTION 9.16 Electronic Execution of this Agreement and Other Documents 136
SECTION 9.17 Joint and Several 137
SECTION 9.18 Enforcement 137
SECTION 9.19 Netherlands Loan Party Representation 138
SECTION 9.20 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions 138
SECTION 9.21 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs 139
SECTION 9.22 Amendment and Restatement 140
ARTICLE X Guarantee_______________________________________________________ 140
SECTION 10.01 Guarantee 140
SECTION 10.02 Right of Contribution 141
SECTION 10.03 No Subrogation 141
SECTION 10.04 Amendments, etc., with Respect to the Obligations 142
SECTION 10.05 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional 142
SECTION 10.06 Reinstatement 143
SECTION 10.07 Obligations Independent 143
SECTION 10.08 Payments 143
SECTION 10.09 Subordination 144
SECTION 10.10 Stay of Acceleration 144
SECTION 10.11 Condition of Borrower 144
SECTION 10.12 Releases 144
ARTICLE XI Certain ERISA Matters____________________________________________ 145
SECTION 11.01 Certain ERISA Matters 145
SCHEDULES:
Schedule 2.01 – Commitments
Schedule 2.03 – Specified Litigation
Schedule 2.05 – Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 3.01 – Material Subsidiary Stocks
Schedule 3.04(b) – Material Adverse Changes
Schedule 3.06 – Disclosed Matters
Schedule 3.07 – Compliance with Laws and Agreements
Schedule 6.01 – Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 6.02 – Existing Liens
Schedule 6.04 – Restricted Payments
Schedule 6.05(e) – Investments
Schedule 6.06 – Affiliate Transactions
Schedule 9.01 – Notices
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit A – Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B – Form of Revolving Note
Exhibit C – Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit D – Form of Swingline Loan Notice
Exhibit E – Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit F – Form of Guarantor Joinder Agreement
Exhibit G-1 – Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit G-2 – Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit G-3 – Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit G-4 – Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit H – Form of Solvency Certificate
AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”) is dated as of July 1, 2021 among VIATRIS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), certain Affiliates and Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party hereto as Guarantors, each Lender and Issuing Bank from time to time party hereto, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
WHEREAS, the Borrower (formerly known as UPJOHN INC.), the Guarantors, certain banks and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2020 (the “ExistingOriginal Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which, at the request of the Borrower, the Lenders (as defined therein) have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower in the form of Loans and Letters of Credit (each as defined therein) at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date and prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date (each as defined therein), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $4,000,000,000, subject to the terms and conditions thereinafter set forth;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement and in connection therewith, the Existing Loan (as(as defined in the First Amendment (as defined below) shall be repaid in full) as set forth herein;
WHEREAS, each Lender hereunder that was also a lender under the Existing Credit Agreement, by its execution and delivery of this Agreement, hereby waives any breakage costs incurred in connection with the repayment of the Existing Loan pursuant to Section 2.15 (Break Funding Payments) of the Existing Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Lenders have indicated their willingness to agree to such amendments and restatements of the Existing Credit Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth hereinafter and in the First Amendment; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree asrepresentations, covenants and agreements of the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the lenders, each party hereto hereby promises, covenants and agrees to amend the Existing Credit Agreement with all of the terms, conditions and provisions set forth herein below and all of the terms, conditions and provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement are, subject to the occurrence of the First Amendment Effective Date, hereby deemed superseded, substituted, and replaced by the followsing:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“Acquired Entity or Business” means each Person, property, business or assets acquired by the Borrower or a Subsidiary, to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the Borrower or such Subsidiary.
“Acquisition Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Loan Parties that has been issued for the purpose of financing, in part, the acquisition of an Acquired Entity or Business.
“Act” has the meaning assigned in Section 9.13.
“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America (or any of its designated branch offices or Affiliates), in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder, or any successor administrative agent.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means, with respect to any currency, the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 9.01 with respect to such currency, or such other address or account with respect to such currency as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Agent Parties” has the meaning assigned in Section 9.01(c). “Agreed Currency” means Dollars or any Alternative Currency, as applicable. “Agreement” has the meaning assigned in the preamble hereto.
“Alternative Currencies” means (a) Euro, (b) Sterling, (c) Yen and (d) each other currency (other than Dollars) approved in accordance with Section 1.08.
“Alternative Currency Daily Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any Credit Event:
(a)denominated in Sterling, the rate per annum equal to SONIA determined pursuant to the definition thereof plus the SONIA Adjustment; and
(b)denominated in any other Alternative Currency (to the extent such Loans denominated in such currency will bear interest at a daily rate), the daily rate per annum as designated with respect to such Alternative Currency at the time such Alternative Currency is approved by the Administrative Agent and the relevant Lenders pursuant to Section 1.08(a) plus
the adjustment (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent and the relevant Lenders pursuant to Section 1.08(a);
provided, that, if any Alternative Currency Daily Rate shall be less than zero percent (0%), such rate shall be deemed zero percent (0%) for purposes of this Agreement. Any change in any Alternative Currency Daily Rate shall be effective from and including the date of such change without further notice.
“Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the definition of “Alternative Currency Daily Rate.” All Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loans must be denominated in an Alternative Currency.
“Alternative Currency Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Alternative Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of such Alternative Currency with Dollars.
“Alternative Currency Loan” means an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, as applicable.
“Alternative Currency Term Rate” means, for any Interest Period, with respect to any Credit Event:
(a)denominated in Euros, the rate per annum equal to the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (“EURIBOR”), as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) on the day that is two TARGET Days preceding the first day of such Interest Period with a term equivalent to such Interest Period;
(b)denominated in Japanese Yen, the rate per annum equal to the Tokyo Interbank Offer Rate (“TIBOR”), as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) on the Rate Determination Date with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; and
(c)denominated in any other Alternative Currency (to the extent such Loans denominated in such currency will bear interest at a term rate), the term rate per annum as designated with respect to such Alternative Currency at the time such Alternative Currency is approved by the Administrative Agent and the relevant Lenders pursuant to Section 1.08(a);
provided, that, if any Alternative Currency Term Rate shall be less than zero percent (0%), such rate shall be deemed zero percent (0%) for purposes of this Agreement.
“Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the definition of “Alternative Currency Term Rate.” All Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans must be denominated in an Alternative Currency.
“Applicable Authority” means, (a) with respect to SOFR, the SOFR Administrator or any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or the SOFR Administrator with respect to its publication of SOFR, in each case acting in such capacity and
(b)with respect to any Alternative Currency, the applicable administrator for the Relevant Rate for such Alternative Currency or any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or such administrator with respect to its publication of the applicable Relevant Rate, in each case acting in such capacity.
“Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents” has the meaning assigned in Section 3.17(a). “Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, a percentage
equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s Revolving Commitment at that time and the denominator of which is the aggregate Revolving Commitments of all Revolving Lenders at that time (if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon such Lender’s share of the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures at that time).
“Applicable Rate” means, from time to time, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Debt Rating as set forth below:
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Pricing Level |
Debt Rating |
Facility Fee | Applicable Rate for EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans, LIBORSOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans and Alternative Currency Loans |
Letter of Credit Fees |
Applicable Rate for Base Rate Loans and Swingline Loans |
1 | >A- / A3 /A- | 0.09% | 0.785% | 0.785% | 0.00% |
2 | BBB+ / Baa1 / BBB+ | 0.10% | 0.90% | 0.90% | 0.00% |
3 | BBB / Baa2 / BBB | 0.125% | 1.00% | 1.00% | 0.00% |
4 | BBB- /Baa3 / BBB- | 0.175% | 1.20% | 1.20% | 0.20% |
5 | ≤BB+ / Ba1 / BB+ | 0.20% | 1.425% | 1.425% | 0.425% |
Initially, the Applicable Rate shall be determined based upon Pricing Level 4. Thereafter, each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a publicly announced change in the Debt Rating shall be effective during the period commencing on the date of the public announcement thereof and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change and, in the case of a downgrade, during the period commencing on the date of the public announcement thereof and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. If the rating system of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch shall change, or if any such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Borrower and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this definition to reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of ratings from such rating agency and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the rating most recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.
“Applicable Time” means, with respect to any borrowings and payments in any Alternative Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Alternative Currency as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to be necessary for timely settlement on the relevant date in accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of payment.
“Approved Bank” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Cash Equivalents.”
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Arrangers” means, collectively, BofA Securities, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citibank, N.A., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., DNB Markets, Inc., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, ING Bank N.V., Dublin Branch, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC, acting through Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and MUFG Bank, Ltd., PNC Capital Markets LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as lead arrangers and bookrunners, as lead arrangers and bookrunners.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption agreement entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04 of this Agreement), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form (including electronic documentation generated by use of an electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Attributable Receivables Indebtedness” at any time means the principal amount of Indebtedness which (i) if a Permitted Receivables Facility is structured as a secured lending agreement, would constitute the principal amount of such Indebtedness or (ii) if a Permitted Receivables Facility is structured as a purchase agreement, would be outstanding at such time under the Permitted Receivables Facility if the same were structured as a secured lending agreement rather than a purchase agreement.
“Augmenting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(a). “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b)(iii).
“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the earlier of (a) (i) with respect to Revolving Commitments made pursuant to Section 2.01, the initial Revolving Credit Maturity Date, (ii) with respect to any Revolving Extension Series, the applicable Revolving Credit Maturity Date and (iii) with respect to any Swingline Loans, the initial Revolving Credit Maturity Date or, to the extent the Commitment of the Swingline Lender has been extended pursuant to a Revolving Extension Series, the Latest Maturity Date and (b) with respect to any Class of Revolving Commitments or the commitment of the Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans, the date such Class of Revolving Commitments or such commitment to make Swingline Loans, as the case may be, is terminated in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (x) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period or (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference for such Benchmark, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement as of such date.
“Bail-In Action” means 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” means, (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, rule, regulation 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).
“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A. and its permitted successors and assigns.
“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate of interest per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate,” and (c) the Eurocurrency Rate in effect on such dayTerm SOFR for a one-month Interest Period beginning on such day (or, if such day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the immediately preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day) plus 1.00%, provided that if Base Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement. The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may
be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such prime rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change. “Base Rate,” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate. If the Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, then the Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the definition of “Base Rate.” All Base Rate Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.
“Benchmark” means, initially, LIBOR; provided that if a replacement of the Benchmark has occurred pursuant to Section 2.07(b), then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate. Any reference to “Benchmark” shall include, as applicable, the published component used in the calculation thereof.
“Benchmark Replacement” means:
(1)For purposes of Section 2.07(d)(i), the first alternative set forth below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent:
(a)the sum of: (i) Term SOFR and (ii) 0.11448% (11.448 basis points) for an Available Tenor of one-month’s duration, 0.26161% (26.161 basis points) for an Available Tenor of three-months’ duration, 0.42826% (42.826 basis points) for an Available Tenor of six-months’ duration, and 0.71513% (71.513 basis points) for an Available Tenor of twelve-months’ duration, or
(b)the sum of: (i) Daily Simple SOFR and (ii) 0.11448% (11.448 basis points);
provided that, if initially LIBOR is replaced with the rate contained in clause (b) above (Daily Simple SOFR plus the applicable spread adjustment) and subsequent to such replacement, the Administrative Agent determines that Term SOFR has become available and is administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, and the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and each Lender of such availability, then from and after the beginning of the Interest Period, relevant interest payment date or payment period for interest calculated, in each case, commencing no less than thirty (30) days after the date of such notice, the Benchmark Replacement shall be as set forth in clause (a) above; and
(2)For purposes of Section 2.07(d)(ii), the sum of (a) the alternate benchmark rate and (b) an adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero), in each case, that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement Benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then-prevailing market convention, including any applicable recommendations made by a Relevant Governmental Body, for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time; provided that, if the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would be less than 0.00%, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be 0.00% for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Any Benchmark Replacement shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such Benchmark Replacement shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Benchmark Transition Event” means, with respect to any then-current Benchmark other than LIBOR, the occurrence of a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of the then-current Benchmark or a Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such administrator announcing or stating that all Available Tenors are or will no longer be representative, or made available, or used for determining the interest rate of loans, or shall or will otherwise cease, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that will continue to provide any representative tenors of such Benchmark after such specific date.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
“Borrower” has the meaning assigned in the preamble hereto. “Borrower Materials” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.
“Borrowing” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans and Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect or (b) a Swingline Loan.
“Borrowing Minimum” means (a) with respect to LIBORSOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans, $1,000,000 and (b) with respect to EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Loans, the Dollar Equivalent of $5,000,000; provided that, with respect to Loans denominated in any Alternative Currency other than Euros, Sterling or Yen, such amount as may be specified by the Administrative Agent.
“Borrowing Multiple” means (a) with respect to LIBORSOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans,
$100,000 and (b) with respect to EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Loans, the Dollar Equivalent of $1,000,000; provided that, with respect to Loans denominated in any Alternative Currency other than Euros, Sterling or Yen, such amount as may be specified by the Administrative Agent.
“Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and:
(a)if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Loan or a LIBOR Daily Floating Rate Loan, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Dollars in respect of any such Eurocurrency Loan or such LIBOR Daily Floating Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Loan or such LIBOR Daily Floating Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market;
(a)[reserved];
(b)if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to an Alternative Currency Loan denominated in Euro, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euro in respect of any such Alternative Currency Loan, or any other dealings in Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Alternative Currency Loan, means a Business Day that is also a TARGET Day;
(c)if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to an Alternative Currency Loan denominated in (i) Sterling, means a day other than a day banks are closed for general business in London because such day is a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday
under the laws of the United Kingdom; and (ii) Yen, means a day other than when banks are closed for general business in Japan; and
(d)if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to an Alternative Currency Loan denominated in a currency other than, Euro, Sterling or Japanese Yen, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in the relevant currency are conducted by and between banks in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency; and
(e)(d) if such day relates to any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in a currency other than Euro in respect of an Alternative Currency Loan denominated in a currency other than Euro, or any other dealings in any currency other than Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Alternative Currency Loan (other than any interest rate settings), means any such day on which banks are open for foreign exchange business in the principal financial center of the country of such currency.
“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date, and the amount of such obligations as of any date shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date.
“Captive Insurance Subsidiary” means American Triumvirate Insurance Company, a Vermont corporation or any successor thereto, so long as such Subsidiary is maintained as a special purpose self-insurance subsidiary.
“card obligations” means any Loan Party or any Subsidiary’s participation in commercial (or purchasing) card programs.
“Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the applicable Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Exposure, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank (which documents are hereby consented to by the Revolving Lenders). Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America.
“Cash Equivalents” means:
(1)any evidence of Indebtedness issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the government or any agency or instrumentality of (i) the United States, (ii) the United Kingdom or (iii) any member nation of the European Union;
(2)time deposits, certificates of deposit, and bank notes of any financial institution that (i) is a Lender or (ii) is a member of the Federal Reserve System (or organized in any foreign country recognized by the United States) and whose senior unsecured debt is rated at least A-2, P-2, or F-2, short-term, or A or A2, long-term, by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch (any such bank in the foregoing clause (i) or (ii) being an “Approved Bank”). Issues with only one short-term credit rating must have a minimum credit rating of A 1, P 1 or F 1;
(3)commercial paper, including asset-backed commercial paper, and floating or fixed rate notes issued by an Approved Bank or a corporation or special purpose vehicle (other than an Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Borrower) organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia (or any foreign country recognized by the United States) and rated at least A 2 by S&P and at least P 2 by Moody’s;
(4)asset-backed securities rated AAA by Moody’s, S&P, or Fitch, with weighted average lives of 3 years or less (measured to the next maturity date);
(5)repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating to marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the government or any agency or instrumentality of (i) the United States, (ii) the United Kingdom or (iii) any member nation of the European Union maturing within 365 days from the date of acquisition;
(6)money market funds which invest substantially all of their assets in assets described in the preceding clauses (1) through (5); and
(7)instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (1) through (6) above denominated in any Alternative Currency or any other foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction;
provided, that except in the case of clauses (4) and (5) above, the maximum maturity date of individual securities or deposits will be 3 years or less at the time of purchase or deposit.
“Change in Control” means the acquisition of beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in effect on the Closing Date) of Equity Interests representing more than 35% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower.
“Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, treaty, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, treaty, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or any Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.14(b), by any Lending Office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States 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.
“Charges” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14.
“Class” (a) when used with respect to Commitments, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Commitment or an Extended Revolving Commitment of a given Revolving Extension Series, (b) when used with respect to Loans or a Borrowing, refers to whether such Loans, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Loans under Revolving Commitments or Loans under Extended Revolving Commitments of a given Revolving Extension Series and (c) when used with respect to Lenders, refers to whether such Lender has a Loan or Commitment with respect to a particular Class of Loans or Commitments.
“Closing Date” means the date on which all the conditions specified in Section 4.01 of this Agreement are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02 of this Agreement).
“CME” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited as administrator of the forward-looking term SOFR (or a successor administrator).
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. “Combination Transactions” means the combination and separation transactions by and
among Pfizer Inc. (“Pfizer”), the Borrower and Mylan N.V., including but not limited to the separation of Pfizer’s global, primarily offpatent branded and generic established medicine business and the combination of such business with Mylan N.V., the borrowings and other financings related thereto, and the payment of fees and expenses associated therewith.
“Commitment” means a Revolving Commitment.
“Communication” means this Agreement, any Loan Document and any document, amendment, approval, consent, information, notice, certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to any Loan Document.
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to the use, administration of or any conventions associated with SOFR, SONIA, EURIBOR, TIBOR or any proposed Successor Rate for an Agreed Currency or Term SOFR, as applicable, any conforming changes to the definitions of “Base Rate”, “SOFR”, “SONIA”, “EURIBOR”, “TIBOR”, “Term SOFR” and “Interest Period”, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other technical, administrative or operational matters (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the definitions of “Business Day” and “U.S. Government Securities Business Day”, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices and length of lookback periods) as may be appropriate, in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent, after consultation with the Borrower, to reflect the adoption and implementation of such applicable rate(s) and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice for such Agreed Currency (or, if the Administrative Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such rate for such Agreed Currency exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent determines is
reasonably necessary, after consultation with the Borrower, in connection with the administration of this Agreement and any other Loan Document).
“Consolidated EBITDA” means Consolidated Net Income plus, without duplication and, except in the case of clause (xii), to the extent deducted from revenues in determining Consolidated Net Income, (i) Consolidated Interest Expense and charges, deferred financing fees and milestone payments in connection with any investment or series of related investments, losses on hedging obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, net of gains on such hedging obligations, and costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, (ii) expense and provision for taxes paid or accrued, (iii) depreciation, (iv) amortization (including amortization of intangibles, including goodwill), (v) non-cash charges recorded in respect of purchase accounting or impairment of goodwill or assets and non-cash exchange, translation or performance losses relating to any foreign currency hedging transactions or currency fluctuations, (vi) any other non-cash items, (vii) any unusual, infrequent or extraordinary loss or charge (including the amount of any restructuring, integration, transition, executive severance, facility closing, unusual litigation and similar charges accrued during such period, including any charges to establish accruals and reserves or to make payments associated with the reassessment or realignment of the business and operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the sale or closing of facilities, severance, stay bonuses and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, asset write-downs or asset disposals (including leased facilities), write-downs for purchase and lease commitments, start-up costs for new facilities, write-downs of excess, obsolete or unbalanced inventories, relocation costs which are not otherwise capitalized and any related promotional costs of exiting products or product lines), (viii) non-recurring cash charges in connection with the litigation described on Schedule 2.03, (ix) income of any non-wholly owned Subsidiaries and deductions attributable to minority interests, (x) any non-cash costs or expenses incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock plan, (xi) expenses with respect to casualty events, (xii) the amount of net cost savings in connection with any acquisition of an Acquired Entity or Business or otherwise projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized as a result of specified actions taken prior to the last day of such period (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings had been realized since the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided that (A) in connection with (1) the Combination Transactions, such actions have been taken within 24 months after the closing date of the Combination Transactions and (2) any other acquisition of an Acquired Entity or Business, such actions have been taken within 12 months after the closing date of an acquisition of an Acquired Entity or Business and (B) no cost savings shall be added pursuant to this clause (xii) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating to such cost savings that are included in clause (vii) above with respect to such period, (xiii) expenses incurred in connection with any acquisition of an Acquired Entity or Business, investment, asset disposition, issuance or repayment of debt, issuance of equity securities, refinancing transaction or amendment or other modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed, and including transaction expenses incurred in connection therewith), (xiv) any contingent or deferred payments (including earn-out payments, non-compete payments and consulting payments but excluding ongoing royalty payments) made in connection with any acquisition of an Acquired Entity or Business, (xv) non-cash charges pursuant to ASC 715, minus, to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, the sum of (xvi) any unusual, infrequent or extraordinary income or gains, (xvii) any other non-cash income or gains (except to the extent representing (x) an accrual for future cash income or in respect of which cash was received in a prior period or (y) the reversal of any cash reserves established in a prior period), and (xviii) any cash payment made with respect to any non-cash items added back in computing Consolidated EBITDA in a prior period pursuant to clause (vi) above), all calculated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than the Captive Insurance Subsidiary) in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis; provided that, to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, (A) there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA
currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness (including the net loss or gain resulting from Swap Agreements for currency exchange risk) and
(B) there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period any adjustments resulting from the application of SFAS 133.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with reference to any period, the interest expense whether or not paid in cash (including interest expense under Capital Lease Obligations that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, but excluding, any (i) non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in mark-to-market valuation under Swap Agreements or other derivative instruments, (ii) non-cash interest expense attributable to the amortization of gains or losses resulting from the termination of Swap Agreements prior to or reasonably contemporaneously with the Closing Date, (iii) amortization of deferred financing fees and (iv) expensing of bridge or other financing fees) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than the Captive Insurance Subsidiary) calculated on a consolidated basis for such period in accordance with GAAP plus, without duplication: (a) imputed interest attributable to Capital Lease Obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than the Captive Insurance Subsidiary) for such period, (b) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Captive Insurance Subsidiary) with respect to letters of credit securing financial obligations, bankers’ acceptance financing and receivables financings for such period, (c) amortization or write-off of debt discount and debt issuance costs, premium, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges associated with Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than the Captive Insurance Subsidiary) for such period, (d) cash contributions to any employee stock ownership plan or similar trust made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent such contributions are used by such plan or trust to pay interest or fees to any Person (other than the Borrower or a wholly owned Subsidiary) in connection with Indebtedness incurred by such plan or trust for such period, (e) all interest paid or payable with respect to discontinued operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for such period, (f) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Captive Insurance Subsidiary) for such period, (g) all interest on any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Captive Insurance Subsidiary) of the type described in clause (e) or (f) of the definition of “Indebtedness” for such period and (h) the interest component of all Attributable Receivables Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than the Captive Insurance Subsidiary).
“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, for any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness net of Unrestricted Cash of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an amount not exceeding $1,000,000,000 as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, with reference to any period, the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis (without duplication) for such period; provided that, in calculating Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period, there shall be excluded (a) the income (or deficit) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) the income (or deficit) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Borrower) in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar distributions, (c) the income or deficit of the Captive Insurance Subsidiary, (d) any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with the consummation of any acquisition, investment, asset disposition, issuance or repayment of debt, issuance of equity securities, refinancing transaction or amendment or other modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such
transaction, (e) any amortization of deferred charges resulting from the application of “Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. APB 14-1 — Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments” that may be settled in cash upon conversion (including partial cash settlement) and
(f)any income (loss) for such period attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness, together with any related provision for taxes on any such income. There shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income for any period (i) any gains or losses resulting from any reappraisal, revaluation or write-up or write-down of assets (including any gains and losses attributable to movement in the mark-to-market valuation of (1) any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, (2) any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction, (3) any Permitted Warrant Transaction and (4) purchase options and related contingencies), (ii) any non-cash charges recorded in respect of intangible assets (but excluding scheduled amortization of intangible assets), and (iii) the purchase accounting effects of in process research and development expenses and adjustments to property, inventory and equipment, software and other intangible assets and deferred revenue and deferred expenses in component amounts required or permitted by GAAP and related authoritative pronouncements (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries), as a result of any acquisition, or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof.
“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, with respect to the Borrower, the total amount of assets (less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) after deducting all goodwill, tradenames, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like intangible assets, all as set forth on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b).
“Consolidated Subsidiaries” means Subsidiaries that would be consolidated with the Borrower in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of the date of any determination thereof, total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis as of such date.
“Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means at any time the sum, without duplication, of (i) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than the Captive Insurance Subsidiary) outstanding as of such time calculated on a consolidated basis (other than Indebtedness described in clause (h), (i) or (j) of the definition of “Indebtedness” (provided that there shall be included in Consolidated Total Indebtedness, any Indebtedness (x) in respect of drawings under the items in such clauses (h) and (i) to the extent not reimbursed within two Business Days after the date of such drawing and (y) in respect of any Swap Agreement entered into for speculative purposes)) plus (ii) the principal amount of any obligations of any Person (other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary) of the type described in the foregoing clause (i) that are Guaranteed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (whether or not reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower). Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely for the purposes of determining Consolidated Total Indebtedness at any time on or prior to the consummation of the acquisition of an Acquired Entity or Business, the aggregate principal amount of Acquisition Indebtedness that would otherwise be included in “Consolidated Total Indebtedness” shall exclude any such Acquisition Indebtedness that includes a customary “special mandatory redemption” provision (or other similar provision) requiring a Loan Party (within a reasonable period of time following the occurrence of an event set forth in clause (a) or
(b)below) to redeem such Acquisition Indebtedness if (a) such acquisition is not consummated within a number of days reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent or (b) the acquisition agreement related to such acquisition terminates in accordance with its terms. For avoidance of doubt, the exclusion in the immediately preceding sentence shall not apply after consummation of the applicable acquisition.
“Control” means, with respect to any Person, the power, directly or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.
“Credit Event” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.
“Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure at such time.
“Credit Party” has the meaning set forth in paragraph (l) of Article VIII.
“Daily Simple SOFR” with respect to any applicable determination date means the
secured overnight financing rate (“SOFR”) published on such date by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as the administrator of the benchmark (or a successor administrator) on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s website (or any successor source).
“Debt Rating” means, as of any date of determination, the rating as determined by Fitch, S&P and Moody’s (collectively, the “Debt Ratings”) of the Borrower’s non-credit-enhanced, senior unsecured long-term debt; provided that:
(a)if all three Debt Ratings are in effect, and two or more ratings are at the same Pricing Level, that Pricing Level will apply;
(b)if all three Debt Ratings are in effect, each at a different Pricing Level, the Pricing Level of the middle Debt Rating shall apply;
(c)if only two Debt Ratings are in effect, the Pricing Level of the higher of such Debt Ratings shall apply (with the Debt Rating for Pricing Level 1 being the highest and the Debt Rating for Pricing Level 4 being the lowest), unless the ratings differential is two levels or more, in which case the Pricing Level that is one level lower than the Pricing Level of the higher Debt Rating shall apply;
(d)if there exists only one Debt Rating, such Debt Rating shall apply; and
(e)if no Debt Rating is available, Pricing Level 5 shall apply. “Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other
liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
“Default” means any event or condition, which constitutes an Event of Default or, which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.12(f).
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of any Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount required
to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder or generally under other agreements in which it has committed to extend credit, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had publicly appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or Federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity, or (iii) become 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 any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.22(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, each Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender and each Lender.
“Disclosed Matters” means the actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental matters disclosed (a) in any reports, schedules, forms, proxy statements, prospectuses (including prospectus supplements), registration statements and other information filed by the Borrower with the SEC or furnished by the Borrower to the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act, in each case, filed or furnished before the Closing Date and which are available to the Lenders before the Closing Date and (b) on Schedule 3.06.
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control, public equity offering or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control, public equity offering or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments and the expiration, cancellation, termination or cash collateralization of any Letters of Credit in accordance with the terms hereof), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests and except as permitted in clause
(a)above), in whole or in part, (c) requires the scheduled payments of dividends in cash (for this purpose, dividends shall not be considered required if the issuer has the option to permit them to accrue, cumulate, accrete or increase in liquidation preference or if the Borrower has the option to pay such dividends solely in Qualified Equity Interests), or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would
constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date.
“Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Alternative Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency.
“Dollars” or “$” means the lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located in the United States of America.
“Early Opt-in Effective Date” means, with respect to any Early Opt-in Election, the sixth (6th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to the Lenders, so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to the Lenders, written notice of objection to such Early Opt-in Election from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.
“Early Opt-in Election” means the occurrence of:
(1)a determination by the Administrative Agent, or a notification by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent that the Borrower has made a determination, that U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities currently being executed, or that include language similar to that contained in Section 2.07(d), are being executed or amended (as applicable) to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace LIBOR; and
(2)the joint election by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to replace LIBOR with a Benchmark Replacement and the provision by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Lenders.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clause (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any member state of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Electronic Copy” has the meaning assigned in Section 9.16(b).
“Electronic Record” has the meaning assigned to such term by 15 USC §7006, as it may be amended from time to time.
“Electronic Signature” has the meaning assigned to such term by 15 USC §7006, as it may be amended from time to time.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 9.04(b)(iii), (v) and (vi) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 9.04(b)(iii)).
“EMU” means the economic and monetary union in accordance with the Treaty of Rome 1957, as amended by the Single European Act 1986, the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 and the Amsterdam Treaty of 1998.
“EMU Legislation” means the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.
“Environmental Laws” means all Laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning protection of the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or the effect of Hazardous Materials in the environment on health and safety matters.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interest (other than, prior to such conversion, Indebtedness that is convertible into any such equity interests).
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with any Loan Party, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event,” as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) with respect to any Plan, a failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV
of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition upon any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
“ESG” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.23. “ESG Amendment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.23. “ESG Pricing Provisions” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.23. “EU/UK Listed Person” has the meaning assigned in Section 3.15(a).
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.
“EURIBOR” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Alternative Currency Term Rate.”
“Euro” or “€” means the single currency of the Participating Member States.
“Eurocurrency”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether
such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate.
“Eurocurrency Rate” means:
(a)for any Interest Period with respect to any Credit Event denominated in Dollars, the rate per annum equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate for such currency for a period equal in length to such Interest Period) (“LIBOR”), as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at or about 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Rate Determination Date, for deposits in the relevant currency, with a term equivalent to such Interest Period;
(b)for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to LIBOR, at or about 11:00 a.m. London time determined two Business Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits with a term of one month commencing that day; and
(c)if the Eurocurrency Rate shall be less than zero percent (0%), such rate shall be deemed zero percent (0%)for purposes of this Agreement.
“Eurocurrency Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate.” All Eurocurrency Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.
“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
“Excluded Finco” means Finco, so long as (i) it holds (directly, and together with its
Subsidiaries), not more than de minimis assets (other than (x) any intercompany notes or receivables that relate to the repayment of principal and interest of the Finco Designated Indebtedness or (y) any proceeds from any Indebtedness of Finco (so long as such proceeds are intended to be distributed to the Borrower) or intercompany notes or receivables that relate to the distribution of such proceeds to the Borrower), (ii) it does not generate more than de minimis Consolidated EBITDA and (iii) it does not at any time guarantee any third-party Indebtedness of the Borrower.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to any Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date of which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 2.18) or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that pursuant to Section 2.16, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.16(e), and (d) withholding Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.
“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned in the preliminary statements
hereto.
“Existing Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b), (d) or (f) as
the context may require.
“Existing Letters of Credit” means the Letters of Credit listed on Schedule 2.05. “Existing Loan” means the Revolving Loans (as defined in the ExistingOriginal Credit
Agreement) made to the Borrower under the ExistingOriginal Credit Agreement and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount of $900,000,000.
“Existing Revolver Tranche” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a).
“Extended Revolving Commitments” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a).
“Extending Revolving Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(b).
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor versions that are each substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any intergovernmental agreements in respect thereof (and any legislation, regulations or other official guidance pursuant to, or in respect of, such intergovernmental agreements).
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to the Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent; and provided further that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be less than zero, the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Fee Letters” means, collectively, each of the fee letters entered into by and among the Borrower and any of the Arrangers (or any of their respective affiliates) and/or the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement.
“Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower or the relevant Loan Party, as applicable.
“Finco” means Upjohn Finance B.V., a wholly owned financing subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Finco Designated Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of Finco issued after the Effective Date (as defined in the ExistingOriginal Credit Agreement) and on or prior to the closing date of the Combination Transactions, the proceeds of which are used to fund, in full or in part, the Borrower Cash Distribution (as defined in the ExistingOriginal Credit Agreement) and related transaction fees and expenses.
“First Amendment” means that certain LIBOR Transition Amendment to Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of the First Amendment Effective Date, by and among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lenders and Issuing Bank party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“First Amendment Effective Date” means April 28, 2023.
“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, Inc., or any successor to its rating agency business. “Foreign Jurisdiction Deposit” means a deposit or Guarantee incurred in the ordinary
course of business and required by any Governmental Authority in a foreign jurisdiction as a condition of doing business in such jurisdiction.
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.
“Foreign Obligor” means a Loan Party that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident, incorporated or organized.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time (except with respect to accounting for capital leases, as to which such principles in effect on December 31, 2018 shall apply), including those set forth in the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s “Accounting Standards Codification” or in such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including the Financial Conduct Authority, the Prudential Regulation Authority and any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or monetary obligation; provided that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the
primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made and (b) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee, unless such primary obligation or the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee shall be such guaranteeing person’s maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good faith.
“Guarantee Agreement” means the Guarantee set forth in Article X or other form of guarantee agreement reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Guarantor” means, each Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Borrower (including each Mylan Guarantor), if any, that provides a guarantee of the Obligations pursuant to Section 5.09 or otherwise.
“Guarantor Joinder Agreement” has the meaning assigned in Section 5.09.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all
hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas and all other substances or wastes (including infectious or medical wastes) of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Honor Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(c)(i).
“Increased Commitments” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(a). “Increasing Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(a).
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business, milestone payments incurred in connection with any investment or series of related investments, any earn-out obligation except to the extent such obligation is no longer contingent and appears as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and deferred or equity compensation arrangements payable to directors, officers or employees), (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on Property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, but limited to the fair market value of such Property (except to the extent otherwise provided in this definition), (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, (j) all obligations of such Person under any Swap Agreement (with the “principal” amount of any Swap Agreement on any date being equal to the early termination value thereof on such date) and (k) all Attributable Receivables Indebtedness. The Indebtedness of any Person
shall (i) include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is expressly liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity and pursuant to contractual arrangements, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor and (ii) exclude (A) customer deposits and advances and interest payable thereon in the ordinary course of business in accordance with customary trade terms and other obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business through credit on an open account basis customarily extended to such Person, (B) obligations under customary overdraft arrangements with banks outside the United States incurred in the ordinary course of business to cover working capital needs and (C) bona fide indemnification, purchase price adjustment, earn-outs, holdback and contingency payment obligations to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet or such payment depends on the performance of such business after the closing; provided, however, that, at the time of closing, the amount of any such payment is not determinable or is contingent and, to the extent such payment thereafter becomes fixed and determined and no longer contingent, the amount is paid within 60 days thereafter and included as Indebtedness of such Person.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03(b). “Information” has the meaning specified in Section 9.12.
“Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.
“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; (b) as to any LIBORSOFR Daily Floating Rate Loan, any Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan or Base Rate Loan (other than a Swingline Loan and other than as specified in the immediately following sub-clause (c)), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; (c) as to any Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Daily Simple SOFR or SONIASONIA or any Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each month and the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; (d) as to any Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall be Interest Payment Dates and
(b)with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid.
“Interest Period” means with respect to any Borrowing of a EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loan or of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan under any Class of Commitments, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding
day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter (in each case, subject to availability for the interest rate applicable to the relevant currency or currencies), or such other period that is twelve months or less requested by the Borrower and that is consented to by all the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (in the case of each requested Interest Period, subject to availability); provided that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Borrowing of a EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loan or of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan only, such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Borrowing of a EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loan or of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period and (iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Revolving Credit Maturity Date with respect to such Class. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and, in the case of a Revolving Borrowing, thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests or debt or other securities of another Person or (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee of Indebtedness of, assumption of Indebtedness of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person. For purposes of Section 6.05, (i) the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment, less any amount paid, repaid, returned, distributed or otherwise received in cash in respect of such Investment not to exceed the original amount of such Investment and (ii) in the event the Borrower or any Subsidiary (an “Initial Investing Person”) transfers an amount of cash or other Property (the “Invested Amount”) for purposes of permitting the Borrower or one or more other Subsidiaries to ultimately make an Investment of the Invested Amount in the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Person (the Person in which such Investment is ultimately made, the “Subject Person”) through a series of substantially concurrent intermediate transfers of the Invested Amount to the Borrower or one or more other Subsidiaries other than the Subject Person (each an “Intermediate Investing Person”), including through the incurrence or repayment of intercompany Indebtedness, capital contributions or redemptions of Equity Interests, then, for all purposes of Section 6.05, any transfers of the Invested Amount to Intermediate Investing Persons in connection therewith shall be disregarded and such transaction, taken as a whole, shall be deemed to have been solely an Investment of the Invested Amount by the Initial Investing Person in the Subject Person and not an Investment in any Intermediate Investing Person.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the applicable Issuing Bank and the Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of the applicable Issuing Bank and relating to such Letter of Credit.
“Issuing Bank” means Bank of America, Goldman Sachs Bank USA and any other Lender (subject to such Lender’s consent) designated by the Borrower and consented to by the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) that becomes an Issuing Bank, in each case in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and any successors in such capacity as provided in Section 9.04. An Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
“KPIs” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.23.
“Latest Maturity Date” means, at any date of determination, the latest Revolving Credit Maturity Date applicable to any Class of Loans or Commitments hereunder at such time, including the latest termination date of any Extended Revolving Commitment, as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities.
“Letter of Credit Fees” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11(b)(i).
“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Revolving Lender, such Revolving Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Percentage. All L/C Advances shall be denominated in Dollars.
“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from an L/C Disbursement under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Base Rate Loan Borrowing. All L/C Borrowings shall be denominated in Dollars.
“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.
“L/C Disbursement” means a payment made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of
Credit.
“L/C Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of
all Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all L/C Disbursements, including Unreimbursed Amounts, that have not yet been reimbursed by or on
behalf of the Borrower at such time. The L/C Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total L/C Exposure at such time. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.11. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
“L/C Exposure Sublimit” means $300,000,000; provided that (i) the Letters of Credit for which Bank of America (together with its successors and assigns) acts as Issuing Bank shall not exceed $150,000,000 at any time (as such amount may be increased from time to time in the sole discretion of Bank of America, so long as such amount does not exceed the L/C Exposure Sublimit and notice of such increase is provided to the Administrative Agent) and (ii) the Letters of Credit for which Goldman Sachs Bank USA (together with its successors and assigns) acts as Issuing Bank shall not exceed $150,000,000 at any time (as such amount may be increased from time to time in the sole discretion of Goldman Sachs Bank USA, so long as such amount does not exceed the L/C Exposure Sublimit).
“Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 2.19 or pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lender.
“Lender Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders (including the Swingline Lender), the Issuing Banks and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to clause (e) of Article VIII.
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent which office may include any Affiliate of such Lender or any domestic or foreign branch of such Lender or such Affiliate. Unless the context otherwise requires each reference to a Lender shall include its applicable Lending Office.
“Letter of Credit” means a Letter of Credit issued pursuant to Section 2.05. “Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or
amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the applicable Issuing Bank.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is five Business Days prior to (a) the initial Revolving Credit Maturity Date or (b) if the Commitment of each applicable Issuing Bank is extended pursuant to a Revolving Extension Series, the Latest Maturity Date (or, in each case, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
“LIBOR” has the meaning specified in the definition of Eurocurrency Rate.
“LIBOR Daily Floating Rate” means, as of any date of determination, the rate per annum equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for Dollars for delivery on the date in question for a one month Interest Period beginning on that date as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the date in question, as adjusted from time to time in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion for reserve requirements, deposit insurance assessment rates and other regulatory costs; provided that if the LIBOR Daily Floating Rate shall be less than zero percent (0%), such rate shall be deemed zero percent (0%) for purposes of this Agreement. The LIBOR Daily Floating Rate is a fluctuating rate of interest which can change on each Business Day.
“LIBOR Daily Floating Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the LIBOR Daily Floating Rate. LIBOR Daily Floating Rate Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset (or any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, any Guarantee Agreement, any Guarantor Joinder Agreement, any Issuer Documents, any promissory notes executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2.09(e) and any amendments, waivers, supplements or other modifications to any of the foregoing.
“Loan Parties” means the Borrower and the Guarantors from time to time party hereto, if
any.
“Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, property or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any and all other Loan Documents, or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder.
“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit), of any one or more of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $250,000,000.
“Material Subsidiary” means any Guarantor or any Subsidiary (or group of Subsidiaries as to which a specified condition applies) that would be a “significant subsidiary” under Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Mylan Guarantors” means each Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Borrower, including Mylan Inc., that is an issuer or guarantor of any Mylan Notes or is otherwise required to provide a guarantee of the Obligations pursuant to Section 5.09.
“Mylan Indentures” means the following:
(a)Indenture dated as of December 21, 2012, among Mylan Inc., as issuer, the subsidiaries party thereto, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee;
(b)First supplemental indenture dated as of February 27, 2015, among Mylan Inc., as issuer, Mylan N.V., as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, to the indenture dated as of December 21, 2012;
(c)Second supplemental indenture dated as of March 12, 2015, among Mylan Inc., as issuer, Mylan N.V., as parent, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, to the indenture dated as of December 21, 2012;
(d)Third supplemental indenture dated as of November 16, 2020, by and among Mylan Inc., the Borrower, Utah Acquisition Sub Inc., Mylan II B.V. and the Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, to the indenture dated as of December 21, 2012;
(e)Indenture dated as of November 29, 2013, by and between Mylan Inc., as issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee;
(f)First supplemental indenture dated as of November 29, 2013, by and between Mylan Inc., as issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, to the indenture dated as of November 29, 2013;
(g)Second supplemental indenture dated as of February 27, 2015, among Mylan Inc., as issuer, Mylan N.V., as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, to the indenture dated as of November 29, 2013;
(h)Third supplemental indenture dated as of March 12, 2015, among Mylan Inc., as issuer, Mylan N.V., as parent, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, to the indenture dated as of November 29, 2013;
(i)Fourth supplemental indenture dated as of November 16, 2020, by and among Mylan, Inc., the Borrower, Utah Acquisition Sub Inc., Mylan II B.V. and the Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, to the indenture dated as of November 29, 2013;
(j)Indenture dated as of June 9, 2016, among Mylan N.V., as issuer, Mylan Inc., as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee;
(k)First supplemental indenture dated as of November 16, 2020, by and among Mylan, Inc., the Borrower, Utah Acquisition Sub Inc., Mylan II B.V. and the Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, to the indenture dated as of June 9, 2016;
(l)Indenture dated as of November 22, 2016, among Mylan N.V., as issuer, Mylan Inc., as guarantor, and Citibank, N.A., London Branch, as trustee;
(m)First supplemental indenture dated as of November 16, 2020, by and among Mylan, Inc., the Borrower, Utah Acquisition Sub Inc., Mylan II B.V. and Citibank, N.A., London Branch, as trustee, to the indenture dated as of November 22, 2016;
(n)Indenture dated as of April 9, 2018, by and between Mylan Inc., as issuer, Mylan N.V., as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee;
(o)First supplemental indenture dated as of November 16, 2020, by and among Mylan, Inc., the Borrower, Utah Acquisition Sub Inc., Mylan II B.V. and the Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, to the indenture dated as of April 9, 2018;
(p)Indenture dated as of May 23, 2018, by and between Mylan Inc., as issuer,
Mylan N.V., as guarantor, and Citibank, N.A., London Branch, as trustee; and
(q)First supplemental indenture dated as of November 16, 2020, by and among Mylan, Inc., the Borrower, Utah Acquisition Sub Inc., Mylan II B.V. and Citibank, N.A., London Branch, as trustee, to the indenture dated as of May 23, 2018.
“Mylan Notes” means any senior notes issued by Mylan N.V. and Mylan Inc., as applicable, under the Mylan Indentures that are outstanding.
“New Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b), (d) or (f) as the context may require.
“Non-Extension Notice Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b)(iii).
“Non-SOFR Successor Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(c).
“Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Lender evidencing Loans made by such Lender to the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“Obligations” means all indebtedness (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and other monetary obligations of any of the Loan Parties to any of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks, their respective Affiliates and the Administrative Agent, individually or collectively, existing on the Closing Date or arising thereafter (direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured) arising or incurred under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (including under any of the Loans made or reimbursement or other monetary obligations incurred or any of the Letters of Credit or other instruments at any time evidencing any thereof), in each case whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether all such
obligations arise or accrue before or after the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings (and whether or not such claims, interest, costs, expenses or fees are allowed or allowable in any such proceeding).
“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.
“OFAC Countries” has the meaning assigned in Section 3.15. “OFAC Listed Person” has the meaning assigned in Section 3.15.
“Original Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned in the preliminary statements here to.
"Original Currency" has the meaning assigned in Section 2.17(a).
"Other Connection Taxes" means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Rate Early Opt-in” means the Administrative Agent and the Borrower have elected to replace LIBOR with a Benchmark Replacement other than a SOFR-based rate pursuant to (x) an Early Opt-in Election and (y) Section 2.07(d)(ii) and paragraph (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement”.
“Other Taxes” means 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 pursuant to Section 2.18).
“Outstanding Amount” means (i) with respect to Loans on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Loans occurring on such date; (ii) with respect to Swingline Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Swingline Loans occurring on such date; and (iii) with respect to any L/C Exposure on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding amount of such L/C Exposure on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Exposure as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts.
“Overnight Rate” means, for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (ii) an overnight rate reasonably
determined by the Administrative Agent, the applicable Issuing Bank, or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, and
(b)with respect to any amount denominated in an Alternative Currency, an overnight rate reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
“Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(d). “Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(d).
“Participating Member State” means any member state of the European Union that has the Euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction” means (a) any call option or capped call option (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) on the Borrower’s common stock purchased by the Borrower in connection with an incurrence of Permitted Convertible Indebtedness and (b) any call option or capped call option (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) replacing or refinancing the foregoing; provided that (x) the sum of (i) the purchase price for any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction occurring after the Closing Date, plus (ii) the purchase price for any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction it is refinancing or replacing, if any, minus (iii) the cash proceeds received upon the termination or the retirement of the Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction it is replacing or refinancing, if any, less (y) the sum of (i) the cash proceeds from the sale of the related Permitted Warrant Transaction plus (ii) the cash proceeds from the sale of any Permitted Warrant Transaction refinancing or replacing such related Permitted Warrant Transaction, if any, minus (iii) the amount paid upon termination or retirement of such related Permitted Warrant Transaction, if any, does not exceed the net cash proceeds from the incurrence of the related Permitted Convertible Indebtedness.
“Permitted Convertible Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (which may be Guaranteed by the Guarantors) that is (a) convertible into common stock of the Borrower (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common stock) or (b) sold as units with call options, warrants, rights or obligations to purchase (or substantially equivalent derivative transactions) that are exercisable for common stock of the Borrower and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common stock).
“Permitted Encumbrances” means:
(a)Liens imposed by law for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that are not overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;
(b)carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, landlords’, workmen’s, suppliers’ and other Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary
course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than sixty (60) days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;
(c)(i) Liens, pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations or employment laws or to secure other public, statutory or regulatory obligations (including to support letters of credit or bank guarantees) and (ii) Liens, pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business securing liability for premiums or reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing insurance to the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(d)Liens or deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, governmental contracts, tenders, statutory bonds, leases, statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs, appeal and replevin bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature (including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations), in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(e)Liens in respect of judgments, decrees, attachments or awards that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (k) of Article VII;
(f)easements, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), rights-of-way, covenants, licenses, encroachments, protrusions and similar encumbrances and minor title defects affecting real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; and
(g)any interest or title of a lessor, sublessor, licensor or sublicensor under any lease, sub-lease, license or sublicense entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as a part of its business and covering only the assets so leased;
provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness.
“Permitted Receivables Facility” means any receivables facility or facilities created under the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents from time to time, providing for the sale or pledge by the Borrower and/or one or more other Receivables Sellers of Permitted Receivables Facility Assets (thereby providing financing to the Borrower and the Receivables Sellers) to the Receivables Entity (either directly or through another Receivables Seller), which in turn shall sell or pledge interests in the respective Permitted Receivables Facility Assets to third-party lenders or investors pursuant to the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents (with the Receivables Entity permitted to issue notes or other evidences of Indebtedness secured by Permitted Receivables Facility Assets or investor certificates, purchased interest certificates or other similar documentation evidencing interests in Permitted Receivables Facility Assets) in return for the cash used by the Receivables Entity to purchase Permitted Receivables Facility Assets from the Borrower and/or the respective Receivables Sellers, in each case as more fully set forth in the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents.
“Permitted Receivables Facility Assets” means (i) Receivables (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which are transferred or pledged to a Receivables Entity pursuant to the Permitted Receivables Facility and any related Permitted Receivables Related Assets which are also so transferred or pledged to a Receivables Entity and all proceeds thereof and (ii) loans to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries secured by Receivables (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which are made pursuant to a Permitted Receivables Facility.
“Permitted Receivables Facility Documents” means each of the documents and agreements entered into from time to time in connection with a Permitted Receivables Facility, including all documents and agreements relating to the issuance, funding and/or purchase of certificates and purchased interests, or the issuance of notes or other evidence of Indebtedness secured by such notes, all of which documents and agreements shall be in form and substance reasonably customary for transactions of this type, in each case as such documents and agreements may be amended, modified, supplemented, refinanced or replaced from time to time so long as (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) either (i) the terms as so amended, modified, supplemented, refinanced or replaced are reasonably customary for transactions of this type or (ii)(x) any such amendments, modifications, supplements, refinancings or replacements do not impose any conditions or requirements on the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, are more restrictive in any material respect than those in existence immediately prior to any such amendment, modification, supplement, refinancing or replacement as determined by the Borrower in good faith and (y) any such amendments, modifications, supplements, refinancings or replacements are not adverse in any material respect to the interests of the Lenders as determined by the Borrower in good faith.
“Permitted Receivables Related Assets” means any other assets that are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving receivables similar to Receivables and any collections or proceeds of any of the foregoing.
“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, any amendment, modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension of any Indebtedness of such Person; provided that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder (in each case, provided that Indebtedness in respect of such existing unutilized commitments is then permitted under Section 6.01) (in each case, it being understood that incurrence of Indebtedness in excess of the principal amount (plus any unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon and other reasonable amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred in connection therewith) of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended (including the amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder) shall be permitted if such excess amount is then permitted under Section 6.01 and reduces the otherwise permitted Indebtedness under Section 6.01), (b) other than with respect to Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness
permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(d), such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the earlier of (x) the final maturity date of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended and (y) the date which is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date, (c) other than with respect to Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(d), such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the shorter of (x) the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the portion of such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended that matures on or prior to the Latest Maturity Date and (d) to the extent such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms, taken as a whole, at least as favorable to the Lenders (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended.
“Permitted Warrant Transaction” means any call options, warrants or rights to purchase (or substantively equivalent derivative transactions) on common stock of the Borrower purchased by the Borrower substantially concurrently with a Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Platform” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.
“Post-Acquisition Period” means, with respect to (a) the Combination Transactions, the period beginning on the closing date of the Combination Transactions, and ending on the two year anniversary thereof, and (b) any other acquisition, the period beginning on the date such acquisition is consummated and ending on the one-year anniversary of the date on which such acquisition is consummated.
“Pricing Level” means the applicable pricing level under the column titled ‘Pricing Level’ in the table set forth in the definition of “Applicable Rate”.
“Pro Forma Adjustment” means, for any applicable period of measurement that includes all or any part of a fiscal quarter included in the Post-Acquisition Period, with respect to the Consolidated EBITDA of the applicable Acquired Entity or Business or the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower, the pro forma increase or decrease in such Consolidated EBITDA, projected by the Borrower in good faith as a result of (a) actions that have been taken during
such Post-Acquisition Period for the purposes of realizing reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings or (b) any additional costs incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, in each case in connection with the combination of the operations of such Acquired Entity or Business with the operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and, in each case, which are expected to have a continuing impact on the consolidated financial results of the Borrower, calculated assuming that such actions had been taken on, or such costs had been incurred since, the first day of such period; provided that any such pro forma increase or decrease to such Consolidated EBITDA shall be without duplication for cost savings or additional costs already included in such Consolidated EBITDA for such period of measurement.
“Pro Forma Basis” means with respect to compliance with any test covenant hereunder, that (A) to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made and (B) all Specified Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test or covenant: (a) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the Property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (i) in the case of a disposition of all or substantially all Equity Interests in any Subsidiary of the Borrower owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (ii) in the case of an acquisition or Investment described in the definition of “Specified Transaction,” shall be included, (b) any retirement of Indebtedness and (c) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in connection therewith; provided that, without limiting the application of the Pro Forma Adjustment pursuant to clause (A) above (but without duplication thereof), the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test or covenant solely to the extent that such adjustments are (x) consistent with the definition of Consolidated EBITDA and give effect to events (including operating expense reductions) that are in the good faith determination of the Borrower reasonably identifiable and factually supportable and (y) expected to have a continuing impact on the consolidated financial results of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
“Prohibition” has the meaning assigned in Section 10.01.
“Property” means any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including Equity Interests.
“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
“Public Lender” has the meaning assigned in Section 5.01.
“Qualified Acquisition” means the acquisition by the Borrower or a Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity or Business which acquisition has been designated to the Lenders by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as a “Qualified Acquisition” so long as, on a Pro Forma Basis, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recently completed Test Period (for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b)) prior to such acquisition would be at least 3.25 to 1.0; provided that no such designation may be made with respect to any acquisition prior to the end of the fourth full fiscal quarter following the completion of the most recently consummated Qualified Acquisition unless the ConsolidatedLeverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recently completed Test Period (for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b)) prior to the consummation of such acquisition was no greater than 3.0 to 1.0.
“Qualified Equity Interests” means Equity Interests of the Borrower other than Disqualified Equity Interests.
“Rate Determination Date” means, for any Interest Period, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period (or such other day as is generally treated as the
rate fixing day by market practice in such interbank market, as determined by the Administrative Agent; provided that, to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then “Rate Determination Date” means such other day as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent).
“Receivables” means all accounts receivable (including all rights to payment created by or arising from sales of goods, leases of goods or the rendition of services rendered no matter how evidenced whether or not earned by performance).
“Receivables Entity” means a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of Receivables of the Receivables Sellers and which is designated (as provided below) as a “Receivables Entity”. Any such designation shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by filing with the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate of the Borrower certifying that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge and belief after consultation with counsel, such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.
“Receivables Sellers” means the Borrower and those Subsidiaries (other than Receivables Entities) that are from time to time party to the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents.
“Recipient” means the Administrative Agent, any Lender, and any Issuing Bank, as applicable.
“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c).
“Regulation S-X” means Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. “Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the
partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and administrators of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
“Relevant Rate” means with respect to any Credit Event denominated in (a) Dollars, Eurocurrency Rate or LIBOR Daily Floating Rate, as applicableSOFR, (b) Sterling, SONIA,
(c)Euros, EURIBOR and (d) Japanese Yen, TIBOR, as applicable. “Removal Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in clause (f)(ii) of Article VIII.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Credit Exposure and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Credit Exposure and unused Commitments at such time; provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the Credit Exposure held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
“Rescindable Amount” has the meaning as defined in Section 2.17(d). “Resignation Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in clause (f)(i) of Article VIII.
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” means (a) the chief executive officer, executive director, president, vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of the Borrower or another Loan Party, as context shall require, and (b) solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article II, any other officer or employee of the Borrower so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent or any other officer or employee of the Borrower designated in or pursuant to an agreement between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or another Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of the Borrower or such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of the Borrower or such Loan Party.
“Restricted Cash” means, for any Person, any amount of cash of such Person that is contractually required to be set aside, segregated or otherwise reserved.
“Restricted Payments” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property (other than Qualified Equity Interests)), with respect to any Equity Interests in the Borrower, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property (other than Qualified Equity Interests)), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests in the Borrower or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Borrower.
“Revaluation Date” means (a) with respect to any Loan, each of the following: (i) each date of a Borrowing of an Alternative Currency Loan, (ii) each date of a continuation of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan pursuant to Section 2.02, and (iii) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require; and (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following: (i) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii) each date of an amendment of any such Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof, (iii) each date of any payment by any Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, (iv) the first Business Day of each month following the issuance of a Letter of Credit and (v) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Banks shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require.
“Revolving Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum possible aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08, (b) increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.19 and (c) reduced, increased or extended from time to time pursuant to (i) assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04 of this Agreement or (ii) a Revolving Extension Amendment. The initial amount of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Commitment or any Revolving Extension Amendment to which it is a party, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Commitments is
$4,000,000,000.
“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding Dollar Equivalent of such Lender’s Revolving Loans, L/C Exposure and Swingline Exposure at such time.
“Revolving Credit Maturity Date” means (i) with respect to the Revolving Commitments made pursuant to Section 2.01, the date that is five years from the Closing Date, or (ii) with respect to any Extended Revolving Commitments of any Revolving Extension Series, the maturity date set forth in the Revolving Extension Amendment with respect to such Revolving Extension Series; provided in each case that if such day is not a Business Day, the Revolving Credit Maturity Date shall be the Business Day immediately preceding such day.
“Revolving Extension Amendment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(c).
“Revolving Extension Request” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a).
“Revolving Extension Series” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(e). “Revolving Lender” means each Lender that has a Revolving Commitment or that holds
Revolving Credit Exposure.
“Revolving Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01. “S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, and any successor thereto.
“Same Day Funds” means (a) with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars, immediately available funds, and (b) with respect to disbursements and payments in an Alternative Currency, same day or other funds as may be reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Banks, as the case may be, to be customary in the place of
disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant Alternative Currency.
“Scheduled Unavailability Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07(c)(ii).
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto and any analogous Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“SOFR” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR.”means the Secured Overnight Financing Rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator (or a successor administrator).
“SOFR Early Opt-in” means the Administrative Agent and the Borrower have elected to replace LIBOR pursuant to (x) an Early Opt-in Election and (y) Section 2.07(d)(i) and paragraph (1) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement”.
“SOFR Adjustment” means 0.10%.
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as the administrator of SOFR, or any successor administrator of SOFR designated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
“SOFR Daily Floating Rate” means, for any interest calculation with respect to a SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loan on any date, a fluctuating rate of interest, which can change on each Business Day, equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate, two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such date, with a term equivalent to one month beginning on that date; provided, that if the rate is not published prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such determination date then SOFR Daily Floating Rate means the Term SOFR Screen Rate on the first (1st) U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto, in each case, plus the SOFR Adjustment; provided, that, if any SOFR Daily Floating Rate shall be less than zero percent (0%), such rate shall be deemed zero percent (0%) for purposes of this Agreement.
“SOFR Scheduled Unavailability Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(d)(ii). “SOFR Successor Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(d).
“SONIA” means, with respect to any applicable determination date, the Sterling Overnight Index Average Reference Rate published on the fifth Business Day preceding such date on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time); provided however that if such determination date is not a Business Day, SONIA means such rate that applied on the first Business Day immediately prior thereto.
“SONIA Adjustment” means, with respect to SONIA, 0.0326% (3.26 basis points) per
annum.
“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they become absolute and matured and (d) such Person is not engaged in any business, as conducted on such date and as proposed to be conducted following such date, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
“Special Notice Currency” means at any time an Alternative Currency, other than the currency of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development at such time located in North America or Europe.
“specified currency” has the meaning assigned in Section 2.20.
“Specified Transaction” means, with respect to any Test Period, any of the following events occurring after the first day of such Test Period and prior to the applicable date of determination: (i) any Investment by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in any Person (including in connection with any acquisition) other than a Person that was a wholly-owned Subsidiary on the first day of such period involving consideration paid by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in excess of $50,000,000, (ii) any disposition outside the ordinary course of business of assets by the Borrower or any Subsidiary with a fair market value in excess of $50,000,000, (iii) any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (in each case, other than Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and borrowings and repayments of Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business under revolving credit facilities except to the extent there is a reduction in the related Revolving Commitments or other revolving credit commitment) and (iv) any Restricted Payment involving consideration paid by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in excess of $50,000,000.
“Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency; and provided further that the applicable Issuing Bank may use such spot rate quoted on the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency.
“Sterling” and “£” mean the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body are at the time beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Successor Rate” has the meaning assigned in Section 2.07(c)Section 2.07(d). “Sustainability Coordinator” means BofA Securities, Inc., in its capacity as the
sustainability coordinator.
“Sustainability Linked Loan Principles” means the Sustainability Linked Loan Principles as most recently published by the Loan Market Association and Loan Syndications & Trading Association.
“Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
“Swingline Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such time.
“Swingline Lender” means Bank of America (through itself or through one of its designated Affiliates or branch offices), in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder, or any successor swingline lender hereunder.
“Swingline Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.04. “Swingline Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swingline Loan Borrowing pursuant to
Section 2.04, which, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit D or such other form as approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
“Swingline Loan Sublimit” means $175,000,000.
“TARGET2 Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system which utilizes a single shared platform and which was launched on November 19, 2007.
“TARGET Day” means any day on which TARGET2 (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (, if any), determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.
“Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term SOFR” means, for the applicable corresponding tenor (or if any Available Tenor of a Benchmark does not correspond to an Available Tenor for the applicable Benchmark Replacement, the closest corresponding Available Tenor and if such Available Tenor corresponds equally to two Available Tenors of the applicable Benchmark Replacement, the corresponding tenor of the shorter duration shall be applied),
(a)for any Interest Period with respect to a Term SOFR Loan, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; provided that if the rate is not published prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such determination date then Term SOFR means the Term SOFR Screen Rate on the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto, in each case, plus the SOFR Adjustment for such Interest Period; and
(b)for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such date with a term of one month commencing that day; provided, that if the rate is not published prior to 11:00 am on such determination date then Term SOFR means the Term SOFR Screen Rate on the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto, in each case, plus the SOFR Adjustment for such term;
provided that if the Term SOFR determined in accordance with either of the foregoing provisions (a) or (b) of this definition would otherwise be less than zero, the Term SOFR shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Term SOFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of Term SOFR.
“Term SOFR Screen Rate” means the forward-looking SOFR term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.administered by CME (or any successor administrator satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time).
“Test Period” means the period of four fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending on a specified date.
“TIBOR” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Alternative Currency Term Rate.”
“Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof, the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder and the payment of fees and expenses hereunder.
“Triggering Indebtedness” has the meaning assigned in Section 5.09.
“Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Rate, the LIBORSOFR Daily Floating Rate, the Alternative Currency Daily Rate, the Alternative Currency Term Rate or the Base Rate.
“UK” and “United Kingdom” each mean the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from 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” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“United States Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(e). “Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(c)(i). “Unrestricted Cash” means cash other than Restricted Cash.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any Business Day, except any Business Day on which any of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, the New York Stock Exchange or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is not open for business because such day is a legal holiday under the federal laws of the United States or the laws of the State of New York, as applicable.
“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (a) the then outstanding aggregate principal
amount of such Indebtedness into (b) the sum of the total of the products obtained by multiplying
(i)the amount of each then remaining scheduled installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment of principal including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse between such date and the making of such payment.
“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
“wholly owned” means, with respect to a Subsidiary of a Person, a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Equity Interests of which (other than (x) director’s qualifying shares and (y) shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable Law) are owned by such Person and/or by one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (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.
“Yen” and “¥” mean the lawful money of Japan.
SECTION 1.02 Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans and Borrowings may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a “EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loan”).
SECTION 1.03 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented, refinanced, restated, replaced or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
SECTION 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP.
(a)Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, (i) if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an
amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith and (ii) notwithstanding anything in GAAP to the contrary, for purposes of all financial calculations hereunder, the amount of any Indebtedness outstanding at any time shall be the stated principal amount thereof (except to the extent such Indebtedness provides by its terms for the accretion of principal, in which case the amount of such Indebtedness at any time shall be its accreted amount at such time).
(b)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining compliance with any test or covenant or the compliance with or availability of any basket contained in this Agreement, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, Consolidated Total Assets and Consolidated Net Tangible Assets shall be calculated with respect to such period on a Pro Forma Basis.
SECTION 1.05 Payments on Business Days. When the payment of any Obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be; provided that, with respect to any payment of interest on or principal of Term SOFR Loans or Alternative EuroCurrency Term Rate Loans, if such extension would cause any such payment to be made in the next succeeding calendar month, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.
SECTION 1.06 Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time. Any reference herein and in the Loan Documents to a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, shall be deemed to apply to a division or plan of division of or by a limited liability company, or an allocation of assets to a series of a limited liability company (or the unwinding of such a division or allocation), as if it were a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, as applicable, to, of or with a separate Person. Any division of a limited liability company shall constitute a separate Person hereunder (and each division of any limited liability company that is a Subsidiary, joint venture or any other like term shall also constitute such a Person or entity).
SECTION 1.07 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
SECTION 1.08 Additional Alternative Currencies.
(a)The Borrower may from time to time request that Alternative Currency Loans be made and/or Letters of Credit be issued in a currency other than Dollars and those
specifically listed in the definition of “Alternative Currencies”; provided that such requested currency is a lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars. In the case of any such request with respect to the making of Alternative Currency Loans, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and each of the Revolving Lenders; and in the case of any such request with respect to the issuance of Letters of Credit, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank.
(b)Any such request shall be made to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., twenty (20) Business Days prior to the date of the desired Credit Event (or such other time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the Issuing Banks, in its or their sole discretion). In the case of any such request pertaining to Alternative Currency Loans, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender thereof; and in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the applicable Issuing Bank thereof. Each Revolving Lender (in the case of any such request pertaining to Revolving Loans) or the applicable Issuing Bank (in the case of a request pertaining to Letters of Credit) shall notify the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the making of Alternative Currency Loans, or the issuance of Letters of Credit, as the case may be, in such requested currency.
(c)Any failure by a Revolving Lender or an Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to respond to such request within the time period specified in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be a refusal by such Revolving Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to permit Alternative Currency Loans to be made or Letters of Credit to be issued in such requested currency. If the Administrative Agent and all the Revolving Lenders consent to making Alternative Currency Loans in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Borrower and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes of any Borrowings of Alternative Currency Loans, as applicable; and if the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank consent to the issuance of Letters of Credit in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Borrower and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes of any Letter of Credit issuances. If the Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any request for an additional currency under this Section 1.08, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Borrower, and the Borrower may replace such non-consenting Lender, subject to Section 2.18(b). Any specified currency of an Existing Letter of Credit that is neither Dollars nor one of the Alternative Currencies specifically listed in the definition of “Alternative Currencies” shall be deemed an Alternative Currency with respect to such Existing Letter of Credit only.
SECTION 1.09 Change of Currency.
(a)Each obligation of the Borrower to make a payment denominated in the national currency unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the Euro as its lawful currency after the date hereof shall be redenominated into Euro at the time of such adoption (in accordance with the EMU Legislation). If, in relation to the currency of any such member state, the basis of accrual of interest expressed in this Agreement in respect of that currency shall be inconsistent with any convention or practice in the London interbank market for the basis of accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis shall be replaced by such convention or practice with effect from the date on which such member state adopts the Euro as its lawful currency; provided that if any Borrowing in the currency of such member state is outstanding immediately prior to such date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such Borrowing, at the end of the then current Interest Period.
(b)Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect the adoption of the Euro by any member state of the European Union and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the Euro.
(c)Each provision of this Agreement also shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect a change in currency of any other country and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the change in currency.
SECTION 1.10 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
SECTION 1.11 Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
SECTION 1.12 Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents; Interest Rates.
(a)The Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as applicable, shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of Credit Events and Outstanding Amounts denominated in Alternative Currencies. Such Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between the applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur. Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by Loan Parties hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as applicable.
(b)Wherever in this Agreement in connection with a Borrowing, conversion, continuation or prepayment of an Alternative Currency Loan or the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Borrowing, Alternative Currency Loan or Letter of Credit is denominated in an Alternative Currency, such amount shall be the relevant Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to the nearest unit of such Alternative Currency, with
0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be.
(a)The Administrative Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall the Administrative Agent have any liability with respect to the administration, submission or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of “Alternative Currency Daily Rate”, “Alternative Currency Term Rate”, “Eurocurrency Rate”, “LIBOR Daily Floating Rate”any reference rate referred to herein, the selection of rates, any related spread or adjustment or with respect to any rate (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the selection of such rate and any related spread or other adjustment) that is an alternative or replacement for or successor to any of such rates (including, without limitation, any Benchmark Replacement and any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing) or the effect of any of the foregoing, or of any
Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes or Conforming Changes.. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions or other activities that affect any reference rate referred to herein, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including, without limitation, any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing) or any related spread or other adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain any reference rate referred to herein or any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including, without limitation, any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing), in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreements, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or other action or omission related to or affecting the selection, determination, or calculation of any rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01 Commitments.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower in Dollars or Alternative Currencies from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) the Dollar Equivalent of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Commitment or (ii) subject to Section 1.12, the Dollar Equivalent of the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the sum of the total Revolving Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.
SECTION 2.02 Loans and Borrowings.
(a)Each Loan (other than a Swingline Loan) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required. Any Swingline Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.04.
(b)Subject to Section 2.07, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Base Rate Loans, EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans, LIBORSOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans, Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Base Rate Loan, each Term SOFR Loan and each EurocurrencySOFR Daily Floating Rate Loan shall, in each case, only be made in Dollars. Each Swingline Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan. Each Lender at its option may make any Alternative Currency Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c)Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans, LIBORSOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans or Alternative Currency Loans shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple (or, if not an integral multiple, the entire available amount) and not less than the Borrowing Minimum. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Base Rate Loans (other than Swingline Loans which shall be subject to Section 2.04) shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000; provided that EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans, Base Rate Loans, LIBORSOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans and Alternative Currency Loans may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Revolving Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(c). Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of
twenty (20) EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Borrowings and Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans outstanding.
(d)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested would end after the applicable Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
(e)With respect to any Alternative Currency Daily Rate, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided that, with respect to any such amendment effected, the Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such Conforming Changes to the Borrower and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.
SECTION 2.03 Requests for Borrowings. To request a Borrowing, a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other or a continuation of EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, the Borrower shall irrevocably notify the Administrative Agent of such request by (A) telephone or (B) a written Borrowing Request in a form attached hereto as Exhibit C or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower; provided that any telephonic notice must be confirmed immediately by hand delivery or telecopy or transmission by electronic communication in accordance with Section 9.01(b) to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request. Each such Borrowing Request must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than noon (i) three U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans or of any conversion of EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans to Base Rate Loans, (ii) three Business Days (or five Business Days in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of Alternative Currency Loans or, in the case of Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, any continuation thereof, and (iii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or LIBORSOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans; provided, however, that if the Borrower wishes to request EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans having an Interest Period other than one, two, three or six months in duration as provided in the definition of “Interest Period,” the applicable notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) four U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans, or (ii) five Business Days (or six Business Days in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the applicable Lenders of such request and determine whether the requested Interest Period is acceptable to all of them. Not later than 11:00 a.m., (i) three U.S. Government Securities Business Days before the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans, or (ii) four Business Days (or five Business Days in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of
Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower (which notice may be by telephone) whether or not the requested Interest Period has been consented to by all the applicable Lenders. Each Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i)the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing, conversion or continuation;
(ii)the date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii)whether such Borrowing, conversion or continuation is to be a Base Rate Borrowing, a EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Borrowing, a LIBORSOFR Daily Floating Rate Borrowing, or an Alternative Currency Borrowing;
(iv)the currency in which such Borrowing is to be made, which shall be Dollars or an Alternative Currency;
(v)in the case of a EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Borrowing or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”;
(vi)the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.06;
(vii)whether the Borrower is requesting a new Borrowing, a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans; and
(viii)the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Loans are to be converted.
If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then, in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars to the Borrower, the requested Revolving Borrowing shall be a Base Rate Borrowing. In the case of a failure to timely request a conversion or continuation of EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, such Loans shall be continued as EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans in their original currency, as applicable, with an Interest Period of one month’s duration. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Borrowing or Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowing or conversion or continuation of EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount (and currency) of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing. Except as otherwise provided herein, a EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loan or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Loan. During the existence of a Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans, LIBORSOFR
Daily Floating Rate Loans or Alternative Currency Loans without the consent of the Required Lenders, and the Required Lenders may demand that any or all of the then outstanding Alternative Currency Loans be prepaid, or redenominated into Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof promptly, in the case of Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loans or, on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto in the case of Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans. No Loan may be converted into or continued as a Loan denominated in a different currency, but instead must be prepaid in the original currency of such Loan and reborrowed in the other currency. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Lender may exchange, continue or rollover all of the portion of its Loans in connection with any refinancing, extension, loan modification or similar transaction permitted by the terms of this Agreement, pursuant to a cashless settlement mechanism approved by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and such Lender.
SECTION 2.04 Swingline Loans.
(a)Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04, to make Swingline Loans in Dollars to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period; provided that no such Swingline Loan shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto, (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans would exceed the Swingline Loan Sublimit, (ii) the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the total Revolving Commitments or (iii) such Swingline Lender’s Credit Exposure would exceed its Revolving Commitment; provided further that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans. Immediately upon the making of a Swingline Loan, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swingline Lender a risk participation in such Swingline Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Swingline Loan.
(b)To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and Swingline Lender of such request, which may be given by (A) telephone or (B) by a Swingline Loan Notice; provided that any telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent of a Swingline Loan Notice, and, in each case, such notice shall be irrevocable. Each such Swingline Loan Notice must be received by the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $100,000, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Promptly after receipt by the Swingline Lender of any telephonic Swingline Loan Notice, the Swingline Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swingline Loan Notice and, if not, the Swingline Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swingline Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swingline Loan Borrowing (A) directing the Swingline Lender not to make such Swingline Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in Section 2.04(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Article IV is not then satisfied, then, the Swingline Lender shall make such Swingline Loan available to the Borrower by means of a credit to the general deposit account of the Borrower with the Swingline Lender (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(c), by remittance to the relevant Issuing Bank) by 3:00 p.m. on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.
(c)(i) The Swingline Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swingline Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the amount of the Swingline Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Borrowing Request for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02 and Section 2.03, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Revolving Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 or Section 4.02, as applicable. The Swingline Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Borrowing Request promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Lender shall make an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the amount specified in such Borrowing Request available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds for the account of the Swingline Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar-denominated payments not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Borrowing Request, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swingline Lender.
(ii)If for any reason any Swingline Loan cannot be refinanced by such Base Rate Loan in accordance with clause (i), the request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swingline Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swingline Lender that each of the Revolving Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swingline Loan and such Revolving Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation. If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swingline Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swingline Lender at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swingline Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such Revolving Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Revolving Lender’s Base Rate Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant Swingline Loan, as the case may be. A certificate of the Swingline Lender submitted to any Revolving Lender (through the Administrative Agent)
with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (ii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(iii)Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Base Rate Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Swingline Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Base Rate Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 or Section 4.02, as applicable. No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to repay Swingline Loans, together with interest as provided herein.
(d)(i) At any time after any Revolving Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swingline Loan, if the Swingline Lender receives any payment on account of such Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender will distribute to such Revolving Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof in the same funds as those received by the Swingline Lender.
(ii) If any payment received by the Swingline Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swingline Loan is required to be returned by the Swingline Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 9.08 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swingline Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Swingline Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swingline Lender. The obligations of the Revolving Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e)The Swingline Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swingline Loans. Until each Revolving Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of any Swingline Loan, interest in respect of such Applicable Percentage shall be solely for the account of the Swingline Lender.
(f)The Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of its Swingline Loans directly to the Swingline Lender.
SECTION 2.05 Letters of Credit.
(a)The Letter of Credit Commitment.
(i)Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) each Issuing Bank agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section
2.05, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies for the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the aggregate L/C Exposure shall not exceed the L/C Exposure Sublimit, (y) the total Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the total Revolving Commitments, and (z) such Issuing Bank’s Credit Exposure shall not exceed its Revolving Commitment; and provided further that Goldman Sachs Bank USA (or any of its Affiliates) is an Issuing Bank for the purposes of this Agreement only in respect of standby Letters of Credit. Each request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. All Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued pursuant to this Agreement on the Closing Date and from and after the Closing Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions hereof.
(ii)No Issuing Bank shall issue any Letter of Credit, if: (A) subject to Section 2.05(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Required Lenders and the applicable Issuing Bank have approved such expiry date; or (B) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank have approved such expiry date (it being understood that in the event the expiry date of any requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, from and after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, the Borrower shall immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Exposure in accordance with Section 2.05(g)).
(iii)No Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit
if:
(A)any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator
shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such Issuing Bank from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to such Issuing Bank or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such Issuing Bank shall prohibit, or request that such Issuing Bank refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose
upon such Issuing Bank any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which such Issuing Bank in good faith deems material to it;
(B)the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such Issuing Bank applicable to letters of credit generally;
(C)except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank, such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $100,000, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or $500,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit;
(D)except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank, such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars or an Alternative Currency;
(E)such Issuing Bank does not as of the issuance date of such requested Letter of Credit issue Letters of Credit in the requested currency;
(F)such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder; or
(G)a default of any Revolving Lender’s obligations to fund under Section 2.05(c) exists or any Revolving Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless such Issuing Bank has entered into satisfactory arrangements (in such Issuing Bank’s sole and absolute discretion) with the Borrower or such Revolving Lender to eliminate such Issuing Bank’s risk with respect to such Revolving Lender.
(iv)No Issuing Bank shall amend any Letter of Credit if such Issuing Bank would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.
(v)No Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such Issuing Bank would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(vi)Each Issuing Bank shall act on behalf of the Revolving Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and each Issuing Bank shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article VIII with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such Issuing Bank in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article VIII included such Issuing Bank with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to such Issuing Bank.
(b)Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.
(i)Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to the applicable Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent not later than noon at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the applicable Issuing Bank may agree in a particular instance in its sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount and currency thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (G) such other matters as the applicable Issuing Bank may require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as the applicable Issuing Bank may require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the applicable Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
(ii)Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the applicable Issuing Bank will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, such Issuing Bank will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless an Issuing Bank has received written notice from any Revolving Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article IV shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such Issuing Bank shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with such Issuing Bank’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit by an Issuing Bank, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from such Issuing Bank a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii)If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the applicable Issuing Bank may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the applicable Issuing Bank to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the applicable Issuing Bank, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to an Issuing Bank for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the applicable Issuing Bank to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit; provided, however, that no Issuing Bank shall permit any such extension if (A) such Issuing Bank has determined that it would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.05(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is ten Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, or any Revolving Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.01 or Section 4.02, as applicable, is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing such Issuing Bank not to permit such extension.
(iv)Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the applicable Issuing Bank will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c)Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i)Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. In the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Borrower shall reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank in such Alternative Currency, unless (A) such Issuing Bank (at its option) shall have specified in such notice that it will require reimbursement in Dollars, or (B) in the absence of any such requirement for reimbursement in Dollars, the Borrower shall have notified such Issuing Bank promptly following receipt of the notice of drawing that the Borrower will reimburse such Issuing Bank in Dollars. In the case of any such reimbursement in Dollars of a drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the applicable Issuing Bank shall notify the Borrower of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the drawing promptly following the determination thereof. Not later than noon on the Business Day following any payment by an Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in Dollars, or the Applicable Time on the Business Day following any payment by an Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in an Alternative Currency (each such date, an “Honor Date”), the Borrower
shall reimburse such Issuing Bank through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing and in the applicable currency. In the event that (A) a drawing denominated in an Alternative Currency is to be reimbursed in Dollars pursuant to the second sentence in this Section 2.05(c)(i) and (B) the Dollar amount paid by the Borrower on the date of payment by the Borrower (whether on or after the Honor Date) shall not be adequate on the date of such payment to purchase in accordance with normal banking procedures a sum denominated in the Alternative Currency equal to the drawing, the Borrower agrees, as a separate and independent obligation, to indemnify the applicable Issuing Bank for the loss resulting from its inability on that date to purchase the Alternative Currency in the full amount of the drawing. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse such Issuing Bank by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (expressed in Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency) (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Business Day following the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 or Section 4.02, as applicable (other than the delivery of a Borrowing Request). Any notice given by the applicable Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.05(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii)Each Revolving Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, in Dollars, at the Administrative Agent’s office for Dollar-denominated payments in an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 2:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.05(c)(iii), such Revolving Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the applicable Issuing Bank in Dollars.
(iii)If any drawing under any Letter of Credit is not reimbursed on the date of drawing, the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of such drawing shall accrue interest at the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans; provided that with respect to any Unreimbursed Amount in respect of a Letter of Credit that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 or Section 4.02, as applicable, cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the applicable Issuing Bank an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.05.
(iv)Until each Revolving Lender funds its Revolving Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) to reimburse an Issuing Bank for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of such Issuing Bank.
(v)Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse each Issuing Bank for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit issued by it, as contemplated by this Section 2.05(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Lender may have against such Issuing Bank, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 or Section 4.02, as applicable (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Borrowing Request). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse an Issuing Bank for the amount of any payment made by such Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi)If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of an Issuing Bank any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.05(c) by the time specified in Section 2.05(c)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, such Issuing Bank shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such Issuing Bank at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by such Issuing Bank in connection with the foregoing. If such Revolving Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of an Issuing Bank submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d)Repayment of Participations.
(i)At any time after an Issuing Bank has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Lender such Revolving Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.05(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of such Issuing Bank any payment in
respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Revolving Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof in Dollars and in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii)If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of an Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.05(d)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 9.08 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Issuing Bank in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Revolving Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Revolving Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e)Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse each Issuing Bank for each drawing under each Letter of Credit issued by it and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document; (ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the applicable Issuing Bank or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction; (iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit; (iv) waiver by any Issuing Bank of any requirement that exists for such Issuing Bank’s protection and not the protection of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any waiver by any Issuing Bank which does not in fact materially prejudice the Borrower; (v) honor of a demand for payment presented electronically even if such Letter of Credit requires that demand be in the form of a draft; (vi) any payment made by the applicable Issuing Bank in respect of an otherwise complying item presented after the date specified as the expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received under, such Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the UCC, the ISP or the UCP, as applicable; (vii) any payment by such Issuing Bank under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by such Issuing Bank under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; (viii) any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant Alternative Currency to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or in the relevant currency markets generally; or (ix) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary. The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will promptly notify the applicable Issuing Bank. The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the applicable Issuing Bank and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(f)Role of Issuing Banks. Each Revolving Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under any Letter of Credit, no Issuing Bank shall have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the Issuing Banks, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of any Issuing Bank shall be liable to any Lender for
(i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the Issuing Banks, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of any Issuing Bank shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (ix) of Section 2.05(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against any Issuing Bank, and such Issuing Bank may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by such Issuing Bank’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or such Issuing Bank’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Issuing Bank may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and such Issuing Bank shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason. The applicable Issuing Bank may send a Letter of Credit or conduct any communication to or from the beneficiary via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (“SWIFT”) message or overnight courier, or any other commercially reasonable means of communicating with a beneficiary.
(g)Cash Collateral.
(i)Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, (A) if any Issuing Bank has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (B) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Exposure for any reason remains outstanding, the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Exposure attributable to the Letters of Credit issued for the benefit of the Borrower.
(ii)[reserved.]
(iii)The Administrative Agent may, at any time and from time to time after the initial deposit of Cash Collateral, request that additional Cash Collateral be provided in order to protect against the results of exchange rate fluctuations.
(iv)In the event of an Event of Default, upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Borrower shall immediately Cash Collateralize the then L/C Exposure of all Revolving Lenders.
(h)Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Issuing Banks and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Issuing Bank shall be responsible to the Borrower for, and each Issuing Bank’s rights and remedies against the Borrower shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of such Issuing Bank required or permitted under any Law, order, or practice (which practice is stated in the ISP, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade - International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice) that is required or permitted to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the Law or any order of a jurisdiction where such Issuing Bank or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade - International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.
(i)Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.
(j)Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries or the Borrower. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures
to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
(k)Release of Lenders’ Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, in the event that (i) an Issuing Bank shall have issued, in accordance with Section 2.05(a)(ii)(B), a Letter of Credit with an expiry date occurring after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and (ii) the Borrower shall have Cash Collateralized the Outstanding Amount of all such L/C Exposure in respect of such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.05(g), then, upon the provision of such Cash Collateral and without any further action, each Lender hereunder shall be automatically released from any further obligation to the applicable Issuing Bank in respect of such Letter of Credit, including, any obligation of any such Lender to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank for amounts drawn under such Letter of Credit or to purchase any risk participation therein; provided, however, that all such obligations of each Lender hereunder to the applicable Issuing Bank in respect of such Letter of Credit shall be revived if any Cash Collateral provided by the Borrower in respect of such Letter of Credit is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent or applicable Issuing Bank) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws or otherwise, all as if such Cash Collateral had not been provided. The obligations of the Lenders under this paragraph shall survive termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.06 Funding of Borrowings.
(a)Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer in Same Day Funds (i) in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars by 2:00 p.m., New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage or other percentage provided for herein and (ii) in the case of each Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency by the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent for such currency; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.04. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to (x) an account designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request, in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars and (y) an account of the Borrower in the relevant jurisdiction and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request, in the case of Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency; provided that Base Rate Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(c) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the relevant Issuing Bank.
(b)Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed time of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and
the Borrower agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the Overnight Rate plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. If the Borrower pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, the amount so paid shall constitute a repayment of such Borrowing by such amount. Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice any rights which the Administrative Agent or the Borrower or any other Loan Party may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
SECTION 2.07 Market Disruption; Inability to Determine Rates. (a) Notwithstanding the satisfaction of all conditions referred to in Article II and Article IV with respect to any Revolving Borrowing to be effected in any Alternative Currency, if (i) there shall occur on or prior to the date of such Borrowing any change in national or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls which would in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, the relevant Issuing Bank (if such Credit Event is a Letter of Credit) or the Required Lenders make it impracticable for the applicable Alternative Currency Borrowings or Letters of Credit comprising such Credit Event to be denominated in the Alternative Currency specified by the Borrower or (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of such currency is not readily calculable, then the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to the Borrower, the Lenders and, if such Credit Event is a Letter of Credit, the relevant Issuing Bank, and such Credit Events shall not be denominated in such Alternative Currency but shall, except as otherwise set forth in Section 2.06, be made on the date of such Credit Event in Dollars, (a) if such Credit Event is a Borrowing, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount specified in the related Borrowing Request or Interest Election Request, as the case may be, unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent at least one (1) Business Day before such date that (i) it elects not to borrow on such date or (ii) it elects to borrow on such date in a different Alternative Currency, as the case may be, in which the denomination of such Loans would, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, as applicable, be practicable and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount specified in the related Borrowing Request or Interest Election Request, as the case may be or (b) if such Credit Event is a Letter of Credit, in a face amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the face amount specified in the related request or application for such Letter of Credit, unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent at least one (1) Business Day before such date that
(i)it elects not to request the issuance of such Letter of Credit on such date or (ii) it elects to have such Letter of Credit issued on such date in a different currency, as the case may be, in which the denomination of such Letter of Credit would in the reasonable opinion of the relevant Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, as applicable, be practicable and in face amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the face amount specified in the related request or application for such Letter of Credit, as the case may be.
(a)(b) If in connection with any request for a EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loan, SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loan or an Alternative Currency Loan or a conversion of Base Rate
Loans to EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans, SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans or Alternative Currency Loans, or a continuation of any of such Loans, as applicable, (i) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (A) no Benchmark Replacement or Successor Rate, as applicable, for the Relevant Rate for the applicable Agreed Currency has been determined in accordance with Section 2.07(c) or Section 2.07(d), as applicable, and the circumstances under clause (i) of Section 2.07(c) or the Scheduled Unavailability Date, or the SOFR Scheduled Unavailability Date, has occurred with respect to such Relevant Rate (as applicable), or (B) adequate and reasonable means do not otherwise exist for determining the Relevant Rate for the applicable Agreed Currency for any determination date(s) or requested Interest Period, as applicable, with respect to a proposed EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loan or a proposed Alternative Currency Loan or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan, or (ii) the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders determine that for any reason that the Relevant Rate with respect to a proposed Loan denominated in an Agreed Currency for any requested Interest Period or determination date(s) does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost of such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Term SOFR Loans, SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans or Loans in the affected currencies, as applicable, or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurocurrency Loans,Term SOFR Loans, SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans or Loans in the affected currencies, as applicable, shall be suspended in each case to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans, SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans or Alternative Currency Loans or Interest Period or determination date(s), as applicable, and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Eurocurrency RateTerm SOFR component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Eurocurrency RateTerm SOFR component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a determination by the Required Lenders described in clause (ii) of this Section 2.07(b), until the Administrative Agent upon instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, (1) the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing or, or conversion to, EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans or SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans, or Borrowing of, or a continuation of, Alternative Currency Loans to the extent of the affected Alternative Currency Loans or Interest Period or determination date(s), as applicable, or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans denominated in Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent of the amount specified therein and (2)(A) any outstanding LIBORSOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans or Term SOFR Loans shall be deemed to have been converted to Base Rate Loans immediately and (B) any outstanding affected Alternative Currency Loans, at the Borrower’s election, shall either (I) be converted into a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans denominated in Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of such outstanding Alternative Currency Loan immediately, in the case of an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan, or at the end of the applicable Interest Period, in the case of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, or (II) be prepaid in full immediately, in the case of an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan, or at the end of the applicable Interest Period, in the case of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan; provided that if no election is made by the Borrower,
(x) in the case of an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan, by the date that is three Business Days after receipt by the Borrower of such notice or (y) in the case of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan by the last day of the current Interest Period for such Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected clause (I) above.
(b)(c) Replacement of Reference Rate (other than SOFR) or Non-SOFR Successor Rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (x) for purposes of this Section 2.07(c), the term “Agreed Currency” shall not include Dollars and (y) if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Borrower or Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to the Borrower) that the Borrower or Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined, that:
(i)adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Relevant Rate (other than SOFR) for an Agreed Currency (other than Dollars) because none of the tenors of such Relevant Rate (including any forward-looking term rate thereof) (other than SOFR) is available or published on a current basis, and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary, or
(ii)the Applicable Authority has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which all tenors of the Relevant Rate (other than SOFR) for an Agreed Currency (including any forward-looking term rate thereof) shall or will no longer be representative or made available, or used for determining the interest rate of loans denominated in such Agreed Currency, (other than Dollars), or shall or will otherwise cease, provided that, in each case, at the time of such statement, there is no successor administrator that is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that will continue to provide such representative tenor(s) of the Relevant Rate (other than SOFR) for such Agreed Currency (other than SOFR) (the latest date on which all tenors of the Relevant Rate (other than SOFR) for such Agreed Currency (other than Dollars) (including any forward-looking term rate thereof) are no longer representative or available permanently or indefinitely, the “Scheduled Unavailability Date”); or
(iii)syndicated loans currently being executed and agented in the U.S. are being executed or amended (as applicable) to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace the Relevant Rate for an Agreed Currency;
or if the events or circumstances of the type described in Section 2.07(c)(i), or (ii) or (iii) have occurred with respect to the Successor Rate then in effect, then, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement solely for the purpose of replacing the Relevant Rate for an Agreed Currency or any then current Successor Rate for an Agreed Currency in accordance with this Section 2.07 with an alternative benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar credit facilities syndicated and agented in the U.S. and denominated in such Agreed Currency for such alternative benchmarks, and, in each case, including any mathematical or other adjustments to such benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar credit facilities syndicated and agented in the U.S. and denominated in such Agreed Currency for such benchmarks, which adjustment or method for calculating such adjustment shall be published on an information service as selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion and may be periodically updated (and any such proposed rate, including for the avoidance of doubt, any adjustment thereto, a “Non-SOFR Successor Rate”), and any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the
Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders object to such amendment.
(d)Replacement of SOFR or SOFR Successor Rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Borrower or Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to the Borrower) that the Borrower or Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined, that:
(i)adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining SOFR because SOFR is not available or published on a current basis and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary, or
(ii)the Applicable Authority has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which SOFR shall or will no longer be representative or made available, or permitted to be used for determining the interest rate of syndicated loans denominated in Dollars, or shall or will otherwise cease, provided that, in each case, at the time of such statement, there is no successor administrator that is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that will continue to provide SOFR on a representative basis (the date on which SOFR is no longer representative or available permanently or indefinitely, the “SOFR Scheduled Unavailability Date”); or if the events or circumstances of the type described in Section 2.07(d)(i) or (ii) have occurred with respect to the SOFR Successor Rate then in effect, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement solely for the purpose of replacing SOFR for Dollars or any then current SOFR Successor Rate for Dollars in accordance with this Section 2.07 with an alternative benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar credit facilities syndicated and agented in the U.S. and denominated in Dollars for such alternative benchmarks, and, in each case, including any mathematical or other adjustments to such benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar credit facilities syndicated and agented in the U.S. and denominated in Dollars for such benchmarks (and any such proposed rate, including for the avoidance of doubt, any adjustment thereto, a “SOFR Successor Rate”, and collectively with the Non-SOFR Successor Rate, each a “Successor Rate”), and any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders object to such amendment.
(e)The Administrative Agent will promptly (in one or more notices) notify the Borrower and each Lender of the implementation of any Successor Rate. Any Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Borrower). Notwithstanding anything else herein, if at any time any Successor Rate as so determined would otherwise be less than zero percent (0%), the Successor Rate will be deemed to be zero percent (0%) for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. In connection with the implementation of a Successor Rate, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time (in consultation with the Borrower) and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement; provided that, with respect to any such amendment effected, the Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such Conforming Changes to the Borrower and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.
(d)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan
Document:
(i)On March 5, 2021 the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), the
regulatory supervisor of LIBOR’s administrator (“IBA”), announced in a public statement the future cessation or loss of representativeness of overnight/Spot Next, 1-week, 1-month, 2-month, 3-month, 6-month and 12-month U.S. dollar LIBOR tenor settings. On the earliest of (A) the date that all Available Tenors of U.S. dollar LIBOR have permanently or indefinitely ceased to be provided by IBA or have been announced by the FCA pursuant to public statement or publication of information to be no longer representative, (B) June 30, 2023 and (C) the Early Opt-in Effective Date in respect of a SOFR Early Opt-in, if the then-current Benchmark is LIBOR, the Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any setting of such Benchmark on such day and all subsequent settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. If the Benchmark Replacement is Daily Simple SOFR, all interest payments will be payable on a monthly basis.
(ii)(x) Upon (A) the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or (B) a determination by the Administrative Agent that neither of the alternatives under clause (1) of the definition of Benchmark Replacement are available, the Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders (and any such objection shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error); provided that solely in the event that the then-current Benchmark at the time of such Benchmark Transition Event is not a SOFR-based rate, the Benchmark Replacement therefor shall be determined in accordance with clause (1) of the definition of Benchmark Replacement unless the Administrative Agent determines that neither of such alternative rates is available. (y) On the Early Opt-in Effective Date in respect of an Other Rate Early Opt-in, the Benchmark Replacement will replace LIBOR for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any setting of such Benchmark on such day and all subsequent settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(iii)At any time that the administrator of the then-current Benchmark has permanently or indefinitely ceased to provide such Benchmark or such Benchmark has been
announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark pursuant to public statement or publication of information to be no longer representative of the underlying market and economic reality that such Benchmark is intended to measure and that representativeness will not be restored, the Borrower may revoke any request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Loans to be made, converted or continued that would bear interest by reference to such Benchmark until the Borrower’s receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such Benchmark, and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans. During the period referenced in the foregoing sentence, the component of Base Rate based upon the Benchmark will not be used in any determination of Base Rate.
(iv)In connection with the implementation and administration of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement.
(v)The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (A) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement and (B) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.07(d), including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its sole discretion and without consent from any other party hereto, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.07(d).
(vi)At any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (A) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including Term SOFR or LIBOR), then the Administrative Agent may remove any tenor of such Benchmark that is unavailable or non-representative for Benchmark (including Benchmark Replacement) settings and (B) the Administrative Agent may reinstate any such previously removed tenor for Benchmark (including Benchmark Replacement) settings.
SECTION 2.08 Termination and Reduction of Commitments.
(a)Unless previously terminated, all Revolving Commitments of any Class shall terminate on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date with respect to such Class.
(b)The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000 (or, if less, the remaining amount of the Revolving Commitments), (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the
Loans in accordance with Section 2.10, the total Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the total Revolving Commitments.
(c)The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy or transmission by electronic communication in accordance with Section 9.01(b)) of any election to terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section not later than 12:00 p.m. three (3) Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or instruments of Indebtedness or the occurrence of any other specified event, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.
SECTION 2.09 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a)The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan of any Class made to the Borrower on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date with respect to such Class in the currency of such Loan and (ii) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the initial Revolving Credit Maturity Date (or such later Revolving Credit Maturity Date as agreed by the Swingline Lender in connection with any Revolving Extension Amendment) and the first date after such Swingline Loan is made that is the 15th or last day of a calendar month and is at least three (3) Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each date that a Revolving Loan is made, the Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding.
(b)Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(c)The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record
(i)the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the currency and Type thereof and the Interest Period, if any, applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d)The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or
(c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein absent manifest error; provided that the failure of any Lender or the
Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by promissory notes. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender promissory notes payable to such Lender and its registered assigns and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory notes and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04 of this Agreement) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the payee named therein and its registered assigns.
SECTION 2.10 Prepayment of Loans.
(a)Optional Prepayments. (i) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, subject to prior notice given in accordance with paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section, or otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
(ii)The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) by telephone (confirmed by telecopy or transmission by electronic communication in accordance with Section 9.01(b)) of any prepayment hereunder (i) (x) in the case of prepayment of a EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Borrowing, not later than 2:00 p.m. New York City time, three
(1)Business Days before the date of prepayment, or (y) four Business Days (or five, in the case of prepayment of Loans denominated in Special Notice Currencies) prior to any date of prepayment of Alternative Currency Loans, (ii) in the case of prepayment of a Base Rate Borrowing and LIBORSOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans, not later than noon, New York City time, on the date of prepayment or (iii) in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.08, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.08. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the notice of prepayment. Prepayments pursuant to this Section 2.10(a) shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.12 and shall be subject to Section 2.15.
(b)Mandatory Prepayment.
If the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower at any time that the Revolving Credit Exposure at such time exceeds an amount equal to 105% of the Revolving Commitments
then in effect, then, within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall prepay Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Exposure in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce such Revolving Credit Exposure as of such date of payment to an amount not to exceed 100% of the Revolving Commitments then in effect; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Exposures pursuant to this Section 2.10(b) unless after the prepayment in full of the Loans, the Revolving Credit Exposure exceeds the Revolving Commitments then in effect. The Administrative Agent may, at any time and from time to time after the initial deposit of such Cash Collateral for the L/C Exposure, reasonably request that additional Cash Collateral be provided in order to protect against the results of further material exchange rate fluctuations.
SECTION 2.11 Fees.
(a)The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a facility fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily amount of the Revolving Commitment of such Lender (whether used or unused) during the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates; provided that, if such Lender continues to have any Revolving Credit Exposure after its Revolving Commitment terminates, then such facility fee shall continue to accrue on the daily Dollar Equivalent of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure from and including the date on which its Revolving Commitment terminates to but excluding the date on which such Lender ceases to have any Revolving Credit Exposure; provided, however, that any facility fee accrued with respect to the unutilized Revolving Commitment of a Defaulting Lender during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the Borrower so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender except to the extent that such facility fee shall otherwise have been due and payable by the Borrower prior to such time; and provided further that no facility fee shall accrue on the unutilized Revolving Commitment of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender. Accrued facility fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing dDate hereof; provided that any facility fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. All facility fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(b)The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the same Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans on the average daily Dollar Equivalent of such Lender’s L/C Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed L/C Disbursements) during the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Revolving Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any L/C Exposure (the fees referred to in this clause (i), the “Letter of Credit Fees”) and (ii) to each Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.125% per annum on the average daily Dollar Equivalent of the L/C Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed L/C Disbursements) attributable to Letters of Credit
issued by such Issuing Bank during the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any L/C Exposure, as well as such Issuing Bank’s standard fees and commissions with respect to the issuance, amendment, cancellation, negotiation, transfer, presentment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Unless otherwise specified above, participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the third (3rd) Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to an Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within ten (10) days after demand. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(c)[Reserved].
(d)The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(e)All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in Dollars and in Same Day Funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the relevant Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of facility fees and participation fees, to the Lenders. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
SECTION 2.12 Interest.
(a)The Loans comprising each Base Rate Borrowing (including each Swingline Loan) shall bear interest at the Base Rate in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Rate.
(b)The Loans comprising each EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Eurocurrency Rate for thea rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR for such Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.
(c)The Loans comprising each LIBORSOFR Daily Floating Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at the LIBORSOFR Daily Floating Rate in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Rate.
(d)The Loans comprising each Alternative Currency Daily Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternative Currency Daily Rate in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Rate.
(e)The Loans comprising each Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternative Currency Term Rate for the Interest period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.
(f)Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time (x) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under clauses (h), (i) or (j) of Article VII or (y) if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, then such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of
overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, upon the request of the Required Lenders, 2% plus the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section (the “Default Rate”).
(g)Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (cf) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of a Base Rate Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period or a Swingline Loan), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Term SOFR Loan or Alternative EurocCurrency Term Rate Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(h)All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest (i) computed by reference to the Base Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), (ii) for Borrowings denominated in Sterling shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days, and in each case, shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day) and (iii) in the case of interest in respect of Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies as to which market practice differs from the foregoing, shall be computed in accordance with such market practice. The applicable Base Rate, EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Rate or other Relevant Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.13 [Reserved]. SECTION 2.14 Increased Costs.
(a)If any Change in Law shall:
(i)impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender or any Issuing Bank;
(ii)subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes and
(B) Excluded Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(iii)impose on any Lender or any Issuing Bank or any applicable interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement, any LIBORSOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans, any EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans or any Alternative Currency Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan under this Agreement or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan (including pursuant to any conversion of any Borrowing denominated in any currency into a Borrowing denominated in any other currency) or to increase the cost to such Lender or such Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (including pursuant to any conversion of any Borrowing denominated in any currency into a Borrowing denominated in any other currency) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such Issuing Bank hereunder, whether of principal, interest or otherwise (including pursuant to any conversion of any Borrowing denominated in any currency into a Borrowing denominated in any other currency), in each case by an amount deemed by such Lender or such Issuing Bank to be material in the context of its making of, and participation in, extensions of credit under this Agreement, then, upon the request of such Lender or such Issuing Bank, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b)If any Lender or any Issuing Bank determines in good faith that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time, upon the request of such Lender or such Issuing Bank, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c)A certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank setting forth in reasonable detail the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days (or such later date as may be agreed by the applicable Lender) after receipt thereof.
(d)Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 135 days prior to the date that such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 135-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
(e)A Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s claim for additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be generally consistent with such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s treatment of customers of such Lender or Issuing Bank that such Lender or Issuing Bank considers, in its reasonable discretion, to be similarly situated as the Borrower.
SECTION 2.15 Break Funding Payments. In the event of:
(a)the payment of any principal of any EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loan or any Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or as a result of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.10), (b) the conversion of any EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loan or any Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loan or any Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.10 and is revoked in accordance therewith) or (d) the assignment of any EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loan or any Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.18, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense (excluding loss of anticipated profit) attributable to such event. Such loss, cost or expense to any Lender may be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Rate or Alternative Currency Term Rate, as applicable, that would have been applicable to such Loan (and excluding any Applicable Rate), for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in the relevant currency of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurocurrency market or any other applicable interbank market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days (or such later date as may be agreed by the applicable Lender) after receipt thereof.
SECTION 2.16 Taxes.
(a)Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Laws. If any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent shall be required by any applicable Laws (as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent or Loan Party) to withhold or deduct any Taxes from any payment, then (A) such Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, as required by such Laws, shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by it to be required, (B) such Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, to the extent required by such Laws, shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with such Laws, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.16) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.
(b)Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Laws, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(c)Tax Indemnifications.
(i)Each of the Loan Parties shall indemnify each Recipient, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.16) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or an Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(ii)Each Lender and each Issuing Bank shall, and does hereby, severally indemnify, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after written demand therefor, (x) the Administrative Agent against any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender or such Issuing Bank (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Party to do so), (y) the Administrative Agent and the Loan Party, as applicable, against any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Loan Party, as applicable, against any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, in each
case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or a Loan Party in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, as applicable, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender and Issuing Bank hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, as applicable, to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, as applicable, under this clause (ii).
(d)Evidence of Payments. Upon request by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes on amounts payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by any Loan Party or by the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 2.16, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, as the case may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by applicable Laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.
(e)Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation.
(i)Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable Laws or the taxing authorities of a jurisdiction pursuant to such applicable Laws or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Laws or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation required pursuant to Sections 2.16(e)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(ii)Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
(A)any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter
upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from
U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
(B)any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(i)in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-BEN-E (or successor form) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or successor form) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;
(ii)executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(iii)in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881 (c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower or any Affiliate within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “United States Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-BEN-E (or successor form); or
(iv)to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or successor form), a United States Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2 or Exhibit G-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a United States Tax Compliance
Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
(C)any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable Laws as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Laws to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D)if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by applicable Laws and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Laws (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender's obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(iii)Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered pursuant to this Section 2.16(e) expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(f)Treatment of Certain Refunds. Unless required by applicable Laws, at no time shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender or an Issuing Bank, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender or such
Issuing Bank, as the case may be. If any Recipient determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Loan Party or with respect to which any Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.16, it shall pay to such Loan Party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by a Loan Party under this Section 2.16 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) incurred by such Recipient, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that each Loan Party, upon the request of the Recipient, agrees to repay the amount paid over to such Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Recipient in the event the Recipient is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection, in no event will the applicable Recipient be required to pay any amount to such Loan Party pursuant to this subsection the payment of which would place the Recipient in a less favorable net after-Tax position than such Recipient would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. Such Recipient shall, at the Borrower’s request, provide the Borrower with a copy of any notice of assessment or other evidence of the requirement to repay such refund received from the relevant Governmental Authority (provided that the Recipient may delete any information therein that Recipient deems confidential). This subsection shall not be construed to require any Recipient to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to any Loan Party or any other Person.
(g)Treatment of Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank. For purposes of this Section 2.16, the term “Lender” shall include any Swingline Lender and any Issuing Bank and the term “applicable Laws” includes FATCA.
(h)Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.16 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender or any Issuing Bank, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.
SECTION 2.17 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs.
(a)The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of L/C Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.14, 2.15 or 2.16, or otherwise) without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff prior to (i) in the case of payments by the Borrower denominated in Dollars, 2:00 p.m., New York City time and (ii) in the case of payments denominated in an Alternative Currency, 2:00 p.m., Applicable Time, in the city of the Administrative Agent’s Office for such currency, in each case on the date when due, in Same Day Funds. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made (i) in the same currency in which the applicable Credit Event was made (or where such currency has been converted to Dollars, in Dollars) and (ii) to the Administrative Agent at its offices for Dollar denominated Credit Events or, in the case of a Credit Event denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Administrative Agent’s Office for such currency, except payments to be made directly to an Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may require that any payments due under this Agreement be made in the United States. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments denominated in the same currency received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following
receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, if, after the making of any Credit Event in any Alternative Currency, currency control or exchange regulations are imposed in the country which issues such currency with the result that the type of currency in which the Credit Event was made (the “Original Currency”) no longer exists or the Borrower is not able to make payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders in such Original Currency, then all payments to be made by the Borrower hereunder in such currency shall instead be made when due in Dollars in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent (as of the date of repayment) of such payment due, it being the intention of the parties hereto that the Borrower take all risks of the imposition of any such currency control or exchange regulations.
(b)If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed L/C Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably based on the Dollar Equivalent amount thereof among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed L/C Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably based on the Dollar Equivalent amount thereof among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed L/C Disbursements then due to such parties.
(c)If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or participations in L/C Disbursements or Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and participations in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and participations in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and participations in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or
participations in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans to any assignee or participant in accordance with Section 9.04. The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
(d)(i) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the relevant Issuing Bank hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount due; and (ii) with respect to any payment that the Administrative Agent makes for the account of the Lenders or any Issuing Bank hereunder as to which the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that any of the following applies (such payment referred to as the “Rescindable Amount”): (1) the Borrower has not in fact made such payment; (2) the Administrative Agent has made a payment in excess of the amount so paid by the Borrower (whether or not then owed); or (3) the Administrative Agent has for any reason otherwise erroneously made such payment; then each of the Lenders or the relevant Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the Rescindable Amount so distributed to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender, any Issuing Bank or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (d) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(e)If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.17 or 9.03, then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans and to make payments are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payments.
SECTION 2.18 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a)If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.14 or 2.16, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment. Any Lender claiming reimbursement of such costs and
expenses shall deliver to the Borrower a certificate setting forth such costs and expenses in reasonable detail which shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(b)If (1) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, (2) the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16, (3) any Lender is a Defaulting Lender,
(1)any Lender fails to grant a consent in connection with any proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination of the provisions of this Agreement as contemplated by Section 9.02 for which the consent of each Lender or each affected Lender is required but the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained, (5) if any Lender is prohibited under applicable Law from making Loans or Letters of Credit denominated in one or more Alternative Currencies to the Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and at such time the Required Lenders are permitted under applicable Law (and have agreed) to make such Loans and Letters of Credit in such Alternative Currencies, or (6) if any other circumstance exists hereunder that gives the Borrower the right to replace a Lender as a party hereto, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, but excluding the consents required by, Section 9.04), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:
(i)the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 9.04 (unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent);
(ii)such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and L/C Disbursements, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 2.15) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);
(iii)in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.14 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.16, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;
(iv)in the case of an assignment resulting from an event described in clause
(4) above, (A) the applicable assignee shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent and (B) after giving effect to such assignment (and any other assignments made in connection therewith), each Lender shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent;
(v)in the case of an assignment resulting from a circumstance described in clause (5) above, (A) the applicable assignee shall be permitted under Law to make Loans and Letters of Credit in all Alternative Currencies to the Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (B) after giving effect to such assignment (and any other assignments made in connection therewith), each Lender shall be permitted under applicable Law to make Loans to and Letters of Credit to the Borrower in all Alternative Currencies;
(vi)in the case of an assignment resulting from a circumstance described in clause (6) above, (A) the applicable assignee shall be permitted under Law and licensed to make Loans and other applicable extensions of credit to the Borrower in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement and (B) after giving effect to such assignment (and to any other assignments made in connection therewith), each Lender shall be permitted under applicable Law and licensed to make such Loans and other applicable extensions of credit under this Agreement; and
(vii)such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
SECTION 2.19 Expansion Option.
(a)The Borrower may from time to time after the Closing Date elect to increase the Revolving Commitments (“Increased Commitments”) in an aggregate principal amount of not less than $25,000,000. The Borrower may arrange for any such increase to be provided by one or more Lenders (each Lender so agreeing to an increase in its Revolving Commitment, an “Increasing Lender”), or by one or more new banks, financial institutions or other entities (each such new bank, financial institution or other entity, an “Augmenting Lender”), to increase their existing Revolving Commitments or to participate in such Revolving Commitments, as the case may be; provided that each Augmenting Lender (and, in the case of an Increased Commitment, each Increasing Lender) shall be subject to the approval of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender (such consents not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Without the consent of any Lenders other than the relevant Increasing Lenders or Augmenting Lenders, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended pursuant to an Additional Credit Extension Amendment as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.19. Increases of Revolving Commitments shall become effective on the date agreed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the relevant Increasing Lenders or Augmenting Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in the Revolving Commitments shall be permitted under this paragraph unless on the proposed date of the effectiveness of such increase in the Revolving Commitments, (i) the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of
Section 4.02 shall be satisfied or waived by the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent,
(ii) after giving effect to such increase in the Revolving Commitments, the Borrower shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, with the Consolidated Leverage Ratio (determined as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter and assuming that the entire amount of such increase had been borrowed as of such quarter end), and (iii) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate confirming (and, as applicable, setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating) compliance with each of the requirements set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above, dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower. On the effective date of any increase in the Revolving Commitments, (i) each relevant Increasing Lender and Augmenting Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent such amounts in Same Day Funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine, for the benefit of the other Lenders, as being required in order to cause, after giving effect to such increase and the use of such amounts to make payments to such other Lenders, each Lender’s portion of the outstanding Loans of all the Lenders to equal its Applicable Percentage of such outstanding Loans, and (ii) if, on the date of such increase, there are any Revolving Loans outstanding, such Revolving Loans shall on or prior to the effectiveness of such Increased Commitments be prepaid to the extent necessary from the proceeds of additional Revolving Loans made hereunder by the Increasing Lenders and Augmenting Lenders, so that, after giving effect to such prepayments and any borrowings on such date of all or any portion of such Increased Commitments, the principal balance of all outstanding Revolving Loans owing to each Lender is equal to such Lender’s pro rata share (after giving effect to any nonratable Increased Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.19) of all then outstanding Revolving Loans. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the Borrowing Request, minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to the transactions effected pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence. The deemed payments made pursuant to clause
(ii) of the second preceding sentence shall be accompanied by payment of all accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, in respect of each EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loan and each Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, shall be subject to indemnification by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.15 if the deemed payment occurs other than on the last day of the related Interest Periods. For the avoidance of doubt, no Lender shall have any obligation to provide any Increased Commitment.
(b)This Section 2.19 shall override any provisions in Section 9.02 to the
contrary.
SECTION 2.20 Judgment Currency. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due from the Borrower hereunder in the currency expressed to be payable herein (the “specified currency”) into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the specified currency with such other currency at the Administrative Agent’s main New York City office on the Business Day preceding that on which final, non-appealable judgment is given. The obligations of the Borrower in respect of any sum due to any Lender, any Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than the specified currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Lender, such Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency such Lender, such Issuing Bank or the
Administrative Agent (as the case may be) may in accordance with normal, reasonable banking procedures purchase the specified currency with such other currency. If the amount of the specified currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency, the Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Lender, such Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased exceeds (a) the sum originally due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency and (b) any amounts shared with other Lenders as a result of allocations of such excess as a disproportionate payment to such Lender under Section 2.17, such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, agrees to remit such excess to the Borrower.
SECTION 2.21 Extended Revolving Commitments.
(a)Request for Extended Revolving Commitments. The Borrower may at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, upon written request to and the consent of the Administrative Agent (each, a “Revolving Extension Request”), request that an aggregate principal amount of not less than $300,000,000 of the then existing Commitments of any Class (each, an “Existing Revolver Tranche”) be amended to, among other things, extend the applicable Revolving Credit Maturity Date with respect thereto (the “Existing Maturity Date”) to a date that is no earlier than the then Latest Maturity Date of any other Commitment hereunder (any such Revolving Commitments so amended, “Extended Revolving Commitments”); provided that (i) after giving effect to any Extended Revolving Commitment under this Section 2.21, there shall be no more than three (3) Classes of Commitments outstanding at any time and
(ii) any such Extended Revolving Commitments shall be offered on the same terms (including as to the proposed interest rates and fees) to each Revolving Lender under the applicable Existing Revolver Tranche on a ratable basis. Promptly after receipt of any Revolving Extension Request, the Administrative Agent shall provide a copy of such request to each of the Revolving Lenders under the applicable Existing Revolver Tranche to be amended, which request shall set forth the proposed terms (which shall be determined in consultation with the Administrative Agent) of the Extended Revolving Commitments to be established. Each Revolving Extension Request shall specify (A) the applicable Class of Commitments and Loans hereunder to be extended, (B) the date to which the applicable maturity date is sought to be extended, (C) the changes, if any, to the Applicable Rate to be applied in determining the interest payable on the Loans of, and fees payable hereunder to, Extending Revolving Lenders (as defined below) in respect of that portion of their Commitments and Loans extended to such new maturity date and the time as of which such changes will become effective (which may be prior to the Existing Maturity Date) and (D) any other amendments or modifications to this Agreement applicable to such Extended Revolving Commitments, provided that no such changes or modifications pursuant to this clause (D) shall become effective prior to the then Latest Maturity Date. At the time of sending such notice, the Borrower (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each applicable Revolving Lender is requested to respond to such request (which shall in no event be less than fifteen (15) calendar days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) from the date of delivery of such notice to such Revolving Lenders) and shall agree to such procedures, if any, as may be established by, or
reasonably acceptable to, the Administrative Agent to accomplish the purposes of this Section 2.21.
(b)Election to Extend. Any Revolving Lender wishing to have all or a portion of its Revolving Commitments under the Existing Revolver Tranche amended into Extended Revolving Commitments (each, an “Extending Revolving Lender”) specified in the Revolving Extension Request shall notify the Administrative Agent on or prior to the response date specified in such Revolving Extension Request of the amount of its Revolving Commitments it has elected to be amended (subject to any minimum denomination requirements imposed by the Administrative Agent not to exceed $50,000,000). No Revolving Lender shall have any obligation to agree to provide any Extended Revolving Commitment pursuant to any Revolving Extension Request. Any Revolving Lender not responding on or prior to such response date shall be deemed to have declined such Revolving Extension Request. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and each Revolving Lender under the applicable Existing Revolver Tranche of responses to such Revolving Extension Request. In the event that the aggregate principal amount of existing Revolving Commitments that the Extending Revolving Lenders have elected to amend pursuant to the relevant Revolving Extension Request exceeds the amount of Extended Revolving Commitments requested by the Borrower, the principal amount of Extended Revolving Commitments requested by the Borrower shall be allocated to each Extending Revolving Lender in such manner and in such amounts as may be agreed by Administrative Agent and the Borrower, in their sole discretion.
(c)Revolving Extension Amendment. Extended Revolving Commitments shall be established pursuant to an amendment (each, a “Revolving Extension Amendment”) to this Agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Extending Revolving Lender, if any, providing an Extended Revolving Commitment thereunder, which shall be consistent with the provisions set forth in Sections 2.21(a), (b) and (d) (but which shall not require the consent of any other Lender). The effectiveness of any Revolving Extension Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof of each of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) (with all references in such Sections to a Borrowing being deemed to be references to such Revolving Extension Request) and receipt of a certificate to that effect and, any other condition as may be agreed among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Extending Revolving Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender as to the effectiveness of each Revolving Extension Amendment and the matters specified therein. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended pursuant to a Revolving Extension Amendment, without the consent of any other Lender, to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to (i) reflect the existence and terms of the Extended Revolving Commitments incurred pursuant thereto, and (ii) effect such other amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.21, in each case, in a manner consistent with the terms of this Section 2.21 and the Required Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into any such Revolving Extension Amendment.
(d)Terms of Extended Revolving Commitments. Except as expressly provided herein, all Extended Revolving Commitments effected pursuant to any Revolving Extension Request and Revolving Extension Amendment shall be subject to the same terms
(including borrowing terms, interest terms and payment terms), and shall be subject to the same conditions as the then existing Revolving Commitments (it being understood that customary arrangement or commitment fees payable to one or more Arrangers (or their Affiliates) or one or more Extending Revolving Lenders, as the case may be, may be different than those paid with respect to the existing Revolving Lenders under the then existing Revolving Commitments on or prior to the Closing Date or with respect to any other Extending Revolving Lenders in connection with any other Extended Revolving Commitments effected pursuant to this Section 2.21); provided, however, that at the election of the Borrower (in consultation with the Administrative Agent), the Borrower may offer to effect Extended Revolving Commitments with (i) interest and fees at different rates applicable solely with respect to such Extended Revolving Commitments (and related outstandings), which may take effect as of the date of the Revolving Extension Amendment, and (ii) such other covenants and terms, which in the case of this clause (ii), apply to any period after the Latest Maturity Date that is in effect on the effective date of the Revolving Extension Amendment related thereto (immediately prior to the establishment of such Extended Revolving Commitments). After giving effect to any Extended Revolving Commitment, all borrowings under the Revolving Commitments (including any such Extended Revolving Commitments) and repayments thereunder shall be made on a pro rata basis (except for (x) any payments of interest and fees at different rates on any Revolving Extension Series (and related Loans thereunder) and (y) repayments required upon the applicable Revolving Credit Maturity Date of other Revolving Commitments). If a Revolving Extension Amendment has become effective hereunder, not later than the fifth Business Day prior to the Existing Maturity Date the Borrower shall make prepayments of Revolving Loans and shall Cash Collateralize Letters of Credit, such that, after giving effect to such prepayments and such provision of cash collateral, the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure as of such date will not exceed the aggregate Extended Revolving Commitments of the Extending Revolving Lenders extended pursuant to this Section 2.21 (and the Borrower shall not be permitted thereafter to request any Revolving Loan or any issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit if, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure would exceed the aggregate amount of the Extended Revolving Commitments then in effect).
(e)Revolving Extension Series. Any Extended Revolving Commitments effected pursuant to a Revolving Extension Request shall be designated a series (each, a “Revolving Extension Series”) of Extended Revolving Commitments for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that any Extended Revolving Commitments effected from an Existing Revolver Tranche may, to the extent provided in the applicable Revolving Extension Amendment, be designated as an increase in any previously established Revolving Extension Series with respect to such Existing Revolver Tranche.
SECTION 2.22 Defaulting Lender.
(a)Defaulting Lender Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law:
(i)Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VII or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 9.08 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to any Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender hereunder; third, to Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ L/C Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 2.05(g); fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender
has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ future L/C Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 2.05(g); sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender's breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Disbursements in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 or Section 4.02, as applicable, were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Disbursements owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Disbursements owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments without giving effect to Section 2.22(a)(ii). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.22(a)(i) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(ii)Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) but only to the extent that such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of any non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment. Subject to Section 9.20, no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.
(iii)Cash Collateral, Repayment of Swingline Loans. If the reallocation described in Section 2.22(a)(ii) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under law,
(x) first, prepay Swingline Loans in an amount equal to the Swingline Lenders’ Swingline Exposure and (y) second, Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ L/C Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.05(g).
(b)Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with the Commitments (without giving effect to Section 2.22(a)(ii)),
whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.
(c)New Swingline Loans/Letters of Credit. So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that, after giving effect to such Swingline Loan or Letter of Credit and the reallocation of all Defaulting Lenders’ participation therein pursuant to Section 2.22(a)(ii), the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of all non-Defaulting Lenders does not exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments of all non-Defaulting Lenders.
SECTION 2.23 Sustainability Adjustments.
(a)ESG Amendment. After the Closing Date, the Borrower, in consultation with the Sustainability Coordinator, shall be entitled to establish specified key performance indicators (“KPIs”) with respect to certain environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) targets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. The Sustainability Coordinator and the Borrower may amend this Agreement (such amendment, the “ESG Amendment”) solely for the purpose of incorporating the KPIs and other related provisions (the “ESG Pricing Provisions”) into this Agreement, and any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the tenth Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly notify the Borrower) written notice that such Required Lenders object to such ESG Amendment. In the event that Required Lenders deliver a written notice objecting to any such ESG Amendment, an alternative ESG Amendment may be effectuated with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Borrower and the Sustainability Coordinator. Upon the effectiveness of any such ESG Amendment, based on the Borrower’s performance against the KPIs, certain adjustments (increase, decrease or no adjustment) to the otherwise applicable facility fee, Applicable Rate for Base Rate Loans, Swingline Loans, EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans, Alternative Currency Loans, LIBORSOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans and Letter of Credit Fees will be made; provided that the amount of such adjustments shall not exceed (i) in the case of the facility fee, an increase and/or decrease of 0.01% and (ii) in the case of the Applicable Rate for EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans, Alternative Currency Loans, LIBORSOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans and Letter of Credit Fees, an increase and/or decrease of 0.04%, and the adjustments to the Applicable Rate for Base Rate Loans and Swingline Loans shall be the same amount, in basis points, as the adjustments to the Applicable Rate for EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans and Letter of Credit Fees, provided that in no event shall the Applicable Rate for Base Rate Loans and Swingline Loans be less than zero. The pricing adjustments pursuant to the KPIs will require, among other things, reporting and validation of the measurement of the KPIs in a manner that is aligned with the Sustainability Linked Loan Principles and is to be agreed between the Borrower and the Sustainability Coordinator (each acting reasonably). Following the effectiveness of the ESG Amendment:
(i)any modification to the ESG Pricing Provisions which has the effect of (x) reducing the facility fee, Applicable Rate for Base Rate Loans and Swingline Loans, or Applicable Rate for EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans, Alternative Currency Loans, LIBORSOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans and Letter of Credit Fees to a level not otherwise permitted by Section 2.23(a) or (y) increasing the facility fee, Applicable Rate for Base Rate
Loans and Swingline Loans, or Applicable Rate for EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans, Alternative Currency Loans, LIBORSOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans and Letter of Credit Fees that is not accompanied by a corresponding reduction of the facility fee, Applicable Rate for Base Rate Loans and Swingline Loans, or Applicable Rate for EurocurrencyTerm SOFR Loans, Alternative Currency Loans, LIBORSOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans and Letter of Credit Fees by a percentage equivalent to such increase, shall (in each case) be subject to the consent of all Lenders; and
(ii)any other modification to the ESG Pricing Provisions (other than as provided for in Section 2.23(a)(i) above) shall be subject only to the consent of the Required Lenders.
(b)Sustainability Coordinator. The Sustainability Coordinator will (i) assist the Borrower in determining the ESG Pricing Provisions in connection with the ESG Amendment and (ii) assist the Borrower in preparing informational materials focused on ESG to be used in connection with the ESG Amendment.
(c)Conflicting Provisions. This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 9.02 to the contrary.
SECTION 2.24 Illegality. If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund or charge interest with respect to any
Credit Event, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon a Relevant Rate, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon a Relevant Rate purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars or any Alternative Currency in the applicable interbank market, then, upon notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower (through the Administrative Agent), (i) any obligation of such Lender to make or maintain Alternative Currency Loans in the affected currency or currencies or, in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Term SOFR Loans, SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans, Alternative Currency Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Term SOFR Loans or SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans shall be suspended, and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (A) the Borrower shall, promptly, following written demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay all Term SOFR Loans, SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans or Alternative Currency Loans, as applicable in the affected currency or currencies or, if applicable, convert all Term SOFR Loans, SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans or Alternative Currency Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate), in each case, immediately, or, in the case of Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans and (B) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon SOFR, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Term SOFR component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon SOFR. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts required by Section 2.15. Each Lender agrees to use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks as of the Closing Date and (except as to representations and warranties made as of a date certain) as of the date such representations and warranties are deemed to be made under Section 4.02 of this Agreement, that:
SECTION 3.01 Organization; Powers; Subsidiaries. The Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries are duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable in the relevant jurisdiction) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, have all requisite power and authority to carry on their respective business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, are qualified to do business in, and are in good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable) in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock and other equity interests on the Closing Date, to the extent owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, of each Material Subsidiary are validly issued and outstanding and fully paid and nonassessable (if
applicable) and all such shares and other equity interests are owned, beneficially and of record, by the Borrower or such other Subsidiary on the Closing Date free and clear of all Liens, other than Liens permitted under Section 6.02; provided that any untruth, misstatement or inaccuracy of the foregoing representation in this sentence shall only be deemed a breach of such representation to the extent such untruth, misstatement or inaccuracy is material to the interests of the Lenders. As of the Closing Date, there are no outstanding commitments or other obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to issue, and no options, warrants or other rights of any Person other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary to acquire, any shares of any class of capital stock or other equity interests of any Material Subsidiary, except as disclosed on Schedule 3.01.
SECTION 3.02 Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions are within each Loan Party’s corporate, limited liability company or partnership powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational and, if required, stockholder action. The Loan Documents have been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party party thereto and constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party party thereto, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Debtor Relief Laws and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION 3.03 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except for (A) the approvals, consents, registrations, actions and filings which have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and effect and (B) those approvals, consents, registrations or other actions or filings, the failure of which to obtain or make would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) will not violate
(i)any applicable law or regulation or order of any Governmental Authority or (ii) the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of any Loan Party, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon any Loan Party or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Loan Party, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any material asset of any Loan Party (other than pursuant to the Loan Documents and Liens permitted by Section 6.02); except with respect to any violation or default referred to in clause (b)(i) or (c) above, to the extent that such violation or default would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.04 Financial Statements; Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.
(a)The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders the Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet and statements of earnings, stockholders equity and cash flows, (x)
for each of the three fiscal years ended December 31, 2020, December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 reported on by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent public accountants, and (y) as of, and for the fiscal quarter ended, March 31, 2020, certified by its chief financial officer which financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP.
(b)Except as set forth on Schedule 3.04(b), since December 31, 2020, there has been no material adverse change in the business, assets, properties or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION 3.05 Properties.
(a)Each Loan Party has good and marketable title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its material real and personal property material to its business, except for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes and except where the failure to have such title or interest would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)The Borrower and its Subsidiaries own, or are licensed or possess the right to use, all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to the operation of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, the use thereof by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.06 Litigation and Environmental Matters.
(a)There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination that would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Matters). There are no labor controversies pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)Except for the Disclosed Matters and except with respect to any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any applicable Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any pending or known Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.
SECTION 3.07 Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.07, each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all
agreements and other instruments (excluding agreements governing Indebtedness) binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.08 Investment Company Status. Neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party is required to register as an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
SECTION 3.09 Taxes. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes (including any Taxes in the capacity of a withholding agent) required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books reserves to the extent required by GAAP or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.10 Solvency. On the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent.
SECTION 3.11 [Reserved].
SECTION 3.12 Disclosure. None of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information (excluding any financial projections or pro forma financial information and information of a general economic or general industry nature) furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished), when taken as a whole and when taken together with the Borrower’s SEC filings at such time, contains as of the date such statement, information, document or certificate was so furnished any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The projections and pro forma financial information contained in the materials referenced above have been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by management of the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such financial information is not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial information may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a material amount.
SECTION 3.13 Federal Reserve Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loan have been used or will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X.
SECTION 3.14 PATRIOT Act. Each of the Loan Parties and each of their respective Subsidiaries are in compliance, in all material respects, with the Act. No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain,
retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
SECTION 3.15 OFAC.
(a)Neither the Borrower, nor any Subsidiary is (i) a Person whose name appears on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons published by OFAC (an “OFAC Listed Person”) or a Person sanctioned by the United States of America pursuant to any of the regulations administered or enforced by OFAC (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or a Person whose name appears on any economic sanctions list administered by the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury (an “EU/UK Listed Person”) or a Person that is the target of European Union or United Kingdom economic sanctions; or (ii) a department, agency or instrumentality of, or is otherwise controlled by or acting on behalf of, directly or indirectly,
(x) any OFAC Listed Person or any EU/UK Listed Person, or (y) the government of a country the subject of comprehensive U.S. economic sanctions administered by OFAC (collectively, “OFAC Countries”).
(b)The Borrower represents and covenants that no Loan, nor the proceeds from any Loan, has been or will be used, directly or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, indirectly, to lend, contribute, provide or has otherwise been made or will otherwise be made available for the purpose of funding any activity or business in any OFAC Countries or for the purpose of funding any prohibited activity or business of any Person located, organized or residing in any OFAC Country or who is an OFAC Listed Person or an EU/UK Listed Person, absent valid and effective license and permits issued by the government of the United States or otherwise in accordance with applicable Laws, or in any other manner that will result in any material violation by any Lender, any Arranger or the Administrative Agent of the sanctions administered or enforced by OFAC (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended).
SECTION 3.16 Beneficial Ownership Certification. The information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification, if applicable, is true and correct in all respects, as of the Closing Date and each other date on which such Beneficial Ownership Certification is delivered.
SECTION 3.17 Representations as to Foreign Obligors. Each Foreign Obligor represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks that:
(a)Such Foreign Obligor is subject to civil and commercial Laws with respect to its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party (collectively as to such Foreign Obligor, the “Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents”), and the execution, delivery and performance by such Foreign Obligor of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents constitute and will constitute private and commercial acts and not public or governmental acts. Neither such Foreign Obligor nor any of its property (other than, in case of a Foreign Obligor organized under the laws of the Netherlands, assets located in the Netherlands that are destined for public service and books and records) has any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing in respect of its obligations under the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents.
(b)The Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents are in proper legal form under the Laws of the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing for the enforcement thereof against such Foreign Obligor under the Laws of such jurisdiction, and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents. It is not necessary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents that the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents be filed, registered or recorded with, or executed or notarized before, any court or other authority in the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing or that any registration charge or stamp or similar tax be paid on or in respect of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents or any other document, except for (i) any such filing, registration, recording, execution or notarization as has been made or is not required to be made until the Applicable Foreign Obligor Document or any other document is sought to be enforced and (ii) any charge or tax as has been timely paid.
(c)The execution, delivery and performance of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents executed by such Foreign Obligor are, under applicable foreign exchange control regulations of the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing, not subject to any notification or authorization except (i) such as have been made or obtained or
(ii)such as cannot be made or obtained until a later date (provided that any notification or authorization described in clause (ii) shall be made or obtained as soon as is reasonably practicable).
ARTICLE IV
Conditions Precedent
SECTION 4.01 Initial Credit Events. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit on the Closing Date are subject to each of the following conditions being satisfied on or prior to the Closing Date:
(a)The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from
(i) each party hereto either (A) a counterpart of this Agreement duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of such party or (B) written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy or electronic mail transmission in accordance with Section 9.01) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement;
(b)The Administrative Agent shall have received the executed legal opinions of (i) Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, special New York counsel to the Borrower and the Loan Parties, (ii) Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, special Pennsylvania counsel to the Borrower and the Loan Parties, and (iii) NautaDutilh N.V., special Dutch counsel to the Borrower and the Loan Parties, in each case in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinions;
(c)The Administrative Agent shall have received such customary closing documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable in the relevant jurisdiction) of the Borrower and the Loan Parties, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Borrower and the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel;
(d)The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that prior to or substantially concurrently with the making of the initial Credit Events hereunder, all Indebtedness under the ExistingOriginal Credit Agreement and all other amounts payable thereunder have been paid in full and all commitments to extend credit thereunder shall have terminated;
(e)The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate attesting to the Solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) on the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions in or substantially in the form attached as Exhibit H hereto, from a Financial Officer of the Borrower;
(f)(i) Upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender made at least ten days prior to the Closing Date, the Borrower shall have provided to the Administrative Agent or such Lender the documentation and other information so requested in connection with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money-laundering rules and regulations, including the Act, in each case at least five days prior to the Closing Date and (ii) at least five days prior to the Closing Date, if the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower;
(g)All costs, fees, expenses (including legal fees and expenses) to the extent invoiced at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date and the fees contemplated by the Fee Letters payable to the Arrangers, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders shall have been paid on or prior to the Closing Date, in each case, to the extent required by the Fee Letters or the Loan Documents to be paid on or prior to the Closing Date;
(h)The Administrative Agent shall have received Notes executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting Notes at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date;
(i)The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying (A) that the conditions specified in Section 4.02(a) and Section 4.02(b) have been satisfied and (B) that, except as set forth on Schedule 3.04(b), there has been no event or circumstance since the date of the audited financial statements that has had or could be reasonably expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and
(j)The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request, duly completed and executed by the Borrower.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the sub-clause (e)(v) of clause
(c)of Article VIII, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
SECTION 4.02 Subsequent Credit Events. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing (but not a conversion or continuation of Loans), and of the Issuing Banks to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, in each case, following the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a)The representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, except (i) where any representation and warranty is expressly made as of a specific earlier date, such representation and warranty shall be true in all material respects as of any such earlier date and (ii) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.04(b) and Section 3.06 shall only be required to be made on the Closing Date and shall not be required to be made for any Credit Event following the Closing Date (but shall be required to be made on the date any Increased Commitments are established);
(b)At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(c)The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request, duly completed and executed by the Borrower.
Except to the extent required above, each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 4.02.
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated or been Cash Collateralized on terms satisfactory to the Issuing Banks and all L/C Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks that:
SECTION 5.01 Financial Statements and Other Information. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly furnish a copy to each Lender):
(a)as soon as available, but in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by an independent public accountant of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial position and results of operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
(b)as soon as available, but in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries and related statements of operations and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial position and results of operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c)concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or
(b)above, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E executed by a Financial Officer (x) certifying as to whether, to the knowledge of such Financial Officer after reasonable inquiry, a Default has occurred and is continuing and, if so, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto; and (y) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Section 6.07;
(d)[reserved];
(e)promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all annual, quarterly and current reports and proxy statements filed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary with the SEC, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of the SEC; and
(f)promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request.
Financial statements and other information required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(a), 5.01(b) and 5.01(e) shall be deemed to have been delivered if such statements and information shall have been posted by the Borrower on its website or shall have been posted on IntraLinks or
similar site to which all of the Lenders have been granted access or are publicly available on the SEC’s website pursuant to the EDGAR system.
The Borrower acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arrangers may, but shall not be obligated to, make available to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting such information on DebtDomain, IntraLinks, Syndtrak, ClearPar, or similar electronic transmission system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders may be “public side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or their securities) (each, a “Public Lender”). The Borrower agrees to identify that portion of the information to be provided to Public Lenders hereunder as “PUBLIC” and that such information will not contain material non-public information relating to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries (or any of their securities).
SECTION 5.02 Notices of Material Events. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (for prompt notification to each Lender) prompt (but in any event within five (5) Business Days) written notice after any Financial Officer obtains knowledge of the following:
(a)the occurrence of any continuing Default;
(b)the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c)the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
(d)any change in the information provided in the Beneficial Ownership Certification that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified in parts (c) or
(d)of such certification.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.03 Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect (i) its legal existence, and (ii) the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business, except, in the case of the preceding clause (ii), to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any transaction that is not otherwise prohibited under Section 6.03.
SECTION 5.04 Payment of Obligations. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay its obligations (other than Indebtedness), including Tax liabilities, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) (i) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and (ii) the Borrower or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books reserves with respect thereto to the extent required by GAAP or (b) the failure to make payment would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.05 Maintenance of Properties; Insurance. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to, (a) keep and maintain all Property material to the conduct of
its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and casualty or condemnation excepted, except if the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (b) maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies or through self-insurance, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations.
SECTION 5.06 Inspection Rights. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or, during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its senior officers and use commercially reasonable efforts to make its independent accountants available to discuss the affairs, finances and condition of the Borrower, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested and in all cases subject to applicable Law and the terms of applicable confidentiality agreements and to the extent the Borrower reasonably determines that such inspection, examination or discussion will not violate or result in the waiver of any attorney-client privilege; provided that (i) the Lenders will conduct such requests for visits and inspections through the Administrative Agent and (ii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such visits and inspections can occur no more frequently than once per year. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall give the Borrower the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the Borrower’s independent accountants.
SECTION 5.07 Compliance with Laws. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property (including Environmental Laws), except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.08 Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit. The proceeds of Loans and other Credit Events will be used for general lawful corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X.
SECTION 5.09 Guarantees. (i) In the event that any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than an Excluded Finco or a Receivables Entity) incurs or guarantees (x) any Indebtedness of the Borrower, owed to a Person other than any Subsidiary, in excess of an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 for all such Indebtedness of such Subsidiary with respect to the Borrower (such Indebtedness of such Subsidiary with respect to the Borrower, “Triggering Indebtedness”) or (y) Mylan Notes in excess of an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000, and (ii) if Finco ceases to be an Excluded Finco and would otherwise satisfy clause (i) above, then, in each case, the Borrower shall cause each such Subsidiary to Guarantee the Obligations in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and shall cause each such Subsidiary to deliver to the Administrative Agent (A) a joinder to this Agreement in or substantially in the form attached as Exhibit F (each such joinder, a “Guarantor Joinder Agreement”) duly executed and delivered by such Subsidiary, (B) all documents and other information reasonably requested by the Lenders in order to allow the Lenders to comply with the Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, (C) customary legal opinions substantially similar to those delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(b) (with such changes as may be appropriate to reflect local law concerns), (D) customary closing documents substantially similar to those delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(c) and (E) other documentation required under applicable Laws (it being understood that any such guarantee of Indebtedness by such Subsidiary shall be subject to the provisions of Section 6.01 of this Agreement). In the event that (1) the Administrative Agent receives evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that any Guarantor
has been or will concurrently be released from, or otherwise not be an issuer or guarantor in respect of, (i) Triggering Indebtedness of such Guarantor and (ii) Mylan Notes in excess of an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000, or (2) Finco becomes an Excluded Finco, then, in each case, at the request of the Borrower, such Guarantor shall be released from the Guarantee Agreement (and, for the avoidance of doubt, such release shall not require the approval of the Lenders) so long as at the time of and after giving effect to such release and all such concurrent releases, all of such Guarantor’s then outstanding Indebtedness would then be permitted to be incurred at such time under Section 6.01 (treating, for this purpose, all Indebtedness of such Guarantor as being incurred at the time of such release).
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated or been Cash Collateralized on terms satisfactory to the Issuing Banks and all L/C Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks that:
SECTION 6.01 Indebtedness. The Borrower will not permit any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a)Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents;
(b)Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 6.01 or that could be incurred on the Closing Date pursuant to commitments set forth in Schedule
6.01 or as contemplated in Schedule 6.01 and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (b);
(c)(i) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party owing to (x) a Loan Party or (y) any other Subsidiary; and (ii) Guarantees of Indebtedness of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary by any other Subsidiary, to the extent such Indebtedness is otherwise permitted under this Agreement;
(d)(i) Indebtedness incurred to finance the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof; provided that (A) such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within two hundred seventy (270) days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction, repair, replacement or improvement and (B) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (d) shall not exceed the greater of
(x) $375,000,000 and (y) 1.05% of Consolidated Total Assets, determined as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter prior to the date such Indebtedness is incurred for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness permitted by clause (i) of this clause (d);
(e)Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit (including trade letters of credit), bank guarantees or similar instruments issued or incurred in the ordinary course of business, including in respect of card obligations or any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository and cash management services or any automated clearing house transfers, workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims;
(f)Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Permitted Receivables Facilities; provided that the Attributable Receivables Indebtedness thereunder shall not exceed at any time outstanding (x) $750,000,000, in the case of all Domestic Subsidiaries and (y) $750,000,000, in the case of all other Subsidiaries;
(g)Indebtedness under Swap Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(h)Indebtedness in respect of bid, performance, surety, stay, customs, appeal or replevin bonds or performance and completion guarantees and similar obligations issued or incurred in the ordinary course of business, including guarantees or obligations of any Subsidiary with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments supporting such obligation, in each case, not in connection with Indebtedness for money borrowed;
(i)Indebtedness in respect of judgments, decrees, attachments or awards that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (k) of Article VII;
(j)Indebtedness consisting of bona fide purchase price adjustments, earn-outs, indemnification obligations, obligations under deferred compensation or similar arrangements and similar items incurred in connection with acquisitions and asset sales not prohibited by Section 6.05 or 6.03;
(k)Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit denominated in currencies other than Dollars in an aggregate amount outstanding not to exceed the greater of the foreign currency equivalent of (x) $325,000,000 and (y) 0.85% of Consolidated Total Assets, determined as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter prior to the date such Indebtedness is incurred for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b);
(l)Indebtedness in respect of card obligations, netting services, overdraft protections and similar arrangements in each case in connection with deposit accounts;
(m)Indebtedness consisting of (x) the financing of insurance premiums with the providers of such insurance or their affiliates or (y) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(n)Foreign Jurisdiction Deposits;
(o)(i) so long as the Borrower is in compliance with Section 6.07 on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently completed Test Period (for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b)), other Indebtedness in an aggregate amount, when aggregated with the amount of Indebtedness of the Loan Parties secured by Liens pursuant to Section 6.02(r), not to exceed the greater of (x) $2,750,000,000 and (y) 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, determined as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter prior to the date such Indebtedness is incurred for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) and (ii) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness permitted by clause (i) of this clause (o);
(p)(i) Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and not created in contemplation thereof; provided that, after giving effect to the acquisition of such Person, on a Pro Forma Basis, the Borrower would be in compliance with Section 6.07 as of the last day of the most recent fiscal year or fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (p);
(q)Indebtedness supported by a Letter of Credit, in a principal amount not to exceed the face amount of such Letter of Credit;
(r)Indebtedness in respect of Investments permitted by Section 6.05(q);
(s)all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (a) through (r) above; and
(t)Indebtedness of the Excluded Finco.
SECTION 6.02 Liens. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any Property now owned or hereafter acquired by it, except:
(a)Permitted Encumbrances;
(b)any Lien on any Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary existing on the Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 6.02 and any modifications, replacements, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any other Property of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary other than (A) improvements and after-acquired Property that is affixed or incorporated into the Property covered by such Lien or financed by Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01, and (B) proceeds and products thereof, and (ii) such Lien shall
secure only those obligations which it secures on the Closing Date and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(c)any Lien existing on any Property prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or existing on any Property of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the Closing Date prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other Property of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary (other than the proceeds or products of the Property covered by such Lien and other than improvements and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the Property covered by such Lien) and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be, and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(d)(i) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed, repaired, replaced or improved by the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that (i) such security interests secure Indebtedness incurred to fund the acquisition of such assets in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of $400,000,000 and 1.05% of Consolidated Total Assets (determined as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter prior to the date such Indebtedness is incurred for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the foregoing)), (ii) such security interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within two hundred seventy (270) days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction, repair or replacement or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets and (iv) such security interests shall not apply to any other Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, except for accessions to such fixed or capital assets covered by such Lien, Property financed by such Indebtedness and the proceeds and products thereof; provided further that individual financings of fixed or capital assets provided by one lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings of fixed or capital assets provided by such lender;
(e)rights of setoff and similar arrangements and Liens in favor of depository and securities intermediaries to secure obligations owed in respect of card obligations or any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository and cash management services or any automated clearing house transfers of funds and fees and similar amounts related to bank accounts or securities accounts (including Liens securing letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments supporting any of the foregoing);
(f)Liens on Receivables and Permitted Receivables Facility Assets securing Indebtedness arising under Permitted Receivables Facilities; provided that a Lien shall be permitted to be incurred pursuant to this clause (f) only if at the time such Lien is incurred the aggregate principal amount of the obligations secured at such time (including such Lien) by Liens outstanding pursuant to this clause (f) would not exceed (x) $750,000,000, in the case of all Domestic Subsidiaries and (y) $750,000,000, in the case of all other Subsidiaries;
(g)Liens (i) on “earnest money” or similar deposits or other cash advances in connection with acquisitions permitted by Section 6.05 or (ii) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any Property in a disposition permitted under this Agreement including customary rights and restrictions contained in such agreements;
(h)Liens on cash, cash equivalents or other assets securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(g);
(i)leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business which do not (i) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (ii) secure any Indebtedness;
(j)Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;
(k)Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection and (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, including Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits;
(l)Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by a Loan Party or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(m)Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 6.05;
(n)rights of setoff relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(o)ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are located and other Liens affecting the interest of any landlord (and any underlying landlord) of any real property leased by the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(p)Liens on equipment owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary and located on the premises of any supplier and used in the ordinary course of business and not securing Indebtedness;
(q)any restriction or encumbrance with respect to the pledge or transfer of the Equity Interests of a joint venture;
(r)Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.02, provided that a Lien shall be permitted to be incurred pursuant to this clause (r) only if at the time such Lien is incurred the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness secured at such time (including such Lien) by Liens outstanding pursuant to this clause (r) (when taken together, without duplication, with the amount of obligations outstanding pursuant to Section 6.01(o)) would not exceed the greater of (x) $2,750,000,000 and (y) 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, determined as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter prior to the date such Indebtedness is incurred for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the foregoing);
(s)Liens on any Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in favor of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary;
(t)Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
(u)Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases or consignments entered into by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(v)Liens, pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;
(w)Liens securing insurance premiums financing arrangements; provided that such Liens are limited to the applicable unpaid insurance premiums under the insurance policy related to such insurance premium financing arrangement;
(x)Liens on Cash Equivalents deposited as Cash Collateral on Letters of Credit as contemplated by this Agreement;
(y)Liens on any Property of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party securing Indebtedness of such Subsidiary that is otherwise permitted under Section 6.01; and
(z)Liens on equity interests of any Person formed for the purposes of engaging in activities in the renewable energy sector (including refined coal) that qualify for federal tax benefits allocable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has made an investment and Liens on the rights of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under any agreement relating to any such investment.
SECTION 6.03 Fundamental Changes. The Borrower will not merge into or consolidate with or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, the Borrower may be consolidated with or merged into any Person; provided that any Investment in connection therewith is otherwise permitted by Section 6.05; and provided further that, simultaneously with such transaction, (x) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Borrower is merged shall expressly assume all obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Documents, (y) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Borrower is merged shall be a corporation organized under the laws of a State in the United States, and shall take all actions as may be required to preserve the enforceability of the Loan Documents and (z) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such merger or consolidation and such supplement to this Agreement comply with this Agreement.
SECTION 6.04 Restricted Payments. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except (a) the Borrower or any Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends or other distributions with respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in additional shares of its Qualified Equity Interests or options to purchase Qualified Equity Interests; (b) Subsidiaries may declare and make Restricted Payments ratably with respect to their Equity Interests; (c) the Borrower or any Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for present or former officers, directors, consultants or employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 in any fiscal year (with any unused amount of such base amount available for use in the next succeeding fiscal year); (d) the Borrower or any Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; (e) repurchases of Equity Interests in any Loan Party or any Subsidiary deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants; (f) the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exercisable for Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower; (g) payments made to exercise, settle or terminate any Permitted Warrant Transaction (A) by delivery of the Borrower’s common stock, (B) by set-off against the related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction, or (C) with cash payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of any payments received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the exercise, settlement or termination of any related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction; (h) payments made in connection with any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction; and (i) the Borrower or any Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments pursuant to the arrangements set forth in Schedule 6.04.
SECTION 6.05 Investments. The Borrower will not, and will not allow any of its Subsidiaries to make or hold any Investments, except:
(a)Investments by the Borrower or a Subsidiary in cash and Cash
Equivalents;
(b)loans or advances to officers, directors, consultants and employees of the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries (i) for reasonable and customary business-related travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes, (ii) in connection with such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower, provided that the amount of such loans and advances shall be contributed to the Borrower in cash as common equity, and (iii) for
purposes not described in the foregoing subclauses (i) and (ii), in an aggregate principal amount outstanding not to exceed $10,000,000;
(c)Investments by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the Borrower or any
Subsidiary;
(d)(i) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts
receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) Investments (including debt obligations and Equity Interests) received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and other credits to suppliers in the ordinary course of business or received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers or in settlement of delinquent obligations of, or other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business or upon the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment;
(e)(i) Investments existing or contemplated on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.05(e) and any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment or extension thereof and (ii) Investments existing on the Closing Date by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the Borrower or any other Subsidiary and any modification, renewal or extension thereof; provided that the amount of the original Investment is not increased except by the terms of such Investment or as otherwise permitted by this Section 6.05;
(f)Investments in Swap Agreements in the ordinary course of business;
(g)Investments in the ordinary course of business in prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and worker’s compensation, performance and other similar deposits provided to third parties;
(h)Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collection or deposit;
(i)Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to development, marketing or manufacturing agreements or arrangements or similar agreements or arrangements with other Persons;
(j)any Investment; provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such Investment is made;
(k)advances of payroll payments, fees or other compensation to officers, directors, consultants or employees, in the ordinary course of business;
(l)Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made solely with Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower;
(m)lease, utility and other similar deposits in the ordinary course of business;
(n)[reserved];
(o)customary Investments in connection with Permitted Receivables Facilities;
(p)permitted Bond Hedge Transactions;
(q) Investments in limited liability companies formed for the purposes of engaging in activities in the renewable energy sector (including refined coal) that qualify for Federal tax benefits allocable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including capital contributions and purchase price payments in respect thereof, so long as the Borrower determines in good faith that the amount of such tax benefits is expected to exceed the amount of such Investments; provided that, in the event that all Investments made in reliance on this clause (q) exceeds $125,000,000 in any fiscal year of the Borrower, the Borrower shall promptly provide the Administrative Agent with a certificate signed by a Financial Officer setting forth a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such Investments made (or to be made) in such fiscal year and the expected tax benefits from such Investments; and
(r) Investments resulting from the receipt of promissory notes and other non-cash consideration in connection with any disposition not prohibited under this Agreement or Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.04, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such agreement relating to such disposition or Restricted Payment.
SECTION 6.06 Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any Property to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any Property from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except (a) at prices and on terms and conditions substantially as favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) as would reasonably be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, (b) transactions between or among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and any entity that becomes a Subsidiary as a result of such transaction not involving any other Affiliate, (c) the payment of customary compensation and benefits and reimbursements of out-of-pocket costs to, and the provision of indemnity on behalf of, directors, officers, consultants, employees and members of the Boards of Directors of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, (d) loans and advances to officers, directors, consultants and employees in the ordinary course of business, (e) Restricted Payments and other payments permitted under Section 6.04, (f) employment, incentive, benefit, consulting and severance arrangements entered into (i) in the ordinary course of business or (ii) set forth in Schedule 6.06, in each case, with officers, directors, consultants and employees of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, (g) the transactions pursuant to the agreements set forth in Schedule 6.06 or any amendment thereto to the extent such an amendment, taken as a whole, is not adverse to the Lenders in any material respect (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), (h) the payment of fees and expenses related to the Transactions, (i) the issuance of Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower and the granting of registration or other customary rights in connection therewith,
(j)the existence of, and the performance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of its obligations under the terms of, any limited liability company agreement, limited partnership or other organizational document or securityholders agreement (including any registration rights
agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party on the Closing Date and which is set forth on Schedule 6.06, and similar agreements that it may enter into thereafter, provided that the existence of, or the performance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of obligations under, any amendment to any such existing agreement or any such similar agreement entered into after the Closing Date shall only be permitted by this Section 6.06(j) to the extent not more adverse to the interest of the Lenders in any material respect when taken as a whole (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) than any of such documents and agreements as in effect on the Closing Date, (k) consulting services to joint ventures in the ordinary course of business and any other transactions between or among the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and joint ventures in the ordinary course of business, (l) transactions with landlords, customers, clients, suppliers, joint venture partners or purchasers or sellers of goods and services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement, (m) transactions effected as a part of a Qualified Receivables Transaction, (n) the provision of services to directors or officers of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of the nature provided by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to customers in the ordinary course of business and (o) transactions approved by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Borrower in accordance with the Borrower’s policy regarding related party transactions in effect from time to time.
SECTION 6.07 Financial Covenant. The Borrower will not permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the last day of (x) each fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date through and including the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2022, to exceed 4.25 to 1.00, (y) each fiscal quarter ending after June 30, 2022 through and including the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2022, to exceed 4.00 to 1.00 and (z) any fiscal quarter thereafter, to exceed 3.75 to 1.00; provided that in lieu of the ratio set forth in this clause (z), for any such date occurring after a Qualified Acquisition, on or prior to the last day of the third full fiscal quarter of the Borrower after the consummation of such Qualified Acquisition, the Borrower will not permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of such date to exceed 4.25 to 1.00.
SECTION 6.08 Lines of Business. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business substantially different from the businesses of the type conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the date of execution of this Agreement and businesses reasonably related, ancillary or complementary thereto and reasonable extensions thereof.
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
If any of the following events (each an “Event of Default”) shall occur and be continuing at any time on and from the Closing Date:
(a)the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any L/C Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;
(b)the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) Business Days;
(c)any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document required to be delivered in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;
(d)the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.03(i) (as to the Borrower’s existence), or Article VI;
(e)any Loan Party, as applicable, shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article) or any other Loan Document, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower;
(f)(i) any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness (other than any Swap Agreement), when and as the same shall become due and payable, or if a grace period shall be applicable to such payment under the agreement or instrument under which such Indebtedness was created, beyond such applicable grace period; or
(ii) the occurrence under any Swap Agreement of an “early termination date” (or equivalent event) of such Swap Agreement resulting from any event of default or “termination event” under such Swap Agreement as to which any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary is the “defaulting party” or “affected party” (or equivalent term) and, in either event, the termination value with respect to any such Swap Agreement owed by any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than $250,000,000 and any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary fails to pay such termination value when due after applicable grace periods;
(g)the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall default in the performance of any obligation in respect of any Material Indebtedness or any “change of control” (or equivalent term) shall occur with respect to any Material Indebtedness, in each case, that results in such Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both, but after giving effect to any applicable grace period) the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause such Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity (other than solely in Qualified Equity Interests); provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to (i) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness or as a result of a casualty event affecting such property or assets; or (ii) any “change of control” put arising as a result of any acquisition of any Acquired Entity or Business or any of its subsidiaries so long as any such Indebtedness that is put in accordance with the terms of such Indebtedness is paid as required by the terms of such Indebtedness;
(h)an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization, moratorium, bankruptcy, dissolution or other relief in respect of any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator, administrator (bewindvoerder), trustee in bankruptcy (curator) or similar official for any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed or unstayed for sixty (60) days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(i)any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization, moratorium, bankruptcy, dissolution or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator, administrator (bewindvoerder), trustee in bankruptcy (curator) or similar official for any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any corporate action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(j)any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary shall become generally unable, admit in writing its inability generally or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(k)one or more final, non-appealable judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $250,000,000 (to the extent due and payable and not covered by insurance as to which the relevant insurance company has not denied coverage) shall be rendered against any Loan Party, any Material Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain unpaid or undischarged for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days during which execution shall not be paid, bonded or effectively stayed;
(l)an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(m)a Change in Control shall occur; or
(n)at any time any material provision of any Guarantee Agreement, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder (including as a result of a transaction permitted under Section 6.03) or as a result of acts or omissions by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or the satisfaction in full
of all the Obligations or pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.09, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party contests in writing the validity or enforceability of any provision of any Guarantee Agreement; or any Loan Party denies in writing that it has any further liability or obligations under any Guarantee Agreement (other than as a result of repayment in full of the Obligations and termination of the Commitments or pursuant to the proviso set forth in Section 5.09), or purports in writing to revoke or rescind any Guarantee Agreement, in each case with respect to a material provision of any such Guarantee Agreement,
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h), (i) or (j) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and
(ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and in case of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h),
(i)or (j) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations accrued hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.
ARTICLE VIII
The Administrative Agent
(a)Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article VIII and Article XI are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, and the Loan Parties shall not have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.
(b)The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall,
unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any banking, trust, financial, advisory, underwriting or other kind of business with the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders or to provide notice or consent of the Lenders with respect thereto.
(c)The Administrative Agent or the Arrangers, as applicable, shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its or their duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent or the Arrangers, as applicable, and its Related Parties (a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing; (b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or by the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; (c) shall not have any duty or responsibility to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, to any Lender or any Issuing Bank, any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any of the Loan Parties or any of their Affiliates, that is communicated to, obtained or in the possession of, the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any of their Related Parties in any capacity, except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent herein; (d) shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided herein) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment, and the Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice describing such Default thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or an Issuing Bank; and (e) shall not be responsible for or have any duty or obligation to any Lender, any Issuing Bank, any Participant or any other Person to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the
occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
(d)The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such Issuing Bank unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Bank prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Loan Parties), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
(e)The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more subagents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such subagent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article VIII shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non-appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.
(f)(i) The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower and (unless an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h), (i) or (j) of Article VII shall have occurred and be continuing) with the consent of the Borrower (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting
the qualifications set forth above. Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.
(ii)If the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent, and the Borrower in consultation with the Lenders shall, unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in which case the Required Lenders in consultation with the Borrower shall, appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States; provided that, without the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld), the Required Lenders shall not be permitted to select a successor that is not a U.S. financial institution described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1441-1(b)(2)(ii) or a U.S. branch of a foreign bank described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1441-1(b)(2)(iv)(A). If no such successor shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Removal Effective Date”), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.
(iii)With effect from the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date (as applicable) (1) the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (2) except for any indemnity payments or other amounts then owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and each Issuing Bank directly, until such time, if any, of the appointment of a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or removed) Administrative Agent (other than as provided in Section 2.16(e) and other than any rights to indemnity payments or other amounts owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent as of the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date, as applicable), and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by the Loan Parties to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring or removed Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article VIII, Article XI and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them (i) while the retiring or removed Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent and (ii) after such resignation or removal for as long as any of them continues to act in any capacity hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, including in respect of any actions
taken in connection with transferring the agency to any successor Administrative Agent.
(iv)Any resignation by Bank of America as Administrative Agent pursuant to this clause (f) shall also constitute its resignation as an Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender. If Bank of America resigns as an Issuing Bank, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an Issuing Bank hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as Issuing Bank and all Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit with respect thereto, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.05(c). If Bank of America resigns as Swingline Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swingline Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swingline Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c). Upon the appointment by the Borrower of a successor Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender hereunder (which successor shall in all cases be a Lender other than a Defaulting Lender and shall expressly agree to assume such role), (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as applicable, (b) the retiring Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the successor Issuing Bank shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to Bank of America to effectively assume the obligations of Bank of America with respect to such Letters of Credit.
(g)Each Lender and each Issuing Bank expressly acknowledges that none of the Administrative Agent nor any Arranger has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by the Administrative Agent or any Arranger hereafter taken, including any consent to, and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent or any Arranger to any Lender or any Issuing Bank as to any matter, including whether the Administrative Agent or any Arranger have disclosed material information in their (or their Related Parties’) possession. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank represents to the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, any other Lender or other Issuing Bank or any of their respective Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis of, appraisal of, and investigation into, the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, and all applicable bank or other regulatory Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to the Borrower hereunder. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, any other Lender or other Issuing Bank or any of their respective Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time
deem appropriate, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties. As of the date it becomes a Lender or an Issuing Bank, as applicable, party hereto, each Lender and each Issuing Bank represents and warrants that (i) it is the intention of such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, that the Loan Documents set forth the terms of a commercial lending facility and (ii) it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course and is entering into this Agreement as a Lender or Issuing Bank for the purpose of making, acquiring or holding commercial loans and providing other facilities set forth herein as may be applicable to such Lender or Issuing Bank, and not for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring or holding any other type of financial instrument, and each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees not to assert a claim in contravention of the foregoing. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank represents and warrants that it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to make, acquire and/or hold commercial loans and to provide other facilities set forth herein, as may be applicable to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to make, acquire and/or hold such commercial loans or to provide such other facilities, is experienced in making, acquiring or holding such commercial loans or providing such other facilities.
(h)[Reserved].
(i)The Lenders and the Issuing Banks irrevocably agree that any Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations under the applicable Guarantee if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder (and the Administrative Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower without further inquiry). Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders (or such greater number of Lenders as may be required by Section 9.02) will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the applicable Guarantee pursuant to this paragraph (i). The Administrative Agent will (and each Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to), at the Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the applicable Guarantee.
(j)Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Arrangers listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Issuing Bank hereunder.
(k)The Administrative Agent and each Arranger hereby informs the Lenders and the Issuing Banks that each such Person is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (x) may receive interest or other
payments with respect to the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,
(y) may recognize a gain if it extended the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments by such Lender or (z) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Loan Documents or otherwise, including structuring fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.
(l) Recovery of Erroneous Payments. Without limitation of any other provision in this Agreement, if at any time the Administrative Agent makes a payment hereunder in error to any Lender or any Issuing Bank (each a “Credit Party”), whether or not in respect of an Obligation due and owing by the Borrower at such time, where such payment is a Rescindable Amount, then in any such event, each Credit Party receiving a Rescindable Amount severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the Rescindable Amount received by such Credit Party in immediately available funds in the currency so received, with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such Rescindable Amount is received by it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. Each Credit Party irrevocably waives any and all defenses, including any “discharge for value” (under which a creditor might otherwise claim a right to retain funds mistakenly paid by a third party in respect of a debt owed by another) or similar defense to its obligation to return any Rescindable Amount. The Administrative Agent shall inform each Credit Party promptly upon determining that any payment made to such Credit Party comprised, in whole or in part, a Rescindable Amount.
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01 Notices.
(a)Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(i)if to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 9.01; and
(ii)if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.
Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).
(b)Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail, FpML messaging and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or any Issuing Bank pursuant to Article II if such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
(c)The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE INFORMATION. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to any Loan Party, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of such Loan Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials or notices through the platform, any other electronic platform or electronic messaging service, or through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to any Loan Party, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).
(d)Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrower (with respect to the notice address for the Loan Parties), the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Swingline Lender. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender. Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to any Loan Party or any of their securities for purposes of United States Federal or state securities laws.
(e)Reliance by Administrative Agent, Issuing Banks and Lenders. The Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic or electronic notices, Letter of Credit Applications, Borrowing Requests and Swingline Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Loan Parties 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, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. Each Loan Party shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of such Loan Party unless due to such Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
SECTION 9.02 Waivers; Amendments.
(a)No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
(b)Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (with respect to such Loan Document), neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the
Required Lenders or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided, that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Article IV or the waiver of any Default or mandatory prepayment shall not constitute an increase of any Commitment of any Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or L/C Advance or reduce the rate of interest or premium thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, it being understood that any change to the definition of “Consolidated Leverage Ratio” or in the component definitions thereof shall not constitute a reduction in the rate; provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend Section 2.12(f) or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the rate set forth therein, (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or L/C Advance, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, it being understood that the waiver of (or amendment to the terms of) any mandatory prepayment of the Loans shall not constitute a postponement of any date scheduled for the payment of principal or interest, (iv) change Section 2.17(b) or (c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby,
(iii)change any of the provisions of this Section, the definition of “Required Lenders” or the definition of “Alternative Currencies” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender, (vi) release all or substantially all of (A) the Guarantors from their obligations under any Guarantee Agreement (other than pursuant to the proviso set forth in Section 5.09) or (B) the value of the Guarantees of the Obligations, without the consent of each Lender or (vii) subordinate the Obligations hereunder to any other Indebtedness or other obligation, without the written consent of each Lender; provided further that (1) no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the relevant Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be and (2) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may, with the consent of the other but without the consent of any other Person, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement and any other Loan Document to cure any ambiguity, typographical or technical error, defect or inconsistency. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder which does not require the consent of each affected Lender (it being understood that any Commitments or Loans held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for a vote of the Lenders hereunder requiring any consent of less than all affected Lenders).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (i) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Revolving Credit Exposures and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (ii) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders.
SECTION 9.03 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a)The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their Affiliates, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of a single counsel for the Arrangers and the Administrative Agent, collectively (and, if necessary, one local counsel in
each applicable jurisdiction and regulatory counsel), in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated),
(ii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the relevant Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of a single counsel (and, if necessary, one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction, regulatory counsel and one additional counsel for each party in the event of a conflict of interest), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b)The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, each Issuing Bank and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of a single counsel for the Indemnitees (and, if necessary, one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction and one additional counsel for each Indemnitee in the event of a conflict of interest), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, any Indemnitee’s reliance on any Communication executed using an Electronic Signature, or in the form of an Electronic Record), the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by any Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) to the extent relating to or arising from any of the foregoing, any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto and whether brought by the Borrower, its equityholders or any third party; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from (A) the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or any of its officers, directors, employees, Affiliates or controlling Persons (such persons, the “Related Indemnitee Parties”), (B) the material breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by such Indemnitee or any of its Related Indemnitee Parties or (C) any dispute solely among Indemnitees (other than any dispute involving claims against the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, the Swingline Lender or any Issuing Bank, in each case in its capacity as such) and not arising out of any act or omission of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates. In addition, such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available with respect to any settlements effected without the Borrower’s prior written consent.
(c)To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent, an Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, the relevant Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share
(determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in its capacity as such.
(d)To the extent permitted by applicable Laws, no party hereto shall assert, and each party hereto hereby waives, any claim against any other party hereto and any Indemnitee on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided, that this clause (d) shall in no way limit the Borrower’s indemnification obligations set forth in this Section 9.03. No Indemnitee referred to in paragraph (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials
distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except to the extent that such damages are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.
(e)All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than fifteen
(15)days after written demand therefor; provided, however, that an Indemnitee shall promptly refund any amount received under this Section 9.03 to the extent that there is a final judicial or arbitral determination that such Indemnitee was not entitled to indemnification rights with respect to such payment pursuant to the express terms of this Section 9.03.
SECTION 9.04 Successors and Assigns.
(a)Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b)Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender (the “Existing Lender”) may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this subsection (b), participations in L/C Disbursement and in Swingline Loans) at the time owing to it) (each such assignee being a “New Lender”); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
(i)Minimum Amounts.
(A)in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and
(B)in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance
of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), provided that (x) until the interpretation of the term “public” (as referred to in Article 4.1(1) of the Capital Requirements Regulation (EU 575/2013)) has been published by the competent authority, the value of the rights assigned or transferred is at least €100,000 (or its equivalent in another currency) or (y) as soon as the interpretation of the term “public” has been published by the competent authority, the Lender is not considered to be part of the public on the basis of such interpretation.
(ii)Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment of the Class being assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not (A) apply to the Swingline Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of Swingline Loans or (B) prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations in respect of any Class of Loans or commitments provided hereunder and any other Class of Loans or Commitment provided hereunder on a non-pro rata basis.
(iii)Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:
(A)the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless an Event of Default pursuant to clause (a), (b), (h), (i) or (j) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or the assignment is made to a Lender, to a Lender’s Affiliate or to an Approved Fund; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof;
(B)the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of any Revolving Commitment unless the assignment is to a Lender or its Affiliate;
(C)the consent of each Issuing Bank (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the obligation of the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit (whether or not then outstanding); and
(D)the consent of the Swingline Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment in respect of the Revolving Loans.
(iv)Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire and any tax forms required by Section 2.16(e).
(v)No Assignment to Loan Parties. No such assignment shall be made to any Loan Party or any Loan Party’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.
(vi)No Assignment to Natural Persons. No such assignment shall be made to a natural person.
(vii)Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
(viii)Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.
Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.
(c)Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower (and such agency being solely for tax purposes), shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office in the United States a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it (or the equivalent thereof in electronic form) and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) and interest thereon of the Loans and L/C Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d)Participations. Any Lender (the “Existing Lender”) may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender or Issuing Bank, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person, a Defaulting Lender or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant” or a “New Lender”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Disbursements and/or Swingline Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 9.03(c) without regard to the existence of any participation.
Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in Section 9.02(b)(i) that affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15 and
2.16 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.16(e)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Sections 2.17 and 2.18 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address
of each Participant and the principal amounts and interest thereon of each participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of the participation in question for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(e)Limitations upon New Lender Rights.
(i)Subject to Section 9.04(e)(ii) below, if:
(A)a Lender assigns, transfers, sells, pledges or assigns a security interest in any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or changes its Lending Office; and
(B)as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment, transfer, sale, pledge, assignment of the security interest or change occurs, a Loan Party would be obliged to make a payment to the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Lending Office under Section 2.14 or Section 2.16,
then the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Lending Office is only entitled to receive payment under those Sections to the same extent as the Existing Lender or Lender acting through its previous Lending Office would have been if the assignment, transfer, sale, pledge, assignment of the security interest or change had not occurred.
(ii)A New Lender shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.14 or 2.16 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent or results from a Change in Law after the sale of such participation. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.16 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 2.16 as though it were a Lender.
(f)Certain Pledges. Any Lender (the “Existing Lender”) may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note(s), if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central bank (each such pledgee or assignee being a “New Lender”); provided that no such pledge or assignment shall
release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(g)Resignation as Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender after Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time an Issuing Bank assigns all of its Revolving Commitment and Revolving Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, such Issuing Bank may, (i) upon 30 days’ notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as Issuing Bank and/or (ii) in the case of Bank of America, upon 30 days’ notice to the Borrower, resign as Swingline Lender. In the event of any such resignation as Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender hereunder (which successor shall expressly agree to assume such role); provided, however, that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of such Issuing Bank as an Issuing Bank or (in the case of Bank of America) Swingline Lender, as the case may be. If an Issuing Bank resigns as Issuing Bank, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an Issuing Bank hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit issued by it and outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as Issuing Bank and all L/C Disbursements with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.05(c)). If Bank of America resigns as Swingline Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swingline Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swingline Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.04. Upon the appointment of a successor Issuing Bank and/or Swingline Lender, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as the case may be, and (b) the successor Issuing Bank shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the resigning Issuing Bank to effectively assume the obligations of such Issuing Bank with respect to such Letters of Credit.
(h)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (an “SPC”) the option to provide all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to fund any Loan; and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to make all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof. Each party hereto hereby agrees that
(A) neither the grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of such option shall increase the costs or expenses or otherwise increase or change the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement (including its obligations under Section 2.14); (B) no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement for which a Lender would be liable (which indemnity or similar payment obligation shall be retained by the Granting Lender); and (C) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of any Loan Document, remain the lender of record hereunder. The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting
Lender. In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior debt of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any SPC may (x) with notice to, but without prior consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and with the payment of a processing fee of $3,500, assign all or any portion of its right to receive payment with respect to any Loan to the Granting Lender and
(y)disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its funding of Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety or Guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.
SECTION 9.05 Survival. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Event, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding. The provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof.
SECTION 9.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or pdf or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.07 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.08 Right of Setoff.
(a)If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or
demand, provisional or final and in whatever currency denominated) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Loan Party against any of and all the Obligations of the Borrower or such other Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.
(b)To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party is made to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender and each Issuing Bank severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, in the applicable currency of such recovery or payment. The obligations of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a)This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York (without regard to the conflict of law principles thereof to the extent that the application of the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby).
(b)The Borrower and each other Loan Party irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or in equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any Related Party of the foregoing in any way related to this Agreement in any forum other than the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. The foregoing shall not affect any right that the Administrative Agent or any Lender 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.
(c)Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d)Each Guarantor hereby appoints the Borrower as its agent for service of process with respect to any matters relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION 9.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 9.11 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 9.12 Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, advisors and representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested or required by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process (provided, that (other than in the case of any disclosure to a regulator or examiner during a routine examination) to the extent practicable and permitted by law, the Borrower has been notified prior to such disclosure so that the Borrower may seek, at the Borrower’s sole expense, a protective order or other appropriate remedy), (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or any Eligible Assignee invited to be a Lender pursuant to Section 2.19 or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to a Loan Party and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder or (iii) any insurers and/or risk protection
providers relating to the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, (g) with the consent of any Loan Party, (h) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than a Loan Party, (i) to any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about a Lender’s investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender (provided that, prior to any such disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake in writing to preserve the confidentiality of any confidential Information relating to the Loan Parties), (j) in customary disclosure about the terms of the financing contemplated hereby in the ordinary course of business to market data collectors and similar service providers to the loan industry for league table purposes or (k) on a confidential basis to (i) the provider of any Platform or other electronic delivery service used by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender to deliver Borrower Materials or notices to the Lenders, (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the application, issuance, publishing and monitoring of CUSIP numbers or other market identifiers with respect to the credit facilities provided hereunder or (iii) other service providers to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks in connection with the administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the Borrowings hereunder. For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any Subsidiary. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks acknowledges that
(a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning the Borrower or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws.
SECTION 9.13 USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and each other Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and each other Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower and each other Loan Party in accordance with the Act. The Borrower and each other Loan Party shall, promptly following a request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
SECTION 9.14 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable Law (collectively, the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable Law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have
been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
SECTION 9.15 No Fiduciary Duty. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower and each other Loan Party acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower, each other Loan Party and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and
the Lenders, on the other hand, (B) the Borrower and each other Loan Parties has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and
(C)the Borrower and each other Loan Party is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) the Administrative Agent, each Arranger and each Lender is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Arranger nor any Lender has any obligation to the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor any Arranger nor any Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower and each other Loan Parties hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
SECTION 9.16 Electronic Execution of this Agreement and Other Documents.
(a)The words “execute,” “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including this Agreement, any other Loan Document, Assignment and Assumptions, amendments or other modifications, Borrowing Requests, Swingline Loan Notices, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
(b)This Agreement, any Loan Document and any other Communication, including Communications required to be in writing, may be in the form of an Electronic Record and may be executed using Electronic Signatures. Each of the parties hereto agrees that any Electronic Signature on or associated with any Communication shall be valid and binding on the applicable party to the same extent as a manual, original signature, and that any Communication entered into by Electronic Signature, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of such party enforceable against such party in accordance with the terms thereof to the same extent as if a manually executed original signature was delivered. Any Communication may be executed in as many counterparts as necessary or convenient, including both paper and electronic counterparts, but all such counterparts are one and the same Communication. For the avoidance of doubt, the authorization under this paragraph may include, without limitation, use or
acceptance of a manually signed paper Communication which has been converted into electronic form (such as scanned into PDF format), or an electronically signed Communication converted into another format, for transmission, delivery and/or retention. The Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks may, at its option, create one or more copies of any Communication in the form of an imaged Electronic Record (“Electronic Copy”), which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of such Person’s business, and destroy the original paper document. All Communications in the form of an Electronic Record, including an Electronic Copy, shall be considered an original for all purposes, and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank nor the Swingline Lender is under any obligation to accept an Electronic Signature in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by such Person pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided, that, without limiting the foregoing, (i) to the extent the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank and/or the Swingline Lender has agreed to accept such Electronic Signature, the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks shall be entitled to rely on any such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of any party hereto without further verification and regardless of the appearance or form of such Electronic Signature, and (ii) upon the request of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank, any Communication executed using an Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by a manually executed counterpart.
(c)Neither the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank nor the Swingline Lender shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the Administrative Agent’s, any Issuing Bank’s or the Swingline Lender’s reliance on any Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means). The Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender shall be entitled to rely on, and shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by acting upon, any Communication or any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent or otherwise authenticated (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the maker thereof).
(d)Each of the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender hereby waive (i) any argument, defense or right to contest the legal effect, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document based solely on the lack of paper original copies of this Agreement and/or such other Loan Document, and (ii) any claim against the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank, each Lender and each of its respective Related Party for any liabilities arising solely from the Administrative Agent’s, any Issuing Bank’s and/or any Lender’s reliance on or use of Electronic Signatures, including any liabilities arising as a result of the failure of the Loan Parties to use any available security measures in connection with the execution, delivery or transmission of any Electronic Signature.
(e)Each of the parties hereto represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it has the corporate capacity and authority to execute this Agreement and any other Communication through electronic means and there are no restrictions on doing so in that party’s constitutive documents.
SECTION 9.17 Joint and Several. The Obligations under the Loan Documents may be enforced by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders against the Borrower or any Loan Party or all Loan Parties in any manner or order selected by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders in their sole discretion. The Borrower and each Loan Party hereby irrevocably waives
(i) any rights of subrogation and (ii) any rights of contribution, indemnity or reimbursement, in each case, that it may acquire or that may arise against the Borrower or any other Loan Party
due to any payment or performance made under this Agreement, in each case until all Obligations shall have been fully satisfied.
SECTION 9.18 Enforcement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Article VII for the benefit of all the Lenders and the Issuing Banks; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) each Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as the case may be) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents,
(c)any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 9.08 (subject to the terms of Section 2.17(c)), or (d) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article VII and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 2.17(c), any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.
SECTION 9.19 Netherlands Loan Party Representation. If any Loan Party incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, including the Borrower, is represented by an attorney in connection with the signing and/or execution of this Agreement (including by way of accession to this Agreement) or any other agreement, deed or document referred to in or made pursuant to this Agreement, it is hereby expressly acknowledged and accepted by the other parties to this Agreement that the existence and extent of the attorney’s authority and the effects of the attorney’s exercise or purported exercise of his or her authority shall be governed by the laws of the Netherlands.
SECTION 9.20 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:
(a)the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and
(b)the effects of any Bail-in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable;
(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability
(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into share or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent entity, 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.
SECTION 9.21 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for any Swap Agreement 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 New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):
(a)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.
(b)As used in this Section 9.21, the following terms have the following
meanings:
“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.
“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).
“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.
“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).
SECTION 9.22 Amendment and Restatement. The parties hereto agree that, on the Closing Date, the following transactions shall be deemed to occur automatically, without further action by any party hereto: (a) the ExistingOriginal Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be amended and restated in its entirety pursuant to this Agreement, (b) all Obligations (as defined in the ExistingOriginal Credit Agreement) under the ExistingOriginal Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be Obligations outstanding hereunder and (c) all references in the other Loan Documents to the ExistingOriginal Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer without further amendment to this Agreement. Further to the foregoing, the amendment of the ExistingOriginal Credit Agreement in the form of this Agreement shall not constitute a novation of any amount owing under the ExistingOriginal Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document and all amounts owing in respect of principal, interest, fees and other amounts pursuant to the ExistingOriginal Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall, to the extent not paid or otherwise extinguished on the Closing Date, continue to be owing under this Agreement or such other Loan Documents until paid in accordance herewith and therewith.
ARTICLE X
Guarantee
SECTION 10.01 Guarantee. Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to the Administrative Agent for its benefit and for the benefit of the Lender Parties, and their permitted indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance of the Obligations. Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the other Loan Documents in respect of the Obligations shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under applicable Federal and
state laws relating to the insolvency of debtors (after giving effect to the right of contribution established in Section 10.02). Each Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this Section 10.01 or affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party hereunder. The guarantee contained in this Section 10.01 shall remain in full force and effect until all the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification and contingent expense reimbursement obligations) shall have been satisfied by payment in full in cash, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding or each outstanding Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized, so that it is fully secured to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent and the Commitments shall be irrevocably terminated, notwithstanding that from time to time any Loan Party may be free from any of the Obligations. Except as provided in Section 10.12, no payment made by any of the Guarantors, any other Loan Party or any other Person or received or collected by the Administrative Agent or any Lender from any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or any payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations), remain liable for the Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Obligations are paid in full in cash, either no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding or each outstanding Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized so that it is fully secured to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent and the Commitments are irrevocably terminated. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article X (Guarantee) the guarantee and other obligations of any Guarantor organized under the laws of the Netherlands expressed to be assumed in this Article X (Guarantee) shall be deemed not to be assumed by such Guarantor organized under the laws of the Netherlands to the extent that the same would constitute unlawful financial assistance within the meaning of Article 2:98c of the Dutch Civil Code or any other applicable financial assistance rules under any relevant jurisdiction (the “Prohibition”) and the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be construed accordingly. For the avoidance of doubt it is expressly acknowledged that the relevant Guarantors organized under the laws of the Netherlands will continue to guarantee all such obligations which, if included, do not constitute a violation of the Prohibition.
SECTION 10.02 Right of Contribution. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 10.03. The provisions of this Section 10.02 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
SECTION 10.03 No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any Guarantor by the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party, no Guarantor shall seek to enforce any right of subrogation in respect of any of the rights of the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party against any Loan Party or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party for the payment of the Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek any contribution or reimbursement from any other Loan Party in respect of payments made by such Guarantor under this Article X, until all amounts owing to the Administrative Agent and the other Lender Parties by the Loan Parties on account of the Obligations are paid in full, either no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding or each outstanding Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized so that it is fully secured to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent and the
Commitments are irrevocably terminated. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the other Lender Parties, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied against the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the Administrative Agent may determine. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in the foregoing agreement by the Guarantor shall operate as a waiver of any subrogation rights.
SECTION 10.04 Amendments, etc., with Respect to the Obligations. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Loan Party and without notice to or further assent by any Loan Party, any demand for payment of any of the Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party may be rescinded by the Administrative Agent or such Lender Party and any of the Obligations continued, and the Obligations, or the liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party, and this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith, may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders or all Lenders, as the case may be) may deem reasonably advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party for the payment of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released.
SECTION 10.05 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party upon the guarantee contained in this Article X or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Article X; the Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Article X; and all dealings between the Borrower and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the other Lender Parties, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Article X. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives diligence, presentment, protest,
demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon any of the Guarantors with respect to the Obligations. Each Guarantor understands and agrees that the guarantee contained in this Article X, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws, shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment (and not of collection) without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any of the Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person against the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Article X, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against any Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from any other Guarantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings
SECTION 10.06 Reinstatement. Subject to Section 5.09 and Section 10.12, this Guarantee Agreement is a continuing and irrevocable guaranty of all Obligations now or hereafter existing and shall remain in full force and effect until all Obligations and any other amounts payable under this Guarantee Agreement are indefeasibly paid in full in cash and the Revolving Commitments with respect to the Obligations are terminated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Guarantee Agreement shall continue in full force and effect or be revived, as the case may be, if any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Guarantor is made, or any of the Lender Parties exercises its right of setoff, in respect of the Obligations and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by any of the Lender Parties in their discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws or otherwise, all as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred and whether or not the Lender Parties are in possession of or have released this Guarantee Agreement and regardless of any prior revocation, rescission, termination or reduction. The obligations of each Guarantor under this paragraph shall survive termination of this Guarantee Agreement.
SECTION 10.07 Obligations Independent. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are those of primary obligor, and not merely as surety, and are independent of the
Obligations and the obligations of any other guarantor, and a separate action may be brought against each Guarantor to enforce this Guarantee whether or not the Borrower or any other Person or entity is joined as a party.
SECTION 10.08 Payments. All payments by each Guarantor under this Guarantee Agreement shall be made in the manner, at the place and in the currency for payment required by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided, however, that (if the currency for payment required by this Agreement is other than Dollars) such Guarantor may, at its option (or, if for any reason whatsoever such Guarantor is unable to effect payments in the foregoing manner, such Guarantor shall be obligated to) pay to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of such Obligations together with any other amounts due pursuant to Section 2.15. In any case in which a Guarantor makes or is obligated to make payment in Dollars, such Guarantor shall hold the Administrative Agent harmless from any loss incurred by the Administrative Agent arising from any change in the value of Dollars in relation to the currency for payment required by this Agreement between the date the Obligation becomes due and the date the Administrative Agent is actually able, following the conversion of the Dollars paid by such Guarantor into the currency for payment required by this Agreement and remittance of such currency to the place where such Obligation is payable, to apply such payment to such Obligation. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by any acts of any legislative body or Governmental Authority affecting such Guarantor or the Borrower, including but not limited to, any restrictions on the conversion of currency or repatriation or control of funds or any total or partial expropriation of such Guarantor’s or the Borrower’s property, or by economic, political, regulatory or other events in the countries where such Guarantor or the Borrower is located.
SECTION 10.09 Subordination. Each Guarantor hereby subordinates the payment of all obligations and indebtedness of the Borrower owing to each Guarantor, whether now existing or hereafter arising, including but not limited to any obligation of the Borrower to such Guarantor as subrogee of the Lender Parties or resulting from such Guarantor’s performance under this Guarantee Agreement, to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all Obligations; provided, however, that the foregoing subordination shall not be given effect until such time as the Lender Parties shall have made a request to the Borrower pursuant to the second sentence of this Section
10.9.At any time any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if the Lender Parties so request, any such obligation or indebtedness of any Loan Party to any Guarantor shall be enforced and performance received by such Guarantor as trustee for the Lender Parties and the proceeds thereof shall be paid over to the Lender Parties on account of the Obligations, but without reducing or affecting in any manner the liability of such under this Guarantee Agreement.
SECTION 10.10 Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any of the Obligations is stayed, in connection with any case commenced by or against any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Laws, or otherwise, all such amounts shall nonetheless be payable by such Guarantor immediately upon demand by the Lender Parties.
SECTION 10.11 Condition of Borrower. Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it has the sole responsibility for, and has adequate means of, obtaining from the Borrower and any other guarantor such information concerning the financial condition, business and operations of the Borrower and any such other guarantor as each such Guarantor requires, and that none of the Lender Parties has any duty, and each Guarantor is not relying on the Lender Parties at any time, to disclose to each such Guarantor any information relating to the business, operations or financial condition of the Borrower or any other guarantor (each Guarantor waiving any duty on the part of the Lender Parties to disclose such information and any defense relating to the failure to provide the same).
SECTION 10.12 Releases. At such time as the Loans, the amounts owed to any Issuing Bank in respect of Letter of Credit and the other Obligations (other than contingent indemnification and contingent expense reimbursement obligations) shall have been paid in full, the Commitments have been terminated and either no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding or each outstanding Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized so that it is fully secured to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent, this Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Administrative Agent and each Guarantor hereunder shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party. The Guarantee of any Guarantor that is a Subsidiary of the Borrower hereunder shall be released to the extent (and in the manner) expressly set forth in Section 5.09 or in the event such Guarantor ceases to be a Subsidiary in a transaction not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.
ARTICLE XI
Certain ERISA Matters
SECTION 11.01 Certain ERISA Matters.
(a)Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and each Arranger and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(i)such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments or this Agreement;
(ii)the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,
(iii)(A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84- 14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or
(iv)such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
(b)In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and each Arranger and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that none of the Administrative Agent or any Arranger is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).
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Document
Exhibit 22
List of Subsidiary Guarantors and Issuers of Guaranteed Securities
As of March 31, 2023, Viatris Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Viatris”), Mylan Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Mylan Inc.”), and Mylan II B.V., a company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands (“Mylan II”), were the guarantors of the 3.950% Senior Notes due 2026 and 5.250% Senior Notes due 2046 issued by Utah Acquisition Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Utah”).
As of March 31, 2023, Viatris, Utah and Mylan II were the guarantors of the 4.200% Senior Notes due 2023, 4.550% Senior Notes due 2028, 5.400% Senior Notes due 2043 and 5.200% Senior Notes due 2048 issued by Mylan Inc.
As of March 31, 2023, Utah, Mylan Inc. and Mylan II were the guarantors of the 1.650% Senior Notes due 2025, 2.300% Senior Notes due 2027, 2.700% Senior Notes due 2030, 3.850% Senior Notes due 2040 and 4.000% Senior Notes due 2050 issued by Viatris.
DocumentExhibit 31.1
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Scott A. Smith, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Viatris Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
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| /s/ SCOTT A. SMITH |
| Scott A. Smith |
| Chief Executive Officer |
| (Principal Executive Officer) |
Date: May 8, 2023
DocumentExhibit 31.2
Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Sanjeev Narula, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Viatris Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
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| /s/ SANJEEV NARULA |
| Sanjeev Narula |
| Chief Financial Officer |
| (Principal Financial Officer) |
Date: May 8, 2023
DocumentExhibit 32
Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Viatris Inc. (the “Company”) for the period ended March 31, 2023 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned, in the capacities and on the date indicated below, hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to his knowledge:
1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
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| /s/ SCOTT A. SMITH |
| Scott A. Smith |
| Chief Executive Officer |
| (Principal Executive Officer) |
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| /s/ SANJEEV NARULA |
| Sanjeev Narula |
| Chief Financial Officer |
| (Principal Financial Officer) |
Date: May 8, 2023
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
The foregoing certification is being furnished in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission Release No. 34-47551 and shall not be considered filed as part of the Form 10-Q.