FINANCING AGREEMENT
dated as of February 24, 2026
among
BEAM THERAPEUTICS INC.,
as Borrower,
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF BORROWER,
as Guarantors,
VARIOUS LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
AND
SIXTH STREET LENDING PARTNERS,
as Administrative Agent
Exhibit 10.1
Certain information, marked by [***], has been excluded from this exhibit because it is both (i) not material and (ii) is the type of information that the registrant treats as private or confidential.
FINANCING AGREEMENT
dated as of February 24, 2026
among
BEAM THERAPEUTICS INC.,
as Borrower,
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF BORROWER,
as Guarantors,
VARIOUS LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
AND
SIXTH STREET LENDING PARTNERS,
as Administrative Agent
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
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Section 1.1 Definitions |
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Section 1.2 Accounting and Other Terms |
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Section 1.3 Interpretation, Etc |
49 |
Section 1.4 Time References |
50 |
Section 1.5 Certain Matters of Construction |
50 |
Section 1.6 Rates |
51 |
Article II LOANS |
51 |
Section 2.1 Term Loans |
51 |
Section 2.2 Use of Proceeds |
54 |
Section 2.3 Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders’ Books and Records; Notes |
54 |
Section 2.4 Interest |
54 |
Section 2.5 Conversion/Continuation |
55 |
Section 2.6 Default Interest |
56 |
Section 2.7 Fees |
56 |
Section 2.8 Repayment of Term Loans |
56 |
Section 2.9 Voluntary Prepayments and Commitment Reductions |
56 |
Section 2.10 Mandatory Prepayments |
57 |
Section 2.11 Application of Prepayments |
59 |
Section 2.12 General Provisions Regarding Payments |
60 |
Section 2.13 Ratable Sharing |
63 |
Section 2.14 Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy |
63 |
Section 2.15 Taxes; Withholding, Etc |
64 |
Section 2.16 Obligation to Mitigate |
68 |
Section 2.17 Defaulting Lenders |
68 |
Section 2.18 Removal or Replacement of a Lender |
68 |
Section 2.19 Making or Maintaining SOFR Loans |
69 |
Section 2.20 Benchmark Replacement Setting |
71 |
Article III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
72 |
Section 3.1 Closing Date |
72 |
Section 3.2 Conditions to Each Credit Extension |
75 |
Article IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
76 |
Section 4.1 Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification |
76 |
Section 4.2 Capital Stock and Ownership |
77 |
Section 4.3 Due Authorization |
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Section 4.4 No Conflict |
77 |
Section 4.5 Governmental Consents |
77 |
Section 4.6 Binding Obligation |
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Section 4.7 Historical Financial Statements |
78 |
Section 4.8 Projections |
78 |
Section 4.9 No Material Adverse Effect |
78 |
Section 4.10 Adverse Proceedings, Etc |
78 |
Section 4.11 Payment of Taxes |
78 |
Section 4.12 Properties, Title |
79 |
Section 4.13 Environmental Matters |
79 |
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Section 4.14 No Defaults |
79 |
Section 4.15 Material Contracts |
80 |
Section 4.16 Governmental Regulation |
80 |
Section 4.17 Margin Stock |
80 |
Section 4.18 Employee Benefit Plans |
80 |
Section 4.19 Certain Fees |
80 |
Section 4.20 Solvency |
80 |
Section 4.21 ERISA |
80 |
Section 4.22 Compliance with Statutes, Etc |
81 |
Section 4.23 Intellectual Property |
81 |
Section 4.24 Insurance |
83 |
Section 4.25 Common Enterprise |
83 |
Section 4.26 Permits, Etc |
83 |
Section 4.27 Bank Accounts and Securities Accounts |
84 |
Section 4.28 Security Interests |
84 |
Section 4.29 PATRIOT ACT and FCPA |
84 |
Section 4.30 MSC Representations |
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Section 4.31 Disclosure |
84 |
Section 4.32 Use of Proceeds |
85 |
Section 4.33 Regulatory Compliance |
85 |
Section 4.34 Government Contracts |
86 |
Section 4.35 Healthcare Regulatory Laws |
86 |
Section 4.36 Data Protection |
87 |
Section 4.37 Customers and Suppliers |
88 |
Article V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
88 |
Section 5.1 Financial Statements and Other Reports |
88 |
Section 5.2 Existence |
93 |
Section 5.3 Payment of Taxes and Claims |
93 |
Section 5.4 Maintenance of Properties |
94 |
Section 5.5 Insurance |
94 |
Section 5.6 Books and Records; Inspections |
95 |
Section 5.7 Lenders Meetings and Conference Calls |
95 |
Section 5.8 Compliance with Laws |
95 |
Section 5.9 Environmental |
96 |
Section 5.10 Subsidiaries |
96 |
Section 5.11 Real Estate Assets |
96 |
Section 5.12 Further Assurances |
97 |
Section 5.13 Control Agreements |
97 |
Section 5.14 Market Capitalization |
98 |
Section 5.15 Post-Closing Matters |
98 |
Section 5.16 Commercially Reasonable Efforts |
98 |
Article VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
98 |
Section 6.1 Indebtedness |
98 |
Section 6.2 Liens |
98 |
Section 6.3 Material Contracts |
98 |
Section 6.4 No Further Negative Pledges |
99 |
Section 6.5 Restricted Junior Payments |
99 |
Section 6.6 Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions |
101 |
Section 6.7 Investments |
101 |
Section 6.8 Minimum Qualified Cash |
101 |
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Section 6.9 Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets |
101 |
Section 6.10 Disposal of Subsidiary Interests |
104 |
Section 6.11 Sales and Lease Backs |
104 |
Section 6.12 Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates |
104 |
Section 6.13 Conduct of Business |
105 |
Section 6.14 Changes to Certain Agreements and Organizational Documents |
105 |
Section 6.15 Accounting Methods |
105 |
Section 6.16 Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts |
105 |
Section 6.17 Prepayments of Certain Indebtedness |
105 |
Section 6.18 Anti-Terrorism Laws |
106 |
Section 6.19 Anti-Corruption Laws |
106 |
Section 6.20 Use of Proceeds |
106 |
Section 6.21 Products (Core) and Product (Material) |
106 |
Section 6.22 Royalty Monetization Transaction |
107 |
Section 6.23 Termination of any Material Contract |
107 |
Article VII GUARANTY |
107 |
Section 7.1 Guaranty of the Obligations |
107 |
Section 7.2 Contribution by Guarantors |
107 |
Section 7.3 Payment by Guarantors |
108 |
Section 7.4 Liability of Guarantors Absolute |
108 |
Section 7.5 Waivers by Guarantors |
110 |
Section 7.6 Guarantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, Etc |
110 |
Section 7.7 Subordination of Other Obligations |
111 |
Section 7.8 Continuing Guaranty |
111 |
Section 7.9 Authority of Guarantors or Company |
111 |
Section 7.10 Financial Condition of Company |
111 |
Section 7.11 Bankruptcy, Etc |
111 |
Section 7.12 Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor |
112 |
Article VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
112 |
Section 8.1 Events of Default |
112 |
Section 8.2 Remedies |
114 |
Section 8.3 Rights Not Exclusive |
115 |
Article IX ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
115 |
Section 9.1 Appointment of Administrative Agent |
115 |
Section 9.2 Powers and Duties |
115 |
Section 9.3 General Immunity |
116 |
Section 9.4 Administrative Agent Entitled to Act as Lender |
117 |
Section 9.5 Lenders’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment |
117 |
Section 9.6 Right to Indemnity |
117 |
Section 9.7 Successor Administrative Agent |
118 |
Section 9.8 Collateral Documents and Guaranty |
119 |
Section 9.9 Agency for Perfection |
121 |
Section 9.10 Reports and Other Information; Confidentiality; Disclaimers |
121 |
Section 9.11 Protective Advances |
122 |
Section 9.12 Erroneous Distribution |
123 |
Article X MISCELLANEOUS |
123 |
Section 10.1 Notices |
123 |
Section 10.2 Expenses |
124 |
Section 10.3 Indemnity |
124 |
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Section 10.4 Set-Off |
125 |
Section 10.5 Amendments and Waivers |
125 |
Section 10.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations |
126 |
Section 10.7 Independence of Covenants |
129 |
Section 10.8 Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements |
130 |
Section 10.9 No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative |
130 |
Section 10.10 Marshalling; Payments Set Aside |
130 |
Section 10.11 Severability |
130 |
Section 10.12 Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights |
130 |
Section 10.13 Tax Treatment |
130 |
Section 10.14 Original Issue Discount |
131 |
Section 10.15 Headings |
131 |
Section 10.16 APPLICABLE LAW |
131 |
Section 10.17 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION |
131 |
Section 10.18 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
131 |
Section 10.19 Confidentiality |
132 |
Section 10.20 Usury Savings Clause |
133 |
Section 10.21 Counterparts |
133 |
Section 10.22 Effectiveness |
134 |
Section 10.23 PATRIOT Act Notice |
134 |
Section 10.24 Waiver of Immunity |
134 |
Section 10.25 Judgment Currency |
134 |
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APPENDICES: |
A-1 |
Initial Term Loan Commitments |
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A-2 |
Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitments |
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A-3 |
Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitments |
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Delayed Draw Term Loan C Commitments |
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B |
Notice Addresses |
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SCHEDULES: |
1.1 |
Product (Pending) |
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1.2 |
[***] |
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4.1 |
Jurisdictions of Organization and Qualification |
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4.2 |
Capital Stock and Ownership |
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4.10 |
Adverse Proceedings |
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4.12 |
Real Property |
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4.15 |
Material Contracts |
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4.23 |
Intellectual Property |
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4.24 |
Insurance |
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4.27 |
Bank Accounts and Securities Accounts |
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4.33 |
Regulatory Compliance |
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4.34 |
Government Contracts |
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5.15 |
Certain Post Closing Matters |
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6.1 |
Certain Indebtedness |
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6.2 |
Certain Liens |
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6.6 |
Certain Loans and Advances to Employees |
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6.7 |
Certain Investments |
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6.12 |
Certain Affiliate Transactions |
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EXHIBITS: |
A-1 |
Funding Notice |
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A-2 |
Conversion/Continuation Notice |
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B |
Compliance Certificate |
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C |
Assignment Agreement |
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D |
Closing Date Certificate |
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E |
Solvency Certificate |
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F |
Counterpart Agreement |
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G |
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate |
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H |
Narrative Report |
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FINANCING AGREEMENT
This FINANCING AGREEMENT, dated as of February 24, 2026, is entered into by and among BEAM THERAPEUTICS INC., a Delaware corporation (“Company” or “Borrower”), and certain Subsidiaries of Borrower, as Guarantors, the Lenders from time to time party hereto, and SIXTH STREET LENDING PARTNERS, (“Sixth Street”), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, “Administrative Agent”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used in these Recitals shall have the respective meanings set forth for such terms in Section 1.1 hereof;
WHEREAS, Lenders have agreed to extend certain senior secured credit facilities to Company, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $500,000,000, consisting of (a) an initial term loan in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $100,000,000, (b) a delayed draw term loan A in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $100,000,000, (c) a delayed draw term loan B in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $100,000,000, (d) a delayed draw term loan C in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $100,000,000 and (e) an uncommitted delayed draw term loan D in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $100,000,000, in each case the proceeds of which will be used as described in Section 2.2;
WHEREAS, Company has agreed to secure all of its Obligations by granting to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a First Priority Lien on all of its assets (except as otherwise set forth in the Collateral Documents), including a pledge of all of the Capital Stock of each of its Subsidiaries; and
WHEREAS, Guarantors have agreed to guarantee the Obligations of Company hereunder and to secure their respective Obligations by granting to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a First Priority Lien on all of their respective assets (except as otherwise set forth in the Collateral Documents), including a pledge or mortgage of all of the Capital Stock of each of their respective Subsidiaries.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
“Administrative Agent” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Administrative Agent’s Account” means an account at a bank designated by Administrative Agent from time to time as the account into which the Loan Parties shall make all payments to Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Adverse Proceeding” means any action, suit, claim, proceeding (whether administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of Borrower
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or any of its Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or before or by any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign (including any Environmental Claims) or other regulatory body or any mediator or arbitrator, whether pending or, to the knowledge of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened in writing against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any property of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Affected Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(b).
“Affected Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(b).
“Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power (a) to vote 15% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person, or (b) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or Capital Stock, by contract or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall Administrative Agent or any Lender or any of their Affiliates or Related Funds be considered an “Affiliate” of any Loan Party.
“Aggregate Amounts Due” has the meaning specified in Section 2.13.
“Aggregate Payments” has the meaning specified in Section 7.2.
“Agreement” means this Financing Agreement and any annexes, exhibits and schedules attached hereto, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means all Requirements of Law concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including, without limitation, the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, and the anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws and regulations of those jurisdictions in which the Loan Parties do business.
“Anti-Terrorism Laws” means any Requirement of Law relating to terrorism or money laundering, including, without limitation, (a) the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 (i.e., 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956 and 1957), (b) the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 5311-5330 and 12 U.S.C. §§ 1818(s), 1820(b) and 1951-1959) (the “Bank Secrecy Act”), (c) the USA PATRIOT Act, (d) the laws, regulations and Executive Orders administered by the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), (e) the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 and implementing regulations by the United States Department of the Treasury, (f) any law prohibiting or directed against terrorist activities or the financing of terrorist activities (e.g., 18 U.S.C. §§ 2339A and 2339B), or (g) any similar laws enacted in the United States or any other jurisdictions in which the parties to this Agreement operate, as any of the foregoing laws may from time to time be amended, renewed, extended, or replaced and all other present and future legal requirements of any Governmental Authority governing, addressing, relating to, or attempting to eliminate, terrorist acts and acts of war and any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
“Applicable Margin” means (a) with respect to a Term Loan that is a SOFR Loan, 6.50% per annum and (b) with respect to a Term Loan that is a Base Rate Loan, [***]% per annum.
“Application Event” means the (a) occurrence of an Event of Default and (b) the election by Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders during the continuance of such Event of Default to require that payments and proceeds of Collateral be applied pursuant to Section 2.12(f).
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“Asset Sale” means a sale, lease or sublease (as lessor or sublessor), sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer, license or sublicense or other disposition to (other than to a Loan Party), or any exchange of property with, any Person, in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or any part of any Loan Party’s businesses, assets or properties of any kind, whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, including, without limitation, the Capital Stock of any Loan Party. For purposes of clarification, “Asset Sale” shall include (a) the sale or other disposition for value of any contracts, (b) any disposition of property through a “plan of division” under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act or any comparable transaction under any similar law, (c) the early termination or modification of any contract resulting in the receipt by any Loan Party of a cash payment or other consideration in exchange for such event, (d) any sale of accounts (or any rights thereto (including, without limitation, any rights to any residual payment stream with respect thereto)) by any Loan Party or Subsidiary of Borrower, (e) any Product Agreement, (f) any Permitted Product Transaction and (g) any Royalty Monetization Transaction (including any Permitted Royalty Transaction).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the following items will be deemed to be an Asset Sale:
(i) an issuance of Capital Stock by a Subsidiary of Borrower to Borrower or to another Loan Party, unless prohibited by the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents;
(ii) an issuance of Capital Stock by Borrower;
(iii) use or transfer of Cash or Cash Equivalents in a manner that is not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; and
(iv) the non-exclusive licensing or non-exclusive sublicensing alone, of any Intellectual Property Rights in the ordinary course of business which does not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and which is otherwise permitted under this Agreement.
“Assignment Agreement” means an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C, with such amendments or modifications as may be approved by Administrative Agent.
“Authorized Officer” means, as applied to any Person, any individual holding the position of chairman of the board (if an officer), director, chief executive officer, president or one of its vice presidents (or the equivalent thereof), and such Person’s chief financial officer or treasurer.
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (a) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period pursuant to this Agreement or (b) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 2.20(d).
“Back-Up Security Interest” means a back-up security interest granted by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to a buyer of Royalties or Product Revenues in connection with a Permitted Royalty Transaction to the extent such purchase of such Royalties or Product Revenues, respectively, is recharacterized as a secured debt financing rather than a true sale, and the security interest is created as a matter of law through the sale of any such Royalties or Product Revenues in connection therewith; provided
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that such back-up security interest does not grant a Lien on any assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries other than a Lien on such Royalties or Product Revenues sold pursuant to such transaction.
“Bank Secrecy Act” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Anti-Terrorism Laws”.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
“Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus [***]%, (c) Term SOFR (which rate shall be calculated based upon an Interest Period of three months and to be determined on a daily basis) plus [***]%, and (d) [***]% per annum. Any change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Term SOFR shall be effective on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Term SOFR, respectively.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.
“Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Term SOFR”.
“BEAM-302” means (a) a product or therapy comprising a CRISPR protein and base editor, or an mRNA encoding the CRISPR protein and base editor, and a guide nucleic acid that targets the CRISPR protein and/or base editor to a mutation in a SERPINA1-encoding nucleic acid, (b) any product or therapy that Borrower identifies and designates after the date hereof as a backup product for such product in accordance with Borrower’s then-current business practices, and (c) any Competing Product, in each case, including all forms, formulations, presentations, dosages, dosage regimens and routes of administration (including in-vivo and ex-vivo dosage forms and regimens); provided that, BEAM-302 shall not include Products that are [***].
“Beam Securities” means Beam Therapeutics Securities Corp., a Massachusetts securities corporation and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower that was formed on December 20, 2019 with the purpose to qualify as a Massachusetts Security Corporation pursuant to the Specified Massachusetts Regulations.
“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.
“Benchmark” means, initially, Term SOFR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to Term SOFR or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.20(a).
“Benchmark Replacement” means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by Administrative Agent in consultation with Borrower giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Floor,
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such Benchmark Replacement shall be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Available Tenor, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent in consultation with Borrower giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(a) in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative; provided that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such
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component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(c) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt, if the then-current Benchmark has any Available Tenors, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Start Date” means, in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (a) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (b) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than 90 days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication).
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.20 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.20.
“Beneficiary” means Administrative Agent and each Lender.
“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code to which Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code applies, and (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of the Plan Asset Regulations or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“BLA” means a Biologics License Application submitted to FDA pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 262(a) and its implementing regulations at 21 C.F.R. Parts 600-680, and all amendments and supplements to the application, requesting FDA marketing approval for a human biological product.
“Blocked Person” means any Person: (a) that is publicly identified (i) on the most current list of “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” published by OFAC or resides, is organized or chartered, or has a place of business in a country or territory subject to OFAC sanctions or embargo program or (ii) as prohibited from doing business with the United States under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Trading With the Enemy Act, or any other Anti-Terrorism Law; (b) that is owned or controlled by, or that owns or controls, or that is acting for or on behalf of, any Person described in clause (a) above; (c) which any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law; and (d) that is affiliated or associated with a Person described in clauses (a), (b), or (c) above.
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“Board of Directors” means, (a) with respect to any corporation or company, the board of directors of the corporation, company or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, (b) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of the partnership, (c) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee or board of directors of such company or the sole member or the managing member thereof, and (d) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.
“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto and is interchangeable with the term “Company”.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is closed.
“Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, and subject to Section 1.2(a), any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person (a) as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person or (b) as lessee which is a transaction of a type commonly known as a “synthetic lease” (i.e., a transaction that is treated as an operating lease for accounting purposes but with respect to which payments of rent are intended to be treated as payments of principal and interest on a loan for income tax purposes).
“Capital Stock” means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation), including, without limitation, shares, partnership interests and membership interests, and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase or other arrangements or rights to acquire any of the foregoing; provided that, Capital Stock shall exclude debt securities and other Indebtedness convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing (including, without limitation, Permitted Convertible Indebtedness).
“Cash” means money, currency or a credit balance in any demand or Deposit Account.
“Cash Equivalents” means, as at any date of determination, (a) marketable securities (i) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the United States Government, or (ii) issued by any agency of the United States the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year after such date, (b) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A 1 from S&P or at least P 1 from Moody’s, (c) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A 1 from S&P or at least P 1 from Moody’s, (d) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year after such date and issued or accepted by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that (i) is at least “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary Federal banking regulator), and (ii) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not less than $100,000,000, (e) shares of any money market mutual fund that (i) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above, (ii) has net assets of not less than $500,000,000, and (iii) has the highest rating obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s, (f) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, cash and cash equivalents that are substantially equivalent in such jurisdiction to those described in clauses (a) through (e) above in respect of each country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and (g) other Investments described in Borrower’s investment policy as of the Closing Date, as amended by the Board of Directors of Borrower from time to time provided any such amendments are approved by the Administrative Agent in writing.
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“Change of Control” means, at any time, any of the following occurrences:
(a) any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) (i) shall have acquired beneficial ownership of [***]% or more on a fully diluted basis of the voting and/or economic interest in the securities or Capital Stock of Borrower or (ii) shall have obtained the power (whether or not exercised) to elect a majority of the members of the Board of Directors (or similar governing body) of Borrower; provided that, for purposes of this provision, any Person or group shall not be deemed to beneficially own Capital Stock to be acquired by such Person or group pursuant to a stock or asset purchase agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, warrant agreement or similar agreement (or voting or option or similar agreement related thereto) until the consummation of the acquisition of the Capital Stock in connection with the transactions contemplated;
(b) except pursuant to a transaction expressly permitted by this Agreement, Borrower shall cease to beneficially own and control, directly or indirectly, 100% on a fully diluted basis of the economic and voting interest in the Capital Stock of each Loan Party;
(c) the majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the Board of Directors (or similar governing body) of Borrower cease to be occupied by Persons who either (i) were members of the Board of Directors of Borrower on the Closing Date, or (ii) were nominated for election by the Board of Directors of Borrower, a majority of whom were directors on the Closing Date or whose election or nomination for election was previously approved by a majority of such directors;
(d) any “change of control” or similar event shall occur under, and as defined in or set forth in the documents evidencing or governing the Capital Stock of Borrower, any agreement evidencing any Material Contract, or any Indebtedness in an individual principal amount of $[***] or more owed by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; or
(e) the Common Stock fails to remain (i) registered with the SEC or (ii) publicly traded on and registered with a public securities exchange.
“Closing Date” means the date on which the Initial Term Loans are made, which is February 24, 2026.
“Closing Date Certificate” means a Closing Date Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
“Collateral” means, collectively, all of the real, personal and mixed property (including Capital Stock) and all interests therein and proceeds thereof now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party upon which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted by such Loan Party in favor of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents as security for the Obligations.
“Collateral Access Agreement” means a collateral access agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
“Collateral Documents” means the Pledge and Security Agreement, the Collateral Access Agreements, if any, any Control Agreement (or equivalent documentation to the extent required under any applicable Foreign Security Document for accounts located outside the U.S.), any Mortgages, any Foreign Security Document and all other instruments, documents and agreements delivered by any Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in order to grant to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a Lien on any real, personal or mixed property of that Loan Party as security for the Obligations, in each case, as such Collateral Documents may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time.
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“Commercialize” means any and all activities directed to the distribution, marketing, detailing, promotion, selling and securing of reimbursement of a Product (including the using, importing, selling and offering for sale of such Product), and shall include post-marketing approval studies to the extent required by a Governmental Authority, post-launch marketing, promoting, detailing, distributing, selling such Product, importing, exporting or transporting such Product for sale, and regulatory compliance with respect to the foregoing. When used as a verb, “Commercialize” shall mean to engage in Commercialization. Except with respect to post-marketing approval studies required by a Governmental Authority, Commercialization shall not include any activities directed to the research or development (including pre-clinical and clinical development) or manufacture of a Product.
“Commercially Reasonable Efforts” means, with respect to the Borrower’s development or Commercialization of the Product identified in clause (a) of the definition of “risto-cel” (the “CRE Product”), that level of efforts and resources commonly dedicated in the research-based pharmaceutical industry by a similarly situated biotechnology company of similar resources to the development or commercialization, as the case may be, of a product of similar commercial potential at a similar stage of development or commercialization for a similar therapeutic and disease area and of similar market potential, in each case taking into account issues of safety and efficacy, product profile, the proprietary position (including patent and regulatory and data exclusivity), present and future market and commercial potential, the then current competitive environment for such product and the likely timing of such product’s entry into the market, the regulatory environment and status of such product (including likelihood of receiving regulatory approval or pricing and reimbursement approval), and other relevant scientific, technical and commercial factors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower’s Commercially Reasonable Efforts shall be determined on a country-by-country basis and it is anticipated that the level of effort and resources that constitute “Commercially Reasonable Efforts” with respect to a particular country will change over time, reflecting changes in the status of the CRE Product and the country involved.
“Commitment” means any Term Loan Commitment or any Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment.
“Common Stock” means Borrower’s common stock.
“Company” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto and is interchangeable with the term “Borrower”.
“Competing Product” means, with respect to any Product (Core) or Product (Material), any [***] respect with such Product (Core) or Product (Material) [***] respect with such Product (Core) or such Product (Material).
“Compliance Certificate” means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 2.19(c) and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such
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market practice is not administratively feasible or if Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Contractual Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any provision of any security issued by that Person or of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract (including, but not limited to, any Material Contract), undertaking, agreement, license or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it or any of its properties is subject.
“Control Agreement” means a control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, executed and delivered by the applicable Loan Party, Administrative Agent, and the applicable securities intermediary (with respect to a Securities Account) or bank (with respect to a Deposit Account).
“Conversion/Continuation Date” means the effective date of a continuation or conversion, as the case may be, as set forth in the applicable Conversion/Continuation Notice.
“Conversion/Continuation Notice” means a Conversion/Continuation Notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 or such other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Counterpart Agreement” means a Counterpart Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit F delivered by a Loan Party pursuant to Section 5.10.
“Credit Date” means the date of a Credit Extension.
“Credit Extension” means the making of a Loan.
“Data” means customer lists, correspondence, data, submissions and licensing and purchasing histories relating to customers of Borrower or any Subsidiary, and all other reports, information and documentation collected or maintained by Borrower or any Subsidiary regarding purchasers of Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s products and the visitors to websites owned or controlled by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Data Protection Laws” means applicable Requirements of Law concerning the protection, privacy or security of Personal Information (including any applicable laws of jurisdictions where the Personal Information was collected or otherwise processed) and other applicable consumer protection laws, and all regulations promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation, HIPAA, 42 C.F.R. Part 2, the General Data Protection Regulation (and all laws implementing or supplementing it), the California Consumer Privacy Act, and Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
“Debtor Relief Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and any other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief law of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction from time to time in effect.
“Default” means a condition or event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Default Excess” means, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, the excess, if any, of such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Term Loans of all
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Lenders (calculated as if all Defaulting Lenders (other than such Defaulting Lender) had funded all of their respective Defaulted Loans) over the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans of such Defaulting Lender.
“Default Period” means, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, the period commencing on the date of the applicable Funding Default or violation of Section 9.5(c), as applicable, and ending on the earliest of the following dates: (a) the date on which all Term Loan Commitments are cancelled or terminated and/or the Obligations are declared or become immediately due and payable, (b) the date on which (i) the Default Excess with respect to such Defaulting Lender shall have been reduced to zero (whether by the funding by such Defaulting Lender of any Defaulted Loans of such Defaulting Lender or by the non pro rata application of any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of the Loans in accordance with the terms of Section 2.9 or Section 2.10 or by a combination thereof), and (ii) such Defaulting Lender shall have delivered to Company and Administrative Agent a written reaffirmation of its intention to honor its obligations hereunder with respect to its Term Loan Commitments, (c) the date on which Company, Administrative Agent and Required Lenders waive all Funding Defaults of such Defaulting Lender in writing, and (d) the date on which Administrative Agent shall have waived all violations of Section 9.5(c) by such Defaulting Lender in writing.
“Default Rate” means any interest payable pursuant to Section 2.6.
“Defaulted Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17.
“Defaulting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17.
“Delayed Draw Term Loans” means the Delayed Draw Term Loan A, the Delayed Draw Term Loan B, the Delayed Draw Term Loan C and the Delayed Draw Term Loan D.
“Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments” means the Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitment, the Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitment and the Delayed Draw Term Loan C Commitment.
“Delayed Draw Term Loan A” means the Term Loans funded after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(ii).
“Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund the Delayed Draw Term Loan A. The amount of each Lender’s Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A-2 or in the applicable Assignment Agreement, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitments as of the Closing Date is $100,000,000.
“Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitment Period” means the time period commencing on the date upon which Administrative Agent shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence that Borrower satisfied the Delayed Draw Term Loan A Funding Milestone through and including the Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitment Termination Date.
“Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitment Termination Date” means the earliest to occur of (a) the date the Term Loan Commitments are permanently reduced to zero pursuant to Section 2.1(a) or 2.9(b), (b) the date of the termination of the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments pursuant to Section 8.2 and (c) 15 Business Days after the achievement of the Delayed Draw Term Loan A Funding Milestone.
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“Delayed Draw Term Loan A Funding Milestone” means (a) [***] and (b) on or before [***], (x) acceptance by the FDA of the BLA submission of risto-cel [***] and (y) a copy of the BLA filing letter from the FDA has been provided to the Administrative Agent.
“Delayed Draw Term Loan B” means the Term Loans funded after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(iii).
“Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund the Delayed Draw Term Loan B. The amount of each Lender’s Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A-3 or in the applicable Assignment Agreement, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitments as of the Closing Date is $100,000,000.
“Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitment Period” means the time period commencing on the date upon which Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence that Borrower satisfied the Delayed Draw Term Loan B Funding Milestone through and including the Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitment Termination Date.
“Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitment Termination Date” means the earliest to occur of (a) the date the Term Loan Commitments are permanently reduced to zero pursuant to Section 2.1(a) or 2.9(b), (b) the date of the termination of the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments pursuant to Section 8.2 and (c) 15 Business Days after achievement of the Delayed Draw Term Loan B Funding Milestone.
“Delayed Draw Term Loan B Funding Milestone” means the Loan Parties receive FDA approval of the risto-cel BLA [***] on or before [***].
“Delayed Draw Term Loan C” means the Term Loans funded after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(iv).
“Delayed Draw Term Loan C Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund the Delayed Draw Term Loan C. The amount of each Lender’s Delayed Draw Term Loan C Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A-4 or in the applicable Assignment Agreement, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Delayed Draw Term Loan C Commitments as of the Closing Date is $100,000,000.
“Delayed Draw Term Loan C Commitment Period” means the time period commencing on the date upon which Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence that Borrower satisfied the Delayed Draw Term Loan C Funding Milestone through and including the Delayed Draw Term Loan C Commitment Termination Date.
“Delayed Draw Term Loan C Commitment Termination Date” means the earliest to occur of (a) the date the Term Loan Commitments are permanently reduced to zero pursuant to Section 2.1(a) or 2.9(b), (b) the date of the termination of the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments pursuant to Section 8.2, (c) the first date that all of the conditions of the Delayed Draw Term Loan B Funding Milestone are no longer capable of being satisfied and (d) 15 Business Days after achievement of the Delayed Draw Term Loan C Funding Milestone.
“Delayed Draw Term Loan C Funding Milestone” means the Loan Parties achieve, on or before [***], Product Revenue from sales of risto-cel of at least $[***] calculated as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter; provided that the date of such achievement shall be deemed to be the date that is [***] after the end of the Fiscal Quarter in which such Product Revenue threshold is met.
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“Delayed Draw Term Loan D” means the Term Loans funded after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(v).
“Delayed Draw Term Loan D Amount” means, with respect to each Lender that elects to provide a Delayed Draw Term Loan D, the amount of such Delayed Draw Term Loan D which such Lender elects to provide in its sole discretion. The maximum amount of the Delayed Draw Term Loan D Amount that may be funded hereunder is $100,000,000.
“Deposit Account” means a demand, time, savings, passbook or like account with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or like organization, other than an account evidenced by a negotiable certificate of deposit.
“Disputes” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.23(d).
“Disqualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Capital Stock 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, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior payment in full of the Obligations in cash and the termination of the Term Loan Commitments), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior payment in full of the Obligations in cash and the termination of the Term Loan Commitments), (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends or distributions in cash, or (d) is convertible into or exchangeable for (i) Indebtedness or (ii) any other Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Capital Stock, in each case of clauses (a) through (d), prior to the date that is [***] after the Term Loan Maturity Date; provided that if such Capital Stock is issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of current or former employees, directors, independent contractors or other service providers of the Loan Parties or by any such plan to such current or former employees, directors, independent contractors or other service providers, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by a Loan Party in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations, including tax withholding, or as a result of such current or former employee’s, director’s, independent contractor’s or other service provider’s termination, death or disability; provided further that Disqualified Capital Stock shall exclude Permitted Equity Derivatives.
“Disqualified Institution” means (a)(i) a Person designated by the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date and (ii) any Person designated by the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent after the Closing Date with the consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed); provided, that the identification of any Person as a Disqualified Institution after the Closing Date pursuant to clause (a)(ii) above shall not apply to retroactively disqualify any Person that has previously acquired an assignment or participation interest in any Loan or Commitment in respect of such previously acquired assignment or participation interest.
“Dollars” and the sign “$” mean the lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Eligible Assignee” means (a) any Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender and any Related Fund (any two or more Related Funds being treated as a single Eligible Assignee for all purposes hereof), (b) any commercial bank, insurance company, investment or mutual fund or other entity that is an “accredited
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investor” (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act) and which extends credit or buys loans as one of its businesses, and (c) any other Person (other than a natural Person) approved by Administrative Agent; provided, none of (i) Borrower, (ii) any Affiliate of Borrower, (iii) any Person owning or controlling any trade debt or Indebtedness of any Loan Party (other than the Obligations) or any Capital Stock of any Loan Party (in each case, unless approved by Administrative Agent), (iv) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any competitor of Borrower or (v) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any Disqualified Institution shall, in any event, be an Eligible Assignee.
“EMA” means the European Medicines Agency or any successor thereto.
“Employee Benefit Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA which is or was sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed by, Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.
“Environmental Claim” means any complaint, summons, citation, investigation, notice, directive, notice of violation, order, claim, demand, action, litigation, judicial or administrative proceeding, judgment, letter or other communication from any Governmental Authority or any other Person, involving (a) any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law, (b) any Hazardous Material or any actual or alleged Hazardous Materials Activity, (c) injury to the environment, natural resource, any Person (including wrongful death) or property (real or personal) in connection with Hazardous Materials or actual or alleged violations of Environmental Laws, or (d) actual or alleged Releases or threatened Releases of Hazardous Materials either (i) on, at or migrating from any assets, properties or businesses currently or formerly owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any predecessor in interest, (ii) from adjoining properties or businesses, or (iii) onto any facilities which received Hazardous Materials generated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any predecessor in interest.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all current or future foreign or domestic, federal or state (or any subdivision of either of them), statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, judgments, decrees, permits, licenses or binding determinations of any Governmental Authorizations, or any other requirements of Governmental Authorities relating to (a) the manufacture, generation, use, storage, transportation, treatment, disposal or Release of Hazardous Materials, or (b) occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene, land use or the protection of the environment, human, plant or animal health or welfare.
“Environmental Liabilities and Costs” means all liabilities, monetary obligations, losses (including monies paid in settlement), damages, punitive damages, natural resources damages, consequential damages, treble damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts and consultants and costs of investigations and feasibility studies), fines, penalties, sanctions and interest incurred in connection with any Remedial Action, any Environmental Claim, or any other claim or demand by any Governmental Authority or any Person that relates to any actual or alleged violation of Environmental Laws, actual or alleged exposure or threatened exposure to Hazardous Materials, or any actual or alleged Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials.
“Environmental Lien” means any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for Environmental Liabilities and Costs.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ERISA Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, (a) any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; (b) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the
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Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; and (c) any member of an affiliated service group within the meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person, any corporation described in clause (a) above or any trade or business described in clause (b) above is a member. Any former ERISA Affiliate of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall continue to be considered an ERISA Affiliate of Borrower or any such Subsidiary within the meaning of this definition with respect to the period such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of Borrower or such Subsidiary and with respect to liabilities arising after such period for which Borrower or such Subsidiary could be liable under the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA.
“ERISA Event” means (a) a “reportable event” within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those for which the provision for thirty day notice to the PBGC has been waived by regulation), (b) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(d) of the Internal Revenue Code) or the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 412(m) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan, (c) the provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA, (d) the withdrawal by Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA, (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition which might constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan, (f) the imposition of liability on Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA, (g) the withdrawal of Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability therefor, or the receipt by Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA, (h) the occurrence of an act or omission which could give rise to the imposition on Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the Internal Revenue Code or under Section 409, Section 502(c), (i) or (l), or Section 4071 of ERISA in respect of any Employee Benefit Plan, (i) the assertion of a material claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Employee Benefit Plan other than a Multiemployer Plan or the assets thereof, or against Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in connection with any Employee Benefit Plan, (j) receipt from the Internal Revenue Service of notice of the failure of any Pension Plan (or any other Employee Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the failure of any trust forming part of any Pension Plan to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or (k) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) or 412(n) of the Internal Revenue Code or pursuant to ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan.
“Erroneous Distribution” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 9.12.
“Event of Default” means each of the conditions or events set forth in Section 8.1.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
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“Excluded Account” means Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts, (a) the balance of which consists exclusively of withheld income taxes and foreign, federal, state or local employment taxes in such amounts as are required to be paid to the Internal Revenue Service or any other government agencies within the following two months with respect to employees of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) used exclusively for payroll to or for the benefit of employees of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in such amounts as are required to be paid to such employees within the immediately succeeding two payroll cycles, (c) which are exclusively health care reimbursement accounts or employee benefits accounts, including any accounts exclusively containing amounts required to be paid over to an employee benefit plan pursuant to DOL Reg. Sec. 2510.3-102 on behalf of or for the benefit of employees of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (d) all segregated Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts constituting (and the balance of which consists solely of funds set aside in connection with) fiduciary accounts and trust accounts, (e) any other Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts that have amounts on deposit that do not exceed $[***]individually or $[***] in the aggregate at any one time, (f) which are exclusively holding cash collateral or other deposits constituting Liens permitted by clauses (d), (g) or (o) of Permitted Liens and (g) segregated accounts that solely hold cash proceeds of Royalties (provided that such cash proceeds are not commingled with any other funds of a Loan Party) sold pursuant to a Permitted Royalty Transaction or that are solely used for the collection and prompt distribution of Royalties owing from payors of such Royalties (provided that such cash proceeds are not commingled with any other funds of a Loan Party) sold pursuant to such transactions.
“Excluded Subsidiary” means, (a) any not-for-profit Subsidiary, (b) any captive insurance entity, (c) any merger Subsidiary formed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition so long as such merger Subsidiary is merged out of existence pursuant to such Permitted Acquisition or dissolved within forty-five [***] of its formation thereof or such later date as permitted by Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, (d) Beam Securities, unless Beam Securities at any time ceases to be qualified for security corporation classification under the Specified Massachusetts Regulations, (e) any Subsidiary that (i) had assets representing [***]% or less of the total assets of Company and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as of the last day of the most recent Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements have been, or were required to be, delivered pursuant to Section 3.1(f), Section 5.1(b) or (c), as applicable (the “Test Date”), (ii) contributed [***]% or less of the total revenues of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, for the Fiscal Quarter ended on the Test Date, and (iii) had, as of the applicable Test Date, Cash and Cash Equivalents representing [***]% or less of the total Cash and Cash Equivalents of Company and its Subsidiaries, for the Fiscal Quarter ended on the Test Date; provided, if at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties comprise in the aggregate more than [***]% of the total assets of Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Test Date, contribute more than [***]% of the total revenues of Company and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Quarter ended on the Test Date, and hold, as of the applicable Test Date, more than [***]% of the total Cash and Cash Equivalents of Company and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Quarter ended on the Test Date, then Borrower shall, not later than [***] after the date by which financial statements for such period are required to be delivered (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), designate in writing to Administrative Agent that one or more of such Subsidiaries is no longer an Excluded Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement to the extent required such that the foregoing condition ceases to be true or (f) any Subsidiary that is prohibited or restricted by any Requirement of Law or by contractual obligations existing on the Closing Date (or, in the case of any newly acquired Subsidiary, in existence at the time of acquisition but not entered into in contemplation thereof) from guaranteeing the Obligations or if guaranteeing the Obligations would require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization, unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been obtained.
“Excluded Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a).
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“Extraordinary Receipts” means any cash received by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries not in the ordinary course of business (and not consisting of proceeds described in Section 2.10(a) or (b) hereof), including, without limitation, (a) tax refunds, (b) pension plan reversions, (c) judgments, proceeds of settlements or other consideration of any kind in connection with any cause of action (including but not limited to infringement actions and breach of contract claims for the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights), (d) condemnation awards (and payments in lieu thereof), (e) indemnity payments (excluding reimbursements for out-of-pocket costs and expenses actually incurred and paid to non-Affiliates of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), and (f) any purchase price adjustment received in connection with any purchase agreement; provided that, the following shall not constitute an Extraordinary Receipt hereunder; (1) [***], and (2) consideration received by the Company under any Permitted Product Transaction, Permitted Product (Existing) Agreement or any Royalty Monetization Transaction or other Asset Sale, in each case permitted hereunder.
“Facility Fee” has the meaning specified in the Fee Letter.
“Fair Share” has the meaning specified in Section 7.2.
“FASB ASC” means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code, in effect as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules, or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty, or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Internal Revenue Code.
“FDA” means the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or any successor thereto.
“FDA Laws” means all applicable statutes, rules, regulations, standards, guidelines, policies and orders and Requirements of Law administered, implemented, enforced or issued by FDA or any comparable Governmental Authority, including, but not limited to, EMA, TGA, MHRA and Medsafe.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the rate calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York based on such day’s Federal funds transactions by depositary institutions (as determined in such manner as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as the Federal funds effective rate and (b) 0%.
“Federal Health Care Program Laws” means collectively, federal Medicare or federal or state Medicaid statutes, Sections 1128, 1128A, 1128B, 1128C or 1877 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 1320a-7, 1320a-7a, 1320a-7b, 1320a-7c, 1320a-7h and 1395nn), the federal TRICARE statute (10 U.S.C. § 1071 et seq.), the civil False Claims Act of 1863 (31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.), criminal false claims statutes (e.g., 18 U.S.C. §§ 287 and 1001), the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986 (31 U.S.C. § 3801 et seq.), HIPAA, and related regulations or other Requirements of Law that directly or indirectly govern the health care industry, programs of Governmental Authorities related to healthcare, health care professionals or other health care participants, or relationships among health care providers, suppliers, distributors, manufacturers and patients, and the pricing, sale and reimbursement of health care items or services including the collection and reporting requirements, and the processing of any applicable rebate, chargeback or adjustment, under applicable rules and regulations relating to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (42
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U.S.C. § 1396r-8) and any state supplemental rebate program, Medicare average sales price reporting (42 U.S.C. § 1395w-3a), the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 256b), the VA Federal Supply Schedule (38 U.S.C. § 8126) or under any state pharmaceutical assistance program or U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs agreement, and any successor government programs.
“Federal Health Care Programs” shall mean the Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE programs and any other state or federal health care program, as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(f).
“Fee Letter” means the letter agreement, dated the Closing Date, between Company and Administrative Agent, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Financial Officer Certification” means, with respect to the financial statements for which such certification is required, the certification of the chief financial officer of Borrower that such financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments.
“First Priority” means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Collateral Document, that such Lien is the only Lien to which such Collateral is subject, other than any Permitted Lien.
“Fiscal Quarter” means a fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year.
“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of Borrower and its Subsidiaries ending on December 31 of each calendar year.
“Floor” means a rate of interest equal to one percent (1.00%).
“Flow of Funds Agreement” means that certain Flow of Funds Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, duly executed by Company, Administrative Agent, and any other person party thereto, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, in connection with the disbursement of Loan proceeds in accordance with Section 2.1(a)(i).
“Foreign Lender” means (a) if Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which Borrower is resident for tax purposes.
“Foreign Official” means any officer or employee of a non-U.S. government or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any such government or department, agency, or instrumentality, or for or on behalf of any such public international organization.
“Foreign Security Document” means any agreement entered into pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Obligations governed by laws other than those of the United States, individually or collectively, as the context requires, as each may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act” means the US Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (28 U.S.C. Sections 1602-1611), as amended.
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“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“FTC” means the U.S. Federal Trade Commission or any successor thereto.
“Funding Default” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17.
“Funding Notice” means a written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 or such other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“GAAP” means, subject to the limitations on the application thereof set forth in Section 1.2, United States generally accepted accounting principles in effect as of the date of determination thereof.
“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, municipal, national or other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity or officer exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government or any court, including any patent office, in each case whether associated with a state of the United States, the United States or a foreign entity or government.
“Governmental Authorization” means any permit, license, authorization, clearance, approval, Registration, plan, directive, administrative order, consent order or consent decree of or from any Governmental Authority.
“Grantor” has the meaning specified in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 7.1.
“Guarantor” means each Subsidiary of Borrower and each other Person which guarantees, pursuant to Article VII or otherwise, or secures by any Foreign Security Document, all or any part of the Obligations; provided that no Excluded Subsidiary shall be required to become a Guarantor except at the election of Borrower in accordance with Section 5.10.
“Guarantor Subsidiary” means each Guarantor.
“Guaranty” means (a) the guaranty of each Guarantor set forth in Article VII and (b) each other guaranty, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent, made by any other Guarantor for the benefit of the Secured Parties guaranteeing all or part of the Obligations.
“Hazardous Materials” means, regardless of amount or quantity, (a) any element, compound or chemical that is defined, listed or otherwise classified as a contaminant, pollutant, toxic pollutant, toxic or hazardous substance, extremely hazardous substance or chemical, hazardous waste, special waste, or solid waste under Environmental Laws or that is likely to cause immediately, or at some future time, harm to or have an adverse effect on, the environment or risk to human health or safety, including, without limitation, any pollutant, contaminant, waste, hazardous waste, toxic substance or dangerous good which is defined or identified in any Environmental Law and which is present in the environment in such quantity or state that it contravenes any Environmental Law, (b) petroleum and its refined products, (c) polychlorinated biphenyls, (d) any substance exhibiting a hazardous waste characteristic, including, without limitation, corrosivity, ignitability, toxicity or reactivity as well as any radioactive or explosive materials, (e) any raw materials, building components (including, without limitation, asbestos-containing materials) and manufactured products containing hazardous substances listed or classified as such under Environmental Laws, and (f) any substance or materials that are otherwise regulated under Environmental Law.
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“Hazardous Materials Activity” means any past, current, proposed or threatened activity, event or occurrence involving any Hazardous Materials, including the use, manufacture, possession, storage, holding, presence, existence, location, Release, threatened Release, discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing, construction, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling of any Hazardous Materials, and any corrective action or response action with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Hedging Agreement” means any interest or foreign exchange rate swap agreement, interest rate or foreign exchange cap agreement, interest rate or foreign exchange collar agreement, interest rate or foreign exchange hedging agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement, each of which is (a) for the purpose of hedging the interest rate exposure or foreign exchange exposure associated with Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ operations, and (b) not for speculative purposes.
“Highest Lawful Rate” means the maximum lawful interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, charged, or received under the laws applicable to any Lender which are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum non-usurious interest rate than applicable laws now allow.
“HIPAA” means the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (Title XIII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009), and all regulations promulgated thereunder, and other Requirements of Law regulating the privacy and/or security of patient-identifying health care information, including with respect to notification of breach of privacy or security of such information.
“Historical Financial Statements” means as of the Closing Date, (a) the audited financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2024, consisting of balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Year, and (b) the financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Quarter ended September 30, 2025, consisting of balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Quarter, together with Financial Officer Certification with respect thereto.
“Illegality Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(b).
“Increased Cost Lenders” has the meaning specified in Section 2.18.
“Indebtedness” means, as applied to any Person, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (b) that portion of obligations with respect to Capital Leases that is properly classified as a liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP, (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds or similar instruments or upon which interest payments are customarily paid and all obligations in respect of notes payable and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money, (d) any obligation owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price of property or services, including any earn-outs or other deferred payment obligations in connection with an acquisition to the extent such earn-outs and deferred payment obligations are fixed and non-contingent (excluding any such obligations incurred under ERISA and excluding trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and repayable in accordance with customary trade terms), (e) all obligations created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person, (f) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned or held by that Person regardless of whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by that Person or is non-recourse to the credit of that Person, (g) the face amount of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued, bankers’ acceptances facilities, surety bonds and similar credit transactions issued for the
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account of that Person or as to which that Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings, (h) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of another, (i) any obligation of such Person the primary purpose or intent of which is to provide assurance to an obligee that the obligation of the obligor thereof will be paid or discharged, or any agreement relating thereto will be complied with, or the holders thereof will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof, (j) any liability of such Person for an obligation of another through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) (i) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise) or (ii) to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of another if, in the case of any agreement described under subclauses (i) or (ii) of this clause (j), the primary purpose or intent thereof is as described in clause (i) above, (k) all obligations of such Person in respect of any exchange traded or over the counter derivative transaction, including, without limitation, any Hedging Agreement, whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes, (l) Disqualified Capital Stock and (m) all obligations in respect of any Royalty Monetization Transaction. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly non-recourse to such Person. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Indebtedness shall not include (i) prepaid or deferred revenue arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii) endorsements of checks or drafts arising in the ordinary course of business, (iii) Capital Stock to the extent not constituting Disqualified Capital Stock, (iv) any obligations in respect of any Permitted Equity Derivative transaction, (v) deferred compensation and severance, pension, health and welfare retirement and equivalent benefits or any deferred obligations incurred under ERISA until such obligations become a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP, (vi) purchase price adjustments or earn outs or other contingent payments of a similar nature (including any non-compete payments and consulting payments) made in connection with any Investment or other acquisitions permitted hereunder, in each case, to the extent such obligations have not become due and payable (provided that deferred payments that are fixed or not subject to a bona fide contingency shall constitute Indebtedness to the extent provided in clause (d) above), (vii) non-compete or consulting obligations incurred in connection with Investments or other acquisitions until such obligations become a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP, (viii) installment payments or the deferred purchase price of property or services to the extent payable solely in Qualified Capital Stock of such Person, (ix) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, and (x) minimum purchase obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business.
“Indemnified Liabilities” means, collectively, any and all liabilities (including Environmental Liabilities and Costs), obligations, losses, damages (including natural resource damages), fines, penalties, claims (including Environmental Claims), costs (including the costs of any investigation, study, sampling, testing, monitoring, abatement, cleanup, removal, remediation or other response or corrective action necessary to remove, remediate, clean up, abate or otherwise address any Hazardous Materials Activity), expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and disbursements of counsel for Indemnitees in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding commenced or threatened in writing by any Person, whether or not any such Indemnitee shall be designated as a party or a potential party thereto, and any fees or expenses incurred by Indemnitees in enforcing this indemnity), whether direct, indirect or consequential and whether based on any federal, state or foreign laws, statutes, rules or regulations (including securities and commercial laws, statutes, rules or regulations and Environmental Laws), on common law or equitable cause or on contract or otherwise, that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted in writing against any such Indemnitee, in any manner relating to or directly or indirectly arising out of (a) this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including the Lenders’
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agreement to make Credit Extensions or the use or intended use of the proceeds thereof, or any enforcement of any of the Loan Documents (including any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Guaranty)), (b) the statements contained in the proposal letter delivered by any Lender to Company prior to the Closing Date with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (c) any Environmental Claim or any Hazardous Materials Activity relating to or arising from, directly or indirectly, any past or present activity, operation, land ownership, or practice of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that Taxes shall not be Indemnified Liabilities except to the extent such Taxes represent liabilities arising from any non-Tax claim.
“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 specified in Section 10.3.
“Indemnitee Agent Party” has the meaning specified in Section 9.6.
“Initial Term Loan” means the Term Loan funded on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(i).
“Initial Term Loan Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund the Initial Term Loan and “Initial Term Loan Commitments” means such commitments of all such Lenders in the aggregate. The amount of each Lender’s Initial Term Loan Commitment is set forth on Appendix A-1 or in the applicable Assignment Agreement, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Initial Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $100,000,000.
“Insolvency Proceeding” means any proceeding commenced by or against any Person under any provision of any Debtor Relief Law.
“Intellectual Property” has the meaning specified in the Pledge and Security Agreement and any Foreign Security Documents, as applicable.
“Intellectual Property Rights” means any and all rights, title and interests in and to all intellectual property rights of every kind and nature however denominated, as they exist throughout the world, including
(a) any Patent;
(b) trademarks, trade names, service marks, brands, trade dress and logos, packaging design, slogans, domain names and the goodwill and activities associated therewith;
(c) copyrights, mask work rights, confidential information, trade secrets, database rights, including all compilations, databases and computer programs, manuals and other documentation, and all derivatives, translations, adaptations, and combinations of the above;
(d) Know-How;
(e) rights of privacy and publicity, and moral rights; and
(f) any and all other intellectual property rights or proprietary rights, whether or not patentable, including any and all registrations, applications, recordings, licenses, common-law rights,
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statutory rights, administrative rights, and contractual rights relating to any of the foregoing, claims of infringement and misappropriation against third parties, and regulatory filings, submissions and approvals.
“Intercompany Subordination Agreement” means that certain Intercompany Subordination Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, made by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in favor of Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each Fiscal Quarter, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, (b) with respect to any SOFR Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan, and (c) with respect to each Loan, the final maturity date of the Loans (whether by scheduled maturity, acceleration or otherwise).
“Interest Period” means, in connection with a SOFR Loan, an interest period of three months (a) initially, commencing on the Credit Date or Conversion/Continuation Date thereof, as the case may be, and ending on the last Business Day of the first Fiscal Quarter to occur after such Credit Date, and (b) thereafter, commencing on the day on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires; provided, (i) if an Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day unless no further Business Day occurs in such month, in which case such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day, (ii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall, subject to clauses (b)(iii) and (b)(iv) of this definition, end on the last Business Day of a calendar month, (iii) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of any Term Loan shall extend beyond Term Loan Maturity Date and (iv) no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 2.20(d) shall be available for specification in a Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice.
“Interest Rate Determination Date” means, with respect to any Interest Period, the date that is two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.
“Internal Revenue Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Investment” means (a) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of, or of a beneficial interest in, any of the securities or Capital Stock or all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person (or of any product, division, product line or business line of such other Person), (b) any direct or indirect redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition for value, by any Subsidiary of Borrower from any Person, of any Capital Stock of such Person, (c) any direct or indirect loan, advance, or capital contributions (or transfer or similar payment made from one entity to its Subsidiary in lieu of any capital contributions that would otherwise be required) by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to any other Person, including all indebtedness (including, without limitation, any intercompany indebtedness) and accounts receivable from that other Person that are not current assets or did not arise from sales to that other Person in the ordinary course of business, and (d) any direct or indirect guarantee of any obligations of any other Person. The amount of any Investment shall be (i) the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write ups, write downs or write offs with respect to such Investment minus (ii) the amount of dividends or distributions actually received in connection with such Investment and any return of capital and any payment of principal received in respect of such Investment that, in each case, is received in cash or Cash Equivalents (not in excess of the amount of Investments originally made).
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“In Vivo SCD Products” means any Product arising from the Borrower’s in vivo programs for the treatment of sickle cell disease; provided that In Vivo SCD Products shall be deemed not to include risto-cel or BEAM-302.
“Joint Venture” means a joint venture, partnership, co-development or other similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form in which Company or any of its Subsidiaries holds any Capital Stock; provided, in no event shall any corporate Subsidiary of any Person be considered to be a Joint Venture to which such Person is a party.
“Know-How” means all information and materials, including but not limited to discoveries, improvements, processes, methods, protocols, formulations formulas, data (including pharmacological, toxicological, non-clinical data, clinical data, analytical and quality control data, manufacturing data and descriptions, market data, financial data or descriptions), inventions, devices, assays, chemical formulations, specifications, product samples and other samples, physical, practices, procedures, technology, techniques, designs, drawings, correspondence, computer programs, documents, apparatus, results, strategies, Regulatory Documentation, information and submissions pertaining to, or made in association with, filings with any Governmental Authority, research in progress, algorithms, data, databases, data collections, chemical and biological materials (including any compounds, DNA, RNA, clones, vectors, cells and any expression product, progeny, derivatives or improvements thereto), and the results of experimentation and testing, including samples in each case, knowledge, know-how, trade secrets and the like, in written, electronic, oral or other tangible or intangible form, patentable or otherwise, which are not generally known.
“Lender” means each lender listed on the signature pages hereto as a Lender, and any other Person that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment Agreement other than any Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to any Assignment Agreement.
“Liabilities” means all claims, actions, suits, judgments, damages, losses, liability, obligations, responsibilities, fines, penalties, sanctions, costs, fees, taxes, commissions, charges, disbursements and expenses, in each case of any kind or nature (including interest accrued thereon or as a result thereto and fees, charges and disbursements of financial, legal and other advisors and consultants), whether joint or several, whether or not indirect, contingent, consequential, actual, punitive, treble or otherwise.
“License Agreements” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.23(b).
“Lien” means (a) any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, hypothec, deed of trust, security interest, license or sublicense, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease in the nature thereof) and any option, trust or other preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing, and (b) in the case of securities or Capital Stock, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities or Capital Stock.
“Loan” means any Term Loan.
“Loan Account” means an account maintained hereunder by Administrative Agent on its books of account at the Payment Office, and with respect to Company, in which it will be charged with the Term Loan made to, and all other Obligations incurred by the Loan Parties.
“Loan Document” means any of this Agreement, the Notes, if any, the Collateral Documents, the Fee Letter, the Flow of Funds Agreement, any Guaranty, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, the Perfection Certificate, any intercreditor agreement executed pursuant to Section 9.8(a)(ii)(A), and all other
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documents, instruments or agreements executed and delivered by a Loan Party for the benefit of Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection herewith.
“Loan Party” means Company or any Guarantor.
“Loan Party Partner” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.33(a).
“Margin Stock” has the meaning specified in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as in effect from time to time.
“Market Capitalization Milestone” means the Company achieves an aggregate market capitalization of the Company (based on the closing price of the Common Stock on the date of such calculation) of greater than $1,750,000,000.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect with respect to (a) the business operations, properties, assets, financial condition, or liabilities of Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of any Loan Party to fully and timely perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party, (c) the legality, validity, binding effect, or enforceability against a Loan Party of a Loan Document to which it is a party, (d) the Collateral or the validity, perfection or priority of Administrative Agent’s Liens on the Collateral or (e) the rights, remedies and benefits available to, or conferred upon, Administrative Agent and any Lender or any other Secured Party under any Loan Document.
“Material Contract” means any contract or other arrangement to which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party (other than the Loan Documents) (a) for which breach, non-performance, cancellation or failure to renew would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) those agreements which are material to the research, development, use or Commercialization of any Product (Core) or any Product (Material), and (c) those contracts and arrangements listed on Schedule 4.15.
“Material Real Property” means any fee-owned real property that is owned by any Loan Party with a fair market value in excess of $[***] (at the time of acquisition, as reasonably estimated by Borrower in good faith).
“Material Regulatory Liabilities” means (a) any Liabilities arising from the violation of FDA Laws, Public Health Laws, Federal Health Care Program Laws, or other applicable comparable Requirements of Law, or the terms, conditions of or requirements applicable to any Registrations (including costs of actions required under applicable Requirements of Law, including FDA Laws and Federal Health Care Program Laws, or necessary to remedy any violation of any terms or conditions applicable to any Registrations), including, but not limited to, withdrawal of approval, recall, revocation, suspension, import detention and seizure of any Product, and (b) any loss of recurring annual revenues as a result of any loss, suspension or limitation of any Registrations, which, in the case of the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), (i) exceeds $[***], individually or in the aggregate, or (ii) would reasonably be expected to result in any Material Adverse Effect.
“Medsafe” means the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority or any successor thereto
“MHRA” means the U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency or any successor thereto.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investor Services, Inc.
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“MOIC” has the meaning specified in the Fee Letter.
“Mortgage” means a mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt that encumbers Real Property, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, made by a Loan Party in favor of Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, securing the Obligations and delivered to Administrative Agent.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan which is a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.
“Narrative Report” means a report of key performance indicators for the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in form and substance as set forth in Exhibit H hereto.
“Net Proceeds” means (a) with respect to any Asset Sale, an amount equal to: (i) Cash payments received by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale, minus (ii) any bona fide costs or expenses incurred in connection with such Asset Sale that are properly attributable to such Asset Sale and to the extent paid or payable to non-Affiliates, including: (A) income or gains taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable in connection therewith (after taking into account any available losses, deductions and tax attributes that may reduce otherwise payable Taxes) and any reasonable and unavoidable repatriation Taxes associated with receipt or distribution by the applicable taxpayer of such proceeds, (B) payment of the outstanding principal amount of, premium or penalty, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) that is secured by a Lien on the stock or assets in question and that is required to be repaid under the terms thereof as a result of such Asset Sale, (C) a reasonable reserve for (x) any indemnification payments (fixed or contingent) attributable to seller’s indemnities and representations and warranties to purchaser in respect of such Asset Sale undertaken by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Sale, and (y) any liabilities associated with such property and retained after such Asset Sale, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction, (D) any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees or expenses incurred in connection therewith and (E) [***]; provided that upon release of any such reserve, the amount released shall be considered Net Proceeds, provided further that, other than the deduction set forth in subsections (ii)(A) or (E) above, any Asset Sale comprised of a Permitted Product Agreement or a Product (Existing) Agreement shall not be subject to the deductions set forth in this subsection (ii); provided further that, with respect to any Asset Sale of a Product, clause (i) of “Net Proceeds” shall include all Cash payments received by, or paid or payable to, the Company and/or its Subsidiaries pursuant to any Permitted Product Agreement or Product (Existing) Agreement as and when such Cash payments are received, including, but not limited to, any up-front payments, Royalties, milestones, profit share payments, option exercise payments, license fees, cash proceeds from any Capital Stock received as consideration in connection with such transaction after the liquidation of such Capital Stock and any other non-cash consideration that is liquidated or converts into cash proceeds, and (b) with respect to any insurance, condemnation, taking or other casualty proceeds, an amount equal to: (i) any Cash payments or proceeds received by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (A) under any casualty, business interruption or “key man” insurance policies in respect of any covered loss thereunder, or (B) as a result of the condemnation or taking of any assets of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by any Governmental Authority pursuant to the power of eminent domain, condemnation or otherwise, or pursuant to a sale of any such assets to a purchaser with such power under threat of such a taking, minus (ii) (A) any actual costs or expenses incurred by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the adjustment or settlement of any claims of Borrower or such Subsidiary in respect thereof, and (B) any bona fide costs and expenses incurred in connection with any sale of such assets as referred to in clause (b)(i)(B) of this definition to the extent paid or payable to non-Affiliates, including income taxes payable as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith.
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“NIH” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Public Health Laws”.
“Note” means a promissory note evidencing the Initial Term Loan or a Delayed Draw Term Loan, as applicable.
“Notice” means a Funding Notice or a Conversion/Continuation Notice.
“Obligations” means all obligations of every nature of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries from time to time owed to Administrative Agent (including former Administrative Agents), the Lenders or any of them, in each case, under any Loan Document, whether for principal, interest (including interest which, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to such Loan Party, would have accrued on any Obligation, whether or not a claim is allowed against such Loan Party for such interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding), the Yield Maintenance Premium, the Prepayment Premium, any MOIC, fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise and whether primary, secondary, direct, indirect, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including obligations of performance).
“OFAC” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Anti-Terrorism Laws”.
“OFAC Sanctions Programs” means (a) the Requirements of Law and Executive Orders administered by OFAC, including but not limited to, Executive Order No. 13224, and (b) the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons administered by OFAC, in each case, as renewed, extended, amended, or replaced.
“Organizational Documents” means (a) with respect to any corporation or company, its certificate, articles or memorandum of incorporation, organization or association, and its by-laws, (b) with respect to any limited partnership, its certificate of limited partnership, and its partnership agreement, (c) with respect to any general partnership, its partnership agreement, and (d) with respect to any limited liability company, its articles of organization, and its operating agreement (or, in each case of (a) through (d), the equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction). In the event any term or condition of this Agreement or any other Loan Document requires any Organizational Document to be certified by a secretary of state or similar governmental official, the reference to any such “Organizational Document” shall only be to a document of a type customarily certified by such governmental official.
“Other Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 1.1(a).
“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 10.6(h)(ii).
“Patent” means any patent or patent application, including any continuation, continuation-in-part, division, provisional or any substitute applications, any patent issued with respect to any of the foregoing patent applications, any certificate, reissue, reexamination, renewal or patent term extension or adjustment (including any supplementary protection certificate) of any such patent or other governmental actions which extend the duration or any of the subject matter of a patent, and any substitution patent, confirmation patent or registration patent or patent of addition based on any such patent, and all foreign counterparts of any of the foregoing.
“PATRIOT Act” has the meaning specified in Section 4.29.
“Payment Office” means Administrative Agent’s office located at 2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1500, Dallas, Texas 75201 or such other office or offices of Administrative Agent as may be designated in writing from time to time by Administrative Agent and Company.
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“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.
“Pension Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, Section 302 of ERISA or Title IV of ERISA.
“Perfection Certificate” means a certificate in form reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent that provides information with respect to the assets of each Loan Party.
“Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Term SOFR”.
“Permitted Acquisition” means any acquisition by Company or its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, whether by purchase, merger, in-licensing or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of, all of the Capital Stock of, or a business line or unit or a division of, or Patents or similar or related Intellectual Property rights of, any Person; provided,
(a) immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
(b) all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated, in all material respects, in accordance with all applicable laws and in conformity with all applicable Governmental Authorizations;
(c) in the case of the acquisition of Capital Stock, all of the Capital Stock (except for any such securities in the nature of directors’ qualifying shares required pursuant to applicable law) acquired or otherwise issued by such Person or any newly formed Guarantor Subsidiary in connection with such acquisition shall be owned [***]% by a Loan Party, and Company shall have taken, or caused to be taken, as of the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, each of the actions required to be taken as of such date as set forth in Section 5.10, Section 5.11 and/or Section 5.12, as applicable;
(d) Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 6.8 on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such acquisition as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended;
(e) in the case of an acquisition with total consideration consisting of any [***] (excluding any portion thereof paid with (1) Common Stock of the Company, (2) proceeds of a substantially concurrent (and in no event more than [***] before or after such acquisition) issuance of Common Stock of the Company, (3) a cross-license of Intellectual Property, or (4) management services) in excess of $[***] and solely to the extent reasonably available to Company, Company shall have delivered to Administrative Agent at least [***] (or such shorter period as agreed to by Administrative Agent in writing) prior to such proposed acquisition such information and documents that Administrative Agent may reasonably request, including, without limitation, financial information with respect to such acquired assets, to the extent such financial information is available, and drafts of the respective acquisition agreements related thereto;
(f) any Person or assets or division as acquired in such Permitted Acquisition shall be in the same business or lines of business in which Company and/or its Subsidiaries are engaged as of the Closing Date (or in lines of business reasonably related or incidental thereto, or such other lines of business as may be consented to by Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed));
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(g) the acquisition shall have been approved by the Board of Directors or other governing body or controlling Person of the Person acquired or the Person from whom such assets or division is acquired;
(h) the total consideration consisting of any [***] (excluding any portion thereof paid with (1) Common Stock of the Company, (2) proceeds of a substantially concurrent (and in no event more than [***] before or after such acquisition) issuance of Common Stock of the Company, (3) a cross-license of Intellectual Property, or (4) management services) paid or payable in connection with (x) an individual acquisition shall not exceed $[***] and (y) all such acquisitions consummated since the Closing Date shall not exceed $[***];
provided that, (1) the foregoing caps in clause (h) shall not apply to, and shall not be reduced by any amounts paid or payable by the Borrower in connection with [***] and (2) [***]% of the Net Proceeds of all Product Revenue received by the Loan Parties from the sales of any Product measured as of the last day of the twelve-month period ending immediately prior to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition that are retained by the Loan Parties and not applied to prepay Loans pursuant to Section 2.10(a) or Section 2.10(b) hereof shall be available for Permitted Acquisitions hereunder, and Permitted Acquisitions consummated using such amounts shall not reduce the foregoing caps in clause (h); provided that, the total consideration paid or payable in connection with Permitted Acquisitions pursuant to this clause (2) shall not exceed $[***]in any fiscal year.
“Permitted Convertible Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of Borrower that is convertible based on a fixed conversion rate (subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments, “make-whole” increases and other customary changes thereto) into shares of Common Stock of Borrower (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the Common Stock of Borrower), cash or any combination thereof (with the amount of such cash or such combination determined by reference to the market price of such Common Stock or such other securities); provided that (a) at the time such Indebtedness is incurred, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a result of such incurrence, (b) all necessary corporate, company, shareholder or similar actions shall be taken and consents obtained in connection with the issuance of such Indebtedness, (c) the issuance of such Indebtedness shall be consummated in compliance with all applicable Requirements of Law, and (d) the documentation evidencing such Indebtedness shall have been delivered to Administrative Agent and shall be subject to customary terms for similar convertible transactions in the public markets (as determined by Borrower in good faith but in all cases shall have a cash interest rate that shall be on then current market terms for such type of Indebtedness), including all of the following terms: (i) it shall be (and shall remain at all times) unsecured, (ii) it shall not have a maturity (and shall not have any scheduled amortization of principal) prior to the date that is [***] after the Term Loan Maturity Date in effect at the time such Indebtedness is incurred, (iii) if it has any negative covenants, such covenants (including covenants relating to incurrence of Indebtedness) shall not be more restrictive than those set forth herein, (iv) it shall have no restrictions on Borrower’s ability to grant liens securing the Obligations, (v) it shall not prohibit the incurrence of the Obligations, (vi) it is not guaranteed by any Subsidiary and (vii) any cross-default or cross-acceleration event of default (each howsoever defined) provision contained therein that relates to indebtedness or other payment obligations of Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) (such indebtedness or other payment obligations, a “Cross-Default Reference Obligation”) contains a cure period of at least [***] (after written notice to the issuer of such Indebtedness by the trustee or to such issuer and such trustee by holders of at least [***]% in aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness then outstanding) before a default, event of default, acceleration or other event or condition under such Cross-Default Reference Obligation results in an event of default under such cross-default or cross-acceleration provision.
“Permitted Equity Derivative” means any forward purchase, accelerated share repurchase, call option, warrant or other derivative transactions in respect of Borrower’s Common Stock; provided, that (w)
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the terms, conditions and covenants of each such transaction shall be customary for transactions of such type, as determined by Borrower in good faith, (x) such transaction may, at the option of Borrower, be settled in Common Stock of Borrower, (y) such transaction is entered into contemporaneously and otherwise in connection with the issuance of Permitted Convertible Indebtedness or the Restricted Junior Payments in respect of such transaction are otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 6.5(f), and (z) such transaction shall be classified in Borrower’s stockholders’ equity under FASB ASC 815-40 or any successor provision.
“Permitted Indebtedness” means:
(a) the Obligations;
(b) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, Permitted Intercompany Investments; provided, that such Indebtedness shall be unsecured and the parties thereto are party to an Intercompany Subordination Agreement;
(c) Indebtedness incurred by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries arising from agreements providing for indemnification or from guaranties or letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing the performance of Company or any such Subsidiary pursuant to such agreements, in connection with Permitted Acquisitions or Asset Sales permitted hereunder;
(d) Indebtedness which may be deemed to exist pursuant to any guaranties, performance, surety, statutory, appeal or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and Indebtedness constituting guaranties in the ordinary course of business of the obligations of suppliers, customers, franchisees and licensees of Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(e) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, performance and return of money bonds and other similar obligations;
(f) (i) Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and otherwise in connection with deposit accounts; and (ii) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that such Indebtedness is extinguished within [***] of incurrence;
(g) Indebtedness described in Schedule 6.1, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness;
(h) Indebtedness in an aggregate amount outstanding not to exceed at any time $[***] with respect to (i) Capital Leases and (ii) purchase money Indebtedness (including any Indebtedness acquired in connection with a Permitted Acquisition); provided that any such Indebtedness shall be secured only by the asset subject to such Capital Lease or by the asset acquired in connection with the incurrence of such Indebtedness;
(i) guaranties with respect to Indebtedness of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, to the extent that the Person that is obligated under such guaranty could have incurred such underlying Indebtedness to the extent such guaranties are not prohibited by Section 6.7; provided that, if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to the Obligations, such guaranty shall be subordinated to
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the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Secured Parties as those contained in the subordination of such Indebtedness;
(j) unsecured Indebtedness of Borrower owing to former employees, officers, or directors (or any spouses, ex-spouses, or estates of any of the foregoing) incurred in connection with the repurchase by Borrower of the Capital Stock of Borrower that has been issued to such Persons, so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the incurrence of such Indebtedness, (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all such Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (j) does not exceed $[***], and (iii) such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent;
(k) Indebtedness owed to any Person providing property, casualty, liability, or other insurance to the Loan Parties, so long as the amount of such Indebtedness is not in excess of the amount of the unpaid cost of, and shall be incurred only to defer the cost of, such insurance for the period in which such Indebtedness is incurred and such Indebtedness is outstanding only during such period;
(l) contingent liabilities in respect of any indemnification obligation, adjustment of purchase price, non-compete or similar obligation of any Loan Party incurred in connection with the consummation of one or more Permitted Acquisitions, any Permitted Investment or any license, transfer or other disposition permitted hereunder;
(m) Indebtedness of a Person whose assets or Capital Stock are acquired by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in a Permitted Acquisition in an aggregate amount not to exceed $[***] at any one time outstanding; provided, that such Indebtedness (i) was in existence prior to the date of such Permitted Acquisition and (ii) was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Permitted Acquisition;
(n) Permitted Convertible Indebtedness and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed $400,000,000;
(o) Indebtedness consisting of obligations in respect of letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed $[***];
(p) [reserved];
(q) Indebtedness owed to any financial institution in respect of purchasing or debit card programs, credit card programs and related liabilities arising from ordinary course treasury, depository or cash management services, including any payments in connection with the termination thereof;
(r) Indebtedness consisting of take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements in the ordinary course of business;
(s) customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business from customers for goods purchased in the ordinary course of business;
(t) Indebtedness incurred in connection with bankers’ acceptances, discounted bills of exchange, warehouse receipts or similar facilities or the discounting or factoring of receivables for collection purposes, in each case incurred or undertaken in the ordinary course of business;
(u) guarantees incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations to suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors, licensees, sub-licensees and distribution partners;
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(v) obligations under any Hedging Agreement;
(w) any Permitted Equity Derivatives;
(x) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, obligations under Permitted Royalty Transactions;
(y) tenant improvement loans or allowances provided by the landlords of leased property incurred in the ordinary course of business; and
(z) other unsecured Indebtedness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time $[***].
For purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the Dollar equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt.
“Permitted Intercompany Investments” means Investments by (a) a Loan Party to or in another Loan Party, (b) a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party (other than Beam Securities) to or in another Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party (other than Beam Securities); provided that no Product (Core) Intellectual Property Rights or Registrations or Product (Material) Intellectual Property Rights or Registrations shall be transferred or licensed in connection with such Investments, (c) a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party (other than Beam Securities) to or in a Loan Party, so long as, in the case of a loan or an advance, the parties thereto are party to an Intercompany Subordination Agreement, (d) by the Loan Parties in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties that consist of foreign regulatory approvals or licenses in connection with the development or Commercialization of any Product in a foreign jurisdiction, (e) a Loan Party to a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party (other than Beam Securities); provided that, with respect to this clause (e), (i) the aggregate outstanding amount of such Investments does not exceed $[***] in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year, plus the amount of any payments or advances made pursuant to cost-plus, transfer pricing and cost-sharing arrangements that are approved in writing by the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Loan Parties shall be in compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 6.8 on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Investment; provided, further, that, no Product (Core), Product (Material), Product (Core) Intellectual Property Rights or Registrations or Product (Material) Intellectual Property Rights or Registrations shall be assigned, transferred, contributed, licensed, sublicensed, or otherwise disposed by any Loan Party pursuant to this clause (e) except for licenses of immaterial rights required to be transferred to satisfy regulatory requirements in jurisdictions outside the U.S. and the European Union, (f) a Loan Party to or in Beam Securities solely in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents, to the extent in compliance with the terms of this Agreement and the Specified Massachusetts Regulations, and so long as, both before and after giving effect to such Investment, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, and (g) Beam Securities in a Loan Party (other than in the form of a loan or an advance and to the extent in compliance with the terms of this Agreement and the Specified Massachusetts Regulations).
“Permitted Investments” means:
(a) Investments in Cash and Cash Equivalents;
(b) equity Investments owned as of the Closing Date in any Subsidiary and equity Investments owned after the Closing Date in any Subsidiary as a result of the formation of a Subsidiary to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder;
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(c) Permitted Intercompany Investments;
(d) loans and advances to employees of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (i) made in the ordinary course of business and described on Schedule 6.6, and (ii) any refinancings of such loans after the Closing Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed $[***] at any time outstanding;
(e) any Investment (i) constituting a Permitted Acquisition, (ii) [***], (iii) constituting the non-exclusive in-licensing of any Intellectual Property Rights in the ordinary course of business or (iv) made through the Company’s exercise of any option of any License Agreement entered into before the Closing Date;
(f) Investments described in Schedule 6.7 as of the Closing Date;
(g) any 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 or received in compromise or resolution of (i) obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer or (ii) litigation, arbitration or other disputes;
(h) Investments in negotiable instruments deposited or to be deposited for collection in the ordinary course of business;
(i) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of customary trade arrangements with customers;
(j) advances made in connection with purchases of goods or services in the ordinary course of business;
(k) Investments held by a Person acquired in a Permitted Acquisition to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such Permitted Acquisition and were in existence on the date of such Permitted Acquisition;
(l) Permitted Equity Derivatives;
(m) Investments (including debt obligations) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business;
(n) Investments in Hedging Agreements;
(o) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (x) Investments in Joint Ventures in an aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed $[***], and (y) additional Investments in a Joint Venture pursuant to which a Product (Pending) is licensed to such Joint Venture under a Permitted Product Agreement in an aggregate amount not to exceed $[***] so long as such license will not materially interfere with Product (Core) or Product (Material) research, development, Commercialization or use and does not include a license for any indication(s) that overlap with any indication for which a Product (Core) or Product (Material) is being researched, developed, Commercialized or used;
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(p) Investments consisting of earnest money deposits made by Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or other agreement in respect of any Investment permitted by this Agreement;
(q) acquisitions of obligations of one or more officers or other employees of Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower in connection with such officer’s or employee’s acquisition of Capital Stock of any direct or indirect parent of Borrower, so long as no cash is actually advanced by Borrower or any Subsidiary to such officers or employees in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations;
(r) guarantees of operating leases or of other obligations, in each case, that do not constitute Indebtedness, and are entered into by Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(s) Investments consisting of the redemption, purchase, repurchase or retirement of any Capital Stock of Borrower permitted by this Agreement;
(t) to the extent constituting an Investment, Permitted Product Transactions;
(u) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, other Investments in an aggregate amount outstanding not to exceed $[***].
“Permitted Licensee” means any internationally recognized pharmaceutical or life sciences company with market capitalization at the time any Permitted Product Agreement is entered into in excess of $[***].
“Permitted Liens” means:
(a) Liens in favor of Administrative Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties granted pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) Liens for Taxes (i) not yet due and payable or (ii) if obligations with respect to such Taxes are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP have been and are maintained on the books of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $[***] at any one time outstanding;
(c) statutory Liens of landlords, banks (and rights of set off), of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, repairmen, workmen and materialmen, and other Liens imposed by law (other than any such Lien imposed pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) or 412(n) of the Internal Revenue Code or by ERISA), in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business for amounts not yet overdue;
(d) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, performance and return of money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money or other Indebtedness), so long as no foreclosure, sale or similar proceedings have been commenced with respect to any portion of the Collateral on account thereof;
(e) easements, rights of way, restrictions, encroachments, and other minor defects or irregularities in title, in each case which do not and will not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
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(f) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any lease of real estate permitted hereunder;
(g) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
(h) purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to operating leases of personal property entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(i) 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;
(j) any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any governmental office or agency to control or regulate the use of any real property;
(k) Liens described in Schedule 6.2; provided that any such Lien shall only secure the Indebtedness that it secures on the Closing Date and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(l) Liens securing Capital Leases or purchase money Indebtedness permitted pursuant to clause (h) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”; provided, any such Lien shall encumber only the asset subject to such Capital Lease or the asset acquired with the proceeds of such Indebtedness;
(m) Liens granted in the ordinary course of business on the unearned portion of insurance premiums securing the financing of insurance premiums to the extent the financing is permitted under the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”;
(n) Liens assumed by Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with a Permitted Acquisition that secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (m) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”;
(o) Liens solely on any cash securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to clause (o) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”;
(p) Liens in favor of vendors or suppliers of such Person in the ordinary course of business to the extent encumbering property purchased from or provided by such vendors or suppliers and the proceeds thereof;
(q) Liens securing any judgments, writs or warrants of attachment or similar process not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.1(h);
(r) Liens that are contractual rights of setoff relating to purchase orders entered into with customers, vendors or suppliers of such Person in the ordinary course of business;
(s) to the extent constituting Liens, leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses pursuant to Asset Sales permitted under Section 6.9(b) or to the extent excluded from the definition of “Asset Sale”;
(t) bankers’ Liens, rights of setoff and other similar Liens existing solely with respect to cash and Cash Equivalents on deposit in one or more accounts maintained by Borrower or its Subsidiaries, in each case granted in the ordinary course of business in favor of the bank or banks with
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which such accounts are maintained, securing amounts owing to such bank with respect to cash management and operating account arrangements, including those involving pooled accounts and netting arrangements, as part of a bank’s standard term and conditions; provided, that, unless such Liens are non‑consensual and arise by operation of law, in no case shall any such Liens secure (either directly or indirectly) the repayment of any Indebtedness;
(u) Liens of a collecting bank arising in the ordinary course of business under Section 4‑208 of the UCC in effect in the relevant jurisdiction covering only the items being collected upon;
(v) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the UCC, or any comparable or successor provision, on items in the course of collection; and (ii) in favor of banking or other financial institutions or entities, or electronic payment service providers, arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking or finance industry;
(w) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of Borrower or a Subsidiary securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances or letters of credit entered into in the ordinary course of business issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
(x) Liens arising from, or from UCC financing statement filings regarding, operating leases or consignments entered into by Borrower or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(y) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(z) any encumbrance or restriction, including any put and call arrangements, related to Capital Stock in any Joint Venture set forth in the Organizational Documents of such Joint Venture or any related joint venture, shareholders’ or similar agreement;
(aa) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;
(bb) to the extent constituting Liens, licenses and sublicenses under any Permitted Product Transaction;
(cc) Back-Up Security Interests granted pursuant to any Permitted Royalty Transaction; and
(dd) other Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower with respect to obligations that do not exceed $[***] in the aggregate at any one time outstanding.
“Permitted Product Agreement” means:
(a) [***];
(b) [***]; and
(c) [***];
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provided any such Product Agreement (i) [***], (ii) permits the disclosure of royalty and similar reports to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in accordance with Section 5.1(e) and (iii) in [***]; provided, that, if requested by Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall enter into customary non-disturbance agreements, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in connection with the entry by Borrower or any Subsidiary into any Permitted Product Agreement; provided further, that for the avoidance of doubt, if a Product Agreement grants a license or sublicense under any Product Intellectual Property Rights or Registrations that allows such Person to research, develop, manufacture, Commercialize or otherwise use a Product (Core) anywhere inside the United States or its territories, such Product Agreement shall not be a “Permitted Product Agreement”.
“Permitted Product Transaction” means any Asset Sale providing for the grant of a license or sublicense or any other disposition of any rights under any Product Intellectual Property Rights or Registrations pursuant to a Permitted Product Agreement.
“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge other Indebtedness of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that:
(a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums, incurred in connection therewith);
(b) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness (i) has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged or (ii) has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans;
(c) if the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to, the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to Administrative Agent and the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged;
(d) such Indebtedness is incurred either by Borrower or by the Subsidiary who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged; and
(e) in the case of Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, such Indebtedness complies with the terms set forth in the proviso of the definition of “Permitted Convertible Indebtedness”.
“Permitted Reinvestment Purposes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.10(b).
“Permitted Royalty Transaction” means any Permitted Synthetic Royalty Transaction or any Permitted Traditional Royalty Transaction.
“Permitted Synthetic Royalty Transaction” means, solely with respect to any [***], any Royalty Monetization Transaction solely in respect of Product Revenues from net sales of a [***]; provided, that (a) such transaction shall be structured as a “true sale” of such Product Revenues, (b) such transaction shall not have or provide for any (x) mandatory redemption or buy-back obligations or any financial covenants
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that apply, or a scheduled maturity date that is, prior to the date that is [***] after the Term Loan Maturity Date (and, in any event, shall permit the Indebtedness and other Obligations pursuant to the Loan Documents), (y) Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except a Back-Up Security Interest in the Product Revenues sold pursuant to such transaction or (z) negative pledge restricting incurrence of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (except that such transaction may contain a customary negative pledge on the Product Revenues sold pursuant to such transaction, the proceeds thereof and cash in segregated accounts that receive such proceeds and hold no other cash or other assets), (c) the consideration received for such transaction shall be in an amount at least equal to the fair market value thereof, (d) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (e) with respect to a Royalty Monetization Transaction that includes the sale of Product Revenues from an individual [***], the Product Revenue component, together with the Product Revenue component of all other Royalty Monetization Transactions with respect to such [***], does not exceed [***]% of the Loan Parties’ aggregate net sales of such [***], and (f) an intercreditor agreement and/or similar agreements are entered into at the time of such transaction, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Permitted Traditional Royalty Transaction” means, solely with respect to any [***], any Royalty Monetization Transaction solely in respect of Royalties payable from net sales of a [***]; provided, that (a) such transaction shall be structured as a “true sale” of such Royalties, (b) such transaction shall not have or provide for any (x) mandatory redemption or buy-back obligations or any financial covenants that apply, or a scheduled maturity date that is, prior to the date that is [***] after the Term Loan Maturity Date (and, in any event, shall permit the Indebtedness and other Obligations pursuant to the Loan Documents), (y) Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except a Back-Up Security Interest in the Royalties sold pursuant to such transaction or (z) negative pledge restricting incurrence of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (except that such transaction may contain a customary negative pledge on the Royalties sold pursuant to such transaction, the proceeds thereof and cash in segregated accounts that receive such proceeds and hold no other cash), (c) the consideration received for such transaction shall be in an amount at least equal to the fair market value thereof, (d) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, and (e) an intercreditor agreement and/or similar agreements are entered into at the time of such transaction, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Person” means and includes natural persons, corporations, companies, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, joint stock companies, Joint Ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies, land trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or not legal entities, and Governmental Authorities.
“Personal Information” means any information that identifies or can be used to identify a natural person, including any information defined as “personal data,” “personally identifiable information,” “personal information,” “protected health information,” or “nonpublic personal information” under applicable Data Protection Laws.
“Pledge and Security Agreement” means the Pledge and Security Agreement executed by Grantors in favor of Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Prepayment Premium” has the meaning specified in the Fee Letter.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Money Rates Section as the Prime Rate (currently defined as the base rate on corporate loans posted by at least 75% of the nation’s
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thirty (30) largest banks), as in effect from time to time. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer. The Administrative Agent or any other Lender may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Prime Rate.
“Principal Office” means Administrative Agent’s “Principal Office” as set forth on Appendix B, or such other office as such Person may from time to time designate in writing to Company and each Lender.
“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to:
(a) (i) a Lender’s obligation to make the Initial Term Loan and receive up-front fees in connection therewith, the percentage obtained by dividing (A) such Lender’s Initial Term Loan Commitment by (B) the Total Initial Term Loan Commitment, (ii) a Lender’s obligation to make a Delayed Draw Term Loan A and receive up-front fees in connection therewith, the percentage obtained by dividing (A) such Lender’s Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitment by (B) the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitments, (iii) a Lender’s obligation to make a Delayed Draw Term Loan B and receive up-front fees in connection therewith, the percentage obtained by dividing (A) such Lender’s Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitment by (B) the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitments, and (iv) a Lender’s obligation to make a Delayed Draw Term Loan C and receive up-front fees in connection therewith, the percentage obtained by dividing (A) such Lender’s Delayed Draw Term Loan C Commitment by (B) the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Delayed Draw Term Loan C Commitments;
(b) a Lender’s right to receive payments of interest, fees (other than up-front fees) and principal with respect to a Term Loan, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s portion of the Term Loan, by (ii) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loan; and
(c) all other matters, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) (A) the sum of such Lender’s Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitment, Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitment, Delayed Draw Term Loan C Commitment and the unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s portion of the Term Loan, by (ii) the sum of the Total Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitment, Total Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitment, Total Delayed Draw Term Loan C Commitment and the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loan,.
“Product” means risto-cel, BEAM-302, BEAM-301, BEAM-304A, BEAM-304B, In Vivo SCD Products and any other product/product candidate being developed or Commercialized by Borrower or the Loan Parties from time to time, including but not limited to any such product/product candidate that is acquired or in-licensed pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition.
“Product Agreement” means any agreement entered into between Company or any of its Subsidiaries with another Person that includes the granting of a license or sublicense of any rights under any Product Intellectual Property Rights or Registrations that relates to research, development, manufacture, Commercialization or other use by such Person of a Product.
“Product (Core)” means risto-cel and any Competing Product (other than any In Vivo SCD Products).
“Product (Core) Intellectual Property Rights” means the Product (Core) Patents and any other Product Intellectual Property Rights relating to any Product (Core).
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“Product (Core) Patents” means the risto-cel Patents and any other Patents covering the research, development, manufacture, Commercialization or other use of a Product (Core).
“Product (Existing)” means any Product being researched, developed, manufactured, Commercialized or otherwise used under any Product (Existing) Agreement.
“Product (Existing) Agreements” has the meaning specified in Section 4.23(b).
“Products (Material)” means BEAM-302 and any In Vivo SCD Products.
“Product (Material) Intellectual Property Rights” means the Product (Material) Patents and any other Product Intellectual Property Rights relating to any Product (Material).
“Product (Material) Patents” means any and all Patents covering the research, development, manufacture, Commercialization or other use of a Product (Material).
“Product (Non-Core)” means any Product other than any (a) Product (Core), (b) Product (Material), (c) Product (Pending) or (d) Product (Existing).
“Product (Pending)” means any Product [***].
“Product Intellectual Property Rights” means (a) the Product Patents and (b) any and all Intellectual Property Rights owned by or exclusively licensed to, or purported to be owned by or exclusively licensed to, Borrower or its Affiliates that are necessary or useful in the research, development, manufacture, Commercialization or other use of any Product or that, absent a valid license or other rights under such Intellectual Property Rights, would be infringed or misappropriated by the research, development, manufacture, Commercialization or other use of any Product.
“Product Patents” means the U.S. and foreign Patents and pending Patent applications owned or in-licensed by Company or any of its Subsidiaries, now or in the future, that are necessary or useful in the research, development, manufacture, Commercialization or other use of one or more of the Products or that, absent a valid license or other rights under such Patents and pending Patent applications (if the claims thereof were to issue in their current form), would be infringed or misappropriated by the research, development, manufacture, Commercialization or other use of any Product.
“Product Revenue” means, for any period and with respect to any Product, (a) the consolidated gross revenues of the Loan Parties booked by the Loan Parties and generated solely through the commercial sale of such Product by the Loan Parties to third parties during such period, less, without duplication, (b)(i) trade, quantity and cash discounts allowed by Company, (ii) discounts, refunds, rebates, charge backs, retroactive price adjustments and any other allowances which effectively reduce net selling price, (iii) product returns and allowances, (iv) allowances for shipping or other distribution expenses, (v) set-offs and counterclaims, and (vi) any other similar and customary deductions used by Company in determining net revenues, all, in respect of clauses (a) and (b), as determined in accordance with GAAP and calculated on a basis consistent with the Historical Financial Statements delivered to Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, Product Revenue does not include any Royalties.
“Projections” has the meaning specified in Section 4.8.
“Protective Advances” has the meaning specified in Section 9.11.
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“Public Health Laws” means all Requirements of Law relating to the procurement, development, clinical and non-clinical evaluation, product approval or licensure, manufacture, production, analysis, distribution, dispensing, importation, exportation, use, handling, quality, sale, labeling, promotion, clinical trial registration or post market requirements of any drug, biologic or other medical product (including, without limitation, any ingredient or component of the foregoing products) subject to regulation under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.) and the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.), as well as comparable applicable foreign laws, and including without limitation the regulations promulgated by the FDA at Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations and all applicable regulations promulgated by the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) and codified at Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and guidance, compliance, guides, and other policies issued by the FDA, the NIH and other comparable Governmental Authorities, including foreign Governmental Authorities with jurisdiction over the Products.
“Qualified Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, all Capital Stock of such Person that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.
“Qualified Cash” means, as of any date of determination, (x) prior to the date that is [***] after the Closing Date (or such later date as agreed in writing by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), the amount of unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents (other than restrictions created by the Collateral Documents) of the Loan Parties that is in Deposit Accounts or in Securities Accounts, or any combination thereof or (y) on and after the date that is [***] after the Closing Date (or such later date as agreed in writing by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), the amount of unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents (other than restrictions created by the Collateral Documents) of the Loan Parties that is in Deposit Accounts or in Securities Accounts, or any combination thereof, which such Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts are subject to a Control Agreement.
“Real Estate Asset” means, at any time of determination, any Real Property owned by a Loan Party, but only to the extent such Real Property constitutes Collateral and is encumbered by a Mortgage pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“Real Property” means any real property (including all buildings, fixtures or other improvements located thereon) now, hereafter or heretofore owned, leased, operated or used by Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(b).
“Registrations” shall mean authorizations, approvals, licenses, permits, certificates, registrations, listings, certificates, or exemptions of or issued by any Governmental Authority (including marketing approvals, investigational new drug applications or clinical trial applications, product recertifications, manufacturing approvals and authorizations, pricing and reimbursement approvals, labeling approvals or their foreign equivalent) that are required for the research, development, manufacture, commercialization, distribution, import, export, marketing, storage, transportation, pricing, Governmental Authority reimbursement, use and sale of Products.
“Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.
“Regulatory Action” means any administrative or regulatory action, proceeding or investigation, warning letter, untitled letter, other notice of violation letter, recall, seizure, injunction or complaint for injunction, Section 305 notice or other similar written communication, consent order or consent decree, issued under the Public Health Laws by the FDA, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the
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U.S. Department of Justice, or any comparable Governmental Authority in any other regulatory jurisdiction, including any inspectional observations recorded on a Form FDA 483, any Establishment Inspection Report, and any written request from FDA for a regulatory meeting.
“Regulatory Documentation” means all (a) Registrations, (b) written correspondence and reports submitted to or received from Governmental Authorities (including minutes and official contact reports relating to any communications with any Governmental Authority) and all supporting documents with respect thereto, including all advertising and promotion documents, adverse event files, and complaint files, and (c) non-clinical and clinical data, research protocols, and data contained or relied upon in any of the foregoing, in each case ((a), (b), and (c)) relating to any Product.
“Reinvestment Amounts” has the meaning specified in Section 2.10(b).
“Related Fund” means, with respect to any Lender that is an investment fund or an Affiliate of an investment fund, any other Person that makes, purchases, holds or otherwise invests in commercial loans and that is managed, administered or advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.
“Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of any Hazardous Material into the indoor or outdoor environment (including the abandonment or disposal of any barrels, containers or other closed receptacles containing any Hazardous Material), including the movement of any Hazardous Material through the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any successor thereto.
“Remedial Action” means all actions taken to (a) correct or address any actual or threatened non-compliance with Environmental Law, (b) clean up, remove, remediate, contain, treat, monitor, assess, evaluate or in any other way address Hazardous Materials in the indoor or outdoor environment, (c) prevent or minimize a Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials so they do not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment, (d) perform pre-remedial studies and investigations and post-remedial operation and maintenance activities; or (e) perform any other actions authorized or required by Environmental Law or Governmental Authority.
“Replacement Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.18.
“Required Lenders” means Lenders whose Pro Rata Share (calculated in accordance with clause (c) of the definition thereof) aggregate at least 50.1%.
“Required Prepayment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(a).
“Requirements of Law” means, with respect to any Person, collectively, the common law and all federal, state, provincial, local, foreign, multinational or international laws, statutes, codes, treaties, standards, rules and regulations, guidelines, ordinances, orders, judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees (including administrative or judicial precedents or authorities) and the interpretation or administration thereof by, and other determinations, directives, requirements or requests of, any Governmental Authority, in each case that are applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
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“Restricted Junior Payment” means (a) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of Borrower now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in shares of Capital Stock to the holders of that class, together with any payment or distribution pursuant to a “plan of division” under the Delaware Limited Liability Act or any comparable transaction under any similar law, (b) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is not a Loan Party now or hereafter outstanding, (c) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of Capital Stock of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is not a Loan Party now or hereafter outstanding, and (d) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance (including in substance or legal defeasance), sinking fund or similar payment with respect to, any subordinated Indebtedness.
“Restricted License” means any Product Agreement that (i) prohibits the collateral assignment of such Product Agreement to secure the Obligations or otherwise contains provisions that restrict or penalize the granting of a security interest in or Lien on such Product Agreement or the related Product Intellectual Property Rights, (ii) restricts the assignment of such Product Agreement upon the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets to which such Product Agreement relates (other than customary provisions requiring the assumption by the applicable purchaser of all obligations under such Product Agreement), or (iii) does not permit the disclosure of information to be provided thereunder to Administrative Agent and the Lenders, any purchaser or prospective purchaser in a foreclosure or other transfer of all or any portion of the Collateral (subject to customary confidentiality obligations); provided a Product Agreement shall not be a “Restricted License” by virtue of clause (iii) if Borrower and/or the applicable Subsidiary has used commercially reasonable efforts to permit, or other obtain permission for, such disclosure.
“risto-cel” means (a) a product or therapy comprising: a CRISPR protein, a base editor, and a guide nucleic acid that targets the CRISPR protein and/or base editor to a gene regulatory region for HBG1 and/or HBG2, and/or one or more nucleic acids encoding the CRISPR protein, base editor, and/or guide nucleic acid; where the product is used to modify ex vivo cells that are then administered to a human, (b) any product or therapy that Borrower identifies and designates after the date hereof as a backup product for such product in accordance with Borrower’s then-current business practices, and (c) any Competing Product, in each case of (a)-(c) above, including all forms, formulations, presentations, dosages, dosage regimens and routes of administration (including ex-vivo dosage forms and regimens); provided that risto-cel shall not include any In Vivo SCD Products.
“risto-cel Patents” means the U.S. and foreign Patents and pending Patent applications owned or in-licensed by Company or any of its Subsidiaries, now or in the future, that are necessary or useful in connection with, the research, development, manufacture, Commercialization or other use of risto-cel.
“Royalties” means any royalty payments or any other consideration received or receivable by Borrower or its Subsidiaries under any Permitted Product Agreement or any Product (Existing) Agreement.
“Royalty Monetization Transaction” means any monetization transaction involving (a) the sale, transfer, option or collateralization of (i) any monetary payments (contingent or otherwise) payable to Borrower or its Subsidiaries by a counterparty under a Product Agreement (including, but not limited to, any up-front payments, Royalties, milestones, profit sharing arrangements and other similar monetary payments payable thereunder), or (ii) any Product Revenues, in each case whether in whole or in part, or (b) the provision of financing for the development, manufacture and/or Commercialization of any Product in exchange for the future payment of Royalties, milestones and other amounts (whether or not contingent), including but not limited to sales of royalty streams, sales of milestones, royalty bonds and other royalty
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financings, synthetic royalty and revenue interest transactions (including but not limited to clinical trial funding arrangements), and hybrid monetization transactions.
“S&P” means S&P Global Inc. or any subsidiary thereof (including, without limitation, Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC) and any successor thereto.
“Sanctioned Entity” means (a) a country or territory or a government of a country or territory, (b) an agency of the government of a country or territory, (c) an organization directly or indirectly controlled by a country or territory or its government, or (d) a Person resident in or determined to be resident in a country or territory, in each case of clauses (a) through (d) that is a target of Sanctions, including a target of any country or territory sanctions program administered and enforced by OFAC.
“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time (a) any Person named on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained by OFAC, OFAC’s consolidated Non-SDN list or any other Sanctions-related list maintained by any Governmental Authority, the European Union, the Netherlands or Switzerland (b) a Person or legal entity that is a target of Sanctions, (c) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Entity, or (d) any Person directly or indirectly owned or controlled (individually or in the aggregate) by or acting on behalf of any such Person or Persons described in clauses (a) through (c) above.
“Sanctions” means individually and collectively, respectively, any and all economic sanctions, trade sanctions, financial sanctions, sectoral sanctions, secondary sanctions, trade embargoes anti-terrorism laws and other sanctions laws, regulations or embargoes, including those imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by: (a) the United States of America, including those administered by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Commerce, or through any existing or future executive order, (b) the United Nations Security Council, (c) the European Union or any European Union member state, (d) His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, or (e) any other Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over any Lender or any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
“Secured Parties” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Securities Account” means a securities account (as defined in the UCC).
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933.
“SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to Term SOFR (other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate”).
“Solvency Certificate” means a Solvency Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E.
“Solvent” means, with respect to any Loan Party, that as of the date of determination, both (a)(i) the sum of such Loan Party’s debt (including contingent liabilities) does not exceed the present fair saleable value of such Loan Party’s present assets, (ii) such Loan Party’s capital is not unreasonably small in relation to its business as contemplated on the Closing Date and reflected in the Projections, and (iii) such Person has not incurred and does not intend to incur, or believe (nor should it reasonably believe) that it will incur,
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debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise) and (b) such Person is “solvent” within the meaning given that term and similar terms under applicable laws relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5).
“[***]” means [***].
“Specified Massachusetts Regulations” means collectively, (i) Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 63, Section 38B: Financial Institutions and Business Corporations Engaged Exclusively in Buying, Selling, Dealing in or Holding Securities; Excise Rate, (ii) 830 CMR 63.38B.1: Massachusetts Taxation of Security Corporations under the Code of Massachusetts Regulations and (iii) Directive 12-2: Scope of Certain Permissible Activities and Use of a Security Corporation issued by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue on May 24, 2012.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, company, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock, shares, or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Person or Persons (whether directors, managers, trustees or other Persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; provided, in determining the percentage of ownership interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no ownership interest in the nature of a “qualifying share” of the former Person shall be deemed to be outstanding.
“Tax” means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, assessment, charge, fee, deduction or withholding (including backup withholding) or other charge imposed by any Governmental Authority, and any interest, penalties, additions to tax or other liabilities with respect thereto.
“Term Loan” means, collectively, the Initial Term Loan and each Delayed Draw Term Loan.
“Term Loan Commitment” means, collectively, the Initial Term Loan Commitment and the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments.
“Term Loan Maturity Date” means the earlier of (a) February 24, 2033 and (b) the date that the Term Loan shall become due and payable in full hereunder, whether by acceleration or otherwise; provided that, if such date is not a Business Day, the Term Loan Maturity Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.
“Term SOFR” means,
(a) for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the “Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term
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SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day, and
(b) for any calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of three months on the day (such day, the “Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day;
provided, further, that if Term SOFR determined as provided above (including pursuant to the proviso under clause (a) or clause (b) above) shall ever be less than the Floor, then Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor.
“Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
“Terminated Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.18.
“Test Date” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Excluded Subsidiary”.
“TGA” means the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration or any successor thereto.
“Title Company” has the meaning specified in Section 5.11.
“Title Policy” has the meaning specified in Section 5.11.
“Total Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitment” means the sum of the amounts of the Lenders’ Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitments.
“Total Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitment” means the sum of the amounts of the Lenders’ Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitments.
“Total Delayed Draw Term Loan C Commitment” means the sum of the amounts of the Lenders’ Delayed Draw Term Loan C Commitments.
“Total Initial Term Loan Commitment” means the sum of the amounts of the Lenders’ Initial Term Loan Commitments.
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“Type of Loan” means with respect to any Term Loan, a Base Rate Loan or a SOFR Loan.
“U.S.” or “United States” means the United States of America (including all possessions and territories thereof).
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(d)(i)(B)(3).
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“Waivable Mandatory Prepayment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(b).
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:
(a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by
(b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
“Yield Maintenance Premium” has the meaning specified in the Fee Letter.
(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in conformity with GAAP. Financial statements and other information required to be delivered by Borrower to Lenders pursuant to Sections 5.1(b) and 5.1(c) shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect at the time of such preparation (and delivered together with the reconciliation statements provided for in Section 5.1(f), if applicable). Subject to the foregoing, calculations in connection with the definitions, covenants and other provisions hereof shall utilize accounting principles and policies in conformity with those used to prepare the Historical Financial Statements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, (i) Indebtedness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470 20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded, (ii) with respect to the accounting for leases as either operating leases or capital leases and the impact of such accounting in accordance with FASB ASC 840 on the definitions and covenants herein, GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018 shall be applied and (iii) with respect to revenue recognition and the impact of such
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accounting in accordance with FASB ASC 606 on the definitions and covenants herein, GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2017 shall be applied.
(b) All terms used in this Agreement which are defined in Article 8 or Article 9 of the UCC as in effect from time to time in the State of New York and which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings herein as set forth therein, provided that terms used herein which are defined in the UCC as in effect in the State of New York on the date hereof shall continue to have the same meaning notwithstanding any replacement or amendment of such statute except as Administrative Agent may otherwise determine.
(c) For purposes of determining compliance with any incurrence or expenditure tests set forth in this Agreement, any amounts so incurred or expended (to the extent incurred or expended in a currency other than Dollars ($)) shall be converted into Dollars on the basis of the exchange rates (as shown on the Bloomberg currency page for such currency or, if the same does not provide such exchange rate, by reference to such other recognized and publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be reasonably selected by Administrative Agent or, in the event no such service is available, on such other basis as is reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent) as in effect on the date of such incurrence or expenditure under any provision of any such Section that has an aggregate Dollar limitation provided for therein (and to the extent the respective incurrence or expenditure test regulates the aggregate amount outstanding at any time and it is expressed in terms of Dollars, all outstanding amounts originally incurred or spent in currencies other than Dollars shall be converted into Dollars on the basis of the exchange rates (as shown on the Bloomberg currency page for such currency or, if the same does not provide such exchange rate, by reference to such other recognized and publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be reasonably selected by Administrative Agent or, in the event no such service is available, on such other basis as is reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent) as in effect on the date of any new incurrence or expenditures made under any provision of any such Section that regulates the Dollar amount outstanding at any time).
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(a) Initial Term Loans; Delayed Draw Term Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof:
(i) each Lender severally agrees to make, on the Closing Date, an Initial Term Loan to Company in an amount equal to such Lender’s Initial Term Loan Commitment;
(ii) each Lender severally agrees to make, on one occasion during the Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitment Period, a Delayed Draw Term Loan A to Company in an aggregate amount not to exceed such Lender’s Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitment;
(iii) each Lender severally agrees to make, on one occasion during the Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitment Period, a Delayed Draw Term Loan B to Company in an aggregate amount not to exceed such Lender’s Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitment;
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(iv) each Lender severally agrees to make, on one occasion during the Delayed Draw Term Loan C Commitment Period, a Delayed Draw Term Loan C to Company in an aggregate amount not to exceed such Lender’s Delayed Draw Term Loan C Commitment; and
(v) in addition, each Lender may elect, in its sole discretion, to make, on one occasion after the Closing Date, a Delayed Draw Term Loan D to the Company in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Delayed Draw Term Loan D Amount.
Company may make only one borrowing under the Initial Term Loan Commitment, which shall be on the Closing Date, and may make only one borrowing under each Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment. Any amount borrowed under this Section 2.1(a) and subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Subject to Section 2.9, all amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Term Loan shall be paid in full no later than the Term Loan Maturity Date. Each Lender’s Initial Term Loan Commitment and each Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment shall terminate immediately and without further action on the Credit Date on which such Lender funds Initial Term Loans or Delayed Draw Term Loans, respectively, after giving effect to the funding of such Term Loans on such Credit Date; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, upon funding the Delayed Draw Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(ii), Section 2.1(a)(iii) or Section 2.1(a)(iv) above, any unused portion of the applicable Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment shall terminate on such date of funding.
(b) Borrowing Mechanics for Term Loans.
(i) Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent a fully executed Funding Notice no later than three Business Days prior to the Closing Date (or such shorter period permitted by Administrative Agent), with respect to Term Loans made on the Closing Date. Following the Closing Date (and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 3.2), whenever Company desires that Lenders make a (A) Delayed Draw Term Loan A, Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent a fully executed Funding Notice within five (5) Business Days after the satisfaction of the Delayed Draw Term Loan A Funding Milestone and no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least ten (10) Business Days in advance of the proposed Credit Date, which Credit Date shall be on or before the Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitment Termination Date, (B) Delayed Draw Term Loan B, Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent a fully executed Funding Notice within five (5) Business Days after the satisfaction of the Delayed Draw Term Loan B Funding Milestone and no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least ten (10) Business Days in advance of the proposed Credit Date, which Credit Date shall be on or before the Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitment Termination Date, and (C) Delayed Draw Term Loan C, Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent a fully executed Funding Notice within five (5) Business Days after the satisfaction of the Delayed Draw Term Loan C Funding Milestone and no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least ten (10) Business Days in advance of the proposed Credit Date, which Credit Date shall be on or before the Delayed Draw Term Loan C Commitment Termination Date. Any Delayed Draw Term Loan D shall be made upon such notice and conditions as agreed between the Company and the Lenders electing to make such Delayed Draw Term Loan D. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Funding Notice for a Term Loan that is a SOFR Loan shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and Company shall be bound to make a borrowing in accordance therewith. Promptly upon receipt by Administrative Agent of any such Funding Notice, Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the proposed borrowing. Administrative Agent and Lenders (A) may act without liability upon the basis of written or facsimile notice believed by Administrative Agent in good faith to be from Company (or from any Authorized Officer thereof designated in writing purportedly from Company to Administrative Agent), (B) shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any Authorized Officer’s authority to request a Term Loan on behalf of Company until Administrative Agent receives written notice to the contrary, and (C) shall have no duty to verify the authenticity of the signature appearing on any written Funding Notice.
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(ii) Each Lender shall make its applicable Term Loan available to Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. on the applicable Credit Date, by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at Administrative Agent’s Principal Office. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified herein, Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of the applicable Term Loans available to Company on the applicable Credit Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all such Loans received by Administrative Agent from Lenders to be wired to the account of Company at Administrative Agent’s Principal Office or to such other account as may be designated in writing to Administrative Agent by Company.
(iii) During the Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitment Period, Company shall make one (1) Delayed Draw Term Loan A draw in an amount equal to $100,000,000.
(iv) During the Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitment Period, Company may make one (1) Delayed Draw Term Loan B draw in a minimum amount of $[***] and integral multiples of $[***] in excess of that amount.
(v) During the Delayed Draw Term Loan C Commitment Period, Company may make one (1) Delayed Draw Term Loan C draw in a minimum amount of $[***] and integral multiples of $[***] in excess of that amount.
(c) Pro Rata Shares; Availability of Funds.
(i) Pro Rata Shares. All Loans shall be made by Lenders simultaneously and proportionately to their respective Pro Rata Shares, it being understood that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in such other Lender’s obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder nor shall any Term Loan Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of a default by any other Lender in such other Lender’s obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder or purchase a participation required hereby.
(ii) Availability of Funds. Unless Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender in writing prior to the applicable Credit Date that such Lender does not intend to make available to Administrative Agent the amount of such Lender’s Loan requested on such Credit Date, Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to Administrative Agent on such Credit Date and Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, but shall not be obligated to, make available to Company a corresponding amount on such Credit Date. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to Administrative Agent by such Lender, Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from such Credit Date until the date such amount is paid to Administrative Agent, at the customary rate set by Administrative Agent for the correction of errors among banks for three Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Company and Company shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to Administrative Agent together with interest thereon, for each day from such Credit Date until the date such amount is paid to Administrative Agent, at the rate payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans. Nothing in this Section 2.1(c)(ii) shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Term Loan Commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that Company may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
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(a) Lenders’ Evidence of Debt. Each Lender shall maintain on its internal records an account or accounts evidencing the Obligations of Company to such Lender, including the amounts of the Term Loans made by it and each repayment and prepayment in respect thereof. Any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on Company, absent manifest error; provided, that the failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect Company’s Obligations in respect of any Term Loans; and provided further, in the event of any inconsistency between the Register and any Lender’s records, the recordations in the Register shall govern.
(b) Register. Administrative Agent shall maintain at its Principal Office a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of Lenders and the principal amount of the Term Loans (and stated interest therein) of each Lender from time to time (the “Register”). The Register shall be available for inspection by Company at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior written notice. Administrative Agent shall record in the Register the Term Loans (and stated interest thereon), and each repayment or prepayment in respect of the principal amount of the Term Loans, and any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on Company and each Lender, absent manifest error; provided, failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect Company’s Obligations in respect of any Term Loan. Company hereby designates the entity serving as Administrative Agent to serve as Company’s non-fiduciary agent solely for purposes of maintaining the Register as provided in this Section 2.3, and Company hereby agrees that, to the extent such entity serves in such capacity, the entity serving as Administrative Agent and its officers, directors, employees, agents and affiliates shall constitute “Indemnitees.”
(c) Notes. If so requested by any Lender by written notice to Company (with a copy to Administrative Agent) at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date, or at any time thereafter, Company shall execute and deliver to such Lender (and/or, if applicable and if so specified in such notice, to any Person who is an assignee of such Lender pursuant to Section 10.6) on the Closing Date (or, if such notice is delivered after the Closing Date, promptly after Company’s receipt of such notice) a Note or Notes.
(a) Except as otherwise set forth herein, each Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date made through repayment (whether by acceleration or otherwise) thereof as follows: (i) if a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin; or (ii) if a SOFR Loan, at Term SOFR plus the Applicable Margin.
(b) The basis for determining the rate of interest with respect to any Loan, and the Interest Period with respect to any SOFR Loan, shall be selected by Company and notified to Administrative Agent and Lenders pursuant to the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, as the case may be. If on any day a Loan is outstanding with respect to which a Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice has not been delivered to Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof specifying the applicable basis for determining the rate of interest, then for that day such Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan.
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(c) In connection with SOFR Loans there shall be no more than seven (7) Interest Periods outstanding at any time. In the event Company fails to specify between a Base Rate Loan or a SOFR Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, such Loan (if outstanding as a SOFR Loan) will be automatically converted into a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the then current Interest Period for such Loan (or if outstanding as a Base Rate Loan will remain as, or (if not then outstanding) will be made as, a Base Rate Loan). At any time that a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Company no longer shall have the option to request that any portion of the Loans be a SOFR Loan and such SOFR Loans shall automatically convert to Base Rate Loans on the last day of the then current Interest Period. As soon as practicable after 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each Interest Rate Determination Date, Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties) the interest rate that shall apply to the SOFR Loans for which an interest rate is then being determined for the applicable Interest Period and shall promptly give notice thereof (in writing) to Company and each Lender.
(d) Interest payable hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a 360 day year, in each case for the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which it accrues. In computing interest on any Loan, the date of the making of such Loan or the first day of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with respect to a Base Rate Loan being converted from a SOFR Loan, the date of conversion of such SOFR Loan to such Base Rate Loan, as the case may be, shall be included, and the date of payment of such Loan or the expiration date of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with respect to a Base Rate Loan being converted to a SOFR Loan, the date of conversion of such Base Rate Loan to such SOFR Loan, as the case may be, shall be excluded; provided, if a Loan is repaid on the same day on which it is made, one day’s interest shall be paid on that Loan.
(e) Except as otherwise set forth herein, interest on each Term Loan shall be payable in cash and in arrears (i) on each Interest Payment Date, (ii) upon any prepayment of that Term Loan, whether voluntary or mandatory, to the extent accrued on the amount being prepaid and (iii) on the Term Loan Maturity Date.
(f) In connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR, 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. Administrative Agent will promptly notify Company and the Lenders of the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR.
(a) Subject to Section 2.17 and so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and then be continuing, Company shall have the option:
(i) to convert at any time all or any part of any Term Loan equal to $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess of that amount from one Type of Loan to another Type of Loan; provided, a SOFR Loan may only be converted on the expiration of the Interest Period applicable to such SOFR Loan unless Company shall pay all amounts due under Section 2.17 in connection with any such conversion; or
(ii) upon the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to any SOFR Loan, to continue all or any portion of such Loan equal to $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess of that amount as a SOFR Loan.
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(b) Company shall deliver a Conversion/Continuation Notice to Administrative Agent no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least one (1) Business Day in advance of the proposed conversion date (in the case of a conversion to a Base Rate Loan) and at least three (3) Business Days in advance of the proposed conversion/continuation date (in the case of a conversion to, or a continuation of, a SOFR Loan). Except as otherwise provided herein, a Conversion/Continuation Notice for conversion to, or continuation of, any SOFR Loans shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and Company shall be bound to effect a conversion or continuation in accordance therewith. If no Conversion/Continuation Notice is delivered at the end of Interest Period for any Loan, such Loan shall be continued as a SOFR Loan with an Interest Period of three months.
(a) Company agrees to pay to Administrative Agent all fees payable by it in the Fee Letter in the amounts and at the times specified therein.
(b) All fees referred to in Section 2.7(a) shall be calculated on the basis of a 360 day year and the actual number of days elapsed.
(a) Voluntary Prepayments.
(i) Subject to the terms of the Fee Letter, Company may prepay at any time the Term Loan on any Business Day in whole or in part (together with any amounts due pursuant to Section 2.19), in an aggregate minimum amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess of that amount.
(ii) All such prepayments shall be made (A) upon not less than one (1) Business Day’s prior written notice in the case of Base Rate Loans and (B) upon not less than three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice in the case of SOFR Loans, in each case given to Administrative Agent by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date required (and Administrative Agent will promptly transmit
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such or original notice by facsimile or email to each Lender). Upon the giving of any such notice, the principal amount of the Term Loans specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the prepayment date specified therein. Any such voluntary prepayment shall be applied as specified in Section 2.11(a) with respect to the Term Loans.
(b) Voluntary Commitment Reductions.
(i) Company may, upon not less than three Business Days’ prior written confirmed in writing to Administrative Agent (which written notice Administrative Agent will promptly transmit by facsimile or email to each applicable Lender), at any time and from time to time terminate in whole or permanently reduce in part any unused portion of any Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment; provided, any such partial reduction of any Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess of that amount.
(ii) Company’s notice to Administrative Agent shall designate the date (which shall be a Business Day) of such termination or reduction and the amount of any partial reduction, and such termination or reduction of such Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment shall be effective on the date specified in Company’s notice and shall reduce the applicable Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment of each Lender proportionately to its Pro Rata Share thereof.
(a) Asset Sales.
(i) [***]. No later than the [***] following the date of receipt by any Loan Party of any Net Proceeds in excess of $[***] from any Asset Sales of any [***], Company shall, subject to Section 2.11(b), prepay the Term Loans as set forth in Section 2.11(a) in an aggregate amount equal to such Net Proceeds in excess of $[***] with respect to all Asset Sales of any [***].
(ii) [***].
(A) [***]. No later than the [***] following the date of receipt by any Loan Party of any Net Proceeds from the entry into [***], the Company shall, subject to Section 2.11(b), prepay the Term Loans in an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (x) $[***] and (y) the amount of all Obligations then due and payable; provided, that at such time as the Loan Parties have made (or have offered and had refused pursuant to Section 2.11(b)) prepayments pursuant to this Section 2.10(a)(ii)(A) totaling $[***] during the term of this Agreement, the Loan Parties shall be deemed to have no further obligations under this Section 2.10(a)(ii)(A).
(B) [***]. No later than the [***] following the date of receipt by any Loan Party of any Net Proceeds from the entry into [***], the Company shall, subject to Section 2.11(b), prepay the Term Loans in an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (x) $[***] and (y) the amount of all Obligations then due and payable; provided, that at such time as the Loan Parties have made (or have offered and had refused pursuant to Section 2.11(b)) prepayments pursuant to this Section 2.10(a)(ii)(B) totaling $[***] during the term of this Agreement, the Loan Parties shall be deemed to have no further obligations under this Section 2.10(a)(ii)(B).
(iii) [***]. No later than the [***] following the date of receipt by any Loan Party of any Net Proceeds from (1) any individual Asset Sales of any [***] (other than any Asset Sale of any [***] or (2) any [***] entered into after the Closing Date with respect to a [***], Company shall, subject to Section 2.11(b), prepay the Term Loans as set forth in Section 2.11(a) in an aggregate amount
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equal to such Net Proceeds (x) in excess of $[***] with respect to any individual Asset Sale of any [***] or any individual [***] entered into after the Closing Date with respect to [***] and (y) in excess of $[***] with respect to all Asset Sales of any[***] and all [***] entered into after the Closing Date with respect to a [***] during the term of this Agreement; provided that, at any time after the[***], to the extent the Loan Parties have made (or have offered and had refused pursuant to Section 2.11(b)) prepayments pursuant to this Section 2.10(a)(iii) totaling $[***] during the term of this Agreement, the Loan Parties shall be deemed to have no further obligations under this Section 2.10(a)(iii).
(iv) Nothing contained in this Section 2.10(a) shall permit Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to sell or otherwise dispose of any assets other than in accordance with Section 6.9 or to the extent excluded from the definition of “Asset Sale”.
(b) Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds. No later than the [***] following the date of receipt by any Loan Party, or Administrative Agent as loss payee, of any Net Proceeds from insurance payment or any condemnation, taking or other casualty event in excess of $[***], Company shall, subject to Section 2.11(b), prepay the Term Loan as set forth in Section 2.11(a) in an aggregate amount equal to such Net Proceeds in excess of $[***]; provided, (i) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) Company has delivered Administrative Agent prior written notice of Company’s intention to apply such monies (the “Reinvestment Amounts”) to the costs of research, development, Commercialization, license, purchase, or other acquisition or investment of or in other assets or Products used or useful in the business of the Loan Parties, including working capital, capital expenditures and Permitted Acquisitions (the “Permitted Reinvestment Purposes”), (iii) the monies are held in a Deposit Account or a Securities Account subject to a Control Agreement, and (iv) the Loan Parties complete such purchase within [***] after the initial receipt of such monies, the Loan Parties shall have the option to apply Reinvestment Amounts in an aggregate amount not to exceed (a) $[***]in respect of any individual insurance, condemnation, taking or other casualty event and (b) $[***] in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement, in each case, to the Permitted Reinvestment Purposes; provided, that solely with respect to any Net Proceeds of [***] resulting from the [***], the Company shall have the option to apply Reinvestment Amounts in an aggregate amount not to exceed $[***] for the purpose of [***] and, to the extent the Company applies Reinvestment Amounts for the purpose of [***], the Company shall provide the Administrative Agent with [***] prior written notice of such election and the aggregate amount of Reinvestment Amounts applied to such purpose; provided, further, that if any such Net Proceeds are no longer intended to be or cannot be so reinvested during the applicable [***] period, and subject to Section 2.11(b), an amount equal to any such Net Proceeds shall be applied within [***] after Borrower reasonably determines that such Net Proceeds are no longer intended to be or cannot be so reinvested to the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in Section 2.11(a).
(c) Issuance of Debt. On the date of receipt by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any Cash proceeds from the incurrence of any Indebtedness of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than with respect to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.1), Company shall, subject to Section 2.11(b), prepay the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to [***]% of such proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs and expenses associated therewith, in each case, paid to non-Affiliates, including reasonable legal fees and expenses.
(d) Extraordinary Receipts. No later than the [***] following receipt by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any Net Proceeds from any Extraordinary Receipts in excess of $[***] for any individual event, Borrower shall, subject to Section 2.11(b), prepay the Term Loan as set forth in Section 2.11(a) in the amount of such Extraordinary Receipts in excess of $[***]; provided, (i) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) Company has delivered Administrative Agent prior written notice of Company’s intention to apply the Reinvestment Amounts to the Permitted Reinvestment Purposes, (iii) the monies are held in a Deposit Account or a Securities Account subject to a
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Control Agreement, and (iv) the Loan Parties complete such purchase within [***] after the initial receipt of such monies, the Loan Parties shall have the option to apply the Reinvestment Amounts in an aggregate amount not to exceed (a) $[***] in respect of any individual Extraordinary Receipt and (b) $[***] in the aggregate for all Extraordinary Receipts during the term of this Agreement, in each case, to the Permitted Reinvestment Purposes; provided, that if any such Net Proceeds are no longer intended to be or cannot be so reinvested during the applicable [***] period, and subject to Section 2.11(b), an amount equal to any such Net Proceeds shall be applied within [***] after Borrower reasonably determines that such Net Proceeds are no longer intended to be or cannot be so reinvested to the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in Section 2.11(a).
(e) Prepayment Certificate. Concurrently with any prepayment of the Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.10(a) through Section 2.10(d), Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer demonstrating the calculation of the amount of the applicable net proceeds and compensation owing to Lenders hereunder and pursuant to the Fee Letter, if any, as the case may be. In the event that Company shall subsequently determine that the actual amount received exceeded the amount set forth in such certificate, Company shall promptly make an additional prepayment of the Loans, and Company shall concurrently therewith deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer demonstrating the derivation of such excess.
(a) Application of Prepayments of Term Loans. (i) Any prepayment of the Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.9 and (ii) except in connection with any Waivable Mandatory Prepayment provided for in Section 2.11(b), so long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing, any mandatory prepayment of any Loan pursuant to Section 2.10, in each case, shall be applied as follows:
first, to prepay accrued and unpaid interest on the Term Loan;
second, subject to Section 2.12(b), to pay any MOIC, Yield Maintenance Premium and Prepayment Premium payable thereon;
third, ratably to prepay (A) the principal of the Initial Term Loan until paid in full and (B) the principal of the Delayed Draw Term Loans until paid in full;
fourth, to permanently reduce any undrawn Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment (without reducing the amount of cash available for application to clause fifth below or for return to the Borrower thereafter);
fifth, to pay (A) any Facility Fee, (B) any MOIC, Yield Maintenance Premium and Prepayment Premium not paid under clause second above and (C) any other Obligations then due and owing; and
thereafter, to the Borrower.
(b) Waivable Mandatory Prepayment. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event Company is required to make any mandatory prepayment (a “Waivable Mandatory Prepayment”) of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.10, not less than [***] prior to the date (the “Required Prepayment Date”) on which Company is required to make such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment, Company shall notify Administrative Agent of the amount of such prepayment, and Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter notify each Lender holding an outstanding Term Loan of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment and such Lender’s
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option to refuse such amount. Each such Lender may exercise such option by giving written notice to Company and Administrative Agent of its election to do so on or before the first Business Day prior to the Required Prepayment Date (it being understood that any Lender which does not notify Company and Administrative Agent of its election to exercise such option on or before the first Business Day prior to the Required Prepayment Date shall be deemed to have elected, as of such date, not to exercise such option). On the Required Prepayment Date, Company shall pay to Administrative Agent the amount of the Waivable Mandatory Prepayment, which amount shall be applied (i) in an amount equal to that portion of the Waivable Mandatory Prepayment payable to those Lenders that have elected not to exercise such option, to prepay the Term Loans of such Lenders (which prepayment shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.11(a)), and (ii) to the extent of any excess, to Company for working capital and general corporate purposes.
(c) At any time an Application Event has occurred and is continuing, all payments shall be applied pursuant to Section 2.12(f). Nothing contained herein shall modify the provisions of Section 2.12(b) regarding the requirement that all prepayments be accompanied by accrued interest and fees on the principal amount being prepaid to the date of such prepayment and the applicable MOIC, Yield Maintenance Premium and Prepayment Premium (if any), or any requirement otherwise contained herein to pay all other amounts as the same become due and payable.
(a) All payments by Company of principal, interest, fees and other Obligations shall be made in Dollars in immediately available funds, without defense, recoupment, setoff or counterclaim, free of any restriction or condition, and delivered to Administrative Agent, for the account of Lenders, not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date such payment is due and payable to Administrative Agent’s Account. Funds received by Administrative Agent after that time on such due date shall be deemed to have been paid by Company on the next Business Day.
(b) All payments in respect of the principal amount of any Term Loan shall be accompanied by payment of (i) accrued interest on the principal amount being repaid or prepaid, (ii) other than with respect to any mandatory prepayment of the Term Loan made pursuant to Sections 2.10(a)(ii)(A) and 2.10(a)(ii)(B), the MOIC, the Yield Maintenance Premium and the Prepayment Premium, it being understood that such amounts shall instead be payable in the order required by clause fifth of Section 2.11(a) and (iii) all commitment fees and other amounts payable with respect to the principal amount being repaid or prepaid.
(c) Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender at such address as such Lender shall indicate in writing, such Lender’s applicable Pro Rata Share of all payments and prepayments of principal and interest due hereunder, together with all other amounts due with respect thereto, including, without limitation, all fees payable with respect thereto, to the extent received by Administrative Agent.
(d) Subject to the provisos set forth in the definition of “Interest Period”, whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of the payment of interest hereunder or of the commitment fees hereunder.
(e) Administrative Agent shall deem any payment by or on behalf of Company hereunder that is not made in same day funds prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) to be a non-conforming payment. Any such payment shall not be deemed to have been received by Administrative Agent until the later of (i) the time such funds become available funds, and (ii) the applicable next Business
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Day. Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to Company and each applicable Lender (confirmed in writing) if any payment is non-conforming. Any non-conforming payment may constitute or become a Default or Event of Default in accordance with the terms of Section 8.1(a). Interest shall continue to accrue on any principal as to which a non‑conforming payment is made until such funds become available funds (but in no event less than the period from the date of such payment to the next succeeding applicable Business Day) at the Default Rate determined pursuant to Section 2.6 from the date such amount was due and payable until the date such amount is paid in full.
(f) At any time an Application Event has occurred and is continuing, or the maturity of the Obligations shall have been accelerated pursuant to Section 8.2, all payments or proceeds received by Administrative Agent hereunder or under any Collateral Document in respect of any of the Obligations, including, but not limited to all proceeds received by Administrative Agent in respect of any sale, any collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral, shall be applied in full or in part as follows:
first, ratably to pay the Obligations in respect of any fees (other than any MOIC, any Yield Maintenance Premium, any Prepayment Premium and any Facility Fee), expense reimbursements, indemnities and other amounts then due and payable to Administrative Agent until paid in full;
second, ratably to pay interest then due and payable in respect of Protective Advances until paid in full;
third, ratably to pay principal of Protective Advances then due and payable until paid in full;
fourth, ratably to pay the Obligations in respect of any fees (other than any MOIC, Yield Maintenance Premium, any Prepayment Premium and any Facility Fee) and indemnities then due and payable to the Lenders with a Term Loan Commitment until paid in full;
fifth, ratably to pay interest then due and payable in respect of the Term Loan until paid in full;
sixth, ratably to pay (A) the principal of the Initial Term Loan until paid in full and (B) the principal of the Delayed Draw Term Loan until paid in full;
seventh, ratably to pay the Obligations in respect of any MOIC, any Yield Maintenance Premium, any Prepayment Premium and any Facility Fee then due and payable to the Lenders with a Term Loan Commitment until paid in full;
eighth, to the ratable payment of all other Obligations then due and payable until paid in full; and
thereafter, to the Borrower.
(g) For purposes of Section 2.12(f) (other than clause eighth of Section 2.12(f)), “paid in full” means payment in cash of all amounts owing under the Loan Documents according to the terms thereof, including loan fees, service fees, professional fees, interest (and specifically including interest accrued after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding), default interest, interest on interest, and expense reimbursements, whether or not same would be or is allowed or disallowed in whole or in part in any Insolvency Proceeding, except to the extent that default or overdue interest (but not any other interest) and loan fees, each arising from or related to a default, are disallowed in any Insolvency Proceeding;
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provided, however, that for purposes of clause eighth of Section 2.12(f), “paid in full” means payment in cash of all amounts owing under the Loan Documents according to the terms thereof, including loan fees, service fees, professional fees, interest (and specifically including interest accrued after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding), default interest, interest on interest, and expense reimbursements, whether or not the same would be or is allowed or disallowed in whole or in part in any Insolvency Proceeding.
(h) In the event of a direct conflict between the priority provisions of Section 2.12(f) and other provisions contained in any other Loan Document, it is the intention of the parties hereto that both such priority provisions in such documents shall be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of Section 2.12(f) shall control and govern.
(i) The Lenders and Company hereby authorize Administrative Agent to, and Administrative Agent may, from time to time, charge the Loan Account with any amount due and payable by Company under any Loan Document to the extent not paid when due. Each of the Lenders and Company agrees that Administrative Agent shall have the right, upon contemporaneous notice to the Company, to make such charges whether or not any Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or whether any of the conditions precedent in Section 3.2 have been satisfied. Any amount charged to the Loan Account shall be deemed a Loan hereunder made by the Lenders to Company, funded by Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders and subject to Section 2.2. The Lenders and Company confirm that any charges which Administrative Agent may so make to the Loan Account as herein provided will be made as an accommodation to Company and solely at Administrative Agent’s discretion, provided that Administrative Agent shall from time to time upon the request of Administrative Agent, charge the Loan Account of Company with any amount due and payable under any Loan Document. The Administrative Agent shall provide a reasonably detailed invoice for any amounts charged to the Loan Account (unless such charge is made at the Company’s request) promptly upon request by the Company.
(j) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions hereof, if any Conversion/Continuation Notice is withdrawn as to any Affected Lender or if any Affected Lender makes Base Rate Loans in lieu of its Pro Rata Share of any SOFR Loans, Administrative Agent shall give effect thereto in apportioning payments received thereafter.
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(a) Compensation For Increased Costs and Taxes. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.15 (which shall be controlling with respect to the matters covered thereby), in the event that Administrative Agent or any Lender shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) that any law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change therein or in the interpretation, administration or application thereof (including the introduction of any new law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order), or any determination of a court or Governmental Authority, in each case that becomes effective after the date hereof, or compliance by Administrative Agent or such Lender with any guideline, request or directive issued or made after the date hereof by any central bank or other governmental or quasi-Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law): (i) subjects Administrative Agent or such Lender (or its applicable lending office) to any additional Tax (other than any Tax on the overall net income of Administrative Agent or such Lender) with respect to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder or any payments to Administrative Agent or such Lender (or its applicable lending office) of principal, interest, fees or any other amount payable hereunder; (ii) imposes, modifies or holds applicable any reserve (including any marginal, emergency, supplemental, special or other reserve), special deposit, compulsory loan, FDIC insurance or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, or advances or loans by, or other credit extended or participated in by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of Administrative Agent or such Lender (other than any such reserve or other requirements with respect to SOFR Loans that are reflected in the definition of “Term SOFR”); or (iii) imposes any other condition (other than with respect to Taxes) on or affecting Administrative agent or such Lender (or its applicable lending office) or its obligations hereunder; and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to Administrative Agent or such Lender of participating in, agreeing to make, making or maintaining Loans hereunder or to reduce any amount received or receivable (whether of principal, interest, or any other amount) by Administrative Agent or such Lender (or its applicable lending office) with respect thereto; then, in any such case, Company shall promptly pay to Administrative Agent or such Lender, upon receipt of the statement referred to in the next sentence, such additional amount or amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as Administrative Agent or such Lender in its sole discretion shall determine) as may be necessary to compensate Administrative Agent or such Lender for any such increased cost or reduction in amounts received or receivable hereunder. Administrative Agent or such Lender shall deliver to Company (with a copy to Administrative Agent, if applicable) a written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating the additional amounts owed to Administrative Agent or such Lender under this Section 2.14(a), which statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error.
(b) Capital Adequacy Adjustment. In the event that any Lender shall have determined that the adoption, effectiveness, phase in or applicability after the Closing Date of any law, rule or regulation (or any provision thereof) regarding capital adequacy, or any change therein or in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender (or its applicable lending office) with any guideline, request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of, or with reference to, such Lender’s Term Loans or other obligations hereunder with respect
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to the Term Loan to a level below that which such Lender or such controlling corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, effectiveness, phase in, applicability, change or compliance (taking into consideration the policies of such Lender or such controlling corporation with regard to capital adequacy), then from time to time, within [***] after receipt by Company from such Lender of the statement referred to in the next sentence, Company shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such controlling corporation on an after tax basis for such reduction. Such Lender shall deliver to Company (with a copy to Administrative Agent) a written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating the additional amounts owed to Lender under this Section 2.14(b), which statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error.
(a) Withholding of Taxes. All sums payable by any Loan Party hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall (except to the extent required by law) be paid free and clear of, and without any deduction or withholding on account of, any Tax, other than (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by the recipient’s net income (however denominated), branch profits Taxes and franchise Taxes imposed on the recipient, in each case, (A) by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located or (B) as the result of any other 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), (ii) Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with Section 1.1(d) and (iii) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA (all such Taxes described in clauses (i) through (iii), collectively or individually, “Excluded Taxes”). If any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent (each, a “Withholding Agent”) is required by law to make any deduction or withholding on account of any Tax from any sum paid or payable by any Loan Party to Administrative Agent or any Lender under any of the Loan Documents: (1) the applicable Withholding Agent shall timely pay the full amount of any such Tax to the relevant Governmental Authority before the date on which penalties attach thereto; (2) if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by such Loan Party shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of that deduction, withholding or payment (including any such deductions, withholdings or payments applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.15), Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, receives on the due date a net sum equal to what it would have received had no such deduction, withholding or payment been required or made; and (3) within [***] after paying any sum from which it is required by law to make any deduction or withholding, Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such deduction, withholding or payment, a copy of the return reporting such withholding, deduction or payment, or other evidence satisfactory to Administrative Agent of such deduction, withholding or payment and of the remittance thereof to the relevant Governmental Authority.
(b) Other Taxes. The Loan Parties shall pay to the relevant Governmental Authorities (or, at the option of Administrative Agent, timely reimburse it for the payment of) any present or future stamp, court, documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes or that arise from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document (“Other Taxes”). Within [***] after paying any such Other Taxes, each Loan Party shall deliver to Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment, or other evidence satisfactory to Administrative Agent that such Other Taxes have been paid to the relevant Governmental Authority.
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(c) Tax Indemnification.
(i) The Loan Parties hereby jointly and severally indemnify and agree to hold Administrative Agent and any Lender harmless from and against the full amount of all Indemnified Taxes (including, without limitation, Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to any amounts payable under this Section 2.15) payable or paid by such Person or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Person and any 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. Such indemnification shall be paid within [***] from the date on which Administrative Agent or Lender makes written demand therefor. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to Administrative Agent), or by Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(ii) Each Lender shall severally indemnify Administrative Agent, within [***] after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Loan Parties have not already indemnified Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 10.6(h)(ii) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to Administrative Agent under this paragraph.
(d) Evidence of Exemption From Withholding Tax.
(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 Borrower and Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by Borrower or 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 Borrower or Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by Borrower or Administrative Agent as will enable Borrower or 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 set forth in Section 2.15(d)(i)(A), (i)(B) and (i)(D)) 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. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that Borrower is a U.S. Person:
(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent on or about the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or Administrative Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
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(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or about the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) 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 IRS Form W-8BEN-E 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 IRS Form W-8BEN-E 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;
(2) executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Internal Revenue 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 Internal Revenue Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” related to any Loan Party described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E; or
(4) 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, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. 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 U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
(ii) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or about the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit Borrower or Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(iii) If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to United States 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 Internal Revenue Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to Company and Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by Company or Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by Company or Administrative Agent as may be necessary for Company and Administrative
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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 Section 2.15(d)(iii), FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(iv) Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify Borrower and Administrative Agent of its legal inability to do so.
(e) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party 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 pursuant to this Section 2.15 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.15), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.15 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (e) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (e), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (e) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party 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. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(f) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.15 shall survive the resignation or replacement of Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Term Loans, and the repayment, satisfaction, or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
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(a) Inability to Determine Rates. Subject to Section 2.20, if, on or prior to the first day of any Interest Period for any SOFR Loan:
(i) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that “Term SOFR” cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof, or
(ii) the Required Lenders determine that for any reason in connection with any request for a SOFR Loan or a conversion thereto or a continuation thereof that Term SOFR for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed SOFR Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making and maintaining such Loan, and the Required Lenders have provided written notice of such determination to the Administrative Agent,
then the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify Company and each Lender.
Upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent to Company, any obligation of the Lenders to make SOFR Loans, and any right of Company to continue SOFR Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to SOFR Loans, shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected SOFR Loans or affected Interest Periods) until the Administrative Agent (with respect to clause (a)(ii), at the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, (i) Company may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans (to the extent of the affected SOFR Loans or affected Interest Periods) or, failing that, Company will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein and (ii) any outstanding affected SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted into Base Rate Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period. Upon any such conversion, Company shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 2.19(c). Subject to Section 2.20, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that “Term SOFR” cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof on any given day, the interest rate on Base Rate Loans shall be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate” until the Administrative Agent revokes such determination.
(b) 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 Loans whose interest is determined by reference to SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate or Term SOFR (the “Affected Loans”), or to determine or charge interest based upon SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate or Term SOFR, then, upon notice thereof by such Lender (an “Affected Lender”) to Company (through the Administrative Agent) (an “Illegality Notice”), (a) any obligation of the Lenders to make SOFR Loans, and any right of Company to continue SOFR Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to SOFR Loans, shall be suspended, and (b) the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to clause
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(c) of the definition of “Base Rate”, in each case until each affected Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and Company that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of an Illegality Notice, Company shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, upon demand from any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all SOFR Loans to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate”), on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if all affected Lenders may lawfully continue to maintain such SOFR Loans to such day, or immediately, if any Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such SOFR Loans to such day, in each case until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by each affected Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate or Term SOFR. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, Company shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 2.19(c).
(c) Compensation for Breakage or Non-Commencement of Interest Periods. Company shall compensate each Lender, upon written request by such Lender (which request shall set forth the basis for requesting such amounts), for all reasonable losses, expenses and liabilities (including any interest paid or calculated to be due and payable by such Lender to lenders of funds borrowed by it to make or carry its SOFR Loans and any loss, expense or liability sustained by such Lender in connection with the liquidation or re-employment of such funds but excluding loss of anticipated profits) which such Lender may sustain: (i) if for any reason (other than a default by such Lender) a borrowing of any SOFR Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Funding Notice, or a conversion to or continuation of any SOFR Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Conversion/Continuation Notice for conversion or continuation; (ii) if any prepayment or other principal payment of, or any conversion of, any of its SOFR Loans occurs on any day other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable to that Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise); or (iii) if any prepayment of any of its SOFR Loans is not made on any date specified in a notice of prepayment given by Company.
(d) Booking of SOFR Loans. Any Lender may make, carry or transfer SOFR Loans at, to, or for the account of any of its branch offices or the office of an Affiliate of such Lender.
(e) Assumptions Concerning Funding of SOFR Loans. Calculation of all amounts payable to a Lender under this Section 2.19 and under Section 2.14 shall be made as though such Lender had actually funded each of its relevant SOFR Loans through the purchase of a SOFR deposit bearing interest at Term SOFR in an amount equal to the amount of such SOFR Loan and having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period and through the transfer of such SOFR deposit from an offshore office of such Lender to a domestic office of such Lender in the United States of America; provided, however, each Lender may fund each of its SOFR Loans in any manner it sees fit and the foregoing assumptions shall be utilized only for the purposes of calculating amounts payable under this Section 2.19 and under Section 2.14. Anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, neither Administrative Agent, nor any Lender, nor any of their participants, is required actually to match fund any Obligation as to which interest accrues at Term SOFR or the Term SOFR Reference Rate.
(a) Benchmark Replacement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, Administrative Agent and Company may amend this Agreement to replace the then-current Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement. Any such amendment with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event will become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after Administrative Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all affected Lenders and Company so long as Administrative Agent has not received, by such time,
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written notice of objection to such amendment from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders. No replacement of a Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this Section 2.20(a) will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date.
(b) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, 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.
(c) Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. Administrative Agent will promptly notify Company and the Lenders of (1) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement and (2) the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement. The Administrative Agent will notify Company of (x) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to Section 2.20(d) and (y) the commencement of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 2.20, 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 or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.20.
(d) Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (1) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR) and either (I) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (II) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is not or will not be representative, then Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (2) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (1) above either (I) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (II) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is not or will not be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(e) Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon Company’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, (1) Company may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, Company will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans and (2) any outstanding affected SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted to Base Rate Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of the Base Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of the Base Rate.
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(a) Loan Documents. Administrative Agent shall have received copies of each Loan Document duly executed and delivered by each applicable Loan Party for each Lender.
(b) Organizational Documents; Incumbency. Administrative Agent shall have received a Secretary’s or Director’s Certificate for each Loan Party attaching (i) copies of each Organizational Document of such Loan Party and, to the extent applicable, certified as of a recent date by the appropriate governmental official, each dated the Closing Date or a recent date prior thereto; (ii) signature and incumbency certificates of the officers or directors of such Person executing the Loan Documents to which it is a party; (iii) resolutions of the Board of Directors or similar governing body of such Loan Party approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party or by which it or its assets may be bound as of the Closing Date, certified as of the Closing Date by its secretary, assistant secretary or a director as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment; (iv) a good standing certificate from the applicable Governmental Authority of such Loan Party’s jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation and in each jurisdiction in which it is qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity to do business, each dated a recent date prior to the Closing Date; and (v) such other documents as Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(c) Organizational and Capital Structure. The organizational structure and capital structure of Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be as set forth on Schedule 4.2.
(d) Governmental Authorizations and Consents. Each Loan Party shall have obtained all Governmental Authorizations and all consents of other Persons, in each case that are necessary or advisable in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and each of the foregoing shall be in full force and effect and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent. All applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken or threatened by any competent authority which would restrain, prevent or otherwise impose adverse conditions on the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or the financing thereof and no action, request for stay, petition for review or rehearing, reconsideration, or appeal with respect to any of the foregoing shall be pending, and the time for any applicable agency to take action to set aside its consent on its own motion shall have expired.
(e) Personal Property Collateral. In order to create in favor of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a valid, perfected First Priority security interest in the personal property Collateral, Administrative Agent shall have received:
(i) subject to Section 5.15, evidence reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent of the compliance by each Loan Party of their obligations under the Pledge and Security Agreement and the other Collateral Documents (including, without limitation, their obligations to authorize or execute, as the case may be, and deliver UCC financing statements, originals of Capital Stock (including stock certificates, if any, representing pledged Capital Stock along with appropriate endorsements), instruments and chattel paper, and any agreements governing deposit and/or securities accounts as provided therein), together with (A) appropriate financing statements on Form UCC‑1 in form for filing in such office or offices as may be necessary or, in the opinion of Administrative Agent, desirable to perfect the security
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interests purported to be created by each Pledge and Security Agreement and each other Collateral Document and (B) evidence satisfactory to Administrative Agent of the submission for filing of such UCC-1 financing statements;
(ii) a completed Perfection Certificate dated the Closing Date and executed by an Authorized Officer of each Loan Party, together with all attachments contemplated thereby, including (A) the results of a recent search, by a Person satisfactory to Administrative Agent, of all effective UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings) made with respect to any assets or property of any Loan Party in the jurisdictions specified in the Perfection Certificate, together with copies of all such filings disclosed by such search, and (B) UCC termination statements (or similar documents) duly executed by all applicable Persons for filing in all applicable jurisdictions as may be necessary to terminate any effective UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings) disclosed in such search (other than any such financing statements in respect of Permitted Liens); and
(iii) evidence that each Loan Party shall have taken or caused to be taken any other action, executed and delivered or caused to be executed and delivered any other agreement, document and instrument (including without limitation, subject to Section 5.15, (A) a Collateral Access Agreement executed by the landlord of any leasehold property and by the applicable Loan Party, and (B) Control Agreements for all Deposit Accounts and Security Accounts held by a Loan Party) and made or caused to be made any other filing and recording reasonably required by Administrative Agent.
(f) Financial Statements; Projections. Lenders shall have received from Borrower (i) the Historical Financial Statements, (ii) pro forma consolidated balance sheets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the Closing Date, which shall be based on the financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Quarter ended September 30, 2025, and adjusted to reflect the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents to occur on or prior to the Closing Date, which pro forma financial statements shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and (iii) the Projections.
(g) Evidence of Insurance. Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from Company’s insurance broker or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to Section 5.5 is in full force and effect, together with, subject to Section 5.15, endorsements naming Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, as additional insured and loss payee thereunder to the extent required under Section 5.5, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
(h) Opinions of Counsel to Loan Parties. Lenders and their respective counsel shall have received executed copies of the favorable written opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel for Loan Parties, as to such other matters as Administrative Agent may reasonably request, dated the Closing Date and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (and each Loan Party hereby instructs such counsel to deliver such opinions to Administrative Agent and Lenders).
(i) Fees. Company shall have paid to Administrative Agent, the fees and expenses then due and payable pursuant to Section 2.7 and Section 10.2.
(j) Solvency Certificate. On the Closing Date, Administrative Agent shall have received a duly executed Solvency Certificate of the chief financial officer of Borrower, dated as of the Closing Date and addressed to Administrative Agent and Lenders, and in form, scope and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent, certifying that after giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein including the funding of the Initial Term Loan on the Closing Date, Borrower and its Subsidiaries are and will be Solvent.
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(k) Closing Date Certificate. Company shall have delivered to Administrative Agent a duly executed Closing Date Certificate, together with all attachments thereto.
(l) No Litigation. There shall not exist any action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding or other legal or regulatory developments, pending or threatened in writing in any court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that, in the reasonable discretion of Administrative Agent, singly or in the aggregate, materially impairs the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) No Material Adverse Effect/Material Regulatory Liability. Since [***], no event, circumstance or change shall have occurred that has caused or evidences, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or a Material Regulatory Liability.
(n) Completion of Proceedings. All partnership, corporate and other proceedings taken or to be taken in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents incidental thereto not previously found reasonably acceptable by Administrative Agent and its counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Administrative Agent and such counsel, and Administrative Agent, and such counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified copies of such documents as Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(o) Bank Regulations. Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information reasonably requested that is required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation), and all such documentation (including the Beneficial Ownership Certification) and other information shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
(p) [Reserved].
(q) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties contained herein and in each other Loan Document, certificate or other writing delivered to Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant hereto or thereto on or prior to the date hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) on and as the date hereof to the same extent as though made on and as of that date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) on and as of such earlier date.
(r) No Default or Event of Default. No event shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein that would constitute an Event of Default or a Default.
(s) No Contravention. The making of the Term Loan shall not contravene any law, rule or regulation applicable to Administrative Agent or any Lender.
(t) Registrations. All Registrations from the FDA, TGA, MHRA, Medsafe and EMA in respect of the Products shall be valid and subsisting and in full force and effect.
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(u) [Reserved].
(v) Security Interests. The Loan Documents shall create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable First Priority security interest in the Collateral secured thereby (subject only to Permitted Liens and Section 5.15) located in the United States, to the extent permitted by law and subject to the perfection requirements set forth in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
(w) Sources and Uses. On or prior to the Closing Date, Company shall have delivered to Administrative Agent Company’s reasonable best estimate of all sources and uses of Cash and other proceeds on the Closing Date.
Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement and funding the Initial Term Loan on the Closing Date, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document or item required to be approved by or satisfactory to Administrative Agent, Required Lenders or Lenders, as applicable, on the Closing Date.
(a) Funding Notice. Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed and delivered Funding Notice as and when required by Section 2.1(b)(i).
(b) Representations and Warranties. As of as of the applicable Credit Date, the representations and warranties contained herein and in each other Loan Document, certificate or other writing delivered to the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant hereto or thereto on or prior to the Credit Date shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) on and as of that Credit Date to the same extent as though made on and as of that date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) on and as of such earlier date;
(c) No Default or Event of Default. As of as of the applicable Credit Date, no event shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the consummation of the applicable Credit Extension that would constitute an Event of Default or a Default;
(d) Fees. The Loan Parties shall have paid all fees, costs and expenses then payable by the Loan Parties pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, Section 2.7, and Section 10.2 hereof.
(e) Funding Milestones.
(i) With respect to any Delayed Draw Term Loan A, Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that the Delayed Draw Term Loan A Funding Milestone was satisfied.
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(ii) With respect to any Delayed Draw Term Loan B, Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that the Delayed Draw Term Loan B Funding Milestone was satisfied.
(iii) With respect to any Delayed Draw Term Loan C, Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that the Delayed Draw Term Loan C Funding Milestone was satisfied.
(iv) With respect to any Delayed Draw Term Loan D (x) one or more Lenders shall have agreed to provide the requested Delayed Draw Term Loan D; provided that, no Lender shall be required to provide any portion of any Delayed Draw Term Loan D, and any decision as to whether or not to so provide any portion of such Delayed Draw Term Loan D shall be made at the sole discretion of such Lender and (y) the proceeds of such Delayed Draw Term Loan D shall be used as described in Section 2.2.
In order to induce the Administrative Agent and Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make each Credit Extension to be made thereby, each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and Lender, on the Closing Date and on each Credit Date, that the following statements are true and correct:
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(a) Each of Borrower and its Subsidiaries has (a) good, sufficient, marketable and legal title to (in the case of fee interests in real property), (b) valid leasehold interests in (in the case of leasehold interests in real or personal property), and (c) good and valid title to (in the case of all other personal property), all of their respective properties and assets reflected in their respective Historical Financial Statements referred to in Section 4.7 and in the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.1, in each case except for (i) assets disposed of since the date of such financial statements in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise permitted under Section 6.9 or to the extent excluded from the definition of “Asset Sale” or (ii) defects in title or interests which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to interfere with Borrower or its applicable Subsidiary’s ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or utilize such property for its intended purpose. All such properties and assets are in working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and except as permitted by this Agreement, all such properties and assets are free and clear of Liens (other than Permitted Liens). As of the Closing Date, Schedule 4.12 contains a true, accurate and complete list of all Real Property owned or leased by Borrower and its Subsidiaries or where Collateral or books and records are located.
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(b) As of the Closing Date, with respect to the Real Property consisting of material leaseholds, (i) each lease is in full force and effect and no Loan Party or Subsidiary is in material default thereof and (ii) each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries has valid leasehold interests in all Real Property necessary or used in the Company’s business, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens.
(a) No Environmental Claim has been asserted against any Loan Party or any predecessor in interest nor has any Loan Party received written notice of any threatened or pending Environmental Claim against Loan Party or any predecessor in interest.
(b) There has been no Release of Hazardous Materials and there are no Hazardous Materials present in violation of Environmental Law at any of the Real Properties currently owned or operated by any Loan Party.
(c) The operation of the business of, and each of the Real Properties owned or operated by, each Loan Party are in compliance with all Environmental Laws.
(d) Each Loan Party holds and is in compliance Governmental Authorizations required under any Environmental Laws in connection with the operations carried on by it and the Real Property owned or operated by it.
(a) Schedule 4.15 contains a true, correct and complete list of all the Material Contracts in effect on the Closing Date, which, together with any updates provided pursuant to Section 5.1(l), all such Material Contracts are in full force and effect and neither Borrower nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, the counterparties thereto, are currently in default which could result in the termination of such Material Contract (other than as described in Schedule 4.15 or in such updates).
(b) Except as described in Schedule 4.15, each Material Contract is a legal, valid and binding obligation of Borrower, its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of Borrower, each other party thereto, is enforceable in accordance with its terms and is in full force and effect, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles. Neither Borrower nor its Subsidiaries, nor to the knowledge of Borrower or its Subsidiaries, any other party to any Material Contract, is or was in material breach or default, under the terms of any Material Contract, and no condition existed or exists which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, could constitute a breach or default by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries thereunder.
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(a) To the knowledge of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and except as set forth on Schedule 4.23(a), each of Borrower and its Subsidiaries own, or hold valid licenses in, all Intellectual Property Rights that are necessary to the conduct of its business as currently conducted and proposed to be conducted, including the discovery, development, manufacture, use and Commercialization of the Products, except in the case of any Products that are not Product (Core) or Product (Material), where the failure to own or hold such rights would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.23(a), and except as set forth in the License Agreements or any Permitted Product Agreement, Borrower and its Subsidiaries have the exclusive right and license to develop, manufacture, use and Commercialize the Products under the Product Intellectual Property Rights, the Registrations, and the Regulatory Documentation, except, in the case of any Products that are not Product (Core) or Product (Material), where the failure to have such exclusive rights and licenses would not reasonably be likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) Schedule 4.23(b) sets forth as of the Closing Date a true, correct and complete listing, under separate headings, of all material agreements containing Contractual Obligations, whether written or oral, (i) under which Borrower or its Subsidiaries uses or licenses (or has the option to use or license) any Product Intellectual Property Rights that any other Person owns, or owes any Royalties or other payments to any Person for the use of any Product Intellectual Property Rights other than immaterial non-exclusive licenses received from service providers for right of use licenses in the ordinary course of business, (ii) under which Borrower or its Subsidiaries have granted any Person any right, option or interest in any Product Intellectual Property Rights other than immaterial non-exclusive licenses received from service providers for right of use licenses in the ordinary course of business (the agreements described in this clause (ii), the “Product (Existing) Agreements”), and (iii) that otherwise materially affect Borrower or its Subsidiaries’ use of or rights in the Product Intellectual Property Rights (including co-existence agreements and covenants not to sue) (collectively, “License Agreements”). Upon written request by the Administrative Agent (but no more frequently than once every Fiscal Year), Borrower shall update Schedule 4.23(b) to list any new License Agreements entered into after the Closing Date. A true, correct and complete copy of each License Agreement (including all amendments, supplements or modifications thereto) has been provided to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower prior to the Closing Date. Each License Agreement identified on Schedule 4.23(b) is a valid and binding obligation of Borrower and the counterpart(ies) thereto and is enforceable against each counterparty thereto in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws or by general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). Each License Agreement identified on Schedule 4.23(b) will continue to be legal, valid, binding, enforceable (except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws or by general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law)), and in full force and effect on identical terms, immediately following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Borrower has not received any written notice in connection with any such License Agreement challenging the validity, enforceability or interpretation of any provision of such agreement that could reasonably be expect to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except for the License Agreement listed as item 11 on Schedule 4.23(b)(ii), Borrower has not (A) given written notice to a counterparty of the termination of any such License Agreement (whether in whole or in part) or any written notice to a counterparty expressing any intention to terminate any such License Agreement or (B) received from a counterparty thereto any written notice of termination of any such License Agreement (whether in whole or in part) or any written notice from a counterparty stating its intention to terminate any such License Agreement. Except for the License Agreement listed as item 2 on Schedule 4.23(b)(ii), as of the Closing Date Borrower has not consented to any assignment by the counterparty to any License Agreement of any of its rights or obligations under any such License Agreement, and, to the knowledge of Borrower, the counterparty has not assigned any of its rights or obligations under any such License Agreement to any Person. Borrower has not notified in writing the respective counterparty to any License Agreement or any other Person of any claims for indemnification under any License Agreement nor has Borrower received any written claims for indemnification under any License Agreement. Borrower has not received any written notice from, or given any written notice to, any counterparty to any License Agreement alleging any infringement of any of the Patent rights licensed thereunder. As of the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule 4.23(b), there is and has been no material breach or default under any provision of any License Agreement either by Borrower or, to the knowledge of Borrower, by the respective counterparty (or any predecessor thereof) thereto.
(c) Schedule 4.23(c) sets forth a true, correct and complete listing, including the owner and registration or application number, of all the Product Intellectual Property Rights that are U.S. (federal or state) and foreign (i) Patents, and identifies the owner of each such patent/application, (ii) registered trademarks and trademark applications, (iii) registered copyrights and copyright applications, (iv) domain names, and (v) any other form of registered Product Intellectual Property Rights. Except as identified in Schedule 4.23(c), (i) the owner listed on Schedule 4.23(c) is the exclusive owner of such registration or application (other than any license rights granted by third parties, or granted by the Company, pursuant to
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License Agreements, Permitted Product Agreements or immaterial non-exclusive licenses); (ii) to the best of Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ knowledge, such registrations are valid, subsisting and enforceable; (iii) none of those registrations or applications have lapsed or been abandoned, cancelled or expired except as permitted by Section 6.9(b)(xvi) of this Agreement; (iv) Company has taken all commercially reasonable steps to maintain such registrations or applications that Company owns, including by timely filing fees and responses, except in conneciton with any intentional lapse, abandonment, cancellation or expiration permitted by Section 6.9(b)(xvi) of this Agreement; and (v) each individual associated with the filing and prosecution of such registrations or applications, including the named inventors in the case of the Product Patents, has, to the knowledge of the Borrower, complied in all material respects with all applicable duties of candor and good faith in dealing with any patent office, including the USPTO, in those jurisdictions where such duties exist. Schedule 4.23(c) shall be deemed updated by new Intellectual Property registration reports and Pledge Supplements (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement) provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 4.7(b)(vi) of the Pledge and Security Agreement, and the Company may update Schedule 4.23(c) after the Closing Date, so long as such update occurs by written notice to Administrative Agent, subject to Borrower’s obligations and restrictions under this Agreement.
(d) Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.23(d), as of the Closing Date there is no opposition, interference, reexamination, inter partes review, post-grant review, derivation or other post-grant proceeding, injunction, claim, suit, action, subpoena, hearing, inquiry, investigation (by the International Trade Commission or otherwise), complaint, arbitration, mediation, demand, decree or other dispute, disagreement, proceeding or claim (collectively, “Disputes”) that is pending or currently threatened in writing, that challenges the legality, scope, validity, enforceability, infringement, ownership, inventorship or other rights with respect to any of the Product Intellectual Property Rights, except, in the case of Products other than Product (Core) and Product (Material), where such Dispute, if resolved adversely to Borrower, its Subsidiaries or their licensees or licensors, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Borrower and its Subsidiaries have not received any written notice that there is any, and to their knowledge there is no, Person who is or claims to be an inventor under any of the Product Patents who is not a named inventor thereof except, in the case of Products other than Product (Core) and Product (Material), where the failure to name the correct inventor would not reasonably be likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is party to any past or pending and neither the Borrower nor its Subsidiaries has received written notice of any threat of any, and to the knowledge of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, there is no past, pending or threatened event, and no event has occurred or circumstance exists that (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) could reasonably be expected to give rise to or serve as a basis for any, action, suit, or proceeding, or any investigation or claim by any Person that claims or alleges that the discovery, development, manufacture, use or Commercialization of any Product, once marketed, constitutes misappropriation of any other Person’s trade secrets or other intellectual property rights, except, in the case of Products other than Product (Core) and Product (Material), where the failure to own, have a license or otherwise hold such rights would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and neither Borrower nor its Subsidiaries is aware of any facts that could provide a reasonable basis for such a claim.
(f) Except for License Agreements or as disclosed in Schedule 4.23(f) as of the Closing Date or, in the case of any Contractual Obligation arising after the Closing Date, to the extent permitted by this Agreement, neither Borrower nor its Subsidiaries has entered into any Contractual Obligation (i) creating a Lien, charge, security interest or other encumbrance on, or relating to or affecting the Product Intellectual Property Rights or any of its Royalties or other consideration payable to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries under any Product Agreement on, or proceeds from, sales of any Product, (ii) pursuant to which Borrower or its Subsidiaries has sold, transferred, assigned or pledged to any Person Royalties or other consideration payable to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries under any Product Agreement
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on, or proceeds from, sales of any Product, or (iii) providing for milestone payments or similar development-, commercialization- or intellectual property-related payments to any Person applicable (or that with further development and commercialization may become applicable) to any Product.
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(a) Each of Borrower and its Subsidiaries have all Registrations from the FDA, EMA, TGA, MHRA, Medsafe, comparable foreign counterparts or any other Governmental Authority required to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted, except where the failure to have all such Registrations would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each of such Registrations is valid and subsisting in full force and effect, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, neither FDA, EMA, TGA, MHRA, Medsafe, nor any comparable Governmental Authority is considering limiting, suspending, or revoking such Registrations. To the knowledge of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, there is no false or materially misleading information or significant omission in any Product application or other notification, submission or report to the FDA, EMA, TGA, MHRA, Medsafe or any comparable Governmental Authority that was not corrected by subsequent submission, and all such applications, notifications, submissions and reports provided Borrower and its Subsidiaries were true, complete, and correct in all material respects as of the date of submission to FDA, EMA, TGA, MHRA, Medsafe or any comparable Governmental Authority. Borrower and its Subsidiaries have not failed in any material respect to fulfill and perform their obligations which are due under each such Registration, and no event has occurred or condition or state of facts exists which would constitute a material breach or default under any such Registration, in each case that would reasonably be expected to cause the revocation, termination or suspension or material limitation of any such Registration, including but not limited to any form of clinical hold order. To the knowledge of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, any third party that develops, researches, manufactures, commercializes, distributes, advertises, promotes, sells or markets Products pursuant to an agreement with Borrower or its Subsidiaries (a “Loan Party Partner”) is in compliance with all Registrations from the FDA, EMA, and any comparable Governmental Authority insofar as they pertain to Products, and each such Loan Party Partner is, and since [***] has been, in compliance with applicable Public Health Laws, except, in each case, where the failure to so be in compliance would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Each of Borrower and its Subsidiaries is in compliance, and since [***] has been in compliance, with all Public Health Laws, except to the extent that any such non-compliance, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in Material Adverse Effect.
(c) To the extent applicable, all products designed, developed, investigated, manufactured, prepared, assembled, packaged, tested, labeled, distributed, sold, marketed or delivered by or on behalf of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, that are subject to the jurisdiction of the FDA, EMA, TGA, MHRA, Medsafe or any comparable Governmental Authority have, since [***], been and are being designed, developed, investigated, manufactured, prepared, assembled, packaged, tested, labeled, distributed, sold, marketed or delivered in compliance with the Public Health Laws, except for such noncompliance that would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.33(c), none of the Products has been the subject of any products liability or warranty action against Borrower or its Subsidiaries or any non-legal claim for clinical trial compensation by trial participants.
(d) Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is currently subject to any material obligation arising pursuant to a Regulatory Action and, to the knowledge of Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
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no such material obligation or Regulatory Action has been threatened or initiated by a Governmental Authority.
(e) Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.33(e), as of the Closing Date: (i) neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice or communication from the FDA, EMA, TGA, MHRA, Medsafe or any other Governmental Authority alleging material noncompliance with any Public Health Law and (ii) to the knowledge of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, no Loan Party Partner has since [***] received any written notice or communication from the FDA, EMA, or any other Governmental Authority alleging material noncompliance with any Public Health Law, including without limitation any notice of inspectional observation, notice of adverse finding, notice of violation, warning letters, untitled letters or other notices from any Governmental Authority relating to such Loan Party Partner’s work for Borrower or such Subsidiary. Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.33(e), there have been no recalls, field notifications, market withdrawals, administrative detentions, warnings, “dear doctor” letters, investigator notices, safety alerts or any other notices of action relating to an actual or potential lack of safety, efficacy, or regulatory compliance of any Products (“Safety Notices”) and no clinical hold orders issued by the FDA, EMA, TGA, MHRA, Medsafe or any other oversight authority with respect to an ongoing or anticipated clinical trial of any Product, and to the knowledge of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, there are no facts or circumstances that are reasonably likely to result in (x) a Safety Notice or clinical hold order or (y) a termination or suspension of research, testing, manufacturing or distribution of any Product.
(a) None of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, nor, to their knowledge, any officer, director, managing employee or agent (as those terms are defined in 42 C.F.R. § 1001.1001) thereof, is a party to, or bound by, any written order, individual integrity agreement, corporate integrity agreement, deferred or non-prosecution agreement or other written agreement with any Governmental Authority concerning their compliance with Federal Health Care Program Laws.
(b) None of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, nor any officer, director, managing employee or agent (as those terms are defined in 42 C.F.R. § 1001.1001) thereof, nor to the knowledge of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, any Loan Party Partner as of the Closing Date (or, to the extent occurring after the Closing Date, if it would reasonably be expected to result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect): (i) has been, since [***], charged with or convicted of any criminal offense relating to the delivery of an item or service under any Federal Health Care Program; (ii) has had, since [***], a civil monetary penalty assessed against them under Section 1128A of the Social Security Act; (iii) has been listed on the U.S. General Services Administration published list of parties excluded from federal procurement programs and non-procurement programs; or (iv) to the knowledge of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, is the target or subject of any current or potential suit, claim, action, proceeding, arbitration, mediation, inquiry, subpoena or investigation relating to any of the foregoing or any Federal Health Care Program-related offense, or which could result in the imposition of material penalties or the debarment, suspension or exclusion from participation in any Federal Health Care Program. None of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, nor any officer, director, managing employee or agent (as those terms are defined in 42 C.F.R. § 1001.1001) thereof, nor any Loan Party Partner has, as of the Closing Date (or, to the extent occurring after the Closing Date, if it would reasonably be expected to result, either individually or in the aggregate,
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in a Material Adverse Effect) been debarred, excluded, disqualified or suspended from participation in any Federal Health Care Program or under any FDA Laws (including 21 U.S.C. § 335a).
(c) None of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, nor any officer, director, managing employee or agent (as those terms are defined in 42 C.F.R. § 1001.1001) thereof, nor to the knowledge of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, any Loan Party Partner, has, since [***], violated or engaged in any activity that is in violation of any Federal Health Care Program Laws or cause for false claims liability, civil penalties or mandatory or permissive exclusion from any Federal Health Care Program, except where the violation would not reasonably be expected to result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) To the knowledge of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as of the Closing Date (or, to the extent occurring after the Closing Date, if it would reasonably be expected to result, either individually or in the aggregate, in Material Adverse Effect), no person has filed or has threatened in writing to file against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, an action relating to any FDA Law, Public Health Law or Federal Health Care Program Law under any whistleblower statute, including without limitation, the False Claims Act of 1863 (31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.).
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Each Loan Party covenants and agrees that, so long as any Commitment is in effect and until payment in full of all Obligations (other than any such contingent obligations or liabilities hereunder that by express terms thereof survive such payment in full of all Obligations), each Loan Party shall perform, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to perform, all covenants in this Article V.
(a) Cash Reports. Promptly, but in any event within [***], after the end of each fiscal month of Borrower where, if at any time during such month, the aggregate market capitalization of the Company (based on the closing price of the Common Stock on the date of such calculation) is less than $1,750,000,000, a report of the current Cash and Cash Equivalent balances of the Loan Parties and Beam Securities, which report shall identify unrestricted and restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents; provided that, if, at any time, the aggregate market capitalization of the Company (based on the closing price of the Common Stock on the date of such calculation) is less than $[***],Administrative Agent may request at any time, and Borrower shall promptly provide, a report of at least [***]% of the current Cash and Cash Equivalent balances of the Loan Parties and Beam Securities, which report shall identify unrestricted and restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents (or, if greater, all Cash and Cash Equivalent balances required to satisfy the covenant set forth in Section 6.8).
(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available, and in any event within [***] after the end of each Fiscal Quarter of each Fiscal Year (excluding the fourth Fiscal Quarter), the consolidated balance sheets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail, together with a Financial Officer Certification and a Narrative Report with respect thereto;
(c) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available, and in any event within [***] after the end of each Fiscal Year, (i) the consolidated balance sheets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the previous Fiscal Year, in reasonable detail, together with a Financial Officer Certification and a Narrative Report with respect thereto; and (ii) with respect to such consolidated financial statements a report thereon of Deloitte & Touche LLP or other independent certified public
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accountants of recognized national standing selected by Borrower, and reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (which report shall be unqualified as to going concern and scope of audit, shall not contain any going concern emphasis of matter and shall state that such consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP (other than any such exception, qualification or explanatory paragraph that is with respect to, or resulting from, the upcoming maturity of the Loans));
(d) Compliance Certificate. Together with each delivery of financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 5.1(b) or Section 5.1(c), a duly executed and completed Compliance Certificate attaching evidence of the Cash balances contained in each Deposit Account of the Loan Parties;
(e) Notice of Disputes. Promptly (but in any event within [***]) after receipt by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, a copy of any written notices regarding the commencement of, or material developments in any material third party disputes with respect to a Product (Core), a Product (Material), any Material Contract, any Product (Core) Intellectual Property Rights, any Product (Material) Intellectual Property Rights, any Permitted Product Agreement or any Permitted Royalty Transaction.
(f) Statements of Reconciliation after Change in Accounting Principles. If, as a result of any change in accounting principles and policies (other than changes in GAAP) from those used in the preparation of the Historical Financial Statements, the consolidated financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b) or Section 5.1(c) will differ in any material respect from the consolidated financial statements that would have been delivered pursuant to such subdivisions had no such change in accounting principles and policies been made, then, together with the first delivery of such financial statements after such change, one or more statements of reconciliation for all such prior financial statements in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent;
(g) Notice of Default. Promptly (but in any event within [***]) upon any officer of Borrower obtaining knowledge (i) of any condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or that notice has been given to Borrower with respect thereto; (ii) that any Person has given any written notice to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or taken any other action with respect to any event or condition set forth in Section 8.1(b); or (iii) of the occurrence of any event or change that has caused or evidences or results in, in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or Material Regulatory Liabilities, a certificate of its Authorized Officers specifying the nature and period of existence of such condition, event or change, or specifying the notice given and action taken by any such Person and the nature of such claimed Event of Default, Default, default, event or condition, and what action Company has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto;
(h) Notice of Litigation. Promptly (but in any event within [***]) upon any officer of Company obtaining knowledge of (i) the institution of, or non-frivolous written threat of, any Adverse Proceeding or (ii) any material development in any Adverse Proceeding that, in the case of either clause (i) or (ii), which relates to the Products, the Collateral or the Material Contracts, or which seeks to enjoin or otherwise prevent the consummation of, or to recover any damages or obtain relief as a result of, the transactions contemplated hereby, in each case, which would reasonably be expected to result in Material Regulatory Liabilities or a Material Adverse Effect, written notice thereof together with such other information as may be reasonably available to Company to enable Lenders and their counsel to evaluate such matters;
(i) ERISA. Promptly (but in any event within [***]) upon becoming aware of the occurrence of or forthcoming occurrence of any ERISA Event that would reasonably be expected to result
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in a material Liability to a Loan Party, a written notice specifying the nature thereof, what action a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto and, when known, any action taken or threatened by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor or the PBGC with respect thereto;
(j) Insurance Report. Together with the delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 5.1(c), a report in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent outlining all material insurance coverage maintained as of the date of such report by Borrower and its Subsidiaries and all material insurance coverage planned to be maintained by Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the immediately succeeding Fiscal Year;
(k) Regulatory and Product Notices. Each Loan Party shall promptly (but in any event within [***]) after the receipt or occurrence thereof notify Administrative Agent of:
(i) any written notice received by Borrower or its Subsidiaries alleging potential or actual violations of any Public Health Law by Borrower or its Subsidiaries, or any written notice from the FTC alleging potential unfair or anticompetitive business practices by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
(ii) any written notice that the FDA (or international equivalent) is limiting, suspending or revoking any Registration (including, but not limited to, by the issuance of a clinical hold order),
(iii) any written notice that Borrower or its Subsidiaries has become subject to any Regulatory Action (other than any routine inspection or investigation in the ordinary course of business),
(iv) the exclusion or debarment from any governmental healthcare program or debarment or disqualification by FDA (or international equivalent) of Borrower or its Subsidiaries or its or their Authorized Officers,
(v) any written notice that a Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any of their licensees or sublicensees (including licensees or sublicensees under the Product Agreements or Material Contracts), is being investigated or is the subject of any allegation of potential or actual violations of any Federal Health Care Program Laws,
(vi) any written notice that any Product of Borrower or its Subsidiaries has been seized, withdrawn, recalled, detained, or subject to a suspension of manufacturing, or the commencement of any proceedings in the United States or any other jurisdiction seeking the withdrawal, recall, suspension, import detention, or seizure of any Product are pending or threatened in writing against Borrower or its Subsidiaries,
(vii) any change in the scope of marketing authorization or the labeling of any Products of Borrower and its Subsidiaries under any Registration, or
(viii) any other Regulatory Action threatened or initiated by a Governmental Authority in writing,
except, in each case of (i) through (viii) above, where such action would not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, Material Regulatory Liabilities; provided that, in each case of (i) through (viii) above, if any such action would result in an Event of Default under this Agreement, upon
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request by the Administrative Agent, the applicable Loan Party shall promptly (but in any event within [***] of such request) provide to the Administrative Agent, copies of all communications with the FDA and all other documentation and information in such Loan Party’s possession, custody or control reasonably requested by Administrative Agent relating to such notice or change and the events that led up to it (subject to suitable confidentiality restrictions);
(l) Notice Regarding Material Contracts. Promptly (but in any event within [***]) (i) after a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party receives any notice (written or oral) of default or event of default under any Material Contract, (ii) after Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party receives or otherwise becomes aware of any material dispute, litigation, purchase price adjustment (other than in accordance with the terms of such Material Contract), indemnity claim, exercise of rights of set-off or deduction (including any of the foregoing threatened in writing) under or with respect any Material Contract, and (iii) after any new Material Contract is entered into, in each case of clauses (i) through (iii), furnish a written statement describing such event, with copies of such notices or new contracts together with all pertinent detail and information relating thereto in such Loan Party or Subsidiary of Loan Party’s possession, custody or control and to the extent allowed to be delivered pursuant to such Material Contract’s terms, delivered to Administrative Agent, and an explanation of any actions being taken with respect thereto. Borrower shall provide Administrative Agent with written notice upon becoming aware of a counterparty’s material breach of its obligations under any Material Contract;
(m) Information Regarding Collateral. Company will furnish to Administrative Agent prior written notice of any change (a) in any Loan Party’s legal name, (b) in any Loan Party’s identity or corporate structure, or (c) in any Loan Party’s U.S. federal or other taxpayer identification number (if any). Company agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under the UCC or otherwise that are required in order for Administrative Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral and for the Collateral at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest as contemplated in the Collateral Documents. Company also agrees promptly to notify Administrative Agent if any material portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed;
(n) Annual Collateral Verification. Each year, at the time of delivery of annual financial statements with respect to the preceding Fiscal Year pursuant to Section 5.1(c), Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate either (a) certifying that all UCC financing statements (including fixtures filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations, have been filed of record in each governmental, municipal or other appropriate office in each jurisdiction necessary to protect and perfect the security interests under the Collateral Documents for a period of not less than [***] after the date of such certificate (except as noted therein with respect to any continuation statements to be filed within such period) or (b) identifying the UCC financing statements (including fixtures filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations that must be made by the Administrative Agent to protect and perfect the security interests under the Collateral Documents during such [***] period;
(o) Products (Core) and Products (Material). Promptly, but in any event within [***] after the receipt by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or occurrence thereof, notify Administrative Agent of:
(i) granting of any material licenses or sublicenses under any Permitted Product Agreement;
(ii) amending an existing, or entering into any new, Permitted Product Agreement;
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(iii) any material written communications received from the FDA or other Governmental Authority that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
in each case, to the extent related to a Product (Core) or a Product (Material).
(p) Notices re Intellectual Property. Promptly (but in any event within [***]), deliver notice of material infringements of any material Intellectual Property Rights owned or licensed by such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that are known to any Loan Party and not disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date;
(q) Regulatory Documentation. Company shall be responsible for, and shall maintain, with respect to each Product, all submissions to Governmental Authorities relating to the Products, as well as all correspondence with Governmental Authorities with respect thereto (including Registrations and licenses and regulatory drug lists, and any amendments or supplements thereto). Concurrently with the delivery of a Compliance Certificate following the end of each Fiscal Quarter in accordance with Section 5.1(d) and promptly following Administrative Agent’s reasonable request from time to time, Company shall provide to Administrative Agent copies of any and all material regulatory filings submitted to any such Governmental Authorities with respect to the Products (Core) and Products (Material);
(r) Maintenance, Defense and Enforcement of Product Patents. Company shall take all commercially reasonable steps to maintain, defend and enforce the Product (Core) Patents and Product (Material) Patents, including by timely filing fees and responses with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any applicable foreign counterpart. Company shall provide prompt written notice to Administrative Agent of any material adverse occurrences with respect to any Product (Core) Patents and Product (Material) Patents, and, upon Administrative Agent’s request from time to time, shall promptly provide Administrative Agent with complete and correct copies of any pleadings, briefs, declarations, correspondence and other documents relating to any Dispute involving any of the Product (Core) Patents and Product (Material) Patents;
(s) [Reserved].
(t) Other Information. (A) Promptly upon their becoming available and in any event within [***] of Borrower’s receipt thereof, copies of (i) all material reports and all registration statements and prospectuses, if any, filed by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with any securities exchange or with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any governmental or private regulatory authority, and (ii) all amendments, waivers, consents, notices of defaults and reservations of rights with respect to and received by Borrower or its Subsidiaries from any holder of its Indebtedness having a principal amount greater than $[***], (B) promptly after submission to any Governmental Authority, all material documents, submissions and information furnished to such Governmental Authority in connection with any investigation of any Loan Party (other than a routine inquiry), and (C) such other information and data with respect to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as from time to time may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in paragraphs (b), (c), (h), (i), (k), (l), (o), (p), (q) and (t)(A) of this Section 5.1 may be satisfied with respect to financial information of Borrower and its Subsidiaries by furnishing Borrower’s Form 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K, as applicable, filed with the SEC; provided that, to the extent such information is in lieu of information required to be provided under Section 5.1(c), such materials are reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, which opinion shall meet the standards set forth in Section 5.1(c). Further, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.1, neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries will be required to disclose or permit the inspection or discussion of, any document, information or other matter (i) in respect of which disclosure (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by Requirements of Law or any binding agreement or (ii) that is subject to attorney
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client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product, in each case, based on the advice of counsel to Borrower.
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(a) The Loan Parties will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers, (i) business interruption insurance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and (ii) casualty insurance, such public liability insurance, third party property damage insurance or such other insurance with respect to liabilities, losses or damage in respect of the assets, properties and businesses of the Loan Parties as may customarily be carried or maintained under similar circumstances by Persons of established reputation engaged in similar businesses, in each case in such amounts (giving effect to self-insurance), with such deductibles, covering such risks and otherwise on such terms and conditions as shall be customary for such Persons. Each such policy of insurance shall, subject to Section 5.15, (1) name Administrative Agent, on behalf of Lenders as an additional insured thereunder as its interests may appear, and (2) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, contain a loss payable clause or endorsement, satisfactory in form and substance to Administrative Agent, that names Administrative Agent, on behalf of Secured Parties as the loss payee thereunder. If any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries fails to maintain such insurance, Administrative Agent may, upon contemporaneous notice to Borrower, arrange for such insurance, but at Company’s expense and without any responsibility on Administrative Agent’s part for obtaining the insurance, the solvency of the insurance companies, the adequacy of the coverage, or the collection of claims. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and following contemporaneous notice to the Borrower, Administrative Agent shall have the sole right, in the name of the Lenders, any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries, to file claims under any insurance policies, to receive, receipt and give acquittance for any payments that may be payable thereunder, and to execute any and all endorsements, receipts, releases, assignments, reassignments or other documents that may be necessary to effect the collection, compromise or settlement of any claims under any such insurance policies.
(b) Each of the insurance policies required to be maintained under this Section 5.5 shall, subject to Section 5.15, provide for at least [***] (or [***] in the case of cancellation due to nonpayment of premium) prior written notice to Administrative Agent of the cancellation or substantial modification thereof. Receipt of such notice shall entitle Administrative Agent (but Administrative Agent shall not be obligated) to, upon contemporaneous written notice to Loan Parties, renew any such policies, cause the coverages and amounts thereof to be maintained at levels required pursuant to this Section 5.5 or otherwise to obtain similar insurance (including with respect to coverage types, limits and premiums) in place of such policies, in each case at the expense of the Loan Parties.
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(a) Borrower will, upon the reasonable request of Administrative Agent or Required Lenders, participate in a conference call of Administrative Agent and Lenders once during each Fiscal Year at such time as may be agreed to by Borrower and Administrative Agent.
(b) Within [***] after delivery of financial statements and other information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b), Borrower shall, upon the reasonable request by Administrative Agent, cause its chief financial officer or other Authorized Officers to participate in a conference call with Administrative Agent and all Lenders who choose to participate in such conference call, during which conference call the chief financial officer or such Authorized Officer shall review the financial condition of Borrower and its Subsidiaries and such other matters as Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.
(a) Each Loan Party will comply, and shall cause each of Borrower’s Subsidiaries and all other Persons, if any, on or occupying any Real Property, to comply, with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority (including (i) all Environmental Laws and (ii) with respect to Beam Securities, the Specified Massachusetts Regulations), non-compliance with which would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Loan Party shall, and shall cause each of Borrower’s Subsidiaries to, comply with all FDA Laws and Public Health Laws, and with all applicable Federal Health Care Program Laws, except where the failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect. All products developed, manufactured, tested, investigated, distributed or marketed by or on behalf of the Loan Parties and Borrower’s Subsidiaries that are subject to the jurisdiction of the FDA or any comparable Governmental Authority have been and shall be developed, tested, manufactured, investigated, distributed, sold and marketed in compliance with the FDA Laws and any other Requirement of Law, including, without limitation, good manufacturing practices, labeling, advertising, record-keeping, and adverse event reporting, except where the failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Each Loan Party will comply and cause Beam Securities to comply with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority necessary for it to remain qualified for security corporation classification pursuant to the Specified Massachusetts Regulations.
(a) Each Loan Party shall (i) keep its real property free of any Environmental Liens; (ii) maintain and comply in all material respects with all Governmental Authorizations required under applicable Environmental Laws, except as any such failure would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) take all steps to prevent any Release of Hazardous Materials from any property owned or operated by any Loan Party, except as any such failure would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and (iv) ensure that there are no Hazardous Materials on, at or migrating from any owned Real Property, except as any such failure would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The Loan Parties shall promptly (but in any event within [***]) (i) to the extent it would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, notify Administrative Agent in writing
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(A) of any Environmental Claims asserted in writing against or material Environmental Liabilities and Costs of any Loan Party, and (B) any notice of Environmental Lien filed against any owned Real Property, and (ii) provide such other documents and information as reasonably requested by Administrative Agent in relation to any matter pursuant to this Section 5.9(b).
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Each Loan Party covenants and agrees that, so long as any Commitment is in effect and until payment in full of all Obligations (other than any such contingent obligations or liabilities hereunder that by the express terms thereof survive such payment in full of all Obligations), such Loan Party shall perform, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to perform, all covenants in this Article VI.
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(a) the payment of dividends to Company’s equityholders in the form of Common Stock;
(b) (i) the issuance of Capital Stock of Company upon the exercise of any warrants, options or rights to acquire such Capital Stock, including upon conversion of any Indebtedness that is convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock of Company, and (ii) cash payments in lieu of issuing fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible or exchangeable into Capital Stock of Company;
(c) the payment of dividends or other Restricted Junior Payments by a Subsidiary of Borrower to any Loan Party or such Subsidiary’s direct parent company;
(d) the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Company’s Capital Stock held by any future, present or former employee, director, manager, officer or consultant (or any Affiliates, spouses, former spouses, other immediate family members, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) of Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any employee, management, director or manager equity plan, employee, management, director or manager stock option plan or any other employee, management, director or manager benefit plan or any agreement (including any stock subscription or shareholder agreement) with any employee, director, manager, officer or consultant of Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that the aggregate amounts of all such payments made pursuant to this clause (d) shall not, in the aggregate, exceed $[***]
(e) (i) the purchase by Borrower of Common Stock (including pursuant to Permitted Equity Derivatives) contemporaneously and otherwise in connection with the incurrence of Permitted Convertible Indebtedness; provided that the aggregate consideration for such Common Stock in connection with such purchases shall not exceed [***]% of the net proceeds received by Borrower from the incurrence of such Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, and (ii) any non-cash settlement or unwind of a Permitted Equity Derivative;
(f) Beam Securities to Borrower to the extent in compliance with the terms of this Agreement and the Specified Massachusetts Regulations;
(g) any payments pursuant to a Permitted Royalty Transaction;
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(h) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, other payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $[***];
(i) any payment on subordinated Indebtedness in accordance with the subordination agreement governing such Indebtedness;
(j) regularly scheduled payments of interest as set forth in the documentation governing the Permitted Convertible Indebtedness;
(k) the issuance of Capital Stock (and cash in lieu of fractional shares in connection with such issuance) of the Borrower in connection with any conversion, exercise, repurchase, exchange, redemption, settlement or early termination or cancellation of Indebtedness of Borrower;
(l) the refinancing of any Indebtedness using the proceeds of any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; or
(m) payment of Indebtedness secured by a Permitted Lien if the assets securing such Indebtedness has been sold or otherwise disposed of in accordance with Section 6.9 or to the extent excluded from the definition of “Asset Sale”.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, Borrower shall not permit Beam Securities to make any Restricted Junior Payment in violation of the terms of this Agreement or in violation of the Specified Massachusetts Regulations.
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(a) consummate any transaction of merger or consolidation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), including by means of a “plan of division” under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act or any comparable transaction under any similar law, except:
(i) (x) any Subsidiary of Borrower that is a Loan Party may be merged with or into Company or any Guarantor Subsidiary, or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved, or all or any part of its business, property or assets may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to Company or any Guarantor Subsidiary; and (y) any Subsidiary of Borrower that is not a Loan Party may be merged with or into Borrower or any other Subsidiary, or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved, or all or any part of its business, property or assets may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to Company or any other Subsidiary; provided, that in each case of clauses (x) and (y), in the case of such merger involving Borrower, Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person and in the case of such merger not involving Borrower but involving a Guarantor Subsidiary, the Guarantor Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving person; or
(ii) in connection with Permitted Acquisitions, other Permitted Investments, Asset Sales permitted by Section 6.9(b) and dispositions of assets to the extent excluded from the definition of “Asset Sale”; or
(iii) any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve or change its legal form if Borrower determine in good faith that such action is in the best interests of Company and the Subsidiaries and is not disadvantageous to the Lenders; provided that if such Subsidiary is a Loan Party any assets held by such Loan Party shall be transferred to another Loan Party or otherwise transferred in accordance with Section 6.9(b) or to the extent excluded from the definition of “Asset Sale”; or
(b) convey, sell, lease or sublease (as lessor or sublessor), exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or otherwise enter into or consummate any Asset Sale, in each case, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any part of its business, assets or property of any kind whatsoever (including, without limitation, any Product (including, without limitation, any Intellectual Property Rights related thereto), any Product Agreement (including, without limitation, any of Company’s rights thereunder), and any Registration), whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for (and in each case, pursuant to arms’ length transactions on market terms and for fair market value as reasonably determined by Company or the applicable Subsidiary) and (except in the cases of clauses (i) (solely with respect to Product (Non-Core)), (iii), (iv), (vii), (viii), (x), (xi)(A), (xii), (xiii), (xiv) and (xvi) below) for consideration of which not less than [***]% shall be in cash or Cash Equivalents):
(i) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (x) Permitted Product Transactions and (y) transactions with respect to any Product
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(Existing) arising from the exercise of license options in existence on the Closing Date under any Product (Existing) Agreements;
(ii) (x) Permitted Synthetic Royalty Transactions and (y) Permitted Traditional Royalty Transactions;
(iii) Permitted Acquisitions and other Permitted Investments;
(iv) the disposition, unwinding or other termination of any Hedging Agreement or any Permitted Equity Derivative or the entry into any Permitted Equity Derivatives;
(v) Borrower or any Subsidiary may sell inventory and immaterial assets in the ordinary course of business;
(vi) Asset Sales of obsolete or worn out, retired or surplus property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business;
(vii) surrender or waiver of contractual rights and settlement or waiver of contractual or litigation claims in the ordinary course of business or in connection with the [***];
(viii) Asset Sales to any Loan Party;
(ix) Asset Sales by any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party (other than Beam Securities);
(x) dispositions consisting of Permitted Liens and permitted Restricted Junior Payments;
(xi) (A) dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof and (B) the sale or disposition of Cash Equivalents for cash or other Cash Equivalents;
(xii) Asset Sales of marketing rights outside of the United States between a Loan Party and its Subsidiaries (other than an Excluded Subsidiary);
(xiii) the lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property (other than any Intellectual Property Rights) in the ordinary course of business which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(xiv) involuntary loss, damage or description of property or any involuntary condemnation, seizure or taking, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, or confiscation or requisition of use of property;
(xv) [***];
(xvi) any Asset Sale in the ordinary course of business consisting of the lapse, abandonment, cancellation or expiration of Intellectual Property (other than Product (Core) Intellectual Property Rights and Product (Material) Intellectual Property Rights) which, in the reasonable good faith determination of Borrower, are not material to the conduct of the business of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(xvii) any disposition of shares held by Borrower in [***] as of the Closing Date; and
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(xviii) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, other Asset Sales or dispositions (other than any direct or indirect disposition of Material Contracts, Product (Core), Product (Core) Intellectual Property Rights, Product (Material), Product (Material) Intellectual Property Rights, or Registration with respect to any Product (Core) or any Product (Material), accounts receivables or inventory in respect of any Product (Core) or any Product (Material) or any other assets necessary or material to the research, development, use or Commercialization of any Product (Core) or any Product (Material) in an amount not to exceed an aggregate amount equal to the greater of (x) $[***] and (y) [***]% of the Net Proceeds of all Product Revenue received by the Loan Parties from the sales of Product (Core) and Product (Material), measured as of the last day of the [***] period ending immediately prior to the making of such Asset Sale; provided that, the aggregate amount of Asset Sales or dispositions consummated pursuant to this clause (xviii) shall not exceed $[***] during the term of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, (i) no assignment, transfer, contribution, license, sublicense or other disposition of any Product (Core), Product (Material), Product (Core) Patent, Product (Material) Patent or Registration with respect to any Product (Core) or any Product (Material) is permitted hereunder except as specifically permitted under this Agreement and (ii) Borrower shall not permit Beam Securities to make any disposition in violation of the terms of this Agreement or in violation of the Specified Massachusetts Regulations.
(a) transactions (or series of related transactions) on terms that are not less favorable to Borrower or a Subsidiary in any material respect than would be obtainable by Borrower or such Subsidiary
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at such time in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate (as determined in good faith by the senior management or the Board of Directors of Borrower);
(b) any transaction among the Loan Parties or Subsidiaries of any Loan Party expressly permitted hereunder;
(c) reasonable and customary fees paid to current or former members of the Board of Directors (or similar governing body) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(d) compensation arrangements for current and former officers and other employees of Borrower and its Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(e) transactions described in Schedule 6.12 (including without limitation, any intercompany licenses or other arrangements existing on the Closing Date); and
(f) any such transaction if Administrative Agent has consented thereto in writing prior to the consummation in its sole discretion.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, Borrower shall not permit Beam Securities to enter into, renew, extend or be a party to any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease, transfer or exchange of property or assets of any kind or the rendering of services of any kind) with any Affiliate in violation of the terms of this Agreement or in violation of the Specified Massachusetts Regulations.
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(a) conduct any business or engage in any transaction or dealing with any Blocked Person, including the making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Blocked Person,
(b) deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to the OFAC Sanctions Programs or
(c) engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in the OFAC Sanctions Programs, the USA PATRIOT Act or any other Anti-Terrorism Law.
Borrower shall deliver to the Lenders any certification or other evidence requested from time to time by any Lender in its sole discretion, confirming Borrower’s compliance with this Section 6.18.
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(a) other than any Permitted Product Transaction, in connection with Permitted Liens or non-exclusive licenses not constituting an Asset Sale, sell, assign, license, sublicense, pledge, encumber, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any or all of the assets related to any Product (Core) or Product (Material) or any of its Royalties or Product Revenues on, or proceeds from, sales of any Product (Core) or any Product (Material) to any Person;
(b) permit any third party to solely direct the development of any Product (Core) or Product (Material); or
(c) other than any Permitted Product Agreement or in connection with Permitted Investments, enter into any agreement or other arrangement, or amend an existing agreement or arrangement with any third party (to the extent such amendment would be adverse in any material respect, taken as whole, to Borrower), providing for up-front payments, milestone payments, Royalties or similar development-, commercialization- or intellectual property-related payments to third parties applicable (or that, with further development and commercialization, may become applicable) to a Product (Core) or Product (Material).
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(a) this Guaranty is a guaranty of payment when due and not of collectability. This Guaranty is a primary obligation of each Guarantor and not merely a contract of surety;
(b) Administrative Agent may enforce this Guaranty upon the occurrence of an Event of Default notwithstanding the existence of any dispute between Company and any Beneficiary with respect to the existence of such Event of Default;
(c) the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of Company and the obligations of any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the obligations of Company, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against such Guarantor whether or not any action is brought against Company or any of such other guarantors and whether or not Company is joined in any such action or actions;
(d) payment by any Guarantor of a portion, but not all, of the Guaranteed Obligations shall in no way limit, affect, modify or abridge any Guarantor’s liability for any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations which has not been paid. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if Administrative Agent is awarded a judgment in any suit brought to enforce any Guarantor’s covenant to pay a portion of the Guaranteed Obligations, such judgment shall not be deemed to release such Guarantor from its covenant to pay the portion of the Guaranteed Obligations that is not the subject of such suit, and such judgment shall not, except to the extent satisfied by such Guarantor, limit, affect, modify or abridge any other Guarantor’s liability hereunder in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(e) any Beneficiary, upon such terms as it deems appropriate, without notice or demand and without affecting the validity or enforceability hereof or giving rise to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or termination of any Guarantor’s liability hereunder, from time to time may (i) renew, extend, accelerate, increase the rate of interest on, or otherwise change the time, place, manner or terms of payment of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) settle, compromise, release or discharge, or accept or refuse any offer of performance with respect to, or substitutions for, the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating thereto and/or subordinate the payment of the same to the payment of any other obligations; (iii) request and accept other guaranties of the Guaranteed Obligations and take and hold security for the payment hereof or the Guaranteed Obligations; (iv) release, surrender, exchange, substitute, compromise, settle, rescind, waive, alter, subordinate or modify, with or without consideration, any security for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, any other guaranties of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other obligation of any Person (including any other Guarantor) with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) enforce and apply any security now or hereafter held by or for the benefit of such Beneficiary in respect hereof or the Guaranteed Obligations and direct the order or manner of sale thereof, or exercise any other right or remedy that such Beneficiary may have against any such security, in each case as such Beneficiary in its discretion may determine consistent herewith and any applicable security agreement, including foreclosure on any such security pursuant to one or more judicial or non-judicial sales, whether or not every aspect of any such sale is commercially reasonable, and even though such action operates to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of any Guarantor against Company or any security for the Guaranteed Obligations; and (vi) exercise any other rights available to it under the Loan Documents; and
(f) this Guaranty and the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall be valid and enforceable and shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or termination for any reason (other than payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations), including the occurrence of any of the following, whether or not any Guarantor shall have had notice or knowledge of any of them: (i) any failure or omission to assert or enforce or agreement or election not to assert or enforce, or the stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation of law or otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand or any right, power or remedy (whether arising under the Loan Documents, at law, in equity or
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otherwise) with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any other guaranty of or security for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any consent to departure from, any of the terms or provisions (including provisions relating to events of default) hereof, any of the other Loan Documents or any agreement or instrument executed pursuant thereto, or of any other guaranty or security for the Guaranteed Obligations, in each case whether or not in accordance with the terms hereof or such Loan Document or any agreement relating to such other guaranty or security; (iii) the Guaranteed Obligations, or any agreement relating thereto, at any time being found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect; (iv) the application of payments received from any source (other than payments received pursuant to the other Loan Documents or from the proceeds of any security for the Guaranteed Obligations, except to the extent such security also serves as collateral for indebtedness other than the Guaranteed Obligations) to the payment of indebtedness other than the Guaranteed Obligations, even though any Beneficiary might have elected to apply such payment to any part or all of the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) any Beneficiary’s consent to the change, reorganization or termination of the corporate structure or existence of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and to any corresponding restructuring of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vi) any failure to perfect or continue perfection of a security interest in any collateral which secures any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vii) any defenses, set offs or counterclaims which Company may allege or assert against any Beneficiary in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations, including failure of consideration, breach of warranty, payment, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury; and (viii) any other act or thing or omission, or delay to do any other act or thing, which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor as an obligor in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations.
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(a) So long as any Guaranteed Obligations remain outstanding, no Guarantor shall, without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent acting pursuant to the instructions of Required Lenders, commence or join with any other Person in commencing any bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency case or proceeding of or against Company or any other Guarantor. The obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall not be reduced, limited, impaired, discharged, deferred, suspended or terminated by any case or proceeding, voluntary or involuntary, involving the bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, administration, reorganization, liquidation or arrangement of Company or any other Guarantor or by any defense which Company or any other Guarantor may have by reason of the order, decree or decision of any court or administrative body resulting from any such proceeding.
(b) Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that any interest on any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations which accrues after the commencement of any case or proceeding referred to in clause (a) above (or, if interest on any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations ceases to accrue by operation of law by reason of the commencement of such case or proceeding, such interest as would have accrued on such portion of the Guaranteed Obligations if such case or proceeding had not been commenced) shall be included in the Guaranteed Obligations because it is the intention of Guarantors and Beneficiaries that the Guaranteed Obligations which are guaranteed by Guarantors pursuant hereto should be determined without regard to any rule of law or order which may relieve Company of any portion of such Guaranteed Obligations. Guarantors will permit any trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, administrator, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar person to pay Administrative Agent, or allow the claim of Administrative Agent in respect of, any such interest accruing after the date on which such case or proceeding is commenced.
(c) In the event that all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations are paid by Company, the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall continue and remain in full force and effect or be reinstated, as the case may be, in the event that all or any part of such payment(s) are rescinded or recovered directly or indirectly from any Beneficiary as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise, and any such payments which are so rescinded or recovered shall constitute Guaranteed Obligations for all purposes hereunder.
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(a) Failure to Make Payments When Due. Failure by Company to pay (i) the principal of and premium, if any, on any Term Loan when due whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, as a result of a mandatory prepayment or otherwise; or (ii) within [***] when due any interest on any Term Loan or any fee or any other amount due hereunder; or
(b) Default in Other Agreements. (i) Failure of any Loan Party or any Loan Party’s Subsidiaries to pay when due any principal of or interest on or any other amount payable in respect of one or more items of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness referred to in Section 8.1(a)) in a principal amount of $[***] or more, beyond the grace period, if any, provided therefor, or (ii) breach or default by any Loan Party with respect to any other material term of (A) one or more items of Indebtedness in the principal amount referred to in clause (i) above, or (B) any loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating to such item(s) of Indebtedness, in each case beyond the grace or cure period, if any, provided therefor, if the effect of such breach or default is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of that Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such holder or holders), to cause, that Indebtedness to become or be declared due and payable (or subject to a compulsory repurchase or redeemable) or to require the prepayment, redemption, repurchase or defeasance of, or to cause Borrower or any of Borrower’s Subsidiaries to make any offer to prepay, redeem, repurchase or defease such Indebtedness, prior to its stated maturity or the stated maturity of any underlying obligation, as the case may be; or
(c) Breach of Certain Covenants. Failure of any Loan Party to perform or comply with any term or condition contained in Section 2.2, Section 5.1(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (h), (j), (k), (l), (m), (o) or (p), Section 5.2, Section 5.3, Section 5.5, Section 5.7, Section 5.8, Section 5.10, Section 5.11, Section 5.13, Section 5.14, Section 5.15 or Article VI; or
(d) Breach of Representations, Etc. Any representation, warranty, certification or other statement made or deemed made by any Loan Party in any Loan Document or in any statement or certificate at any time given by any Loan Party or any of Borrower’s Subsidiaries in writing pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall be false in any material respect (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) as of the date made or deemed made; or
(e) Other Defaults Under Loan Documents. Any Loan Party shall default in the performance of or compliance with any term contained herein or any of the other Loan Documents, other than any such term referred to in any other Section of this Section 8.1, and such default shall not have been remedied or waived within [***] after the earlier of (i) an officer of such Loan Party becoming aware of such default, or (ii) receipt by Company of written notice from Administrative Agent or any Lender of such default; or
(f) Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, Etc. (i) A court of competent jurisdiction shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect, which decree or order is not stayed; or any other similar relief shall be granted under any applicable federal or state law; or (ii) an involuntary case shall be commenced against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect; or a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver, administrator, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or
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other officer having similar powers over Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or over all or a substantial part of its property, shall have been entered; or there shall have occurred the involuntary appointment of an interim receiver, administrator, trustee or other custodian of Borrowers or any of its Subsidiaries for all or a substantial part of its property; or a warrant of attachment, execution or similar process shall have been issued against any substantial part of the property of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and any such event described in this clause (ii) shall continue for [***] without having been dismissed, bonded or discharged; or
(g) Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, Etc. (i) Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall have an order for relief entered with respect to it or shall commence a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case, or to the conversion of an involuntary case to a voluntary case, under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, administrator, trustee or other custodian for all or a substantial part of its property; or Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall make any assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (ii) Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be unable, or shall fail generally, or shall admit in writing its inability, to pay its debts as such debts become due; or the Board of Directors (or similar governing body) of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any action to approve any of the actions referred to herein or in Section 8.1(f); or
(h) Judgments and Attachments. Any money judgment, writ or warrant of attachment or similar process involving (i) in any individual case an amount in excess of $[***] or (ii) in the aggregate at any time an amount in excess of $[***] (in either case to the extent not adequately covered by insurance as to which a solvent and unaffiliated insurance company has acknowledged coverage) shall be entered or filed against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets and shall remain undischarged, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of [***] (or in any event later than [***] prior to the date of any proposed sale thereunder); or
(i) Dissolution. Any order, judgment or decree shall be entered against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries decreeing the dissolution or split up of such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries and such order shall remain undischarged or unstayed for a period in excess of [***]; or
(j) Change of Control. A Change of Control shall occur; or
(k) Guaranties, Collateral Documents and other Loan Documents. At any time after the execution and delivery thereof, (i) the Guaranty for any reason, other than the satisfaction in full in cash of all Obligations, shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms) or shall be declared to be null and void or any Guarantor shall repudiate its obligations thereunder, (ii) this Agreement or any Collateral Document ceases to be in full force and effect (other than by reason of a release of Collateral in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof or the satisfaction in full in cash of the Obligations in accordance with the terms hereof) or shall be declared null and void, or Administrative Agent shall not have or shall cease to have a valid and perfected Lien in any Collateral purported to be covered by the Collateral Documents with the priority required by the relevant Collateral Document, in each case for any reason other than the failure of Administrative Agent or any Secured Party to take any action within its control, or (iii) any Loan Party shall contest the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document in writing or deny in writing that it has any further liability, including with respect to future advances by Lenders, under any Loan Document to which it is a party; or
(l) Proceedings. The indictment of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries under any criminal statute, or commencement of criminal or civil proceedings against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which statute or proceedings the penalties or remedies sought or available include
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forfeiture to any Governmental Authority of any material portion of the property of any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(m) ERISA. The occurrence of any ERISA Event which, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or
(n) Specified Material Contracts. The occurrence of the termination for any reason of any Material Contract listed as item 7 or 8 on Schedule 4.15, unless, [***].
(a) declare that all or any portion of the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments shall immediately terminate and the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Term Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable; without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Loan Party; and/or
(b) exercise on behalf of themselves and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to them and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable law or in equity or under any other instrument, document or agreement now existing or hereafter arising;
provided, that upon the occurrence of any event specified in Section 8.1(f) or (g) above, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Term Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable without further act of Administrative Agent or any Lender.
(a) Sixth Street is hereby appointed Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and each Lender hereby authorizes Sixth Street, in such capacity, to act as its agent in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Loan Documents to perform, exercise and enforce any and all other rights and remedies of the Lenders with respect to the Loan Parties, the Obligations or otherwise related to any of same to the extent reasonably incidental to the exercise by Administrative Agent of the rights and remedies specifically authorized to be exercised by Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Parties.
(b) Administrative Agent hereby agrees to act upon the express conditions contained herein and the other Loan Documents, as applicable. The provisions of this Article IX (other than Section 9.8(a)(ii)) are solely for the benefit of Administrative Agent and Lenders and no Loan Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions thereof. In performing its functions and duties hereunder, Administrative Agent shall act solely as an agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not
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be deemed to have assumed any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
(a) No Responsibility for Certain Matters. Administrative Agent shall not be responsible to any Lender for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectability or sufficiency hereof or any other Loan Document or for any representations, warranties, recitals or statements made herein or therein or made in any written or oral statements or in any financial or other statements, instruments, reports or certificates or any other documents furnished or made by Administrative Agent to Lenders or by or on behalf of any Loan Party to Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby or for the financial condition or business affairs of any Loan Party or any other Person liable for the payment of any Obligations, nor shall Administrative Agent be required to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions, provisions, covenants or agreements contained in any of the Loan Documents or as to the use of the proceeds of the Loans or as to the existence or possible existence of any Event of Default or Default or to make any disclosures with respect to the foregoing. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Administrative Agent shall not have any liability arising from confirmations of the amount of outstanding Term Loans or the component amounts thereof.
(b) Exculpatory Provisions. Neither Administrative Agent nor any of its officers, partners, directors, employees or agents shall be liable to Lenders for any action taken or omitted by Administrative Agent under or in connection with any of the Loan Documents except to the extent caused by Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable order. Administrative Agent shall be entitled to refrain from any act or the taking of any action (including the failure to take an action) in connection herewith or any of the other Loan Documents or from the exercise of any power, discretion or authority vested in it hereunder or thereunder unless and until Administrative Agent shall have received instructions in respect thereof from Required Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such instructions under Section 10.5) and, upon receipt of such instructions from Required Lenders (or such other Lenders, as the case may be), Administrative Agent shall be entitled to act or (where so instructed) refrain from acting, or to exercise such power, discretion or authority, in accordance with such instructions. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, (i) Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any communication, instrument or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person or Persons, and shall be entitled to rely and shall be protected in relying on opinions and judgments of attorneys (who may be attorneys for Borrower and its Subsidiaries), accountants, experts and other professional advisors selected by it; and (ii) no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against Administrative Agent as a result of Administrative Agent acting or (where so instructed) refraining from acting hereunder or any of the other Loan Documents in accordance with the
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instructions of Required Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such instructions under Section 10.5).
(c) Notice of Default. Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, except with respect to Events of Default in the payment of principal, interest and fees required to be paid to Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders, unless Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or a Loan Party referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” Administrative Agent will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any such notice. Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to any such Default or Event of Default as may be directed by the Required Lenders in accordance with Article VIII; provided, however, that unless and until Administrative Agent has received any such direction, Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable or in the best interest of the Lenders.
(a) Each Lender represents and warrants that it has made its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with Credit Extensions hereunder and that it has made and shall continue to make its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries. Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to make any such investigation or any such appraisal on behalf of Lenders or to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the making of the Term Loans or at any time or times thereafter, and Administrative Agent shall not have any responsibility with respect to the accuracy of or the completeness of any information provided to Lenders.
(b) Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement and funding its Term Loan on the Closing Date, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be approved by Administrative Agent, Required Lenders or Lenders, as applicable on the Closing Date.
(c) Each Lender (i) represents and warrants that as of the Closing Date neither such Lender nor its Affiliates or Related Funds owns or controls, or owns or controls any Person owning or controlling, any trade debt or Indebtedness of any Loan Party other than the Obligations or any Capital Stock of any Loan Party and (ii) covenants and agrees that from and after the Closing Date neither such Lender nor its Affiliates and Related Funds shall purchase any trade debt or Indebtedness of any Loan Party other than the Obligations or Capital Stock described in clause (i) above without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent.
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(a) Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving thirty days’ (or such shorter period as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) prior written notice thereof to Lenders and Company. Upon any such notice of resignation, Required Lenders (after consultation with the Borrower) shall have the right, upon five Business Days’ notice to Company, to appoint a successor Administrative Agent. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent from among the Lenders. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent that successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Administrative Agent all sums, securities or Capital Stock and other items of Collateral held under the Collateral Documents, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents, and (ii) execute and deliver to such successor Administrative Agent such amendments to financing statements, and take such other
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actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Administrative Agent of the security interests created under the Collateral Documents, whereupon such retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article IX shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent hereunder.
(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Administrative Agent may assign its rights and duties as Administrative Agent, as applicable, hereunder to an Affiliate of Sixth Street without the prior written consent of, or prior written notice to, Company or the Lenders; provided that Company and the Lenders may deem and treat such assigning Administrative Agent as Administrative Agent for all purposes hereof, unless and until such assigning Administrative Agent provides written notice to Company and the Lenders of such assignment. Upon such assignment such Affiliate shall succeed to and become vested with all rights, powers, privileges and duties as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.
(c) Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by Administrative Agent. Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Affiliates. The exculpatory, indemnification and other provisions of Section 9.3, Section 9.6 and of this Section 9.7 shall apply to any of the Affiliates of Administrative 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. All of the rights, benefits and privileges (including the exculpatory and indemnification provisions) of Section 9.3, Section 9.6 and of this Section 9.7 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Affiliates of any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities as sub-agent as if such sub-agent and Affiliates were named herein. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to each sub-agent appointed by Administrative Agent, (i) such sub-agent shall be a third party beneficiary under this Agreement with respect to all such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory and rights to indemnification) and shall have all of the rights, benefits and privileges of a third party beneficiary, including an independent right of action to enforce such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) directly, without the consent or joinder of any other Person, against any or all of the Loan Parties and the Lenders, (ii) such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) shall not be modified or amended without the consent of such sub-agent, and (iii) such sub-agent shall only have obligations to Administrative Agent and not to any Loan Party, Lender or any other Person and no Loan Party, Lender or any other Person shall have the rights, directly or indirectly, as a third party beneficiary or otherwise, against such sub-agent.
(a) Administrative Agent under Collateral Documents and Guaranty. Each Lender hereby further authorizes Administrative Agent on behalf of and for the benefit of Lenders, to be the agent for and representative of Lenders with respect to the Guaranty, the Collateral and the Collateral Documents. Subject to Section 10.5, without further written consent or authorization from Lenders, Administrative Agent (i) may execute any documents or instruments necessary to (A) release any Lien encumbering any item of Collateral that is the subject of a sale or other disposition of assets permitted hereby or to which Required Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 10.5) have otherwise consented, or (B) release any Guarantor from the Guaranty pursuant to Section 7.12 or with respect to which Required Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 10.5) have otherwise consented and (ii) shall (A) enter into an intercreditor agreement, on terms and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, with
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respect to any Permitted Royalty Transaction, (B) if requested by Borrower, enter into customary acknowledgement and/or non-disturbance agreements, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in connection with the entry by Borrower or any Subsidiary into any Permitted Product Agreement and (C) in connection with any Permitted Product Agreement entered into after the Closing Date that is an exclusive out-license with respect of a Product (Non-Core) or Product (Pending), solely to the extent required by the applicable licensee to consummate such Permitted Product Agreement, conditionally release its security interest in the Intellectual Property Rights directly relating to such Product (Non-Core) or Product (Pending) (provided that, in no event shall any Product (Core) Intellectual Property Rights or Product (Material) Intellectual Property Rights be released at any time), subject to the following conditions: (1) prior to any release becoming effective, Borrower and Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) shall agree in writing on the precise scope of any such release; (2) Borrower shall first attempt to consummate the Permitted Product Agreement without any change to the existing Lien and, if unsuccessful, Borrower shall then attempt to subordinate the Lien to the rights of the applicable licensee, in each case, prior to requesting a conditional release of the Lien; and (3) in the event such Permitted Product Agreement is terminated, no longer enforceable or in effect, or the applicable licensee consents, the conditional release, if applicable, shall terminate automatically and, immediately upon such termination or consent and with no further action by any party, the Administrative Agent’s security interest shall reattach to all applicable assets released under this Section 9.8(a)(ii)(C). Nothing in this Section 9.8(a) shall limit, impair, or release the Administrative Agent’s First Priority security interest in all cash proceeds received or to be received by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from such Permitted Product Agreement, and Borrower shall use its reasonable best efforts to grant to Administrative Agent, on behalf of and for the benefit of Lenders, a First Priority security interest in such Permitted Product Agreement.
(b) Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guaranty. Anything contained in any of the Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, Company, Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby agree that (i) no Lender shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by Administrative Agent, on behalf of Lenders in accordance with the terms hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the Collateral Documents may be exercised solely by Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or any sale of the Collateral in a case under the Bankruptcy Code, Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of Secured Parties (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by Administrative Agent at such sale. The Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion of the Obligations (including by accepting some or all of the Collateral in satisfaction of some or all of the Obligations pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise) and in such manner purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral (a) at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including under Sections 363, 1123 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, or any similar laws in any other jurisdictions to which a Loan Party is subject, or (b) at any other sale, foreclosure or acceptance of collateral in lieu of debt conducted by (or with the consent or at the direction of) the Administrative Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with any applicable law. In connection with any such credit bid and purchase, the Obligations owed to the Secured Parties shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid by the Administrative Agent at the direction of the Required Lenders on a ratable basis (with Obligations with respect to contingent or unliquidated claims receiving contingent interests in the acquired assets on a ratable basis that shall vest upon the liquidation of such claims in an amount proportional to the liquidated portion of the contingent claim amount used in allocating the contingent interests) for the asset or assets so
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purchased (or for the equity interests or debt instruments of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are issued in connection with such purchase). In connection with any such bid (i) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to form one or more acquisition vehicles and to assign any successful credit bid to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, (ii) each of the Secured Parties’ ratable interests in the Obligations which were credit bid shall be deemed without any further action under this Agreement to be assigned to such vehicle or vehicles for the purpose of closing such sale, (iii) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to adopt documents providing for the governance of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles (provided that any actions by the Administrative Agent with respect to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, including any disposition of the assets or equity interests thereof, shall be governed, directly or indirectly, by, and the governing documents shall provide for, control by the vote of the Required Lenders or their permitted assignees under the terms of this Agreement or the governing documents of the applicable acquisition vehicle or vehicles, as the case may be, irrespective of the termination of this Agreement and without giving effect to the limitations on actions by the Required Lenders contained in this Agreement), (iv) the Administrative Agent on behalf of such acquisition vehicle or vehicles shall be authorized to issue to each of the Secured Parties, ratably on account of the relevant Obligations which were credit bid, interests, whether as equity, partnership interests, limited partnership interests or membership interests, in any such acquisition vehicle and/or debt instruments issued by such acquisition vehicle, all without the need for any Secured Party or acquisition vehicle to take any further action, and (v) to the extent that Obligations that are assigned to an acquisition vehicle are not used to acquire Collateral for any reason (as a result of another bid being higher or better, because the amount of Obligations assigned to the acquisition vehicle exceeds the amount of Obligations credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise), such Obligations shall automatically be reassigned to the Secured Parties pro rata with their original interest in such Obligations and the equity interests and/or debt instruments issued by any acquisition vehicle on account of such Obligations shall automatically be cancelled, without the need for any Secured Party or any acquisition vehicle to take any further action. Notwithstanding that the ratable portion of the Obligations of each Secured Party are deemed assigned to the acquisition vehicle or vehicles as set forth in clause (ii) above, each Secured Party shall execute such documents and provide such information regarding the Secured Party (and/or any designee of the Secured Party which will receive interests in or debt instruments issued by such acquisition vehicle) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in connection with the formation of any acquisition vehicle, the formulation or submission of any credit bid or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such credit bid.
(a) is deemed to have requested that Administrative Agent furnish such Lender or Administrative Agent, promptly after it becomes available, a copy of each field audit or examination report
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with respect to Borrower or its Subsidiaries (each a “Report” and collectively, “Reports”) prepared by or at the request of Administrative Agent, and Administrative Agent shall so furnish each Lender with such Reports,
(b) expressly agrees and acknowledges that Administrative Agent does not (i) make any representation or warranty as to the accuracy of any Report, and (ii) shall not be liable for any information contained in any Report,
(c) expressly agrees and acknowledges that the Reports are not comprehensive audits or examinations, that Administrative Agent or other party performing any audit or examination will inspect only specific information regarding Borrower and its Subsidiaries and will rely significantly upon Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ books and records, as well as on representations of such Person’s personnel,
(d) agrees to keep all Reports and other material, non-public information regarding Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their operations, assets, and existing and contemplated business plans in a confidential manner in accordance with Section 10.19, and
(e) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this Agreement, agrees: (i) to hold Administrative Agent and any other Lender preparing a Report harmless from any action the indemnifying Lender may take or fail to take or any conclusion the indemnifying Lender may reach or draw from any Report in connection with any loans or other credit accommodations that the indemnifying Lender has made or may make to Company, or the indemnifying Lender’s participation in, or the indemnifying Lender’s purchase of, a loan or loans of Company, and (ii) to pay and protect, and indemnify, defend and hold Administrative Agent, and any such other Lender preparing a Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and other amounts (including, attorneys’ fees and costs) incurred by Administrative Agent and any such other Lender or agent preparing a Report as the direct or indirect result of any third parties who might obtain all or part of any Report through the indemnifying Lender or Administrative Agent.
In addition to the foregoing: (x) any Lender may from time to time request of Administrative Agent in writing that Administrative Agent provide to such Lender a copy of any report or document provided by Borrower or its Subsidiaries to Administrative Agent that has not been contemporaneously provided by Borrower or such Subsidiary to such Lender, and, upon receipt of such request, Administrative Agent promptly shall provide a copy of same to such Lender, (y) to the extent that Administrative Agent is entitled, under any provision of the Loan Documents, to request additional reports or information from Borrower or its Subsidiaries, any Lender may, from time to time, reasonably request Administrative Agent to exercise such right as specified in such Lender’s notice to Administrative Agent, whereupon Administrative Agent promptly shall request of Company the additional reports or information reasonably specified by such Lender, and, upon receipt thereof from Company or such Subsidiary, Administrative Agent promptly shall provide a copy of same to such Lender, and (z) any time that Administrative Agent renders to Company a statement regarding the Loan Account, Administrative Agent shall send a copy of such statement to each Lender.
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(a) Notices Generally. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given to a Loan Party, Administrative Agent, shall be sent to such Person’s address as set forth on Appendix B or in the other relevant Loan Document, and in the case of any Lender, the address as indicated on Appendix B or otherwise indicated to Administrative Agent in writing. Each notice hereunder shall be in writing and may be personally served, telexed or sent by facsimile or United States mail or courier service and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service and signed for against receipt thereof, upon receipt of facsimile, or three (3) Business Days after depositing it in the United States mail with postage prepaid and properly addressed; provided, no notice to Administrative Agent shall be effective until received by Administrative Agent.
(b) Electronic Communications.
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(i) Administrative Agent and Company 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. Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e‑mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II if such Lender has notified Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication.
(ii) Unless Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (A) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (B) 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 (A), of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (A) and (B) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.
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(a) IN ADDITION TO THE PAYMENT OF EXPENSES PURSUANT TO SECTION 10.2, WHETHER OR NOT THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY SHALL BE CONSUMMATED, EACH LOAN PARTY AGREES TO DEFEND (SUBJECT TO INDEMNITEES’ SELECTION OF COUNSEL), INDEMNIFY, PAY AND HOLD HARMLESS, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND LENDER, THEIR AFFILIATES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, PARTNERS, DIRECTORS, TRUSTEES, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER (EACH, AN “INDEMNITEE”), FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES, IN ALL CASES, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY OR ARISING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OUT OF THE COMPARATIVE, CONTRIBUTORY, OR SOLE NEGLIGENCE OF SUCH INDEMNITEE; PROVIDED, NO LOAN PARTY SHALL HAVE ANY OBLIGATION TO ANY INDEMNITEE HEREUNDER WITH RESPECT TO ANY INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES TO THE EXTENT SUCH INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES ARISE FROM THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, AS DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN A FINAL, NON-APPEALABLE ORDER, OF THAT INDEMNITEE. TO THE EXTENT THAT THE UNDERTAKINGS TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, PAY AND HOLD HARMLESS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 10.3 MAY BE UNENFORCEABLE IN WHOLE OR IN PART BECAUSE THEY ARE VIOLATIVE OF ANY LAW OR PUBLIC POLICY, THE APPLICABLE LOAN PARTY SHALL CONTRIBUTE THE MAXIMUM PORTION THAT IT IS PERMITTED TO PAY AND SATISFY UNDER APPLICABLE LAW TO THE PAYMENT AND SATISFACTION OF ALL INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES INCURRED BY INDEMNITEES OR ANY OF THEM.
(b) To the extent permitted by applicable law, no party hereto shall assert, and each party hereto hereby waives, any claim against each other party hereto and their respective Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys or agents, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) (whether or not the claim therefor is based on contract, tort or duty imposed by any applicable legal requirement) arising out of, in connection with, as a result of, or in any way related to, this Agreement or any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission or event occurring in connection therewith, and each party hereto hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue upon any such claim or any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor.
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(a) Required Lenders’ Consent. Subject to Section 10.5(b) and Section 10.5(c), no amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents, or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective without the written consent of Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders.
(b) Affected Lenders’ Consent. Without the written consent of each Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) that would be affected thereby, no amendment, modification, termination, or consent shall be effective if the effect thereof would:
(i) extend the scheduled final maturity of any Loan or Note;
(ii) waive, reduce or postpone any scheduled repayment (but not prepayment);
(iii) reduce the rate of interest on any Loan (other than any waiver of any increase in the interest rate applicable to any Loan pursuant to Section 2.6) or any fee payable hereunder;
(iv) extend the time for payment of any such interest or fees;
(v) reduce the principal amount of any Loan;
(vi) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of this Section 10.5(b) or Section 10.5(c);
(vii) amend the definition of “Required Lenders” or “Pro Rata Share”;
(viii) release all or substantially all of the Collateral or all or substantially all of the Guarantors from the Guaranty except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents;
(ix) subordinate (x) any of the Obligations or (y) any Lien created by this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in the case of this clause (y), Liens securing any Permitted Product Transaction, Permitted Royalty Transaction or other transaction expressly permitted hereunder that is contemplated to have priority over the Liens securing the Obligations and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; or
(x) consent to the assignment or transfer by any Loan Party of any of its rights and obligations under any Loan Document.
(c) Other Consents. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents, or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of Article IX as the same applies to Administrative Agent, or any other provision hereof as the same applies to the rights or obligations of Administrative Agent, in each case without the consent of Administrative Agent.
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behalf of such Lender. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. No notice to or demand on any Loan Party in any case shall entitle any Loan Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. Any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section 10.5 shall be binding upon each Lender at the time outstanding, each future Lender and, if signed by a Loan Party, on such Loan Party.
(a) Generally. This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and the permitted successors and assigns of Lenders. No Loan Party’s rights or obligations hereunder nor any interest therein may be assigned or delegated by any Loan Party without the prior written consent of all Lenders. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, Indemnitee Agent Parties under Section 9.6, Indemnitees under Section 10.3, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, Affiliates of each of Administrative Agent and Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Maintenance of the Register. Company, Administrative Agent and Lenders shall, in accordance with the Register provisions of Section 2.3(b), deem and treat the Persons listed as Lenders in the Register as the holders and owners of the corresponding Commitments and Loans listed therein for all purposes hereof, and no assignment or transfer of any such Term Loan Commitment or Loan shall be effective, in each case, unless and until an Assignment Agreement effecting the assignment or transfer thereof shall have been delivered to and accepted by Administrative Agent and recorded in the Register as provided in Section 10.6(e). Prior to such recordation, all amounts owed with respect to the applicable Term Loan Commitment or Loan shall be owed to the Lender listed in the Register as the owner thereof.
(c) Right to Assign. Each Lender shall have the right at any time to sell, assign or transfer all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Term Loan Commitment or Loans owing to it or other Obligations (provided, however, that each such assignment shall be of a uniform, and not varying, percentage of all rights and obligations under and in respect of any Loan and any related Commitments):
(i) to any Person meeting the criteria of clause (a) of the definition of the term of “Eligible Assignee” upon the giving of notice to Company and Administrative Agent; and
(ii) to any Person otherwise constituting an Eligible Assignee with the consent of Administrative Agent and, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Company (provided that, if Company shall not have responded in writing within [***] after receipt of written notice of the proposed assignment, Company shall be deemed to have approved such assignment); provided, each such assignment pursuant to this Section 10.6(c)(ii) shall be in an aggregate amount of not less than $[***] (or such lesser amount as may be agreed to by Administrative Agent).
(d) Mechanics. The assigning Lender and the assignee thereof shall execute and deliver to Administrative Agent an Assignment Agreement, together with such forms or certificates with respect to tax withholding matters as the assignee under such Assignment Agreement may be required to deliver to Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 1.1(d) and all “know your customer” documentation.
(e) Notice of Assignment. Upon its receipt and acceptance of a duly executed and completed Assignment Agreement, any forms or certificates required by this Agreement in connection
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therewith, Administrative Agent shall record the information contained in such Assignment Agreement in the Register, shall give prompt notice thereof to Company and shall maintain a copy of such Assignment Agreement.
(f) Representations and Warranties of Assignee. Each Lender, upon execution and delivery hereof or upon executing and delivering an Assignment Agreement, as the case may be, represents and warrants as of the Closing Date or as of the applicable Effective Date (as defined in the applicable Assignment Agreement) that (i) it is an Eligible Assignee; (ii) it has experience and expertise in the making of or investing in commitments or loans such as the applicable Term Loan Commitments or Loans, as the case may be; (iii) it will make or invest in, as the case may be, its Term Loan Commitments or Loans for its own account in the ordinary course of its business and without a view to distribution of such Term Loan Commitments or Loans within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or other federal securities laws; and (iv) such Lender does not own or control, or own or control any Person owning or controlling, any trade debt or Indebtedness of any Loan Party other than the Obligations or any Capital Stock of any Loan Party.
(g) Effect of Assignment. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 10.6, as of the later (i) of the “Effective Date” specified in the applicable Assignment Agreement or (ii) the date such assignment is recorded in the Register: (A) the assignee thereunder shall have the rights and obligations of a “Lender” hereunder to the extent such rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment Agreement and shall thereafter be a party hereto and a “Lender” for all purposes hereof; (B) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned thereby pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, relinquish its rights (other than any rights which survive the termination hereof under Section 10.8) and be released from its obligations hereunder (and, in the case of an Assignment Agreement covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations hereunder, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto; provided, anything contained in any of the Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, such assigning Lender shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of all indemnities hereunder as specified herein with respect to matters arising out of the prior involvement of such assigning Lender as a Lender hereunder); (C) the Commitments shall be modified to reflect the Commitment of such assignee and any Commitment of such assigning Lender, if any; and (D) if any such assignment occurs after the issuance of any Note hereunder, the assigning Lender shall, upon the effectiveness of such assignment or as promptly thereafter as practicable, surrender its applicable Notes to Administrative Agent for cancellation, and thereupon Company shall issue and deliver new Notes, if so requested by the assignee and/or assigning Lender, to such assignee and/or to such assigning Lender, with appropriate insertions, to reflect the new Commitments and/or outstanding Loans of the assignee and/or the assigning Lender.
(h) Participations.
(i) Each Lender shall have the right at any time to sell one or more participations to any Person (other than Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates) in all or any part of its Commitments, Loans or in any other Obligation. The holder of any such participation, other than an Affiliate of the Lender granting such participation, shall not be entitled to require such Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder except with respect to any amendment, modification or waiver that would (i) extend the final scheduled maturity of any Term Loan or Note in which such participant is participating, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest or fees thereon (except in connection with a waiver of applicability of any post default increase in interest rates) or reduce the principal amount thereof, or increase the amount of the participant’s participation over the amount thereof then in effect (it being understood that a waiver of any Default or Event of Default or of a mandatory reduction in the Commitment shall not constitute a change in the terms of such participation, and that an increase in any Term Loan Commitment or Loan shall be permitted without the consent of any participant
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if the participant’s participation is not increased as a result thereof), (ii) consent to the assignment or transfer by any Loan Party of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, or (iii) release all or substantially all of the Collateral under the Collateral Documents or all or substantially all of the Guarantors from the Guaranty (in each case, except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents) supporting the Loans hereunder in which such participant is participating. Company agrees that each participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.19(c) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.15(d) shall be delivered to the participating Lender) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 10.6(c); provided, (A) a participant shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.15 unless, at the time such participant is claiming such benefits, Company is notified of the participation sold to such participant and such participant agrees, for the benefit of Company, to comply with Section 2.15 as though it were a Lender and (B) a participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15 with respect to any participation than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a change in law that occurs after the participant acquired the applicable participation. To the extent permitted by law, each participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.4 as though it were a Lender, provided such participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender.
(ii) In the event that any Lender sells participations in its Commitments, Loans or in any other Obligation hereunder, such Lender shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of Company, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of all participants in the Commitments, Loans or Obligations held by it and the principal amount (and stated interest thereon) of the portion of such Commitments, Loans or Obligations which are the subject of the participation (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 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 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 such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. A Commitment, Loan or Obligation hereunder may be participated in whole or in part only by registration of such participation on the Participant Register (and each Note shall expressly so provide). The Participant Register shall be available for inspection by Company at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. For the avoidance of doubt, Administrative Agent (in its capacity as administrative agent) shall not have any responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register. This obligation: (a) shall, pursuant to this paragraph, be also registered as to both principal and any stated interest with Borrower or its agent, and (b) may be transferred by Lender only by (1) surrender of the old instrument and either (i) the reissuance by the Borrower of the old instrument to the new Lender or (ii) the issuance by the Borrower of a new instrument to the new payee, or (2) confirmation with Borrower that the right to the principal and stated interest on the obligation is maintained through the Participant Register book entry system kept by the Lender or its agent. This provision is intended to qualify the interest paid hereunder as portfolio interest and therefore not subject to U.S. interest withholding tax pursuant to the portfolio interest exemption under the Internal Revenue Code. The parties agree that they may amend or reform any part of this provision from time to time, and with retroactive effect, to ensure qualification as intended hereunder.
(i) Certain Other Assignments. In addition to any other assignment permitted pursuant to this Section 10.6, any Lender or Administrative Agent may assign, pledge and/or grant a security interest in, all or any portion of its Loans, the other Obligations owed by or to such Lender, and its Notes, if any, to secure obligations of such Lender or Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates to any Person providing any loan, letter of credit or other extension of credit or financial arrangement to or for the
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account of such Lender or Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates and any agent, trustee or representative of such Person (without the consent of, or notice to, or any other action by, any other party hereto), including, without limitation, any Federal Reserve Bank as collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and any operating circular issued by such Federal Reserve Bank; provided, no Lender or Administrative Agent, as between Company and such Lender or Administrative Agent, shall be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder as a result of any such assignment and pledge; provided further, in no event shall such Person, agent, trustee or representative of such Person or the applicable Federal Reserve Bank be considered to be a “Lender” or “Agent” or be entitled to require the assigning Lender or Administrative Agent to take or omit to take any action hereunder.
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(a) ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING HERETO OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS, MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE STATE, COUNTY AND CITY OF NEW YORK. BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS AGREEMENT, EACH LOAN PARTY, FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, IRREVOCABLY (I) ACCEPTS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH COURTS; (II) WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS; (III) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE APPLICABLE LOAN PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 10.1 IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE APPLICABLE LOAN PARTY IN ANY SUCH
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PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT; AND (iv) AGREES THAT ADMINSTRATIVE AGENT AND LENDERS RETAIN THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.
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BORROWER:
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GUARANTOR SUBSIDIARIES:
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GUIDE THERAPEUTICS, LLC |
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APPENDIX A-1
TO FINANCING AGREEMENT
Initial Term Loan Commitment
Lender |
Initial Term Loan Commitment |
Pro Rata Share |
SIXTH STREET LENDING PARTNERS |
$[***] |
[***]% |
TAO TALENTS, LLC |
$[***] |
[***]% |
Total |
$100,000,000.00 |
100% |
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APPENDIX A-2
TO FINANCING AGREEMENT
Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitments
Lender |
Delayed Draw Term Loan A Commitment |
Pro Rata Share |
SIXTH STREET LENDING PARTNERS |
$[***] |
[***]% |
TAO TALENTS, LLC |
$[***] |
[***]% |
Total |
$100,000,000.00 |
100% |
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APPENDIX A-3
TO FINANCING AGREEMENT
Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitments
Lender |
Delayed Draw Term Loan B Commitment |
Pro Rata Share |
SIXTH STREET LENDING PARTNERS |
$[***] |
[***]% |
TAO TALENTS, LLC |
$[***] |
[***]% |
Total |
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APPENDIX A-4
TO FINANCING AGREEMENT
Delayed Draw Term Loan C Commitments
Lender |
Delayed Draw Term Loan C Commitment |
Pro Rata Share |
SIXTH STREET LENDING PARTNERS |
$[***] |
[***]% |
TAO TALENTS, LLC |
$[***] |
[***]% |
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APPENDIX B
TO FINANCING AGREEMENT
Notice Addresses
BEAM THERAPEUTICS INC.
238 Main Street, 9th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02142
Attention: [***], Chief Legal Officer
Email: [***]
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
WilmerHale
60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
Attention: [***]
Email: [***]
TAO Talents, LLC,
as a Lender,
2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1500
Dallas, Texas 75201
Attention: TSLX Accounting
Email: [***]
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc.
888 7th Avenue
35th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: [***]
Email: [***]
Sixth Street Lending Partners,
as Administrative Agent and a Lender
Administrative Agent’s Principal Office:
2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1500
Dallas, Texas 75201
Attention: TSLX Accounting
Email: [***]
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc.
888 7th Avenue
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New York, New York 10019
Attention: [***]
Email: [***]
in each case, with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Proskauer Rose LLP
Eleven Times Square
New York, New York 10036
Attention: [***]
Email: [***]
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, PC
919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Attention: [***]
Email: [***]
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