Exhibit 10.27
November 11, 2021
Dear Brad,
Congratulations! On behalf of Henry Schein, Inc., this letter will serve to confirm your promotion to the position of Chief Executive Officer, North America Distribution Group, reporting to Stanley Bergman, Chairman and CEO, Henry Schein, Inc. , Effective date: 09/15/2021.
This letter will confirm the following salary adjustment effective 9/15/2021:
Base Salary: $575,000 per annum (less appropriate tax withholdings), payable on a bi-weekly basis. Salary reviews for exempt professional employees are generally conducted annually in March of each year. You will be considered for a salary review in March 2022. You recognize that the Company retains the right to establish and modify compensation, benefits and working conditions for its employees, and for its various categories of employees, in its sole discretion.
Annual Bonus: You will be eligible for an annual target bonus of up to $500,000 (less appropriate tax withholdings) based on your achievement of agreed upon goals. This bonus target along with your prior bonus target of $325,000 (less appropriate tax withholdings) will be calculated and then pro-rated based upon the effective date of your compensation adjustment. Both portions of your bonus, if earned, will be payable in March 2022. Thereafter, your goals, objectives and performance bonus targets will be developed on an annual on-going basis. In order to earn any annual bonus, you must be employed on the date such bonus is paid.
Auto Allowance: You will continue to be eligible to participate in the Companys Executive Automobile Plan, which currently provides for an allowance of $20,400 per year, payable monthly, less appropriate tax withholdings.
Total Annual Cash (aggregate base salary, annual bonus target and auto allowance): $1,095,400
Annual LTIP: You will be eligible to participate in the Companys Annual Long Term Incentive (LTI) program. Your anticipated grant will have an estimated value of $1,000,000 and will be granted in March 2022, subject to your continued employment from the date hereof through the actual grant date. The LTI program currently consists of equity issuable in accordance with the Companys 2020 Stock Incentive Plan. Future eligibility to participate in the Companys LTI program, or any successor equity award program offered by the Company, is subject to the sole and absolute discretion of the Compensation Committee. The actual equity award, if any, will be determined on the grant date. All awards shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the LTI program and the agreements incident thereto and the full discretion and approval of the Compensation Committee.
Total Annual Compensation (cash & equity): $2,095,400
Retention Bonus: You will be eligible for a Retention Bonus in the total amount of $2,000,000 which will be paid in 2 installments. So long as you are actively employed with the Company, within 90 days of the date that you sign this letter, you will receive a Retention Bonus of $1,000,000 less appropriate
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tax withholdings (First Installment). On or about March 1, 2022, provided you continue to be employed, you will receive a second installment payment of the Retention Bonus in the amount of $1,000,000 (Second Installment), less appropriate tax withholdings. If you resign for any reason or are terminated for Cause (as defined below) within 12 months of any of these two installment payment dates, you will reimburse the Company for 50% of the last Retention Bonus installment payment.
Legal Fees: The Company will provide you with a cash payment in the amount of $5,000 (net of all regular and customary payroll deductions) which is intended to cover any and all expenses that you might have in connection with the legal review of this letter agreement and the accompanying confidentiality, non-solicitation and non-compete agreement. The payment will be made within ten (10) business days of your execution of this letter.
Termination: You acknowledge and agree that you are an employee at-will and that the Company may terminate your employment at any time, with or without cause. Upon termination by the Company for any reason, the Company shall have no obligation to you for any form of compensation or benefits, except as otherwise required by law or as expressly set forth in this paragraph, other than (a) unpaid salary earned or accrued through the date of termination, and (b) reimbursement of appropriately documented expenses incurred by you before the termination, to the extent that you would have been entitled to such reimbursement under the Companys policies but for the termination of employment. In the event that the Company terminates your employment without Cause, you shall receive as severance, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein: (1) continued base salary for eighteen months (the Severance Period) following the effective date of such termination, which shall be payable, subject to the following paragraph concerning Section 409A Compliance, in equal installments in accordance with the Companys payroll practices beginning on the first payroll date after the 60th day following your termination; (2) provided that you make a timely election under COBRA, waiver of the applicable premium otherwise payable for COBRA continuation coverage for you (and, to the extent covered immediately prior to the date of your termination, your spouse and eligible dependents) for a period equal to the Severance Period (but in no event longer than the maximum COBRA period under applicable law) or if the Company determines that the waiving of the COBRA premiums would result in a violation of the Affordable Care Act, the nondiscrimination rules of Section 105(h)(2) of the Code or any other statute or regulation, then, in lieu thereof, you will receive monthly payments equal to the monthly applicable premium, as that term is defined under COBRA; and (3) a prorated amount of your annual target bonus based upon the number of full months of completed employment as of the date of termination, payable subject to the following paragraph concerning Section 409A Compliance, at the time the Company pays annual bonuses to its active employees (amounts under (1), (2) and (3), collectively, the Severance Benefits). In addition, in the event that you are terminated without Cause prior to the payment of the second installment payment of the Retention Bonus, you will also receive the second installment payment of the Retention Bonus payable subject to the following paragraph concerning Section 409A Compliance (Additional Severance Benefit). All Severance Benefits (including the Additional Severance Benefit, if applicable) are only payable provided that you timely execute (and do not revoke) a general waiver and release agreement agreed to by you in a form approved by the Company. These severance payments will be subject to all regular and customary payroll deductions. You understand that in the event the Company reemploys you during the period which the severance benefits are being paid, severance payments will cease after you have received severance pay for all the weeks you were not employed by the Company. You also understand in the event that you breach any other agreement with the Company, including any non-competition or other restrictive covenant agreement with the Company, all severance payments will cease and the Company shall have the right to recover any severance payments previously paid or provided to you.
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For purposes of this letter agreement, Cause shall mean: (1) fraud, intentional and substantial misrepresentation or similar malfeasance, committed in connection with the performance of your duties hereunder; (2) theft of Company property; (3) conviction of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude whether or not related to your employment or entering a plea of guilty or nolo contendere (or similar plea) to a charge of such an offense; (4) use of alcohol to an extent that it interferes with the performance of your duties under the Agreement or any unlawful controlled substance; (5) material violation of any express, lawful written direction of the Executive Committee of the Company or your manager or material violation of any written rule, regulation, policy or plan established by the Company from time to time; (6) gross insubordination; (7) repeated or continued absence (amounting to five full business days consecutively) from work during normal business hours for reasons other than disability, sickness, approved vacation or other approved time off; (8) written misrepresentation of a material fact or omission of information necessary to make the information supplied not materially misleading in any application or other information provided by you to the Company or any representative of the Company in connection with your employment with the Company and/or selection for the position contemplated hereby; (9) the unauthorized and intentional disclosure of Confidential Information (as defined in the accompanying confidentiality, non-solicitation, non-compete and/or inventions agreement); or (10) the existence of any knowing material conflict between the interests of the Company and you that is not disclosed in writing by you to the Executive Committee of the Company within a reasonable time of the discovery of such conflict and approved in writing by the authority of the Executive Committee of the Company; provided, however, that Cause shall not be deemed to have occurred with respect to sub-sections (5), (6) or (7) above unless you have first received written notice of conduct complained of by the Company which specifically sets forth the conduct complained of and refers to this paragraph, and if such conduct is capable of being cured, you have failed to cure such conduct within a period of 30 days from the date of such notice.
Section 409A Compliance: Although the Company does not guarantee you any particular treatment related to the payments or benefits hereunder, it is intended that the payments and benefits herein shall be exempt from, or comply with, Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder (collectively Section 409A), and all provisions of the Agreement shall be construed in a manner consistent with the requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties under Section 409A. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event whatsoever shall the Company be liable for any taxes or penalties that may be imposed on you by Section 409A or any damages for failing to comply with Section 409A. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, each and every payment made hereunder shall be treated as a separate and distinct payment and not as a series of payments. In no event shall you designate the tax year of the commencement of any payments or benefits hereunder and the Company shall determine the actual commencement date of payment of any payments or benefits hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else contained herein to the contrary, if you are a specified employee (determined in accordance with Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(2)) as of the termination date, and if any payment, benefit or entitlement provided for hereunder constitutes a deferral of compensation within the meaning of Code Section 409A, then any such payment, benefit or entitlement that is payable during the first 6 months following the date of your separation from service shall be paid or provided to you in a lump sum cash payment to be made on the earlier of (x) your death or (y) the first business day of the seventh calendar month immediately following the month in which the separation from service occurs. A termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of this letter providing for the payment of any amounts or benefits, which are subject to Code Section 409A, upon or following a termination of employment unless such termination is also a separation from service within the meaning of Code Section 409A (and the guidance issued thereunder) and, for purposes of any such provision of this letter, references to a resignation, termination, termination of employment, retirement or like terms shall mean separation from service. To the extent that any reimbursements payable pursuant to this letter agreement are subject to
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the provisions of Section 409A, (i) any such reimbursements payable to you pursuant to this letter agreement shall be paid to you no later than December 31st of the year following the year in which the expense was incurred, (ii) the amount of expenses reimbursed in one year shall not affect the amount eligible for reimbursement in any subsequent year, and (iii) your right to reimbursement under this letter agreement will not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.
Your annual PTO entitlement will remain unchanged and will be subject to the Companys policies.
You will continue to be eligible to participate in the Companys annual Executive Physical Program.
It is important to understand that you will continue to be employed at-will, that our Company does not offer employment on a fixed term or guaranteed basis and the representations in this letter and those discussed in our meetings and phone conversations with you should not be construed in any manner as a proposed contract for any fixed term of employment.
You will be required to execute an updated confidentiality, non-solicitation and non-compete agreement (the Agreement) as a condition of your employment. This offer and your employment with the Company are contingent on your execution of this document and the Agreement as requested by the Company.
If you have any questions or desire further information, feel free to contact me at 631-484-4729.
Please acknowledge your acceptance of this offer by signing a copy of this letter and returning it to me.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Lorelei McGlynn |
Lorelei McGlynn |
SVP and Chief Human Resource Officer |
Accepted by: |
/s/ Bradford Connett |
Bradford Connett |
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2021 Annual Compensation
Item |
Current | Updated (Effective 9/15/21) | ||
Base Salary | $475,000 | $575,000(+21%) | ||
Bonus Target (Paid in Q1 2022) | $325,000 (68% of Base) |
$500,0001 (87% of Base) |
One-time Compensation Package
Item |
Current (Awarded in May) |
Additional Approved Award | ||
One-time Comp | Special Cash Retention: $200,000 Special Incentive Plan: $400,000 Total Special Award: $600,000 |
$1,000,000 Cash Bonus on or about 10/1/20212 $1,000,000 Cash Bonus on or about 3/1/2022 2 Total Special Award of $2,000,000 |
2022 LTIP Commitment
Item |
Proposed | |||
2022 LTIP | $1,000,000 to be awarded in March of 2022 Subject to the Compensation Committees Final Approval in March |
Notes:
1. | New bonus target to be pro-rated for the remainder of 2021. |
2. | In exchange for an updated non-compete. For each of the payment, if you leave the Company for any reason within 12 months of the payment date, you must reimburse the Company for 50% of the entire award amount. |
Exhibit 10.28
AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT (Agreement) dated November 11, 2021 (the Effective Date) is between Henry Schein, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company) whose principal place of business is 135 Duryea Road, Melville, N.Y., and Bradford C. Connett (Employee).
WHEREAS, Employee is and has recently been President of the U.S. Medical Group of the Company, and in this capacity, is one of the most senior executives in the Company, and is a member of the Executive Management Committee; and
WHEREAS, Employee is being further promoted by the Company, to the new role of Chief Executive Officer of the Companys North American Distribution Group, which will be one of the most senior positions in the Company, leading a large portion of the Companys business; and
WHEREAS, the parties acknowledge that Employee is and will be a unique employee of the Company, and that Employee will be privy to key and critical confidential information and trade secrets concerning the entire Company, its affiliates, and their businesses, planning, strategic initiatives, expansion and futures, and concerning the Companys businesses, and the interaction among the businesses of the Companys various units; and, the parties further acknowledge that in connection with and/or as part of Employees employment by the Company, Employee is expected to have access to, and to assist in developing, highly confidential and proprietary information related to the Company, its affiliates, divisions, groups, and/or their businesses, plans, products and services; and
WHEREAS, entry into this Agreement is a material part of Company agreeing to employ Employee in this role; and
WHEREAS, Employee has had an opportunity to consider the matter, has had the opportunity to review the terms and restrictions hereof with independent legal counsel of his own choosing, and has made an independent and informed decision that this Agreement is (a) fair and not excessive; (b) necessary for the protection of the Company and its business; and (c) that entry into this Agreement, and compliance with the terms hereof, including the restrictions set forth herein, is reasonable and is in the parties best interests.
NOW, in consideration of the premises, and in recognition of the confidential and proprietary information of the Company which he will utilize and develop and/or to which he will be exposed and have access, and of the key employment he will be promoted to in the Company; and further in consideration of the covenants and promises herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Employee agrees with the Company as follows:
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1. Specific Restrictions.
1.1 (a) During his employment with the Company and/or any affiliate, Employee shall work only on behalf of Company or such affiliate, and shall devote his full time, energy, effort and loyalty to Company and any such affiliate, and shall not engage, directly or indirectly, in any actions or conduct which compete with, or which aid, further or assist any competitor of, or any entity attempting to compete with, the Company and/or any affiliate of the Company. During his employment with the Company and/or any affiliate, the Employee shall not (unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Company) undertake any other business or profession or be or become an employee or agent or consultant of any other firm, company or other person, or assist or have any financial interest in any other business or profession, except as specifically disclosed to (and agreed in advance by) the Company; provided, however, nothing contained in this paragraph shall prevent Employee from holding for investment, no more than one percent (1%) of any class of equity securities of a company whose securities are publicly traded on a national securities exchange or in a national market system.
(b) During Employees employment with the Company or with any affiliate of the Company, and for a period of eighteen (18) months after the date on which Employee ceases to be employed by the Company and/or its affiliates (Restricted Period), the Employee will not, without the prior written consent of the Company: (i) aid or assist or be employed by any entity other than the Company or such affiliate, in connection with engaging in any Restricted Business, or in connection with the conduct of a Restricted Business; (ii) aid or assist any entity other than the Company or an affiliate of the Company, in working in a Restricted Business; (iii) aid or assist any entity other than the Company, or an affiliate of the Company, in working in a Restricted Business with a Restricted Customer, Business Associate and/or a Restricted Supplier; (iv) solicit, or attempt to solicit, on behalf of anyone other than the Company or an affiliate of the Company, the business or custom of a Restricted Customer with a view to providing goods or services that compete or attempt to compete with those available from the Company or an affiliate; (v) attempt to divert or entice away from the Company or any affiliate, the business or custom of an existing customer in any Restricted Business; (vi) solicit or attempt to encourage a Restricted Customer, Business Associate or a Restricted Supplier to enter into a transaction in any Restricted Business, with an entity other than Company or an affiliate; (vii) except on behalf of the Company or its affiliates, be involved in the planning of sales, promotions, marketing or business efforts of any kind, in a Restricted Business; (viii) interfere with the business relationships between Company or any of its affiliates, and any Restricted Customer, Business Associate or Restricted Supplier, or any vendor, distributor or supplier of the Company in a Restricted Business; (ix) except in the good faith performance of his duties on behalf of the Company or its affiliates, induce any Restricted Customer, Restricted Supplier or Business Associate to terminate, modify or reduce their relationship with Company or any of its affiliates; (x) advise, assist, or work for, any entity other than Company or one of its affiliates, in connection with (A) the development, sale, warehousing, marketing, delivery and/or distribution of products or services (including technology/software products or services) to office based practitioners in the dental or medical field, or to any other entities in the healthcare field in similar settings (whether or not staffed by a physician or dentist), such as ambulatory centers, and integrated delivery networks; (B) manufacturing activities in the dental and/or medical field,
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of the type conducted by Company or any affiliate at any time during the two (2) years prior to the last day of Employees employment with the Company and/or its affiliates; or (C) distribution services to dental, medical, device or product companies, in the office based dental, medical and/or healthcare markets in similar settings (whether or not staffed by a physician or dentist), such as ambulatory centers, and integrated delivery networks; (xi) have an interest, directly or indirectly, in an entity or enterprise, which Employee is prohibited from working for or assisting under one of the other sections of this Agreement, during the period when such prohibition is in effect; provided, however, that Employee may own, directly or indirectly, solely as an investment, less than one percent (1%) of a class of publicly traded securities of any entity.
(c) During Employees employment with the Company or any affiliate, and for a period of eighteen (18) months after the date on which Employee ceases to be employed by the Company and/or its affiliates, Employee will not, directly or indirectly: (i) solicit any employee, consultant, director or officer of the Company for employment with any other employer or firm, or assist any other person or entity in identifying for recruitment, or recruiting, any of such persons; (ii) except in the good faith performance of his duties while employed by the Company or an affiliate, encourage any employee of the Company or an affiliate, to leave the employ of the Company or affiliate; (iii) encourage any employee of the Company or an affiliate to breach a contract with the Company or any affiliate; (iv) without the prior written consent of the Company, pursue, engage in or utilize on behalf of anyone other than the Company or its affiliates, any proposed business arrangement or business plan on which Employee worked while employed by the Company or an affiliate.
(d) As used in this Agreement,
(i) The term affiliate shall have the same meaning as under Securities laws of the United States, such as Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.
(ii) The term Business Associate shall have the following meaning: (A) with respect to the period of Employees employment with the Company or with any of its affiliates, a Business Associate shall be understood to mean: (1) any entity or person having material business relations with the Company or an affiliate; and/or (2) any entity or person other than the Company or its affiliates, which, at any time during Employees employment with the Company and/or its affiliates, worked with Company in identifying, analyzing, evaluating, assisting, formulating or executing, a consummated or potential transaction or other business venture; (B) with respect to the period after Employee ceases to be employed by the Company and/or its affiliates, a Business Associate shall be understood to mean: (1) any entity or person having material business relations with the Company during the three (3) years prior to the last day of Employees employment with the Company and/or its affiliates, and which, at any time during the three (3) years prior to the last day of Employees employment with the Company or its affiliates, had material business relationships with any part or aspect of the Companys North American Distribution Group, and/or with any other business group or unit of the Company which reported to or was supervised by Employee, or about which Employee was exposed to Confidential Information in connection with his employment.
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(iii) The term Company as used in this Agreement shall be understood to mean and include, Company, Companys affiliates, Companys direct and indirect subsidiaries, and Companys permitted assigns to whom this Agreement has been assigned.
(iv) The term Restricted Business shall have the following meaning: (A) with respect to the period of Employees employment with the Company or with any of its affiliates, Restricted Business shall be understood to mean: each and all of the business(es), lines of business, and/or business segments of the Company, and/or of any of its affiliates; (B) with respect to the period after Employee ceases to be employed by the Company and its affiliates, Restricted Business shall be understood to mean: each of the business(es), lines of business, and/or business segments of the Company and/or of any of its affiliates, which, at any time during the three (3) years prior to the last day of Employees employment with the Company and/or its affiliates, reported to, worked with or was supervised by Employee, or about which Employee, during his employment, learned or was provided, Confidential Information. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, at all times, Restricted Business shall include, without limitation: each and all of the businesses, lines of business and business segments, of the Companys North American Distribution Group, and of any business group or unit of the Company and/or of any of its affiliates, which, at any time during the three (3) years prior to the last day of Employees employment with the Company and/or its affiliates: reported to or was supervised by Employee; worked with Employee; or about which Employee learned or was provided access to, Confidential Information.
(v) The term Restricted Customer shall mean: (A) with respect to the period of Employees employment with the Company or any of its affiliates, Restricted Customer shall be understood to mean: any customer of the Company or of any affiliate; (B) with respect to the period after Employee ceases to be employed by the Company and its affiliates, Restricted Customer shall be understood to mean: (1) any firm, entity, company or other person, who, at any time during the thirty-six (36) months prior to Employees last day of employment with the Company and its affiliates, was a customer of: any business or line of business of the Companys North American Distribution Group; (2) any firm, entity, company or other person, who, at any time during the thirty-six (36) months prior to Employees last day of employment with the Company and/or its affiliates, was a customer of any business group or unit of the Company and/or its affiliates, which, at any time during such thirty-six month period, reported to, worked with or was supervised by Employee, or about which Employee learned or was provided access to, Confidential Information; (3) any customer of the Company or any affiliate who, at any time during the thirty-six (36) months prior to the date on which Employee ceases to be employed by the Company and/or its affiliates, was a customer of, or in the custom of engaging in business dealings with, the Company or any affiliate, and with whom, at any time during such period, the Employee, or an employee under the supervision of Employee, dealt on behalf of the Company or affiliate; (4) any firm, entity, company or other person, with which, at any time during the thirty-six (36) months prior to the date on which Employee ceases to be employed by the Company and/or its affiliates, the Company or an affiliate had negotiations or discussions regarding transactions and/or a business relationship, and with whom the Employee, or
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an employee under the supervision of Employee, dealt on behalf of the Company or affiliate at any time during such period; (5) any customer of the Company or its affiliates whom Employee, or an employee under the supervision of Employee, at any time during the thirty six (36) months prior to Employees last day of employment with the Company and/or its affiliates, was involved in soliciting, servicing or selling to, or in planning, specific or directed sales, promotions or marketing to; and/or (5) any customer of the Company or its affiliates about whom Employee, at any time during the thirty-six (36) months prior to Employees last day of employment with the Company and/or its affiliates, accessed or received any Confidential Information.
(vi) The term Restricted Supplier shall have the following meaning: (A) with respect to the period of Employees employment with the Company or any of its affiliates, the term Restricted Supplier shall be understood to mean: any firm, company or other person who is a provider or supplier of goods or services (other than utilities and goods or services supplied for administrative purposes) to the Company or any affiliate (and including, without limitation, any individual or entity who or which provided services to the Company or affiliate by way of a consultancy agreement); (B) with respect to the period after Employee ceases to be employed by the Company and/or its affiliates, the term Restricted Supplier shall be understood to mean: any firm, company or other person who at any time during the thirty six (36) months prior to Employees last day of employment with the Company and/or its affiliates: (1) was a provider or supplier of goods or services (other than utilities and goods or services supplied for administrative purposes) to any of the businesses, lines of business and/or business segments, of the North American Distribution Group, or of any business group or unit of the Company and/or any of its affiliates, which, at any time during such thirty-six (36) month period, reported to, worked with or was supervised by Employee, or about which Employee learned or was provided access to, Confidential Information; (2) was a provider or supplier of goods or services (other than utilities and goods or services supplied for administrative purposes) to the Company or any affiliate (and including, without limitation, any individual or entity who or which provided services to the Company or affiliate by way of a consultancy agreement), and: (A) with whom the Employee, or an employee under the supervision of Employee, dealt on behalf of the Company or an affiliate during such period, or (B) for whom Employee was responsible on behalf of the Company or affiliate, or (C) about whom Employee received Confidential Information.
1.2 (a) Employee acknowledges and the parties agree that, as part of his employment with Company, Employee will receive from Company and/or Companys affiliates, and/or will develop or obtain during his employment with the Company or its affiliates, confidential and/or proprietary information, including information that is not readily and properly available to the public, or is not readily and properly available to others in the trade, including, without limitation, (i) information disclosed to Employee and/or Company in confidence, (ii) information developed by Company or its affiliates, or by Employee, while employed by Company or an affiliate, and not intended by Company or affiliate for disclosure to the public or trade; and/or (iii) confidential information of other types, including, but not limited to: (1) confidential information concerning the Company, its affiliates, their operations, plans and strategic planning; (2) confidential business plans and analysis, financial and market data and analysis; confidential information on the know how of the Company and its affiliates,
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business development, marketing, legal and accounting plans, strategies, methods, policies, procedures and techniques; (3) nonpublic data of the Company and/or its affiliates, pertaining to business units and lines of business in which the Company or its affiliates compete or may compete, or may be considering a transaction or business; such information may include confidential information pertaining to units of the Company which may not report to Employee, but as to which Employee learns information and may provide input; (4) research and development projects and results; (5) trade secrets and/or other knowledge or processes of or developed or obtained by the Company or its affiliates; (6) information developed by Employee during his employment with Company; (7) names and addresses of certain confidential or shielded vendors, sources of supply, suppliers and certain employees and customers; (8) confidential data on or relating to past, present or prospective customers, suppliers, products and markets; (9) the Companys and the Companys affiliates confidential information concerning operations, future business plans, pricing, strategies, acquisition plans, expansion plans and other matters; (10) Companys and Companys affiliates confidential information and compilations of information, regarding operations, sales, revenues, sales plans, customers, products, methods of conducting and obtaining business, providing or advertising services, or obtaining customers; (11) the terms of agreements or arrangements to which Company or its affiliates are or were a party; (12) gross and net profit margins and credit terms at which Company or its affiliates obtain product and/or sell and/or are willing to sell to any of its customers. (The information described in Section 1.2(a) and its subparts is collectively referred to as Confidential Information.) Confidential Information shall also include a third partys information received by the Company subject to an obligation of confidentiality, including, but not limited to, credit, financial and/or information subject to confidentiality obligations under HIPAA. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not include information which was generally known by, or readily available through proper means to, the general public or the trade, prior to Employees receipt, use or disclosure of it. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, Employee may not disclose or utilize, and shall protect and keep confidential, any information that Employee, in breach of this Agreement, released to third parties or the public, in violation of Employees obligations by law or hereunder.
(b) The parties recognize and agree that the Confidential Information is confidential and/or proprietary to Company, and is the property of the Company. During Employees employment with the Company and/or any affiliate, and at all times following the termination of Employees employment with Company and its affiliates for any reason, Employee shall not use for his own benefit, or the benefit of any company, entity, or person, other than the Company or its affiliates, or disclose to any business, firm, corporation, association, venture, or any other entity or person, for any reason or purpose whatsoever (other than making proper use thereof, while employed by Company in the proper conduct of the Companys business), the Confidential Information or any part thereof.
(c) Employee further agrees that, during the Restricted Period, he shall not, other than as provided herein, individually or together with others, directly or indirectly, engage in any activity, action, work, business, enterprise or function (other than working for the Company and on its behalf) in which Confidential Information: (i) will be material to Employees work in such activity, action, work, business, enterprise or function, and/or (ii) would be disclosed to, or used on behalf of, anyone other than the Company or the Companys affiliates.
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1.3 (a) Employee acknowledges and the parties agree: that if Employee engaged in the activities restricted under Sections 1.1 or 1.2 hereof, the improper use and disclosure of Companys Confidential Information would result, and/or that there would be unfair competition, and/or improper misappropriation and improper use of the Confidential Information by persons or entities other than Company; and that the restrictions set forth in Sections 1.1, 1.2, and throughout this Agreement, are necessary to protect Companys Confidential Information from misappropriation or improper use, and also to protect Companys customer, employee, and vendor relationships and good will, and its investment in its business.
(b) The parties contemplate that Employees work and responsibilities on behalf of Company will be in, and/or directed to, the North American distribution market, and that his subsequent work may be in the same, additional or other markets. Accordingly, the geographic scope of the restrictive provisions set forth herein, shall be (A) with respect to the period of Employees employ with the Company or any of its affiliates, the geographic territories and markets where the Company competes or does business; (B) with respect to the period after Employee ceases to be employed by the Company and/or its affiliates, only (1) the geographic territories and markets in which any of the following operate or do business: (i) the North American Distribution Group; (ii) any other business(es), lines of business, business segments, and/or any other business unit or business group, which, at any time during the thirty six (36) months prior to the last day on which Employee works for the Company and/or its affiliates, Employee supervises or leads, or which, during such period, reported to Employee, or concerning which Employee learned or accessed, Confidential Information.
1.4 Employee expressly agrees that the provisions of this Section 1 and of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the restrictions of Sections 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3, and throughout the Agreement, are reasonable and are properly and necessarily required for the adequate protection of the Company, and the business, and the operations, intellectual property, trade secrets, Confidential Information and goodwill of the Company and its affiliates.
1.5 Nothing contained herein shall diminish or supersede any additional protections which Company may have under any other applicable agreements between the parties or otherwise, or under applicable law or any applicable Company policies. All such remedies shall be cumulative and severally enforceable.
2. Return of Company Property
2.1 All documents, materials, data bases, analyses, electronic documents, hardware, software, advertising or sales material or information, price lists, customer lists, order forms, order guides, samples, inventory lists, company data and information, smartphone, drives, data storage devices, notebook, tablet and laptop computers and the data contained therein, and/or other material or data of any kind furnished to Employee by Company or its affiliates, or prepared or obtained by Employee on behalf or at the direction of Company or its affiliates, or in connection with Employees employment, and all Confidential Information, and proprietary information of Company or its affiliates, shall be and remain the property solely of the Company or such affiliates.
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2.2 Upon termination of Employees employment for any reason, Employee will immediately deliver to Company, all of Companys and Companys affiliates property, computers, drives, data, papers, books, manuals, lists, correspondence, and documents (regardless of their format or media), Confidential Information, and proprietary information, as well as any other matters or materials which may involve the business of Company or any of its affiliates, together with all copies thereof, irrespective of whether Employee created the same or was involved with the same. Employee will neither copy nor take any such material upon termination of Employees employment for any reason, and will return all physical and electronic copies previously made. Employee shall not be entitled to, and shall not, retain any copies thereof. Title and copyright therein shall vest in the Company. Employee shall also provide to Company, all passwords, codes, pins, and other access modalities, needed for, or to facilitate, access to, and/or use of, the computers, drives, devices, documents, websites, cloud storage, and other devices, sites and materials, on which any Confidential Information or other property of the Company or its affiliates are located or accessible, and/or which belong to the Company or its affiliates, or the return of which is provided for hereunder. The Employee shall not destroy any of such property, sites, or devices, except with the express, written permission of the Company, but instead shall deliver all such property to the Company. Employee shall identify the location of all data and electronic copies of the Companys data, property and Confidential Information, and, if directed by Company, shall permit, assist in and facilitate, the removal and/or expungement of the Companys data and information from media owned or controlled by Employee. For purposes of clarity, Form W-2s or other compensation and benefits information provided by Company to Employee shall not be deemed Company property and may be retained by Employee, unless otherwise directed by the Company.
3. Employee hereby acknowledges and agrees that notwithstanding termination or expiration of this Agreement, and notwithstanding termination of Employees employment with the Company and/or its affiliates, and notwithstanding the reason(s) for any such termination, and notwithstanding which party prompted any such termination, and notwithstanding any change in status, job title, responsibilities and function of Employee with the Company and/or its affiliates, the restrictions and provisions herein that contemplate survival after termination, including, without limitation, the restrictions and provisions set forth in Sections 1 and 2 hereof, and in the subsections of those Sections, shall continue and remain in full force and effect, regardless of the reason for termination of employment, or termination of this Agreement, or change in status, job title, responsibilities or function, and regardless of whether termination of employment or of this Agreement was initiated or caused by Company or by Employee. No claim or counterclaim of Employee shall serve as a defense to enforcement of this Agreement by the Company or its affiliates.
4. Non-disparagement. Employee agrees that, during the Restricted Period as defined in Section 1.1(b) above, he shall not make, directly or indirectly, to any person or entity including, but not limited to, present or former employees of the Company and/or the press, and/or to any others, any intentionally disparaging oral, electronic or written statements about the Company and/or any affiliate, its and their employees and customers, products or services, or Employees employment with or separation from employment with the Company, or intentionally do anything which materially discredits the Company and/or any affiliate and/or its and their services, reputation, financial status, or business relationship; Employee agrees that he will not make any such intentionally disparaging statements, directly or indirectly, orally, in writing, or
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on any social media or other internet sites, including but not limited to, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn; or on any other blogging and/or microblogging sites; or on any personal website or blog; or on any video sharing or hosting websites, including but not limited to YouTube; or by e-mailing such to any distribution list or list-serve to which Employee may subscribe, or which Employee maintains, participates in or moderates. Nothing contained herein shall prevent Employee from testifying truthfully in any judicial, arbitral, administrative or regulatory body proceeding, or from acting or participating voluntarily or involuntarily in an actual or possible government investigation, or investigation by the SEC, the NLRB, or other Governmental entity, or from exercising any other rights, including any rights Employee may have under the National Labor Relations Act and other statutes and regulations, to disclose or comment upon Employees terms and conditions of employment, or otherwise.
5. Certain Rights and Remedies upon Breach.
5.1 Enforcement. Employee acknowledges and agrees that the protection for the Company set forth in this Agreement is of vital concern to the Company, that monetary damages for any violation thereof would not adequately compensate the Company, and that the Company is engaged in a highly competitive business; Employee agrees that the Company shall be entitled, in addition to all other rights and remedies available under this Agreement and applicable law, as a matter of course, to an injunction, restraining order and other equitable relief, without posting bond, from any court of competent jurisdiction, restraining any violations or threatened violations of this Agreement by Employee. Employee further agrees that this section shall apply whether or not his employment hereunder has terminated, and regardless of the reasons for such termination. Employee acknowledges and agrees that his experience and capabilities are such that enforcement of this Agreement by injunction and otherwise will not prevent him from earning a living. Accordingly, it is understood and agreed that the Company, to the greatest extent permitted by law, shall be entitled to provisional remedies (including without limitation, temporary restraining order, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief) and damages, enforcing the terms hereof. Thus, if Employee breaches, or threatens to commit a breach of, any of the provisions hereof, Company shall have all of its rights and remedies at law and in equity, and shall also have the following rights and remedies, each of which rights and remedies shall be cumulative and independent of the others and severally enforceable, and all of which rights and remedies shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available to Company by contract, under law or in equity: (a) specific performance; and (b) monetary damages incurred by the Company as the result of any breach hereof.
6. Additional Provisions
(a) Invalidity and Severability. If any provisions of this Agreement are held to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Agreement, and further, the provisions of this Agreement are intended to be and shall be deemed severable. In particular and without limiting the foregoing sentence, if any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall attach only to such provision and shall not affect or render invalid or unenforceable any other provision of this Agreement. Further, the parties hereto expressly agree that those terms or conditions hereof, if any, which are found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, shall, to the greatest extent permitted by law, be modified by the court, to
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conform to the most expansive permissible reading under the law that is consistent with the parties intent as expressed herein, and the parties expressly agree that this Agreement incorporate such modification. The parties specifically acknowledge and agree that each of the restrictions set forth herein is intended to be separate and severable, and that, if any of the restrictions shall be held to be void or unenforceable, the parties agree that it is their intent that the void or unenforceable provisions shall be deemed severable, and that the rest of this Agreement shall be fully enforceable, to the greatest extent permitted by law, and that the void or unenforceable provisions, if any, shall be enforced to the greatest extent that they may be enforced under law.
(b) Applicability. The parties agree that this Agreement and all provisions hereof, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of whether Employees title, position, responsibilities and work for the Company change or are altered, and regardless of whether Employee is reassigned by the Company to new duties, titles and responsibilities.
(c) Acknowledgement of Status. Company and Employee hereby acknowledge and agree that Employees employment by the Company is and shall be at-will, and nothing herein changes this status. Accordingly, either party may, at any time, terminate Employees employment for any lawful reason or for no reason at all, with or without notice, and with or without cause. Notwithstanding such termination, the restrictions and remedies provided in the Agreement which, by their terms, are to survive termination, including, without limitation, such provisions in Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, shall survive termination.
(d) Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned by the Employee, without the Companys prior written consent, and any attempted assignment without such consent shall be deemed void. The Company may assign this Agreement, in its sole discretion: (i) as part of the transfer or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the lines of business in which Employee is employed (by way of sale, merger or otherwise); and/or (ii) to any affiliated or unaffiliated entity; upon such permitted assignment, at Companys option, the burden and benefit hereof will be upon the permitted assignee.
(e) Benefit The rights and covenant of this Agreement, and all terms hereof, shall inure and extend to the parties hereto, their respective heirs, personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.
(f) Waiver of Breach Waiver, or delay in seeking a remedy, by either party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by the other party, shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of that or of any subsequent breach.
(g) Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. Any action relating to this Agreement or the breach thereof shall, to the greatest extent permitted by law, be brought only and exclusively, in the State or federal courts sitting in Delaware, and the parties expressly consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of such courts for such purpose. This Agreement shall, to the greatest extent permitted by law, be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflicts of law.
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(h) Entire Agreement Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, this Agreement sets forth the entire agreement and understanding between the Company and Employee relating to the subject matters hereof and supersedes all prior understandings, agreements and representations with respect to the subject matters covered by this Agreement; except that this Agreement shall not supersede or in any way nullify any obligation that Employee has to protect the Companys confidential information, or to refrain from competing with the Company, and/or from soliciting Company employees or customers during or after Employees employment is terminated, and/or to assign intellectual property to the Company, which obligations are: (i) imposed by law or equity; or (ii) which obligations are under any agreement(s) Employee has entered into with the Company, its parents, predecessors or subsidiaries, or which Employee is entering into at this time; but rather such obligations contained in those agreement(s), remain in full force and effect and are cumulative of the remedies set forth herein. No modification of or amendment to this Agreement, or any waiver of any rights under this Agreement, will be effective unless in a writing signed by the party to be charged.
(i) Interpretation. To the greatest extent permitted by law, any rule of law or legal decision that would mandate the interpretation of any ambiguities in this Agreement against a party, or that would require that the Agreement be strictly interpreted against one party or the other, shall be of no application and is expressly waived.
(j) Notices. Any notice hereunder, if any, may be given personally to the Employee or to the Corporate Secretary of the Company (as the case may be), or may be sent to the Company by a generally recognized overnight delivery service (to the attention of its Corporate Secretary) at its above stated headquarters, or to the Employee, in person or at his last known address. Any such notice sent by generally recognized overnight delivery service shall be deemed served forty-eight hours after it is sent and in proving such service it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice was properly addressed and that the records of the delivery service reflect that it was delivered.
(k) Disclosures. Nothing in this Agreement prohibits or restricts Employee from reporting an event that Employee reasonably and in good faith believes is a violation of law to the relevant law-enforcement agency (such as, without limitation, the Securities and Exchange Commission, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or Department of Labor), or from cooperating in an investigation conducted by such a government agency, or making disclosures to such an agency. Employee is hereby provided notice that under the 2016 Defend Trade Secrets Act no individual will be held criminally or civilly liable under Federal or State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret (as defined in the Economic Espionage Act) if the disclosure is: (i) made in confidence to a Federal, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and made solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal so that it is not made public. An individual who pursues a lawsuit for alleged retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of the law may disclose the trade secret to an attorney of the individual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except as permitted by court order. In order for a disclosure to be permitted and protected under this provision, it must be made in strict accordance with limitations under law, and as described above.
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(l) This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
Agreed to:
Henry Schein, Inc. |
/s/ Lorelei McGlynn |
By:Lorelei McGlynn |
Title:Chief Human Resources Officer |
Dated: 11/11/21 |
/s/ Bradford C. Connett |
BRADFORD C. CONNETT |
Dated: 11/11/2021 |
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Exhibit 10.29
Certain identified information has been excluded from the exhibit because it is both not
material and is the type that the registrant treats as private or confidential.
[***] INDICATES THE REDACTED PORTION OF THIS EXHIBIT.
Interoffice Memorandum
To: | Brad Connett | |||
From: | Gerry Benjamin | |||
Date: | May 13, 2021 | |||
Subject: | Special Incentive Plan |
I am pleased to inform you that the Compensation Committee of the Board has approved a special incentive plan to retain you and provide you with additional incentive based on the achievement of pre-defined financial goals of the U.S. Medical group in 2021 and 2022.
The total target value of this special incentive plan is $600,000 and is comprised of two components:
Component 1
A one-time cash retention bonus of $200,000 paid upon your acceptance of this plan. If you leave the Company for any reason within 12 months of the payment date, you must reimburse the Company for 50% of the entire retention bonus amount or $100,000.
Component 2
A mid-term Cash Incentive Plan with a target of $400,000 based on achieving the Medical groups 2 year cumulative goals as outlined in the attached plan document.
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If you accept this special incentive plan, please sign below and return a copy of this memo to me. Thank you.
/s/ Brad Connett | 5/24/2021 | |||||
Acknowledged and Accepted | Date |
Bradford Connett, President, Henry Schein Medical Group
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Long-term Cash Incentive Plan
1. | Introduction |
It is critically important to execute the growth strategy of Henry Schein U.S Medical Division (the Company) in the 2 year period from 2021 to 2022. You are eligible to receive this special incentive award based on the Companys financial results over the 2021 to 2022 fiscal years, subject to the terms and conditions specified below (the Incentive Award).
The Incentive Award is specifically designed to provide you with a cash incentive opportunity based on the achievement of the pre-established financial performance goal of the Company and your continued employment with Henry Schein, Inc.
The Incentive Award applies solely with respect to the 2021 and 2022 fiscal years of the Company (the Performance Period).
2. | Eligibility |
The following individual is eligible for the Incentive Award:
| Bradford Connett President, Henry Schein Medical Group |
3. | Financial Performance Goals |
The Companys Financial Performance Goals are based on:
(1) | Cumulative 2021 and 2022 Operating Income of the U.S. Medical Division, without the Test Kits, weighted at 90% |
(2) | Cumulative 2021 and 2022 Operating Income for the COVID-19 Test Kits, weighted at 10% |
Each goal is assigned a portion of the incentive target using the weightings established below. Each goal is measured independently from one another to calculate the portion of the target incentive earned.
90% US Medical Division Operating |
10% Operating Income for COVID -19 |
100% Total | ||||
2021 |
$[***] | $[***] | $[***] | |||
2022 |
$[***] | $[***] | $[***] | |||
Incentive Plan Cost |
$360,000 | $40,000 | $400,000 | |||
Cumulative Goal |
$[omitted from filed version] | $[omitted from filed version] | $[omitted from filed version] |
[***] INDICATES THE REDACTED PORTION OF THIS EXHIBIT.
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After the completion of the 2 year performance period, each of the two cumulative performance goals (1. U.S Medical Division Operating Income without Test Kits and 2. COVID-19 Test Kits Operating income) will be measured against the actual results and a percent achievement will be calculated by dividing the actual achievement by the corresponding goal. This percent achievement will be used to determine the incentive payout in accordance with Section 4 below and subject to the terms and conditions specified herein.
The Company will determine the level of achievement of the two year (2021-2022) cumulative goals and may, as it decides in its sole discretion, make adjustments to the Performance Goals in accordance with Section 5 below.
4. | Incentive Awards |
The following incentive targets are established for the Incentive Award as follows:
| Bradford Connett: $400,000 (aggregate target payout) |
The incentive target is further allocated to each of the two performance goals (U.S. Medical Division Operating Income without Test Kits and Operating Income of COVID-19 Test Kits) based on pre-established weightings outlined in Section 3 above.
(1) | Cumulative 2021 and 2022 Operating Income of the U.S. Medical Division, without the Test Kits, weighted at 90% or $360,000 |
(2) | Cumulative 2021 and 2022 Operating Income for the COVID-19 Test Kits, weighted at 10% or $40,000 |
The payout related to each performance goal is calculated by applying the percent achievement to the target bonus for the specific performance goal using the payout table below. Payout under each performance goal is assessed independently from one another.
LEVERAGE TABLE | ||||||||||||
(A) 90% Medical OI (w/o Test Kits) |
(B) 10% Test Kit OI |
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% of Perf Goal |
% of Target OI Achieved |
OI Achvd ($M) |
Award $360K |
OI Achvd ($M) |
Award $40K Tgt |
Total (A) + (B) | ||||||
150% |
150% | $[***] | $540 | $[***] | $60 | $600 | ||||||
125% |
125% | $[***] | $450 | $[***] | $50 | $500 | ||||||
100% |
100% | $[***] | $360 | $[***] | $40 | $400 | ||||||
95% |
95% | $[***] | $342 | $[***] | $38 | $380 | ||||||
90% |
90% | $[***] | $324 | $[***] | $36 | $360 | ||||||
85% |
85% | $[***] | $306 | $[***] | $34 | $340 | ||||||
80% |
80% | $[***] | $288 | $[***] | $32 | $320 | ||||||
75% |
75% | $[***] | $270 | $[***] | $30 | $300 | ||||||
70% |
70% | $[***] | $252 | $[***] | $28 | $280 | ||||||
<70% |
<70% | <$[***] | $0 | <$[***] | $0 | $0 |
[***] INDICATES THE REDACTED PORTION OF THIS EXHIBIT.
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There will be no payout under a specific financial goal if the performance achievement is less than 70%.
Performance in between performance intervals will be linearly interpolated and the corresponding amount of the Incentive Award to be paid will be linearly interpolated up to a maximum payout of 150% of target.
In order to receive any payment under the Incentive Award, you must be actively employed by the Company on the payment date of the year the Incentive Award is to be paid out. The payment of the Incentive Award will be made in cash and will be made in the early part of fiscal year 2023, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, following the completion of the Performance Period, but in no event later than March 15, 2023 (the Payment Date). In the event that your employment with the Company is terminated by you or the Company for any reason prior to the Payment Date, the Incentive Award will be forfeited and canceled in its entirety.
To the extent applicable, any payment under the Incentive Award is intended to be a short-term deferral within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code) and the guidance issued thereunder (collectively, Section 409A) that is exempt from the applicable requirements of Section 409A and the Incentive Award will be limited, construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company (or any of their affiliates) do not guarantee, and nothing in the Incentive Award or otherwise is intended to provide a guarantee of, any particular tax treatment with respect to payments or benefits under the Incentive Award or otherwise, and the Company and any of their affiliates will not be responsible for any compliance with or exemption from Section 409A.
5. | Adjustments to Performance Goal |
The Company may adjust, as they decides in their sole discretion, the Performance Goal for:
| Acquisitions and new business ventures (based on the approved model pre-established in writing) not initially considered when developing the target including: |
| The effect of accretion or dilution relating to unbudgeted acquisitions (or dispositions), but only for the first 12 months following the transaction (or shorter time period, if applicable); |
| Any gain, loss or expense related to the disposal of a business or discontinued operations that was not already contemplated in the goal; |
| Unbudgeted acquisition and professional fees and expenses relating to closed acquisitions or dispositions incurred in the year of the acquisition or disposition, but only for that year; and |
| Unbudgeted acquisition and professional fees and expenses relating to individual unclosed acquisitions or dispositions, where such fees and expenses exceed $300,000, in which case the effect of all such fees and expenses (from the first dollar) shall be excluded; |
| Restructuring costs incurred related to publicly announced restructuring plans and separately identified in the Companys periodic filings, to the extent the adjustment was not already contemplated in the goal; |
| The financial impact, either positive or negative, of the changes in foreign exchange rates from the rates used in setting budget for the fiscal year; |
| Changes in accounting principles or in applicable laws or regulations; |
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In addition, the Performance Goal may be adjusted, as the Company decides in its sole discretion, for any other unforeseeable event or other facts and circumstances beyond the control of the Company or any of their affiliates, by an amount equal to a reasonable estimate of the expected accretion or dilution.
6. | Forfeiture Conditions and Recoupment |
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Incentive Award granted hereunder is conditioned on you not engaging in any Competitive Activity (as defined below) from the effective date of the grant of the Incentive Award through the first anniversary of the Payment Date. If, on or after the effective date of grant of the Incentive Award but prior to the Payment Date, you engage in a Competitive Activity, your entire Incentive Award shall be immediately forfeited in its entirety, and you shall have no further rights or interests with respect to such Incentive Award. In the event that you engage in a Competitive Activity on or after the Payment Date but on or prior to the first anniversary of such Payment Date, the Company and any of their affiliates will have the right to recoup from you, and you will repay to the Company, within thirty (30) days following demand by the Company, an amount in cash equal to the entire Incentive Award paid to you on the Payment Date. the Company and any of their affiliates also have the right to set off (or cause to be set off) any amounts otherwise due to you from the Company or the Company in satisfaction of such repayment obligation, provided that any such amounts are exempt from, or set off in a manner intended to comply with, the requirements of Section 409A.
You hereby acknowledge and agree that the forfeiture and recoupment conditions set forth in this Section 6, in view of the nature of the business in the Company and their affiliates are engaged, are reasonable in scope and necessary in order to protect the legitimate business interests of the Company and its affiliates, and that any violation thereof would result in irreparable harm to the Company and their affiliates. You hereby acknowledge and agree that (i) it is a material inducement and condition to the issuance of the Incentive Award that you agree to be bound by such forfeiture and recoupment conditions and, further, that the amounts required to be forfeited or repaid to the Company, or its affiliates pursuant to this Section 6 are reasonable, and (ii) nothing in the Incentive Award is intended to preclude the Company (or any of their affiliates) from seeking any remedies available at law, in equity, under contract to the Company or otherwise, and the Company (or any affiliate thereof) shall have the right to seek any such remedy with respect to the Incentive Award or otherwise.
For purposes of the Incentive Award, you will be deemed to engage in a Competitive Activity if, either directly or indirectly, without the express prior written consent of the Company, you (i) take other employment with, render services to, or otherwise engage in any business activities with, companies or other entities that are competitors of the Company or any of their affiliates, (ii) solicit or induce, or in any manner attempt to solicit or induce, any person employed by or otherwise providing services to the Company or any of their affiliates, to terminate such persons employment or service relationship, as the case may be, with the Company or any of their affiliates, (iii) divert, or attempt to divert, any person or entity from doing business with the Company or any of their affiliates or induce, or attempt to induce, any such person or entity from ceasing to be a customer or other business partner of the Company or any of their affiliates, (iv) violate any agreement between you and the Company or any of their affiliates relating to the non-disclosure of proprietary or confidential information of the Company or any of their affiliates, and/or (v) conduct yourself in a manner adversely affecting the Company or any of their affiliates, including, without limitation, making false, misleading or negative statements, either orally or in writing, about the Company or any of their affiliates. The determination as to whether you have engaged in a Competitive Activity shall be made by the Company.
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7. | Miscellaneous |
Any decision, interpretation or other action made or taken by the Company will be final, binding and conclusive on the Company and you and your respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.
All expenses of the Incentive Award will be borne by the Company.
The grant of the Incentive Award does not provide you with any right or entitlement to any future award of any kind whatsoever, including any incentive award with respect to periods after the Performance Period. The Company reserves the right to award additional incentive awards after the initial plan based on business performance, but is under no such obligation.
The Incentive Award is not intended to, nor does it constitute, a contract or guarantee of continued employment. Nothing in the Incentive Award will affect the right of the Company or any of their affiliates to terminate your employment or service or to increase or decrease the compensation payable to you from the rate in effect at the commencement of a year or to otherwise modify the terms of your employment.
Except to the extent required by applicable law, the Incentive Award or payment thereof or any right or benefit hereunder will not be subject to anticipation, alienation, sale, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, garnishment, execution or levy of any kind or charge, and any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, assign, pledge, encumber, charge, garnish, execute upon or levy upon the same will be void and will not be recognized or given effect by the Company or any of their affiliates.
In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained in the Incentive Award will, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision of the Incentive Award and the Incentive Award will be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions had never been contained therein.
The Company will have the right to make any provisions that it deems necessary or appropriate to satisfy any obligations it may have under law to withhold federal, state or local income or other taxes incurred by reason of payments pursuant to the Incentive Award.
The Incentive Award will inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Company and you and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
The Incentive Award will be construed, administered, and governed in all respects in accordance with the laws of the State of New York (regardless of the law that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflict of laws).
The Incentive Award will not be treated as compensation for purposes of any employee benefit plan or arrangement, except to the extent expressly provided therein.
The Incentive Award, if and when payable hereunder, shall be funded out of general assets of the Company and no special reserve, fund or deposit will be made to assure payment of the Incentive Award and you shall be solely an unsecured creditor of the Company. If the Company decides in its sole discretion to fund a trust with respect to the Incentive Award, such reserve or trust shall continue to be an asset solely of the Company.
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Exhibit 10.45
AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of December 15, 2022 (this Amendment), is entered into among HSFR, INC., a Delaware corporation, as seller (the Seller), the PURCHASERS LISTED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO (the Purchasers), the PURCHASER AGENTS LISTED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO (the Purchaser Agents), MUFG BANK, LTD. (F/K/A THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.), as agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Agent) for each Purchaser Group, and, HENRY SCHEIN, INC. (HS), a Delaware corporation, as initial servicer (in such capacity, the Servicer), and, solely with respect to Section 10, (the Performance Guarantor).
BACKGROUND
A. The Seller, the Servicer, Purchasers, Purchaser Agents and Agent are parties to a Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 17, 2013 (as amended by that certain Omnibus Amendment No. 1, dated as of July 22, 2013, that certain Omnibus Amendment No. 2, dated as of April 21, 2014, that certain Amendment No. 1 to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2014, that certain Amendment No. 2 to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 17, 2015, that certain Amendment No. 3 to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2016, that certain Amendment No. 4 to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 6, 2017, that certain Amendment No. 5 to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 13, 2019, that certain Amendment No. 6 to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2020, that certain Amendment No. 7 to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 20, 2021, and as further amended, restated, modified or supplemented through the date hereof, the Receivables Purchase Agreement).
C. The parties are entering into this Amendment to amend or otherwise modify the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
AGREEMENT
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms are used in this Amendment as defined in Exhibit I to the Receivables Purchase Agreement. The rules of interpretation set forth in Appendix A to the Receivables Purchase Agreement are hereby incorporated as if fully set forth herein.
2.
Amendments to Receivables Purchase Agreement. Subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date (as hereinafter defined), the Receivables Purchase Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner
as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the
same manner as the following example: double-underlined
text) as set forth in the pages attached as Annex A hereto.
3. Representations and Warranties. Each of the Seller and Servicer hereby certifies, represents and warrants to the Agent, each Purchaser Agent and each Purchaser that on and as of the date hereof:
(a) each of its representations and warranties contained in Article V of the Receivables Purchase Agreement is true and correct, in all material respects, on and as of the date hereof; and
(b) no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event exists.
4. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective on the date (the Effective Date) when each Purchaser Agent shall have received:
(a) counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by the other parties hereto;
(b) a copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of each Seller Party and Performance Guarantor certified by its Secretary authorizing such Persons execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and the performance of its obligations under the Receivables Purchase Agreement (as amended by this Amendment);
(c) counterparts of that certain Sixth Amended and Restated Fee Letter, dated as of the date hereof, duly executed by the parties thereto; and
(d) the payment of all fees due and owing under the Sixth Amended and Restated Fee Letter on the date hereof.
5. Ratification. This Amendment constitutes an amendment to the Receivables Purchase Agreement. After the execution and delivery of this Amendment, all references to the Receivables Purchase Agreement in any document shall be deemed to refer to the Receivables Purchase Agreement as amended by this Amendment, unless the context otherwise requires. Except as amended above, the Receivables Purchase Agreement is hereby ratified in all respects. Except as set forth above, the execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as an amendment or waiver of any right, power or remedy of the parties hereto under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, nor constitute an amendment or waiver of any provision of the Receivables Purchase Agreement. This Amendment shall not constitute a course of dealing among the parties hereto at variance with the Receivables Purchase Agreement such as to require further notice by any of the Agent, the Purchaser Agents or the Purchasers to require strict compliance with the terms of the Receivables Purchase Agreement in the future, as amended by this Amendment, except as expressly set forth herein. The Seller hereby acknowledges and expressly agrees that each of the Agent, the Purchaser Agents and the Purchasers reserves the right to, and does in fact, require strict compliance with all terms and provisions of the Receivables Purchase Agreement, as amended herein.
6. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, and each counterpart shall be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. Counterparts of this Amendment may be delivered by facsimile transmission or other electronic transmission, and such counterparts shall be as effective as if original counterparts had been physically delivered, and thereafter shall be binding on the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
7. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof (other than Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law).
8. Section Headings. The various headings of this Amendment are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Amendment, the Receivables Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any provision hereof or thereof.
9. Transaction Document. This Amendment shall constitute a Transaction Document under the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
10. Ratification of Performance Undertaking. After giving effect to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, all of the provisions of the Performance Undertaking shall remain in full force and effect and the Performance Guarantor hereby ratifies and affirms the Performance Undertaking and acknowledges that the Performance Undertaking has continued and shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
[Signature Pages Follow]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
HSFR INC., | ||
as Seller | ||
By: | /s/ Michael Amodio | |
Name: Michael Amodio | ||
Title: Treasurer |
HENRY SCHEIN, INC., | ||
as Servicer | ||
By: | /s/ Michael Amodio | |
Name: Michael Amodio | ||
Title: Vice President and Treasurer |
Solely with respect to Section 10: | ||
HENRY SCHEIN, INC., | ||
as Performance Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Michael Amodio | |
Name: Michael Amodio | ||
Title: Vice President and Treasurer |
MUFG BANK, LTD. (F/K/A THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.), as Purchaser Agent for Victory Receivables Corporation | ||
By: | /s/ Eric Williams | |
Name: Eric Williams | ||
Title: Managing Director |
VICTORY RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, as an Uncommitted Purchaser | ||
By: | /s/ Kevin J. Corrigan | |
Name: Kevin J. Corrigan | ||
Title: Vice President |
MUFG BANK, LTD. (F/K/A THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.), as Related Committed Purchaser for Victory Receivables Corporation | ||
By: | /s/ Eric Williams | |
Name: Eric Williams | ||
Title: Managing Director |
MUFG BANK, LTD. (F/K/A THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.), as Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Eric Williams | |
Name: Eric Williams | ||
Title: Managing Director |
THE TORONTO DOMINION BANK, as Purchaser Agent and the Related Committed Purchaser for the TD Purchaser Group | ||
By: | /s/ Brad Purkis | |
Name: Brad Purkis | ||
Title: Managing Director |
GTA FUNDING LLC, as a Conduit Purchaser and an Uncommitted Purchaser for the TD Purchaser Group | ||
By: | /s/ Kevin J. Corrigan | |
Name: Kevin J. Corrigan | ||
Title: Vice President |
Annex A to
SeventhEighth Amendment
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF APRIL 17, 2013
as amended by that certain Omnibus Amendment No. 1, dated as of July 22, 2013, that certain
Omnibus Amendment No. 2, dated as of April 21, 2014, that certain Amendment No. 1 to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2014, that certain Amendment No. 2 to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of
April 17, 2015, that certain Amendment No. 3 to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2016, that certain Amendment No. 4 to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 6, 2017, that certain Amendment
No. 5 to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 13, 2019, that certain Amendment No. 6 to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 22,
2020 and 2020,
that certain Amendment No. 7 to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated October 20,
20212021, and
that certain Amendment No. 8 to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated December 15, 2022
AMONG
HSFR, INC., AS SELLER,
HENRY SCHEIN, INC., AS INITIAL SERVICER,
THE VARIOUS PURCHASER GROUPS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
AND
MUFG BANK, LTD. (F/K/A THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.), AS AGENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. |
PURCHASE ARRANGEMENTS | |||||
Section 1.1 |
Purchase Facility |
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Section 1.2 |
Incremental Purchases |
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Section 1.3 |
Decreases |
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Section 1.4 |
Deemed Collections; Maximum Purchase Limit |
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Section 1.5 |
Payment Requirements and Computations |
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Section 1.6 |
Sharing of Payments, etc. |
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Section 1.7 |
Taxes |
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Section 1.8 |
Rates |
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ARTICLE II. |
PAYMENTS AND COLLECTIONS | |||||
Section 2.1 |
Payments of Recourse Obligations |
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Section 2.2 |
Collections Prior to the Facility Termination Date |
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Section 2.3 |
Repayment on the Facility Termination Date; Collections |
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Section 2.4 |
Payment Rescission |
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ARTICLE III. |
COMMERCIAL PAPER FUNDING | |||||
Section 3.1 |
CP Costs |
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Section 3.2 |
Calculation of CP Costs |
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Section 3.3 |
CP Costs Payments |
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Section 3.4 |
Default Rate |
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ARTICLE IV. |
BANK FUNDINGS | |||||
Section 4.1 |
Bank Fundings |
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Section 4.2 |
Yield Payments. |
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Section 4.3 |
Suspension of |
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Section 4.4 |
Default Rate |
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Section 4.5 |
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ARTICLE V. |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | |||||
Section 5.1 |
Representations and Warranties of the Seller |
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Section 5.2 |
Representations and Warranties of the Seller With Respect to Each Sale of Receivables |
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Section 5.3 |
Representations and Warranties of Servicer |
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ARTICLE VI. |
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES |
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Section 6.1 |
Conditions Precedent to Initial Incremental Purchase; Closing Date |
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Section 6.2 |
Conditions Precedent to All Purchases and Reinvestments |
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ARTICLE VII. |
COVENANTS | |||||
Section 7.1 |
Affirmative Covenants of the Seller |
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Section 7.2 |
Negative Covenants of the Seller |
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Section 7.3 |
Affirmative Covenants of the Servicer |
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Section 7.4 |
Negative Covenants of the Servicer |
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ARTICLE VIII. |
ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION | |||||
Section 8.1 |
Designation of Servicer |
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Section 8.2 |
Duties of Servicer |
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Section 8.3 |
Collection Notices |
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Section 8.4 |
Responsibilities of Seller |
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Section 8.5 |
Settlement Reports |
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Section 8.6 |
Servicing Fee |
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ARTICLE IX. |
TERMINATION EVENTS | |||||
Section 9.1 |
Termination Events |
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Section 9.2 |
Remedies |
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ARTICLE X. |
INDEMNIFICATION | |||||
Section 10.1 |
Indemnities by the Seller Parties |
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Section 10.2 |
Increased Cost and Reduced Return |
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Section 10.3 |
Other Costs and Expenses |
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ARTICLE XI. |
THE AGENTS | |||||
Section 11.1 |
Appointment and Authorization |
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Section 11.2 |
Delegation of Duties |
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Section 11.3 |
Exculpatory Provisions |
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Section 11.4 |
Reliance by Agents |
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Section 11.5 |
Notice of Termination Events |
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Section 11.6 |
Non-Reliance on Agent, Purchaser Agents and Other Purchasers |
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Section 11.7 |
Agents and Affiliates |
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Section 11.8 |
Indemnification |
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Section 11.9 |
Successor Agent |
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Section 11.10 |
Erroneous
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ARTICLE XII. |
ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS | |||||
Section 12.1 |
Successors and Assigns; Participations; Assignments |
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ARTICLE XIII. |
MISCELLANEOUS | |||||
Section 13.1 |
Waivers and Amendments |
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Section 13.2 |
Notices |
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Section 13.3 |
Protection of Agents Security Interest |
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Section 13.4 |
Confidentiality |
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Section 13.5 |
Bankruptcy Petition |
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Section 13.6 |
Limitation of Liability |
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Section 13.7 |
CHOICE OF LAW |
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Section 13.8 |
CONSENT TO JURISDICTION |
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Section 13.9 |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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Section 13.10 |
Integration; Binding Effect; Survival of Terms |
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Section 13.11 |
Counterparts; Severability; Section References |
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Section 13.12 |
Characterization |
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Section 13.13 |
Federal Reserve |
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Section 13.14 |
Patriot Act |
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Exhibits and Schedules | ||
Exhibit I | Definitions | |
Exhibit II | Form of Purchase Notice | |
Exhibit III | Places of Business of the Seller Parties; Locations of Records | |
Exhibit IV | Form of Compliance Certificate | |
Exhibit V | Form of Collection Account Agreement | |
Exhibit VI | Form of Settlement Report | |
Exhibit VII | Form of Assumption Agreement | |
Exhibit VIII | Form of Transfer Supplement | |
Exhibit IX | Form of Performance Undertaking | |
Exhibit X | List of Responsible Officers | |
Exhibit XI | Form of Interim Settlement Report | |
Exhibit XII | Form of Reduction Notice | |
Exhibit XIII | Form of Maximum Purchase Limit Decrease Request | |
Exhibit XIV | Calculation Periods | |
Exhibit XV | Purchaser Groups | |
Schedule A | Closing Documents |
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RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of April 17, 2013 is entered into by and among:
(a) HSFR, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Seller),
(b) Henry Schein, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Schein), as initial Servicer (the Servicer together with Seller, the Seller Parties and each, a Seller Party),
(c) the various Purchaser Groups from time to time party hereto, and
(d) MUFG Bank, Ltd. (f/k/a The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.), as agent for each Purchaser Group (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Agent).
Unless defined elsewhere herein, capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in Exhibit I.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
1. Seller desires to transfer and assign Receivable Interests from time to time.
2. The Purchasers desire to purchase Receivable Interests from Seller from time to time.
3. MUFG Bank, Ltd. (f/k/a The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.) has been requested and is willing to act as Agent on behalf of the Purchasers and their assigns in accordance with the terms hereof.
In consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants contained herein, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
PURCHASE ARRANGEMENTS
Section 1.1 Purchase Facility.
(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Article VI), from time to time prior to the Facility Termination Date, Seller may request that the Purchaser Groups purchase from Seller undivided ownership interests in the Receivables and the associated Related Security and Collections (which interest shall be held by the Agent on behalf of the applicable Purchasers). Each Uncommitted Purchaser may (in its sole discretion), and each Related Committed Purchaser severally hereby agrees to, make Incremental Purchases, on the terms and subject to the conditions hereof before the Facility Termination Date, ratably based on the applicable Purchaser Groups Ratable Share of each Incremental Purchase requested pursuant to Section 1.2 (and, in the case of each Related Committed Purchaser, its Commitment Percentage of its Purchaser Groups Ratable Share of such Purchase); provided that
no Purchase shall be made by any Purchaser if, after giving effect thereto, either (i) if such Purchaser is a Related Committed Purchaser, such Purchasers aggregate Invested Amount would exceed its Available Commitment, (ii) the Group Invested Amount would exceed the Group Commitment for such Purchasers Purchaser Group, (iii) the aggregate of the Receivable Interests would exceed 100% or (iv) the Aggregate Invested Amount would exceed the Maximum Purchase Limit. It is the intent of the Conduit Purchasers to fund any Purchases hereunder through the issuance of Commercial Paper. If any Purchaser funds or refinances its investment in a Receivable Interest through any means other than the issuance of Commercial Paper, in lieu of paying CP Costs on the Invested Amount pursuant to Article III hereof, Seller will pay Yield thereon at the applicable Yield Rate in accordance with Article IV hereof. Nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute a commitment of any Conduit Purchaser to issue Commercial Paper.
(b) Seller may in its sole discretion, upon at least 45 Business Days written notice to the Agent (which shall promptly forward a copy to each Purchaser Agent), call and repurchase from the Purchasers all right, title and interest in the Receivables and terminate the purchase facility in whole, or upon at least 15 Business Days written notice in a form set forth as Exhibit XIII (each such notice, a Maximum Purchase Limit Decrease Notice) to the Agent (which shall promptly forward a copy to each Purchaser Agent) reduce in part the unused portion of the Maximum Purchase Limit (but not below the amount which would cause the Group Invested Amount of any Purchaser Group to exceed its Group Commitment (after giving effect to such reduction) and, unless terminated in whole, not below $200,000,000); provided that each partial reduction of the Maximum Purchase Limit shall be in an amount equal to $10,000,000 (or a larger integral multiple of $1,000,000 if in excess thereof). Such reduction shall, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Seller, the Agent and each Purchaser Agent, be applied ratably to reduce the Group Commitment of each Purchaser Group.
(c) Seller may from time to time request that the Purchaser Groups increase their respective existing Group Commitments and, to the extent the existing Purchaser Groups do not consent to any such requested increase, Seller may add a new Purchaser Group as a party hereto; provided that (i) each Purchaser Agent (on behalf of the related Purchaser Group) shall, in its sole discretion, make a determination whether or not to grant any request to increase its Purchaser Groups Group Commitment and (ii) the prior written consent of the Agent shall be required for any such increase or addition (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
Section 1.2 Incremental Purchases. Seller shall provide the Agent and each Purchaser Agent with at least one (1) Business Days prior written notice in a form set forth as Exhibit II hereto of each Incremental Purchase (each, a Purchase Notice) by 12:00 noon (New York time) on the Business Day prior to the Purchase Date. Each Purchase Notice shall be subject to Section 6.2 hereof and, except as set forth below, shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested Purchase Price (which shall not be less than $1,000,000, or a larger integral multiple of $100,000, with respect to each Purchaser Group) and the Purchase Date. Following receipt of a Purchase Notice, the applicable Purchaser Agent will determine whether the related Uncommitted Purchaser will fund the requested Incremental Purchase. If such Uncommitted Purchaser (in its sole discretion) elects not to fund an Incremental Purchase, the Incremental Purchase shall be funded ratably by its Related Committed Purchasers (in accordance with such Related Committed Purchasers Available Commitments). On each Purchase Date, upon satisfaction of the applicable
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conditions precedent set forth in Article VI, each applicable Purchaser shall deposit to the Facility Account, in immediately available funds, no later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time), an amount equal to such Purchasers portion (based on each Purchaser Groups Ratable Share and, if applicable, such Purchasers Available Commitment) of the requested Purchase Price.
Section 1.3 Decreases.
(a) Optional Reductions. Seller shall provide the Agent and each Purchaser Agent with prior written irrevocable notice in the form set forth as Exhibit XII hereto (a Reduction Notice) of any proposed reduction of Aggregate Invested Amount (a) at least three (3) Business Days prior to any such proposed reduction greater than or equal to $50,000,000 and (b) at least one (1) Business Day prior to any such proposed reduction less than $50,000,000. Such Reduction Notice shall designate (i) the date (the Proposed Reduction Date) upon which any such reduction of Aggregate Invested Amount shall occur, and (ii) the amount of Aggregate Invested Amount to be reduced (the Aggregate Reduction) which shall be applied to all Receivable Interests (ratably, according to each Purchasers aggregate Invested Amount).
(b) Mandatory Reductions. Seller shall also ensure that the aggregate of the Receivable Interests shall at no time exceed 100%. If the aggregate of the Receivable Interests exceeds 100%, Seller shall pay to each Purchaser Agent for the benefit of the related Purchasers on or before the next Business Day an amount to be applied to reduce the Aggregate Invested Amount (ratably, according to each Purchasers aggregate Invested Amount), such that after giving effect to such payment the aggregate of the Receivable Interests equals or is less than 100%.
Section 1.4 Deemed Collections; Maximum Purchase Limit.
(a) If on any day:
(i) the Outstanding Balance of any Receivable is reduced or cancelled as a result of any credit issued for returned or repossessed goods, any shortages, any pricing adjustment, any volume rebate or any other allowance, adjustment or deduction by Originator or any Affiliate thereof, or as a result of any governmental or regulatory action, or
(ii) the Outstanding Balance of any Receivable is reduced or canceled as a result of a setoff or disputed item in respect of any claim by the Obligor thereof (whether such claim arises out of the same or a related or an unrelated transaction), or
(iii) the Outstanding Balance of any Receivable is reduced on account of the obligation of Originator or any Affiliate thereof to pay to the related Obligor any rebate or refund, or
(iv) the Outstanding Balance of any Receivable is less than the amount included in calculating the Net Pool Balance for purposes of any Settlement Report (for any reason other than receipt of Collections), or
(v) any of the representations or warranties of Seller with respect to any Receivable set forth in Article V were not true in all material respects when made,
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then, on such day, Seller shall (I) be deemed to have received a Collection of such Receivable (A) in the case of clauses (i) through (iv) above, in the amount of such reduction or cancellation or the difference between the actual Outstanding Balance and the amount included in calculating such Net Pool Balance, as applicable; and (B) in the case of clause (v) above, in the amount of the Outstanding Balance of such Receivable and, not later than two (2) Business Days thereafter shall pay to the Collection Account the amount of any such Collection deemed to have been received or (II) prior to the occurrence of a Termination Event, setoff the amount of such reduction or cancellation against the purchase price otherwise owed to the Applicable Originator for additional Receivables.
(b) Seller shall ensure that the Aggregate Invested Amount at no time exceeds the Maximum Purchase Limit. If at any time the Aggregate Invested Amount exceeds the Maximum Purchase Limit, Seller shall pay to each Purchaser Agent for the benefit of the related Purchasers immediately an amount to be applied to reduce the Aggregate Invested Amount (ratably, according to each Purchasers aggregate Invested Amount), such that after giving effect to such payment the Aggregate Invested Amount is less than or equal to the Maximum Purchase Limit.
Section 1.5 Payment Requirements and Computations. All amounts to be paid or deposited by any Seller Party pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be paid or deposited in accordance with the terms hereof no later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the day when due in immediately available funds, and if not received before 2:00 p.m. (New York time) shall be deemed to be received on the next succeeding Business Day. If such amounts are payable to or for the account of any Purchaser, such amounts shall be paid to the account from time to time specified by the related Purchaser Agent to the Seller and the Servicer. All computations of CP Costs, Yield, per annum fees calculated as part of any CP Costs, per annum fees hereunder and per annum fees under the Fee Letters shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days elapsed (other than Yield calculated at the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, which shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be). If any amount hereunder shall be payable on a day which is not a Business Day, such amount shall be payable on the next succeeding Business Day.
Section 1.6 Sharing of Payments, etc. If any Purchaser (for purpose of this Section 1.6 only, a Recipient) shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of setoff, or otherwise) on account of any interest in the Receivable Interest owned by it in excess of its ratable share thereof, such Recipient shall forthwith purchase from the Purchasers entitled to a share of such amount participations in the percentage interests owned by such Persons as shall be necessary to cause such Recipient to share the excess payment ratably with each such other Person entitled thereto; provided that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such Recipient, such purchase from each such other Person shall be rescinded and each such other Person shall repay to the Recipient the purchase price paid by such Recipient for such participation to the extent of such recovery, together with an amount equal to such other Persons ratable share (according to the proportion of (a) the amount of such other Persons required payment to (b) the total amount so recovered from the Recipient) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the Recipient in respect of the total amount so recovered.
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Section 1.7 Taxes.
(a) The Seller agrees that any and all payments by the Seller under this Agreement shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all current or future taxes, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, other than Excluded Taxes; provided that if the Seller shall be required under applicable law to deduct any such taxes from such payments, then (i) the Seller shall make such deductions, and (ii) the Seller shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Official Body in accordance with applicable law, the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions the recipient of such payment receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made.
(b) The Agent, each Purchaser Agent (if other than the Agent) and each Purchaser agrees to provide, on or before the first date on which any payment is required to be made to such Person under this Agreement, (i) a properly completed and duly executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, (ii) a properly completed, duly executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, or (iii) in the case of a Purchaser Agent (if other than the Agent) or a Purchaser, a properly completed, duly executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax pursuant to the interest article of an applicable income tax treaty.
Section 1.8 Rates. The Agent does not warrant or accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to the Alternate Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, or Term SOFR, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, the Alternate Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. The Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of the Alternate Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Seller. The Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain the Alternate Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Seller, the Servicer, any Purchaser, any Purchase Agent or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
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ARTICLE II.
PAYMENTS AND COLLECTIONS
Section 2.1 Payments of Recourse Obligations. Seller hereby promises to pay the following (collectively, the Recourse Obligations):
(a) all amounts due and owing under Section 1.3 or 1.4 on the dates specified therein;
(b) the fees set forth in the Fee Letters on the dates specified therein;
(c) all accrued and unpaid Yield on the Receivable Interests accruing Yield at the Yield Rate on each Settlement Date applicable thereto;
(d) all accrued and unpaid CP Costs on the Receivable Interests funded with Commercial Paper on each Settlement Date; and
(e) all Broken Funding Costs and all amounts due and owing under Article X, including, Indemnified Amounts, in each case, upon demand.
Section 2.2 Collections Prior to the Facility Termination Date.
(a) If at any time any Collections (including any Deemed Collections) are received in the Collection Accounts prior to the Facility Termination Date, Seller hereby requests and each Purchaser hereby agrees to make, simultaneously with such receipt, a reinvestment (each, a Reinvestment) with the Purchasers Portion of the balance of each and every Collection received by the Servicer such that, after giving effect to such Reinvestment, the Invested Amount of the Receivable Interests of each Purchaser immediately after such receipt and corresponding Reinvestment shall be equal to the amount of such Invested Amounts immediately prior to such receipt. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) all such Reinvestments shall be subject to Section 6.2 and (ii) the Servicer may retain in the Collection Accounts amounts for distribution on the following Settlement Date or for decreases in the Aggregate Investment Amount in accordance with Section 1.3.
(b) On each Settlement Date prior to the Facility Termination Date, the Servicer shall remit to each Purchaser Agent for the benefit of its Purchaser Group (or, if applicable, to the Agent for its own benefit) the amounts set aside during the preceding Calculation Period that have not been subject to a Reinvestment and (after deduction of its Servicing Fee) apply such amounts (if not previously paid in accordance with Section 2.1) to the Aggregate Unpaids in the order specified:
first, ratably to the payment of all accrued and unpaid CP Costs, Yield and Broken Funding Costs (if any) that are then due and owing,
second, ratably to the payment of all accrued and unpaid fees under the Fee Letters (if any) that are then due and owing,
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third, if required under Section 1.3 or 1.4, to the ratable reduction of the Aggregate Invested Amount,
fourth, for the ratable payment of all other unpaid Recourse Obligations, if any, that are then due and owing, and
fifth, the balance, if any, to Seller or otherwise in accordance with Sellers instructions, provided that, after giving effect to any payment pursuant to this clause fifth, (i) the aggregate of the Receivable Interests would be less than 100% and (ii) the Aggregate Invested Amount would be less than the Maximum Purchase Limit.
Section 2.3 Repayment on the Facility Termination Date; Collections.
On the Facility Termination Date and on each day thereafter, the Servicer shall set aside and hold in trust, for the Secured Parties, all Collections received on each such day. On and after the Facility Termination Date, the Servicer shall, on each Settlement Date and on each other Business Day specified by the Agent (after deduction of any accrued and unpaid Servicing Fee as of such date) apply all Collections and all other amounts in the Collection Accounts to reduce the Aggregate Unpaids as follows:
first, to the reimbursement of the Agents costs of collection and enforcement of this Agreement,
second, ratably to the payment of all accrued and unpaid CP Costs, Yield and Broken Funding Costs (if any),
third, ratably to the payment of all accrued and unpaid fees (if any) under the Fee Letters,
fourth, to the ratable reduction of Aggregate Invested Amount,
fifth, for the ratable payment of all other Aggregate Unpaids, and
sixth, after the Final Payout Date, to Seller.
Section 2.4 Payment Rescission. No payment of any of the Aggregate Unpaids shall be considered paid or applied hereunder to the extent that, at any time, all or any portion of such payment or application is rescinded by application of law or judicial authority, or must otherwise be returned or refunded for any reason. Seller shall remain obligated for the amount of any payment or application so rescinded, returned or refunded, and shall promptly pay to the applicable Purchaser Agent (for application to the Person or Persons who suffered such rescission, return or refund) the full amount thereof, plus interest thereon at the Default Rate from the date of any such rescission, return or refunding.
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ARTICLE III.
COMMERCIAL PAPER FUNDING
Section 3.1 CP Costs. Seller shall pay CP Costs with respect to the Invested Amount of all Receivable Interests funded through the issuance of Commercial Paper.
Section 3.2 Calculation of CP Costs. Prior to each Settlement Date, each Purchaser (or the applicable Purchaser Agent on its behalf) shall calculate the aggregate amount of CP Costs applicable to its Receivable Interests accrued through the relevant Calculation Period and shall notify Seller of such aggregate amount.
Section 3.3 CP Costs Payments. On each Settlement Date, Seller shall pay to the applicable Purchaser Agent (for the benefit of the related Conduit Purchaser) an aggregate amount equal to all accrued and unpaid CP Costs in respect of the portion of the Invested Amounts of all Receivable Interests funded by such Conduit Purchaser with Commercial Paper for the Calculation Period then most recently ended in accordance with Article II.
Section 3.4 Default Rate. From and after the occurrence of a Termination Event, all Receivable Interests shall accrue Yield at the Default Rate.
ARTICLE IV.
BANK FUNDINGS
Section 4.1 Bank Fundings. Prior to the occurrence of a Termination Event, the portion of outstanding Invested Amount of each Receivable Interest funded with Bank Fundings shall accrue Yield for each day during its Interest Period at the applicable Yield Rate in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. If any undivided interest in a Receivable Interest initially funded with Commercial Paper is sold (or otherwise participated) to the Liquidity Providers pursuant to a Liquidity Agreement, such undivided interest in such Receivable Interest shall be deemed to have an Interest Period commencing on the date of such sale.
Section 4.2 Yield Payments.
(a) On the Settlement Date for each Receivable Interest that is funded with a Bank Funding, Seller shall pay to each applicable Purchaser Agent (for the benefit of its Purchaser Group) an aggregate amount equal to the accrued and unpaid Yield thereon for the entire Interest Period of each related Bank Funding in accordance with Article II.
(b) In connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR, the Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Transaction 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 Transaction Document. The Agent will promptly notify the Seller and the Purchaser Agents of the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR.
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Section 4.3 Suspension of LIBO RateTerm
SOFR. If any Purchaser or Liquidity Provider notifies the related Purchaser Agent that (i) it has determined that funding its ratable share of the Bank Fundings at or by reference a LIBO Rateto Term
SOFR would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation, or directive of any governmental or regulatory authority, whether or not having the force of law, (ii) deposits of a type and maturity
appropriate to match fund its Bank Funding at or by reference to such LIBO RateTerm SOFR are not available or (iii) such LIBO RateTerm
SOFR does not accurately reflect the cost of acquiring or maintaining a Bank Funding at such LIBO
RateTerm SOFR, then such Purchaser Agent shall
give written notice thereof to the Seller as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until such Purchaser Agent notifies the Seller that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (a) no portion of the Invested Amount shall
be funded at the LIBO
RateTerm SOFR or at the Alternate Base Rate
determined by reference to the LIBO
RateTerm SOFR and (b) the Yield for any
outstanding portions of the Invested Amount then funded at the LIBO
RateTerm SOFR or at the Alternate Base Rate
determined by reference to the LIBO
RateTerm SOFR shall, on the last day of the then
current Interest Period, be converted to the Alternate Base Rate determined by reference to clause (ii) of the definition of the Alternate Base Rate.
Section 4.4 Default Rate. From and after the occurrence of a Termination Event, all Bank Fundings shall accrue Yield at the Default Rate.
Section 4.5 Effect of Benchmark Transition Event.
Section 4.5
(a) Benchmark Replacement Setting.
(a)
Benchmark Replacement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein or in any other Transaction Document,
ifupon the
occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related
Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of, the
Agent and the Seller may amend this Agreement to replace the then-current Benchmark, then
(x) if with a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) or (2) of the definition of Benchmark Replacement for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Transaction Document in respect of such
Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any. Any such amendment with respect
to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document
and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined
in accordance with clause (3) of the definition
of Benchmark Replacement for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will
replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Transaction Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or
after a Benchmark Transition Event will become effective at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is
provided to the Seller, Purchasers and the Purchaser Agents without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Transaction DocumentAgent has posted such proposed amendment to all affected Purchaser Agents and the Seller so long as the Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark
Replacementamendment from Purchaser Agents
comprising the Required Purchaser Agents.(b) Term SOFR Transition Event. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein or in any other Transaction Document and
subject to the proviso below in this paragraph, if a Term SOFR Transition Event and its related Benchmark
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Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current
Benchmark, then the applicable Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder or under any Transaction Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings, without any amendment
to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document;
provided
that, this clause (b) shall not be effective unless the Agent has delivered to the Seller, the Purchasers and the Purchaser Agents a Term SOFR Notice. For the avoidance of doubt, the Agent
shall not be required to deliver a Term SOFR Notice after the occurrence of a Term SOFR Transition Event and may do so in its sole
discretion. No replacement of a Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this
Section 4.5(a) will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date.
(b)
(c) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In
connection with the use, administration, adoption or
implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Agent will have the right, in consultation with the
Seller, to make Benchmark Replacement
Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Transaction Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other
party to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
(c)
(d) Notices; Standards for Decisions and
Determinations. The Agent will promptly notify the Seller, Purchasers and the Purchaser Agents of
(i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, an Early Opt-in Election or an Other Benchmark Rate Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date,
(ii) (i) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii) and (ii) the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, (iv) . The Agent will
notify the Seller of (x) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to clause
(eSection 4.5(d) below and
(v) (y) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by
the Agent or, if applicable, any
PurchasersPurchaser
or the Purchaser Agents (or groups of Purchasers or Purchaser Agents) pursuant to this Section 4.5, 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 Transaction Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 4.5.
(d)
(e)
Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Transaction Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including
the Term SOFR or LIBOReference Rate) and either
(i) (A) 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 the Agent in its reasonable discretion or (ii) (B) the administrator
of such Benchmark or 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 no longer representative, then the Agent may modify the definition of Interest Period (or any similar or analogous definition) for any Benchmark settings at
or after
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such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and
(ii) (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above
either (i) (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service
for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or
(ii) (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is
not or will no longernot be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the 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)
(f) Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the
Sellers receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, (i) no Purchases shall be funded at the LIBO Rate or atnone of the Purchasers or Purchaser Agents shall allocate any Receivable Interest with respect to Purchases made during such
period or reallocate any Receivable Interests allocated to any then existing Interest Period ending during such period, to a Receivable Interest for which Yield is calculated by reference to Term SOFR. During a Benchmark Unavailability Period or at
any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of the Alternate Base Rate determined by reference to the LIBO Rate and (ii) the Yield for any outstanding portions of the Invested Amount then funded
at the LIBO Rate or at the Alternate Base Rate determined by reference to the LIBO Rate
shall, (x) in the case of any Invested Amount then funded at the LIBO Rate, on
the last day of the then current Interest Period, be converted to the Alternate Base Rate determined by reference to clause (ii) of the definition of the Alternate Base Rate, and (y) in the case of any Invested Amount then funded at the Alternate Base
Rate determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate, on such day, be converted to the Alternate Base Rate determined by reference to clause
(ii) of the definition ofbased upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination
of the Alternate Base Rate.
(g) LIBOR Notification. The interest rate on an Invested Amount may be derived
from an interest rate benchmark that is, or may in the future become, the subject of regulatory reform. Regulators have signaled the need to use alternative benchmark reference rates for some of these interest rate benchmarks and, as a result, such
interest rate benchmarks may cease to comply with applicable laws and regulations, may be permanently discontinued, and/or the basis on which they are calculated may change. The London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) is intended to represent the rate at which contributing banks may
obtain short-term borrowings from each other in the London interbank market. On March 5, 2021, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority
(FCA) publicly announced that: (a) immediately after December 31, 2021, publication of the 1-week and
2-month U.S. Dollar LIBOR settings will
permanently cease; immediately after June 30, 2023, publication of the overnight and 12-month U.S. Dollar LIBOR settings will permanently cease; and immediately after June 30, 2023, the 1-month, 3-month and 6-month U.S. Dollar LIBOR settings will cease to be provided or, subject to the
FCAs consideration of the case, be provided on
a synthetic basis and no longer be representative of the underlying market and economic reality they are intended to measure and that representativeness will not be restored. There is no assurance that dates announced by the FCA will not change or
that the administrator of LIBOR and/or regulators will not take further action that could impact the availability, composition, or characteristics of LIBOR or the currencies and/or tenors for which LIBOR is published. Each party to this agreement
should consult its own advisors to stay informed of any such developments. Public and private sector industry initiatives are currently underway to
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identify new or alternative reference rates to be used in place of LIBOR. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, a Term SOFR Transition Event, an Early Opt-in Election or an Other Benchmark Rate Election, Section 4.5(a) and
(b) provide a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of
interest. The Agent does not warrant or accept any
responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission, performance or any other matter related
to the LIBOR or other rates in the definition of
LIBO Rate or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or
replacement rate thereof (including, without limitation,
(i) any such alternative, successor or
replacement rate implemented pursuant to Section
4.5(a) or (b), whether upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, a Term
SOFR Transition Event, an Early Opt-in Election or an Other Benchmark Rate Election, and (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes pursuant to
Section 4.5(c)), including without limitation, whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative,
successor or replacement reference rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the LIBO Rate or have the same volume or liquidity as did the London interbank offered rate prior to its discontinuance or
unavailability. The Agent and its Affiliates and/or
other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of any alternative, successor or alternative rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) and/or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse
to the Seller.
(h) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other Transaction Document, solely with respect to clause (3) of the definition of Benchmark Replacement, the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Benchmark Replacement to constitute a
qualified rate within the meaning of Proposed United States Treasury Regulations
Section 1.1001-6(b).
ARTICLE V.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 5.1 Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Agent, each Purchaser Agent and each Purchaser as of the date hereof and as of the date of each Incremental Purchase and the date of each Reinvestment that:
(a) Organization and Qualification. The Sellers only jurisdiction of organization is correctly set forth in the preamble of this Agreement. The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization. The Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the ownership of its properties or the nature of its activities (including transactions giving rise to Receivables), or both, requires it to be so qualified or, if not so qualified, the failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse effect on its financial condition or results of operations.
(b) Authority. The Seller has the legal power and authority to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents, to make the sales provided for herein and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
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(c) Execution and Binding Effect. Each of the Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Seller and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar Laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors rights or by general principles of equity.
(d) Authorizations and Filings. The Seller has obtained and holds in full force all authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses, exemptions or other actions by, registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with, any Official Body which are necessary in connection with the execution and delivery by the Seller of each of the Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party, the consummation by the Seller of the transactions herein or therein contemplated or the performance by the Seller of or the compliance by the Seller with the terms and conditions hereof or thereof, to ensure the legality, validity or enforceability hereof or thereof, or to ensure that the Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) will have an ownership or security interest in and to the Receivables.
(e) Location of Chief Executive Office, etc. As of the date hereof: (i) the Sellers chief executive office is located at the address for notices set forth on the signature page hereof; (ii) the offices where the Seller keeps all of its Records are listed on Exhibit III hereto; and (iii) since its incorporation, the Seller has operated only under the name identified in Exhibit III hereto, and has not changed its name, merged or consolidated with any other corporation or been the subject of any proceeding under Title 11, United States Code (Bankruptcy).
(f) Perfection. This Agreement is effective to create a valid security interest in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Purchased Assets to secure payment of the Aggregate Unpaids. There have been duly filed all financing statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect the Agents (on behalf of the Secured Parties) security interest in the Receivables and the other Purchased Assets (in the case of such other Purchased Assets, to the extent such security interest may be perfected by filing a financing statement), which security interest is free and clear of any Lien except as created by the Transaction Documents. Sellers only jurisdiction of organization is Delaware.
(g) Absence of Conflicts. Neither the execution and delivery by the Seller of each of the Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party, nor the consummation by the Seller of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor the performance by the Seller of or the compliance by the Seller with the terms and conditions hereof or thereof will (i) violate any Law or (ii) conflict with or result in a breach of or a default under (A) the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Seller or (B) any material agreement or instrument, including, without limitation, any and all indentures, debentures, loans or other agreements to which the Seller is a party or by which it or any of its properties (now owned or hereafter acquired) may be subject or bound, which, in any case, could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial position or results of operations of the Seller or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien pursuant to the terms of any such instrument or agreement upon any property (now owned or hereafter acquired) of the Seller. The Seller has not entered into any agreement with any Obligor prohibiting, restricting or conditioning the assignment of any portion of the Receivables.
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(h) No Termination Event. No event has occurred and is continuing and no condition exists which constitutes a Termination Event.
(i) Accurate and Complete Disclosure. No information (when taken as a whole) furnished by the Seller to the Agent, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby is false or misleading in any material respect as of the date as of which such information was furnished (including by omission of material information necessary to make such information not misleading); provided that, with respect to projected financial information of a general economic nature, and general industry information, the Seller represents that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed at that time.
(j) [Intentionally Omitted].
(k) Bulk Sales Act. No transaction contemplated hereby requires compliance with any bulk sales act or similar law.
(l) Litigation. No injunction, decree or other decision has been issued or made by any Official Body that prevents and, to the knowledge of the Seller, no threat by any Person has been made to attempt to obtain any such decision that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the conduct by the Seller of a significant portion of the Sellers business operations or any portion of its business operations affecting the Receivables, and no litigation, investigation or proceeding exists or, to the knowledge of the Seller, is threatened in writing asserting the invalidity of any of the Transaction Documents, seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, or seeking any determination or ruling that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect (A) the performance by the Seller of its obligations under the Transaction Documents or (B) the validity or enforceability of the Transaction Documents or any material amount of the Receivables.
(m) Margin Regulations. The use of all funds acquired by the Seller under this Agreement will not conflict with or contravene any of Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as the same may from time to time be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified.
(n) Taxes. The Seller has timely filed all United States Federal income tax returns and all other material tax returns which are required to be filed by it and has paid all material taxes due pursuant to such returns and paid or contested any assessment received by the Seller related to such returns.
(o) Books and Records. The Seller has indicated on its books and records (including any computer files), that the Receivable Interest in the Receivables sold by the Seller hereunder is the property of Purchasers. The Seller maintains at, or shall cause the Servicer to maintain at, one or more of their respective offices listed in Exhibit III hereto the complete Records for the Receivables.
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(p) Creditor Approval. The Seller has obtained from its creditors (i) all approvals necessary to sell and assign the Receivables and (ii) releases of any security interests in the Receivables.
(q) Financial Condition.
(i) The Seller is not insolvent or the subject of any Event of Bankruptcy and the sale of Receivables on such day will not be made in contemplation of the occurrence thereof.
(ii) Since its incorporation, there has been no material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the business, operations or financial condition of the Seller.
(r) Financial Information. If and when produced in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the consolidated balance sheet of the Seller as at the most recent Fiscal Year end and the related statements of income of the Seller for the Fiscal Year then ended, fairly present the consolidated financial position of the Seller as at such date and the consolidated results of the operations, all in accordance with GAAP); provided that, with respect to projected financial information of a general economic nature, and general industry information, the Seller represents that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed at that time.
(s) Investment Company. The Seller (i) is not a covered fund under the Volcker Rule and (ii) is not an investment company or a company controlled by an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. In determining that the Seller is not a covered fund, the Seller either does not rely solely on the exemption from the definition of investment company set forth in Section 3(c)(1) and/or 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 or is entitled to the benefit of the exclusion for loan securitizations in the Volcker Rule under 17 C.F.R. 75.10(c)(8).
(t) Payments to Applicable Originator. With respect to each Receivable transferred to Seller under the Receivables Sale Agreement, Seller has given reasonably equivalent value to the applicable Originator in consideration therefor and such transfer was not made for or on account of an antecedent debt. No transfer by any Originator of any Receivable under the Receivables Sale Agreement is or may be voidable under any section of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.), as amended.
(u) Sellers Business. The Seller has conducted no other business except as contemplated under the Transaction Documents and has no Indebtedness or Liens, except for as permitted under the Transaction Documents.
(v) Policies and Procedures; Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Terrorism Laws and Sanctions; Proceeds. Policies and procedures have been implemented and maintained by or on behalf of each of the Seller Parties that are designed to achieve compliance by the Seller Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws, applicable Anti-Terrorism Laws and applicable Sanctions and each of the Seller Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, and, to the knowledge of each of the Seller Parties, its respective officers, employees, directors and agents acting in any capacity in connection with or directly
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benefitting from the credit facility established hereby, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws, applicable Anti-Terrorism Laws and applicable Sanctions, in each case in all material respects. None of (i) the Seller Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Seller Parties, as applicable, any of their respective directors, officers, employees, or agents that will act in any capacity in connection with or directly benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person, (ii) the Seller Parties nor any of their respective Subsidiaries is organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country, and (iii) the Seller Parties has violated, been found in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, applicable Anti-Terrorism Laws or applicable Sanctions, in each case, in any material respect. No Purchase or use of proceeds thereof by any Seller Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries in any manner will violate Anti-Corruption Laws, applicable Anti-Terrorism Laws or applicable Sanctions.
(w) Beneficial Ownership Rule. The Seller is an entity that is organized under the laws of the United States or of any State and at least 51 percent of whose common stock or analogous equity interest is owned by a Person whose common stock or analogous equity interests are listed on the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange or have been designated as a NASDAQ National Market Security listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange and is excluded on that basis from the definition of Legal Entity Customer as defined in the Beneficial Ownership Rule.
Section 5.2 Representations and Warranties of the Seller With Respect to Each Sale of Receivables. By selling undivided ownership interests in Receivables to the Purchasers, either by Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment, the Seller represents and warrants to the Agent, each Purchaser Agent and each Purchaser as of the date of such sale of an Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment (in addition to its other representations and warranties contained herein or made pursuant hereto) that:
(a) Purchase Notice. If such sale relates to an Incremental Purchase, all information set forth on the related Purchase Notice is true and correct in all material respects as of the date of such Incremental Purchase.
(b) Assignment. This Agreement vests in the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, all the right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the Receivable Interest in the Receivables, and the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto, and constitutes a valid sale of or grant of a security interest in the Receivable Interest, enforceable against all creditors of and purchasers from the Seller.
(c) No Liens. Each Receivable, together with the related Contract and all purchase orders and other agreements related to such Receivable, is owned by the Seller free and clear of any Lien, except as provided herein, and is not subject to any Dispute. When each of the Purchasers makes a purchase of a Receivable Interest in such Receivable, it shall have acquired and shall continue to have maintained an undivided percentage ownership interest to the extent of its percentage of the Receivable Interest in such Receivable and in the Related Security and the Collections with respect thereto free and clear of any Lien, except as provided herein. The Seller has not and will not prior to the time of the sale of any such interest to the Purchasers have sold, pledged, assigned, transferred or subjected, and will not thereafter sell, pledge, assign, transfer or subject, to a Lien any of the Receivables, the Related Security or the Collections, other than the assignment of Receivable Interests therein to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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(d) Filings. On or prior to each Purchase and each recomputation of the Receivable Interest, all financing statements required to be recorded or filed in order to perfect the security interest in the Purchased Assets against all creditors of and purchasers from the Seller and all other Persons whatsoever will have been duly filed in each filing office necessary for such purpose and all filing fees and taxes, if any, payable in connection with such filings shall have been paid in full.
(e) [Intentionally Omitted].
(f) Collection Banks, Collection Accounts and Lock-Boxes. The names and addresses of all Collection Banks, together with the numbers of all Collection Accounts and Lock-Boxes at such Collection Banks and the addresses of all related Collection Accounts and Lock-Boxes, are specified in the Account Disclosure Letter (or such other Collection Banks, Collection Accounts and Lock Boxes that have been changed or established in accordance with Section 7.2(f)).
(g) Nature of Receivables. Each Receivable is, or will be, an eligible asset within the meaning of Rule 3a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.
(h) Bona Fide Receivables. Each Receivable is an obligation of an Obligor arising out of a past or current sale or performance by the applicable Originator, in accordance with the terms of the Contract giving rise to such Receivable. The Seller has no knowledge of any fact that should have led it to expect at the time of the initial creation of an interest in any Receivable hereunder that such Receivable would not be paid in full when due except with respect to any Dilution. Each Receivable classified as an Eligible Receivable by the Seller in any document or report delivered hereunder satisfies the requirements of eligibility contained in the definition of Eligible Receivable.
Section 5.3 Representations and Warranties of Servicer. The Servicer represents and warrants to the Agent, each Purchaser Agent and each Purchaser on and as of the date hereof and as of the date of each Incremental Purchase and each Reinvestment after such date:
(a) Organization and Qualification. The Servicers only jurisdiction of organization is in Delaware. The Servicer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation. The Servicer is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the ownership of its properties or the nature of its activities, or both, requires it to be so qualified or, if not so qualified, the failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse effect on its financial condition or results of operations.
(b) Authority. The Servicer has the legal power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
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(c) Execution and Binding Effect. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Servicer and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Servicer enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar Laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors rights or by general principles of equity. This Agreement is effective to create a valid security interest in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Purchased Assets to secure payment of the Aggregate Unpaids. There have been duly filed all financing statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect the Agents (on behalf of the Secured Parties) security interest in the Receivables and the other Purchased Assets (in the case of such other Purchased Assets, to the extent such security interest may be perfected by filing a financing statement), which security interest is free and clear of any Lien except as created by the Transaction Documents. Servicers only jurisdiction of organization is Delaware.
(d) Authorizations and Filings. The Servicer has obtained and holds in full force all authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses, exemptions or other actions by, registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with, any Official Body which are necessary in connection with the execution and delivery by the Servicer of or the compliance by the Servicer with the terms and conditions hereof, to ensure the legality, validity or enforceability hereof, or to ensure that the Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) will have an ownership and security interest in and to the Receivables.
(e) Absence of Conflicts. Neither the execution and delivery by the Servicer of this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Servicer of the transactions herein contemplated, nor the performance by the Servicer of or the compliance by the Servicer with the terms and conditions hereof will (i) violate any Law or (ii) conflict with or result in a breach of or a default under (A) the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Servicer or (B) any material agreement or instrument, including, without limitation, any and all indentures, debentures, loans or other agreements to which the Servicer is a party or by which it or any of its properties (now owned or hereafter acquired) may be subject or bound, which, in any case, could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial position or results of operations of the Servicer or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien. The Servicer has not entered into any agreement with any Obligor prohibiting, restricting or conditioning the assignment of any portion of the Receivables.
(f) No Termination Event. No event has occurred and is continuing and no condition exists which constitutes a Termination Event.
(g) Accurate and Complete Disclosure. No information (when taken as a whole) furnished by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer to the Agent, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby is false or misleading in any material respect as of the date as of which such information was furnished (including by omission of material information necessary to make such information not misleading); provided that, with respect to projected financial information of a general economic nature, and general industry information, the Servicer represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at that time.
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(h) [Intentionally Omitted].
(i) No Change in Ability to Perform. Since the date hereof, there has been no material adverse change in the ability of the Servicer to perform its obligations hereunder.
(j) Credit and Collection Policy. The Credit and Collection Policy has been complied with in all material respects in regard to each Receivable and related Contract and no material change to the Credit and Collection Policy has been made unless (i) the Agent has received prior written notice of such change and (ii) the Agent and the Required Purchaser Agents have consented to such change if such change could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the collectibility of the Receivables generally or of any material portion of the Receivables.
(k) Financial Condition. The consolidated balance sheet of the Servicer and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as at the most recent Fiscal Year end and the related statements of income and cash flows of the Servicer and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, certified by BDO USA, LLP, independent accountants, or another nationally recognized firm of independent accountants, are available as a matter of public record. The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Servicer and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as at most recent fiscal quarter end and the related unaudited statements of income and cash flows of the Servicer and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the periods then ended are available as a matter of public record. The Servicer will provide on the date of such public filing or the next succeeding Business Day a certificate to the Agent (which shall promptly forward a copy to each Purchaser Agent), that such balance sheet and statements of income and cash flows fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Servicer and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as at such date and the consolidated results of the operations of and consolidated cash flows of the Servicer and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the periods ended on such date, all in accordance with GAAP; provided that the requirement to deliver a certificate pursuant to this sentence shall not be required to the extent the Servicer publicly files a Form 10-Q or Form 10-K, as applicable, for the applicable period, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(l) Litigation. Except as set forth in the Servicers Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or in the Servicers Annual Report on Form 10-K, in each case, most recently filed with the Securities Exchange Commission, no injunction, decree or other decision has been issued or made by any Official Body that would, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on a significant portion of its business operations or any portion of its business operations affecting the Receivables, and, to the knowledge of the Servicer, no threat by any Person has been made to attempt to obtain any such decision (i) as to which there is a reasonable likelihood of an adverse determination and (ii) that, if adversely determined, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on a significant portion of its business operations or any portion of its business operations affecting the Receivables. No litigation, investigation or proceeding exists or, to the knowledge of the Servicer, is threatened in writing asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, seeking to prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or seeking any determination or ruling that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect (A) the performance of the Servicer of its obligations under this Agreement, or (B) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any material amount of such Receivables.
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(m) Insurance. The Servicer currently maintains insurance with respect to its properties and businesses and causes its Subsidiaries to maintain insurance with respect to their properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by corporations engaged in the same or similar business and similarly situated, of such types and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other corporations including, without limitation, workers compensation insurance.
(n) ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, either alone or when taken together with all other such ERISA Events, could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, operations or properties of Schein and ERISA Affiliates taken as a whole. Any excess of the accumulated benefit obligations under one or more Pension Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) over the fair market value of the assets of such Pension Plan or Pension Plans is in an amount that could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, operations or properties of Schein and ERISA Affiliates taken as a whole.
ARTICLE VI.
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES
Section 6.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial Incremental Purchase; Closing Date. The initial Incremental Purchase of a Receivable Interest under this Agreement is subject to the conditions precedent that (a) the Agent and each Purchaser Agent shall have received on or before the date of such Purchase those documents listed on Schedule A and (b) the Agent and each Purchaser Agent shall have received all fees and expenses required to be paid on such date pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Fee Letter.
Section 6.2 Conditions Precedent to All Purchases and Reinvestments. Each Incremental Purchase and each Reinvestment shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that (a) in the case of each such Purchase: (i) the Servicer shall have delivered to the Agent and each Purchaser Agent on or prior to the date of such Purchase, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and each Purchaser Agent, all Settlement Reports as and when due under Section 8.5, and (ii) upon the Agents or any Purchaser Agents request, the Servicer shall have delivered to the Agent and each Purchaser Agent at least one (1) Business Day prior to such Purchase an interim settlement report in substantially the form of Exhibit XI; (b) the Agent and each Purchaser Agent shall have received such other documents as it may reasonably request and (c) on each Purchase Date, the following statements shall be true (and acceptance of the proceeds of such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment shall be deemed a representation and warranty by Seller that such statements are then true):
(i) the representations and warranties set forth in Article V are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment as though made on and as of such Purchase Date;
(ii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment, that will constitute a Termination Event, and no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment, that would constitute an Unmatured Termination Event; and
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(iii) after giving effect to such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment, the Aggregate Invested Amount will not exceed the Maximum Purchase Limit and the aggregate Receivable Interests will not exceed 100%.
It is expressly understood that each Reinvestment shall, unless otherwise directed by the Agent, occur automatically on each day that the Servicer shall receive any Collections without the requirement that any further action be taken on the part of any Person. The failure of Seller to satisfy any of the foregoing conditions precedent in respect of any Reinvestment shall give rise to a right of the Agent and each Purchaser Agent, which right may be exercised at any time on demand of the Agent or any Purchaser Agent, to rescind the related purchase and direct Seller to pay to the Purchaser Agents, for the benefit of Purchasers (ratably, according to each Purchasers aggregate Invested Amount), an amount equal to the Collections that shall have been applied to the affected Reinvestment (but not in excess of the Aggregate Unpaids).
ARTICLE VII.
COVENANTS
Section 7.1 Affirmative Covenants of the Seller. In addition to its other covenants contained herein or made pursuant hereto, the Seller covenants with the Agent, each Purchaser Agent and each Purchaser as follows:
(a) Notice of Termination Event. Promptly upon becoming aware of, but in any event no later than two (2) Business Days, any Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event, the Seller shall give the Agent (which shall promptly forward a copy to each Purchaser Agent) notice thereof, together with a written statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth the details thereof and any action with respect thereto taken or contemplated to be taken by the Seller.
(b) Notice of Material Adverse Change. Promptly upon becoming aware thereof, the Seller shall give the Agent (which shall promptly forward a copy to each Purchaser Agent) notice of any material adverse change in the business, operations or financial condition of the Seller, which reasonably could be expected to materially adversely affect the collectibility of the Receivables.
(c) Preservation of Corporate Existence. The Seller shall preserve and maintain its corporate existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and qualify and remain qualified in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the failure to preserve and maintain such existence, rights, franchises, privileges and qualification could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect (i) the interests of the Agent, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser hereunder or (ii) the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.
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(d) Compliance with Laws. The Seller shall comply in all material respects with all Laws applicable to the Seller, its business and properties, and all Receivables related to the Receivable Interests.
(e) Enforceability of Obligations. The Seller shall take such actions as are reasonable and within its power to ensure that, with respect to each Receivable, the obligation of any related Obligor to pay the unpaid balance of such Receivable in accordance with the terms of the related Contract remains legal, valid, binding and enforceable against such Obligor except as otherwise permitted by Section 8.2(d).
(f) Books and Records. (i) (i) The Seller shall maintain and implement administrative and operating procedures (including, without limitation, the ability to recreate Records evidencing the Receivables in the event of the destruction of the
originals thereof), and keep and maintain all documents, books, Records and other information, reasonably necessary or advisable for the collection of all Receivables (including, without limitation, Records adequate to permit the identification of
all Related Security and Collections and adjustments to each existing Receivable).
(ii) The Seller will (and will cause each Originator to): (A) on or prior to the date hereof, mark its computer records indicating that the Receivables have been sold to the Seller by the Originators and pledged to the Agent hereunder (which marking may take the form of a footnote or legend on any applicable entry screen for the Receivables data or system) and (B) upon the request of the Agent or any Purchaser Agent following the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Seller will deliver to the Agent all Contracts (including, without limitation, all multiple originals of any such Contract constituting an instrument, a certificated security or chattel paper) relating to the Receivables.
(g) Fulfillment of Obligations. The Seller shall do nothing to impair the rights, title and interest of the Agent, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser in and to the Receivable Interests and shall pay when due any taxes, including without limitation any sales tax, excise tax or other similar tax or charge, payable in connection with the Receivables and their creation and satisfaction.
(h) Beneficial Ownership Rule. Promptly following any change that would result in a change to the status of the Seller as an excluded Legal Entity Customer under the Beneficial Ownership Rule, the Seller shall execute and deliver to the Agent an updated Certification of Beneficial Owner(s) complying with the Beneficial Ownership Rule, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent.
(i) Litigation. As soon as possible, and in any event within three (3) Business Days of the Sellers knowledge thereof, the Seller shall give the Agent (which shall promptly forward a copy to each Purchaser Agent) notice of any litigation, investigation or proceeding against the Seller which may exist at any time which, in the reasonable judgment of the Seller, could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or results of operations of the Seller, materially impair the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents, or materially adversely affect the collectibility of the Receivables.
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(j) Notice of Relocation. The Seller shall give the Agent (which shall promptly forward a copy to each Purchaser Agent) 30 days prior written notice of any change of its Location. The Seller will at all times maintain its Location within a jurisdiction in the United States in which Article 9 of the UCC is in effect as of the date hereof or the date of any such relocation.
(k) Further Information. The Seller shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Agent and each Purchaser Agent such other information as promptly as practicable, and in such form and detail, as the Agent or any Purchaser Agent may reasonably request.
(l) Fees, Taxes and Expenses. The Seller shall pay all filing fees, stamp taxes and other similar taxes and expenses, including the fees and expenses set forth in Section 10.3, if any, which may be incurred on account of or arise out of this Agreement and the documents and transactions entered into pursuant to this Agreement.
(m) Compliance with Receivables Sale Agreement. The Seller will enforce all material obligations and undertakings on the part of each Originator to be observed and performed under the Receivables Sale Agreement. Seller will take all actions to perfect and enforce its rights and interests (and the rights and interests of the Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties), as Sellers assignee) under the Receivables Sale Agreement as the Agent or any Purchaser Agent may from time to time reasonably request, including, without limitation, making claims to which it may be entitled under any indemnity, reimbursement or similar provision contained in the Receivables Sale Agreement.
(n) Audits. At any time, upon reasonable written notice to the Seller (but not more than once per calendar year unless a Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the Seller shall permit the Agent, together with each Purchaser Agent that wants to participate, or such Person as the Agent or such Purchaser Agents may designate, during business hours, to conduct audits or visit and inspect any of the properties of the Seller to examine the Records, internal controls and procedures maintained by the Seller and take copies and extracts therefrom, and to discuss the Sellers affairs with its officers and independent accountants. The Seller hereby authorizes such officers and independent accountants to discuss with the Agent and each Purchaser Agent, or such Person they may designate, the affairs of the Seller. The Seller shall reimburse the Agent and each Purchaser Agent for all reasonable and documented fees, costs and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Agent and each Purchaser Agent in connection with up to one (1) such audits and visits for each per calendar year promptly upon receipt of a written invoice therefor; provided that, following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event, the Seller shall reimburse the Agent and each Purchaser Agent for all reasonable fees, costs and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Agent and each Purchaser Agent in connection with the foregoing actions promptly upon receipt of written invoice therefor regardless of the number of audits or visits in such year. Subject to the requirements of applicable laws, the Agent and each Purchaser Agent agrees to use commercially reasonable precautions to keep confidential, in accordance with its respective customary procedures for handling confidential information, any non-public information supplied to it by the Seller pursuant to any such audit or visit which is identified by the Seller as being confidential at the time the same is delivered to the Agent and each Purchaser Agent.
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(o) Separate Corporate Existence. The Seller shall:
(i) Maintain in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws of the state of its incorporation and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement and each Transaction Document and each other instrument or agreement necessary or appropriate to permit and effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby.
(ii) Maintain its own deposit account or accounts, separate from those of any of its Affiliates, with commercial banking institutions. The funds of the Seller will not be diverted to any other Person or for any use other than the corporate use of the Seller and the funds of the Seller shall not be commingled with those of any of its Affiliates.
(iii) To the extent that the Seller contracts or does business with vendors or service providers where the goods and services provided are partially for the benefit of any other Person, the costs incurred in so doing shall be fairly allocated to or among the Seller and such entities for whose benefit the goods and services are provided, and the Seller and each such entity shall bear its fair share of such costs. All material transactions between the Seller and any of its Affiliates shall be only on an arms-length basis.
(iv) At all times have a Board of Directors consisting of three members, at least one member of which is an Independent Director.
(v) Conduct its affairs strictly in accordance with its certificate of incorporation and observe all necessary, appropriate and customary corporate formalities, including, but not limited to, holding all regular and special stockholders and directors meetings appropriate to authorize all corporate action, keeping separate and accurate minutes of such meetings, passing all resolutions or consents necessary to authorize actions taken or to be taken, and maintaining accurate and separate books, records and accounts, including, but not limited to, intercompany transaction accounts. Regular stockholders and directors meetings (or unanimous written consents in lieu thereof) shall be held at least annually.
(vi) Ensure that decisions with respect to its business and daily operations shall be independently made by the Seller (although the officer making any particular decision may also be an employee, officer or director of an Affiliate of the Seller) and shall not be dictated by an Affiliate of the Seller.
(vii) Act solely in its own corporate name and through its own authorized officers and agents, and no Affiliate of the Seller shall be appointed to act as its agent, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement. The Seller shall at all times use its own stationery.
(viii) Ensure that no Affiliate of the Seller shall advance funds to the Seller, other than (i) capital contributions from Schein, made to enable the Seller to pay the purchase price of Receivables or (ii) as is otherwise provided herein or in any Transaction Document, and no Affiliate of the Seller will otherwise supply funds to, or guaranty debts of, the Seller.
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(ix) Other than organizational expenses and as expressly provided herein, pay all expenses, indebtedness and other obligations incurred by it.
(x) Not enter into any guaranty, or otherwise become liable, with respect to any obligation of any of its Affiliates.
(xi) Ensure that any financial reports required of the Seller shall comply with GAAP and shall be issued separately from, but may be consolidated with, any reports prepared for any of its Affiliates.
(xii) Ensure that at all times it is adequately capitalized to engage in the transactions contemplated in its certificate of incorporation, the Transaction Documents and this Agreement.
(xiii) Take such action to ensure that: (A) the Seller is solvent, including, without limitation, that it has not been rendered insolvent by the actions contemplated by the Transaction Documents; (B) the Seller intends to and reasonably expects to survive as a stand-alone entity, independent of financial assistance of any entity not contemplated by the Transaction Documents; (C) the Seller shall at all times have its own telephone number separate from that of Schein; (D) neither the assets nor the creditworthiness of the Seller is held out as being available for the payment of any liability of Schein; (E) each of Schein and the Seller operates as a separate legal entity and not as a division or department thereof; (F) the Seller does not engage in or expect to engage in business for which its remaining property represents an unreasonably small capitalization; and (G) the Seller does not intend to incur nor does it believe it will incur indebtedness that it will not be able to repay at its maturity.
(p) Information. The Seller shall provide the Agent (which shall promptly forward a copy to each Purchaser Agent) with the following:
(i) as soon as practicable and in any event within 45 days following the close of each fiscal quarter, excluding the last fiscal quarter, of each Fiscal Year of the Seller during the term of this Agreement, an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Seller as of the end of such quarter and unaudited consolidated statements of income of the Seller for such quarter and for the Fiscal Year through such quarter, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding quarter of the preceding Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Seller, subject to adjustments of the type which would occur as a result of a year-end audit, as having been prepared in accordance with GAAP; and
(ii) as soon as practicable and in any event within 90 days after the close of each Fiscal Year of the Seller during the term of this Agreement, a consolidated balance sheet of the Seller as at the close of such Fiscal Year and consolidated statements of income of the Seller for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the preceding Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail.
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(iii) Compliance Certificate. Together with the financial statements required pursuant to this Section 7.1(p), a compliance certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit IV signed by an Authorized Officer of the Seller and dated the date of such annual financial statement or such quarterly financial statement, as the case may be.
(q) Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Terrorism Laws and Sanctions. Policies and procedures will be maintained and enforced by or on behalf of the Seller that are designed in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner to promote and achieve compliance by the Seller and each of its Subsidiaries, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws, applicable Anti-Terrorism Laws and applicable Sanctions.
Section 7.2 Negative Covenants of the Seller. Until the date on which the Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly paid in full (other than contingent obligations for which no claim has been asserted) and this Agreement terminates in accordance with its terms, the Seller hereby covenants that it will not:
(a) No Rescissions or Modifications. Rescind or cancel any Receivable or related Contract or modify any terms or provisions thereof or grant any Dilution to an Obligor, except in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy or otherwise with the prior written consent of the Agent, unless such Receivable has been deemed collected pursuant to Section 1.4(a) or repurchased pursuant to the Receivables Sale Agreement.
(b) No Liens. Cause any of the Receivables or related Contracts, or any inventory or goods the sale of which give rise to a Receivable, or any Lock-Box or Collection Account or any right to receive any payments received therein or deposited thereto, to be sold, pledged, assigned or transferred or to be subject to a Lien, other than the sale and assignment of the Receivable Interest therein to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and the Liens created in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(c) Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets. (i) Consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or (ii) sell, lease or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any other Person.
(d) No Changes. Make any change in the character of its business, which change would materially impair the collectibility of any Receivable, without prior written consent of the Agent and each Purchaser Agent, or change its name, identity or corporate structure in any manner which would make any financing statement or continuation statement filed in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby seriously misleading within the meaning of Section 9-507(c) of the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction or other applicable Laws unless it shall have given the Agent (which shall promptly forward a copy to each Purchaser Agent) at least 30 days prior written notice thereof and unless prior thereto it shall have caused such financing statement or continuation statement to be amended or a new financing statement to be filed such that such financing statement or continuation statement would not be seriously misleading.
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(e) Capital Stock. Issue any capital stock except to Schein. The Seller shall not pay any dividends to Schein if such payment would be prohibited under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
(f) Change in Payment Instructions to Obligors. Except as may be required by the Agent (which shall promptly forward a copy to each Purchaser Agent) pursuant to Section 8.2(b), the Seller will not add or terminate any bank as a Collection Bank, or make any change in the instructions to Obligors regarding payments to be made to any Lock-Box or Collection Account, unless (i) the Agent (which shall promptly forward a copy to each Purchaser Agent) shall have received, at least ten (10) days before the proposed effective date therefor, (A) written notice of such addition, termination or change and (B) with respect to the addition of a Collection Bank or a Collection Account or Lock-Box, an executed Collection Account Agreement (which is reasonably satisfactory to the Agent) with respect to the new Collection Account or Lock-Box, (ii) with respect to the termination of a Collection Bank or a Collection Account or Lock-Box, the Agent shall have consented thereto (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (iii) with respect to any changes in instructions to Obligors regarding payments, the Agent shall have consented thereto; provided that the Servicer may make changes in instructions to Obligors regarding payments without any consent if such new instructions require such Obligor to make payments to another existing Lock-Box or Collection Account.
(g) Use of Proceeds. Seller will not use the proceeds of the Purchases for any purpose other than (i) paying for Receivables and Related Security under and in accordance with the Receivables Sale Agreement, including without limitation, making payments on the Subordinated Notes (as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement) to the extent permitted thereunder and under the Receivables Sale Agreement, (ii) paying its ordinary and necessary operating expenses when and as due, and (iii) making Restricted Junior Payments to the extent permitted under this Agreement.
(h) Termination Date Determination. Seller will not designate the Termination Date (as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement), or send any written notice to any Originator in respect thereof, without the prior written consent of the Agent and each Purchaser Agent, except with respect to the occurrence of such Termination Date arising pursuant to Section 5.1(e) of the Receivables Sale Agreement.
(i) Restricted Junior Payments. Seller will not make any Restricted Junior Payment if after giving effect thereto, Sellers Net Worth (as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement) would be less than the Required Capital Amount (as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement).
(j) Seller Indebtedness. Seller will not incur or permit to exist any Indebtedness or liability on account of deposits except: (i) the Aggregate Unpaids, (ii) the Subordinated Loans (as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement), and (iii) other current accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business and not exceeding $25,000 at any one time and not overdue.
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(k) Prohibition on Additional Negative Pledges. The Seller shall not enter into or assume any agreement (other than this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents) prohibiting the creation or assumption of any Lien upon the Purchased Assets except as contemplated by the Transaction Documents, or otherwise prohibiting or restricting any transaction contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Documents, and the Seller shall not enter into or assume any agreement creating any Lien upon the Subordinated Notes.
(l) Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Terrorism Laws and Sanctions. The Seller will not request any Purchase, and shall procure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Purchase (i) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Anti-Terrorism Laws, (ii) for the purpose of funding or financing any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, in each case to the extent doing so would violate any applicable Sanctions, or (iii) in any other manner that would result in liability to any party hereto under any applicable Sanctions or result in the violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Anti-Terrorism Laws.
Section 7.3 Affirmative Covenants of the Servicer. In addition to its other covenants contained herein or made pursuant hereto, the Servicer covenants with the Agent, each Purchaser Agent and each Purchaser as follows:
(a) Notice of Termination Event. Promptly upon becoming aware of, but in any event no later than two (2) Business Days, any Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event, the Servicer shall give the Agent (which shall promptly forward a copy to each Purchaser Agent) notice thereof, together with a written statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth the details thereof and any action with respect thereto taken or contemplated to be taken by such Servicer.
(b) Notice of Material Adverse Change. Promptly upon any Responsible Officer of the Servicer becoming aware thereof, the Servicer shall give the Agent (which shall promptly forward a copy to each Purchaser Agent) notice of any material adverse change in the business, operations or financial condition of the Servicer which reasonably could be expected to materially adversely affect the collectibility of the Receivables or the ability of the Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(c) Preservation of Corporate Existence. The Servicer shall preserve and maintain its corporate existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and qualify and remain qualified in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the failure to preserve and maintain such existence, rights, franchises, privileges and qualification could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect (i) the interests of the Agent, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser hereunder or (ii) the ability of such Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(d) Compliance with Laws. The Servicer shall comply with all Laws applicable to the Servicer, its business and properties, and all Receivables related to the Receivable Interests, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect.
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(e) Enforceability of Obligations. The Servicer shall take such actions as are reasonable and within its power to ensure that, with respect to each Receivable, the obligation of any related Obligor to pay the unpaid balance of such Receivable in accordance with the terms of the related Contract remains legal, valid, binding and enforceable against such Obligor except as otherwise permitted by Section 8.2(d).
(f) Books and Records. The Servicer shall maintain and implement administrative and operating procedures (including, without limitation, the ability to recreate Records evidencing the Receivables in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain all documents, books, Records and other information reasonably necessary or advisable for the collection of all applicable Receivables (including, without limitation, Records adequate to permit the identification of all Related Security and Collections and adjustments to each existing Receivable). Upon the request of the Agent or any Purchaser Agent, following the occurrence and continuance of a Termination Event, the Servicer shall deliver to the Agent all Contracts (including, without limitation, all multiple originals of any such Contract constituting an instrument, a certificated security or chattel paper) relating to the Receivables.
(g) Fulfillment of Obligations. The Servicer will duly observe and perform, or cause to be observed or performed, all material obligations and undertakings on its part or on the part of any subservicer to be observed and performed under or in connection with the Receivables (including the delivery of Settlement Reports), will duly observe and perform all material provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the Contracts related to such Receivables, will do nothing to impair the rights, title and interest of the Agent, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser in and to the Receivable Interests and will pay when due any taxes, including without limitation any sales tax, excise tax or other similar tax or charge, payable in connection with such Receivables and their creation and satisfaction.
(h) Obligor List. The Servicer shall at all times maintain a current list (which may be stored on computer systems or disks) of all Obligors under Contracts related to the applicable Receivables, including the name, address, telephone number and account number of each such Obligor. The list shall be updated as provided in Section 8.5(b) and the Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered a copy of such list to the Agent (which shall promptly forward a copy to each Purchaser Agent) as soon as practicable following the Agents request (but not more frequently than once each calendar quarter unless a Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing).
(i) Notice of Relocation. The Servicer shall give the Agent (which shall promptly forward a copy to each Purchaser Agent) 30 days prior written notice of any change of its Location. The Servicer will at all times maintain its Location within a jurisdiction in the United States in which Article 9 of the UCC is in effect as of the date hereof or the date of any such relocation.
(j) Modification of Systems. The Servicer agrees, promptly after the replacement or any material modification of any computer, automation or other operating systems which are used to track, monitor or account for Receivables (in respect of hardware or software) used to perform its services as Servicer or to make any calculations or reports hereunder, to give notice of any such replacement or modification to the Agent (which shall promptly forward a copy to each Purchaser Agent).
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(k) Litigation. As soon as possible, and in any event within ten (10) Business Days of the Servicers knowledge thereof, the Servicer shall give the Agent (which shall promptly forward a copy to each Purchaser Agent) notice of any litigation, investigation or proceeding against the Servicer which may exist at any time which, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer could reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of the Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(l) ERISA Events. Promptly upon the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, operations or properties of Schein and its ERISA Affiliates taken as a whole, Schein shall give the Seller a written notice specifying the nature thereof, what action Schein or any ERISA Affiliate has taken with respect thereto and, when known by Schein, any action taken or threatened by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor or the PBGC with respect thereto.
(m) Separate Corporate Existence. As long as Schein is the Servicer hereunder, the Servicer shall maintain its legal identity separate from the Seller and take such action to ensure that: (A) the management of the Servicer does not anticipate any need for its having to extend advances to the Seller except for those described in the Transaction Documents, if any; (B) the Servicer does not conduct its business in the name of the Seller; (C) the Servicer has a telephone number, stationery and business forms separate from those of the Seller; (D) the Servicer does not provide for its expenses and liabilities to be paid from the funds of the Seller or vice versa; (E) the Servicer is not liable for the payment of any liability of the Seller; (F) neither the assets nor the creditworthiness of the Servicer is held out as being available for the payment of any liability of the Seller; (G) the Servicer maintains an arms-length relationship with the Seller; and (H) assets are not transferred from the Servicer to the Seller without fair consideration or with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud the creditors of either company.
(n) Audits. At any time, upon reasonable notice to the Servicer (but not more than once per calendar year unless a Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the Servicer shall permit the Agent, together with each Purchaser Agent that wants to participate, or such Person as they may designate, during business hours, to conduct audits or visit and inspect the corporate headquarters of the Servicer located at the location listed on Exhibit III in order to examine the Records, internal controls and procedures maintained by the Servicer and take copies and extracts therefrom, and to discuss the Servicers affairs with its officers and independent accountants. The Servicer hereby authorizes such officers and independent accountants to discuss with the Agent and each Purchaser Agent, or such Person as they may designate, the affairs of the Servicer. The Seller shall reimburse the Agent and each Purchaser Agent for all reasonable and documented fees, costs and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Agent and each Purchaser Agent in connection with up to one (1) such audits and visits for each per calendar year promptly upon receipt of a written invoice therefor; provided that following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event, the Seller shall reimburse the Agent and each Purchaser Agent for all reasonable fees, costs and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by or on behalf
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of the Agent and each Purchaser Agent in connection with the foregoing actions promptly upon receipt of written invoice therefor regardless of the number of audits or visits in such year. Subject to the requirements of applicable laws, the Agent and each Purchaser Agent agrees to use commercially reasonable precautions to keep confidential, in accordance with its respective customary procedures for handling confidential information, any non-public information supplied to it by the Servicer pursuant to any such audit or visit which is identified by the Servicer as being confidential at the time the same is delivered to the Agent and each Purchaser Agent.
(o) S.E.C. Filings. Promptly upon the written request of the Agent or any Purchaser Agent, provide to the Agent (which shall promptly forward a copy to each Purchaser Agent) copies of all registration statements and annual, quarterly, monthly or other regular reports which Seller or Servicer files with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(p) Notices. Servicer will notify the Agent (which shall promptly forward a copy to each Purchaser Agent) in writing of any of the following promptly upon learning of the occurrence thereof, describing the same and, if applicable, the steps being taken with respect thereto:
(i) Judgments and Proceedings. (A) Except as set forth in the Servicers Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or in the Servicers Annual Report on Form 10-K, in each case, most recently filed with the Securities Exchange Commission, (1) the entry of any judgment or decree against Schein or any of its Subsidiaries if the aggregate amount of all judgments and decrees then outstanding against Schein and its Subsidiaries exceeds $200,000,000 and shall remain undischarged for a period of 45 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of Schein or any Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment and after deducting (a) the amount with respect to which Schein or any such Subsidiary, as the case may be, is insured and with respect to which the insurer has assumed responsibility in writing, and (b) the amount for which Schein or any such Subsidiary is otherwise indemnified, and (2) the institution of any material litigation, arbitration proceeding or governmental proceeding against Schein that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Schein; and (B) the entry of any material judgment or decree or the institution of any material litigation, arbitration proceeding or governmental proceeding against Seller.
(ii) Termination Date. The occurrence of the Termination Date under and as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement.
(iii) Defaults Under Other Agreements. The occurrence of any default by the Seller with respect to any payment obligation other than any payment obligation under the Transaction Documents in an amount exceeding $25,000.
(iv) Notices under Receivables Sale Agreement. Copies of all notices to be delivered under the Receivables Sale Agreement.
(q) [Intentionally Omitted].
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(r) Financial Statements. In the event that the balance sheet and/or the statements of income and cash flow (as described in Section 5.3(k)) of the Servicer and its Consolidated Subsidiaries are no longer publicly available, Schein shall, within 45 or 90 days of the end of the applicable quarter or Fiscal Year, respectively, provide copies of such balance sheet and/or statements of income and cash flow to the Agent (which shall promptly forward a copy to each Purchaser Agent).
(s) Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Terrorism Laws and Sanctions. Policies and procedures will be maintained and enforced by or on behalf of each of the Servicer and each Originator that are designed in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner to promote and achieve compliance by the Servicer and each Originator and each of their respective Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws, applicable Anti-Terrorism Laws and applicable Sanctions.
Section 7.4 Negative Covenants of the Servicer. Until the date on which the Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly paid in full and this Agreement terminates in accordance with its terms, the Servicer hereby covenants that it will not:
(a) No Rescissions or Modifications. Rescind or cancel any Receivable or related Contract or modify any terms or provisions thereof or grant any Dilution to an Obligor, except in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy or otherwise with the prior written consent of the Agent, unless such Receivable has been deemed collected pursuant to Section 1.4(a) or repurchased pursuant to the Receivables Sale Agreement.
(b) No Liens. Cause any of the applicable Receivables or related Contracts, or any inventory or goods the sale of which may give rise to a Receivable or any Collection Account or any right to receive any payments received therein or deposited thereto, to be sold, pledged, assigned or transferred or to be subject to a Lien, other than (i) the sale and assignment of the Receivable Interest to the Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, (ii) the Liens created in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (iii) Liens in respect of a Receivable which has been deemed collected pursuant to Section 1.4(a) or repurchased pursuant to the Receivables Sale Agreement, and for which payment has been received.
(c) No Changes. Change its name, identity or corporate structure or jurisdiction of formation in any manner which would make any financing statement or continuation statement filed in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby seriously misleading within the meaning of Section 9.507(c) of the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction or other applicable Laws unless it shall have given the Agent (which shall promptly forward a copy to each Purchaser Agent) at least 30 days prior written notice thereof and unless prior thereto it shall have caused such financing statement or continuation statement to be amended or a new financing statement to be filed such that such financing statement or continuation statement would not be seriously misleading; or make any material change to the Credit and Collection Policy unless (i) the Agent has received prior written notice of such change and (ii) the Agent and the Required Purchaser Agents have consented to such change if such change could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the collectibility of the Receivables generally or of any material portion of the Receivables.
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(d) Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets. (i) Consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or (ii) sell, lease or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any other Person; provided that the Servicer may merge with another Person if (A) the Servicer is the corporation surviving such merger and (B) immediately after giving effect to such merger, no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing.
(e) Change in Payment Instructions to Obligors. Except as may be required by the Agent pursuant to Section 8.2(b), the Servicer will not add or terminate any bank as a Collection Bank, or make any change in the instructions to Obligors regarding payments to be made to any Lock-Box or Collection Account, unless (i) the Agent (which shall promptly forward a copy to each Purchaser Agent) shall have received, at least ten (10) days before the proposed effective date therefor, (A) written notice of such addition, termination or change and (B) with respect to the addition of a Collection Bank or a Collection Account or Lock-Box, an executed Collection Account Agreement (which is reasonably satisfactory to the Agent) with respect to the new Collection Account or Lock-Box, (ii) with respect to the termination of a Collection Bank or a Collection Account or Lock-Box, the Agent shall have consented thereto (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (iii) with respect to any changes in instructions to Obligors regarding payments, the Agent shall have consented thereto; provided that the Servicer may make changes in instructions to Obligors regarding payments without any consent if such new instructions require such Obligor to make payments to another existing Lock-Box or Collection Account.
(f) Prohibition on Additional Negative Pledges. The Servicer shall not enter into or assume any agreement (other than this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents) prohibiting the creation or assumption of any Lien upon the Purchased Assets or otherwise prohibiting or restricting any transaction contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Documents, and the Servicer shall not enter into or assume any agreement creating any Lien upon the Subordinated Notes.
(g) Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Terrorism and Sanctions. The Servicer and each Originator shall not use, and each of the Servicer and each Originator shall procure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Purchase (i) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Anti-Terrorism Laws, (ii) for the purpose of funding or financing any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, in each case to the extent doing so would violate any Sanctions, or (iii) in any other manner that would result in liability to any party hereto under any applicable Sanctions or result in the violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Anti-Terrorism Laws.
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ARTICLE VIII.
ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION
Section 8.1 Designation of Servicer.
(a) The servicing, administration and collection of the Receivables shall be conducted by such Person (the Servicer) so designated from time to time in accordance with this Section 8.1. Schein is hereby designated as, and hereby agrees to perform the duties and obligations of, the Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The Agent may, at any time following the occurrence of a Termination Event upon five (5) Business Days notice, designate as Servicer any Person (including itself) to succeed Schein or any successor Servicer.
(b) The Servicer may, with the prior written consent of the Agent, delegate its duties and obligations hereunder to any subservicer (each, a Sub-Servicer); provided that, in each such delegation, (i) such Sub-Servicer shall agree in writing to perform the duties and obligations of the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof, (ii) the Servicer shall remain primarily liable to the Agent, each Purchaser Agent and each Purchaser for the performance of the duties and obligations so delegated, (iii) the Seller and the Agent, each Purchaser Agent and each Purchaser shall have the right to look to the Servicer (rather than the Sub-Servicer) for performance, and (iv) the terms of any agreement with any Sub-Servicer shall provide that the Agent may terminate such agreement upon the termination of the Servicer hereunder by giving notice of its desire to terminate such agreement to the Servicer (and the Servicer shall provide appropriate notice to such Sub-Servicer).
Section 8.2 Duties of Servicer.
(a) The Servicer shall take or cause to be taken all such actions as may be necessary or advisable to collect each Receivable from time to time, all in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, with reasonable care and diligence, and in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy.
(b) The Servicer will instruct all Obligors to pay all Collections directly to a Lock-Box or Collection Account. The Servicer shall not direct any cash or payment item other than Collections to be deposited into any Lock-Box or Collection Account. If, despite such direction, any remittances are received in any Lock-Box or Collection Account that shall have been identified, to the satisfaction of the Servicer, to not constitute Collections or other proceeds of the Receivables or the Related Security, the Servicer shall promptly remit such items to the Person identified to it (or by it) as being the owner of such remittances. From and after the date the Agent delivers to any Collection Bank a Collection Notice pursuant to Section 8.3, the Agent may request that the Servicer, and the Servicer thereupon promptly shall, instruct all Obligors with respect to the Receivables to remit all payments thereon to a new depositary account specified by the Agent and, at all times thereafter, Seller and the Servicer shall not deposit or otherwise credit, and shall not permit any other Person to deposit or otherwise credit to such new depositary account any cash or payment item other than Collections.
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(c) The Servicer shall administer the Collections in accordance with the procedures described herein. To the extent any Collections are received directly by the Servicer, the Servicer shall set aside and hold in trust for the account of Seller and the Secured Parties their respective shares of the Collections in accordance with Article II.
(d) The Servicer may, in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, extend the maturity of any Receivable or adjust the Outstanding Balance of any Receivable as the Servicer determines in good faith to be appropriate to maximize Collections thereof; provided that such extension or adjustment shall not alter the status of such Receivable as a Delinquent Receivable or Defaulted Receivable or limit the rights of the Agent, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser under this Agreement.
(e) The Servicer shall hold in trust for Seller and the Agent, each Purchaser Agent and each Purchaser all Records that (i) evidence or relate to the Receivables, the related Contracts and Related Security or (ii) are otherwise necessary or desirable to collect the Receivables and shall, as soon as practicable upon demand of the Agent, deliver or make available to the Agent all such Records, at a place selected by the Agent. The Servicer shall, from time to time at the request of the Agent or any Purchaser Agent, furnish to the Agent and each Purchaser Agent (promptly after any such request) a calculation of the amounts set aside for each Purchaser pursuant to Article II.
(f) Any payment by an Obligor in respect of any indebtedness owed by it to Originator or Seller shall, except as otherwise specified by such Obligor or otherwise required by contract or law and unless otherwise instructed by the Agent, be applied as a Collection of any Receivable of such Obligor (starting with the oldest such Receivable) to the extent of any amounts then due and payable thereunder before being applied to any other receivable or other obligation of such Obligor.
Section 8.3 Collection Notices. The Agent is authorized at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Termination Event to deliver the Collection Notices to the Collection Banks. Seller hereby transfers to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, effective when the Agent delivers such notice, the exclusive ownership and control of each Lock-Box and the Collection Accounts and, in connection therewith, agrees to cause each Collection Bank to modify the name on each Lock-Box and Collection Account as requested by the Agent. Seller hereby authorizes the Agent, and agrees that the Agent shall be entitled (i) at any time after delivery of the Collection Notices, to endorse Sellers name on checks and other instruments representing Collections, (ii) at any time after the occurrence of a Termination Event, to enforce the Receivables, the related Contracts and the Related Security, and (iii) at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Termination Event, to take such action as shall be reasonably necessary or desirable to cause all cash, checks and other instruments constituting Collections of Receivables to come into the possession of the Agent rather than Seller or Servicer.
Section 8.4 Responsibilities of Seller. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the exercise by the Agent, on behalf of Secured Parties, of the Agents rights hereunder shall not release the Servicer, any Originator or Seller from any of their duties or obligations with respect to any Receivables or under the related Contracts. The Agent, each Purchaser Agent and each Purchaser shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any Receivables or related Contracts, nor shall any of them be obligated to perform the obligations of Seller or any Originator thereunder.
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Section 8.5 Settlement Reports.
(a) The Servicer shall prepare and forward to the Agent (with an electronic copy to each Purchaser Agent) (i) on each Settlement Reporting Date, a Settlement Report (certified by an Responsible Officer of the Servicer) and an electronic file of the data contained therein and (ii) at such times as the Agent or any Purchaser Agent shall request, a listing by Obligor of all Receivables together with an aging of such Receivables; provided that, if a Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Agent or any Purchaser Agent may request that the Servicer deliver a Settlement Report (or a specified portion thereof) no less frequently than weekly.
(b) Upon the request of the Agent or any Purchaser Agent (but not more frequently than every quarter), the Servicer shall provide in writing to the Agent (which shall promptly forward a copy to each Purchaser Agent) the list of Obligors under Contracts related to the Receivables including, for each Obligor added to the list, the name, address, telephone number and account number of such Obligor and if there have been changes in the name, address, telephone number or account number of any existing Obligor, the revisions shall be provided.
Section 8.6 Servicing Fee. As compensation for the Servicers servicing activities on their behalf, the Servicer shall be paid the Servicing Fee in arrears on each Settlement Date out of Collections.
ARTICLE IX.
TERMINATION EVENTS
Section 9.1 Termination Events. The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute an Termination Event:
(a) the Seller, the Servicer or the Performance Guarantor shall fail to remit or fail to cause to be remitted to the Agent, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser (i) on any day when due any payment, prepayment or deposit of any amount to be remitted to reduce the Invested Amount or any portion thereof or (ii) within two (2) Business Days of becoming due, CP Costs, Yield, fees set forth in any Fee Letter or any other Aggregate Unpaids required to be remitted to the Agent, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser; or
(b) the Seller or the Servicer shall fail to deliver any Settlement Report and such failure shall continue for three (3) Business Days after the date when such Settlement Report became due; or the Servicer shall fail to perform its duties and obligations as Servicer under the terms of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document and such failure remains unremedied for a period of ten (10) days after either (i) any Responsible Officer of the Servicer becomes aware thereof or (ii) written notice thereof to such Person by the Agent, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser;
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(c) any representation, warranty, certification or statement made by the Seller, the Servicer or Schein under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or in any material agreement, certificate, report, appendix, schedule or document furnished by the Seller, the Servicer or Schein to the Agent, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect as of the time made or deemed made (including by omission of material information necessary to make such representation, warranty, certification or statement not misleading); or
(d) (i) a Change in Control shall occur with respect to the Performance Guarantor; (ii) Schein shall cease to (A) own 100% of the capital stock of the Seller or (B) own (directly or indirectly) 100% of the capital stock of each Originator (other than Schein); or (iii) Schein shall (A) consolidate or merge with or into any other Person other than as permitted under Section 7.4 hereof or (B) sell, lease or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any other Person unless Schein is the survivor of such transaction (unless, in each of clauses (i) through (iii), consented to in writing in advance by Agent in its sole discretion); or
(e) except as otherwise provided in this Section 9.1, the Seller or Schein shall default or fail in the performance or observance of any other covenant, agreement or duty applicable to it contained herein and such default or failure shall continue for ten (10) Business Days after either (i) any Responsible Officer of the Seller or such Originator becomes aware thereof or (ii) written notice thereof to such Person by the Agent, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser; or
(i) the Seller shall fail to pay any Indebtedness when due and such failure shall continue beyond the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument relating to such Indebtedness; (ii) Schein or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries (other than the Seller) shall fail to pay any Indebtedness in excess of $200,000,000 of Schein or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries, as the case may be, or any interest or premium on such Indebtedness, in either case, when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise) and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument relating to such Indebtedness; (iii) any other default under any agreement or instrument relating to any such Indebtedness or any other event shall occur and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument if the effect of such default or event is to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Indebtedness unless (A) MUFG is a party to such other agreement or instrument and (B) MUFG and the other requisite lenders thereunder consent to a written waiver of such default or other event in accordance with the terms of such agreement or instrument; or (iv) a final court decision of $200,000,000 or more shall be rendered against Schein or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries and (A) such amount remains unpaid and (B) such amount remains undischarged for a period of 45 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of Schein or any of its Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment; or
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(f) (i) the average of the Delinquency Ratios, computed for each of the immediately preceding three Calculation Periods, shall exceed (A) with respect to each Calculation Period ending on or prior to May 30, 2020, 14.50%; (B) with respect to the Calculation Periods ending on June 27, 2020, August 1, 2020, August 29, 2020 and September 26, 2020, 18.50%; (C) with respect to the Calculation Period ending on October 31, 2020, 16.00%; and (D) with respect to each Calculation Period beginning after October 31, 2020, 14.50%;
(ii) the average of the Default Ratios, computed for each of the immediately preceding three Calculation Periods, shall exceed (A) with respect to each Calculation Period ending on or prior to May 30, 2020, 2.50%; (B) with respect to the Calculation Periods ending on June 27, 2020, August 1, 2020, August 29, 2020, September 26, 2020, October 31, 2020 and November 28, 2020, 6.00%; and (C) with respect to each Calculation Period beginning after November 28, 2020, 2.50%;
(iii) the average of the Dilution Ratios, computed for each of the immediately preceding three Calculation Periods, shall exceed (A) with respect to any Calculation Period ending on or prior to May 30, 2020, 6.25%; (B) with respect to the Calculation Periods ending on June 27, 2020, August 1, 2020, August 29, 2020, September 26, 2020, and October 31, 2020, 9.50%; and (C) with respect to each Calculation Period beginning after October 31, 2020, 6.25%; or
(iv) the average of the Portfolio Turnover, computed for each of the immediately preceding three Calculation Periods shall exceed (A) with respect to each Calculation Period ending on or prior to September 26, 2020, 70 days; and (B) with respect to each Calculation Period beginning after September 26, 2020, 50 days; or
(g) there shall be pending any litigation, investigation or proceeding, which the Seller is required to disclose pursuant to Section 7.1(i) hereof, which in the reasonable opinion of the Required Purchaser Agents is likely to materially adversely affect the financial position or results of operations of the Seller or Schein or materially impair the ability of the Seller or Schein to perform its respective obligations under the Transaction Documents; or
(h) there shall have occurred any event or change in the financial condition or operations of the Seller, the Servicer, the Performance Guarantor or Schein which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (i) the ability of the Seller, the Servicer, the Performance Guarantor or Schein to perform its obligations under any Transaction Document, (ii) the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (iii) the Agents security interest in the Receivables generally or in any significant portion of such Receivables or the proceeds thereof, or (iv) the collectibility of the Receivables generally or of any material portion of such Receivables; or
(i) an Event of Bankruptcy shall occur with respect to the Seller, the Servicer, any Originator, the Performance Guarantor or any of Scheins material subsidiaries thereof; or
(j) the Aggregate Invested Amount shall exceed the Maximum Purchase Limit and the Seller shall have failed to pay to each Purchaser Agent for the benefit of the related Purchasers within three (3) days an amount to be applied to reduce the Aggregate Invested Amount (ratably, according to each Purchasers aggregate Invested Amount), such that after giving effect to such payment the Aggregate Invested Amount is less than or equal to the Maximum Purchase Limit; or
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(k) the Aggregate Investment amount exceeds the then applicable Maximum Purchase Limit or the Net Pool Balance shall at any time be less than an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Aggregate Invested Amount plus (ii) the Required Reserve; or
(l) Schein resigns as Servicer; or
(m) Schein shall default or fail in the performance or observance of any of the covenants set forth in Section 8.1 of the Credit Agreement as in effect on September 22, 2014 (without giving effect to any amendment, waiver, termination, supplement or other modification thereof unless consented to by the Agent); or
(n) a final court decision for $25,000 or more shall be rendered against the Seller; or;
(o) the Performance Guarantor shall default or fail in the performance of any covenant or agreement set forth in the Performance Undertaking; or
(p) the Termination Date or any Termination Event under and as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement shall occur under the Receivables Sale Agreement or Schein shall for any reason cease to transfer, or cease to have the legal capacity to transfer, or otherwise be incapable of transferring Receivables to Seller under the Receivables Sale Agreement; or
(q) this Agreement shall terminate in whole or in part (except in accordance with its terms), or shall cease to be effective or to be the legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation of Seller, or any Seller Party shall directly or indirectly contest in any manner such effectiveness, validity, binding nature or enforceability; or
(r) the Performance Undertaking shall cease to be effective or to be the legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation of Performance Guarantor, or Performance Guarantor shall directly or indirectly contest in any manner such effectiveness, validity, binding nature or enforceability of its obligations thereunder; or
(s) the Internal Revenue Service shall file notice of a lien pursuant to Section 6323 of the Internal Revenue Code with regard to any of the Purchased Assets or any assets of the Seller, Performance Guarantor or any Originator and such lien shall not have been released within seven (7) days, or the PBGC shall, or shall indicate its intention to, file notice of a lien pursuant to Section 4068 of ERISA with regard to any of the Purchased Assets; or
(t) An ERISA Event shall occur with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted in, or could be reasonably expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, operations or properties of Schein and the ERISA Affiliates taken as a whole; or
(u) the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties shall cease to have a valid, perfected, first priority security interest in the Receivables, the Related Security, any Collection Account or any Lock-Box.
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Section 9.2 Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Termination Event, the Agent may, or upon the direction of the Required Purchaser Agents shall, take any of the following actions: (i) replace the Person then acting as Servicer, (ii) declare the Facility Termination Date for all Purchaser Groups to have occurred, whereupon Reinvestments shall immediately terminate, all without demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Seller Party; provided that, upon the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to any Seller Party, the Facility Termination Date for all Purchaser Groups shall automatically occur, without demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Seller Party, (iii) deliver the Collection Notices to the Collection Banks, (iv) exercise all rights and remedies of a secured party upon default under the UCC and other applicable laws, and (v) notify Obligors of the Agents security interest in the Receivables and other Purchased Assets. The aforementioned rights and remedies shall be without limitation, and shall be in addition to all other rights and remedies of the Agent, each Purchaser Agent and each Purchaser otherwise available under any other provision of this Agreement, by operation of law, at equity or otherwise, all of which are hereby expressly preserved, including, without limitation, all rights and remedies provided under the UCC, all of which rights shall be cumulative.
ARTICLE X.
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 10.1 Indemnities by the Seller Parties. Without limiting any other rights that the Agent, any Purchaser Agent, any Purchaser or any Funding Source may have hereunder or under applicable law, (A) Seller hereby agrees to indemnify (and pay upon demand to) the Agent, each Purchaser Agent, each Purchaser, each Funding Source and each of the respective assigns, officers, directors, members, partners, certificateholders, agents and employees of the foregoing (each, an Indemnified Party) from and against any and all damages, losses, claims, taxes, liabilities, reasonable and out-of-pocket costs and expenses and for all other amounts payable, including reasonable attorneys fees (which attorneys may be employees of any Indemnified Party) and disbursements of one counsel to the affected Indemnified Parties taken as a whole (and solely in the case of any conflict of interest, one additional counsel to the affected Indemnified Parties, taken as a whole) (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as Indemnified Amounts) awarded against or incurred by any of them arising out of or as a result of this Agreement or the acquisition, either directly or indirectly, by any Indemnified Party of an interest in the Receivables, and (B) the Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify (and pay upon demand to) each Indemnified Party for Indemnified Amounts awarded against or incurred by any of them arising out of the Servicers activities as Servicer hereunder; excluding, however, in all of the foregoing instances under the preceding clauses (A) and (B):
(a) Indemnified Amounts to the extent a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction holds that such Indemnified Amounts resulted from gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Indemnified Party seeking indemnification;
(b) Indemnified Amounts to the extent resulting from disputes solely between or among Indemnified Parties and their respective Affiliates;
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(c) Indemnified Amounts to the extent the same results from losses in respect of Receivables that are uncollectible on account of the insolvency, bankruptcy or lack of creditworthiness of the related Obligor; or
(d) taxes imposed by the jurisdiction in which such Indemnified Partys principal executive office is located, on or measured by the overall net income of such Indemnified Party to the extent that the computation of such taxes is consistent with the characterization for income tax purposes of the acquisition by any Purchaser of Receivables as a loan or loans by any Purchaser to Seller secured by the Receivables, the Related Security, the Collection Accounts and the Collections, U.S. federal taxes attributable to such Indemnified Partys failure to comply with Section 1.7(b) or any U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA (collectively, Excluded Taxes);
provided that nothing contained in this sentence shall limit the liability of any Seller Party or limit the recourse of any Indemnified Party to any Seller Party for amounts otherwise specifically provided to be paid by such Seller Party under the terms of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing indemnification, Seller shall indemnify the Indemnified Parties for Indemnified Amounts (including, without limitation, losses in respect of uncollectible receivables, regardless of whether reimbursement therefor would constitute recourse to Seller) relating to or resulting from:
(i) any representation or warranty made by any Seller Party or any Originator (or any officers of any such Person) under or in connection with this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any other information or report delivered by any such Person pursuant hereto or thereto, which shall have been false or incorrect when made or deemed made;
(ii) the failure by Seller, the Servicer or any Originator to comply with any applicable law, rule or regulation with respect to any Receivable or Contract related thereto, or the nonconformity of any Receivable or Contract included therein with any such applicable law, rule or regulation or any failure of Seller, the Servicer or any Originator to keep or perform any of its obligations, express or implied, with respect to any Contract;
(iii) any failure of Seller, the Servicer or any Originator to perform its duties, covenants or other obligations in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document;
(iv) any products liability, personal injury or damage suit, or other similar claim arising out of or in connection with merchandise, insurance or services that are the subject of any Contract or any Receivable;
(v) any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than discharge in bankruptcy of the Obligor) of the Obligor to the payment of any Receivable (including, without limitation, a defense based on such Receivable or the related Contract not being a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms), or any other claim resulting from the sale of the merchandise or service related to such Receivable or the furnishing or failure to furnish such merchandise or services;
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(vi) the commingling of Collections of Receivables at any time with other funds;
(vii) any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to or arising from this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the transactions contemplated hereby, the use of the proceeds of any Purchase, the Purchased Assets or any other investigation, litigation or proceeding relating to Seller, the Servicer or any Originator in which any Indemnified Party becomes involved as a result of any of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(viii) any inability to litigate any claim against any Obligor in respect of any Receivable as a result of such Obligor being immune from civil and commercial law and suit on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise from any legal action, suit or proceeding;
(ix) any Termination Event of the type described in Section 9.1(k);
(x) any failure of Seller to acquire and maintain legal and equitable title to and ownership of any of the Purchased Assets from the applicable Originator free and clear of any Lien (other than as created under the Transaction Documents); or any failure of Seller to give reasonably equivalent value to any Originator under the Receivables Sale Agreement in consideration of the transfer by such Originator of any Receivable, or any attempt by any Person to void such transfer under statutory provisions or common law or equitable action;
(xi) (A) any failure to vest and maintain vested in the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, or to transfer to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a valid first priority perfected security interests in the Purchased Assets, free and clear of any Lien (except as created by the Transaction Documents) and (B) (I) any failure to vest and maintain vested in the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a valid first priority perfected security interests in each Lock-Box and Collection Account, free and clear of any Lien (except as created by the Transaction Documents) and (ii) any failure of a Collection Bank in the performance or observance of any agreement or duty applicable to it in respect of any Collection Account;
(xii) any action or omission by any Seller Party which reduces or impairs the rights of any Indemnified Party with respect to any Purchased Assets or the value of any Purchased Assets;
(xiii) any attempt by any Person to void any Purchase or the Agents security interest in the Purchased Assets under statutory provisions or common law or equitable action;
(xiv) the failure of any Receivable included in the calculation of the Net Pool Balance as an Eligible Receivable to be an Eligible Receivable at the time so included; and
(xv) (A) any failure of the Seller or any Originator to pay any taxes when due and (B) any taxes related to the Purchase of Receivables by any Purchaser, except for taxes on the income of such Purchaser.
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Section 10.2 Increased Cost and Reduced Return. If, after the date hereof, any Regulatory Change shall occur: (i) that subjects any Funding Source to any charge or withholding on or with respect to any Funding Agreement or a Funding Sources obligations under a Funding Agreement, or on or with respect to the Receivables, or changes the basis of taxation of payments to any Funding Source of any amounts payable under any Funding Agreement (except for changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of a Funding Source or taxes excluded by Section 10.1) or (ii) that imposes, modifies or deems applicable any reserve, assessment, insurance charge, special deposit or similar requirement (including any emergency, special, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as Eurocurrency liabilities in Regulation D)) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of a Funding Source, or credit extended by a Funding Source pursuant to a Funding Agreement or (iii) that imposes any other condition the result of which is to increase the cost to a Funding Source of performing its obligations under a Funding Agreement, or to reduce the rate of return on a Funding Sources capital as a consequence of its obligations under a Funding Agreement, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by a Funding Source under a Funding Agreement or to require any payment calculated by reference to the amount of interests or loans held or interest received by it, then, upon demand by the applicable Purchaser Agent, Seller shall pay to such Purchaser Agent, for the benefit of the relevant Funding Source, such amounts charged to such Funding Source or such amounts to otherwise compensate such Funding Source for such increased cost or such reduction. For the avoidance of doubt, if the issuance of Financial Accounting Standards Boards Interpretation No. 46, Statements of Financial Accounting Standards Nos. 166 and 167, any future statements or interpretations issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or any successor thereto or any other change in accounting standards or the issuance of any other pronouncement, release or interpretation, causes or requires the consolidation of all or a portion of the assets and liabilities of the Seller or any Conduit Purchaser with the assets and liabilities of the Agent, any Purchaser Agent or any other Funding Source, such event shall constitute a circumstance on which such Funding Source may base a claim for reimbursement under this Section 10.2.
Section 10.3 Other Costs and Expenses. Seller shall pay to the Agent, each Purchaser Agent and each Purchaser on demand all reasonable costs and out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby and the other documents to be delivered hereunder, including without limitation, the cost of its auditors auditing the books, records and procedures of Seller or Servicer, rating agency fees, reasonable and documented fees and out-of-pocket expenses of a single independent legal counsel with respect thereto and with respect to providing advice as to their respective rights and remedies under this Agreement. Seller shall pay to the Agent, each Purchaser Agent and each Purchaser on demand any and all reasonable and documented costs and out-of-pocket expenses thereof, if any, including reasonable counsel fees and expenses, in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement and the other documents delivered hereunder and in connection with any restructuring or workout of this Agreement or such documents, or the administration of this Agreement following a Termination Event.
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ARTICLE XI.
THE AGENTS
Section 11.1 Appointment and Authorization.
(a) Each Purchaser and Purchaser Agent hereby irrevocably designates and appoints MUFG as the Agent hereunder and authorizes the Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Agent hereby and to exercise such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Agent shall hold, in its name, for the benefit of each Purchaser, ratably, the Receivable Interests. The Agent shall not have any duties other than those expressly set forth herein or any fiduciary relationship with any Purchaser or Purchaser Agent, and no implied obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement, or otherwise exist, against the Agent. The Agent does not assume, nor shall it be deemed to have assumed or relationship of trust or agency with the Seller or Servicer. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to the contrary, in no event shall the Agent ever be required to take any action which exposes the Agent to personal liability or which is contrary to the provisions of any Transaction Document or applicable law.
(b) Each Purchaser hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the respective institution identified as the Purchaser Agent for such Purchasers Purchaser Group on the signature pages hereto or in the Assumption Agreement or Transfer Supplement pursuant to which such Purchaser becomes a party hereto, and each authorizes such Purchaser Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such Purchaser Agent by the terms of this Agreement, if any, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Purchaser Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Purchaser or other Purchaser Agent or the Agent, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities on the part of such Purchaser Agent shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against such Purchaser Agent.
(c) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, the provisions of this Article XI are solely for the benefit of the Purchaser Agents, the Agent and the Purchasers, and none of the Seller or Servicer shall have any rights as a third-party beneficiary or otherwise under any of the provisions of this Article XI, except that this Article XI shall not affect any obligations which any Purchaser Agent, the Agent or any Purchaser may have to the Seller or the Servicer under the other provisions of this Agreement. Furthermore, no Purchaser shall have any rights as a third-party beneficiary or otherwise under any of the provisions hereof in respect of a Purchaser Agent which is not the Purchaser Agent for such Purchaser.
(d) In performing its functions and duties hereunder, the Agent shall act solely as the agent of the Purchasers and the Purchaser Agents and does not assume nor shall be deemed to have assumed any obligation or relationship of trust or agency with or for the Seller or Servicer or any of their successors and assigns. In performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Purchaser Agent shall act solely as the agent of its respective Purchaser and does not assume nor shall be deemed to have assumed any obligation or relationship of trust or agency with or for the Seller, the Servicer, any other Purchaser, any other Purchaser Agent or the Agent, or any of their respective successors and assigns.
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Section 11.2 Delegation of Duties. The Agent may execute any of its duties through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.
Section 11.3 Exculpatory Provisions. None of the Purchaser Agents, the Agent or any of their directors, officers, members, partners, certificateholders, agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken or omitted (i) with the consent or at the direction of the Required Purchaser Agents (or in the case of any Purchaser Agent, the Purchasers within its Purchaser Group that have a majority of the aggregate Commitment of such Purchaser Group) or (ii) in the absence of such Persons gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Agent shall not be responsible to any Purchaser, Purchaser Agent or other Person for (i) any recitals, representations, warranties or other statements made by the Seller, Servicer, or any of their Affiliates, (ii) the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of any Transaction Document, (iii) any failure of the Seller, the Servicer, any Originator or any of their Affiliates to perform any obligation hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party (or under any Contract), or (iv) the satisfaction of any condition specified in any Transaction Document. The Agent shall not have any obligation to any Purchaser or Purchaser Agent to ascertain or inquire about the observance or performance of any agreement contained in any Transaction Document or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Seller, Servicer, Originator or any of their Affiliates.
Section 11.4 Reliance by Agents.
(a) Each Purchaser Agent and the Agent shall in all cases be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any document or other writing or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the Seller or Servicer), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Agent. Each Purchaser Agent and the Agent shall in all cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under any Transaction Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Purchaser Agents (or, in the case of any Purchaser Agent, the Purchasers within its Purchaser Group that have a majority of the aggregate Commitment of such Purchaser Group), and assurance of its indemnification, as it deems appropriate.
(b) The Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement in accordance with a request of the Required Purchaser Agents or all Purchaser Agents, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all Purchasers and Purchaser Agents.
(c) The Purchasers within each Purchaser Group with a majority of the Commitment of such Purchaser Group shall be entitled to request or direct the related Purchaser Agent to take action, or refrain from taking action, under this Agreement on behalf of such Purchasers. Such Purchaser Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement in accordance with a request of such majority Purchasers, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of such Purchaser Agents Purchasers.
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(d) Unless otherwise advised in writing by a Purchaser Agent or by any Purchaser on whose behalf such Purchaser Agent is purportedly acting, each party to this Agreement may assume that (i) such Purchaser Agent is acting for the benefit of each of the Purchasers in respect of which such Purchaser Agent is identified as being the Purchaser Agent in the definition of Purchaser Agent hereto, as well as for the benefit of each assignee or other transferee from any such Person, and (ii) each action taken by such Purchaser Agent has been duly authorized and approved by all necessary action on the part of the Purchasers on whose behalf it is purportedly acting. Each Purchaser Agent and its related Purchasers shall agree amongst themselves as to the circumstances and procedures for removal, resignation and replacement of such Purchaser Agent.
Section 11.5 Notice of Termination Events. Neither any Purchaser Agent nor the Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event unless such Purchaser Agent or Agent has received notice from any Purchaser, Purchaser Agent, the Servicer or the Seller stating that a Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred hereunder and describing such Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event. In the event that the Agent receives such a notice, it shall promptly give notice thereof to each Purchaser Agent whereupon each such Purchaser Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to its Purchasers. In the event that a Purchaser Agent receives such a notice (other than from the Agent), it shall promptly give notice thereof to the Agent. The Agent shall take such action concerning a Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event as may be directed by the Required Purchaser Agents (unless such action otherwise requires the consent of all Purchaser Agents), but until the Agent receives such directions, the Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, as the Agent deems advisable and in the best interests of the Purchasers and Purchaser Agents.
Section 11.6 Non-Reliance on Agent, Purchaser Agents and Other Purchasers. Each Purchaser expressly acknowledges that none of the Agent, the Purchaser Agents nor any of their respective officers, directors, members, partners, certificateholders, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Agent or any Purchaser Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Seller, Servicer or any Originator, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Agent or such Purchaser Agent, as applicable. Each Purchaser represents and warrants to the Agent and the Purchaser Agents that, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, the Purchaser Agents or any other Purchaser and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, it has made and will continue to make its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, prospects, financial and other conditions and creditworthiness of the Seller, the Servicer or the Originators, and the Receivables and its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to take, or omit, action under any Transaction Document. Except for items specifically required to be delivered hereunder, the Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Purchaser Agent with any information concerning the Seller, Servicer or the Originators or any of their Affiliates that comes into the possession of the Agent or any of its officers, directors, members, partners, certificateholders, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates.
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Section 11.7 Agents and Affiliates. Each of the Purchasers and the Agent and their Affiliates may extend credit to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, debt, entity or other business with the Seller, the Servicer or any Originator or any of their Affiliates. With respect to the acquisition of the Eligible Receivables pursuant to this Agreement, each of the Purchaser Agents and the Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any Purchaser and may exercise the same as though it were not such an agent, and the terms Purchaser and Purchasers shall include, to the extent applicable, each of the Purchaser Agents and the Agent in their individual capacities.
Section 11.8 Indemnification. Each Related Committed Purchaser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Agent (but solely in its capacity as Agent) and its officers, directors, members, partners, certificateholders, employees, representatives and agents (to the extent not reimbursed by the Seller, the Servicer or any Originator and without limiting the obligation of the Seller, the Servicer, or any Originator to do so), ratably (based on its Commitment) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, judgments, settlements, costs, expenses and disbursements of any kind whatsoever (including in connection with any investigative or threatened proceeding, whether or not the Agent or such Person shall be designated a party thereto) that may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Agent or such Person as a result of, or related to, any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or the execution, delivery or performance of the Transaction Documents or any other document furnished in connection therewith (but excluding any such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, judgments, settlements, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting solely from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Agent or such Person as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction).
Section 11.9 Successor Agent. The Agent may, upon at least five (5) days notice to the Seller and each Purchaser and Purchaser Agent, resign as Agent. Such resignation shall not become effective until a successor agent is appointed by the Required Purchasers and has accepted such appointment. Upon such acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Transaction Documents. After any retiring Agents resignation hereunder, the provisions of Article X and this Article XI shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Agent.
Section 11.10 Erroneous Payments.
(a) Each Purchaser and Purchaser Agent hereby agrees that (x) if the Agent notifies such Purchaser or Purchaser Agent that the Agent has determined in its sole discretion that any funds received by such Purchaser or Purchaser Agent from the Agent or any of its Affiliates (whether as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees or otherwise; individually and collectively, a Payment) were erroneously transmitted to such Purchaser or Purchaser Agent (whether or not known to such Purchaser or Purchaser Agent), and demands the return of such Payment (or a portion thereof), such Purchaser or Purchaser Agent shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter, return to the Agent the amount of any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion
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thereof) was received by such Purchaser or Purchaser Agent to the date such amount is repaid to the Agent at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect, and (y) to the extent permitted by applicable law, such Purchaser or Purchaser Agent shall not assert, and hereby waives, as to the Agent, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Agent for the return of any Payments received, including without limitation any defense based on discharge for value or any similar doctrine. A notice of the Agent to any Purchaser or Purchaser Agent under this Section 11.10(a) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(b) Each Purchaser and Purchaser Agent hereby further agrees that if it receives a Payment from the Agent or any of its Affiliates (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment sent by the Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such Payment (a Payment Notice) or (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a Payment Notice, it shall be on notice, in each such case, that an error has been made with respect to such Payment. Each Purchaser and Purchaser Agent agrees that, in each such case, or if it otherwise becomes aware a Payment (or portion thereof) may have been sent in error, such Purchaser or Purchaser Agent shall promptly notify the Agent of such occurrence and, upon demand from the Agent, it shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter, return to the Agent the amount of any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Purchaser or Purchaser Agent to the date such amount is repaid to the Agent at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect.
(c) The Seller Parties hereby agrees that (x) in the event an erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) are not recovered from any Purchaser or Purchaser Agent that has received such Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights of such Purchaser or Purchaser Agent with respect to such amount and (y) an erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Recourse Obligation owed by the Seller Parties; provided that this Section 11.10(c) shall not be interpreted to increase (or accelerate the due date for), or have the effect of increasing (or accelerating the due date for), the Recourse Obligations of the Seller Parties relative to the amount (and/or timing for payment) of the Recourse Obligations that would have been payable had such erroneous Payment not been made by the Agent; provided, further that for the avoidance of doubt, immediately preceding clauses (x) and (y) shall not apply to the extent any such erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the Agent from the Seller for the purpose of making such erroneous Payment.
(d) Each partys obligations under this Section 11.10 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Agent or any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Purchaser or Purchaser Agent, the termination of the Commitments or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Recourse Obligations under any Transaction Document. Each Uncommitted Purchasers obligations under this Section 11.10 shall be subject to Sections 13.5 and 13.6 and each Related Committed Purchaser shall be liable, on a joint and several basis, for all obligations of its related Uncommitted Purchaser under this Section 11.10.
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ARTICLE XII.
ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS
Section 12.1 Successors and Assigns; Participations; Assignments.
(a) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Except as otherwise provided herein, no Seller Party may assign or transfer any of its rights or delegate any of its duties hereunder or under any Transaction Document without the prior consent of the Agent and the Purchaser Agents.
(b) Participations. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, any Purchaser may sell to one or more Persons (each, a Participant) participating interests in the interests of such Purchaser hereunder; provided that, no Purchaser shall grant any participation under which the Participant shall have rights to approve any amendment to or waiver of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. Such Purchaser shall remain solely responsible for performing its obligations hereunder, and the Seller, each Purchaser Agent and the Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Purchaser in connection with such Purchasers rights and obligations hereunder. A Purchaser shall not agree with a Participant to restrict such Purchasers right to agree to any amendment hereto, except amendments that require the consent of all Purchasers.
(c) Assignments by Certain Related Committed Purchasers. Any Related Committed Purchaser may assign to one or more Persons (each, a Purchasing Related Committed Purchaser), reasonably acceptable to the related Purchaser Agent, any portion of its Commitment pursuant to a supplement hereto, substantially in the form of Exhibit VIII with any changes as have been approved by the parties thereto (each, a Transfer Supplement), executed by each such Purchasing Related Committed Purchaser, such selling Related Committed Purchaser, such related Purchaser Agent and the Agent and, so long as no Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, with the consent of Seller (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). Any such assignment by Related Committed Purchaser cannot be for an amount less than $10,000,000. Upon (i) the execution of the Transfer Supplement, (ii) delivery of an executed copy thereof to the Seller, such related Purchaser Agent and the Agent and (iii) payment by the Purchasing Related Committed Purchaser to the selling Related Committed Purchaser of the agreed purchase price, if any, such selling Related Committed Purchaser shall be released from its obligations hereunder to the extent of such assignment and such Purchasing Related Committed Purchaser shall for all purposes be a Related Committed Purchaser party hereto and shall have all the rights and obligations of a Related Committed Purchaser hereunder to the same extent as if it were an original party hereto. The amount of the Commitment of the selling Related Committed Purchaser allocable to such Purchasing Related Committed Purchaser shall be equal to the amount of the Commitment of the selling Related Committed Purchaser transferred regardless of the purchase price, if any, paid therefor. The Transfer Supplement shall be an amendment hereof only to the extent necessary to reflect the addition of such Purchasing Related Committed Purchaser as a Related Committed Purchaser and any resulting adjustment of the selling Related Committed Purchasers Commitment.
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(d) Assignments to Liquidity Providers and other Funding Source Providers. Any Conduit Purchaser may at any time transfer or grant to one or more of its Liquidity Providers or other Funding Source participating interests (or voting rights or a security interest and right of foreclosure thereon) in its portion of the Receivable Interests. In the event of any such transfer or grant by such Conduit Purchaser of a participating interest to a Liquidity Provider or other Funding Source, such Conduit Purchaser shall remain responsible for the performance of its obligations hereunder. The Seller agrees that each Liquidity Provider and Funding Source of any Conduit Purchaser hereunder shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 1.6.
(e) Other Assignment by Uncommitted Purchasers. Each party hereto agrees and consents (i) to any Uncommitted Purchasers assignment, participation, grant of security interests in or other transfers of any portion of, or any of its beneficial interest in, the Receivable Interests (or portion thereof), including without limitation to any collateral agent in connection with its commercial paper program, if any, and (ii) to the complete assignment by any Uncommitted Purchaser of all of its rights and obligations hereunder to any other Person with prior notice to the other parties hereto, and upon such assignment such Uncommitted Purchaser shall be released from all obligations and duties, if any, hereunder; provided that, such Uncommitted Purchaser may not, without the prior consent of its Related Committed Purchasers (and, in the case of any assignment by an Uncommitted Purchaser that is not a Conduit Purchaser, unless a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Seller), make any such transfer of its rights hereunder unless the assignee (i) if it is a Conduit Purchaser, is principally engaged in the purchase of assets similar to the assets being purchased hereunder, (ii) has as its Purchaser Agent the Purchaser Agent of the assigning Uncommitted Purchaser and (iii) if it is a Conduit Purchaser, issues commercial paper with credit ratings substantially comparable to the ratings of the assigning Conduit Purchaser and, provided, further, that no such consent of the Seller shall be required if the assignee is a Purchaser, an Affiliate of a Purchaser or an Approved Fund. Any assigning Uncommitted Purchaser shall deliver to any assignee a Transfer Supplement with any changes as have been approved by the parties thereto, duly executed by such Uncommitted Purchaser, assigning any portion of its interest in the Receivable Interests to its assignee. Such Uncommitted Purchaser shall promptly (i) notify each of the other parties hereto of such assignment and (ii) take all further action that the assignee reasonably requests in order to evidence the assignees right, title and interest in such interest in the Receivable Interests and to enable the assignee to exercise or enforce any rights of such Uncommitted Purchaser hereunder. Upon the assignment of any portion of its interest in the Receivable Interests, the assignee shall have all of the rights hereunder with respect to such interest.
(f) Opinions of Counsel. If required by the Agent or the applicable Purchaser Agent or to maintain the ratings of any Conduit Purchaser, each Transfer Supplement must be accompanied by an opinion of counsel of the assignee as to such matters as the Agent or such Purchaser Agent may reasonably request.
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ARTICLE XIII.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.1 Waivers and Amendments.
(a) No failure or delay on the part of the Agent, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser in exercising any power, right or remedy under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or remedy preclude any other further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power, right or remedy. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and nonexclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. Any waiver of this Agreement shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.
(b) No provision of any Transaction Document may be amended, supplemented, modified or waived except in writing in accordance with the provisions of this Section 13.1(b). Seller and the Agent, with the consent of the Required Purchaser Agents, may enter into written modifications or waivers of any provisions of any Transaction Document; provided that, no such modification or waiver shall:
(i) without the consent of each Purchaser adversely affected thereby, (A) extend the Facility Termination Date for the related Purchaser Group or the date of any payment or deposit of Collections by Seller or the Servicer, (B) reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of Yield or any CP Costs (or any component of Yield or CP Costs), (C) change any fee payable to such Purchaser, (D) change the Invested Amount of any Receivable Interest, (E) amend, modify or waive any provision of the definition of Required Purchaser Agents, Section 9.1, Section 12.1(d), Section 12.1(e), this Section 13.1(b), Section 13.5, Section 13.6(b) or Section 13.12, (F) consent to or permit the assignment or transfer by Seller of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, (G) change the definition of Available Commitment, Commitment, Eligible Receivable, Liquidity Agreement, Concentration Percentage, Excess Concentration. Maximum Purchase Limit, Purchase Price or Required Reserve, or (H) amend or modify any defined term (or any defined term used directly or indirectly in such defined term) used in clauses (A) through (G) above in a manner that would circumvent the intention of the restrictions set forth in such clauses; or
(ii) without the written consent of the Agent and each Purchaser Agent, amend, modify or waive any provision of any Transaction Document if the effect thereof is to affect the rights (including, without limitation, fees and indemnities) or duties of such Agent or Purchaser Agent.
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, the Seller and the Agent, without the consent of any Purchaser or Purchaser Agent, may enter into any amendment, modification or wavier of any Transaction Document, or enter into any new agreement or instrument, to (i) effect the granting, perfection, protection, expansion or enhancement of any security interest in any Purchased Assets for the benefit of the Secured Parties, or as required by local law to give effect to, or protect any security interest for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in any property or so that the security interests therein comply with applicable law or (ii) correct any obvious error or omission of a technical nature, in each case that is immaterial (as reasonably determined by the Agent and the Seller), in any provision of any Transaction Document, if the same is not objected to in writing by the Required Purchaser Agents within five (5) Business Days following receipt of notice thereof.
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Section 13.2 Notices. Except as provided in this Section 13.2, all communications and notices provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including bank wire, telecopy or electronic facsimile transmission or similar writing) and shall be given to the other parties hereto at their respective addresses or telecopy numbers set forth on the signature pages hereof or at such other address or telecopy number as such Person may hereafter specify for the purpose of notice to each of the other parties hereto. For the avoidance of doubt, each Purchaser Groups notice information is included in Exhibit XV. Each such notice or other communication shall be effective (i) if given by telecopy, upon the receipt thereof, (ii) if sent via U.S. certified or registered mail, three (3) Business Days after the time such communication is deposited in the mail with first class postage prepaid or (iii) if given by any other means, when received at the address specified in this Section 13.2. If the written confirmation differs from the action taken by the Agent or any Purchaser Agent, the records of such Agent or Purchaser Agent shall govern absent manifest error.
Section 13.3 Protection of Agents Security Interest.
(a) Seller agrees that from time to time, at its expense, it will promptly execute and deliver all instruments and documents, and take all actions, that may be necessary, or that the Agent or any Purchaser Agent may reasonably request, to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the Agents security interest in the Purchased Assets, or to enable the Agent, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser to exercise and enforce their rights and remedies hereunder. At any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Termination Event, the Agent may, or the Agent may direct Seller or the Servicer to, notify the Obligors of Receivables, at Sellers expense, of the ownership or security interests of the Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) under this Agreement and may also direct that payments of all amounts due or that become due under any or all Receivables be made directly to the Agent or its designee.
(b) If any Seller Party fails to perform any of its obligations under Section 13.3(a), the Agent, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser may (but shall not be required to) perform, or cause performance of, such obligations, and the costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by Seller as provided in Section 10.3. Each Seller Party irrevocably authorizes the Agent at any time and from time to time in the sole discretion of the Agent, and appoints the Agent as its attorney-in-fact, to act on behalf of such Seller Party, in any case only after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Termination Event, (i) to execute on behalf of Seller as debtor and to file financing statements necessary or desirable in the Agents sole discretion to perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of the interest of the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Receivables and the other Purchased Assets and (ii) to file a carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement or any financing statement with respect to the Receivables and the other Purchased Assets as a financing statement in such offices as the Agent in its sole discretion deems necessary or desirable to perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of the Agents security interest in the Purchased Assets, for the benefit of the Secured Parties. The Agent shall provide the Seller with copies of any such filings. This appointment is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
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Each of the Seller Parties (A) hereby authorizes the Agent to file financing statements and other filing or recording documents with respect to the Receivables and the other Purchased Assets (including any amendments thereto, or continuation or termination statements thereof), without the signature or other authorization of such Seller Party, in such form and in such offices as the Agent reasonably determines appropriate to perfect or maintain the perfection of the security interest of the Agent hereunder, (B) acknowledges and agrees that it is not authorized to, and will not, file financing statements or other filing or recording documents with respect to the Receivables and the other Purchased Assets (including any amendments thereto, or continuation or termination statements thereof), without the express prior written approval by the Agent, consenting to the form and substance of such filing or recording document, and (C) approves, authorizes and ratifies any filings or recordings made by or on behalf of the Agent in connection with the perfection of the security interests in favor of Seller or the Agent.
Section 13.4 Confidentiality.
(a) Each of the parties hereto shall maintain and shall cause each of its employees, members, partners, certificateholders and officers to maintain the confidentiality of the Agreement and all information with respect to the other parties, including all information regarding their respective businesses obtained by it or them in connection with the structuring, negotiating and execution of the transactions contemplated herein, except that each such party and its directors, officers, members, partners, certificateholders and employees may (i) disclose such information to its accountants, attorneys, investors, potential investors, credit enhancers to the Purchasers and the agents or advisors of such Persons (Excepted Persons); provided that each Excepted Person shall, as a condition to any such disclosure, agree for the benefit of the parties hereto that such information shall be used solely in connection with such Excepted Persons evaluation of, or relationship with, the Seller and its affiliates, (ii) disclose the existence of the Agreement, but not the financial terms thereof, (iii) disclose such information as required pursuant to any law, rule, regulation, direction, request or order of any judicial, administrative or regulatory authority or proceedings (whether or not having the force or effect of law), (iv) disclose such information to any rating agency rating the Commercial Paper and any other nationally recognized statistical rating organization as contemplated in Section 17g-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and (v) disclose the Agreement and such information in any suit, action, proceeding or investigation (whether in law or in equity or pursuant to arbitration) involving any of the Transaction Documents for the purpose of defending itself, reducing its liability, or protecting or exercising any of its claims, rights, remedies, or interests under or in connection with any of the Transaction Documents; provided further that the Persons permitted to make such disclosures under clauses (iii) and (v) shall also include credit enhancers to the Purchasers. It is understood that the financial terms that may not be disclosed except in compliance with this Section 13.4(a) include, without limitation, all fees and other pricing terms, and all Termination Events and priority of payment provisions.
(b) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Seller Party hereby consents to the disclosure of any nonpublic information with respect to it obtained in connection with the transactions contemplated herein (i) to the Agent, any Liquidity Agent, any Purchaser, any Purchaser Agent or any Funding Source by each other, (ii) by the Agent, any Liquidity Agent, any Purchaser, any Purchaser Agent or any Funding Source to any prospective or actual assignee
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or participant of any of them or (iii) by the Agent, any Liquidity Agent, any Purchaser, any Purchaser Agent or any Funding Source to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of a surety, guaranty or credit or liquidity enhancement to a Purchaser and to any officers, directors, members, partners, certificateholders, employees, accountants, advisors, and attorneys of any of the foregoing, provided that each such Person is informed of the confidential nature of such information and agrees for the benefit of the parties hereto that such information shall be used solely in connection with such Persons evaluation. In addition, the Agent, any Liquidity Agent, any Purchaser, any Purchaser Agent, any Funding Source or provider of a surety, guaranty or credit or liquidity enhancement to a Purchaser may disclose any such nonpublic information as required pursuant to any law, rule, regulation, direction, request or order of any judicial, administrative or regulatory authority or proceedings (whether or not having the force or effect of law).
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the foregoing shall not be construed to prohibit (i) disclosure of any and all information that is or becomes publicly known, (ii) disclosure of any and all information if required to do so by any applicable statute, law, rule or regulation, or (iii) any other disclosure authorized by the Seller or Servicer.
Section 13.5 Bankruptcy Petition. Each party hereto hereby covenants and agrees that prior to the date which is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper notes or other indebtedness of each Conduit Purchaser, it will not institute against or join any other Person in instituting against such Conduit Purchaser any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other similar proceeding under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States.
Section 13.6 Limitation of Liability. (a) No claim may be made by any party hereto against any other party hereto or any Funding Source or their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, members, partners, certificateholders, employees, attorneys or agents for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages in respect of any claim for breach of contract or any other theory of liability arising out of or related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or any act, omission or event occurring in connection therewith; and each party hereto hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to sue upon any claim for any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor, and (b) no Conduit Purchaser shall have any obligation to pay any amounts owing hereunder unless and until such Purchaser has received such amounts pursuant to its portion of the Receivable Interests and such amounts are not necessary to pay outstanding commercial paper notes or other outstanding indebtedness of such Purchaser. Each party hereto hereby agrees that no liability or obligation of any Conduit Purchaser hereunder for fees, expenses or indemnities shall constitute a claim (as defined in Section 101 of Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code) against such Purchaser unless such Purchaser has received cash from its portion of the Receivable Interests sufficient to pay such amounts, and such amounts are not necessary to pay outstanding commercial paper notes or other indebtedness of such Purchaser.
Section 13.7 CHOICE OF LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THEREOF OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE PERFECTION OF THE OWNERSHIP INTEREST OF SELLER OR THE OWNERSHIP OR SECURITY INTEREST OF THE AGENT (FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES) IN ANY OF THE COLLATERAL IS GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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Section 13.8 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK OR ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY SUCH PERSON PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE AGENT, ANY PURCHASER AGENT OR ANY PURCHASER TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY SELLER PARTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BY ANY SELLER PARTY AGAINST THE AGENT, ANY PURCHASER AGENT OR ANY PURCHASER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE AGENT, ANY PURCHASER AGENT OR ANY PURCHASER INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY SUCH SELLER PARTY PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A COURT IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK.
Section 13.9 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT, ANY DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY ANY SELLER PARTY PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER.
Section 13.10 Integration; Binding Effect; Survival of Terms.
(a) This Agreement and each other Transaction Document contain the final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof superseding all prior oral or written understandings.
(b) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns (including any trustee in bankruptcy). This Agreement shall create and constitute the continuing obligations of the parties hereto in accordance with its terms and shall remain in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with its terms; provided that the rights and remedies with respect to (i) any breach of any representation and warranty made by any Seller Party pursuant to Article V, (ii) the indemnification and payment provisions of Article X, and Section 13.4, Section 13.5 and Section 13.6 shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
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(c) Each of the Seller Parties, the Agent, the Purchaser Agents and the Purchasers hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Funding Sources are hereby made express third party beneficiaries of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents as in effect from time to time.
Section 13.11 Counterparts; Severability; Section References. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement. Any provisions of this Agreement which are prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, all references herein to Article, Section, Schedule or Exhibit shall mean articles and sections of, and schedules and exhibits to, this Agreement.
Section 13.12 Characterization.
(a) It is the intention of the parties hereto that each Purchase hereunder shall constitute and be treated as an absolute and irrevocable sale, which Purchase shall provide the Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) with the full benefits of ownership of the applicable Receivable Interest. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, each sale of a Receivable Interest hereunder is made without recourse to Seller; provided that (i) Seller shall be liable to the Agent, the Purchaser Agents and the Purchasers for all representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made by Seller pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and (ii) such sale does not constitute and is not intended to result in an assumption by the Agent, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser or any assignee thereof of any obligation of Seller or any Originator or any other person arising in connection with the Receivables, the Related Security, or the related Contracts, or any other obligations of Seller or any Originator.
(b) In addition to any ownership interest which the Agent or any Purchaser may from time to time acquire pursuant hereto, Seller hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a valid and perfected security interest in all of Sellers right, title and interest in, to and under all Receivables now existing or hereafter arising, the Collections, each Lock-Box, each Collection Account, all Related Security, all other rights and payments relating to such Receivables, and all proceeds of any thereof prior to all other liens on and security interests therein to secure the prompt and complete payment of the Aggregate Unpaids. The Agent, on behalf of Secured Parties, shall have, in addition to the rights and remedies that it may have under this Agreement, all other rights and remedies provided to a secured creditor under the UCC and other applicable law, which rights and remedies shall be cumulative.
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(c) Notwithstanding Sections 13.12(a) and 13.12(b), for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the parties hereto shall treat and report the Sellers sales, and the Purchasers purchases, of Receivables under the Transaction Documents as one or more secured loans made by the Purchasers to the Seller.
Section 13.13 Federal Reserve. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any Purchaser Group may, at any time, pledge or grant a security interest in all or any portion of its rights (including, without limitation, any rights to payment of capital and interest) under this Agreement and any other Transaction Document to secure obligations of such Purchaser Group to a Federal Reserve Bank, without notice to or consent of the Seller or the Agent or any other party; provided that no such pledge or grant of a security interest shall release a Purchaser Group from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or grantee for such Purchaser Group as a party hereto.
Section 13.14 Patriot Act. Agent, each Purchaser and each Purchaser Agent hereby notifies each Originator, the Seller and the Servicer that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001) (the PATRIOT Act), Agent, each Purchaser and each Purchaser Agent may be required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Originator, the Seller and the Servicer, which information includes the name, address, tax identification number and other information regarding each Originator, the Seller and the Servicer that will allow Agent, each Purchaser and each Purchaser Agent to identify such Persons in accordance with the PATRIOT Act. This notice is given in accordance with the requirements of the PATRIOT Act. Each Originator, the Seller and the Servicer agrees to provide Agent, each Purchaser and each Purchaser Agent, from time to time, with all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers or attorneys-in-fact as of the date hereof.
HSFR, INC., as Seller | ||
By: |
Name: | Michael Amodio | |||
Title: | Treasurer |
Address: |
HSFR, Inc. | |||
135 Duryea Road | ||||
Melville, New York 11747 | ||||
Attention: |
Chief Financial Officer | |||
Facsimile: |
(631) 843-5541 |
With a copy to: |
Proskauer Rose LLP | |
Eleven Times Square | ||
New York, New York 10036 | ||
Attention: |
Ron D. Franklin, Esq. | |
Facsimile: |
(212) 969-2900 |
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HENRY SCHEIN, INC., as Servicer | ||
By: |
Name: | Steven Paladino | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Address: |
Henry Schein, Inc. | |
135 Duryea Road | ||
Melville, New York 11747 | ||
Attention: |
Chief Financial Officer | |
Facsimile: |
(631) 843-5541 |
With a copy to: |
Proskauer Rose LLP | |
Eleven Times Square | ||
New York, New York 10036 | ||
Attention: |
Ron D. Franklin, Esq. | |
Facsimile: |
(212) 969-2900 |
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MUFG BANK, LTD. (F/K/A THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.), as Agent | ||
By: |
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Address: | MUFG Bank, Ltd. | |
1251 Avenue of the Americas, 12th Floor | ||
New York, New York 10020-1104 | ||
Attention: | Securitization Department | |
Telephone: | (212) 782-6957 | |
Facsimile: | (212) 782-6448 |
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VICTORY RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, as an Uncommitted Purchaser | ||
By: |
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Address: | Victory Receivables Corporation | |
c/o Global Securitization Services, LLC 114 West 47th Street, Suite 2310 | ||
New York, New York 10036 | ||
Attention: | Frank B. Bilotta | |
Telephone: | (212) 295-2777 | |
Facsimile: | (212) 302-8767 |
With a copy to: | MUFG Bank, Ltd. | |
1251 Avenue of the Americas, 12th Floor | ||
New York, New York 10020-1104 | ||
Attention: | Securitization Department | |
Telephone: | (212) 782-6957 | |
Facsimile: | (212) 782-6448 |
MUFG BANK, LTD. (F/K/A THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.), as Purchaser Agent for Victory Receivables Corporation | ||
By: |
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Address: | MUFG Bank, Ltd. | |
1251 Avenue of the Americas, 12th Floor | ||
New York, New York 10020-1104 | ||
Attention: | Securitization Department | |
Telephone: | (212) 782-6957 | |
Facsimile: | (212) 782-6448 |
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MUFG BANK, LTD. (F/K/A THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.), as Related Committed Purchaser for Victory Receivables Corporation | ||
By: |
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Address: | MUFG Bank, Ltd. | |
1251 Avenue of the Americas, 12th Floor | ||
New York, New York 10020-1104 | ||
Attention: | Securitization Department | |
Telephone: | (212) 782-6957 | |
Facsimile: | (212) 782-6448 |
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EXHIBIT I
DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
Account Disclosure Letter means that certain letter from the Seller and the Servicer to the Agent and each Purchaser Agent, setting forth each Lock-Box and Collection Account to which Collections are remitted.
Adjusted Dilution Ratio means, as of any day, the average of the Dilution Ratios for the preceding twelve Calculation Periods.
Affiliate shall mean, with respect to a Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, such Person. The term control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
Agent has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Aggregate Invested Amount means, on any date of determination, the aggregate Invested Amount of all Receivable Interests of all Purchasers outstanding on such date.
Aggregate Reduction has the meaning specified in Section 1.3.
Aggregate Unpaids means, at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Aggregate Invested Amount, plus (ii) all Recourse Obligations (whether due or accrued) at such time.
Agreement means this Agreement, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
Alternate Base Rate means, for
any day for any Purchaser, the rate per annum equal to (i) 1.50% above the LIBO RateTerm SOFR or (ii) if the LIBO RateTerm
SOFR is not available in accordance with Section 4.3, the greater of (x) the Prime Rate and (y) one-half of one percent
(0.50%) above the Federal Funds Effective Rate. For purposes of determining the Alternate Base Rate for any day, changes in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective on the date of each such change.
Alternate Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day has the meaning specified in the definition of Term SOFR.
Anti-Corruption Laws means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Seller Parties or their respective Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.
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Anti-Terrorism Laws means each of: (a) the Executive Order; (b) the PATRIOT Act; (c) the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, 18 U.S.C. Sect. 1956 and any successor statute thereto; (d) the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada); (e) the Bank Secrecy Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (f) any other applicable law of the United States, Canada or any member state of the European Union now or hereafter enacted to monitor, deter or otherwise prevent: (i) terrorism or (ii) the funding or support of terrorism or (iii) money laundering
Applicable Spread has the meaning set forth in the Fee Letter.
Applicable Originator shall mean the Originator which generated a specific Receivable (or Receivables).
Approved Fund means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by a Purchaser, an Affiliate of a Purchaser or an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Purchaser.
Assumption Agreement means an agreement substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit VII to the Agreement.
Available Commitment means, with respect to each Related Committed Purchaser, the excess, if any, of such Related Committed Purchasers Commitment over the amount funded as of such date by such Related Committed Purchaser hereunder or with respect to outstanding principal of the Receivable Interests under the Liquidity Agreement for the Conduit Purchaser, if any, in the related Purchaser Group.
Available Tenor
means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the
then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (x) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or
component thereof) or
that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Agreement or (y) otherwise, any payment period for interestYield calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof), as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period for any term rate or
otherwise, 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 clause (e) of Section
4.5.4.5(d).
Bank Funding means the funding of a Receivable Interest hereunder by any Purchaser other than through the issuance of Commercial Paper.
Bank Rate means, with respect to each Receivable Interest that is funded
through a Bank Funding, (a) the LIBO
RateTerm SOFR or (b) if the LIBO RateTerm
SOFR is not available in accordance with Section 4.3, the Alternate Base Rate.
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Benchmark means, initially, with respect to any (i) Invested Amount funded through
a Bank Funding, the applicable Bank Rate for such Invested Amount (which as of the Eighth Amendment Effective
Date shall be the Term SOFR Reference Rate) or (ii) Invested AmountAmounts funded by a Conduit Purchaser pursuant to clause (Bb) of the definition of CP Costs, the CP Costs for such Invested
Amount (which as of the Eighth Amendment Effective Date shall be the Term SOFR Reference Rate); provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event, a Term SOFR Transition Event, an Early Opt-in Election or an Other
Benchmark Rate Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have has occurred with respect to the applicable BankTerm SOFR Reference Rate, CP Costs or the then-current Benchmark for such Invested Amount, then Benchmark means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that
such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to clause (a) or clause (b) of
Section
4.5.4.5(a).
Benchmark Replacement means, for
any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date; provided that in the case of an Other Benchmark Rate Election, Benchmark Replacement shall mean the alternative set forth in (3) below:
(1) with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the sum of: (a) Term SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;
(2) the sum of:
(a) Daily Simple SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;(3) the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Agent and the Seller as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor 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
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the then-current Benchmark for Dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities denominated in U.S. Dollars at such time in the United States and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;
provided that, in the case of clause (1), such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement is displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as
selected by the Agent in its reasonable discretion; provided further that, in the case of clause (3), when such clause is used to determine the Benchmark Replacement in connection with the occurrence of an Other Benchmark Rate Election, the
alternate benchmark rate selected by the Agent and the Seller shall be the term benchmark rate that is used in lieu of a LIBOR-based rate in the relevant other Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities; provided further that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other Transaction Document, upon the occurrence of a Term SOFR Transition Event, and the delivery of a Term SOFR Notice, on the applicable
Benchmark Replacement Date the Benchmark
Replacement shall revert to and shall be deemed
to be the sum of (a) Term SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment, as set forth in
clause (1) of this definition (subject to the first proviso above).If the
Benchmark Replacement as at such time and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined pursuant to clause (1), (2) or (3) above would
be less than the Floor,
thesuch
Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
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Benchmark Replacement Adjustment means, with respect to any
replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such
Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement:
(1) for purposes of
clauses (1) and (2) of the definition of Benchmark Replacement, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Agent:
(a) the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or
negative value or zero) as of the Reference Time such Benchmark Replacement is first set for such Interest Period that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable
Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for the applicable Corresponding Tenor;
(b) the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) as of the Reference Time such Benchmark
Replacement is first set for such Interest Period that would apply to the fallback rate for a derivative transaction referencing the ISDA Definitions to be effective upon an index cessation event with respect to such Benchmark for the applicable
Corresponding Tenor; and(2) for purposes of
clause (3) of the definition of Benchmark Replacement,, 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 Agent and the Seller for the applicable Corresponding Tenor
giving due consideration to (i)(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 on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and/or
(iior (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 denominated in U.S. Dollars at such time;provided that, in the case of clause (1) above, such adjustment is displayed on a screen or other information
service that publishes such Benchmark Replacement Adjustment from time to time as selected by the Agent in its reasonable discretion.
Benchmark Replacement Conforming
Changes means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of Alternate Base Rate, the definition of Business Day, the definition of Interest Period, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of
purchase requests or prepayment, conversion or
continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational
matters) that the Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such
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Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice
is not administratively feasible or if the Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark
Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this
Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents).Date means
a date and time determined by the Agent, which date shall be no later than the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
Benchmark Replacement Date means, with respect to any Benchmark, the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:
(1a) in the case of clause (1a) or
(2b) of the definition of Benchmark Transition
Event,,
the later of
(ai) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (bii) 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
(2b) in the case of clause (3c) 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 no longer
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;
(3) in the case of a Term SOFR Transition Event, the date that is thirty (30) days after the date a Term SOFR Notice is provided to the Purchasers,
Purchaser Agent and the Seller pursuant to Section
4.5(b); or(4) in the case of an Early Opt-in Election or an Other Benchmark Rate Election, the sixth (6th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election or Other
Benchmark Rate Election, as applicable, is provided to the Purchasers and Purchaser Agents, so long as the Agent has not received, by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election
or Other Benchmark Rate Election, as applicable, is provided to the Purchasers and Purchaser Agents, written notice of objection to such Early Opt-in Election or Other Benchmark Rate Election, as applicable, from the Required Purchaser
Agents.
For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the
Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and (ii) the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1a) or (2b) 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, with respect to any Benchmark, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to suchthe then-current Benchmark:
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(1a) 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);
(2b) 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 Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve
BoardBank
of New York, the central bank for U.S. Dollars applicable to such Benchmark, 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 component), in each case, 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
(3c) 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 no longernot, or as of a specified future date will no longernot be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt, a Benchmark Transition Event will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
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, with respect to any Benchmark, the
period (if any)
(xa) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced suchthe then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Transaction Document in accordance with Section 4.5 and (yb) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced suchthe then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any
Transaction Document in accordance with Section 4.5.
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Beneficial Ownership Rule means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
Broken Funding Costs means for any
Receivable Interest which: (i) has its Invested Amount reduced (I) if funded with Commercial Paper, without compliance by Seller with the notice requirements hereunder or (II) if funded by reference to the Yield Rate and based upon the LIBO RateTerm
SOFR, on any date other than the Settlement Date or (ii) does not become subject to an Aggregate Reduction following the delivery of any Reduction Notice or (iii) is assigned by any
Conduit Purchaser to the Liquidity Providers under the related Liquidity Agreement or terminated prior to the date on which it was originally scheduled to end; an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the CP Costs or Yield (as applicable)
that would have accrued during the remainder of the Interest Periods or the tranche periods for Commercial Paper determined by the applicable Purchaser Agent to relate to such Receivable Interest (as applicable) subsequent to the date of such
reduction, assignment or termination (or in respect of clause (ii) above, the date such Aggregate Reduction was designated to occur pursuant to the Reduction Notice) of the Invested Amount of such Receivable Interest if such reduction,
assignment or termination had not occurred or such Reduction Notice had not been delivered, over (B) the sum of (x) to the extent all or a portion of such Invested Amount is allocated to another Receivable Interest, the amount of CP Costs
or Yield actually accrued during the remainder of such period on such Invested Amount for the new Receivable Interest, and (y) to the extent such Invested Amount is not allocated to another Receivable Interest, the income, if any, actually
received during the remainder of such period by the holder of such Receivable Interest from investing the portion of such Invested Amount not so allocated. In the event that the amount referred to in clause (B) exceeds the amount
referred to in clause (A), the relevant Purchaser or Purchasers agree to pay to Seller the amount of such excess (net of any amounts due to such Purchasers). All Broken Funding Costs shall be due and payable hereunder upon written
demand.
Business Day means any day on which banks are not authorized or
required to close in New York, New York, and The Depository Trust Company of New York is open for business, and, if the applicable Business Day relates to any computation or payment to be made with respect to the Yield Rate and based upon the LIBO Rate, any day on which dealings in dollar deposits are carried on in the London interbank marketTerm SOFR, any day that is a U.S. Government Securities Business Day.
Calculation Period means each accounting month specified in Part 1 of Exhibit XIV.
Capitalized Lease of a Person shall mean any lease of property by such Person as lessee which would be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Change in Control means any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) (A) shall have acquired beneficial interest of 50% or more of any outstanding class of equity interests having ordinary voting power in the election of the directors of Schein (other than the aggregate beneficial ownership of the Persons who are officers or directors of Schein as of September 12, 2012) or (B) shall obtain (i) the power (whether or not exercised) to elect a majority of Scheins directors or (ii) the board of directors of Schein shall not consist of a majority of Continuing Directors.
Closing Date April 17, 2013.
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Collection Account means each concentration account, depositary account, lock-box account or similar account in which any Collections are collected or deposited and which is listed on Exhibit I to the Account Disclosure Letter.
Collection Account Agreement means an agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit V, among Servicer, Seller, the Agent and a Collection Bank.
Collection Bank means, at any time, any of the banks holding one or more Collection Accounts.
Collection Notice means a notice, in substantially the form of Annex A to Exhibit V, from the Agent to a Collection Bank.
Collections means, with respect to any Receivable, all cash collections and other cash proceeds in respect of such Receivable, including, without limitation, all Finance Charges or other related amounts accruing in respect thereof and all cash proceeds of Related Security with respect to such Receivable.
Commercial Paper means, with respect to any Conduit Purchaser, (a) promissory notes issued by such Conduit Purchaser in the commercial paper market or (b) on any day, any short-term notes or any other form of debt issued by or on behalf of such Conduit Purchaser in the ordinary course of its financing business or obligations pursuant to interest rate basis swaps entered into in connection with the issuance of such short-term notes.
Commitment means, with respect to each Related Committed Purchaser, the aggregate maximum amount which such Purchaser is obligated to pay hereunder on account of all Purchases, which amount is the amount set forth as its Commitment in the right column of Exhibit XV, or in the Assumption Agreement or Transfer Supplement, pursuant to which it became a Purchaser, as such amount may be modified in connection with any subsequent assignment pursuant to Section 12.1 or in connection with a reduction in the Maximum Purchase Limit pursuant to Section 1.1(b).
Commitment Percentage means, for each Related Committed Purchaser in a Purchaser Group, such Related Committed Purchasers Commitment divided by the total of all Commitments of all Related Committed Purchasers in such Purchaser Group.
Concentration Percentage means (i) for any Group A Obligor, 10.00%, (ii) for any Group B Obligor, 10.00%, (iii) for any Group C Obligor, 5.00% and (iv) for any Group D Obligor, 2.50%.
Conduit Purchasers means each Purchaser that is a commercial paper conduit.
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 Alternate 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
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payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Broken Funding Costs and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents).
Consolidated Subsidiary shall mean, at any date, for any Person, any Subsidiary or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated under GAAP with those of such Person in its consolidated financial statements as of such date.
Contingent Obligation of a Person means any agreement, undertaking or arrangement by which such Person assumes, guarantees, endorses, contingently agrees to purchase or provide funds for the payment of, or otherwise becomes or is contingently liable upon, the obligation or liability of any other Person, or agrees to maintain the net worth or working capital or other financial condition of any other Person, or otherwise assures any creditor of such other Person against loss, including, without limitation, any comfort letter, operating agreement, take-or-pay contract or application for a letter of credit.
Continuing Directors means, as to Schein, the directors of Schein as of September 12, 2012, and each other director of Schein whose nomination for election to the Board of Directors of Schein is recommended by a majority of the then Continuing Directors.
Contract means, with respect to any Receivable, any and all instruments, agreements, invoices or other writings pursuant to which such Receivable arises or which evidence such Receivable.
Contractual Dilution means any amount by which a Receivable is reduced prior to payment by the relevant Obligor as a result of allowances, discounts, sales programs or rebates which are customary and specified in a sales contract or applicable obligor program.
Corresponding Tenor means, with respect to any Available Tenor, as applicable, either a tenor
(including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.
CP Costs means, for each day for any Conduit Purchaser (a) the weighted average cost (as defined below) for such day related to the issuance of Commercial Paper by or on behalf of such Conduit Purchaser that is allocated, in whole or in part by such Conduit Purchaser, to fund all or part of its Purchases (and which may also be allocated in part to the funding of other assets of such Conduit Purchaser) or (b) any other amount designated as the CP Costs for such Conduit Purchaser in an Assumption Agreement or Transfer Supplement pursuant to which such Conduit Purchaser becomes a party (as a Conduit Purchaser) to the Agreement, or any other written agreement among such Conduit Purchaser, the Seller, the Servicer, the related Purchaser Agent and the Agent from time to time. As used in this definition, the weighted average cost shall consist of (A) the actual interest rate (or discount) paid to purchasers of Commercial Paper issued
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by or on behalf of such Conduit Purchaser, together with the commissions of placement agents and dealers in respect of such Commercial Paper, to the extent such commissions are allocated, in whole or in part, to such Commercial Paper (B) the costs associated with the issuance of such Commercial Paper, including without limitation, issuing and paying agent fees incurred with respect to such Commercial Paper, (C) any incremental carrying costs incurred with respect to Commercial Paper maturing on dates other than those on which corresponding funds are received by such Conduit Purchaser under this Agreement and (D) interest on other borrowing or funding sources by such Conduit Purchaser, including, without limitation, (i) to fund small or odd dollar amounts that are not easily accommodated in the commercial paper market, (ii) bridge loans, (iii) market disruption loans, (iv) subordinate notes and (v) voluntary advance facilities.
Credit Agreement means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of September 12, 2012, among Schein, as borrower, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as syndication agent and U.S. Bank National Association, MUFG, UniCredit Bank AG and The Bank of New York Mellon, as co-documentation agents, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Credit and Collection Policy means, as applicable, Scheins credit and collection policies and practices relating to Contracts and Receivables existing on the date hereof and provided to the Agent and each Purchaser Agent, as modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
Cut-Off Date means the last day of a Calculation Period.
Daily Simple SOFR means, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which may include a lookback) being established by the Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate
selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining Daily Simple SOFR for business loans; provided, that if the Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Agent, then the Agent may establish another
convention in its reasonable discretion.
Deemed Collections means Collections deemed received by Seller under Section 1.4(a).
Default Rate means a rate per annum equal to the sum of (a) Prime Rate and (b) 1.50%.
Default Ratio means, as of any Cut-Off Date, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) computed by dividing (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of Receivables which became Defaulted Receivables during the Calculation Period that includes such Cut-Off Date by (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of Receivables originated by the Originators during the Calculation Period occurring four (4) months prior to the Calculation Period ending on such Cut-Off Date.
Defaulted Receivable means a Receivable (without duplication): (i) as to which the Obligor thereof has suffered an Event of Bankruptcy; (ii) which, consistent with the Credit and Collection Policy, should be written off Sellers books as uncollectible; or (iii) as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for more than ninety (90) days but equal to or less than one hundred and twenty (120) days from the original due date for such payment (determined without regard to any extension of the due date pursuant to Section 8.2(d)).
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Delinquency Ratio means, as of any Cut-Off Date, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) computed by dividing (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Delinquent Receivables as of such Cut-Off Date by (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables as of such Cut-Off Date.
Delinquent Receivable means a Receivable (other than a Defaulted Receivable) as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for more than 60 days from the original due date for such payment (determined without regard to any extension of the due date pursuant to Section 8.2(d)).
Diluted Receivable means a Receivable which in whole or in part has become a subject of reduction as a result of returned products, defect, dispute, warranty, cash discounts, allowances, rebates, rejections, set off, netting, deficit, failure to perform on the part of the related Originator, adjustment, or any other reason besides reasons pertaining to the credit worthiness of the related Obligor.
Dilution means the amount of any reduction or cancellation of the Outstanding Balance of a Receivable as described in Section 1.4(a).
Dilution Horizon Ratio means as of any date, a ratio (expressed as a percentage), computed as of the last day of the most recently ended Calculation Period by dividing (i) the sum of the aggregate amount of gross sales of the Originators generated during the most recently ended Calculation Period by (ii) the amount equal to the Non-Defaulted Receivables Balance as of the last day of the most recently ended Calculation Period.
Dilution Ratio means, as of any Cut-Off Date, a ratio (expressed as a percentage) computed by dividing (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of Receivables that became Diluted Receivables (excluding any portion thereof constituting Contractual Dilution) during the Calculation Period ending on such Cut-Off Date by (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of Receivables generated by the Originators during the Calculation Period immediately prior to the Calculation Period ending on such Cut-Off Date.
Dilution Reserve Floor Percentage means the product of:
ADR x DHR
where:
ADR = Adjusted Dilution Ratio;
DHR = Dilution Horizon Ratio.
Dilution Spike means, at any time, the highest three (3) month average Dilution Ratio observed over the previous 12 months.
Dilution Volatility Ratio means the product of:
((DS ADR) x DS/ADR)
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where:
ADR = Adjusted Dilution Ratio;
DS = Dilution Spike
Dispute shall mean any dispute, deduction, claim, offset, defense, counterclaim, set-off or obligation of any kind, contingent or otherwise, relating to a Receivable, including, without limitation, any dispute relating to goods or services already paid for.
Dollar and $ shall mean lawful currency of the United States of America.
Dynamic Dilution Reserve Percentage means, at any time, a percentage calculated as follows:
((SF x ADR) + DVR) x DHR
where:
SF = stress factor of 2.00;
ADR = Adjusted Dilution Ratio;
DVR = Dilution Volatility Ratio;
DHR = Dilution Horizon Ratio.
Dynamic Loss Reserve Percentage means, at any time, the product of:
SF x DR x LHR
where:
SF = stress factor of 2.00;
DR = the highest three-month average Default Ratio over (x) from October 20, 2021 through the Calculation Period ending on November 27, 2021, each Calculation Period from the Calculation Period ending on December 26, 2020 through the Calculation Period that immediately precedes the Calculation Period in which such date of determination occurs and (y) at all other times, the past 12 months;
LHR = Loss Horizon Ratio.
Early Opt-in Election means, if the then current Benchmark with respect to U.S. Dollars is the LIBO
Rate, the occurrence of:Eighth Amendment Date means
December 15, 2022.
(1)
a notification by the Agent to (or the request by the Seller to the Agent to notify) each of the other parties hereto that at least five currently outstanding
Dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time contain (as a result of amendment or as originally executed) a SOFR- based rate (including SOFR, a term SOFR or any other rate based upon SOFR) as a benchmark rate (and such syndicated credit facilities are identified in such notice and are
publicly available for review), and
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(2)
the joint election by the Agent and the Seller to trigger a fallback from the LIBO Rate and the provision, as applicable, by the Agent of written notice of such
election to the Seller and the Purchasers.
Eligible Receivable means, at any time, a Receivable:
(a) which, together with the related Contract, complies with all applicable Laws and other legal requirements, whether Federal, state or local, including, without limitation, to the extent applicable, usury laws, the Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act, the Fair Credit Billing Act, the Federal Truth in Lending Act, and Regulation Z of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;
(b) which constitutes an account, chattel paper or a payment intangible as defined in the UCC as in effect in the State of New York and the jurisdiction whose Law governs the perfection of the Agents (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) ownership and security interest therein, and is not evidenced by an instrument, as defined in the UCC as so in effect;
(c) which was originated in connection with a sale of goods or the provision of services by the Applicable Originator in the ordinary course of its business to an Obligor who was approved by the Applicable Originator in accordance with its Credit and Collection Policy, and which Obligor is not an Affiliate of the Seller or the Applicable Originator;
(d) which (i) arises from a Contract and has been billed, or in respect of which the related Obligor is otherwise liable, in accordance with the terms of such Contract and (ii) arises from a Contract that (A) does not require the Obligor under such Contract to consent to the transfer, sale or assignment of the rights and duties of the Applicable Originator or the Seller under such Contract and (B) does not contain any provision that restricts the ability of the Agent, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser to exercise its rights under this Agreement (or the Receivables Sale Agreement), including, without limitation, the right to review the Contract;
(e) which constitutes a legal, valid, binding and irrevocable payment obligation of the related Obligor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, and which is not subject to any Disputes or other offsets, counterclaims, defenses or contra accounts; provided that (1) if such Dispute, offset, counterclaim, defense or contra accounts affects only a portion of the Outstanding Balance of such Receivable or (2) if such Receivable is subject to Contractual Dilution then such Receivable may be deemed an Eligible Receivable to the extent of the portion of such Outstanding Balance which is not so affected;
(f) which provides for payment in U.S. Dollars and is to be paid in the United States by the related Obligor;
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(g) with respect to which the related Contract directs (or the Servicer has directed) payment thereof to be sent to a Lock-Box or the Collection Account;
(h) which has not been repurchased by any Originator pursuant to the repurchase provisions of the Receivables Sale Agreement;
(i) which is not a Defaulted Receivable or Delinquent Receivable;
(j) which has a related Obligor (i) for which no more than 35% of the aggregate Outstanding Balances of Receivables owed by such Obligor are greater than 90 days past due and (ii) which is not the subject of a current Event of Bankruptcy and has not been the subject of an Event of Bankruptcy during the prior 24 months unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Agent and the Required Purchaser Agents;
(k) which has a related Obligor that is a Person domiciled in the United States of America; provided that Receivables owed by Obligors not domiciled in the United States are permitted to be Eligible Receivables if the related Obligor is a resident of an OECD country;
(l) which was not originated in or subject to the Laws of a jurisdiction whose Laws would make such Receivable, the related Contract or the sale of the Receivable Interests to the Seller or Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers, or the pledge of the security interest to the Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties), hereunder unlawful, invalid or unenforceable and which is not subject to any legal limitation on transfer;
(m) which (i) immediately prior to the sale of such Receivable to the Seller under and in accordance with the Receivables Sale Agreement, was owned solely by the Applicable Originator free and clear of all Liens, except for the Lien arising in connection with the Receivables Sale Agreement, (ii) was transferred to the Seller in a true sale or true contribution under the Receivables Sale Agreement and (iii) after such sale, is owned solely by the Seller free and clear of all Liens, except for the Lien arising in connection with this Agreement;
(n) for which all goods, services, and other products and transactions in connection with such Receivable have been finally performed or delivered to and accepted by the Obligor without Dispute;
(o) which does not provide the Obligor with the right to obtain any cash advance thereunder;
(p) which by its terms has Invoice Payment Terms of less than 91 days; provided that an Extended Term Receivable may be an Eligible Receivable if the Invoice Payment Terms of such Extended Term Receivable do not exceed 180 days;
(q) which is an eligible asset within the meaning of Rule 3a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time;
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(s) which has terms which have not been modified, impaired, waived, altered, extended or renegotiated since the initial sale or provision of service to an Obligor in any way not expressly permitted for in this Agreement;
(t) which represents all or part of the sales price of merchandise, insurance, services, and goods within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, Section 3(c)(5), as amended, and which is sold by the Applicable Originator in the ordinary course of business;
(u) for which the purchase of such Receivable is a current transaction within Section 3(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; and
(v) the Obligor of which is not a Sanctioned Person.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any rule or regulation issued thereunder.
ERISA Affiliate means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with Schein within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code).
ERISA Event means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a complete or partial withdrawal from a Multiemployer Plan that results in liability to Schein or any ERISA Affiliate, or the receipt or delivery by Schein or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice with respect to any Multiemployer Plan concerning the imposition of liability as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA; (c) a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; (d) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Pension Plan; (e) the PBGC or a plan administrator shall, or shall indicate its intention in writing to Schein or any ERISA Affiliate to, terminate any Pension Plan or appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan; (f) Schein or any ERISA Affiliate incurs liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Pension Plan; (g) a failure by any Pension Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standards (as defined in Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Pension Plan, in each instance, whether or not waived or (h) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon Schein or any ERISA Affiliate.
Event of Bankruptcy shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to a Person if either:
(a) a case or other proceeding shall be commenced, without the application or consent of such Person, in any court, seeking the liquidation, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment of debts of such Person, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, sequestrator or the like for such Person or all or substantially all of its assets, or any similar action with respect to such Person under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
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winding up or composition or adjustment of debts, and such case or proceeding shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period of 60 consecutive days; or an order for relief in respect of such Person shall be entered in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect; or
(b) such Person shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee (other than a trustee under a deed of trust, indenture or similar instrument), custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) for, such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall be adjudicated insolvent, or admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or, if a corporation or similar entity, its board of directors shall vote to implement any of the foregoing.
Excepted Persons has the meaning set forth in Section 13.4.
Excess Concentration means, without duplication, the sum of the following amounts:
(a) the sum of the amounts calculated for each of the Obligors equal to the excess (if any) of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of the Eligible Receivables of such Obligor, over the product of (x) such Obligors Concentration Percentage, multiplied by (y) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables; plus
(b) the amount (if any) by which the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables owed by Obligors not domiciled in the United States and are residents of an OECD country, exceeds 5.00% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables; plus
(c) the amount (if any) by which the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables that are Extended Term Receivables, exceeds 5.00% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables; plus
(d) the amount (if any) by which the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables that are Government Receivables, exceeds 5.00% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables; plus
(e) the amount (if any) by which the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables that are Rebilled Receivables exceeds 1.50% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables originated by the Originators during the Calculation Period that immediately precede such date of determination.
Excluded Taxes has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(d).
Executive Order means Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financings: Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism issued on September 23, 2001.
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Extended Term Receivables means a Receivable with Invoice Payment Terms greater than 90 days.
Facility Account means that certain account of the Seller maintained at The Bank of New York Mellon and as set forth in that certain letter dated as of the date hereof from the Seller to the Purchaser Agents.
Facility Termination Date means the earliest to occur of: (a) the Scheduled Facility Termination Date, (b) the date determined pursuant to Section 9.2, (c) the Termination Date and (d) the date the Maximum Purchase Limit reduces to zero pursuant to Section 1.1(b) of this Agreement.
FATCA means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Federal Bankruptcy Code means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled Bankruptcy, as amended and any successor statute thereto.
Federal Funds Effective Rate means, for any period for any Purchaser, a fluctuating interest rate per annum for each day during such period equal to (i) the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the Composite Closing Quotations for U.S. Government Securities; or (ii) if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations at approximately 11:30 a.m. (New York time) for such day on such transactions received by the related Purchaser Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
Federal Reserve Bank means any bank in the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
Federal Reserve Board means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
Fee Letter means each fee letter with respect to this Agreement among Seller, Schein and the applicable Purchaser Agent, as it may be amended, restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
Fifth Amendment Date means May 13, 2019.
Final Payout Date means the date on which all Aggregate Unpaids have been paid in full and the Maximum Purchase Limit has been reduced to zero.
Finance Charges means, with respect to a Contract, any finance, interest, late payment charges or similar charges owing by an Obligor pursuant to such Contract.
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Fiscal Year shall mean, for accounting purposes of each of the Seller and the Servicer, the following dates: (i) for Fiscal Year 2013, December 30, 2012 until December 28, 2013, (ii) for Fiscal Year 2014, December 29, 2013 until December 27, 2014, (iii) for Fiscal Year 2015, December 28, 2014 until December 26, 2015 and (iv) for Fiscal Year 2016, December 27, 2015 until December 31, 2016.
Floor: the benchmark rate floor,
if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to the LIBO Rate, as applicable. means 0.00%.
Funding Agreement means (i) this Agreement, (ii) each Liquidity Agreement and (iii) any other agreement or instrument executed by any Funding Source with or for the benefit of any Conduit Purchaser.
Funding Source means (i) the Agent, any Purchaser Agent or any Liquidity Provider or (ii) any insurance company, bank or other funding entity providing liquidity, credit enhancement or back-up purchase support or facilities to any Conduit Purchaser.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States of America as of the date of this Agreement.
Government Receivables shall mean, at the time, any Receivables for which the related Obligor is the United States of America, any State or local government or any Federal or state agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof.
Group A Obligor means an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such parent or majority owner is a guarantor on the related Contract) with a short-term rating of at least: (a) A-1 by Standard & Poors or, if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Standard & Poors, a rating of A+ or better by Standard & Poors on such Obligors (or, if applicable, its parents or its majority owners) long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities, and (b) P-1 by Moody, or, if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Moodys, a rating of Al or better by Moodys on such Obligors (or, if applicable, its parents or its majority owners) long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities; provided, that if an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such parent or majority owner is a guarantor on the related Contract) receives a split rating from Standard & Poors and Moodys, then such Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable) shall be deemed to have the lower of the two ratings; provided, further, that if an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such parent or majority owner is a guarantor on the related Contract) is rated by either Standard & Poors or Moodys, but not both, and satisfies either clause (a) or clause (b) above, then such Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable) shall be deemed to be a Group B Obligor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Obligor that is a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of an Obligor that satisfies the definition of Group A Obligor shall be deemed to be a Group A Obligor and shall be aggregated with the Obligor that satisfies such definition for the purposes of clause (i) of the definition of Excess Concentration for such Obligors, unless such deemed Obligor separately satisfies the definition of Group A Obligor, Group B Obligor, or Group C Obligor, in which case such Obligor shall be separately treated as a Group A Obligor, a Group B Obligor or a Group C Obligor, as the case may be, and shall be aggregated and combined for such purposes with any of its Subsidiaries that are Obligors.
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Group B Obligor means an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such parent or majority owner is a guarantor on the related Contract) that is not a Group A Obligor and that has a short-term rating of at least: (a) A-2 by Standard & Poors or, if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Standard & Poors, a rating of BBB+ or better by Standard & Poors on such Obligors (or, if applicable, its parents or its majority owners) long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities, and (b) P-2 by Moodys or, if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Moodys, a rating of Baal or better by Moodys on such Obligors (or, if applicable, its parents or its majority owners) long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities; provided, that if an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such parent or majority owner is a guarantor on the related Contract) receives a split rating from Standard & Poors and Moodys, then such Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable) shall be deemed to have the lower of the two ratings; provided, further, that if an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such parent or majority owner is a guarantor on the related Contract) is rated by either Standard & Poors or Moodys, but not both, and satisfies either clause (a) or clause (b) above, then such Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable) shall be deemed to be a Group C Obligor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Obligor that is a Subsidiary or Affiliate of an Obligor that satisfies the definition of Group B Obligor shall be deemed to be a Group B Obligor and shall be aggregated with the Obligor that satisfies such definition for the purposes of clause (i) of the definition of Excess Concentration for such Obligors, unless such deemed Obligor separately satisfies the definition of Group A Obligor, Group B Obligor, or Group C Obligor, in which case such Obligor shall be separately treated as a Group A Obligor, a Group B Obligor or a Group C Obligor, as the case may be, and shall be aggregated and combined for such purposes with any of its Subsidiaries that are Obligors.
Group C Obligor means an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such parent or majority owner is a guarantor on the related Contract) that is not a Group A Obligor or a Group B Obligor and that has a short-term rating of at least: (a) A-3 by Standard & Poors or, if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Standard & Poors, a rating of BBB- or better by Standard & Poors on such Obligors (or, if applicable, its parents or its majority owners) long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities, and (b) P-3 by Moodys or, if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Moodys, a rating of Baa3 or better by Moodys on such Obligors (or, if applicable, its parents or its majority owners) long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities; provided, that if an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such parent or majority owner is a guarantor on the related Contract) receives a split rating from Standard & Poors and Moodys, then such Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable) shall be deemed to have the lower of the two ratings; provided, further, that if an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such parent or majority owner is a guarantor on the related Contract) is rated by either Standard & Poors or Moodys, but not both, and satisfies either clause (a) or clause (b) above, then such Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable) shall be deemed to be a Group D Obligor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Obligor that is a Subsidiary or Affiliate of an Obligor that satisfies the definition of Group C Obligor shall be deemed to be a Group C Obligor and shall be aggregated with the Obligor that satisfies such definition for the purposes of clause (i) of the definition of Excess Concentration for such Obligors, unless such deemed Obligor separately satisfies the definition of Group A Obligor, Group B Obligor, or Group C Obligor, in which case such Obligor shall be separately treated as a Group A Obligor, a Group B Obligor or a Group C Obligor, as the case may be, and shall be aggregated and combined for such purposes with any of its Subsidiaries that are Obligors.
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Group Commitment means, with respect to any Purchaser Group, the aggregate of the Commitments of each Purchaser within such Purchaser Group.
Group D Obligor means any Obligor that is not a Group A Obligor, Group B Obligor or Group C Obligor, Any Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such Obligor is unrated) that is rated by neither Moodys nor Standard & Poors shall be a Group D Obligor.
Group Invested Amount means, with respect to any Purchaser Group, an amount equal to the aggregate Invested Amount of all the Purchasers within such Purchaser Group.
Guarantee shall mean, as applied to any Indebtedness, (i) a guarantee (other than by endorsement for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner, of any part or all of such Indebtedness or (ii) an agreement, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, providing assurance of the payment or performance (or payment of damages in the event of non-performance) of any part or all of such Indebtedness, including, without limiting the foregoing, the payment of amounts drawn down by letters of credit. The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be the maximum amount of the Indebtedness guaranteed for which the guarantor could be held liable under such Guarantee.
Incremental Purchase means a purchase of one or more Receivable Interests which increases the total outstanding Aggregate Invested Amount hereunder.
Indebtedness of any Person shall mean, without duplication, (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, or upon which interest payments are customarily made, (iii) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by such Person (other than customary reservations or retentions of title under agreements with suppliers entered into in the ordinary course of business), (iv) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services purchased by such Person (other than trade debt incurred in the ordinary course of business and due within twelve months of the incurrence thereof) which would appear as liabilities on a balance sheet of such Person, (v) all obligations of such Person under take-or-pay or similar arrangements or under commodities agreements, (vi) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on, or payable out of the proceeds of production from, property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed, provided that for purposes hereof the amount of such Indebtedness shall be limited to the greater of (A) the amount of such Indebtedness as to which there is recourse to such Person and (B) the fair market value of the property which is subject to the Lien, (vii) all Guarantees of such Person, (viii) the principal portion of all obligations of such Person under Capitalized Leases, (ix) all obligations of such Person in respect of interest rate protection agreements, foreign currency exchange agreements, commodity purchase or option agreements or other interest or exchange rate or commodity price hedging agreements, (x) the maximum amount of all standby letters of credit issued or bankers acceptances facilities created for the account of such Person and, without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder (to the extent unreimbursed), (xi) all preferred stock issued by such Person and required
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by the terms thereof to be redeemed, or for which mandatory sinking fund payments are due by a fixed date, (xii) the principal balance outstanding under any securitization transaction and (xiii) the principal balance outstanding under any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing product to which such Person is a party, where such transaction is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, but only to the extent to which there is recourse to such Person for payment of such Indebtedness.
Indemnified Amounts has the meaning specified in Section 10.1.
Indemnified Party has the meaning specified in Section 10.1.
Independent Director means an individual who (A)(i) shall not have been at the time of such individuals appointment as a director, (ii) may not have been at any time during the preceding five (5) years and (iii) shall not be while serving as Independent Director for the Seller (a) a shareholder of, or an officer, director (other than an Independent Director), member, partner, attorney, counsel or employee of, the Seller or any Affiliate thereof, (b) a customer, creditor or contractor of, or supplier to the Seller, or any of its Affiliates, (c) a Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with, any such shareholder, officer, director, member, partner, attorney, counsel, employee, customer or supplier, or (d) a member of the immediate family of any such shareholder, officer, director, member, partner, employee, customer or supplier and (B) shall have (i) prior experience as an independent director, independent manager or independent member and who is provided by CT Corporation, Corporation Service Company, National Registered Agents, Inc., Wilmington Trust Company, Stewart Management Company, Lord Securities Corporation or, if none of those companies is then providing professional independent directors, another nationally-recognized company reasonably approved by the Agent, in each case that is not an Affiliate of the Seller and that provides professional independent directors and other corporate services in the ordinary course of its business and (ii) at least three (3) years of employment experience with one or more entities that provide, in the ordinary course of their respective businesses, advisory, management or placement services to issuers of securitization or structured finance instruments, agreements or securities.
Interest Period means with respect to any Receivable Interest funded through a Bank Funding:
(a) the period commencing on the date of the initial funding of such Receivable Interest through a Bank Funding and including on, but excluding, the Business Day immediately preceding the next following Settlement Date; and
(b) thereafter, each period commencing on, and including, the Business Day immediately preceding a Settlement Date and ending on, but excluding, the Business Day immediately preceding the next following Settlement Date.
Internal Revenue Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time and any successor thereto, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
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Invested Amount of any Receivable Interest means, at any time, (A) the Purchase Price of such Receivable Interest paid by the Purchasers, minus (B) the sum of the aggregate amount of Collections and other payments received by the applicable Purchaser Agent which, in each case, are applied to reduce such Invested Amount in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; provided that such Invested Amount shall be restored (in accordance with Section 2.4) in the amount of any Collections or other payments so received and applied if at any time the distribution of such Collections or payments are rescinded, returned or refunded for any reason.
Invoice Payment Terms means, with respect to any Receivable, the number of days following the date of the related original invoice by which such Receivable is required to be paid in full, as set forth in such original invoice.
ISDA
Definitions means the 2006 ISDA
Definitions published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to
time by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or such successor thereto.
Law shall mean any law (including common law), constitution, statute, treaty, regulation, rule, ordinance, order, injunction, writ, decree or award of any Official Body.
LIBO Rate means for any Interest Period either (a) the interest rate per
annum designated as MUFGs LIBO Rate for a period of time comparable to such Interest Period
that appears on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page as of 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on the second Business Day preceding the first day of such Interest Period or (b) if a rate cannot be determined under clause (a), an annual rate equal to the average (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) of the rates per
annum at which deposits in U.S. Dollars with a
duration comparable to such Interest Period in a principal amount substantially equal to the applicable Rate Tranche are offered to the principal London office of MUFG by three London banks, selected by Agent in good faith, at approximately 11:00
a.m. London time on the second Business Day preceding the first day of such Interest Period. If the calculation of the LIBO Rate results in a LIBO Rate of less than zero (0), the LIBO Rate shall be deemed to be zero (0) for all purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents.
Lien means, in respect of the property of any Person, any ownership interest of any other Person, any mortgage, deed of trust, hypothecation, pledge, lien, security interest, filing of any financing statement, charge or other encumbrance or security arrangement of any nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, any conditional sale or title retention arrangement, and any assignment, deposit arrangement, consignment or lease intended as, or having the effect of, security.
Liquidity Agent means each of the banks acting as agent for the various Liquidity Providers under each Liquidity Agreement.
Liquidity Agreement means any agreement entered into in connection with this Agreement pursuant to which a Liquidity Provider agrees to make purchases or advances to, or purchase assets from, any Conduit Purchaser in order to provide liquidity for such Conduit Purchasers Purchases.
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Liquidity Provider means each bank or other financial institution that provides liquidity support to any Conduit Purchaser pursuant to the terms of a Liquidity Agreement.
Location shall mean, with respect to the Seller, any Originator or the Servicer, the place where the Seller, such Originator or the Servicer, as the case may be, is located (within the meaning of Section 9-307, or any analogous provision, of the UCC, in effect in the jurisdiction whose Law governs the perfection of the Agents (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) interests in any Purchased Assets).
Lock-Box means each locked postal box with respect to which a bank who has executed a Collection Account Agreement has been granted exclusive access for the purpose of retrieving and processing payments made on the Receivables and which is listed on Exhibit I to the Account Disclosure Letter.
Loss Horizon Ratio means, as of any Cut-Off Date, the ratio (expressed as a decimal) computed by dividing (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of Receivables generated by the Originators during the preceding four Calculation Periods prior to the Calculation Period ending on such Cut-Off Date by (ii) the amount equal to the Non-Defaulted Receivables Balance as of the last day of the most recently ended Calculation Period.
Loss Reserve Floor means 10%.
Maximum Purchase Limit means $450,000,000, as such amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 1.1(b) or increased pursuant to Section 1.1(c).
Maximum Purchase Limit Decrease Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(b).
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc.
MUFG means MUFG Bank, Ltd. (f/k/a The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.), in its individual capacity and its successors.
Multiemployer Plan means a multiemployer plan, within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which Schein or any ERISA Affiliate makes, is making, or is obligated to make contributions or, during the preceding three calendar years, has made, or been obligated to make, contributions.
Net Pool Balance means, at any time, the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables at such time reduced by the Excess Concentration.
Non-Defaulted Receivables Balance means an aggregate balance, for a given Calculation Period, of all Receivables as to which no payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for more than ninety (90) days from the original due date for such payment (determined without regard to any extension of the date due pursuant to Section 8.2(d)).
Obligor shall mean, for any Receivable, each and every Person who purchased goods or services on credit under a Contract and who is obligated to make payments to an Originator or the Seller as assignee thereof pursuant to such Contract.
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Obligor Percentage means, at any time, for each Obligor, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, (a) the numerator of which is the aggregate Outstanding Balance of the Eligible Receivables of such Obligor at such time less the amount (if any) then included in the calculation of the Excess Concentration pursuant to clause (a) of the definition thereof with respect to such Obligor, and (b) the denominator of which is the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables at such time.
OFAC has the meaning set forth in the definition of Sanctioned Person.
Official Body shall mean any government or political subdivision or any agency, authority, bureau, central bank, commission, department or instrumentality of either, or any court, tribunal, grand jury or arbitrator, in each case whether foreign or domestic.
Originator means each of Schein and each other Person, if any, party to the Receivables Sale Agreement from time to time as a seller.
Other Benchmark Rate
Election: with respect to any
Invested Amount denominated in U.S. Dollars, if the then-current Benchmark is the LIBO Rate, the occurrence of:
(a) a request by the Seller to the Agent to notify each of
the other parties hereto that, at the determination of the Seller, Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time contain (as a result of amendment or as originally executed), in lieu of a LIBOR-based rate, a term benchmark rate as a
benchmark rate, and
(b) the Agent, in its sole discretion, and the Seller jointly elect to trigger a fallback from the LIBO Rate and the provision, as applicable, by the Agent of written notice
of such election to the Seller, the Purchasers and Purchaser Agents.
Outstanding Balance of any Receivable at any time means the then outstanding principal balance thereof.
Participant has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1(b).
Patriot Act has the meaning set forth in Section 13.14.
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto.
Pension Plan means a pension plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to Title IV of ERISA which Schein or any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or maintains, or to which Schein or any of its ERISA Affiliates makes, is making, or is obligated to make contributions, including a multiple employer plan (as described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA), or with respect to which Schein or any of its ERISA Affiliates has any liability, contingent or otherwise.
Performance Guarantor means Henry Schein, Inc.
Performance Undertaking means that certain Performance Undertaking, dated as of April 17, 2013 by Performance Guarantor in favor of Seller, substantially in the form of Exhibit IX, as the same may be further amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
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Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day has the meaning specified in the definition of Term SOFR.
Person means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.
Portfolio Turnover means, as of any Cut-Off Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) (A) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables as of such Cut-Off Date divided by (B) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of Receivables generated by the Originators during the Calculation Period including such Cut-Off Date, multiplied by (ii) 30.
Prime Rate means, for any day for any Purchaser, a rate per annum equal to the prime rate of interest announced from time to time by the related Purchaser Agent (which is not necessarily the lowest rate charged to any customer), changing when and as said prime rate changes.
Proposed Reduction Date has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.
Purchase means an Incremental Purchase or a Reinvestment.
Purchase Date means each Business Day on which a Purchase is made hereunder.
Purchase Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2.
Purchase Price means, with respect to any Incremental Purchase of a Receivable Interest, the amount paid to Seller for such Receivable Interest which shall not exceed the least of (i) the amount requested by Seller in the applicable Purchase Notice, (ii) the unused portion of the Maximum Purchase Limit on the applicable Purchase Date and (iii) the excess, if any, of the Net Pool Balance less the Required Reserve on the applicable Purchase Date over the aggregate outstanding amount of Aggregate Invested Amount determined as of the date of the most recent Settlement Report, without taking into account such proposed Incremental Purchase.
Purchased Assets means all of Sellers right, title and interest, whether now owned and existing or hereafter arising in and to all of the Receivables, the Related Security, the Collections and all proceeds of the foregoing.
Purchaser means each Uncommitted Purchaser and/or each Related Committed Purchaser, as applicable.
Purchaser Agent means each Person acting as agent on behalf of a Purchaser Group and designated as a Purchaser Agent for such Purchaser Group on the signature pages to the Agreement or any other Person who becomes a party to this Agreement as a Purchaser Agent pursuant to an Assumption Agreement or a Transfer Supplement.
Purchaser Group means, for each Purchaser Agent, the Uncommitted Purchaser (if any) and Related Committed Purchasers (if any) (and, to the extent applicable, its related Funding Sources and Indemnified Parties) identified as a Purchaser Group for purposes of this Agreement.
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Purchasers Portion means, on any date of determination, the sum of the percentages represented by the Receivable Interests of the Purchasers.
Purchasing Related Committed Purchaser has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1(c).
Ratable Share means, for each Purchaser Group, such Purchaser Groups Group Commitments divided by the aggregate Group Commitments of all Purchaser Groups.
Rebilled Receivables means any Receivable that arises from the crediting and re-billing of an existing Receivable.
Receivable means all indebtedness and other obligations owed to Seller or any Originator (at the time it arises, and before giving effect to any transfer or conveyance under the Receivables Sale Agreement) or in which Seller or an Originator has a security interest or other interest, including, without limitation, any indebtedness, obligation or interest constituting an account, chattel paper, instrument or general intangible, arising in connection with the sale of goods or the rendering of services by an Originator, and further includes, without limitation, the obligation to pay any Finance Charges (if any) with respect thereto. Indebtedness and other rights and obligations arising from any one transaction, including, without limitation, indebtedness and other rights and obligations represented by an individual invoice, shall constitute a Receivable separate from a Receivable consisting of the indebtedness and other rights and obligations arising from any other transaction; provided that any indebtedness, rights or obligations referred to in the immediately preceding sentence shall be a Receivable regardless of whether the account debtor or Seller treats such indebtedness, rights or obligations as a separate payment obligation.
Receivable Interest means, at any time, an undivided percentage ownership interest (computed as set forth below) associated with a designated amount of Invested Amount, selected pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof in (i) each Receivable arising prior to the time of the most recent computation or recomputation of such undivided interest, (ii) all Related Security with respect to each such Receivable, and (iii) all Collections with respect to, and other proceeds of, each such Receivable. Each such undivided percentage interest shall equal:
where:
IA = the Invested Amount of such Receivable Interest.
AIA = the Aggregate Invested Amount.
NPB = the Net Pool Balance.
RR = the Required Reserve.
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Such undivided percentage ownership interest shall be initially computed on its date of purchase. Thereafter, until the Facility Termination Date, each Receivable Interest shall be automatically recomputed (or deemed to be recomputed) on each day prior to the Facility Termination Date. The variable percentage represented by any Receivable Interest as computed (or deemed recomputed) as of the close of the Business Day immediately preceding the Facility Termination Date shall remain constant at all times thereafter.
Receivables Purchase Agreement means this Agreement.
Receivables Sale Agreement means that certain Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among each Originator and the Seller, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.
Recipient has the meaning set forth in Section 1.6.
Records means, with respect to any Receivable, all Contracts and other documents, books, records and other information (including, without limitation, computer programs, tapes, disks, punch cards, data processing software and related property and rights) relating to such Receivable, any Related Security therefor and the related Obligor.
Recourse Obligations has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
Reduction Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.
Reference
Time means, with respect to any
setting of the then-current Benchmark means
(1) if such Benchmark is the LIBO Rate, 11:00
a.m. (London time) on the day that is two London banking days preceding the date of such setting or (2) if such Benchmark is not the LIBO Rate, the time determined by the Agent in its reasonable discretion.
Regulatory Change means, after the date of this Agreement (i) adoption of any United States (federal, state or municipal) or foreign laws, regulations (including any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy) or accounting principles, (ii) the adoption or making of any interpretations, guidance, directives or requests of or under any United States (federal, state or municipal) or foreign laws, regulations (whether or not having the force of law) or accounting principles by any court, governmental or monetary authority, or accounting board or authority (whether or not part of government) charged with the establishment, interpretation or administration thereof or (iii) the compliance, implementation or application by any Funding Source, Indemnified Party or Purchaser of any of the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii). For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any interpretation of, or compliance, implementation or application by, whether commenced prior to or after the date hereof, any Funding Source, Indemnified Party or Purchaser with any of the following existing laws, including any rules, regulations, guidance, directives or requests issued in connection therewith (whether or not having the force of law), shall constitute a Regulatory Change: (a) FAS 140 or FIN 46R by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, Statements of Financial Accounting Standards Nos. 166 and 167; (b) the final rule titled Risk-Based Capital Guidelines: Capital Adequacy Guidelines; Capital Maintenance; Regulatory Capital; Impact of Modifications to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; Consolidation of Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Programs; and Other Related Issues, adopted by the United States bank
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regulatory agencies on December 15, 2009, (c) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act adopted by Congress on July 21, 2010 and (d) the revised Basel Accord prepared by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision as set out in the publication entitled International Convergence of Capital Measurements and Capital Standards: a Revised Framework, as updated from time to time (including, without limitation, the Basel II and Basel III).
Reinvestment has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
Related Committed Purchaser means each Person listed as a Committed Purchaser or Related Committed Purchaser for a specified Uncommitted Purchaser, as set forth on the signature pages of the Agreement or in any Assumption Agreement or Transfer Supplement (and specifying its respective commitment).
Related Security means, with respect to any Receivable:
(i) all security or other interests in the inventory and goods (including returned or repossessed inventory or goods), if any, the sale of which by an Originator gave rise to such Receivable, and all insurance contracts with respect thereto,
(ii) all other security interests or liens and property subject thereto from time to time, if any, purporting to secure payment of such Receivable, whether pursuant to the Contract related to such Receivable or otherwise, together with all financing statements and security agreements describing any collateral securing such Receivable,
(iii) all guaranties, letters of credit, insurance and other agreements or arrangements of whatever character from time to time supporting or securing payment of such Receivable whether pursuant to the Contract related to such Receivable or otherwise,
(iv) all service contracts and other contracts and agreements associated with such Receivable,
(v) all Records related to such Receivable,
(vi) all of Sellers right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables Sale Agreement in respect of such Receivable and all of Sellers right, title and interest in, to and under the Performance Undertaking with respect thereto, and
(vii) all proceeds of any of the foregoing.
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.
Reportable Event means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations thereunder, other than any such event for which the 30-day notice requirement under ERISA has been waived in regulations issued by the PBGC.
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Required Purchaser Agents means, at any time, Purchaser Agents representing Purchasers whose Commitments aggregate more than 50% of the aggregate of the Commitments of all Purchasers; provided that, at any time there are two Purchaser Agents, Required Purchaser Agents shall mean each Purchaser Agent.
Required Reserve means, on any day during a Calculation Period, (i) the greater of (a) the sum of the Loss Reserve Floor, the Dilution Reserve Floor Percentage, the Yield Reserve Percentage, and Servicing Reserve Percentage and (b) the sum of the Dynamic Loss Reserve Percentage, the Dynamic Dilution Reserve Percentage, the Yield Reserve Percentage, and the Servicing Reserve Percentage, multiplied by (ii) the Net Pool Balance as of such date.
Responsible Officer shall mean, with respect to the Seller, the Servicer, any Originator or the Performance Guarantor, the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, president, corporate controller, principal financial officer or treasurer of such Person, or any other Person agreed to by the Agent.
Restricted Junior Payment means (i) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of capital stock of Seller now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in shares of that class of stock or in any junior class of stock of Seller, (ii) 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 Seller now or hereafter outstanding, (iii) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, fees or other charges on or with respect to, and any redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance, sinking fund or similar payment and any claim for rescission with respect to the Subordinated Loans (as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement), (iv) any payment made to redeem, purchase, repurchase or retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of capital stock of Seller now or hereafter outstanding, and (v) any payment of management fees by Seller (except for reasonable management fees to any Originator or its Affiliates in reimbursement of actual management services performed).
S&P means Standard and Poors Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.
Sanctioned Country means, at any time, a country or territory which is the
subject or target of any Sanctions, including on the
FifthEighth
Amendment Date, Cuba, Crimea (Ukraine)the Crimea Region, the Donetsk
Peoples
Republic and the so-called Luhansk Peoples Republic regions of Ukraine, Iran, North Korea and Syria.
Sanctioned Person means, at any time, (a) any Person currently the subject or the target of any Sanctions, including any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (OFAC) (or any successor thereto) or the U.S. Department of State, or as otherwise published from time to time; (b) that is fifty-percent or more owned, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate by one or more Persons described in clause (a) above; (c) that is operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country; (d) with whom engaging in trade, business or other activities is otherwise prohibited or restricted by Sanctions; or (e) (i) an agency of the government of a Sanctioned Country, (ii) an organization controlled by a Sanctioned Country, or (iii) a Person resident in a Sanctioned Country, to the extent subject to a sanctions program administered by OFAC.
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Sanctions means the laws, rules, regulations and executive orders promulgated or administered to implement economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time (a) by the United States government, including those administered by OFAC, the US State Department, the US Department of Commerce or the US Department of the Treasury, (b) by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majestys Treasury of the United Kingdom or (c) by other relevant sanctions authorities to the extent compliance with the sanctions imposed by such other authorities would not entail a violation of applicable law.
Scheduled Facility Termination Date means October 18,
2024December 15,
2025; provided that the Seller may, with the prior written consent of the Agent and each Purchaser, extend the then existing Scheduled Facility Termination Date for a term of one year by
providing written notice to the Agent 60 days prior to the then existing Scheduled Facility Termination Date of its request to extend the then existing Scheduled Facility Termination Date for one year. For the avoidance of doubt, electronic mail
constitutes written notice for the purposes of this definition.
Schein has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Secured Parties means the Indemnified Parties.
Seller has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Seller Parties has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Servicer means, at any time, the Person (which may be the Agent) then authorized pursuant to Article VIII to service, administer and collect the Receivables.
Servicing Fee means, for each day in a Calculation Period, an amount equal to (i) the Servicing Fee Rate times (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables at the close of business on the Cut-Off Date immediately preceding such Calculation Period, times (iii) 1/360.
Servicing Fee Rate means 1.0% per annum.
Servicing Reserve Percentage means, at any time, a percentage equal to the product of (i) the Servicing Fee Rate divided by 360 and (ii) the highest Portfolio Turnover over the most recent 12-months.
Settlement Date means (i) each Specified Settlement Date, (ii) the 2nd Business Day after each Settlement Reporting Date that is not a Specified Settlement Reporting Date and (iii) the Facility Termination Date.
Settlement Report means a report, in substantially the form of Exhibit VI hereto (appropriately completed), together with the electronic backup data which is part of the spreadsheet that creates such report, furnished by the Servicer to the Agent and each Purchaser Agent pursuant to Section 8.5.
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Settlement Reporting Date means the 21st day immediately following the most recent Cut-Off Date (or if any such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day thereafter), including each Specified Settlement Reporting Date, or such other days of any month as may be required, or as Agent or any Purchaser Agent may request, in connection with Section 8.5.
SOFR means, with respect to any
Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such Business Day
publishedas administered by the SOFR
Administrator on the SOFR Administrators Website on the immediately succeeding Business Day.
SOFR Administrator means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
SOFR Administrators Website means the Federal Reserve Bank of New Yorks website, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to
time.
Specified Calculation Period means each accounting month specified in Part 2 of Exhibit XIV.
Specified Cut-Off Date means the last day of a Specified Calculation Period.
Specified Settlement Date means the 3rd Business Day after each Specified Settlement Reporting Date.
Specified Settlement Reporting Date means the 21st day immediately following the most recent Specified Cut-Off Date (or if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day thereafter).
Sub-Servicer has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(b).
Subsidiary of a Person means (i) any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding securities having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) any partnership, association, limited liability company, joint venture or similar business organization more than 50% of the ownership interests having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled.
TD Bank means The Toronto Dominion Bank in its individual capacity and its successors.
TD Bank Purchaser Group means the Purchaser Group with GTA Funding LLC, as a Conduit Purchaser and an Uncommitted Purchaser, TD Bank, as a Related Committed Purchaser and TD Bank, as Purchaser Agent.
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Term SOFR means, for the applicable Corresponding Tenor as of the applicable Reference Time,
the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.
Term SOFR
Notice means a notification by
the Agent to the Purchasers, Purchaser Agents and the Seller of the occurrence of a Term SOFR Transition Event.
(a) for any calculation with respect to any Receivable Interest for which the Yield Rate is calculated by reference to Term SOFR (other than pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of Alternate Base Rate), the sum of the Term SOFR Credit Spread Adjustment plus the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one (1) month 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 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 any Receivable Interest for which the Yield Rate is calculated by reference to Term SOFR pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of Alternate Base Rate, the sum of the Term SOFR Credit Spread Adjustment plus the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one month on the day (such day, the Alternate 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 Alternate 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 Alternate Base Rate 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 Agent in its reasonable discretion).
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Term SOFR Credit Spread Adjustment means 0.10%.
Term SOFR Transition Event means the determination by the Agent that (a) Term SOFR has been recommended for use by the Relevant Governmental
Body, (b) the administration of Term SOFR is administratively feasible for the Agent and
(c) a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable (and, for the avoidance of doubt, not in the case of an Other Benchmark Rate Election), has
previously occurred resulting in a Benchmark Replacement in accordance with Section 4.5 that is not Term
SOFR.Reference Rate means
the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
Termination Date means the earliest to occur of (i) the day on which any of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 6.2 are not satisfied, (ii) the Business Day immediately prior to the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to any Seller Party, (iii) the Business Day specified in a written notice from the Agent following the occurrence of any other Termination Event, and (iv) the date which is 60 days after the Agents receipt of written notice from Seller that it wishes to terminate the facility evidenced by this Agreement.
Termination Event has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.
Transaction Documents means, collectively, this Agreement, each Purchase Notice, the Receivables Sale Agreement, each Collection Account Agreement, the Performance Undertaking, the Fee Letters, each Subordinated Note (as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement), the Account Disclosure Letter and all other instruments, documents and agreements executed and delivered in connection herewith by any of the Seller Parties.
Transfer Supplement has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1(c).
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.
UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the specified jurisdiction.
Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
Uncommitted Purchaser means each financial institution or commercial paper conduit that is a party to the Agreement, or that becomes a party to the Agreement, as an Uncommitted Purchaser.
Unmatured Termination Event means an event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a Termination Event.
Volcker Rule means Section 13 of the U.S. Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder.
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Yield means for each Interest Period relating to a Receivable Interest funded through a Bank Funding, an amount equal to the product of the applicable Yield Rate for such Receivable Interest multiplied by the Invested Amount of such Receivable Interest for each day elapsed during such Interest Period, annualized on a 360 day basis.
Yield Rate means, at any time, with respect to each Receivable Interest funded through a Bank Funding, the applicable Bank Rate on such day plus the Applicable Spread; provided that, from and after the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Yield Rate shall be the Default Rate.
Yield Reserve Percentage means, at any time, a percentage equal to the product of (i) the Prime Rate as of such date divided by 360, (ii) 1.5 and (iii) the highest Portfolio Turnover over the most recent 12-months.
All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP. All terms used in Article 9 of the UCC in the State of New York, and not specifically defined herein, are used herein as defined in such Article 9.
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Exhibit XV
PURCHASER GROUPS
(see table attached below)
Purchaser Group:
MUFG Purchaser Group
Conduit Purchaser and Uncommitted Purchaser:
Victory Receivables Corporation
Address:
Victory Receivables Corporation c/o Global Securitization Services, LLC 114 West 47th Street, Suite 2310
Attention: Frank B. Bilotta
With a copy to:
MUFG Bank, Ltd. 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 12th Floor
Attention: Securitization Department Telephone: (212) 782-6957
Related Committed Purchaser:
MUFG Bank, Ltd.
Address:
MUFG Bank, Ltd. 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 12th Floor
Attention: Securitization Department Telephone: (212) 782-6957 |
Purchaser Group Commitment:
$300,000,000 |
Purchaser Agent:
MUFG Bank, Ltd.
Address:
MUFG Bank, Ltd. 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 12th Floor
Attention: Securitization Department Telephone: (212) 782-6957 |
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Purchaser Group:
TD Bank Purchaser Group
Conduit Purchaser and Uncommitted Purchaser
GTA Funding LLC
Address:
GTA Funding LLC 68 South Service Road, Suite 120 Melville, NY 11747
With a copy to:
The Toronto-Dominion Bank 130 Adelaide Street West 12th Floor Toronto, ON, M5H 3P5 Attention: ASG Asset Securitization Email: asgoperations@tdsecurities.com
Related Committed Purchaser:
The Toronto Dominion Bank
Address:
The Toronto-Dominion Bank 130 Adelaide Street West 12th Floor Toronto, ON, M5H 3P5 Attention: ASG Asset Securitization Email: asgoperations@tdsecurities.com |
Purchaser Group Commitment:
$150,000,000 |
Purchaser Agent:
The Toronto Dominion Bank
Address:
The Toronto-Dominion Bank 130 Adelaide Street West 12th Floor Toronto, ON, M5H 3P5 Attention: ASG Asset Securitization Email: asgoperations@tdsecurities.com |
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Purchasers Total Commitment:
$450,000,000 |
Exhibit 21.1
List of Subsidiaries
Subsidiary |
Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization | |
ACE Surgical Supply Co., Inc.1 |
Massachusetts | |
BioHorizons, Inc.2 |
Delaware | |
Camlog USA, Inc.3 |
Delaware | |
eAssist, Inc.4 |
Wyoming | |
Exan Enterprises Inc.5 |
Nevada | |
Handpiece Parts & Repairs, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Henry Schein (Lancaster, PA) Inc. |
Pennsylvania | |
Henry Schein Europe, Inc.6 |
Delaware | |
Henry Schein Global Sourcing, Inc.7 |
Delaware | |
Henry Schein Latin America Pacific Rim, Inc.8 |
Delaware | |
Henry Schein Medical Systems, Inc. |
Ohio | |
Henry Schein PPT, Inc. |
Wisconsin | |
Henry Schein Practice Solutions Inc.9 |
Utah | |
Henry Schein Puerto Rico, Inc. |
Puerto Rico | |
Henry Schein Supply, Inc. |
New York | |
HS Brand Management, LLC |
Delaware | |
HS TM Holdings, LLC10 |
Delaware | |
HSFR, Inc. |
Delaware | |
HSI RE I, LLC |
Delaware | |
Insource, Inc. |
Virginia | |
Prism Medical Products, L.L.C. |
Delaware | |
Project Helium Holdings, LLC11 |
Delaware | |
Project Spartan Holdings Corp.12 |
Delaware | |
RxWorks, LLC |
Delaware | |
S & S Discount, Inc.13 |
Delaware | |
SG Healthcare Corp.14 |
Delaware | |
TDSC, Inc. |
Delaware | |
Toy Products Corp.15 |
Delaware |
1 | ACE Surgical Supply Co., Inc. is the parent company of two consolidated, majority-owned subsidiaries, SAS Holdco, Inc. and Southern Anesthesia & Surgical, Inc., both of which operate in the health care manufacturing and/or distribution industry in the United States. |
2 | BioHorizons, Inc. is the parent company of 14 consolidated, wholly-owned subsidiaries, seven of which operate in the dental implant and distribution industries in the United States and seven which operate in the dental implant and distribution industries outside the United States. BioHorizons, Inc. is also the parent company of a consolidated, majority-owned subsidiary, BioHorizons Camlog Italia SRL, which operates in the dental implant and distribution industry outside the United States. |
3 | Camlog USA, Inc. is the parent company of two consolidated, wholly-owned subsidiaries, one of which operates in the health care distribution industry in the United States and one of which operates a financial support services business for health care practitioners in and outside of the United States. |
4 | eAssist, Inc. is the parent company of the following four consolidated, majority-owned subsidiaries, all of which operate to provide consulting and educational services in the dental industry in the United States: eAssist Consulting, LLC; eAssist Publishing, LLC, eAssist University, LLC, and Unitas PPO Solutions, LLC. |
5 | Exan Enterprises Inc. is the parent company of one consolidated, wholly-owned subsidiary which operates in the dental management software industry in the United States. |
6 | Henry Schein Europe, Inc. is the parent company of 64 consolidated, wholly-owned subsidiaries, six of which operate in the health care distribution industry in the United States and 58 of which operate in the health care distribution industry outside the United States. Henry Schein Europe, Inc. is also the parent company of the following 13 consolidated, majority-owned subsidiaries, all of which operate in the health care distribution industry outside the United States: BA Dental Europa, S.A.U.; Cliniclands AB, Dental Trey S.r.l.; Henry Schein Dental Warehouse (PTY) Ltd.; Henry Schein España, S.L.; Henry Schein Medical S.L.U.; Henry Schein Portugal, Unipessoal LDA; Infomed Servicios Informáticos, S.L.; Marrodent Sp. Z o.o.; Medentis Medical GmbH; Mega Dental SNC; Newshelf 1223 Proprietary Limited; Servimed Técnicos, S.L.U. and Spain Dental Express S.A.U. |
7 | Henry Schein Global Sourcing, Inc. is the parent company of one consolidated, wholly-owned subsidiary which provides health care regulatory and operational services outside of the United States. |
8 | Henry Schein Latin America Pacific Rim, Inc. is the parent, holding company of 12 consolidated, wholly-owned subsidiaries, three of which operate in the health care distribution industry in the United States and nine of which operate in the health care distribution industry outside of the United States. Henry Schein Latin America Pacific Rim, Inc. is also the parent company of the following 24 consolidated, majority-owned subsidiaries, all of which operate in the health care distribution industry outside the United States: Accord Corporation Limited; Adaam Pty Ltd.; Adaam Unit Trust; Alta-Dent Corporation; BA Pro Repair Ltd.; CB Healthcare Consulting Pty Ltd.; De Healthcare Limited; Hangzhou Lixue Henry Schein Medical Instrument Co., Ltd.; Henry Schein China Management Co. Ltd.; Henry Schein China Services Limited; Henry Schein Hemao Guangzhou Medical Device Co., Ltd.; Henry Schein Hong Kong Limited; Henry Schein Jiahu (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.; Henry Schein Regional Limited; Henry Schein Regional Pty Ltd as the Trustee for the Henry Schein Regional Trust; Henry Schein Regional Trust; Henry Schein Shvadent (2009) Ltd.; Henry Schein Sunshine (Beijing) Medical Device Co. Ltd.; Henry Schein Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.; Medi-Consumables PTY Limited; Ningbo Buyinghall Medical Equipment Co., Ltd.; Pacific Dental Specialties Limited; Wuhan Hongchang Henry Schein Dental Instrument Co., Ltd. and Zhengzhou Yifeng Henry Schein Dental Instrument Co., Ltd. |
9 | Henry Schein Practice Solutions Inc. is the parent company of 22 consolidated, wholly-owned subsidiaries, two of which operate in the digital dental products and solutions industry in the United States and 20 of which operate in the digital dental products and solutions industry outside the United States. Henry Schein Practice Solutions Inc. is also the parent company of Henry Schein One, LLC and Lighthouse 360, Inc., consolidated, majority-owned subsidiaries, which operate in the digital dental products and solutions industry within and outside of the United States. Additionally, Henry Schein Practice Solutions Inc. is the parent company of the following 15 consolidated, majority-owned subsidiaries, all of which operate in the digital dental products and solutions industry outside the United States: Axium Solutions ULC; LSI S.A.; Elite Computer Italia S.r.l.; Henry Schein One Australia; Henry Schein One New Zealand; Infomed Software, S.L.; HSLC Participações S.A.; Julie Solutions SAS; Kopfwerk Datensysteme GmbH; Orisline Espana S.L.; Orisline Portugal Unipessoal Lda; Quantity Serviços e Comércio de Produtos para a Saúde S.A.; Simples Dental Software S.A.; Software of Excellence Practice Solutions Coöperatief U.A. and Software of Excellence United Kingdom Limited. |
10 | HS TM Holdings, LLC is the parent, holding company of one consolidated, wholly-owned subsidiary which operates in the health care industry in the United States. |
11 | Project Helium Holdings, LLC is the parent, holding company of one consolidated, wholly-owned subsidiary which operates in the dental handpiece repair and sales industry in the United States. |
12 | Project Spartan Holdings Corp. is the parent, holding company of two consolidated, wholly-owned subsidiaries, each of which operate in the health care industry in the United States. Project Spartan Holdings Corp. is also the parent, holding company of the following six consolidated, majority-owned subsidiaries, all of which operate in the health care distribution and/or healthcare education and training industries in the United States: NAR (HSI) Holdings, LLC; NAR Blocker, Inc.; NAR Training, LLC; North American Rescue Holdings, LLC; North American Rescue, LLC and NAR Medical Depot, LLC. |
13 | S&S Discount Supply, Inc. is the parent, holding company of the following three consolidated, majority-owned subsidiaries, each of which operate in the dental manufacturing and/or distribution industry in the United States: Ortho Organizers Holdings, Inc., Ortho Organizers, Inc. and Ortho Technology, Inc. |
14 | SG Healthcare Corp. is the parent, holding company of six consolidated, wholly-owned subsidiaries, five of which operate in the health care distribution industry in the United States, and one of which operates in the health care distribution industry outside of the United States. |
15 | Toy Products Corp. is the parent, holding company of Sherman Specialty LLC, a consolidated, majority-owned subsidiary which distributes toys to dental and medical offices in the United States. |
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Henry Schein, Inc.
Melville, NY
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 333-253633, 333-212994, 333-192788, 333-171400, 333-164360, 333-111914, 333-91778, 333-35144, 333-39893, 333-33193, and 333-05453) of Henry Schein, Inc. of our reports dated February 21, 2023, relating to the consolidated financial statements and the effectiveness of Henry Schein, Inc.s internal control over financial reporting, which appear in this Form 10-K.
/s/ BDO USA, LLP |
New York, NY |
February 21, 2023
Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) OR 15d-14(a) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Stanley M. Bergman, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Henry Schein, Inc. (the registrant);
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting.
Dated: February 21, 2023 | /s/ Stanley M. Bergman | |||||
Stanley M. Bergman | ||||||
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) OR 15d-14(a) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Ronald N. South, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Henry Schein, Inc. (the registrant);
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting.
Dated: February 21, 2023 | /s/ Ronald N. South | |||||
Ronald N. South | ||||||
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the annual report on Form 10-K of Henry Schein, Inc. (the Company) for the period ended December 31, 2022, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Stanley M. Bergman, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and I, Ronald N. South, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, do hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of my knowledge and belief that:
(1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
(2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
Dated: February 21, 2023 | /s/ Stanley M. Bergman | |||||
Stanley M. Bergman | ||||||
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
Dated: February 21, 2023 | /s/ Ronald N. South | |||||
Ronald N. South | ||||||
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
This certification accompanies each Report pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.