| August 17, 2018 | | | By Order of the Board of Directors | |
| | | |
/s/ William Sweedler
William Sweedler
Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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Name of Stockholder
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Number of
Shares of Common Stock held |
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Number of
Shares of Series A Preferred Stock held |
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Number of
Shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock Held |
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Number of
Votes held by Stockholder |
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Number of
Votes that Voted in favor of the Actions |
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Percentage of
the Voting Equity that Voted in Favor of the Actions |
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Tengram Capital Partners Gen2 Fund, L.P.
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| | | | 1,363,306 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 1,363,306 | | | | | | 1,363,306 | | | | | | 5.55% | | |
Tengram Capital Associates, LLC
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| | | | 112,559 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 112,559 | | | | | | 112,559 | | | | | | 0.46% | | |
Tengram Capital Partners Fund II, L.P.
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| | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 4,794,422 | | | | | | 4,794,422 | | | | | | 4,794,422 | | | | | | 19.53% | | |
TCP Denim, LLC
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| | | | 0 | | | | | | 5,656,200 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 5,656,200 | | | | | | 5,656,200 | | | | | | 23.04% | | |
RG II, Blocker LLC
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| | | | 41,909 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 41,909 | | | | | | 41,909 | | | | | | 0.17% | | |
Peter Kim
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| | | | 418,024 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 418,024 | | | | | | 418,024 | | | | | | 1.70% | | |
Total
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| | | | 1,935,798 | | | | | | 5,656,200 | | | | | | 4,794,422 | | | | | | 12,386,420 | | | | | | 12,386,420 | | | | | | 50.45% | | |
Beneficial Owner
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Number of
Shares Beneficially Owned |
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Percentage of
Common Stock |
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5% Stockholders (Excluding Directors and Officers) | | | | ||||||||||
Entities affiliated with Tengram Capital Partners, L.P.
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| | | | 12,468,396(1) | | | | | | 53.2% | | |
Arthur Rabin
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| | | | 901,773(2) | | | | | | 6.4% | | |
Barry Sternlicht
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| | | | 877,103(3) | | | | | | 6.2% | | |
Fireman Capital CPF Hudson Co-Invest LP
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| | | | 720,976(4) | | | | | | 5.0% | | |
Directors and Officers (including all Named Executive Officers) | | | | ||||||||||
Michael Buckley | | | | | 681,782(5) | | | | | | 4.8% | | |
Chief Executive Officer and Director
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| | | ||||||||||
Bob Ross | | | | | 49,413(6) | | | | | | * | | |
Chief Financial Officer
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| | | ||||||||||
Peter Kim | | | | | 1,131,871(7) | | | | | | 7.7% | | |
Founder and Vice-Chairman of Hudson
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| | | ||||||||||
William Sweedler | | | | | 12,477,455(8) | | | | | | 53.2% | | |
Director, Chairman of the Board
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| | | ||||||||||
Matthew Eby | | | | | 12,477,454(9) | | | | | | 53.2% | | |
Director
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| | | ||||||||||
Kelly Hoffman | | | | | 63,318(10) | | | | | | * | | |
Director
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| | | ||||||||||
Walter McLallen | | | | | 63,318(11) | | | | | | * | | |
Director
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| | | ||||||||||
Kent Savage | | | | | 71,303(12) | | | | | | * | | |
Director
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| | | ||||||||||
Andrew Tarshis | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Director
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| | | ||||||||||
All directors and executive officers, as a group (9 persons)(13)
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| | | | 14,547,519 | | | | | | 54.8% | | |
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| August 17, 2018 | | | By Order of the Board of Directors | |
| | | | ||
| | | |
/s/ William Sweedler
William Sweedler
Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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ADSP Allocation
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Agreement
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Preamble
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Alternative Arrangements
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Section 10.7
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Assets
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Section 2.2
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Assumed Liabilities
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Section 2.2
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Assumed License Agreement Liabilities
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Section 2.2
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Audit Party
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Section 5.25
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Balance Sheet Date
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Section 3.5
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Business Permits
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Section 3.9
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Cap
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Section 10.3(b)
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Claim
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Section 10.5(a)
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Claim Notice
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Section 10.5(b)
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Closing
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Section 2.1
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Closing Date
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Section 2.4
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Continuing Employee
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Section 6.1
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Contributed Assets
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Section 3.2(f)
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Data Room
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Section 1.3(b)
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Debt Commitment Letters
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Section 4.5
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Debt Financing
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Section 4.5
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Deductible
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Section 10.3(a)
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Deferred Asset
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Section 5.15(a)
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DGCL
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Section 5.19(a)
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Disputed Claim Items
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Section 10.5(c)
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Disputed Item
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Section 2.5(b)
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Earn-out Obligations
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Section 5.13(a)
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Earn-up Obligations
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Section 5.13(b)
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End Date
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Section 9.1(b)
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Estimated Purchase Price
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Section 2.3(a)
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Exchange Act
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Section 5.19(a)
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Excluded Assets
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Section 2.2
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Excluded Liabilities
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Section 2.2
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Existing License
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Section 5.11(a)
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Final Information Statement
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Section 5.19(a)
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Financial Statements
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Section 3.5
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General Survival Date
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Section 10.1
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government official
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Section 3.22
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Governmental Consents
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Section 5.3
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Incremental Section 338 Liability
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Section 7.12(c)
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Indemnified Party
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Section 10.5
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Indemnifying Party
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Section 10.5
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Independent Accountant
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Section 2.5(c)
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Insurance Policies
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Section 3.25
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International Trade Laws
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Section 3.22(d)
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Issued Materials
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Section 5.18(a)
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Leased Real Property
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Section 3.18(b)
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Letters of Credit
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Section 5.12
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License Agreements
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Section 3.16(d)
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Material Contracts
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Section 3.17
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Maximum Liability Amount
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Section 9.5(d)
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Newco
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Recitals
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Non-Audit Party
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Section 5.25
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Non-Recourse Party
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Section 11.9(a)
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Occurrence Policies
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Section 5.22
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Parent
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Preamble
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Parent Stockholder Approval
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Section 3.3
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Parent Termination Fee
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Section 9.3
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Party
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Preamble
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Paying Party
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Section 2.5(e)
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Preliminary Information Statement
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Section 5.19(a)
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Proposed Closing Date Calculations
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Section 2.5(a)
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Purchase Price Allocation
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Section 7.10
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Purchased Assets
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Section 2.2
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Purchased Units
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Recitals
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Purchaser
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Preamble
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Purchaser Cure Period
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Section 9.1(f)
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Purchaser Group Holder
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Section 5.4(c)
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Purchaser Indemnified Parties
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Section 10.2
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Purchaser Pre-Closing Tax Return
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Section 7.3(b)
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Purchaser Related Parties
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Section 9.5(b)
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Purchaser Stockholder Approval
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Section 4.2
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Purchaser Straddle Period Tax Return
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Section 7.3(b)
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Purchaser Tax Indemnitee
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Section 7.1
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Purchaser Tax Returns
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Section 7.3(b)
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Purchaser Termination Fee
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Section 9.4(b)
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Real Property Leases
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Section 3.18(b)
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Receiving Party
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Section 2.5(e)
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Recovery Costs
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Section 10.7
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Registered Business Intellectual Property
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Section 3.16(a)
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Reorganization
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Recitals
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Required Amount
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Section 4.5
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Resolution Period
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Section 2.5(b)
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Response Notice
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Section 10.5(c)
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Reverse Termination Fee
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Section 9.4(a)
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Sale
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Section 2.1
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SEC
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Section 5.19(a)
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Section 338(h)(10) Election
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Section 7.12(a)
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Seller
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Preamble
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Seller Cure Period
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Section 9.1(e)
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Seller Group Holder
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Section 5.4(b)
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Seller Indemnified Parties
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Section 10.4
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Seller Related Parties
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Section 9.5(b)
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Seller Return
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Section 7.3(a)
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Significant Customers
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Section 3.20
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Significant Suppliers
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Section 3.20
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Stockholder Meeting
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Section 5.18(a)
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Sublicense Agreements
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Section 2.4(b)(K)
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Tax Representations
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Section 10.1
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Terminating Purchaser Breach
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Section 9.1(f)
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Terminating Seller Breach
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Section 9.1(d)
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Third Party Claim
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Section 10.5(b)
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Transfer Taxes
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Section 7.11
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Transferred Entity Equity Interests
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Section 3.2(a)
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Unit Sale
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Section 2.1
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| (a) | | | If to Parent or Seller: | | |||
| | | | GBG USA Inc. 350 5th Ave New York, NY 10118 |
| |||
| | | | Attention: | | | Robert Smits | |
| | | | E-mail: robertsmits@globalbrandsgroup.com | | |||
| | | | with copies to (which shall not constitute notice) to: | | |||
| | | | c/o Global Brands Group Holding Limited 9th Floor, LiFung Tower 888 Cheung Sha Wan Road Hong Kong Attention: Company Secretary |
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| | | | E-mail: business@globalbrandsgroup.com | | |||
| | | | and: | | |||
| | | | Reed Smith LLP 599 Lexington Avenue Fl 24 New York, New York 10022 Attention: Sahra Dalfen |
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| | | | E-mail: SDalfen@ReedSmith.com | | |||
| | | | and: | | |||
| | | | 55th Floor, One Island East Taikoo Place, Quarry Bay Hong Kong |
| |||
| | | | Attention: | | | Teresa Ko Edward Freeman Matthew F. Herman |
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| | | | E-mail: projectlegendspanotices@freshfields.com | |
| (b) | | | If to Purchaser: | | |||
| | | | Differential Brands Group Inc. 1231 South Gerhant Avenue Commerce, CA 30022 USA |
| |||
| | | | Attention: | | | Lori Nembirkow, SVP, Legal & General Counsel | |
| | | | E-mail: lori@differentialbrandsgroup.com | | |||
| | | | with a copy to: | | |||
| | | | Tengram Capital Partners 600 Fifth Avenue 27th Floor New York, NY 10020 USA |
| |||
| | | | Attention: | | | General Counsel | |
| | | | E-mail: atarshis@tengramcapital.com | | |||
| | | | with a copy to: | | |||
| | | | Dechert LLP 1095 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036 |
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| | | | Attention: | | | Nazim Zilkha Gareth Clark |
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| | | | E-mail: nzilkha@dechert.com; gareth.clark@dechert.com | |
| | | | Global Brands Group Holding Limited | |
| | | |
By:
/s/ Bruce Rockowitz
Name: Bruce Rockowitz
Title: CEO |
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| | | | GBG USA INC. | |
| | | |
By:
/s/ Ronald Ventricelli
Name: Ronald Ventricelli
Title: CFO |
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| | | | DIFFERENTIAL BRANDS GROUP INC. | |
| | | |
By:
/s/ Lori Nembirkow
Name: Lori Nembirkow
Title: Senior Vice President, Legal & Compliance |
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Ares Capital Management LLC
245 Park Avenue, 44th Floor New York, New York 10167 |
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HPS Investment Partners, LLC
40 West 57th Street New York, New York 10019 |
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| ARES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | | |||
| | | | ||
| By | | | /s/ Mitchell Goldstein | |
| | | | Name: Mitchell Goldstein | |
| | | | Title: Authorized Signatory | |
| HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC | | |||
| | | | ||
| By | | | /s/ Vikas Keswani | |
| | | | Name: Vikas Keswani | |
| | | | Title: Managing Director | |
| Differential Brands Group Inc. | | |||
| | | | ||
| By | | | /s/ Lori Nembirkow | |
| | | | Name: Lori Nembirkow | |
| | | | Title: Senior Vice President, Legal & Compliance | |
Maker
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Payee
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Outstanding
Principal Amount |
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Interest
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Initial Date
|
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Maturity
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Instrument
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Differential Brands Group Inc.
|
| | Chris Lynch | | | | $ | 4,732 | | | | | | 6.5% | | | |
01/28/2016
|
| | | | 07/28/2021 | | | | Subordinated Convertible Note |
|
Differential Brands Group Inc.
|
| | Barbara Cook | | | | $ | 526,142 | | | | | | 6.5% | | | |
01/28/2016
|
| | | | 07/28/2021 | | | | Subordinated Convertible Note |
|
Differential Brands Group Inc.
|
| | Tony Chu | | | | $ | 1,400,766 | | | | | | 6.5% | | | |
01/28/2016
|
| | | | 07/28/2021 | | | | Subordinated Convertible Note |
|
Differential Brands Group Inc.
|
| | Peter Kim | | | | $ | 9,104,958 | | | | | | 6.5% | | | |
01/28/2016
|
| | | | 07/28/2021 | | | | Subordinated Convertible Note |
|
Differential Brands Group Inc.
|
| | Paul Cardenas | | | | $ | 3,501,910 | | | | | | 6.5% | | | |
01/28/2016
|
| | | | 07/28/2021 | | | | Subordinated Convertible Note |
|
Differential Brands Group Inc.
|
| | Fireman Capital CPF Hudson Co-Invest LP |
| | | $ | 3,182,589 | | | | | | 7.0% | | | |
01/28/2016
|
| | | | 07/28/2021 | | | | Subordinated Convertible Note |
|
Differential Brands Group Inc.
|
| | Ben Taverniti | | | | $ | 109,341 | | | | | | 6.5% | | | |
1/28/2016
|
| | | | 7/28/2021 | | | | Subordinated Convertible Note |
|
| By: | | | | |
| Name: | | | [•] | |
| Title: | | | [Chief Financial Officer/equivalent officer] | |
| By | | | /s/ Marisa J. Beeney | |
| Name: | | | Marisa H. Beeney | |
| Title: | | | Authorized Signatory | |
| By: | | | /s/ Lori Nembirkow | |
| | | | Name: Lori Nembirkow | |
| | | | Title: Senior Vice President, Legal & Compliance | |
Maker
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Payee
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Outstanding
Principal Amount |
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Interest
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Initial Date
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Maturity
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Instrument
|
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Differential Brands Group Inc.
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| | Chris Lynch | | | | $ | 4,732 | | | | | | 6.5% | | | |
01/28/2016
|
| | | | 07/28/2021 | | | | Subordinated Convertible Note |
|
Differential Brands Group Inc.
|
| | Barbara Cook | | | | $ | 526,142 | | | | | | 6.5% | | | |
01/28/2016
|
| | | | 07/28/2021 | | | | Subordinated Convertible Note |
|
Differential Brands Group Inc.
|
| | Tony Chu | | | | $ | 1,400,766 | | | | | | 6.5% | | | |
01/28/2016
|
| | | | 07/28/2021 | | | | Subordinated Convertible Note |
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Differential Brands Group Inc.
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| | Peter Kim | | | | $ | 9,104,958 | | | | | | 6.5% | | | |
01/28/2016
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| | | | 07/28/2021 | | | | Subordinated Convertible Note |
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Differential Brands Group Inc.
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| | Paul Cardenas | | | | $ | 3,501,910 | | | | | | 6.5% | | | |
01/28/2016
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| | | | 07/28/2021 | | | | Subordinated Convertible Note |
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Differential Brands Group Inc.
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| | Fireman Capital CPF Hudson Co-Invest LP |
| | | $ | 3,182,589 | | | | | | 7.0% | | | |
01/28/2016
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| | | | 07/28/2021 | | | | Subordinated Convertible Note |
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Differential Brands Group Inc.
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| | Ben Taverniti | | | | $ | 109,341 | | | | | | 6.5% | | | |
1/28/2016
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| | | | 7/28/2021 | | | | Subordinated Convertible Note |
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| Name: | | | [•] | | | | |
| Title: | | | [Chief Financial Officer/equivalent officer] | | | | |
| Borrower: | | | Differential Brands Group, Inc. (the “Borrower”). | |
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Second Lien Administrative Agent:
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| | A financial institution reasonably acceptable to GSO and the Borrower (in its capacity as the administrative agent, the “Second Lien Administrative Agent”). | |
| Senior Secured Second Lien | | | ||
| Credit Facilities: | | | A senior secured U.S. dollar second lien term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $674,000,000 (the “Second Lien Term Loan Facility” and the loans under the Second Lien Term Loan Facility shall be the “Second Lien Term Loans”) to be provided by GSO and/or its affiliates and funds and accounts managed or sub-advised by GSO or its affiliates (in such capacity, the “Second Lien Lender”). | |
| First Lien Facilities: | | | Concurrently herewith, the Borrower shall also enter into a senior secured first lien term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $685,000,000 which may be increased to $735,000,000 if the senior secured revolving facilities under the First Lien Facilities are reduced by $50,000,000 (the “First Lien Term Facility”), and a senior secured first lien revolving facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $150,000,000 (which may be replaced in whole or in part by an asset-based revolving credit facility or “first out” revolving credit facility as contemplated in Exhibit B) (the “First Lien Revolving Facility” and, together with the First Lien Term Facility, the “First Lien Facilities”), on the terms contemplated hereby; provided that, borrowings under the First Lien Revolving Facility on the Closing Date shall not exceed the amounts set forth in clause 11 of Exhibit A. | |
| Purpose: | | | The proceeds of the Second Lien Term Loan Facility will be used by the Borrower on the Closing Date, together with the proceeds of the First Lien Term Facility and the Equity Contribution to (a) pay the consideration for the Acquisition and (b) pay fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Transaction. | |
| Availability: | | | The Second Lien Term Loan Facility will be available in a single drawing on the Closing Date. Amounts borrowed under the Second Lien Term Loan Facility that are repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. | |
| Interest Rates and Fees: | | | As set forth on Annex I hereto. | |
| Default Rate: | | | Subject to applicable law, automatically during the continuance of any event of default under the Credit Facilities Documentation only, with respect to principal, at the applicable interest rate plus 2.00% per annum, and with respect to any other amount (including overdue | |
| | | | interest), at the interest rate applicable to ABR loans (as defined in Annex I), plus 2.00% per annum. | |
| Final Maturity: | | | The Second Lien Term Loan Facility will mature on the date that is 6 years after the Closing Date (the “Initial Second Lien Term Loan Maturity Date”). | |
| Guarantees: | | | All obligations of the Borrower (the “Borrower Second Lien Obligations”) under the Second Lien Term Loan Facility will be unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed jointly and severally on a senior basis (the “Second Lien Guarantees”) by the same guarantors that guarantee the First Lien Facilities. | |
| Security: | | | The Borrower Second Lien Obligations and the Second Lien Guarantees will be secured, subject to permitted liens and other exceptions to be agreed, by the same Collateral that secures the obligations under the First Lien Facilities and subject to the same limitations governing the pledge, creation and perfection of the Collateral under the First Lien Facilities (the “Collateral”). | |
| | | | The lien priority, relative rights and other creditors’ rights issues in respect of the First Lien Facilities and the Second Lien Term Loan Facility will be set forth in an intercreditor agreement (the “Intercreditor Agreement”), which will document the second-lien status of the liens on the Collateral securing the Second Lien Term Loan Facility and shall include in any event (i) a customary standstill provision with respect to all enforcements, including acceleration, (ii) payment blockage provisions with respect to all payments of principal, fees, premium and interest during certain material events of default to be mutually agreed, which shall permit required cash payments to continue to accrue (but not to be paid) during any such event of default and which shall require turnover to the Collateral Agent to the extent of amounts received in violation of such payment blockage provisions; provided further that such payment subordination terms shall apply regardless of whether any bankruptcy, restructuring or insolvency proceeding has occurred or is continuing. | |
| Voluntary Prepayments: | | | Voluntary prepayments shall be permitted from time to time subject to a notice period and satisfaction of the requirements set forth below under “Call Protection”. | |
| Mandatory Prepayments: | | | Second Lien Term Loans shall be prepaid with (a) excess cash flow of the Borrower and its subsidiaries to be documented in a manner substantially similar to (and, in any event, no less favorable to the Borrower and its subsidiaries than) to the mandatory prepayment provisions related to excess cash flow in the First Lien Facilities Term Sheet; (b) 100% of the net cash proceeds of all non-ordinary course asset sales or other dispositions of property by the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries that is substantially similar to (and, in any event, no less favorable to the Borrower and its subsidiaries than) to the mandatory prepayment provisions related to asset sales in the First Lien Facilities Term Sheet (c) 100% of the net cash proceeds of issuances of debt obligations of the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries (except the net cash proceeds of any permitted debt) and (d) 100% of the net cash proceeds of issuances of equity of the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries (except the net cash proceeds used for certain investments and permitted acquisitions up to an amount to be agreed. | |
| | | | Other than as provided below, no mandatory prepayments of Second Lien Term Loans shall be required until amounts outstanding under the First Lien Facilities have been paid in full. Any mandatory prepayment amounts under the First Lien Facilities declined by a First Lien Lender must be offered to prepay the Second Lien Term Loans. | |
| | | | In addition, any amounts payable to the Borrower pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, (excluding payments with respect to working capital adjustments, but including any amounts paid with respect to a failure to obtain consents to the transfer of intellectual property in connection with the Transaction) shall be used to make mandatory prepayments on a pro rata basis between the term loans under the First Lien Facility and the Second Lien Term Loans. For the avoidance of doubt, no Call Premium shall be required to be paid with respect to prepayments made pursuant to this paragraph. | |
| | | | Any Second Lien Lender may elect not to accept any mandatory prepayment described in clauses (a) and (b) above. Any prepayment amount declined by a Second Lien Lender may be retained by the Borrower. | |
| Call Protection: | | | Any voluntary or mandatory prepayments made pursuant to clauses (b), (c) or (d) in the description of “Mandatory Prepayments” of the Second Lien Term Loan Facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $175,000,000 (the “Initial Prepayment Amount”) occurring on or after (x) the Closing Date but prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the Borrower shall pay a prepayment premium with respect to the respect to the portion of the Second Lien Term Loans prepaid in an amount equal to 3.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Second Lien Term Loans prepaid; (y) after the first anniversary of the Closing Date but prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, the Borrower shall pay a prepayment premium with respect to the respect to the portion of the Second Lien Term Loans prepaid in an amount equal to 2.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Second Lien Term Loans prepaid and (z) after the second anniversary of the Closing Date but prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date, the Borrower shall pay a prepayment premium with respect to the respect to the portion of the Second Lien Term Loans prepaid in an amount equal to 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Second Lien Term Loans prepaid. | |
| | | | With respect to prepayments made in excess of the Initial Prepayment Amount, no voluntary or mandatory prepayments made pursuant to clauses (b), (c) or (d) in the description of “Mandatory Prepayments” of the Second Lien Term Loan Facility will be permitted prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date unless such payments are accompanied by a customary make-whole payment (the “Make-Whole Premium”); provided that, with respect to voluntary prepayments in excess of the Initial Prepayment Amount made prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date with the proceeds of equity issuances by the Borrower after the Closing Date, up to 25% of the Second Lien Term Loans in excess of the Initial Prepayment Amount may be prepaid at 105% of the aggregate principal amount of the Second Lien Term Loans prepaid. | |
| | | | With respect to prepayments made in excess of the Initial Prepayment Amount, any voluntary prepayment or mandatory prepayments made pursuant to clauses (b), (c) or (d) in the description of “Mandatory Prepayments” of the Second Lien Term Loan Facility occurring on or after (x) the second anniversary of the Closing Date but prior to the date that is three years after the Closing Date, the Borrower shall pay a prepayment premium with respect to the portion of the Second Lien Term Loans prepaid in an amount equal to 4.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Second Lien Term Loans prepaid; (y) the third anniversary of the Closing Date but prior to the date that is four years after the Closing Date, the Borrower shall pay a prepayment premium with respect to the portion of the Second Lien Term Loans prepaid in an amount equal to 2.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Second Lien Term Loans prepaid, and (z) the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date but prior to the date that is the five years after the Closing Date, the Borrower shall pay a prepayment premium with respect to the portion of the Second Lien Term Loans prepaid in an amount equal to 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Second Lien Term Loans prepaid (the provisions of the this section, the “Call Premium”). | |
| Representations and Warranties: | | | The representations and warranties shall be substantially similar to (and, in any event, no less favorable to the Borrower and its subsidiaries than) those representations and warranties contained in the First Lien Facilities Term Sheet. The specific provisions not outlined in the First Lien Facilities Term Sheet shall be reasonably satisfactory to GSO. | |
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Conditions Precedent to Initial Borrowing: |
| | The borrowing under the Second Lien Term Loan Facility on the Closing Date will be subject only to the satisfaction or waiver by GSO of all of the Conditions to Closing. | |
| Credit Documentation: | | | The Credit Documentation (as defined below) shall be customary for facilities and shall contain the terms and conditions set forth in this Commitment Letter and such other terms as the Borrower and GSO shall agree (such other terms to be in a manner that is consistent with this Term Sheet); it being understood and agreed that the Credit Documentation shall (a) not be subject to any conditions to the availability and/or initial funding of the Second Lien Term Loan Facility on the Closing Date other than the Conditions to Closing, (b) be drafted by counsel to the GSO, (e) reflect reasonable administrative agency, operational and regulatory requirements of the Administrative Agent, (f) contain customary EU Bail-In Rules contractual recognition provisions, (g) include provisions to be mutually agreed addressing implementation of Section 211 of the Delaware Limited Liability Act and (h) be negotiated in good faith by the Borrower and GSO to finalize such Credit Documentation, giving effect to the Funds Certain Provisions, as reasonably practicable after the acceptance of the Commitment Letter (collectively, the “Documentation Principles”) | |
| Availability: | | | The Second Lien Term Loan Facility will be available in a single drawing on the Closing Date. Amounts borrowed under the Second Lien Term Loan Facility that are repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. | |
| Affirmative Covenants: | | | Subject to the Documentation Principles, the affirmative covenants shall be substantially similar to (and, in any event, no less favorable to the Borrower and its subsidiaries than) those affirmative covenants contained in the First Lien Facilities Term Sheet. The specific provisions not outlined in the First Lien Facilities Term Sheet shall be reasonably satisfactory to GSO. | |
| Negative Covenants: | | | Subject to the Documentation Principles, the negative covenants shall be substantially similar to (and, in any event, no less favorable to the Borrower and its subsidiaries than) those negative covenants contained in the First Lien Facilities Term Sheet and shall include limitations on other indebtedness; liens; negative pledges; restricted junior payments (e.g., no dividends, distributions, buy-back redemptions or certain payments on certain debt provided that payments may be made with respect to the Hudson Notes); restrictions on subsidiary distributions; investments, mergers and acquisitions; sales of assets (including subsidiary interests); sales and lease-backs; capital expenditures; transactions with affiliates; conduct of business; amendments and waivers of organizational documents, junior indebtedness and other material agreements; and changes to fiscal year, including, in each case, exceptions and baskets to be mutually agreed upon; provided that, all “baskets” will be subject to a 15% cushion on the dollar amount (with no growers); provided, further, that “AHYDO” catch-up payments shall be permitted. The specific provisions not outlined in the First Lien Facilities Term Sheet shall be reasonably satisfactory to GSO. | |
| Financial Covenant: | | | Senior Leverage Ratio, Total Leverage Ratio and a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio that shall be consistent with the financial covenants (and each shall be calculated net of unrestricted cash up to an amount to be agreed) set forth in the First Lien Term Sheet but shall be subject to a 10% cushion on the levels for each such financial covenant. | |
| Events of Default: | | | Subject to the Documentation Principles, Events of Default shall be substantially similar to (and, in any event, no less favorable to the Borrower and its subsidiaries than) the Events of Default contained in the First Lien Facilities Term Sheet; provided the Credit Documentation shall (i) include dollar-based thresholds that are 15% higher than those in the First Lien Facilities Term Sheet, (ii) provide that an event of default under the First Lien Facilities Term Sheet (other than the failure to make a principal payment at stated final maturity) shall not give rise to a default or event of default under the Second Lien Term Loan Facility unless and until (1) the lenders under the First Lien Facilities (the “First Lien Lenders”) accelerate their First Lien Loans and all other outstanding obligations under the First Lien Facilities as a result of such event of default or (2) such event of default is not cured or waived within 120 days from the date of such event of default. In the event of any acceleration following an Event of Default, including, without limitation, as a result of acceleration in connection with an insolvency proceeding, any premium that would then be due in connection with a voluntary prepayment, if made at the time of such acceleration, shall immediately be due. The specific provisions not outlined in the First Lien Facilities Term Sheet shall be reasonably satisfactory to GSO. | |
| Voting: | | | The Credit Documentation will contain provisions for amendments and waivers substantially similar to (and, in any event, no less favorable to the Borrower and its subsidiaries than) those provisions for amendments and waivers contained in the First Lien Facilities Term Sheet; provided that any reductions of, or extensions or postponements of the due date of, any applicable prepayment premium shall require the consent of each Second Lien Lender directly adversely affected thereby. The specific provisions not outlined in the First Lien Facilities Term Sheet shall be reasonably satisfactory to GSO. | |
| Cost and Yield Protection: | | | Tax gross-up, cost and yield protection provisions will be included in a form substantially similar to (and, in any event, no less favorable to the Borrower and its subsidiaries than) those provisions for tax gross-up, cost and yield protection contained in the First Lien Facilities Term Sheet. | |
| Stock Issuance: | | | On the Closing Date, the Borrower shall issue to GSO shares of common stock (“Stock”) in an aggregate amount equal to 25.0% of the aggregate common stock outstanding on the Closing Date on a fully diluted basis. | |
| | | | The Stock shall be transferable by any holder thereof without restriction and the Borrower shall recognize and register on its books any such transfer. | |
| Stockholders Agreement: | | | GSO, the Sponsor, Ares and members of management holding common stock of the Borrower will enter into a customary stockholders agreement which will contain terms relating to board composition, governance and protective provisions acceptable to GSO (and such protective provisions shall be reciprocal among GSO and the Sponsor). | |
| Registration Rights: | | | The holders of the Stock shall have customary demand and piggy-back registration rights with respect to resales of the Stock, which rights shall include customary cooperation by the Company and its executives in connection with any underwritten offering of the Stock and such registration rights shall include at least 4 demand registrations beginning 12 months after the Closing Date and unlimited registrations once the Company is eligible to use Form S-3. | |
| Board Rights: | | | GSO shall have the right to appoint one designee to the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Borrower. | |
| Assignments and Participations: | | | Provisions for assignments of and participations in the Second Lien Loans will be included substantially similar to those provisions for assignments of and participations in the loans and commitments contained in the First Lien Facilities Term Sheet that are applicable to First Lien Term Lenders as described in the First Lien Facilities Term Sheet. The specific provisions not outlined in the First Lien Facilities Term Sheet shall be reasonably satisfactory to GSO. | |
| Expenses and Indemnification: | | | Provisions for expense reimbursement and indemnification substantially similar to (and, in any event, no less favorable to the Borrower and its subsidiaries than) those provisions for expenses and indemnification contained in the First Lien Facilities Term Sheet will be included. | |
| Governing Law and Forum: | | | New York and Borough of Manhattan. | |
| Interest Rates: | | | Adjusted LIBOR plus 7.00% payable in cash plus 2.75% paid-in-kind and added to the outstanding principal amount of the Second Lien Term Loans; provided that, on and after December 31, 2019, so long as the Senior Leverage Ratio is not greater than 2.50:1.00, the applicable interest rate shall be Adjusted LIBOR plus 8.00% payable in cash plus 1.25% paid-in-kind and added to the outstanding principal amount of the Second Lien Term Loans; provided further that from the Closing Date until the sourcing agreement with the Li & Fung is amended to reflect a fee of not greater than 3.0% (with other terms being no less favorable to the Borrower than the existing sourcing arrangement), the interest required to be paid by the Borrower on any interest payment date shall be increased by 0.25%, which increased interest shall be paid-in-kind and added to the outstanding principal amount of the Second Lien Term Loans. | |
| | | | The Borrower may elect interest periods of 1, 2, 3 or 6 months (or, if agreed by all relevant Second Lien Lenders, 12 months or a shorter period) for Adjusted LIBOR borrowings. | |
| | | | Calculation of interest shall be on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days and interest shall be payable, at the end of each interest period and, in any event, at least every 3 months. | |
| | | | Adjusted LIBOR is the London interbank offered rate for U.S. dollars, adjusted for customary Eurodollar reserve requirements, if any, and subject to a floor of 1.50% per annum. | |
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| By: | | | /s/ Hamish Sandhu | |
| Name: | | | Hamish Sandhu | |
| Title: | | | Chief Financial Officer | |
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| Name: | | | Michael Buckley | |
| Title: | | | Chief Executive Officer | |
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