CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of August 12, 2022 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this “Agreement”), is made by and among:
(a) APPLEBEE’S FUNDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and IHOP FUNDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (each, a “Co-Issuer” and, collectively, the “Co-Issuers”),
(b) APPLEBEE’S SPV GUARANTOR LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, IHOP SPV GUARANTOR LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, APPLEBEE’S RESTAURANTS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, IHOP RESTAURANTS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, IHOP PROPERTY LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and IHOP LEASING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (each, a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Guarantors”);
(c) DINE BRANDS GLOBAL, INC., a Delaware corporation, as the manager (the “Manager”),
(d) the several commercial paper conduits listed on Schedule I as Conduit Investors and their respective permitted successors and assigns (each, a “Conduit Investor” and, collectively, the “Conduit Investors”),
(e) the several financial institutions listed on Schedule I as Committed Note Purchasers and their respective permitted successors and assigns (each, a “Committed Note Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Committed Note Purchasers”),
(f) for each Investor Group, the financial institution entitled to act on behalf of the Investor Group set forth opposite the name of such Investor Group on Schedule I as Funding Agent and its permitted successors and assigns (each, the “Funding Agent” with respect to such Investor Group and, collectively, the “Funding Agents”),
(g) COÖPERATIEVE RABOBANK U.A., NEW YORK BRANCH, as L/C Provider, as Swingline Lender and as administrative agent for the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers, the Funding Agents, the L/C Provider and the Swingline Lender (together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent” or the “Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Administrative Agent”).
BACKGROUND
1. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Co-Issuers and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee and Series 2022-1 Securities Intermediary, are entering into the Series 2022-1 Supplement, of even date herewith (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Series 2022-1 Supplement”), to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of June 5, 2019 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Base Indenture”