SERIES 2023-1 SUPPLEMENT, dated as of April 17, 2023 (this “Series 2023-1 Supplement”), by and among APPLEBEE’S FUNDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Applebee’s Issuer”) and IHOP FUNDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “IHOP Issuer” and, together with the Applebee’s Issuer, the “Co-Issuers” and each, a “Co-Issuer”), and CITIBANK, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and as Series 2023-1 Securities Intermediary, to the Second Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (as may be further amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, exclusive of Series Supplements, the “Base Indenture”), by and among the Co-Issuers and CITIBANK, N.A., as Trustee and as Securities Intermediary.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
WHEREAS, Sections 2.2 and 13.1 of the Base Indenture provide, among other things, that the Co-Issuers and the Trustee may at any time and from time to time enter into a Series Supplement to the Base Indenture for the purpose of authorizing the issuance of one or more Series of Notes (as defined in Annex A of the Base Indenture) upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth therein; and
WHEREAS, all such conditions have been met for the issuance of the Series of Notes authorized hereunder.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
DESIGNATION
There is hereby created a Series of Notes to be issued pursuant to the Base Indenture and this Series 2023-1 Supplement, and such Series of Notes shall be designated as the Series 2023-1 Notes. On the Series 2023-1 Closing Date, one Class of Notes of such Series shall be issued: Series 2023-1 Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes, Class A-2 (as referred to herein, such Class or Notes thereof, as the context requires, the “Series 2023-1 Class A-2 Notes”). The Series 2023-1 Class A-2 Notes shall be issued in one Tranche as Series 2023-1 7.824% Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes, Class A-2.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
All capitalized terms used herein (including in the preamble and the recitals hereto) and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in this Series 2023-1 Supplemental Definitions List attached hereto as Annex A (the “Series 2023-1 Supplemental Definitions List”) as such Series 2023-1 Supplemental Definitions List may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein or therein, and the term “written” or “in writing”, shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Base Indenture or the Base Indenture Definitions List attached to the Base Indenture as Annex A thereto, as such Base Indenture or Base Indenture Definitions List may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Base Indenture. Unless otherwise specified herein, all Article, Exhibit, Section or Subsection references herein shall refer to Articles, Exhibits, Sections or Subsections of this Series 2023-1 Supplement. Unless otherwise stated herein, as the context otherwise requires or if such term is otherwise defined in the Base Indenture, each capitalized term used or defined herein shall relate only to the Series 2023-1 Notes and not to any other Series of Notes issued by the Co-Issuers. The rules of construction set forth in Section 1.4 of the Base Indenture shall apply for all purposes under this Series 2023-1 Supplement.