Acceleration Events Each of the following events shall constitute an “Acceleration Event”:
Optional Acceleration of Maturity If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default pursuant to paragraph (f) of Section 8.01 with respect to the Borrower or the Parent) shall have occurred and be continuing, then, and in any such event,
(a) the Administrative Agent (i) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, declare the obligation of each Bank to make Advances and the obligation of each Issuing Bank to issue, increase, or extend Letters of Credit to be terminated, whereupon the same shall forthwith terminate, and (ii) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Notes, all interest thereon, the Letter of Credit Obligations, and all other amounts payable under this Agreement to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the Notes, all such interest, all such Letter of Credit Obligations and all such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable in full, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind (including, without limitation, any notice of intent to accelerate or notice of acceleration), all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower,
(b) the Borrower shall, on demand of the Administrative Agent at the request or with the consent of the Required Lenders, deposit into the Cash Collateral Account an amount of cash equal to the Letter of Credit Exposure as security for the Obligations to the extent the Letter of Credit Obligations are not otherwise paid at such time, and
(c) the Administrative Agent shall at the request of, or may with the consent of, the Required Lenders proceed to enforce its rights and remedies under the Credit Documents for the ratable benefit of the Banks by appropriate proceedings.
Acceleration, Etc Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in the foregoing Section 10.1(e) or 10.1(f), the Loan shall automatically and immediately terminate and the unpaid principal amount of and any and all accrued interest on the Loan shall automatically become immediately due and payable, with all additional interest from time to time accrued thereon and without presentment, demand or protest or other requirements of any kind (including, without limitation, valuation and appraisement, diligence, presentment, notice of intent to demand or accelerate or notice of acceleration), all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower, and the obligations of Lender to make any further disbursement of the Loan shall thereupon terminate; and upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any other Event of Default, Lender may, by written notice to Borrower, (i) declare that the Loan is terminated, whereupon the Loan and the obligation of Lender to make any further disbursement of the Loan shall immediately terminate, and/or (ii) declare the unpaid principal amount of, any and all accrued and unpaid interest on the Loan and all of the other Obligations to be, and the same shall thereupon be, immediately due and payable with all additional interest from time to time accrued thereon and without presentment, demand, or protest or other requirements of any kind (including without limitation, valuation and appraisement, diligence, presentment, notice of intent to demand or accelerate and of acceleration), all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower. Without limiting Lender’s authority hereunder, on or after the Maturity Date, Lender may exercise any or all rights and remedies under the Loan Documents or applicable law, including, without limitation, foreclosure upon the Property or any additional collateral.
Vesting Acceleration Effective on such termination, the Executive shall receive accelerated vesting equivalent to six (6) months of service beyond the date of Executive’s termination with respect to the shares subject to any grant of restricted stock or stock options (each, an “Equity Grant”) granted to the Executive, regardless of whether granted prior to, coincident with, or after, the Effective Date; provided, however, that in the event such termination occurs within one (1) year following a Change of Control, then one hundred percent (100%) of the remaining shares subject to each such Equity Grant shall become vested in full and the period during which the Executive is permitted to exercise (if applicable) any such Equity Grant shall be extended until the earlier of (i) ten (10) years from the date of grant, or (ii) the expiration date of such Equity Grant (as of the date of grant).
Events of Default Acceleration Etc (i) If any of the following events (“Events of Default” or, if the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both is required, then, prior to such notice or lapse of time, “Defaults”) shall occur:
(a) The Organization shall fail to pay any principal on the Loan when the same shall become due and payable, whether at the stated date of maturity or any accelerated date of maturity or at any other date fixed for payment, and does not remedy such failure within ten (10) calendar days of its occurrence, unless otherwise forgiven by the Lender as provided in this Agreement;
(b) The Organization shall fail to pay any interest on the Loan, any fees, or other sums due hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, whether at the stated date of maturity or any accelerated date of maturity or at any other date fixed for payment, and does not remedy such failure within ten (10) calendar days of its occurrence, unless otherwise forgiven by the Lender as provided in this Agreement;
(c) The Organization shall fail to comply in any material respect with any of its covenants contained in Section 4(ii), Section 4(iii), Section 4(vi) or Section 4(vii) and such failure shall not be cured to the reasonable satisfaction of the Lender within ten (10) calendar days after receipt of notice from the Lender demanding such cure or the Organization shall fail to comply in any material respect with any of its covenants contained in Section 4(iv), Section 4(v), Section 4(viii), Section 4(ix), Section 4(x) or Section 5 hereof, or any of the covenants contained in any of the other Loan Documents;
(d) Any representation or warranty of the Organization contained in Section 3(i), (ii) and (iii) is deemed to have been false in any material respect upon the date when made;
(e) The Organization shall fail to pay at maturity, or within any applicable period of grace, any obligation for borrowed money or credit received or in respect of any capitalized leases, or fail to observe or perform any material term, covenant or agreement contained in any agreement by which it is bound, evidencing or securing borrowed money or credit received or in respect of any capitalized leases for such period of time as would permit (assuming the giving of appropriate notice if required) the holder or holders thereof or of any obligations issued thereunder to accelerate the maturity thereof;
(f) The Organization or any of its Subsidiary Broker-Dealers shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or admit in writing its inability to pay or generally fail to pay its debts as they mature or become due, or shall petition or apply for the appointment of a trustee or other custodian, liquidator or receiver of the Organization or any of its Subsidiary Broker-Dealers or of any substantial part of the assets of the Organization or any of its Subsidiary Broker-Dealers, or shall commence any case or other proceeding relating to the Organization or any of its Subsidiary Broker-Dealers under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction, now or hereafter in effect, or shall take any action to authorize or in furtherance of any of the foregoing, or if any such petition or application shall be filed or any such case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Organization or any of its Subsidiary Broker-Dealers and the Organization or any of its Subsidiary Broker-Dealers shall indicate its approval thereof, consent thereto or acquiescence therein or such petition or application shall not have been dismissed within ninety (90) days following the filing thereof;
(g) A decree or order is entered appointing any such trustee, custodian, liquidator or receiver or adjudicating the Organization or any of its subsidiaries bankrupt or insolvent, or approving a petition in any such case or other proceeding, or a decree or order for relief is entered in respect of the Organization or any of its subsidiaries in an involuntary case under federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter constituted; provided, however, that in the event such order or decree is entered solely against a subsidiary of the Organization and such order or decree does not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Organization, then such an order or decree shall not be considered an Event of Default under this Section 6(i)(g);
(h) There shall remain in force, undischarged, unsatisfied and unstayed, for more than thirty (30) days, whether or not consecutive, any final judgment against the Organization that, with other outstanding final judgments, undischarged, against the Organization exceeds in the aggregate $37,500,000;
(i) The Organization fails to maintain Consolidated Adjusted Shareholders’ Equity of at least $40,000,000, as determined as of the date of any of the financial statements delivered by the Organization pursuant to Section 4(iii), subject to any cure period contained in this Agreement;
(j) The Frost Gamma Line of Credit is in default or is terminated prior to its final term date;
(k) The SEC, The New York Stock Exchange, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or any other regulatory authority, including state securities administrators, to which any of the Subsidiary Broker-Dealers is subject, suspends (and does not reinstate within ten (10) days) or places material restrictions on (and such restrictions are not removed within fifteen (15) business days) the Subsidiary Broker-Dealers or revokes membership of any of the Subsidiary Broker-Dealers as a member organization of any such organization that is a self-regulatory organization and such action results in a Material Adverse Effect;
(l) Any of the 2009 Clearing Agreements or the SAI Clearing Agreement, and, in addition, any of the future clearing agreements between the Lender and any future Affiliated B-D’s, ceases to be in full force and effect or is otherwise terminated (other than termination by the Lender in circumstances not requiring a default by a Subsidiary Broker-Dealer party thereto) or if any of the other Transaction Documents shall be cancelled, terminated, revoked or rescinded otherwise than in accordance with the terms thereof or with the express prior written agreement, consent or approval of the Lender, or any action at law, suit or in equity or other legal proceeding to cancel, revoke or rescind any of the Transaction Documents shall be commenced by or on behalf of the Organization or any of its equity holders, or any court or any other governmental or regulatory authority or agency of competent jurisdiction shall make a determination that, or issue a judgment, order, decree or ruling to the effect that, any one or more of the Transaction Documents is illegal, invalid or unenforceable in accordance with the terms thereof; or
(m) The Organization fails to remain the sole owner of any of the Subsidiary Broker-Dealers, or begins proceedings for the sale or divestiture of any of the Subsidiary Broker-Dealers; then, and in any such event, so long as the same may be continuing, the Lender may by notice in writing to the Organization declare all amounts owing with respect to this Agreement and the Note to be, and they shall thereupon forthwith become, immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Organization; provided that in the event of any Event of Default specified in Section 6(i)(f) or 6(i)(g), all such amounts shall become immediately due and payable automatically and without any requirement of notice from the Lender. Further, in the Event of Default under Sections 6(i)(c), 6(i)(d), 6(i)(f), 6(i)(g), 6(i)(i), 6(i)(k), 6(i)(l), and 6(i)(m), then, in addition to any other rights Lender may have under this Agreement, Lender shall have the right of election to terminate this Agreement.
(ii) In case any one or more of the Events of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and whether or not the Lender shall have accelerated the maturity of the Note pursuant to this Section 6, the Lender may proceed to protect and enforce its rights by suit in equity, action at law or other appropriate proceeding, whether for the specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any instrument pursuant to which the obligations to the Lender are evidenced, including as permitted by applicable law the obtaining of the ex parte appointment of a receiver, and, if such amount shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, proceed to enforce the payment thereof or any other legal or equitable right of the Lender. No remedy herein conferred upon the Lender or the holder of the Note is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or any other provision of law.
Optional Acceleration Subject to Section 7.03, if an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default set forth in Section 7.01(A)(ix) or 7.01(A)(x) with respect to the Company and not solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the Company) occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee, by notice to the Company, or Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the Notes then outstanding to become due and payable immediately.
Option Acceleration One hundred percent (100%) of the shares subject to all outstanding options granted to the Employee by the Company (the “Options”) prior to the date of such termination shall immediately become vested and exercisable in full upon such termination. Following such acceleration, the Options shall continue to be subject to the terms and conditions of the Company’s stock option plans and the applicable option agreements between the Employee and the Company.
Payments After Event of Default Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.04 hereof, all payments received and amounts held or realized by the Mortgagee (including any amounts realized by the Mortgagee from the exercise of any remedies pursuant to Section 15 of the Lease or Article IV hereof) after an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and after the declaration specified in Section 4.04(b) hereof, as well as all payments or amounts then held by the Mortgagee as part of the Trust Indenture Estate, shall be promptly distributed by the Mortgagee in the following order of priority: First,so much of such payments or amounts as shall be required to (i) reimburse the Mortgagee or WTC for any tax (except to the extent resulting from a failure of the Mortgagee to withhold taxes pursuant to Section 2.04(b) hereof), expense or other loss (including, without limitation, all amounts to be expended at the expense of, or charged upon the rents, revenues, issues, products and profits of, the property included in the Trust Indenture Estate (all such property being herein called the “Mortgaged Property”) pursuant to Section 4.05(b) hereof) incurred by the Mortgagee or WTC (to the extent not previously reimbursed), the expenses of any sale, or other proceeding, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, court costs, and any other expenditures incurred or expenditures or advances made by the Mortgagee, WTC or the Note Holders in the protection, exercise or enforcement of any right, power or remedy or any damages sustained by the Mortgagee, WTC or any Note Holder, liquidated or otherwise, upon such Event of Default shall be applied by the Mortgagee as between itself, WTC and the Note Holders in reimbursement of such expenses and any other expenses for which the Mortgagee, WTC or the Note Holders are entitled to reimbursement under any Operative Agreement and (ii) all amounts payable to the other Indenture Indemnitees hereunder and under the Participation Agreement and the Lease; and in the case the aggregate amount to be so distributed is insufficient to pay as aforesaid in clauses (i) and (ii), then ratably, without priority of one over the other, in proportion to the amounts owed each hereunder; Second,so much of such payments or amounts remaining as shall be required to reimburse the then existing or prior Note Holders for payments made pursuant to Section 5.03 hereof (to the extent not previously reimbursed) shall be distributed to such then existing or prior Note Holders ratably, without priority of one over the other, in accordance with the amount of the payment or payments made by each such then existing or prior Note Holder pursuant to said Section 5.03 hereof; Third,(i) so much of such payments or amounts remaining as shall be required to pay in full the aggregate unpaid Original Amount of all Series A Equipment Notes, and the accrued but unpaid interest and other amounts due thereon (other than Make-Whole Amount which shall not be due and payable) and all other Secured Obligations in respect of the Series A Equipment Notes (other than Make-Whole Amount) to the date of distribution, shall be distributed to the Note Holders of Series A, and in case the aggregate amount so to be distributed shall be insufficient to pay in full as aforesaid, then ratably, without priority of one over the other, in the proportion that the aggregate unpaid Original Amount of all Series A Equipment Notes held by each holder plus the accrued but unpaid interest and other amounts due hereunder or thereunder (other than Make-Whole Amount, if any) to the date of distribution, bears to the aggregate unpaid Original Amount of all Series A Equipment Notes held by all such holders plus the accrued but unpaid interest and other amounts due thereon (other than Make-Whole Amount) to the date of distribution;
Event of Default Defined; Acceleration of Maturity; Waiver of Default Event of Default" with respect to Securities of any series wherever used herein, means each one of the following events which shall have occurred and be continuing (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
Events of Default; Acceleration If any of the following events (each an "EVENT OF DEFAULT") shall occur with respect to any Borrower:
(a) Such Borrower (i) shall default in the payment of principal of any Loan, interest accrued thereon or fee due hereunder after the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or by acceleration or otherwise, or (ii) shall default in the payment of any other amount due hereunder after the same becomes due and payable; or
(b) Such Borrower shall default in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in Sections 9.01(a) or 9.01(b) and such default shall have continued for more than three (3) Banking Days, or such Borrower shall default in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in Sections 8.02(d), 8.02(e), 8.02(g), 8.05, 9.02, 9.03 or 9.04; or
(c) Such Borrower shall default in the performance of or compliance with any term contained herein other than those expressly referred to in this Section 10.01, and such default shall not have been remedied within five (5) Banking Days after written notice thereof shall have been given to such Borrower by the Operations Agent; or
(d) Such Borrower shall default in the performance of, or compliance with, any material term contained in any other written agreement with the Operations Agent or any Bank pertaining to this Agreement or such Borrower's Loans, and such default shall continue for more than the period of grace, if any, specified therein and shall not have been waived pursuant thereto; or
(e) Any representation, warranty certification or statement made or deemed made by such Borrower in this Agreement or in any certificate, financial statement or other document delivered pursuant hereto shall prove to have been false or incorrect in any material respect when made; or
(f) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 10.01, such Borrower shall default in any payment due on Indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of property, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of which is in excess of five percent (5%) of such Borrower's Total Assets, and such default shall continue for more than the period of grace, if any, applicable thereto and shall not have been waived pursuant thereto and shall permit the holder of such Indebtedness to declare such Indebtedness due and payable before its stated maturity, or in the performance of or compliance with any term of any evidence of such Indebtedness or of any mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating thereto, and any such default shall continue for more than the period of grace, if any, specified therein and shall not have been waived pursuant thereto and shall permit the holder of such Indebtedness to declare such Indebtedness due and payable before its stated maturity, unless such Borrower shall be contesting such payment or obligation in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly initiated and diligently conducted and such Borrower shall have set aside on its books such reserves, if any, with respect thereto as are required by GAAP and deemed appropriate by such Borrower and its independent public accountants, PROVIDED, that no Event of Default pursuant to paragraphs (b) or (i) of this Section 10.01 shall have occurred and be continuing as a result of such claim having been asserted in respect of such Indebtedness; or
(g) Such Borrower shall discontinue its business (other than in connection with a permitted merger or consolidation of such Borrower) or shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or shall apply for or consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a trustee, receiver or liquidator (or other similar official) of such Borrower or any substantial part of the property or assets of such Borrower or shall commence a case or have an order for relief entered against it under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or if any action shall be taken to dissolve or liquidate such Borrower (other than in connection with a permitted merger or consolidation of such Borrower); or
(h) If, within sixty (60) days after the commencement against such Borrower of a case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, such case shall have been consented to or shall not have been dismissed or all orders or proceedings thereunder affecting the operations or the business of such Borrower stayed, or if the stay of any such order or proceeding shall thereafter be set aside, or if within sixty (60) days after the entry of a decree appointing a trustee, receiver or liquidator (or other similar official) of such Borrower or any substantial part of the property of such Borrower such appointment shall not have been vacated; or
(i) A final judgment which, together with other outstanding final judgments against such Borrower, exceeds an amount in the aggregate equal to five percent (5%) of such Borrower's Total Assets (exclusive of amounts covered by available insurance) shall be rendered against such Borrower and if, within thirty (30) days after entry thereof, such judgment shall not have been discharged or execution thereof stayed pending appeal, or if, within thirty (30) days after the expiration of any such stay, such judgment shall not have been discharged; or
(j) Such Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group shall fail to pay when due an amount or amounts aggregating in excess of $500,000 which it is obligated to pay to the PBGC or to a Plan under Title IV of ERISA; or a notice of intent to terminate a Plan or Plans having aggregate Unfunded Liabilities in excess of $500,000 shall be filed under Title IV of ERISA by such Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group, any plan administrator or any combination of the foregoing; or the PBGC shall institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate or to cause a trustee to be appointed to administer any such Plan or Plans or a proceeding shall be instituted by a fiduciary of any such Plan or Plans against such Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group to enforce Sections 515 or 4219(c)(5) of ERISA; or a condition shall exist by reason of which the PBGC would be entitled to obtain a decree adjudicating that any such Plan or Plans must be terminated; or there shall occur a complete or partial withdrawal from, or a default, within the meaning of Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA, with respect to, one or more Multiemployer Plans which could cause such Borrower or one or more members of the Controlled Group to incur a current payment obligation in excess of $500,000; or
(k) Such Borrower shall cease to be an investment management company (or a Portfolio thereof) registered under the Investment Company Act, or such Borrower's registration under the Investment Company Act, or that of any Borrower Agent of such Borrower, shall lapse or be suspended; then, and in any such event, and at any time thereafter, if any Event of Default shall then be continuing with respect to such defaulting Borrower, (i) in the case of any Event of Default specified in paragraphs (g) and (h) above, the Commitments as to such defaulting Borrower shall thereupon automatically be terminated and the principal of and accrued interest on the Loans shall automatically become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice or formality of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, and (ii) in the case of any other Event of Default specified above, either or both of the following actions may be taken: the Operations Agent may, and upon the written or telephonic (confirmed in writing) request of the Majority Banks shall, by written notice to such defaulting Borrower (A) declare the principal of and accrued interest in respect of such defaulting Borrower's Loans to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the principal of and accrued interest in respect of such Loans shall become forthwith due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by such Borrower, and/or (B) terminate the Commitments as to such defaulting Borrower, whereupon the Commitments of the Banks to make Committed Credit Loans hereunder to such defaulting Borrower shall forthwith terminate without any other notice of any kind and the percentages of the Commitment Fee and other fees and expenses otherwise payable by such defaulting Borrower hereunder accruing from and after the date of termination shall be reallocated among the remaining Borrowers PRO RATA on the basis of the percentages set forth opposite such remaining Borrowers' names on SCHEDULE 1, as in effect at the time of such termination.
