Proper Instructions and Special Instructions “Proper Instructions,” which may also be standing instructions, as such term is used throughout this Agreement shall mean instructions received by the Custodian from a Fund, a Fund’s duly authorized investment manager or investment adviser, or a person or entity duly authorized by either of them. Such instructions may be in writing signed by the authorized person or persons or may be in a tested communication or in a communication utilizing access codes effected between electro-mechanical or electronic devices or may be by such other means and utilizing such intermediary systems and utilities as may be agreed from time to time by the Custodian and the person(s) or entity giving such instruction, provided that the Fund has followed any security procedures agreed to from time to time by the applicable Fund and the Custodian including, but not limited to, the security procedures selected by the Fund via the form of Funds Transfer Addendum hereto, the terms of which are hereby agreed to. Oral instructions will be considered Proper Instructions if the Custodian reasonably believes them to have been given by a person authorized to provide such instructions with respect to the transaction involved; the Fund shall cause all oral instructions to be confirmed in writing. For purposes of this Section, Proper Instructions shall include instructions received by the Custodian pursuant to any multi-party agreement which requires a segregated asset account in accordance with Section 2.9 hereof.
Conditions Precedent to the Right of the Company to Deliver an Advance Notice The right of the Company to deliver an Advance Notice and the obligations of the Investor hereunder with respect to an Advance are subject to the satisfaction or waiver, on each Advance Notice Date (a “Condition Satisfaction Date”), of each of the following conditions:
Actions of Custodian Based on Proper Instructions and Special Instructions So long as and to the extent that the Custodian acts in accordance with (a) Proper Instructions or Special Instructions, as the case may be, and (b) the terms of this Agreement, the Custodian shall not be responsible for the title, validity or genuineness of any property, or evidence of title thereof, received by it or delivered by it pursuant to this Agreement.
Deadlines for Providing Insurance Documents after Renewal or Upon Request As set forth herein, certain insurance documents must be provided to the OGS Procurement Services contact identified in the Contract Award Notice after renewal or upon request. This requirement means that the Contractor shall provide the applicable insurance document to OGS as soon as possible but in no event later than the following time periods:
Right to Request and Act on Instructions Agent may at any time request instructions from Lenders with respect to any actions or approvals which by the terms of this Agreement or of any of the Financing Documents Agent is permitted or desires to take or to grant, and if such instructions are promptly requested, Agent shall be absolutely entitled to refrain from taking any action or to withhold any approval and shall not be under any liability whatsoever to any Person for refraining from any action or withholding any approval under any of the Financing Documents until it shall have received such instructions from Required Lenders or all or such other portion of the Lenders as shall be prescribed by this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against Agent as a result of Agent acting or refraining from acting under this Agreement or any of the other Financing Documents in accordance with the instructions of Required Lenders (or all or such other portion of the Lenders as shall be prescribed by this Agreement) and, notwithstanding the instructions of Required Lenders (or such other applicable portion of the Lenders), Agent shall have no obligation to take any action if it believes, in good faith, that such action would violate applicable Law or exposes Agent to any liability for which it has not received satisfactory indemnification in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.6.
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEAAffected Financial Institutions Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEAAffected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEAthe applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEAthe applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEAAffected Financial Institution; and
(b) the effects of any Bail-in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEAAffected Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of any EEAthe applicable Resolution Authority.
Conditions Precedent to the Initial Advance The obligation of the Lender Group (or any member thereof) to make the initial Advance is subject to the fulfillment, to the satisfaction of Agent, each Lender, and their respective counsel, of each of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date:
(a) the Closing Date shall occur on or before October 15, 1998;
(b) Agent shall have received all financing statements and fixture filings required by the Lender Group, duly executed by Borrower, and Agent shall have searches reflecting the filing of its financing statements with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the City Clerk of Quincy, Massachusetts;
(c) Agent shall have received each of the following documents, duly executed, and each such document shall be in full force and effect:
(i) the Disbursement Letter;
(ii) the Pay-Off Letter;
(iii) the Suretyship Agreement;
(iv) the Fee Letter;
(v) the Agents' Side Letter;
(vi) the Intercompany Subordination Agreement;
(vii) the Stock Pledge Agreement;
(viii) Termination statements relative to all financing statements filed by Sprint Communications;
(ix) WorldCom Subordination Agreement (or termination statements relative to all financing statements filed by WorldCom Network Services, Inc. dba WilTel, Inc.);
(x) the Hale Xxxordination Agreement;
(xi) the Customer List Escrow Agreement; and 39
(d) Agent shall have received a certificate from the Secretary of each Borrower attesting to the resolutions of such Borrower's Board of Directors authorizing its execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Borrower is a party and authorizing specific officers of such Borrower to execute the same;
(e) Agent shall have received copies of each Borrower's Governing Documents, as amended, modified, or supplemented to the Closing Date, certified by the Secretary of such Borrower;
(f) Agent shall have received a certificate of status with respect to each Borrower, dated as of a date within a reasonable proximity to the Closing Date, such certificate to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdiction of organization of such Borrower, which certificate shall indicate that such Borrower is in good standing in such jurisdiction;
(g) Agent shall have received certificates of status with respect to each Borrower, each dated as of a date within a reasonable proximity to the Closing Date, such certificates to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdictions in which its failure to be duly qualified or licensed would constitute a Material Adverse Change, which certificates shall indicate that such Borrower is in good standing in such jurisdictions;
(h) Agent shall have received a certificate of insurance, together with the endorsements thereto, as are required by Section 6.10, the form and substance of which shall be satisfactory to Agent, each Lender, and their respective counsel;
(i) Agent shall have received the Closing Date Business Plan certified by an officer of Borrower as being such officer's good faith best estimate of the financial performance of Borrower during the period covered thereby;
(j) Agent shall have received a Collateral Access Agreement relative to Borrower's location in Quincy, Massachusetts;
(k) Agent shall have received opinions of Borrower's counsel in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and each Lender in their sole discretion;
(l) Agent and Agent's counsel shall have been provided with a copy of each Carrier Agreement in respect of a Material Carrier, the Bell Xxxantic Interconnection Agreement, and each agreement in respect of any Indefeasible Right to Use granted to Borrower, certified by an officer of Borrower as true, correct, and complete, and Agent shall have had a reasonable opportunity to review each such Carrier Agreement;
(m) Agent shall have received a certificate from an officer of each Borrower certifying that all tax returns required to be filed such Borrower have been timely filed and all taxes upon such Borrower or its properties, assets, income, and franchises (including real property taxes and payroll taxes) have been paid prior to delinquency, except 40 such taxes that are the subject of a Permitted Protest;
(n) Agent shall have received a certificate from an officer of each Borrower certifying that to the best of such Borrower's knowledge there are no outstanding complaints against any Borrower made to any public utilities commission in any jurisdiction in which any Borrower operates, except such complaints that have been fully disclosed to the Lenders and are satisfactory to Agent and the Lenders;
(o) Agent shall have received a letter from Chase Equipment Leasing, Inc. ("Chase"), in form and substance satisfactory to each Lender, acknowledging that Chase's liens in the Equipment leased by Borrower from Chase does not extend to the Accounts generated by such Equipment;
(p) Agent shall have received payment of all accrued and unpaid Lender Group Expenses;
(q) Agent shall have received a certificate from an officer of each Borrower certifying that there has been no Material Adverse Change in the financial condition of such Borrower or the Collateral since July 31, 1998; and
(r) all other documents and legal matters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been delivered, executed, or recorded and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, each Lender, and their respective counsel.
Conditions Precedent to Each Loan and Letter of Credit The obligation of each Lender on any date (including the Closing Date) to make any Loan and of each L/C Issuer on any date (including the Closing Date) to Issue any Letter of Credit is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent:
Additional Conditions Precedent No Lender has any ------------------------------- obligation to make any Loan (including its first), and LC Issuer has no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit (including its first), unless the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:
(a) All representations and warranties made by any Restricted Person in any Loan Document shall be true on and as of the date of such Loan or the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit as if such representations and warranties had been made as of the date of such Loan or the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit except to the extent that such representation or warranty was made as of a specific date or updated, modified or supplemented as of a subsequent date with the consent of Majority Lenders.
(b) No Default shall exist at the date of such Loan or the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit.
(c) No Material Adverse Change shall have occurred to, and no event or circumstance shall have occurred that could cause a Material Adverse Change to, Plains MLP's or Borrower's Consolidated financial condition or businesses since the date of the Initial Financial Statements.
(d) Each Restricted Person shall have performed and complied with all agreements and conditions required in the Loan Documents to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the date of such Loan or the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit.
(e) The making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit shall not be prohibited by any Law and shall not subject any Lender or any LC Issuer to any penalty or other onerous condition under or pursuant to any such Law.
(f) Administrative Agent shall have received all documents and instruments which Administrative Agent has then requested, in addition to those described in Section 4.1 (including opinions of legal counsel for Restricted Persons and Administrative Agent; corporate documents and records; documents evidencing governmental authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses and exemptions; and certificates of public officials and of officers and representatives of Borrower and other Persons), as to (i) the accuracy and validity of or compliance with all representations, warranties and covenants made by any Restricted Person in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii the satisfaction of all conditions contained herein or therein, and (ii all other matters pertaining hereto and thereto. All such additional documents and instruments shall be satisfactory to Administrative Agent in form, substance and date.
Conditions Precedent/Effectiveness Conditions This Amendment shall be effective upon the date of satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent (the “Effective Date”):
(a) Agent shall have received this Amendment fully executed by the Borrowers;
(b) Agent shall have received updated schedule to the Loan Agreement, if any;
(c) Agent shall have received a Guaranty, fully executed by the New Guarantor;
(d) Agent shall have received a Pledge Agreement, fully executed by the New Guarantor;
(e) Agent shall have received a copy of the Asset Transfer Agreement;
(f) Agent shall have received a copy of the resolutions in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, of the board of directors or managers of New Guarantor, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, the Guaranty, and any related agreements, instruments, or documents to which New Guarantor is a party, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of New Guarantor;
(g) Agent shall have received a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of New Guarantor as to the incumbency and signature of the officers of New Guarantor executing this Amendment the Guaranty, and any related agreements, instruments, or documents to which New Guarantor is a party, together with evidence of the incumbency of such Secretary or Assistant Secretary;
(h) Agent shall have received an incumbency certificate for each Borrower identifying all authorized officers with specimen signatures, certified by the Secretary of such Borrower;
(i) Agent shall have received copies of the bylaws and memorandum of association of New Guarantor, together with a certificate of good standing or equivalent certification in the jurisdiction of formation of New Guarantor;
(j) Agent shall have received the results of UCC, tax lien, and judgment searches against New Guarantor;
(k) Agent shall have received an opinion of counsel of New Guarantor;
(l) Agent shall have received updated certificates of insurance naming New Guarantor as an additional insured with respect to liability insurance and lender loss payee with respect to property insurance;
(m) Agent shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence that the Guarantor Restructuring shall be consummated; and
(n) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under the Loan Agreement.
