Debts, Guaranties and Other Obligations The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, assume, suffer to exist, or in any manner become or be liable in respect of, any Debt except:
(a) Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under the Loan Documents;
(b) Debt under customary insurance premium financing arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business provided that the outstanding principal amount of such Debt shall not exceed $1,500,000;
(c) Debt in the form of obligations for the deferred purchase price of Property or services incurred in the ordinary course of business which are not yet due and payable or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been established;
(d) Debt secured by the Liens permitted under paragraph (b) of Section 6.01 in an aggregate amount not to exceed $3,000,000 at any time;
(e) Debt under Hydrocarbon Hedge Agreements which are not prohibited by the terms of Section 6.14; provided that (i) such Debt shall not be secured, other than such Debt owing to Swap Counterparties which are secured under the Loan Documents, (ii) such Debt shall not obligate the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to any margin call requirements including any requirement to post cash collateral, property collateral or a letter of credit, and (iii) the deferred premium payments associated with such Hedge Contracts shall be limited to the deferred premium payments for put option contracts which are secured under the Loan Documents; provided that, the aggregate outstanding amount of such deferred premium payments shall not exceed $500,000;
(f) Debt consisting of sureties or bonds provided to any Governmental Authority or other Person and assuring payment of contingent liabilities of the Borrower in connection with the operation of the Oil and Gas Properties, including with respect to plugging, facility removal and abandonment of its Oil and Gas Properties;
(g) Debt of the Borrower or any Guarantor owing to the Borrower or to any other Guarantor; provided that such Debt is subordinated to the Obligations on terms acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion;
(h) Debt that constitutes a renewal, refinancing or extension of any Debt referred to clause (d) of this Section 6.02; provided that (i) no Lien existing at the time of such renewal, refinancing or extension shall be extended to cover any property not already subject to such Lien, and (ii) the principal amount of any Debt renewed, refinanced or extended shall not exceed the amount of such Debt outstanding immediately prior to such renewal, refinancing or extension;
(i) Debt under the Series A Preferred Shares; provided that, (A) other than the extension of the maturity date thereof, the terms, conditions and provisions of such Debt (including but not limited to, the subordination terms thereof) shall not be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified in any way that could be reasonably determined to be adverse to the Lenders without the consent of the Majority Lenders, and (B) the amount of such Debt shall not increase other than as a result of dividend payments which have been added to the principal amount thereof as elected by certain holders of the Series A Preferred Shares; and
(j) Other unsecured Debt in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed $500,000.
Taxes and Other Obligations Pay all of its taxes, assessments and other obligations, including, but not limited to taxes, costs or other expenses arising out of this transaction, as the same become due and payable, except to the extent the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings in a diligent manner.
Debt and Other Obligations Borrower’s obligations for the payment of the Debt and the performance of the Other Obligations shall be referred to collectively herein as the “Obligations.”
Administrative and Other Fees The Borrower agrees to pay the administrative and other fees of the Administrative Agent as provided in the Fee Letter and as may be otherwise agreed to in writing from time to time by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
Administrative and Other Services (a) Subadviser will, at its expense, furnish (i) all necessary investment and management facilities, including salaries of personnel required for it to execute its duties faithfully, and (ii) administrative facilities, including bookkeeping, clerical personnel and equipment necessary for the efficient conduct of the investment affairs of the Fund (excluding determination of net asset values and shareholder accounting services).
(b) Subadviser will maintain all accounts, books and records with respect to the Fund as are required of an investment adviser of a registered investment company pursuant to the Investment Company Act and the rules thereunder. Subadviser agrees that such records are the property of the Trust, and will be surrendered to the Trust promptly upon request. The Manager shall be granted reasonable access to the records and documents in Subadviser’s possession relating to the Funds.
(c) Subadviser shall provide such information as is necessary to enable Manager to prepare and update the Trust’s registration statement (and any supplement thereto) and the Fund’s financial statements. Subadviser understands that the Trust and Manager will rely on such information in the preparation of the Trust’s registration statement and the Fund’s financial statements, and hereby covenants that any such information approved by Subadviser expressly for use in such registration and/or financial statements shall be true and complete in all material respects.
(d) Subadviser will vote the Fund’s investment securities in the manner in which Subadviser believes to be in the best interests of the Fund, and shall review its proxy voting activities on a periodic basis with the Trustees.
Stamp and other duties The Borrowers shall pay all stamp, documentary, registration or other like duties or taxes (including any duties or taxes payable by any of the Creditors) imposed on or in connection with any of the Underlying Documents, the Security Documents or the Loan and shall indemnify the Creditors or any of them against any liability arising by reason of any delay or omission by the Borrowers to pay such duties or taxes.
Utilities and Other Services 4.4.1 The Tenant shall arrange, at its own cost and expense, for the installation, connection and supply of all utilities and any other services required by it at or in relation to the Premises.
4.4.2 The Tenant shall pay to the suppliers, and indemnify the Landlord against, all charges for the installation, connection and supply of all utilities and any other services consumed or used at or in relation to the Premises and the Tenant shall comply with the requirements and regulations of the respective suppliers. Tenant to initial
4.4.3 For the purposes of this Clause 4.4, the term “utilities” shall include water, electricity, telecommunications network, gas and any water-borne sewerage systems.
Payment of Taxes and Other Obligations Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, subject, where applicable, to specified grace periods, (a) all of its taxes (Federal, state, local and any other taxes) and (b) all of its other obligations and liabilities of whatever nature in accordance with industry practice and (c) any additional costs that are imposed as a result of any failure to so pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy such taxes, obligations and liabilities, except when the amount or validity of any such taxes, obligations and liabilities is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves, if applicable, in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of the Credit Parties.
Royalties and Other Payments 5.1 For the rights, privileges and exclusive licenses granted hereunder, Licensee shall pay to CMCC the following amounts in the manner hereinafter provided until the end of the term of the last to expire Licensed Patent Right, unless this Agreement shall be sooner terminated as hereinafter provided:
(a) A license issue fee of [**] Dollars ($[**]), which license issue fee shall be deemed earned on the date of the execution of this Agreement.
(b) A License Maintenance Fee of [**] Dollars ($[**]),[**] Dollars ($[**]) of which shall be payable within [**] days of the first anniversary of the date of execution of this License Agreement and, [**] Dollars ($[**]) of which shall be payable [**] thereafter.
(c) Licensee shall make the following milestone payments to CMCC upon the completion of the following events by Licensee (“Licensee Milestones”):
(i) Payment of [**] Dollars ($[**]) upon [**] by Licensee, but not more than one payment shall be required for each Licensed Product or Licensed Process in the event that more than one [**] is required for the same Licensed Product or Licensed Process.
(ii) Payment of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($[**]) upon [**] with respect to a Licensed Product or a Licensed Process.
(iii) The Licensee Milestones will be creditable toward running royalties due CMCC for Net Sales by Licensee, up to, and no more than, [**]% of the Net Sales due in any given payment period.
(iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, it is understood by the parties that if Licensee ceases to develop a Licensed Product or Licensed Process prior to the payment of all milestones specified in this paragraph 5.1 (such Licensed Product being referred to as a “Canceled Product”) and Licensee decides to develop a different Licensed Product or Licensed Process for the same labeled indication as the Canceled Product, then Licensee shall, with respect to such other Licensed Product or Licensed Process, be obligated to pay only that/those milestone payment(s) which were not made with respect to the Canceled Product; provided however, that if Licensee does at some time in the future develop such canceled product, then appropriate and prompt adjustment with respect to milestone payments shall be made hereunder.
(d) Running royalties on a country-by-country basis in an amount equal to [**] percent ([**]%) of Net Sales by Licensee or an Affiliate of Licensed Products or Licensed Processes derived from a new chemical entity disclosed by CMCC to Licensee and which, but for this Agreement would infringe a Valid Claim of the Licensed Patent Rights. Running royalties on a country-by-country basis in an amount equal to [**] percent ([**]%) of Net Sales by Licensee or an Affiliate of Licensed Products or Licensed Processes derived from a new chemical entity discovered by Licensee or its Affiliate and which, but for this Agreement would infringe a Valid Claim of the Licensed Patent Rights.
5.2 In the event Licensee or its Affiliate has granted sublicenses under this Agreement, Licensee or its Affiliate will pay CMCC [**] percent ([**]%) of Gross Compensation received by Licensee or its Affiliate from said Sublicensees on a country-by-country basis for Licensed Products or Licensed Processes derived from a new chemical entity disclosed by CMCC to Licensee or its Affiliate which, but for this Agreement would infringe a Valid Claim of the Licensed Patent Rights in the country, and [**] percent ([**]%) of Gross Compensation received by Licensee or its Affiliate from said Sublicensees for Licensed Products or Licensed Processes derived from a new chemical entity discovered by Licensee, its Affiliate or Sublicensee, and which, but for this Agreement would infringe a Valid Claim of the Licensed Patent Rights in the country.
5.3 No multiple royalties shall be payable because any Licensed Product or Licensed Process, its manufacture, use, lease or sale which, but for this Agreement would infringe a Valid Claim of more than one patent licensed under this Agreement.
5.4 To the extent that Licensee or its Affiliates obtains subsequent to the date of this Agreement licenses to third party patents or other intellectual property that it or they reasonably believes are necessary to produce or sell Licensed Products or Licensed Processes, Licensee may deduct from the running royalty on Net Sales due to CMCC [**] percent [**]%) of the Net Sales as appropriate on a country by country basis due in respect of such third party patents or intellectual property, but only up to an amount equal to [**] percent ([**]%) of the Net Sales or share of Gross Compensation due hereunder for the same payment period.
5.5 For purposes of calculating royalties, in the event that a Licensed Product or Licensed Process includes both component(s) which, but for this Agreement would infringe a Valid Claim of the Licensed Patent Rights (“Patented Component”) and a component which is diagnostically useable or therapeutically active alone or in a combination which does not require the Patented Component, and such component is not covered by a Valid Claim of a Licensed Patent Right (“Unpatented Component”), then Net Sales of the Combination Product or Combination Process shall be calculated using one of the following methods; provided that in no event shall royalties payable to CMCC hereunder be reduced to less than fifty percent (50%) of those otherwise due hereunder:
(a) By multiplying the Net Sales of the Combination Product or Combination Process during the applicable royalty accounting period (“accounting period”) by a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate gross selling price of the Patented Component(s) contained in the Combination Product or Combination Process if sold separately, and the denominator of which is the sum of the gross selling price of both the Patented Component(s) and the Unpatented Component(s) contained in the Combination Product or Combination Process if sold separately; or
(b) In the event that no such separate sales are made of the Patented Component(s) or the Unpatented Components during the applicable accounting period, Net Sales for purposes of determining royalties payable hereunder shall be calculated by multiplying the Net Sales of the Combination Product or Combination Process by a fraction, the numerator of which is the fully allocated production cost of the Patented Component(s) and the denominator of which is the sum of the fully allocated production costs of the Patented Component(s) and the Unpatented Component(s) contained in the Combination Product or Combination Process. Such fully allocated costs shall be determined by using Licensee’s standard accounting procedures, which procedures must conform to standard cost accounting procedures.
5.6 Royalty payments shall be paid in United States dollars in Boston, Massachusetts, or at such other place as CMCC may reasonably designate consistent with the laws and regulations controlling in any foreign country. If the currency conversion shall be required in connection with the payments of royalties or other amounts hereunder, the conversion shall be made by using the exchange rate prevailing at the Bank of Boston on the last business day of the calendar quarterly reporting period to which such royalty payments relate.
5.7 The royalty payments set forth in this Agreement shall, if overdue, bear interest until payment at a per annum rate of four percent (4%) above the prime rate in effect at the Bank of Boston on the due date. The payment of such interest shall not foreclose CMCC from exercising any other rights it may have as a consequence of the lateness of any payment.
Audits, Inspections, Visits and Other Duties FIIOC and FSC shall make available during regular business hours all records and other data created and maintained pursuant to this Contract for reasonable audit and inspection by the Trust, any agent or person designated by the Trust, or any regulatory agency having authority over the Trust. Upon reasonable notice by the Trust, FIIOC and FSC shall make available during regular business hours its facilities and premises employed in connection with its performance of this Contract for reasonable visits by the Trust, any agent or person designated by the Trust, or any regulatory agency having authority over the Trust. FSC shall also inform any agent or person designated by the Trust of the existence and results of any audit, inspection or visit by any regulatory agency having authority over the Trust. FSC shall help facilitate periodic reviews by the Fund’s independent auditors (e.g., SOC 1 reports). FSC shall also maintain a continuing awareness of significant emerging regulatory and legislative developments that may affect the Fund and adopt additional procedures for compliance with regulations if necessary. FSC shall consult with independent accountants, legal counsel, officers of the Fund, and the Fund Treasurer’s Office in establishing such policies.
