Conditions Precedent to the Effective Date The obligations of each Lender to make any initial Extension of Credit and of any LC Bank to make any initial issuance of a Letter of Credit shall be subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 11.02) of each of the following:
(a) The Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and each other Person entitled to the payment of fees or the reimbursement or payment of expenses, pursuant hereto or to those certain fee letters dated November 7, 2014, executed and delivered with respect to the credit facility provided for herein, shall have received all fees required to be paid by the Effective Date (including, without limitation, all fees owing on the Effective Date under Section 2.12(d) hereof), and all expenses for which invoices have been presented on or before the Effective Date.
(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate or certificates of each Loan Party, signed on behalf of each Loan Party, respectively, by a Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or a Responsible Officer thereof, dated the Effective Date, certifying as to (A) the absence, as of the Effective Date, of any Default or Event of Default, (B) after giving effect to the Transactions (including the IPO Transaction) the financial covenants contained in Article VII are in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis, (C) the occurrence of the IPO Transaction and (D) the attachment thereto of a full and complete copy of the MLP Agreement; and (ii) each of such certifications shall be true.
(c) After giving effect to the IPO Transaction, the representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties are specifically limited to a prior date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such prior date provided, that, in each case, such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that are already qualified or modified by “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language in the text thereof. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the satisfaction of the foregoing conditions on the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 11.02) on or before March 31, 2015 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, this Agreement shall terminate).
After the Agreement Effective Date After the Agreement Effective Date, the Trust will furnish to Ultimus any amendments to the items listed in Section 14.1.
Conditions to the Effective Date The obligation of each Lender to amend and restated the Existing Credit Agreement and continue the Loans hereunder on the Effective Date is subject to satisfaction or waiver in writing by the Lenders of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party, and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its legal counsel:
(i) duly executed counterparts of this Agreement, the Guaranty, the Securities Pledge Agreement, each Security Agreement Supplement, each Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplement, and the other Loan Documents by each Loan Party, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and Lenders, as applicable;
(ii) such certificates or resolutions or other corporate action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party or is to be a party on the Effective Date;
(iii) (A) Organization Documents of each Loan Party and (B) good standing certificates or certificates of status, as applicable, as of a date reasonably proximate to the Effective Date, from the applicable Governmental Authority of each Loan Party’s jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation;
(iv) a certificate attesting to the Solvency of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) on the Effective Date after giving effect to the Transaction and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, from the chief financial officer of the Parent in substantially the form of Exhibit I hereto;
(v) copies of a recent Lien and judgment search in each jurisdiction reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent with respect to the Loan Parties together with evidence that, upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent contained in any applicable payoff letters, all existing Liens (other than Permitted Liens) will be terminated and released and all actions required to terminate and release such Liens have been satisfactorily taken or will be capable of being satisfactorily undertaken substantially simultaneously with the closing of the Transaction; and
(vi) an opinion by Dxxxxxxxx Wxxxxx PLLC, counsel to the Loan Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(b) As of the Effective Date, after giving effect to the Transaction, the Loan Parties will have no indebtedness other than the Facility and any Surviving Indebtedness specified on Schedule 7.03(b). All amounts due or outstanding in respect of the Fast Pay Indebtedness and any other Indebtedness other than the Facility and any Surviving Indebtedness specified on Schedule 7.03(b) shall have been repaid in full, all commitments (if any) in respect thereof terminated, all guarantees (if any) thereof discharged and released and all security therefor (if any) released, together with all fees and other amounts owing thereon, or documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to effect such release upon such repayment and termination shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent.
(c) In order to create in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a valid, perfected first priority security interest in the personal property Collateral, Collateral Agent shall have received:
(i) (A) to the extent applicable, updated schedules to this Agreement and (B) evidence satisfactory to Collateral Agent of the compliance by each Loan Party of their obligations under the Collateral Documents (including, without limitation, their obligations to authorize or execute, as the case may be, and deliver UCC financing statements, originals of securities, instruments and chattel paper, deposit account control agreements and any agreements governing securities accounts as provided therein);
(ii) a completed Collateral Questionnaire dated as of the Effective Date and executed by a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party, together with all attachments contemplated thereby, including (A) the results of a recent search, by a Person satisfactory to Collateral Agent, of all effective UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings) made with respect to any personal or mixed property of any Loan Party in the jurisdictions specified in the Collateral Questionnaire, together with copies of all such filings disclosed by such search, and (B) UCC termination statements (or similar documents) duly executed by all applicable Persons for filing in all applicable jurisdictions as may be necessary to terminate any effective UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings) disclosed in such search (other than any such financing statements in respect of Permitted Liens); and
(iii) evidence that each Loan Party shall have taken or caused to be taken any other action, executed and delivered or caused to be executed and delivered any other agreement, document and instrument (including without limitation, (i) a landlord personal property collateral access agreement executed by the landlord of any leasehold property and by the applicable Loan Party, and (ii) any intercompany notes evidencing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(i)) and made or caused to be made any other filing and recording (other than as set forth herein) reasonably required by Collateral Agent.
(d) The CL Media Acquisition Agreement shall have become effective and Parent shall have purchased 100% of the Equity Interests of Borrower.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence of insurance required to be maintained pursuant to Section 6.07 and the Collateral Agent shall be named as an additional loss payee and additional insured, as applicable, thereunder.
(f) The representations and warranties of Borrower contained in Article V or any other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Effective Date (before and after giving effect to any Credit Extension made or deemed made on the Effective Date); provided that to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided further that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates.
(g) No Default or Event of Default exists or would result from the Credit Extension made or deemed made on the Effective Date or from the application of the proceeds therefrom.
(h) The Lenders shall have received on or prior to the Effective Date all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the PATRIOT Act and customary management background checks, in order to allow the Lenders to comply therewith, in each case, to the extent requested at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.
When Effective A notice or other communication that is e-mailed is effective when sent provided the sender receives an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (e.g. return receipt, return e-mail, or other written acknowledgement). A notice or other communication that is personally served is effective when personally delivered. A notice or other communication that is mailed is effective 3 calendar days after deposit in the United States mail.
Conditions Precedent to the Effectiveness of this Agreement The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of, or waiver in writing by IBM Credit of compliance with, the following conditions precedent on or prior to September 13, 1996:
(A) this Agreement executed and delivered by Customer and IBM Credit and receipt by IBM Credit of all attachments hereto in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit in its sole discretion;
(B) (i) copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of Customer in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit in its sole and absolute discretion certified by the secretary or assistant secretary of Customer authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each Other Agreement executed and delivered in connection herewith, (ii) a certificate of the secretary or an assistant secretary of Customer, in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit in its sole and absolute discretion, certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of Customer authorized to sign this Agreement and the Other Agreements and (iii) copies of the articles of incorporation and by-laws of Customer in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit in its sole and absolute discretion certified by the secretary or assistant secretary of Customer;
(C) certificates dated as of a recent date from the Secretary of State or other appropriate authority evidencing the good standing of Customer in the jurisdiction of its organization and in each other jurisdiction where the ownership or lease of its property or the conduct of its business requires it to qualify to do business unless the failure to so qualify could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(D) copies of all approvals and consents from any Person, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit in its sole and absolute discretion, which are required to enable Customer to authorize, or required in connection with, (a) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement and each of the Other Agreements, and (b) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement and each of the Other Agreements and (c) the execution delivery or performance and legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of the restructuring contemplated in connection herewith;
(E) a lockbox agreement executed by Customer and each Bank, in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit;
(F) a contingent blocked account agreement executed by Customer and each Bank in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit;
(G) the security interest of the Credit Managers Association shall have been released, the security agreement between Customer and the Credit Managers Association shall have been terminated, UCC termination statements relating thereto shall have been filed, appropriate filings shall have been made terminating any filings made by the Credit Managers Association with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, all in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit in its sole and absolute discretion;
(H) a favorable opinion of counsel for Customer, satisfactory to IBM Credit, in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit and Customer;
(I) UCC-1 financing statements for each jurisdiction reasonably requested by IBM Credit executed by Customer and each guarantor whose guaranty to IBM Credit is intended to be secured by a pledge of its assets and all other statements, instruments and act (including, possession by IBM Credit) necessary to perfect IBM Credit's security interest in the Collateral;
(J) Customer shall have delivered to IBM Credit convertible preferred stock of the Customer and warrants to purchase common stock of Customer, in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit in its sole and absolute discretion;
(K) Customer and IBM Credit shall have executed a registration rights agreement in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit in its sole and absolute discretion, which agreement shall include terms providing for a fee to IBM Credit in an amount equal to $3,000,000 in the event the securities obtained by IBM Credit pursuant to the recapitalization (including those securities set forth in paragraph J above) are not subject to an effective registration statement on or prior to a date to be agreed upon by Customer and IBM Credit;
(L) The existing creditors of Customer (other than IBM Credit) shall have either (i) converted their claims against Customer for common stock of Customer or (ii) released their claims against Customer for cash in an amount not to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate, other than current claims payable by customer in an amount satisfactory to IBM Credit, all in form and substance satisfactory to IBM Credit in its sole and absolute discretion;
(M) All acts necessary or desirable, in the sole and absolute discretion of IBM Credit, to the recapitalization of Customer outlined in the Private Placement Memorandum dated August 9, 1996 shall have occurred and be in full force and effect;
(N) the statements, certificates, documents, instruments, financing statements, agreements and information set forth in Attachment A and Attachment B; and
(O) all such other statements, certificates, documents, instruments, financing statements, agreements and other information with respect to the matters contemplated by this Agreement as IBM Credit shall have reasonably requested.
Conditions Precedent to the Effectiveness of this Amendment This Amendment shall become effective as of the date first written above when, and only when, each of the following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied or waived (the “Amendment No. 1 Effective Date”) by the Administrative Agent:
Reference to the Effect on the Loan Documents (a) As of the date hereof, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein,” or words of like import, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, by means of words like “thereunder”, “thereof” and words of like import), shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as modified hereby, and this Amendment and the Credit Agreement shall be read together and construed as a single instrument.
(b) Except as expressly modified hereby, all of the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents are and shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.
(c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver or amendment of any other provision of any of the Loan Documents or for any purpose except as expressly set forth herein.
(d) This Amendment shall be deemed a Loan Document.
Reference to the Effect on the Credit Agreement Upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein,” or words of similar import shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Agreement. Except as specifically amended above, the Credit Agreement, and all other Financing Documents (and all covenants, terms, conditions and agreements therein), shall remain in full force and effect, and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects by each Borrower.
Termination Effectiveness This Agreement and the Proxy shall terminate and shall have no further force or effect as of the Expiration Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing set forth in this Section 11 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall relieve either party hereto from any liability, or otherwise limit the liability of either party hereto, for any breach of this Agreement. The effectiveness of this Agreement is conditioned upon the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement by the parties thereto.
The First Closing Date Delivery of certificates for the Firm Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters and payment therefor shall be made at the offices of Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and the Representatives) at 9:00 a.m. New York City time, on [•], or such other time and date not later than 1:30 p.m. New York City time, on [•] as the Representatives shall designate by notice to the Company (the time and date of such closing are called the “First Closing Date”). The Company hereby acknowledges that circumstances under which the Representatives may provide notice to postpone the First Closing Date as originally scheduled include, but are not limited to, any determination by the Company or the Representatives to recirculate to the public copies of an amended or supplemented Prospectus or a delay as contemplated by the provisions of Section 11.
