Debt Financing (a) Verso Paper Holdings has received and accepted (i) one or more executed commitment letters, dated as of the date of this Agreement (as may be amended, modified, supplemented, replaced or extended from time to time after the date of this Agreement in compliance with Section 5.12(a), the “Debt Commitment Letters”), from the lenders party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders”), pursuant to which the Lenders have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, to provide the debt amounts set forth in the Debt Commitment Letters and establish a new Company term loan facility (the “New NewPage Term Loan Facility”) and a new Company asset-based loan facility (the “New NewPage ABL Facility”) as set forth therein, and Parent has made available to the Company, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, true and complete copies of the Debt Commitment Letters substantially in the form previously reviewed by the Company and (ii) executed amendments, dated as of the date of this Agreement (the “Existing Credit Agreement Amendments”) of the Verso ABL Facility and the Verso Cash Flow Facility, from the requisite lenders party thereto (collectively, the “Existing Lenders”), pursuant to which the Existing Lenders have agreed to permit the transactions contemplated by this Agreement pursuant to the applicable documentation in connection therewith, and Parent has made available to the Company, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, true and complete copies of the Existing Credit Agreement Amendments substantially in the form previously reviewed by the Company. Except for any fee letters (the “Fee Letters”) relating to fees with respect to the Debt Financing (a complete copy of which has been provided to the Company), as of the date of this Agreement, there are no side letters or other agreements, contracts or arrangements related to the funding or investing, as applicable, of the Debt Financing other than as expressly set forth in the Debt Commitment Letters. There are no conditions precedent or other contingencies related to the funding of the full amount of the Debt Financing, other than as expressly set forth in the Debt Commitment Letters.
Debt Financing Sources Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (but in all cases subject to and without in any way limiting the rights, remedies and claims of Parent and its Affiliates under or pursuant any agreement entered into with respect to the Debt Financing), each of the parties to this Agreement on behalf of itself and each of its controlled affiliates hereby: (a) agrees that any legal action (whether in law or in equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise), involving the Committed Financing Sources, arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Debt Financing or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the performance of any services thereunder, shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or federal court of the United States of America, in each case, sitting in New York County and any appellate court thereof (each such court, the “Subject Courts”) and each party hereto irrevocably submits itself and its property with respect to any such action to the exclusive jurisdiction of such court and agrees that any such dispute shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of New York (provided, however, that notwithstanding the forgoing or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the performance of any services thereunder, it is understood and agreed that (A) the interpretation of the definition of Company Material Adverse Effect (and whether or not a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred), (B) the determination of the accuracy of any “specified acquisition agreement representation” (as such term or similar term may be defined in a commitment letter) and whether as a result of any inaccuracy thereof Parent or any of its Affiliates have the right to terminate its or their obligations hereunder pursuant to Section 8.1(b)(iii) or decline to consummate the Closing as a result thereof pursuant to Section 8.1 and (C) the determination of whether the Closing has been consummated in all material respects in accordance with the terms hereof, shall in each case be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule that would cause the application of Laws of any other jurisdiction), (b) agrees not to bring or support or permit any of its controlled affiliates to bring or support any legal action (including any action, cause of action, claim, cross-claim or third party claim of any kind or description, whether in law or in equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise), against the Committed Financing Sources in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Debt Financing or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the performance of any services thereunder in any forum other than any Subject Court, (c) irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action in any such Subject Court, (d) knowingly, intentionally and voluntarily waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable legal requirements trial by jury in any legal action brought against the Committed Financing Sources in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Debt Financing or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the performance of any services thereunder, (e) agrees that none of the Committed Financing Sources will have any liability to any of the Company, its Subsidiaries or their respective affiliates relating to or arising out of this Agreement, the Debt Financing or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the performance of any services thereunder and that none of the Company, its Subsidiaries or their respective affiliates shall bring or support any legal action, including any action, cause of action, claim, cross-claim or third party claim of any kind or description, whether in law or in equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against any of the Committed Financing Sources relating to or in any way arising out of this Agreement, the Debt Financing or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the performance of any services thereunder, (f) waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion or as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, 106 in any legal action involving any Committed Financing Source or the transactions contemplated hereby, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the Subject Courts as described herein for any reason, and (g) agrees (x) that the Committed Financing Sources are express third party beneficiaries of, and may enforce, any of the provisions in this Section 9.14 (and the definitions of any terms used in this Section 9.14) and (y) to the extent any amendments to any provision of this Section 9.14 (or, solely as they relate to such Section, the definitions of any terms used in this Section 9.14) are materially adverse to the Committed Financing Sources, such provisions shall not be amended without the prior written consent of the Committed Financing Sources. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, nothing in this Section 9.14 shall in any way affect any party’s or any of their respective affiliates’ rights and remedies under any binding agreement between a Committed Financing Source and such party. [Signature Page Follows] 107
Additional Financing The Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that, except for Permitted Encumbrances and except as otherwise contemplated in the Mortgage, without the prior written consent of the Significant Bondholder, if any, it shall not create, incur, assume or guaranty any financing secured by the Project or other financings except (i) the transactions contemplated in the Subordinate Loan Documents, (ii) the Permitted Encumbrances and as otherwise contemplated in the Mortgage, and (iii) unsecured loans or advances by the Borrower’s partners as contemplated or permitted by the Partnership Agreement.