Cross-Acceleration (a) Any Company fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise) of any Recourse Debt (other than Indebtedness hereunder or under any other Loan Document and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an aggregate principal amount (including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than $150,000,000 and the effect of which failure to make such payment is to cause such Recourse Debt to be demanded or to become due (or if such payment is not made on the maturity date of such Recourse Debt, to be due) or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Recourse Debt to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or such Recourse Debt to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded; or
(b) Any Company fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to or in respect of any Recourse Debt or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating to the same, or any other event (excluding voluntary actions by any applicable Company) occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause Recourse Debt having an aggregate principal amount (including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than $150,000,000, to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Recourse Debt to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or such Recourse Debt to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded; or
(c) There occurs under any Swap Contract that constitutes Recourse Debt an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (i) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which any Company is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (ii) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which any Company is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by such Company as a result thereof is greater than $150,000,000 and such amount is not paid when due.
Allocation of Payments After Event of Default Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Credit Agreement, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to any Borrower, all amounts collected from such Borrower or received by the Administrative Agent or any Lender on account of amounts outstanding under any of the Credit Documents shall be paid over or delivered as follows: FIRST, to the payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including without limitation reasonable outside attorneys’ fees other than the fees of in-house counsel) of the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders in connection with enforcing the rights of the Lenders under the Credit Documents against such Borrower and any protective advances made by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders, pro rata as set forth below; SECOND, to payment of any fees owed to the Administrative Agent or any Lender by such Borrower, pro rata as set forth below; THIRD, to the payment of all accrued interest payable to the Lenders by such Borrower hereunder, pro rata as set forth below; FOURTH, to the payment of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans or Letters of Credit outstanding of such Borrower, pro rata as set forth below; FIFTH, to all other obligations which shall have become due and payable of such Borrower under the Credit Documents and not repaid pursuant to clauses “FIRST” through “FOURTH” above; and SIXTH, the payment of the surplus, if any, to whoever may be lawfully entitled to receive such surplus. In carrying out the foregoing, (a) amounts received shall be applied in the numerical order provided until exhausted prior to application to the next succeeding category and (b) each of the Lenders shall receive an amount equal to its pro rata share (based on each Lender’s Commitment Percentages) of amounts available to be applied.
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.
Mandatory Prepayment Upon an Acceleration If the Term Loan Advances are accelerated by Bank following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Borrower shall immediately pay to Bank an amount equal to the sum of (i) all outstanding principal plus accrued and unpaid interest with respect to the Term Loan Advances, (ii) the Prepayment Fee, (iii) the Final Payment, and (iv) all other sums, if any, that shall have become due and payable with respect to the Term Loan Advances, including interest at the Default Rate with respect to any past due amounts.
Notification of Maturity Date With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Seller shall execute and deliver to the Mortgagor any and all necessary notices required under applicable law and the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage regarding the maturity date if required under applicable law.
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.
Post Default Allocation of Payments Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, monies to be applied to the Obligations, whether arising from payments by Obligors, realization on Collateral, setoff or otherwise, shall be allocated as follows:
(a) first, to all costs and expenses, including Extraordinary Expenses, owing to Agent;
(b) second, to all amounts owing to Agent on Swingline Loans or Protective Advances;
(c) third, to all amounts owing to Issuing Bank on LC Obligations;
(d) fourth, to all Obligations constituting fees owing to the Tranche A Lenders in their capacity as Tranche A Lenders (excluding Bank Product Debt);
(e) fifth, to all Obligations constituting interest then owing on Tranche A Revolver Loans (excluding Bank Product Debt);
(f) sixth, to provide Cash Collateral for outstanding Letters of Credit;
(g) seventh, to all other Obligations owing to the Tranche A Lenders in their capacity as Tranche A Lenders (excluding Bank Product Debt);
(h) eighth, to all Obligations constituting fees owing to the Tranche A-1 Lenders in their capacity as Tranche A-1 Lenders (excluding Bank Product Debt);
(i) ninth, to all Obligations constituting interest then owing on Tranche A-1 Revolver Loans (excluding Bank Product Debt);
(j) tenth, to all other Obligations owing to the Tranche A-1 Lenders in their capacity as Tranche A-1 Lenders (excluding Bank Product Debt);
(k) eleventh, to Bank Product Debt owing to the Secured Parties for which Agent has received written notice as provided under the definition of “Bank Product”; and
(l) twelfth, to Bank Product Debt owing to the Secured Parties for which Agent has not received written notice as provided under the definition of “Bank Product”. Amounts shall be applied to each category of Obligations set forth above until Full Payment thereof and then to the next category. If amounts are insufficient to satisfy a category, they shall be applied on a pro rata basis among the Obligations in the category. Amounts distributed with respect to any Bank Product Debt or LC Obligations shall be the lesser of the applicable LC Obligations or Bank Product Amount last reported to Agent or the actual LC Obligations or Bank Product Debt as calculated by the methodology reported to Agent for determining the amount due. Agent shall have no obligation to calculate the amount to be distributed with respect to any Bank Product Debt, but may rely upon written notice of the amount (setting forth a reasonably detailed calculation) from the Secured Party. In the absence of such notice, Agent may assume the amount to be distributed is the Bank Product Amount last reported to it. The allocations set forth in this Section 5.5.2 are solely to determine the rights and priorities of Agent and Lenders as among themselves, and may be changed by agreement among them without the consent of any Obligor. This Section 5.5.2 is not for the benefit of or enforceable by any Obligor.
Special Acceleration of Option (a) In the event of a Change in Control, this option, to the extent outstanding at that time but not otherwise fully exercisable, shall automatically accelerate so that this option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in Control, become exercisable for all of the Option Shares at the time subject to this option and may be exercised for any or all of those Option Shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock. No such acceleration of this option, however, shall occur if and to the extent: (i) this option is, in connection with the Change in Control, assumed or otherwise continued in full force and effect by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control or (ii) this option is replaced with a cash incentive program of the successor corporation which preserves the spread existing at the time of the Change in Control on the Option Shares for which this option is not otherwise at that time exercisable (the excess of the Fair Market Value of those Option Shares over the aggregate Exercise Price payable for such shares) and provides for subsequent pay-out in accordance with the same option exercise schedule set forth in the Grant Notice.
(b) Immediately following the consummation of the Change in Control, this option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise expressly continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control.
(c) If this option is assumed in connection with a Change in Control, then this option shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Change in Control, to apply to the number and class of securities which would have been issuable to Optionee in consummation of such Change in Control had the option been exercised immediately prior to such Change in Control, and appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the Exercise Price, provided the aggregate Exercise Price shall remain the same.
(d) This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.
Extension of Maturity Date (a) On any anniversary of the Closing Date prior to the Maturity Date, the Borrowers may request to extend the then-applicable Maturity Date (the “Existing Maturity Date”) for an additional one-year period (an “Extension Period”) to the date that is one year after the Existing Maturity Date (the “Requested Maturity Date”); provided that the Borrowers may extend the Maturity Date for a maximum two (2) such Extension Periods. The Borrowers may make such request in a notice given as herein provided and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 2.8(a) (the “Extension of Maturity Date Request”) to the Administrative Agent not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days prior to any anniversary of the Closing Date, so long as (i) each of the representations and warranties contained in Section 7 and in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such notice and as of the commencement date of the relevant Extension Period as if made on and as of each date (or, if any such representation and warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date) and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such notice and as of the commencement date of the relevant Extension Period. Each Lender, acting in its sole discretion, shall, not later than a date 30 days after its receipt of any such notice from the Administrative Agent, notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent in writing of its election to extend or not to extend the Existing Maturity Date with respect to its Commitment. Any Lender which shall not timely notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent of its election to extend the Existing Maturity Date shall be deemed not to have elected to extend the Existing Maturity Date with respect to its Commitment (any Lender who timely notifies the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent of an election not to extend or fails to timely notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent of its election being referred to as a “Terminating Lender” and all such Lenders, collectively, the “Terminating Lenders”). The election of any Lender to agree to a requested extension shall not obligate any other Lender to agree to such requested extension.
(b) If and only if (i) one or more Lenders shall have agreed in writing during the 30 day period referred to in Section 2.8(a) to extend the Existing Maturity Date and (ii) the Borrowers shall have submitted to the Administrative Agent, on the commencement date of the relevant Extension Period, a certificate of the Borrowers, substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.8(b) (the “Extension of Maturity Date Certificate”), stating that (x) the representations and warranties made by each Borrower in or pursuant to the Credit Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date thereof (or, if any such representation and warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date) and (y) no Default or Event of Default by each Borrower has occurred and is continuing, then (A) the Commitments of the Lenders other than Terminating Lenders (the “Continuing Lenders”, each a “Continuing Lender”) shall, subject to the other provisions of this Credit Agreement, be extended to the Requested Maturity Date specified in the Extension of Maturity Date Request from the Borrowers, and as to such Lenders the term “Maturity Date”, as used herein, shall on and after the date as of which the requested extension is effective mean such Requested Maturity Date, provided that if such date is not a Business Day, then such Requested Maturity Date shall be the next succeeding Business Day and (B) the Commitments and L/C Commitment share (if applicable) of the Terminating Lenders shall continue until the Existing Maturity Date and shall then terminate, and as to the Terminating Lenders, the term “Maturity Date”, as used herein, shall continue to mean the Existing Maturity Date. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify (x) the Lenders of any Extension of Maturity Date Request, (y) the Lenders and the Borrowers of any extension of the Existing Maturity Date pursuant to this Section 2.8 and (z) the Borrowers and the Lenders of any Lender which becomes a Terminating Lender.
(c) In the event that the Maturity Date shall have been extended for the Continuing Lenders in accordance with paragraph 2.8(b) above and, in connection with such extension, there are Terminating Lenders, the Borrowers may, at their own expense and in their sole discretion and prior to the Existing Maturity Date, require any Terminating Lender to transfer and assign its interests, rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement in accordance with Section 4.5 to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such assigned obligations and that shall agree that its Commitment will expire on the Maturity Date in effect for Continuing Lenders; provided, however, that the Borrowers shall have given written notice to the Administrative Agent in the case of an assignee that is not a Lender. Any such Eligible Assignee’s initial Maturity Date shall be the Maturity Date in effect for the Continuing Lenders at the time of such assignment. The Borrowers shall not be permitted to require a Lender to assign any part of its interests, rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement pursuant to this Section 2.8(c) unless the Borrowers have notified such Lender of their intention to require the assignment thereof at least ten days prior to the proposed assignment date. Any Eligible Assignee which becomes a Lender as a result of such an assignment made pursuant to this Section 2.8(c) shall be deemed to have consented to the applicable Extension of Maturity Date Request and, therefore, shall not be a Terminating Lender.
(d) Revolving Loans or L/C Obligations owing to any Terminating Lender on the Existing Maturity Date with respect to such Terminating Lender shall be repaid in full, with accrued interest and all other amounts then due and owing thereon, on the Existing Maturity Date with respect to such Terminating Lender.
Application of Payments and Proceeds Upon Default If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Bank shall have the right to apply in any order any funds in its possession, whether from Borrower account balances, payments, proceeds realized as the result of any collection of Accounts or other disposition of the Collateral, or otherwise, to the Obligations. Bank shall pay any surplus to Borrower by credit to the Designated Deposit Account or to other Persons legally entitled thereto; Borrower shall remain liable to Bank for any deficiency. If Bank, directly or indirectly, enters into a deferred payment or other credit transaction with any purchaser at any sale of Collateral, Bank shall have the option, exercisable at any time, of either reducing the Obligations by the principal amount of the purchase price or deferring the reduction of the Obligations until the actual receipt by Bank of cash therefor.
