Conditions Precedent to the Closing Date The obligations of each L/C Issuer and each Lender to make the initial Credit Extensions on the Closing Date (if any) shall, in each case, be subject to the following conditions:
(a) The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals, facsimiles or “pdf” or similar electronic format (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by an Officer of the signing Loan Party each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(i) a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender that has requested a Note at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date;
(ii) executed copies of (x) this Agreement, and (y) each Security Document set forth on Schedule 4.01(a)(ii), executed by each Loan Party thereto, together with:
(A) evidence that all filings under the UCC shall have been taken, completed or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
(B) any other documents and instruments as may be necessary or advisable in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent valid and subsisting first priority perfected Liens on the properties purported to be subject to the Security Documents set forth on Schedule 4.01(a)(ii), enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms;
(iii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Officer thereof authorized to act as an Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party;
(iv) an opinion from (A) Milbank LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, and (B) local or other counsel in each of the jurisdictions listed on Schedule 4.01(a)(iv), in each case as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, in the case of each of clauses (A) and (B), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(v) a certificate attesting to the Solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) on the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions, from the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J;
(vi) a certificate attesting to the compliance with clauses (d), (e), (f) and (h) of this Section 4.01 on the Closing Date from an Officer of the Borrower; and
(vii) if any Loans are to be made on the Closing Date, a Committed Loan Notice pursuant to Section 2.02.
(b) All reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses due and payable to the Lenders, the Arrangers and the Administrative Agent and required to be paid on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to Agency Fee Letter shall have been paid or shall have been authorized to be deducted from the proceeds of the initial funding under the Facilities, so long as any such fees or expenses not expressly set forth in the Agency Fee Letter have been have been invoiced not less than three business days prior to the Closing Date.
(c) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, to the extent requested in writing at least seven Business Days prior to the Closing Date, all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders reasonably determine is necessary in order to allow the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to comply with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
(d) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article 5 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects; provided 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.
(e) There has been no change, occurrence or development since September 30, 2020 that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to the Transactions, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(g) [Reserved].
(h) Prior to or substantially concurrently with the Closing Date, (i) the 2026 Senior Secured Notes shall have been issued and (ii) the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been paid off in full and terminated and all liens thereunder shall have been released pursuant to a customary payoff letter reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Conditions to the Closing Date The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Bank to make LC Credit Extensions hereunder shall become effective on the first date when each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received the following, each of which shall be originals, telecopies or electronic copies (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, each dated a date on or prior to the Closing Date and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers:
(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement from the Borrower;
(ii) a promissory note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting three Business Days in advance a promissory note evidencing the Loan provided by such Lender;
(iii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of the Borrower 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 the Borrower is a party or is to be a party;
(iv) a certificate of good standing for the Borrower from its jurisdiction of organization;
(v) a certificate signed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower certifying (A) as to the solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) after giving effect to the Transaction and the incurrence of all Indebtedness related thereto, (B) as to the Debt Rating then in effect and (C) that the conditions specified in Section 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied;
(vi) a favorable opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, counsel to the Borrower, and the general counsel of the Borrower, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form set forth on Exhibit C and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
(vii) evidence that the Existing Credit Agreement has been, or concurrently with the Closing Date is being, terminated and all Liens securing obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement have been, or concurrently with the Closing Date are being released (the “Refinancing”).
(b) The Borrower shall have received not less than $1,000.0 million in gross cash proceeds from the sale of the Senior Notes.
(c) All accrued fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers (including the fees and expenses of counsels for the Administrative Agent, the U.S. Lead Arrangers and the Nordic Lead Arrangers and local and special counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers) shall have been paid. The Borrower shall have paid all items then due and payable under the Fee Letter.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.03 hereof.
Closing Conditions (a) The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and
(iii) the delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement.
(b) The respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);
(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
(iii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement;
(iv) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof; and
(v) from the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal Trading Market, and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of such Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the Closing.
Actions at the Closing Simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement or as with regard to the transfer of securities as soon thereafter as is practicable:
(a) The Seller shall deliver to the Company (i) a copy of a certificate of good standing (or similar documents applicable for such jurisdictions) for the Seller, certified as of a date no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the date hereof from the proper Governmental Authority of the Seller's jurisdiction of organization; and (ii) a certificate from the Seller’s secretary or director certifying as to the validity and effectiveness of, and confirming delivery of, (x) copies of the Seller’s Organizational Documents as in effect as of the date hereof, (y) copies of the resolutions of its board of directors and the Shareholders authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each document to which they are a party or bound, and the consummation of the Exchange, the Series A Preferred Exchange and each of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (z) the incumbency of directors authorized to execute this Agreement or any other document to which the Seller is or is required to be a party or otherwise bound.
(b) The Company shall deliver to the Seller (i) a copy of a certificate of good standing for the Company, certified as of a date no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the date hereof from the proper Governmental Authority of the Company’s jurisdiction of organization; and (ii) a certificate from the Company’s secretary or authorized officer certifying as to the validity and effectiveness of, and confirming delivery of, (x) copies of the Company’s Organizational Documents as in effect as of the date hereof, (y) copies of the resolutions of its board of directors authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each document to which it is a party or bound, respectively, and the consummation of the Exchange, the Series A Preferred Exchange and each of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the appointment of the individuals nominated by the Seller as the directors and Mr. Xxxxx Xxxxxx as the Chief Executive Office of the Company with immediate effect at Closing, and (z) the incumbency of officers or directors authorized to execute this Agreement or any other document to which the Company is or is required to be a party or otherwise bound.
(c) Each of the Shareholders shall deliver to the Company the certificate(s) representing their Seller Securities owned by each such Shareholder, duly endorsed or accompanied by stock powers duly executed in blank and otherwise in a form acceptable for transfer on the books of the Company, such certificates may be delivered to the Company’s registrar or transfer agent.
(d) The Company shall deliver to the Shareholders a copy of the transfer agent instruction letter that instructs the Company’s stock transfer agent to issue the Series B Preferred Stock in book entry form to the Shareholders calculated in accordance with Section 2.1(b).
(e) The Company Preferred Shareholder shall deliver to the Company the cancellation request and executed agreements as needed for surrendering of all of the Series A Preferred Stock owned by him on the books of the Company, such cancellation request may be delivered to the Company’s transfer agent.
(f) The Company shall deliver to the Shareholders a copy of the transfer agent instruction letter that instructs the Company’s stock transfer agent to issue all authorized shares of the Series A Preferred Stock in book entry form to the Shareholders.
(g) The Company shall deliver to the Company Preferred Shareholder a copy of the transfer agent instruction letter that instructs the Company’s stock transfer agent to issue the Series B Preferred Stock in book entry form to the Company Preferred Shareholder calculated in accordance with Section 2.1(c).
(h) The Company shall deliver to the Seller a copy of the written resignation of Xx. Xxx Xxxx from his position as Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
(i) The Shareholders and the Company Preferred Shareholder shall deliver to the Company counterparts duly executed by them to the Lock-Up Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.
(j) The Company shall deliver to the Seller duly executed copies of the Employment Agreements.
(k) The Company and the Company Preferred Shareholder shall deliver validly executed transfer documents in accordance with Section 7.3 dated as of the date hereof and effective as of the next Business Day after the date hereof.
Post-Closing Conditions On or before the date specified in this Section 4.3 (unless a longer period is agreed to in writing by the Administrative Agent, in its reasonable discretion), the Borrower shall satisfy each of the following items specified in the subsections below:
Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of the Company to Sell the Shares The obligation hereunder of the Company to issue and sell the Shares is subject to the satisfaction or waiver, at or before the Closing, of each of the conditions set forth below. These conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion.
Conditions Precedent to the Closing The obligations of each Noteholder to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents are subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Required Noteholders on the Closing Date of each of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The Noteholders or their counsel shall have received a notice of closing (the “Notice of Closing”) in the form of Schedule 7.2(a) at least five Business Days prior to the Closing, or such shorter period as the Company and the Required Noteholders shall agree.
(b) The Company shall have duly issued and delivered to such Noteholder or their counsel, in accordance with ARTICLE II, the Amended Notes and New Warrants to be delivered to such Noteholder at the Closing.
(c) Each of the Transaction Documents shall be in full force and effect and no term or condition thereof shall have been amended, waived or otherwise modified without the prior written consent of the Required Noteholders.
(d) The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in ARTICLE V shall be true and correct as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Closing (except where any such representation and warranty speaks by its terms as of a different date, in which case it shall be true and correct as of such date), and such Noteholder shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an officer of the Company to such effect.
(e) The Company shall have performed all obligations required to be performed by it at or prior to the Closing under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and such Noteholder shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an officer of the Company to such effect.
(f) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(g) There is not any litigation or proceeding pending or threatened which seeks to restrain or invalidate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(h) The Company shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the Noteholders or their counsel, all such other documents and agreements reasonably requested by the Noteholders in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Conditions Precedent to the Seller’s Obligations The obligation of the Seller to consummate the transfer of the Asset as contemplated by this Agreement on the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Seller) as of the Closing of the following conditions:
(a) Each of the representations and warranties made by the Buyer in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects when made and on and as of the Closing Date as though such representations and warranties were made on and as of the Closing Date.
(b) The Buyer shall have performed or complied in all material respects with each obligation and covenant required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Buyer on or before the Closing.
(c) No order or injunction of any court or administrative agency of competent jurisdiction nor any statute, rule, regulation or executive order promulgated by any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall be in effect or threatened in writing as of the Closing which restrains or prohibits the transfer of the Asset or the consummation of any other transaction contemplated hereby.
(d) The Buyer shall have made (or caused to have been made) all of the deliveries required to be made by the Buyer under SECTION 7.1.
(e) The Seller shall have received evidence that the Franchise Agreement has been terminated.
(f) Simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, the Buyer or affiliates of Buyer (collectively, “Affiliate Buyers”) are entering into the Related Agreements with other sellers that are affiliates of Seller (collectively, “Other Sellers”). Except as otherwise set forth below, it shall be a condition precedent to the Seller’s obligation to close on the sale of the Asset, that (i) the closing date under the Related Agreements shall be the same as the Closing Date under this Agreement and (ii) the closing of the Related Agreements shall take place simultaneously with the Closing hereunder (i.e., the closing in this Agreement or any Related Agreement will have occurred when all of the conditions precedent to closing set forth in the applicable agreement have been met or waived by the appropriate party, including without limitation the Title Company’s receipt of the applicable deed or assignment of lease and its unconditional and irrevocable commitment to (x) record the deed or assignment of lease; and (y) issue the Title Policy effective as of such date, notwithstanding that such deed or assignment of lease may not have been recorded). If any of the Buyer or Affiliate Buyers defaults under this Agreement or any Related Agreement, as applicable, such default shall be deemed a default by the Buyer and the Affiliate Buyers under this Agreement and all of the Related Agreements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any of the Seller or Other Sellers is in default under this Agreement or any other Related Agreement (any such agreement being a “Defaulted Agreement”), as applicable, and the respective parties thereto fail to close under such Defaulted Agreement, then, so long as the Acquisition Threshold is met, a closing under such Defaulted Agreement shall not be a condition precedent to the Seller’s obligation to close under this Agreement or any other Related Agreement (so long as the Acquisition Threshold is met); provided, however, in the event that the Acquisition Threshold is not met, then such defaults shall constitute a default under this Agreement and all other Related Agreements and the Buyer shall have the right to terminate this Agreement (and all other Related Agreements) and the Seller shall be deemed in breach hereof whereupon the Buyer shall have the remedies set forth in SECTION 11.2(c), except that the aggregate amount of out-of-pocket costs and expenses that the Buyer will be entitled to recover from the Seller for damages under this Agreement and the other Related Agreements shall in no event exceed Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) under SECTION 11.2(c). Additionally, if any of the Buyer or Affiliate Buyers elects to terminate this Agreement or any Related Agreement, as applicable, under any provision of this Agreement or such Related Agreement that expressly gives the Buyer (or an Affiliate Buyer, as applicable) the right to terminate (other than as the result of the Seller’s default for which the preceding sentence in this clause (f) shall control), then any such notice to terminate under any such agreement shall be deemed an election to terminate this Agreement and all of the Related Agreements, it being the intention of the parties that except as otherwise set forth in this clause (f), there shall be no Closing under this Agreement unless there is a closing under the Related Agreements and vice versa.
Seller’s Closing Conditions The obligation of Seller to proceed with the Closing contemplated hereby is subject, at the option of Seller, to the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of all of the following conditions:
Conditions to the Closing On or before the Closing Date, the Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trust Depositor each of the documents, certificates and other items as follows:
(a) The List of Contracts, certified by the Chairman of the Board, President or any Vice President of the Seller together with an Assignment substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto.
(b) A certificate of an officer of the Seller substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
(c) An opinion of counsel for the Seller substantially in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters (and including as an addressee thereof each Rating Agency).
(d) A letter or letters from Ernst & Young LLP, or another nationally recognized accounting firm, addressed to the Seller, the Trust Depositor and the Underwriters and stating that such firm has reviewed a sample of the Contracts and performed specific procedures for such sample with respect to certain contract terms and identifying those Contracts which do not so conform.
(e) Copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Seller or of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Seller approving the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder, certified in each case by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Seller.
(f) Officially certified recent evidence of due incorporation and good standing of the Seller under the laws of Nevada.
(g) A UCC financing statement naming the Seller as debtor, naming the Trust Depositor and the Trust as assignor secured parties, naming the Indenture Trustee as secured party and identifying the Contract Assets as collateral, in proper form for filing with the appropriate office in Nevada; a UCC financing statement naming the Trust Depositor as debtor, naming the Trust as assignor secured party, naming the Indenture Trustee as secured party and identifying the Trust Corpus as collateral, in proper form for filing with the appropriate office in Nevada; and a UCC financing statement naming the Trust as debtor, naming the Indenture Trustee, as secured party and identifying the Collateral as collateral, in proper form for filing with the appropriate office in Delaware.
(h) An Officer’s Certificate from the Seller certifying that the Seller, on or prior to the Closing Date, has indicated in its computer files, in accordance with its customary standards, policies and procedures, that the Contracts have been conveyed to the Trust Depositor pursuant to this Agreement.
(i) The documents, certificates and other items described in Section 2.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to the extent not already described above.
