Conditions Precedent to EFFECTIVENESS OF SECTIONS 2.01 AND 2.03. Sections 2.01 and 2.03 of this Agreement shall become effective on and as of the first date (the "EFFECTIVE DATE") on which the following conditions precedent to the initial Advance by any Lender have been satisfied:
(a) There shall exist no action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding affecting the Company or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries pending or threatened before any court, governmental agency or arbitrator that (i) could be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any Note or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) Nothing shall have come to the attention of the Lenders during the course of their due diligence investigation to lead them to believe that the Information Memorandum was or has become misleading, incorrect or incomplete in any material respect; without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders shall have been given such access to the management, records, books of account, contracts and properties of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as they shall have reasonably requested as a basis for making its decision to enter into its commitment hereunder.
(c) All governmental and third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with the transactions by the Company contemplated hereby shall have been obtained (without the imposition of any conditions that are not acceptable to the Lenders) and shall remain in effect, and no law or regulation shall be applicable in the reasonable judgment of the Lenders that restrains, prevents or imposes materially adverse conditions upon the transactions contemplated hereby.
(d) The Company shall have notified the Agent in writing as to the proposed Effective Date.
(e) The Company shall have paid all accrued fees and expenses of the Agent and the Lenders (including the invoiced accrued fees and expenses of counsel to the Agent).
(f) On the Effective Date, the following statements shall be true and the Agent shall have received for the account of each Lender a certificate signed by a duly authorized officer of the Company, dated the Effective Date, stating that:
(i) The representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 are correct on and as of the Effective Date, and
(ii) No event has occurred and is continuing that constitutes a Default.
(g) The Agent shall have received on or before the Effective Date the following, each dated such day, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and (except for the Revolving Credit Notes) in sufficient copies for each Lender:
(i) The Revolving Credit Notes of the Company to the order of the Lenders to the extent requested by any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16.
(ii) Certified copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company approving this Agreement and the Notes to be delivered by it, and of all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental approvals, if any, with respect to this Agreement and the Notes to be delivered by it.
(iii) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of the Company authorized to sign this Agreement and the Notes to be delivered by it and the other documents to be delivered by it hereunder.
(iv) A favorable opinion of Nicholas J. Camera, General Counsel of the Compaxx, xxx xx Xleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, counsel for the Company, substanxxxxxy in the form of Exhibits D-1 and D-2 hereto, respectively.
(v) A favorable opinion of Shearman & Sterling, counsel for the Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
(h) The termination of the commitments of the Lenders and the payment in full of all Debt outstanding under the bilateral credit agreements and other confirmed lines of credit listed on Schedule 3.01(h).
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO LOAN The obligations of Lender to make the Loan hereunder are subject to the satisfaction by Borrower of the following conditions:
Conditions Precedent to Purchase The Purchase under this Agreement is subject to the conditions precedent that (a) Buyer shall have received on or before the date of such purchase those documents listed on Schedule A and (b) all of the conditions to the initial purchase under the Purchase Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms thereof.
Conditions Precedent to Loans The obligation of each Initial Lender to make its Initial Loan hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or telecopies (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party, each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing Date) and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders:
(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement and the Guaranty, sufficient in number for distribution to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Borrower;
(ii) such certificates of resolutions or other 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;
(iii) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(iv) a favorable opinion of Vxxxxx and Exxxxx LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent, Lead Arranger, each Co-Arranger and each Lender, as to the matters set forth in Exhibit E and such other matters concerning the Loan Parties and the Loan Documents as the Required Lenders may reasonably request;
(v) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party either (A) attaching copies, or an exhibit, of all consents, licenses and approvals required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party and the validity against such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and such consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force and effect, or (B) stating that no such consents, licenses or approvals are so required;
(vi) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying (A) that the conditions specified in paragraphs (xvi) and (xvii) below have been satisfied and (B) that there has been no event or circumstance since the date of the Audited Financial Statements that has had or could be reasonably expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;
(vii) certificates attesting to the Solvency of each Loan Party before and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the incurrence of indebtedness related thereto and application of proceeds, from its chief financial officer;
(viii) audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for the 2004 and 2005 fiscal years and unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for any interim quarterly periods that have ended since the most recent of such audited financial statements, which in each case, (1) shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Lead Arranger and the Lenders, (2) shall not be materially inconsistent with the Information heretofore provided to the Lenders, and (3) shall meet the requirements of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, and all other accounting rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to a registration statement under such Act on Form S-1.
(ix) evidence of the receipt by the Borrower of not less than $250,000,000 cash proceeds from the issuance of Equity Interests of the Borrower;
(x) evidence that the Existing Agreement has been or concurrently with the Closing Date is being terminated and repaid in full;
(xi) such other certificates, documents, or opinions as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders reasonably may require;
(xii) any fees required to be paid on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid;
(xiii) unless waived by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall have paid all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent (directly to such counsel if requested by the Administrative Agent) to the extent invoiced prior to or on the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent);
(xiv) the Closing Date shall have occurred on or before March 31, 2007;
(xv) there shall have been no change, occurrence or development since December 31, 2005 that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(xvi) the representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article V or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Article IV, the representations and warranties contained in subsections 5.05(a) and (b) of
Conditions Precedent This Amendment shall become effective as of the date hereof (the “Amendment Effective Date”), subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
Conditions Precedent to the Loan The obligation of the Lender to disburse the Initial Advance and to fund the Certificate of Deposit shall be subject to satisfaction of the following conditions, unless waived in writing by the Lender: (a) all legal matters and all Transaction Documents incident to the transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory, in form and substance, to Lender's counsel; (b) the Lender shall have received (i) certificates by an authorized officer or representative of Borrower upon which the Lender may conclusively rely until superseded by similar certificates delivered to the Lender, certifying that (1) all requisite action taken in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby has been duly authorized and (2) the names, signatures, and authority of Borrower’s authorized signers executing the Loan Documents, and (ii) such other documents as the Lender may reasonably require to be executed by, or delivered on behalf of, Borrower; (c) the Lender shall have received the Note with all blanks appropriately completed, executed by an authorized signer for Borrower; (d) Borrower shall have maintained its financial condition in a manner satisfactory to the Lender (it being understood that Borrower has ceased operations, is currently without funds other than the Loan and that the Loan will not, unless the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement are consummated, satisfy all of Borrower’s known creditors’ claims), and no material adverse change shall have occurred in Borrower’s financial condition or prospects; (f) the Financing Statement shall be assigned of record to the Lender; and (g) the Lender shall have received written instructions from the Borrower with respect to disbursement of the proceeds of the Loan then disbursable hereunder.
Conditions Precedent to All Loans It shall be a condition precedent to all Loans (including the initial Loan hereunder) and to the issuance of each Letter of Credit that on the date of such Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit the following statements shall be true (and each request for a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that on the date of such Loan or such issuance of Letter of Credit that such statements are true):
(a) After giving effect to such Loan, the total of all Loans outstanding will not exceed the Total Commitment;
(b) The representations and warranties contained in Article 6 are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Loan or issuance of such Letter of Credit, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date;
(c) No event has occurred or is continuing or would result from the making of such Loan or issuance of such Letter of Credit, which would constitute a Default or an Event of Default;
(d) The Borrower has delivered to the Agent the Borrowing Notice and Compliance Certificate required pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof; and
(e) After giving effect to all Loans and the issuances of all Letters of Credit, (a) the Value of the total assets of the Borrower (less the Value of its assets pledged to any Person other than the Secured Parties and less (without duplication) the Value of all Excluded Real Estate Investments), shall be equal to or in excess of 250% of the sum of the Required Amount, plus the outstanding principal balance of the Loans, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, plus the then current L/C Exposure, plus any liability of the Borrower for which the termination value on any swap exceeds the collateral held for such swap, plus the outstanding principal balance of the Loan (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement), plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Loan (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) under the Term Loan Agreement.
Conditions Precedent to All Advances (a) Each Advance under this Agreement and each reinvestment of Principal Collections pursuant to Section 2.7(d) (each, a “Transaction”) shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that:
(i) with respect to (A) any Loan Advance, the Collateral Manager shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Collateral Custodian) no later than 3:00 p.m. one (1) Business Day prior to the related Funding Date or (B) any Swingline Advance, the Collateral Manager shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Collateral Custodian) no later than 3:00 p.m. on the related Funding Date:
(1) the documents required by Section 2.2(b) and a Loan Schedule; and
(2) a Certificate of Assignment substantially in the form of Exhibit F containing such additional information as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and each Lender;
(ii) with respect to any reinvestment of Principal Collections permitted by Section 2.7(d), the Collateral Manager shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Collateral Custodian), no later than 3:00 p.m. on the Business Day prior to any such reinvestment, a Reinvestment Notice in the form of Exhibit A-3 and a Borrowing Base Certificate, executed by the Collateral Manager and the Borrower;
(b) On the date of such Transaction the following shall be true and correct and the Borrower and the Collateral Manager shall have certified in the related Borrower’s Notice that all conditions precedent to the requested Transaction have been satisfied and shall thereby be deemed to have certified that:
(i) The representations and warranties contained in Section 4.1 and Section 4.2 are true and correct in all respects on and as of such day as though made on and as of such day and shall be deemed to have been made on such day (other than any representation and warranty that is made as of a specific date);
(ii) No event has occurred, or would result from such Transaction or from the application of proceeds thereof, that constitutes an Event of Default, Default or Collateral Manager Default;
(iii) On and as of such day, after giving effect to such Transaction, the Availability is greater than or equal to zero;
(iv) On and as of such day, the Borrower and the Collateral Manager each has performed all of the covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement to be performed by such Person on or prior to such day;
(v) No Applicable Law prohibits or enjoins the making of such Advance by any Lender or the proposed reinvestment of Principal Collections; and
(vi) No Curable BDC Asset Coverage Event has occurred and is continuing.
(c) The Revolving Period End Date with respect to the all the Commitments or the Termination Date shall not have occurred;
(d) On the date of such Transaction, the Administrative Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions or documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require;
(e) The Borrower and Collateral Manager shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent all reports required to be delivered as of the date of such Transaction including, without limitation, all deliveries required by Section 2.2;
(f) The Borrower shall have paid all fees then required to be paid and, without duplication of Section 2.11, shall have reimbursed the Lenders, the Collateral Custodian and the Administrative Agent for all fees, costs and expenses then required to be paid of closing the transactions contemplated hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents, including the reasonable attorney fees and any other legal and document preparation costs incurred by the Lenders, the Collateral Custodian and the Administrative Agent;
(g) The Borrower shall have received a copy of the related Approval Notice; and
(h) In connection with each Transaction, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Collateral Custodian (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) on the date of the related Transaction, an emailed copy of the duly executed original promissory notes for each such Loan in respect of which a promissory note is issued (or, in the case of any Noteless Loan, a fully executed assignment agreement), and, if any Loans are closed in escrow, a certificate (in the form of Exhibit J) from the closing attorneys of such Loan confirming the possession of the Required Loan Documents; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall cause the Loan Checklist and the Required Loan Documents to be in the possession of the Collateral Custodian within ten (10) Business Days of any related Advance Date with respect to any Loan. The failure of the Borrower to satisfy any of the foregoing conditions precedent in respect of any Advance shall give rise to a right of the Administrative Agent, which right may be exercised at any time on the demand of the Required Lenders, to rescind the related Advance and direct the Borrower to pay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders an amount equal to the Advances made during any such time that any of the foregoing conditions precedent were not satisfied.
Conditions Precedent to Initial Advance Bank’s obligation to make the initial Advance is subject to the condition precedent that Bank shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, such documents, and completion of such other matters, as Bank may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate, including, without limitation:
(a) duly executed original signatures to the Loan Documents;
(b) duly executed original signatures to the Initial Warrant;
(c) the Operating Documents and long-form good standing certificates of Borrower and its Subsidiaries certified by the Secretary of State (or equivalent agency) of Borrower’s and such Subsidiaries’ jurisdiction of organization or formation and each jurisdiction in which Borrower and each Subsidiary is qualified to conduct business, each as of a date no earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the Effective Date;
(d) duly executed original signatures to the completed Borrowing Resolutions for Borrower;
(e) certified copies, dated as of a recent date, of financing statement searches, as Bank may request, accompanied by written evidence (including any UCC termination statements) that the Liens indicated in any such financing statements either constitute Permitted Liens or have been or, in connection with the initial Advance, will be terminated or released;
(f) the Perfection Certificate of Borrower, together with the duly executed original signature thereto;
(g) a copy of Borrower’s Investors’ Rights Agreement and any amendments thereto;
(h) evidence satisfactory to Bank that the insurance policies and endorsements required by Section 6.7 hereof are in full force and effect, together with appropriate evidence showing lender loss payable and/or additional insured clauses or endorsements in favor of Bank;
(i) the completion of the Initial Audit with results satisfactory to Bank in its sole and absolute discretion; and
(j) payment of the fees and Bank Expenses then due as specified in Section 2.4 hereof.
Conditions Precedent to the Initial Advance The obligation of the Lender Group (or any member thereof) to make the initial Advance is subject to the fulfillment, to the satisfaction of Agent, each Lender, and their respective counsel, of each of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date:
(a) the Closing Date shall occur on or before October 15, 1998;
(b) Agent shall have received all financing statements and fixture filings required by the Lender Group, duly executed by Borrower, and Agent shall have searches reflecting the filing of its financing statements with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the City Clerk of Quincy, Massachusetts;
(c) Agent shall have received each of the following documents, duly executed, and each such document shall be in full force and effect:
(i) the Disbursement Letter;
(ii) the Pay-Off Letter;
(iii) the Suretyship Agreement;
(iv) the Fee Letter;
(v) the Agents' Side Letter;
(vi) the Intercompany Subordination Agreement;
(vii) the Stock Pledge Agreement;
(viii) Termination statements relative to all financing statements filed by Sprint Communications;
(ix) WorldCom Subordination Agreement (or termination statements relative to all financing statements filed by WorldCom Network Services, Inc. dba WilTel, Inc.);
(x) the Hale Xxxordination Agreement;
(xi) the Customer List Escrow Agreement; and 39
(d) Agent shall have received a certificate from the Secretary of each Borrower attesting to the resolutions of such Borrower's Board of Directors authorizing its execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Borrower is a party and authorizing specific officers of such Borrower to execute the same;
(e) Agent shall have received copies of each Borrower's Governing Documents, as amended, modified, or supplemented to the Closing Date, certified by the Secretary of such Borrower;
(f) Agent shall have received a certificate of status with respect to each Borrower, dated as of a date within a reasonable proximity to the Closing Date, such certificate to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdiction of organization of such Borrower, which certificate shall indicate that such Borrower is in good standing in such jurisdiction;
(g) Agent shall have received certificates of status with respect to each Borrower, each dated as of a date within a reasonable proximity to the Closing Date, such certificates to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdictions in which its failure to be duly qualified or licensed would constitute a Material Adverse Change, which certificates shall indicate that such Borrower is in good standing in such jurisdictions;
(h) Agent shall have received a certificate of insurance, together with the endorsements thereto, as are required by Section 6.10, the form and substance of which shall be satisfactory to Agent, each Lender, and their respective counsel;
(i) Agent shall have received the Closing Date Business Plan certified by an officer of Borrower as being such officer's good faith best estimate of the financial performance of Borrower during the period covered thereby;
(j) Agent shall have received a Collateral Access Agreement relative to Borrower's location in Quincy, Massachusetts;
(k) Agent shall have received opinions of Borrower's counsel in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and each Lender in their sole discretion;
(l) Agent and Agent's counsel shall have been provided with a copy of each Carrier Agreement in respect of a Material Carrier, the Bell Xxxantic Interconnection Agreement, and each agreement in respect of any Indefeasible Right to Use granted to Borrower, certified by an officer of Borrower as true, correct, and complete, and Agent shall have had a reasonable opportunity to review each such Carrier Agreement;
(m) Agent shall have received a certificate from an officer of each Borrower certifying that all tax returns required to be filed such Borrower have been timely filed and all taxes upon such Borrower or its properties, assets, income, and franchises (including real property taxes and payroll taxes) have been paid prior to delinquency, except 40 such taxes that are the subject of a Permitted Protest;
(n) Agent shall have received a certificate from an officer of each Borrower certifying that to the best of such Borrower's knowledge there are no outstanding complaints against any Borrower made to any public utilities commission in any jurisdiction in which any Borrower operates, except such complaints that have been fully disclosed to the Lenders and are satisfactory to Agent and the Lenders;
(o) Agent shall have received a letter from Chase Equipment Leasing, Inc. ("Chase"), in form and substance satisfactory to each Lender, acknowledging that Chase's liens in the Equipment leased by Borrower from Chase does not extend to the Accounts generated by such Equipment;
(p) Agent shall have received payment of all accrued and unpaid Lender Group Expenses;
(q) Agent shall have received a certificate from an officer of each Borrower certifying that there has been no Material Adverse Change in the financial condition of such Borrower or the Collateral since July 31, 1998; and
(r) all other documents and legal matters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been delivered, executed, or recorded and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, each Lender, and their respective counsel.
