CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE MERGER The obligations of the parties to effect the Merger are subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to the Closing, of each of the following conditions:
Conditions Precedent to Initial Transaction Buyer’s agreement to enter into the initial Transaction hereunder is subject to the satisfaction, immediately prior to or concurrently with the making of such Transaction, of the condition precedent that Buyer shall have received from Seller any fees and expenses payable hereunder, and all of the following documents, each of which shall be satisfactory to Buyer and its counsel in form and substance:
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 Initial Borrowing The initial Borrowing under this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, except as otherwise agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
Conditions Precedent to All Purchases and Reinvestments Each Purchase and each Reinvestment shall be subject to the conditions precedent that on the date of such Purchase or Reinvestment the following statements shall be true (and the Seller, by accepting the amount of such Purchase or by receiving the proceeds of such Reinvestment, and each other Seller Party, upon such acceptance or receipt by the Seller, shall be deemed to have certified that):
(a) the representations and warranties contained in Section 6.1 are correct in all material 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,
(b) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Purchase or Reinvestment, that constitutes a Liquidation Event or Unmatured Liquidation Event,
(c) after giving effect to each proposed Purchase or Reinvestment, the Invested Amount will not exceed the Purchase Limit in effect at such time, no Purchaser Group’s Purchaser Group Invested Amount will exceed such Purchaser Group’s Purchaser Group Limit in effect at such time and the Asset Interest will not exceed the Allocation Limit,
(d) the Termination Date shall not have occurred,
(e) in the case of a Purchase, each Purchaser Agent shall have timely received an appropriate notice of the proposed Purchase in accordance with Section 1.2(a),
(f) a completed Information Package or Interim Information Package (if applicable) shall have been delivered by the Master Servicer to the Administrative Agent and each Purchaser Agent, on behalf of such Purchaser Agent’s Purchaser Group, as of the applicable Reporting Date or Interim Reporting Date, as the case may be,
(g) both prior to and after giving effect to each proposed Purchase or Reinvestment, the requirements of the Credit Agreement and any other agreement evidencing any Material Indebtedness of Lennox International with respect to transfers of assets and creation of liens shall not have been violated,
(h) after giving effect to each proposed Purchase or Reinvestment, the Weighted Average Term (with respect to Receivables included in the Net Pool Balance) shall not exceed 45 days,
(i) such other agreements, instruments, certificates, opinions and other documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request have been delivered, and
(j) each Originator shall have sold or contributed to the Seller, pursuant to the Sale Agreement, all Receivables arising on or prior to such date; provided, however, the absence of the occurrence and continuance of an Unmatured Liquidation Event shall not be a condition precedent to any Reinvestment or any Purchase on any day which does not cause the Invested Amount, after giving effect to such Reinvestment or Purchase, to exceed the Invested Amount as of the opening of business on such day.
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 Precedent to Closing Date The occurrence of the Closing Date and the obligation of each Lender to make any Advance hereunder on the Closing Date shall be subject to the conditions precedent that the Administrative Agent shall have received on or before the Closing Date the following, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, or, as applicable, the events set forth below shall have occurred (or such applicable conditions precedent have been waived by the Administrative Agent):
(a) each of the Facility Documents (other than the Collateral Administration and Agency Fee Letter) duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto, which shall each be in full force and effect;
(b) true and complete copies certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower of all Governmental Authorizations, Private Authorizations and Governmental Filings, if any, required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Facility Documents;
(c) each of the representations and warranties of the Borrower, the Collateral Manager and the Equityholder contained in the Facility Documents shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to any earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date);
(d) one or more certificates of a Responsible Officer of each of the Borrower, the Equityholder and the Collateral Manager certifying (i) as to its Constituent Documents, (ii) as to its resolutions or other action of its general partner, board of directors or board of managers or members approving this Agreement and the other Facility Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (iii) that each of such Person’s representations and warranties made by such Person in the Facility Documents to which it is a party are true and correct as of the Closing Date (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to any earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date), (iv) that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and (v) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each of its Responsible Officers authorized to execute the Facility Documents to which it is a party;
(e) proper financing statements, in acceptable form for filing on the Closing Date, under the UCC with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and any other applicable filing office in any applicable jurisdiction that the Administrative Agent deems reasonably necessary or desirable in order to perfect the interests in the Collateral contemplated by this Agreement and such further instruments and such further actions that the Administrative Agent deems reasonably necessary or desirable in order to perfect the Collateral Agent’s first-priority security interest in the Collateral;
(f) legal opinions (addressed to each of the Secured Parties) of (i) counsel to the Borrower, the Collateral Manager and the Equityholder, covering customary corporate matters (including opinions regarding no conflict with covered Laws and non-contravention with organizational documents and the status of the Borrower under the Investment Company Act), substantive non-consolidation of the Borrower with the Equityholder, the true sale nature of any transfers to the Borrower of Collateral Assets from the Equityholder, perfection of the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Collateral and such other matters as the Administrative Agent and its counsel shall reasonably request and (ii) counsel to the Collateral Administrator, the Collateral Agent and the Custodian, covering corporate and enforceability matters, and such other matters as the Administrative Agent and its counsel shall reasonably request;
(g) reserved;
(h) all of the Covered Accounts shall have been established and shall be subject to the Account Control Agreement;
(i) evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that (i) all fees and expenses due and owing to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date have been received or will be received contemporaneously with the Closing Date; and (ii) the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, of counsel to the Custodian and of counsel to the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Collateral Administrator in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, shall have been paid by the Borrower;
(j) evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that an amount equal to the Unfunded Reserve Required Amount with respect to the Collateral Assets to be acquired on the Closing Date shall have been deposited into the Unfunded Reserve Account;
(k) a solvency certificate reasonably satisfactory to it from an authorized signatory of the Borrower and the Equityholder;
(l) with respect to any Advance to be made on the Closing Date, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing with respect to such Advance demonstrating that immediately after the making of such initial Advance, the Borrowing Base Test shall be satisfied;
(m) the Borrower shall have instructed all Obligors or, if applicable, the administrative agents, on the Collateral Assets (or, in the case of Participation Interests, the related seller of such Participation Interest) that all payments shall be made directly to the Collection Account and all Collections received by the Borrower or its Affiliates with respect to the Collateral shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties; and
(n) sufficiently in advance of the Closing Date, (x) all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act and (y) if the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower.
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 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 All Purchases (a) The obligation of the Intermediate Seller to purchase the Collateral from the Seller and the obligation of the Buyer to purchase the Collateral from the Intermediate Seller, in each case on the Closing Date, shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent that:
(i) all representations and warranties (A) of the Seller contained in Sections 4.01 and 4.02 and (B) of the Intermediate Seller contained in Sections 4.03 and 4.04, as applicable, shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as the Closing Date (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date); and
(ii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Intermediate Seller and the Buyer duly completed Loan Lists that are true, accurate and complete in all respects as of the Closing Date, which lists are made a part of this Agreement.
(b) The obligation of the Intermediate Seller to purchase the Collateral from the Seller and the obligation of the Buyer to purchase the Collateral from the Intermediate Seller on any Purchase Date after the Closing Date shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent that:
(i) all representations and warranties (A) of the Seller contained in Sections 4.01 and 4.02 and (B) of the Intermediate Seller contained in Sections 4.03 and 4.04, as applicable, shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date as though made on and as of such date and shall be deemed to have been made on and as of such date (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date); and
(ii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Intermediate Seller and the Buyer a duly completed Loan List that is true, accurate and complete in all respects as of the related Purchase Date, which list shall be as of such date incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement and an assignment substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, as applicable.
