Conditions Precedent to Initial Extension of Credit The obligation of each Lender to make an Advance or of any Issuing Bank to issue a Letter of Credit on the occasion of the Initial Extension of Credit hereunder is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent before or concurrently with the Initial Extension of Credit:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received on or before the day of the Initial Extension of Credit the following, each dated such day (unless otherwise specified), in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (unless otherwise specified) and (except for the items specified in clauses (i) and (ii) below) in sufficient copies for each Lender Party:
(i) A Note payable to the order of each Lender requesting the same.
(ii) Completed requests for information, dated on or before the date of the Initial Extension of Credit, listing all effective financing statements filed in the jurisdictions that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable that name any Loan Party as debtor, together with copies of such other financing statements, and evidence that all other actions that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary or desirable have been taken (including, without limitation, receipt of duly executed payoff letters and UCC termination statements).
(iii) With respect to the Unencumbered Assets set forth on Schedule II on the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent hereby acknowledges the receipt of the documentation and deliveries delivered to it previously in its capacity as the administrative agent under the Existing Credit Agreement (pursuant to Sections 3.01 and 5.01(j) of the Existing Credit Agreement) and the Loan Parties irrevocably agree that all such deliveries shall be deemed to have been made to the Administrative Agent hereunder and that the Administrative Agent and Lender Parties may rely on the same; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Fusepoint Asset shall be treated as an Unencumbered Asset, provided that if the Fusepoint Owner shall at any time (x) fail to be a direct Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Guarantor or (y) fail to hold title to the Fusepoint Asset for the sole use, benefit and advantage of the Borrower or a Guarantor, all as set forth in the Fusepoint Owner’s Declaration of Trust, then, in either such case, the Asset Value attributable to the Fusepoint Asset shall be zero.
(iv) Certified copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors, general partner or managing member, as applicable, of each Loan Party and of each general partner or managing member (if any) of each Loan Party approving the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and each Loan Document to which it is or is to be a party, and of all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental and other third party approvals and consents, if any, with respect to the transactions under the Loan Documents and each Loan Document to which it is or is to be a party.
(v) A copy of a certificate of the Secretary of State (or equivalent authority) of the jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation of each Loan Party and of each general partner or managing member (if any) of each Loan Party, dated reasonably near the Closing Date, certifying, if and to the extent such certification is generally available for entities of the type of such Loan Party, (A) as to a true and correct copy of the charter, certificate of limited partnership, limited liability company agreement or other organizational document of such Loan Party, general partner or managing member, as the case may be, and each amendment thereto on file in such Secretary’s office and (B) that (1) such amendments are the only amendments to the charter, certificate of limited partnership, limited liability company agreement or other organizational document, as applicable, of such Loan Party, general partner or managing member, as the case may be, on file in such Secretary’s office and (2) to the extent available, such Loan Party, general partner or managing member, as the case may be, has paid all franchise taxes to the date of such certificate and (C) such Loan Party, general partner or managing member, as the case may be, is duly incorporated, organized or formed and in good standing or presently subsisting under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, organization or formation.
(vi) A copy of a certificate of the Secretary of State (or equivalent authority) of each jurisdiction in which any Loan Party or any general partner or managing member of a Loan Party owns or leases property or in which the conduct of its business requires it to qualify or be licensed as a foreign corporation except where the failure to so qualify or be licensed would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, dated reasonably near (but prior to) the Closing Date, stating, with respect to each such Loan Party, general partner or managing member, that such Loan Party, general partner or managing member, as the case may be, is duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company in such State and has filed all annual reports required to be filed to the date of such certificate.
(vii) A certificate of each Loan Party and of each general partner or managing member (if any) of each Loan Party, signed on behalf of such Loan Party, general partner or managing member, as applicable, by its President or a Vice President and its Secretary or any Assistant Secretary (or those of its general partner or managing member, if applicable), dated the Closing Date (the statements made in which certificate shall be true on and as of the date of the Initial Extension of Credit), certifying as to (A) the absence of any amendments to the constitutive documents of such Loan Party, general partner or managing member, as applicable, since the date of the certificate referred to in Section 3.01(a)(vi), (B) a true and correct copy of the bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement or other governing document of such Loan Party, general partner or managing member, as applicable, as in effect on the date on which the resolutions referred to in Section 3.01(a)(v) were adopted and on the date of the Initial Extension of Credit, (C) the due incorporation, organization or formation and good standing or valid existence of such Loan Party, general partner or managing member, as applicable, as a corporation, limited liability company or partnership organized under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, organization or formation and the absence of any proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of such Loan Party, general partner or managing member, as applicable, (D) the truth of the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents as though made on and as of the date of the Initial Extension of Credit and (E) the absence of any event occurring and continuing, or resulting from the Initial Extension of Credit, that constitutes a Default.
(viii) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each Loan Party (or Responsible Officer of the general partner or managing member of any Loan Party) and of each general partner or managing member (if any) of each Loan Party certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of such Loan Party, or of the general partner or managing member of such Loan Party, authorized to sign each Loan Document to which it is or is to be a party and the other documents to be delivered hereunder and thereunder.
(ix) Such financial, business and other information regarding each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries as the Lender Parties shall have reasonably requested, including, without limitation, information as to possible contingent liabilities, tax matters, environmental matters, obligations under Plans, Multiemployer Plans and Welfare Plans, collective bargaining agreements and other arrangements with employees, audited Consolidated annual financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2006 of the Parent Guarantor, interim financial statements dated the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available (or, in the event the Lender Parties’ due diligence review reveals material changes since such financial statements, as of a later date within 45 days of the day of the Initial Extension of Credit).
(x) Evidence of insurance (which may consist of binders or certificates of insurance with respect to the blanket policies of insurance maintained by the Loan Parties with respect to property, commercial general liability and terrorism risks) with such responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations, and in such amounts and covering such risks, as is reasonably satisfactory to the Lender Parties.
(xi) An opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Loan Parties, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(xii) An opinion of Xxxxxxx LLP, Maryland counsel for the Loan Parties, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(xiii) An opinion of Xxxxxx and Xxxxx, LLP, Texas counsel for the Loan Parties, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(xiv) An opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(xv) A breakage indemnity letter agreement executed by the Borrower in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(xvi) A Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Issuance, as applicable, and an Unencumbered Assets Certificate relating to the Initial Extension of Credit.
(b) The Lender Parties shall be satisfied with the corporate and legal structure and capitalization of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries, including the terms and conditions of the charter and bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement or other governing document of each of them.
(c) The Lender Parties shall be satisfied that all Existing Debt (including, without limitation, all Debt under the Existing Credit Agreement other than the Existing Letters of Credit), other than Surviving Debt, has been prepaid, redeemed or defeased in full or otherwise satisfied and extinguished and that all Surviving Debt shall be on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Lender Parties.
(d) Before and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, there shall have occurred no material adverse change in the business, condition (financial or otherwise) results of operations or prospects of the Parent Guarantor, the Borrower or the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole since December 31, 2006.
(e) There shall exist no action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding affecting any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries pending or threatened before any court, governmental agency or arbitrator that (i) would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect other than the matters described on Schedule 4.01(f) hereto (the “Disclosed Litigation”) or (ii) purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, and there shall have been no material adverse change in the status, or financial effect on any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, of the Disclosed Litigation from that described on Schedule 4.01(f) hereto.
(f) All material governmental and third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents shall have been obtained (without the imposition of any conditions that are not acceptable to the Lender Parties) and shall remain in effect, and no law or regulation shall be applicable in the reasonable judgment of the Lender Parties that restrains, prevents or imposes materially adverse conditions upon the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.
(g) The Borrower shall have paid all accrued fees of the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties and all reasonable, out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent, subject to the terms of the Fee Letter).
Conditions Precedent to Effective Date This Agreement shall become effective on and as of the first date on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied (with the Administrative Agent acting reasonably in assessing whether the conditions precedent have been satisfied) (or waived by the Required Lenders):
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include .pdf or facsimile transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) [Reserved.]
(c) [Reserved.]
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received on or before the Effective Date, one or more certificates of the Borrower signed by a Responsible Officer:
(i) Certifying that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or would occur and be continuing on the Effective Date;
(ii) Certifying that the representations and warranties contained in Article 4 are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Effective Date (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date and except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to the Closing Date, in which case such representations and warranties shall not be required to be made on the Effective Date); and
(iii) Enclosing:
(A) Copies of the Borrower’s charter and by-laws, certified in each instance by its Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any other Responsible Officer of the Borrower; and
(B) Copies of the resolutions or similar authorizing documentation of the governing body of the Borrower authorizing the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, certified by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary or any other Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received on or before the Effective Date, each dated on or, as applicable, prior to such date:
(i) A good standing certificate or similar certificate dated a date reasonably close to the Effective Date from the jurisdiction of formation of the Borrower;
(ii) A customary certificate of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary or another Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying the names and true signatures of the Borrower’s officers authorized to sign this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered by the Borrower hereunder; and
(iii) A favorable opinion letter of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinion.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy, certified by the Borrower and signed by a Responsible Officer as true and complete, of:
(i) the Agreed Form of Scheme Press Announcement; and
(ii) the executed Transaction Agreement.
(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received, at least 3 Business Days prior to the Effective Date, so long as requested no less than 10 Business Days prior to the Effective Date, all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act, in each case relating to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date in writing promptly upon such conditions precedent being satisfied (or waived by the Required Lenders), and such notice shall be conclusive, binding and final.
Conditions Precedent to the Initial Extension of Credit The obligation of each Lender to make the initial extensions of credit provided for hereunder is subject to the fulfillment, to the satisfaction of Agent and each Lender, of each of the conditions precedent set forth on Schedule 3.1 to this Agreement (the making of such initial extensions of credit by a Lender being conclusively deemed to be its satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent).
Conditions Precedent to Each Extension of Credit The obligation of each Lender, the Swingline Bank and each LC Issuing Bank, as applicable, to make each Extension of Credit to be made by it hereunder (other than in connection with any Borrowing that would not increase the aggregate principal amount of Advances outstanding immediately prior to the making of such Borrowing) shall be subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.01 and on the date of such Borrowing:
(a) The following statements shall be true (and each of the giving of the applicable Notice of Borrowing and the acceptance by the applicable Borrower of the proceeds of any such Extension of Credit shall constitute a representation and warranty by such Borrower that on the date of such Extension of Credit such statements are true):
(i) The representations and warranties of such Borrower contained in Section 4.01 (other than the representation and warranty in Section 4.01(e) and the representation and warranty set forth in the last sentence of Section 4.01(f)) are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Extension of Credit, before and after giving effect to such Extension of Credit and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, and
(ii) No event has occurred and is continuing with respect to such Borrower, or would result from such Extension of Credit or from the application of the proceeds therefrom, that constitutes a Default.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions or documents as any Lender or LC Issuing Bank through the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness This Agreement (including the Commitments of the Lenders and the obligations of the Borrower hereunder) shall become effective if, on or before April 15, 2011, all of the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence, satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that the Borrower has paid (or will pay with the proceeds of the initial Credit Extensions) all amounts then payable by the Borrower under the Existing Credit Facility and that all commitments to make extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder have been (or concurrently with the initial Advances will be) terminated;
(b) the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of each party hereto or (ii) written evidence (which may include electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that each party hereto has signed a counterpart of this Agreement and each of the following documents, each dated a date reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(i) Certified copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors or equivalent managing body of the Borrower approving the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and of all documents evidencing other necessary organizational action of the Borrower with respect to this Agreement and the documents contemplated hereby;
(ii) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of Borrower certifying (A) the names and true signatures of the officers of the Borrower authorized to sign this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered hereunder; (B) that attached thereto are true and correct copies of the organizational documents of the Borrower, in each case in effect on such date; and (C) that attached thereto are true and correct copies of all governmental and regulatory authorizations and approvals required for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and the documents contemplated hereby;
(iii) A certificate signed by either the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer or treasurer of the Borrower stating that (A) the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 are correct on and as of the date of such certificate as though made on and as of such date and (B) no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such certificate; and
(iv) A favorable opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Borrower, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; and
(c) the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence, satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that the Borrower has paid (or will pay with the proceeds of the initial Credit Extensions) all fees and, to the extent billed, expenses payable by the Borrower hereunder on the Effective Date (including amounts then payable to the Joint Active Lead Arrangers and the Agents). Promptly upon the occurrence thereof, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower, the Lenders and the LC Issuers as to the Effective Date.
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 Amendment The satisfaction of each of the following shall constitute conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the Amendment (such date being the “Amendment Effective Date”):
(a) Lender shall have received this Amendment, duly executed by the parties hereto, and the same shall be in full force and effect.
(b) Lender shall have received the reaffirmation and consent of each the Guarantors attached hereto as Exhibit A, duly executed and delivered by an authorized officer of each Guarantor.
(c) After giving effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties herein, in the Note Agreement, and in the Note shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) on and as of the date hereof, as though made on such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date).
(d) No injunction, writ, restraining order, or other order of any nature prohibiting, directly or indirectly, the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein shall have been issued and remain in force by any governmental entity against Broker/Dealer, any of the Guarantors, or Lender.
(e) No Events of Acceleration or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein.
(f) Pursuant to Section 19(b) of the Note Agreement, FINRA shall have provided prior written approval of this Amendment.
(g) All other documents and legal matters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Amendment shall have been delivered, executed, or recorded and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender.
Conditions Precedent to Loans The obligation of each Lender to make Loans is further subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence that the Lenders have a valid and perfected first priority lien and security interest in the Collateral.
(b) The absence of any action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or governmental authority that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or restrain, enjoin or otherwise prohibit the Acquisition.
(c) The Borrower shall have a financial strength rating by A.M. Best Company, Inc. of A- stable or better.
(d) There shall have been no amendment to the Acquisition Agreement that is adverse to the Lenders (and the Lenders shall have received a copy of all amendments) except such amendments as have received the written approval of the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(e) The receipt of any material governmental and other third party approvals required for the intended use of the proceeds of the Senior Credit Facility, the granting of the Collateral and the Acquisition.
(f) All conditions precedent in the Acquisition Documents (other than payment of the purchase price thereunder) have been satisfied or otherwise waived (with the approval of the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed)) and the closing thereunder shall occur on the Closing Date.
(g) The Existing Credit Agreement shall have been (or concurrently with the Closing Date is being) amended in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to revise the statutory surplus covenant and provide for collateral for the obligations thereunder on the same terms and conditions as this Agreement.
(h) The Lenders shall have received two year projections for the Loan Parties giving effect to the Acquisition.
(i) Any fees required to be paid on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid.
(j) 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 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).
Conditions Precedent to Each Borrowing The obligation of each Bank to make an Advance on the occasion of each Borrowing to any Borrower (including the initial Borrowing) shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that on the date of such Borrowing:
(a) the following statements shall be true (and each of the giving of the applicable Notice of Borrowing and the acceptance by a Borrower of the proceeds of such Borrowing shall constitute a representation and warranty by such Borrower that on the date of such Borrowing such statements are true):
(i) The representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 (excluding those contained in the second sentence of subsection (e) and in subsection (f) thereof), and if such Borrowing is by CFSC, CIF or CFKK, Section 4.02, are correct on and as of the date of such Borrowing, before and after giving effect to such Borrowing and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, and
(ii) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds therefrom, which constitutes an Event of Default with respect to any Borrower; and
(b) the Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions or documents as any Bank through the Agent may reasonably request.
Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Section 2.01 Section 2.01 of this Agreement shall become effective on and as of the first date (the “Effective Date”) on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied (or waived by the appropriate party or parties):
(a) The Liquidity Provider shall have received on or before the Closing Date each of the following, and in the case of each document delivered pursuant to paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii), each in form and substance satisfactory to the Liquidity Provider:
(i) This Agreement and the Fee Letter duly executed on behalf of the Borrower and, in the case of the Fee Letter, American;
(ii) The Intercreditor Agreement duly executed on behalf of each of the parties thereto (other than the Liquidity Provider);
(iii) Fully executed copies of each of the Operative Agreements executed and delivered on or before the Closing Date (other than this Agreement, the Fee Letter and the Intercreditor Agreement);
(iv) A copy of the Prospectus Supplement and specimen copies of the Class A Certificates;
(v) An executed copy of each opinion (other than the negative assurance letter of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, special counsel to American, and the opinion and the negative assurance letter of Milbank, Tweed, Xxxxxx & XxXxxx LLP, special counsel to the Underwriters) delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement (in the case of each such opinion, either addressed to the Liquidity Provider or accompanied by a letter from the counsel rendering such opinion to the effect that the Liquidity Provider is entitled to rely on such opinion as of its date as if it were addressed to the Liquidity Provider);
(vi) An executed copy of each document, instrument, certificate and opinion delivered on or before the Closing Date pursuant to the Class A Trust Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and the other Operative Agreements (in the case of each such opinion, either addressed to the Liquidity Provider or accompanied by a letter from the counsel rendering such opinion to the effect that the Liquidity Provider is entitled to rely on such opinion as of its date as if it were addressed to the Liquidity Provider);
(vii) An agreement from American, pursuant to which (x) American agrees to provide copies of quarterly financial statements and audited annual financial statements to the Liquidity Provider (which American may provide in an electronic format by electronic mail or making such available over the internet) and (y) American agrees to allow the Liquidity Provider to discuss the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements with officers and employees of American; and
(viii) Such documentation as the Liquidity Provider may reasonably request five (5) or more Business Days prior to the Closing Date in order to satisfy its “know your customer” policies.
(b) On and as of the Effective Date no event shall have occurred and be continuing, or would result from the entering into of this Agreement or the making of any Advance, which constitutes a Liquidity Event of Default.
(c) The Liquidity Provider shall have received payment in full of the fees and other sums required to be paid to or for the account of the Liquidity Provider on or prior to the Effective Date pursuant to the Fee Letter.
(d) All conditions precedent to the issuance of the Certificates under the Trust Agreements shall have been satisfied or waived, all conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the other Liquidity Facilities, if any, shall have been satisfied or waived, and all conditions precedent to the purchase of the Class A Certificates by the Underwriters under the Underwriting Agreement shall have been satisfied (unless any of such conditions precedent under the Underwriting Agreement shall have been waived by the Underwriters).
(e) The Borrower and American shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date signed by a duly authorized representative of the Liquidity Provider, certifying that all conditions precedent specified in this Section 4.01 have been satisfied or waived by the Liquidity Provider.
