Conditions to Closing of the Company The Company’s obligation to sell the Securities at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to its satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions:
Conditions to the Closing Date The obligation of each Lender to make its initial Loans hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent to the Administrative Agent satisfaction:
(a) The Administrative Agent receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimile or other electronic image transmission (e.g., “PDF” or “TIF” via electronic mail) (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a member of the Senior Management of the signing Credit 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 reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(i) (A) executed counterparts of this Agreement, sufficient in number for distribution to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Credit Parties, and (B) executed counterparts of each Security Document sufficient in number for distribution to the Administrative Agent and the Credit Parties, and an executed Note for each Lender who requests a Note;
(ii) an officer’s certificate of each Credit Party executing a Loan Document, (A) certifying and attaching true, correct and complete copies of: (1) the certificate of formation, certificate of incorporation, articles of incorporation (or such equivalent thereof) of such Credit Party, and, where applicable, certified as of a recent date from the Secretary of State (or applicable Governmental Authority) of the jurisdiction in which such Credit Party is incorporated or formed, (2) the by-laws, limited liability company agreement, articles of association, partnership agreement or other applicable Governing Document of such Credit Party, and (3) the resolutions or votes of the board of directors or board of managers or partners (or equivalent thereof) of such Credit Party, authorizing such Credit Party’s entry into the Loan Documents to which it is a party; and (B) certifying the incumbency of members of the Senior Management of such Credit Party authorized to act in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Credit Party is a party and providing a specimen signature of such members of the Senior Management of such Credit Party who will be signing Loan Documents on the Closing Date and thereafter;
(iii) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may require to evidence that each Credit Party executing a Loan Document is validly existing and in good standing (where applicable) in its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, as applicable;
(iv) a favorable legal opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP, special New York counsel to the Credit Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to matters concerning the Credit Parties and the Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request; and
(v) a certificate of a member of the Senior Management of the Borrower certifying that (1) the condition specified in Sections 4.02(b) has been satisfied, (2) there has been no event or circumstance since December 31, 2023 that has had or could be reasonably expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and (3) all consents, licenses, and approvals required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party and the validity against each Credit Party of the Loan Documents to which such Credit Party is a party have been obtained.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed Agency Account Agreements, signed by each of the applicable parties thereto, for each deposit account or securities account required to be subject to an Agency Account Agreement pursuant to the terms of Section 6.16 hereof.
Funding Date (A) If the Hotspot Acquisition is consummated on the Funding Date, the obligations of the B-1 Term Loan Lenders and the Incremental B-2 Term Loan Lenders, respectively, to make such Borrowings, are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Administrative Agent) of following conditions precedent:
(a) The Acquisition shall have been consummated in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement.
(b) The Specified Purchase Agreement Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects and the Specified Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (except in the case of any Specified Purchase Agreement Representation or any Specified Representation which expressly relates to a given date or period, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the respective date or for the respective period, as the case may be).
(c) After giving effect to the application of the proceeds of the Term B-1 Term Loans and the Incremental B-2 Term Loans, the Target and its subsidiaries shall have outstanding no third-party indebtedness for borrowed money, other than indebtedness permitted to be outstanding under this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence of repayment of all indebtedness to be repaid on the Funding Date and of the discharge of all indebtedness and liens other than indebtedness and liens permitted to remain outstanding under this Agreement (or customary arrangements for such repayment or discharge shall have been made).
(d) The (i) Borrower shall have paid the Amendment Fees (as defined the Amendment) and (ii) Administrative Agent shall have received all fees (including the Funding Fees) and other amounts due and payable by any Loan Party on or prior to the Funding Date, including, to the extent invoiced at least three (3) business days prior to the Funding Date., reimbursement or payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower under the JPM Fee Letter and any Loan Document.
(e) Since September 30, 2014, the Acquired Business and its Transferred Subsidiaries (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement), taken as a whole, have not suffered any adverse change to their respective businesses, assets, operations or financial position, except such changes which have not had, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this clause (e), “Company Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
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 the Closing Date The effectiveness of this Agreement and the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder on the Closing Date are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Required Lenders) of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a counterpart of this Agreement and, except as provided in Section 5.15, each other Loan Document signed on behalf of each party hereto and thereto (including via any electronic means) or (ii) evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile or other electronic imaging transmission) that such party has signed such a counterpart.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself and the Lenders, a favorable written opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Borrower, of Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, P.A., counsel for certain Loan Parties, in each case (i) dated the Closing Date, (ii) addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (iii) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, covering such matters customarily covered in opinions of this type as the Required Lenders shall reasonably request, and the Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinions.
(c) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article III or any other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date; provided that, to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided, further, 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 on such respective dates.
(d) Immediately prior to and immediately after the Closing Date, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(e) The making of such Loan shall not violate any Requirement of Law applicable to the Loan Parties, and shall not be enjoined, temporarily, preliminarily or permanently.
(f) The Borrower and New Pyxus Topco hereby agree that the release of their signatures to this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a certification of compliance with the conditions precedent set forth in paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of this Section 4.01.
(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received a notice of such Borrowing as required by Section 2.03.
(h) Subject to Section 5.15, the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a copy of the certificate or articles of incorporation (or the foreign equivalent), including all amendments thereto, of each Loan Party, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of its organization (or, to the extent applicable, confirmation that there has been no changes to any such formation document since the closing date of the Term Loan Credit Agreement) and a certificate as to the good standing of each Loan Party as of a recent date, from such Secretary of State (in each case, or the foreign equivalent, if any); (ii) a certificate of the Responsible Officer of each Loan Party (or, with respect to a UK Loan Party, a certificate of a director of such UK Loan Party, or, with respect to any other Foreign Guarantor, an equivalent officer or director of such Foreign Guarantor) dated the Closing Date and certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the constitutional documents, articles of association, memorandum of association, certificate of incorporation and by-laws of such Loan Party as in effect on the Closing Date and at all times since a date prior to the date of the resolutions described in clause (B) below (or, to the extent applicable, confirmation that there has been no changes to any such organizational document since the date of delivery in connection with the Term Loan Credit Agreement), (B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors (or its equivalent) of such Loan Party (and, in the case of a UK Loan Party, of resolutions duly passed by its members) authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such person is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, the borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect, (C) where required by local law or the relevant constitutional documents, that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions adopted by the general meeting of shareholders (or its equivalent) of such Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such person is a party and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect, (D) that the certificate or articles of incorporation, constitutional documents, articles of association and memorandum of association of such Loan Party have not been amended since the date of the last amendment thereto shown on the certificate of good standing (or the foreign equivalent, if any) furnished pursuant to clause (i) above, (E) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing any Loan Document or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of such Loan Party and (F) except in the case of any UK Loan Party, as to the absence of any pending proceeding for dissolution or liquidation of such Loan Party or, to the knowledge of such Responsible Officer, threatening the existence of such Loan Party; (iii) a certificate of another officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Responsible Officer executing the certificate pursuant to clause (ii) above; (iv) in the case of a UK Loan Party, a certificate of a director confirming that the entry into the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents would not exceed any guarantee limits under the constitutional documents of such UK Loan Party or under any other agreement or instrument to which such UK Loan Party is a party; (v) in the case of a UK Loan Party, a resolution of the direct shareholders of that UK Loan Party approving the terms of the Loan Documents to which such UK Loan Party is a party and (vi) such other documents as the Required Lenders may reasonably request.
(i) [Reserved].
(j) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received, at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, to the extent requested at least five Business Days prior to the Closing Date, (i) all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act and (ii) if the Borrower qualified as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a customary certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation in relation to the Borrower.
(k) Except as provided in Section 5.15, the Collateral Agent shall have received evidence that each Loan Party shall have taken or caused to be taken any action, executed and delivered or cause to be executed and delivered any other agreement, document and instrument and made or caused to be made any other filing and recording reasonably required by the Collateral Agent and the Lenders. Prior to or substantially simultaneously therewith, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received the fees in the amounts contemplated to be paid hereunder on the Closing Date or otherwise previously agreed in writing by the Agents or the Lenders, and all expenses (including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the extent payable in accordance with the terms hereof) payable by the Loan Parties (with respect to expenses, to the extent invoices have been presented at least one Business Day prior to such date) shall have been paid.
(l) There shall not exist any action, suit, investigation, litigation, proceeding or hearing, pending or threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that affects the Transactions or otherwise impairs the ability of the Loan Parties to consummate the Transactions and no preliminary or permanent injunction or order by a state or federal court shall have been entered, in each case that would be material and adverse to the Agents or the Lenders.
Conditions to Initial Credit Extension The obligation of each Lender to make a Credit Extension hereunder on the Closing Date is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, except as otherwise agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent or as provided in Schedule 6.12 (notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11.01):
(a) The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its legal counsel:
(i) executed counterparts of the Amendment and Restatement Agreement and the Guaranty;
(ii) a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender that has requested a Note at least two Business Days in advance of the Closing Date;
(iii) each Collateral Document required to be executed on the Closing Date, duly executed by each Loan Party thereto, together with:
(A) certificates, if any, representing the Pledged Equity referred to therein and required therein to be delivered, accompanied by undated stock powers executed in blank and instruments evidencing the Pledged Debt endorsed in blank;
(B) to the extent required under the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, opinions of local counsel for the Loan Parties in states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located, with respect to the enforceability and perfection of the Mortgages and any related fixture filings in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
(C) evidence that all other actions, agreements, recordings and filings that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary to satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been taken, completed or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(iv) such certificates of good standing from the applicable secretary of the state of organization of each Loan Party, 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 on the Closing Date;
(v) (i) an opinion from Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, New York counsel to the Loan Parties substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1 and (ii) an opinion from Young Xxxxxxx Stargatt & Xxxxxx, LLP, Delaware counsel to the Loan Parties substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2;
(vi) a certificate attesting to the Solvency of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) on the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transaction, from the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower;
(vii) evidence that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Loan Documents has been obtained and is in effect and that the Administrative Agent has been named as loss payee and/or additional insured, as applicable, under each insurance policy with respect to such insurance as to which the Administrative Agent shall have requested to be so named;
(viii) a Committed Loan Notice and/or Letter of Credit Application, as applicable, relating to the initial Credit Extensions;
(ix) copies of a recent Lien and judgment search in each jurisdiction reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent with respect to the Loan Parties; and
(x) an Intercompany Note duly executed by each Loan Party.
(b) All fees and expenses required to be paid to the Lenders and the Agents hereunder and invoiced on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid in full in cash or directed by the Borrower to be paid with the proceeds of the Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans made on the Closing Date.
(c) The Joint Lead Arrangers shall have received on or prior to the Closing Date all documentation and other information reasonably requested in writing by them at least five Business Days prior to the Closing Date in order to allow the Arrangers and the Lenders to comply with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act.
Conditions to Closing and Initial Extensions of Credit The obligation of the Lenders to close this Agreement and to make the initial Loan or issue or participate in the initial Letter of Credit, if any, is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
Conditions to Initial Extensions of Credit The agreement of each Lender to make the initial extension of credit requested to be made by it is subject to the satisfaction, immediately prior to or concurrently with the making of such extension of credit on the Closing Date, of the following conditions precedent:
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Conditions to Closing Date It shall be a condition to the Closing Date that each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied or waived as of such date, and upon such satisfaction or waiver, this Agreement shall be effective:
(a) this Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by the parties hereto;
(b) the VMTP Preferred Shares shall have a long-term issue credit rating of “Aa1” from Moody’s and long-term issue credit rating of “AA” from Fitch on the Closing Date;
(c) receipt by the Purchaser of opinion(s) of counsel for the Fund acceptable to the Purchaser;
(d) there shall have been delivered to the Purchaser such information and copies of documents, approvals (if any) and records certified, where appropriate, of trust and legal proceedings as the Purchaser may have requested relating to the Fund’s entering into and performing this Agreement and the other Related Documents to which it is a party, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;
(e) there shall have been delivered to the Fund such information and copies of documents, approvals (if any) and records certified, where appropriate, of trust and legal proceedings as the Fund may have requested relating to the Purchaser’s entering into and performing this Agreement and the other Related Documents to which it is a party, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;
(f) receipt by the Purchaser of executed originals or copies of all Related Documents (other than this Agreement) to which the Fund is a party, as in effect on the Closing Date, and an incumbency certificate with respect to the authorized signatories thereto;
(g) receipt by the Fund of executed originals or copies of all Related Documents (other than this Agreement) to which the Purchaser is a party, as in effect on the Closing Date, and an incumbency certificate with respect to the authorized signatories thereto;
(h) receipt by the Fund and the Purchaser of the Information Statement in form and substance satisfactory to the Fund and the Purchaser;
(i) the reasonable fees and expenses and all other amounts (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses related to the issuance of the VMTP Preferred Shares) payable on the Closing Date and pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof shall have been paid;
(j) receipt by the Fund and the Purchaser of an opinion of counsel of the Redemption and Paying Agent in the form and substance satisfactory to the Fund and the Purchaser;
(k) except as disclosed in the Information Statement or in Schedule II hereto, there shall not be any action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or (to the knowledge of the Fund) overtly threatened in writing against the Fund in any court or before any governmental authority which in the good faith judgment of the party invoking this condition, (i) is in any way contesting or, if decided adversely, would affect the validity of any other Related Document to which the Fund is a party or this Agreement, or (ii) in which a final adverse decision would materially adversely affect provisions for or materially adversely affect the sources for payment of Liquidation Preference of or dividends on the VMTP Preferred Shares;
(l) receipt by the Purchaser of copies of all ISDA documentation to which the Fund is a party including all trade confirmations and credit support annexes;
(m) in the good faith judgment of the party invoking this condition no change in law, rule or regulation (or their interpretation or administration), in each case, shall have occurred after the date of this Agreement, which will materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement; and
(n) there shall have been delivered to the Purchaser any additional documentation and financial information, including satisfactory responses to its due diligence inquiries, as it reasonably deems relevant. The Fund and the Purchaser agree that consummation of the purchase and sale of the VMTP Preferred Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute acknowledgment that the foregoing conditions have been satisfied or waived.
