Conditions for Closing The Lender shall not be obligated to disburse the Bridge Loan until the Borrower shall have fulfilled and/or furnished to the Lender, at the Borrower’s own cost and expense, the following conditions (unless waived in writing by Lender):
(a) The Loan Documents duly executed by the Borrower and each Guarantor (as applicable) along with evidence that all financing statements and other filings contemplated thereby have been made and the Security Documents to be placed of record or filed shall have been duly executed and recorded and filed in all appropriate offices and shall constitute a first and prior Lien on the Collateral, subject only to those matters set forth in Section 6.01 of this Agreement and all taxes, fees and charges in connection therewith shall have been paid.
(b) Evidence, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender, that the Aircraft, business and all assets of the Borrower are adequately insured as required by Section 5.04.
(c) Payment of the Origination Fee and all reimbursable costs and expenses pursuant to the Loan Documents, together with evidence of payment to other parties of all fees and costs which Borrower is required under the Loan Documents to pay by the Closing Date.
(d) Lien searches (including Uniform Commercial Code, judgments, bankruptcy and taxes) with respect to the Borrower and each Guarantor (at the state and county level) from the jurisdiction of its organization and each other jurisdiction in which it maintains an office, including the home airport of the Aircraft, (i) showing no existing Liens on the Collateral pledged by such Persons except as permitted hereunder or (ii) accompanied by necessary termination statements, release statements and any other types of release in connection with any impermissible Liens disclosed by such searches that have been filed or for which satisfactory arrangements have been made for such filing on the Closing Date.
(e) With respect to the Aircraft, (i) an FAA and International Registry lien and title search acceptable to the Lender, (ii) a copy of Aircraft Registration Certificate, (iii) lien and title searches of the applicable Canadian government authorities, including without limitation under the Personal Property Security Act, in form acceptable to the Lender, (iv) evidence that the Borrower has become a Transaction User Entity (as defined in the International Registry) and appointed an administrator and a professional registry user entity, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender, (v) reasonable evidence that the Aircraft is eligible for prompt issuance of a U.S. Certificate of Airworthiness following the Aircraft’s transfer of title to Borrower, (vi) Completed Customs and Border Protection Forms 7501 and 3461 evidencing importation into the U.S., and (vii) a copy of the airframe, engine, and avionics maintenance programs.
(f) Copies of all of the Aircraft Contracts in effect as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Lender.
(g) A copy of the Borrower’s and each Guarantor’s organizational documents, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender.
(h) A certificate of existence, authorization, good standing certificate, or its equivalent of each of the Borrower and the Guarantor from the Secretary of State of such Person’s jurisdiction of incorporation/formation/organization and the Secretary of State of each other jurisdiction in which such Person is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation/company/partnership, if any.
(i) A certificate in form and substance satisfactory to Lender from the Borrower and each Guarantor, dated the Closing Date and signed on behalf of such Person by an authorized member/manager/officer of such Person certifying as to (i) true copies of the organizational documents of such Person and any amendments thereto, (ii) the resolutions of the directors/managers and/or shareholders/members (as the case may be) of such Person authorizing the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party and (iii) the names, true signatures and incumbency of the members/managers/officers of such Person authorized to execute and deliver the Loan Documents to which it is a party. The Lender may conclusively rely on such certification unless and until a later certificate revising the prior certificate has been furnished to the Lender.
(j) A certification regarding the beneficial ownership of the Borrower, as required by the Bank Secrecy Act (31 C.F.R. §1010.230 et. seq.), as amended from time to time, the regulations promulgated thereunder, and any successor statute, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender.
(k) Evidence, in form and substance acceptable to the Lender, that the Borrower has a tangible balance sheet equity of at least twenty percent (20%) on the Closing Date.
(l) An opinion of counsel on behalf of the Borrower and the Guarantor, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender in absolute discretion.
(m) An opinion of special FAA counsel, including an International Registry Priority Search Certificate, each dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender in absolute discretion.
(n) Listing of furniture, fixtures and equipment owned by the Borrower or a certification that the Borrower does not own any, satisfactory in form and content to the Lender, indicating that the estimated value of such furniture, fixtures and equipment.
(o) An inventory of all Warranties (including copies all documentation with respect thereto) relating to the Aircraft.
(p) The Borrower shall have executed and delivered all forms, documentation and information necessary for the establishment of the Cash Collateral Account at Lender, and shall have funded the Cash Collateral into the Cash Collateral Account (either prior to the Closing Date or contemporaneously therewith).
(q) Such other instruments, documents, certificates, assurances and opinions as may be set forth in the preliminary closing checklist delivered to the Borrower in connection with this Agreement or as the Lender shall reasonably require to evidence and secure the Loan, to comply with the provisions hereof and the requirements of regulatory authorities to which the Lender is subject, all of which, including those referred to above in this Section 4.01 shall be satisfactory in form, content and substance to the Lender.
