Debt Financing (a) The Company, MCK and Echo Holdco and their respective Subsidiaries shall use their reasonable best efforts to assist the Company to arrange and obtain the Debt Financing on the terms and conditions described in the Debt Commitment Letters as promptly as practicable after the date hereof, including their reasonable best efforts to (i) maintain in effect the Debt Commitment Letters, (ii) negotiate and enter into definitive agreements with respect thereto on the terms and conditions contained in the Debt Commitment Letters (including any flex provisions) or on other terms no less favorable to the Company, (iii) satisfy on a timely basis all conditions in the Debt Commitment Letters that are within their control and (iv) upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Debt Commitment Letters, consummate the Debt Financing at or prior to the Closing; it being understood that, if any portion of the Debt Financing to be provided as contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letters pursuant to a public offering, private offering under Rule 144A or otherwise has not been provided, and all conditions precedent to the Parties’ obligations hereunder shall have been satisfied or waived (other than receipt of the Debt Financing and those conditions which by their nature will not be satisfied except by actions taken at the Closing, but subject to the their satisfaction at the Closing), the Company shall draw upon the commitments under the Debt Commitment Letters to provide the bridge financing contemplated by and on the terms and conditions (including any applicable “flex” provisions) set forth in the Debt Commitment Letters. Each of the Company, MCK and Echo Holdco shall keep each other reasonably informed with respect to all material activity concerning the status of the Debt Financing contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letters and shall give each other notice of any material adverse change with respect to such Debt Financing as promptly as practicable.
Debt Financing Sources Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (but subject to the proviso at the end of this paragraph), each Party, on behalf of itself, its Subsidiaries, its controlled Affiliates and the Representatives of each of the foregoing, hereby: (a) agrees that any Proceeding involving a Debt Financing Source arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Debt Financing, the Debt Commitment Letter or any of the agreements entered into in connection with the Debt Financing or the Debt Commitment Letter or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the performance of any services thereunder shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of any federal or state court in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, New York, so long as such forum is and remains available, and any appellate court thereof and each Party irrevocably submits itself and its property with respect to any such Proceeding to the exclusive jurisdiction of such court, (b) agrees that any such Proceeding (except to the extent relating to the interpretation of any provisions in this Agreement (including any provision in any documentation related to the Debt Financing that expressly specifies that the interpretation of such provisions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware)) shall be governed by the Laws of the State of New York (without giving effect to any conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the laws of another jurisdiction), (c) agrees not to bring or support any Proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or in equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against any Debt Financing Source in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Debt Financing, the Debt Commitment Letter or any of the agreements entered into in connection with the Debt Financing or the Debt Commitment Letter or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the performance of any services thereunder in any forum other than any federal or state court in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, New York, (d) irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any such Proceeding in any such court, (e) knowingly, intentionally and voluntarily waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law all rights of trial by jury in any Proceeding brought against any Debt Financing Source in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Debt Financing, the Debt Commitment Letter or any of the agreements entered into in connection with the Debt Financing or the Debt Commitment Letter or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the performance of any services thereunder, (f) agrees that no Debt Financing Source shall be subject to any special, consequential, punitive or indirect damages or damages of a tortious nature in connection with this Agreement, the Debt Financing, the Debt Commitment Letter or any of the agreements entered into in connection with the Debt Financing or the Debt Commitment Letter or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the performance of any services thereunder, (g) agrees that this Agreement may not be enforced against any Debt Financing Source and agrees that no Debt Financing Source will have any liability to the Partnership, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives, and hereby knowingly, intentionally and voluntarily waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law any rights or claims against any Debt Financing Source, in connection with this Agreement, the Debt Financing, the Debt Commitment Letter or any of the agreements entered into in connection with the Debt Financing or the Debt Commitment Letter or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the performance of any services thereunder, whether in law or in equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, (h) agrees that the Debt Financing Sources are express third party beneficiaries of, and may enforce, and shall be entitled to rely on, this Section 8.14 and (i) agrees that Sections 7.2, 8.4, 8.15 and 8.13, this Section 8.14 and the definition of “Debt Financing Sources” (and any other provision or definition in this Agreement to the extent an amendment, modification, waiver or termination of such provision or definition would modify the substance of any of the foregoing provisions or definitions) may not be amended, modified, waived or terminated in any way adverse to the Debt Financing Sources without the prior written consent of the Debt Financing Sources party to the Debt Commitment Letter; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 8.14 shall in any way limit or modify the obligations of any Debt Financing Source to the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or the rights of the Parent or any its Subsidiaries against any Debt Financing Source, in each case under the Debt Commitment Letter or the definitive agreements executed in connection with the Debt Financing.
Financing Cooperation (a) Prior to the Effective Time, the Partnership Entities shall, and shall cause their Subsidiaries to, and shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause their respective Representatives to, provide all customary and reasonable cooperation in connection with the arrangement of the financing contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letter (the “Debt Financing”) as may be reasonably requested by Parent (provided that such requested cooperation does not unreasonably interfere with the business or operations of the Partnership Entities and their respective Subsidiaries), including (a) participation at reasonable times in a reasonable number of meetings, presentations, roadshows (including customary one-on-one meetings), rating agency and due diligence sessions with the Financing Sources and potential lenders or investors in the Debt Financing, including direct contact between senior management and the other representatives of the Partnership Entities and their respective Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the actual and potential Financing Sources and potential lenders or investors in the Debt Financing, on the other hand, in each case with reasonable advance notice, (b) reasonably assisting Parent and its Financing Sources in the preparation of customary materials for rating agency presentations and lender and investor presentations, business projections, pro forma financial statements, bank books and other marketing documents customarily used to arrange debt financing, and identifying any portion of the information contained therein that would constitute material, non-public information with respect to the Partnership Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of their respective securities for purposes of foreign, United States federal or state securities laws, (c) (i) furnishing Parent with the Required Information and (ii) using reasonable best efforts to furnish any other information regarding the Retained Companies as may be reasonable requested by Parent that is customary or necessary for the preparation of a customary confidential information memorandum for financings that are similar to the Debt Financing, (d) using reasonable efforts to facilitate the granting of a security interest (and perfection thereof) in collateral, guarantees, mortgages, other definitive financing documents or other certificates or documents as may reasonably be requested by Parent, including obtaining releases of existing Liens; provided, that any obligations and releases of Liens contained in all such agreements and documents shall be subject to the occurrence of the Effective Time and become effective no earlier than immediately following the Effective Time, (e) to the extent requested by Parent at least ten (10) days prior to the Effective Time, furnishing within 5 days prior to the Effective Time all documentation and other information required by Governmental Authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the U.S.A. Patriot Act of 2001, but in each case, solely as relating to the Partnership Entities and their respective Subsidiaries, (f) assisting in the preparation of definitive financing documents as may be reasonably requested by Parent, (g) reasonably cooperating in satisfying the conditions precedent set forth in the Debt Commitment Letter or any definitive document relating to the Debt Financing to the extent the satisfaction of such condition requires the cooperation of, or is within the control of the Partnership Entities and their respective Subsidiaries, (h) taking all corporate actions, subject to the occurrence of the Effective Time, as reasonably requested by Parent to permit the consummation of the Debt Financing, and (i) permitting the prospective lenders or investors involved in the Debt Financing to conduct customary due diligence. The Partnership hereby consents to the use of its and its Subsidiaries’ logos in connection with the Debt Financing; provided, that such logos are used solely in a manner that is not intended, nor reasonably likely to, harm or disparage the Partnership Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries.
Additional Debt Facilities To the extent, but only to the extent, permitted by the provisions of the Senior Debt Documents and the Second Priority Debt Documents, the Company may incur or issue and sell one or more series or classes of Second Priority Debt and one or more series or classes of Additional Senior Debt. Any such additional class or series of Second Priority Debt (the “Second Priority Class Debt”) may be secured by a second priority, subordinated Lien on Shared Collateral, in each case under and pursuant to the relevant Second Priority Collateral Documents for such Second Priority Class Debt, if and subject to the condition that the Representative of any such Second Priority Class Debt (each, a “Second Priority Class Debt Representative”), acting on behalf of the holders of such Second Priority Class Debt (such Representative and holders in respect of any Second Priority Class Debt being referred to as the “Second Priority Class Debt Parties”), becomes a party to this Agreement by satisfying conditions (i) through (vi), as applicable, of the immediately succeeding paragraph. Any such additional class or series of Senior Facilities (the “Senior Class Debt”; and the Senior Class Debt and Second Priority Class Debt, collectively, the “Class Debt”) may be secured by a senior Lien on Shared Collateral, in each case under and pursuant to the Senior Collateral Documents, if and subject to the condition that the Representative of any such Senior Class Debt (each, a “Senior Class Debt Representative”; and the Senior Class Debt Representatives and Second Priority Class Debt Representatives, collectively, the “Class Debt Representatives”), acting on behalf of the holders of such Senior Class Debt (such Representative and holders in respect of any such Senior Class Debt being referred to as the “Senior Class Debt Parties; and the Senior Class Debt Parties and Second Priority Class Debt Parties, collectively, the “Class Debt Parties”), becomes a party to this Agreement by satisfying the conditions set forth in clauses (i) through (vi), as applicable, of the immediately succeeding paragraph. In order for a Class Debt Representative to become a party to this Agreement:
Financing Matters If any Loan Party becomes subject to any Insolvency Proceeding at any time prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, and if the First Priority Representative or the other First Priority Secured Parties desire to consent (or not object) to the use of cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code or to provide financing to any Loan Party under the Bankruptcy Code or to consent (or not object) to the provision of such financing to any Loan Party by any third party (any such financing, “DIP Financing”), then the Second Priority Representative agrees, on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties, that each Second Priority Secured Party (a) will be deemed to have consented to, will raise no objection to, nor support any other Person objecting to, the use of such cash collateral or to such DIP Financing, (b) will not request or accept adequate protection or any other relief in connection with the use of such cash collateral or such DIP Financing except as set forth in Section 5.4 below, (c) will subordinate (and will be deemed hereunder to have subordinated) the Second Priority Liens on any Common Collateral (i) to such DIP Financing on the same terms as the First Priority Liens are subordinated thereto (and such subordination will not alter in any manner the terms of this Agreement), (ii) to any adequate protection provided to the First Priority Secured Parties and (iii) to any “carve-out” agreed to by the First Priority Representative or the other First Priority Secured Parties, and (d) agrees that notice received two calendar days prior to the entry of an order approving such usage of cash collateral or approving such financing shall be adequate notice so long as (A) the Second Priority Representative retains its Lien on the Common Collateral to secure the Second Priority Obligations (in each case, including proceeds thereof arising after the commencement of the case under the Bankruptcy Code) and (B) all Liens on Common Collateral securing any such DIP Financing shall be senior to or on a parity with the Liens of the First Priority Representative and the First Priority Creditors on Common Collateral securing the First Priority Obligations.
Additional Financing Except as otherwise provided in this Article V, no Member shall be obligated or permitted to contribute any additional capital to the Company without the consent of the Board of Managers. No interest shall accrue on any contributions to the capital of the Company, and no Member shall have the right to withdraw or to be repaid any capital contributed by it or to receive any other payment in respect of its interest in the Company, including without limitation as a result of the withdrawal or resignation of such Member from the Company, except as specifically provided in this Agreement. The records of the Company shall be adjusted to reflect any additional contributions to the capital of the Company made pursuant to Section 5.2.
Bridge Financing The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and do or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to obtain no later than October 30, 2004 a commitment letter (the “Bridge Financing Commitment Letter”) expiring no earlier than January 30, 2005, from a reputable financial institution in substantially the same form and substance as Exhibit F attached hereto, to provide financing on terms and conditions no less favorable than those described on Exhibit F attached hereto.
Subsidiaries; Affiliates; Capitalization; Solvency (a) Each Borrower and Guarantor does not have any direct or indirect Subsidiaries or Affiliates and is not engaged in any joint venture or partnership except as set forth in Schedule 8.12 to the Information Certificate.
Transaction Financing The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to obtain a commitment letter (the “Transaction Financing Commitment Letter”), from a reputable financial institution to provide financing for the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby on commercially reasonable terms and conditions.
Financing Commitment For the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the fifth anniversary hereof, Atlas America and Resource Energy agree to provide to the MLP funding of up to an aggregate of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) per annum to finance the cost of expanding the Gathering System or constructing new additions to the Gathering System. Atlas America and Resource Energy, jointly and severally, commit to provide such funding, upon the MLP's written request therefor, by purchasing Common Units at a price equal to the arithmetic average of the closing prices of the Common Units on the American Stock Exchange, or, if the American Stock Exchange is not the principal trading market for such security, on the principal trading market for such security, for the twenty consecutive trading days ending on the trading day prior to the purchase, or, if the fair market value of the Common Units cannot be calculated for such period on any of the foregoing bases, the average fair market value during such period as reasonably determined in good faith by the members of the managing board of the General Partner.
