Drawdown Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Advance shall be made to the Borrowers following receipt by the Agent from the Borrowers of a Drawdown Notice not later than 10:00 a.m. on the third Banking Day before the date, which shall be a Banking Day falling within the Drawdown Period for such Advance, on which the Borrowers propose such Advance is made. A Drawdown Notice shall be effective on actual receipt by the Agent and, once given, shall, subject as provided in clause 3.6.1, be irrevocable.
Drawdown Notice At any time during the Commitment Period, the Company may request the Investor to purchase shares of Common Stock by delivering a Drawdown Notice to the Investor, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 7.2; provided, however, the amount for each Advance as designated by the Company in the applicable Drawdown Notice shall not be more than the Maximum Advance Amount and the aggregate amount of the Advances pursuant to this Agreement shall not exceed the Commitment Amount. The Company acknowledges that the Investor may sell shares of the Company’s Common Stock corresponding with a particular Drawdown Notice after the Drawdown Notice is received by the Investor. There shall be a minimum of five (5) Trading Days between each Drawdown Notice Date.
Drawdown Date The date on which any Loan is made or is to be made, and the date on which any Loan which is made prior to the Maturity Date, as applicable, is converted in accordance with §4.1.
Conditions Precedent to the Initial Advance The obligation of the Lender Group (or any member thereof) to make the initial Advance is subject to the fulfillment, to the satisfaction of Agent, each Lender, and their respective counsel, of each of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date:
(a) the Closing Date shall occur on or before October 15, 1998;
(b) Agent shall have received all financing statements and fixture filings required by the Lender Group, duly executed by Borrower, and Agent shall have searches reflecting the filing of its financing statements with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the City Clerk of Quincy, Massachusetts;
(c) Agent shall have received each of the following documents, duly executed, and each such document shall be in full force and effect:
(i) the Disbursement Letter;
(ii) the Pay-Off Letter;
(iii) the Suretyship Agreement;
(iv) the Fee Letter;
(v) the Agents' Side Letter;
(vi) the Intercompany Subordination Agreement;
(vii) the Stock Pledge Agreement;
(viii) Termination statements relative to all financing statements filed by Sprint Communications;
(ix) WorldCom Subordination Agreement (or termination statements relative to all financing statements filed by WorldCom Network Services, Inc. dba WilTel, Inc.);
(x) the Hale Xxxordination Agreement;
(xi) the Customer List Escrow Agreement; and 39
(d) Agent shall have received a certificate from the Secretary of each Borrower attesting to the resolutions of such Borrower's Board of Directors authorizing its execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Borrower is a party and authorizing specific officers of such Borrower to execute the same;
(e) Agent shall have received copies of each Borrower's Governing Documents, as amended, modified, or supplemented to the Closing Date, certified by the Secretary of such Borrower;
(f) Agent shall have received a certificate of status with respect to each Borrower, dated as of a date within a reasonable proximity to the Closing Date, such certificate to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdiction of organization of such Borrower, which certificate shall indicate that such Borrower is in good standing in such jurisdiction;
(g) Agent shall have received certificates of status with respect to each Borrower, each dated as of a date within a reasonable proximity to the Closing Date, such certificates to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdictions in which its failure to be duly qualified or licensed would constitute a Material Adverse Change, which certificates shall indicate that such Borrower is in good standing in such jurisdictions;
(h) Agent shall have received a certificate of insurance, together with the endorsements thereto, as are required by Section 6.10, the form and substance of which shall be satisfactory to Agent, each Lender, and their respective counsel;
(i) Agent shall have received the Closing Date Business Plan certified by an officer of Borrower as being such officer's good faith best estimate of the financial performance of Borrower during the period covered thereby;
(j) Agent shall have received a Collateral Access Agreement relative to Borrower's location in Quincy, Massachusetts;
(k) Agent shall have received opinions of Borrower's counsel in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and each Lender in their sole discretion;
(l) Agent and Agent's counsel shall have been provided with a copy of each Carrier Agreement in respect of a Material Carrier, the Bell Xxxantic Interconnection Agreement, and each agreement in respect of any Indefeasible Right to Use granted to Borrower, certified by an officer of Borrower as true, correct, and complete, and Agent shall have had a reasonable opportunity to review each such Carrier Agreement;
(m) Agent shall have received a certificate from an officer of each Borrower certifying that all tax returns required to be filed such Borrower have been timely filed and all taxes upon such Borrower or its properties, assets, income, and franchises (including real property taxes and payroll taxes) have been paid prior to delinquency, except 40 such taxes that are the subject of a Permitted Protest;
(n) Agent shall have received a certificate from an officer of each Borrower certifying that to the best of such Borrower's knowledge there are no outstanding complaints against any Borrower made to any public utilities commission in any jurisdiction in which any Borrower operates, except such complaints that have been fully disclosed to the Lenders and are satisfactory to Agent and the Lenders;
(o) Agent shall have received a letter from Chase Equipment Leasing, Inc. ("Chase"), in form and substance satisfactory to each Lender, acknowledging that Chase's liens in the Equipment leased by Borrower from Chase does not extend to the Accounts generated by such Equipment;
(p) Agent shall have received payment of all accrued and unpaid Lender Group Expenses;
(q) Agent shall have received a certificate from an officer of each Borrower certifying that there has been no Material Adverse Change in the financial condition of such Borrower or the Collateral since July 31, 1998; and
(r) all other documents and legal matters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been delivered, executed, or recorded and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, each Lender, and their respective counsel.
Utilisation 4.1 On the Initial Closing Date, the Expenses Loan Provider made an Advance in the aggregate amount of £45,650,000 (the Initial Advance) to Loan Note Issuer No.1, which shall be deemed to be three separate Advances as follows:
(a) the first advance being in the amount of £35,000,000 for the credit of the Series Cash Reserve Account (the First Advance);
(b) the second advance being in the amount of £8,750,000 for the credit of the Programme Reserve Account (the Second Advance); and
(c) the third advance being in the amount of £1,900,000 for the credit of the Loan Note Issuer No.1 Distribution Account (the Third Advance, and together with the First Advance and the Second Advance, the 2013 Advances).
4.2 Loan Note Issuer No.1 may utilise the Facility on any Closing Date by delivering to the Expenses Loan Provider by no later than the close of business on the Business Day prior to such Closing Date a Utilisation Request.
4.3 Each Utilisation Request is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:
(a) the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day which corresponds with a Closing Date; and
(b) it specifies the amount of each Advance to be made pursuant to the Utilisation Request.
4.4 One or more Advances may be requested in each Utilisation Request.
4.5 Loan Note Issuer No.1 is deemed to repeat the representations set out in Clause9 (Representations of Loan Note Issuer No.1 and the Expenses Loan Provider) on the date of each Utilisation Request.
4.6 If the Expenses Loan Provider decides, in its absolute discretion, to make an Advance pursuant to the Utilisation Request, the Expenses Loan Provider will deliver to Loan Note Issuer No. 1, by no later than the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Closing Date on which such Advance is to be made, a Utilisation Notice specifying the terms on which the Advance will be made including, without limitation, the Applicable Margin in respect of each Advance. A Utilisation Notice may specify the terms of one or more Advances requested pursuant to a Utilisation Request.
4.7 The Expenses Loan Provider may also specify in a Utilisation Notice any increase which it proposes to make to the Facility Limit.
4.8 By no later than the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Closing Date on which an Advance is to be made, Loan Note Issuer No.1 will deliver a Utilisation Confirmation to the Expenses Loan Provider confirming the terms of each Advance and the increase in the Facility Limit (if any) as set out in the Utilisation Notice.
4.9 On the Closing Date on which an Advance is to be made following the receipt of a Utilisation Confirmation and if such Advance is subject to scheduled principal repayments, the Expenses Loan Provider will deliver to Loan Note Issuer No.1 an amortisation schedule in substantially the form of Schedule 2 (Pro-forma Amortisation Schedule) attached hereto setting out the Repayment Amounts to be paid in relation to each such Advance as well as clearly specifying the Initial Interest Payment Date in relation to such Advance (the Amortisation Schedule) provided that (a) in respect of the Third Advance, the Expenses Loan Provider will deliver to Loan Note Issuer No.1 an amortisation schedule in substantially the form of Schedule 1 (Third Advance Amortisation Schedule) (the Third Advance Amortisation Schedule), (b) in respect of the First Advance, the Final Repayment Date shall be the Interest Payment Date in May 2018, and (c) in respect of the Second Advance, the Final Repayment Date shall be the Interest Payment Date in May 2020.
4.10 Advances made under this Agreement will not be consolidated.
Completion of a Utilisation Request (a) Each Utilisation Request is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:
(i) the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the Availability Period;
(ii) the currency and amount of the Utilisation comply with Clause 5.3 (Currency and amount); and
(iii) the proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 9 (Interest Periods).
(b) Only one Loan may be requested in each Utilisation Request.
Delivery of a Utilisation Request The Borrower may utilise the Facility by delivery to the Agent of a duly completed Utilisation Request not later than the Specified Time.
Initial Advance Borrower shall have delivered to Lender each of the following, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender (the date on which each of the following shall have been so delivered is referred to herein as the “Effective Date”):
(a) executed originals of the Loan Documents and all other documents and instruments reasonably required by Lender to effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby or to create and perfect the Liens of Lender with respect to all Collateral, in all cases in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lender;
(b) certified copy of resolutions of Borrower’s board of directors evidencing approval of (i) the Loan and other transactions evidenced by the Loan Documents; and (ii) the Warrant and transactions evidenced thereby;
(c) certified copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws, as amended through the Closing Date, of Borrower;
(d) a certificate of good standing for Borrower from its state of incorporation and similar certificates from all other jurisdictions in which it does business and where the failure to be qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) a certificate of incumbency as to each officer of Borrower who is authorized to execute the Loan Documents, the Warrant, and all other documents and instruments to be delivered pursuant to the Loan Documents and the Warrant on behalf of Borrower, including, without limitation, the chief financial officer of Borrower;
(f) payment of the Facility Charge and reimbursement of Lender’s current expenses reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement, which amounts may be deducted from the initial Advance;
(g) Landlord Consents or Bailee Agreements, as applicable, for the premises where the Financed Equipment will, upon completion of transit, be located; provided, that up to $3,750,000 of the initial Advance may be used for the purchase of International Based Financed Equipment without delivering to Lender, prior to the disbursement of such Advance, any Landlord Consents in respect of the premises in the continental United States where such International Based Financed Equipment may be located temporarily, so long as (i) prior to the disbursement of such Advance, one or more Bailee Agreements, as applicable, are delivered in respect of the foreign premises where such International Based Financed Equipment will be located upon completion of transit, and (ii) within 90 days of the Effective Date (or any subsequent Advance Date with respect to any International Based Financed Equipment not financed on the Effective Date), such International Based Financed Equipment is relocated to such foreign premises;
(h) a Consent Letter from each Incumbent Lender;
(i) a Release Letter from each Incumbent Lender with respect to the Financed Equipment purchased with the proceeds of the initial Advance; and
(j) such other documents as Lender may reasonably request.
Advance Request To obtain a Term Loan Advance, Borrower shall complete, sign and deliver an Advance Request (at least one (1) Business Day before the Closing Date and at least five (5) Business Days before each Advance Date other than the Closing Date) to Agent. The Lenders shall fund the Term Loan Advance in the manner requested by the Advance Request provided that each of the conditions precedent to such Term Loan Advance is satisfied as of the requested Advance Date.
Conditions Precedent to Initial Advance Bank’s obligation to make the initial Advance is subject to the condition precedent that Bank shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, such documents, and completion of such other matters, as Bank may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate, including, without limitation:
(a) duly executed original signatures to the Loan Documents;
(b) duly executed original signatures to the Initial Warrant;
(c) the Operating Documents and long-form good standing certificates of Borrower and its Subsidiaries certified by the Secretary of State (or equivalent agency) of Borrower’s and such Subsidiaries’ jurisdiction of organization or formation and each jurisdiction in which Borrower and each Subsidiary is qualified to conduct business, each as of a date no earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the Effective Date;
(d) duly executed original signatures to the completed Borrowing Resolutions for Borrower;
(e) certified copies, dated as of a recent date, of financing statement searches, as Bank may request, accompanied by written evidence (including any UCC termination statements) that the Liens indicated in any such financing statements either constitute Permitted Liens or have been or, in connection with the initial Advance, will be terminated or released;
(f) the Perfection Certificate of Borrower, together with the duly executed original signature thereto;
(g) a copy of Borrower’s Investors’ Rights Agreement and any amendments thereto;
(h) evidence satisfactory to Bank that the insurance policies and endorsements required by Section 6.7 hereof are in full force and effect, together with appropriate evidence showing lender loss payable and/or additional insured clauses or endorsements in favor of Bank;
(i) the completion of the Initial Audit with results satisfactory to Bank in its sole and absolute discretion; and
(j) payment of the fees and Bank Expenses then due as specified in Section 2.4 hereof.
