Initial Credit Extension The Lenders shall not be required to make the initial Credit Extension hereunder unless the Borrower has furnished to the Agent with sufficient copies for the Lenders:
(i) Copies of the articles or certificate of incorporation of the Borrower, together with all amendments, and a certificate of good standing, each certified by the appropriate governmental officer in its jurisdiction of incorporation.
(ii) Copies, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Borrower, of its by-laws and of its Board of Directors' resolutions and of resolutions or actions of any other body authorizing the execution of the Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party.
(iii) An incumbency certificate, executed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Borrower, which shall identify by name and title and bear the signatures of the Authorized Officers and any other officers of the Borrower authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party, upon which certificate the Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely until informed of any change in writing by the Borrower.
(iv) A certificate, signed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower, stating that on the initial Credit Extension Date no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing.
(v) A written opinion of the Borrower's and Guarantor's counsel, addressed to the Lenders in substantially the form of Exhibit A, and such other opinions as may be required by the Agent.
(vi) Written money transfer instructions, in substantially the form of Exhibit D, addressed to the Agent and signed by an Authorized Officer, together with such other related money transfer authorizations as the Agent may have reasonably requested.
(vii) Executed copies of all Guaranties, Collateral Documents and other documents in connection therewith requested by the Agent, together with all organizational documents and resolutions of the Borrower and each Guarantor, all necessary consents and other related documents in connection with the Loan Documents and all UCC, judgment and other lien and encumbrance searches, title searches and insurance, surveys and other documents required by the Agent (other than such documents as may be allowed to be delivered post closing by the Agent).
(viii) The insurance certificate described in Section 5.21.
(ix) Copies of all governmental and nongovernmental consents, approvals, authorizations, declarations, registrations or filings required on the part of the Borrower or any Guarantor in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or as a condition to the legality, validity or enforceability of the Loan Documents, certified as true and correct in full force and effect as of the date of this Agreement by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower.
(x) Payment of all fees owing by the Borrower to the Lenders and the Agent and the Arranger as of the date of this Agreement.
(xi) An Environmental Certificate executed by the Borrower together with all environmental audits and reports reasonably required by the Agent.
(xii) Evidence of the completion of the Zenith Acquisition and all due diligence with respect to the Borrower and, its Subsidiaries, Zenith and its Subsidiaries and the Zenith Acquisition, including but not limited to, the review of all Zenith Acquisition Documents (including without limitation the Escrow Agreement and documents granting the Agent a security interest in the funds on deposit therein), all terms, conditions and provisions of the Zenith Acquisition, all final projections, all pro forma and prospective financial statements, audited year end financial statements for Zenith and the Borrower, all sources and uses statements, pro forma covenant compliance projections and certificates, the organizational structure of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries after the Zenith Acquisition, all environmental matters relating to Zenith, all appraisals and customer and supplier checkings acceptable to the Agent, and the form and structure, including without limitation the financial, legal, accounting, tax and all other aspects of the Zenith Acquisition (further including, without limitation, evidence satisfactory to the Agent that the Borrower and Zenith will be merging immediately after the closing of the Zenith Acquisition and making an election satisfactory to the Agent under Section 338(h)(10) of the Code), all of which shall be satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel.
(xiii) Evidence satisfactory to the Agent that no Material Adverse Effect with respect to Zenith or any its Subsidiaries, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Trianon or any of its Subsidiaries since December 31, 1998.
(xiv) Delivery of such other agreements and documents, and the satisfaction of such other conditions as may be reasonably required by the Agent, including without limitation a solvency certificate of the Borrower, a reliance letter from the auditors and accountants for the Borrower and for Zenith, such funding instructions, sources and uses certificate and other certificates required by the Agent and such evidence of the perfection and priority of all liens and security interests as required by the Agent, all of which shall be satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel.
(xv) The execution and delivery of all Subordinated Debt Documents and any related documents and opinions in connection therewith required by the Agent, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
(xvi) Such other documents and conditions as the Agent or its counsel may have reasonably requested.
Incremental Credit Extensions (a) At any time and subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 2.19, the Company may request (i) one or more new tranches of term facilities (any such new term facilities, an “Incremental Term Facility” and any loans made pursuant to an Incremental Term Facility, “Incremental Term Loans”) and/or (ii) one or more increases in the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and/or add up to two new Foreign Borrower Tranches (it being agreed such new Foreign Borrower Tranche may only be borrowed by a Foreign Subsidiary) (each such increase or additional Foreign Borrower Tranche, a “Revolving Credit Commitment Increase” and the loans thereunder the “Incremental Revolving Loans”, together with the Incremental Term Loans, the “Incremental Loans”) with the consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) but without the consent of any Lender not providing such Incremental Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitment Increases, as the case may be; provided that
(A) (i) the aggregate amount of all Incremental Term Loans and Revolving Credit Commitment Increases made during the term of this Agreement after the Execution Date shall not exceed the Dollar Equivalent Amount of the Incremental Amount and (ii) any Incremental Facility shall rank pari passu in right of payment and security with the other Credit Facilities;
(B) the maturity date and weighted average life to maturity of any Incremental Facility that is a “term A facility” (which shall mean a term loan facility with amortization greater than 1% per year prior to maturity) (an “Incremental Term A Facility” and the loans thereunder, the “Incremental Term A Loans”) shall be no shorter than the maturity date and remaining weighted average life to maturity of the then-existing (or committed) Term A Loans (including any previously made Incremental Term A Loans), in each case calculated as of the date of making such Incremental Term A Loan;
Commitments and Credit Extensions 33 Loans ......................................................................................................................33 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans .........................................33
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.
The Commitments and Credit Extensions 2.01 The Loans.
Conditions of Initial Credit Extension The obligation of the L/C Issuer and each Lender to make its initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
All Credit Extensions The obligation of each Lender and each Issuer to make any Credit Extension shall be subject to the satisfaction of each of the conditions precedent set forth below.
Initial Credit Event Before or concurrently with the initial Credit Event:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received this Agreement duly executed by the Borrower, the Material Subsidiaries, as Guarantors, and the Lenders;
(b) if requested by any Lender, the Administrative Agent shall have received for such Lender such Lender’s duly executed Notes of the Borrower dated the date hereof and otherwise in compliance with the provisions of Section 1.10 hereof;
(c) the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of insurance required to be maintained under the Loan Documents;
(d) the Administrative Agent shall have received copies of Whitestone REIT’s, the Borrower’s and each Material Subsidiary’s articles of incorporation and bylaws (or comparable organizational documents) and any amendments thereto, certified in each instance by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary;
(e) the Administrative Agent shall have received copies of resolutions of Whitestone REIT’s, the Borrower’s and each Material Subsidiary’s Board of Directors (or similar governing body) authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, together with specimen signatures of the persons authorized to execute such documents on Whitestone REIT’s, the Borrower’s and each Material Subsidiary’s behalf, all certified in each instance by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary or other Authorized Representative;
(f) the Administrative Agent shall have received copies of the certificates of good standing for Whitestone REIT, the Borrower and each Material Subsidiary (dated no earlier than 30 days prior to the date hereof) from the office of the secretary of the state of its incorporation or organization and of each state in which it is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or organization;
(g) the Administrative Agent shall have received a list of the Borrower’s Authorized Representatives;
(h) the Administrative Agent shall have received the initial fees called for by Section 2.1 hereof;
(i) the capital and organizational structure of Whitestone REIT, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and the L/C Issuer;
(j) the Lenders shall have received a Closing Date Borrowing Base Certificate;
(k) the Administrative Agent shall have received financing statement and federal tax lien searches against the Borrower, Whitestone REIT and each Material Subsidiary evidencing the absence of Liens on its Property except for Permitted Liens or as otherwise permitted by Section 8.8 hereof;
(l) the Administrative Agent shall have received a written opinion of counsel to Whitestone REIT, the Borrower and each Material Subsidiary, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(m) the Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 for the Borrower and each Guarantor;
(n) the Administrative Agent shall have received such other agreements, instruments, documents, certificates, and opinions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request; and
(o) the Administrative Agent and any Lender shall have received any information or materials reasonably required by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in order to assist the Administrative Agent or such Lender in maintaining compliance with (i) the Act (as hereinafter defined) and (ii) any applicable “know your customer” or similar rules or regulations.
Each Credit Extension After the Closing Date, the obligation of each Revolving Lender or Issuing Bank to make any Credit Extension is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(i) In the case of any Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request as required by Section 2.03 or (ii) in the case of the issuance of any Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent shall have received a Letter of Credit Request as required by Section 2.05(b).
(b) The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of any such Credit Extension with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of such Credit Extension; provided, that to the extent that any representation and warranty specifically refers to a given date or period, it shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date or for such period.
(c) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to the applicable Credit Extension, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Each Credit Extension after the Closing Date shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 4.02; provided, however, that the conditions set forth in this Section 4.02 shall not apply to (A) any Incremental Loan and/or (B) any Credit Extension under any Refinancing Amendment and/or Extension Amendment unless in each case the lenders in respect thereof have required satisfaction of the same in the applicable Incremental Facility Agreement, Refinancing Amendment or Extension Amendment, as applicable; it being understood and agreed that no Event of Default then exists or would exist after giving effect thereto (except in the case of the incurrence or provision of any Incremental Facility in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, Investment or similar transaction not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement, in which case, no Specified Event of Default then exists or would exist after giving effect thereto at the time of the borrowing of any Incremental Facility).
Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extension The obligation of Bank to make the initial Credit Extension is subject to the condition precedent that Bank shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, the following:
(a) this Agreement;
(b) a financing statement (Form UCC-1);
(c) an audit of the Collateral conducted by an auditor satisfactory to Bank, the results of which shall be reasonably satisfactory to Bank;
(d) a certificate of the Secretary of Borrower with respect to incumbency and resolutions authorizing the execution and delivery of this Agreement;
(e) a certificate of insurance naming Bank as loss payee and additional insured;
(f) payment of the fees and Bank Expenses then due specified in Section 2.4;
(g) current financial statements, including audited statements for Borrower’s most recently ended fiscal year, together with an unqualified opinion, company prepared consolidated and consolidating balance sheets and income statements for the most recently ended month in accordance with Section 6.2, and such other updated financial information as Bank may reasonably request;
(h) an intellectual property security agreement
(i) a Warrant in form and substance satisfactory to Bank;
(j) good standing certificates of Borrower;
(k) a ratification and confirmation of the continuing effectiveness of the Deeds of Trust, in form and substance satisfactory to Bank;
(l) a Compliance Certificate in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto, or other mutually agreeable form of such certificate;
(m) an endorsement from Bank’s title insurance company to Bank’s title insurance policy with respect to the Deeds of Trust, in form and substance satisfactory to Bank;
(n) delivery of the share certificates representing the Shares and for each share certificate, four instruments of assignment (“Assignment Separate from Certificate”) in substantially similar form as those attached hereto, and any pledge agreement or other documentation as Bank or its legal counsel may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate to perfect Bank’s security interest in the Shares;
(o) evidence of Bank’s perfected security interest in the shares of Global Technology Inc., a corporation organized in the British Virgin Islands and wholly-owned subsidiary of Prime World International Holdings, Ltd. including the delivery of the share certificates of Global Technology Inc. and any share pledge agreement or other documentation, as Bank or its legal counsel may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate; and
(p) such other documents, and completion of such other matters, as Bank may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate.
