Effectiveness of Amendments The amendments contained in this Amendment shall become effective provided the Agent shall have received at least five (5) counterparts of this Amendment, duly executed by the Company and all of the Lenders, and the Agent shall have received the following, each duly executed or certified:
3.1 This Amendment duly executed by the Borrower.
3.2 A copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Borrower authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment certified as true and accurate by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary, along with a certification by such Secretary or Assistant Secretary (i) certifying that there has been no amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Borrower since true and accurate copies of the same were delivered to the Lender with a certificate of the Secretary of the Borrower dated December 27, 2000, and (ii) identifying each officer of the Borrower authorized to execute this Amendment and any other instrument or agreement executed by the Borrower in connection with this Amendment (collectively, the "Amendment Documents"), and certifying as to specimens of such officer's signature and such officer's incumbency in such offices as such officer holds.
3.3 Certified copies of all documents evidencing any necessary corporate action, consent or governmental or regulatory approval (if any) with respect to this Amendment.
3.4 The Consent and Reaffirmation of Guarantors, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, duly executed by each Guarantor.
3.5 The Borrower shall have satisfied such other conditions as specified by the Agent and the Lenders, including payment of all unpaid legal fees and expenses incurred by the Agent through the date of this Amendment in connection with the Credit Agreement and the Amendment Documents.
Effectiveness of Amendment This Amendment shall not become effective until all of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
(i) the absence of any default or Event of Default under any of the Leases or the Schedules;
(ii) the representations and warranties of the Lessees in Section 3 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects at such time;
(iii) concurrently with the effectiveness of this Amendment, the effectiveness of all provisions of the Senior Credit Agreement Amendment in the form set forth as Exhibit C hereto;
(iv) the absence of a Default or an Event of Default as provided and defined in the Senior Credit Agreement;
(v) concurrently with the effectiveness of this Amendment, the effectiveness of all provisions of the Second Lien Credit Agreement Amendment in the form set forth as Exhibit D hereto;
(vi) concurrently with the effectiveness of this Amendment, the consummation of all transactions required pursuant to the Merger Agreement (in the form set forth as Exhibit E hereto, with any changes to such form after the date hereof that could not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interest of Lessors) on the closing date thereunder;
(vii) the absence of a Default or an Event of Default as provided and defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement;
(viii) before giving effect to the FDN Merger Transaction, there shall have been no (i) Material Adverse Effect since December 31, 2002, or (ii) Material Adverse Change (as “Material Adverse Effect” and “Material Adverse Change” are defined in the Senior Credit Agreement and the Second Lien Credit Amendment, in each case as in effect on the date hereof); and
(ix) all of the written information provided by or on behalf of the Parent or the Lessees to the Lessors prior to the Effective Date, including all written information regarding FDN and the FDN Merger Transaction, shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects as of the date specified therein, and no additional information shall have come to the attention of the Parent or the Lessees that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or result in a Material Adverse Change (as “Material Adverse Effect” and “Material Adverse Change” are defined in the Senior Credit Agreement and the Second Lien Credit Amendment, in each case as in effect on the date hereof).
Conditions to Effectiveness of Amendment This Amendment shall become effective upon the satisfaction of the following conditions (the “Amendment No. 1 Effective Date”):
(a) The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals, or electronic copies or facsimiles followed promptly by originals (unless otherwise specified), each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Loan Party, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(i) executed counterparts of this Amendment from the Company and the Required Lenders;
(ii) a guaranty substantially in the form of Exhibit G (either directly or via a guaranty supplement) or such other form of guaranty or guaranty supplement to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Company, duly executed by eFunds, it being agreed that for so long as the eFunds Bonds are outstanding, eFunds shall guarantee such obligations only up to an amount that is permitted by the indenture governing the eFunds Bonds;
(iii) executed counterparts of the Subsidiary Guaranty Amendment and the Company Supplemental Agreement (together with all schedules contemplated thereby, which schedules shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent);
(iv) the Pledge Agreement, duly executed by each Loan Party together with:
(A) certificates representing any certificated Pledged Equity referred to therein accompanied by undated stock powers executed in blank,
(B) a completed Perfection Certificate in the form attached hereto as Annex B dated the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and executed by a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party (or such other form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent); and
(C) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Liens (if any) indicated on a lien search with respect to each Loan Party in the jurisdiction where such Loan Party is located (within the meaning of Section 9-307 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York) either (1) with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries existing prior to the time of the eFunds Merger, are permitted by Section 7.01 or (2) with respect to eFunds and its subsidiaries existing at the time of the eFunds Merger, are disclosed on the schedules to the eFunds Merger Agreement or are otherwise permitted to exist by the eFunds Merger Agreement without giving the Company the right to refuse to close on the eFunds Merger as a result of the existence of such Liens;
(v) evidence (in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) of the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer of each Loan Party executing this Amendment, the Subsidiary Guaranty Amendment or Subsidiary Guaranty, the Company Supplemental Agreement or any Collateral Document on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date;
(vi) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in its jurisdiction of organization;
(vii) opinions of counsel to the Company addressed to each Agent and each Lender providing legal opinions substantially similar to those set forth on Annex C hereto (with standard exceptions and qualifications reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent);
(viii) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 15(f) and (g) of this Amendment;
(ix) a certificate attesting to the Solvency of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) after giving effect to the eFunds Transactions, this Amendment and each of the other transactions contemplated to occur on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date from the chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer of the Company; and
(x) copies (certified to be true and complete by the Company) of any amendments to the eFunds Merger Agreement and the disclosure schedules thereto.
(b) All fees and expenses required to be paid on or before the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date shall have been paid in full in cash.
(c) The eFunds Merger Agreement and any material agreement relating thereto shall not have been altered, amended or otherwise changed or supplemented in a manner material and adverse to the Lenders or any condition therein waived in a manner material and adverse to the Lenders, in each case without the consent of the Arrangers (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). The eFunds Merger shall have been consummated, or substantially concurrently consummated, in accordance with the terms of the eFunds Merger Agreement.
(d) There shall not have occurred between December 31, 2006 and the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date any event, occurrence, change, state of circumstances or condition which, individually or in the aggregate has had or is reasonably likely to have a “Material Adverse Effect” (as defined in the eFunds Merger Agreement and set forth for ease of reference in the annex attached hereto as Annex A).
(e) The Lenders shall have received (i) audited consolidated financial statements of eFunds for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 and (ii) such financial information for periods ending after December 31, 2006 as shall be publicly available prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date (or as may be otherwise delivered to the Company pursuant to the eFunds Merger Agreement). The Lenders shall have received pro forma consolidated financial statements as to the Company and its Subsidiaries, and forecasts of balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements on a quarterly basis for the first year following the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and on an annual basis for each year thereafter until the Maturity Date.
(f) The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 14 of this Amendment and the representations and warranties of the Company and each other Borrower contained in Article 5 of the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided that the only representations involving eFunds and its Subsidiaries, the making of which shall be a condition to the effectiveness of this Amendment, shall be (A) the representations and warranties made by or with respect to eFunds or its Subsidiaries in the eFunds Merger Agreement as are material to the interests of Lenders, but only to the extent that the Company has the right to terminate its obligations under the eFunds Merger Agreement as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties in the eFunds Merger Agreement and (B) the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 5.02 (other than clause (c)(ii) thereof), 5.04, 5.12 and 5.15 of the Credit Agreement (as amended by this Amendment).
(g) Subject to clause (f) above, no Default shall exist with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries at the time of, or after giving effect to, the eFunds Transactions and this Amendment.
Amendments to Indenture So long as any Bond Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, amend, modify, terminate or grant, or permit the amendment, modification, termination or grant of, any waiver under (or consent to, or permit or suffer to occur any action or omission which results in, or is equivalent to, an amendment, modification, or grant of a waiver under) any provision of the applicable Indenture that would (i) directly affect the rights or obligations of the applicable LC Issuing Bank under the applicable Related Documents without the prior written consent of such LC Issuing Bank or (ii) have an adverse effect on the rights or obligations of the Lenders hereunder without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders.
Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Amendment This Amendment shall become effective when, and only when, the Agent and Lenders shall have received counterparts of this Amendment executed by Borrower and Guarantor and Section 2 hereof shall become effective when, and only when, the Agent and Lenders shall have additionally received all of the following documents, each document (unless otherwise indicated) being dated the date of receipt thereof by Lender (which date shall be the same for all such documents), in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender:
(a) Counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by Borrower, Guarantor and Lenders;
(b) A copy of the resolutions approving this Amendment, and authorizing the transactions contemplated herein or therein duly adopted by the Managers of Borrower, accompanied by a certificate of the duly authorized Secretary of Borrower, that such copy is a true and correct copy of the resolutions duly adopted by the Managers of Borrower, and that such resolutions constitute all the resolutions adopted with respect to such transactions, and have not been amended, modified or revoked in any respect and are in full force and effect as of the date hereof;
(c) A copy of the resolutions approving this Amendment, and authorizing the transactions contemplated herein or therein duly adopted by the Board of Directors of Guarantor, accompanied by a certificate of the duly authorized Secretary of Guarantor, that such copy is a true and correct copy of the resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of Guarantor, and that such resolutions constitute all the resolutions adopted with respect to such transactions, and have not been amended, modified or revoked in any respect and are in full force and effect as of the date hereof;
(d) A certificate, executed by an Authorized Officer of Borrower and Guarantor, stating that attached thereto is a true, correct and complete copy of a fully executed counterpart of the Acquisition Agreement, all exhibits and schedules thereto and all other documents and instruments executed and delivered in connection therewith. Additionally, the Acquisition Agreement shall expressly permit the direct or indirect assignment (collateral or otherwise) to the Lenders of all of the rights, but none of the obligations of Borrower, as a purchaser, under the Acquisition Agreement;
(e) Mortgages, executed by the Borrower, in a form satisfactory to the Agent, the Lenders and their counsel with respect to the Properties purchased by Borrower pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement and described therein, which are part of the Collateral, and such other agreements, documents and instruments as may be necessary and appropriate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and the Lenders, executed and delivered by the Borrower, as mortgagor or assignor, in favor of the Agent, ratably for the benefit of the Lenders, in order to create and perfect the Lender Liens in and to all Collateral described therein;
(f) There shall not have been, in the sole judgment of Lenders, any material adverse change in the financial condition, business or operations of Borrower or Guarantor;
(g) Payment by Borrower of the fees and expenses of counsel to Lenders in connection with the preparation and negotiation of this Amendment and all documents and instruments contemplated hereby;
(h) The legal opinion of counsel to Borrower and Guarantor, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel;
(i) ISDA documents entered into between Borrower and any of the Lenders evidencing Rate Management Transactions with respect to the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and Guarantor, with confirmations of the transactions thereunder providing satisfactory hedging of natural gas sales in amounts and at prices satisfactory to the Lenders from the date hereof through December, 2005;
(j) The execution and delivery of such additional documents and instruments which the Agent and its counsel may deem necessary to effectuate this Amendment or any document executed and delivered to Lenders in connection herewith or therewith.
Effectiveness of Supplemental Indenture This Supplemental Indenture shall become effective upon the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture by the Company, the Guarantors, the New Guarantor and the Trustee.
Conditions to Effectiveness of Agreement This Agreement shall not be effective until the date on which each of the following conditions have been satisfied, in the sole discretion of, or waived in writing by, the Managing Agents and the Administrative Agent (such date, the “Effective Date”):
Conditions to Effectiveness of Extensions As a condition precedent to such extension, the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (i) a certificate of each Borrower dated as of the Effective Date signed by a Responsible Officer of such Borrower (x) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such extension and (y) in the case of the Company, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such extension, (A) the representations and warranties contained in Article V and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (provided, that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representation or warranty that already is qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) on and as of the Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects (provided, that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representation or warranty that already is qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.19, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01, and (B) no Default exists and (ii)(x) upon the reasonable request of any Revolving Credit Lender made at least 3 days prior to the Effective Date, the Company shall have provided to such Lender, and such Lender shall be reasonably satisfied with, the documentation and other information so requested in connection with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money-laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Act, in each case at least 2 days prior to the Effective Date and (y) at least 2 days prior to the Effective Date, any Loan Party that qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation shall have delivered, to each Revolving Credit Lender that so requests, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to such Loan Party. In addition, on the Maturity Date of each Non-Extending Lender, the Borrowers shall prepay any Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on such date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05) to the extent necessary to keep outstanding Revolving Credit Loans ratable with any revised Applicable Percentages of the respective Lenders effective as of such date.
Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase As a condition precedent to such increase, the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (i) such assurances, certificates, documents, consents or opinions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to be satisfied that such increase will not violate or cause a default under the Senior Note Documents or otherwise provide the holders of the Senior Notes the right to collateral to secure the obligations under the Senior Note Documents and (ii) a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the Term Increase Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (A) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such increase, and (B) in the case of the Company, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (1) the representations and warranties contained in Article V and the other Loan Documents are true and correct on and as of the Term Increase Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.15, the representations and warranties contained in clause (a) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01, and (2) no Default exists. The additional Term Loans shall be made by the Term Lenders participating therein pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.02.
Effectiveness of Agreement This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
