Effectiveness of Covenants (a) After the Issue Date, following the first day: (i) the Notes have an Investment Grade Rating from both of the Ratings Agencies; and (ii) no Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture; the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to Sections 4.10, 4.11, 4.13, 4.14, 4.16 and 5.01(a)(ii) of this Indenture (collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”).
(b) If at any time the Notes’ credit rating is downgraded from an Investment Grade Rating by any Rating Agency, then the Suspended Covenants will thereafter be reinstated as if such covenants had never been suspended (the “Reinstatement Date”) and be applicable pursuant to the terms of this Indenture (including in connection with performing any calculation or assessment to determine compliance with the terms of this Indenture), unless and until the Notes subsequently attain an Investment Grade Rating and no Default or Event of Default is in existence (in which event the Suspended Covenants shall no longer be in effect for such time that the Notes maintain an Investment Grade Rating); provided, however, that no Default, Event of Default or breach of any kind shall be deemed to exist or have occurred under this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees with respect to the Suspended Covenants based on, and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall bear any liability for, any actions taken or events occurring during the Suspension Period or any actions taken at any time pursuant to any contractual obligation arising prior to the Reinstatement Date, regardless of whether such actions or events would have been permitted if the applicable Suspended Covenants remained in effect during such period. The period of time between the date of suspension of the covenants and the Reinstatement Date is referred to as the “Suspension Period.”
(c) On the Reinstatement Date, all Indebtedness Incurred during the Suspension Period will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as permitted under clause (iii) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”. Calculations made after the Reinstatement Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.11 will be made as though Section 4.11 had been in effect since the Issue Date and throughout the Suspension Period. Accordingly, Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period will reduce the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under the first paragraph of Section 4.11 to the extent such Restricted Payments were not otherwise permitted to be made pursuant to clauses (i) through (ix) of the third paragraph of Section 4.11, provided that the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments on the Reinstatement Date pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 4.11 shall not be reduced below zero solely as a result of such Restricted Payments under Section 4.11. Additionally, upon any Reinstatement Date, the amount of Available Asset Sale Proceeds will be reset to zero.
(d) During any period when the Suspended Covenants are suspended, the Board of Directors of the Company may not designate any of the Company’s Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to this Indenture. The Company shall give the Trustee prompt written notification of the beginning of any Suspension Period or any Reinstatement Date.
Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Section 2.01 Section 2.01 of this Agreement shall become effective on and as of the first date (the “Effective Date”) on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied (or waived by the appropriate party or parties):
(a) The Liquidity Provider shall have received on or before the Closing Date each of the following, and in the case of each document delivered pursuant to paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii), each in form and substance satisfactory to the Liquidity Provider:
(i) This Agreement and the Fee Letter duly executed on behalf of the Borrower and, in the case of the Fee Letter, American;
(ii) The Intercreditor Agreement duly executed on behalf of each of the parties thereto (other than the Liquidity Provider);
(iii) Fully executed copies of each of the Operative Agreements executed and delivered on or before the Closing Date (other than this Agreement, the Fee Letter and the Intercreditor Agreement);
(iv) A copy of the Prospectus Supplement and specimen copies of the Class A Certificates;
(v) An executed copy of each opinion (other than the negative assurance letter of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, special counsel to American, and the opinion and the negative assurance letter of Milbank, Tweed, Xxxxxx & XxXxxx LLP, special counsel to the Underwriters) delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement (in the case of each such opinion, either addressed to the Liquidity Provider or accompanied by a letter from the counsel rendering such opinion to the effect that the Liquidity Provider is entitled to rely on such opinion as of its date as if it were addressed to the Liquidity Provider);
(vi) An executed copy of each document, instrument, certificate and opinion delivered on or before the Closing Date pursuant to the Class A Trust Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and the other Operative Agreements (in the case of each such opinion, either addressed to the Liquidity Provider or accompanied by a letter from the counsel rendering such opinion to the effect that the Liquidity Provider is entitled to rely on such opinion as of its date as if it were addressed to the Liquidity Provider);
(vii) An agreement from American, pursuant to which (x) American agrees to provide copies of quarterly financial statements and audited annual financial statements to the Liquidity Provider (which American may provide in an electronic format by electronic mail or making such available over the internet) and (y) American agrees to allow the Liquidity Provider to discuss the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements with officers and employees of American; and
(viii) Such documentation as the Liquidity Provider may reasonably request five (5) or more Business Days prior to the Closing Date in order to satisfy its “know your customer” policies.
(b) On and as of the Effective Date no event shall have occurred and be continuing, or would result from the entering into of this Agreement or the making of any Advance, which constitutes a Liquidity Event of Default.
(c) The Liquidity Provider shall have received payment in full of the fees and other sums required to be paid to or for the account of the Liquidity Provider on or prior to the Effective Date pursuant to the Fee Letter.
(d) All conditions precedent to the issuance of the Certificates under the Trust Agreements shall have been satisfied or waived, all conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the other Liquidity Facilities, if any, shall have been satisfied or waived, and all conditions precedent to the purchase of the Class A Certificates by the Underwriters under the Underwriting Agreement shall have been satisfied (unless any of such conditions precedent under the Underwriting Agreement shall have been waived by the Underwriters).
(e) The Borrower and American shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date signed by a duly authorized representative of the Liquidity Provider, certifying that all conditions precedent specified in this Section 4.01 have been satisfied or waived by the Liquidity Provider.
Effectiveness of the Agreement This Agreement shall become effective when both the Company and the Representative have executed the same and delivered counterparts of such signatures to the other party.
Conditions to Effectiveness of Extension Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) no more than two (2) extensions of each Maturity Date shall be permitted hereunder and (y) any extension of any Maturity Date pursuant to this Section 2.25 shall not be effective with respect to any Extending Lender unless:
(i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the applicable Extension Date and immediately after giving effect thereto;
(ii) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (or in all respects if such representation is qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect) on and as of the applicable Extension Date and after giving effect thereto, as though made on and as of such date (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date); and
(iii) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the Company signed by a Financial Officer of the Company (A) certifying the accuracy of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) and (B) certifying and attaching the resolutions, if any are otherwise required, adopted by each Borrower approving or consenting to such extension.
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 this Agreement This Agreement shall become effective on and as of the date hereof (the “Incremental Facility Closing Date”), upon satisfaction of only the following conditions:
(a) The Administrative Agent and the Incremental Term Lender shall have received from the Borrower, Holdings, each Subsidiary Guarantor, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Incremental Term Lender either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Incremental Term Lender (which may include telecopy or other electronic transmission (including “pdf”) of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) The Administrative Agent and the Incremental Term Lender shall have received, on behalf of such parties and the Lenders, an opinion of Xxxxxx & Bird LLP, as special counsel for the Loan Parties and Xxxx Plant Xxxxx, as Minnesota special counsel for the Loan Parties, each dated as of the Incremental Facility Closing Date and addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Incremental Term Lender and the Lenders, and of such other counsel to the Loan Parties satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Incremental Term Lender, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Incremental Term Lender.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received: (i) a certificate as to the good standing of each Loan Party, as of a recent date, from the Secretary of State or similar Governmental Authority of the state of its incorporation or organization and (ii) an Officer’s Certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each Loan Party dated the Incremental Facility Closing Date and certifying (A) that attached thereto are copies of the certificate or articles of incorporation or organization, including all amendments thereto, of each Loan Party, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of its organization, (B) that attached thereto are the true and complete copy of the bylaws or operating (or limited liability company) agreement of such Loan Party as in effect on the Incremental Facility Closing Date, (C) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Governing Board of such Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such Person is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, the borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect, and (D) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing any Loan Document on behalf of such Loan Party and countersigned by another officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary executing the certificate pursuant to clause (ii) above.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received an Officer’s Certificate, dated the Incremental Facility Closing Date and signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, certifying compliance with the conditions precedent set forth in Sections 3(f), (g), (i) and (j) hereof (and, in the case of clause (i), attaching calculations demonstrating such compliance).
(e) The Incremental Term Lender shall have received (i) all fees due and payable on the Incremental Facility Closing Date pursuant to any agreement relating to the arrangement of the Incremental Term Loan Commitments and (ii) to the extent invoiced at least two Business Days prior to the Incremental Facility Closing Date, all costs and expenses due and payable (whether pursuant to the Loan Documents or any agreement relating to the arrangement of the Incremental Term Loan Commitments) on or prior to the Incremental Facility Closing Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP) required to be reimbursed or paid by the Loan Parties hereunder or under any Loan Document.
(f) The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in Section 5 of this Agreement and in each other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Incremental Facility Closing Date with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date or period, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date or period; provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on the Incremental Facility Closing Date or on such earlier date, as the case may be.
(g) No Default or Event of Default shall exist or would immediately result from the extension of the Incremental Term Loans or from the application of the proceeds therefrom.
(h) The Borrower shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Incremental Term Lender a solvency certificate from the Chief Financial Officer of Holdings setting forth the conclusions that, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, Holdings and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) are Solvent.
(i) The incurrence of the Incremental Term Loans and the application of proceeds thereof (and assuming the Incremental Term Loans are fully drawn) complies with the requirements set forth in Section 2.22(a) of the Credit Agreement.
(j) The Borrower shall have given notice of the prepayment of the outstanding “Revolving Loans” under and as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement in accordance with Section 2.12(b) of the Revolving Credit Agreement, and substantially contemporaneously with the funding of the Incremental Term Loans, shall have made such prepayment of such Revolving Loans.
(k) The Administrative Agent and the Incremental Term Lender shall have received prior to the Incremental Facility Closing Date, to the extent requested from the Borrower in writing by the Administrative Agent at least 2 Business Days prior the Incremental Facility Closing Date, all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA Patriot Act that has been requested by the Administrative Agent prior to the Incremental Facility Closing Date.
Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase As a condition precedent to such increase, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the Revolving Credit Increase Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party or the General Partner acting on behalf of such Loan Party (x) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such increase, and (y) in the case of the Borrower, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in Article V and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent such representation or warranty is already subject to a materiality qualifier, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Revolving Credit 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 in all material respects (except to the extent such representation or warranty is already subject to a materiality qualifier, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.14, 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 clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01, (B) no Default exists or would result from such increase and (C) giving effect to such increase and any contemporaneous increase of any other Applicable Secured Indebtedness, the aggregate amount of Applicable Secured Indebtedness is less than or equal to $2,100,000,000. In addition, mortgage amendments and date-down endorsements reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent shall have been delivered and the items described in clause (g) of the definition of “Material Real Property Mortgage Deliverables” shall have been delivered to the extent applicable. The Borrower shall prepay any Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on the Revolving Credit Increase Effective Date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05) to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans ratable with any revised Applicable Percentages arising from any nonratable increase in the Commitments under this Section.
Conditions to Effectiveness of Agreement The effectiveness of this Agreement, the obligations of each Extending Lender to convert its existing Revolving Credit Commitments into Revolving Credit Commitments (as defined in the Restated Credit Agreement) under the Restated Credit Agreement, the obligations of each New Lender to make available Revolving Credit Commitments (as defined in the Restated Credit Agreement), and the amendment and restatement of the Original Credit Agreement as the Restated Credit Agreement are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions (the date on which such conditions are satisfied, the “Restatement Date”):
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Agreement, executed and delivered by (i) the Borrower, (ii) each other Loan Party, (iii) each Existing Lender, (iv) each New Lender, (v) the L/C Issuer, (vi) the Swing Line Lender and (vii) the Required Secured Parties.
(b) All of the conditions precedent set forth in Article IV of the Restated Credit Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived.
(c) The Borrower shall have paid all amounts due and payable as of the Restatement Date to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Loan Documents.
(d) Each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Restated Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Restated Credit Agreement) shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Restatement Date as if made on and as of such date except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly refer to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date); provided that any representation or warranty that is qualified as to materiality, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language is true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates.
(e) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the Restatement Date.
Continuing Effectiveness, etc As herein amended, the Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.
EFFECTIVENESS, DURATION AND TERMINATION (a) This Agreement shall become effective with respect to a Fund as of the date specified in Appendix A hereto following the approval (i) by a vote of a majority of those trustees of the Trust who are not parties to this Agreement or interested persons of such party, and (ii) if required by the 1940 Act, by a vote of a majority of the Fund's outstanding voting securities.
(b) This Agreement shall remain in effect with respect to a Fund for a period of two years from the date of its effectiveness with respect to that Fund and shall continue in effect for successive annual periods thereafter; provided, however, that such continuance is specifically approved at least annually: (i) by the Board or by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund, and, in either case; (ii) by a majority of the Trust's trustees who are not parties to this Agreement or interested persons of any such party (other than as trustees of the Trust); provided, however, that if the continuation of this Agreement is not approved as to a Fund, the Adviser may continue to render to that Fund the services described herein in the manner and to the extent permitted by applicable law.
(c) This Agreement may be terminated immediately by the Trust with respect to a Fund, without payment of any penalty, if the Board, in its discretion and having due regard to the protection of investors, finds that the services being rendered by the Adviser under this Agreement, fail in a material way to provide responsible management to the Fund or Funds as reasonably expected by an investment adviser registered under the Advisers Act.
(d) This Agreement may be terminated with respect to a Fund at any time, without the payment of any penalty: (i) by the Board or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund on 60 days' written notice to the Adviser; or (ii) by the Adviser on 60 days' written notice to the Trust. This Agreement shall terminate immediately upon its assignment.
