Financial Statements; Borrowing Base and Other Information The Borrowers will furnish to the Administrative Agent, and in the case of documents and information required to be delivered by the UAE Borrower and the Singapore Borrower, also to the UAE Administrative Agent and the Singapore Administrative Agent, as applicable:
(a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of Holdings, its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, partners’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by independent public accountants of recognized national standing and acceptable to the Required Lenders (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, accompanied by any management letter prepared by said accountants;
(b) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of Holdings (in the case of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007) and each fiscal quarter for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008 and each fiscal year of Holdings thereafter), commencing with the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2007 (and as to which such financial statements may be delivered not later than 60 days after the end of such quarterly period), its consolidated and consolidating balance sheet and related statements of operations, partners’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year (compared to the financial statements of Edgen/Murray L.P. and its comparable subsidiary until the 2008 fiscal year), all certified by one of the Financial Officers of the Borrower Representative as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c) within 30 days after the end of each fiscal month (other than for the third, sixth and ninth month of any fiscal year) (i) of the US Borrower, its consolidated balance sheet and related consolidated statements of operations and a schedule of distributions and Capital Expenditures as of the end of and for such fiscal month and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of such period or periods of) the previous fiscal year and (ii) each of the UK Borrower, the UAE Borrower and the Singapore Borrower on an individual (non-consolidated) basis for each such Person, its balance sheet and related statements of operations and a schedule of distributions and Capital Expenditures, as of the end of and for such fiscal month and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of such period or periods of) the previous fiscal year.
(d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower Representative in substantially the form of Exhibit F (i) certifying, in the case of the financial statements delivered under clause (b), as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of each Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated and consolidating basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes, (ii) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (iii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Section 6.13 and (iv) in the case of financial statements delivered under clause (a) only, stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the prior fiscal year’s audited financial statements and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate;
(e) as soon as available, but in any event not more than 30 days prior to the end of each fiscal year of each Borrower, a copy of the plan and forecast (including a projected consolidated and consolidating balance sheet, income statement and funds flow statement) of each Borrower for each month of the upcoming fiscal year (“Projections”) in form reasonably satisfactory to each Agent;
(f) as soon as available but in any event within 30 days of the end of each calendar month, and at such other times as may be requested by the Administrative Agent, as of the period then ended, a US Borrowing Base Certificate, a Canadian Borrowing Base Certificate, a UAE Borrowing Certificate, a Singapore Borrowing Base Certificate and a UK Borrowing Base Certificate, and supporting information in connection therewith, together with any additional reports with respect to the US Borrowing Base, Canadian Borrowing Base, UAE Borrowing Base Certificate, Singapore Borrowing Base Certificate or UK Borrowing Base as any Agent may reasonably request;
(g) as soon as available but in any event within 30 days of the end of each calendar month and at such other times as may be requested by the Administrative Agent, as of the period then ended, all delivered electronically in a text or Microsoft Excel formatted file acceptable to each Agent:
(i) a detailed aging of the Borrowers’ and Eligible Subsidiary’s Accounts (A) including all invoices aged by due date (with a report of any accounts on greater than 60 day terms) and (B) reconciled to the applicable Borrowing Base Certificate delivered as of such date prepared in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent together with a summary specifying the name and balance due for each Account Debtor;
(ii) a schedule detailing each Borrowers’ and each Eligible Subsidiary’s Inventory, in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (A) by location (showing any Inventory located with a third party under any consignment, bailee arrangement, or warehouse agreement), by product category and by value on hand, which Inventory shall be valued at the lower of weighted-average cost or market and adjusted for Borrowing Base Reserves as the Administrative Agent has previously indicated to the Borrower Representative are deemed by the Administrative Agent to be appropriate, (B) including a report of any variances in excess of $50,000 and (C) reconciled to the applicable Borrowing Base Certificate delivered as of such date;
(iii) a worksheet of calculations prepared by the Borrowers to determine Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory, such worksheets detailing the Accounts and Inventory excluded from Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory and the reason for such exclusion;
(iv) a reconciliation of the Borrowers’ and Eligible Subsidiaries’ Accounts and Inventory between the amounts shown in the Borrowers’ and Eligible Subsidiary’s general ledger and financial statements and the reports delivered pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above; and
(v) a reconciliation of the loan balance per the Borrowers’ general ledger to the loan balance under this Agreement;
(h) as soon as available but in any event within 30 days of the end of each calendar month (as of the month then ended), an accounts payable forecast or aging consisting of a break down of accounts by due date in a form substantially similar to the form of accounts payable forecast provided to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date;
(i) within 30 days of the end of each calendar month, a report listing all outstanding Swap Obligations as of the month then ended;
(j) promptly upon any Administrative Agent’s request:
(i) copies of invoices in connection with the invoices issued by the Borrowers in connection with any Accounts, credit memos, shipping and delivery documents, and other information related thereto;
(ii) copies of purchase orders, invoices, and shipping and delivery documents in connection with any Inventory purchased by any Loan Party;
(iii) a schedule detailing the balance of all intercompany accounts of the Loan Parties;
(iv) copies of each Borrower’s and each Eligible Subsidiary’s sales journal, cash receipts journal (identifying trade and non-trade cash receipts) and debit memo/credit memo journal; and
(v) a detailed listing of all advances of proceeds of Loans requested by the Borrower Representative for each Borrower during the immediately preceding calendar month and a detailed listing of all intercompany loans made by the Borrowers during such calendar month.
(k) as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days of filing thereof, copies of all tax returns filed by any Loan Party with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or the relevant tax authority of any foreign jurisdiction;
(l) within 30 days of each March 31 and September 30, an updated customer list for each Borrower and its Subsidiaries, which list shall state the customer’s name, mailing address and phone number and shall be certified as true and correct in all material respects by a Financial Officer of the applicable Borrower;
(m) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries to its public shareholders generally, as the case may be;
(n) promptly upon the request of the Administrative Agent (or the Singapore Administrative Agent or the UAE Administrative agent with respect to Account Debtors of the Singapore Borrower and the Dubai Borrower), but not more than two times in any twelve (12) month period, a summary specifying the name, address and balance due for each Account Debtor; and
(o) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as any Agent may reasonably request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default or during any period in which the aggregate US Availability and Canadian Availability is less than $25,000,000 or UK Availability is less than $10,000,000, the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, may require the delivery of the reports, certificates and other documents required by Sections 5.01(f), (g), and (h) (with respect to the US Borrowers, UK Borrower or Canadian Borrower) more frequently than monthly, including weekly or daily, in which event, in the case of Borrowing Base Certificates, the applicable Borrowing Base would be adjusted immediately upon receipt of such certificates.
Additional Credit Parties At the time any Person becomes a Material Subsidiary of a Credit Party, the Borrower shall so notify the Administrative Agent and promptly thereafter (but in any event within 30 days after the date thereof) shall cause such Person to execute a Joinder Agreement in substantially the same form as Exhibit 7.13, (b) cause all of the capital stock of such Person to be delivered to the Collateral Agent (together with undated stock powers signed in blank) and pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to an appropriate pledge agreement in substantially the form of the Pledge Agreements and otherwise in a form reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, (c) pledge such of its assets to the Lenders pursuant to a security agreement in substantially the form of the Security Agreements and otherwise in a form reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, and collaterally assign any Material License Agreements to which it is a party, (d) if such Person has any Subsidiaries, (i) deliver all of the capital stock of such Subsidiaries (together with undated stock powers signed in blank) to the Collateral Agent and (ii) execute a pledge agreement in substantially the form of the Pledge Agreements and otherwise in a form reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, (e) if such Person owns any real property, execute any and all necessary mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt or other appropriate real estate collateral documentation in a form substantially similar to the Mortgages, with appropriate covenants as necessary unless the Borrower has previously exercised its rights pursuant to Section 11.19 and (f) deliver such other documentation as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in connection with the foregoing, including, without limitation, appropriate UCC-1 financing statements, real estate title insurance policies, environmental reports, certified resolutions and other organizational and authorizing documents of such Person and favorable opinions of counsel to such Person (which shall cover, among other things, the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of the documentation referred to above), all in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Agents.
