Covenants of Sellers Sellers covenant and agree as follows:
Covenants of Seller Seller covenants and agrees with Buyer as follows:
Negative Covenants of Seller On and as of the date hereof and at all times while this Agreement or the Transaction hereunder is in effect, Seller shall not without the prior written consent of Purchaser, which may be granted or denied at Purchaser’s sole and absolute discretion:
(i) subject to Seller’s right to repurchase any Purchased Asset pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, take any action that would directly or indirectly impair or adversely affect Purchaser’s title to any Purchased Asset or other Purchased Item;
(ii) at any time a Transaction is outstanding with respect to any Purchased Asset, transfer, assign, convey, grant, bargain, sell, set over, deliver or otherwise dispose of, or pledge or hypothecate, directly or indirectly, any interest in any Purchased Asset or other Purchased Item to any Person other than Purchaser, or engage in repurchase transactions or similar transactions with respect to any Purchased Asset or other Purchased Item with any Person other than Purchaser;
(iii) create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien in or on any of its property, assets, revenue, the Purchased Assets, the other Collateral, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the Liens and security interest granted by Seller pursuant to the Transaction Documents;
(iv) intentionally omitted;
(v) enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation, winding up or dissolution), or sell all or substantially all of its assets (except in connection with the sale or securitization of the Purchased Assets in the ordinary course of Seller’s business after the repurchase thereof in accordance with this Agreement);
(vi) permit a Change of Control;
(vii) intentionally omitted;
(viii) consent or assent to any Significant Modification other than in accordance with Article 29;
(ix) permit the organizational documents or jurisdiction of organization of Seller to be amended in any material respect;
(x) after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, make any distribution, payment on account of, or set apart assets for, a sinking or other analogous fund for the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of any Capital Stock of Seller, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of Seller;
(xi) acquire or maintain any right or interest in any Purchased Asset or any Mortgaged Property that is senior to, or pari passu with, the rights and interests of Purchaser therein under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents unless such right or interest in a Purchased Asset hereunder;
(xii) use any part of the proceeds of any Transaction hereunder for any purpose which violates, or would be inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and
(xiii) directly, or through a Subsidiary, acquire or hold title to any real property.
Affirmative Covenants of Seller (a) Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly notify Buyer of any change in its business operations and/or financial condition that would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, the failure to deliver such notice in accordance with this Section 12(a) shall not give rise to an Event of Default; provided, further, that nothing in this Section 12 shall relieve Seller of its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Seller shall provide Buyer with copies of such documents as Buyer may reasonably request and which are in Seller’s possession or control evidencing the truthfulness of the representations set forth in Section 10.
(c) Seller (1) shall defend the right, title and interest of Buyer in and to the Collateral against, and take such other action as is necessary to remove, the Liens of all Persons (other than security interests by or through Buyer and Permitted Liens) and (2) shall, at Buyer’s reasonable request, take all action necessary to ensure that Buyer will have a first priority security interest in the Purchased Loans subject to any of the Transactions in the event such Transactions are recharacterized as secured financings.
(d) Seller shall notify Buyer and the Depository of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default of which Seller has written notice or Actual Knowledge and which has not otherwise been disclosed pursuant to the reports delivered in accordance with Section 12(i).
(e) With respect to each fixed rate Purchased Loan, Seller shall enter into Hedging Transactions designed to mitigate interest rate risk (i.e. not credit risk) pursuant to a hedging strategy reasonably acceptable to Buyer and pledge such Hedging Transactions to Buyer as Collateral (including, without limitation, to the extent such Hedging Transactions are entered into with a party other than Buyer, delivering a collateral assignment of such Hedging Transactions in form and substance acceptable to Buyer). Seller acknowledges Buyer will xxxx to market such Hedging Transactions from time to time in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Agreement.
(f) Seller shall promptly (and in any event not later than three (3) Business Days following receipt) deliver to Buyer (i) any written notice of the occurrence of an event of default received by Seller pursuant to the Purchased Loan Documents and (ii) any other information with respect to the Purchased Loans within Seller’s possession or control as may be reasonably requested by Buyer from time to time.
(g) Seller will permit Buyer or its designated representative to inspect at Buyer’s sole cost and expense (so long as an Event of Default has not occurred and is not continuing) Seller’s records which are not privileged or confidential (but excluding for this purpose all information received from Mortgagors or other obligors on the Purchased Loans) and the conduct and operation of its business related thereto upon reasonable prior written notice from Buyer or its designated representative, at such reasonable times and with reasonable frequency (not to exceed twice per calendar year, so long as an Event of Default has not occurred and is not continuing), subject to the terms of any confidentiality agreement between Buyer and Seller and applicable law, and if no such confidentiality agreement then exists between Buyer and Seller, Buyer and Seller shall act in accordance with customary market standards regarding confidentiality and applicable law. Buyer shall act in a commercially reasonable manner in requesting and conducting any inspection relating to the conduct and operation of Seller’s business.
(h) At any time from time to time upon the reasonable request of Buyer, at the sole expense of Seller, Seller will promptly and duly execute and deliver such further instruments and documents and take such further actions as Buyer may reasonably request for the purposes of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement including the first priority security interest granted hereunder and of the rights and powers herein granted (including, among other things, filing such UCC financing statements as Buyer may reasonably request). If any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any promissory note, other instrument or chattel paper, such note, instrument or chattel paper shall be immediately delivered to Buyer, duly endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement, and the documents delivered in connection herewith.
(i) Seller shall provide Buyer with the following financial and reporting information:
(i) Within 45 days after the last day of each of the first three fiscal quarters in any fiscal year, Guarantor’s and (to the extent prepared separately from Guarantor) Seller’s unaudited consolidated balance sheets as of the end of such quarter, in each case certified as being true and correct by an officer’s certificate;
(ii) Within 90 days after the last day of its fiscal year, Guarantor’s audited and (to the extent prepared separately from Guarantor) Seller’s unaudited (or, if generated by Seller, Seller’s audited) consolidated statements of income and statements of changes in cash flow for such year and balance sheets as of the end of such year, in each case presented fairly in accordance with GAAP, and accompanied, in the case of Guarantor, by an unqualified report of a nationally recognized independent certified public accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP or any other accounting firm consented to by Buyer in its reasonable discretion;
(iii) Within 30 days after the last day of each calendar month, any and all property level financial information (including, without limitation, operating and financial statements) with respect to the Purchased Loans that was received during the preceding calendar month and is in the possession of Seller or an Affiliate, including, without limitation, rent rolls and income statements;
(iv) Within 30 days after the last day of each calendar quarter in any fiscal year, an officer’s certificate from Seller addressed to Buyer certifying that, as of such calendar month, (x) Seller and Guarantor are in compliance in all material respects with all of the terms and requirements of this Agreement, (y) Guarantor is in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in the Guaranty (including therein detailed calculations demonstrating such compliance) and (z) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and
(v) With respect to the Purchased Loans and related Mortgaged Properties: (x) within 30 days after the last day of each calendar month, Seller’s monthly operations report covering occupancy, collections, delinquencies, losses, recoveries, cash flows and such other property level information as may reasonably be requested by Buyer and (y) within 30 days after the last day of each calendar quarter in any fiscal year, an asset management report prepared by Seller or Guarantor.
(j) Seller shall at all times comply with all laws, ordinances, rules and regulations of any federal, state, municipal or other public authority having jurisdiction over Seller or any of its assets, except to the extent any failure thereof is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Seller shall do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary to preserve and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence, and all licenses material to its business.
(k) Seller shall at all times keep proper books of records and accounts in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of its transactions in accordance with GAAP and set aside on its books from its earnings for each fiscal year all such proper reserves in accordance with GAAP.
(l) Seller shall observe, perform and satisfy all the terms, provisions and covenants required to be observed, performed or satisfied by it, and shall pay when due all costs, fees and expenses required to be paid by it, under the Transaction Documents. Seller shall pay and discharge all Taxes, levies, liens and other charges on its assets and on the Collateral that, in each case, in any manner would create any Lien upon the Collateral, except for Permitted Liens or similar charges.
(m) Seller will maintain records with respect to the Collateral and the conduct and operation of its business with no less a degree of prudence than if the Collateral were held by Seller for its own account.
(n) In the event that Guarantor terminates BXMT Advisors L.L.C. as Guarantor’s external manager pursuant to the Amended and Restated Management Agreement, dated as of March 26, 2013, between Guarantor and BXMT Advisors L.L.C., any replacement external manager or switch to internal management shall be subject to Buyer’s prior written approval, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
Covenants of Seller and Buyer Seller and Buyer each covenant with the other as follows:
Covenants and Agreements of Seller Seller covenants and agrees with Buyer as follows:
Additional Covenants of the Company The Company further covenants and agrees with each Underwriter as follows:
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Seller Seller hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser as follows:
(a) Seller has the requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform his obligations under this Agreement, having received written authorization to proceed with the sale from the Business Advisors to the trust. This Agreement constitutes the valid and binding obligation of Seller enforceable against Seller in accordance with its terms.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement does not and will not (i) violate any law, regulation, judgment, decree, order or other directive of any court or governmental agency applicable to or binding upon Seller, or (ii) breach or constitute a default under any agreement to which Seller is a party or by which Seller is bound.
(c) Seller is the owner of the Shares of the Purchaser being sold, assigned, bargained and conveyed pursuant hereto, free from any security interest, pledge, option, equity, claim or other right or interest of any kind. Upon the sale to Purchaser, Purchaser will acquire the Shares being transferred, free from any security interest, pledge, option, equity, claim or other right or interest of any kind.
(d) Seller has received and carefully reviewed Purchaser’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Purchaser’s press releases posted on Purchaser’s website (the filings and press releases, the “Purchaser Disclosure”) and has had full access to Purchaser’s other directors and executives for purposes of discussion the Company’s condition, operations and plans. Seller acknowledges that no oral representations have been made or information furnished to Seller or Seller’s representatives that are in any way inconsistent with the Purchaser Disclosure. Seller confirms that no representations, warranties, or other agreements (whether express or implied) have been made by Purchaser with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, except for those representations, warranties, and agreements that are specifically set forth in this Agreement.
(e) Seller, to the extent necessary, shall, without additional consideration, take such additional or further actions and execute such other or further documents as may be reasonably requested by Purchaser in order to evidence, confirm or carry out the transactions contemplated hereby.
Additional Covenants of the Parties 5.1 Preparation of the Form S-4 and the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus; Stockholders Meeting.
(a) As soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement, but in any event within forty (40) Business Days following the date of this Agreement (to the extent practicable), Parent and the Company shall jointly prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus in preliminary form and Parent shall prepare (with the cooperation of the Company) and file with the SEC the Form S-4, in which the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, and each of the Company and Parent shall cooperate with each other and use reasonable best efforts to respond as promptly as practicable to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto; provided, that consistent with the foregoing, Parent and the Company shall use their good faith efforts to make the initial filing of the Form S-4 within thirty (30) Business Days following the date of this Agreement, it being understood and agreed that the failure to make such filing within such thirty (30) Business Day period shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement for any purpose. Each of the Company and Parent shall cooperate with each other and use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing. Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders and the Parent’s stockholders as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent shall also take any action (other than qualifying to do business in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified) required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger and under the Company Plans and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Common Stock and rights to acquire Company Common Stock pursuant to the Company Plans as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action. The Parties shall notify each other promptly of the receipt of any comments from the SEC or its staff and of any request by the SEC or its staff for amendments or supplements to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 or for additional information and shall supply each other with copies of all correspondence between such Party or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or its staff, on the other hand, with respect to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the Form S-4 or the Merger. Each Party shall give each other Party an opportunity to participate in any discussions or meetings such Party has with the SEC in connection with the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the Form S-4 or the Merger. Notwithstanding the foregoing, before filing the Form S-4 (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or mailing the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, each of Parent and the Company (i) shall provide the other a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such document or response (including the proposed final version of such document or response), (ii) shall include in such document or response all comments reasonably proposed by the other and (iii) shall not file or mail such document or respond to the SEC prior to receiving the approval of the other (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Each of Parent and the Company shall advise the other, promptly after receipt of notice thereof, of the time of effectiveness of the Form S-4, the issuance of any stop order relating thereto or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Common Stock included in the Merger Consideration for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and each of Parent and the Company shall use all reasonable efforts to have any such stop order or suspension lifted, reversed or otherwise terminated. Each of Parent and the Company shall also take any other action (other than qualifying to do business in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified) required to be taken under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any applicable foreign or state securities or “blue sky” laws and the rules and regulations thereunder in connection with the Merger and the share issuance.
(b) If before the First Effective Time, any event occurs with respect to the Company, or any change occurs with respect to other information supplied by the Company for inclusion in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4, which is required to be described in an amendment of, or a supplement to, the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4, the Company shall promptly notify Parent of such event, and the Company and Parent shall cooperate in the prompt filing with the SEC of any necessary amendment or supplement to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 and, as required by law, in disseminating the information contained in such amendment or supplement to the Company’s stockholders.
(c) If before the First Effective Time, any event occurs with respect to Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent, or change occurs with respect to other information supplied by Parent for inclusion in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4, which is required to be described in an amendment of, or a supplement to, the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4, Parent shall promptly notify the Company of such event, and Parent and the Company shall cooperate in the prompt filing with the SEC of any necessary amendment or supplement to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the Form S-4 and, as required by Law, in disseminating the information contained in such amendment or supplement to the Company’s stockholders.
(d) The Company shall, as soon as practicable following effectiveness of the Form S-4, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of its shareholders (including any adjournment, postponement or other delay thereof, the “Company Stockholders Meeting”) for the purpose of, among other things, seeking the Company Stockholder Approval. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to: (x) cause the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s shareholders as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act; (y) solicit from the holders of Company Common Stock proxies in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and approval of the Merger; and (z) take all other actions necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of the holders of Company Common Stock required by applicable Law to obtain such approval.
(e) Parent shall, as soon as practicable following effectiveness of the Form S-4, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of its shareholders (including any adjournment, postponement or other delay thereof, the “Parent Stockholders Meeting”) for the purpose of, among other things, seeking from the holders of Parent Capital Stock proxies in favor of the approval of the issuance of the Parent Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the Merger. Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to: (x) cause the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s shareholders as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act; (y) solicit from the holders of Parent Capital Stock proxies in favor of the issuance of the Parent Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the Merger; and (z) take all other actions necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of the holders of Parent Capital Stock required by applicable Law to obtain such approval.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company will be permitted to postpone or adjourn the Company Stockholders Meeting if (i) there are holders of insufficient shares of the Company Common Stock present or represented by proxy at the Company Stockholders Meeting to constitute a quorum at the Company Stockholders Meeting; (ii) the Company is required to postpone or adjourn the Company Stockholders Meeting by applicable Law, order or a request from the SEC; or (iii) the Company Board (or a committee thereof) has determined in good faith (after consultation with outside legal counsel) that it is required by applicable Law to postpone or adjourn the Company Stockholders Meeting (including, if the Company Board (or a committee thereof) has determined in good faith (after consultation with outside legal counsel) that it is required by applicable Law) in order to give the stockholders of the Company sufficient time to evaluate any information or disclosure that the Company has sent to the stockholders of the Company or otherwise made available to the stockholders of the Company by issuing a press release, filing materials with the SEC or otherwise, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Parent will be permitted to postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting if (i) there are holders of insufficient shares of the Parent Common Stock present or represented by proxy at the Parent Stockholders Meeting to constitute a quorum at the Parent Stockholders Meeting; (ii) Parent is required to postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting by applicable Law, order or a request from the SEC; or (iii) the Parent Board (or a committee thereof) has determined in good faith (after consultation with outside legal counsel) that it is required by applicable Law to postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting (including, if the Parent Board (or a committee thereof) has determined in good faith (after consultation with outside legal counsel) that it is required by applicable Law) in order to give the stockholders of Parent sufficient time to evaluate any information or disclosure that Parent has sent to the stockholders of Parent or otherwise made available to the stockholders of Parent by issuing a press release, filing materials with the SEC or otherwise, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Special Covenants and Agreements SECTION 5.1. COMPANY TO MAINTAIN ITS CORPORATE EXISTENCE; CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH EXCEPTIONS PERMITTED. The Company agrees that during the term of this Agreement, it will maintain its corporate existence and its good standing in the State, will not dissolve or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets and will not consolidate with or merge into another corporation unless the acquirer of its assets or the corporation with which it shall consolidate or into which it shall merge shall (i) be a corporation organized under the laws of one of the states of the United States of America, (ii) be qualified to do business in the State, and (iii) assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the Tax Agreement. Any transfer of all or substantially all of the Company's generation assets shall not be deemed to constitute a "disposition of all or substantially all of the Company's assets" within the meaning of the preceding paragraph. Any such transfer of the Company's generation assets shall not relieve the Company of any of its obligations under this Agreement. The Company hereby agrees that so long as any of the Bonds are insured by a Bond Insurance Policy issued by the Bond Insurer and the Bond Insurer shall not have failed to comply with its payment obligations under such Policy, in the event of a Reorganization, unless otherwise consented to by the Bond Insurer, the obligations of the Company under, and in respect of, the Bonds, the G&R Notes, the G&R Indenture and the Agreement shall be assumed by, and shall become direct and primary obligations of, a Regulated Utility Company such that at all times the obligor under this Agreement and the obligor on the G&R Notes is a Regulated Utility Company. The Company shall deliver to the Bond Insurer a certificate of the president, any vice president or the treasurer and an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Bond Insurer stating in each case that such Reorganization complies with the provisions of this paragraph. The Company need not comply with any of the provisions of this Section 5.1 if, at the time of such merger or consolidation, the Bonds will be defeased as provided in Article VIII of the Indenture. The Company need not comply with the provisions of the second paragraph of this Section 5.1 if the Bonds are redeemed as provided in Section 3.01(B)(3) of the Indenture or if the Bond Insurance Policy is terminated as described in Section 3.06 of the Indenture in connection with a purchase of the Bonds by the Company in lieu of their redemption.
