Initial Loan Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Agreement to the contrary, Lender shall have no obligation to make the initial Loan or issue the initial Letter of Credit under this Agreement unless Lender shall have first received:
(a) this Agreement and the Note, each duly executed by Borrower;
(b) the Guaranty, duly executed by Laclede Energy;
(c) a copy of resolutions (including an incumbency certificate) of the Board of Directors of Borrower, duly adopted, which authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Note and the other Transaction Documents, certified by the Secretary of Borrower;
(d) a copy of resolutions of the Board of Directors (including an incumbency certificate) of Laclede Energy, duly adopted, which authorize the execution, delivery and performance of its Guaranty, certified by the Secretary of Laclede Energy;
(e) copies of the Articles of Incorporation of Borrower and Laclede Energy, including any amendments thereto, certified by the Secretary of State of the states of their respective incorporations;
(f) copies of the Bylaws of Borrower and Laclede Energy, including any amendments thereto, certified by the Secretaries of Borrower and Laclede Energy;
(g) certificates of corporate good standing of Borrower and Laclede Energy issued by the Secretary of State of the states of their respective incorporations;
(h) an opinion of the General Counsel of Borrower and Laclede Energy, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender and Lender’s counsel;
(i) UCC search results from the Missouri Secretary of State for Borrower and Laclede Energy;
(j) copies of all financial statements and other exhibits and schedules required by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents;
(k) a letter of direction from Borrower with respect to the disbursement of the proceeds of the initial Loan under this Agreement;
(l) a fee letter, duly executed by Borrower and Lender; and
(m) such other agreements, documents, instruments and certificates as Lender may reasonably request.
General Loan Provisions 20 SECTION 3.1 Interest...................................................................................20 SECTION 3.2 Notice and Manner of Conversion or Continuation of Term Loans..............................23 SECTION 3.3
Construction Loan Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement, the Lender has agreed to lend to Borrower and Borrower has agreed to borrow from Lender the lesser of: (i) $27,000,000.00; or (ii) 55% of the Project Costs. Such amount shall be loaned by Lender pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the First Supplement to this Agreement.
Conditions to Initial Loan At or prior to the making of the initial Loan hereunder to each Borrower, the following conditions precedent shall also have been satisfied:
(a) the Lender shall have received the following (each to be properly executed and completed) and the same shall have been approved as to form and substance by the Lender:
(i) this Agreement signed by such Borrower;
(ii) a Note signed by such Borrower;
(iii) copies (executed or certified, as may be appropriate) of all legal documents or proceedings taken in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, such Borrower’s Note and the other Loan Documents by such Borrower; and
(iv) an incumbency certificate containing the name, title and genuine signatures of such Borrower’s authorized representatives;
(v) a copy of such Borrower’s Prospectus;
(b) legal matters incident to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by a Borrower and to the transactions contemplated hereby shall be satisfactory to the Lender and its counsel; and the Lender shall have received the favorable written opinion of counsel for such Borrower in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B in the case of a Domestic Borrower and in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C in the case of a Cayman Borrower;
(c) the Lender shall have received a good standing certificate (or the equivalent in the case of each Cayman Borrower) for such Borrower (dated as of the date no earlier than 30 days prior to the date of this Agreement) from the offices of the secretary of state of the states of their respective organization or of the applicable office in the case of the Cayman Borrowers; and
(d) the Lender shall be satisfied that the Loans and the use of proceeds thereof comply in all respect with Regulation U, and if required by Regulation U, the Lender shall have received a copy of FR Form U-1 duly executed and delivered by each Borrower.
Additional Loans Administrative Agent shall not make any Loans or provide any Letter of Credit Accommodations to any Borrower on behalf of Lenders intentionally and with actual knowledge that such Loans or Letter of Credit Accommodations (a) would cause the aggregate amount of the total outstanding Tranche A Revolving Loans and Letter of Credit Accommodations to exceed the Tranche A Borrowing Base and (b) would cause the aggregate amount of the total outstanding Loans and Letter of Credit Accommodations to exceed the Total Borrowing Base, in each case, without the prior consent of all Lenders, except, that, Administrative Agent may make such additional Loans or provide such additional Letter of Credit Accommodations on behalf of Lenders, intentionally and with actual knowledge that such Loans or Letter of Credit Accommodations will cause the total outstanding Tranche A Revolving Loans and Letter of Credit Accommodations to exceed the Tranche A Borrowing Base or cause total outstanding Loans and Letter of Credit Accommodations to exceed the Total Borrowing Base, as Administrative Agent may deem necessary or advisable in its discretion, provided, that: (i) the total principal amount of the additional Loans or additional Letter of Credit Accommodations to any Borrower which Administrative Agent may make or provide after obtaining such actual knowledge that the aggregate principal amount of the Loans equal or exceed the Tranche A Borrowing Base or the Total Borrowing Base, as applicable, plus the amount of Special Administrative Agent Advances made pursuant to Sections 12.11(a)(i) and (ii) hereof then outstanding, shall not exceed $75,000,000 and shall not cause the total principal amount of the Loans and Letter of Credit Accommodations to exceed the Maximum Credit or the Tranche A Loans to exceed the Tranche A Maximum Credit or the Tranche A-1 Loans to exceed the Tranche A-1 Maximum Credit and (ii) no such additional Loan or Letter of Credit Accommodation shall be outstanding more than ninety (90) days after the date such additional Loan or Letter of Credit Accommodation is made or issued (as the case may be), except as the Required Tranche A Lenders, Required Tranche A-1 Lenders and Required Tranche A-2 Lenders may otherwise agree and no such additional Loans may exist for at least five (5) consecutive days thereafter before further such additional Loans may be made at the end of such ninety (90) day period. Each Lender shall be obligated to pay Administrative Agent the amount of its Pro Rata Share of any such additional Loans or Letter of Credit Accommodations. The Required Lenders may by written notice to Administrative Agent revoke the authority of Administrative Agent to make future additional Loans pursuant to this Section 12.8 at any time.
