Initial Advance Borrower shall have delivered to Lender each of the following, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender (the date on which each of the following shall have been so delivered is referred to herein as the “Effective Date”):
(a) executed originals of the Loan Documents and all other documents and instruments reasonably required by Lender to effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby or to create and perfect the Liens of Lender with respect to all Collateral, in all cases in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lender;
(b) certified copy of resolutions of Borrower’s board of directors evidencing approval of (i) the Loan and other transactions evidenced by the Loan Documents; and (ii) the Warrant and transactions evidenced thereby;
(c) certified copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws, as amended through the Closing Date, of Borrower;
(d) a certificate of good standing for Borrower from its state of incorporation and similar certificates from all other jurisdictions in which it does business and where the failure to be qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) a certificate of incumbency as to each officer of Borrower who is authorized to execute the Loan Documents, the Warrant, and all other documents and instruments to be delivered pursuant to the Loan Documents and the Warrant on behalf of Borrower, including, without limitation, the chief financial officer of Borrower;
(f) payment of the Facility Charge and reimbursement of Lender’s current expenses reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement, which amounts may be deducted from the initial Advance;
(g) Landlord Consents or Bailee Agreements, as applicable, for the premises where the Financed Equipment will, upon completion of transit, be located; provided, that up to $3,750,000 of the initial Advance may be used for the purchase of International Based Financed Equipment without delivering to Lender, prior to the disbursement of such Advance, any Landlord Consents in respect of the premises in the continental United States where such International Based Financed Equipment may be located temporarily, so long as (i) prior to the disbursement of such Advance, one or more Bailee Agreements, as applicable, are delivered in respect of the foreign premises where such International Based Financed Equipment will be located upon completion of transit, and (ii) within 90 days of the Effective Date (or any subsequent Advance Date with respect to any International Based Financed Equipment not financed on the Effective Date), such International Based Financed Equipment is relocated to such foreign premises;
(h) a Consent Letter from each Incumbent Lender;
(i) a Release Letter from each Incumbent Lender with respect to the Financed Equipment purchased with the proceeds of the initial Advance; and
(j) such other documents as Lender may reasonably request.
Advance Request To obtain a Term Loan Advance, Borrower shall complete, sign and deliver an Advance Request (at least one (1) Business Day before the Closing Date and at least five (5) Business Days before each Advance Date other than the Closing Date) to Agent. The Lenders shall fund the Term Loan Advance in the manner requested by the Advance Request provided that each of the conditions precedent to such Term Loan Advance is satisfied as of the requested Advance Date.
Initial Advances In addition to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 4.2, the obligation of the Lenders to make the initial Advance is conditioned on the Administrative Agent receiving, prior to or on the date of such Advance, each of the following items in form, detail and content reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, each Lender, and its counsel:
(a) a duly executed Revolving Credit Note for each Lender which has requested the same;
(b) a certificate of the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries (i) certifying an attached complete and correct copy of its bylaws; (ii) solely in the case of the Borrower, certifying an attached complete and correct copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Borrower’s board of directors which have not been amended since their adoption and remain in full force and effect, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Related Documents to which it is a party; (iii) solely in the case of Independent Bank, certifying an attached copy of its certificate of formation, and in the case of the Borrower and each other Subsidiary, certifying that the articles of incorporation or charter attached to the applicable certificate of the Office of the Secretary of State of incorporation delivered pursuant to Section 4.1(d) hereof are complete and correct and have not been amended since the date of the last date of amendment thereto indicated on such certificate of the secretary of state; and (iv) certifying as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing this Agreement and all other Related Documents to which it is a party, and including a certification by another officer as to the incumbency and signature of the secretary or assistant secretary executing the certificate;
(c) an opinion of counsel for the Borrower in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, its counsel, and each Lender;
(d) certificates of status or good standing for the Borrower and each Subsidiary issued by the applicable Office of the Secretary of State of incorporation or organization and the respective state, if any, in which the Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s principal place of business is located, and certified copies of the articles of incorporation for the Borrower and each Subsidiary, all issued by the Office of the Secretary of State of the state of the Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s incorporation, as applicable, within thirty (30) days of the date hereof;
(e) certification that there are no (i) Material Liens of record on the Property of the Borrower only (and not any of its Subsidiaries) other than Permitted Liens and (ii) Material Liens of record on the Property of any Bank Subsidiary other than Permitted Liens;
(f) a duly executed Negative Pledge Agreement;
(g) a duly executed Notice of Authorized Borrowers; and
(h) a duly executed Authority to Debit Account.
Advance Requests Borrower may request that Lender make an Advance by delivering to Lender an Advance Request therefor and Lender shall be entitled to rely on all the information provided by Borrower to Lender on or with the Advance Request. The Lender may honor Advance Requests, instructions or repayments given by the Borrower (if an individual) or by any Authorized Person.
Draw Request At such time as the Borrower shall desire to obtain, subject to the other requirements hereof, a disbursement of any portion of the proceeds of the Loan, the Borrower shall complete, execute and deliver to the City a properly completed draw request in a form designated by the City, together with the General Contractor's Payment Request which shall have been approved by the City's Inspector and by such other documents as the City may request ("Draw Request"), all in such form as the City may require from time to time. No failure or delay on the part of the City to require any such documents or information shall operate in any way so as to waive the City's rights to require all such documents and information at a later time. Draw requests will occur no more often than monthly, only with proper certification of completion from the Architect, and with the xxxxx 0% retainage being paid only after receipt of a Certificate of Occupancy and Release of Liens. All draw disbursements shall be made in accordance with the Escrow and Disbursing Agreement.
Incremental Loan Request Each Incremental Loan Request from the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall set forth the requested amount and proposed terms of the relevant Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments. Incremental Term Loans may be made, and Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments may be provided, by any existing Lender (but each existing Lender will not have an obligation to make any Incremental Commitment, nor will the Borrower have any obligation to approach any existing lenders to provide any Incremental Commitment) or by any other bank or other financial institution (any such other bank or other financial institution being called an “Additional Lender”) (each such existing Lender or Additional Lender providing such, an “Incremental Revolving Credit Lender” or “Incremental Term Lender,” as applicable, and, collectively, the “Incremental Lenders”); provided that (i) the Administrative Agent, each Swing Line Lender and each L/C Issuer shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such Lender’s or Additional Lender’s making such Incremental Term Loans or providing such Revolving Commitment Increases to the extent such consent, if any, would be required under Section 10.07(b) for an assignment of Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, to such Lender or Additional Lender, (ii) with respect to Incremental Term Commitments, any Affiliated Lender providing an Incremental Term Commitment shall be subject to the same restrictions set forth in Section 10.07(l) as they would otherwise be subject to with respect to any purchase by or assignment to such Affiliated Lender of Term Loans and (iii) Affiliated Lenders may not provide Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments.
Disbursement Requests Except as expressly provided in the Credit Agreement, Administrative Agent must receive Disbursement Requests in writing. Disbursement Requests will only be accepted from the applicable Authorized Representatives designated in the Disbursement Instruction Agreement. Disbursement Requests will be processed subject to satisfactory completion of Administrative Agent’s customer verification procedures. Administrative Agent is only responsible for making a good faith effort to execute each Disbursement Request and may use agents of its choice to execute Disbursement Requests. Funds disbursed pursuant to a Disbursement Request may be transmitted directly to the Receiving Bank, or indirectly to the Receiving Bank through another bank, government agency, or other third party that Administrative Agent considers to be reasonable. Administrative Agent will, in its sole discretion, determine the funds transfer system and the means by which each Disbursement will be made. Administrative Agent may delay or refuse to accept a Disbursement Request if the Disbursement would: (i) violate the terms of this Agreement; (ii) require use of a bank unacceptable to Administrative Agent or Lenders or prohibited by government authority; (iii) cause Administrative Agent or Lenders to violate any Federal Reserve or other regulatory risk control program or guideline; or (iv) otherwise cause Administrative Agent or Lenders to violate any applicable law or regulation.
Funding Request The Borrower hereby requests the Funding pursuant to Section 2.1 and Section 2.3 of the Loan Agreement.
Conditions Precedent to the Initial Advance The obligation of the Lender Group (or any member thereof) to make the initial Advance is subject to the fulfillment, to the satisfaction of Agent, each Lender, and their respective counsel, of each of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date:
(a) the Closing Date shall occur on or before October 15, 1998;
(b) Agent shall have received all financing statements and fixture filings required by the Lender Group, duly executed by Borrower, and Agent shall have searches reflecting the filing of its financing statements with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the City Clerk of Quincy, Massachusetts;
(c) Agent shall have received each of the following documents, duly executed, and each such document shall be in full force and effect:
(i) the Disbursement Letter;
(ii) the Pay-Off Letter;
(iii) the Suretyship Agreement;
(iv) the Fee Letter;
(v) the Agents' Side Letter;
(vi) the Intercompany Subordination Agreement;
(vii) the Stock Pledge Agreement;
(viii) Termination statements relative to all financing statements filed by Sprint Communications;
(ix) WorldCom Subordination Agreement (or termination statements relative to all financing statements filed by WorldCom Network Services, Inc. dba WilTel, Inc.);
(x) the Hale Xxxordination Agreement;
(xi) the Customer List Escrow Agreement; and 39
(d) Agent shall have received a certificate from the Secretary of each Borrower attesting to the resolutions of such Borrower's Board of Directors authorizing its execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Borrower is a party and authorizing specific officers of such Borrower to execute the same;
(e) Agent shall have received copies of each Borrower's Governing Documents, as amended, modified, or supplemented to the Closing Date, certified by the Secretary of such Borrower;
(f) Agent shall have received a certificate of status with respect to each Borrower, dated as of a date within a reasonable proximity to the Closing Date, such certificate to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdiction of organization of such Borrower, which certificate shall indicate that such Borrower is in good standing in such jurisdiction;
(g) Agent shall have received certificates of status with respect to each Borrower, each dated as of a date within a reasonable proximity to the Closing Date, such certificates to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdictions in which its failure to be duly qualified or licensed would constitute a Material Adverse Change, which certificates shall indicate that such Borrower is in good standing in such jurisdictions;
(h) Agent shall have received a certificate of insurance, together with the endorsements thereto, as are required by Section 6.10, the form and substance of which shall be satisfactory to Agent, each Lender, and their respective counsel;
(i) Agent shall have received the Closing Date Business Plan certified by an officer of Borrower as being such officer's good faith best estimate of the financial performance of Borrower during the period covered thereby;
(j) Agent shall have received a Collateral Access Agreement relative to Borrower's location in Quincy, Massachusetts;
(k) Agent shall have received opinions of Borrower's counsel in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and each Lender in their sole discretion;
(l) Agent and Agent's counsel shall have been provided with a copy of each Carrier Agreement in respect of a Material Carrier, the Bell Xxxantic Interconnection Agreement, and each agreement in respect of any Indefeasible Right to Use granted to Borrower, certified by an officer of Borrower as true, correct, and complete, and Agent shall have had a reasonable opportunity to review each such Carrier Agreement;
(m) Agent shall have received a certificate from an officer of each Borrower certifying that all tax returns required to be filed such Borrower have been timely filed and all taxes upon such Borrower or its properties, assets, income, and franchises (including real property taxes and payroll taxes) have been paid prior to delinquency, except 40 such taxes that are the subject of a Permitted Protest;
(n) Agent shall have received a certificate from an officer of each Borrower certifying that to the best of such Borrower's knowledge there are no outstanding complaints against any Borrower made to any public utilities commission in any jurisdiction in which any Borrower operates, except such complaints that have been fully disclosed to the Lenders and are satisfactory to Agent and the Lenders;
(o) Agent shall have received a letter from Chase Equipment Leasing, Inc. ("Chase"), in form and substance satisfactory to each Lender, acknowledging that Chase's liens in the Equipment leased by Borrower from Chase does not extend to the Accounts generated by such Equipment;
(p) Agent shall have received payment of all accrued and unpaid Lender Group Expenses;
(q) Agent shall have received a certificate from an officer of each Borrower certifying that there has been no Material Adverse Change in the financial condition of such Borrower or the Collateral since July 31, 1998; and
(r) all other documents and legal matters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been delivered, executed, or recorded and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, each Lender, and their respective counsel.
Disbursement of Advance Proceeds All Advances shall be disbursed from whichever office or other place Agent may designate from time to time and, together with any and all other Obligations of Borrowers to Agent or Lenders, shall be charged to Borrowers' Account on Agent's books. During the Term, Borrowers may use the Revolving Advances by borrowing, prepaying and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. The proceeds of each Revolving Advance requested by Borrowers or deemed to have been requested by Borrowers under Section 2.2(a) hereof shall, with respect to requested Revolving Advances to the extent Lenders make such Revolving Advances, be made available to the applicable Borrower on the day so requested by way of credit to such Borrower's operating account at PNC, or such other bank as Borrowing Agent may designate following notification to Agent, in immediately available federal funds or other immediately available funds or, with respect to Revolving Advances deemed to have been requested by any Borrower, be disbursed to Agent to be applied to the outstanding Obligations giving rise to such deemed request.
