Investment Subadvisory Contracts (a) Subject to the provisions of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust and the 1940 Act, the Manager, at its expense, may, in its discretion, subject to approval by the Trust’s Board of Trustees and, if required by applicable law, the Trust’s shareholders, select and contract with one or more Subadvisers for the Fund with respect to all or a portion of the Fund’s assets. If the Manager retains a Subadviser hereunder, then unless otherwise provided in the applicable subadvisory agreement, the Subadviser (and not the Manager) shall have the obligation (as to the portion of the Fund’s assets for which it acts as subadviser) of furnishing continuously an investment program and determining which securities will be purchased or sold for the Fund, and what portion may be held uninvested, and placing all orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio securities for the Fund and selecting broker-dealers in connection therewith.
(b) The Manager will be responsible for payment of all compensation to any Subadviser and other persons and entities to which Manager delegates any duties hereunder.
(c) The Manager’s obligations to a Fund in respect of the performance by any Subadviser of its obligations in respect of the Fund shall be only those obligations set out in Section 2(b) of this Management Agreement and the applicable subadvisory agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Manager shall have no liability to the Fund or any of its shareholders or to any other person for the failure or refusal of any Subadviser to perform its obligations in respect of the Fund, including without limitation any mistake or error of judgment on the part of the Subadviser or any employee or agent of the Subadviser or any failure by the Subadviser to comply with applicable law, the applicable subadvisory agreement, any investment objective or policies of the Fund, or any instructions from the Board of Trustees or the Manager.
Investments, Loans The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a wholly owned Subsidiary prior to such merger) any Capital Stock, evidence of Indebtedness (except as permitted in Section 7.1) or other securities (including any option, warrant, or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, Guarantee any obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any other Person that constitute a business unit, or create or form any Subsidiary (all of the foregoing being collectively called “Investments”), except:
(a) Investments (other than Permitted Investments) existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 7.4 (including Investments in Subsidiaries);
(b) Permitted Investments;
(c) Investments in the form of trade credit to customers of a Loan Party arising in the ordinary course of business and represented by accounts from such customers and accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business;
(d) creation of any additional Subsidiaries domiciled in the U.S. and Unrestricted Subsidiaries in compliance with this Agreement;
(e) Guarantees by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.1;
(f) Investments made by the Borrower in or to any Subsidiary and by any Subsidiary to the Borrower or in or to another Subsidiary;
(g) loans or advances to employees, officers or directors of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for travel, relocation and related expenses; provided that the aggregate amount of all such loans and advances does not exceed the Threshold Amount at any time outstanding;
(h) Hedging Transactions permitted by Section 7.10;
(i) Investments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (i) in ownership interests in additional Oil and Gas Properties located within the geographic boundaries of the United States of America (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the acquisition of 100% of the Capital Stock of a Person owning such assets) or (ii) related to oil and gas mineral interests and leases owned by a Loan Party or a Person that will become a Loan Party upon acquisition of such Person by a Loan Party, farm-out, farm-in, joint operating, joint venture, participation or area of mutual interest agreements, gathering and processing systems, pipelines and other midstream assets or other similar arrangements in each case, which are related or ancillary to Oil and Gas Properties owned by the Loan Parties and which are usual and customary in the oil and gas exploration and production business located within the geographic boundaries of the United States of America;
(j) Investments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in Unrestricted Subsidiaries funded entirely by cash proceeds from an issuance of Capital Stock of the Borrower after November 9, 2018 (excluding any cash capital contributions received for purposes of exercising the Cure Right), so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist at the time of, or immediately following, the making of such Investment and (ii) such Investment is made (x) within five (5) Business Days following Borrower’s receipt of such cash proceeds or (y) on a later date than the date set forth in the preceding clause (x) and such cash proceeds are held by Borrower in a segregated deposit account (which, for the avoidance of doubt only contains the cash capital contributions intended for such Investments) until the date invested in an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and
(k) other Investments which in the aggregate do not exceed the Threshold Amount in any Fiscal Year.
Interest Rate Risk Management Instruments (a) All interest rate swaps, caps, floors and option agreements and other interest rate risk management arrangements to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of their properties or assets may be bound were entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business and in accordance with prudent banking practice and applicable rules, regulations and policies of Company Regulatory Agencies and with counterparties believed to be financially responsible at the time, and are legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable in accordance with their terms (except as may be limited by general principles of equity, whether applied in a court of law or a court of equity, and by bankruptcy, insolvency and similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally), and are in full force and effect. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has duly performed in all material respects all of its obligations thereunder to the extent that such obligations to perform have accrued; and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no breaches, violations or defaults or allegations or assertions of such by any party thereunder.
Investments, Loans, Etc The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary prior to such merger), any Equity Interests, evidence of indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant, or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make any loans or advances to, or make any investment or any other interest in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any other Person that constitute a business unit or division of such another Person, or purchase or acquire all or substantially all of the assets of another Person, or create or form any Restricted Subsidiary (all of the foregoing being collectively called “Investments”) other than Investments constituting Permitted Acquisitions (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Taurus Acquisition); provided, that:
(a) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make and hold Permitted Investments;
(i) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may hold the Investments existing on the Fourth Amendment Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.4 and (ii) any Loan Party may make Investments in any other Loan Party:
(c) any Investments of a Person in existence at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower may be held by such Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Investments were not made in connection with or anticipation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower;
(d) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may hold Investments constituting non-cash proceeds received in connection with a sale or other disposition of assets to the extent permitted by Section 7.6 or in connection with the settlement of obligations owing to it by financially troubled debtors;
(e) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Investments (and, thereafter, may hold such Investments) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $120,000,000 and (y) 33.0% of Consolidated EBITDA calculated on a Pro Forma Basis for the then most recently ended Test Period;
(f) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, and the Total Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 4.00 to 1.00 immediately prior and after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis for the then most recently ended Test Period, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make additional Investments (and thereafter hold such Investments). Prior to consummating an Investment pursuant to this clause (f), the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a Compliance Certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations of the Total Net Leverage Ratio and executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying the requirements of this clause (f) have been met;
(g) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make (i) loans or advances to employees, officers or directors of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for travel, entertainment, relocation and related expenses in an aggregate amount not to exceed $15,000,000 at any time and (ii) Investments consisting of deposits, expense prepayments, accounts receivable arising, trade debt granted and other credits extended to customers and similar Persons in the ordinary course of business;
(h) a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower may be established or created (but not capitalized unless otherwise permitted under this Section 7.4) so long as, to the extent applicable, the Borrower and such Restricted Subsidiary comply with the provisions of Section 5.12;
(i) without duplication of any other clause of this Section 7.4, so long as the Available Amount Conditions are satisfied at the time of such Investment, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Investments in an amount not to exceed the Available Amount;
(j) [reserved];
(k) Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however that the aggregate amount of Investments pursuant to this clause (k) in Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties shall not exceed at any time the greater of (x) $25,000,000 and (y) 7.5% of Consolidated EBITDA calculated on a Pro Forma Basis for the then most recently ended Test Period;
(l) Investments arising as a result of Hedge Agreements permitted pursuant to Section 7.10;
(m) Investments in joint ventures in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time the greater of (x) $25,000,000 and (y) 7.5% of Consolidated EBITDA calculated on a Pro Forma Basis for the then most recently ended Test Period; and
(n) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time the greater of (x) $25,000,000 and (y) 7.5% of Consolidated EBITDA calculated on a Pro Forma Basis for the then most recently ended Test Period.
Securities Contract; Swap Agreement The parties hereto intend for (i) the Transaction to be a “securities contract” and a “swap agreement” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) (the “Bankruptcy Code”), and the parties hereto to be entitled to the protections afforded by, among other Sections, Sections 362(b)(6), 362(b)(17), 546(e), 546(g), 555 and 560 of the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) a party’s right to liquidate the Transaction and to exercise any other remedies upon the occurrence of any Event of Default under the Agreement with respect to the other party to constitute a “contractual right” as described in the Bankruptcy Code, and (iii) each payment and delivery of cash, securities or other property hereunder to constitute a “margin payment” or “settlement payment” and a “transfer” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code.
Investment Banking Services Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, during the period beginning 180 days prior to the initial confidential submission of the Registration Statement and ending on the Effective Date, no Member and/or any person associated or affiliated with a Member has provided any investment banking, financial advisory and/or consulting services to the Company.
Investment Commitment The undersigned's overall commitment to investments which are not readily marketable is not disproportionate to the undersigned's net worth, and an investment in the Shares will not cause such overall commitment to become excessive.
The Investment Account; Eligible Investments (a) Not later than the Withdrawal Date, the Master Servicer shall withdraw or direct the withdrawal of funds in the Custodial Accounts for P&I, for deposit in the Investment Account, in an amount representing:
(i) Scheduled installments of principal and interest on the Mortgage Loans received or advanced by the applicable Servicers which were due on the related Due Date, net of the Servicing Fees due the applicable Servicers and less any amounts to be withdrawn later by the applicable Servicers from the applicable Buydown Fund Accounts;
(ii) Payoffs and the proceeds of other types of liquidations of the Mortgage Loans received by the applicable Servicer for such Mortgage Loans during the applicable Payoff Period, with interest to the date of Payoff or liquidation less any amounts to be withdrawn later by the applicable Servicers from the applicable Buydown Fund Accounts; and
(iii) Curtailments received by the applicable Servicers in the Prior Period. At its option, the Master Servicer may invest funds withdrawn from the Custodial Accounts for P&I, as well as any Buydown Funds, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds previously received by the Master Servicer (including amounts paid by the Company in respect of any Purchase Obligation or its substitution obligations set forth in Section 2.07 or Section 2.08 or in connection with the exercise of the option to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01) for its own account and at its own risk, during any period prior to their deposit in the Certificate Account. Such funds, as well as any funds which were withdrawn from the Custodial Accounts for P&I on or before the Withdrawal Date, but not yet deposited into the Certificate Account, shall immediately be deposited by the Master Servicer with the Investment Depository in an Investment Account in the name of the Master Servicer and the Trust for investment only as set forth in this Section 3.03. The Master Servicer shall bear any and all losses incurred on any investments made with such funds and shall be entitled to retain all gains realized on such investments as additional servicing compensation. Not later than the Business Day prior to the Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall deposit such funds, net of any gains (except Payoff Earnings) earned thereon, in the Certificate Account.
(b) Funds held in the Investment Account shall be invested in (i) one or more Eligible Investments which shall in no event mature later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date (except if such Eligible Investments are obligations of the Trustee, such Eligible Investments may mature on the Distribution Date), or (ii) such other instruments as shall be required to maintain the Ratings.
Investment Portfolio All investment securities held by Seller or its Subsidiaries, as reflected in the consolidated balance sheets of Seller included in the Seller Financial Statements, are carried in accordance with GAAP, specifically including but not limited to, FAS 115.
Investment Securities and Commodities (i) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has good title in all material respects to all securities and commodities owned by it (except those sold under repurchase agreements) which are material to the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, free and clear of any Liens, except for such failures to have good title as are set forth in the financial statements included in the Company Reports as of the entry into this Agreement or to the extent such securities or commodities are pledged in the ordinary course of business to secure obligations of the Company or its Subsidiaries. Such securities and commodities are valued on the books of the Company in accordance with GAAP in all material respects.
(ii) The Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses employ investment, securities, commodities, risk management and other policies, practices and procedures that the Company believes are prudent and reasonable in the context of such businesses, and the Company and its Subsidiaries have, since January 1, 2023, been in compliance with such policies, practices and procedures in all material respects.
