Initial Loans This Agreement shall not become effective nor shall the Lenders be required to make the initial Loans unless (i) since December 31, 2015, no event, development or circumstance shall have occurred that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, assets, operations or financial condition of Harley and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the Global Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of an effective amendment to the Credit Agreement dated April 7, 2014 (the “Existing 2014 Credit Agreement”) among inter xxxx Xxxxxx, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as global administrative agent, making conforming changes to the Existing 2014 Credit Agreement to correspond with the terms of this Agreement other than in respect of pricing, maturity and borrowers and (iii) the Borrowers shall have (a) paid all fees required to be paid, and all expenses required to be paid for which invoices have been presented reasonably in advance of the Closing Date, in connection with the execution of this Agreement, (b) furnished to the Global Administrative Agent such documents as the Global Administrative Agent or any Lender or its counsel may have reasonably requested, including, without limitation, all of the documents reflected on the List of Closing Documents attached as Exhibit D to this Agreement, (c) obtained all governmental and third party approvals necessary in connection with the financing contemplated hereby and the continuing operations of Harley and its Subsidiaries (including the Borrowers) and such approvals remain in full force and effect, (d) delivered to the Lenders (1) audited consolidated financial statements of Harley (on a Consolidated basis) and (2) audited Consolidated financial statements of HDFS and its Subsidiaries (on a Consolidated basis), in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (1) and (2), for the two most recent fiscal years ended prior to the Closing Date as to which such financial statements are available and (e) delivered evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Global Administrative Agent of the payment of all principal, interest, fees and premiums, if any, on all Indebtedness under the Existing Credit Agreement, and the termination of the applicable agreements relating thereto, all taking effect concurrently with the effectiveness of this Agreement; provided that any Lender hereunder which is also a “Lender” under the Existing Credit Agreement hereby waives (A) any requirement of five (5) Business Days notice by the “Borrowers” under the Existing Credit Agreement prior to the reduction of the commitments thereunder and the termination thereof and (B) the payment of any amounts under Section 3.4 of the Existing Credit Agreement in connection with the termination thereof.
Manner of Borrowing and Funding Revolver Loans Borrowings under the Commitments established pursuant to Section 1.1 hereof shall be made and funded as follows:
Certificates for Reimbursement; Repayment of Outstanding Loans; Borrowing of New Loans A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in Sections 5.8.1 [Increased Costs Generally] or 5.
Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions 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, evidences of indebtedness 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 constituting a business unit, except:
(a) Permitted Investments;
(b) Permitted Acquisitions;
(c) investments by the Borrower in any Guarantor and by any Guarantor in any other Guarantor; provided that the Equity Interests evidencing such investments have been pledged in favour of the Administrative Agent and the certificates evidencing such Equity Interests have been delivered to the Administrative Agent together with stock transfer powers (executed in blank) with respect to same;
(d) direct and indirect investments existing on the date hereof by the Borrower in any Subsidiary which is not a Guarantor; provided that such investments are identified on Schedule 3.17;
(e) investments in existence on the date of this Agreement and described in Schedule 6.04;
(f) loans or advances made by the Borrower to any Subsidiary and made by any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, provided that (A) in the case of loans or advances from Loan Parties to Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, such loans and advances are made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices and (B) the amount of such loans and advances made by Loan Parties to Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (together with outstanding Guarantees permitted under the proviso to Section 6.04(g)) shall not exceed $40,000,000 at any time outstanding (in each case determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs);
(g) Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01, provided that (A) in the case of Guarantees by Loan Parties of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, such Guarantees are entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices, and (B) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties that is guaranteed by any Loan Party shall (together with outstanding intercompany loans permitted under the proviso to Section 6.04(f)) shall not exceed $40,000,000 at any time outstanding (in each case determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs);
(h) investments in the form of Swap Agreements permitted by Section 6.07;
(i) investments constituting minority equity interests in Persons other than Subsidiaries of the Borrower not exceeding $25,000,000; and
(j) other investments not exceeding $5,000,000 at any time.
LOANS, ADVANCES, INVESTMENTS Make any loans or advances to or investments in any person or entity, except any of the foregoing existing as of, and disclosed to Bank prior to, the date hereof.
Investments, Acquisitions, Loans and Advances The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to (i) directly or indirectly, make, retain or have outstanding any investments (whether through the purchase of stock or obligations or otherwise) in any Person, real property or improvements on real property, or any loans, advances, lines of credit, mortgage loans or other financings (including pursuant to sale/leaseback transactions) to any other Person, or (ii) acquire any real property, improvements on real property or all or any substantial part of the assets or business of any other Person or division thereof; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to nor operate to prevent, with respect to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, any of the following:
(a) investment in Cash Equivalents;
(b) investments existing or contemplated on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 8.8 hereto;
(c) investments in derivatives and hxxxxx made in the ordinary course of the such Person’s business in connection with managing risk for which the Borrower, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary has actual exposure (and not for speculative purposes) including, without limitation, Hedging Agreements;
(d) investments in Permitted Acquisitions;
(e) investments by the Borrower in one or more Guarantors or by a Guarantor in the Borrower or one or more other Guarantors;
(f) investments in Mortgage Receivables not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate;
(g) investments in marketable securities available for sale; or
(h) any other investments otherwise approved by the Required Lenders. In determining the amount of investments, acquisitions, loans, and advances permitted under this Section, investments and acquisitions shall always be taken at the book value (as defined in GAAP) thereof, and loans and advances shall be taken at the principal amount thereof then remaining unpaid.
Conditions of Initial Loans The obligation of each Lender to make its initial Loans and of each L/C Issuer to Issue, or cause to be Issued, the initial Letters of Credit hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions in a manner satisfactory to Agent:
First Loans and Letters of Credit On the Closing Date:
Investments, Loans and Advances The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, make or permit to remain outstanding any Investments in or to any Person, except that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to:
(a) the Investments existing on the Closing Date and either reflected in the Financial Statements or disclosed to the Lenders in Schedule 9.05;
(b) accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary trade terms;
(c) direct obligations of the United States or any agency thereof, or obligations guaranteed by the United States or any agency thereof, in each case maturing within one year from the date of creation thereof;
(d) commercial paper maturing within one year from the date of creation thereof rated in one of the two highest grades by S&P or Xxxxx’x;
(e) demand deposits, and time deposits maturing within one year from the date of creation thereof, with, or issued by any Lender or any office located in the United States of any other bank or trust company which is organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, has capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating at least $500,000,000 (as of the date of such bank or trust company’s most recent financial reports) and has a short term deposit rating of no lower than A2 or P2, as such rating is set forth from time to time, by S&P or Xxxxx’x, respectively;
(f) deposits in money market funds investing exclusively in Investments described in Section 9.05(c), Section 9.05(d) or Section 9.05(e);
(g) Investments made by (i) any Credit Party in or to any other Credit Party and (ii) any Credit Party in a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party, in the case of this clause (ii), not to exceed in the aggregate the greater of (x) $75,000,000 and (y) 3.0% of the Borrowing Base at any time outstanding;
(h) Investments in stock, obligations or securities received in settlement of debts arising from Investments permitted under this Section 9.05 owing to any Credit Party as a result of a bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding of the obligor in respect of such obligations or upon the enforcement of such obligations or of any Lien securing such obligations;
(i) Investments constituting Debt permitted under Section 9.02;
(j) other Investments not to exceed $40,000,000 in the aggregate at any time;
(k) Investments in Joint Ventures and Unrestricted Subsidiaries, provided that (i) the aggregate amount of all such Investments at any one time permitted by this Section 9.05(k) shall not exceed $100,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies as of the date of Investment) and (ii) Liquidity is an amount equal to at least 15% of the Borrowing Base immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such Investment;
(l) to the extent constituting Investments, investments in direct ownership interests in additional Oil and Gas Properties and gas gathering systems related thereto or related to or made pursuant to the requirements of farm-out, farm-in, joint operating, joint venture or area of mutual interest agreements, gathering systems, pipelines or other similar arrangements which are or become usual and customary in the oil and gas exploration and production business;
(m) Investments (i) to the extent the consideration for which consists of Equity Interests of the Borrower or warrants, options or other rights to purchase or acquire Equity Interests of the Borrower, (ii) with up to 100% of the net cash proceeds of an offering or issuance of Equity Interests by the Borrower (to the extent made within 150 days of the closing of such offering), in each case in (A) joint ventures engaging in businesses conducted by companies in the oil and gas industry, (B) any Unrestricted Subsidiary or non-Guarantor Restricted Subsidiary or (C) any other Person or (iii) with Equity Interests in Unrestricted Subsidiaries or other Persons that are not Restricted Subsidiaries;
(n) Permitted Acquisitions and any customary xxxx xxxxxxx money deposits made in connection with a proposed Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder;
(o) Investments held by a Person acquired in a Permitted Acquisition to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such Permitted Acquisition and were in existence on the date of such Permitted Acquisition;
(p) to the extent constituting an Investment, escrow deposits to secure indemnification obligations in connection with a Transfer permitted by Section 9.11, Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder;
(q) the contribution of all or part of the Credit Parties’ Water Services Assets to the Riptide Entities; and
(r) other Investments without limit to the extent that (i) no Borrowing Base deficiency, Default or Event of Default has occurred, is continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) after giving pro forma effect to such Investment, (A) the Liquidity is an amount equal to at least 15% of the Borrowing Base, and (B) the Leverage Ratio (as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter or fiscal year for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 8.01(a) or Section 8.01(b)) shall not be greater than 2.50 to 1.00.
Loans, Advances, Investments, Etc Make or commit or agree to make, or permit any of its Subsidiaries make or commit or agree to make, any Investment in any other Person except for Permitted Investments.
