Initial Loan The obligation of the Lender to make its initial Loan hereunder is subject to the satisfaction, immediately prior to or concurrently with the making of such Loan, of the condition precedent that the Lender shall have received all of the following items, each of which shall be satisfactory to the Lender and its counsel in form and substance:
Term Loan (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make an advance of its Pro Rata Term Share of the Term Loan to the Borrower on the Closing Date, and from the Closing Date to the Term Loan Maturity Date, convert and continue Segments from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof. The principal amount of each Segment of the Term Loan outstanding hereunder from time to time shall bear interest and the Term Loan shall be repayable as herein provided. No amount of the Term Loan repaid or prepaid by the Borrower may be reborrowed hereunder, and no subsequent advance under the Term Loan Facility shall be allowed after the initial such advance of the Term Loan on the Closing Date. Segments of the Term Loan may be Base Rate Segments or Eurodollar Rate Segments at the Borrower’s election, as provided herein.
(b) Not later than 1:00 P.M. New York time, on the Closing Date, each Term Loan Lender shall, pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, make the amount of its Pro Rata Term Share of the Term Loan available by wire transfer to the Administrative Agent. Such wire transfer shall be directed to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office and shall be in the form of same day funds in Dollars. The amount so received by the Administrative Agent shall, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including without limitation the satisfaction of all applicable conditions in Sections 5.01 and 5.02, be made available to the Borrower by delivery of the proceeds thereof as shall be directed by the Responsible Officer of the Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. The initial Borrowing of the Term Loan may be a Eurodollar Rate Segment, a Base Rate Segment, or both; provided that if the Borrower desires that any portion of the initial Borrowing of the Term Loan is advanced as a Eurodollar Rate Segment, the Administrative Agent shall make such Borrowing as a Eurodollar Rate Segment only if, not later than three Business Days prior to the date that is then anticipated to be the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent has received from the Borrower a Term Loan Interest Rate Selection Notice with respect thereto, together with the Borrower’s written acknowledgement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the provisions of Section 4.05 hereof shall apply to any failure by the Borrower to borrow on the date set forth in such Term Loan Interest Rate Selection notice any or all of the amounts specified in such Term Loan Interest Rate Selection Notice.
Term Loan B (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Term Loan B Lender severally agrees to make an advance of its Pro Rata Term B Share of the Term Loan B to the Borrower on the Closing Date, and from the Closing Date to the Term Loan B Maturity Date, Convert and Continue Segments from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof. The principal amount of each Segment of the Term Loan B outstanding hereunder from time to time shall bear interest and the Term Loan B shall be repayable as herein provided. No amount of the Term Loan B repaid or prepaid by the Borrower may be reborrowed hereunder, and no subsequent advance under the Term Loan B Facility shall be allowed after the initial such advance of the Term Loan B on the Closing Date. Segments of the Term Loan B may be Base Rate Segments or Eurodollar Rate Segments at the Borrower’s election, as provided herein.
(b) Not later than 1:00 P.M. New York time, on the Closing Date, each Term Loan B Lender shall, pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, make the amount of its Pro Rata Term B Share of the Term Loan B available by wire transfer to the Administrative Agent. Such wire transfer shall be directed to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office and shall be in the form of same day funds in Dollars. The amount so received by the Administrative Agent shall, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including without limitation the satisfaction of all applicable conditions in Sections 5.01 and 5.02, be made available to the Borrower by delivery of the proceeds thereof as shall be directed by the Responsible Officer of the Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. The initial Borrowing of the Term Loan B may be a Eurodollar Rate Segment, a Base Rate Segment, or both; provided that (i) nothwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.03 or otherwise, any Eurodollar Rate Segment to be a portion of the initial Borrowing of the Term Loan B, and each Conversion to or Continuation of a Eurodollar Rate Segment made during the period of fourteen days after the Closing Date, may only be for a period beginning on the date such Eurodollar Rate Segment is initially advanced, or on the date any Segment is Continued as or Converted into a Eurodollar Rate Segment, and ending on the date that is one week thereafter, and (ii) if the Borrower desires that any portion of the initial Borrowing of the Term Loan B is advanced as a Eurodollar Rate Segment, the Administrative Agent shall make such Borrowing as a Eurodollar Rate Segment only if, not later than three Business Days prior to the date that is then anticipated to be the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent has received from the Borrower a Term Loan Interest Rate Selection Notice with respect thereto, together with the Borrower’s written acknowledgement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the provisions of Section 4.05 hereof shall apply to any failure by the Borrower to borrow on the date set forth in such Term Loan Interest Rate Selection notice any or all of the amounts specified in such Term Loan Interest Rate Selection Notice.
Bridge Loan (a) If the Bridge Loan (together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon) has not been repaid in full on or prior to the one (1) year anniversary of the date of this Agreement (the “Repayment Option Date”), then, on the Repayment Option Date (or the first Business Day thereafter to the extent the Repayment Option Date does not fall on a Business Day), and not thereafter, Dynegy may, or may cause any of its Controlled Affiliates to, contribute to the Company an amount up to the Option Bridge Loan Amount, in exchange for Units at the price per Unit as of the date of this Agreement (such transaction, the “Dynegy Repayment Option”), and the Company shall use the proceeds from such contribution to partially repay the Bridge Loan.
(b) If the Bridge Loan (together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon) has not been repaid in full and Dynegy does not exercise the Dynegy Repayment Option in full on the Repayment Option Date (or the first Business Day thereafter to the extent the Repayment Option Date does not fall on a Business Day), at any time after the Repayment Option Date, ECP may, or may cause the lender under the Bridge Loan to, convert all or any portion of the then Outstanding Bridge Loan Amount (all or such portion thereof, the “Conversion Amount”) into the number of Units equal to the quotient of (i) the product of (A) the Conversion Amount, multiplied by (B) the Conversion Multiple, divided by (ii) the price per Unit as of the date of this Agreement, and such Conversion Amount shall be deemed repaid in accordance with the terms of the Bridge Loan Agreement.
(c) If Dynegy exercises the Dynegy Repayment Option in full, on the Repayment Option Date, ECP shall, or shall cause the lender under the Bridge Loan to, convert the remaining Outstanding Bridge Loan Amount into Units at the price per Unit as of the date of this Agreement, and such converted amount shall be deemed repaid in accordance with the terms of the Bridge Loan Agreement.
(d) None of the terms or procedures set forth in Section 4.02 shall apply to this Section 4.11. The Board shall take all necessary action to effectuate the provisions of this Section 4.11, including authorizing and issuing the Units in respect of any Conversion Amount or in respect of a conversion pursuant to Section 4.11(a) or Section 4.11(c). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.06(c), no vote of the Board shall be required to effectuate the issuance of any Units pursuant to this Section 4.11.
Term Loan Facility (i) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Term Lender agrees to make available, from time to time, from the Closing Date until October 15, 1999 (the "Commencement Date"), for Borrower's use and upon the request of Borrower therefor to Agent, term loans in minimum $10,000,000 increments (each a "Term Loan Advance"; collectively, the "Term Loan"). The Pro Rata Share of the Term Loan of any Term Lender shall not exceed its separate Term Loan Commitment. The aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan outstanding shall not exceed at any time the Term Loan Commitment.
(ii) Borrower shall give Agent (which shall promptly notify Term Lenders) notice of each borrowing hereunder as provided in Section 1.1(b)(iii) and, subject to Section 9.11, on the date specified for such borrowing each Term Lender shall make available the amount of the Term Loan Advance to be made by it on such date to Agent to such account of Agent as Agent may designate, in immediately available funds, for the account of Borrower.
(iii) Each notice of a borrowing of a Term Loan Advance shall be given in writing (by telecopy, hand delivery, or U.S. mail) by Borrower to Agent at its address at 000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Portfolio Analyst, Telephone No. (000) 000-0000, Telecopy No. (203) 316-7817, given no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day of the proposed Term Loan Advance. Each such notice of borrowing (a "Notice of Term Loan Advance") shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2, specifying therein the requested date, the amount of such Term Loan, the Type or Types of advance comprising such Term Loan Advance and the amount of each such Type, and the LIBO Rate Period for each such Term Loan Advance which is a LIBO Rate Loan. Each Term Loan Advance shall be deemed to be an Index Rate Loan unless otherwise specified by Borrower in the Notice of Term Loan Advance delivered to Agent in relation to such Revolving Advance in accordance with the procedures and time set forth in this Section 1.1(b)(iii). Agent and Lenders shall be entitled to rely upon and shall be fully protected under this Agreement in relying upon any Notice of Term Loan Advance believed by Agent to be genuine and to assume that the persons executing and delivering the same were duly authorized unless the responsible individual acting thereon for Agent shall have actual knowledge to the contrary. Each LIBO Rate Loan shall be in a minimum amount of at least $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.
(iv) The Term Loan shall be evidenced by promissory notes substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2, and Borrower shall execute and deliver a Term Note to each Term Lender. Each Term Note shall represent the obligation of Borrower to pay the amount of the applicable Term Lender's Term Loan Commitment, together with interest thereon as prescribed in Section 1.4.
(v) Borrower shall pay the principal amount of the Term Loan in twenty (20) consecutive quarterly installments on the first Business Day of January, April, July and October of each year, commencing January 2, 2000, and in the percentage amounts of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan outstanding on the Commencement Date (such aggregate being the "Aggregate Term Amount"), as follows: Installment Amount (Percentage of Aggregate Term Amount Payment Date on Commencement Date) ------------ --------------------- January 2, 2000 1.67% April 1, 2000 1.67% July 1, 2000 1.67% October 1, 2000 1.67% January 2, 2001 3.33% April 1, 2001 3.33% July 1, 2001 3.33% October 1, 2001 3.33% January 2, 2002 5.00% April 1, 2002 5.00% July 1, 2002 5.00% 80 October 1, 2002 5.00% January 2, 2003 6.67% April 1, 2003 6.67% July 1, 2003 6.67% October 1, 2003 6.67% January 2, 2004 8.33% April 1, 2004 8.33% July 1, 2004 8.33% October 1, 2004 Balance Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan shall be due and payable in full in immediately available funds on the Commitment Termination Date, if not sooner paid in full.
(vi) Each scheduled payment and each prepayment of principal with respect to the Term Loan shall be paid to Agent for the ratable benefit of each Term Lender, ratably in proportion to and in reduction of each such Term Lender's respective Term Loan Commitment.
(vii) Additional Term Lenders may become parties hereto and existing Term Lenders may increase their Term Loan Commitments in each case with the consent of the Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower, which consent of Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, denied or delayed, from time to time until the first to occur of: (x) November 1, 1999 or (y) until the aggregate Term Loan Commitments of all Term Lenders equals $75,000,000. Each Term Lender shall have and maintain a Term Loan Commitment of at least $5,000,000.
Term Loan A (i) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Bank agrees to make one (1) term loan to Borrower in an aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan A Amount (“Term Loan A”). Borrower agrees to request Term Loan A on the Term Loan A Availability End Date. The proceeds of the Term Loan A shall be used for general working capital purposes and for capital expenditures.
(ii) Interest shall accrue from the date of Term Loan A at the rate specified in Section 2.3(a), and prior to the Term Loan A Interest-Only End Date interest only shall be payable monthly beginning on January 1, 2011, and continuing on the same day of each month thereafter. If Term Loan A remains outstanding on the Term Loan A Interest-Only End Date, it shall be payable in 30 equal monthly installments of principal, plus all accrued interest, beginning on one month immediately following the Term Loan A Interest-Only End Date, and continuing on the same day of each month thereafter through the Term Loan A Maturity Date, at which time all amounts due in connection with the Term Loan A shall be immediately due and payable. Term Loan A, once repaid, may not be re-borrowed.
(iii) On the Term Loan A Availability End Date, Borrower shall confirm to Bank (which notice shall be irrevocable) by facsimile transmission to be received no later than 3:30 p.m. Eastern time that Borrower desires to obtain Term Loan A. Such confirmation shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit C. The confirmation shall be signed by an Authorized Officer.
Loan Fee Borrower agrees to pay Lender a single loan fee per Loan (a “Loan Fee”) equal to $0.001 per Loaned Share. The Loan Fee shall be paid by Borrower on or before the time of transfer of the Loaned Shares pursuant to Section 2(d) on a delivery-versus-payment basis through the facilities of the Clearing Organization.
Term Loan Commitment As to each Term Loan Lender, the amount equal to such Term Loan Lender’s Term Loan Commitment Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans from time to time outstanding to the Borrower.
PAYMENT OF LOAN FEE Borrower shall pay to Lender a fee in the amount of One Thousand Five Hundred and 00/100 Dollars ($1,500.00) (the "Loan Fee") plus all out-of-pocket expenses.
Loan Facility Upon a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.02, and on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, the Conduit Lenders, ratably, in accordance with the aggregate of the Commitments of the Related Committed Lenders with respect to each such Conduit Lender, severally and not jointly, may, in their sole discretion, make Loans to the Borrower on a revolving basis, and if and to the extent any Conduit Lender does not make any such requested Loan or if any Group does not include a Conduit Lender, the Related Committed Lender(s) for such Conduit Lender or the Committed Lender for such Group, as the case may be, shall, ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments, severally and not jointly, make such Loans to the Borrower, in either case, from time to time during the period from the Closing Date to the Termination Date. Under no circumstances shall any Lender be obligated to make any such Loan if, after giving effect to such Loan:
(i) the Aggregate Capital would exceed the Facility Limit at such time;
(ii) the sum of (A) the Capital of such Lender, plus (B) the aggregate outstanding Capital of each other Lender in its Group, would exceed the Group Commitment of such Lender’s Group;
(iii) if such Lender is a Committed Lender, the aggregate outstanding Capital of such Committed Lender would exceed its Commitment; or
(iv) the Aggregate Capital would exceed the Borrowing Base at such time.