Certificates; Other Information Furnish to the Agent, in form and detail acceptable to Agent, with sufficient copies for each Lender, the following documents:
(a) Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements described in Sections 7.1(a) and 7.1(b) of this Agreement for each fiscal year-end and fiscal quarter-end, respectively, a Covenant Compliance Report duly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative and, as required by the Security Agreement, all original vehicle titles for vehicles acquired by any Credit Party during the prior fiscal quarter;
(b) Deliver (i) no later than November 15, 2007, a pro forma opening balance sheet for Sterling and its Consolidated Subsidiaries (including the Target) and (ii) no later than December 15, 2007, an actual opening balance sheet (the “Balance Sheet”) for Sterling and its Consolidated Subsidiaries (including Target), each such balance sheet to be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent;
(c) Promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all significant reports submitted by the Credit Parties’ firm(s) of certified public accountants in connection with each annual, interim or special audit or review of any type of the financial statements or related internal control systems of the Credit Parties made by such accountants, including any comment letter submitted by such accountants to management in connection with their services;
(d) Any financial reports, statements, press releases, other material information or written notices delivered to the holders of the Subordinated Debt pursuant to any applicable Subordinated Debt Documents (to the extent not otherwise required hereunder), as and when delivered to such Persons;
(e) Within sixty (60) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, projections for the Credit Parties for the next succeeding Fiscal Year, substantially in the form provided to the Agent prior to Effective Date, except as otherwise requested by or agreed to by the Agent, such projections certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative as being based on reasonable estimates and assumptions taking into account all facts and information known (or reasonably available to any Credit Party) by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative;
(f) Promptly upon the filing thereof, any 10-K or 10-Q filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange;
(g) Any additional information as required by any Loan Document, and such additional schedules, certificates and reports respecting all or any of the Collateral, the items or amounts received by the Credit Parties in full or partial payment thereof, and any goods (the sale or lease of which shall have given rise to any of the Collateral) possession of which has been obtained by the Credit Parties, all to such extent as Agent may reasonably request from time to time, any such schedule, certificate or report to be certified as true and correct in all material respects by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Credit Party and shall be in such form and detail as Agent may reasonably specify; and
(h) Such additional financial and/or other information as Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request, promptly following such request.
Further Information Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representative such further information, certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably request.
Certificates; Reports; Other Information Promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to each Lender:
(a) promptly after the same are publicly available, press releases and other statements made available generally by any Loan Party to the public concerning material developments in the business of the Loan Parties;
(b) promptly after the receipt or furnishing thereof, copies of any material requests or material notices received by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (other than in the ordinary course of business) in respect of any instrument, indenture, loan or credit or similar agreement relating to Indebtedness in excess of the Threshold Amount;
(c) together with the delivery of the financial statements required pursuant to Section 6.01(b), (i) a description of each event, condition or circumstance during the last Fiscal Quarter requiring a prepayment under Section 2.03(b), (ii) a list of Subsidiaries as of the date of delivery of such financial statements or a confirmation that there is no change in such information since the later of the Effective Date or the date of the last such list and (iii) a report supplementing Schedules 5.07(b) and 5.17 and Schedules I and IV of the Security Agreement; and
(d) promptly, such additional information regarding the business, legal, financial or corporate affairs of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender through the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request. Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 or Section 6.02 shall be delivered electronically to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to each Lender; provided that upon written request by the Administrative Agent, Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to each Lender until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing electronically provided documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent’s filing of notice of any event described in Section 6.02 with the SEC shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 6.02 on the date on which such report is first available via the SEC’s EXXXX system or a successor system related thereto.
Record Keeping and Other Information FIIOC and FSC shall create and maintain all records required by all applicable laws, rules and regulations relating to the services to be performed herein, including but not limited to, all applicable records required by Section 31(a) of the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder, as the same may be amended from time to time. All records shall be the property of the Trust and shall be available for inspection and use by the Trust at all times. Where applicable, such records shall be maintained by FIIOC and FSC for the periods and in the places required by Rule 31a-2 under the 1940 Act, with respect to FIIOC, and by rules under the 1940 Act, with respect to FSC.
Reports and Other Information (a) Notwithstanding that the Issuer may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise report on an annual and quarterly basis on forms provided for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, the Issuer shall file with the SEC (and provide the Trustee and Holders with copies thereof, without cost to each Holder, within 15 days after it files them with the SEC):
(i) within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations, annual reports on Form 10-K (or any successor or comparable form) containing the information required to be contained therein (or required in such successor or comparable form),
(ii) within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations, reports on Form 10-Q (or any successor or comparable form) containing the information required to be contained therein (or required in such successor or comparable form),
(iii) promptly from time to time after the occurrence of an event required to be therein reported (and in any event within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations), such other reports on Form 8-K (or any successor or comparable form), and
(iv) any other information, documents and other reports which the Issuer would be required to file with the SEC if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be so obligated to file such reports with the SEC if the SEC does not permit such filing, in which event the Issuer shall make available such information to prospective purchasers of Securities, including by posting such reports on the primary website of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries in addition to providing such information to the Trustee and the Holders, in each case within 15 days after the time the Issuer would be required to file such information with the SEC if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it being understood that the Trustee shall have no responsibility whatsoever to determine whether any filings have been made with the SEC or reports have been posted on such website.
(b) In the event that:
(i) the rules and regulations of the SEC permit the Issuer and any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to report at such parent entity’s level on a consolidated basis, and
(ii) such parent entity of the Issuer is not engaged in any business in any material respect other than incidental to its ownership, directly or indirectly, of the Capital Stock of the Issuer, such consolidated reporting at such parent entity’s level in a manner consistent with that described in this Section 4.02 for the Issuer shall satisfy this Section 4.02.
(c) The Issuer shall make such information available to prospective investors upon request. In addition, the Issuer shall, for so long as any Securities remain outstanding during any period when it is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or otherwise permitted to furnish the SEC with certain information pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) of the Exchange Act, furnish to the Holders and to prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer will be deemed to have furnished such reports referred to above to the Trustee and the Holders if the Issuer has filed such reports with the SEC via the EXXXX filing system and such reports are publicly available; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no responsibility whatsoever to determine whether or not the Issuer has made such filing.
(a) So long as the Parent Guarantee is in effect, or (b) in the event that any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer is or becomes a guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Issuer may satisfy its obligations under this Section 4.02 with respect to financial information relating to the Issuer by furnishing financial information relating to the Parent Guarantor, or to such direct or indirect parent, as applicable; provided that the same is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to the Parent Guarantor, or to such direct or indirect parent, and any of their respective Subsidiaries other than the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the other Subsidiaries of the Issuer on a standalone basis, on the other hand. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates with respect thereto).
Financial and Other Information Except as otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement, Borrower shall keep proper books of record and account in which full and true entries will be made of all dealings and transactions of or in relation to the business and affairs of Borrower, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, and Borrower shall cause to be furnished to the Agent (with copies to the other Lenders) from time to time and in a form reasonably acceptable to the Agent, such information as the Agent may reasonably request, including without limitation, the following:
(a) as soon as practicable and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of Borrower, (i) audited statements of income, retained earnings and cash flow of Borrower for each year, and a balance sheet of Borrower for such year, setting forth in each case, in comparative form, corresponding figures as of the end of the preceding fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and reasonably satisfactory in scope to the Agent and certified to Borrower by such independent public accountants as are selected by Borrower and reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, whose opinion shall be in scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders; (ii) a management discussion and analysis of operations as included in the annual report; and (iii) detailed annual operating and capital budgets for the next (then current) Fiscal Year, commencing with Fiscal Year 2005;
(i) as soon as practicable and in any event within forty five (45) days after the end of each fiscal quarter of Borrower except the last fiscal quarter of each Fiscal Year of Borrower, a management discussion and analysis of operations, and (ii) as soon as practicable and in any event within thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal quarter of Borrower, a compliance certificate of the chief financial officer or controller of Borrower in substantially the form attached as Exhibit 7A (“Compliance Certificate”);
(c) as soon as practicable and in any event within thirty (30) days after the end of each monthly accounting period in each fiscal year of Borrower: (i) statements of income and retained earnings of Borrower for such monthly period and for the period from the beginning of the then current fiscal year to the end of such monthly period, and a balance sheet of Borrower as of the end of such monthly period, setting forth in each case, in comparative form, figures for the corresponding periods in the preceding fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified as materially accurate by the chief financial officer or controller of Borrower, subject to changes resulting from normal year-end adjustments;
(d) as soon as practicable and in any event within thirty (30) days after the end of each monthly accounting period in each Fiscal Year of Borrower, a Borrowing Base Certificate for Borrower computed as of the last day of such month, signed by the chief financial officer or controller of Borrower (however, monthly Borrowing Base Certificates will not be required so long as the then most recent Compliance Certificate shows (a) Borrower’s Leverage Ratio, using the EBITDA calculations referred to in Section 7.6(c), is less than 2.50 to 1.0 and (b) the Borrowing Base Limit is greater than or equal to $50,000,000);
(e) at the time of the delivery of the financial statements as required by Section 7.1(a), and in the event that a Compliance Certificate previously delivered as of the last fiscal quarter of the Fiscal Year of Borrower is incorrect in any material respect based on such financial statements, a corrected Compliance Certificate.
Other Information and Inspections In each case subject to the last sentence of this Section 6.3, each Restricted Person will furnish to each Lender any information which Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time request concerning any covenant, provision or condition of the Loan Documents or any matter in connection with Restricted Persons' businesses and operations. In each case subject to the last sentence of this Section 6.3, each Restricted Person will permit representatives appointed by Administrative Agent (including independent accountants, auditors, agents, attorneys, appraisers and any other Persons) to visit and inspect during normal business hours any of such Restricted Person's property, including its books of account, other books and records, and any facilities or other business assets, and to make extra copies therefrom and photocopies and photographs thereof, and to write down and record any information such representatives obtain, and each Restricted Person shall permit Administrative Agent or its representatives to investigate and verify the accuracy of the information furnished to Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the Loan Documents and to discuss all such matters with its officers, employees and, upon prior notice to Borrower, its representatives. Each of the foregoing inspections shall be made subject to compliance with applicable safety standards and the same conditions applicable to any Restricted Person in respect of property of that Restricted Person on the premises of Persons other than a Restricted Person or an Affiliate of a Restricted Person, and all information, books and records furnished or requested to be furnished, or of which copies, photocopies or photographs are made or requested to be made, all information to be investigated or verified and all discussions conducted with any officer, employee or representative of any Restricted Person shall be subject to any applicable attorney-client privilege exceptions which the Restricted Person determines is reasonably necessary and compliance with conditions to disclosures under non-disclosure agreements between any Restricted Person and Persons other than a Restricted Person or an Affiliate of a Restricted Person and the express undertaking of each Person acting at the direction of or on behalf of any Lender Party to be bound by the confidentiality provisions of Section 10.6 of this Agreement.
Other Information Such other information respecting the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries as any Agent, or any Lender Party through the Administrative Agent, may from time to time reasonably request.
Financial Statements; Other Information It shall provide to the Administrative Agent or cause to be provided to the Administrative Agent (with enough additional copies for each Lender) with a copy to the Collateral Agent:
(i) within ninety days after the end of each fiscal year of the BDC, the BDC’s audited consolidated balance sheet and related line item profit and loss statements (including (x) a consolidating schedule showing such statements for the Borrower and (y) the most recent quarterly valuation statement for the BDC) as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the BDC, and each of its consolidated subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
(ii) within sixty days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the BDC, each of its unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related line item profit and loss statements (in the case of the BDC, including (x) a consolidating schedule showing such statements for the Borrower and (y) the most recent quarterly valuation statement for the BDC) as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, in each case, to the extent produced, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by a Responsible Officer as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the BDC and each of its consolidated subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(iii) [reserved];
(iv) within two Business Days after a Responsible Officer of the Collateral Manager or a Responsible Officer of the Borrower obtains actual knowledge of the occurrence and continuance of any (w) Default or (x) Event of Default, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth the details thereof and the action which the Borrower is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;
(v) from time to time such additional information regarding the Borrower’s financial position or business and the Collateral (including reasonably detailed calculations of each Coverage Test and each Portfolio Quality Test) as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request if reasonably available to the Borrower;
(vi) promptly after the occurrence of any ERISA Event, notice of such ERISA Event and copies of any communications with all Governmental Authorities or any Multiemployer Plan with respect to such ERISA Event;
(vii) promptly after the occurrence of any change in the Borrower’s taxpayer identification number, notice of such change on an IRS Form W-9;
(viii) at least two (2) Business Days prior to doing so, the Borrower shall provide notice of any change in its chief place of business, its chief executive office or the office in which the Borrower maintains its books and records;
(ix) within 15 days after each Determination Date, a Compliance Certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J calculating each Coverage Test;
(x) within 90 days after the last day of each fiscal year, a certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent calculating the total net revenue of the Collateral Manager; and
(xi) as soon as commercially practicable: (i) promptly upon request therefor by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, confirmation of the accuracy of the information set forth in the most recent Certificate of Beneficial Ownership provided to the Administrative Agent and Lenders; (ii) a new Certificate of Beneficial Ownership, in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, when the individual(s) to be identified as a Beneficial Owner have changed; and (iii) such other information and documentation as may reasonably be requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender from time to time for purposes of compliance by the Administrative Agent or such Lender with Applicable Laws (including without limitation the Patriot Act and other “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations), and any policy or procedure implemented by the Administrative Agent or such Lender to comply therewith.
Information to Lenders Promptly following any change in Letters of Credit outstanding, the Issuing Bank shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, who shall promptly deliver the same to each Lender and the Borrower, a notice describing the aggregate amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time. Upon the request of any Lender from time to time, the Issuing Bank shall deliver any other information reasonably requested by such Lender with respect to each Letter of Credit then outstanding. Other than as set forth in this subsection, the Issuing Bank shall have no duty to notify the Lenders regarding the issuance or other matters regarding Letters of Credit issued hereunder. The failure of the Issuing Bank to perform its requirements under this subsection shall not relieve any Lender from its obligations under the immediately preceding subsection (j).
