Delivery Obligations (a) The Seller shall Deliver to the Purchaser, not later than the 5th Business Day following the Determination Date for each Lot (the “Delivery Deadline”), Finished Cobalt in an amount equal to the Payable Cobalt in respect of the Parcel from which such Lot was produced (the “Delivery Amount”); provided that where such Lot is comprised of Off-Spec Material, the Seller shall provide the Purchaser with prompt (and in any event prior to the initial Delivery Deadline) written notice (an “Off-Spec Material Notice”) of the existence of such Off-Spec Material and the Delivery Deadline for such Delivery Amount shall be as follows:
(i) to the extent that the Seller is able to Deliver some or all of the Delivery Amount using Finished Cobalt held on the date of the Off- Spec Material Notice by any Vale Affiliate in inventory in a Warehouse located in [REDACTED: Commercially Sensitive], the Delivery Deadline in respect of such portion of the Delivery Amount shall be not later than the 5th Business Day following the Determination Date for the relevant Lot;
(ii) thereafter, to the extent that the Seller is able to Deliver some or all of any remaining portion of the Delivery Amount using Finished Cobalt held on the date of the Off-Spec Material Notice by any Vale Affiliate in inventory in a Warehouse located in [REDACTED: Commercially Sensitive], the Delivery Deadline in respect of such portion of the Delivery Amount shall be not later than the 10th Business Day following the Determination Date for the relevant Lot; and
(iii) thereafter, in respect of the balance of the Delivery Amount (the “Delivery Balance”), if any, the Delivery Deadline shall be not later than the 15th Business Day following the Determination Date for the relevant Lot, subject to Section 2.2(c). Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the Seller grants or has granted a permitted Stream Equivalent Transaction required to be settled in physical cobalt to any Person other than the Purchaser, the Seller shall use its available Finished Cobalt inventory (and any other Finished Cobalt that it is able to acquire) to satisfy its delivery obligations to the Purchaser and to such other Person(s) proportionately to their respective cobalt stream percentages or similar interests in cobalt.
(b) The Seller shall ensure that the Vale Affiliates maintain, at all times, an inventory of at least [REDACTED: Commercially Sensitive] tonnes of Finished Cobalt ([REDACTED: Commercially Sensitive]) in one or more Warehouses located in [REDACTED: Commercially Sensitive], provided that where the Vale Affiliates have drawn on such inventory of Finished Cobalt to meet the Seller’s Delivery obligations to the Purchaser in accordance with Section 2.2(a)(i) and any other permitted Stream Equivalent Transactions granted by the Seller that are required to be settled in physical cobalt, the Vale Affiliates shall have up to 45 days after the date of the relevant Delivery to restore such inventory of Finished Cobalt to at least [REDACTED: Commercially Sensitive] tonnes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Vale Affiliates shall not be required to maintain any inventory of Finished Cobalt for so long as any increase to the Stream Percentage in accordance with Section 5.3 is in effect.
(c) [REDACTED: Commercially Sensitive].
(d) No later than 15 Business Days following the end of each calendar quarter, the Seller shall conduct an updated Metal Balance Determination in respect of all Lots in respect of which Deliveries of Finished Cobalt were made (or required to be made) by the Seller to the Purchaser in accordance with Section 2.2(a) within such calendar quarter and shall determine the quantity of Minerals processed at Long Harbour over the period of processing attributed to such Lots (the “Quarterly Parcel”). The Seller shall calculate the Payable Cobalt in respect of such Quarterly Parcel as if it were a Parcel and to the extent that the aggregate Payable Cobalt in respect of the Quarterly Parcel is greater or less than the Finished Cobalt actually Delivered (or required to be Delivered) by the Seller to the Purchaser during such calendar quarter in respect of such Lots, the Seller shall (subject to Section 2.2(e)) reduce or increase, as the case may be, the amount of the next following Delivery of Finished Cobalt (the “Subject Delivery”) to account for such difference (a “Delivery Adjustment”); provided that:
(i) where the amount of such Subject Delivery is required to be increased by an amount of Finished Cobalt (the “Top-Up Amount”) pursuant to a Delivery Adjustment, the Top-Up Amount shall be calculated in accordance with the following formula: Top-Up Amount = A x (B/C) where: “A” is the number of pounds of Finished Cobalt by which (a) the number of pounds of Payable Cobalt calculated in respect of the Quarterly Parcel exceeds (b) the Finished Cobalt actually Delivered (or required to be Delivered) to the Purchaser during the relevant calendar quarter;
Obligations Absolute The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document;
(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(iv) any payment by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; or
(v) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary. The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will immediately notify the L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
Guaranty of the Obligations Subject to the provisions of Section 7.2, Guarantors jointly and severally hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guaranty to Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Beneficiaries the due and punctual payment in full of all Obligations when the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)) (collectively, the “Guaranteed Obligations”).
Obligation Absolute The obligation of Borrower to reimburse Agent and Revolving Lenders for payments made with respect to any Letter of Credit Obligation shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, without necessity of presentment, demand, protest or other formalities, and the obligations of each Revolving Lender to make payments to Agent with respect to Letters of Credit shall be unconditional and irrevocable. Such obligations of Borrower and Revolving Lenders shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms hereof under all circumstances including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or the Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any other agreement;
(ii) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right that Borrower or any of its Affiliates or any Lender may at any time have against a beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons or entities for whom any such transferee may be acting), Agent, any Lender, or any other Person, whether in connection with the Agreement, the Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated herein or therein or any unrelated transaction (including any underlying transaction between Borrower or any of its Affiliates and the beneficiary for which the Letter of Credit was procured);
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or any other document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;
(iv) payment by Agent (except as otherwise expressly provided in paragraph (g)(ii)(C) below) or any L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof against presentation of a demand, draft or certificate or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or such guaranty;
(v) any other circumstance or event whatsoever, that is similar to any of the foregoing; or
(vi) the fact that a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
Payment of Financial Obligations The payment or provision to the Executive by the Company of any remuneration, benefits or other financial obligations pursuant to this Agreement shall be allocated among the Operating Partnership, the REIT and any subsidiary or affiliate thereof in such manner as such entities determine in order to reflect the services provided by the Executive to such entities; provided, however, that the Operating Partnership and the REIT shall be jointly and severally liable for such obligations.
Primary Obligations This Guaranty is a primary and original obligation of Guarantor, is not merely the creation of a surety relationship, and shall remain in full force and effect without respect to future changes in conditions, including any change of law or any invalidity or irregularity with respect to the issuance of the Loan Documents. Each person executing this Guaranty as Guarantor agrees that it is directly and severally (but not jointly) with any and all other guarantors of the Guaranteed Obligations, liable to Lender, that the obligations of Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of Borrower or any other guarantor, and that a separate action may be brought against each person signing as Guarantor whether such action is brought against Borrower or any other guarantor or whether Borrower or any such other guarantor is joined in such action. Guarantor agrees that any release which may be given by Lender to Borrower or any other guarantor shall not release Guarantor. Guarantor consents and agrees that Lender shall be under no obligation to marshal any assets of Borrower or any other guarantor in favor of Guarantor, or against or in payment of any or all of the Guaranteed Obligations.
Payment Obligations Absolute The Company’s obligation during and after the Employment Period to pay the Executive the amounts and to make the benefit and other arrangements provided herein shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstances, including, without limitation, any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which the Company may have against him or anyone else. Except as provided in Section 15, all amounts payable by the Company hereunder shall be paid without notice or demand. Each and every payment made hereunder by the Company shall be final, and the Company will not seek to recover all or any part of such payment from the Executive, or from whomsoever may be entitled thereto, for any reason whatsoever.
Litigation and Contingent Obligations There is no litigation, arbitration, governmental investigation, proceeding or inquiry pending or, to the knowledge of any of their officers, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or which seeks to prevent, enjoin or delay the making of any Loans. Other than any liability incident to any litigation, arbitration or proceeding which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower has no material contingent obligations not provided for or disclosed in the financial statements referred to in Section 5.4.
FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS There will be no transfer of funds between the Parties under this Agreement and each Party will fund its own participation. All activities under or pursuant to this Agreement are subject to the availability of funds, and no provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted to require obligation or payment of funds in violation of the Anti-Deficiency Act, (31 U.S.C. § 1341).
