Refinancing Facilities (a) At any time after the Closing Date, the Borrowers may obtain, from any Lender or any Additional Lender, Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of (i) all or any portion of the Term Loans then outstanding under this Agreement (which, for purposes of this clause (i), will be deemed to include any then outstanding Other Term Loans and Other Term Loan Commitments) or (ii) all or any portion of the Revolving Loans (or unused Revolving Credit Commitments) under this Agreement (which, for purposes of this clause (ii), will be deemed to include any then outstanding Other Revolving Loans and Other Revolving Commitments), in the form of (x) Other Term Loans or Other Term Loan Commitments or (y) Other Revolving Loans or Other Revolving Commitments, as applicable, in each case, pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment; provided that such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (A) shall rank pari passu in right of payment and of security with the other Loans and Commitments hereunder, (B) will have such pricing, fees, premiums, and interest or optional prepayment terms as may be agreed by the Borrowers and the Lenders thereof, (C)(x) with respect to any Other Revolving Loans or Other Revolving Commitments, will have a maturity date that is not prior to the maturity date of Revolving Loans (or unused Revolving Credit Commitments) being refinanced and (y) with respect to any Other Term Loans or Other Term Loan Commitments, will have a maturity date that is not prior to the maturity date of, and will have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is not shorter than, the then applicable Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans being refinanced (other than to the extent of nominal amortization for periods where amortization has been eliminated or reduced as a result of prepayments of such Term Loans), (D) any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in the form of Other Term Loans or Other Term Loan Commitments will share ratably in any voluntary and mandatory prepayments or repayments of Term Loans (unless the Lenders providing the Other Term Loans agree to participate on a less than pro rata basis in any voluntary or mandatory prepayments or repayments), (E) will, in the case of any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in the form of Other Revolving Loans or Other Revolving Commitments, provide that (1) the borrowing and repayment (except for (i) payments of interest and fees at different rates on Other Revolving Commitments (and related outstandings), (ii) repayments required upon the maturity date of the Other Revolving Commitments and (iii) repayments made in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments (subject to clause (3) below)) of Loans with respect to Other Revolving Commitments after the date of obtaining any Other Revolving Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Credit Commitments, (2) subject to the provisions of Section 2.3 and Section 2.4 to the extent dealing with Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit which mature or expire after a maturity date when there exists Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments with a longer maturity date, all Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit shall be participated on a pro rata basis by all Lenders with Other Revolving Commitments in accordance with their percentage of the Revolving Credit Commitments (and except as provided in Section 2.3 and Section 2.4, without giving effect to changes thereto on an earlier maturity date with respect to Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit theretofore incurred or issued), (3) the permanent repayment of Revolving Loans with respect to, and termination of, Other Revolving Commitments after the date of obtaining any Other Revolving Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Credit Commitments, except that the Borrowers shall be permitted to permanently repay and terminate commitments of any such Class on a better than a pro rata basis as compared to any other Class with a later maturity date than such Class and (4) assignments and participations of Other Revolving Commitments and Other Revolving Loans be governed by the same assignment and participation provisions applicable to Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Loans, (F) such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subject to the Intercreditor Agreement and (G) will have terms and conditions that are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, to Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries than those applicable to the Refinanced Debt, taken as a whole, as determined in Holdings’ good faith judgment in consultation with the Administrative Agent (except for (A) covenants and events of default applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time of the incurrence or issuance of any such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness or (B) unless the Borrowers enter into an amendment to this Agreement with the Administrative Agent (which amendment shall not require the consent of any other Lender) to add such more restrictive terms for the benefit of the Lenders). Each Class of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred under this Section 2.26 shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is (x) not less than $10,000,000 in the case of Other Term Loans or $5,000,000 in the case of Other Revolving Loans and (y) an integral multiple of the Dollar Amount of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Any Refinancing Amendment may provide for the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrowers, or the provision to the Borrowers of Swing Line Loans, pursuant to any Other Revolving Commitments established thereby, in each case on terms substantially equivalent to the terms applicable to Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans under the Revolving Credit Commitments.
PIPE Financing Parent has executed Subscription Agreements with the PIPE Investors for them to purchase the PIPE Shares for an aggregate investment equal to the PIPE Financing Amount. Each of the PIPE Investors has represented that it is an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act) or a “qualified institutional buyer” (within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act). True and complete executed copies of each Subscription Agreement has been delivered to the Company on or prior to the date hereof. Each of the Subscription Agreements (a) have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Parent, (b) are in full force and effect and have not been withdrawn, terminated or otherwise amended or modified (and no such withdrawal, termination, amendment or modification is contemplated by Parent) and (c) constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of Parent, enforceable against Parent, and, to the knowledge of Parent, the other parties thereto, in accordance with their terms. There are no other agreements, side letters, or arrangements between Parent and any PIPE Investor relating to any Subscription Agreement or the purchase by such PIPE Investor of securities of Parent, that could affect the obligation of the PIPE Investors to acquire their portion of the PIPE Shares as set forth in the applicable Subscription Agreement, and, as of the date hereof, Parent does not know of any facts or circumstances that may reasonably be expected to result in any of the conditions set forth in any Subscription Agreements not being satisfied, or the PIPE Investment Amount not being available to Parent, on the Closing Date. No event has occurred that, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute a default or breach on the part of Parent under any material term or condition of any Subscription Agreement and, as of the date hereof, Parent has no reason to believe that it will be unable to satisfy in all material respects on a timely basis any term or condition of closing to be satisfied by it contained in any Subscription Agreement. The Subscription Agreements contain all of the conditions precedent to the obligations of the PIPE Investors to acquire the PIPE Shares on the terms set forth therein. No fees, consideration (other than PIPE Shares) or other discounts are payable or have been agreed by Parent to any PIPE Investor in respect of its PIPE Shares to be acquired under its Subscription Agreement.
Additional Financing Except as otherwise provided in this Article V, no Member shall be obligated or permitted to contribute any additional capital to the Company without the consent of the Board of Managers. No interest shall accrue on any contributions to the capital of the Company, and no Member shall have the right to withdraw or to be repaid any capital contributed by it or to receive any other payment in respect of its interest in the Company, including without limitation as a result of the withdrawal or resignation of such Member from the Company, except as specifically provided in this Agreement. The records of the Company shall be adjusted to reflect any additional contributions to the capital of the Company made pursuant to Section 5.2.
Bridge Financing The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and do or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to obtain no later than October 30, 2004 a commitment letter (the “Bridge Financing Commitment Letter”) expiring no earlier than January 30, 2005, from a reputable financial institution in substantially the same form and substance as Exhibit F attached hereto, to provide financing on terms and conditions no less favorable than those described on Exhibit F attached hereto.
Transaction Financing The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to obtain a commitment letter (the “Transaction Financing Commitment Letter”), from a reputable financial institution to provide financing for the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby on commercially reasonable terms and conditions.
Debt Financing (a) The Company, MCK and Echo Holdco and their respective Subsidiaries shall use their reasonable best efforts to assist the Company to arrange and obtain the Debt Financing on the terms and conditions described in the Debt Commitment Letters as promptly as practicable after the date hereof, including their reasonable best efforts to (i) maintain in effect the Debt Commitment Letters, (ii) negotiate and enter into definitive agreements with respect thereto on the terms and conditions contained in the Debt Commitment Letters (including any flex provisions) or on other terms no less favorable to the Company, (iii) satisfy on a timely basis all conditions in the Debt Commitment Letters that are within their control and (iv) upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Debt Commitment Letters, consummate the Debt Financing at or prior to the Closing; it being understood that, if any portion of the Debt Financing to be provided as contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letters pursuant to a public offering, private offering under Rule 144A or otherwise has not been provided, and all conditions precedent to the Parties’ obligations hereunder shall have been satisfied or waived (other than receipt of the Debt Financing and those conditions which by their nature will not be satisfied except by actions taken at the Closing, but subject to the their satisfaction at the Closing), the Company shall draw upon the commitments under the Debt Commitment Letters to provide the bridge financing contemplated by and on the terms and conditions (including any applicable “flex” provisions) set forth in the Debt Commitment Letters. Each of the Company, MCK and Echo Holdco shall keep each other reasonably informed with respect to all material activity concerning the status of the Debt Financing contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letters and shall give each other notice of any material adverse change with respect to such Debt Financing as promptly as practicable.
Tail Financing The Placement Agent shall be entitled to fees per Section 2.A. of this Agreement with respect to any public or private offering or other financing or capital-raising transaction of any kind (“Tail Financing”) to the extent that such Tail Financing is provided to the Company by any Investors in this Offering that the Placement Agent has introduced to the Company during the term of the Placement Agent’s engagement for this offering, if such Tail Financing is consummated at any time within the 12-month period following the Closing Date.
Financing Commitment For the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the fifth anniversary hereof, Atlas America and Resource Energy agree to provide to the MLP funding of up to an aggregate of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) per annum to finance the cost of expanding the Gathering System or constructing new additions to the Gathering System. Atlas America and Resource Energy, jointly and severally, commit to provide such funding, upon the MLP's written request therefor, by purchasing Common Units at a price equal to the arithmetic average of the closing prices of the Common Units on the American Stock Exchange, or, if the American Stock Exchange is not the principal trading market for such security, on the principal trading market for such security, for the twenty consecutive trading days ending on the trading day prior to the purchase, or, if the fair market value of the Common Units cannot be calculated for such period on any of the foregoing bases, the average fair market value during such period as reasonably determined in good faith by the members of the managing board of the General Partner.
Refinancing Substantially simultaneously with the funding of the Initial Term Loans, the Closing Date Refinancing shall be consummated.
Equity Financing The Permitted Investors shall have made equity contributions to, or purchased for cash equity of, Holdings in an aggregate amount that, together with all roll-over equity, constitutes not less than 40% of the pro forma capitalization of Holdings and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (after giving effect to the Transactions but excluding any Loans made or Letters of Credit issued under the Revolving Facility).
