Special Purpose Entity/Separateness (a) Borrower hereby (i) represents and warrants that, from the Original Closing Date until the date hereof, each Borrower and each SPE Party (other than Paris Individual Borrower and Xxxxxxxx Individual Borrower) has been a Special Purpose Entity (as such term was defined in the Original Loan Agreement), and (ii) represents, warrants and covenants that from the date hereof until the Debt is paid in full each Borrower and each SPE Party (other than Paris Individual Borrower and Xxxxxxxx Individual Borrower) is, shall be and shall continue to be a Special Purpose Entity. Borrower hereby (1) represents and warrants that, from the Swap Closing Date until the date hereof, each of Paris Individual Borrower and Xxxxxxxx Individual Borrower has been a Special Purpose Entity (as such term was defined in the Original Loan Agreement), and (2) represents, warrants and covenants that from the date hereof until the Debt is paid in full each of Paris Individual Borrower and Xxxxxxxx Individual Borrower is, shall be and shall continue to be a Special Purpose Entity. Each of Original Tahoe Borrower and Original Showboat Borrower was a Special Purpose Entity (as such term was defined in the Original Loan Agreement) for the period from the Original Closing Date to and including the Swap Closing Date.
(b) The representations, warranties and covenants set forth in Section 4.1.30 shall survive for so long as any amount remains payable to any Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(c) All of the assumptions made in the Insolvency Opinion, including, but not limited to, any exhibits attached thereto, are true and correct and any assumptions made in any subsequent non-consolidation opinion or update required to be delivered in connection with the Loan Documents (an “Additional Insolvency Opinion”), including, but not limited to, any exhibits attached thereto, will have been and shall be true and correct. Borrower has complied and will comply with, and Borrower shall cause each SPE Party, Manager and Operating Company to comply with, all of the assumptions made with respect to the SPE Parties, Manager and Operating Company in the Insolvency Opinion. The SPE Parties will have complied and will comply with all of the assumptions made with respect to the SPE Parties in any Additional Insolvency Opinion. Each entity with respect to which an assumption shall be made in any Additional Insolvency Opinion will have complied and will comply with all of the assumptions made with respect to it in any Additional Insolvency Opinion.
(d) All of the assumptions made in the True Lease Opinion, including, but not limited to, any exhibits attached thereto, are true and correct and any assumptions made in any subsequent true lease opinion or update required to be delivered in connection with the Loan Documents (an “Additional True Lease Opinion”), including, but not limited to, any exhibits attached thereto, will have been and shall be true and correct. Each SPE Party has complied and will comply with, and Borrower shall cause Manager and Operating Company to comply with, all of the assumptions made with respect to such SPE Parties and Operating Company in the True Lease Opinion. Each SPE Party will have complied and will comply with all of the assumptions made with respect to such SPE Parties in any Additional True Lease Opinion. Each entity with respect to which an assumption shall be made in any Additional True Lease Opinion will have complied and will comply with all of the assumptions made with respect to it in any Additional True Lease Opinion.
Qualifying Special Purpose Entity Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the Trust Fund shall not hold any property or engage in any activity that would disqualify the Trust Fund from being a qualifying special purpose entity under generally accepted accounting principles.
Special Purpose Entity At all times prior to the Collection Date, the Borrower has not and shall not:
(i) engage in any business or activity other than the purchase, receipt, management and sale of Collateral, the transfer and pledge of Collateral pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents, the entry into and the performance under the Transaction Documents and such other activities as are incidental thereto;
(ii) acquire or own any assets other than (a) the Collateral or (b) incidental property as may be necessary for the operation of the Borrower and the performance of its obligations under the Transaction Documents including, without limitation, capital contributions which it may receive from the Equityholder;
(iii) merge into or consolidate with any Person or dissolve, terminate or liquidate in whole or in part, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (other than in accordance with the provisions hereof), without in each case first obtaining the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, or except as permitted by this Agreement, change its legal structure, or jurisdiction of formation, unless, in connection with any of the foregoing, such action shall result in the substantially contemporaneous occurrence of the Collection Date;
(iv) except as otherwise permitted under clause (iii), fail to preserve its existence as an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or formation, or without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, amend, modify, terminate or fail to comply with the provisions of its limited liability company agreement, or fail to observe limited liability company formalities;
(v) form, acquire or own any Subsidiary, own any Capital Stock in any other entity (other than Capital Stock in Obligors in connection with the exercise of any remedies with respect to a Loan or any exchange offer, work-out or restructuring of a Loan), or make any Investment in any Person (other than Permitted Investments or Capital Stock in Obligors in connection with the exercise of any remedies with respect to a Loan or any exchange offer, work-out or restructuring of a Loan) without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent;
(vi) commingle its assets with the assets of any of its Affiliates, or of any other Person;
(vii) incur any Indebtedness, secured or unsecured, direct or contingent (including guaranteeing any obligation), other than Indebtedness to the Secured Parties hereunder or in conjunction with a repayment of all Advances owed to the Lenders and a termination of all the Commitments;
(viii) become insolvent or fail to pay its debts and liabilities from its assets as the same shall become due;
(ix) fail to maintain its records, books of account and bank accounts separate and apart from those of any other Person;
(x) enter into any contract or agreement with any Person, except (a) the Transaction Documents and (b) other contracts or agreements that are upon terms and conditions that are commercially reasonable and substantially similar to those that would be available on an arm’s-length basis with third parties other than such Person; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt with regard to this clause (x), (i) acquisitions of Collateral from the Seller, and sales of Collateral to the Seller and its Affiliates, each in accordance with other provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 6.2(m), Section 6.2(n) and Section 6.2(o)) and the other Transaction Documents shall be permitted and (ii) the Equityholder may contribute cash or other property as a capital contribution to the Borrower;
(xi) seek its dissolution or winding up in whole or in part;
(xii) fail to correct any known misunderstandings regarding the separate identities of the Borrower, the Seller or any other Person;
(xiii) guarantee, become obligated for, or hold itself out to be responsible for the debt of another Person;
(xiv) fail either to hold itself out to the public as a legal entity separate and distinct from any other Person or to conduct its business, including all oral and written communications solely in its own name in order not (a) to mislead others as to the identity of the Person with which such other party is transacting business, or (b) to suggest that it is responsible for the debts of any third party (including any of its principals or Affiliates);
(xv) fail to maintain adequate capital for the normal obligations reasonably foreseeable in a business of its size and character and in light of its contemplated business operations;
(xvi) file or consent to the filing of any petition, either voluntary or involuntary, to take advantage of any applicable insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization statute, or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors;
(xvii) except as may be required or permitted by the Code and regulations or other applicable state or local tax law, hold itself out as or be considered as a department or division of (a) any of its principals or Affiliates, (b) any Affiliate of a principal or (c) any other Person;
(xviii) fail to maintain separate financial statements, showing its assets and liabilities separate and apart from those of any other Person and not have its assets listed on any financial statement of any other Person; provided, however, that the Borrower’s assets may be included in a consolidated financial statement of an Affiliate of the Borrower or the Collateral Manager (or parent company) provided that (a) appropriate notation shall be made on such consolidated financial statements to indicate the separateness of the Borrower from such Person and to indicate that the Borrower’s assets and credit are not available to satisfy the debts and other obligations of such Person or any other Person and (b) such assets shall also be listed on the Borrower’s own separate balance sheet;
(xix) fail to pay its own liabilities and expenses only out of its own funds;
(xx) fail to pay the salaries of its own employees, if any;
(xxi) except in connection with any exchange offer, work-out, restructuring or the exercise of any rights or remedies with respect to any Loan with respect to which an Obligor is or would thereby become an Affiliate, acquire the obligations or securities issued by its Affiliates or members;
(xxii) guarantee any obligation of any Person, including an Affiliate;
(xxiii) fail to allocate fairly and reasonably any overhead expenses that are shared with an Affiliate, including paying for office space and services performed by any employee of an Affiliate;
(xxiv) fail to use separate invoices and checks bearing its own name;
(xxv) except for any Permitted Lien relating to any Equity Security, pledge its assets to secure the obligations of any other Person;
(xxvi) fail at any time to have at least one (1) independent manager or director (the “Independent Manager”) who has prior experience as an independent director, independent manager or independent member with at least three years of employment experience and who is provided by CT Corporation, Corporation Service Company, National Registered Agents, Inc., Co-Issuer Corporate Staffing, LLC, Wilmington Trust Company, Xxxxxxx Management Company, Lord Securities Corporation, Global Securitization Services or, if none of those companies is then providing professional Independent Managers, another nationally recognized company reasonably approved by the Administrative Agent, in each case that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower, the Seller or the Collateral Manager and that provides professional Independent Managers and other corporate services in the ordinary course of its business, and which individual is duly appointed as an Independent Manager and is not, and has never been, and will not while serving as Independent Manager be, any of the following: (a) a member, partner, equityholder, manager, director, officer or employee of the Borrower or any of its equityholders, the Collateral Manager or Affiliates (other than as an Independent Manager of an Affiliate of the Borrower that is not in the direct chain of ownership of the Borrower and that is required by a creditor to be a single purpose bankruptcy-remote entity, provided that such Independent Manager is employed by a company that routinely provides professional Independent Managers or directors); (b) a creditor, supplier or service provider (including provider of professional services) to the Borrower, the Collateral Manager or any of its equityholders or Affiliates (other than a nationally recognized company that routinely provides professional Independent Managers and other corporate services to the Borrower, the Collateral Manager or any of its equityholders or Affiliates in the ordinary course of business); (c) a family member of any such member, partner, equityholder, manager, director, officer, employee, creditor, supplier or service provider; or (d) a Person that controls (whether directly, indirectly or otherwise) any of (a), (b) or (c) above. A natural person who otherwise satisfies the foregoing definition and satisfies subparagraph (a) by reason of being the Independent Manager of a “special purpose entity” affiliated with the Borrower shall be qualified to serve as an Independent Manager of the Borrower, provided that the fees that such individual earns from serving as Independent Manager of Affiliates of the Borrower in any given year constitute in the aggregate less than five percent (5%) of such individual’s annual income for that year;
(xxvii) fail to ensure that all limited liability company action relating to the appointment, maintenance or replacement of the Independent Manager are duly authorized by the Equityholder; provided that, unless prior written consent is provided by the Administrative Agent, the Equityholder shall not cause the Independent Manager to be removed without cause;
(xxviii) fail to provide that the unanimous consent of all managers (including the consent of the Borrower’s Independent Manager) is required for the Borrower to (a) institute proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, (b) institute or consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, (c) file a petition seeking or consent to reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, (d) seek or consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator, collateral agent or any similar official for the Borrower, (e) make any assignment for the benefit of the Borrower’s creditors, (f) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or (g) take any action in furtherance of any of the foregoing; or
(xxix) fail to file its own Tax returns separate from those of any other Person, except to the extent that the Borrower is treated as a “disregarded entity” for Tax purposes and is not required to file Tax returns under Applicable Law, and pay any Taxes required to be paid under Applicable Law.
Organization; Special Purpose Borrower has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its formation, with requisite power and authority, and all rights, licenses, permits and authorizations, governmental or otherwise, necessary to own its properties and to transact the business in which it is now engaged. Borrower is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where it is required to be so qualified in connection with its properties, business and operations. Borrower is a Special Purpose Bankruptcy Remote Entity.
Special Purpose Entity Requirements The Borrower will at all times: (i) maintain at least one Independent Director; (ii) maintain its own separate books and records and bank accounts; (iii) hold itself out to the public and all other Persons as a legal entity separate from the Transferor and any other Person (although, in connection with certain advertising, filings and marketing, the Borrower may be identified as a Subsidiary of Solar Senior Capital); (iv) have a Board of Directors separate from that of the Transferor and any other Person; (v) file its own tax returns, if any, as may be required under Applicable Law, to the extent it is (1) not part of a consolidated group filing a consolidated return or returns or (2) not treated as a division or disregarded entity for Tax purposes of another taxpayer, and pay any Taxes so required to be paid under Applicable Law in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; (vi) not commingle its assets with assets of any other Person; (vii) conduct its business in its own name and strictly comply with all organizational formalities to maintain its separate existence (although, in connection with certain advertising, filings and marketing, the Borrower may be identified as a Subsidiary of Solar Senior Capital); (viii) maintain separate financial statements, except to the extent that the Borrower’s financial and operating results are consolidated with those of Solar Senior Capital in consolidated financial statements; (ix) pay its own liabilities only out of its own funds; (x) maintain an arm’s-length relationship with its Affiliates and the Transferor; (xi) pay the salaries of its own employees, if any; (xii) not hold out its credit or assets as being available to satisfy the obligations of others; (xiii) allocate fairly and reasonably any overhead for shared office space; (xiv) use separate stationery, invoices and checks (although, in connection with certain advertising and marketing, the Borrower may be identified as a Subsidiary of Solar Senior Capital); (xv) except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, not pledge its assets as security for the obligations of any other Person; (xvi) correct any known misunderstanding regarding its separate identity; (xvii) maintain adequate capital in light of its contemplated business purpose, transactions and liabilities and pay its operating expenses and liabilities from its own assets; (xviii) cause its Board of Directors to meet at least annually or act pursuant to written consent and keep minutes of such meetings and actions and observe in all material respects all other Delaware limited liability company formalities; (xix) not acquire the obligations or any securities of its Affiliates; and (xx) cause the directors, officers, agents and other representatives of the Borrower to act at all times with respect to the Borrower consistently and in furtherance of the foregoing and in the best interests of the Borrower. Where necessary, the Borrower will obtain proper authorization from its members for limited liability company action.
Commercial Purposes Borrower intends to use the Loan proceeds solely for business or commercial related purposes.
Special Purpose Funding Vehicles Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (an “SPC”) the option to provide all or any part of any Committed Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to fund any Committed Loan, and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to make all or any part of such Committed Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Committed Loan pursuant to the terms hereof or, if it fails to do so, to make such payment to the Administrative Agent as is required under Section 2.12(b)(ii). Each party hereto hereby agrees that (i) neither the grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of such option shall increase the costs or expenses or otherwise increase or change the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement (including its obligations under Section 3.04), (ii) no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement for which a Lender would be liable, and (iii) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of any Loan Document, remain the lender of record hereunder. The making of a Committed Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Committed Loan were made by such Granting Lender. In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior debt of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, or liquidation proceeding under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without prior consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and with the payment of a processing fee in the amount of $3,500 (which processing fee may be waived by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), assign all or any portion of its right to receive payment with respect to any Committed Loan to the Granting Lender and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its funding of Committed Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety or Guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.
Commercial Purpose Borrower represents that Borrower is incurring the Indebtedness solely for the purpose of carrying on a business or commercial enterprise, and not for personal, family, household, or agricultural purposes.
Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Initial Purchasers The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, with respect to such matters as the Representative may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
