Conditions Precedent This Amendment shall become effective as of the date hereof (the “Amendment Effective Date”), subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
Initial Conditions Precedent The effectiveness of this Agreement and the obligation of the Lenders to effect or permit the occurrence of the first Credit Event hereunder, whether as the making of a Loan or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(i) counterparts of this Agreement executed by each of the parties hereto;
(ii) Revolving Notes and Term Notes executed by the Borrower, payable to each applicable Lender (other than any Lender that has requested that it not receive a Note) and complying with the terms of Section 2.11.
(a) and the Swingline Note executed by the Borrower;
(iii) the Guaranty executed by each of the Guarantors, if any, initially to be a party thereto;
(iv) an opinion of Xxxxxxxx & Worcester LLP, and an opinion of Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, special Maryland counsel, in each case, counsel to the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and covering such matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request;
(v) the certificate or articles of incorporation or formation, articles of organization, certificate of limited partnership, declaration of trust or other comparable organizational instrument (if any) of each Loan Party certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of formation of such Loan Party;
(vi) a certificate of good standing (or certificate of similar meaning) with respect to each Loan Party issued as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of formation of each such Loan Party and certificates of qualification to transact business or other comparable certificates issued as of a recent date by each Secretary of State (and any state department of taxation, as applicable) of each state in which such Loan Party is required to be so qualified and where failure to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and each state in which a Collateral Property owned by such Loan Party is located;
(vii) a certificate of incumbency signed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other individual performing similar functions) of each Loan Party with respect to each of the officers of such Loan Party authorized to execute and deliver the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party, and in the case of the Borrower, authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Borrower Notices of Borrowing, Notices of Swingline Borrowing, requests for Letters of Credit, Notices of Conversion and Notices of Continuation;
(viii) copies certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other individual performing similar functions) of each Loan Party of (A) the by-laws of such Loan Party, if a corporation, the operating agreement, if a limited liability company, the partnership agreement, if a limited or general partnership, or other comparable document in the case of any other form of legal entity and (B) all corporate, partnership, member or other necessary action taken by such Loan Party to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party;
(ix) a Compliance Certificate calculated as of the Effective Date on a pro forma basis for the Borrower’s fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2017;
(x) a Disbursement Instruction Agreement effective as of the Agreement Date;
(xi) evidence that the Fees, if any, then due and payable under Section 3.5., together with all other fees, expenses and reimbursement amounts due and payable to the Administrative Agent and any of the Lenders, including without limitation, the fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent, have been paid;
(xii) a copy of all Operating Agreements, all Ancillary Agreements, the Business Management Agreement, the Property Management Agreement, in each case certified as true, correct and complete by the chief operating officer or chief financial officer of the Borrower; and
(xiii) such other documents, agreements and instruments as the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably request;
(b) there shall not have occurred or become known to the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders any event, condition, situation or status since the date of the information contained in the financial and business projections, budgets, pro forma data and forecasts concerning the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders prior to the Agreement Date that has had or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) no litigation, action, suit, investigation or other arbitral, administrative or judicial proceeding shall be pending or threatened which could reasonably be expected to (i) result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) restrain or enjoin, impose materially burdensome conditions on, or otherwise materially and adversely affect, the ability of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to fulfill its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party;
(d) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have received all approvals, consents and waivers, and shall have made or given all necessary filings and notices as shall be required to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby without the occurrence of any default under, conflict with or violation of (i) any Applicable Law or (ii) any agreement, document or instrument to which any Loan Party is a party or by which any of them or their respective properties is bound, except for such approvals, consents, waivers, filings and notices the receipt, making or giving of which could not reasonably be likely to (A) have a Material Adverse Effect, or (B) restrain or enjoin or impose materially burdensome conditions on, or otherwise materially and adversely affect the ability of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to fulfill its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party;
(e) the Borrower and each other Loan Party shall have provided all information requested by the Administrative Agent and each Lender in order to comply with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation, the Patriot Act; and
(f) there shall not have occurred or exist any other material disruption of financial or capital markets that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO LOAN The obligations of Lender to make the Loan hereunder are subject to the satisfaction by Borrower of the following conditions:
General conditions precedent The agreement of the Finance Parties referred to in clause 2 (Agreement of the Finance Parties) shall be further subject to:
(a) the representations and warranties in clause 4 (Representations and warranties) being true and correct on the Effective Date as if each was made with respect to the facts and circumstances existing at such time; and
(b) no Event of Default or Default having occurred and continuing at the time of the Effective Date.
Additional Conditions Precedent No Lender has any ------------------------------- obligation to make any Loan (including its first), and LC Issuer has no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit (including its first), unless the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:
(a) All representations and warranties made by any Restricted Person in any Loan Document shall be true on and as of the date of such Loan or the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit as if such representations and warranties had been made as of the date of such Loan or the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit except to the extent that such representation or warranty was made as of a specific date or updated, modified or supplemented as of a subsequent date with the consent of Majority Lenders.
(b) No Default shall exist at the date of such Loan or the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit.
(c) No Material Adverse Change shall have occurred to, and no event or circumstance shall have occurred that could cause a Material Adverse Change to, Plains MLP's or Borrower's Consolidated financial condition or businesses since the date of the Initial Financial Statements.
(d) Each Restricted Person shall have performed and complied with all agreements and conditions required in the Loan Documents to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the date of such Loan or the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit.
(e) The making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit shall not be prohibited by any Law and shall not subject any Lender or any LC Issuer to any penalty or other onerous condition under or pursuant to any such Law.
(f) Administrative Agent shall have received all documents and instruments which Administrative Agent has then requested, in addition to those described in Section 4.1 (including opinions of legal counsel for Restricted Persons and Administrative Agent; corporate documents and records; documents evidencing governmental authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses and exemptions; and certificates of public officials and of officers and representatives of Borrower and other Persons), as to (i) the accuracy and validity of or compliance with all representations, warranties and covenants made by any Restricted Person in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii the satisfaction of all conditions contained herein or therein, and (ii all other matters pertaining hereto and thereto. All such additional documents and instruments shall be satisfactory to Administrative Agent in form, substance and date.
Seller’s Conditions Precedent The obligation of Seller to sell the Property hereunder is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of each of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The representations and warranties of Buyer contained in Section 10 shall be true and correct at Closing as if the same were made on and as of that date.
(b) Buyer shall have performed and complied with all agreements, covenants and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by Buyer prior to or at Closing including, but not limited to, the delivery to Escrow Agent of the balance of the Purchase Price which is due at Closing.
(c) There shall not have been filed by or against Buyer at any time prior to the Closing Date any bankruptcy, reorganization or arrangement petition.
(d) The simultaneous closing of each of the transactions subject to the Related Agreements with this transaction on the terms provided for in each respective Related Agreement, it being specifically understood and agreed between Buyer and Seller that this Agreement represents one part of a multi-part transaction related to three (3) properties and that it is the agreement of Buyer and Seller that, unless this condition is waived in writing by Buyer and Seller, this transaction shall not close unless the transactions subject to the Related Agreements close simultaneously with this transaction; provided, however, if the transaction subject to the either or both of the Related Agreements is terminated on account of material damage to the real property subject thereto, the closing of such transaction shall not be a condition precedent to this Closing. If one or more of the conditions set forth above are not satisfied prior to the Closing and are not waived in writing by Seller prior to the Closing then, Seller may terminate this Agreement by notice, in writing, delivered to Buyer and Escrow Agent that Seller elects to terminate this Agreement, upon receipt of which the Escrow Agent shall cancel the Escrow and promptly return all documents to the depositing party, and Seller’s rights and remedies shall be as provided in Section 23 of this Agreement. Provided if Seller elects to close the transaction, with written notice of knowledge that any such condition has not been satisfied or waived, Seller shall be deemed to have waived any such condition.
Buyer’s Conditions Precedent Buyer’s obligation to purchase the Partnership Interests or otherwise to perform any obligation provided in this Agreement shall be conditioned upon the fulfillment of the following conditions precedent:
(a) On or before the expiration of the Inspection Period, Buyer shall have inspected and approved, in Buyer’s sole discretion, all aspects and matters relating to the Property, of any nature whatsoever, or waived such approval, in Buyer’s sole and absolute discretion; provided, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if Buyer fails to deliver to Seller, on or before the expiration of the Inspection Period, written notice of the failure of the condition set forth in Section 6.02 hereof, then such condition shall be deemed to have been satisfied without further notice.
(b) On or before the respective dates provided for herein, Seller shall have, in a timely fashion, substantially performed each and every covenant, undertaking and agreement to be performed by Seller pursuant to this Agreement.
(c) The Title Insurer shall deliver to Buyer at the Closing at Buyer’s sole expense an endorsement to Owner’s Policy of Title Insurance with respect to the Partnership’s ownership of the Real Property as contemplated under Section 2.01 hereof and in accordance with the Commitment, as it may have been modified as contemplated by this Agreement (the “Title Policy”), with extended coverage (i.e. with General Standard Exceptions 1 through 5 deleted), with respect to (i) taxes (except for taxes which are not yet due and payable which are apportioned hereunder), (ii) mechanic’s liens, (iii) survey issues (which shall be replaced by a “reading” of the Survey and an exception only for “shortages in area”), (iv) leases and parties in possession (which shall be replaced by a reference to “tenants under the leases described on the Rent Roll delivered at the Closing, as tenants only without any right or option to purchase all or any part of the Property”) and (v) items raised after the effective date of the Title Commitment), issued by the Title Insurer at its standard filed rates, as applicable as of the date and time of the issuance of the Title Policy, in the amount of the Purchase Price, containing Buyer’s Endorsements (as hereinafter defined), insuring the Partnership as owner of fee simple title to the Property subject only to the Permitted Exceptions. As used herein, the term “Buyer Endorsements” shall mean such endorsements as Buyer has requested by the end of the Inspection Period and the Title Insurer has agreed to issue in the Title Commitment by the end of the Inspection Period. Seller or the Management Company (to the extent permitted by the Title Insurer) shall execute at the Closing an affidavit in such form as the Title Insurer shall reasonably require for the issuance of the Title Policy and, provided Seller shall not incur any additional cost or liability, Buyer Endorsements. The Title Policy may be delivered after the Closing if at the Closing the Title Insurer issues a currently effective, duly executed “marked-up” Title Commitment and irrevocably commits in writing to issue the Title Policy in the form of the “marked-up” Title Commitment promptly after the Closing Date.
Conditions Precedent to EFFECTIVENESS OF SECTIONS 2.01 AND 2.03. Sections 2.01 and 2.03 of this Agreement shall become effective on and as of the first date (the "EFFECTIVE DATE") on which the following conditions precedent to the initial Advance by any Lender have been satisfied:
(a) There shall exist no action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding affecting the Company or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries pending or threatened before any court, governmental agency or arbitrator that (i) could be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any Note or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) Nothing shall have come to the attention of the Lenders during the course of their due diligence investigation to lead them to believe that the Information Memorandum was or has become misleading, incorrect or incomplete in any material respect; without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders shall have been given such access to the management, records, books of account, contracts and properties of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as they shall have reasonably requested as a basis for making its decision to enter into its commitment hereunder.
(c) All governmental and third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with the transactions by the Company contemplated hereby shall have been obtained (without the imposition of any conditions that are not acceptable to the Lenders) and shall remain in effect, and no law or regulation shall be applicable in the reasonable judgment of the Lenders that restrains, prevents or imposes materially adverse conditions upon the transactions contemplated hereby.
(d) The Company shall have notified the Agent in writing as to the proposed Effective Date.
(e) The Company shall have paid all accrued fees and expenses of the Agent and the Lenders (including the invoiced accrued fees and expenses of counsel to the Agent).
(f) On the Effective Date, the following statements shall be true and the Agent shall have received for the account of each Lender a certificate signed by a duly authorized officer of the Company, dated the Effective Date, stating that:
(i) The representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 are correct on and as of the Effective Date, and
(ii) No event has occurred and is continuing that constitutes a Default.
(g) The Agent shall have received on or before the Effective Date the following, each dated such day, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and (except for the Revolving Credit Notes) in sufficient copies for each Lender:
(i) The Revolving Credit Notes of the Company to the order of the Lenders to the extent requested by any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16.
(ii) Certified copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company approving this Agreement and the Notes to be delivered by it, and of all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental approvals, if any, with respect to this Agreement and the Notes to be delivered by it.
(iii) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of the Company authorized to sign this Agreement and the Notes to be delivered by it and the other documents to be delivered by it hereunder.
(iv) A favorable opinion of Nicholas J. Camera, General Counsel of the Compaxx, xxx xx Xleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, counsel for the Company, substanxxxxxy in the form of Exhibits D-1 and D-2 hereto, respectively.
(v) A favorable opinion of Shearman & Sterling, counsel for the Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
(h) The termination of the commitments of the Lenders and the payment in full of all Debt outstanding under the bilateral credit agreements and other confirmed lines of credit listed on Schedule 3.01(h).
Other Conditions Precedent Each of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.1.6 and 4.1.10 shall have been satisfied unless the failure of any such condition to be satisfied is the result of any action or inaction by Mortgagee.
Conditions Precedent to Loans The obligation of each Initial Lender to make its Initial Loan hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or telecopies (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party, each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing Date) and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders:
(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement and the Guaranty, sufficient in number for distribution to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Borrower;
(ii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party or is to be a party;
(iii) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(iv) a favorable opinion of Vxxxxx and Exxxxx LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent, Lead Arranger, each Co-Arranger and each Lender, as to the matters set forth in Exhibit E and such other matters concerning the Loan Parties and the Loan Documents as the Required Lenders may reasonably request;
(v) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party either (A) attaching copies, or an exhibit, of all consents, licenses and approvals required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party and the validity against such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and such consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force and effect, or (B) stating that no such consents, licenses or approvals are so required;
(vi) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying (A) that the conditions specified in paragraphs (xvi) and (xvii) below have been satisfied and (B) that there has been no event or circumstance since the date of the Audited Financial Statements that has had or could be reasonably expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;
(vii) certificates attesting to the Solvency of each Loan Party before and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the incurrence of indebtedness related thereto and application of proceeds, from its chief financial officer;
(viii) audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for the 2004 and 2005 fiscal years and unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for any interim quarterly periods that have ended since the most recent of such audited financial statements, which in each case, (1) shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Lead Arranger and the Lenders, (2) shall not be materially inconsistent with the Information heretofore provided to the Lenders, and (3) shall meet the requirements of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, and all other accounting rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to a registration statement under such Act on Form S-1.
(ix) evidence of the receipt by the Borrower of not less than $250,000,000 cash proceeds from the issuance of Equity Interests of the Borrower;
(x) evidence that the Existing Agreement has been or concurrently with the Closing Date is being terminated and repaid in full;
(xi) such other certificates, documents, or opinions as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders reasonably may require;
(xii) any fees required to be paid on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid;
(xiii) unless waived by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall have paid all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent (directly to such counsel if requested by the Administrative Agent) to the extent invoiced prior to or on the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent);
(xiv) the Closing Date shall have occurred on or before March 31, 2007;
(xv) there shall have been no change, occurrence or development since December 31, 2005 that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(xvi) the representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article V or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Article IV, the representations and warranties contained in subsections 5.05(a) and (b) of
