REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.6
EXECUTION VERSION
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as the Initial Borrower
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XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as the Administrative Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer, a Lender and the Lead Arranger
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August 14, 2019
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. DEFINITIONS.
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1.1 Defined Terms
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1.2 Construction.
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1.3 Accounting Terms.
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1.4 UCC Terms.
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1.5 References to Agreement and Laws.
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1.6 Times of Day.
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1.7 Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents.
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1.8 Letter of Credit Amounts
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2. REVOLVING CREDIT LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT.
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2.1 The Commitment.
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2.2 Revolving Credit Commitment.
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2.3 Manner of Borrowing.
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2.4 Minimum Loan Amounts.
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2.5 Funding.
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2.6 Interest.
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2.7 Determination of Rate.
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2.8 Qualified Borrowers.
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2.9 Use of Proceeds, Letters of Credit and Qualified Borrower Guaranties.
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2.10 Fees.
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2.11 Unused Commitment Fee.
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2.12 [Reserved].
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2.13 Letters of Credit.
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2.14 Letter of Credit Fees
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2.15 Increase in the Maximum Commitment.
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2.16 Trade Allocations.
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3. PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS.
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3.1 Revolving Credit Notes.
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3.2 Payment of Obligations.
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3.3 Payment of Interest.
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3.4 Payments on the Obligations.
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3.5 Prepayments.
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3.6 Reduction or Early Termination of Commitments.
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3.7 Lending Office.
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3.8 Joint and Several Liability.
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4. CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES.
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4.1 Taxes.
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4.2 Illegality.
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4.3 Inability to Determine Rates.
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4.4 Effect of Benchmark Transition Event.
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4.5 Increased Cost and Capital Adequacy.
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4.6 Funding Losses.
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4.7 Requests for Compensation.
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4.8 Survival.
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4.9 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
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4.10 Cash Collateral.
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5. SECURITY.
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5.1 Liens.
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5.2 The Collateral Accounts; Capital Calls.
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5.3 [Reserved].
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5.4 Subordination.
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6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO LENDING.
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6.1 Obligations of the Lenders.
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6.2 Conditions to all Loans and Letters of Credit.
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6.3 Addition of Qualified Borrowers.
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6.4 Addition of Guarantors.
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7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CREDIT PARTIES.
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7.1 Organization and Good Standing.
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7.2 Authorization and Power.
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7.3 No Conflicts or Consents.
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7.4 Enforceable Obligations.
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7.5 Priority of Liens.
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7.6 Financial Condition.
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7.7 Full Disclosure.
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7.8 No Default.
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7.9 No Litigation.
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7.10 Material Adverse Effect.
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7.11 Taxes.
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7.12 Principal Office; Jurisdiction of Formation.
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7.13 ERISA.
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7.14 Compliance with Law.
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7.15 Environmental Matters.
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7.16 Capital Commitments and Contributions.
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7.17 Fiscal Year.
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7.18 Investor Documents.
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7.19 Margin Stock.
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7.20 Investment Company Status.
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7.21 No Defenses.
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7.22 No Withdrawals Without Approval.
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7.23 Sanctions.
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7.24 Insider.
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7.25 Investors.
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7.26 Organizational Structure.
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7.27 No Brokers.
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7.28 Financial Condition.
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7.29 Authorization of the Shares.
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8. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF THE CREDIT PARTIES.
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8.1 Financial Statements, Reports and Notices.
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8.2 Payment of Obligations.
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8.3 Maintenance of Existence and Rights.
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8.4 Operations and Properties.
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8.5 Books and Records; Access.
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8.6 Compliance with Law.
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8.7 Insurance.
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8.8 Authorizations and Approvals.
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8.9 Maintenance of Liens.
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8.10 Further Assurances.
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8.11 Maintenance of Independence.
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8.12 RIC Status under the Internal Revenue Code; Investment Company Act.
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8.13 Compliance with Loan Documents and Constituent Documents.
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8.14 Investor Default.
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8.15 Collateral Accounts.
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8.16 Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws.
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8.17 Solvency.
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8.18 [Reserved].
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8.19 Compliance with Sanctions.
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9. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.
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9.1 Credit Party Information.
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9.2 Mergers, Etc.
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9.3 Limitation on Liens.
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9.4 Fiscal Year and Accounting Method.
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9.5 Transfer of Interests; Admission of Investors.
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9.6 Constituent Documents.
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9.7 Transfer of General Partners’ Interest.
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9.8 Negative Pledge.
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9.9 Limitation on Investor Withdrawals.
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9.10 Transfers of Capital Commitments; Transfers of Unfunded Capital Commitments.
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9.11 Limitation on Indebtedness.
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9.12 Capital Commitments.
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9.13 Capital Calls.
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9.14 ERISA Compliance.
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9.15 Dissolution.
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9.16 Environmental Matters.
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9.17 Limitations on Distributions.
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9.18 Limitation on Withdrawals of Funds.
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9.19 Fund Structure.
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9.20 [Reserved].
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9.21 [Reserved].
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9.22 Capital Call Termination Event.
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9.23 Transactions with Affiliates.
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9.24 Collateral Accounts.
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9.25 Deemed Capital Contributions.
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10. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
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10.1 Events of Default.
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10.2 Remedies Upon Event of Default.
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10.3 Lender Offset.
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10.4 Performance by the Administrative Agent.
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10.5 Good Faith Duty to Cooperate.
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11. AGENCY PROVISIONS.
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11.1 Appointment and Authorization of Agents.
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11.2 Delegation of Duties.
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11.3 Exculpatory Provisions.
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11.4 Reliance on Communications.
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11.5 Notice of Default.
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11.6 Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders.
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11.7 Indemnification.
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11.8 Agents in Their Individual Capacity.
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11.9 Successor Agents.
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11.10 Reliance by the Borrowers.
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11.11 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim
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12. MISCELLANEOUS.
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12.1 Amendments
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12.2 Sharing of Offsets.
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12.3 Sharing of Collateral.
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12.4 Waiver.
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12.5 Payment of Expenses; Indemnity.
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12.6 Notice.
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12.7 Governing Law.
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12.8 Choice of Forum; Consent to Service of Process and Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury.
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12.9 Invalid Provisions.
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12.10 Entirety.
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12.11 Successors and Assigns; Participations.
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12.12 Defaulting Lenders.
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12.13 All Powers Coupled with Interest.
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12.14 Headings.
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12.15 Survival.
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12.16 Full Recourse.
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12.17 Availability of Records; Confidentiality.
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12.18 Customer Identification Notice.
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12.19 Multiple Counterparts.
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12.20 Term of Agreement.
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12.21 Inconsistencies with Other Documents.
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12.22 Keepwell.
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12.23 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.
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12.24 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs.
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13. GUARANTY.
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13.1 Guaranty of Payment.
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13.2 Obligations Unconditional.
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13.3 Modifications.
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13.4 Waiver of Rights.
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13.5 Reinstatement.
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13.6 Remedies.
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13.7 Subrogation.
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13.8 Inducement.
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13.9 Combined Liability.
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13.10 Borrower Information.
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13.11 Instrument for the Payment of Money.
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THIS REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT is dated as of August 14, 2019,
by and among AG TWIN BROOK BDC, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Initial Borrower” and, collectively, with any other Borrower becoming party
hereto (including Qualified Borrowers), the “Borrowers” and each, a “Borrower”), the banks and financial institutions from time
to time party hereto as Lenders, XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Xxxxx Fargo”), as the Administrative Agent (as hereinafter defined) for
the Secured Parties, a Letter of Credit Issuer (as hereinafter defined), Lead Arranger (in such capacity, “Lead Arranger”) and a Lender.
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The Initial Borrower has requested that the Lenders make loans and cause the issuance of letters of credit to provide working capital
to the Initial Borrower and to any other Borrower becoming a party hereto for purposes permitted under the Constituent Documents (as defined below) of the Credit Parties (as defined below).
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B.
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The Lenders are willing to make loans and to cause the issuance of letters of credit upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Credit Agreement.
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NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual promises herein contained and for other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
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DEFINITIONS.
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1.1
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Defined Terms. For the purposes of the Loan Documents, unless otherwise expressly defined, the
following terms shall have the meanings assigned to them below:
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“Account Bank” means (a) Bank of America,
N.A. or (b) any other Eligible Institution that enters into a Control Agreement in accordance with Section 5.2(b).
“Adequately Capitalized” means compliance
with the minimum capital standards for bank holding companies to be “adequately capitalized” for purposes of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Adjusted LIBOR” means, for any Loan, for any
Interest Period therefor, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) determined by the Administrative Agent to be equal to: (a) the quotient obtained by dividing: (i) LIBOR for such Loan for such Interest Period;
by (ii) one (1) minus the LIBOR Reserve Requirement for such Loan for such Interest Period; plus (b) the Applicable Margin. If the calculation of clause
(a) of Adjusted LIBOR results in a rate for such clause (a) of Adjusted LIBOR less than zero (0), then clause (a) of
Adjusted LIBOR shall be deemed to be zero (0) for all purposes of the Loan Documents.
“Administrative Agent” means Xxxxx Fargo, until
the appointment of a successor “Administrative Agent” pursuant to Section 11.9 and, thereafter, shall mean such successor Administrative Agent.
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“Administrative Questionnaire”
means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” of any Person means any other
Person that, at any time, directly or indirectly, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For the purpose of this definition, “control” and the correlative meanings of
the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with” when used with respect to any specified Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power
to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting shares, partnership interests, shareholder interests, membership interests or by contract or otherwise. For purposes of Sections 8.11 and 9.23, no portfolio company of any fund managed or advised by the Fund Advisor or its Affiliates shall be
considered an Affiliate.
“Agency Services Address” means the address
for the Administrative Agent set forth in Section 12.6, or such other address as may be identified by written notice from the Administrative Agent to the Borrowers and the Lenders from
time to time.
“Agent-Related Person” has the meaning provided in Section
11.3.
“Agents” means, collectively, the
Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger and any successors and assigns in such capacities.
“Aggregate Outstanding Trade Allocation” means,
as of any date of determination, the aggregate Trade Allocations outstanding on such date.
hereto.
“Allocation Memo” means an allocation memo substantially in the form of Exhibit S
“Alternative Currency”
means any of Euros, Sterling, Canadian Dollars and any other currency requested by the Borrowers and approved by the Administrative Agent and the Lender in their sole discretion and, in the case of a Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer
in its sole discretion.
“Alternative Investment Vehicle” means an
entity created in accordance with the Constituent Documents of the Borrowers or the Guarantors or otherwise thereunder to make Investments.
“Annual Valuation Period” means the “annual valuation period”
as defined in 29 C.F.R.
§2510.3-101(d)(5) as determined for each Borrower and each Guarantor, as applicable.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means (a) the U.S.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; (b) the U.K. Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000, as amended; and (c) any other anti-bribery or anti- corruption laws, regulations or ordinances in any jurisdiction in which any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries is located or doing business.
“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means Applicable
Law in any jurisdiction in which any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries are located or doing business that relates to money
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laundering or terrorism financing, any predicate crime to money laundering, or any financial record
keeping and reporting requirements related thereto.
“Applicable Law” means all applicable
provisions of constitutions, laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, treaties, regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations and orders of courts or Governmental Authorities and all orders and decrees of all courts and arbitrators.
“Applicable Margin” means (a) with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans, one hundred fifty
(150)
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basis points (1.50%) per annum; (b) with respect to Reference Rate Loans, fifty (50) basis points (0.50%) per annum; and (c) with
respect to Letter of Credit fees one hundred fifty (150) basis points (1.50%) per annum.
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“Applicable Requirement” means each of the following requirements:
(a)
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such Investor (or such Investor’s Sponsor, Responsible Party or Credit Provider, if applicable) shall be a Rated Investor, and such
Investor (or such Investor’s Sponsor, Responsible Party or Credit Provider, as applicable) shall have a Rating of BBB/Baa2 or higher; and
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(b)
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if such Investor (or such Investor’s Sponsor, Responsible Party or Credit Provider, if applicable) is:
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(i)
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a Bank Holding Company, it shall have Adequately Capitalized status or better;
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(ii)
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an insurance company, it shall have a Best’s Financial Strength Rating of A- or higher;
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(iii)
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a Pension Plan Investor or Governmental Plan Investor, or the trustee or nominee of a Pension Plan Investor or a Governmental Plan
Investor, such Pension Plan Investor or Governmental Plan Investor, as applicable, shall have a minimum Funding Ratio based on the Rating of its Sponsor or Responsible Party, as applicable, as follows:
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Sponsor/Responsible Party Rating Minimum Funding Ratio
A-/A3 or higher No minimum
BBB/Baa2 to BBB+/Baa1 90%; or
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an Endowment Fund Investor, its Sponsor shall either (x) be a party to the Subscription Agreement of such Endowment Fund Investor and
jointly and severally liable for such Endowment Fund Investor’s Unfunded Capital Commitment or (y) guarantee the obligations of such Endowment Fund Investor to make its Unfunded Capital Commitment pursuant to an unconditional guarantee or
other Credit Link Documents in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
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The first Rating indicated in each case above is the S&P Rating and the second Rating indicated in each case above is the
Xxxxx’x Rating. In the event that the S&P and Xxxxx’x
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Ratings are not equivalent, the Applicable Requirement shall be based on the lower of the two. If any such
Person has only one Rating from either S&P or Xxxxx’x, then that Rating shall apply. If the Rating of any Investor (or such Investor’s Sponsor, Responsible Party or Credit Provider, as applicable) falls below the Rating required by this
definition, then such Investor shall be deemed to have failed the Applicable Requirement.
“Assignee” has the meaning provided in Section 12.11(b).
“Assignment and Assumption” means the
agreement contemplated by Section 12.11(b), pursuant to which any Lender assigns all or any portion of its rights and obligations hereunder, which agreement shall be substantially in the
form of Exhibit H.
“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any
date of determination, (a) in respect of any Capital Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic
Lease, the capitalized amount or principal amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a
Capital Lease.
“Availability Period” means the period
commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the Maturity Date.
“Available Commitment” means, at any time of
determination, the lesser of: (a) the Maximum Commitment then in effect; and (b) the Borrowing Base, minus, in either case, the FX Reserve Amount.
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any
Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means, with respect to
any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In
Legislation Schedule.
“Bank Holding Company” means a “bank holding company” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended from time to time and any successor statute or statutes, or a non-bank subsidiary of such bank holding
company.
“Basel III” means (a) the agreements on
capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in “Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems”, “Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and
monitoring” and “Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer” published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010, each as amended, supplemented or restated, (b) the rules for global
systemically important banks contained in “Global systemically important banks: assessment methodology and the additional loss absorbency requirement – Rules text” published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in November 2011, as
amended, supplemented or restated and (c) any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision relating to “Basel III”.
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“Benchmark Replacement”
means the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate (which may include Term SOFR) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement rate or the
mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest as a replacement to LIBOR for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities and
(b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if the Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than zero (0), the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be zero (0) for the purposes
of this Credit Agreement.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means,
with respect to any replacement of LIBOR with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for each applicable Interest Period, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative
value or zero (0)) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the
replacement of LIBOR with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such
spread adjustment, for the replacement of LIBOR with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.
“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes”
means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Reference Rate”, the definition of “Interest Period”, timing and frequency of determining rates and
making payments of interest and other administrative matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the
Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines
that no market practice for the administration of the Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Credit Agreement).
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earlier to
occur of the following events with respect to LIBOR: (a) in the case of clause (a) or clause (b) of the definition of
“Benchmark Transition Event”, the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of LIBOR permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide LIBOR; or (b) in
the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein.
“Benchmark Transition Event” means the
occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to LIBOR: (a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of LIBOR announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide
LIBOR, permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or
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publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide LIBOR; (b) a public statement
or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of LIBOR, the U.S. Federal Reserve System, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for LIBOR, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the
administrator for LIBOR or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for LIBOR, which states that the administrator of LIBOR has ceased or will cease to provide LIBOR permanently or indefinitely,
provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide LIBOR; or (c) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of
LIBOR announcing that LIBOR is no longer representative.
“Benchmark Transition Start Date” means (a) in
the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (i) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (ii) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th day prior to the
expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than 90 days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication) and (b)
in the case of an Early Opt-in Election, the date specified by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, as applicable, by notice to the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent (in the case of such notice by the Required Lenders) and the
Lenders.
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, if a
Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to LIBOR and solely to the extent that LIBOR has not been replaced with a Benchmark Replacement, the period (a) beginning at the time that such
Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced LIBOR for all purposes hereunder in accordance with Section 4.4 and
(b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced LIBOR for all purposes hereunder pursuant to Section 4.4.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a
certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation in a form as agreed to by the Administrative Agent.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Best’s Financial Strength Rating” means a “Best’s Financial Strength Rating” by A.M. Best Company.
“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an
“affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k)) of such party.
“Borrower” and “Borrowers”
have the meanings provided in the first paragraph hereof. “Borrower Party” has the meaning provided in Section 11.1(a).
“Borrowing” means a
disbursement made by the Lenders of any of the proceeds of the Loans, and “Borrowings” means the plural thereof.
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“Borrowing Base” means, at any
time of determination, the lesser of (a)(i) the sum of (x) ninety percent (90%) of the aggregate Unfunded Capital Commitments of the Included Investors, plus (y)
sixty five percent (65%) of the aggregate Unfunded Capital Commitments of the Designated Investors, in each case as such Unfunded Capital Commitments are first reduced by all applicable Concentration Limits, minus
(ii) the Aggregate Outstanding Trade Allocation, and
(b) the product of (i) the aggregate Unfunded Capital Commitments of the Investors multiplied by
(ii) (x) one (1) minus (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Unfunded Capital
Commitment of the single Investor with the largest Unfunded Capital Commitment and the denominator of which is the aggregate Unfunded Capital Commitments of all Investors. For the avoidance of doubt, the Unfunded Capital Commitments of Excluded
Investors shall be excluded from the Borrowing Base at all times.
“Borrowing Base Certificate” means the
certification and spreadsheet setting forth the calculation of the Available Commitment in the form of Exhibit A.
“Business Day” means (a) for all purposes
other than as set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) below, any day of the year except: a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City or Charlotte, North Carolina, are authorized or required by Applicable Law to close; and (b) if such
day relates to any interest rate settings as to a LIBOR Rate Loan, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in respect of any LIBOR Rate Loan, or any other dealings to be carried out pursuant to this Credit Agreement or the other Loan
Documents in respect of any such LIBOR Rate Loan (or any Reference Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is determined by reference to LIBOR), any day that is a Business Day described in clause
(a) above and that is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market; (c) in respect of Loans or payments under this Credit Agreement in Euros or Sterling (if applicable) or the issuance of
any Letters of Credit by any branch of the Letter of Credit Issuer in the European Union, any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be
operative, such other payment system (if any) reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euros (if applicable); and
(d) if such day relates to any dealings in an Alternative Currency to be carried out pursuant to this Credit Agreement, any
day in which banks are open for foreign currency exchange business in the principal finance center of the country of such Alternative Currency.
“Bylaws” means the bylaws of Initial Borrower, as
amended or restated from to time to time as permitted hereunder.
“Canadian Dollar” and “CAD” mean the lawful
currency of Canada.
“Capital Call” means a call upon any or all of
the Investors for payment of all or any portion of the Capital Commitments pursuant to and in accordance with, as applicable, the Constituent Documents of the Fund Parties and the Subscription Agreements of the Investors. “Capital Calls” means, where the context may require, all Capital Calls, collectively.
“Capital Call Termination Event” means, for any
Fund Party, as applicable, the occurrence of any event, in accordance with the Constituent Documents of such Borrower (including as a result of any provision in any Side Letter), that, unless waived or cured, results in
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the termination of the ability (of the applicable Borrower, General Partner or the Administrative Agent, as applicable) to make
Capital Calls for the repayment of the Obligations.
“Capital Commitment” means the capital
commitment of the Investors to the Fund Parties in the amount set forth in the applicable Constituent Document or the applicable Subscription Agreement. “Capital Commitments” means, where
the context may require, all Capital Commitments, collectively.
“Capital Contribution” means the amount of cash
actually contributed by an Investor to the Fund Parties with respect to its Capital Commitment as of the time such determination is made, less amounts refunded to such Investor in accordance with the applicable Fund Party’s Constituent Documents or
Subscription Agreement, as applicable. “Capital Contributions” means, where the context may require, all Capital Contributions, collectively.
“Capital Lease” means any lease of any property
by any Person or any of its Subsidiaries, as lessee, that should, in accordance with GAAP, be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries.
“Capital Return Certification” means the delivery
of an updated Borrowing Base Certificate which includes, in the spreadsheet calculating the Available Commitment, an additional column depicting the Returned Capital distributed to each Investor.
“Capital Return Notice” means the written notice
delivered to an Investor by or on behalf of any Credit Party for the purpose of making a return of capital pursuant to the applicable Fund Party’s Constituent Documents. Such notice shall be in a form that includes: (a) the amount of the Capital
Contribution that is being returned to such Investor and (b) such Investor’s new Uncalled Capital Commitment after giving effect to such return of capital. “Capital Return Notices” means,
where the context may require, all Capital Return Notices, collectively.
“Cash Collateral Account” means each deposit
account held at the Administrative Agent for the purposes of holding Cash Collateral that is subject to an account control agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer.
“Cash Collateralize” means to deposit in a Cash
Collateral Account or to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more of the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Lenders, as collateral for the Letter of Credit Liability or obligations of the Lenders to
fund participations in respect of the Letter of Credit Liability, cash or deposit account balances, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer. “Cash Collateral” and “Cash Collateralize” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such
Cash Collateral.
“Cash Control Event” shall occur if, on any date
of determination, (a) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; (b) a Material Potential Default has occurred and is continuing; or
(c) a mandatory prepayment has been triggered pursuant to Section 3.5(b),
irrespective of whether such prepayment has become due and payable under the grace periods afforded in Section 3.5(b).
“CDOR” has the meaning provided in the definition of LIBOR.
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“Change in Law” means the
occurrence, after the date of this Credit Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation,
implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and
(ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in
each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Closing Date” means the date hereof; provided that all of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 6.1 shall be satisfied or waived by the Lenders in writing.
“Collateral” means all of the collateral
security for the Obligations pledged or granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents.
“Collateral Account” means, for each Fund Party,
the account listed on Schedule I with respect to such Fund Party, which account shall be solely used for receipt of proceeds from Capital Calls. “Collateral Accounts” means, where the context requires, all Collateral Accounts, collectively.
“Collateral Account Pledge” means each pledge of
a Collateral Account, substantially in the form of Exhibit D, made by a Fund Party in favor of the Administrative Agent, pursuant to which such Fund Party has granted to the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority security interest and Lien in and to a Collateral Account, as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.
“Collateral Documents” has the meaning provided in Section
5.1.
“Commitment” means, for each Lender, the amount
set forth on Schedule II hereto or on its respective Assignment and Assumption or Lender Joinder Agreement, as the same may be increased pursuant to Section 2.15, reduced from time to time by the Borrowers pursuant to Section 3.6 or by further assignment by such Lender pursuant to Section 12.11(b), “Commitments” means the plural thereof.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity
Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et. seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Compliance Certificate” has the meaning provided in Section
8.1(b).
“Concentration Limit” means the limits on the
aggregate amount of an Unfunded Capital Commitment set forth below, calculated for each Investor classification as a percentage of the aggregate Unfunded Capital Commitments of all Included Investors and Designated Investors:
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Investor Classification
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Concentration Limit
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Rated Included Investor (dependent on applicable Ratings below)1,2
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AA/Aa2 or better
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15.0%
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A+/A1 to AA-/Aa3
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10.0%
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A-/A3 to A/A2
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7.0%
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BBB/Baa2 to BBB+/Baa1
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5.0%
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Other Concentration Limits
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Unrated Included Investors
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5.0-15.0%3
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Designated Investors
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5.0%
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Aggregate Designated Investors
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50.0%
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provided, that, for purposes of calculating the above
Concentration Limits for any Investor, each Investor and its investing Affiliates shall be treated as a single Investor; and provided, further that the above Concentration Limits for Included Investors
shall only apply on and after February 14, 2020.
The first Rating indicated in each case above is the S&P Rating, and the second Rating indicated in each case above is
the Xxxxx’x Rating. In the event that the S&P and Moody’s Ratings are not equivalent, the applicable Rating for purposes hereof shall be based on the lower of the two. If any such Person has only one Rating from either S&P or Moody’s, then
that Rating shall apply.
“Confidential Information” means, at any time,
all data, reports, interpretations, forecasts and records containing or otherwise reflecting information and concerning the Credit Parties or any Investor which is not available to the general public, together with analyses, compilations, studies
or other documents, which contain or otherwise reflect such information made available by or on behalf of the Credit Parties pursuant to this Credit Agreement orally or in writing to the Administrative Agent or any Lender or their respective
attorneys, certified public accountants or agents, but shall not include any data or information that: (a) was or became generally available to the public at or prior to such time; or (b) was or became available to the Administrative Agent or a
Lender or to the Administrative Agent’s or Lender’s respective attorneys, certified public accountants or agents on a non-confidential basis from the Credit Parties or any Investor or any other source at or prior to such time.
“Connection Income Taxes” means Other
Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
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1 The Ratings for such Investor will be the lower of any Rating of such Investor. If such Investor has only one Rating, that Rating shall apply.
2 For any Investor that is an unrated subsidiary of a rated parent, acceptable Credit Link Documents from the rated parent entity will be required in order to apply the Concentration Limit based on the
Ratings of the parent.
3 Such Concentration Limit for the applicable Investor to be determined by the Lenders in their sole discretion on the date such Investor is designated as an Unrated Included Investor.
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“Constituent Documents”
means, (a) for the Initial Borrower, the Operative Documents; and (b) for any Person, its constituent or organizational documents and any governmental or other filings related thereto, including: (i) in the case of any limited partnership, exempted
limited partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the limited partnership agreement, exempted limited partnership agreement, joint venture agreement, articles of association or other applicable agreement of formation and
any agreement, instrument, filing, registration or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation with the secretary of state or other department in the state or jurisdiction of its formation; (ii) in the case of any limited
liability company, the articles of formation, limited liability company agreement and/or operating agreement for such Person; and (iii) in the case of a corporation or an exempted company, the certificate or articles of incorporation or association
and the bylaws for such Person, in each such case as it may be restated, modified, amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Continue”, “Continuation”, and “Continued” shall refer to the continuation pursuant to a Rollover of a LIBOR Rate Loan from one Interest Period to the next Interest
Period.
“Control” means, with respect to any Person,
the direct or indirect power (whether by way of ownership of shares, proxy, contract, agency or otherwise) to: (a) cast, or control the casting of, more than one-half of the maximum number of votes that might be cast at a general meeting of such
Person, (b) as applicable, appoint or remove all, or the majority, of the managers or other equivalent officers of such Person, or (c) give directions with respect to the operating and financial policies of such Person, which the managers or other
equivalent officers of such Person are obligated to follow.
“Control Agreement” means each Control
Agreement among a Fund Party, the Administrative Agent and the applicable Account Bank, as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time. “Control Agreements” means
collectively each Control Agreement.
“Controlled Group” means: (a) the controlled
group of corporations as defined in Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code; or (b) the group of trades or businesses under common control as defined in Section
414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code), in each case of which the applicable Credit Party is a member.
“Conversion Notice” has the meaning provided in Section
2.3(f).
“Convert,” “Conversion,” and “Converted” shall refer to a conversion pursuant to
Section 2.3(f) or Section 4 of one Type of Loan
into another Type of Loan.
“Cost of Funds” means, with respect to a Loan in
an Alternative Currency, the actual cost to a Lender of funding or maintaining such Loan in the applicable currency from whatever source it may reasonably select for the relevant Interest Period.
“Cost of Funds Rate” means a rate per annum
notified by the applicable Lender as soon as practicable after the occurrence of the events specified in Section 4.3 hereof which expresses as a percentage rate the actual Cost of Funds
to such Lender.
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“Covered Entity” means any of
the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a
“covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Covered Party” has the meaning provided in Section
12.24.
“Credit Agreement” means this Revolving Credit Agreement, of which this Section 1.1
forms a part, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Credit Facility” means the credit and letter of
credit facility provided to the Borrowers by the Lenders under the terms and conditions of this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Credit Link Documents” means such financial
information and documents as may be requested by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, to reflect and connect the relevant or appropriate credit link or credit support of a Sponsor, Credit Provider or Responsible Party, as applicable, to
the obligations of the applicable Investor to make Capital Contributions, which may include a written guaranty or such other acceptable instrument determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
“Credit Party” means a Borrower, a Guarantor or a
General Partner; and “Credit Parties” means any two or more of, or all of (as the case may be), the Borrowers, the Guarantors and the General Partners.
“Credit Provider” means a Person providing Credit
Link Documents, in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, of the obligations of an Investor to make Capital Contributions.
“Daily LIBOR” means, with respect to any day,
the rate of interest per annum determined by the Administrative Agent based on the London interbank offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other Person which takes over the administration of such rate) for
deposits in Dollars in minimum amounts of at least $5,000,000 for a period equal to one month (commencing on the date of determination of such interest rate) as published by a commercially available source providing quotations of such rate as
selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such date of determination, or, if such date is not a Business Day, then the immediately preceding Business Day (rounded upward, if necessary, to
the nearest whole 1/100 of 1%). If the calculation of Daily LIBOR results in a Daily LIBOR rate of less than zero (0), Daily LIBOR shall be deemed to be zero (0) for all purposes of the Loan Documents.
“Debt Limitations” means the limitations set forth in Section
9.11.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code
of the United States of America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United
States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
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“Default Rate” means on any
day the lesser of: (a) the applicable interest rate for such outstanding amount (including the Applicable Margin) in effect on such day (or if no interest rate is otherwise applicable, the Reference Rate)
plus two percent (2%); and (b) the Maximum Rate.
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that
term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 12.12(b)
and Section 4.9, any Lender that
(a)
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has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of the Loans or participations in the Letter of Credit Liability required to be funded by it
hereunder within two (2) Business Days of the date such Loans or participations were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers in writing that such failure is the result of such
Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to
the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit) within two (2) Business Days of the date when
due, (b) has notified any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless
such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together
with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Credit
Parties, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Credit Parties that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to
be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Credit Parties), or (d) has, or has a direct or
indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar
Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity, or (iii) becomes subject to a
Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent
company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs
of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender
is a Defaulting Lender under clauses (a) through (d) above, and of the effective date of such status, shall be
conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 12.12(b) and Section 4.9(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Credit Parties, the Letter of Credit Issuer and each other Lender.
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“Designated Investor” means an
Investor (a) that has been approved in writing as a Designated Investor by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, each in their sole discretion, and (b) in respect of which there has been delivered to the Administrative Agent:
(i)
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a true and correct copy of the Subscription Agreement executed and delivered by such Investor substantially in the form of Exhibit U, which shall be acceptable to the Administrative Agent, together with the applicable Credit Party’s countersignature, accepting such Subscription Agreement;
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(ii)
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any Constituent Documents of the applicable Credit Party, executed and delivered by such Investor;
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(iii)
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a true and correct copy of any Side Letter duly executed and delivered by such Investor, which shall be acceptable to the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion; provided, however, that any Side Letter shall be deemed to be acceptable to the Administrative Agent if such Side Letter does not (a) affect in a
manner adverse to the interests of the Lenders, any Credit Party’s, the General Partner’s (if applicable) of such Credit Party or any Investor’s (as applicable) debts, duties, obligations, and liabilities, or the rights, titles, security
interests, liens, powers and privileges of such person (as applicable), in each case, relating to any Capital Calls, Capital Contributions, Capital Commitments, Unfunded Capital Commitments or any other Collateral or any time period
applicable thereto, (b) except as permitted under this Credit Agreement, suspend, reduce or terminate any Investor’s Unfunded Capital Commitments or obligation to fund Capital Calls, or (c) otherwise have a material and adverse effect on
the rights, titles, security interests and liens, and powers and privileges of any of the Lenders;
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if requested by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, if such Investor is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other
than the United States of America or any state thereof, a written submission to the jurisdiction of a United States Federal District Court and a United States state court, and any appellate court from any thereof, with respect to any
litigation arising out of or in connection with its Subscription Agreement or any Constituent Document of the applicable Credit Party (such submission to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion, who may in its sole discretion require an opinion of counsel that such submission is enforceable); and
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(v)
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if requested by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, if such Investor is a Governmental Authority or an instrumentality of
or majority owned by a Governmental Authority or otherwise entitled to any sovereign or other immunity in respect of itself, its property or any such litigation in any jurisdiction, court or venue, a written waiver (in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) of any such claim of immunity arising out of or in connection with its Subscription Agreement or any Constituent Document of the applicable Credit Party;
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provided that (1) any Designated Investor in respect of which an Exclusion Event has
occurred shall thereupon no longer be a Designated Investor until such time as all Exclusion Events in respect of such Investor shall have been cured and such Investor shall have been restored as a
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Designated Investor in the sole discretion of the Lenders; and (2) each restoration under clause (1) of this proviso shall be subject to the satisfaction of such initial or ongoing conditions as may be specified by the Administrative Agent. The Designated Investors as of the
Closing Date are those specified as being Designated Investors on Exhibit A, as in effect on the Closing Date, and Designated Investors approved by the Lenders subsequent to the Closing
Date will be evidenced by an updated Exhibit A provided by the Administrative Agent to the Borrowers.
“Distribution” has the meaning provided in Section
9.17.
“Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time: (a) with
respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount; and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Alternative Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or Letter of Credit Issuer, as
the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate as of the applicable valuation date, as provided in this Credit Agreement (i.e., either the date upon which such amount is initially drawn or on
the most recent Revaluation Date, as applicable) for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency.
“Dollars” and the sign “$” mean the lawful currency of the United States of America. “Early Opt-in Election” means the occurrence of: (a) (i) a determination by the
Administrative Agent or (ii) a notification by the Required Lenders to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the
Borrowers) that the Required Lenders have determined that Dollar- denominated syndicated credit facilities being executed at such time, or that include language similar to that contained in Section
4.4 are being executed or amended, as applicable, to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace LIBOR, and (b) (i) the election by the Administrative Agent or (ii) the election by the Required Lenders to declare that an
Early Opt- in Election has occurred and the provision, as applicable, by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Borrowers and the Lenders or by the Required Lenders of written notice of such election to the
Administrative Agent.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any
credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clause (a) or clause (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member
states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public
administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets
the requirements to be an assignee under Section 12.11(b)(iii), (v) and (vi)
(subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 12.11(b)(iii)).
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“Eligible Institution” means
any depository institution, organized under the laws of the United States or any state, having capital and surplus in excess of $200,000,000, the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to the fullest extent
permitted by Applicable Law and which is subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking authorities; provided that such institution also must have a short-term unsecured debt rating of
at least P-1 from Moody’s and at least A-1 from S&P. If such depository institution publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then the combined
capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.
“EMU Legislation” means the legislative measures
of the European council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.
“Endowment Fund Investor” means an Investor that
is a wholly owned, tax exempt, public charity subsidiary of a Sponsor, the assets of which Investor are not wholly disbursable for the Sponsor’s purposes on a current basis under the specific terms of all applicable gift instruments, formed for the
sole purpose of accepting charitable donations on behalf of such Sponsor and investing the proceeds thereof.
“Environmental Claims” means any and all
administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, accusations, allegations, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations (other than internal reports prepared by any Person in the ordinary
course of business and not in response to any third party action or request of any kind) or proceedings relating in any way to any actual or alleged violation of or liability under any Environmental Law or relating to any permit issued, or any
approval given, under any such Environmental Law, including any and all claims by Governmental Authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages, contribution, indemnification cost recovery, compensation
or injunctive relief resulting from Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to the environment and its effect on human health.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all federal,
foreign, state, provincial and local laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules, standards and regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations and orders of courts or Governmental Authorities, relating to the protection of the environment
and its effects on human health, including, but not limited to, requirements pertaining to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation, handling, reporting, licensing, permitting, investigation or
remediation of Hazardous Materials.
“Environmental Liability” means any claim,
demand, liability (including strict liability) obligation, accusation or cause of action, or any order, violation, loss, damage (including to any Person, property or natural resources and including consequential damages), injury, judgment, penalty
or fine, cost of enforcement, cost of remedial action, cleanup, restoration or any other cost or expense whatsoever (including reasonable fees, costs and expenses of attorneys, consultants, contractors, experts and laboratories) and disbursements
in connection with any Environmental Claims, violation or alleged violation of any Environmental Law, the imposition of any Environmental Lien or the failure to comply in all material respects with any Environmental Requirement.
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“Environmental Lien” means a
Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority: (a) under any Environmental Law; or (b) for any liability or damages arising from, or costs incurred by, any Governmental Authority in response to the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous
Material.
“Environmental Requirement” means any
Environmental Law, agreement, or restriction, as the same now exists or may be changed, amended, or come into effect in the future, which pertains to health, safety, or the environment, including, but not limited to ground, air, water, or noise
pollution, or underground or aboveground tanks.
“ERISA” means the U.S. Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, each as amended or modified from time to time.
“ERISA Investor” means an Investor that is: (a)
an “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title I of ERISA; (b) any “plan”
defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code; or (c) any entity or account whose assets include or are deemed to include the Plan Assets of one or more such employee benefit plans or
plans pursuant to the Plan Asset Regulations or any other relevant legal authority.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU
Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.
“Euro” and “€” mean the lawful currency of the Participating Member States introduced in accordance with the EMU Legislation.
“Event of Default” has the meaning provided in Section
10.1.
“Exchange Listing” means a listing of a
Borrower’s Shares on a national securities exchange.
“Excluded Investor” means any Investor that is
not an Included Investor or a Designated Investor, including any Investor that is subject to an Exclusion Event that has not been waived in accordance with the provisions hereof.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes
imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by overall net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case,
(i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof), or
(ii) Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on
the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrowers under Section 4.9(b)) or (ii) such Lender
changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 4.1, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately
before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender
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immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 4.1(f) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Exclusion Event” means, with respect to any
Included Investor or Designated Investor (or, if applicable, the Sponsor, Responsible Party or Credit Provider of such Included Investor or Designated Investor) any of the following events shall occur (whatever the reason for such event and whether
it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(a)
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such Person shall: (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, intervenor, liquidator or other
similar official of itself or of all or a substantial part of its assets; (ii) file a voluntary petition as debtor in bankruptcy or admit in writing that it is unable to pay its debts as they become due; (iii) make a general assignment
for the benefit of creditors;
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(iv) file a petition or answer seeking reorganization or an arrangement with creditors or take advantage of any Debtor Relief
Laws; (v) file an answer admitting the material allegations of, or consent to, or default in answering, a petition filed against it in any bankruptcy, reorganization, or insolvency proceeding; or (vi) take personal, partnership, limited liability
company, corporate or trust action, as applicable, for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
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an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against such Person, seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief
with respect to it or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial
part of its property, or an order, order for relief, judgment, or decree shall be entered by any court of competent jurisdiction or other competent authority approving a petition seeking such Person’s reorganization or appointing a
receiver, custodian, trustee, intervenor, or liquidator of such Person or of all or substantially all of its assets, or an order for relief shall be entered in respect of such Person in a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, and any
such case, proceeding, order, judgment or decree shall continue unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) days;
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any final judgment or decree which in the aggregate exceeds fifteen percent (15%) of the net worth of such Person (measured as of the
date of its initial designation as an Included Investor or Designated Investor, as applicable) shall be rendered against such Person, and (i) any such judgment or decree shall not be subject to payment under any applicable insurance
policy or discharged, paid, bonded or vacated within thirty (30) days of issuance or (ii) enforcement proceedings shall be commenced by any creditor on any such judgment or decree and such judgment or decree shall not be stayed or
otherwise be covered by insurance in an amount that would cause any uninsured potential liability not to exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the net worth of the Investor;
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such Person shall (i) repudiate, challenge, or declare unenforceable its obligation to make contributions pursuant to its Capital
Commitment or a Capital Call or such obligation shall be or become unenforceable, (ii) otherwise disaffirm any provision of its Subscription Agreement, the Constituent Documents of any applicable Fund Party or any Credit Link Document, or
(iii) give any written notice of its intent to withdraw from the applicable Fund Party or that it may not fund future contributions pursuant to a Capital Call or comply with the provisions of its Subscription
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Agreement, the Constituent Documents of any applicable Fund Party, or any Credit Link Document;
(e)
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such Investor shall be declared a “defaulting investor” under the Constituent
Documents of the Initial Borrower;
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any representation, warranty, certification or statement made by such Person under its Subscription Agreement (or related Side Letter),
the applicable Constituent Documents, or Credit Link Document or in any certificate, financial statement or other document delivered pursuant to this Credit Agreement executed by such Person shall prove to be untrue, inaccurate or
misleading in any material respect;
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(g)
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with respect to any Included Investor only, such Investor encumbers its interest in any applicable Fund Party;
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(h)
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a default shall occur in the performance by it of any of the covenants or agreements contained in its Subscription Agreement (or
related Side Letter), the applicable Constituent Documents or Credit Link Document (except as otherwise specifically addressed in this definition) and such default is not cured within ten (10) Business Days;
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(i)
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the occurrence of any circumstance or event which has a material adverse effect on the ability of such Investor to fulfill its payment
obligations under its Subscription Agreement, the Constituent Document of any Fund Party or any Credit Link Document;
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(j)
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to the knowledge of a Credit Party, in the case of an Unrated Included Investor, such Investor shall fail to maintain a net worth
(determined in accordance with GAAP), measured as of the end of the time period covered in such Person’s most recent financial report, of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the net worth of such Investor, measured as of the date of
its initial designation as an Included Investor;
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such Investor shall withdraw, retire or resign from any applicable Fund Party, or its equity interest or Subscribed Interest, as
applicable, is redeemed, forfeited or otherwise repurchased by the applicable Fund Party;
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(l)
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such Investor shall Transfer its equity interest in any applicable Fund Party or its Subscribed Interest in a Borrower, as applicable, or
otherwise be released from its obligation under the applicable Constituent Document to make contributions pursuant to a Capital Call with respect to such Transferred interest; provided that, if
such Investor shall Transfer less than all of its equity interest in any applicable Fund Party or less than all of its Subscribed Interest in a Borrower, as applicable, only the transferred portion shall be excluded from the Borrowing
Base;
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if such Investor is an ERISA Investor, any failure by its Sponsor to pay any contractual or statutory obligations or make any other
payment required by ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code with respect to such ERISA Investor;
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any Credit Party suspends, cancels, reduces, excuses, terminates or abates the Capital Commitment or any amounts due with respect to a
Capital Call for such Included Investor or Designated Investor; provided, however, that to the extent such suspension, cancellation,
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reduction, excuse, termination or abatement relates solely to a portion of such Investor’s Uncalled Capital
Commitment, only such suspended, cancelled, reduced, excused, terminated or abated portion shall be excluded from the Borrowing Base;
(o)
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the Uncalled Capital Commitment of such Investor ceases to be Collateral subject to a first priority perfected Lien in favor of the
Administrative Agent;
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(p)
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in connection with any Borrowing or the issuance of any Letter of Credit, any Credit Party has knowledge that such Investor has
requested to be excused or excluded (or is excused or has the ability to be excused (unless the applicable Side Letter explicitly states that such excuse right would not apply to the repayment of the Obligations) (and has not waived such
right) pursuant to its Side Letter or otherwise) from funding a Capital Call with respect to the Investment being acquired or otherwise funded with the proceeds of the related Borrowing or Letter of Credit; provided that only the portion of such Investor’s Uncalled Capital Commitment which would otherwise be contributed to fund such Investment or repay the related Borrowing or Letter of Credit shall be excluded from the
Borrowing Base;
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such Investor becomes a Sanctioned Entity, or, to any Credit Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s knowledge, such Investor’s funds to
be used in connection with funding Capital Calls are derived from illegal activities;
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(r)
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in the case of an Included Investor or such Investor’s Credit Provider, as applicable, which does not have publicly available financial
information, the Administrative Agent is unable (after giving the Borrowers ten (10) Business Days’ notice thereof) to obtain updated annual financial information for such Investor or such Investor’s Credit Provider, as applicable, within
one hundred twenty (120) days following the end of the applicable fiscal year of such Investor;
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(s)
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such Investor enters into a new Side Letter or amends its existing Side Letter (including any amendment via a ‘most favored nations’
clause) in a manner that is materially adverse to any Secured Party as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion; provided, however, that any Side Letter shall be deemed to be
acceptable to the Administrative Agent if such Side Letter does not (i) affect in a manner adverse to the interests of the Lenders, any Credit Party’s, the General Partner’s of such Credit Party or any Investor’s (as applicable) debts,
duties, obligations, and liabilities, or the rights, titles, security interests, liens, powers and privileges of such person (as applicable), in each case, relating to any Capital Calls, Capital Contributions, Capital Commitments,
Unfunded Capital Commitments or any other Collateral or any time period applicable thereto, (ii) except as permitted under this Credit Agreement, suspend, reduce or terminate any Investor’s Unfunded Capital Commitments or obligation to
fund Capital Calls, or (iii) otherwise have a material and adverse effect on the rights, titles, security interests and liens, and powers and privileges of any of the Lenders;
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if such Investor is an Endowment Fund Investor, a breach or written repudiation by its Sponsor of its keepwell agreement with such
Investor;
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(u)
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in the case of a Rated Included Investor, it shall fail to maintain the Applicable Requirement for such Investor required in the
definition of “Applicable Requirement” in Section 1.1; or
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(v)
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such Investor shall fail to make a contribution of capital when initially due pursuant to a Capital Call, without
regard to any applicable notice or cure period under the applicable Constituent Document, and such delinquency is not cured within ten (10) Business Days.
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“Facility Increase” has the meaning provided in Section
2.15(a).
“Facility Increase Fee” means the fee payable
with respect to any Facility Increase in accordance with Section 2.15, as set forth in the Fee Letter.
“Facility Increase Request” means a notice in
the form of Exhibit O pursuant to which the Borrowers request an increase of the Commitments in accordance with Section 2.15.
“Facility Obligations” means all present and
future indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities of the Credit Parties to the Lenders and other Secured Parties (other than Specified Hedge Banks), and all renewals and extensions thereof (including, without limitation, Loans, Letters of Credit,
or both), or any part thereof, arising pursuant to this Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, the indemnity provisions hereof) or represented by the Notes and each Qualified Borrower Guaranty, and all interest accruing thereon, and
attorneys’ fees incurred in the enforcement or collection thereof, regardless of whether such indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities are direct, indirect, fixed, contingent, joint, several, or joint and several; together with all indebtedness,
obligations and liabilities of the Credit Parties to the Lenders and other Secured Parties (other than Secured Hedge Banks) evidenced or arising pursuant to any of the other Loan Documents, and all renewals and extensions thereof, or any part
thereof; provided that, the term “Facility Obligations” shall exclude obligations, liabilities and Indebtedness in respect of all Lender Hedge Agreements.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code, as of the date of this Credit Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially
more onerous to comply with) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code and any
fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate
calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depository institutions (as determined in such manner as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall set forth on its public website from time to
time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as the federal funds effective rate.
“Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website”
means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, or any successor source.
“Fee Letter” means that certain Fee Letter or
Fee Letters, dated the date hereof, among the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and certain Lenders, as each may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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“Filings” means (a) UCC
financing statements, UCC financing statement amendments and UCC financing statement terminations, (b) applicable entries in the Register of Mortgages and Charges in respect of any applicable Credit Parties
(other than exempted limited partnerships) formed or registered under the laws of the Cayman Islands, and notices substantially in the form of Exhibit T with respect to the applicable
Collateral Documents sent to the holders of the Subscribed Interests of each Fund Party formed or registered under the laws of the Cayman Islands and (c) the substantial equivalent as reasonably determined to be necessary by the Administrative
Agent in any other jurisdiction in which any Credit Party may be formed.
“Foreign Lender” means (a) if the applicable
Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if the applicable Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the applicable Borrower is
resident for tax purposes.
“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there
is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to the Letter of Credit Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Letter of Credit Liability other than the Letter of Credit Liability as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation
obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Fund Advisor” means AG Twin Brook Manager, LLC,
and any successor Person that is an Affiliate acting as fund advisor under the Fund Advisor Agreement.
“Fund Advisor Agreement” means that certain
Investment Management Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2019, between the Initial Borrower and the Fund Advisor.
“Fund Borrower” means the Initial Borrower. For
the avoidance of doubt, a Qualified Borrower shall not be considered a Fund Borrower for the purposes of any Loan Document.
“Funding Ratio” means: (a) for a Governmental
Plan Investor or other plan not covered by clause (b) below, the total net fair market value of the assets of the plan over the actuarial present value of the plan’s total benefit
liabilities, as reported in such plan’s most recent audited financial statements; and (b) for a Pension Plan Investor that is subject to Form 5500 – series reporting requirements, the funding target attainment percentage reported on Schedule SB to
the Form 5500 or the funded percentage for monitoring the plan’s status reported on Schedule MB to the Form 5500, as applicable, as reported on the most recently filed Form 5500 by such Pension Plan Investor with the United States Department of
Labor.
“Fund Party” means a Fund Borrower or a
Guarantor. “Fund Parties” means, collectively, each Fund Borrower and each Guarantor.
“FX Reserve Amount” means, at any date of
determination, an amount equal to the sum of the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate Principal Obligations denominated in Alternative Currencies multiplied by the FX Reserve Percentage for Alternative
Currencies, as applicable.
“FX Reserve Percentage” means, as of any date of
determination, a percentage determined in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent to account for foreign exchange volatility, in each case using a methodology that is sufficient to cover the 3-month foreign exchange exposure
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of the Lenders at such date of determination at a ninety-five percent (95%) confidence interval as
calculated using Bloomberg BGN source data on the FXFM screen of Bloomberg (or such other screen as may from time to time be in effect); provided that, if necessary to account for foreign exchange
volatility, any such percentage may be reset for any particular Alternative Currency in connection with the delivery of any revised Borrowing Base Certificate hereunder or on any Revaluation Date in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative
Agent or at the reasonable request of the Borrowers, in each case using such methodology.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board
or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.
“General Partner” means with respect to each
Fund Party that is a limited partnership or exempted limited partnership joining the Credit Facility after the Closing Date, the entity named as such Fund Party’s general partner, managing member or other similar managing fiduciary, as applicable,
and any successor thereto permitted under this Credit Agreement, as set forth in its joinder documentation.
“Governmental Approvals” means all
authorizations, consents, approvals, permits, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, all Governmental Authorities.
“Governmental Authority” means the government
of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Governmental Plan Investor” means an Investor
that is a governmental plan as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA.
“Guarantor” has the meaning provided in Section 6.4. “Guaranty” has the meaning provided in Section 13.1.
“Guaranty Obligations”
means, with respect to the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, without duplication, any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any such Person pursuant to which such Person has directly or indirectly guaranteed any Indebtedness or other obligation
of any other Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of any such Person (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such
Indebtedness or other obligation (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement condition or otherwise) or (b)
entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness or other
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obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or
in part); provided, that the term Guaranty Obligations shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
“Hazardous Material” means any substances or
materials (a) which are or become defined as hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants, chemical substances or mixtures or toxic substances under any Environmental Law, (b) which are toxic, explosive, corrosive, flammable,
infectious, radioactive, carcinogenic, mutagenic or otherwise harmful to human health or the environment and are or become regulated by any Governmental Authority,
(c) the presence of which require investigation or remediation under any Environmental Law or common law, (d) the discharge
or emission or release of which requires a permit or license under any Environmental Law or other Governmental Approval, (e) which are deemed to constitute a nuisance or a trespass which pose a health or safety hazard to Persons or neighboring
properties,
(f) which consist of underground or aboveground storage tanks, whether empty, filled or partially filled with any substance,
or (g) which contain, without limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, petroleum hydrocarbons, petroleum derived substances or waste, crude oil, nuclear fuel, natural gas or synthetic gas.
“Hedge Agreement” means (a) any and all rate
swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options
or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap
transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject
to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and
Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement, all as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Hedge Termination Value” means, in respect
of any one or more Hedge Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Hedge Agreements, including, for the avoidance of doubt, after applying the amount of cash collateral or other
eligible collateral provided by the applicable Credit Party in accordance with the terms of such Hedge Agreements, (a) for any date on or after the date such Hedge Agreements have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance
therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the xxxx-to-market value(s) for such Hedge Agreements,
as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Hedge Agreements (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
“Included Investor” means an Investor (a) that
either (i) meets the Applicable Requirement (or whose Credit Provider, Sponsor or Responsible Party, as applicable, meets the Applicable Requirement) and at the request of the Borrowers has been approved in writing as an Included Investor by the
Administrative Agent, in its reasonable discretion (“Rated Included Investor”), or
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does not meet the Applicable Requirement but at the request of the Borrowers has been approved in writing as an
Included Investor by the Lenders, in their sole discretion (an “Unrated Included Investor”), and (b) in respect of which there has been delivered to the Administrative Agent:
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a true and correct copy of the Subscription Agreement executed and delivered by such Investor substantially in the form of Exhibit U, which shall be acceptable to the Administrative Agent, together with the applicable Credit Party’s countersignature, accepting such Subscription Agreement;
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any Constituent Documents of the applicable Credit Party executed and delivered by such Investor;
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a true and correct copy of each Side Letter executed by such Investor, which shall be acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its
sole discretion; provided, however, that any Side Letter shall be deemed to be acceptable to the Administrative Agent if such Side Letter does not (a) affect in a manner adverse to the interests
of the Lenders, any Credit Party’s, the General Partner’s (if applicable) of such Credit Party or any Investor’s (as applicable) debts, duties, obligations, and liabilities, or the rights, titles, security interests, liens, powers and
privileges of such person (as applicable), in each case, relating to any Capital Calls, Capital Contributions, Capital Commitments, Unfunded Capital Commitments or any other Collateral or any time period applicable thereto, (b) except as
permitted under this Credit Agreement, suspend, reduce or terminate any Investor’s Unfunded Capital Commitments or obligation to fund Capital Calls, or (c) otherwise have a material and adverse effect on the rights, titles, security
interests and liens, and powers and privileges of any of the Lenders;
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if applicable, the Credit Link Documents of such Investor’s Sponsor, Credit Provider or Responsible Party, as applicable, executed and
delivered by such Person;
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if such Investor’s Subscription Agreement, or any Constituent Document of the applicable Credit Party executed by such Investor was signed
by any Credit Party or any Affiliate of any Credit Party, as an attorney-in-fact on behalf of such Investor, the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of such signatory’s authority documentation reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent;
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if requested by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, if such Investor is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other
than the United States of America or any state thereof, a written submission to the jurisdiction of a United States Federal District Court and a United States state court, and any appellate court from any thereof, with respect to any
litigation arising out of or in connection with its Subscription Agreement or any Constituent Document of the applicable Credit Party (such submission to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion, who may in its sole discretion require an opinion of counsel that such submission is enforceable); and
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if requested by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, if such Investor is a Governmental Authority or an
instrumentality of or majority owned by a Governmental Authority or otherwise entitled to any sovereign or other immunity in respect of itself, its property or any such litigation in any jurisdiction, court or venue, a written waiver (in
form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) of any such claim of immunity arising out of or in connection with its Subscription Agreement or any Constituent Document of the applicable Credit Party
and an opinion of counsel that such waiver is enforceable or that such Investor and its property is not entitled to any such immunity;
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provided that (1) any Investor in respect of which an Exclusion
Event has occurred shall thereupon no longer be an Included Investor until such time as all Exclusion Events in respect of such Investor shall have been cured and such Investor shall have been restored as an Included Investor in the sole discretion
of all Lenders; and (2) each restoration under clause (1) of this proviso shall be subject to the satisfaction of such initial or ongoing conditions as may be specified by the
Administrative Agent. The Included Investors as of the Closing Date are those specified as being Included Investors on Exhibit A, as in effect on the Closing Date, and Included Investors
approved by the Administrative Agent or Lenders, as applicable, subsequent to the Closing Date will be evidenced by an updated Exhibit A provided by the Administrative Agent to the
Borrowers.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person
at any date and without duplication, the sum of the following:
(a)
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all liabilities, obligations and indebtedness for borrowed money including, but not limited to, obligations evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments of any such Person;
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(b)
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all obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services of any such Person (including all obligations under
non-competition, earn-out or similar agreements), except trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business;
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the Attributable Indebtedness of such Person with respect to such Person’s obligations in respect of Capital Leases and Synthetic Leases
(regardless of whether accounted for as indebtedness under GAAP);
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all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by such Person
to the extent of the value of such property (other than customary reservations or retentions of title under agreements with suppliers entered into in the ordinary course of business);
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all Indebtedness of any other Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness
arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements except trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
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) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of any such Person relative to the face amount of letters of credit, whether or not
drawn, including without limitation, any Reimbursement Obligation, and banker’s acceptances issued for the account of any such Person;
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all obligations of any such Person to repurchase any securities which repurchase obligation is related to the issuance thereof;
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all net obligations of such Person under any Hedge Agreements; and
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all Guaranty Obligations of any such Person with respect to any of the foregoing.
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For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or
joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person. The amount
of any net obligation under any Hedge Agreement on any date shall be deemed to be the Hedge Termination Value thereof as of such date.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes other than
Excluded Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause
(a), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning provided in Section
12.5(b).
“Initial Borrower” has the meaning provided in the first paragraph hereof. “Interest Option” means LIBOR or the Reference Rate.
“Interest Payment Date” means:
(a) with respect to any Reference Rate Loan, or any LIBOR Rate Loan based on Daily LIBOR, the first Business Day of each calendar month; (b) as to any LIBOR Rate Loan in respect of which the applicable Borrower has selected a one (1)-month, two
(2)-month or three (3)-month Interest Period, the last day of such Interest Period for such LIBOR Rate Loan; (c) as to any LIBOR Rate Loan in respect of which the applicable Borrower has selected a six-month Interest Period, the last day of each
third month during such Interest Period; (d) the date of any prepayment of any Loan made hereunder, as to the amount prepaid; and (e) the Maturity Date.
“Interest Period” means, (a) initially the period
commencing on (and including) the date of the initial funding of such Loan and ending on (but excluding) the next following Interest Payment Date and (b) thereafter, each period commencing on (and including) an Interest Payment Date and ending on
(but excluding) the next following Interest Payment Date; provided that:
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any Interest Period with respect to any Loan which would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day; provided, however, if interest in respect of such Interest Period is computed by reference to LIBOR, and such Interest Period
would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, and there is no subsequent Business Day in the same calendar month as such day, such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
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if interest in respect of such Interest Period is computed by reference to LIBOR, and such Interest Period begins on a day for which
there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period, then such
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Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
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in the case of any Interest Period for any Loan which commences before the Maturity Date and would otherwise end on a date occurring
after the Maturity Date, such Interest Period shall end on (but exclude) such Maturity Date and the duration of each Interest Period which commences on or after the Maturity Date shall be of such duration as shall be selected by the
applicable Lender in its sole discretion.
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“Internal Revenue Code” means the U.S. Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, each as amended or modified from time to time.
“Investment” means “Investment” as that term is defined in the Subscription Agreements entered into by Investors in the Initial Borrower (or any analogous term of any other Fund Party’s Constituent Document).
“Investment Policies” means the investment objectives, policies, restrictions and limitations for the Initial Borrower, as the same may be changed, altered, expanded, amended, modified, terminated or restated from time to time.
“Investor” means any Person that is admitted
to any Fund Party as a limited partner, general partner, member or other equity holder (including any Person that has a Subscribed Interest in a Fund Party) in accordance with the applicable Constituent Documents of such Fund Party, including, for
the avoidance of doubt, any Guarantor in its capacity as a limited partner or member of a Borrower.
“Investor Information” has the meaning provided in Section 12.17. “IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
“ISP98” means the
International Standby Practices (1998 Revision, effective January 1, 1999), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590.
“Keepwell Provider” means, with respect to any
Swap Obligation, a Borrower that is an “eligible contract participant” as defined in Section 1a(18) of the Commodity Exchange Act and related regulations of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission by virtue of having total assets exceeding
$10,000,000 and/or satisfying any other criteria relevant to such status under said Section 1a(18) (and related regulations).
“KYC Compliant” means any Person who has
satisfied all requests for information from the Lenders for “know-your-customer” and other anti-terrorism, anti-money laundering and similar rules and regulations and related policies and who would not result in any Lender being non-compliant with
any such rules and regulations and related policies were such Person to enter into a banking relationship with such Lender, including any information required to be obtained by a Lender pursuant to the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Lead Arranger” has the meaning provided in the first paragraph hereof.
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“Lender” means Xxxxx
Fargo, in its capacity as lender and each other lender that becomes party to this Credit Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof; and collectively, the “Lenders”.
“Lender Hedge Agreement” means each Hedge
Agreement entered into by and between a Borrower (or guaranteed by a Borrower) and a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in each case, unless agreed in writing by the parties thereto that such Hedge Agreement is not a “Lender Hedge Agreement”, as each may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Lender Joinder Agreement” means an agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit N, pursuant to which a new Lender joins the Credit Facility as contemplated by Section 12.11(g).
“Lender Party” has the meaning provided in Section
11.1(a).
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the
office or offices of such Lender (or an Affiliate of such Lender) described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire delivered to the Administrative Agent, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the
Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.
“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit
issued by the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 2.8 either as originally issued or as the same may, from time to time, be amended or otherwise modified or extended.
“Letter of Credit Application” means an
application, in the form specified by the Letter of Credit Issuer from time to time, requesting the Letter of Credit Issuer issue a Letter of Credit.
“Letter of Credit Issuer” means Xxxxx Fargo or any Affiliate thereof.
“Letter of Credit Liability” means, at any
time of determination, the aggregate amount of the undrawn stated amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the amount drawn under Letters of Credit for which the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Lenders, or any one or more of them, have not
yet received payment or reimbursement (in the form of a conversion of such liability to Loans, or otherwise) as required pursuant to Section 2.8.
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means, at any
time, an amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the Maximum Commitment at such time. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is a part of, and not in addition to, the Maximum Commitment.
“LIBOR” means:
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for any interest rate calculation with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan, at the option of the Borrowers, one of the following:
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with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan denominated in Dollars, Daily LIBOR (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be determined on each
Business Day in accordance with the definition thereof and shall only be available for Loans denominated in Dollars);
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with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan denominated in Dollars, Euros or Sterling, the rate of interest per annum
determined by the Administrative Agent based on the London interbank offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other Person which takes over the administration of such rate) for deposits in Dollars for
delivery on the first day of the applicable Interest Period for a period approximately equal to such applicable Interest Period as published by a commercially available source providing quotations of such rate as selected by the
Administrative Agent from time to time at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of the applicable Interest Period (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest whole 1/100 of 1%); or
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with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars, the rate of interest per annum determined by the Administrative
Agent based on the Canadian Deal Offered Rate as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (“CDOR”) (or any other Person which takes over the administration of such rate)
for delivery on the first day of the applicable Interest Period for a period approximately equal to such applicable Interest Period as published by a commercially available source providing quotations of such rate as selected by the
Administrative Agent from time to time at approximately 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) two Business Days prior to the first day of the applicable Interest Period (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest whole 1/100 of 1%); and
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for any interest rate calculation with respect to a Reference Rate Loan, Daily LIBOR.
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Each calculation by the Administrative Agent of LIBOR shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes,
absent manifest error. If the calculation of LIBOR results in a LIBOR rate of less than zero (0), LIBOR shall be deemed to be zero (0) for all purposes of the Loan Documents.
“LIBOR Conversion Date” has the meaning provided in Section
2.3(f).
“LIBOR Rate Loan” means a Loan (other than a
Reference Rate Loan) that bears interest at a rate based on LIBOR (or, if applicable pursuant to Section 4.3, the Cost of Funds Rate).
“LIBOR Reserve Requirement” means, at any time,
the maximum rate at which reserves (including any marginal, special, supplemental, or emergency reserves) are required to be maintained under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any
successor) by member banks of the Federal Reserve System against “Eurocurrency liabilities” (as such term is used in Regulation D). Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, the LIBOR Reserve Requirement
shall reflect any other reserves required to be maintained by such member banks with respect to: (a) any category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which Adjusted LIBOR is to be determined; or (b) any category of extensions of
credit or other assets which include LIBOR Rate Loans or Reference Rate Loans bearing interest based off LIBOR. LIBOR shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the LIBOR Reserve Requirement. Each determination
by the Administrative Agent of the LIBOR Reserve Requirement shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding.
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“Lien” means any lien,
mortgage, security interest, charge, tax lien, pledge, encumbrance, or conditional sale or title retention arrangement, or any other interest in property designed to secure the repayment of indebtedness, whether arising by agreement or under common
law, any statute, law, contract, or otherwise.
“Loan Documents” means this Credit Agreement,
the Notes (including any renewals, extensions, re-issuances and refundings thereof), each of the Collateral Documents, each Assignment and Assumption, each Lender Joinder Agreement, each Letter of Credit Application, each Letter of Credit, all
Credit Link Documents, each Qualified Borrower Guaranty, the Fee Letter and such other agreements and documents, and any amendments or supplements thereto or modifications thereof, executed or delivered pursuant to the terms of this Credit
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and any additional documents delivered in connection with any such amendment, supplement or modification.
“Loans” means the groups of LIBOR Rate Loans and
Reference Rate Loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowers pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Credit Agreement, plus all payments under a Letter of Credit made to the beneficiary named thereunder (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt,
such payments shall not also be included in the calculation of Letter of Credit Liability) (and certain other related amounts specified in Section 2.9 shall be treated as Loans pursuant
to Section 2.9).
“Margin Stock” has the meaning assigned thereto in Regulation U.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material
adverse effect on: (a) the assets, operations, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), condition (financial or otherwise), or business of the Fund Parties; (b) the ability of any Credit Party to perform its obligations under this Credit
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents; (c) the validity or enforceability of this Credit Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, or the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties hereunder or thereunder taken as a whole; (d) the
obligation or the ability of any Credit Party to fulfill its obligations under its Constituent Documents; or (e) the ability of the Investors (or applicable Sponsors, Responsible Parties or Credit Providers) to perform their obligations under the
applicable Constituent Document, any Subscription Agreement, any Side Letter or any Credit Link Documents, as applicable.
“Material Amendment” has the meaning provided in Section
9.6.
“Material Potential Default” means any
condition, act or event which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default specified in Section 10.1(a)(ii), 10.1(i), or 10.1(r).
“Maturity Date” means the earliest of: (a) the
Stated Maturity Date; (b) the date upon which the Administrative Agent declares the Facility Obligations due and payable after the occurrence of an Event of Default; (c) forty-five (45) days prior to the expiration or termination of the Constituent
Documents of any Fund Party; (d) (i) forty-five (45) days prior to any scheduled Capital Call Termination Event, and (ii) the date on which any Fund Party’s ability to call Capital Commitments for the purpose of repaying the Obligations otherwise
expires or is terminated;
(e) the date that is thirty (30) days following the occurrence of any Exclusion Event with respect
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to any Included Investor (unless such Exclusion Event has been cured or waived, as determined in the sole discretion of the
Administrative Agent) unless, at such time, there are two or more Included Investors; (f) 45 days prior to the scheduled date of any Exchange Listing; and (g) the date upon which the Borrowers terminate the Commitments pursuant to Section 3.6 or otherwise.
“Maximum Aggregate Trade Allocation” means
$25,000,000, as the same may be increased with the written consent of the Borrowers and all Lenders.
“Maximum Commitment” means $50,000,000, as it
may be (a) reduced by the Borrowers pursuant to Section 3.6 or (b) increased from time to time by the Borrowers pursuant to Section
2.15.
“Maximum Rate” means, on any day, the highest
rate of interest (if any) permitted by Applicable Law on such day.
“Maximum Trade Allocation” means, for each
Lender, its Pro Rata Share of $25,000,000, as the same may be increased with the written consent of the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.
“Memorandum” means the Initial Borrower’s
Confidential Private Placement Memorandum dated May 3, 2019 (together with any appendices and supplements thereto).
“Minimum Collateral Amount” means, at any
time, with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances, an amount equal to, (a) in the case of a Defaulting Lender, 103% of the Fronting Exposure of the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to Letters of Credit issued
and outstanding at such time, and (b) with respect to other obligations of the Borrowers to Cash Collateralize Letters of Credit hereunder, 103% of the entire Letter of Credit Liability as of such time required to be Cash Collateralized, plus, with respect to any Letter of Credit in an Alternative Currency, the FX Reserve Amount related thereto.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Non-Consenting Lender” means any Lender that
does not approve any consent, waiver, amendment, modification or termination that (a) requires the approval of all Lenders or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 12.1 and
(b) has been approved by the Required Lenders.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time,
each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
“Notes” means the promissory notes provided for
in Section 3.1, and all promissory notes delivered in substitution or exchange therefor, as such notes may be amended, restated, reissued, extended or modified, and the Qualified Borrower
Promissory Notes; and “Note” means any one of the Notes.
“Obligations” means all present and future
indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities of the Credit Parties to the Lenders and other Secured Parties, and all renewals and extensions thereof (including, without limitation, Loans, Letters of Credit, obligations under all Lender Hedge
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Agreements (other than any obligations under a Lender Hedge Agreement that are secured by cash or other
security that does not constitute Collateral), or all of the foregoing), or any part thereof, arising pursuant to this Credit Agreement (including the indemnity provisions hereof) or represented by the Notes, any Lender Hedge Agreement and each
Qualified Borrower Guaranty, and all interest accruing thereon, and attorneys’ fees incurred in the enforcement or collection thereof, regardless of whether such indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities are direct, indirect, fixed, contingent,
joint, several, or joint and several; together with all indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of the Credit Parties to the Lenders and other Secured Parties evidenced or arising pursuant to any of the other Loan Documents, and all renewals and
extensions thereof, or any part thereof.
“Operative Documents” means, with respect to
the Initial Borrower, its certificate of incorporation and its Bylaws.
“Operating Company” means an “operating company” within the
meaning of 29 C.F.R.
§2510.3-101(c) of the Plan Asset Regulations.
“Operating Lease” means, as to any Person as
determined in accordance with GAAP, any lease of property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee which is not a Capital Lease.
“Other Claims” has the meaning provided in Section 5.4.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to
any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed
its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, or engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp,
court, documentary, excise, property, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security
interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment, grant of participation, or other transfer (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 4.9(b)).
“Parallel Investment Vehicle” means a parallel
and/or feeder partnership, real estate tax investment trust, group trust or other investment vehicle created in accordance with the Constituent Documents of any Borrower or Guarantor or otherwise thereunder.
“Participant” has the meaning provided in Section 12.11(d). “Participant Register” has the meaning provided in Section 12.11(e).
“Pending Capital Call”
means any Capital Call that has been made upon the Investors and that has not yet been funded by the applicable Investor.
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“Pension Plan Investor”
means an ERISA Investor that is an “employee pension benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA and is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of
the Internal Revenue Code.
“Permitted Distributions” means, without
duplication, (a) Distributions required to maintain the status of Borrower as a RIC or to minimize or eliminate federal Taxes (including corporate and/or excise taxes under the Internal Revenue Code) under subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code,
and (b) Distributions required to avoid federal excise taxes imposed by Section 4982 of the Internal Revenue Code and analogous state Taxes payable by Borrower.
“Person” means an individual, sole
proprietorship, joint venture, association, trust, estate, business trust, corporation, company, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, nonprofit corporation, partnership, group, sector, sovereign government
or agency, instrumentality, or political subdivision thereof, territory, or any similar entity or organization.
“Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), including any single-employer plan or multiemployer plan (as such terms are defined in Section 4001(a)(15) and in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, respectively), that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of
the Internal Revenue Code.
“Plan Asset Regulations” means 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-101, et seq., as
modified by
Section 3(42) of ERISA.
“Plan Assets” means “plan assets”
within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations. “Potential Default” means any condition, act or event which, with the giving of notice or
lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default.
“Prime Rate” means, at any time, the rate of
interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate. Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the day such change in such prime rate occurs. The parties
hereto acknowledge that the rate announced publicly by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate is an index or base rate and shall not necessarily be its lowest or best rate charged to its customers or other banks.
“Principal Obligations” means the sum of (a) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans plus (b) the aggregate Letter of Credit Liability.
“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to each
Lender, the percentage obtained from the fraction: (a)(i) the numerator of which is the Commitment of such Lender; and (ii) the denominator of which is the aggregate Commitments of all Lenders; or (b) in the event the Commitments of all Lenders
have been terminated: (i) the numerator of which is the sum of the Principal Obligations (or, if no Principal Obligations are outstanding, the Facility Obligations) owed to such Lender; and (ii) the denominator of which is the aggregate Principal
Obligations (or if no Principal Obligations are outstanding, the Facility Obligations) owed to all of the Lenders.
“Proceedings” has the meaning provided in Section 7.9.
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“Proposed Amendment” has the meaning provided in Section 9.6.
“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term
“qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 5390(c)(8)(D).
“QFC Credit Support” has the meaning provided in Section 12.24. “Qualified Borrower” has the meaning provided in Section 6.3.
“Qualified Borrower Guaranty”
and “Qualified Borrower Guaranties” have the meanings provided in Section 6.3.
“Qualified Borrower Promissory Note” has the meaning provided in Section 6.3.
“Rated Included Investor” has the meaning
provided in the definition of “Included Investor”.
“Rated Investor” means any Investor that has
a Rating (or that has a Credit Provider, Sponsor or Responsible Party that has a Rating). In the event the Investor, its Credit Provider, Sponsor or Responsible Party has more than one Rating, then the lowest of such Ratings shall be the applicable
Rating.
“Rating” means, for any Person, its senior
unsecured debt rating (or equivalent thereof), such as, but not limited to, a corporate credit rating, issuer rating/insurance financial strength rating (for an insurance company), general obligation rating or credit enhancement program (for a
governmental entity), or revenue bond rating (for an educational institution) from S&P or Moody’s.
“Recipient” means (a) the Administrative
Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) the Letter of Credit Issuer, as applicable.
“Reference Rate” means the greatest of: (a) the Prime Rate plus the Applicable Margin;
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the Federal Funds Rate plus fifty basis points (0.50%) plus
the Applicable Margin; and (c) except during any period of time during which LIBOR is unavailable pursuant to Section 4.2 or 4.3, one (1) month Adjusted LIBOR plus one hundred basis points (1.00%) plus the Applicable Margin. Each change in the Reference Rate
shall become effective without prior notice to any Credit Party automatically as of the opening of business on the day of such change in the Reference Rate.
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“Reference Rate/Daily LIBOR Conversion Date” has the meaning provided in
Section 2.3(f).
“Reference Rate Loan” means a Loan denominated
in Dollars made hereunder with respect to which the interest rate is calculated by reference to the Reference Rate.
“Register” has the meaning provided in Section
12.11(c).
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“Regulation D,” “Regulation T,” “Regulation U,” and “Regulation X” means Regulation D, T, U, or X, as the case may be, of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, from time to time in
effect, and shall include any successor or other regulation relating to reserve requirements or margin requirements, as the case may be, applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.
“Reimbursement Obligation” means the obligation
of the Borrowers to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 2.13 for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any
Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Release” means any release, spill, emission,
leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching, or migration of Hazardous Materials into the indoor or outdoor environment, or into or out of any real property investment, including the movement of any Hazardous
Material through or in indoor or outdoor the air, soil, surface water or groundwater of any real property investment.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal
Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any successor thereto.
“Removal Effective Date” has the meaning provided in Section 11.9(a)(ii). “Request for Borrowing” has the meaning provided in Section 2.3(a). “Request for Letter of Credit” has the meaning provided in Section 2.13(b).
“Requesting Hedge Bank” means
a Specified Hedge Bank requesting that a Lender Hedge Agreement be allocated a Trade Allocation.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, the
Lenders holding an aggregate Pro Rata Share of greater than fifty percent (50%). The Commitments, Principal Obligations and Facility Obligations of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded from both the numerator and the denominator in
determining Required Lenders at any time.
“Required Payment Time” means, (i) promptly on
demand, and in any event within two (2) Business Days, to the extent such funds are available in the Collateral Accounts or any other account maintained by the Fund Parties; and (ii) otherwise, to the extent that it is necessary for the Credit
Parties to issue a Capital Call to fund such required payment, within fifteen (15) Business Days after the Administrative Agent’s demand (but, in any event, the Credit Parties shall issue such Capital Call and shall make such payment promptly after
the related Capital Contributions are received).
“Resignation Effective Date” has the meaning provided in Section 11.9(a).
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“Responsible Officer”
means: (a) in the case of a corporation or exempted company, any director, its president or any vice president or any other officer or the equivalent thereof (other than a secretary or assistant secretary), and, in any case where two Responsible
Officers are acting on behalf of such corporation, the second such Responsible Officer may be a secretary or assistant secretary or the equivalent thereof; (b) in the case of a limited partnership or an exempted limited partnership, an officer of
its general partner or an officer of an entity that has authority to act on behalf of such general partner, acting on behalf of the general partner in its capacity as general partner of such limited partnership; and (c) in the case of a limited
liability company, an officer of such limited liability company or, if there is no officer, a manager, director or managing member, or the individual acting on behalf of such manager or managing member, in its capacity as manager or managing member
of such limited liability company, or in each case any such other authorized officer or signatory who has the power to bind such corporation, limited partnership, exempted limited partnership, limited liability company or any other Person who has
provided documentation evidencing such authority. Any document delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Person shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary
corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Person and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Person.
“Responsible Party” means, for any Governmental
Plan Investor: (a) if the state under which the Governmental Plan Investor operates is obligated to fund the Governmental Plan Investor and is liable to fund any shortfalls, the state; and (b) otherwise, the Governmental Plan Investor itself.
“Returned Capital” means, for any Investor, at
any time, any amounts distributed to such Investor that are subject to recall as a Capital Contribution (as if such funds had never been previously called) pursuant to the Constituent Documents of the applicable Fund Party. Any amount of Returned
Capital distributed to an Investor shall appear on a Capital Return Notice.
“Revaluation Date” means each of the
following: (a) each date on which the Borrowing Base must otherwise be calculated pursuant to the terms of this Credit Agreement; (b) each date of a Borrowing or the issuance of a Letter of Credit; (c) each date any Exclusion Event occurs; (d) the
first Business Day of each calendar month; (e) each date on which the Borrowing Base must otherwise be calculated pursuant to the terms of this Credit Agreement; and (f) solely with respect to a significant fluctuation in an Alternative Currency,
each other date on which the Administrative Agent or the Borrowers shall reasonably determine as necessary with notice thereof to the other party.
“RIC” means, a Person qualifying for treatment as
a “regulated investment company” under the Internal Revenue Code.
“Rollover” means the renewal of all or any part
of any LIBOR Rate Loan upon the expiration of the Interest Period with respect thereto, pursuant to Section 2.3.
“Rollover Notice” has the meaning provided in Section
2.3(e).
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“S&P” means S&P
Global Ratings, a subsidiary of S&P Global Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Same Day Funds” means: (a) with respect to
disbursements and payments in Dollars, immediately available funds; and (b) with respect to disbursements and payments in an Alternative Currency, same day or other funds as may be determined by Administrative Agent to be customary in the place of
disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant Alternative Currency.
“Sanction” or “Sanctions” means individually and collectively, respectively, any and all economic or financial sanctions, sectoral sanctions, secondary sanctions, trade embargoes and anti- terrorism laws, imposed, administered or
enforced from time to time by: (a) the United States of America, including those administered by U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Commerce, or through any
existing or future executive order; (b) the United Nations Security Council; (c) the European Union; (d) the United Kingdom; or (e) any other governmental authorities with jurisdiction over any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Sanctioned Entity” means any individual,
entity, group, sector, territory or country that is the target of any Sanctions, including without limitation, any legal entity that is deemed to be a target of Sanctions based on the direct or indirect ownership or control of such entity by any
other Sanctioned Entity.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Secured Parties” means the Administrative
Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Specified Hedge Banks, the Lenders and each Indemnitee.
“Securities Exchange Act” means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter, and any successor statute.
“Security Agreement” means each Security
Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, made by a Fund Party and, if applicable, its General Partner in favor of the Administrative Agent, pursuant to which such Fund Party
and, if applicable, its General Partner have granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority Lien and security interest in, and pledge of, their interests in the Collateral, as the same may be amended,
amended and restated, supplemented or modified otherwise from time to time.
“SEMS” means the Superfund Enterprise Management System. “Shares” means the shares of common stock in any Fund Party.
“Side Letter” means any
side letter executed by an Investor with any Credit Party or the Fund Advisor with respect to such Investor’s rights and/or obligations under its Subscription Agreement or Constituent Documents of the applicable Fund Party.
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“SOFR” with respect to any day
means the secured overnight financing rate published for such day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as the administrator of the benchmark, (or a successor administrator) on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website.
“Solvent” means, with respect to any Credit
Party, as of any date of determination, that as of such date:
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the fair value of the assets of such Credit Party and, with respect to the Fund Parties, the aggregate Unfunded Capital Commitments, are
greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Credit Party;
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the fair value of the assets of such Credit Party and, with respect to the Fund Parties, the aggregate Unfunded Capital Commitments,
are not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of the Credit Parties on their debts as they become absolute and matured;
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(c)
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such Credit Party does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond its ability to pay as such
debts or liabilities become absolute and matured; and
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(d)
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such Credit Party is not engaged in a business or transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or transaction, for which its
assets and, with respect to the Fund Parties, the aggregate Unfunded Capital Commitments, would constitute unreasonably small capital.
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For the purposes of this definition, the amount of contingent liabilities (such as litigation, guarantees,
and pension plan liabilities) at any time shall be computed as the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at the time, represents the amount which can be reasonably expected to become an actual or matured liability and
are determined as contingent liabilities in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of insolvency.
“Specified Hedge Bank” means, with respect to
any Lender Hedge Agreement, a Person that is a Lender in its capacity as a party to such Lender Hedge Agreement.
“Sponsor” means, (a) for any ERISA Investor, a
sponsor as that term is understood under ERISA, specifically, the entity that established the plan and is responsible for the maintenance of the plan and, in the case of a plan that has a sponsor and participating employers, the entity that has the
ability to amend or terminate the plan, and in the case of an ERISA Investor that is an individual retirement account or individual retirement annuity, the owner of such account or annuity for whose benefit the account or annuity has been
established, and (b) for any Endowment Fund Investor, the state chartered, “not-for-profit” university or college that has established such fund for its exclusive use and benefit. As used herein, the term “not-for-profit” means an entity formed not
for pecuniary profit or financial gain and for which no part of its assets, income or profit is distributable to, or inures to the personal benefit of, its members, directors or officers.
“Spot Rate” for a currency means, at any date of
determination thereof, the rate determined by the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, as its spot rate for the purchase
of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading
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office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two (2) Business Days prior to the date as of which the
foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent if the Administrative Agent
does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency.
“Stated Maturity Date” means August 12, 2022.
“Sterling” and “£” mean the lawful currency of
the United Kingdom.
“Subscribed Interest” means the obligation of an
Investor to purchase Shares pursuant to its Subscription Agreement up to the amount of its Unfunded Capital Commitment.
“Subscription Agreement” means a Subscription
Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit U and any related supplement thereto executed by an Investor in connection with the subscription for Shares or a partnership interest or
other equity interest, as applicable, in any Fund Party, as applicable, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time; “Subscription Agreements” means, where
the context may require, all Subscription Agreements, collectively.
“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation,
partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than
securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is, at any time, otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries”
shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of a Borrower.
“Supported Counterparty” means, at any time, a
Borrower that, at such time, is not an “eligible contract participant” as defined in Section 1a(18) of the Commodity Exchange Act and related regulations of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, except by virtue of the support of the Keepwell
Providers under Section 12.22.
“Supported QFC” has the meaning provided in Section
12.24.
“Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any
Borrower, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Synthetic Lease” means any synthetic lease, tax
retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing product where such transaction is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an Operating Lease in accordance with GAAP.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes,
levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, fines, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
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“Term SOFR” means the
forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.
“Threshold Amount” means, on any date, the greater of (a) the Dollar Equivalent of
$10,000,000; and (b) the Dollar Equivalent of ten percent (10%) of the net asset value of the Borrowers as reported in the most
recent financial statement provided by the Borrowers prior to such date.
“Trade Allocation” means, for any Lender Hedge
Agreement, as of any date of determination, the amount of the Borrowing Base allocated to such Specified Hedge Bank for the Hedge Termination Value under such Lender Hedge Agreement as documented substantially in the form of Exhibit S.
“Transaction Information” has the meaning provided in Section 12.17.
“Transfer” means to assign, convey, exchange,
pledge, sell, set-off, transfer or otherwise dispose.
“Type of Loan” means a Reference Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate Loan.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as
adopted in the State of New York and any other state from time to time, which governs creation or perfection (and the effect thereof) of security interests in any Collateral.
“Uncalled Capital Commitment” means, with
respect to any Investor at any time, such Investor’s uncalled Capital Commitment.
“Unfunded Capital Commitment” means, with
respect to any Investor at any time, such Investor’s Uncalled Capital Commitment minus any portion of such Investor’s Uncalled Capital Commitment that is subject to a Pending Capital Call.
“Uniform Customs” means the Uniform Customs
and Practice for Documentary Credits (2007 Revision), effective July, 2007 International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600.
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the
Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“Unrated Included Investor” has the meaning
provided in the definition of “Included Investor”.
“U.S. Special Resolution Regimes” has the meaning provided in Section 12.24.
“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United
States Person” as defined in
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 4.1(f).
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“Xxxxx Fargo” has the meaning provided in the first paragraph
hereof. “Withholding Agent” means any Credit Party and the Administrative Agent.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers”
means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers
are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
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Construction. With reference to this Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless
otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
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(a)
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all terms defined in this Credit Agreement shall have the above-defined meanings when used in the Notes or any other Loan Documents or any
certificate, report or other document made or delivered pursuant to this Credit Agreement, unless otherwise defined in such other document;
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(b)
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the definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined;
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(c)
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whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms;
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(d)
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the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”;
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(e)
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the word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the
word “shall”;
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(f)
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any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns;
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(g)
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the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Credit Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof;
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(h)
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all references herein to Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this
Credit Agreement;
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(i)
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the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to
have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights;
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(j)
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the term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates,
notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form;
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(k)
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in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”; and the word “through” means “to and including”;
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(l)
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references to a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership taking any action, having any power or authority or owning, holding or dealing
with any asset are to such partnership acting through its general partner (or, as the case may be, such general partner’s ultimate general partner); and
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(m)
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section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the
interpretation of this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.
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1.3
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Accounting Terms.
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(a)
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All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein or in any other Loan Document shall be construed in conformity with,
and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Credit Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from
time to time and in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the audited financial statements required by Section 8.1(a), except as otherwise specifically prescribed
herein.
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(b)
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If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) set
forth in this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, the Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent shall negotiate in good faith to amend such covenant to preserve the original intent in light of such change; provided, that, until so amended: (a) such covenant shall continue to be computed in accordance with the application of GAAP prior to such change and (b) the Credit Parties shall provide to the
Administrative Agent a written reconciliation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, between calculations of such covenant made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
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UCC Terms. Terms defined in the UCC in effect on the Closing Date and not otherwise defined herein
shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, have the meanings provided by those definitions. Subject to the foregoing, the term “UCC” refers, as of any date of determination,
to the UCC then in effect.
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1.5
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References to Agreement and Laws. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein,
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(a)
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references to formation documents, governing documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments
shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are
not prohibited by any Loan Document; and (b) references to any Applicable Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Applicable Law.
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1.6
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Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day
shall be references to times of day in New York, New York.
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1.7
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Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents. The Administrative Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer, as
applicable, shall determine the Spot Rates as of each applicable date required to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of Principal Obligations and Letters of Credit denominated in Alternative Currencies. In the case of a
Spot Rate required to be calculated as of a Revaluation Date, such Spot Rate shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rate employed in converting any amounts between the applicable currencies until the next
Revaluation Date to occur. Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by a Credit Party hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other
than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer, as applicable, based on the Spot Rate as of the last Revaluation
Date.
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Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to the amount of a
Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to mean the maximum face amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all increases thereof contemplated by such Letter of Credit or the Letter of Credit Application therefor (at the
time specified therefor in such applicable Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application and as such amount may be reduced by (a) any permanent reduction of such Letter of Credit or (b) any amount which is drawn, reimbursed and no
longer available under such Letter of Credit).
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2.
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REVOLVING CREDIT LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT.
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2.1
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The Commitment.
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(a)
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Committed Amount. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Lender agrees, during
the Availability Period: (i) to extend to the Borrowers a revolving line of credit; and (ii) to participate in Letters of Credit issued by the Letter of Credit Issuer for the account of the Borrowers, in each case in Dollars or in an
Alternative Currency.
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Limitation on Borrowings and Re-borrowings. Except as provided in Section 2.1(c) below, no Lender shall be required to advance any Borrowing, Rollover, Conversion or cause the issuance of any Letter of Credit hereunder if:
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(i)
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after giving effect to such Borrowing, Rollover, Conversion, or issuance of such Letter of Credit: (A) the Dollar Equivalent of the
Principal Obligations would exceed the Available Commitment; (B) the Dollar Equivalent of the Letter of Credit Liability would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit then in effect; or (C) the Dollar Equivalent of the Principal Obligations
owed to any Lender would exceed the Commitment of such Lender; or
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(ii)
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the conditions precedent for such Borrowing or for the issuance of such Letter of Credit in Section 6.2 have not been satisfied.
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(c)
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Exceptions to Limitations. Conversions to Reference Rate Loans shall be
permitted notwithstanding Section 2.1(b)(i) and Section 2.1(b)(ii) above, in each case, unless the Administrative
Agent has otherwise accelerated the Facility Obligations or exercised other rights that terminate the Commitments under Section 10.2.
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Revolving Credit Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Lender
severally agrees, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, to make Loans to the Borrowers at any time and from time to time in an aggregate principal amount up to such Lender’s Commitment at any such time. Subject to the
limitations and conditions set forth in Section 2.1(b) and Section 6 and the other terms and conditions hereof,
the Borrowers may borrow, repay without penalty or premium, and re-borrow hereunder, during the Availability Period. No Lender shall be obligated to fund any Loan if the interest rate applicable thereto under Section 2.6(a) would exceed the Maximum Rate in effect with respect to such Loan.
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Manner of Borrowing.
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(a)
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Request for Borrowing. The applicable Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent notice at the
Agency Services Address of the date of each requested Borrowing hereunder, which notice may be by telephone, if confirmed in writing, facsimile, electronic mail, or other written communication (a “Request for Borrowing”), in the form of Exhibit F, and which notice shall be effective upon receipt by the Administrative Agent. Each Request for
Borrowing: (i) shall be furnished to the Administrative Agent no later than (x) 11:00 a.m. (or such later time as the Administrative Agent may approve in its sole discretion) on the requested date of Borrowing in the case of a Reference
Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate Loan based on Daily LIBOR, (y) 12:00 p.m. (or such later time as the Administrative Agent may approve in its sole discretion) at least three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of Borrowing in the case
of a LIBOR Rate Loan (other than any LIBOR Rate Loan based on Daily LIBOR) in Dollars, and
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(z)
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12:00 p.m. (or such later time as the Administrative Agent may approve in its sole discretion) at least four (4) Business Days prior to
the requested date of Borrowing, in the case of a LIBOR Rate Loan (other than any LIBOR Rate Loan based on Daily LIBOR) in an Alternative Currency; and (ii) must specify: (A) the amount of such Borrowing; (B) the Interest Option if such
Loan is to be funded in Dollars; (C) the Interest Period therefor, if applicable; (D) the currency of such Borrowing; and (E) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day. Any Request for Borrowing received by the
Administrative Agent after 12:00 p.m. shall (unless otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent) be deemed to have been given by the applicable Borrower on the next succeeding Business Day. Each Request for Borrowing submitted by the
Borrowers shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 6.1 and 6.2 and,
to the extent applicable, Section 6.3 and/or Section 6.4 have been satisfied (except to the extent waived) on and
as of the date of the applicable Borrowing. No Request for Borrowing shall be valid hereunder for any purpose unless it shall have been accompanied or preceded by the information and other documents required to be delivered in accordance
with this Section 2.3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any notice requirement in this clause (a)
may be waived by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in their sole discretion in connection with the initial Request for Borrowing.
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(b)
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Further Information. Each Request for Borrowing shall be accompanied or
preceded by: (i) a duly executed Borrowing Base Certificate dated the date of such Request for Borrowing; and (ii) such documents as are required to satisfy any applicable conditions precedent as provided in Section 6.2.
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Request for Borrowing Irrevocable. Each Request for Borrowing completed and signed by any Borrower
in accordance with Section 2.3(a) shall be irrevocable and binding on such Borrower, and such Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against any cost, loss (other than lost
profits) or expense incurred by such Lender, either directly or indirectly, as a result of any failure by such Borrower to complete such requested Borrowing, including any cost, loss (other than lost profits) or expense incurred by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, either directly or indirectly by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of funds acquired by such Lender in order to fund such requested Borrowing except to the extent such cost, loss or expense is
due to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Person. A certificate of such Lender setting forth the amount of any such cost, loss or expense, and the basis for the determination thereof and the calculation thereof, shall be
delivered to such Borrower and shall, in the absence of a manifest error, be conclusive and binding.
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(d)
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Lender Funding Shall be Proportional. Each Lender shall make each requested Loan in accordance
with its Pro Rata Share thereof.
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(e)
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Rollovers. No later than 12:00 p.m. (or such later time as the Administrative Agent may approve in
its sole discretion) (x) at least three (3) Business Days prior to the termination of each Interest Period related to a LIBOR Rate Loan in Dollars or (y) at least four (4) Business Days prior to the termination of each Interest Period
related to a LIBOR Rate Loan in an Alternative Currency, the applicable Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent written notice at the Agency Services Address (which notice may be via fax or electronic mail) in the form of Exhibit G (a “Rollover Notice”) whether it desires to renew such LIBOR Rate Loan. The Rollover Notice shall also specify
(i) the amount of the LIBOR Rate Loan and (ii) the length of the Interest Period, in each case selected by the applicable Borrower with respect to such Rollover. Each Rollover Notice shall be irrevocable and effective upon notification
thereof to the Administrative Agent. If the Borrowers fail to timely give the Administrative Agent the Rollover Notice with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have elected one (1)-month LIBOR as the Interest
Option with respect to such Loan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a LIBOR Rate Loan based on Daily LIBOR shall automatically rollover until it is prepaid or converted each day without any notice or election.
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(f)
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Conversions. The Borrowers shall have the right: (i) on any Business Day (a “LIBOR Conversion Date”), with respect to any Reference Rate Loan, to convert such Reference Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan in Dollars, or with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan based on
Daily LIBOR, to convert such LIBOR Rate Loan based on Daily LIBOR to a LIBOR Rate Loan that is not based on Daily LIBOR; and (ii) with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan in Dollars, on any Business Day (a “Reference Rate/Daily LIBOR Conversion Date”) to convert such LIBOR Rate Loan to a Reference Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate Loan based on Daily LIBOR, provided that the
Borrowers shall, on such LIBOR Conversion
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Date or Reference Rate/Daily LIBOR Conversion Date, as applicable, make the payments required by Section 4.6, if any, in either case, by giving the Administrative Agent written notice at the Agency Services Address in the form of Exhibit G (a “Conversion Notice”) of such selection no later than 12:00 p.m. at least either (x) three (3) Business Days prior to such LIBOR Conversion Date or (y) one (1) Business Day prior to such Reference Rate/Daily
LIBOR Conversion Date, as applicable. Each Conversion Notice shall be irrevocable and effective upon notification thereof to the Administrative Agent. A request of the Borrowers for a Conversion of a Reference Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan is
subject to the condition that no Event of Default or Potential Default exists at the time of such request or after giving effect to such Conversion. A request of the Borrowers for a Conversion of a LIBOR Rate Loan based on Daily LIBOR to a LIBOR
Rate Loan that is not based on Daily LIBOR is subject to the condition that no Event of Default or Potential Default exists at the time of such request or after giving effect to such Conversion
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Tranches. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no more than ten (10) LIBOR
Rate Loans may be outstanding hereunder at any one time during the Availability Period.
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(h)
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Administrative Agent Notification of the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify
each Lender of the receipt of a Request for Borrowing, a Conversion Notice or a Rollover Notice, the amount of the Borrowing and the amount and currency of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the applicable Loans, the date the Borrowing is to
be made, the Interest Option selected, the Interest Period selected, if applicable, and the applicable rate of interest.
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2.4
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Minimum Loan Amounts. Each LIBOR Rate Loan shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral
multiple of $100,000 and not less than $1,000,000 and each Reference Rate Loan shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $500,000 for each Lender; provided
that a Reference Rate Loan may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Available Commitment or that is required to finance the reimbursement of a Letter of Credit under Section 2.13(c). Any Loans in an Alternative Currency shall satisfy these minimum thresholds on a Dollar Equivalent basis.
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2.5
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Funding.
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(a)
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Funding of Borrowings. Subject to the fulfillment of all applicable conditions set forth herein,
each Lender shall make the proceeds of its Pro Rata Share of each Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent no later than 12:00 p.m. on the date specified in the Request for Borrowing as the borrowing date, in Same Day Funds, and,
upon fulfillment of all applicable conditions set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall deposit such proceeds in Same Day Funds in the applicable Borrower’s account maintained with the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m.
on the borrowing date or, if requested by the Borrowers in the Request for Borrowing, shall wire-transfer such funds as requested on or before such time. If a Lender fails to make its Pro Rata Share of any requested Borrowing available to
the Administrative Agent on the applicable borrowing date, then the Administrative Agent may recover the applicable amount on demand: (i) from such Lender, together with interest at the Federal Funds Rate for the
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period commencing on the date the amount was made available to the Borrowers by the Administrative Agent
and ending on (but excluding) the date the Administrative Agent recovers the amount from such Lender; or (ii) if such Lender fails to pay its amount upon the Administrative Agent’s demand, then from the Borrowers by the Required Payment Time,
together with interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate applicable to the requested Borrowing for the period commencing on the borrowing date and ending on (but excluding) the date the Administrative Agent recovers the amount from the
Borrowers.
(b)
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Obligations of Lender Several. The liabilities and obligations of each Lender hereunder shall be
several and not joint, and neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall be responsible for the performance by any other Lender of its obligations hereunder. The failure of any Lender to advance the proceeds of its Pro Rata Share
of any Borrowing required to be advanced hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation to advance the proceeds of its Pro Rata Share of any Borrowing required to be advanced hereunder. Each Lender hereunder shall be
liable to the Borrowers only for the amount of its respective Commitment.
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2.6
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Interest.
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(a)
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Interest Rate. Each Loan funded by the Lenders shall accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to:
(i) with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans, Adjusted LIBOR for the applicable Interest Period; and (ii) with respect to Reference Rate Loans, the Reference Rate in effect from day to day. At any time, each Loan shall have only one Interest
Period and one Interest Option. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event shall the interest rate hereunder exceed the Maximum Rate.
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(b)
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Change in Rate; Past Due Amounts; Calculations of Interest. Each change in the rate of interest
for any Borrowing consisting of Reference Rate Loans shall become effective, without prior notice to the Credit Parties, automatically as of the opening of business of the Administrative Agent on the date of said change. Interest on the
unpaid principal balance of (i) each LIBOR Rate Loan (other than LIBOR Rate Loans denominated in Sterling) and Reference Rate Loan bearing interest based on LIBOR shall be calculated on the basis of the actual days elapsed in a year
consisting of 360 days and
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(ii) each Reference Rate Loan (other than when the Reference Rate is calculated based on LIBOR) and LIBOR Rate Loan
denominated in Sterling shall be calculated on the basis of the actual days elapsed in a year consisting of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be.
(c)
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Default Rate. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, then, upon written notice to
the Borrowers from the Administrative Agent, (in lieu of the interest rate provided in Section 2.6(a) above) all Facility Obligations shall bear interest, after as well as
before judgment, at the Default Rate.
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2.7
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Determination of Rate. The Administrative Agent shall determine each interest rate applicable to
the LIBOR Rate Loans and Reference Rate Loans hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall, upon request, give notice to the Borrowers and to the Lenders of each rate of interest so determined, and its determination thereof shall be
conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error.
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2.8
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Qualified Borrowers. In consideration of the Lenders’ agreement to advance
funds to a Qualified Borrower that has joined the Credit Facility in accordance with Section 6.3, to cause Letters of Credit to be issued for the account of a Qualified Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.13, and to accept the Qualified Borrower Guaranties in support thereof, the Borrowers hereby authorize, empower, and direct the Administrative Agent, for
the benefit of the Secured Parties, within the limits of the Available Commitment, to disburse directly to the Lenders, with notice to the Borrowers, in Same Day Funds, an amount equal to the amount due and owing under any Qualified
Borrower Promissory Note or any Qualified Borrower Guaranty, together with all interest, costs and expenses and fees due to the Lenders pursuant thereto, as a Borrowing hereunder, in the event the Administrative Agent shall have not
received payment of such Facility Obligations when due. The Administrative Agent will notify the Borrowers of any disbursement made to the Lenders pursuant to the terms hereof; provided that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of the disbursement, and the Administrative Agent shall provide the Lenders with notice thereof. Any such disbursement made by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders shall be
deemed to be a Reference Rate Loan pursuant to Section 2.3 in the amount so paid, and the Borrowers shall be deemed to have given to the Administrative Agent in accordance with
the terms and conditions of Section 2.3, a Request for Borrowing with respect thereto; and such disbursements shall be made without regard to the minimum and multiple amounts
specified in Section 2.4. The Administrative Agent may conclusively rely on the Lenders as to the amount of any such Facility Obligations due to the Lenders, absent manifest
error.
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Use of Proceeds, Letters of Credit and Qualified Borrower Guaranties. The proceeds of the Loans
and the Letters of Credit shall be used solely for purposes (a) expressly permitted under the Constituent Documents of each Credit Party and (b) for which a Capital Call may be made to fund the repayment thereof. Neither the Lenders nor
the Administrative Agent shall have any liability, obligation, or responsibility whatsoever with respect to the Borrowers’ use of the proceeds of the Loans, the Letters of Credit or execution and delivery of the Qualified Borrower
Guaranties, and neither the Lenders nor the Administrative Agent shall be obligated to determine whether or not the Borrowers’ use of the proceeds of the Loans or the Letters of Credit are for purposes permitted under the Constituent
Documents of any Credit Party. Nothing, including, without limitation, any Borrowing, any Rollover, any issuance of any Letter of Credit, or acceptance of any Qualified Borrower Guaranty or other document or instrument, shall be construed
as a representation or warranty, express or implied, to any party by the Lenders or the Administrative Agent as to whether any investment by the Borrowers is permitted by the terms of the Constituent Documents of any Credit Party. Each
Borrower agrees to respond promptly to any reasonable requests for information related to its use of Loan and Letter of Credit proceeds to the extent required by any Lender in connection with such Lender’s determination of its compliance
with Section 23A of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. § 371c) and the Federal Reserve Board’s Regulation W (12 C.F.R. Part 223). No Borrower shall to its actual knowledge use the proceeds of any Borrowing hereunder to purchase any asset
or securities from any Lender’s “affiliate” as such term is defined in 12 C.F.R. Part 223, without the prior written consent of the applicable Lender, in its sole discretion. In connection with each Request for Borrowing hereunder, the
requesting Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing that, to its actual knowledge, as of the date of the requested Borrowing, the proceeds of such Borrowing will
not be used by such Borrower to, directly or indirectly, either (x) purchase any asset or securities from any Lender’s “affiliate” as such term is defined in 12 C.F.R. Part 223 or (y) invest in any fund sponsored by a Lender or such
“affiliate”
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thereof, without the prior written consent of the applicable Lender, in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding
the foregoing: (i) no Lender’s consent shall be required pursuant to this Section
2.9 in order for a Borrower to use the proceeds of a Borrowing
hereunder to purchase assets or securities in accordance with 12 C.F.R. section 223.42(c), (e), (f), (g) and (m) (any such purchase, an “Exempt Purchase”); and (ii) a Borrower shall not be
deemed to have made the representation and warranty set forth in clause (x) above in respect of any Exempt Purchase.
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Fees. The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent fees in consideration of the arrangement
and administration of the Commitments, which fees shall be payable in amounts and on the dates agreed to between the Initial Borrower and the Administrative Agent in the Fee Letter. The Borrowers will pay to the Administrative Agent such
other fees as are payable in the amount and on the date agreed to between the Initial Borrower and the Administrative Agent in the Fee Letter.
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2.11
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Unused Commitment Fee. In addition to the payments provided for in Section 3, the Borrowers shall pay or cause to be paid to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, an unused commitment fee at the rate of twenty basis points (0.20%) per annum on the
Commitment of the Lenders which was unused (through the extension of Loans or the issuance of Letters of Credit) calculated on the basis of actual days elapsed in a year consisting of 360 days and payable in arrears on the first Business
Day of each calendar quarter for the preceding calendar quarter. For purposes of this Section 2.11, the fee shall be calculated on a daily basis; provided that the Commitment of a Defaulting Lender shall be excluded in the calculation of the commitment fee and no portion of the commitment fee shall be due to a Lender for any period of time in which such Lender
was a Defaulting Lender. The Credit Parties and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the unused commitment fees payable hereunder are bona fide unused commitment fees and are intended as
reasonable compensation to the Lenders for committing to make funds available to the Borrowers as described herein and for no other purposes.
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2.12
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[Reserved].
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2.13
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Letters of Credit.
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(a)
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Letter of Credit Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, on any Business Day
during the Availability Period, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall issue such Letters of Credit in Dollars or in an Alternative Currency and in such aggregate face amounts as the Borrowers may request; provided
that: (i) on the date of issuance, the Dollar Equivalent of the Letter of Credit Liability (after giving effect to the issuance of any such Letter of Credit) will not exceed the lesser of: (A) the remainder of: (1) the Available
Commitment as of such date minus
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(2) the Dollar Equivalent of the Principal Obligations as of such date and (B) the Letter of Credit Sublimit; (ii) each Letter
of Credit shall be in a minimum amount of $250,000 or the Dollar Equivalent thereof; (iii) the expiry date of the Letter of Credit shall not be later than (A) twelve
(12) months after the date of issuance (subject to automatic renewal for additional one year periods pursuant to the terms of
the Letter of Credit Application or other documentation acceptable to the Letter of Credit Issuer) without the Letter of Credit Issuer’s consent, in its sole discretion, or (B) thirty (30) days prior to the Stated Maturity Date, or, if the
Borrowers comply with Section 2.13(h), within one (1) year after the Stated Maturity Date; (iv) each Letter of Credit shall be subject to the Uniform Customs and/or ISP98, as set forth in
the Letter of Credit Application or as determined
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by the Letter of Credit Issuer and, to the extent not inconsistent therewith, the laws of the State of New
York, and (v) the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if, after the Closing Date (A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or
restrain the Letter of Credit Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Applicable Law applicable to the Letter of Credit Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with
jurisdiction over the Letter of Credit Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the Letter of Credit Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the Letter of Credit
Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the Letter of Credit Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date or shall impose upon the Letter of Credit
Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the Letter of Credit Issuer deems material to it, (B) the Borrowers have not provided the information necessary for the Letter of Credit Issuer to
complete the form of Letter of Credit, or (C) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate Applicable Law or one or more policies of the Letter of Credit Issuer. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrowers request that a Letter of Credit be
issued for the account of any Subsidiary, the Borrowers shall be liable for all Obligations under such Letter of Credit as if it had been issued for the account of the Borrowers.
(b)
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Request. Each request for a Letter of Credit (a “Request for Letter of Credit”) shall be submitted to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit K (with blanks appropriately completed in
conformity herewith), together with a Letter of Credit Application and a Borrowing Base Certificate (each of which shall be in final form upon delivery thereof to the Administrative Agent), for the Letter of Credit Issuer, on or before
11:00 a.m. at least four (4) Business Days prior to the requested date of issuance of such Letter of Credit (or six
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(6)
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Business Days with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued by any branch of the Letter of Credit Issuer located outside of the United
States). The Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of such Request for Letter of Credit and the terms of the requested Letter of Credit. Upon each such application, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have automatically made to the
Administrative Agent, each Lender, and the Letter of Credit Issuer the following representations and warranties:
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(i)
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The Letter of Credit Liability (after giving effect to the issuance of the requested Letter of Credit) will not exceed the lesser of: (A) the remainder of:
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(1) the Available Commitment as of such date; minus (2) the Dollar Equivalent of
the Principal Obligations as of such date; and (B) the Letter of Credit Sublimit on such date; and
(ii)
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All conditions precedent in Section 6.2 for the issuance of such Letter of Credit will be
satisfied as of the date of such issuance.
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(c)
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Participation by the Lenders. Each Lender shall and does hereby participate ratably with the
Letter of Credit Issuer in each Letter of Credit issued and outstanding hereunder to the extent of its Pro Rata Share of the Letter of Credit Liability with respect to each such Letter of Credit, and shall share in all rights and
obligations resulting therefrom, including, without limitation: (i) the right to receive from the Administrative Agent its Pro Rata Share of any reimbursement of the amount of each draft drawn under each Letter of Credit, including any
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interest payable with respect thereto; (ii) the right to receive from the Administrative Agent its Pro Rata
Share of the Letter of Credit fee pursuant to Section 2.13; (iii) the right to receive from the Administrative Agent its additional costs pursuant to Section 4.1; and (iv) the obligation to pay to the Administrative Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, in immediately available funds, its Pro Rata Share of any unreimbursed drawing under a Letter
of Credit.
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Payment of Letter of Credit. In the event of any drawing under any Letter of Credit, the
Borrowers agree to reimburse (either with the proceeds of a Loan as provided for in this Section 2.13 or with funds from other sources), in same day funds, the Letter of Credit
Issuer on each date on which the Letter of Credit Issuer notifies the Borrowers of the date and amount of a draft paid under any Letter of Credit (or the following Business Day if such notice is received after 12:00 p.m.) for the amount
of such draft so paid and any amounts representing interest, costs, expenses or fees incurred by the Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with such payment. Unless the Borrowers shall immediately notify the Letter of Credit Issuer that
the Borrowers intend to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for such drawing from other sources or funds, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have timely given a Request for Borrowing to the Administrative Agent (without regard to any
otherwise applicable notice periods), and the Borrowers hereby authorize, empower, and direct the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties and the Letter of Credit Issuer, to disburse directly, as a Borrowing
hereunder, to the Letter of Credit Issuer, with notice to the Borrowers, in immediately available funds an amount equal to the stated amount of each draft drawn under each Letter of Credit plus all interest, costs and expenses, and fees
due to the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to this Credit Agreement. Subject to receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount disbursed by
the Letter of Credit Issuer on the Business Day on which the Letter of Credit Issuer honors any such draft or incurs or is owed any such interest, costs, expenses or fees. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers of any such
disbursements made by the Lenders pursuant to the terms hereof; provided that the failure to give such notice will not affect the validity of the disbursement, and the Administrative Agent shall
provide the Lenders with notice thereof. Any such disbursement made by the Lenders to the Letter of Credit Issuer on account of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed a Reference Rate Loan if in Dollars and a LIBOR Rate Loan with a one-month
Interest Period if in an Alternative Currency; and such disbursements shall be made without regard to the minimum and multiple amounts specified in Section 2.4. The
Administrative Agent and the Lenders may conclusively rely on the Letter of Credit Issuer as to the amount due to the Letter of Credit Issuer by reason of any draft of a Letter of Credit or due to the Letter of Credit Issuer under any
Letter of Credit Application. The obligations of a Lender to make payments to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer, and, as applicable, the obligations of the Borrowers with respect to Borrowings, each
under this Section 2.13(d) shall be irrevocable, shall not be subject to any qualification or exception whatsoever, and shall, irrespective of the satisfaction of the
conditions to the making of any Loans described in Sections 2.1(b), 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 and/or 6.4, as applicable, be honored in accordance with this Section 2.13(d) under all circumstances, including, without limitation, any of the following circumstances:
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(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents; (ii) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the obligations of the Borrowers in respect of any Letter of Credit or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from
all or any of the terms of the Letter of Credit; (iii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right which the Borrowers may have at any time against a beneficiary named in a Letter of Credit or any
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transferee of a beneficiary named in a Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such transferee may be
acting), the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, any Lender, or any other Person, whether in connection with this Credit Agreement, any Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transactions (including
any underlying transactions between the account party and beneficiary named in any Letter of Credit); (iv) any draft, demand, certificate or any other document presented under a Letter of Credit having been determined 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 draw under a Letter of Credit; (v) any
payment by the Letter of Credit 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; (vi) any payment made by the Letter of Credit 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; (vii) the surrender or impairment of any security for the performance or observance of any of the terms of any of the Loan Documents; (viii) the
occurrence of any Event of Default or Potential Default; or (ix) 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, any Credit Party. The Letter of Credit Issuer shall provide prompt written notice to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrower of each request for a draw under a Letter of Credit and each draw under a Letter of
Credit.
(e)
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Borrower Inspection. The Borrowers shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and
each amendment thereto that is delivered to them and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrowers’ instructions or other irregularity, the Borrowers will immediately notify the Letter of Credit Issuer of the same in
writing. The Borrowers shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the Letter of Credit Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
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(f)
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Role of Letter of Credit Issuer. Each Lender and the Credit Parties agree that, in paying any
drawing under a Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by such Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or
inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent nor any of the respective correspondents,
participants or assignees of the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for: (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable;
(ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit. The Borrowers
hereby assume all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that
this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrowers from pursuing such rights and remedies as they may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the Letter of Credit
Issuer, the Administrative Agent, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of the Letter of Credit Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses
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(i) through (ix) of Section 2.13(d). In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Letter of Credit Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face
to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or
assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
(g)
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Acceleration of Undrawn Amounts. Should the Administrative Agent demand payment of the Facility
Obligations hereunder prior to the Maturity Date pursuant to Section 10.2, the Administrative Agent, by written notice to the Borrowers, may take one or both of the following
actions: (i) declare the obligation of the Letter of Credit Issuer to issue Letters of Credit hereunder terminated, whereupon such obligations shall forthwith terminate without any other notice of any kind; or (ii) declare the Letter of
Credit Liability to be forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived, and demand that the Borrowers Cash Collateralize, as security for the Obligations, an
amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount at the time such notice is given. Unless otherwise required by Applicable Law, upon the full and final payment of the Obligations and all Letters of Credit have expired or been fully drawn
upon or Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to or greater than the Minimum Collateral Amount (other than Obligations in respect of a Lender Hedge Agreement that have been cash collateralized or otherwise satisfied pursuant to Section 2.16(h)), the Administrative Agent shall return to the Borrowers any amounts remaining in said Cash Collateral Account.
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(h)
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Cash Collateral. If (i) as of the Maturity Date, any Letters of Credit may for any reason remain
outstanding and partially or wholly undrawn, or (ii) any other circumstances under this Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents occurs requiring the Borrowers to Cash Collateralize any Letters of Credit, then, in each case, the
Borrowers shall promptly Cash Collateralize in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount or, in the case of Section 2.13(h)(ii) above, such amount expressly required by
the terms of this Credit Agreement or other Loan Document, to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to be held by the Administrative Agent as Cash Collateral subject to the terms of this Section 2.13(h) and any security agreement, control agreement and other documentation requested by the Administrative Agent to be executed in connection with opening a Cash
Collateral Account for the purpose of holding such Cash Collateral. All Cash Collateral to be provided by the Borrowers pursuant to this Section 2.13(h) shall be in the
currency or currencies of the underlying Letters of Credit. Cash Collateral held in a Cash Collateral Account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the reimbursement of the Letter of Credit Issuer for any payment made by it of
drafts drawn under the outstanding Letters of Credit, and the unused portion thereof, after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, if any, shall be applied to repay other Obligations. After all such
Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon or been Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to or greater than the Minimum Collateral Amount, all Letter of Credit Liability shall have been satisfied and all other
Obligations (other than Obligations in respect of a Lender Hedge Agreement that have been cash collateralized or otherwise satisfied pursuant to Section 2.16(h)) shall have been
paid in full, the balance, if any, of Cash Collateral held in a Cash Collateral Account pursuant to this Section 2.13(h) shall be returned to the Borrowers. The Borrowers
hereby grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and agree to maintain, a
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first priority security interest in all such Cash Collateral and in each Cash Collateral Account as security
in respect of the Letter of Credit Liability.
(i)
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Lenders’ Continuing Obligations. In the event any Letter of Credit Liability is Cash
Collateralized in accordance with Section 2.13(h) or otherwise pursuant to this Credit Agreement (including but not limited to the Cash Collateralizing of a Letter of Credit
outstanding beyond the Maturity Date), each Lender’s participation in such Letter of Credit pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall continue in all respects, the Lenders will
continue to be entitled to receive their Pro Rata Share of the Letter of Credit fee payable in accordance with Section 2.14, and the Lenders shall continue to be obligated to
fund their Pro Rata Share of any drawing under such Letter of Credit in the event the Cash Collateral is for any reason unavailable or insufficient to fully fund such drawing (including, but not limited to, as a result of any preference
claim or other clawback under any proceeding pursuant to any Debtor Relief Laws).
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(j)
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Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Credit Agreement,
this Section 2.13 shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 4.10 and Section 12.12.
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2.14
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Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent: (a) for the benefit of
the Lenders, in consideration for the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder, a non-refundable fee equal to the Applicable Margin (plus two percent (2%) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) on the daily face amount of
each Letter of Credit, less the amount of any draws on such Letter of Credit, payable in quarterly installments in arrears on the first Business Day of each calendar quarter for the preceding calendar quarter, commencing on the issuance
date and continuing for so long as such Letter of Credit remains outstanding (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Letter of Credit that is outstanding but has been Cash Collateralized) calculated on the basis of actual days elapsed
in a year consisting of 360 days; and
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for the benefit of the Letter of Credit Issuer: (i) so long as there is at least one Lender other than the Letter of Credit Issuer, a
non-refundable fronting fee equal to 12.5 basis points (0.125%) of the maximum amount of each Letter of Credit, payable in quarterly installments in arrears on the first Business Day of each calendar quarter for the preceding calendar
quarter; (ii) $1,000 per requested issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit, such amount to be increased at the discretion of the Letter of Credit Issuer to offset any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Letter of Credit Issuer in
connection with any non-standard Letters of Credit or Letters of Credit issued by a branch office outside the United States; and (iii) all other reasonable and customary out of pocket expenses actually incurred by the Letter of Credit
Issuer related to the issuance, amendment or transfer of Letters of Credit upon demand by the Letter of Credit Issuer.
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2.15
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Increase in the Maximum Commitment.
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(a)
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Request for Increase. Provided there exists no Event of Default or Potential Default, and subject
to compliance with the terms of this Section 2.15, with the consent of the Administrative Agent, such consent to be given in its sole and absolute discretion, the Borrowers may
increase the Maximum Commitment to an amount not exceeding $150,000,000. Such increase may be done in one or more requested increases, in $25,000,000 increments, or such lesser amount to be determined by the Administrative Agent (each
such increase, shall be referred to herein as a “Facility Increase”).
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(b)
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Effective Date. The Administrative Agent shall determine the effective date of
any Facility Increase (the “Increase Effective Date”) which (unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Administrative Agent) shall be no less than ten (10) Business Days after
receipt of a Facility Increase Request and shall notify the Borrowers and the Lenders of the Increase Effective Date.
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(c)
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Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase. The following are conditions precedent to such increase:
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(i)
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the Borrowers shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a Facility Increase Request and resolutions adopted by the Credit Parties
approving or consenting to such increase, certified by a Responsible Officer of the Credit Parties that such resolutions are true and correct copies thereof and are in full force and effect (it being understood that the resolutions
delivered as of the Closing Date may be delivered in connection with a Facility Increase so long as such resolutions remain in full force and effect);
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(ii)
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on or prior to the proposed date of such Facility Increase, the Borrowers shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the Facility
Increase Fee;
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(iii)
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if applicable, the Borrowers shall execute replacement Notes payable to the Administrative Agent reflecting the Facility Increase;
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(iv)
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as of the effective date of such increase and immediately after giving effect thereto, the representations and warranties set forth herein
and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier
date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date); provided that if a representation or warranty is
qualified as to materiality, with respect to such representation or warranty, the foregoing materiality qualifier shall be disregarded for the purposes of this condition;
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no Potential Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date on which the Facility Increase Request is
delivered or immediately after giving effect to the Facility Increase;
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(vi)
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on the Increase Effective Date, (x) an existing Lender or Lenders shall increase its Commitment to support any Facility Increase, in its
sole discretion, and/or (y) an additional Lender or Lenders shall have joined the Credit Facility in accordance with Section 12.11(g) and, after giving effect thereto, the
aggregate Commitments of such increasing and additional Lenders shall be at least equal to the amount of such Facility Increase;
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the Borrowers shall have delivered to each Lender a new or updated Beneficial Ownership Certification, as applicable, in relation to each
Borrower that
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qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, if so requested by such Lender prior to the
Increase Effective Date; and
(viii)
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in the case of a new Lender joining the Credit Facility, the Borrowers shall have delivered to the new Lender favorable opinions of
counsel (or reliance letters) to the Credit Parties valid in all applicable jurisdictions, substantially in a form reasonably acceptable to the new Lender and its counsel and covering such matters relating to the transactions contemplated
hereby as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent evidencing the amounts owed to the Lenders.
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For the avoidance of doubt, any Facility Increase will be on the same terms as contained herein with
respect to the Credit Facility. No Lender will be required to commit, nor shall any Lender have any preemptive right, to provide any portion of any Facility Increase.
(d)
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Reallocation Following Facility Increase. On any Increase Effective Date with respect to any
Facility Increase (whether pursuant to a new Lender joining the Credit Facility or an existing Lender increasing its Commitment), the Administrative Agent will reallocate the outstanding Loans and participations in Letters of Credit
hereunder (including any Loans made by any new or increasing Lender pursuant to this Section 2.15) such that, after giving effect thereto, the ratio of each Lender’s (including
each new or increasing Lender’s) share of outstanding Loans and participations in Letters of Credit to its share of Commitments is the same as that of each other Lender. For the avoidance of doubt, such reallocation may require the
reallocation of Loans from an existing Lender to a new or increasing Lender. In connection with any such reallocation of the outstanding Loans, the (i) Administrative Agent will give advance notice sufficient to comply with the applicable
timing period in Section 2.3 to each Lender which is required to fund any amount or receive any partial repayment in connection therewith and (ii) applicable Lender or Lenders
will fund such amounts up to their respective shares of the Loans being reallocated and the Administrative Agent shall remit to any applicable Lenders its applicable portion of such funded amount if necessary to give effect to the
reallocation of such Loans. In connection with such repayment made with respect to such reallocation (to the extent such repayment is required), the Borrowers shall pay (i) all interest due on the amount repaid to the date of repayment on
the immediately following Interest Payment Date and (ii) any amounts due pursuant to Section 4.6 as a result of such reallocation occurring on any date other than an Interest
Payment Date.
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2.16
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Trade Allocations.
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(a)
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Lender Hedge Agreements. From time to time, certain Fund Borrowers or entities guaranteed by
certain Fund Borrowers and Specified Hedge Banks may in their sole discretion enter into Lender Hedge Agreements. The applicable Fund Borrower and such Specified Hedge Bank may secure such Fund Borrower’s obligations under such Lender
Hedge Agreement with the Collateral pursuant to the Loan Documents, subject to compliance with this Section 2.16. Such Lender Hedge Agreement may receive a Trade Allocation and
be subject to repayment in accordance with clause (c) of Section 3.4 if in compliance with this Section 2.16.
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Allocation Memos. Upon the agreement of a Fund Borrower and a Requesting Hedge
Bank to enter into a Lender Hedge Agreement or to increase the amount of collateral provided in connection with a Lender Hedge Agreement, the applicable Fund Borrower may deliver an Allocation Memo, executed by such Fund Borrower and such
Requesting Hedge Bank, requesting that such Lender Hedge Agreement be allocated a Trade Allocation, to the Administrative Agent no later than 1:00 p.m. at least one (1) Business Day prior to the requested effective date of such Trade
Allocation (or such shorter period as requested by the applicable Fund Borrower and agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion). So long as on the date of delivery of such Allocation Memo and the effective date of such
Trade Allocation (after giving pro forma effect thereto): (A) no Event of Default or Potential Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (B) the Dollar Equivalent of the Principal
Obligations would not exceed the Available Commitment; (C) the Aggregate Outstanding Trade Allocation shall not exceed the Maximum Aggregate Trade Allocation; and (D) the Aggregate Outstanding Trade Allocations of the Requesting Hedge
Bank shall not exceed such Requesting Hedge Bank’s Maximum Trade Allocation, the Administrative Agent shall allocate the requested amount of the Borrowing Base to the Hedge Termination Value under such Lender Hedge Agreement as set forth
in such Allocation Memo, which allocations shall be effective upon the Administrative Agent’s delivery of the Allocation Memo, signed by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Borrower and the Requesting Hedge Bank. Upon the
effectiveness of such Trade Allocation, the obligations of the applicable Fund Borrower or entity guaranteed by the applicable Fund Borrower under the related Lender Hedge Agreement shall become Obligations under the Loan Documents and be
secured by the Collateral pursuant to clause (c) of Section 3.4 in all respects. Promptly upon giving effect to a
Trade Allocation, the Administrative Agent will give written notice thereof to the Fund Borrowers and Lenders.
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(c)
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Lender Hedge Agreements Not Allocated a Trade Allocation. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.16 to the contrary, a Borrower or an entity guaranteed by a Fund Borrower and a Specified Hedge Bank may in their sole discretion enter into a Lender Hedge Agreement that
is not allocated a Trade Allocation in accordance with this Section 2.16; provided that the obligations under the related Lender Hedge
Agreement shall be secured by the Collateral but be junior in right and in payment as set forth in clause (c) of Section
3.4. Promptly after entering a Lender Hedge Agreement which is not allocated a Trade Allocation, the applicable Specified Hedge Bank will give notice of the entry thereof to the Administrative Agent. From time to time, upon the
request of the Administrative Agent, each Specified Hedge Bank will notify the Administrative Agent of the Hedge Termination Value of each Lender Hedge Agreement
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Increases in Trade Allocations. If, on any date, the Hedge Termination Value under a Lender Hedge
Agreement has moved against the applicable Fund Borrower or entity guaranteed by the applicable Borrower and additional collateral is required pursuant to the terms of the applicable Lender Hedge Agreement, then the applicable Requesting
Hedge Bank and applicable Fund Borrower may deliver an Allocation Memo to the Administrative Agent requesting that such Lender Hedge Agreement be allocated an additional Trade Allocation by no later than 1:00 p.m. at least one (1)
Business Day prior to the requested effective date of such Trade Allocation (or such shorter period as requested by the applicable Requesting Hedge Bank and applicable Fund Borrower and agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion). So long as on the date of delivery of such Allocation Memo and the effective date of such additional Trade Allocation (after giving pro forma effect thereto): (A) no Event of Default
or Potential
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Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (B) the Dollar Equivalent of the Principal Obligations would
not exceed the Available Commitment; (C) the Aggregate Outstanding Trade Allocation shall not exceed the Maximum Aggregate Trade Allocation; and (D) the Aggregate Outstanding Trade Allocations of the Requesting Hedge Bank shall not exceed such
Requesting Hedge Bank’s Maximum Trade Allocation, the Administrative Agent shall allocate the requested additional amount of the Borrowing Base to the Hedge Termination Value under such Lender Hedge Agreement as set forth in such Allocation Memo,
which allocations shall be effective upon the Administrative Agent’s delivery of the Allocation Memo, signed by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Borrower and the Requesting Hedge Bank. Promptly upon giving effect to a Trade Allocation,
the Administrative Agent will give written notice thereof to the Fund Borrowers and Lenders and the applicable Fund Borrower will deliver an updated Borrowing Base Certificate to the Administrative Agent promptly thereafter.
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Order of Allocation Memos. Allocation Memos shall be emailed to the Administrative Agent at its
email address as set forth in Section 12.6. The Administrative Agent shall process Allocation Memos in the order in which they are received on a first come, first serve basis
based on the time stamp on the email so received.
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Reduction of Trade Allocations. In the event that a Lender Hedge Agreement is never formally
entered into, has been terminated or the applicable Requesting Hedge Bank and the applicable Fund Borrower agree that the Trade Allocation with respect thereto can be reduced, the applicable Fund Borrower will deliver an Allocation Memo,
executed by such Borrower and such Requesting Hedge Bank, requesting that the related Trade Allocation be eliminated or reduced, as applicable, to the Administrative Agent no later than 1:00 p.m. at least one (1) Business Day prior to the
requested effective date of such reduction or elimination of the Trade Allocation (or such shorter period as requested by the applicable Fund Borrower and agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion). On the next Business
Day following receipt thereof, the Administrative Agent shall reduce or eliminate, as applicable, the Trade Allocation allocated to such Lender Hedge Agreement as requested in such Allocation Memo and such reduction or elimination shall
become effective. Promptly upon giving effect thereto, the Administrative Agent will give written notice thereof to the Fund Borrowers and Lenders.
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Administrative Agent to Maintain Records of the Borrowing Base and Trade Allocations. The
Administrative Agent shall at all times post the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate and/or Allocation Memo delivered to it hereunder by a Fund Borrower or Requesting Hedge Bank, as applicable, on an electronic communication system
reasonably selected by it to enable the Fund Borrowers and Lenders to view the then current Borrowing Base (including the outstanding Trade Allocations). The Administrative Agent shall at all times maintain records of the Trade
Allocations outstanding with respect to Lender Hedge Agreements. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, each Lender will promptly inform the Administrative Agent of the Hedge Termination Value of each Lender Hedge Agreement.
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(h)
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Cash Collateral and Other Security.
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(i)
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If any circumstance under any Lender Hedge Agreement occurs or would occur as a result of any action taken under this Credit Agreement
that would require the Fund Borrowers or entity guaranteed by a Fund Borrower to cash
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collateralize such Lender Hedge Agreement or otherwise satisfy any requirements or conditions related to
collateral pursuant to the terms of such Lender Hedge Agreement, then the Fund Borrowers or entity guaranteed by a Fund Borrower shall promptly cash collateralize all outstanding Obligations with respect to such Lender Hedge Agreement or otherwise
satisfy all such conditions or requirements related to collateral, as applicable, under such Lender Hedge Agreement in each case, in accordance with the terms of such Lender Hedge Agreement.
(ii)
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If any Lender Hedge Agreement will remain in effect beyond the Maturity Date, to the extent that it is necessary for the Credit Parties to
issue a Capital Call to meet cash collateralization requirements in connection with such Lender Hedge Agreement, the Credit Parties shall issue such Capital Call at least fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date.
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3.
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PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS.
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3.1
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Revolving Credit Notes. Any Lender may request that the Loans be evidenced by a Note. In such
event, each Borrower shall execute and deliver a Note or Notes in the form of Exhibit B (with blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith), in favor of such Lender.
Each Borrower agrees, from time to time, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, to reissue a new Note, in accordance with the terms and in the form heretofore provided, to the Administrative Agent or such Lender, in
renewal of and substitution for the Note previously issued by such Borrower to the Administrative Agent or such Lender, and such previously issued Note shall be returned to such Borrower marked “replaced”
or “cancelled”.
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3.2
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Payment of Obligations. The Principal Obligations outstanding on the Maturity Date, together with
all accrued but unpaid interest thereon and any other outstanding Facility Obligations, shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date.
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3.3
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Payment of Interest.
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(a)
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Interest. Interest on each Borrowing and any portion thereof shall commence to accrue in
accordance with the terms of this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as of the date of the disbursement or wire transfer of such Borrowing by the Administrative Agent, consistent with the provisions of Section 2.6, notwithstanding whether the Borrowers received the benefit of such Borrowing as of such date and even if such Borrowing is held in escrow pursuant to the terms of any
escrow arrangement or agreement. When a Borrowing is disbursed by wire transfer pursuant to instructions received from the Borrowers in accordance with the related Request for Borrowing, then such Borrowing shall be considered made at the
time of the transmission of the wire, rather than the time of receipt thereof by the receiving bank. With regard to the repayment of the Loans, interest shall continue to accrue on any amount repaid until such time as the repayment has
been received in federal funds or other Same Day Funds by the Administrative Agent in the Administrative Agent’s account described in Section 3.4, or any other account of the
Administrative Agent which the Administrative Agent designates in writing to the Borrowers.
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(b)
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Interest Payment Dates. Accrued and unpaid interest on the Facility Obligations
shall be due and payable in arrears (i) on each Interest Payment Date, (ii) on each other date of any reduction of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans hereunder, and (iii) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, at any time upon demand by the Administrative Agent. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding
under any Debtor Relief Law.
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3.4
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Payments on the Obligations.
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(a)
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Credit Party Payments. All payments of principal of, and interest on, the Facility Obligations
under this Credit Agreement by any Credit Party to or for the account of the Lenders, or any of them, shall be made without condition or deduction or counterclaim, set-off, defense or recoupment by the Borrowers for receipt by the
Administrative Agent before 1:00 p.m. in the case of payments made in Dollars and 11:00
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a.m. in the case of payments made in an Alternative Currency (or, in each case, such later time as the Administrative Agent
may approve in its sole discretion), in each case, in federal funds or other Same Day Funds to the Administrative Agent at account number 01104331628807 at Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, ABA No.: 121 000 248, account name “Agency Services Clearing Account”, reference “AG Twin Brook BDC, Inc.”, or any other account of the Administrative Agent that the Administrative Agent designates in
writing to the Borrowers. Funds received after 1:00 p.m. in the case of payments made in Dollars or after 11:00 a.m. in the case of payments made in an Alternative Currency, as applicable, shall (unless otherwise approved by the Administrative
Agent) be treated for all purposes as having been received by the Administrative Agent on the first Business Day next following receipt of such funds. All payments shall be made in the currency of the related Borrowing.
(b)
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Lender Payments. Except as provided in Section
12.12, each Lender shall be entitled to receive its Pro Rata Share of each payment received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders on the Facility Obligations. Each payment received by the
Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of a Lender shall be promptly distributed by the Administrative Agent to such Lender. The Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby agree that payments to the Administrative Agent by the
Borrowers of principal of, and interest on, the Facility Obligations by the Borrowers to or for the account of the Lenders in accordance with the terms of this Credit Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents shall constitute
satisfaction of the Borrowers’ obligations with respect to any such payments, and the Administrative Agent shall indemnify, and each Lender shall hold harmless, the Borrowers from any claims asserted by any Lender in connection with the
Administrative Agent’s duty to distribute and apportion such payments to the Lenders in accordance with this Section 3.4.
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(c)
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Application of Payments. So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, all
payments made on the Obligations shall be applied as directed by the Borrowers. At all times when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, all payments made on the Obligations shall be credited, to the extent of the amount
thereof, in the following manner: (i) first, against all costs, expenses and other fees (including
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attorneys’ fees) arising under the terms hereof; (ii) second,
against the amount of interest accrued and unpaid on the Facility Obligations as of the date of such payment; (iii) third, pro rata against: (a) all Principal Obligations due and owing to the Lenders as of
the date of such payment and (b) the Hedge Termination Values of each Lender Hedge Agreement that has been allocated a Trade Allocation as of the date of such payment; provided that the aggregate Hedge
Termination Values of each Specified Hedge Bank’s Lender Hedge Agreements shall not exceed such Specified Hedge Bank’s aggregate Trade Allocations as of the date of such payment for purposes of this subsection (iii); (iv) fourth, to all other amounts constituting any portion of the Facility Obligations; and (v) fifth, against any remaining
amounts due and owing in respect of Lender Hedge Agreements pro rata based on each applicable Specified Hedge Bank’s share of the Obligations of such Fund Borrower or such entity guaranteed by a Fund Borrower then outstanding.
3.5
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Prepayments.
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(a)
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Voluntary Prepayments. The Borrowers may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, at any
time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty on any Business Day; provided that: (i) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent
not later than 12:00 p.m. (or such later time as the Administrative Agent may approve in its sole discretion) (A) three (3) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of LIBOR Rate Loans (other than any LIBOR Rate Loan based on Daily
LIBOR) denominated in Dollars, (B) four (4) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of LIBOR Rate Loans (other than any LIBOR Rate Loan based on Daily LIBOR) denominated in an Alternative Currency; and (C) one (1) Business Day prior
to any date of prepayment of Reference Rate Loans or any LIBOR Rate Loan based on Daily LIBOR; and (ii) any prepayment of Loans shall be in a principal amount of
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$500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof) or, if less, the entire
principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of such prepayment. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of
the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such prepayment. If such written notice is given by the Borrowers, the Borrowers shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified
therein. Any prepayment of a Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 4. Each such prepayment shall be
applied to the Facility Obligations held by each Lender in accordance with its respective Pro Rata Share.
(b)
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Mandatory Prepayment.
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(i)
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Excess Loans Outstanding. If, on any day the Dollar Equivalent of the Principal Obligations
exceeds the Available Commitment (including as a result of an Exclusion Event), then the Borrowers shall pay without further demand such excess to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, in Same Day Funds (except to the
extent any such excess is addressed by Section 3.5(b)(ii)), by the Required Payment Time. Each Credit Party hereby agrees that the Administrative Agent may withdraw from any
Collateral Account any Capital
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Contributions deposited therein and apply the same to the Principal Obligations until such time as the
payment obligations of this Section 3.5(b) have been satisfied in full.
(ii)
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Excess Letters of Credit Outstanding. If any excess calculated pursuant to Section 3.5(b) is attributable to undrawn Letters of Credit, the Borrowers shall promptly Cash Collateralize such excess with the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of Section 2.13(h), as security for such portion of the Obligations. Unless otherwise required by Applicable Law, upon: (A) a change in circumstances such that the Dollar Equivalent of
Principal Obligations no longer exceeds the Available Commitment; or (B) the full and final payment of the Obligations (other than Obligations in respect of a Lender Hedge Agreement that have been cash collateralized or otherwise
satisfied pursuant to Section 2.16(h)) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit, so long as no Event of Default or Potential Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Administrative Agent shall return to the Borrowers any amounts remaining in said Cash Collateral Account.
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3.6
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Reduction or Early Termination of Commitments. So long as no Request for Borrowing or Request for
Letter of Credit is outstanding, the Borrowers may terminate the Commitments, or reduce the Maximum Commitment, by giving prior irrevocable written notice to the Administrative Agent of such termination or reduction three (3) Business
Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction (which date shall be specified by the Borrowers in such notice and shall be a Business Day): (a) (i) in the case of complete termination of the Commitments, upon prepayment
of all of the outstanding Facility Obligations, including all interest accrued thereon, in accordance with the terms of Section 3.3; or (ii) in the case of a reduction of the
Maximum Commitment, upon prepayment of the amount by which the Principal Obligations exceed the reduced Available Commitment resulting from such reduction, including payment of all interest accrued thereon, in accordance with the terms of
Section 3.3; provided that, the Maximum Commitment may not be terminated or reduced such that, the Available Commitment would be less
than the aggregate stated amount of outstanding Letters of Credit unless such Letters of Credit are Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to or greater than the Minimum Collateral Amount; and (b) in the case of the complete termination
of the Commitments,
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(i) if any Letter of Credit Liability exists, upon payment to the Administrative Agent of the Cash Collateral for deposit in
the Cash Collateral Account in accordance with Section 2.13(h) and (ii) if and to the extent any Obligations remain under any Lender Hedge Agreements, such Obligations must be cash
collateralized or paid in accordance with the terms of such Lender Hedge Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (x) any reduction of the Maximum Commitment shall be in an amount equal to $5,000,000 or multiples thereof; and (y) in no event shall
a reduction by the Borrowers reduce the Maximum Commitment to less than $10,000,000 (except for a termination of all the Commitments). Promptly after receipt of any notice of reduction or termination, the Administrative Agent shall notify each
Lender of the same. Any reduction of the Maximum Commitment shall reduce the Commitments of the Lenders according to their Pro Rata Share.
3.7
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Lending Office. Each Lender may: (a) designate its principal office or a branch, subsidiary or
Affiliate of such Lender as its Lending Office (and the office to whose accounts payments are to be credited) for any Loan and (b) change its Lending Office from time to time by
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notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers. In such event, the Administrative Agent shall continue
to hold the Note, if any, evidencing the Loans attributable to such Lender for the benefit and account of such branch, subsidiary or Affiliate. Each Lender shall be entitled to fund all or any portion of its Commitment in any manner it deems
appropriate, consistent with the provisions of Section 2.5.
3.8
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Joint and Several Liability. Each Borrower acknowledges, agrees, represents and warrants the following:
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(a)
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Inducement. The Lenders have been induced to make the Loans to, and the Letter of Credit Issuer
has been induced to issue Letters of Credit for the account of, and the Specified Hedge Banks have been induced to enter into Lender Hedge Agreements with, the Borrowers in part based upon the assurances by each Borrower that each
Borrower desires that all Obligations under the Loan Documents be honored and enforced as separate obligations of each Borrower, should the Administrative Agent and the Lenders desire to do so.
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(b)
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Combined Liability. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowers shall be jointly and severally
liable to the Lenders for all representations, warranties, covenants, obligations and indemnities, including, without limitation, the Loans, the Letters of Credit and the other Obligations, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may
at their option enforce the entire amount of the Loans, the Letters of Credit and the other Obligations against any one or more of the Borrowers.
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(c)
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Separate Exercise of Remedies. The Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) may
exercise remedies against each Borrower and its property separately, whether or not the Administrative Agent exercises remedies against any other Borrower or its property. The Administrative Agent may enforce one or more Borrower’s
obligations without enforcing any other Borrower’s obligations and vice versa. Any failure or inability of the Administrative Agent to enforce one or more Borrower’s obligations shall not in any
way limit the Administrative Agent’s right to enforce the obligations of the other Borrowers. If the Administrative Agent forecloses or exercises similar remedies under any one or more Collateral Documents, then such foreclosure or
similar remedy shall be deemed to reduce the balance of the Loans only to the extent of the cash proceeds actually realized by the Lenders from such foreclosure or similar remedy or, if applicable, the Administrative Agent’s credit bid at
such sale, regardless of the effect of such foreclosure or similar remedy on the Loans secured by such Collateral Documents under the applicable state law.
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CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES.
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4.1
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Taxes.
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(a)
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Defined Terms. For purposes of this Section
4.1, the term “Lender” includes the Letter of Credit Issuer and the term “Applicable Law” includes FATCA.
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(b)
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Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Credit
Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction
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or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by Applicable Law. If any Applicable Law (as determined in
the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then (i) the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or
withholding, (ii) the applicable Withholding Agent shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law, and (iii) if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by
the applicable Credit Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 4) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
(c)
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Payment of Other Taxes by the Credit Parties. Without duplication of other amounts payable by the
Borrowers pursuant to Section 4.1(b) above, each Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law, or at the option of the
Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
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(d)
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Tax Indemnification.
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(i)
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Each Borrower shall, and each does hereby, jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for
the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 4.1) payable or paid by such
Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted
by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrowers by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on
behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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(ii)
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Each Lender shall, and does hereby, severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten
(10) days after demand therefor, for (x) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Borrower has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the
obligation of any Borrower to do so), (y) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 12.11 relating to the maintenance of a
Participant Register and (z) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto,
whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability in reasonable detail delivered to any Lender by the Administrative
Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing
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to such Lender under this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii).
(e)
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Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by a Credit Party to a
Governmental Authority, such Credit Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment
or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
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(f)
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Status of Lenders.
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(i)
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Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document
shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested in writing by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested in
writing by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested in writing by the Borrowers or the
Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested in writing by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent to
determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such
documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Sections 4.1(f)(ii)(A), 4.1(f)(ii)(B) and 4.1(f)(ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed
cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
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(ii)
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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that a Borrower is a U.S. Person,
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(A)
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any Lender that is a U.S. Person under this Credit Agreement shall deliver to such Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to
the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable written request of such Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from
U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
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any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent (in such
number of copies as shall be requested in writing by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Credit Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable
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written request of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(1)
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in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to
payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of,
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U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty
and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W- 8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;
(2)
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executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;
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(3)
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in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section
881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit R-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the
Borrowers within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS
Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable; or
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to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form
W-8BEN, IRS Form W-BEN-E, a
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U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
R-2 or Exhibit R-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the
Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit R-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
(C)
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any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent (in such
number of copies as shall be requested in writing by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Credit Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable written request of
the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent), executed
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copies of any other form prescribed by Applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction
in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by Applicable Law to permit the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be
made; and
(D)
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if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender
were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Internal
Revenue Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by Applicable Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative
Agent such documentation prescribed by Applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by
the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under
FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 4.1(f)(ii)(D), “FATCA”
shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the Closing Date.
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Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered becomes inaccurate in any
respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(g)
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Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good
faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 4.1 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to
this Section 4.1), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 4 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the
relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the written request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this Section 4.1(g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such
refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.1(g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to
an indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 4.1(g) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified
party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or
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otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had
never been paid. This Section 4.1(g) shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it
deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
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Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 4.1 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or
discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
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On or before the date the Administrative Agent becomes a party to this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Initial
Borrower an executed copy of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Administrative Agent is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding. At any time thereafter, the Administrative Agent shall provide updated documentation previously provided
(or a successor form thereto) when any documentation previously provided has expired or become obsolete or invalid or otherwise upon the reasonable request of the Borrowers.
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Illegality. (a) If any Lender reasonably determines that any Change in Law has made it unlawful,
or that any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such Lender has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans or other Facility Obligations, or materially restricts the
authority of such Lender to (i) purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, the applicable currency or (ii) determine or charge interest rates based upon the LIBOR Rate, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrowers through the
Administrative Agent, (A) in the case of any determination described in the foregoing clause (i), any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Loans or the Obligations in such currency shall be suspended until such Lender notifies
the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist and, until such time, the Loans or Facility Obligations of such Lender in such currency shall, at the option of the
Borrower, be converted to, and shall continue, as Reference Rate Loans and Facility Obligations denominated in Dollars in an amount equal to the aggregate Dollar Equivalent of such Loans and Obligations immediately prior to such
suspension, and (B) in the case of any determination described in the foregoing clause (ii), any obligation of such Lender to maintain Loans accruing interest at the LIBOR Rate, or to convert Loans accruing interest calculated by
reference to the Reference Rate (without giving effect to clause (c) of the definition of Reference Rate) to be Loans accruing interest calculated by reference to the LIBOR
Rate, shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist and, until such time, the Loans or Obligations of such Lender
outstanding at the time of such suspension shall, at the option of the applicable Borrower, be continued either (i) as Reference Rate Loans if denominated in Dollars or (ii) as Cost of Funds Rate Loans if denominated in an Alternate
Currency. Upon the prepayment of any such Loans, the applicable Borrower shall also pay accrued and unpaid interest on the amount so prepaid. Each Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid the
need for such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.
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Inability to Determine Rates. If the Administrative Agent reasonably
determines, for any proposed Interest Period, that: (a) deposits in Dollars are not being offered to banks in the applicable offshore market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of any LIBOR Rate Loan; or (b) LIBOR does not
adequately or fairly reflect the cost to the Lenders of funding or maintaining any LIBOR Rate Loan, then: (i) the Administrative Agent shall forthwith notify the Lenders and the Borrowers; and (ii) while such circumstances exist, none of
the Lenders shall allocate any Loans made during such period, or reallocate any Loans allocated to any then-existing Interest Period ending during such period, to an Interest Period with respect to which interest is calculated by
reference to LIBOR. If, with respect to any outstanding Interest Period, a Lender notifies the Administrative Agent that it is unable to obtain matching deposits in the London interbank market to fund its purchase or maintenance of such
Loans or that LIBOR applicable to such Loans will not adequately reflect the cost to the Person of funding or maintaining such Loans for such Interest Period, then: (A) the Administrative Agent shall forthwith so notify the Borrowers and
the Lenders; and (B) upon such notice and thereafter while such circumstances exist, the applicable Lender shall not make any LIBOR Rate Loans during such period or reallocate any Loans allocated to any Interest Period ending during such
period, to an Interest Period with respect to which interest is calculated by reference to LIBOR; provided that, (x) if the foregoing notice relates to Loans that are outstanding as LIBOR Rate Loans, such Loans shall be Converted to
Reference Rate Loans if denominated in Dollars or LIBOR Rate Loans based off the Cost of Funds Rate if denominated in an Alternative Currency only on the last day of the then-current Interest Period, and (y) upon receipt of such notice,
the Borrowers may revoke any outstanding Requests for Borrowing.
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4.4
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Effect of Benchmark Transition Event.
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(a)
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Benchmark Replacement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan
Document, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Credit Agreement to replace LIBOR with a Benchmark Replacement. Any such
amendment with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event will become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Administrative Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrowers so long as the
Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendment from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders. Any such amendment with respect to an Early Opt-in Election will become effective on the date
that Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders accept such amendment. No replacement of LIBOR with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this Section 4.4 will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date.
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Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark
Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing
such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Credit Agreement.
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(c)
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Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Administrative Agent
will promptly notify the Borrowers and the Lenders of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date and Benchmark Transition Start Date, (ii) the
implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes and (iv) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election
that may be made by the Administrative Agent or Lenders pursuant to this Section 4.4, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the
occurrence or non- occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without
consent from any other party hereto, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 4.4.
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Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Borrowers’ receipt of notice of the
commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrowers may revoke any request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of any LIBOR Rate Loan to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability
Period, provided that, if such request is not revoked, the Borrowers will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to a Reference Rate Loan.
During any Benchmark Unavailability Period, the component of Reference Rate based upon LIBOR will not be used in any determination of Reference Rate.
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4.5
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Increased Cost and Capital Adequacy.
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(a)
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Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
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(i)
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impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets
of, deposits with or for the account of, or advances, loans or other credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in Adjusted LIBOR) or any Letter of Credit Issuer; or
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(ii)
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subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or
other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
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(iii)
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impose on any Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes)
affecting this Credit Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer or participation therein;
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and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of making,
converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to reduce the amount
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of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer or such other Recipient
participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, the Letter of Credit
Issuer or such other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon written request of such Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer or other Recipient, the Borrowers shall pay within the Required Payment Time to any
such Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction
suffered.
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Capital Requirements. If any Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer reasonably determines that any
Change in Law affecting such Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or the Letter of Credit Issuer’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements, has or would
have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the Letter of Credit Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Letter of Credit Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Credit
Agreement, the Commitment of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Letter of Credit Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or the
Letter of Credit Issuer or such Lender’s or the Letter of Credit Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the Letter of Credit Issuer’s policies and the policies
of such Lender’s or the Letter of Credit Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time upon written request of such Lender or such Letter of Credit Issuer, as applicable, the Borrowers shall pay to
such Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, by the Required Payment Time, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Lender’s or the Letter of Credit
Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
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Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer setting
forth the calculations showing the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, as specified in Section 4.5(a) or Section 4.5(b) and delivered to the Borrowers, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrowers shall pay such Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, the
amount shown as due on any such certificate by the Required Payment Time.
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Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer to
demand compensation pursuant to this Section 4 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Letter of Credit Issuer’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to this Section 4 for any
increased costs incurred or reductions suffered if such Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, fails to notify Borrowers of such increased cost or reduction suffered, and of such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s
intention to claim compensation therefor, within six (6) months following
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the later of (i) the date of the incurrence of such increased cost or reduction suffered (except that if a
Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the six-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof), and (ii) the date on which such Lender or Letter of
Credit Issuer became actually aware of such increased costs or reduction suffered.
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Funding Losses. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to
time, the Borrowers shall promptly pay the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender, such amount or amounts as shall compensate such Lender for, and hold such Lender harmless from, any loss (other than lost profits), cost or
expense incurred by such Lender in obtaining, liquidating or employing deposits or other funds from third parties as a result of (a) any failure or refusal of the Borrowers (for any reasons whatsoever other than a default by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender) to accept a Loan after the Borrowers shall have requested such Loan under this Credit Agreement, (b) any prepayment or other payment of a LIBOR Rate Loan on a day prior to the last day of the Interest
Period applicable to such Loan, (c) any other prepayment of a Loan that is otherwise not made in compliance with the provisions of this Credit Agreement, (d) the failure of the Borrowers to make a prepayment of a Loan after giving notice
under this Credit Agreement, that such prepayment will be made, or (e) the failure of any Borrower Party to make payment of any Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency on its scheduled due date or any payment thereof in a different
currency.
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4.7
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Requests for Compensation. If requested by the Borrowers in connection with any demand for payment
pursuant to this Section 4, a Lender shall provide to the Borrowers, with a copy to the Administrative Agent, a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for such
demand, the amount required to be paid by the Borrowers to such Lender and the computations made by such Lender to determine such amount, such certificate to be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error. This Section 4.7 shall not be construed to require any Lender to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it reasonably deems confidential) to
the Borrowers or any other Person, as long as the certificate described in the immediately preceding sentence is provided. Any such amount payable by the Borrowers shall not be duplicative of any amounts (a) previously paid under this Section 4, or (b) included in the calculation of LIBOR.
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4.8
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Survival. Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Borrowers hereunder, all
of the Borrowers’ obligations under this Section 4 shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the
repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and Commitments or the termination of this Credit Agreement or any provision hereof. Each Lender shall notify the Borrowers of any event occurring after the
termination of this Credit Agreement entitling such Lender to compensation under this Section 4 as promptly as practicable.
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4.9
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Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
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(a)
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Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 4.5, or requires any Borrower to pay additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 4.1, then such Lender shall, at the request of the Borrowers, use reasonable efforts
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to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights
and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 4.5 or Section 4.1, or remove the prohibition pursuant to Section 4.2, as the case may be, in the
future, and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrowers hereby agree to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any
Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b)
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Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 4.5, or if any Borrower is required to pay additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 4.1 or is unable to fund a LIBOR Rate Loan pursuant to Section 4.2, and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different
Lending Office in accordance with Section 4.9(a), or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrowers may, at their sole expense and effort,
so long as no Event of Default or Potential Default has occurred and is continuing, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to
the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 12.11), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 4.5 or Section 4.1) and obligations under this Credit Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an Eligible
Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which Assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that:
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the Borrowers shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 12.11;
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(ii)
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such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued
fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under this Section 4) from the Assignee (to the extent of such
outstanding principal) or the Borrowers (in the case of accrued interest, fees and all other amounts);
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(iii)
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in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section
4.5 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 4.1, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;
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(iv)
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such assignment does not conflict with Applicable Law; and
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(v)
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in the case of any assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable Assignee shall have consented to
the applicable amendment, waiver or consent.
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A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior
thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrowers to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
4.10
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Cash Collateral. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, by the Required Payment
Time, the Borrowers shall Cash Collateralize the Fronting Exposure of the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such Defaulting Lender (determined after giving effect to Section
12.12(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by such Defaulting Lender) in an amount not less than the Minimum Collateral Amount.
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(a)
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Grant of Security Interest; Other Claims/Deficiency. (i) The Borrowers, and to the extent
provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Letter of Credit Issuer, and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such Cash Collateral
as security for the Defaulting Lender’s obligation to fund participations in respect of the Letter of Credit Liability, to be applied pursuant to Section 4.10(b). (ii) If at any
time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash
Collateral is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount, the Borrowers will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such
deficiency (after giving effect to any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).
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(b)
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Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Credit Agreement, Cash
Collateral provided under this Section 4.10 or Section 12.12 in respect of Letters of Credit shall be applied to
the satisfaction of the Defaulting Lender’s obligation to fund participations in respect of the Letter of Credit Liability (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) for
which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.
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(c)
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Termination of Requirement. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to
reduce the Fronting Exposure of the Letter of Credit Issuer shall no longer be required to be held as Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 4.10 following (i) the
elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender), or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer that there exists
Cash Collateral in excess of the Minimum Collateral Amount; provided that, subject to Section 12.12, the Person providing Cash
Collateral and the Letter of Credit Issuer may agree that Cash Collateral shall be held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations; provided, further that, to the extent
that such Cash Collateral was provided by the Borrowers, such Cash Collateral shall remain subject to the security interest granted pursuant to the Loan Documents.
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5.
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SECURITY.
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5.1
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Liens.
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(a)
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Capital Commitments and Capital Calls. To secure performance by the Borrowers of the payment and
the performance of the Obligations, the Credit Parties, each to the extent of their respective interests therein, shall grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of each of the Secured Parties, a first priority security interest
and Lien in and on the Collateral pursuant to the Security Agreements, the related financing statements and the other related documents.
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(b)
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Reliance. The Fund Parties agree that the Administrative Agent and each Lender and the Letter of
Credit Issuer have entered into this Credit Agreement, extended credit hereunder and at the time of each Loan or each issuance of a Letter of Credit, will make such Loan or issue such Letter of Credit in reasonable reliance on the
obligations of the Investors to fund their respective Capital Commitments as shown in their Subscription Agreements delivered in connection herewith and accordingly, it is the intent of the parties that such Capital Commitments may be
enforced by the Administrative Agent, subject to the provisions of Section 10.2(b), on behalf of the Lenders and other Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms of the Loan
Documents, directly against the Investors without further action by any Credit Party, and notwithstanding any compromise of any such Capital Commitment by any Credit Party, as applicable, after the Closing Date.
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The security agreements, financing statements, assignments, collateral assignments and any other documents
and instruments from time to time executed and delivered pursuant to this Credit Agreement to grant, perfect and continue a Lien in the Collateral, including the Security Agreements, the Collateral Account Pledges and the Control Agreements, and
any documents or instruments amending or supplementing the same, shall be collectively referred to herein as the “Collateral Documents.”
5.2
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The Collateral Accounts; Capital Calls.
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(a)
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The Collateral Accounts. In order to secure further the payment and the performance of the
Obligations and to effect and facilitate the right of the Secured Parties, the Fund Parties shall require that Investors in the Fund Parties wire transfer to such Fund Party’s Collateral Account all monies or sums paid or to be paid by
the Investors pursuant to Capital Calls. In addition, each Credit Party shall promptly deposit into the applicable Collateral Account any payments and monies that such Credit Party receives directly from Investors as Capital
Contributions.
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(b)
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Use of the Collateral Accounts. The Credit Parties may withdraw funds from the Collateral Accounts
only in compliance with Section 9.18. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Cash Control Event, the Administrative Agent is authorized to take exclusive control of
the Collateral Accounts. If the applicable Account Bank with respect to any Collateral Account ceases to be Xxxxx Fargo or an Eligible Institution, each applicable Fund Party shall have thirty (30) days following notice from the
Administrative Agent to move its Collateral Account to a replacement Account Bank
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that is Xxxxx Fargo or an Eligible Institution. If an Account Bank terminates a Control Agreement, the
applicable Fund Party shall open a new collateral account that is subject to a new Control Agreement with a replacement Account Bank within thirty (30) days (or such later period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion)
of the earlier of (i) such termination and (ii) the terminating Account Bank providing notice of its intent to terminate such Control Agreement.
(c)
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No Duty. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, it is expressly understood and
agreed that neither the Administrative Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer, nor any other Secured Party undertakes any duties, responsibilities, or liabilities with respect to the Capital Calls issued by the Fund Parties. None of them shall be
required to refer to the Constituent Documents of any Credit Party, or a Subscription Agreement or any Side Letter, or take any other action with respect to any other matter that might arise in connection with the Constituent Documents of
any Credit Party, a Subscription Agreement, a Side Letter or any Capital Call. None of them shall have any duty to determine or inquire into any happening or occurrence or any performance or failure of performance of any Credit Party or
any of the Investors. None of them shall have any duty to inquire into the use, purpose, or reasons for the making of any Capital Call by any Credit Party or the Investment or use of the proceeds thereof.
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(d)
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Capital Calls and Disbursements from the Collateral Accounts. Each Credit Party hereby irrevocably
authorizes and directs the Secured Parties, acting through the Administrative Agent, to charge from time to time the Collateral Accounts, and any other accounts of any Credit Party maintained at any Secured Party (including the Cash
Collateral Account), for amounts not paid when due (after the passage of any applicable grace period) to the Secured Parties or any of them hereunder and under the other Loan Documents; provided that
promptly after any disbursement of funds from any such account to the Secured Parties, as contemplated in this Section 5.2(d), the Administrative Agent shall deliver a written
notice of such disbursement to the Borrowers.
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(e)
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No Representations. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Secured Party shall be deemed to make
at any time any representation or warranty as to the validity of any Capital Call nor shall the Administrative Agent or the Secured Parties be accountable for any Borrower Party’s use of the proceeds of any Capital Contribution.
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5.3
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[Reserved].
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5.4
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Subordination. During the continuance of an Event of Default or if a mandatory prepayment has been
triggered under Section 3.5(b) of this Credit Agreement, and if any Obligations are outstanding at such time, no Credit Party shall make any payments or advances of any kind
(except as provided in the following proviso), directly or indirectly, on any debts and liabilities to any other Credit Party, any Investor or the Fund Advisor whether now existing or hereafter
arising and whether direct, indirect, several, joint and several, or otherwise, and howsoever evidenced or created (collectively, the “Other Claims”); provided that the Borrowers may reimburse the Fund Advisor for out-of-pocket expenses notwithstanding the continuance of an Event of Default. All Other Claims, together with all Liens on assets securing the payment of
all or any portion of the Other Claims, shall at all times during the continuance of an Event of
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Default or if a mandatory prepayment has been triggered under Section 3.5(b) of this Credit Agreement, be subordinated to and junior in right and in payment to the Obligations (other than Obligations in respect of a Lender Hedge Agreement that have been cash collateralized or otherwise
satisfied pursuant to Section 2.16(h)) and all Liens on assets securing all or any portion of the Obligations (other than Obligations in respect of a Lender Hedge Agreement that have been
cash collateralized or otherwise satisfied pursuant to Section 2.16(h)), and each Credit Party agrees to take such actions as are necessary to provide for such subordination between it
and any other Credit Party. The Credit Parties and the Fund Advisor agree that the subordination provisions in this Section 5.4 shall supersede any conflicting provisions of any
documents (whether now or hereafter in effect) evidencing the Other Claims. The Fund Advisor acknowledges and agrees that at any time an Event of Default or if a mandatory prepayment has been triggered under Section 3.5(b) of this Credit Agreement, has occurred and is continuing, and if any Obligations are outstanding at such time, the payment of any and all management or other fees due and owing to it from any Credit
Party shall be subordinated to and inferior in right and payment to the Obligations (other than Obligations in respect of a Lender Hedge Agreement that have been cash collateralized or otherwise satisfied pursuant to Section 2.16(h)) in all respects.
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO LENDING.
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6.1
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Obligations of the Lenders. The obligation of the Lenders to advance the initial Borrowing
hereunder or cause the issuance of the initial Letters of Credit shall not become effective until the date on which (i) the Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following documents and (ii) each of the other conditions
listed below is satisfied, the satisfaction of such conditions to be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (and to the extent specified below, to each Lender) in form and substance (which satisfaction must occur within one (1) Business
Day of the date hereof):
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(a)
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Credit Agreement. This Credit Agreement, duly executed and delivered by the Credit Parties;
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(b)
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Note. A Note duly executed and delivered by each Borrower (if required) in accordance with Section 3.1;
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(c)
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Security Agreements. Each Security Agreement, each duly executed and delivered by the parties
thereto in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties;
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(d)
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Collateral Account Pledges. Each Collateral Account Pledge, each duly executed and delivered by
the parties thereto in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties;
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(e)
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Control Agreements. A Control Agreement with respect to each Collateral Account, each duly
executed and delivered by the parties thereto;
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(f)
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Filings.
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(i)
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Satisfactory reports of searches of Filings (or the equivalent in any applicable foreign jurisdiction, as applicable) in the jurisdiction of formation of
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each Credit Party, or where a filing has been or would need to be made in order to perfect the
Administrative Agent’s first priority security interest on behalf of the Secured Parties in the Collateral, copies of the financing statements on file in such jurisdictions and evidence that no Liens exist, or, if necessary, copies of proper
financing statements, if any, filed on or before the date hereof necessary to terminate all Liens and other rights of any Person in any Collateral previously granted; and
(ii)
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Filings (or the equivalent in any applicable foreign jurisdiction, as applicable) satisfactory to the Administrative Agent with respect to
the Collateral together with written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the same have been filed, submitted for filing in the appropriate public filing office(s) (other than any Filings consisting of notice
to limited partners of any Fund Party formed in the Cayman Islands, which shall be provided in accordance with Section 8.9(b)) in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, to
perfect the Secured Parties’ Liens in the Collateral;
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Responsible Officer Certificates. A certificate from a Responsible Officer of each Credit Party,
in the form of Exhibit L;
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(h)
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The Borrowers’ Constituent Documents. True and complete copies of the Constituent Documents of the
Borrowers, together with certificates of existence and good standing (or other similar instruments) of the Borrowers, in each case certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers to be correct and complete copies thereof and in effect
on the date hereof and in each case satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion;
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(i)
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[Reserved];
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(j)
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Fund Advisor Agreement. A copy of the Fund Advisor Agreement, duly executed by the parties
thereto;
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(k)
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Authority Documents. Certified resolutions of each Credit Party, authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance of the transactions contemplated herein and in the other Loan Documents, duly adopted by each Credit Party, as required by Applicable Law or agreement, and in each case certified by a Responsible Officer of such
Person as correct and complete copies thereof and in effect on the date hereof;
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(l)
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Incumbency Certificate. From each Credit Party (or its general partner, as applicable), a signed
certificate of a Responsible Officer, who shall certify the names of the Persons authorized, on the date hereof, to sign each of the Loan Documents and the other documents or certificates to be delivered pursuant to the Loan Documents on
behalf of such Credit Party, together with the true signatures of each such Person; the Administrative Agent may conclusively rely on such certificate until it shall receive a further certificate canceling or amending the prior
certificate and submitting the authority and signatures of the Persons named in such further certificate;
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(m)
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Opinions. A favorable written opinion of counsel to the Credit Parties in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, dated as of the Closing Date;
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(n)
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Investor Documents. With respect to each Investor: (i) a copy of such Investor’s duly executed
Subscription Agreement, Side Letter (if applicable), Credit Link Document, if applicable and (ii) if such Investor is an Endowment Fund Investor, a copy of any keepwell agreement in place between such Investor and its Sponsor;
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Fees; Costs and Expenses. Payment of all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the
date hereof, including pursuant to the Fee Letter, and, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrowers hereunder, including the fees and disbursements
invoiced through the date hereof of the Administrative Agent’s special counsel, Cadwalader, Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP and Xxxxx Xxxxx, which may be deducted from the proceeds of such initial Borrowing;
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(p)
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ERISA Status. With respect to each Borrower and each Guarantor, either
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(i)
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a favorable written opinion of counsel to such Credit Party, addressed to the Secured Parties, reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent and its counsel, regarding the status of such Credit Party as an Operating Company (or a copy of such opinion addressed to the Investors, reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, together
with a reliance letter with respect thereto, addressed to the Secured Parties); or
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(ii)
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a certificate, addressed to the Secured Parties, signed by a Responsible Officer of such Credit Party that the underlying assets of such
Credit Party do not constitute Plan Assets because less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total value of each class of equity interests in such Credit Party is held by “benefit plan investors”
within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA;
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(q)
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Collateral Accounts. Evidence that the Collateral Accounts have been established;
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(r)
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“Know Your Customer” Information and Documents. Such information and documentation as is requested
by the Lenders so that each of the Credit Parties has become KYC Compliant; and
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(s)
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Additional Information. Such other information and documents as may be required by the
Administrative Agent and its counsel.
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For purposes of determining whether the conditions specified in this Section 6.1 have been satisfied, the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall, by executing and delivering a signature page to this Credit Agreement, be deemed to be satisfied with and to have received each document
or other matter required hereunder to be satisfactory to, or received by, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing statement shall not be deemed to be an acknowledgement of receipt of
payment of the fees and expenses required to be paid as specified in this Section 6.1.
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6.2
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Conditions to all Loans and Letters of Credit. The obligation of the Lenders to
advance each Borrowing (including without limitation the initial Borrowing) and the obligation of the Letter of Credit Issuer to cause the issuance of Letters of Credit (including, without limitation, the initial Letter of Credit)
hereunder is subject to the conditions precedent that:
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(a)
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Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Credit Parties set forth
herein and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of the advance of such Borrowing or issuance of such Letter of Credit, with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such
date; provided that if any such representation and warranty is qualified as to materiality, with respect to such representation and warranty, the materiality qualifier set forth above shall be
disregarded for the purposes of this condition;
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(b)
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No Default. No event shall have occurred and be continuing, or would result from the Borrowing or
the issuance of a Letter of Credit, which constitutes an Event of Default or a Potential Default;
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(c)
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Request for Borrowing. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Request for Borrowing or
Request for Letter of Credit, together with a Borrowing Base Certificate;
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(d)
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No Investor Excuses. Other than as disclosed to the Administrative Agent in writing, the Credit
Parties have no knowledge or reason to believe any Investor would be entitled to exercise any withdrawal, excuse or exemption right under the applicable Constituent Documents, its Subscription Agreement or any Side Letter with respect to
any Investment being acquired in whole or in part with any proceeds of the related Loan or Letter of Credit (provided, that if the Credit Parties have disclosed a potential excuse or exemption
right to the Administrative Agent in writing, the excused, withdrawn or exempted portion of the applicable Investor’s Unfunded Capital Commitment shall be excluded from the calculation of the Borrowing Base (unless the applicable Side
Letter explicitly states that such excuse right would not apply to the repayment of the Obligations), but the Borrowers shall not be prohibited from such credit extension upon satisfaction of the other conditions therefor);
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(e)
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Application. In the case of a Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a
Letter of Credit Application executed by the Borrowers;
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(f)
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Available Commitment. After giving effect to the proposed Borrowing or issuance of Letter of
Credit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Principal Obligations will not exceed the Available Commitment;
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(g)
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Fees; Costs and Expenses. Payment of all fees and other amounts due and payable by any Credit
Party on or prior to the date of such Borrowing and, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by any Credit Party hereunder, including the fees and disbursements invoiced through
the date of such Borrowing of the Administrative Agent’s special counsel, Cadwalader,
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Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP and Xxxxx Xxxxx, which may be deducted from the proceeds of such Borrowing; and
(h)
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Beneficial Ownership Certification. At least three (3) Business Days prior to any Borrowing, each
Credit Party that qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, unless there has been no material change to the Beneficial Ownership Certification previously provided to each Lender by such Credit
Party, shall have delivered to each Lender an updated Beneficial Ownership Certification (for the avoidance of doubt, if a Credit Party that was not a legal entity customer becomes a legal entity customer, such Credit Party shall deliver
to each Lender a Beneficial Ownership Certification in accordance with this Section 6.2(h)).
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6.3
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Addition of Qualified Borrowers. The obligation of the Lenders to advance a Borrowing to a
proposed Qualified Borrower hereunder or to cause the issuance of a Letter of Credit to a proposed Qualified Borrower is subject to the conditions that the Borrowers shall have given the Administrative Agent at least ten (10) Business
Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) prior written notice and each of the following:
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(a)
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Approval of Qualified Borrower. In order for an entity to be approved as a “Qualified Borrower”
(i) the Borrowers must obtain the written consent of each Lender, not to be unreasonably withheld; (ii) such entity shall be one in which a Borrower or another Credit Party owns a direct or indirect ownership interest, or through which a
Borrower or another Credit Party may acquire an Investment, the indebtedness of which entity can be guaranteed by a Fund Borrower under its Constituent Documents (a “Qualified Borrower”);
and (iii) the provisions of this Section 6.3 shall be satisfied;
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(b)
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Guaranty of Qualified Borrower Obligations. The applicable Fund Borrower (other than a Qualified
Borrower) shall provide to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders an unconditional guaranty of payment in the form of Exhibit J (the “Qualified Borrower Guaranty”, and such guaranties, collectively, the “Qualified Borrower Guaranties”), which shall be acknowledged and agreed to by
the Guarantors, and enforceable against such Fund Borrower for the payment of a Qualified Borrower’s debt or obligation to the Lenders;
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(c)
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Qualified Borrower Promissory Note. Such Qualified Borrower shall execute and deliver a promissory
note, in the form of Exhibit I (a “Qualified Borrower Promissory Note”), payable to the Administrative Agent, for
the benefit of the Secured Parties;
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Authorizations of Qualified Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall have received from the
Qualified Borrower appropriate evidence of the authorization of the Qualified Borrower approving the execution, delivery and performance of the Qualified Borrower Promissory Note, duly adopted by the Qualified Borrower, as required by
Applicable Law or agreement, and accompanied by a certificate of an authorized Person of such Qualified Borrower stating that such authorizations are true and correct, have not been altered or repealed and are in full force and effect;
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(e)
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Incumbency Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received from such
Qualified Borrower a signed certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Qualified Borrower which shall certify the names of the Persons authorized to sign the Qualified Borrower Promissory Note and the other documents or certificates to
be delivered pursuant to the terms hereof by such Qualified Borrower, together with the true signatures of each such Person. The Administrative Agent may conclusively rely on such certificate until it shall receive a further certificate
canceling or amending the prior certificate and submitting the authority and signatures of the Persons named in such further certificate;
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(f)
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Opinion of Counsel to Qualified Borrowers. The Administrative Agent shall have received a
favorable written opinion of counsel for such Qualified Borrower, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
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(g)
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Opinion of Counsel to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable
written opinion of counsel for the Borrowers with respect to the Qualified Borrower Guaranty, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
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(h)
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“Know Your Customer” Information and Documents. The Lenders shall have received all items required
to make such Qualified Borrower KYC Compliant;
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(i)
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Beneficial Ownership Certification. If such Qualified Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity
customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, the Lenders shall have received, sufficiently in advance of (but in any event not less than three (3) Business Days prior to) the date such Person becomes a Qualified Borrower, a
Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to such Qualified Borrower;
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(j)
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Fees, Costs and Expenses. Payment of all fees and other invoiced amounts due and payable by any
Credit Party on or prior to the date such Qualified Borrower becomes a Qualified Borrower hereunder and, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by any Credit Party hereunder,
which may be deducted from the proceeds of any related Borrowing;
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(k)
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Due Diligence Review. The Administrative Agent shall have completed to its satisfaction its due
diligence review of such Qualified Borrower;
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(l)
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ERISA Status. With respect to the initial advance to such Qualified Borrower only, either (i) a
favorable written opinion of counsel to such Qualified Borrower, addressed to the Secured Parties, reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, regarding the status of such Qualified Borrower as an Operating Company
(or a copy of such opinion addressed to the Investors, reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, together with a reliance letter with respect thereto, addressed to the Secured Parties); or (ii) a certificate,
addressed to the Secured Parties, signed by a Responsible Officer of such Qualified Borrower that the underlying assets of such Qualified Borrower do not constitute Plan Assets because less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total
value of each class of equity interests in such
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Qualified Borrower is held by “benefit plan investors” within the meaning of Section 3(42)
of ERISA; and
(m)
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Additional Information. The Administrative Agent shall have received such other information and
documents in respect of such Qualified Borrower as may be required by the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
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Upon the satisfaction of the requirements of this Section
6.3 described above, such Qualified Borrower shall be bound by the terms and conditions of this Credit Agreement as if it were a Qualified Borrower hereunder. For purposes of determining whether the conditions specified in this Section 6.3 have been satisfied, the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall, by providing written notice confirming the joinder is effective, be deemed to be satisfied with and to have
received each document or other matter required hereunder to be satisfactory to, or received by, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing statement shall not be deemed to be an
acknowledgement of receipt of payment of the fees and expenses required to be paid as specified in this Section 6.3.
6.4
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Addition of Guarantors. The Borrowers may at any time request that any Parallel Investment Vehicle
or Alternative Investment Vehicle be joined as a guarantor (any such Person, a “Guarantor”). Such joinder is subject to the Borrowers giving the Administrative Agent at least ten
(10) Business Days’ prior written notice (or such shorter period as the Lenders may agree in their sole discretion) and each of the following:
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(a)
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Approval of Guarantor. In order for an entity to be approved as an Guarantor, (i) the Borrowers
must obtain the written consent of each Lender, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; (ii) such entity shall be either an Alternative Investment Vehicle or a Parallel Investment Vehicle of a Fund Party; and (iii) the provisions of
this Section 6.4 shall be satisfied;
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(b)
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Joinder and Security of Guarantor Obligations. The Guarantor and its general partner (if
applicable) shall provide to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders duly executed documentation in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, including but not limited to a joinder agreement to this
Credit Agreement (pursuant to which it agrees to guaranty all Obligations), Collateral Documents and such other Loan Documents and Filings as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request;
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(c)
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Authorizations of Guarantor. The Administrative Agent shall have received from such Guarantor and
its general partner (if applicable) appropriate evidence of the authorization of such Guarantor and its general partner (if applicable) approving the execution, delivery and performance of its applicable Collateral Documents and any other
Loan Documents required of such Guarantor and its general partner (if applicable), duly adopted by such Guarantor and its general partner (if applicable), as required by Applicable Law or agreement, and accompanied by a certificate of an
authorized Person of such Guarantor and its general partner (if applicable) stating that such authorizations are true and correct, have not been altered or repealed and are in full force and effect;
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(d)
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Responsible Officer Certificates. A certificate from a Responsible Officer of
such Guarantor in the form of Exhibit L;
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(e)
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Constituent Documents. True and complete copies of the Constituent Documents of such Guarantor,
together with certificates of existence and good standing (or other similar instruments) of such Guarantor, in each case certified by a Responsible Officer of such Person to be correct and complete copies thereof and in effect on the date
such Guarantor becomes a Guarantor hereunder and in each case satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion;
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(f)
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ERISA Status. Either (i) a favorable written opinion of counsel to such Guarantor addressed to
the Secured Parties, reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, regarding the status of such Guarantor as an Operating Company (or a copy of such opinion addressed to the Investors, reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent and its counsel, together with a reliance letter with respect thereto, addressed to the Secured Parties) or
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(ii) a certificate, addressed to the Secured Parties, signed by a Responsible Officer of such Guarantor that the underlying
assets of such Credit Party do not constitute Plan Assets because participation in each class of equity interests in such Credit Party by “benefit plan investors” is not “significant” within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations;
(g)
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Incumbency Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received from such Guarantor and its
general partner (if applicable) a signed certificate of a Responsible Officer of such Guarantor and its general partner( if applicable) which shall certify the names of the Persons authorized to sign the Loan Documents to be delivered
pursuant to the terms hereof by such Guarantor and its general partner (if applicable), together with the true signatures of each such Person. The Administrative Agent may conclusively rely on such certificate until it shall receive a
further certificate canceling or amending the prior certificate and submitting the authority and signatures of the Persons named in such further certificate;
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(h)
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Opinion of Counsel to Guarantor. The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written
opinion of counsel for such Guarantor and its general partner (if applicable), in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
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(i)
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“Know Your Customer” Information and Documents. The Lenders shall have received all items
required to make such Guarantor and its general partner (if applicable) KYC Compliant;
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(j)
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[Reserved];
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(k)
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Fees, Costs and Expenses. Payment of all fees and other invoiced amounts due and payable by any
Credit Party on or prior to the date such Guarantor becomes a Guarantor hereunder and, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by any Credit Party hereunder;
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(l)
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Due Diligence Review. The Administrative Agent shall have completed to its satisfaction its due
diligence review of such Guarantor, and its respective management, controlling owners, systems and operations; and
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(m)
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Additional Information. The Administrative Agent shall have received such
other information and documents in respect of such Guarantor as may be required by the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
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Upon the satisfaction of the requirements of this Section
6.4 described above, the related Guarantor and its general partner (if applicable) shall be bound by the terms and conditions of this Credit Agreement as a Guarantor and a General Partner (if applicable) hereunder. For purposes of
determining whether the conditions specified in this Section 6.4 have been satisfied, the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall, by providing written notice confirming the joinder
is effective, be deemed to be satisfied with and to have received each document or other matter required hereunder to be satisfactory to, or received by, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be. For the avoidance of doubt, the
foregoing statement shall not be deemed to be an acknowledgement of receipt of payment of the fees and expenses required to be paid as specified in this Section 6.4.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CREDIT PARTIES.
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To induce the Lenders to make the Loans and cause the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder, each of the
Credit Parties hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
7.1
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Organization and Good Standing. Each Credit Party (a) is duly organized, formed or incorporated,
as applicable, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, formation or incorporation, as applicable; (b) has the requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on
its business as now conducted; and
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(c)
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is qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where the nature of the business conducted or the property owned or leased requires
such qualification except where the failure to be so qualified to do business would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
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7.2
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Authorization and Power. Each Credit Party has the partnership, limited liability company or
corporate power, as applicable, and requisite authority to execute, deliver, and perform its respective obligations under this Credit Agreement, the Notes, and the other Loan Documents to be executed by it, its Constituent Documents, and
its Subscription Agreements. Each Credit Party is duly authorized to, and has taken all partnership, limited liability company or corporate action, as applicable, necessary to authorize it to execute, deliver, and perform its obligations
under this Credit Agreement, the Notes, such other Loan Documents, its Constituent Documents, and the Subscription Agreements, and is duly authorized to perform its obligations under this Credit Agreement, the Notes, such other Loan
Documents, its Constituent Documents and the Subscription Agreements.
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7.3
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No Conflicts or Consents. None of the execution and delivery of this Credit Agreement, the Notes
or the other Loan Documents, the consummation of any of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, or the compliance with the terms and provisions hereof or with the terms and provisions thereof, will contravene or conflict, in any
material respect, with any provision of law, statute or regulation to which any Credit Party is subject or any judgment, license, order or permit applicable to any Credit Party or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement
or instrument to which any Credit Party is a party or by which any Credit Party may be
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bound, or to which any Credit Party may be subject. No material consent, approval, authorization or order of
any court or Governmental Authority, Investor or third party is required in connection with the execution and delivery by any Credit Party of the Loan Documents or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including its
Constituent Documents, except, in each case, for that which has already been waived or obtained.
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Enforceable Obligations. This Credit Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents to which
any Credit Party is a party are the legal and binding obligations of any Credit Party, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to Debtor Relief Laws and general equitable principles (whether considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law).
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7.5
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Priority of Liens. The Collateral Documents create, as security for the Obligations, valid and
enforceable and, once any applicable filings have been made, a perfected first priority Lien on all of the Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, subject to no other Liens, except as
enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). Such Liens on the Collateral shall be superior to and prior to the rights of all third parties
in such Collateral, and, other than in connection with any future Change in Law or in the applicable Credit Party’s name, identity or structure, or its jurisdiction of organization, formation or incorporation, as the case may be, no
further recordings or Filings are or will be required in connection with the creation, perfection or enforcement of such security interests and Liens, other than the filing of continuation statements in accordance with Applicable Law.
Each Lien referred to in this Section 7.5 is and shall be the sole and exclusive Lien on the Collateral.
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7.6
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Financial Condition. The Credit Parties have delivered to the Administrative Agent the most
recently available copies of the financial statements and reports described in Section 8.1 and the related statement of income, in each case (except with respect to any
financial statements delivered prior to the Closing Date) certified by a Responsible Officer of such Credit Party to the effect that such financial statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of such Credit
Party as of the applicable date of delivery (or in the case of a pro forma balance sheet, estimated financial condition based on assumptions that such pro forma
balance sheet has been prepared in accordance with GAAP, except as provided therein). For the avoidance of doubt, such representation relating to the financial statements shall be without qualification, exception or any other
statement which has the effect of modifying the opinions therein (but in the case of unaudited statements, subject to the absence of footnotes and ordinary year-end adjustments).
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7.7
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Full Disclosure. All information heretofore furnished by such Credit Party, in connection with
this Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any transaction contemplated hereby is true and correct in all material respects on the date as of which such information is stated or deemed stated.
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7.8
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No Default. No event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes an Event of Default or a
Potential Default.
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7.9
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No Litigation. (a) As of the Closing Date, there are no actions, suits, investigations or legal,
equitable, arbitration or administrative proceedings in any court or before any arbitrator
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or Governmental Authority (“Proceedings”) pending
or threatened in writing, against any Credit Party, other than any such Proceeding that has been disclosed in writing by such Credit Party to the Administrative Agent, and (b) as of any date after the Closing Date, there are no such Proceedings
pending or threatened in writing, against such Credit Party, other than any such Proceeding that would not be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
7.10
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Material Adverse Effect. No circumstances exist or changes to any Credit Party have occurred since
the date of the most recent financial statements of such Credit Party delivered to the Administrative Agent which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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7.11
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Taxes. To the extent that failure to do so would reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect, all Tax returns, information statements and reports required to be filed by any Credit Party in any jurisdiction have been filed and all Taxes (including mortgage recording Taxes), assessments, fees, and other governmental charges
upon such Credit Party or upon any of its properties, income or franchises have been paid prior to the time that such Taxes become delinquent. The Borrowers do not have knowledge of any proposed Tax assessment against any Credit Party
which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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7.12
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Principal Office; Jurisdiction of Formation. (a) Each of the principal office, chief executive
office, and principal place of business of the Credit Parties is correctly listed on Schedule I (or on a revised Schedule
I delivered to the Administrative Agent), and each Credit Party has been at such location since its formation; and (b) the jurisdiction of formation of the Credit Parties is correctly listed on Schedule I, and each Credit Party is not organized under the laws of any other jurisdiction.
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ERISA. Each Borrower and Guarantor satisfies an exception under the Plan Asset Regulations so that
its underlying assets do not constitute Plan Assets. The execution, delivery and performance of this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the enforcement of the Obligations directly against the Investors, and the borrowing and
repayment of amounts under this Credit Agreement, do not and will not constitute a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section
4975(c)(1)(A)-(D) of the Internal Revenue Code. No Credit Party or member of a Credit Party’s Controlled Group has established, maintains, contributes to, or has any obligation to contribute to any Plan.
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7.14
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Compliance with Law. Each Credit Party is in compliance with all laws, rules, regulations, orders,
and decrees which are applicable to it or its properties, including Environmental Laws and ERISA, except where non-compliance would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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7.15
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Environmental Matters. Each Credit Party (a) has not received any notice or other communication or
otherwise learned of any Environmental Liability which could individually or in the aggregate be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect arising in connection with: (i) any actual or alleged non-compliance with or violation of any
Environmental Requirements by such Credit Party or any permit issued under any Environmental Law to such Credit Party; or (ii) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material into the environment; and (b) has no actual
liability or, threatened liability in connection with the Release
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or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material into the environment or any Environmental Requirements which
could individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Capital Commitments and Contributions. All Investors are set forth on Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference (or on a revised Exhibit A delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 8.1(i) or Section 8.18), and the true and correct Capital Commitment of each Investor is set forth on Exhibit A (or on any such revised Exhibit A). No Capital Calls have been delivered to any Investors other than any that
have been disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent. As of the date hereof, the aggregate amount of the Capital Commitments of each Investor is set forth on Exhibit A;
and the aggregate Unfunded Capital Commitment that could be subject to a Capital Call is set forth on Exhibit A.
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7.17
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Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of each Credit Party is the calendar year.
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7.18
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Investor Documents. Each Investor has executed a Subscription Agreement which has been provided to
the Administrative Agent. Each Side Letter that has been entered into has been provided to the Administrative Agent. For each Investor, the Operative Documents, its Subscription Agreement (and any related Side Letter), if any, set forth
its entire agreement regarding its Capital Commitment.
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7.19
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Margin Stock. No Credit Party is engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying Margin Stock, and no proceeds of any Loan or Letter of Credit will be used: (a) to purchase or carry any Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock; (b) to
reduce or retire any Indebtedness which was originally incurred to purchase or carry any such Margin Stock; or (c) for any other purpose which, in the case of any one of the foregoing clauses
(a) and (b), would result in a violation of Regulation T, U, or X. No Credit Party nor any Person acting on behalf of the Credit Parties has taken or will take any
action which might cause any Loan Document to violate Regulation T, U or X or any other regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or to violate Section 7 of the Securities Exchange Act, in each case as now in
effect or as the same may hereafter be in effect. No Loan or Letter of Credit will be secured at any time by, and the Collateral in which any Credit Party has granted to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of each of the Secured
Parties, a security interest and Lien pursuant to the Collateral Documents will not contain at any time any Margin Stock.
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Investment Company Status. (a) The Initial Borrower is an “investment
company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, that has elected to be regulated as a “business development company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act and has elected to be treated,
and to comply with the requirements to qualify annually, as a “regulated investment company” within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code.
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The business and other activities of each Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the making of the Loans and the issuance of the
Letters of Credit hereunder, the application of the proceeds and repayment thereof by the Borrowers and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents do not result in a material violation or breach
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in any respect of the provisions of the Investment Company Act or any rules, regulations or orders issued
by the United States SEC thereunder, in each case, that are applicable to each Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
(c)
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Each Borrower is in compliance with all written Investment Policies, except to the extent that the failure to so comply could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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No Defenses. Each Credit Party knows of no default or circumstance which with the passage of time
and/or giving of notice, could constitute an event of default under its Constituent Documents, any Subscription Agreement, Side Letter or Credit Link Document which would constitute a defense to the obligations of the Investors to make
Capital Contributions to any applicable Fund Party, pursuant to a Capital Call in accordance with the Subscription Agreements or the applicable Credit Party’s Constituent Documents, and has no knowledge of any claims of offset or any
other claims of the Investors against any Credit Party which would or could diminish or adversely affect the obligations of the Investors to make Capital Contributions and fund Capital Calls in accordance with any Subscription Agreements
(and any related Side Letters), the applicable Credit Party’s Constituent Documents or any Credit Link Document.
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No Withdrawals Without Approval. No Investor is permitted to withdraw its interest in any Fund
Party without the prior approval of the Initial Borrower or the applicable General Partner, as applicable.
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Sanctions. No Credit Party, no Person directly or indirectly controlling a Credit Party, no Person
directly or indirectly controlled by a Credit Party or, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, no officer, director or employee of the foregoing, (a) is a Sanctioned Entity, (b) is controlled by or is acting on behalf of a Sanctioned Entity, or
(c) is, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, under investigation for an alleged breach of Sanction(s) by a governmental authority that enforces Sanctions.
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Insider. No Credit Party is an “executive officer,” “director,” or “person who directly or
indirectly or acting through or in concert with one or more persons owns, controls, or has the power to vote more than ten percent (10%) of any class of voting securities” (as those terms are defined in 12 U.S.C. §375b or in regulations
promulgated pursuant thereto) of any Lender, of a Bank Holding Company of which any Lender is a subsidiary, or of any subsidiary of a Bank Holding Company of which any Lender is a subsidiary, of any bank at which any Lender maintains a
correspondent account, or of any bank which maintains a correspondence account with any Lender.
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7.25
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Investors. The Borrowing Base Certificate, as it may be updated in writing from time to time by
the Borrowers, is true and correct in all material respects.
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Organizational Structure. The structure of the Credit Parties is as depicted on Schedule III. The Credit Parties have not formed any Qualified Borrowers that are not depicted on Schedule III (or an
updated Schedule III in connection with the formation of a Qualified Borrower).
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No Brokers. None of the Credit Parties or the Fund Advisor has dealt with any
broker, investment banker, agent or other Person (except for the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and any Affiliate of the foregoing) who may be entitled to any commission or compensation in connection with the Loan Documents, the Loans
or a transaction under or pursuant to this Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
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7.28
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Financial Condition. The Fund Parties, taken as a whole, are Solvent.
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7.29
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Authorization of the Shares. The issuance of the Shares has been duly authorized by the Fund
Parties in accordance with the terms of the applicable Operative Documents and Subscription Agreements and no further notice or other requirements are required in connection therewith (including by any Secured Party issuing a Capital
Call). Authorization of the Shares shall not be rescinded without the prior written consent of all Lenders and any rescission of the Shares shall be invalid unless such prior written consent is obtained.
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF THE CREDIT PARTIES.
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So long as the Lenders have any commitment to lend hereunder or to cause the issuance of any Letters of
Credit hereunder, and until payment and performance in full of the Obligations under this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (other than (x) contingent obligations for which no claim has yet been made, (y) any Obligations in respect of
any Letters of Credit that have been Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to or greater than the Minimum Collateral Amount and (z) any Obligations in respect of any Lender Hedge Agreement that have been cash collateralized or otherwise satisfied
pursuant to Section 2.16(h)), each Credit Party agrees that:
8.1
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Financial Statements, Reports and Notices. The Credit Parties shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent sufficient copies for each Lender of the following:
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(a)
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Financial Reports.
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(i)
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Annual Reports. As soon as available, but no later than the earlier of: (x) the date delivered to
any Investor or (y) one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of the fiscal year for each of the Initial Borrower and the Guarantors, the audited statement of assets and liabilities and related statements of operations, of changes in
net assets and of cash flows of the Initial Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries and the Guarantors, respectively, as of the end of and for such year, all reported on by a firm of nationally recognized independent certified 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 financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Initial Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries and the Guarantors, respectively, on a consolidated basis
in accordance with GAAP consistently applied; provided that no financial statements shall be required for any Guarantor for any period ending prior to its joinder as a Guarantor hereunder.
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Quarterly Reports. As soon as available, but no later than the earlier of: (x) the date delivered
to any Investor or (y) ninety (90) days after the end
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of each of the first three fiscal quarters of the Initial Borrower and the Guarantors, the unaudited
statement of assets and liabilities and related statements of operations, of changes in net assets and of cash flows of the Initial Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries and the unaudited statement of assets and liabilities and related
statements of operations of the Guarantors, in each case, as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter, all certified by a Responsible Officer of the Initial Borrower and the Guarantors, as applicable, as presenting fairly in all material respects
the financial condition and results of operations of the Initial Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries and the Guarantors, respectively, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year end audit adjustments and the absence
of footnotes (other than explanatory footnotes); provided that no financial statements shall be required for any Guarantor for any period ending prior to its joinder as a Guarantor hereunder.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Credit Parties shall deliver financial reports commencing with the fiscal quarter ending
September 30, 2019.
(b)
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Compliance Certificate. No later than the date any financial statement is due pursuant to Section 8.1(a), a compliance certificate in the form of Exhibit M (the “Compliance Certificate”), certified by a Responsible Officer of the Fund Borrowers to be true and correct, (i) stating whether any Event of Default or any Potential Default exists;
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(ii) stating whether the Fund Parties are in compliance with the Debt Limitations contained in Section 9.11 and containing the calculations evidencing such compliance; (iii) stating that, to the knowledge of such Responsible Officer (after conducting due inquiry), no Exclusion Event has occurred with respect to
any Included Investor or Designated Investor (that has not previously been disclosed to the Administrative Agent in writing) and
(iv) setting forth: (A) a copy of the report provided to the Investors corresponding to such period (which report shall
include a schedule of material Investments and a statement of the capital account of each Investor if such period covers the fiscal year end (it being understood that such schedule, including the threshold of “material Investments” may be in form
and substance consistent with any such schedules historically delivered by the Investment Manager or related funds)); (B) the aggregate Unfunded Capital Commitments of the Included Investors and Designated Investors; and (C) the calculations for
the Available Commitment as of the date of delivery of such Compliance Certificate.
(c)
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Capital Calls. The Borrowers shall notify the Administrative Agent of the issuance of each Capital
Call within three (3) Business Days after the making of such Capital Call and shall provide information as to the timing and amount of such Capital Call to the extent available, along with copies of each Capital Call delivered to the
Investors.
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(d)
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Notice of Default. Within two (2) Business Day of becoming aware of the existence of any condition
or event which constitutes an Event of Default or a Potential Default, the Credit Parties shall furnish to the Administrative Agent a written notice specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and the action which such Credit
Party is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
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(e)
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Notice of Certain Withdrawals. Promptly, but no later than the Business Day
following receipt thereof, copies of any notice of withdrawal or request for excuse or exemption by any Investor pursuant to the applicable Constituent Document, its Subscription Agreement or Side Letter of all or a portion of such
Investor’s partnership interest, Subscribed Interest or other equity interest, as applicable.
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(f)
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Investor Events. Promptly upon becoming aware of any of the following events, a written notice to
the Administrative Agent if: (i) an Exclusion Event has occurred with respect to any Included Investor or Designated Investor or any other Investor has violated or breached any material term of the applicable Constituent Documents, the
Subscription Agreement or any Credit Link Document; provided that the Credit Parties have no duty to monitor any Exclusion Event of the type set forth in clauses (a), (b), (c), (h),
(i), (j), (m) or (u) of the definition thereof; or (ii) there has been a change in the name or notice information of any Investor. The Administrative Agent will notify the Credit Parties upon becoming actually aware of any
event which would qualify as an Exclusion Event.
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(g)
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Structure Chart. In the event any Credit Party forms a Qualified Borrower, the Credit Parties will
deliver an updated Schedule I reflecting the relevant information of such Person and an updated Schedule III depicting
the updated fund structure of the Credit Parties.
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(h)
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ERISA Certification. (i) For each Borrower or Guarantor that provided a certificate of a
Responsible Officer pursuant to Section 6.1(p)(ii), Section 6.3(l)(ii) or Section 6.4(f)(ii) prior to admitting one or more ERISA Investors which would result in twenty-five percent (25%) of the total value of any class of equity interests in such Credit Party being held by “benefit plan investors” within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA, such Credit Party shall deliver a favorable written opinion of counsel to such Credit
Party addressed to the Secured Parties, reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, regarding the status of such Credit Party as an Operating Company (or a copy of such opinion addressed to the Investors, reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, together with a reliance letter with respect thereto, addressed to the Secured Parties); and (ii) with respect to each Borrower or Guarantor, for so long as there is any ERISA
Investor in such Credit Party, such Credit Party shall provide to the Administrative Agent, no later than sixty (60) days after the first day of each Annual Valuation Period in the case of clause (A) below or thirty (30) days after the end of such Credit Party’s fiscal year in the case of clause (B) below, a certificate signed by a Responsible
Officer of such Credit Party that (A) such Credit Party has remained and still is an Operating Company or (B) the underlying assets of such Credit Party do not constitute Plan Assets because less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the
total value of each class of equity interests in such Credit Party is held by “benefit plan investors” within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA.
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(i)
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Borrowing Base Certificate. The Borrowers will provide an updated Borrowing Base Certificate
certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers to be true and correct in all material respects setting forth a calculation of the Available Commitment in reasonable detail at each of the following times: (i) the first (1st) Business Day of each
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calendar quarter; (ii) in connection with any new Borrowing, Request for a Letter of Credit, request for any
new Trade Allocation or increase in any Trade Allocation; (iii) within three
(3) Business Days after the making of a Capital Call, together with a copy of each such Capital Call in accordance within Section 8.1(c); (iv) within two (2) Business Days following (x) knowledge by the Borrowers of any Exclusion Event described in clause (a),
clause (b), clause (j) or clause (k) of the definition thereof; or
(y) a Transfer of any Included Investor’s or Designated Investor’s Capital Commitment; (v) within five (5) Business Days following any Exclusion Event not described in the preceding clause (iv);
and (vi) within five (5) Business Days of any other event that reduces the Available Commitment (such as, by way of example, a deemed collection).
(j)
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Other Reporting. Simultaneously with the delivery to any Investor, copies of all other material
financial statements, appraisal reports, notices, and other matters at any time or from time to time furnished to the Investors.
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(k)
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Capital Return Notices. Within three (3) Business Days following delivery thereof to any Investor,
copies of any Capital Return Notice provided to such Investor together with a Capital Return Certification. The effective date on which an Investor’s Unfunded Capital Commitment increases by Returned Capital for purposes of this Credit
Agreement (other than with respect to determining the Collateral) shall be the date on which the Credit Parties have delivered to the Administrative Agent duly completed copies of the items required by this Section 8.1(k).
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(l)
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New Investors or Amended Investor Documents. Within five (5) Business Days of execution thereof, (i)
copies of the Subscription Agreement (and any related Side Letter) or any transfer documentation of any new Investor, (ii) written evidence of an increase in the Capital Commitment of any Investor or (iii) any amendments to any Investor’s
Side Letter, including but not limited to any documents related to an Investor’s election to opt into the provisions of any other Investor’s Side Letter pursuant to a ‘most favored nations’ clause.
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(m)
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Notice of Material Adverse Effect. Each Credit Party shall, promptly upon receipt of knowledge
thereof, notify the Administrative Agent of any event if such event could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(n)
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Environmental Notices. Each Credit Party will, promptly upon receipt of knowledge thereof, notify
the Administrative Agent of (i) the listing of any of the Credit Parties’ properties or assets on SEMS and (ii) of any of the following events if such event could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect: (A) any
complaint, order, citation, notice, claim, demand, action, event, condition, report or investigation issued, or threatened in writing to be issued, to the Credit Parties indicating any potential or actual liability arising in connection
with the non-compliance with or violation of any Environmental Requirements or any permit issued under any Environmental Law and/or the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material; (B) the existence of any Environmental Lien on
any properties or assets of the Credit Parties; (C) any order, consent decree or judgment of any Governmental Authority concerning health, safety or the environment; (D) any Environmental Liability resulting from the violation or alleged
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violation of any Environmental Law or otherwise arising under any Environmental Law, the imposition of any
Environmental Lien, or resulting from any common law cause of action asserted by any Person concerning any health, safety or environmental matter; and
(A)
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any Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material.
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(o)
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Notice of Certain Changes to Beneficial Ownership Certification. With respect to any Borrower that
is a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, such Borrower shall promptly give notice to the Lenders of any change in the information provided in any Beneficial Ownership Certification that would result in a
change to the list of beneficial owners identified therein and promptly deliver an updated Beneficial Ownership Certification. If any Borrower that was not previously a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation
becomes a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, such Borrower shall promptly notify the Lenders of such fact and promptly deliver a Beneficial Ownership Certification.
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(p)
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Other Information. Such other information concerning the business, properties, or financial
condition of the Credit Parties as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in Section 8.1(a) may
be satisfied with respect to financial information of the Initial Borrower by furnishing the Form 10-K or 10- Q (or the equivalent), as applicable, of the Initial Borrower filed with the SEC within the applicable time periods required by applicable
law and regulations. Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.1(a) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be
delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which the Initial Borrower notifies Administrative Agent, via electronic mail (or another method of written notice as agreed by Administrative Agent)
(i) that the Initial Borrower has posted such documents, or provided a link thereto on the Initial Borrower’s website, or (ii) that such documents have been posted on the Initial Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which
each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access.
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Payment of Obligations. Each Credit Party shall pay and discharge all Indebtedness and other
obligations, including all Taxes, assessments, and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it, its income or profits, or any property belonging to it, before any such obligation becomes delinquent, if in the case of Indebtedness such
failure could reasonably be expected to result in a default in excess of the Threshold Amount; provided that such Credit Party shall not be required to pay any such Tax, assessment, charge, or levy
if and so long as the amount, applicability, or validity thereof shall currently be contested in good faith by adequate proceedings and adequate reserves therefor have been established in accordance with GAAP.
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8.3
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Maintenance of Existence and Rights. Each Credit Party shall preserve and maintain its existence.
Each Credit Party shall further preserve and maintain all of its rights, privileges, and franchises necessary in the normal conduct of its business and in accordance with all valid regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority the
failure of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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8.4
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Operations and Properties. Each Credit Party shall act prudently and in
accordance with customary industry standards in managing or operating its assets, properties, business, and investments. Each Credit Party shall keep in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear accepted, all of its assets
and properties which are necessary to the conduct of its business except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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8.5
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Books and Records; Access. Following three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice, each Credit
Party shall give the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, or any of them, access during ordinary business hours to, and permit such person to examine, copy, or make excerpts from, any and all books, records, and documents in the possession of
such Credit Party and relating to their affairs, and to inspect any of the properties of the Credit Party and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants; provided
that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may only make such examination or inspection once in any fiscal year unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
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8.6
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Compliance with Law. Each Credit Party shall observe and comply with all Applicable Laws and all
orders of any Governmental Authority, including Environmental Laws and ERISA, and maintain in full force and effect all Governmental Approvals applicable to the conduct of its business, in each case except where the failure to do so could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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8.7
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Insurance. Each Credit Party shall maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance
companies, workmen’s compensation insurance, liability insurance, and insurance on its present and future properties, assets, and businesses against such casualties, risks, and contingencies, and in such types and amounts, as are consistent
with customary practices and standards of its industry in the same or similar locations.
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8.8
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Authorizations and Approvals. Each Credit Party shall promptly obtain, from time to time at its own
expense, all such governmental licenses, authorizations, consents, permits and approvals as may be required to enable such Credit Party to comply with its obligations hereunder, under the other Loan Documents and its Constituent Documents
and to conduct its business in the customary fashion.
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8.9
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Maintenance of Liens. Each Credit Party shall (a) perform all such acts and execute all such
documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in order to enable the Administrative Agent and Secured Parties to file and record every instrument that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary in order to perfect and
maintain the Secured Parties’ first priority security interests in (and Liens on) the Collateral and otherwise to preserve and protect the rights of the Secured Parties in respect of such first priority security interests and Liens and (b)
ensure that solely with respect to each Credit Party formed under the laws of the Cayman Islands, all Filings consisting of notice to such Credit Party’s limited partners which are required to perfect the security interests in and Liens on
the Collateral granted under the applicable Collateral Documents and/or to establish the first priority of such security interests are delivered to such limited partners (including any new Investors joining after the Closing Date) within
three (3) Business Days after the later of (i) the Closing Date and (ii) the date on which such Persons become limited partners of the applicable Credit Party.
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8.10
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Further Assurances. Each Credit Party shall make, execute or endorse, and
acknowledge and deliver or file or cause the same to be done, all such vouchers, invoices, notices, certifications, and additional agreements, undertakings, conveyances, transfers, assignments, security agreements, financing statements and
other collateral documents (all of which shall be deemed part of the “Collateral Documents”), or other assurances, and shall take any and all such other action, as the Administrative Agent may, from
time to time, reasonably deem necessary or desirable for the purpose of granting to, or maintaining or perfecting in favor of the Secured Parties first priority security interests in the Collateral, or otherwise in connection with this
Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, the obligations of the Credit Party hereunder or thereunder for better assuring and confirming unto the Secured Parties all or any part of the security for any of such obligations.
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8.11
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Maintenance of Independence. Each Credit Party shall at all times (a) conduct and present itself as
a separate entity and maintain all business organization formalities,
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(b) maintain separate books and records, (c) conduct all transactions with Affiliates on an arm’s length basis, and (d) not
commingle its funds with funds of other Persons, including Affiliates, except for related Investor Capital Contributions deposited directly or indirectly into the related Collateral Account.
8.12
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RIC Status under the Internal Revenue Code; Investment Company Act.
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(a)
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The Initial Borrower will elect to be treated as a “regulated investment company” within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code commencing
with the first taxable year in which investors are issued equity interests in the Initial Borrower and will at all times thereafter maintain its status as a “regulated investment company” within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code, and
will at all times maintain its status as a “business development company” under the Investment Company Act.
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(b)
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The Borrowers shall at all times be in compliance with the Investment Policies, except to the extent that the failure to so comply could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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8.13
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Compliance with Loan Documents and Constituent Documents. Each Credit Party shall fully comply with
any and all covenants and provisions of each Loan Document executed by it. Each Credit Party shall comply with all material provisions of its Constituent Documents.
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8.14
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Investor Default. At all times when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and any
Obligations remain outstanding and any Investor has failed to fund any Capital Contribution when due or otherwise defaulted on any of its obligations to any Credit Party, then such Credit Party shall exercise its available remedies as to
such Investor only with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders.
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8.15
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Collateral Accounts. Each Credit Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that, at
all times, the Administrative Agent shall have electronic monitoring access to each Collateral Account.
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8.16
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Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws. Each Credit
Party, any Person directly or indirectly controlling a Credit Party, any Person directly or indirectly controlled by a Credit Party and, to each Credit Party’s knowledge, any officers, directors or employees of the foregoing shall, (a)
comply with all applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws in all material respects, and shall maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote compliance with the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Corruption
Laws, (b) conduct the requisite due diligence in connection with the transactions contemplated herein for purposes of complying with the Anti-Money Laundering Laws, including with respect to the legitimacy of any applicable Investor and the
origin of the assets used by such Investor to make Capital Contributions, and shall maintain sufficient information to identify any applicable Investor for purposes of the Anti-Money Laundering Laws, (c) ensure it does not use any proceeds
of the Loans or Letters of Credit in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws or Anti- Money Laundering Laws, and (d) ensure it does not fund any repayment of the Obligations in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws or Anti-Money Laundering
Laws.
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8.17
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Solvency. The financial condition of each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof shall be such
that such Person is Solvent.
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8.18
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[Reserved].
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8.19
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Compliance with Sanctions. No Credit Party, no Person directly or indirectly controlling a Credit
Party, no Person directly or indirectly controlled by a Credit Party or, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, no officer, director or employee of the foregoing will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of any Credit Extension hereunder, or
lend, contribute, or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner, or other Person (a) to fund any activities or business of or with a Sanctioned Entity, or (b) in any manner that would be prohibited by
Sanctions or would otherwise cause any Lender to be in breach of any Sanctions. Each Credit Party shall comply with all applicable Sanctions in all material respects, shall maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure
compliance with Sanctions and will not fund any repayment of the Obligations with proceeds derived from any transaction that would be prohibited by Sanctions or would otherwise cause any Lender or any other party to this Credit Agreement,
or any of their respective officers, directors or employees, to be in breach of any Sanctions. Each Credit Party will notify each Lender and the Administrative Agent in writing not more than three (3) Business Days after becoming aware of
any breach of Section 7.23, Section 8.16 or this Section 8.19.
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS.
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So long as the Lenders have any commitment to lend or to cause the issuance of any Letter of Credit
hereunder, and until payment and performance in full of the Obligations (other than (i) contingent obligations for which no claim has yet been made, (ii) Obligations in respect of any Letters of Credit that have been Cash Collateralized in an amount
equal to or greater than the Minimum Collateral Amount and (iii) any Obligations in respect of any Lender Hedge Agreement that have been cash collateralized or otherwise satisfied pursuant to Section
2.16(h)), each Credit Party agrees that:
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9.1
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Credit Party Information. No Credit Party shall (a) change its name, jurisdiction
of formation, chief executive office and/or principal place of business to a jurisdiction or location within the United States without giving at least of sixty (60) days’ (or such shorter period as agreed by the Administrative Agent)
advance written notice and taking all steps necessary in the sole but reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent to preserve the Liens on the collateral and to continue the perfection of such security interests therein; or (b) change
its jurisdiction of formation or chief executive office and/or principal place of business to a jurisdiction or location outside of the United States without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, not to be unreasonably
withheld.
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Mergers, Etc. No Credit Party shall take any action (a) to merge or consolidate with or into any
Person, unless such Credit Party is the surviving entity, or (b) that will dissolve or terminate such Credit Party.
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Limitation on Liens. (a) No Credit Party shall create, permit or suffer to exist any Lien (whether
such interest is based on common law, statute, other law or contract and whether junior or equal or superior in priority to the Liens created by the Loan Documents) upon the Collateral, other than to the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the Collateral Documents; and (b) no Credit Party shall take any action (or fail to take any required action), or consent to the taking of any action, that would have the effect of terminating or
impairing the Secured Parties’ perfected, first priority security interests in and Liens on the Collateral.
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Fiscal Year and Accounting Method. No Credit Party shall change its fiscal year or its method of
accounting without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, not to be unreasonably withheld, unless otherwise required to do so by the Internal Revenue Code or GAAP (and if so required the Borrowers shall promptly notify the
Administrative Agent in writing of such change).
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9.5
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Transfer of Interests; Admission of Investors.
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(a)
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Transfers by Investors. The Credit Parties shall not permit any Transfer of any interest (including
any Subscribed Interest) in a Fund Party unless explicitly permitted pursuant to this Section 9.5. The Credit Parties shall notify the Administrative Agent of any such Transfer by
any Included Investor or Designated Investor of all or a portion of any Subscribed Interest in any Fund Party under the applicable Constituent Document at least five (5) Business Days (or such shorter period as agreed by the Administrative
Agent in its sole discretion) before the proposed Transfer, and shall, promptly upon receipt thereof, deliver to the Administrative Agent copies of any proposed assignment agreement and other documentation delivered to, or required of such
Investor by, the applicable Borrower or General Partner, as applicable. In order for a new Investor to be deemed to be an Included Investor or a Designated Investor, such new Investor must satisfy the criteria therefor as set out in this
Credit Agreement. If the transfer of a Subscribed Interest to a new Investor would result in a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 3.5(b) (due to the transferee not being
designated as an Included Investor or a Designated Investor or otherwise), such mandatory prepayment shall be calculated and paid to the Lenders prior to the effectiveness of the transfer and such prepayment shall be
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subject to Section 4.6. Subject to compliance
with the preceding sentence and Section 9.5(c), any assignment by an Included Investor or Designated Investor shall be permitted. Any transfer of any Subscribed Interest in any Fund Party
by any non-Included Investor to any other Person shall be permitted without the consent of the Administrative Agent or Lenders, subject to compliance with Section 9.5(c). Notwithstanding
the foregoing no consent shall be required if the Transfer by any affiliated Investor is (a) made to (i) an Affiliate of such affiliated Investor or (ii) a family-related entity or trust established by such affiliated Investor and (b) otherwise
complies with this Section 9.5(a).
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Transfers of Shares. Transfers of Shares by Investors shall be permitted in accordance with the
terms of the Operative Documents and such Investor’s Subscription Agreement without the consent of any Secured Party.
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Sanctions Compliance. Any admission of an assignee of an interest (including a Subscribed Interest)
in any Fund Party or as a substitute Investor and any admission of a Person as a new Investor of any Fund Party, shall be subject to such Person's compliance with Sanctions.
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Constituent Documents. Except as hereinafter provided, no Credit Party shall (nor shall it permit
its general partner (if applicable) to) alter, amend, modify, terminate, or change any provision of its Constituent Documents, the Memorandum, any Subscription Agreement or any Side Letter, or enter into any new Side Letter (each, a “Proposed Amendment”) if such Proposed Amendment would (a) remove or reduce (or affect in a similar manner) the Debt Limitations, (b) affect the debts, duties, obligations and
liabilities, or the rights, titles, security interests, Liens, powers and privileges of such Credit Party, the general partner of such Credit Party or any Investor (each, as applicable), in each case, relating to any Capital Calls, Capital
Contributions, Capital Commitments, Uncalled Capital Commitments or any other Collateral or any time period applicable thereto, (c) except as permitted under Section 9.5, suspend,
reduce or terminate any Investor’s Unfunded Capital Commitments or obligation to fund Capital Calls, or
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(d) otherwise have a material adverse effect on the rights, titles, first priority security interests and Liens, and powers and
privileges of any of the Secured Parties hereunder (each, a “Material Amendment”). With respect to any Proposed Amendment that in the good faith judgment of such Credit Party could be a
Material Amendment, such Credit Party shall notify the Administrative Agent of such proposal. The Administrative Agent shall within ten (10) Business Days of the date on which it has received such notification in accordance with Section 12.6 determine, in its sole discretion without the requirement of obtaining the input of the Lenders and on its good faith belief, whether or not such Proposed Amendment would
constitute a Material Amendment and shall promptly notify such Credit Party of its determination. In the event that the Administrative Agent determines that such Proposed Amendment is a Material Amendment, the approval of the Required Lenders and
Administrative Agent shall be required (unless the approval of all Lenders is otherwise required hereunder), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of such request for such approval, distributing, as appropriate, the Proposed
Amendment and any other relevant information provided by such Credit Party. Subject to Section 12.1, the Required Lenders shall, within ten (10) Business Days from the date of such notice
from the Administrative Agent, deliver their approval or denial thereof. In the event that the Administrative Agent determines that the Proposed Amendment is not a Material Amendment, such Credit Party may make such amendment without the consent of
any Lender. Each Credit Party may, without the
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consent of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, amend its Constituent Documents: (x) to admit new
Investors to the extent permitted by, and in accordance with, this Credit Agreement; and (y) to reflect Transfers of interests (including Shares or Subscribed Interests) in the Fund Parties permitted by, and in accordance with, this Credit Agreement;
provided that, in each case, such Credit Party shall promptly provide written notice to the Administrative Agent of any such amendment within five (5) Business Days of execution thereof. Further, in the event
any Constituent Document of any Credit Party is altered, amended, modified or terminated in any respect whatsoever, such Credit Party shall provide the Administrative Agent with copies of each executed, filed or otherwise effective document relating
thereto.
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Transfer of General Partners’ Interest. Other than pursuant to the Loan Documents, the General
Partners shall not transfer any portion of its partnership interest in any Fund Party or grant any Lien therein; provided that, on not less than thirty (30) days’ written notice to Administrative
Agent, a General Partner may make transfers to an Affiliate of such General Partner or the Fund Advisor of all of its partnership interest in a Fund Party to the extent that such Affiliate (x) is organized under the laws of the United
States and the chief executive office and principal place of business of such Affiliate are located in the United States, and (y) enters into an assignment and assumption agreement with such General Partner reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and provided, further, that such Affiliate has taken all steps necessary in the sole but reasonable judgment of the Administrative
Agent to preserve the Liens on the collateral and continue the perfection of the security interests therein.Negative Pledge. No Credit Party shall grant consent under a Constituent Document for any
Included Investor or Designated Investor to pledge or otherwise grant a security interest or otherwise create a Lien on such Investor’s right, title and interest in any Fund Party without the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent in its sole and absolute discretion.
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Limitation on Investor Withdrawals. No Credit Party shall grant consent under a Constituent Document
for any Investor to withdraw its interest (including any Subscribed Interest) in any Fund Party (other than a Transfer permitted by Section 9.5(a)) without the prior written
consent of the Lenders, each in its sole discretion.
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Transfers of Capital Commitments; Transfers of Unfunded Capital
Commitments. No Credit Party shall cause Capital Contributions to be made to any Person (including any Affiliate of a Credit Party) that is not a Fund Party hereunder, including directly to any Investment.
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Limitation on Indebtedness. The Fund Parties shall not, individually or collectively, incur any
Indebtedness (a) that does not fully comply with the requirements and limitations set forth in the applicable Constituent Documents and (b) that is not permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (all of which limitations in
this Section 9.11 shall be, collectively, the “Debt Limitations”).
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Capital Commitments. No Credit Party shall: (a) cancel, reduce, excuse, or xxxxx the Capital
Commitment of any Investor without the prior written consent of the Lenders which may be withheld in their sole discretion; or (b) except as permitted by the relevant Constituent Document or Side Letter, relieve, excuse, delay, postpone,
compromise or xxxxx any Investor from the making of any Capital Contribution (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with
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any particular Investment of such Credit Party); provided, after the
occurrence and during the continuation of a Cash Collateral Event, no Credit Party shall provide any such relief without the consent of the Lenders unless such Investor is entitled to such relief as a matter of right (i.e., not in such Credit Party’s
discretion).
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Capital Calls. Except for Side Letters otherwise permitted under this Credit Agreement, no Credit
Party shall make any contractual or other agreement with any Person which shall restrict, limit, penalize or control its ability to make Capital Calls or the timing thereof.
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ERISA Compliance. No Credit Party or member of a Credit Party’s Controlled Group shall establish,
maintain, contribute to, or have any obligation to contribute to any Plan. No Borrower or Guarantor shall fail to satisfy an exception under the Plan Asset Regulations which failure causes the assets of such Credit Party to be deemed Plan
Assets. No Credit Party shall take any action, or omit to take any action, which would give rise to a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 4975(c)(1)(A), (B), (C) or (D) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 406(a) of ERISA that would subject
the Administrative Agent or the Lenders to any tax, penalty, damages or any other claim or relief under the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA.
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Dissolution. Without the prior written consent of all Lenders (in their sole discretion), no Credit
Party shall take, consent to or allow to become effective any action to terminate or dissolve.
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Environmental Matters. Except for such conditions as are in compliance with relevant Environmental
Laws or otherwise could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, no Credit Party shall: (a) cause or permit any Hazardous Material to be generated, placed, held, located or disposed of on, under or at, or
transported to or from, any real property of such Credit Party; or (b) permit any real property of such Credit Party to ever be used as a dump site or storage site (whether permanent or temporary) for any Hazardous Material.
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Limitations on Distributions. No Credit Party shall make, pay or declare any Distribution (as
defined below) (a) at any time except as permitted pursuant to their Constituent Documents or (b) for so long as any Obligations remain outstanding, at any time during the existence of a Cash Control Event, in each of the foregoing cases,
other than Permitted Distributions, provided, that, no Permitted Distributions may be made from any
Collateral Account during an Event of Default under Section 10.1(a), Section 10.1(h), Section 10.1(i) or an Event of Default that has resulted in acceleration of the maturity of the Obligations hereunder. “Distribution” means any distributions (whether
or not in cash) on account of any partnership interest, Subscribed Interest or other equity interest in a Fund Party, including as a dividend or other distribution and on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition
of any such partnership interest, Subscribed Interest or other equity interest.
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Limitation on Withdrawals of Funds. Without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, no
Credit Party shall make or cause the making of any withdrawal or transfer of funds from any Collateral Account at a time when any Obligations remain outstanding if a Cash Control Event has occurred and is continuing, other than withdrawals
for the purpose of repaying Obligations.
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Fund Structure. (a) No General Partner shall transfer, withdraw or assign its
interest in any Fund Party or its obligations under the Loan Documents and (b) no Guarantor shall transfer, withdraw or assign its interest in any Borrower or its obligations under the Loan Documents, in each case of clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 9.19 without the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent may be granted or withheld in the Administrative Agent’s sole and absolute discretion.[Reserved].
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[Reserved].
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Capital Call Termination Event. No Credit Party shall take any action which could result in a
Capital Call Termination Event occurring prior to the Stated Maturity Date.
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Transactions with Affiliates. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
sell, lease or otherwise transfer any of its property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or make any contribution towards, or reimbursement for, any federal income taxes payable by any Person
or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of income of such Credit Party, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except transactions in the ordinary course of business at prices and on terms and conditions
not less favorable to such Credit Party or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties pursuant to the Fund Advisor Agreement.
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Collateral Accounts. No Credit Party shall direct, authorize or otherwise permit any proceeds,
monies or sums paid or to be paid by any Investor pursuant to any Capital Call to be deposited, credited or otherwise included in any account other than a Collateral Account. No Credit Party shall, and shall not cause any of its
Subsidiaries to, deposit or otherwise credit, or cause or permit to be so deposited or credited, to the Collateral Accounts cash or cash proceeds other than Capital Contributions.
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Deemed Capital Contributions. The Borrowers shall not reinvest current cash flow from Investments or
net proceeds from any Investment dispositions at a time when any Obligations remain outstanding if (a) a Cash Control Event has occurred and is continuing; or
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(b) such reinvestment would reduce the Unfunded Capital Commitment of any Investor and thereby cause the Dollar Equivalent of
the Principal Obligations to exceed the Available Commitment, unless, with respect to this clause (b), prior to any such reinvestment, the Borrowers shall make any resulting prepayment
required under Section 3.5(b).
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
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Events of Default. An “Event of Default” shall exist if any
one or more of the following events (herein collectively called “Events of Default”) shall occur and be continuing (whatever the reason for such event and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary
or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
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(i) the Borrowers shall fail to pay when due any principal of the Facility Obligations, including any failure to pay any amount required under Section 3.5(b); or
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(ii) the Borrowers shall fail to pay when due any interest on the Facility Obligations or any fee, expense, indemnity or other payment required
hereunder, or under any other Loan
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Document, including, without limitation, payment of cash for deposit as Cash Collateral under Section 2.13(h), and such failure under this clause (ii) shall continue for three (3) Business Days;
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any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Credit Parties (in each case, as applicable) under this Credit
Agreement, or any of the other Loan Documents executed by any one or more of them, or in any certificate or statement furnished or made to the Administrative Agent or Lenders or any one of them by the Credit Parties (in each case, as
applicable) pursuant hereto, in connection herewith or with the Loans, or in connection with any of the other Loan Documents, shall prove to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect as of the date on which such representation or
warranty is made and the adverse effect of the failure of such representation or warranty shall not have been cured within thirty (30) days after the earlier of: (A) written notice thereof has been given by the Administrative Agent to the
Borrowers or (B) a Responsible Officer of a Credit Party obtains knowledge thereof;
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default shall occur in the performance of: (i) any of the covenants or agreements contained herein (other than the covenants contained in Sections 3.5(b), 5.2(a),
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8.1 and 8.12,
and Sections 9.1 through 9.25) by the Credit Parties; or (ii) the covenants or agreements of the Credit Parties contained in
any other Loan Documents executed by such Person, and, if such default is susceptible to cure, such default shall continue uncured to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of: (x) written
notice thereof has been given by the Administrative Agent to the Borrowers or (y) a Responsible Officer of a Credit Party obtains knowledge thereof;
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default shall occur in the performance of any of the covenants or agreements of any Credit Party contained in Section 3.5(b), 5.2(a) or any one of Sections 9.1 through 9.25;
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default shall occur in the performance of Section 8.1 or 8.12 of this Credit Agreement and such default shall continue uncured for three (3) Business Days after the earlier of: (x) written notice thereof has been given by the Administrative
Agent to the Borrowers or (y) a Responsible Officer of a Credit Party obtains knowledge thereof;
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any of the Loan Documents executed by the Credit Parties: (i) shall cease, in whole or in any material respect, to be legal, valid, binding
agreements enforceable against the Credit Parties, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms thereof; (ii) shall in any way be terminated or become or be declared ineffective or inoperative; or (iii) shall in any way whatsoever cease
to give or provide the respective first priority Liens, security interest, rights, titles, interest, remedies, powers, or privileges intended to be created thereby;
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any Indebtedness of the Credit Parties with an aggregate principal amount in excess of the Threshold Amount shall become due before its
stated maturity by acceleration of the maturity thereof;
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any Credit Party or the Fund Advisor shall: (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian, intervenor, sequestrator, conservator, liquidator or similar official of itself or of all or a substantial part of its assets; (ii) file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or admit in writing that it is unable to pay its debts as
they become due; (iii) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (iv) file a petition or answer seeking reorganization or an arrangement with creditors or to take advantage of any Debtor Relief Laws; (v) file an answer
admitting the material allegations of, or consent to, or default in answering, a petition filed against it in any bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency proceeding; or (vi) take any partnership, limited liability company or corporate
action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
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an order, order for relief, judgment or decree shall be entered by any court of competent jurisdiction or other competent authority
approving a petition seeking reorganization of any Credit Party or the Fund Advisor, or appointing a receiver, custodian, trustee, intervenor, sequestrator, conservator, liquidator or similar official of any Credit Party or the Fund
Advisor, or of all or substantially all of such Person’s assets, and such order, judgment or decree shall continue unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) days;
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any final judgment(s) for the payment of money equal to or in excess of the Threshold Amount in the aggregate shall be rendered against any
Credit Party alone or against one or more of the Credit Parties and such judgment shall remain undischarged for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally
taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of any Credit Party to enforce any such judgment, unless such judgment is covered by insurance in an amount that would cause any uninsured potential liability not to exceed the
Threshold Amount or unless it is being appealed and such Credit Party has posted a bond or cash collateral;
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any General Partner shall be removed or otherwise cease to be the sole general partner of any Fund Party or any Investor shall notify a
Credit Party of its intent to seek the removal of any General Partner;
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any Credit Party, the Fund Advisor or any affiliated Investor fails to fund any Capital Call when due and such failure shall not be cured
within two (2) Business Days (without regard to any cure or notice periods contained in the applicable Constituent Documents);
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any Credit Party, the Fund Advisor or its affiliated Investor shall:
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(i) repudiate, challenge, or declare unenforceable its Capital Commitment or its obligation to make Capital Contributions to
the capital of the Fund Parties pursuant to a Capital Call or shall otherwise disaffirm any material provision of any Credit Party’s Constituent Document, as applicable; or (ii) otherwise fail to fund a Capital Contribution to the capital of the Fund
Parties, pursuant to a Capital Call;
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the Fund Advisor Agreement shall cease to be in full force and effect or the Fund Advisor resigns or is removed from said
role and a successor Fund Advisor that is an Affiliate of the Fund Advisor is not appointed within ten (10) days;
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(i) limited partners of any Fund Party shall deliver a notice of dissolution of such Fund Party, or any such Fund Party is otherwise
dissolved, in accordance with the Constituent Documents of the Initial Borrower or a similar provision otherwise of the applicable Constituent Documents of any other Fund Party or (ii) any other event shall occur that causes a dissolution
or liquidation of any Credit Party or any action shall be taken or proceedings shall be commenced by any Person seeking the dissolution or liquidation of any Credit Party;
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[reserved];
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[reserved];
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one (1) or more Investors having Capital Commitments aggregating fifteen percent (15%) or greater of the aggregate Capital Commitments of
all Investors shall default in their obligation to fund any Capital Call when due and such failure shall not be cured within five (5) Business Days of such due date, subject to any grace period contained in the applicable Constituent
Document; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the applicable Constituent Document, any such grace period shall not exceed ten (10) days;
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under the terms and conditions of any Lender Hedge Agreement, (i) an event of default, (ii) termination event or (iii) any other default
related to payment that has caused any amount due to become due prior to the date it otherwise would have been (by acceleration of the maturity thereof or otherwise) and such amount shall not be promptly paid and, in each case, such
circumstance shall not have been cured or waived within two
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Business Days (or, if a Capital Call has been issued to cure such event of default or terminate such Lender Hedge Agreement, within
fifteen (15) Business Days), in each case of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), to the extent that such event would or could result in any applicable Secured Party exercising remedies with respect to the Collateral; or
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the Guaranty given by the Guarantors hereunder or any provision thereof shall cease to be in full force and effect, or the Guarantors, the
applicable General Partner or any other Person acting by or on behalf of the Guarantors shall deny or disaffirm the Guarantors’ obligations under the Guaranty.
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Remedies Upon Event of Default.
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If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, then the Administrative Agent may (and at the direction of the Required
Lenders, shall): (i) suspend the Commitments of the Lenders; (ii) terminate the Commitments of the Lenders hereunder and declare the occurrence of the Maturity Date; (iii) declare the principal of, and all interest then accrued on, the
Facility Obligations to be forthwith due and payable (including the liability to Cash Collateralize the Letter of Credit Liability pursuant to Section 2.13), whereupon the same
shall forthwith become due and payable
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without presentment, demand, protest, notice of default, notice of acceleration, or of intention to accelerate
or other notice of any kind (other than notice of such declaration) all of which the Credit Parties hereby expressly waive, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document; (iv) exercise any right, privilege,
or power set forth in Sections 5.2 and 8.10 and in the Collateral Documents, including, but not limited to, the initiation of
Capital Calls of the Uncalled Capital Commitments, subject to Section 10.2(b) below; (v) suspend the obligation of the Lenders to maintain LIBOR Rate Loans and (vi) without notice of
default or demand, pursue and enforce any of the Administrative Agent’s or the Lenders’ rights and remedies under the Loan Documents, or otherwise provided under or pursuant to any Applicable Law (including under the UCC) or agreement; provided that if any Event of Default specified in Sections 10.1(h) or 10.1(i) shall
occur, the principal of, and all interest on, the Facility Obligations shall thereupon become due and payable concurrently therewith, without any further action by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, or any of them, and without presentment,
demand, protest, notice of default, notice of acceleration, or of intention to accelerate or other notice of any kind, all of which each of the Credit Parties hereby expressly waives.
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Actions with Respect to the Collateral. The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties,
is hereby authorized, in the name of the Secured Parties or the name of any Credit Party, at any time or from time to time during the existence of an Event of Default, to: (i) initiate one or more Capital Calls in order to pay the
Obligations then due and owing; (ii) notify the Investors to make all payments due or to become due with respect to their Capital Commitments directly to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties or to an account other than
the Collateral Accounts; (iii) take or bring in any Credit Party’s name, or that of the Secured Parties, all steps, actions, suits, or proceedings deemed by the Administrative Agent necessary or desirable to effect possession or collection
of payments of the Capital Commitments of the Investors;
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(iv) complete any contract or agreement of any Credit Party in any way related to payment of any of the Capital Commitments
of the Investors; (v) make allowances or adjustments related to the Capital Commitments of the Investors; (vi) compromise any claims related to the Capital Commitments of Investors; (vii) issue credit in its own name or the name of any Credit Party;
(viii) deliver a written demand on the applicable Borrower or General Partner to issue a Capital Call on the Investors, up to the amount of the Uncalled Capital Commitments, for Capital Contributions in an aggregate amount equal to the Obligations;
(ix) take possession of all amounts on deposit in the Collateral Account for the purpose of applying such amounts to reduce the
outstanding Obligations hereunder in the order of payment priority provided in this Credit Agreement; or (x) exercise any other right, privilege, power, or remedy provided to any Credit Party under its respective Constituent Documents and the
Subscription Agreements with respect to the Capital Commitments of Investors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall, prior to exercising its rights to
issue such Capital Calls on the Uncalled Capital Commitments of Investors or the exercise of other remedies, be required to give five (5) Business Days’ written notice to Fund Parties of its intention to issue such Capital Calls; provided, that no such notice is required to the extent that the applicable Borrower or General Partner has failed to issue a Capital Call on the Investors in an amount equal to the Obligations, within five (5)
Business Days after the Administrative Agent has delivered demand therefor to such Borrower or
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General Partner in accordance with the preceding clause
(viii). If the Fund Parties shall make Capital Calls at any time prior to or within such five (5) Business Day-period that will, if funded, cure such Event of Default, or shall repay all outstanding Obligations, then the Administrative Agent
shall not exercise the remedies set forth in this Section 10.2 (other than assuming control of the Collateral Accounts and taking such actions as may be required to protect the rights of
the Administrative Agent and each Lender in any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws relating to any Credit Party or all or any material part of any Credit Party’s respective property) for a period of ten (10) Business Days. Regardless of any
provision hereof, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct by the Administrative Agent or the Secured Parties, neither the Administrative Agent nor the Secured Parties shall be liable for failure to collect or for failure to exercise
diligence in the collection, possession, or any transaction concerning, all or part of the Capital Calls or the Capital Commitment or sums due or paid thereon, nor shall they be under any obligation whatsoever to anyone by virtue of the security
interests and Liens relating to the Capital Commitment, subject to the Internal Revenue Code. The Administrative Agent shall give the Fund Parties notice of actions taken pursuant to this Section
10.2(b) concurrently with, or promptly after, the taking of such action, but its failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such action, nor shall such failure give rise to defenses to the Fund Parties’ obligations
hereunder. Notwithstanding the above, during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Credit Parties shall be authorized to issue Capital Calls only if the proceeds of such Capital Calls are used to pay any Obligations which have become due, or
otherwise to cure the Event of Default.
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Additional Action by the Administrative Agent. After the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, issuance by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties of a receipt to any Person obligated to pay any capital contribution shall be a full and complete release, discharge, and acquittance to such Person to
the extent of any amount so paid to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties so long as such amounts shall not be invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a
trustee, receiver or any other Person under any insolvency law, state or federal law, common law or equitable doctrine. The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, is hereby authorized and empowered, after the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, on behalf of any Credit Party, to endorse the name of any Credit Party upon any check, draft, instrument, receipt, instruction, or other document or items, including, but not limited to, all
items evidencing payment upon a Capital Contribution of any Person to any Credit Party coming into the Administrative Agent’s possession, and to receive and apply the proceeds therefrom in accordance with the terms hereof. After the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, is hereby granted an irrevocable power of attorney, which is coupled with an interest, to execute all checks, drafts,
receipts, instruments, instructions, or other documents, agreements, or items on behalf of any Credit Party, either before or after demand of payment of the Obligations, as shall be deemed by the Administrative Agent to be necessary or
advisable, in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, to protect the first priority security interests and Liens in the Collateral or the repayment of the Obligations, and neither the Administrative Agent nor the Secured Parties,
in the absence
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of gross negligence or willful misconduct, shall incur any liability in connection with or arising from its exercise of such power
of attorney.
The application by the Administrative Agent of such funds shall, unless the Lenders shall agree otherwise in
writing, be the same as set forth in Section 3.4. The Credit Parties acknowledge that all funds so transferred into the Collateral Accounts shall be the property of the applicable Fund
Party, subject to the first priority, exclusive security interest of the Administrative Agent therein.
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Lender Offset. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, the Letter
of Credit Issuer and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or
demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any
Borrower or any other Credit Party against any and all of the Obligations of any Borrower or such Credit Party now or hereafter existing under this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer or
any of their respective Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer or any such Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such
Obligations of any Borrower or such Credit Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Affiliate different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such
deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately
to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.4(c) and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender
from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing
in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer and their respective Affiliates under this Section 10.3 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and the
Letter of Credit Issuer agrees to notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect
the validity of such setoff and application.
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Performance by the Administrative Agent. Should any Credit Party fail to perform any covenant, duty,
or agreement contained herein or in any of the Loan Documents, and such failure continues beyond any applicable cure period, the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, perform or attempt to perform such covenant, duty, or
agreement on behalf of such Person. In such event, the Credit Parties shall, at the request of the Administrative Agent, promptly pay any amount expended by the Administrative Agent in such performance or attempted performance to the
Administrative Agent at its designated Agency Services Address, together with interest thereon at the Default Rate from the date of such expenditure until paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is expressly understood that neither the
Administrative Agent nor the Lenders assume any liability or responsibility for the performance of any duties of the Credit Parties, or
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any related Person hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents or other control over the management and
affairs of any Credit Party, or any related Person, nor by any such action shall the Administrative Agent or the Lenders be deemed to create a partnership arrangement with any Credit Party, or any related Person.
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Good Faith Duty to Cooperate. In the event that the Administrative Agent or Required Lenders elect
to commence the exercise of remedies pursuant to Section 10.2 or 10.3 as a result of the occurrence of any Event of
Default, the Credit Parties agree to cooperate in good faith with the Administrative Agent to enable the Administrative Agent to issue Capital Calls and enforce the payment thereof by the Investors, including but not limited to providing
contact information for each Investor within two (2) Business Days of request.
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AGENCY PROVISIONS.
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11.1
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Appointment and Authorization of Agents.
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(a)
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Authority. Each Lender (including any Person that is an Assignee, Participant, secured party or
other transferee with respect to the interest of such Lender in any Principal Obligation or otherwise under this Credit Agreement) (collectively with such Lender, a “Lender Party”)
hereby irrevocably appoints, designates and authorizes each Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are
expressly delegated to such Agent by the terms hereof and of the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere herein and in the other
Loan Documents, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein and therein, nor shall any Agent have or been deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender Party, and no implied
covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or otherwise exist against any Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing
sentence, the use of the term “agent” herein and in the other Loan Documents with reference to any Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising
under agency doctrine of any Applicable Law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. The provisions of
this Section 11 are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and none of the Credit Parties, any Investor, or any Affiliate of the foregoing (each, a “Borrower Party”) shall have any rights as a third-party beneficiary of the provisions hereof (except for the provisions that explicitly relate to the Credit Parties in Sections 11.9 and 11.10).
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Release of Collateral. The Secured Parties irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent (without
any further consent of the Secured Parties), at the Administrative Agent’s option and in its sole discretion, to release any security interest in or Lien on any Collateral granted to or held by the Administrative Agent: (i) upon termination
of this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, termination of the Commitments and all Letters of Credit and payment in full of all of the Obligations (other
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than (A) contingent obligations for which no claim has yet been made or (B) Obligations in respect of a Lender
Hedge Agreement that have been cash collateralized or otherwise satisfied pursuant to Section 2.16(h), including all fees and indemnified costs and expenses that are then due and payable
pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents; and (ii) if approved by the Lenders pursuant to the terms of Section 12.1. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders will
confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to this Section 11.1(b).
11.2
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Delegation of Duties. Each Agent may execute any of its duties hereunder or under the other Loan
Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of legal counsel, accountants, and other professionals selected by such Agent concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. No Agent shall be
responsible to any Lender for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care, nor shall it be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of
such Persons. The exculpatory provisions of this Section 11 shall apply to any such sub-agent of such Agent.
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Exculpatory Provisions. No Agent nor any of its affiliates, nor any of their respective officers,
directors, employees, agents or attorneys-in-fact (each such person, an “Agent-Related Person”), shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it under or in
connection herewith or in connection with any of the other Loan Documents (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or be responsible in any manner to any Lender Party for any recitals, statements, representations or
warranties made by any of the Borrower Parties contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents or in any certificate, report, document, financial statement or other written or oral statement referred to or provided for in, or
received by such Agent under or in connection herewith or in connection with the other Loan Documents, or enforceability or sufficiency therefor of any of the other Loan Documents, or for any failure of any Borrower Party to perform its
obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Agent-Related Person shall be responsible to any Lender for the effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectability or sufficiency of this Credit Agreement, or any of the other Loan
Documents or for any representations, warranties, recitals or statements made herein or therein or made by any Borrower Party in any written or oral statement or in any financial or other statements, instruments, reports, certificates or
any other documents in connection herewith or therewith furnished or made by the Agent-Related Person to the Lenders or by or on behalf of the Borrower Parties to the Agent-Related Person or any Lender or be required to ascertain or inquire
as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions, provisions, covenants or agreements contained herein or therein or as to the use of the proceeds of the Loans or the use of Letters of Credit or of the existence or
possible existence of any Potential Default or Event of Default or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Borrower Parties. The Agents are not trustees for the Lenders and owe no fiduciary duty to the Lenders. Each Lender Party
recognizes and agrees that Administrative Agent shall not be required to determine independently whether the conditions described in Sections 6.2(a) or 6.2(b) have been satisfied and, when Administrative Agent disburses funds to Borrowers or the Letter of Credit Issuer causes Letters of Credit to be issued or accepts any Qualified Borrower Guaranties,
it may rely fully upon statements contained in the relevant requests by a Borrower Party.
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11.4
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Reliance on Communications. The Agents shall be entitled to rely, and shall be
fully protected in relying, upon any note, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, email, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by
it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to any of the Borrower Parties, independent accountants and other experts
selected by the Agents with reasonable care). Each Agent may deem and treat each Lender as the owner of its interests hereunder for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed
with Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 12.11(c). Each Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Credit Agreement or under
any of the other Loan Documents unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Lenders as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense
which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents in
accordance with a request of the Required Lenders (or to the extent specifically required, all of the Lenders) and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders (including their
successors and assigns).
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Notice of Default. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any
Potential Default or Event of Default hereunder unless such Agent has received notice from a Lender or a Borrower Party referring to the Loan Document, describing such Potential Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a
“notice of default”. The Administrative Agent will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any such notice, and the Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Potential Default or
Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders and as is permitted by the Loan Documents.
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Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that no Agent-Related
Person has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Agent-Related Person hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of any Borrower Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by
the Agent-Related Person to any Lender. Each Lender represents to each Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, assets, operations, property, financial and other conditions, prospects and creditworthiness of the Borrower Parties and made its own decision to make its Loans
hereunder and enter into this Credit Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to
inform itself as to the business, assets, operations, property, financial and other conditions, prospects and creditworthiness of the Borrower Parties. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to
the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, no Agent shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, assets, property, financial or other
conditions, prospects or
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creditworthiness of the Borrower Parties which may come into the possession of any Agent-Related Person.
11.7
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Indemnification. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Lenders
shall indemnify, upon demand, each Agent-Related Person (to the extent not reimbursed by a Borrower Party and without limiting any obligation of the Borrower Parties to do so), ratably in accordance with the applicable Lender’s respective
Lender’s Pro Rata Share, and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever which
may at any time (including at any time following payment in full of the Obligations) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against it in its capacity as such in any way relating to or arising out of this Credit Agreement or the other Loan
Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by it under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Person’s
gross negligence or willful misconduct, or related to another Lender; provided, further, that no action taken in accordance with the directions of the
Required Lenders or all Lenders, as applicable, shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section 11.7. Without limitation of the
foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including attorney costs) incurred by such Agent in connection with
the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Credit
Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that such Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of the Borrower Parties. The agreements in this Section 11.7 shall survive the termination of the Commitments, payment of all of the Obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or
referred to herein or therein, as well as the resignation or replacement of any Agent.
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Agents in Their Individual Capacity. Each Agent (and any successor acting as an Agent) and its
Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with any
Borrower Party (or any of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates) as though such Agent were not an Agent or a Lender hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Lenders. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, any Agent
or its Affiliates may receive information regarding the Borrower Parties or their Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Person) and acknowledge that such Agent shall be under
no obligation to provide such information to them. With respect to the Loans made and Letters of Credit issued and all obligations owing to it, an Agent acting in its individual capacity shall have the same rights and powers under this
Credit Agreement as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include each Agent in its
individual capacity.
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11.9
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Successor Agents.
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(a)
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Resignation of Administrative Agent.
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(i)
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The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrowers, which
resignation shall not become effective until the Resignation Effective Date (as defined below). Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrowers and subject to the
consent of the Borrowers (provided no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such resignation), to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with
an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its
resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be
obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuer, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above. Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become
effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.
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If the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause
(d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, by notice in writing to the Borrowers and such Person, remove such Person as Administrative Agent and, in consultation with the
Borrowers, appoint a successor with the consent of the Borrowers as provided in clause (a). If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall
have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Removal Effective Date”), then such removal shall
nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.
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With effect from the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date (as applicable), (A) the retiring or removed Administrative
Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any Collateral held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the Letter of Credit Issuer under
any of the Loan Documents, the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such Collateral until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (B) except for any indemnity payments owed to the retiring
or removed Administrative Agent, all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer directly, until such
time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become
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vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent
(other than any rights to indemnity payments owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent), and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan
Documents. The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. After the retiring or removed Administrative
Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Section 11 and Section 12.5 shall
continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring or removed
Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.
(iv)
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Any resignation by Xxxxx Fargo as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 11.9 shall
also constitute its resignation as Letter of Credit Issuer. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (A) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges
and duties of the retiring Letter of Credit Issuer, (B) the retiring Letter of Credit Issuer shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (C) the successor Letter
of Credit Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangement satisfactory to the retiring Letter of Credit Issuer to effectively
assume the obligations of the retiring Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.
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Resignation of Other Agents. Any other Agent may, at any time, resign upon written notice to the
Lenders and the Borrowers. If no successor agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of the applicable Agent, then the retiring Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Lenders and the Borrowers, a successor
Agent from any of the Lenders. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor agent hereunder, such successor agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent,
and shall assume the duties and obligations of such retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations as Agent under this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. After any retiring Agent’s
resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Section 11.9 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was an Agent under
this Credit Agreement.
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Reliance by the Borrowers. The Borrowers shall be entitled to rely upon, and to act or refrain from
acting on the basis of, any notice, statement, certificate, waiver or other document or instrument delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrowers, so long as the Administrative Agent is purporting to act in its capacity as the
Administrative Agent pursuant to this Credit Agreement, and the Borrowers shall not be responsible or liable to any Lender (or to any Participant or to any Assignee), or as a result of any action or failure to act (including actions or
omissions which would otherwise constitute defaults hereunder) which is based upon such
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reliance upon Administrative Agent. The Borrowers shall be entitled to treat the Administrative Agent as the
properly authorized Administrative Agent pursuant to this Credit Agreement until the Borrowers shall have received notice of resignation, and the Borrowers shall not be obligated to recognize any successor Administrative Agent until the Borrowers
shall have received written notification reasonably satisfactory to them of the appointment of such successor.
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Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership,
insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Borrower Party, Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or Letter of
Credit Liability shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on Borrower Parties) shall be entitled and empowered, by
intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
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to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, Letter of Credit
Liability and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Secured Parties (including any claim for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Secured Parties and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Secured Parties hereunder) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
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to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
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and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any
such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Secured Party to make such payments to Administrative Agent and, in the event that Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Secured Party, to pay to
Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent hereunder.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or
accept or adopt on behalf of any Secured Party any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Secured Party or to authorize Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any
Secured Party in any such proceeding.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
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12.1
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Amendments. Neither this Credit Agreement (including the exhibits hereto) nor any other Loan
Document to which any Credit Party is a party, nor any of the terms hereof or thereof, may be amended, waived, discharged or terminated, unless such amendment, waiver, discharge, or termination is in writing and signed by the Administrative
Agent (based upon the approval of the Required Lenders), or the Required Lenders, on the one hand, and such Credit
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Party on the other hand; and, if the rights or duties of an Agent are affected thereby, by such Agent;
provided that no such amendment, waiver, discharge, or termination shall, without the consent of:
(a)
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each Lender directly affected thereby:
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(i)
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reduce or increase the amount or alter the term of the Commitment of such Lender, alter the provisions relating to any fees (or any other
payments) payable to such Lender, or accelerate the obligations of such Lender to advance its portion of any Borrowing, as contemplated in Section 2.5 or issue or participate in
any Letter of Credit, as contemplated in Section 2.13;
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extend the time for payment for the principal of or interest on the Facility Obligations, or fees or costs, or reduce the principal amount
of the Facility Obligations (except as a result of the application of payments or prepayments), or reduce the rate of interest borne by the Facility Obligations (other than as a result of waiving the applicability of the Default Rate), or
otherwise affect the terms of payment of the principal of or any interest on the Facility Obligations or fees or costs hereunder;
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release any Liens granted under the Collateral Documents, except as otherwise contemplated herein or therein, and except in connection with
the transfer of interests in any Fund Party permitted hereunder or in any other Loan Document; and
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all Lenders:
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except as otherwise provided by Section 9.5 or 9.12, permit the cancellation, excuse or reduction of the Uncalled Capital Commitment or Capital Commitment of any Included Investor or Designated Investor;
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amend the definition of “Applicable Requirement”; “Available Commitment”, “Concentration Limit”, “Designated Investor”, “Eligible
Institution”, “Hedge Termination Value”, “Included Investor”, “Lender Hedge Agreement”, “Maturity Date”, “Maximum Aggregate Trade Allocation”, “Maximum Trade Allocation”, “Principal Obligations”, “Trade Allocation” or the definition of any
of the defined terms used therein;
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change the percentages specified in the definition of Required Lenders herein or any other provision hereof specifying the number or
percentage of the Lenders which are required to amend, waive or modify any rights hereunder or otherwise make any determination or grant any consent hereunder;
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consent to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of any of its rights and obligations under (or in respect of) the Loan Documents;
or
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amend the terms of Section 2.16, Section 3.5(b) or this Section 12.1.
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The Administrative Agent agrees that it will notify the Lenders of any proposed
modification or amendment to any Loan Document, and deliver drafts of any such proposed modification or amendment to the Lenders, prior to the effectiveness of such proposed modification or amendment. Notwithstanding the above: (A) no provisions of Section 11 may be amended or modified without the consent of the Administrative Agent; (B) no provisions of Section 2.13 may be
amended or modified without the consent of the Letter of Credit Issuer; and
(C) to the extent that Section 8 and Section 9 specify the requirements for waivers of the affirmative covenants and negative covenants listed therein, any amendment to such provision of Section 8
or Section 9 shall require the consent of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent that are specified therein as required for a waiver thereof. Any amendment, waiver or consent not
specifically addressed in this Section 12.1 or otherwise shall be subject to the approval of Required Lenders.
Notwithstanding the fact that the consent of all the Lenders is required in certain circumstances as set
forth above: (1) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any reorganization plan that affects the Loans or the Letters of Credit, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section
1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States supersede the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein; (2) the Required Lenders may consent to allow a Credit Party to use cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or
insolvency proceeding; and
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the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, agree to the modification or waiver of any of the other terms of this Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any action or failure to act by any Credit Party, if such modification, waiver, or consent is of an administrative nature.
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If the Administrative Agent shall request the consent of any Lender to any amendment, change, waiver,
discharge, termination, consent or exercise of rights covered by this Credit Agreement, and not receive such consent or denial thereof in writing within ten (10) Business Days of the making of such request by the Administrative Agent, as the case may
be, such Lender shall be deemed to have denied its consent to the request.
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Sharing of Offsets. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or
otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or other obligations hereunder resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest
thereon or other such obligations (other than pursuant to Section 4 or Section 12.5) greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value)
participations in the Loans and such other obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the
aggregate amount of obligations owing them; provided that:
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if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall
be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and
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the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to
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any payment made by the Borrowers pursuant to and in accordance with the
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express terms of this Credit Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a
Defaulting Lender), (B) the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Sections 2.13(h) and 4.9 or (C) any payment
obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans and Letters of Credit to any Assignee or Participant, other than to the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries (as to which the provisions of
this paragraph shall apply).
Each Credit Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under
Applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against each Credit Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct
creditor of each Credit Party in the amount of such participation.
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Sharing of Collateral. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Lender and the Administrative
Agent, in its capacity as a Lender, agrees that if it shall, through the receipt of any proceeds from a Capital Call or the exercise of any remedies under any Collateral Documents, receive or be entitled to receive payment of a portion of
the aggregate amount of principal, interest and fees due to it under this Credit Agreement which constitutes a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of principal, interest and fees then due to such Lender under this Credit Agreement
than the proportion received by any other Lender in respect of the aggregate amount of principal, interest and fees due with respect to any Obligations to such Lender under this Credit Agreement, then such Lender or the Administrative
Agent, in its capacity as a Lender, as the case may be, shall purchase participations in the Obligations under this Credit Agreement held by such other Lenders so that all such recoveries of principal, interest and fees with respect to this
Credit Agreement, the Notes and the Obligations thereunder held by the Lenders shall be pro rata according to each Lender’s Commitment (determined as of the date thereof and regardless of any
change in any Lender’s Commitment caused by such Lender’s receipt of a proportionately greater or lesser payment hereunder). Each Lender hereby authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent to coordinate and implement the sharing of
collateral contemplated by this Section 12.3 prior to the distribution of proceeds from Capital Calls or proceeds from the exercise of remedies under the Collateral Documents
prior to making any distributions of such proceeds to each Lender or the Administrative Agent, in their respective capacity as the Lenders.
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Waiver. No failure to exercise, and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent
or the Lenders, any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Agents and the Lenders hereunder and under the Loan Documents shall be in addition to all other rights provided by Applicable Law. No modification
or waiver of any provision of this Credit Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents, nor consent to departure therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing and no such consent or waiver shall extend beyond the particular
case and purpose involved. No notice or demand given in any case shall constitute a waiver of the right to take other action in the same, similar or other instances without such notice or demand. Subject to the terms of this Credit
Agreement (including Section 12.1), the Administrative Agent acting on behalf of all Lenders, and the Credit Parties may from time to time enter into agreements amending or
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provision of this Credit Agreement or the rights of the Lenders or the Credit Parties hereunder, or may grant
waivers or consents to a departure from the due performance of the obligations of the Credit Parties hereunder, any such agreement, waiver or consent made with such written consent of the Administrative Agent being effective to bind all the Lenders,
except as provided in Section 12.1. A waiver on any one or more occasions shall not be construed as a bar to or waiver of any right or remedy on any future occasion.
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Payment of Expenses; Indemnity.
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(a)
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Cost and Expenses. The Borrowers, jointly and severally, shall pay promptly and in all events within
thirty (30) days after the receipt of written notice from the Administrative Agent (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and
disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, including the Administrative Agent’s special counsel, Cadwalader, Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP and Xxxxx Xxxxx), in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery,
syndication and administration of this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any amendments, modifications, addition of Investors, amendments to any Credit Party’s Constituent Document, joinder of Borrowers, or waivers of the
provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated);
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(ii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with the
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder, and (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer (including the fees, charges
and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
including its rights under this Section 12.5, or (B) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out of pocket expenses incurred during any
workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
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Indemnification by the Borrowers. The Borrowers shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any
sub-agent thereof), each Lender, and the Letter of Credit Issuer, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against,
and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, and shall pay or reimburse any such Indemnitee for, any and all losses, claims (including any Environmental Claims), damages (other than consequential, special, indirect or punitive damages arising
directly as a result of the actions of such Indemnitee), liabilities and related expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee) (limited to one counsel for the Administrative Agent and each other
Indemnitee and one local counsel in any applicable jurisdiction), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (including the Borrowers or any other Credit Party), other than such Indemnitee and its Related
Parties, arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties
hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
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(including the Credit Facility), (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds
therefrom (including any refusal by the Letter of Credit Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii)
any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, or any Environmental Claim related in any way to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary, (iv) any
actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, and
regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, or
(v) any claim (including any Environmental Claims), investigation, litigation or other proceeding (whether or not the
Administrative Agent or any Lender is a party thereto) and the prosecution and defense thereof, arising out of or in any way connected with the Loans, this Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any documents contemplated by or referred to
herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including reasonable attorneys and consultant’s fees, provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the
extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of such
Indemnitee or its Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, counsel, agents, attorneys and attorneys-in fact or (y) result from a claim brought by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof against an Indemnitee for breach of
such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if such Credit Party or such Subsidiary has obtained a final and non-appealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. This Section 12.5(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes, other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses arising from any non-Tax claim.
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Reimbursement by the Lenders. To the extent that the Borrowers for any reason fail to indefeasibly
pay any amount required under Section 12.5(a) or Section 12.5(b) to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or
any sub-agent thereof), the Letter of Credit Issuer or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Related Party, as
the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought based on each Lender’s share of the Principal
Obligations at such time) of such unpaid amount (including any such unpaid amount in respect of a claim asserted by such Lender); provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim,
damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Letter of Credit Issuer in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the
foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with such capacity.
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Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the parties
hereto shall not assert, and hereby waive, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with,
or as
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a result of, this Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated
hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided, that nothing in this Section
12.5(d) shall relieve any Credit Party of any obligation it may have to indemnify an Indemnitee against special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages asserted against such Indemnitee by a third party. No Indemnitee referred to in clause (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or
other information transmission systems in connection with this Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct by any Indemnitee.
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Payments. All amounts due under this Section
12.5 shall be payable at the Required Payment Time after demand therefor.
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(f)
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Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section
12.5 shall survive the termination of the Loan Documents and payment of the Obligations hereunder.
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12.6
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Notice.
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(a)
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Notices Generally. Any notice, demand, request or other communication which any party hereto may be
required or may desire to give hereunder shall be in writing (except where telephonic instructions or notices are expressly authorized herein to be given) and shall be deemed to be effective: (i) if by hand delivery, telecopy or other
facsimile transmission, on the day and at the time on which delivered to such party at the address or fax numbers specified below; (ii) if by mail, on the day which it is received after being deposited, postage prepaid, in the United States
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to such party at the address specified below; or (iii) if by FedEx or other reputable express mail service, on the next Business Day following the delivery to such express
mail service, addressed to such party at the address set forth below;
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(iv) if by telephone, on the day and at the time communication with one of the individuals named below occurs during a call to
the telephone number or numbers indicated for such party below; or (v) if by email, as provided in Section 12.6(b).
If to the Credit Parties:
At the address specified with respect thereto on Schedule I. With a copy to (which
shall not constitute notice hereunder):
Ropes & Xxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
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If to Xxxxx Fargo as Administrative Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer or Lender:
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association 000 X. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx Xxxx.xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice hereunder): Cadwalader, Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP
000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000 Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 Email: xxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxx.xxx
If to any other Lender:
At the address and numbers set forth on the Assignment and Assumption or the Lender Joinder Agreement of such Lender.
Any party hereto may change its address for purposes of this Credit Agreement by giving notice of such
change to the other parties pursuant to this Section 12.6. With respect to any notice received by the Administrative Agent from any Borrower or any Investor not otherwise addressed herein,
the Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders promptly of the receipt of such notice, and shall provide copies thereof to the Lenders.
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Electronic Communication. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Letter of Credit
Issuer hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that
the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 2 if such Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer, as applicable, has
notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving such notices by electronic communication. Any Credit Party may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic
communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
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Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an
e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other
written acknowledgement); provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business
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hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of
business on the next Business Day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the
foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
12.7
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Governing Law. This Credit Agreement and any other Loan Document (except, as to any other Loan
Document, as expressly set forth therein), and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to or in connection therewith, the relationship of the parties, and/or the interpretation and enforcement of the rights and duties of
the parties will be governed by the laws of the State of New York without regard to any conflicts of law principles other than Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law.
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Choice of Forum; Consent to Service of Process and Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury. Any suit,
action or proceeding with respect to this Credit Agreement, the Notes or the other Loan Documents or any judgment entered by any court in respect thereof, may be brought in the courts of the State of New York, or in the United States Courts
located in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City, pursuant to Section 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law, each party hereto hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such
courts for the purpose of any such suit, action or proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably consents to the service of process in any suit, action or proceeding in said court by the mailing thereof by registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid, to such Person’s address set forth in Section 12.6. Each party hereto irrevocably waives any objections which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any
suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Credit Agreement or the Notes brought in the courts located in the State of New York, Borough of Manhattan in New York City, and hereby further irrevocably waives any claim that
any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH THIS CREDIT
AGREEMENT, THE NOTES OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, WHICH WAIVER IS INFORMED AND VOLUNTARY.
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12.9
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Invalid Provisions. If any provision of this Credit Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid, or
unenforceable under present or future laws effective during the term of this Credit Agreement, such provision shall be fully severable and this Credit Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable
provision had never comprised a part of this Credit Agreement, and the remaining provisions of this Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by
its severance from this Credit Agreement, unless such continued effectiveness of this Credit Agreement, as modified, would be contrary to the basic understandings and intentions of the parties as expressed herein. If any provision of this
Credit Agreement shall conflict with or be inconsistent with any provision of any of the other Loan Documents, then the terms, conditions and provisions of this Credit Agreement shall prevail.
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12.10
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Entirety. The Loan Documents embody the entire agreement between the parties and supersede all prior
agreements and understandings, if any, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
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12.11
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Successors and Assigns; Participations.
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(a)
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Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Credit Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Borrowers nor any other Credit Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Assignee in accordance with the provisions of
Section 12.11(b), (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.11(d) or (iii) by way
of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 12.11(f) (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null
and void). Nothing in this Credit Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in
Section 12.11(d) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under or by reason of this Credit Agreement.
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Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees (each, an “Assignee”) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that, in each case, any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
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Minimum Amounts.
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(A)
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in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and/or the Loans at the time owing to it or
in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, no minimum amount need be assigned; and;
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in any case not described in Section 12.11(b)(i)(A), the aggregate amount of
the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding hereunder) or, if the applicable Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment
(determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment
and Assumption, as of such “Trade Date”) shall not be less than $5,000,000, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Borrowers otherwise consent (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that the Borrowers shall be deemed to have given their consent ten (10) Business
Days after the date written notice thereof has been delivered by the assigning Lender (through the Administrative Agent) unless such consent is expressly refused by the Borrowers in a written notice
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to the Administrative Agent received prior to such tenth (10th) Business Day.
(ii)
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Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate
part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement with respect to the Loan or the Commitment assigned.
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(iii)
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Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except for any assignment
pursuant to Section 12.11(b)(i)(B) and, in addition:
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(A)
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the consent of the Borrowers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (x) an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or
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(y) such assignment is to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender; provided, that the
Borrowers shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless they shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof;
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the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments if such
assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender with a Commitment or an Affiliate of such Lender; and
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the consent of the Letter of Credit Issuer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment.
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Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 for each assignment; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion,
elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The Assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire if requested by the Administrative Agent.
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No Assignment to Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made to (A) any Credit Party or any
Credit Party’s Subsidiaries or Affiliates or
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(B)
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to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Affiliates, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the
foregoing Persons described in this clause (B).
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(vi)
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No Assignment to Natural Persons. No such assignment shall be made to a natural Person.
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Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any
Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment
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shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the
parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the Assignee of participations or
subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested, but not
funded by, the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable Assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (A) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, the Letter of
Credit Issuer and each other Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon), and (B) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit in accordance with its Pro Rata Share. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under Applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the Assignee of such interest shall be
deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Credit Agreement until such compliance occurs.
(viii)
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Consequences of Assignment. Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Section 12.11(c), from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Credit Agreement and,
to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Credit Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Credit Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement, such Lender
shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 4 and Section 12.5 with
respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by
a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Credit
Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Credit Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 12.11(d).
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Trade Allocations. In connection with any assignment, the assignor and assignee may agree in their
discretion as to the amount, if any, of the assignor’s Maximum Trade Allocation assigned to the assignee, and there is no obligation for the Maximum Trade Allocation to be assigned in proportion to the Commitments assigned.
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Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a
non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain at one of its offices in Charlotte, North Carolina, a copy of each Assignment and Assumption and each Lender Joinder Agreement delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the
names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amounts of (and stated interest on) the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the
terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Credit Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers and any Lender (but only to the extent of entries in the Register that are applicable to such
Lender), at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. This Section 12.11(c) shall be construed to require that the Loans are at all times maintained
in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2), and 881(c)(2)
of the Internal Revenue Code, Section 5f.103-1(c) of the Treasury Regulations and any other related regulations or successor provisions or regulations.
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Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrowers or
the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural Person, a Defaulting Lender or the Borrowers or any of the Borrowers’ Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Credit Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided
that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Credit Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrowers, the
Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement. For the avoidance of
doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 12.5(c) with respect to any payments made by such Lender to its Participant(s).
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Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such
Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Credit Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Credit Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument
may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver or modification described in Section 12.1 that directly
affects such Participant and could not be effected by a vote of the Required Lenders. The Borrowers agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 4 (subject to
the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements of Section 4.1(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 4.1(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section
12.11(b); provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 4.9 as if it were an Assignee under Section 12.11(b) and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 4.1 and 4.5, with respect to such participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from
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a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that
sells a participation agrees, at the Borrowers’ request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrowers to effectuate the provisions of Section 4.9(b) with respect
to any Participant. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.3 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 12.2 as though it were a Lender.
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Participant Register. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose
as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations
under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion
of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person
except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan, Letters of Credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United
States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation
for all purposes of this Credit Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant
Register. This Section 12.11(e) shall be construed to require that the Loans are at all times maintained in “registered form” within the
meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2), and 881(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, Section 5f.103-1(c) of the Treasury Regulations and any other related regulations or successor provisions or regulations.
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Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any
portion of its rights under this Credit Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such
pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
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Addition of Lenders. With the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion, at the request of the Borrowers, a new lender may join the Credit Facility as a Lender by delivering a Lender Joinder Agreement to the Administrative Agent, and such new Lender shall assume all rights and obligations of a Lender
under this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided that:
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the Commitment of the new Lender shall be in addition to the Commitment of the existing Lenders in effect on the date of such new Lender’s
entry into the Credit Facility and the Maximum Commitment shall be increased in a corresponding amount;
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the Commitment of the new Lender shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000, or such lesser amount agreed to by the
Borrowers and the Administrative Agent;
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(iii)
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such new Lender shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent certification as to exemption from deduction or withholding of
Taxes in accordance with Section 4.1(f); and
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the parties shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Lender Joinder Agreement, any amendment hereto determined necessary or
appropriate by the Administrative Agent in connection with such Lender Joinder Agreement, the Borrowers shall execute such new Notes as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may request, and the new Lender shall deliver payment of a
processing and recordation fee of $3,500 to the Administrative Agent, which amount the Administrative Agent may waive in its sole discretion.
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Disclosure of Information. Any Lender may furnish any information concerning any Credit Party in the
possession of such Lender from time to time to Assignees and Participants (including prospective Assignees and Participants), subject, however, to the provisions of Section 12.17.
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Defaulting Lenders.
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Defaulting Lender Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Credit
Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law:
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Waivers and Amendments. Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment,
waiver or consent with respect to this Credit Agreement shall be excluded as set forth in the definition of Required Lenders.
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Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by
the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Section 10 or otherwise) or received by the
Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 12.2 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Letter of Credit Issuer; third, to Cash Collateralize the Fronting Exposure of the Letter of Credit Issuer
with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 4.10; fourth, as the Borrowers may request (so long as no Potential
Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan or funded participation in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Credit Agreement, as determined by the
Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the
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Borrowers, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in
order to (A) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans and funded participations under this Credit Agreement and (B) Cash Collateralize the Letter of Credit Issuer’s future Fronting Exposure with
respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Credit Agreement, in accordance with Section 4.10; sixth,
to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders or the Letter of Credit Issuer as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer against such Defaulting Lender as a result of
such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Credit Agreement; seventh, so long as no Potential Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrowers as a
result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrowers against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Credit Agreement; and eighth,
to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (1) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or funded participations in
Letters of Credit in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (2) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 6.2 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and funded participations in Letters of Credit owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or funded participations in Letters of Credit owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in the Letter
of Credit Liability are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their Commitments without giving effect to Section 12.12(a)(iv). Any
payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section
12.12(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(iii)
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Certain Fees.
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Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive interest and Letter of Credit fees for any period during which such Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to
extent allocable to the sum of (1) the outstanding principal amount of the Loans funded by it, and (2) its Pro Rata Share of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 4.10.
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Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive Letter of Credit fees pursuant to Section 2.14 for
any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its Pro Rata Share of the stated amount of Letters
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of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 4.10.
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With respect to any Letter of Credit fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause
(A) or (B) above, the Borrowers shall (1) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to
such Defaulting Lender’s participation in the Letter of Credit Liability that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv) below, (2) pay to the
Letter of Credit Issuer the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such Letter of Credit Issuer’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (3) not be required to pay the
remaining amount of any such fee.
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Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of such Defaulting
Lender’s participation in the Letter of Credit Liability shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) but only
to the extent that such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Principal Obligations of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Commitment. Subject to Section
12.23, no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a
Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non- Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.
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Cash Collateral. If the reallocation described in clause (iv) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrowers shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under law, Cash Collateralize the Letter of Credit Issuer’s Fronting
Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 4.10.
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Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer
agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which
may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), such Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may
determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with their Commitments (without giving
effect to Section 12.12(a)(iv)), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made
retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrowers while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided,
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further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by
the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Non-Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.
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New Letters of Credit. So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer
shall not be required to issue, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.
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All Powers Coupled with Interest. All powers of attorney and other authorizations granted to the
Lenders, the Administrative Agent and any Persons designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to any provisions of this Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall be deemed coupled with an interest and shall
be irrevocable so long as any of the Obligations remain unpaid or unsatisfied, any of the Commitments remain in effect or the Credit Facility has not been terminated.
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Headings. Section headings are for convenience of reference only and shall in no way affect the
interpretation of this Credit Agreement.
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Survival. All representations and warranties made by the Credit Parties herein shall survive
delivery of the Notes, the making of the Loans and the issuance of the Letters of Credit.
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Full Recourse. The payment and performance of the Obligations shall be fully recourse to the
Borrowers and the Guarantors and their properties and assets. Notwithstanding anything in this Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents to the contrary, the Obligations shall not be recourse to the General Partners or any partners or
shareholders thereof and the Lenders shall not have the right to pursue any claim or action against the General Partners or any partners thereof except for any claim or action for actual damages of the Agents or Lenders as a result of
breach by the General Partner of its obligations under the Loan Documents or any fraud, willful misrepresentation or willful misappropriation of proceeds from the Credit Facility on the part of the General Partners, in which event there
shall be full recourse against such Person.
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Availability of Records; Confidentiality. (a) Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that this
Credit Agreement, all Loan Documents, Borrowing Base Certificates, and all other documents, certificates, opinions, letters of credit, reports, and other material information of every nature or description, and all transactions contemplated
hereunder and thereunder (collectively, “Transaction Information”) are confidential; provided that, it is acknowledged and agreed that
the Administrative Agent may provide to the Lenders, and that the Administrative Agent and each Lender may provide to any Affiliate of a Lender or Participant or Assignee or proposed Participant or Assignee and each of their respective
officers, directors, employees, advisors, auditors, counsel, rating agencies and agents or any other Person as deemed necessary or appropriate in any Lender’s reasonable judgment, provided such
party is advised of the confidential nature of such information, Transaction Information (including originals or copies of this Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents), and may communicate all oral information, at any time submitted by
or on behalf of any Borrower Party or received by the Administrative Agent
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or a Lender in connection with the Loans, the Letter of Credit Liability, the Commitments or any Borrower
Party; provided, further that, prior to any such delivery or communication, the Lender, Affiliate of a Lender, Participant, or Assignee, or proposed Participant or Assignee or such other Person, as the case
may be, shall agree to preserve the confidentiality of all data and information which constitutes Transaction Information or Confidential Information; (b) the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (i) acknowledge and agree that (x)
the identities of the Investors, the amounts of their respective Capital Commitments and details regarding their investments under the Constituent Documents (collectively, the “Investor Information”)
have been and will be delivered on a confidential basis; and (y) information with respect to Investments has been and will be delivered on a confidential basis; (ii) acknowledge and agree that such Investor Information and information with respect to
Investments are Confidential Information; and (iii) agree that such Investor Information and information with respect to Investments shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 12.17;
and (c) anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the provisions of this Section 12.17 shall not preclude or restrict any such party from disclosing any Transaction Information or
Confidential Information: (i) to their respective accountants, lawyers and regulators; (ii) to the Investors (it being understood and agreed that the Credit Parties may only disclose the details of the transaction (and not any Loan Document) without
the consent of the other parties hereto); (iii) with the prior written consent of, with respect to Transaction Information, all parties hereto, and with respect to Confidential Information, the Credit Parties; (iv) upon the order of or pursuant to
the rules and regulations of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such party or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners); (v) in connection with any
audit by an independent public accountant of such party; provided such auditor thereto agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 12.17;
(vi) to examiners or auditors of any applicable Governmental Authority which examines such party’s books and records while conducting such examination or audit; or (vii) as otherwise specifically required by Applicable Law. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the parties hereto (and each of their respective employees, representatives, or other agents) may disclose to any and all other person, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transactions contemplated
hereby and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to them relating to such tax treatment and tax structure. The agreements in this Section 12.17 shall
survive the termination of the Commitments, payment of all of the Obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein for a period of two years following such termination.
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Customer Identification Notice. Each Lender and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on
behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies each Credit Party that U.S. law requires each U.S. Lender and the Administrative Agent to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Credit Party (and in certain circumstances the
beneficial owners thereof), which information includes the name and address of each Credit Party (and such beneficial owners) and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each
Credit Party (and such beneficial owners).
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Multiple Counterparts. This Credit Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of
which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Credit Agreement by signing any such counterpart. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Credit
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electronic (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) format shall be
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Credit Agreement.
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Term of Agreement. This Credit Agreement shall remain in effect from the Closing Date through and
including the date upon which all Obligations (other than (a) contingent obligations not then due, (b) any Obligations in respect of any Letter of Credit that have been Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to or greater than the Minimum
Collateral Amount and (c) any Obligations in respect of any Lender Hedge Agreement that have been cash collateralized or otherwise satisfied pursuant to Section 2.16(h))) arising
hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall have been indefeasibly and irrevocably paid and satisfied in full, all Letters of Credit have been terminated or expired or Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to or greater than the
Minimum Collateral Amount and all Commitments have been terminated. No termination of this Credit Agreement shall affect the rights and obligations of the parties hereto arising prior to such termination or in respect of any provision of
this Credit Agreement which survives such termination.
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Inconsistencies with Other Documents. In the event there is a conflict or inconsistency between this
Credit Agreement and any other Loan Document, the terms of this Credit Agreement shall control; provided that any provision of the Collateral Documents which imposes additional burdens on any
Credit Party or further restricts the rights of any Credit Party or any of its Affiliates or gives the Administrative Agent or Lenders additional rights shall not be deemed to be in conflict or inconsistent with this Credit Agreement and
shall be given full force and effect.
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Keepwell. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, while any Obligations are outstanding
with respect to a transaction under a Lender Hedge Agreement, each Keepwell Provider hereby jointly and severally absolutely and unconditionally undertakes, for the benefit of each Supported Counterparty and the holder(s) of such
Obligations, to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time to enable each Supported Counterparty to pay such Obligations with respect to such transaction and to pay such funds to the holder of such Obligations
upon the demand of either the Supported Counterparty or such holder. The Credit Parties agree that this Section 12.22 constitutes a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for
the benefit of the Supported Counterparty for purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
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Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the
extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
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the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may
be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and
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the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
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a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
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a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its
parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under
this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
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the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution
Authority.
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Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support,
through a guarantee or otherwise, for any Hedge Agreements or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support”, and each such QFC, a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act
and Title II of the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in
respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the
United States or any other state of the United States):
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In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”)
becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit
Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the
Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a
Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such
Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States
or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with
respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.
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GUARANTY.
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Guaranty of Payment. Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to each
Secured Party and their respective successors and permitted assigns the prompt payment of the Obligations of the Fund Borrowers or any Qualified Borrower in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by
acceleration or otherwise) and the timely performance of all other obligations by the Borrowers under this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (such guaranty by the Guarantors, the “Guaranty”). This Guaranty is a guaranty of payment and not of collection and is a continuing irrevocable guaranty and shall apply to all of the Obligations of the Borrowers whenever arising. Notwithstanding any provision
to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, to the extent the obligations of the Guarantors shall be adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason (including, without limitation, because of any
applicable state or federal law relating to fraudulent conveyances or transfers) then the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall be limited to the maximum amount that is permissible under Applicable Law (including, without
limitation, Debtor Relief Laws).
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Obligations Unconditional. The obligations of the Guarantors hereunder are absolute and
unconditional, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument referred to therein, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law,
irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor (other than a defense of payment or performance). Each Guarantor agrees that this Guaranty
may be enforced by any Secured Party without the necessity at any time of resorting to or exhausting any other security or collateral and without the necessity at any time of having recourse to the Notes or any other of the Loan Documents
or any collateral, if any, hereafter securing the Obligations or otherwise and the Guarantors hereby waive the right to require the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Lenders to make demand on or proceed against any
Borrower Party or any other Person (including a co-guarantor) or to require the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Lenders to pursue any other remedy or enforce any other right. The Guarantors further agree that
nothing contained herein shall prevent any Secured Party from suing on the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents or foreclosing its or their, as applicable, security interest in or Lien on any Collateral, if any, securing the Obligations
or from exercising any other rights available to it or them, as applicable, under this Credit Agreement, the Notes, any other of the Loan Documents, or any other instrument of security, if any, and the exercise of any of the aforesaid
rights and the completion of any foreclosure proceedings shall not constitute a discharge of the Guarantors’ obligations hereunder; it being the purpose and intent of each Guarantor that its obligations hereunder shall be absolute,
independent and unconditional under any and all circumstances. Neither the Guarantors’ obligations under this Guaranty nor any remedy for the enforcement thereof shall be impaired, modified, changed or released in any manner whatsoever by
an impairment, modification, change, release, increase or limitation of the liability of any Credit Party or by reason of the bankruptcy, insolvency or analogous procedure of any Credit Party. Each Guarantor waives any and all notice of the
creation, renewal, extension accrual or increase of any of the Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by any Secured Party on this Guaranty or acceptance of this Guaranty. The Obligations, and any part of them, shall conclusively be
deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon this Guaranty. All dealings between the
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Credit Parties, on the one hand, and the Secured Parties, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in
reliance upon this Guaranty.
This Credit Agreement and the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall be valid and enforceable and
shall not be subject to any limitation, impairment or discharge for any reason (other than payment or performance in full of the Obligations (other than any Obligations in respect of any Lender Hedge Agreement that have been cash collateralized or
otherwise satisfied pursuant to Section 2.16(h)), including, without limitation, the occurrence of any of the following, whether or not the Administrative Agent shall have had notice or
knowledge of any of them: (A) any failure to assert or enforce or agreement not to assert or enforce, or the stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation of law or otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand or any right,
power or remedy with respect to the Obligations or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any guaranty of or other security for the payment of the Obligations, (B) any waiver, amendment or modification of, or any consent to departure
from, any of the terms or provisions (including without limitation provisions relating to Events of Default) of this Credit Agreement and any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument executed pursuant thereto, or of any guaranty or other
security for the Obligations, (C) to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any of the Obligations, or any agreement relating thereto, at any time being found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect, (D) the application of
payments received from any source to the payment of indebtedness other than the Obligations, even though the Administrative Agent might have elected to apply such payment to any part or all of the Obligations, (E) any failure to perfect or continue
perfection of a security interest in any of the Collateral, (F) any defenses, set-offs or counterclaims which the Borrowers may allege or assert against the Administrative Agent in respect of the Obligations, including but not limited to failure of
consideration, breach of warranty, payment, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury, and (G) any other act or thing or omission, or delay to do any other act or thing, which may or might in any manner or to any
extent vary the risk of the Guarantors as an obligor in respect of the Obligations.
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Modifications. Each Guarantor agrees that: (a) all or any part of the Collateral now or hereafter
held for the Obligations, if any, may be exchanged, compromised or surrendered from time to time; (b) none of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have any obligation to protect, perfect, secure or insure any such security
interests, liens or encumbrances now or hereafter held, if any, for the Obligations; (c) the time or place of payment of the Obligations may be changed or extended, in whole or in part, to a time certain or otherwise, and may be renewed or
accelerated, in whole or in part; (d) the Borrowers, the Guarantors and any other party liable for payment under the Loan Documents may be granted indulgences generally; (e) any of the provisions of the Note or any of the other Loan
Documents, including, without limitation, this Credit Agreement may be modified, amended or waived; (f) any party (including any co- guarantor) liable for the payment thereof may be granted indulgences or be released; and (g) any deposit
balance for the credit of the Borrowers, the Guarantors or any other party liable for the payment of the Obligations or liable upon any security therefor may be released, in whole or in part, at, before or after the stated, extended or
accelerated maturity of the Obligations, all without notice to or further assent by the Guarantors, which shall remain bound thereon, notwithstanding any such exchange, compromise, surrender, extension, renewal, acceleration, modification,
indulgence or release.
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Waiver of Rights. Each Guarantor expressly waives to the fullest extent permitted
by Applicable Law: (a) notice of acceptance of the Guaranty by the Lenders and of all extensions of credit to any Credit Party by the Lenders; (b) presentment and demand for payment or performance of any of the Obligations; (c) protest and
notice of dishonor or of default (except as specifically required in this Credit Agreement) with respect to the Obligations or with respect to any security therefor; (d) notice of the Lenders obtaining, amending, substituting for,
releasing, waiving or modifying any security interest, lien or encumbrance, if any, hereafter securing the Obligations, or the Lenders subordinating, compromising, discharging or releasing such security interests, liens or encumbrances, if
any; (e) all other notices, demands, presentments, protests or any agreement or instrument related to this Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or the Obligations to which the Guarantors might otherwise be entitled; (f) any right to
require the Administrative Agent as a condition of payment or performance by the Guarantors, to (A) proceed against the Borrowers, any guarantor of the Obligations or any other Person, (B) proceed against or exhaust any other security held
from the Borrowers, any guarantor of the Obligations or any other Person, (C) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any deposit account, securities account or credit on the books of the Administrative Agent or any other Person,
or (D) pursue any other remedy in the power of the Administrative Agent whatsoever; (g) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority or any disability or other defense of the Borrowers including, without limitation,
any defense based on or arising out of the lack of validity or the unenforceability of the Obligations or any agreement or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability of the Borrowers from any cause other than
payment in full of the Obligations; (h) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; (i)
any defense based upon the Administrative Agent’s errors or omissions in the administration of the Obligations; (j) (A) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might be in conflict with the terms of this
Credit Agreement and any legal or equitable discharge of the Guarantors’ obligations hereunder, (B) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting the Guarantors’ liability hereunder or the enforcement hereof, (C) any rights to
set-offs, recoupments and counterclaims, and (D) promptness, diligence and any requirement that the Administrative Agent protect, secure, perfect or insure any other security interest or Lien or any property subject thereto; and (k) to the
fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by Applicable Law which limit the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms of this
Credit Agreement (other than a defense of payment or performance).
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Reinstatement. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Credit Agreement or the other Loan
Documents, the obligations of the Guarantors under this Section 13 shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of any Person in respect of the Obligations is rescinded or
must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy, reorganization, any analogous procedure or otherwise, and each Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify each Secured
Party on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees of outside counsel) incurred by such Person in connection with such rescission or restoration, including any such costs and expenses
incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
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Remedies. Each Guarantor agrees that, as between a Guarantor, on the one hand,
and the Secured Parties, on the other hand, the Obligations may be declared to be forthwith due and payable (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable) notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition
preventing such declaration (or preventing such Obligation from becoming automatically due and payable) as against any other Person and that, in the event of such declaration (or such Obligation being deemed to have become automatically due
and payable), such Obligation (whether or not due and payable by any other Person) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors. Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that its obligations hereunder are secured in accordance
with the terms of the Collateral Documents and that the Secured Parties may exercise their remedies thereunder in accordance with the terms thereof.
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13.7
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Subrogation. Each Guarantor agrees that, until the indefeasible payment of the Obligations (other
than (i) contingent obligations for which no claim has yet been made, (ii) Obligations in respect of any Letters of Credit that have been Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to or greater than the Minimum Collateral Amount and (iii) any
Obligations in respect of any Lender Hedge Agreement that have been cash collateralized or otherwise satisfied pursuant to Section 2.16(h)) in full in cash, it will not exercise
any right of reimbursement, subrogation, indemnification, contribution, offset, remedy (direct or indirect) or other claims against any other Credit Party arising by contract or operation of law or equity in connection with any payment made
or required to be made by the Guarantors under this Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents now or hereafter. Each Guarantor further agrees that, to the extent the waiver of its rights of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification and
contribution as set forth herein is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void or voidable for any reason, any rights of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification the Guarantors may have against any other Credit Party or
against any Collateral or other collateral or security, and any rights of contribution the Guarantor may have against any other Credit Party, shall be junior and subordinate to any rights the Administrative Agent may have against such
Credit Party and to all right, title and interest the Administrative Agent may have in any such other collateral.
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Inducement. The Lenders have been induced to make the Loans and issue Letters of Credit to the
Borrowers in part based upon the assurances by the Guarantors that the Guarantors desire that the Obligations of the Guarantors under the Loan Documents be honored and enforced as separate obligations of the Guarantors, should
Administrative Agent and the Lenders desire to do so.
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Combined Liability. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Guarantors shall be liable to the Lenders for
all representations, warranties, covenants, obligations and indemnities under the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the Guaranty Obligation, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may at their option enforce the entire
amount of the Guaranty Obligation against the Guarantors.
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13.10
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Borrower Information. Each Guarantor confirms and agrees that the Administrative Agent shall have no
obligation to disclose or discuss with the Guarantors its assessment of the financial condition of the Borrowers. The Guarantors have adequate means to obtain information from the Borrowers on a continuing basis concerning the financial
condition of the Borrowers and its ability to perform its obligations under this Credit Agreement and any other
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Loan Document, and the Guarantors assume the responsibility for being and keeping informed of the financial
condition of the Borrowers and of all circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Obligations. Each Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes any duty on the part of the Administrative Agent to disclose any matter, fact or thing relating
to the business, operations or condition of the Borrowers now known or hereafter known by the Administrative Agent. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to have the Collateral or other collateral or security securing the Obligations marshaled.
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Instrument for the Payment of Money. Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges that the guarantee in this Section 13 constitutes an instrument for the payment of money, and consents and agrees that any Lender or the Administrative Agent, at its sole option, in the event of a dispute by
the Guarantors in the payment of any moneys due hereunder, shall have the right to bring motions and/or actions under New York CPLR Section 3213.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Credit
Agreement to be duly executed as a deed as of the day and year first above written.
INITIAL BORROWER:
AG TWIN BROOK BDC, INC., a Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: General Counsel
XX-XX BDC - Revolving Credit Agreement
Acknowledged and agreed to with respect to
Section 5.4 only:
FUND ADVISOR:
AG TWIN BROOK MANAGER, LLC
By: /s/ Forest White
Name: Forest White
Title: Authorized Signatory
XX-XX BDC - Revolving Credit Agreement
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND LENDERS:
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer and a Lender
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Director
XX-XX BDC - Revolving Credit Agreement
SCHEDULE I
Credit Party Information
General Information
Credit Party
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Type of Credit Party
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Jurisdiction of Formation
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Chief Executive Office /Principal Place of Business/Principal Office /Notice Address
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Borrower
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Delaware
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000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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Collateral Account
Account Holder
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Account Bank
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ABA #
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Account #
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Bank of America, N.A.
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000-000-000
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4451346432
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Constituent Documents
Credit Party
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Constituent Documents
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of AG Twin Brook BDC, Inc., dated as of May 6, 2019; By-laws
of AG Twin Brook BDC, Inc.
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SCHEDULE II
Commitments
Lender Name
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Commitment
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Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
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$50,000,000
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TOTAL
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$50,000,000
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SCHEDULE III
Credit Party Organizational Structure
[ATTACHED]
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