CREDIT, GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as of May 2, 2019 by and among GB001, Inc., as Borrower and any additional borrower that hereafter becomes party hereto, GOSSAMER BIO, INC., as Guarantor and the Guarantors from time to time party hereto,...
Exhibit 10.1
CREDIT, GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
dated as of May 2, 2019
by and among
GB001, Inc., as Borrower
and any additional borrower that hereafter becomes party hereto,
GOSSAMER BIO, INC., as Guarantor
and the Guarantors from time to time party hereto,
and
MIDCAP FINANCIAL TRUST,
as Agent and as a Lender,
and
THE ADDITIONAL LENDERS
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
CREDIT, GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This CREDIT, GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 2, 2019 (the “Closing Date”) by and among MIDCAP FINANCIAL TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust (“MidCap”), as administrative agent, the Lenders listed on the Credit Facility Schedule attached hereto and otherwise party hereto from time to time (each a “Lender”, and collectively the “Lenders”), GB001, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Gossamer”), and the other entities from time to time party to this Agreement as borrowers (collectively in the singular, “Borrower”), GOSSAMER BIO, INC., Delaware corporation, (“Parent”) and the Subsidiaries of Parent shown as signatories hereto and the other entities from time to time party to this Agreement as guarantors, each as a Guarantor (collectively, with Parent, the “Guarantors”), provides the terms on which Lenders agree to lend to Borrower and Borrower shall repay the Lenders. The parties agree as follows:
Accounting terms not defined in this Agreement shall be construed in accordance with GAAP. Calculations and determinations must be made in accordance with GAAP. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in Article 16. All thresholds, baskets and other similar amounts that are stated in Dollars shall, where applicable, be deemed to apply to equivalent amounts of any foreign currency. All other capitalized terms contained in Article 4 and Exhibit A, unless otherwise indicated, shall have the meaning provided by the Code to the extent such terms are defined therein. All headings numbered without a decimal point are herein referred to as “Articles,” and all paragraphs numbered with a decimal point (and all subparagraphs or subsections thereof) are herein referred to as “Sections.” All references herein to a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, assignment, sale or transfer, or analogous term, will be construed to mean also a division of or by a limited liability company, as if it were a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, assignment, sale or transfer, or similar term, as applicable. Any series of limited liability company shall be considered a separate Person.
. Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to each Lender in accordance with each Lender’s respective Pro Rata Share of each Credit Facility, the outstanding principal amount of all Credit Extensions made by the Lenders under such Credit Facility and accrued and unpaid interest thereon and any other amounts due hereunder as and when due in accordance with this Agreement.
. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender, severally, but not jointly, agrees to make available to Borrower Credit Extensions in respect of each Credit Facility set forth opposite such Lender’s name on the Credit Facility Schedule, in each case not to exceed such Lender’s commitment as identified on the Credit Facility Schedule (such commitment of each Lender, as it may be amended to reflect assignments made in accordance with this Agreement or terminated or reduced in accordance with this Agreement, its “Applicable Commitment”, and the aggregate of all such commitments of all Lenders, the “Applicable Commitments”).
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(a)Nature of Credit Facility; Credit Extension Requests. Credit Extensions in respect of a Credit Facility may be requested by Borrower during the Draw Period for such Credit Facility. For any Credit Extension requested under a Credit Facility (other than a Credit Extension on the Closing Date), Agent must receive the completed Credit Extension Form by 2:00 PM (New York time) ten (10) Business Days prior to the date the Credit Extension is to be funded (other than the Credit Extension made on the Closing Date). To the extent any Credit Facility proceeds are repaid for any reason, whether voluntarily or involuntarily (including repayments from insurance or condemnation proceeds), Agent and the Lenders shall have no obligation to re-advance such sums to Borrower.
(b)Principal Payments. Principal payable on account of a Credit Facility shall be payable by Borrower to Agent, for the account of the applicable Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares, immediately upon the earliest of (i) the date(s) set forth in the Amortization Schedule for such Credit Facility, or (ii) the Termination Date. Except as this Agreement may specifically provide otherwise, all prepayments of Credit Extensions under the Credit Facilities shall be applied by Agent to the applicable Credit Facility in inverse order of
maturity. The monthly payments required under the Amortization Schedule shall continue in the same amount (for so long as the applicable Credit Facility shall remain outstanding) notwithstanding any partial prepayment, whether mandatory or optional, of the applicable Credit Facility.
(c)Mandatory Prepayment. If a Credit Facility is accelerated following the occurrence of an Event of Default, Borrower shall immediately pay to Agent, for payment to each Lender in accordance with its respective Pro Rata Share, an amount equal to the sum of: (i) all outstanding principal of the Credit Facility and all other Obligations, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, (ii) any fees payable under the Fee Letters by reason of such prepayment, (iii) the Applicable Prepayment Fee as specified in the Credit Facility Schedule for the Credit Facility being prepaid, and (iv) all other sums that shall have become due and payable, including Protective Advances. Additionally, at the election of Agent, Borrower shall prepay the Credit Facilities (to be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Credit Extensions under all Credit Facilities) in the following amounts: (A) on the date on which any Credit Party (or Agent as loss payee or assignee) receives any casualty proceeds in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in respect of assets upon which Agent has been granted a Lien, an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such proceeds (net of out-of-pocket expenses and, in the case of personal property, repayment of any permitted purchase money debt encumbering the personal property that suffered such casualty), or such lesser portion of such proceeds as Agent shall elect to apply to the Obligations; and (B) upon receipt by any Credit Party of the proceeds of any asset disposition of personal property not made in the Ordinary Course of Business (other than Transfers permitted by Section 7.1) an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the net cash proceeds of such asset disposition (net of out-of-pocket expenses and repayment of any permitted purchase money debt encumbering such asset), or such lesser portion as Agent shall elect to apply to the Obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower shall have the option of applying the proceeds of any casualty policy up to Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in the aggregate with respect to any property loss in any one (1) year, toward the replacement or repair of destroyed or damaged property; provided that any such replaced or repaired property (x) shall be of greater, equal, or like value as the replaced or repaired Collateral and (y) shall be deemed Collateral in which Agent and the Lenders have been granted a first priority security interest, and (b) after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all proceeds payable under such casualty policy shall, at the option of Agent, be payable to Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, on account of the Obligations.
(d)Permitted Prepayment. Except as provided below, Borrower shall have no right to prepay the Credit Extensions made in respect of a Credit Facility. For the applicable Credit Facility as specified in the Credit Facility Schedule therefor, Borrower shall have the option to prepay the Prepayable Amount (as defined below) of such Credit Facility advanced by the Lenders under this Agreement, provided Borrower (i) provides irrevocable written notice to Agent and each Lender of its election to prepay the Prepayable Amount at least five (5) Business Days prior to such prepayment; provided that, the Borrower’s written notice may state that such notice is conditioned upon (x) a transaction in connection with the refinancing in full of the Obligations, or (y) a transaction resulting in a Change in Control, in each case, to the extent such transaction is not consummated, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied, and (ii) pays to Agent, for payment to each applicable Lender in accordance with its respective Pro Rata Share, on the date of such prepayment, an amount equal to the sum of (A) the Prepayable Amount, plus accrued interest thereon, (B) any fees payable under the Fee Letters by reason of such prepayment with respect to the Prepayable Amount, (C) the Applicable Prepayment Fee as specified in the Credit Facility Schedule for the Credit Facility being prepaid, and (D) all Protective Advances. The term “Prepayable Amount” means the lesser of (x) all of the Credit Extensions and all other Obligations under all Credit Facilities and (y) a portion of the Credit Extensions and related Obligations in incremental amounts of no less than $5,000,000 of principal being prepaid.
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Interest and Payments; Administration
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(a)Interest; Computation of Interest. Each Credit Extension shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the date when made until paid in full at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Interest Rate. Each Lender may, upon the failure of Borrower to pay any fees or interest as required herein, capitalize such interest and fees and begin to accrue interest thereon until paid in full, which such interest shall be at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Interest Rate unless and until the Default Rate shall otherwise apply. All other Obligations shall bear interest on the outstanding amount thereof from the date they first become payable by Borrower under the Financing Documents until paid in full at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Interest Rate unless and until the Default Rate shall otherwise apply. Interest on the Credit Extensions and all fees payable under the Financing Documents shall be computed on the basis of a three hundred sixty (360) day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which such interest accrues. In computing interest on any Credit Extension or other advance, the date of the making of such Credit Extension or advance shall be included and the date of payment shall be excluded; provided, however, that if any Credit Extension or advance is repaid on the same day on which it is made, such day shall be included in computing interest on such Credit Extension or advance. As of each Applicable Interest Rate Determination Date, Agent shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error in calculation, be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties) the interest rate that shall apply to the Credit Extensions.
(b)Default Rate. Upon the election of Agent following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Obligations shall bear interest at a rate per annum which is three hundred basis points (3.00%) above the rate that is otherwise applicable thereto (the “Default Rate”). Payment or acceptance of the increased interest rate provided in this subsection is not a permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of Agent or the Lenders.
(c)Payments Generally. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, including pursuant to Section 2.6(c), or as otherwise directed by Agent, all payments in respect of the Obligations shall be made to Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Share. Payments of principal and interest in respect of each Credit Facility shall be made to each applicable Lender identified on the applicable Credit Facility Schedule. All Obligations are payable upon demand of Agent in the absence of any other due date specified herein. All fees payable under the Financing Documents shall be deemed non-refundable as of the date paid. Any payment required to be made to Agent or a Lender (and any servicer or trustee on behalf of a securitization vehicle designated by either) under this Agreement may be made by debit or automated clearing house payment initiated by Agent or such Lender (or any servicer designated or trustee on behalf of a securitization vehicle on behalf of either) from any of Borrower’s deposit accounts, including the Designated Funding Account, and Borrower hereby authorizes Agent and each Lender (or any servicer or trustee on behalf of a securitization vehicle designated on behalf of either) to debit any such accounts for any amounts Borrower owes hereunder when due; provided that Agent shall endeavor in good faith to give five (5) days prior written notice to Borrower that such debit shall be made. Without limiting the foregoing, Borrower shall tender to Agent and the Lenders any authorization forms as Agent or any Lender may require to implement such debit or automated clearing house payment. These debits or automated clearing house payments shall not constitute a set-off. Payments of principal and/or interest received after 2:00 PM New York time are considered received at the opening of business on the next Business Day. When a payment is due on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment is due the next Business Day and additional fees or interest, as applicable, shall continue to accrue until paid. All payments to be made by Borrower under any Financing Document shall be made without set-off, recoupment or counterclaim, in lawful money of the United States and in immediately available funds. The balance of the Obligations, as recorded in Agent’s books and records at any time, shall be conclusive and binding evidence of the amounts due and owing to Agent and the Lenders by each Borrower absent manifest error; provided, however, that any failure to so record or any error in so recording shall not limit or otherwise affect any Borrower’s duty to pay all amounts owing hereunder or under any Financing Document. Agent shall endeavor to provide Borrower with a monthly statement regarding the Credit Extensions (but neither Agent nor any Lender shall have any liability if Agent shall fail to provide any such statement). Unless Borrower notifies Agent of any objection to any such statement (describing with reasonable detail the basis for such objection) within ninety (90) days after the date of receipt thereof, it shall be deemed final, binding and conclusive upon Borrower in all respects as to all matters reflected therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if there are more than three (3) Lenders at any time, all payments referred to above and herein to be made to each Lender shall be made to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and Agent shall then remit any such payments owing to a Lender, based on its Pro Rata Share or otherwise, as so owed to such Lender.
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(d)Interest Payments; Maturity Date. Commencing on the first (1st) Payment Date following the funding of a Credit Extension, and continuing on the Payment Date of each successive month thereafter through and including the Maturity Date, Borrower shall make monthly payments of interest, in arrears, calculated as set forth in this Section 2.6. All unpaid principal and accrued interest is due and payable in full on the Termination Date or any earlier date specified herein. If the Obligations are not paid in full on or before the Termination Date, all interest thereafter accruing shall be payable immediately upon accrual.
(e)Fees. Borrower shall pay, as and when due and payable under the terms of the Fee Letters, to Agent and each Lender, as applicable, for their own accounts and not for the benefit of any other Lenders, the fees set forth in the Fee Letters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if there are more than three (3) Lenders at any time, all payments referred to above and herein to be made to each Lender shall be made to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and Agent shall then remit any such payments owing to a Lender, based on its Pro Rata Share or otherwise, as so owed to such Lender.
(f)Protective Advances. Borrower shall pay to Agent for the account of the Lenders all Protective Advances (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and expenses for documentation and negotiation of this Agreement and the other Financing Documents) when due under any Financing Document (and in the absence of any other due date specified herein, such Protective Advances shall be due upon demand).
(g)Maximum Lawful Rate. In no event shall the interest charged hereunder with respect to the Obligations exceed the maximum amount permitted under the Laws of the State of New York. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Financing Document, if at any time the rate of interest payable hereunder (the “Stated Rate”) would exceed the highest rate of interest permitted under any applicable Law to be charged (the “Maximum Lawful Rate”), then for so long as the Maximum Lawful Rate would be so exceeded, the rate of interest payable shall be equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate; provided, however, that if at any time thereafter the Stated Rate is less than the Maximum Lawful Rate, Borrower shall, to the extent permitted by Law, continue to pay interest at the Maximum Lawful Rate until such time as the total interest received is equal to the total interest which would have been received had the Stated Rate been (but for the operation of this provision) the interest rate payable. Thereafter, the interest rate payable shall be the Stated Rate unless and until the Stated Rate again would exceed the Maximum Lawful Rate, in which event this provision shall again apply. In no event shall the total interest received by any Lender exceed the amount which it could lawfully have received, had the interest been calculated for the full term hereof at the Maximum Lawful Rate. If, notwithstanding the prior sentence, any Lender has received interest hereunder in excess of the Maximum Lawful Rate, such excess amount shall be applied to the reduction of the principal balance of such Lender’s Credit Extensions or to other amounts (other than interest) payable hereunder, and if no such Credit Extensions or other amounts are then outstanding, such excess or part thereof remaining shall be paid to Borrower. In computing interest payable with reference to the Maximum Lawful Rate applicable to any Lender, such interest shall be calculated at a daily rate equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate divided by the number of days in the year in which such calculation is made.
(i)Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of Borrower hereunder shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. For purposes of this Section 2.6(h), the term “applicable law” shall include FATCA. 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 the applicable Withholding Agent shall make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by Borrower 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 2.6(h)) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
(ii)Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
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(iii)Borrower shall indemnify each Recipient, within ten (10) Business 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 2.6(h)) 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 Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to Agent), or by Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(iv)Each Lender shall severally indemnify Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (A) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that Borrower has not already indemnified Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of Borrower to do so), (B) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 13.1(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (C) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by Agent in connection with this Agreement or any Obligation, 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 delivered to any Lender by Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise payable by Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to Agent under this paragraph (iv).
(v)As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by Borrower to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.6(h), Borrower shall deliver to 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 Agent.
(vi)Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made in connection with this Agreement or any Obligation shall deliver to Borrower and Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by Borrower or 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 by Borrower or Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent as will enable Borrower or 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 (2) sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Sections 2.6(h)(vii)(A), (vii)(B) and (vii)(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.
(vii)Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
(A)any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to Borrower and Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
(B)any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Borrower and Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(1)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 this Agreement or any Financing Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E or W-8BEN, as applicable, establishing an
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exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under this Agreement or any other Financing Document, IRS Form W-8BEN-E or W-8BEN, 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)executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(3)in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the IRC, (x) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E or W-8BEN, as applicable and (y) a certification to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the IRC, a “10 percent shareholder” of Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the IRC, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the IRC, together with such Other Tax Certification as Borrower or Agent may reasonably request from time to time; or
(4)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-E or W-8BEN, as applicable, IRS Form W-9, and/or such Other Tax Certification from each beneficial owner as Borrower or Agent may reasonably request, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one (1) or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide such Other Tax Certification as may be reasonably required by Borrower or Agent on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
(C)any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Borrower and Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or Agent), executed 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 Other Tax Certification as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit Borrower or Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D)if a payment made to a Lender under this Agreement or any Financing 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 IRC, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to Borrower and Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the IRC) and such Other Tax Certification reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent as may be necessary for Borrower and 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, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered pursuant to this Section 2.6(h)(vi) or (vii) expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify Borrower and Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(viii)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 2.6(h) (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.6(h)), 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 2.6(h) 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 request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (viii) (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
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(ix)If any Lender shall determine in its commercially reasonable judgment that the adoption or taking effect of, or any change in, any applicable Law regarding capital adequacy, in each instance, after the Closing Date, or any change after the Closing Date in the interpretation, administration or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation, administration or application thereof, or the compliance by any Lender or any Person controlling such Lender with any request, guideline or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency adopted or otherwise taking effect after the Closing Date, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such controlling Person’s capital as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such controlling Person could have achieved but for such adoption, taking effect, change, interpretation, administration, application or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such controlling Person’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) then from time to time, upon written demand by such Lender (which demand shall be accompanied by a statement setting forth the basis for such demand and a calculation of the amount thereof in reasonable detail, a copy of which shall be furnished to Agent), Borrower shall promptly pay to such Lender such additional amount as will compensate such Lender or such controlling Person for such reduction; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (A) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (B) 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 applicable Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
(x)If any Lender requires compensation under this subsection (h), or requires any Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to this subsection (h), then, upon the written request of Borrower, such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Credit Extensions hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder (subject to the terms of this Agreement) to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (A) would eliminate or materially reduce amounts payable pursuant to any such subsection, as the case may be, in the future, and (B) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender (as determined in its sole discretion). Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(xi)Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.6(h) shall survive the resignation or replacement of Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations hereunder.
(i)Administrative Fees and Charges.
(i)Borrower shall pay to Agent, for its own account and not for the benefit of any other Lenders, all reasonable fees and expenses in connection with audits and inspections of the books and records of the Credit Parties, audits, valuations or appraisals of the Collateral, audits of Borrower’s compliance with applicable Laws and such other matters as Agent shall deem reasonably appropriate, which shall be due and payable on the first (1st) Business Day of the month following the date of issuance by Agent of a written request for payment thereof to any Borrower; provided that, as long as no Event of Default has occurred within the preceding twelve (12) months, Agent shall be entitled to such reimbursement for no more than one (1) audit and inspection per calendar year.
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(ii)If payments of principal or interest due on the Obligations, or any other amounts due hereunder or under the other Financing Documents, are not timely made and remain overdue for a period of five (5) Business Days, Borrower, without notice or demand by Agent, promptly shall pay to Agent, for its own account and not for the benefit of any other Lenders, as additional compensation to Agent in administering the Obligations, an amount equal to three percent (3.0%) of each delinquent payment.
. At the election of any Lender made as to each Credit Facility for which it has made Credit Extensions, each Credit Facility shall be evidenced by one (1) or more secured promissory notes in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and the Lenders (each a “Secured Promissory Note”). Upon receipt of an affidavit of an officer of a Lender as to the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of its Secured Promissory Note, Borrower shall issue, in lieu thereof, a replacement Secured Promissory Note in the same principal amount thereof and of like tenor.
Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extension
. Each Lender’s obligation to make the initial advance in respect of a Credit Facility is subject to the condition precedent that Agent shall consent to or shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, such documents, and completion of such other matters, as Agent may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate, including, without limitation, all items listed on the Closing Deliveries Schedule attached hereto.
Conditions Precedent to all Credit Extensions
. The obligation of each Lender to make each Credit Extension, including the initial Credit Extension, is subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a)satisfaction of all Applicable Funding Conditions for the applicable Credit Extension as set forth in the Credit Facility Schedule, if any, in each case each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and each Lender;
(b)timely receipt by Agent and each Lender of an executed Credit Extension Form in the form attached hereto;
(c)for Credit Extensions made on the Closing Date, the representations and warranties in Article 5 and elsewhere in the Financing Documents shall be true, correct and complete in all respects on the Closing Date; provided, however, that those representations and warranties expressly referring to a specific date shall be true, correct and complete in all respects as of such date;
(d)for Credit Extensions made after the Closing Date, if any, the representations and warranties in Article 5 and elsewhere in the Financing Documents shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects on the date of the Credit Extension Form and on the Funding Date of each Credit Extension; provided, however, that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof; and provided, further that those representations and warranties expressly referring to a specific date shall be true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of such date. Each Credit Extension is each Credit Party’s representation and warranty on that date that the representations and warranties in Article 5 and elsewhere in the Financing Documents remain true, accurate and complete in all material respects; provided, however, that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof; and provided, further that those representations and warranties expressly referring to a specific date shall be true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of such date;
(e)no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or result from the Credit Extension;
(f)for Credit Extensions made on the Closing Date, Agent shall be reasonably satisfied with the results of all searches conducted under Section 3.5;
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(g)receipt by Agent of such evidence as Agent shall request to confirm that the documents delivered pursuant to Section 3.1 remain current, accurate and in full force and effect, or if not, updates thereto, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent; and
(h)as determined in such Lender’s reasonable discretion, there has not occurred any fact, event or circumstance that would likely result in a Material Adverse Change.
. Each Credit Extension in respect of each Credit Facility shall be in an amount at least equal to the applicable Minimum Credit Extension Amount for such Credit Facility as set forth in the Credit Facility Schedule or such lesser amount as shall remain undisbursed under the Applicable Commitments for such Credit Facility. The date of funding for any requested Credit Extension shall be a Business Day. To obtain a Credit Extension, Borrower shall deliver to Agent a completed Credit Extension Form executed by a Responsible Officer. Agent may rely on any notice given by a person whom Agent reasonably believes is a Responsible Officer or designee thereof. Agent and the Lenders shall have no duty to verify the authenticity of any such notice.
. In Agent’s discretion, Credit Extensions may be funded by Agent on behalf of the Lenders or by the Lenders directly. If Agent elects to fund any Credit Extension on behalf of the Lenders, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each Lender, severally and not jointly, shall make available to Agent its Pro Rata Share of the requested Credit Extension, in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds, prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the specified date for the Credit Extension. Agent (or if Agent elects to have each Lender fund its Credit Extensions to Borrower directly, each Lender) shall, unless it shall have determined that one of the conditions set forth in Section 3.1 or 3.2, as applicable, has not been satisfied, by 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the specified date for the Credit Extension, credit the amounts received by it in like funds to Borrower by wire transfer to the Designated Funding Account (or to the account of Borrower in respect of the Obligations, if the Credit Extension is being made to pay an Obligation of Borrower). A Credit Extension made prior to the satisfaction of any conditions set forth in Section 3.1 or 3.2 shall not constitute a waiver by Agent or the Lenders of Borrower’s obligation to satisfy such conditions, and any such Credit Extension made in the absence of such satisfaction shall be made in each Lender’s discretion.
. Before the Closing Date, and thereafter (as and when determined by Agent in its reasonable discretion), Agent shall have the right to perform, all at the Credit Parties’ expense, the searches described in clauses (a), (b), and (c) below against Borrower and any other Credit Party, the results of which are to be consistent with the Credit Parties’ representations and warranties under this Agreement and the reasonably satisfactory results of which shall be a condition precedent to all Credit Extensions requested by Borrower: (a) title investigations, UCC searches and fixture filings searches and the equivalent thereof in each applicable foreign jurisdiction; (b) judgment, pending litigation, federal tax lien, personal property tax lien, and corporate and partnership tax lien searches, in each jurisdiction searched under clause (a) above and, in the case of any Credit Party organized in Ireland, solely if and when applicable under this Agreement (which for the avoidance of doubt, is not the case on the Closing Date) winding up and petitions search and judgments search, each in the Central Office of The High Court of Ireland; and (c) searches of applicable corporate, limited liability company, partnership and related records to confirm the continued existence, organization and good standing of the applicable Person and the exact legal name under which such Person is organized and, in the case of any Credit Party organized in Ireland, solely if and when applicable under this Agreement (which for the avoidance of doubt, is not the case on the Closing Date), searches in the Irish Companies Registration Office.
. Each Credit Party hereby grants Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, to secure the payment and performance in full of all of the Obligations, a continuing security interest in, and pledges to Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, the Collateral, wherever located, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising, and all proceeds and products thereof. Each Credit Party represents, warrants, and covenants that the security interest granted herein is and shall at all times continue to be a first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral, subject only to Permitted Liens that may have priority by operation of applicable Law or by the terms of a written intercreditor or subordination agreement entered into by Agent.
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(a)As of the Closing Date, no Credit Party has any ownership interest in any Chattel Paper, letter of credit rights, commercial tort claims, Instruments, documents or investment property (other than as disclosed on the Disclosure Schedule attached hereto).
(b)Each Credit Party shall promptly (and in any event within ten (10) days of acquiring any of the following) deliver to Agent all tangible Chattel Paper and all Instruments and documents owned at any time by such Credit Party and constituting part of the Collateral, in an aggregate amount greater than $250,000 with respect to all such Chattel Paper, Instruments and documents, duly endorsed and accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment, all in form and substance satisfactory to Agent. Each Credit Party shall provide Agent with “control” (as defined in the Code) of all electronic Chattel Paper owned by such Credit Party and constituting part of the Collateral by having Agent identified as the assignee on the records pertaining to the single authoritative copy thereof and otherwise complying with the applicable elements of control set forth in the Code. Each Credit Party also shall deliver to Agent all security agreements securing any such Chattel Paper and securing any such Instruments. If reasonably requested by Agent, each Credit Party will xxxx conspicuously all such Chattel Paper and all such Instruments and Documents with a legend, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, indicating that such Chattel Paper and such Instruments and Documents are subject to the security interests and Liens in favor of Agent created pursuant to this Agreement and the Financing Documents.
(c)Each Credit Party shall promptly (and in any event within ten (10) days of acquiring any of the following) deliver to Agent all letters of credit, in an aggregate amount greater than $250,000 for all such letters of credit, on which such Credit Party is the beneficiary and which give rise to letter of credit rights owned by such Credit Party which constitute part of the Collateral in each case duly endorsed and accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment, all in form and substance satisfactory to Agent. Each Credit Party shall take any and all actions as may be necessary or desirable, or that Agent may request, from time to time, to cause Agent to obtain exclusive “control” (as defined in the Code) of any such letter of credit rights in a manner acceptable to Agent.
(d)Each Credit Party shall promptly (and in any event within 10 days) advise Agent upon any Credit Party becoming aware that it has any interests in any commercial tort claim (or a series of related commercial tort claims) with an aggregate value in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) that constitutes part of the Collateral, which such notice shall include descriptions of the events and circumstances giving rise to such commercial tort claim and the dates such events and circumstances occurred, the potential defendants with respect such commercial tort claim and any court proceedings that have been instituted with respect to such commercial tort claims, and each Credit Party shall, with respect to any such commercial tort claim, execute and deliver to Agent such documents as Agent shall request to perfect, preserve or protect the Liens, rights and remedies of Agent with respect to any such commercial tort claim.
(e)Except for Inventory in an aggregate amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) or Inventory or other Collateral held by contract manufacturing organizations, contract research organizations, licensees, corporate collaborators, or similar entities, in each case in the Ordinary Course of Business, no Inventory or other Collateral shall at any time be in the possession or control of any warehouse, consignee, bailee or any of the Credit Parties’ agents or processors without prior written notice to Agent and such Credit Party taking commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the receipt by Agent, if Agent has so requested, of warehouse receipts, consignment agreements or bailee lien waivers (as applicable) satisfactory to Agent prior to the commencement of such possession or control. Each Credit Party shall, upon the request of Agent, notify any such warehouse, consignee, bailee, agent or processor of the security interests and Liens in favor of Agent created pursuant to this Agreement and the Financing Documents, instruct in a commercially reasonable manner such Person to hold all such Collateral for Agent’s account subject to Agent’s instructions and shall, in Agent’s discretion, take commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an Access Agreement or other acknowledgement from such Person that such Person holds the Collateral for Agent’s benefit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Section 6.13, Credit Parties shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to ensure that, at all times, the Credit Parties’ U.S. corporate headquarters location is covered by an Access Agreement.
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(f)Upon request of Agent, each Credit Party shall promptly deliver to Agent any and all certificates of title, applications for title or similar evidence of ownership of all such tangible personal property (other than tangible personal property that is subject to a Permitted Lien under clause (b) of such definition) having a fair market value exceeding $250,000 in the aggregate and shall cause Agent to be named as lienholder on any such certificate of title or other evidence of ownership. No Credit Party shall permit any such tangible personal property to become fixtures to real estate unless such real estate is subject to a Lien in favor of Agent.
(g)As of the Closing Date and each subsequent date that the representations and warranties under this Agreement are remade, all Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts, Commodity Accounts or other bank accounts or investment accounts owned by a Credit Party, together with the purpose of such accounts and the financial institutions at which such accounts reside, are listed on the Disclosure Schedule or as otherwise disclosed to Agent in writing from time to time.
(h)Each Credit Party hereby authorizes Agent to file without the signature of such Credit Party one or more UCC financing statements (and, if applicable, shall comply with all equivalent requirements in jurisdictions outside of the United States) relating to its Liens on all or any part of the Collateral, which financing statements may list Agent as the “secured party” and such Credit Party as the “debtor” and which describe and indicate the collateral covered thereby as all or any part of the Collateral under the Financing Documents (including an indication of the collateral covered by any such financing statement as “all assets” of such Credit Party now owned or hereafter acquired), in such jurisdictions as Agent from time to time determines are appropriate, and to file without the signature of such Credit Party any continuations of or corrective amendments to any such financing statements, in any such case in order for Agent to perfect, preserve or protect the Liens, rights and remedies of Agent with respect to the Collateral. Each Credit Party also ratifies its authorization for Agent to have filed in any jurisdiction any initial financing statements or amendments thereto if filed prior to the date hereof.
(i)As of the Closing Date, no Credit Party holds, and after the Closing Date, each Credit Party shall promptly (and in any event within ten (10) days) notify Agent in writing upon creation or acquisition by any Credit Party of, any Collateral which constitutes a claim against any Governmental Authority, including, without limitation, the federal government of the United States or any instrumentality or agency thereof, the assignment of which claim is restricted by any applicable Law, including, without limitation, the federal Assignment of Claims Act and any other comparable Law. Upon the request of Agent, each Credit Party shall take such reasonable steps as may be necessary or desirable, or that Agent may request, to comply with any such applicable Law.
(j)Each Credit Party shall furnish to Agent from time to time any statements and schedules further identifying or describing the Collateral and any other information, reports or evidence concerning the Collateral as Agent may reasonably request from time to time.
5.REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each Credit Party represents and warrants as follows on the Closing Date, on the date of each Credit Extension, and on such other dates when such representations and warranties under this Agreement are made or deemed to be made:
Due Organization, Authorization: Power and Authority
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(a)Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof is duly existing and in good standing, as a Registered Organization in its respective jurisdiction of formation, or, in the case of any Credit Party formed outside the United States or any political subdivision thereof, incorporated, existing and, where the jurisdiction in which such entity is incorporated has a concept of good standing, is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation. Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof has the power to own its own assets and is qualified and licensed to do business and is in good standing (if applicable in such jurisdiction) in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership of property requires that it be qualified except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change. The Financing Documents have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Credit Party and constitute legal, valid and binding agreements enforceable in
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accordance with their terms. The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of each Financing Document executed or to be executed by it is in each case within such Credit Party’s powers.
(b)The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of the Financing Documents to which it is a party do not (i) conflict with any of such Credit Party’s organizational documents; (ii) contravene, conflict with, constitute a default under or violate any material applicable Law in any material respect; (iii) contravene, conflict or violate any material applicable order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of any Governmental Authority by which such Credit Party or any of its property or assets may be bound or affected; (iv) require any action by, filing, registration, or qualification with, or Required Permit from, any Governmental Authority (except such Required Permits which have already been obtained and are in full force and effect); or (v) constitute a material default under or conflict with any Material Agreement.
. Except as disclosed on the Disclosure Schedule or, after the Closing Date, pursuant to Section 6.7, there are no actions, suits, proceedings or formal investigations pending or, to the knowledge of the Responsible Officers, threatened in writing by or against any Credit Party which involves the possibility of any judgment or liability of more than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) or that could result in a Material Adverse Change, or which questions the validity of the Financing Documents, or the other documents required thereby or any action to be taken pursuant to any of the foregoing, nor does any Credit Party have reason to believe that any such actions, suits, proceedings or investigations are threatened.
No Material Deterioration in Financial Condition; Financial Statements
. All financial statements for the Credit Parties delivered to Agent or any Lender fairly present, in conformity with GAAP, in all material respects the consolidated financial condition and consolidated results of operations of such Credit Party. Except as disclosed to Agent in writing, there has not occurred any fact, event or circumstance that could be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
Solvency
. After giving effect to all rights of the Credit Parties arising under Section 15.7(b) and any other rights of contribution or similar rights of such Credit Party, the fair salable value of each Credit Party’s assets (including goodwill minus disposition costs) exceeds the fair value of its liabilities. After giving effect to the transactions described in this Agreement and all rights of the Credit Parties arising under Section 15.7(b) and any other rights of contribution or similar rights of such Credit Party, (a) no Credit Party is left with unreasonably small capital in relation to its business as presently conducted, and (b) each Credit Party is able to pay its debts (including trade debts) as they mature.
Subsidiaries; Investments; Margin Stock
. The Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries do not own any stock, partnership interest or other equity securities, except for Permitted Investments. Without limiting the foregoing, the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries do not own or hold any Margin Stock.
Tax Returns and Payments; Pension Contributions
. Each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries has timely filed all required federal and state income tax returns and other material tax returns and reports, and, except for those Taxes that are subject to a Permitted Contest or otherwise permitted in Section 6.4, each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries has timely paid all federal and material foreign, state and local Taxes, assessments, deposits and contributions owed by such Credit Party or Subsidiary. Other than as disclosed to Agent in accordance with Section 6.2(a)(vii), Credit Parties are unaware of any claims or adjustments proposed for any prior tax years of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries which could result in additional material Taxes becoming due and payable by such Credit Party. No Credit Party nor any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is under common control with any Credit Party within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the IRC (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the IRC for purposes of the provisions relating to Section 412 of the IRC) or Section 4001 of ERISA (an “ERISA Affiliate”) (i) has failed to satisfy the “minimum funding standards” (as defined in Section 412 of or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived, with respect to any Pension Plan, (ii) has incurred liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate from any Pension Plan or incurred a cessation of operations that is treated as a withdrawal, (iii) has incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA), (iv) has had any “reportable event” as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA (or the regulations issued thereunder) (other than an event for which the thirty (30) day notice
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requirement is waived) occur with respect to any Pension Plan or (v) failed to maintain (1) each “plan” (as defined by Section 3(3) of ERISA) in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the IRC and other federal or state laws, and (2) the tax qualified status of each plan (as defined above) intended to be so qualified.
Intellectual Property and License Agreements
. A list of all Registered Intellectual Property of each Credit Party and all material in-bound license or sublicense agreements, material exclusive out-bound license or sublicense agreements, or other material rights of any Credit Party to use Intellectual Property (but excluding in-bound licenses of over-the-counter software that is commercially available to the public), as of the Closing Date and, as updated pursuant to Section 6.14, is set forth on the Intangible Assets Schedule. Except for Permitted Liens, each Credit Party is the sole owner of its Intellectual Property free and clear of any Liens. Each patent of the Credit Parties material to such Credit Party’s business is valid and enforceable in all material respects and no part of the Material Intangible Assets has been judged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and to any Credit Party’ knowledge, as of the Closing Date, no claim has been made that any part of the Intellectual Property violates the rights of any third party.
Regulatory Status
(a).
(a)All of Credit Parties’ Products and all material Regulatory Required Permits are listed on the Products Schedule and Required Permits Schedule, respectively (as updated from time to time pursuant to Section 6.14), and Borrower has delivered to Agent a copy of all material Regulatory Required Permits requested by Agent as of the date hereof or to the extent requested by Agent pursuant to Section 6.16(b).
(b)None of the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary thereof are in violation of any Healthcare Law (i) material to its business in any material respect or (ii) to the extent such violation could be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
(c)None of the Credit Parties’ or their Subsidiaries’ officers, directors, employees, shareholders, their agents or affiliates has made an untrue statement of material fact or fraudulent statement to the FDA or failed to disclose a material fact required to be disclosed to the FDA, committed an act, made a statement, or failed to make a statement that could reasonably be expected to provide a basis for the FDA to invoke its policy respecting “Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities,” set forth in 56 Fed. Regulation 46191 (September 10, 1991).
(d)With respect to each Product material to the business of such Credit Party, (i) Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries have received, and such Product is the subject of, all Regulatory Required Permits needed in connection with the testing, manufacture, marketing or sale of such Product as currently necessary and being conducted by or on behalf of Credit Parties, and have provided Agent with all notices and other information required by Section 6.16, (ii) such Product is being tested, manufactured, marketed or sold, as the case may be, in material compliance with all applicable Laws and Regulatory Required Permits material to such Credit Party’s or Subsidiary.
(e)As of the Closing Date, there have been no Regulatory Reporting Events.
No Default. No Event of Default, or to such Borrower’s knowledge, Default, has occurred and is continuing. No Credit Party is in breach or default under or with respect to any contract, agreement, lease or other instrument to which it is a party or by which its property is bound or affected, which breach or default could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change.
Accuracy of Schedules and Perfection Certificate
. All information set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, Intangible Assets Schedule, the Required Permits Schedule and the Products Schedule is true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of the Closing Date, the date of delivery of the last Compliance Certificate delivered with respect to the last month of a calendar quarter and any other subsequent date on which Credit Parties are requested to update such certificate. All information set forth in the Perfection Certificate is true, accurate and
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complete in all material respects as of the Closing Date, the date of each Credit Extension and each other subsequent date on which Credit Parties deliver an updated Perfection Certificate pursuant to Agent’s reasonable request.
5.11FCPA and Anti-Corruption Law. For the immediately preceding five year period, no Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting in such capacity on behalf of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a material violation by such Persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”) or any other applicable anti-corruption law. No part of the proceeds of the Credit Extensions shall be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the FCPA. Each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in material compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and has broadly instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws.
Each Credit Party covenants and agrees as follows:
Organization and Existence; Government Compliance
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(a)Each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries shall maintain its legal existence and good standing in its respective jurisdiction of formation and shall maintain qualification in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger or consolidation expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.3. If a Credit Party is not now a Registered Organization but later becomes one, Credit Parties shall promptly (and in any event within ten (10) days) notify Agent of such occurrence and provide Agent with such Credit Party’s organizational identification number.
(b)Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, comply with all Laws, ordinances and regulations to which it or its business locations are subject, the noncompliance with which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, obtain and keep in full force and effect and comply with all of the Required Permits, except where failure to have or maintain compliance with or effectiveness of such Required Permit could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. Upon request of Agent or any Lender, each Credit Party shall promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days of such request) provide copies of any such obtained Required Permits to Agent. Credit Parties shall notify Agent within five (5) Business Days (but in any event prior to Borrower submitting any requests for Credit Extensions or release of any reserves) of the occurrence of any facts, events or circumstances known to any Credit Party, whether threatened, existing or pending, that could cause any Required Permit to become limited, suspended or revoked.
Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates
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(a)Each Credit Party shall deliver to Agent: (i) as soon as available, but no later than forty-five (45) days after the last day of each fiscal quarter, a company prepared consolidated balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement covering such Credit Party’s consolidated operations for such month certified by a Responsible Officer and in a form reasonably acceptable to Agent; (ii) as soon as available, but no later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the last day of a Credit Party’s fiscal year, audited consolidated financial statements prepared under GAAP, consistently applied, together with an unqualified opinion (other than a going concern qualification based solely on any Credit Party having negative profits or a determination that any Credit Party has less than 12 months liquidity) on the financial statements from an independent certified public accounting firm acceptable to Agent in its reasonable discretion; (iii) as soon as available after approval thereof by such Credit Party’s governing board, but no later than sixty (60) days after the last day of such Credit Party’s fiscal year such Credit Party’s financial projections for the current fiscal year; (iv) within five (5) Business Days of filing, all reports on Form 10-K, 10-Q and
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8‑K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or a link thereto on such Credit Party’s or another website on the Internet; (v) [reserved]; (vi) promptly (and in any event within ten (10) days of any request therefor) such readily available budgets, sales projections, operating plans, other financial information, reports or statements regarding the Credit Parties reasonably requested by Agent; and (vii) within ten (10) days after any Credit Party becomes aware of any material claim or adjustment proposed for any prior tax years of any Credit Party or any of their Subsidiaries which could result in additional Taxes becoming due and payable by such Credit Party or Subsidiary, notice of such claim or adjustment. Any report, notice or other materials that are required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) or (iv) of this Section 6.2(a) shall be considered so delivered upon the filing of such item with the SEC as long as a link thereto is available on Credit Party’s or another website on the Internet.
(b)Within forty-five (45) days after the last day of each month, Credit Parties shall deliver to Agent, a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer. If requested by Agent, back-up documentation (including, without limitation, bank statements as Agent shall reasonably require) evidencing the certifications set forth in the Compliance Certificate.
(c)Each Credit Party shall keep proper books of record and account in accordance with GAAP in which full, true and correct entries in all material respects shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. Upon prior written notice and during normal business hours, Borrower shall allow, and cause each Credit Party to allow, Agent to visit and inspect any properties of a Credit Party, to examine and make abstracts or copies from any Credit Party’s books, to conduct a collateral audit and analysis of its operations and the Collateral to verify the amount and age of the accounts, the identity and credit of the respective account debtors, to review the billing practices of the Credit Party and to discuss its respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective officers and employees and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to allow Agent to discuss such affairs, finances and accounts with Credit Parties’ independent public accountants; provided, however, that no more than one (1) such visit and inspection shall occur per calendar year unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Credit Parties shall reimburse Agent for all reasonable costs and expenses associated with such visits and inspections.
(d)Each Credit Party shall deliver to Agent, within ten (10) days after the same are sent or received, copies of all material correspondence, reports, documents and other filings with any Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on any of the Required Permits material to such Credit Party’s business or otherwise on the operations of such Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
(e)Each Credit Party shall promptly, but in any event within five (5) Business Days, after any Responsible Officer of any Credit Party obtains knowledge of the occurrence of any event or change (including, without limitation, any notice of any violation of Healthcare Laws) that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Change, a certificate of a Responsible Officer specifying the nature and period of existence of any such event or change, or specifying the notice given or action taken by such holder or Person and the nature of such event or change, and what action the applicable Credit Party or Subsidiary has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(f)Each Credit Party shall promptly after the request by any Lender, provide all documentation and other information that such Lender reasonably requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the USA PATRIOT Act.
(g)Credit Parties shall promptly (and in any event within three (3) Business Days of the occurrence thereof) provide Agent and each Lender with written notice of the occurrence of a Cash Trigger Event, which notice shall be accompanied by a certificate from a Responsible Officer from each Credit Party (A) acknowledging that a Cash Trigger Event has occurred, (B) specifying the date on which the Cash Trigger Event occurred, and (C) acknowledging that Agent may exercise any rights it may have under this Agreement or any other Financing Document with respect to the Cash Trigger Event, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Financing Documents.
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. Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, cause all equipment and other tangible personal property other than Inventory to be maintained and preserved in the same condition, repair and in working order as of the date hereof or in the Ordinary Course of Business, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and shall promptly make or cause to be made all repairs, replacements and other improvements in connection therewith that are necessary or desirable to such end in its good faith business judgment. Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, keep all Inventory in good and marketable condition, free from material defects, in each case in the Ordinary Course of Business. Returns and allowances between a Credit Party and its Account Debtors shall follow the Credit Party’s customary practices as they exist at the Closing Date or in the Ordinary Course of Business. Borrower shall promptly notify Agent of each return, recovery, dispute and claim that involves more than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) of Inventory collectively among all Credit Parties.
. Each Credit Party shall timely file all required (x) federal, state and foreign income tax returns and (y) other material tax returns and reports, except, in the case of this clause (y), such tax returns or reports related to Taxes as may be due or owing in an amount less than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), and timely pay, and cause each Credit Party to timely pay, (A) all federal and (B) all foreign, state Taxes and other local Taxes, assessments, deposits and contributions, in each case of clause (B), in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), and shall deliver to Agent, on reasonable demand, appropriate certificates attesting to such payments; provided, however, that a Credit Party may defer payment of any contested Taxes, so long as such Credit Party (a) in good faith contests its obligation to pay the Taxes by appropriate proceedings promptly and diligently instituted and conducted, and (b) adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by the Credit Party (such contest, a “Permitted Contest”). Each Credit Party shall pay all amounts necessary to fund all present pension, profit sharing and deferred compensation plans in accordance with their terms in the Ordinary Course of Business. Each Credit Party and their ERISA Affiliates shall timely make all required contributions to each Pension Plan and shall maintain each “plan” (as defined by Section 3(3) of ERISA), in each case in material compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other applicable federal and state laws. Credit Parties shall give written notice to Agent promptly (and in any event within seven (7) Business Days) upon a Credit Party becoming aware of any (i) Credit Party’s or any ERISA Affiliate’s failure to make any material contribution required to be made with respect to any Pension Plan not having been timely made, (ii) notice of the PBGC’s, any Credit Party’s or any ERISA Affiliate’s intention to terminate or to have a trustee appointed to administer any such Pension Plan, or (iii) complete or partial withdrawal by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from any Pension Plan.
. Each Credit Party shall keep its business and the Collateral insured for risks and in amounts standard for companies in such Credit Party’s industry and location and as Agent may reasonably request. Insurance policies shall be in a form, with companies, and in amounts that are satisfactory to Agent, and Agent hereby agrees that Borrower’s and each Credit Party’s policies of insurance in effect on the Closing Date are in such form, with such companies, and in such amounts as are reasonably satisfactory to Agent as of the Closing Date. All property policies shall have a lender’s loss payable endorsement showing Agent as sole lender’s loss payee and waive subrogation against Agent, and all liability policies shall show, or have endorsements showing, Agent as an additional insured. No other lender’s loss payees may be shown on the policies unless Agent shall otherwise consent in writing. If required by Agent, all policies (or the loss payable and additional insured endorsements) shall provide that the insurer shall endeavor to give Agent at least thirty (30) days’ (ten (10) days’ for non-payment of premium) notice before cancelling or declining to renew its policy. At Agent’s reasonable request, each Credit Party shall deliver copies of all such Credit Party’s insurance policies and evidence of all premium payments. If any Credit Party fails to obtain insurance as required under this Section 6.5 or to pay any amount or furnish any required proof of payment to third persons and Agent, Agent may make all or part of such payment or obtain such insurance policies required in this Section 6.5, and take any action under the policies Agent deems prudent.
. Each Credit Party shall provide Agent written notice within fifteen (15) days after establishing any Collateral Account at or with any bank or financial institution. In addition, for each Collateral Account that any Credit Party at any time maintains (other than an Excluded Account), subject to Section 6.13, each Credit Party shall (a) with respect to each such Collateral Account located in the United States, have caused the applicable bank or financial institution at or with which any Collateral Account is maintained to have executed and delivered a Control Agreement inform and substance satisfactory to Agent, and (b) with respect to all Collateral Accounts located outside the United States, have executed such documents and taken such other action (in a
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jurisdiction other than the United States) as is necessary to ensure that Agent has a first priority perfected security interest in such Collateral Account and the amounts held therein. The provisions of the previous sentence shall not apply to (i) deposit accounts exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and, other employee wage and benefit payments to or for the benefit of a Credit Party’s employees and identified to Agent by Borrower as such (“Payroll Accounts”); and (ii) deposit accounts of Credit Parties holding, at any time, not more than Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) (or the equivalent thereof in any foreign currency) in the aggregate with respect to all such accounts when combined with all amounts held by Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 7.13(a) (the Deposit Accounts set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above, “Excluded Accounts”). Without limiting the foregoing, at all times Borrower shall maintain one (1) or more separate Deposit Accounts to hold any and all amounts to be used for payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage and benefit payments, and shall not commingle any monies allocated for such purposes with funds in any other Deposit Account. Credit Parties shall, at all times prior to the satisfaction of the Credit Parties obligation under paragraph 4 of the Post-Closing Obligations Schedule, maintain cash and cash equivalents in an amount equal to or greater than the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Credit Extensions in Collateral Accounts that are subject to a Control Agreement.
Notices of Litigation and Defaults; Cooperation in Litigation
.
(a)The Credit Parties shall promptly (and in any event within the time periods specified below) provide written notice to Agent of the following:
(i)Within five (5) Business Days of any Credit Party becoming aware of the existence of any Default or Event of Default; and
(ii)Within five (5) Business Days of any Credit Party becoming aware of any of the following pending or threatened in writing any action, suit, proceeding or investigation by or against Borrower or any other Credit Party which involves the possibility of any judgment or liability of more than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) or that could result in a Material Adverse Change, or which questions the validity of any of the Financing Documents, or the other documents required thereby or any action to be taken pursuant to any of the foregoing.
(b)Each Credit Party shall provide such further information (including copies of such documentation) as Agent shall reasonably request with respect to any of the events or notices described in clause (a). From the date hereof and continuing through the termination of this Agreement, each Credit Party shall make available to Agent on behalf of the Lenders, without expense to Agent, each Credit Party’s officers, employees and agents and books, to the extent that Agent may deem them reasonably necessary to prosecute or defend any third-party suit or proceeding instituted by or against Agent or any Lender with respect to any Collateral or directly relating to a Credit Party.
Creation/Acquisition/Designation of Subsidiaries
.
(a)Without limiting anything in the definition of Permitted Acquisition, each Credit Party shall provide Agent prompt notice (but in any event within ten (10) Business Days) following the creation, to the extent permitted pursuant to this Agreement, acquisition a new Subsidiary.
(b)Subject to Section 6.8(c), promptly (but in any event within fifteen (15) Business Days of such creation or acquisition) upon the creation or acquisition of any Subsidiary, Credit Parties shall, and shall cause each such Subsidiary (as applicable) to, (i) pledge, have pledged or cause or have caused to be pledged to Agent pursuant to a pledge agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, all of the outstanding shares of equity interests or other equity interests of such Subsidiary owned directly by any Credit Party, along with undated stock or equivalent powers for such certificates, executed in blank, (ii) cause such Subsidiary to take such other actions (including entering into or joining any Security Documents) as are necessary or advisable in the reasonable opinion of Agent in order to grant Agent, acting on behalf of the Lenders, a first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) on all real and personal property of such Subsidiary (other than Excluded Property) in existence as of such date and in all after acquired property, (iii) become a Guarantor of all of the Obligations of Borrower hereunder and under the other Financing Documents pursuant to a joinder agreement or other guaranty and suretyship agreement in form and
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substance satisfactory to Agent, and (iv) cause such Subsidiary to deliver certified copies of such Subsidiary’s certificate, articles of incorporation or other organizational documents, together with good standing certificates, by-laws (or other operating agreement or governing documents), resolutions of the board of directors or other governing body, approving and authorizing the execution and delivery of the Security Documents, incumbency certificates and to execute and/or deliver such other documents and legal opinions or to take such other reasonable actions as may be requested by Agent, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent (the requirements set forth in clauses (i)-(iv) above, collectively, the “Joinder Requirements”); provided that the Credit Parties shall not be permitted to make any Investment in such Subsidiary until such time as Credit Parties have satisfied the Joinder Requirements.
(c)Prior to the occurrence of a Restricted Foreign Subsidiary Joinder Event, the Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries shall not be subject to the Joinder Requirements set forth in Section 6.8(b). Upon the occurrence of a Restricted Foreign Subsidiary Joinder Event (regardless of whether such Restricted Foreign Subsidiary Joinder Event is continuing), the Credit Parties shall promptly (and in any event within sixty (60) days of the occurrence of such Restricted Foreign Subsidiary Joinder Event) comply, and cause each Restricted Foreign Subsidiary to comply, with the Joinder Requirements as though such Restricted Foreign Subsidiary were a new Subsidiary such that, without limiting the requirements of Section 6.8(b), (i) each Restricted Foreign Subsidiary becomes a Guarantor of all of the Obligations and pledges all of its assets (other than Excluded Property) to Agent, on behalf of Lenders, to secure the Obligations, in each case, pursuant to documentation (including, as applicable, agreements governed by Irish law or other applicable foreign law) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.8(b) and (ii) all of the outstanding shares of equity interests or other equity interests of such Restricted Foreign Subsidiary owned directly or indirectly by any Credit Party have been pledged Agent pursuant to a pledge agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Agent governed by Irish law or other applicable foreign law. Following such a joinder, each such Subsidiary that has been so joined shall immediately cease to be a Restricted Foreign Subsidiary and shall at all times thereafter be a Credit Party for all purposes hereunder and under the other Financing Documents.
. Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions solely for (a) transaction fees incurred in connection with the Financing Documents, (b) for working capital needs of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, and (c) any other Permitted Purpose specified in the Credit Facility Schedule for such Credit Facility. No portion of the proceeds of the Credit Extensions will be used for family, personal, agricultural or household use or to purchase Margin Stock.
Hazardous Materials; Remediation
.
(a)If any release or disposal of Hazardous Materials shall occur or shall have occurred on any real property or any other assets of any Credit Party, such Credit Party will cause the prompt containment and removal of such Hazardous Materials and the remediation of such real property or other assets as is necessary to comply with all Laws and to preserve the value of such real property or other assets. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Credit Party shall comply with each Law requiring the performance at any real property by such Credit Party of activities in response to the release or threatened release of a Hazardous Material.
(b)The Credit Parties will provide Agent within thirty (30) days after written demand therefor with a bond, letter of credit or similar financial assurance evidencing to the reasonable satisfaction of Agent that sufficient funds are available to pay the cost of removing, treating and disposing of any Hazardous Materials or Hazardous Materials Contamination and discharging any assessment which may be established on any property as a result thereof, such demand to be made, if at all, upon Agent’s determination that the failure to remove, treat or dispose of any Hazardous Materials or Hazardous Materials Contamination, or the failure to discharge any such assessment could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change.
(c)If there is any conflict between this Section 6.10 and any environmental indemnity agreement which is a Financing Document, the environmental indemnity agreement shall govern and control.
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. Each of the officers of Agent is hereby irrevocably made, constituted and appointed the true and lawful attorney for each Credit Party (without requiring any of them to act as such) with full power of substitution to do the following: following the occurrence of an Event of Default that is continuing (other than with respect to clause (b)(iv) below, which does not require an Event of Default to exist) (a) following the occurrence of an Event of Default that is continuing, pay, contest or settle any Lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, and adverse claim in or to the Collateral (in each case other than Permitted Liens), or any judgment based thereon, or otherwise take any action to terminate or discharge the same; (b) so long as Agent has provided not less than three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice to any Credit Party to perform the same and such Credit Party failed to take such action, (i) execute in the name of any Person comprising such Credit Party any schedules, assignments, instruments, documents, and statements that such Credit Party is obligated to give Agent under this Agreement or that Agent or any Lender deems necessary to perfect or better perfect Agent’s security interest or Lien in any Collateral, (ii) do such other and further acts and deeds in the name of such Credit Party that Agent may deem necessary or desirable to enforce, protect or preserve any Collateral or its rights therein, including, but not limited to, to sign such Credit Party’s name on any invoice or xxxx of lading for any Account or drafts against Account Debtors; and (iii) , (A) endorse the name of such Credit Party upon any and all checks, drafts, money orders, and other instruments for the payment of money that are payable to such Credit Party; (B) make, settle, and adjust all claims under such Credit Party’s insurance policies; (C) take any action such Credit Party is required to take under this Agreement or any other Financing Document; (D) transfer the Collateral into the name of Agent or a third party as the Code permits; (E) exercise any rights and remedies described in this Agreement or the other Financing Documents; and (F) do such other and further acts and deeds in the name of such Credit Party that Agent may deem necessary or desirable to enforce its rights with regard to any Collateral, and (iv) file any uniform commercial code or similar filings to perfect the security interest of the Agent on behalf of the Lenders provided for under this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
. Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at its own cost and expense, promptly and duly take, execute, acknowledge and deliver all such further acts, documents and assurances as may from time to time be necessary or as Agent or Required Lenders may from time to time reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and purposes of the Financing Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby, including all such actions to establish, create, preserve, protect and perfect a first priority Lien (subject only to Permitted Liens) in favor of Agent for itself and for the benefit Lenders on the Collateral (including Collateral acquired after the date hereof), including on any and all assets of each Credit Party, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (subject to the limitations set forth in the Financing Documents).
. Each Credit Party shall complete each of the post-closing obligations and/or deliver to Agent each of the documents, instruments, agreements and information listed on the Post-Closing Obligations Schedule attached hereto, on or before the date set forth for each such item thereon (as the same may be extended by Agent in writing in its sole discretion), each of which shall be completed or provided in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and the Lenders.
. Each Credit Party shall deliver to Agent, together with the each Compliance Certificate delivered with respect to the last month of a calendar year under this Agreement, an update to the Disclosure Schedule correcting all outdated, inaccurate, incomplete or misleading information therein. With respect to any proposed updates to the Disclosure Schedule involving Permitted Liens, Permitted Indebtedness or Permitted Investments, Agent will replace the Disclosure Schedule attached hereto with such proposed updates only if such updated information reflects transactions that are otherwise expressly permitted by the definitions of, and limitations herein pertaining to, Permitted Liens, Permitted Indebtedness or Permitted Investments (it being understood that such updates will not be deemed to amend the Disclosure Schedule as in effect on the Closing Date). With respect to any updates to the Disclosure Schedule involving matters other than those set forth in the preceding sentence, Agent will replace the applicable portion of the Disclosure Schedule attached hereto with such update upon Agent’s receipt and approval thereof.
Intellectual Property and Licensing
.
(a)Together with each Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.2(b) with respect to the last month of a calendar year, to the extent (A) any Credit Party acquires and/or develops
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any new Registered Intellectual Property, or (B) any Credit Party enters into or becomes bound by any additional exclusive or other material in-bound license or sublicense agreement, any additional exclusive out-bound license or sublicense agreement or other agreement with respect to rights in Intellectual Property (other than over-the-counter software that is commercially available to the public), or (C) there occurs any other material change in any Credit Party’s Registered Intellectual Property, in-bound licenses or sublicenses or exclusive out-bound licenses or sublicenses from that listed on the Intangible Assets Schedule, then the Credit Parties shall, together with such Compliance Certificate, deliver to Agent an updated Intangible Assets Schedule reflecting such updated information. With respect to any updates to the Intangible Assets Schedule involving exclusive out-bound licenses or sublicenses, such licenses shall be consistent with the definitions of and limitations herein pertaining to Permitted Licenses.
(b)If any Credit Party obtains any Registered Intellectual Property (other than copyrights, mask works and related applications, which are addressed below), such Credit Party shall promptly (in no event less than fifteen (15) days) execute such intellectual property security agreements (which shall be filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office) and other documents and provide such other information (including, without limitation, copies of applications) and take such other actions as Agent shall reasonably request to perfect and maintain a first priority perfected security interest in favor of Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders, in such property. If any Credit Party decides to register any copyrights or mask works in the United States Copyright Office, such Credit Party shall: (x) provide Agent with at least fifteen (15) days written notice of such Credit Party’s registration of such copyrights or mask works together with a copy of the application it filed with the United States Copyright Office (including Exhibits thereto); (y) execute an intellectual property security agreement and such other documents and provide such other information and take such other actions as Agent may reasonably request to perfect and maintain a first priority perfected security interest in favor of Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, in the copyrights or mask works intended to be registered with the United States Copyright Office; and (z) record such intellectual property security agreement with the United States Copyright Office within fifteen (15) days after filing the copyright or mask work application(s) with the United States Copyright Office.
(c)Each Credit Party shall own, or be licensed to use or otherwise have the right to use, all Material Intangible Assets, as the same may change from time to time in the Ordinary Course of Business. Each Credit Party shall cause all Registered Intellectual Property to be duly and properly registered, filed or issued in the appropriate office and jurisdictions for such registrations, filings or issuances, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. Each Credit Party shall at all times conduct its business without infringement or claim of infringement of any Intellectual Property rights of others, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. Each Credit Party shall (i) protect, defend and maintain the validity and enforceability of its Material Intangible Assets in the Ordinary Course of Business and in its good faith business judgment, (ii) promptly advise Agent in writing of material infringements of its Material Intangible Assets, or of a material claim of infringement by any Credit Party on the Intellectual Property rights of others; and (iii) not allow any of such Credit Party’s Material Intangible Assets to be abandoned, invalidated, forfeited or dedicated to the public or to become unenforceable.
Regulatory Reporting and Covenants
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(a)Each Credit Party shall notify Agent promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days of receiving, upon receiving written notice or otherwise becoming aware that, (each, a “Regulatory Reporting Event” and collectively, the “Regulatory Reporting Events”):
(i)any Governmental Authority, specifically including the FDA, is conducting or has conducted (A) if applicable, any investigation of any Credit Party’s or its Subsidiaries’ manufacturing facilities and processes for any Product (or any investigation of the facility of a contract manufacturer engaged by any Credit Party or is Subsidiaries in respect of a Product of which any Credit Party and/or its Subsidiaries are aware and is not prohibited from disclosing), in each case which has disclosed any material deficiencies or violations of Laws and/or the Regulatory Required Permits related thereto or (B) an investigation or review of any Regulatory Required Permit (other than routine reviews in the Ordinary Course of Business associated with the renewal or maintenance of a Regulatory Required Permit);
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(ii)any development, testing, manufacturing, or distribution of any Product that is material to Borrower’s business should cease, whether (A) temporarily and (1) outside of the ordinary course of business or (2) pursuant to an order by a Governmental Authority, or (B) permanently;
(iii)any material Regulatory Required Permit has been suspended, revoked. withdrawn, or adversely limited, modified, or restricted;
(iv)adverse clinical test results have occurred with respect to any Product to the extent that such results have or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change;
(v)receipt by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof from the FDA a warning letter, Form FDA-483, “Untitled Letter,” other correspondence or notice setting forth material allegedly objectionable observations or alleged material violations of laws and regulations enforced by the FDA, or any comparable correspondence from any state or local authority responsible for regulating drug products and establishments, or any comparable correspondence from any foreign counterpart of the FDA, or any comparable correspondence from any foreign counterpart of any state or local authority with regard to any Product or the manufacture, processing, packing, or holding thereof;
(vi)any material Product recalls or voluntary Product withdrawals from any market (other than with respect to discrete batches or lots that are not material in quantity or amount and are not made in conjunction with a larger recall) have occurred; or
(vii)any significant failures in the manufacturing of any Product that is material to the business of the Credit Parties have occurred.
The Credit Parties shall provide to Agent such further information (including copies of such documentation) as Agent or any Lender shall reasonably request with respect to any such Regulatory Reporting Event promptly, but in any event within five (5) Business Days of, upon such reasonable request, in each case subject to attorney client privilege and any material confidentiality obligations applicable to such Credit Party.
(b)Each Credit Party shall have, and shall ensure that it and each of its Subsidiaries has, each material Required Permit and other rights from, and have made all declarations and filings with, all applicable Governmental Authorities, all self-regulatory authorities and all courts and other tribunals necessary to engage in the ownership, management and operation of the business or the assets of such Credit Party and the Credit Parties shall ensure that no Governmental Authority has taken action to limit, suspend or revoke any such Required Permit. The Credit Parties shall ensure that all such Required Permits are valid and in full force and effect and the Credit Parties are in material compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Required Permits in all material respects.
(c)The Credit Parties will maintain in full force and effect, and free from restrictions, probations, conditions or known conflicts which would materially impair the use or operation of the Credit Parties’ business and assets material to such Credit Party, all Required Permits necessary under Healthcare Laws to carry on the business of the Credit Parties as it is conducted in the Ordinary Course of Business in all material respects.
(d)Each Credit Party shall obtain and comply in all material respects with and, to the extent applicable, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all third parties to obtain and comply with, all Regulatory Required Permits at all times issued or required to be issued by any Governmental Authority, specifically including the FDA, with respect to such development, testing, manufacture, marketing or sales of each material Product by such Credit Party as such activities are at any such time being conducted by such Credit Party, in each case in the Ordinary Course of Business.
(e)The Credit Parties will timely file or caused to be timely filed (after giving effect to any extension duly obtained), all material notifications, reports, submissions, Required Permit renewals and reports required by Healthcare Laws (which reports will be materially accurate and complete in all respects and not misleading in any respect and shall not remain open or unsettled), in each case in the Ordinary Course of Business.
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(f)Borrower shall ensure that each material Product in all material respects (i) is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of the FDCA or any other applicable Laws in any material respect; (ii) is not an article prohibited from introduction into interstate commerce under the provisions of Sections 505 of the FDCA; (iii) has been and/or shall be developed, tested, manufactured, imported, exported, held, marketed, advertised, promoted, sold, labeled, and distributed, as applicable, and each service has been conducted, in material compliance with all applicable Required Permits and Laws; and (iv) each Product has been and/or shall be manufactured in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practices.
No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, do any of the following:
Dispositions
. Convey, sell, abandon, lease, license, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of (including by merger, allocation of assets (including allocation of assets to any series of a limited liability company), division, consolidation or amalgamation) (collectively, “Transfer”) all or any part of its business or property, except for (a) sales, transfers or dispositions of Inventory in the Ordinary Course of Business; (b) sales or abandonment of (i) worn‑out or obsolete Equipment or (ii) other Equipment that is no longer used or useful in the business of Borrower with a fair salable value not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in the aggregate per year; (c) to the extent constituting a Transfer, the granting of Permitted Liens; (d) to the extent they may constitute a Transfer, the use of cash and cash equivalents to make Permitted Investments; (e) the granting of Permitted Licenses, (f) payment of cash and cash equivalents in the ordinary course of Credit Parties’ business in connection with transactions not prohibited hereunder, (g) the abandonment in the Ordinary Course of Business of Intellectual Property (other than Material Intangible Assets) that is no longer used or useful to Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries in such entity’s reasonable business judgment, (h) distributions of cash and equity interests permitted under Section 7.7(a), (i) leases or subleases of real property in the Ordinary Course of Business, (j) Transfers to a Credit Party of all (but not less than all) of the assets of the Inactive Subsidiary in connection with the winding down or liquidation of such Inactive Subsidiary, (k) Transfers of other tangible personal property having a fair market value not to exceed Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000) in the aggregate for any calendar year, provided that at the time of any such Transfer, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such Transfer, and (l) the issuance of Parent’s common stock in connection with the conversion, exercise, repurchase, redemption, settlement or early termination or cancellation of the Permitted Convertible Note or in connection with any Permitted Warrant Transaction.
Changes in Business, Management, Ownership or Business Locations
. (a) Engage in, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to engage in, any business other than the businesses currently engaged in by such Credit Party or such Subsidiary, as applicable, or reasonably related thereto; (b) liquidate or dissolve (other than any Subsidiary in connection with a transaction permitted hereunder); (c) (i) have a change in its Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer without providing written notice to Agent promptly (but in any event within five (5) Business Days) following any such change, or (ii) permit a Change in Control; (d) add any new offices or business locations, or enter into any new leases with respect to existing offices or business locations containing an aggregate amount of Collateral in excess of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) without first taking commercially reasonable efforts to deliver a fully-executed Access Agreement to Agent ; (e) without at least ten (10) Business Days prior written notice to Agent, change its jurisdiction of organization (provided that no Credit Party shall change its jurisdiction of organization to a new country without Agent’s consent); (f) without at least ten (10) Business Days prior written notice to Agent, change its organizational structure or type; (g) without at least ten (10) Business Days prior written notice to Agent, change its legal name; or (h) without at least ten (10) Business Days prior written notice to Agent, change any organizational number (if any) assigned by its jurisdiction of organization.
. Merge or consolidate with any other Person other than, in each case with not less than three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice to Agent, mergers of (i) a Credit Party with and into any other Credit Party; provided that if either such Credit Party is a Borrower, a Borrower shall be the surviving entity of such merger, provided further that no Credit Party shall merge into Parent without Agent’s prior consent, (ii) any wholly-owned Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party with and into any Credit Party; provided that such Credit Party is the surviving entity of such merger and (iii) any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party with and into any other Subsidiary
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that is not a Credit Party; provided, however, in each case, no such merger shall be permitted if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing prior thereto or would arise as a result thereof.
Indebtedness
. (a) Create, incur, assume, or be liable for any Indebtedness other than Permitted Indebtedness or (b) purchase, redeem, defease, prepay or set aside any amount for payment of any principal of, premium, if any, interest or other amount payable in respect of any Indebtedness (other than with respect to the Obligations as described in Section 2.3) prior to its scheduled maturity, in each case other than (X) Permitted Indebtedness under clauses (c), (g), (j), and (k) of such definition, and (Y) Permitted Indebtedness refinanced with other Permitted Indebtedness.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the issuance of, entry into and (without limiting Section 7.9(b) or any other provision of this Agreement) performance of obligations under (including any payments of fees and interest in connection therewith to the extent expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.9(b)), and the issuance of Parent’s common stock in connection with the conversion, exercise, repurchase, redemption, settlement or early termination or cancellation of any Permitted Convertible Notes, in each case shall not be prohibited by Section 7.4(b).
Encumbrance
. (a) Create, incur, allow, or suffer any Lien on any of its property, except for Permitted Liens, (b) permit any Collateral to fail to be subject to the first priority security interest granted herein except for Permitted Liens that may have priority by operation of applicable Law or by the terms of a written intercreditor or subordination agreement entered into by Agent, or (c) enter into any agreement, document, license, instrument or other arrangement (except with or in favor of Agent) with any Person which directly or indirectly prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting or restricting such Credit Party or any Subsidiary of such Credit Party from assigning, mortgaging, pledging, granting a security interest in or upon, or encumbering any Credit Party’s or any Subsidiary’s property, except as is otherwise permitted in the definition of “Permitted Liens” herein.
Maintenance of Collateral Accounts
. Maintain any Collateral Account, except pursuant to the terms of Section 6.6 hereof.
Distributions; Investments; Margin Stock
(a).
(a) Pay any dividends or make any distribution or payment with respect to or redeem, retire or purchase or repurchase any of its equity interests (other than: (i) dividends payable solely in common stock; (ii) dividends and distributions of cash and cash equivalents by any Subsidiary to a Credit Party; and (iii) repurchases pursuant to the terms of employee stock purchase plans, employee restricted stock agreements or similar plans in an aggregate amount not to exceed Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000) in any twelve (12) month period); provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such repurchase is made or would result therefrom).
(b)Directly or indirectly (i)acquire, make, own or hold any Investment other than Permitted Investments or (ii) make or otherwise consummate any Acquisition other than a Permitted Acquisitions.
(c)Without limiting the foregoing, Credit Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, purchase or carry Margin Stock.
Nothing in this Section 7.7 shall be deemed to prohibit (i) the issuance of the Permitted Convertible Note, (ii) the entry into the Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions or Permitted Warrant Transactions, (iii) the issuance of Parent’s common stock in connection with the conversion, exercise, repurchase, redemption, settlement or early termination or cancellation of the Permitted Convertible Note or in connection with any Permitted Warrant Transaction, or (iv) any payments made in accordance with Section 7.9(b).
Transactions with Affiliates
. Directly or indirectly enter into or permit to exist any material transaction with any Affiliate of any Credit Party, except for (a) transactions that are in the Ordinary Course of Business, upon fair and reasonable terms that are no less favorable to such Credit Party than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with a non-affiliated Person, (b) transactions among Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries that
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are not otherwise prohibited by Article 7 of this Agreement, (c) transactions permitted by Section 7.7(a) of this Agreement, (d) transactions constituting bona fide equity financings for capital raising purposes not otherwise in contravention of this Agreement, and (e) director, officer and employee compensation (including bonuses) and other benefits (including retirement, health, stock option and other benefit plans and indemnification arrangements approved by the relevant board of directors, board managers or equivalent corporate body in the Ordinary Course of Business).
; Permitted Convertible Notes Payments.
(a)(i) Make or permit any payment on any Subordinated Debt, except to the extent expressly permitted to be made pursuant to the terms of the Subordination Agreement to which such Subordinated Debt is subject, or (ii) amend any provision in any document relating to the Subordinated Debt other than as may be expressly permitted pursuant to the terms of any applicable Subordination Agreement to which such Subordinated Debt is subject.
(b)Make or cause to be made any cash payment or cash settlement in respect of any Permitted Convertible Notes, Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions or Permitted Warrant Transactions, except for:
(i)Payment of reasonable and customary fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Permitted Convertible Notes;
(ii) Payment of regularly scheduled cash interest payments in respect of the Permitted Non-PIK Convertible Notes; provided, however, that no such payments shall be permitted pursuant to this clause (ii) if an Event of Default under Section 10.01(a), Section 10.1(f) or Section 10.1(o) has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom or if the Credit Parties are in breach of Section 9.1 of this Agreement at the time such payment is made or a breach of Section 9.1 would result therefrom; and
(iii) Payment of the initial purchase price for each Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction; provided that such purchase price less the proceeds received by Parent from the sale of any related Permitted Warrant Transaction, does not exceed the net proceeds received by Parent from the issuance of the Permitted Convertible Notes issued in connection with such Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction.
. (a) Become an “investment company” or a company controlled by an “investment company”, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended or undertake as one of its important activities extending credit to purchase or carry Margin Stock, or use the proceeds of any Credit Extension for that purpose; (b) fail, or permit any ERISA Affiliate to fail, to meet “minimum funding standards” (as defined in Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived, (c) permit (with respect to any Credit Party, any Subsidiary of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof) a “reportable event” as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA (or the regulations issued thereunder) (other than an event for which the 30-day notice requirement is waived) to occur, (d) engage in any “prohibited transaction” within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code that could reasonably be expected to result in liability in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; (e) fail to comply with the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act that could result in liability in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; (f) permit (with respect to any Credit Party, any Subsidiary of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof) the withdrawal from participation in any Pension Plan, (g) incur, or permit any Credit Party, any Subsidiary of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA) or (h) use any portion of the Credit Extensions to purchase or carry, become engaged in the business of purchasing or selling, or extend credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock.
Amendments to Organization Documents and Material Agreements
. Amend, modify or waive any provision of (a) any Material Agreement that pertains to rights to assign or grant a security interest in such Material Agreement in a manner that is materially adverse to Agent or any Lender or that could or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, or (b) any of its organizational documents (other than a change in registered
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agents or a change that could not materially adversely affect the rights of Agent or the Lenders hereunder), in each case, without the prior written consent of Agent or as otherwise expressly permitted hereunder.
Compliance with Anti-Terrorism Laws
. Directly or indirectly, knowingly enter into any documents, instruments, agreements or contracts with any Person listed on the OFAC Lists. Each Credit Party shall immediately notify Agent if such Credit Party has knowledge that any Credit Party or any Subsidiary or Affiliate is listed on the OFAC Lists or (a) is convicted on, (b) pleads nolo contendere to, (c) is indicted on, or (d) is arraigned and held over on charges involving money laundering or predicate crimes to money laundering. No Credit Party will, nor will any Credit Party permit any Subsidiary or Affiliate to, directly or indirectly, (i) conduct any business or engage in any transaction or dealing with any Blocked Person, including, without limitation, the making or receiving of any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Blocked Person, (ii) deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224, any similar executive order or other Anti-Terrorism Law, or (iii) engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in Executive Order No. 13224 or other Anti-Terrorism Law. Agent hereby notifies each Credit Party that pursuant to the requirements of Anti-Terrorism Laws, and Agent’s policies and practices, Agent is required to obtain, verify and record certain information and documentation that identifies such Credit Party and its principals, which information includes the name and address of such Credit Party and its principals and such other information that will allow Agent to identify such party in accordance with Anti-Terrorism Laws.
7.13Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries; Joint Ventures.
(a)Credit parties shall not permit, at any time, the aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents held or owned by all Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries to exceed Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) (or the equivalent thereof in any foreign currency) in the aggregate when combined with all amounts held in Excluded Accounts pursuant to Section 6.6(ii).
(b)No Restricted Foreign Subsidiary shall own, or have an exclusive license in respect of, any Material Intangible Assets except for the exclusive licenses granted pursuant to the Intercompany IP License Agreements. No Credit Party shall amend, supplement, terminate or otherwise modify any Intercompany IP License Agreement (or permit to occur any of the forgoing) without Agent’s prior consent (which consent may be granted or withheld in Agent’s reasonable discretion) unless such action could not reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on Agent or any Lender.
(c)No Credit Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, commingle any of its assets (including any bank accounts, cash or cash equivalents) with the assets of a joint venture or any other entity in which a Credit Party owns any equity interests (including any non-wholly owned Subsidiary) that is not a Credit Party, other than any Intellectual Property pursuant to Permitted Licenses.
7.14Inactive Subsidiary. The Credit Parties shall not permit the Inactive Subsidiary to (a) conduct any business operations, (b) have any cash or other assets (including any licenses or permits) or any liabilities (other than de minimis assets or liabilities as required by applicable law) and those assets listed on the Disclosure Schedule under the heading “Inactive Subsidiary Assets”; provided that, if any of the products that are the subject of the licenses held by the Inactive Subsidiary go into clinical development, Borrower shall cause such licenses to be transferred from the Inactive Subsidiary to a Credit Party within 30 days of Agent’s reasonable request, (c) own any capital stock of any Credit Party or any other Subsidiary of any Credit Party, or (d) operate any part of the Credit Parties’ business. For the avoidance of doubt, no Credit Party shall make any Investment in or Transfer to the Inactive Subsidiary.
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9.1Minimum Cash. Credit Parties shall not permit Credit Party Unrestricted Cash at any time during the term of this Agreement to be less than twenty five percent (25%) of the aggregate principal amount of the Credit Extensions outstanding hereunder at such time.
. The occurrence of any of the following conditions and/or events, whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise, shall constitute an “Event of Default” and Credit Parties shall thereupon be in default under this Agreement and each of the other Financing Documents:
(a)Borrower fails to (i) make any payment of principal or interest on any Credit Extension on its due date, or (ii) pay any other Obligations within three (3) Business Days after such Obligations are due and payable (which three (3) Business Day grace period shall not apply to payments due on the Termination Date).
(b)any Credit Party defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in this Agreement or in any other Financing Document (other than occurrences described in other provisions of this Section 10.1 for which a different grace or cure period is specified or for which no grace or cure period is specified and thereby constitute immediate Events of Default) and such default is not remedied by such Credit Party or waived by Agent within thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i) the date of receipt by any Borrower of notice from Agent or the Required Lenders of such default, or (ii) the date an officer of such Credit Party becomes aware, or through the exercise of reasonable diligence should have become aware, of such default;
(c)any Credit Party defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in Section 6.2, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7(a), 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.13, 6.15 or 6.16 or Article 7 or Article 9;
(d)any representation, warranty, certification or statement (when taken as a whole), made by any Credit Party, or any other Person acting for or on behalf of a Credit Party (i) in any Financing Document or in any certificate, financial statement or other document delivered pursuant to any Financing Document, or (ii) to induce Agent and/or Lenders to enter into this Agreement or any Financing Document is incorrect in any respect (or in any material respect if such representation, warranty, certification or statement is not by its terms already qualified as to materiality) when made (or deemed made);
(e)(i) any Credit Party defaults under or breaches any Material Agreement (after any applicable grace period contained therein), or there is a loss of a material right of a Credit Party under any Material Agreement, in each case, to the extent such breach or loss of a material right could be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, (ii) (A) any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party fails to make (after any applicable grace period) any payment when due (whether due because of scheduled maturity, required prepayment provisions, acceleration, demand or otherwise) on any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of such Credit Party or such Subsidiary having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement, note purchase agreement or indenture) of more than Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000) (“Material Indebtedness”), (B) any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any contractual obligation relating to any such Material Indebtedness, if the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of (without regard to any subordination terms with respect thereto), the maturity of such Material Indebtedness or (C) any such Material Indebtedness shall become or be declared to be due and payable, or be required to be prepaid, redeemed, defeased or repurchased (other than by a regularly scheduled required payment), prior to the stated maturity thereof, (iii) [Reserved], (iv) the occurrence of any breach or default under any terms or provisions of any Subordinated Debt Document or Convertible Note Document or under any agreement subordinating the Subordinated Debt to all or any portion of the Obligations, or the occurrence of any event requiring the prepayment in cash of any Subordinated Debt or any Permitted Convertible Note (other than payments permitted pursuant to Section 7.9(b)), or the delivery of any notice with respect to any Subordinated Debt or pursuant to any Subordination Agreement that triggers the start of any standstill or similar period under any Subordination Agreement, or (v) any Credit Party makes any payment on account of any Indebtedness that has been subordinated to any of the Obligations, other than payments specifically permitted by the terms of such subordination agreement or this Agreement; provided that this clause (e) shall not apply
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to any conversion of the Convertible Promissory Notes into common stock of the Parent or the satisfaction or occurrence of any condition the sole result of which is to give rise such conversion or a right on behalf of the holders of the Permitted Convertible Notes to require such conversion;
(f)(i) any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally, shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall cease doing business as a going concern, (ii) any proceeding shall be instituted by or against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof in any jurisdiction seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, composition of it or its debts or any similar order, in each case under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee, conservator, liquidating agent, liquidator, other similar official or other official with similar powers, in each case for it or for any substantial part of its property and, in the case of any such proceedings instituted against (but not by or with the consent of) such Credit Party or Subsidiary, either such proceedings shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of forty-five (45) days or more or any action sought in such proceedings shall occur or (iii) any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof shall take any corporate or similar action or any other action to authorize any action described in clause (i) or (ii) above;
(g)(i) the service of process seeking to attach, execute or levy upon, seize or confiscate any Collateral Account, any Intellectual Property, or any funds of any Credit Party on deposit with Agent, any Lender or any Affiliate of Agent or any Lender, or (ii) a notice of lien, levy, or assessment is filed against any assets of a Credit Party by any government agency, and the same under subclauses (i) and (ii) hereof involves either (x) a Material Intangible asset or (y) other Collateral in an aggregate amount exceeding Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000) and are not discharged or stayed (whether through the posting of a bond or otherwise) prior to the earlier to occur of twenty (20) days after the occurrence thereof or such action becoming effective;
(h)(i) any court order enjoins, restrains, or prevents a Credit Party from conducting any material part of its business, (ii) the institution by any Governmental Authority of criminal proceedings against any Credit Party or its Subsidiary and such action is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Change, or (iii) one or more judgments or orders for the payment of money (not paid or fully covered by insurance and as to which the relevant insurance company has not denied coverage in writing) aggregating in excess of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000) shall be rendered against any or all Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries and either (A) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon any such judgments or orders, or (B) there shall be any period of twenty (20) consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of any such judgments or orders, by reason of a pending appeal, bond or otherwise, shall not be in effect,
(i)except solely as a result of any action or inaction of Agent or any Lender (provided that such action or inaction is not caused by a Credit Party’s failure to comply with the terms of the Financing Documents), any Lien created by any of the Financing Documents shall at any time fail to constitute a valid and perfected Lien on all of the Collateral purported to be encumbered thereby, subject to no prior or equal Lien except Permitted Liens, or any Credit Party shall so assert; any provision of any Financing Document shall fail to be valid and binding on, or enforceable against, a Credit Party, or any Credit Party shall so assert;
(j)a Change in Control occurs;
(k)any Required Permit shall have been (i) revoked, rescinded, suspended, modified in a materially adverse manner or not renewed in the Ordinary Course of Business for a full term, or (ii) subject to any decision by a Governmental Authority that designates a hearing with respect to any applications for renewal of any of such Required Permit or that could result in the Governmental Authority taking any of the actions described in clause (i) above, and in each case of (i) and (ii) above, such decision or such revocation, rescission, suspension, modification or non-renewal has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Change;
(l)(i) the voluntary withdrawal or institution of any action or proceeding by the FDA or similar Governmental Authority (including any foreign Governmental Authority) to order the withdrawal of any
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Product or Product category from the market or to enjoin Borrower, its Subsidiaries or any representative of Borrower or its Subsidiaries from manufacturing, marketing, selling or distributing such Product or Product category, which, in each case or in the aggregate, has or could reasonably be expected to result in Material Adverse Change, (ii) the institution of any action or proceeding by any DEA, FDA, or any other Governmental Authority (including any foreign Governmental Authority) to revoke, suspend, reject, withdraw, limit, or restrict any Regulatory Required Permit held by Borrower, its Subsidiaries or any representative of Borrower or its Subsidiaries, which, in each case, has or could reasonably be expected to result in Material Adverse Change, (iii) the commencement of any enforcement action against Borrower, its Subsidiaries or any representative of Borrower or its Subsidiaries (with respect to the business of Borrower or its Subsidiaries) by DEA, FDA, or any other Governmental Authority (including any foreign Governmental Authority) which has or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, or (iv) the occurrence of adverse test results in connection with a Product which could result in Material Adverse Change.
(m)Parent’s equity securities fail to remain registered with the SEC and listed for trading on the NASDAQ Stock Market;
(n)the Guaranty contained in Article 15 hereof or any other Guarantee of the Obligations by the Credit Parties set forth in any other Financing Document shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect or any Credit Party shall so assert in writing; or
(o)the occurrence of a Material Adverse Change.
All cure periods provided for in this Section 10.1 shall run concurrently with any cure period provided for in any applicable Financing Documents under which the default occurred.
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(a)Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent may, and at the written direction of the Required Lenders shall, without notice or demand, do any or all of the following: (i) deliver notice of the Event of Default to Borrower, (ii) by notice to any Borrower declare all Obligations immediately due and payable (but if an Event of Default described in Section 10.1(f) occurs all Obligations shall be immediately due and payable without any action by Agent or the Lenders), or (iii) by notice to any Borrower suspend or terminate the obligations, if any, of the Lenders to advance money or extend credit for Borrower’s benefit under this Agreement or under any other agreement between any Credit Party and Agent and/or the Lenders (but if an Event of Default described in Section 10.1(f) occurs all obligations, if any, of the Lenders to advance money or extend credit for Borrower’s benefit under this Agreement or under any other agreement between Borrower and Agent and/or the Lenders shall be immediately terminated without any action by Agent or the Lenders).
(b)Without limiting the rights of Agent and the Lenders set forth in Section 10.2(a) above, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent shall have the right, without notice or demand, to do any or all of the following:
(i)with or without legal process, enter any premises where the Collateral may be and take possession of and remove the Collateral from the premises or store it on the premises, and foreclose upon and/or sell, lease or liquidate, the Collateral, in whole or in part;
(ii)apply to the Obligations (A) any balances and deposits of any Credit Party that Agent or any Lender or any Affiliate of Agent or a Lender holds or controls, or (B) any amount held or controlled by Agent or any Lender or any Affiliate of Agent or a Lender owing to or for the credit or the account of any Credit Party;
(iii)settle, compromise or adjust and grant releases with respect to disputes and claims directly with Account Debtors for amounts on terms and in any order that Agent considers advisable, notify any Person owing any Credit Party money of Agent’s security interest in such funds, and verify the amount of such Account;
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(iv)make any payments and do any acts it considers necessary or reasonable to protect the Collateral and/or its security interest in the Collateral. Borrower shall assemble the Collateral if Agent requests and make it available as Agent designates. Agent may also render any or all of the Collateral unusable at a Credit Party’s premises and may dispose of such Collateral on such premises without liability for rent or costs. Each Credit Party grants Agent a license to enter and occupy any of its premises, without charge, to exercise any of Agent’s rights or remedies;
(v)pay, purchase, contest, or compromise any Lien which appears to be prior or superior to its security interest and pay all expenses incurred;
(vi)ship, reclaim, recover, store, finish, maintain, repair, prepare for sale, and/or advertise for sale, the Collateral. Agent is hereby granted a non-exclusive, royalty-free license or other right to use, without charge, each Credit Party’s labels, patents, copyrights, mask works, rights of use of any name, trade secrets, trade names, trademarks, service marks, and advertising matter, or any similar property as it pertains to the Collateral, in completing production of, advertising for sale, and selling any Collateral (and including in such license access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof) and, in connection with Agent’s exercise of its rights under this Article 10, each Credit Party’s rights under all licenses and all franchise agreements shall be deemed to inure to Agent for the benefit of the Lenders;
(vii)place a “hold” on any account maintained with Agent or the Lenders or any Affiliate of Agent or a Lender and/or deliver a notice of exclusive control, any entitlement order, or other directions or instructions pursuant to any Control Agreement or similar agreements providing control of any Collateral;
(viii)demand and receive possession of the Books of Borrower and the other Credit Parties; and
(ix)exercise all other rights and remedies available to Agent under the Financing Documents or at law or equity, including all remedies provided under the Code (including disposal of the Collateral pursuant to the terms thereof).
. Any notice that Agent is required to give to a Credit Party under the UCC of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale or other intended disposition of the Collateral is to be made shall be deemed to constitute reasonable notice if such notice is given in accordance with this Agreement at least five (5) days prior to such action.
. If any Credit Party fails to pay or perform any covenant or obligation under this Agreement or any other Financing Document and such failure constitutes a an Event of Default that is continuing, Agent may pay or perform such covenant or obligation, and all amounts so paid by Agent are Protective Advances and immediately due and payable, bearing interest at the then highest applicable rate for the Credit Facilities hereunder, and secured by the Collateral. No such payments or performance by Agent shall be construed as an agreement to make similar payments or performance in the future or constitute Agent’s waiver of any Event of Default.
Liability for Collateral No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative
. So long as Agent comply with reasonable banking practices regarding the safekeeping of the Collateral in the possession or under the control of Agent, Agent shall not be liable or responsible for: (a) the safekeeping of the Collateral; (b) any loss or damage to the Collateral; (c) any diminution in the value of the Collateral; or (d) any act or default of any carrier, warehouseman, bailee, or other Person. The Credit Parties bear all risk of loss, damage or destruction of the Collateral. Agent’s failure, at any time or times, to require strict performance by any Credit Party of any provision of this Agreement or any other Financing Document shall not waive, affect, or diminish any right of Agent thereafter to demand strict performance and compliance herewith or therewith. No waiver hereunder shall be effective unless signed by Agent and then is only effective for the specific instance and purpose for which it is given. Agent’s rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other Financing Documents are cumulative. Agent has all rights and remedies provided under the Code, by Law, or in equity. Agent’s exercise of one (1) right or remedy is not an election, and Agent’s
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waiver of any Event of Default is not a continuing waiver. Agent’s delay in exercising any remedy is not a waiver, election, or acquiescence.
Application of Payments and Proceeds
. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, (i) each Credit Party irrevocably waives the right to direct the application of any and all payments at any time or times thereafter received by Agent from or on behalf of the Credit Parties of all or any part of the Obligations, and, as between the Credit Parties on the one hand and Agent and the Lenders on the other, Agent shall have the continuing and exclusive right to apply and to reapply any and all payments received against the Obligations in such manner as Agent may deem advisable notwithstanding any previous application by Agent, and (ii) unless Agent and the Lenders shall agree otherwise, the proceeds of any sale of, or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral shall be applied: first, to the Protective Advances; second, to accrued and unpaid interest on the Obligations (including any interest which, but for the provisions of the United States Bankruptcy Code, would have accrued on such amounts); third, to the principal amount of the Obligations outstanding; and fourth, to any other indebtedness or obligations of the Credit Parties owing to Agent or any Lender under the Financing Documents. The Credit Parties shall remain fully liable for any deficiency. Any balance remaining shall be delivered to the Credit Parties or to whomever may be lawfully entitled to receive such balance or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct. Unless Agent and the Lenders shall agree otherwise, in carrying out the foregoing, (x) amounts received shall be applied in the numerical order provided until exhausted prior to the application to the next succeeding category, and (y) each of the Persons entitled to receive a payment in any particular category shall receive an amount equal to its pro rata share of amounts available to be applied pursuant thereto for such category.
Waivers
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(a)Except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Borrower waives: (i) presentment, demand and protest, and notice of presentment, dishonor, intent to accelerate, acceleration, protest, default, nonpayment, maturity, release, compromise, settlement, extension or renewal of any or all Financing Documents and hereby ratifies and confirms whatever Agent or the Lenders may do in this regard; (ii) all rights to notice and a hearing prior to Agent’s or any Lender’s entry upon the premises of a Borrower, the taking possession or control of, or to Agent’s or any Lender’s replevy, attachment or levy upon, any Collateral or any bond or security which might be required by any court prior to allowing Agent or any Lender to exercise any of its remedies, in each case, in accordance with the terms of the Financing Documents; and (iii) the benefit of all valuation, appraisal and exemption Laws. Each Credit Party acknowledges that it has been advised by counsel of its choices and decisions with respect to this Agreement, the other Financing Documents and the transactions evidenced hereby and thereby.
(b)Each Credit Party, for itself and all its successors and assigns, (i) agrees that its liability shall not be in any manner affected by any indulgence, extension of time, renewal, waiver, or modification granted or consented to by any Lender; (ii) consents to any indulgences and all extensions of time, renewals, waivers, or modifications that may be granted by Agent or any Lender with respect to the payment or other provisions of the Financing Documents, and to any substitution, exchange or release of the Collateral, or any part thereof, with or without substitution, and agrees to the addition or release of any Credit Party, endorsers, guarantors, or sureties, or whether primarily or secondarily liable, without notice to any other Borrower and without affecting its liability hereunder; (iii) agrees that its liability shall be unconditional and without regard to the liability of any other Credit Party, Agent or any Lender for any tax on the indebtedness; and (iv) to the fullest extent permitted by law, expressly waives the benefit of any statute or rule of law or equity now provided, or which may hereafter be provided, which would produce a result contrary to or in conflict with the foregoing.
(c)To the extent that Agent or any Lender may have acquiesced in any noncompliance with any requirements or conditions precedent to the closing of the Credit Facilities or to any subsequent disbursement of Credit Extensions, such acquiescence shall not be deemed to constitute a waiver by Agent or any Lender of such requirements with respect to any future Credit Extensions and Agent may at any time after such acquiescence require Borrower to comply with all such requirements. Any forbearance by Agent or a Lender in exercising any right or remedy under any of the Financing Documents, or otherwise afforded by applicable law, including any failure to accelerate the Maturity Date of the Credit Facilities, shall not be a waiver of or preclude the exercise of any right or
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remedy nor shall it serve as a novation of the Financing Documents or as a reinstatement of the Obligations or a waiver of such right of acceleration or the right to insist upon strict compliance of the terms of the Financing Documents. Agent’s or any Lender’s acceptance of payment of any sum secured by any of the Financing Documents after the due date of such payment shall not be a waiver of Agent’s and such Lender’s right to either require prompt payment when due of all other sums so secured or to declare a default for failure to make prompt payment. The procurement of insurance or the payment of taxes or other Liens or charges by Agent as the result of an Event of Default shall not be a waiver of Agent’s right to accelerate the maturity of the Obligations, nor shall Agent’s receipt of any condemnation awards, insurance proceeds, or damages under this Agreement operate to cure or waive any Credit Party’s default in payment of sums secured by any of the Financing Documents.
(d)Without limiting the generality of anything contained in this Agreement or the other Financing Documents, each Borrower agrees that if an Event of Default is continuing (i) Agent and the Lenders shall not be subject to any “one action” or “election of remedies” law or rule, and (ii) all Liens and other rights, remedies or privileges provided to Agent or the Lenders shall remain in full force and effect until Agent or the Lenders have exhausted all remedies against the Collateral and any other properties owned by Borrower and the Financing Documents and other security instruments or agreements securing the Obligations have been foreclosed, sold and/or otherwise realized upon in satisfaction of Borrower’s obligations under the Financing Documents.
(e)Neither Agent nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in payment of any or all of the Obligations. Nothing contained herein or in any other Financing Document shall be construed as requiring Agent or any Lender to resort to any part of the Collateral for the satisfaction of any of Borrower’s obligations under the Financing Documents in preference or priority to any other Collateral, and Agent may seek satisfaction out of all of the Collateral or any part thereof, in its absolute discretion in respect of Borrower’s obligations under the Financing Documents. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Borrower, for itself and its successors and assigns, waives in the event of foreclosure of any or all of the Collateral any equitable right otherwise available to any Credit Party which would require the separate sale of any of the Collateral or require Agent or the Lenders to exhaust their remedies against any part of the Collateral before proceeding against any other part of the Collateral; and further in the event of such foreclosure each Borrower does hereby expressly consent to and authorize, at the option of Agent, the foreclosure and sale either separately or together of each part of the Collateral.
. The parties acknowledge and agree that, in the event of a breach or threatened breach of any Credit Party’s obligations under any Financing Documents, Agent and the Lenders may have no adequate remedy in money damages and, accordingly, shall be entitled to an injunction (including, without limitation, a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, writ of attachment, or order compelling an audit) against such breach or threatened breach, including, without limitation, maintaining any cash management and collection procedure described herein. However, no specification in this Agreement of a specific legal or equitable remedy shall be construed as a waiver or prohibition against any other legal or equitable remedies in the event of a breach or threatened breach of any provision of this Agreement. Each Credit Party waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the requirement of the posting of any bond in connection with such injunctive relief. By joining in the Financing Documents as a Credit Party, each Credit Party specifically joins in this Section 10.8 as if this Section 10.8 were a part of each Financing Document executed by such Credit Party.
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All notices, consents, requests, approvals, demands, or other communication by any party to this Agreement or any other Financing Document must be in writing and shall be deemed to have been validly served, given, or delivered: (a) upon the earlier of actual receipt and three (3) Business Days after deposit in the U.S. mail, first class, registered or certified mail return receipt requested, with proper postage prepaid; (b) upon transmission, when sent by electronic mail (if an email address is specified herein) or facsimile transmission; (c) one (1) Business Day after deposit with a reputable overnight courier with all charges prepaid; or (d) when delivered, if hand-delivered by messenger, all of which shall be addressed to the party to be notified and sent to the address, facsimile number, or email address indicated below. Any of Agent, a Lender or Borrower may change its mailing or electronic mail address or facsimile number by giving the other party written notice thereof in accordance with the terms of this Article 11.
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If to Borrower or any other Credit Party:
00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: VP, Finance
Fax: (000)-000-0000
Email: xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
If to Agent or to MidCap (or any of its Affiliates or Approved Funds) as a Lender:
MidCap Financial Trust
c/o MidCap Financial Services, LLC, as servicer
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Account Manager for Gossamer transaction
Fax: 000-000-0000
Email: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
With a copy to:
MidCap Financial Trust
c/o MidCap Financial Services, LLC, as servicer
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Legal
Fax: 000-000-0000
Email: xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
If to any Lender other than MidCap: at the address set forth on the signature pages to this Agreement or provided as a notice address for such in connection with any assignment hereunder.
12.1THIS AGREEMENT, EACH SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE AND EACH OTHER FINANCING DOCUMENT (EXCLUDING THOSE FINANCING DOCUMENTS THAT BY THEIR OWN TERMS ARE EXPRESSLY GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION), AND THE RIGHTS, REMEDIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR SUCH FINANCING DOCUMENT (EXCLUDING THOSE FINANCING DOCUMENTS THAT BY THEIR OWN TERMS ARE EXPRESSLY GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION), THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES AND ALL OTHER MATTERS RELATING HERETO, THERETO OR ARISING THEREFROM (WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT LAW, TORT LAW OR OTHERWISE), SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, AGENT AND THE LENDERS SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST BORROWER OR ITS PROPERTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHICH AGENT AND THE LENDERS (IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 12.1) DEEM NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE TO REALIZE ON THE COLLATERAL OR TO OTHERWISE ENFORCE AGENT’S AND LENDERS’ RIGHTS AGAINST BORROWER OR ITS PROPERTY. BORROWER EXPRESSLY SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE
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FEDERAL AND STATE COURTS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND ANY SUCH OTHER JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT, and Borrower hereby waives any objection that it may have based upon lack of personal jurisdiction, improper venue, or forum non conveniens and hereby consents to the granting of such legal or equitable relief as is deemed appropriate by such court. Borrower hereby waives personal service of the summons, complaints, and other process issued in such action or suit and agrees that service of such summons, complaints, and other process may be made by registered or certified mail addressed to Borrower at the address set forth in ARTICLE 11 of this Agreement and that service so made shall be deemed completed upon the earlier to occur of Borrower’s actual receipt thereof or three (3) days after deposit in the U.S. mail, proper postage prepaid.
12.2(a)TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, BORROWER, AGENT AND THE LENDERS EACH WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT, THE FINANCING DOCUMENTS OR ANY CONTEMPLATED TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT, TORT, BREACH OF DUTY AND ALL OTHER CLAIMS. THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR BOTH PARTIES TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS COUNSEL.
(b)IN THE EVENT THAT ANY SUCH ACTION IS COMMENCED OR MAINTAINED IN ANY COURT IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND THE WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL SET FORTH IN THE SECTION ABOVE IS NOT ENFORCEABLE, AND EACH PARTY TO SUCH ACTION DOES NOT SUBSEQUENTLY WAIVE IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY, THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY ELECT TO PROCEED AS FOLLOWS:
(i)WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ITEMS SPECIFIED IN CLAUSE (II) BELOW, ANY CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CLAIM (EACH, A “CONTROVERSY”) BETWEEN THE PARTIES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER FINANCING DOCUMENT WILL BE RESOLVED BY A REFERENCE PROCEEDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 638, ET SEQ. OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, OR THEIR SUCCESSOR SECTIONS, WHICH SHALL CONSTITUTE THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR THE RESOLUTION OF ANY CONTROVERSY, INCLUDING WHETHER THE CONTROVERSY IS SUBJECT TO THE REFERENCE PROCEEDING. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED ABOVE, VENUE FOR THE REFERENCE PROCEEDING WILL BE IN ANY COURT IN WHICH VENUE IS APPROPRIATE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW (THE “COURT”).
(iii)THE REFEREE SHALL BE A RETIRED JUDGE OR JUSTICE SELECTED BY MUTUAL WRITTEN AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES. IF THE PARTIES DO NOT AGREE WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS OF A WRITTEN REQUEST TO DO SO BY ANY PARTY, THEN, UPON REQUEST OF ANY PARTY, THE REFEREE SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COURT (OR HIS OR HER REPRESENTATIVE). A REQUEST FOR APPOINTMENT OF A REFEREE MAY BE HEARD ON AN EX PARTE OR EXPEDITED BASIS, AND THE PARTIES AGREE THAT IRREPARABLE HARM WOULD RESULT IF EX PARTE RELIEF IS NOT GRANTED.
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(iv)EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE REFEREE SHALL DETERMINE THE MANNER IN WHICH THE REFERENCE PROCEEDING IS CONDUCTED INCLUDING THE TIME AND PLACE OF HEARINGS, THE ORDER OF PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE, AND ALL OTHER QUESTIONS THAT ARISE WITH RESPECT TO THE COURSE OF THE REFERENCE PROCEEDING. ALL PROCEEDINGS AND HEARINGS CONDUCTED BEFORE THE REFEREE, EXCEPT FOR TRIAL, SHALL BE CONDUCTED WITHOUT A COURT REPORTER, EXCEPT THAT WHEN ANY PARTY SO REQUESTS, A COURT REPORTER WILL BE USED AT ANY HEARING CONDUCTED BEFORE THE REFEREE, AND THE REFEREE WILL BE PROVIDED A COURTESY COPY OF THE TRANSCRIPT. THE PARTY MAKING SUCH A REQUEST SHALL HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO ARRANGE FOR THE COURT REPORTER. SUBJECT TO THE REFEREE’S POWER TO AWARD COSTS TO THE PREVAILING PARTY, THE CREDIT PARTIES WILL PAY THE COST OF THE REFEREE AND ALL COURT REPORTERS.
(v)THE REFEREE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO DETERMINE ALL ISSUES IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXISTING APPLICABLE CASE LAW AND STATUTORY LAW. THE RULES OF EVIDENCE APPLICABLE TO PROCEEDINGS AT LAW IN THE COURT WILL BE APPLICABLE TO THE REFERENCE PROCEEDING. THE REFEREE SHALL BE EMPOWERED TO ENTER EQUITABLE AS WELL AS LEGAL RELIEF, ENTER EQUITABLE ORDERS THAT WILL BE BINDING ON THE PARTIES AND RULE ON ANY MOTION THAT WOULD BE AUTHORIZED IN A COURT PROCEEDING. THE REFEREE SHALL ISSUE A DECISION AT THE CLOSE OF THE REFERENCE PROCEEDING WHICH DISPOSES OF ALL CLAIMS OF THE PARTIES THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF THE REFERENCE.PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 644, SUCH DECISION SHALL BE ENTERED BY THE COURT AS A JUDGMENT OR AN ORDER IN THE SAME MANNER AS IF THE ACTION HAD BEEN TRIED BY THE COURT AND ANY SUCH DECISION WILL BE FINAL, BINDING AND CONCLUSIVE. THE PARTIES RESERVE THE RIGHT TO APPEAL FROM THE FINAL JUDGMENT OR ORDER OR FROM ANY APPEALABLE DECISION OR ORDER ENTERED BY THE REFEREE. THE PARTIES RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAWS, A WRITTEN STATEMENT OF DECISION, AND THE RIGHT TO MOVE FOR A NEW TRIAL OR A DIFFERENT JUDGMENT, WHICH NEW TRIAL, IF GRANTED, IS ALSO TO BE A REFERENCE PROCEEDING UNDER THIS PROVISION.
(vi)NEITHER THE INCLUSION OF THIS SECTION 12.2(b), NOR ANY REFERENCE TO CALIFORNIA LAW CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO AFFECT OR LIMIT IN ANY WAY THE PARTIES’ CHOICE OF NEW YORK LAW OR IMPLY THAT THE CREDIT PARTIES HAVE AGREED TO VENUE IN CALIFORNIA.
California Waiver
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(a)BY SIGNING BELOW, EACH BORROWER WAIVES ANY RIGHT, UNDER CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 2954.10 OR OTHERWISE, TO PREPAY ANY PORTION OF THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WITHOUT A PREPAYMENT FEE. EACH BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT PREPAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL BALANCE MAY RESULT IN AGENT AND/OR A LENDER INCURRING ADDITIONAL LOSSES, COSTS, EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES, INCLUDING LOST REVENUE AND LOST PROFITS. EACH BORROWER THEREFORE AGREES TO PAY A PREPAYMENT FEE AND HEREIN IF ANY PRINCIPAL AMOUNT IS PREPAID, WHETHER VOLUNTARILY OR BY REASON OF ACCELERATION, INCLUDING ACCELERATION UPON ANY SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER OF ANY INTEREST IN THE COLLATERAL.EACH BORROWER FURTHER AGREES THAT AGENT’S AND EACH LENDER’S WILLINGNESS TO OFFER THE INTEREST RATE DESCRIBED HEREIN TO BORROWER IS SUFFICIENT AND INDEPENDENT CONSIDERATION, GIVEN INDIVIDUAL WEIGHT BY AGENT AND THE LENDERS FOR THIS WAIVER. EACH BORROWER UNDERSTANDS THAT AGENT AND THE LENDERS WOULD NOT OFFER SUCH AN INTEREST RATE TO THE BORROWER ABSENT THIS WAIVER.
(b)California Waiver; No Hearing Required. Each Borrower waives any right or defense it may have at Law or equity, including California Code of Civil Procedure Section 580a, to a fair market value hearing or action to determine a deficiency judgment after a foreclosure.
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(c)Borrower Acknowledgment. California Civil Code Section 2955.5(a) provides as follows: “No lender shall require a borrower, as a condition of receiving or maintaining a loan secured by real property, to provide hazard insurance coverage against risks to the improvements on that real property in an amount exceeding the replacement value of the improvements on the property.” For purposes of the foregoing, (i) the term “hazard insurance coverage” means insurance against losses caused by perils which are commonly covered in policies described as a “Homeowner’s Policy,” “General Property Form,” “Guaranteed Replacement Cost Insurance,” “Special Building Form,” “Standard Fire,” “Standard Fire with Extended Coverage,” “Standard Fire with Special Form Endorsement,” or comparable insurance coverage to protect the real property against loss or damage from fire and other perils covered within the scope of a standard extended coverage endorsement, and (ii) the term “Improvements” means buildings or structures attached to the real property. Each Borrower acknowledges having received this disclosure prior to execution of the Financing Documents to be delivered by Borrower in connection with the Credit Facilities.
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(a)This Agreement binds and is for the benefit of the successors and permitted assigns of each party. No Credit Party may assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations under it without Agent’s prior written consent (which may be granted or withheld in Agent’s discretion).Any Lender may at any time assign to one (1) or more Eligible Assignees all or any portion of such Lender’s Applicable Commitment and/or Credit Extensions, together with all related obligations of such Lender hereunder. The Credit Parties and Agent shall be entitled to continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with the interests so assigned until Agent shall have received and accepted an effective assignment agreement in form and substance acceptable to Agent, executed, delivered and fully completed by the applicable parties thereto, and shall have received such other information regarding such Eligible Assignee as Agent reasonably shall require. Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Agreement to the contrary, any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided, however, 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. If requested by Agent, Borrower agrees to (i) execute any documents reasonably required to effectuate and acknowledge each assignment of an Applicable Commitment or Credit Extension to an assignee hereunder, (ii) make Borrower’s management available to meet with Agent and prospective participants and assignees of Applicable Commitments or Credit Extensions and (iii) assist Agent or the Lenders in the preparation of information relating to the financial affairs of the Credit Parties as any prospective participant or assignee of an Applicable Commitment or Credit Extension reasonably may request.
(b)From and after the date on which the conditions described above have been met, (i) such Eligible Assignee shall be deemed automatically to have become a party hereto and, to the extent of the interests assigned to such Eligible Assignee pursuant to such assignment agreement, shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder, and (ii) the assigning Lender, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such assignment agreement, shall be released from its rights and obligations hereunder (other than those that survive termination). Upon the request of the Eligible Assignee (and, as applicable, the assigning Lender) pursuant to an effective assignment agreement, each Borrower shall execute and deliver to Agent for delivery to the Eligible Assignee (and, as applicable, the assigning Lender) secured notes in the aggregate principal amount of the Eligible Assignee’s Credit Extensions or Applicable Commitments (and, as applicable, secured promissory notes in the principal amount of that portion of the principal amount of the Credit Extensions or Applicable Commitments retained by the assigning Lender).
(c)Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of Borrower, shall maintain at its offices located in Bethesda, Maryland a copy of each assignment agreement delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of each Lender, and the commitments of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Credit Extensions owing to, such Lender pursuant to the terms hereof (the “Register”). The entries in such Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and Borrower, Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded therein pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this
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Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. Such Register shall be available for inspection by Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time upon reasonable prior notice to Agent. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of Borrower 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 Obligations (each, a “Participant Register”). The entries in the Participant Registers shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and each Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. Each Participant Register shall be available for inspection by Borrower and Agent at any reasonable time upon reasonable prior notice to the applicable Lender; 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 Financing Document) to any Person (including Borrower) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. For the avoidance of doubt, Agent (in its capacity as Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(d)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Credit Extensions (including any Secured Promissory Notes evidencing such Credit Extensions) are registered obligations, the right, title and interest of the Lenders and their assignees in and to such Credit Extensions shall be transferable only upon notation of such transfer in the Register and no assignment thereof shall be effective until recorded therein. This Agreement shall be construed so that the Credit Extensions are at all times maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the IRC and Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.
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(a)Borrower hereby agrees to promptly pay (i) (A) all reasonable and documented costs and expenses of Agent (including, without limitation, the costs, expenses and reasonable fees of counsel to, and independent appraisers and consultants retained by, Agent) in connection with the examination, review, due diligence investigation, documentation, negotiation, closing and syndication of the transactions contemplated by the Financing Documents, and in connection with the continued administration of the Financing Documents including (1) any amendments, modifications, consents and waivers to and/or under any and all Financing Documents, and (2) any periodic public record searches conducted by or at the request of Agent (including, without limitation, title investigations, UCC searches, fixture filing searches, judgment, pending litigation and tax lien searches and searches of applicable corporate, limited liability, partnership and related records concerning the continued existence, organization and good standing of certain Persons and, in the case of any Credit Party organized in Ireland, searches in the Irish Companies Registration Office and winding up and petitions search and judgments search, each in the Central Office of The High Court of Ireland), and (B) costs and expenses of Agent in connection with the performance by Agent of its rights and remedies under the Financing Documents; (ii) without limitation of the preceding clause (i), all reasonable and documented costs and expenses of Agent in connection with the creation, perfection and maintenance of Liens pursuant to the Financing Documents; (iii) without limitation of the preceding clause (i), all documented costs and expenses of Agent in connection with (A) protecting, storing, insuring, handling, maintaining or selling any Collateral, (B) any litigation, dispute, suit or proceeding relating to any Financing Document, and (C) any workout, collection, bankruptcy, insolvency and other enforcement proceedings under any and all of the Financing Documents; (iv) without limitation of the preceding clause (i), all documented costs and expenses of Agent in connection with Agent’s reservation of funds in anticipation of the funding of the Credit Extensions to be made hereunder; and (v) all documented costs and expenses incurred by Agent or the Lenders in connection with any litigation, dispute, suit or proceeding relating to any Financing Document and in connection with any workout, collection, bankruptcy, insolvency and other enforcement proceedings under any and all Financing Documents, whether or not Agent or the Lenders are a party thereto. If Agent or any Lender uses in-house counsel for any of these purposes, Borrower further agrees that the Obligations include reasonable charges for such work.
(b)Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify, pay and hold harmless Agent and the Lenders and the officers, directors, employees, trustees, agents, investment advisors, collateral managers, servicers, and counsel of Agent and the Lenders (collectively called the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations,
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losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, claims, costs, expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including the disbursements and reasonable fees of counsel for such Indemnitee) in connection with any investigative, response, remedial, administrative or judicial matter or proceeding, whether or not such Indemnitee shall be designated a party thereto and including any such proceeding initiated by or on behalf of a Credit Party, and the reasonable expenses of investigation by engineers, environmental consultants and similar technical personnel and any commission, fee or compensation claimed by any broker (other than any broker retained by Agent or the Lenders) asserting any right to payment for the transactions contemplated hereby, which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnitee as a result of or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the use or intended use of the proceeds of the Credit Facilities, except that Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to an Indemnitee with respect to any liability resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. To the extent that the undertaking set forth in the immediately preceding sentence may be unenforceable, Borrower shall contribute the maximum portion which it is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable Law to the payment and satisfaction of all such Indemnified Liabilities incurred by the Indemnitees or any of them. No Indemnitee 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 Agreement or the other Financing Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. This Section 13.2(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.
(c)Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this Agreement, the obligations of Borrower under this Section 13.2 shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement. NO INDEMNITEE SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO ANY CREDIT PARTY OR TO ANY OTHER PARTY TO ANY FINANCING DOCUMENT, ANY SUCCESSOR, ASSIGNEE OR THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY OR ANY OTHER PERSON ASSERTING CLAIMS DERIVATIVELY THROUGH SUCH PARTY, FOR INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE ALLEGED AS A RESULT OF CREDIT HAVING BEEN EXTENDED, SUSPENDED OR TERMINATED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER FINANCING DOCUMENT OR AS A RESULT OF ANY OTHER TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER.
(d)Borrower for itself and all endorsers, guarantors and sureties and their heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns, hereby further specifically waives any rights that it may have under Section 1542 of the California Civil Code (to the extent applicable), which provides as follows: “A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR,” and further waives any similar rights under applicable Laws.
(e)Without limiting the generality of Section 13.15 or any other provision hereof, each Borrower, to the maximum extent permitted by law, expressly waives:
(i)all rights and defenses arising out of an election of remedies by Agent, even though that election of remedies, such as a nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to security for the Obligations, has destroyed such Borrower’s rights of subrogation and reimbursement against any Borrower by the operation of Section 580d of the California Code of Civil Procedure or otherwise; and
(ii)all rights and defenses that such Borrower may have relating to Obligations that are or become secured by real property. This means, among other things: (A) Agent may collect from such Borrower without first foreclosing on any real property or personal property collateral pledged by any other Borrower and (B) if Agent forecloses on any real property pledged by any Borrower or any Guarantor: (1) the amount of the Obligations may be reduced only by the price for which such collateral is sold at the foreclosure sale, even if such collateral is worth more than the sale price; and (2) Agent may collect from such Borrower even if Agent, by foreclosing on any such real property, has destroyed any right such Borrower may have to collect from the other Borrower. This is an unconditional and irrevocable waiver of any rights and defenses such Borrower may have relating to Obligations that are secured by real property. These rights and defenses include, but are not limited to, any rights or defenses based upon Section 580a, 580b, 580d or 726 of the California Code of Civil Procedure or any comparable statutes. As
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provided in Section 12.1 hereof, this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. The foregoing provisions are included solely out of an abundance of caution and shall not be construed to mean that any of the above referenced provisions of California law are in any way applicable to this Agreement or the Obligations.
. Time is of the essence for the payment and performance of the Obligations in this Agreement.
. Each provision of this Agreement is severable from every other provision in determining the enforceability of any provision.
Correction of Financing Documents
. Agent may correct patent errors and fill in any blanks in this Agreement and the other Financing Documents consistent with the agreement of the parties so long as Agent provides Borrower with written notice of such correction and allows Borrower at least ten (10) days to object to such correction. In the event of such objection, such correction shall not be made except by an amendment signed by Agent, the Required Lenders and Borrower.
. This Agreement and the other Financing Documents represent the entire agreement about this subject matter and supersede prior negotiations or agreements. All prior agreements, understandings, representations, warranties, and negotiations between the parties about the subject matter of this Agreement and the Financing Documents merge into this Agreement and the Financing Documents.
. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, is an original, and all taken together, constitute one Agreement. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile transmission or electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
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(a)Termination by Lenders. In addition to the rights set forth in Section 10.2, Agent may, and at the direction of Required Lenders shall, terminate this Agreement without notice upon or after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.
(b)Termination by Borrower. Upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice and pursuant to payoff documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and Lenders, Borrower may, at its option, terminate this Agreement; provided, however, that no such termination shall be effective until the Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations for which no claim has yet been made and any other obligations which, by their terms, are to survive the termination of this Agreement) are paid in full. Any notice of termination given by Borrower shall be an irrevocable notice (provided that, the Borrower’s written notice may state that such notice is conditioned upon (x) a transaction in connection with the refinancing in full of the Obligations, or (y) a transaction resulting in a Change in Control, in each case, to the extent such transaction is not consummated, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to Agent on or prior to the specified effective date)). Borrower may elect to terminate this Agreement in its entirety only. No section of this Agreement or type of loan available hereunder may be terminated singly.
(c)Survival; Effectiveness of Termination. All covenants, representations and warranties made in this Agreement continue in full force until this Agreement has terminated pursuant to its terms and all Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations for which no claim has yet been made and any other obligations which, by their terms, are to survive the termination of this Agreement) have been satisfied (including all obligations to pay fees in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the other Financing Documents). The obligation of Borrower in Section 13.2 to indemnify each Lender and Agent shall survive until the statute of limitations with respect to such claim or cause of action shall have run. All powers of attorney and appointments of Agent or any Lender as Borrower’s attorney in fact hereunder, and all of Agent’s and Lenders’ rights and powers in respect thereof, are coupled with an interest, are irrevocable until all Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations for which no
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claim has yet been made and any other obligations which, by their terms, are to survive the termination of this Agreement) have been fully repaid and performed and Agent’s and the Lenders’ obligation to provide Credit Extensions terminates.
(d)Collateral Release. (i) The lien and security interest created hereunder shall be automatically released (A) with respect to all Collateral upon the payment in full of all Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations and any other obligations which, by their terms, are to survive the termination of this Agreement), (B) with respect to any Collateral sold or otherwise disposed of in full (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, any Collateral that is subject to any license (including any Permitted License), lease or similar arrangement pursuant to which a Credit Party retains title to Collateral) to any Person, other than a Credit Party, pursuant to a Transfer expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.1, on the date the applicable transaction is consummated, or (C) if otherwise approved, authorized or ratified in writing by Agent in its sole discretion. Upon such release, Agent shall, upon the reasonable request and at the sole cost and expense of the Credit Parties, assign, transfer and deliver to Borrower, against receipt and without recourse to or warranty by Agent, such Collateral or any part thereof, which shall be released in accordance with customary documents and instruments (including without limitation UCC-3 termination financing statements or releases) acknowledging the release of such Collateral; provided however that (x) Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in Agent’s opinion, would expose Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, (y) with respect to clause (a) above, Agent shall not be deemed to have released its liens unless it has received a payoff letter in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it, and (z) with respect to clause (b) above, such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than the Liens being expressly released) upon (or obligations of the Credit Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Credit Parties, including the proceeds of any such Transfer, sale or similar transaction, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral.
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Agent hereby agrees to promptly (but in any event within five (5) Business Days of a request from Credit Parties) release its lien and security interest in respect of Intellectual Property rights that are exclusively licensed pursuant to and in accordance with clauses (c) and (d) of the definition of Permitted License pursuant to lien release documentation reasonably requested by Credit Parties; provided that (A) in no event shall Agent be required to release its Lien on or security in respect of any U.S. registered Intellectual Property or any U.S. rights to or in respect of any Intellectual Property that is subject to an exclusive license pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of Permitted License, (B) Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in Agent’s opinion, would expose Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty and (C) in all cases, such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than the Liens being expressly released) upon (or obligations of the Credit Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Credit Parties, including all IP Proceeds and any other proceeds of any such Permitted License, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral.
. In handling any confidential information of Borrower, each of the Lenders and Agent shall use all reasonable efforts to maintain, in accordance with its customary practices, the confidentiality of information obtained by it pursuant to any Financing Document and designated in writing by any Credit Party as confidential, but disclosure of information may be made: (a) to the Lenders’ and Agent’s Subsidiaries or Affiliates that are advised of the confidential nature of such information, are instructed to keep such information confidential and have an obligation to keep such information confidential; (b) to prospective transferees or purchasers of any interest in the Credit Extensions who have entered into confidentiality agreements with respect to such information that are as restrictive as the requirements hereunder; (c) as required by Law, regulation, subpoena, order or other legal, administrative, governmental or regulatory request; (d) to regulators or as otherwise required in connection with an examination or audit, or to any nationally recognized rating agency; (e) as Agent or any Lender considers appropriate in its reasonable discretion in exercising remedies under the Financing Documents; (f) to financing sources who have entered into customary confidentiality agreements with respect to such information with Agent or such Lender; (g) to third party service providers of the Lenders and/or Agent so long as such service providers are bound to such Lender or Agent by obligations of confidentiality; (h) to the extent necessary or customary for inclusion in league table measurements; and (i) in connection with any litigation or other proceeding to which such Lender or Agent or any of their Affiliates is a party or bound, or to the extent necessary to respond to public statements or disclosures by Credit Parties or their Affiliates referring to a Lender or Agent or any of their Affiliates. Confidential information does not
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include information that either: (i) is in the public domain or in the Lenders’ and/or Agent’s possession when disclosed to the Lenders and/or Agent, or becomes part of the public domain after disclosure to the Lenders and/or Agent; or (ii) is disclosed to the Lenders and/or Agent by a third party, if the Lenders and/or Agent does not know that the third party is prohibited from disclosing the information. Agent and/or the Lenders may use confidential information for the development of anonymized and aggregated client databases, reporting purposes, and market analysis, so long as Agent and/or the Lenders, as applicable, do not disclose Borrower’s identity or the identity of any Person associated with Borrower unless otherwise permitted by this Agreement. The provisions of the immediately preceding sentence shall survive the termination of this Agreement. The agreements provided under this Section 13.9 supersede all prior agreements, understanding, representations, warranties, and negotiations between the parties about the subject matter of this Section 13.9.
. Borrower hereby grants to Agent and to each Lender, a lien, security interest and right of set-off as security for all Obligations to Agent and each Lender hereunder, whether now existing or hereafter arising upon and against all deposits, credits, collateral and property, now or hereafter in the possession, custody, safekeeping or control of Agent or the Lenders or any entity under the control of Agent or the Lenders (including an Agent or Lender Affiliate) or in transit to any of them. At any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, without demand or notice, Agent or the Lenders may set-off the same or any part thereof and apply the same to any liability or obligation of Borrower even though unmatured and regardless of the adequacy of any other collateral securing the Obligations. ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO REQUIRE AGENT TO EXERCISE ITS RIGHTS OR REMEDIES WITH RESPECT TO ANY OTHER COLLATERAL WHICH SECURES THE OBLIGATIONS, PRIOR TO EXERCISING ITS RIGHT OF SET-OFF WITH RESPECT TO SUCH DEPOSITS, CREDITS OR OTHER PROPERTY OF BORROWER, ARE HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVED.
Publicity
. No Credit Party will directly or indirectly publish, disclose or otherwise use in any public disclosure, advertising material, promotional material, press release or interview, any reference to the name, logo or any trademark of Agent or any Lender or any of their Affiliates or any reference to this Agreement or the financing evidenced hereby, in any case except as required (or at the opinion of counsel, advisable) by applicable Law, subpoena or judicial or similar order, in which case the Credit Parties shall endeavor to give Agent prior written notice of such publication or other disclosure. Each Lender and each Credit Party hereby authorize each Lender to publish the name of such Lender and Borrower, the existence of the financing arrangements referenced under this Agreement, the primary purpose and/or structure of those arrangements, the amount of credit extended under each facility, the title and role of each party to this Agreement, and the total amount of the financing evidenced hereby in any “tombstone”, comparable advertisement or press release which such Lender elects to submit for publication. In addition, each Lender and each Credit Party agree that each Lender may provide lending industry trade organizations with information necessary and customary for inclusion in league table measurements after the Closing Date. With respect to any of the foregoing, such authorization shall be subject to such Lender providing the Credit Parties and the other Lenders with an opportunity to review and confer with such Lender regarding, and approve, the contents of any such tombstone, advertisement or information, as applicable, prior to its initial submission for publication, but subsequent publications of the same tombstone, advertisement or information shall not require the Credit Parties’ approval.
. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.
. Unless expressly provided herein to the contrary, any approval, consent, waiver or satisfaction of Agent or the Lenders with respect to any matter that is the subject of this Agreement or the other Financing Documents may be granted or withheld by Agent and the Lenders in their sole and absolute discretion and credit judgment.
Amendments; Required Lenders; Inter-Lender Matters
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(a)No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Financing Document, no approval or consent thereunder, or any consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom (in each case, other than amendments, waivers, approvals or consents deemed ministerial by Agent), shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Borrower, the other Credit Parties, Agent and the Required Lenders. Except as set forth in clause (b) below, all such amendments, modifications, terminations or waivers requiring the consent of the “Lenders” shall require the written consent of Required Lenders.
(b)No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Financing Document shall, unless in writing and signed by Agent and by each Lender directly affected thereby: (i) increase or decrease the Applicable Commitment of any Lender (which shall be deemed to affect all Lenders), (ii) reduce the principal of or rate of interest on any Obligation or the amount of any fees payable hereunder, (iii) postpone the date fixed for or waive any payment of principal of or interest on any Credit Extension, or any fees or reimbursement obligation hereunder, (iv) release all or substantially all of the Collateral, or consent to a transfer of any of the Intellectual Property, in each case, except as otherwise expressly permitted in the Financing Documents (which shall be deemed to affect all Lenders), (v) subordinate the lien granted in favor of Agent securing the Obligations (which shall be deemed to affect all Lenders, except as otherwise provided below), (vi) release a Credit Party from, or consent to a Credit Party’s assignment or delegation of, such Credit Party’s obligations hereunder and under the other Financing Documents or any Guarantor from its guaranty of the Obligations (which shall be deemed to affect all Lenders) or (vii) amend, modify, terminate or waive this Section 13.14(b) or the definition of “Required Lenders” or “Pro Rata Share” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the consent of each Lender. For purposes of the foregoing, no Lender shall be deemed affected by (i) waiver of the imposition of the Default Rate or imposition of the Default Rate to only a portion of the Obligations, (ii) waiver of the accrual of late charges, (iii) waiver of any fee solely payable to Agent under the Financing Documents, (iv) subordination of a lien granted in favor of Agent; provided that such subordination is limited to equipment being financed by a third party providing Permitted Indebtedness. Notwithstanding any provision in this Section 13.14 to the contrary, no amendment, modification, termination or waiver affecting or modifying the rights or obligations of Agent hereunder shall be effective unless signed by Agent and the Required Lenders
(c)Agent shall not grant its written consent to any deviation or departure by Borrower or any other Credit Party from the provisions of Article 7 without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders. Required Lenders shall have the right to direct Agent to take any action described in Section 10.2(b). Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, Agent shall have the right to exercise any and all remedies referenced in Section 10.2 without the written consent of Required Lenders following the occurrence of an “Exigent Circumstance” (as defined below). All matters requiring the satisfaction or acceptance of Agent in the definition of Subordinated Debt shall further require the satisfaction and acceptance of each Required Lender. Any reference in this Agreement to an allocation between or sharing by the Lenders of any right, interest or obligation “ratably,” “proportionally” or in similar terms shall refer to Pro Rata Share unless expressly provided otherwise. As used in this Section, “Exigent Circumstance” means any event or circumstance that, in the reasonable judgment of Agent, imminently threatens the ability of Agent to realize upon all or any material portion of the Collateral, such as, without limitation, fraudulent removal, concealment, or abscondment thereof, destruction or material waste thereof, or failure of Borrower after reasonable demand to maintain or reinstate adequate casualty insurance coverage, or which, in the judgment of Agent, could result in a material diminution in value of the Collateral.
. If there is more than one (1) entity comprising Borrower, then (a) any Borrower may, acting singly, request Credit Extensions hereunder, (b) each Borrower hereby appoints the other as agent for the other for all purposes hereunder, including with respect to requesting Credit Extensions hereunder, (c) each Borrower shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay and perform all obligations under the Financing Documents, including, but not limited to, the obligation to repay all Credit Extensions made hereunder and all other Obligations, regardless of which Borrower actually receives said Credit Extensions, as if each Borrower directly received all Credit Extensions, and (d) each Borrower waives (1) any suretyship defenses available to it under the Code or any other applicable law, and (2) any right to require the Lenders or Agent to: (A) proceed against any Borrower or any other person; (B) proceed against or exhaust any security; or (C) pursue any other remedy. The Lenders or Agent may exercise or not exercise any right or remedy they have against any Credit Party or any security (including the right to foreclose by judicial or non-judicial sale) without affecting any other Credit Party’s liability or any Lien against any
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other Credit Party’s assets. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or other related document, until the indefeasible payment in cash in full of the Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations for which no claim has yet been made) and termination of the Applicable Commitments, each Borrower irrevocably waives all rights that it may have at law or in equity (including, without limitation, any law subrogating Borrower to the rights of the Lenders and Agent under this Agreement) to seek contribution, indemnification or any other form of reimbursement from any other Credit Party, or any other Person now or hereafter primarily or secondarily liable for any of the Obligations, for any payment made by any Credit Party with respect to the Obligations in connection with this Agreement or otherwise and all rights that it might have to benefit from, or to participate in, any security for the Obligations as a result of any payment made by a Credit Party with respect to the Obligations in connection with this Agreement or otherwise. Any agreement providing for indemnification, reimbursement or any other arrangement prohibited under this Section shall be null and void. If any payment is made to a Credit Party in contravention of this Section, such Credit Party shall hold such payment in trust for the Lenders and Agent and such payment shall be promptly delivered to Agent for application to the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured.
. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition or other proceeding be filed by or against any Credit Party for liquidation or reorganization, should any Credit Party become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or creditors or should an interim receiver, receiver, receiver and manager or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of any Credit Party’s assets, and shall continue to be effective or to be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Obligations, whether as a fraudulent preference reviewable transaction or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.
. Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) and each Lender hereby notifies each Credit Party that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record certain information and documentation that identifies such Credit Party, which information includes the name and address of such Credit Party and such other information that will allow Agent or such Lender, as applicable, to identify such Credit Party in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.
13.18Other Currency. Without limiting Section 2.6 or any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, the obligations of any of the Credit Parties in respect of any amount due under this Agreement shall, notwithstanding any payment in any other currency (the “Other Currency”) (whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise), be discharged only to the extent of the amount in the currency in which it is due (the “Agreed Currency”) that Agent or Lenders may, in accordance with normal banking procedures, purchase with the sum paid in the Other Currency (after any premium and costs of exchange) on the Business Day immediately after the day on which Agent or Lender receives the payment. If the amount of the Agreed Currency that may be so purchased for any reason falls short of the amount originally due, such Credit Party shall pay all additions amounts, in the Agreed Currency, as may be necessary to compensate for the shortfall. Any obligation of a Credit Party not discharged by that payment shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be due as a separate and independent obligation and, until discharged as provided in this Section 13.19, continue in full force and effect.
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Appointment and Authorization of Agent
. Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints, designates and authorizes Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Financing Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement or any other Financing Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of Agent and the Lenders and none of Credit Parties nor any other Person shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions hereof. The duties of Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere herein or in any other Financing Document, Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or participant, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or
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any other Financing Document or otherwise exist against Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” herein and in the other Financing Documents with reference to 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. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority (to the exclusion of the Lenders), and is hereby authorized, to (a) act as collateral agent for Agent and each Lender for purposes of the perfection of all liens created by the Financing Documents and all other purposes stated therein, (b) manage, supervise and otherwise deal with the Collateral, (c) take such other action as is necessary or desirable to maintain the perfection and priority of the liens created or purported to be created by the Financing Documents, (d) except as may be otherwise specified in any Financing Document, exercise all remedies given to Agent and the other Lenders with respect to the Collateral, whether under the Financing Documents, applicable law or otherwise and (e) execute any amendment, consent or waiver under the Financing Documents on behalf of any Lender that has consented in writing to such amendment, consent or waiver; provided, however, that Agent hereby appoints, authorizes and directs each Lender to act as collateral sub-agent for Agent and the Lenders for purposes of the perfection of all liens with respect to the Collateral, including any deposit account maintained by a Credit Party with, and cash and cash equivalents held by, such Lender, and may further authorize and direct the Lenders to take further actions as collateral sub-agents for purposes of enforcing such liens or otherwise to transfer the Collateral subject thereto to Agent, and each Lender hereby agrees to take such further actions to the extent, and only to the extent, so authorized and directed.
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(a)Agent may at any time assign its rights, powers, privileges and duties hereunder to (i) another Lender or an Affiliate of Agent or any Lender or any Approved Fund, or (ii) any Person to whom Agent, in its capacity as a Lender, has assigned (or will assign, in conjunction with such assignment of agency rights hereunder) fifty percent (50%) or more of the Credit Extensions or Applicable Commitments then held by Agent (in its capacity as a Lender), in each case without the consent of the Lenders or Borrower. Following any such assignment, Agent shall give notice to the Lenders and Borrower. An assignment by Agent pursuant to this subsection (a) shall not be deemed a resignation by Agent for purposes of subsection (b) below.
(b)Without limiting the rights of Agent to designate an assignee pursuant to subsection (a) above, Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within ten (10) Business Days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent; provided, however, that if Agent shall notify Borrower and the Lenders that no Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice from Agent that no Person has accepted such appointment and, from and following delivery of such notice, (i) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Financing Documents, and (ii) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time as Required Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in this subsection (b).
(c)Upon (i) an assignment permitted by subsection (a) above, or (ii) the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Agent pursuant to subsection (b) above, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Financing Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this subsection (c)). The fees payable by Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Financing Documents, the provisions of this Article shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent and its sub-agents in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Agent was acting or was continuing to act as Agent.
. Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement or any other Financing Document by or through its, or its Affiliates’, agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled
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to obtain and rely upon the advice of counsel and other consultants or experts concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney-in-fact that it selects in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct. Any such Person to whom Agent delegates a duty shall benefit from this Article 14 to the extent provided by Agent.
. Except as otherwise provided herein, no “Agent-Related Person” (as defined below) shall (a) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Financing Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein), or (b) be responsible in any manner to any Lender or participant for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by any Credit Party or any officer thereof, contained herein or in any other Financing Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Financing Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Financing Document, or for any failure of any Credit Party or any other party to any Financing Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lender or participant to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Financing Document, or to inspect the Collateral, other properties or books or records of any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof. The term “Agent-Related Person” means Agent, together with its Affiliates, and the officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors, auditors and attorneys-in-fact of such Persons; provided, however, that no Agent-Related Person shall be an Affiliate of Borrower.
. Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, communication, signature, resolution, representation, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex or telephone message, electronic mail message, statement 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 Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by Agent. Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under any Financing Document (a) if such action would, in the opinion of Agent, be contrary to law or any Financing Document, (b) if such action would, in the opinion of Agent, expose Agent to any potential liability under any law, statute or regulation or (c) if Agent shall not first have received such advice or concurrence of all Lenders as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, 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. Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Financing Document in accordance with a request or consent of all Lenders (or Required Lenders where authorized herein) and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders.
. Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default and/or Event of Default, unless Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or Borrower, describing such Default or Event of Default. Agent will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any such notice. While an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Event of Default as Agent shall deem advisable or in the best interests of the Lenders, including without limitation, satisfaction of other security interests, liens or encumbrances on the Collateral not permitted under the Financing Documents, payment of taxes on behalf of Borrower or any other Credit Party, payments to landlords, warehouseman, bailees and other Persons in possession of the Collateral and other actions to protect and safeguard the Collateral, and actions with respect to insurance claims for casualty events affecting a Credit Party and/or the Collateral.
Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Agent
. Each Lender acknowledges that no Agent-Related Person has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by Agent hereafter taken, including any consent to and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of Borrower or any Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent-Related Person to any Lender as to any matter, including whether Agent-Related Persons have disclosed material information in their possession. Each Lender represents to Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of, and investigation into, the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Credit Parties, and
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all applicable bank or other regulatory Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to Borrower hereunder. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person 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 Agreement and the other Financing Documents, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of Borrower. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by Agent herein, Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any Credit Party which may come into the possession of any Agent-Related Person.
. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, each Lender shall, severally and pro rata based on its respective Pro Rata Share, indemnify upon demand each Agent-Related Person (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of Borrower and without limiting the obligation of Borrower to do so), and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities (which shall not include legal expenses of Agent incurred in connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) incurred by it; provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to any Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities to the extent determined in a judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent-Related Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided, however, that no action taken in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall, severally and pro rata based on its respective Pro Rata Share, reimburse Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including Protective Advances incurred after the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) incurred by Agent (in its capacity as Agent, and not as a Lender) 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 Agreement, any other Financing Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of Borrower. The undertaking in this Section shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations, the termination of this Agreement and the resignation of Agent. The term “Indemnified Liabilities” means those liabilities described in Section 13.2(a) and Section 13.2(b).
Agent in its Individual Capacity
. With respect to its Credit Extensions, MidCap shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise such rights and powers as though it were not Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” include MidCap in its individual capacity. MidCap and its Affiliates may lend money to, invest in, and generally engage in any kind of business with, any Credit Party and any of their Affiliates and any person who may do business with or own securities of any Credit Party or any of their Affiliates, all as if MidCap were not Agent and without any duty to account therefor to Lenders. MidCap and its Affiliates may accept fees and other consideration from a Credit Party for services in connection with this Agreement or otherwise without having to account for the same to the Lenders. Each Lender acknowledges the potential conflict of interest between MidCap as a Lender holding disproportionate interests in the Credit Extensions and MidCap as Agent, and expressly consents to, and waives, any claim based upon, such conflict of interest.
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 Credit Party, Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Credit Extension, shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether Agent shall have made any demand on such Credit Party) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a)to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Credit Extensions 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 Lenders and Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and Agent allowed in such judicial proceeding); and
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(b)to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to Agent and, in the event that Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of Agent and its agents and counsel, including Protective Advances. To the extent that Agent fails timely to do so, each Lender may file a claim relating to such Lender’s claim.
Collateral and Guaranty Matters
. The Lenders irrevocably authorize Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release (a) any Credit Party and any Lien on any Collateral granted to or held by Agent under any Financing Document upon the date that all Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations for which no claim has yet been made and any other obligations which, by their terms, are to survive the termination of this Agreement) due hereunder have been fully and paid in full and no Applicable Commitments or other obligations of any Lender to provide funds to Borrower under this Agreement remain outstanding, and (b) any Lien on any Collateral that is transferred or to be transferred as part of or in connection with any transfer permitted hereunder or under any other Financing Document. Upon request by Agent at any time, all Lenders will confirm in writing Agent’s authority to release its interest in particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to this Section 14.11.
Advances; Payments; Non-Funding Lenders
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(a)Advances; Payments. If Agent receives any payment for the account of the Lenders on or prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on any Business Day, Agent shall pay to each applicable Lender such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such payment on such Business Day. If Agent receives any payment for the account of the Lenders after 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on any Business Day, Agent shall pay to each applicable Lender such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such payment on the next Business Day. To the extent that any Lender has failed to fund any Credit Extension (a “Non-Funding Lender”), Agent shall be entitled to set-off the funding short-fall against that Non-Funding Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all payments received from Borrower.
(b)Return of Payments.
(i)If Agent pays an amount to a Lender under this Agreement in the belief or expectation that a related payment has been or will be received by Agent from a Credit Party and such related payment is not received by Agent, then Agent will be entitled to recover such amount (including interest accruing on such amount at the Federal Funds Rate for the first Business Day and thereafter, at the rate otherwise applicable to such Obligation) from such Lender on demand without set-off, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.
(ii)If Agent determines at any time that any amount received by Agent under this Agreement must be returned to a Credit Party or paid to any other person pursuant to any insolvency law or otherwise, then, notwithstanding any other term or condition of this Agreement or any other Financing Document, Agent will not be required to distribute any portion thereof to any Lender. In addition, each Lender will repay to Agent on demand any portion of such amount that Agent has distributed to such Lender, together with interest at such rate, if any, as Agent is required to pay to a Credit Party or such other person, without set-off, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.
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(a)Neither Agent nor any Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any Non-Funding Lender to make a Credit Extension or make any other advance required hereunder. The failure of any Non‑Funding Lender to make any Credit Extension or any payment required by it hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender (each such other Lender, an “Other Lender”) of its obligations to make the Credit Extension or payment required by it, but neither any Other Lender nor Agent shall be responsible for the failure of any Non-Funding Lender to make a Credit Extension or make any other payment required hereunder. Notwithstanding anything set forth herein to the contrary,
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a Non-Funding Lender shall not have any voting or consent rights under or with respect to any Financing Document or constitute a “Lender” (or be included in the calculation of “Required Lender” hereunder) for any voting or consent rights under or with respect to any Financing Document. At Borrower’s request, Agent or a person reasonably acceptable to Agent shall have the right with Agent’s consent and in Agent’s sole discretion (but shall have no obligation) to purchase from any Non-Funding Lender, and each Non-Funding Lender agrees that it shall, at Agent’s request, sell and assign to Agent or such person, all of the Applicable Commitments and all of the outstanding Credit Extensions of that Non-Funding Lender for an amount equal to the principal balance of the Credit Extensions held by such Non-Funding Lender and all accrued interest and fees with respect thereto through the date of sale, such purchase and sale to be consummated pursuant to an executed assignment agreement reasonably acceptable to Agent.
(b)Each Lender shall promptly remit to the other Lenders such sums as may be necessary to ensure the ratable repayment of each Lender’s portion of any Credit Extension and the ratable distribution of interest, fees and reimbursements paid or made by any Credit Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if this Agreement requires payments of principal and interest to be made directly to the Lenders, a Lender receiving a scheduled payment shall not be responsible for determining whether the other Lenders also received their scheduled payment on such date; provided, however, if it is determined that a Lender received more than its ratable share of scheduled payments made on any date or dates, then such Lender shall remit to Agent (for Agent to redistribute to itself and the Lenders in a manner to ensure the payment to Agent of any sums due Agent hereunder and the ratable repayment of each Lender’s portion of any Credit Extension and the ratable distribution of interest, fees and reimbursements) such sums as may be necessary to ensure the ratable payment of such scheduled payments, as instructed by Agent. If any payment or distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash, properties or securities and whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set-off, or otherwise, shall be received by a Lender in excess of its ratable share, then (i) the portion of such payment or distribution in excess of such Lender’s ratable share shall be received by such Lender in trust for application to the payments of amounts due on the other Lender’s claims, or, in the case of Collateral, shall hold such Collateral for itself and as agent and bailee for Agent and other Lenders and (ii) such Lender shall promptly advise Agent of the receipt of such payment, and, within five (5) Business Days of such receipt and, in the case of payments and distributions, such Lender shall purchase (for cash at face value) from the other Lenders (through Agent), without recourse, such participations in the Credit Extension made by the other Lenders as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of them in accordance with the respective Pro Rata Shares of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered by or on behalf of a Credit Party from such purchasing Lender, the purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, but without interest; provided, further, that the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by a Credit Party pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or the other Financing Documents, or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Applicable Commitment pursuant to Section 13.1. Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant to this Section may exercise all of its rights of payment (including the right of set-off) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of Borrower in the amount of such participation. No documentation other than notices and the like shall be required to implement the terms of this Section. Agent shall keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations purchased pursuant to this Section and shall in each case notify the Lenders following any such purchases.
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15.1Guaranty. Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally (a) guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, jointly and severally with each other Guarantor when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by notice of prepayment or otherwise, the due and punctual performance of all of the Obligations, including payment in full of the principal, accrued but unpaid interest and all other amounts due and owing to the Agent and Lenders under any Credit Facility and (b) indemnifies each Lender immediately on demand against any cost, loss or liability suffered by such Lender if any obligations guaranteed by it are or become unenforceable, invalid, voided, avoid or illegal, the amount of which such cost, loss or liability shall be equal to the amount which such Lender would otherwise be entitled to recover. Each payment made by any Guarantor pursuant to this Section 15 shall be made in lawful money of the United States in immediately available funds. Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges and agrees that it is an Affiliate or other interested party and will derive significant economic benefit from the Credit Extensions.
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15.2Payment of Amounts Owed. The Guarantee hereunder is an absolute, unconditional and continuing guarantee of the full and punctual payment and performance of all of the Obligations and not of their collectability only and is in no way conditioned upon any requirement that the Agent or any Lender first attempt to collect any of the Obligations from Borrower or resort to any collateral security or other means of obtaining payment. In the event of any default by Borrower in the payment of the Obligations, after the expiration of any applicable cure or grace period, each Guarantor agrees, on demand by Agent (which demand may be made concurrently with notice to Borrower that Borrower is in default of its obligations), to pay the Obligations, regardless of any defense, right of set-off or recoupment or claims which Borrower or Guarantor may have against Agent or Lenders. All of the remedies set forth in this Agreement, in any other Financing Document or at law or equity shall be equally available to Agent and Lenders, and the choice by Agent or Lenders of one such alternative over another shall not be subject to question or challenge by any Guarantor or any other person, nor shall any such choice be asserted as a defense, setoff, recoupment or failure to mitigate damages in any action, proceeding, or counteraction by Agent or Lenders to recover or seeking any other remedy under this Guarantee, nor shall such choice preclude Agent or Lenders from subsequently electing to exercise a different remedy
15.3Certain Waivers by Guarantor. To the fullest extent permitted by law, and until terminated in accordance with Section 15.9, each Guarantor does hereby:
(a)waive notice of acceptance of this Agreement by Agent and Lenders and any and all notices and demands of every kind which may be required to be given by any statute, rule or law;
(b)agree to refrain from asserting, until after repayment in full of the Obligations, any defense, right of set-off, right of recoupment or other claim which such Guarantor may have against Borrower;
(c)waive any defense, right of set-off, right of recoupment or other claim which such Guarantor may have against Agent, Lenders or the holder of the Secured Promissory Notes;
(d)waive any and all rights such Guarantor may have under any anti-deficiency statute or other similar protections;
(e)waive all rights at law or in equity to seek subrogation, contribution, indemnification or any other form of reimbursement or repayment from Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other person or entity now or hereafter primarily or secondarily liable for any of the Obligations until the Obligations have been paid in full;
(f)waive presentment for payment, demand for payment, notice of nonpayment or dishonor, protest and notice of protest, diligence in collection and any and all formalities which otherwise might be legally required to charge such Guarantor with liability;
(g)waive the benefit of all appraisement, valuation, marshalling, forbearance, stay, extension, redemption, homestead, exemption and moratorium laws now or hereafter in effect;
(h)waive any defense based on the incapacity, lack of authority, death or disability of any other person or entity or the failure of Agent or Lenders to file or enforce a claim against the estate of any other person or entity in any administrative, bankruptcy or other proceeding;
(i)waive any defense based on an election of remedies by Agent or Lenders, whether or not such election may affect in any way the recourse, subrogation or other rights of such Guarantor against Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other person in connection with the Obligations;
(j)waive any defense based on the failure of the Agent or Lenders to (i) provide notice to such Guarantor of a sale or other disposition of any of the security for any of the Obligations, or (ii) conduct such a sale or disposition in a commercially reasonable manner;
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(k)waive any defense based on the negligence of Agent or Lenders in administering this Agreement or the other Financing Documents (including, but not limited to, the failure to perfect any security interest in any Collateral), or taking or failing to take any action in connection therewith, provided, however, that such waiver shall not apply to the gross negligence or willful misconduct or material breach of the Financing Documents on the part of the Agent or Lenders, as determined by the final, non-appealable decision of a court having proper jurisdiction;
(l)waive any right to file any Claim (as defined below) as part of, and any right to request consolidation of any action or proceeding relating to a Claim with, any action or proceeding filed or maintained by Agent or Lenders to collect any Obligations of such Guarantor to Agent or Lenders hereunder or to exercise any rights or remedies available to Agent or Lenders under the Financing Documents, at law, in equity or otherwise;
(m)agree that neither Agent nor Lenders shall have any obligation to obtain, perfect or retain a security interest in any property to secure any of the Obligations (including any mortgage or security interest contemplated by the Financing Documents);
(n)waive any obligation Agent or Lenders may have to disclose to such Guarantor any facts the Agent or Lenders now or hereafter may know or have reasonably available to it regarding Borrower or Borrower’s financial condition, whether or not the Agent or Lenders have a reasonable opportunity to communicate such facts or have reason to believe that any such facts are unknown to such Guarantor or materially increase the risk to such Guarantor beyond the risk such Guarantor intends to assume hereunder;
(o)agree that neither Agent nor Lenders shall be liable in any way for any decrease in the value or marketability of any property securing any of the Obligations which may result from any action or omission of the Agent or Lenders in enforcing any part of this Agreement;
(p)waive any defense based on any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability, in whole or in part, of any one or more of the Financing Documents;
(q)waive any defense based on any change in the composition of Borrower, and
(r)waive any defense based on any representations and warranties made by such Guarantor herein or by Borrower herein or in any of the Financing Documents.
For purposes of this section, the term “Claim” shall mean any claim, action or cause of action, defense, counterclaim, retention, set-off or right of recoupment of any kind or nature against the Agent or Lenders, its officers, directors, employees, agents, members, actuaries, accountants, trustees or attorneys, or any affiliate of the Agent or Lenders in connection with the making, closing, administration, collection or enforcement by the Agent or Lenders of the Obligations.
15.4Guarantor’s Obligations Not Affected by Modifications of Financing Documents. Each Guarantor further agrees that such Guarantor’s liability as guarantor shall not be impaired or affected by any renewals or extensions which may be made from time to time, with or without the knowledge or consent of Guarantor for the time for payment of interest or principal or by any forbearance or delay in collecting interest or principal hereunder, or by any waiver by Agent or Lenders under this Agreement or any other Financing Documents, or by Agent’s or Lenders’ failure or election not to pursue any other remedies it may have against Borrower or Guarantor, or by any change or modification in this Agreement or any other Financing Document, or by the acceptance by Agent or Lenders of any additional security or any increase, substitution or change therein, or by the release by Agent or Lenders of any security or any withdrawal thereof or decrease therein, or by the application of payments received from any source to the payment of any obligation other than the Obligations even though Agent or Lenders might lawfully have elected to apply such payments to any part or all of the Obligations, it being the intent hereof that, subject to Agent’s or Lenders’ compliance with the terms of this Section 15 and the Financing Documents, each Guarantor shall remain liable for the payment of the Obligations, until the Obligations have been paid in full, notwithstanding any act or thing which might otherwise operate as a legal or equitable discharge of a surety. Each Guarantor further understands and agrees that
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Agent or Lenders may at any time enter into agreements with Borrower to amend, modify and/or increase the principal amount of, interest rate applicable to or other economic and non-economic terms of this Agreement or the other Financing Documents, and may waive or release any provision or provisions of this Agreement or the other Financing Documents, and, with reference to such instruments, may make and enter into any such agreement or agreements with a Credit Party as Agent, Lenders and Borrower may deem proper and desirable, without in any manner impairing this Guarantee or any of Agent’s or Lenders’ rights hereunder or each Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, and each Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall apply to the this Agreement and other Financing Documents as so amended, modified, extended, renewed or increased.
15.5Reinstatement; Deficiency. This guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated (as the case may be) if at any time payment of all or any part of any sum payable pursuant to this Agreement or any other Financing Document is rescinded or otherwise required to be returned by Agent or Lenders upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation, or reorganization of Borrower, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor, custodian or conservator of or trustee or similar officer for, Borrower or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment to Agent or Lenders had not been made, regardless of whether Agent or Lenders contested the order requiring the return of such payment. In the event of the foreclosure of the Financing Documents and of a deficiency, each Guarantor hereby promises and agrees forthwith to pay the amount of such deficiency notwithstanding the fact that recovery of said deficiency against Borrower would not be allowed by applicable law; however, the foregoing shall not be deemed to require that Agent or Lenders institute foreclosure proceedings or otherwise resort to or exhaust any other collateral or security prior to or concurrently with enforcing this guaranty.
15.6Subordination of Borrower’s Obligations to Guarantors; Claims in Bankruptcy.
(a)Any indebtedness of Borrower to any Guarantor (including, but not limited to, any right of such Guarantor to a return of any capital contributed to Borrower and any right of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification or contribution hereunder of such Guarantor against Borrower or other Credit Party), whether now or hereafter existing, is hereby subordinated to the payment of the Obligations. Each Guarantor agrees that, until the Obligations have been paid in full, such Guarantor will not seek, accept, or retain for its own account, any payment from Borrower on account of such subordinated debt. Any payments to any Guarantor on account of such subordinated debt shall be collected and received by such Guarantor in trust for Agent and Lenders and shall be immediately paid over to Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, on account of the Obligations without impairing or releasing the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder.
(b)Each Guarantor shall promptly file in any bankruptcy or other proceeding in which the filing of claims is required by law, all claims and proofs of claims that such Guarantor may have against Borrower or any other Guarantor and does with effect from the occurrence of an Event of Default hereby assign to Agent or its nominee (and will, upon request of Agent, reconfirm in writing the assignment to Agent or its nominee of) all rights of such Guarantor under such claims. If such Guarantor does not file any such claim, Agent, as attorney in fact for such Guarantor, is hereby irrevocably authorized with effect from the occurrence of an Event of Default to do so in the name of such Guarantor, or in Agent’s discretion, to assign the claim to a designee and cause proof of claim to be filed in the name of Agent’s designee. In all such cases, whether in administration, bankruptcy or otherwise, the person or persons authorized to pay such claim shall pay to Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, the full amount thereof and, to the full extent necessary for that purpose, each Guarantor with effect from the occurrence of an Event of Default hereby assigns to the Lenders all of such Guarantor’s rights to any such payments or distributions to which such Guarantor would otherwise be entitled, such assignment being a present and irrevocable assignment of all such rights.
15.7Maximum Liability; Contribution.
(a)Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in any other of the Financing Documents, the obligations of each Guarantor under this Agreement and the other Financing Documents shall be limited to an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render such obligations subject to avoidance under any state corporate law, or any state, federal or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
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or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally (including, without limitation, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act and Section 548 of title 11 of the United States Code or any applicable provisions of comparable Laws.
(b)All Guarantors desire to allocate among themselves (collectively, the “Contributing Guarantors”), in a fair and equitable manner, their obligations arising under this Guaranty. Accordingly, in the event any payment or distribution is made on any date by a Guarantor (a “Funding Guarantor”) under this Guaranty such that its Aggregate Payments exceeds its Fair Share as of such date, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each of the other Contributing Guarantors in an amount sufficient to cause each Contributing Guarantor’s Aggregate Payments to equal its Fair Share as of such date. “Fair Share” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the ratio of (i) the Fair Share Contribution Amount with respect to such Contributing Guarantor to (ii) the aggregate of the Fair Share Contribution Amounts with respect to all Contributing Guarantors multiplied by (b) the aggregate amount paid or distributed on or before such date by all Funding Guarantors under this Guaranty in respect of the obligations Guaranteed. “Fair Share Contribution Amount” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, the maximum aggregate amount of the obligations of such Contributing Guarantor under this Guaranty that would not render its obligations hereunder or thereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or any comparable applicable provisions of state Law; provided that, solely for purposes of calculating the “Fair Share Contribution Amount” with respect to any Contributing Guarantor for purposes of this Section 15.7(b), any assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor arising by virtue of any rights to subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification or any rights to or obligations of contribution hereunder shall not be considered as assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor. “Aggregate Payments” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (1) the aggregate amount of all payments and distributions made on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor in respect of this Guaranty (including in respect of this Section 15.7(b), minus (2) the aggregate amount of all payments received on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor from the other Contributing Guarantors as contributions under this Section 15.7(b). The amounts payable as contributions hereunder shall be determined as of the date on which the related payment or distribution is made by the applicable Funding Guarantor. The allocation among Contributing Guarantors of their obligations as set forth in this Section 15.7(b) shall not be construed in any way to limit the liability of any Contributing Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor is a third party beneficiary to the contribution agreement set forth in this Section 15.7(b) and a right to receive any Fair Share Contribution Amount shall be deemed an asset of the Guarantor entitled to such amount.
15.8Guarantor’s Benefit; Guarantor’s Investigation.
(a)Each Guarantor represents and warrants that it will directly benefit from the Lenders’ making the Credit Extensions and other financial accommodations to Borrower.
(b)Each Guarantor acknowledges receipt of a copy of each of this Agreement and the other Financing Documents. Each Guarantor has made an independent investigation of the other Credit Parties and of the financial condition of the other Credit Parties. Neither Agent nor any Lender has made and neither Agent nor any Lender does make any representations or warranties as to the income, expense, operation, finances or any other matter or thing affecting any Credit Party nor has Agent or any Lender made any representations or warranties as to the amount or nature of the Obligations of any Credit Party to which this Section 15 applies as specifically herein set forth, nor has Agent or any Lender or any officer, agent or employee of Agent or any Lender or any representative thereof, made any other oral representations, agreements or commitments of any kind or nature, and each Guarantor hereby expressly acknowledges that no such representations or warranties have been made and such Guarantor expressly disclaims reliance on any such representations or warranties.
15.9Termination. The provisions of this Article 15 shall remain in effect until this Agreement has terminated pursuant to its terms and all Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations and any other obligations which, by their terms, are to survive the termination of this Agreement) have been satisfied.
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In addition to any terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, or in any schedule or exhibit attached hereto, as used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:
“Access Agreement” means a landlord consent, bailee letter or warehouseman’s letter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, in favor of Agent executed by such landlord, bailee or warehouseman, as applicable, for any third party location.
“Account” means any “account”, as defined in the Code, with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made, and includes, without limitation, all accounts receivable and other sums owing to Borrower.
“Account Debtor” means any “account debtor”, as defined in the Code, with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made.
“Acquisition” means any transaction or series of related transactions for the purpose of or resulting, directly or indirectly, in (a) the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of a Person, or of any business, line of business or division or other unit of operation of a Person, (b) the acquisition of fifty percent (50%) or more of the equity interests of any Person, whether or not involving a merger or consolidation with such other Person, or otherwise causing any Person to become a Subsidiary of a Credit Party, (c) any merger or consolidation or any other combination with another Person or (d) the acquisition (including through licensing) of any product, product line or Intellectual Property of or from any other Person.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, a Person that owns or controls directly or indirectly the Person, any Person that controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the Person, and each of that Person’s senior executive officers, directors, partners and, for any Person that is a limited liability company, that Person’s managers and members.
“Agent” means, MidCap, not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as agent on behalf of and for the benefit of the Lenders, together with its successors and assigns.
“Agreed Currency” has the meaning given it in Section 13.19.
“Agreement” has the meaning given it in the preamble of this Agreement.
“Anti-Terrorism Laws” means any Laws relating to terrorism or money laundering, including Executive Order No. 13224 (effective September 24, 2001), the USA PATRIOT Act, the Laws comprising or implementing the Bank Secrecy Act, and the Laws administered by OFAC.
“Applicable Commitment” has the meaning given it in Section 2.2
“Applicable Floor” means for each Credit Facility the per annum rate of interest specified on the Credit Facility Schedule.
“Applicable Index Rate” means, for any Applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by Agent equal to the Applicable Libor Rate; provided, however, that in the event that any change in market conditions or any law, regulation, treaty, or directive, or any change therein or in the interpretation of application thereof, shall at any time after the date hereof, in the reasonable opinion of Agent or any Lender, make it unlawful or impractical for Agent or such Lender to fund or maintain Obligations bearing interest based upon the Applicable Libor Rate, Agent or such Lender shall give notice of such changed circumstances to Agent and Borrower and the Applicable Index Rate for Obligations outstanding or thereafter extended or made by Agent or such Lender shall thereafter be the Applicable Prime Rate until Agent or such Lender determines (as to the portion of the Credit Extensions or Obligations owed to it) that it would no longer be unlawful or impractical to fund or maintain such Obligations or Credit Extensions at the Applicable Libor Rate. In the event that Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto), as of any Applicable Interest Rate Determination Date, that adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the interest rate applicable to any Credit Facility on the basis provided for
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herein, then Agent may select a comparable replacement index and corresponding margin.
“Applicable Interest Period” for each Credit Facility has the meaning specified for that Credit Facility in the Credit Facility Schedule; provided, however, that, at any time that the Applicable Prime Rate is the Applicable Index Rate, Applicable Interest Period shall mean the period commencing as of the most recent Applicable Interest Rate Determination Date and continuing until the next Applicable Interest Rate Determination Date or such earlier date as the Applicable Prime Rate shall no longer be the Applicable Index Rate; and provided, further, that, at any time the Libor Rate Index is adjusted as set forth in the definition thereof, or re-implemented following invocation of the Applicable Prime Rate as permitted herein, the Applicable Interest Period shall mean the period commencing as of such adjustment or re-implementation and continuing until the next Applicable Interest Rate Determination Date, if any.
“Applicable Interest Rate” means a per annum rate of interest equal to the Applicable Index Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
“Applicable Interest Rate Determination Date” means the second (2nd) Business Day prior to the first (1st) day of the related Applicable Interest Period; provided, however, that, at any time that the Applicable Prime Rate is the Applicable Index Rate, Applicable Interest Rate Determination Date means the date of any change in the Base Rate Index; and provided, further, that, at any time the Libor Rate Index is adjusted as set forth in the definition thereof, the Applicable Interest Rate Determination Date shall mean the date of such adjustment or the second (2nd) Business Day prior to the first (1st) day of the related Applicable Interest Period, as elected by Agent.
“Applicable Libor Rate” means, for any Applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum, determined by Agent (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th%), equal to the greater of (a) the Applicable Floor and (b) the Libor Rate Index.
“Applicable Margin” for each Credit Facility has the meaning specified for that Credit Facility in the Credit Facility Schedule.
“Applicable Prepayment Fee”, for each Credit Facility, has the meaning given it in the Credit Facility Schedule for such Credit Facility.
“Applicable Prime Rate” means, for any Applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum, determined by Agent (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th%), equal to the greater of (a) the Applicable Floor and (b) the Base Rate Index.
“Approved Fund” means any (a) investment company, fund, trust, securitization vehicle or conduit that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the Ordinary Course of Business, or (b) any Person (other than a natural person) which temporarily warehouses loans for any Lender or any entity described in the preceding clause (a) and that, with respect to each of the preceding clauses (a) and (b), is administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender or (iii) a Person (other than a natural person) or an Affiliate of a Person (other than a natural person) that administers or manages a Lender.
“Base Rate Index” means, for any Applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum, determined by Agent (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th%) as being the rate of interest announced, from time to time, within Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. (“Xxxxx Fargo”) at its principal office in San Francisco as its “prime rate,” with the understanding that the “prime rate” is one of Xxxxx Fargo’s base rates (not necessarily the lowest of such rates) and serves as the basis upon which effective rates of interest are calculated for those loans making reference thereto and is evidenced by the recording thereof after its announcement in such internal publications as Xxxxx Fargo may designate; provided, however if (a) Xxxxx Fargo has made a public announcement identifying a date certain on or after which such rate shall no longer be provided or published, as the case may be; or (b) timely, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining such rate and the circumstances giving rise to the Agent’s inability to ascertain LIBOR are unlikely to be temporary as determined in Agent’s reasonable discretion, then Agent may, upon prior
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written notice to Borrower, choose, in consultation with Borrower, a reasonably comparable index or source together with corresponding adjustments to “Applicable Interest Rate” or scale factor or floor to such index that Agent, in its reasonable discretion, has determined is necessary to preserve the current all-in yield (including interest rate margins, any interest rate floors, original issue discount and upfront fees, but without regard to future fluctuations of such alternative index, it being acknowledged and agreed that neither Agent nor any Lender shall have any liability whatsoever from such future fluctuations) to use as the basis for Base Rate Index.
“Blocked Person” means: (a) any Person listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, Executive Order No. 13224, (b) a Person owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, Executive Order No. 13224, (c) a Person with whom any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law, (d) a Person that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as defined in Executive Order No. 13224, or (e) a Person that is named a “specially designated national” or “blocked person” on the most current list published by OFAC or other similar list.
“Books” means all books and records of a Person, including ledgers, federal and state tax returns, records regarding the Person’s assets or liabilities, the Collateral, business operations or financial condition, and all computer programs or storage or any equipment containing such information.
“Borrower” mean the entity(ies) described in the first paragraph of this Agreement and each of their successors and permitted assigns. The term “each Borrower” shall refer to each Person comprising the Borrower if there is more than one (1) such Person, or the sole Borrower if there is only one (1) such Person. The term “any Borrower” shall refer to any Person comprising the Borrower if there is more than one (1) such Person, or the sole Borrower if there is only one (1) such Person.
“Borrowing Resolutions” means, with respect to any Person, those resolutions, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, adopted by such Person’s Board of Directors or other appropriate governing body and delivered by such Person to Agent approving the Financing Documents to which such Person is a party and the transactions contemplated thereby, as well as any other approvals as may be necessary or desired to approve the entering into the Financing Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby or in connection therewith.
“Business Day” means any day that is not (a) a Saturday or Sunday, (b) a day on which Agent is closed or (c) a day on which commercial banks in the state of New York or the state of California are authorized or required to close.
“Change in Control” means an event or series of events by which: (a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an “option right”)), directly or indirectly, of forty percent (40%) or more of the equity interests of the Parent or Borrower entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Parent or Borrower (as applicable) on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right); (b) during any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the Borrower cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body; (c) except to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 7.3(a), Parent shall cease to own and control, of record and beneficially, directly or indirectly, 100% of each class of outstanding equity interests of each Credit Party; or (d) a “fundamental change” (however so defined), “change of control” or term of similar import occurs under any Convertible Note Document.
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“Closing Date” has the meaning given it in the preamble of this Agreement.
“Closing Deliveries Schedule” means each “Closing Deliveries Schedule” attached to this Agreement.
“Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code in effect on the date hereof, as the same may, from time to time, be enacted and in effect in the State of New York; provided, however, that to the extent that the Code is used to define any term herein or in any Financing Document and such term is defined differently in different Articles or Divisions of the Code, the definition of such term contained in Article or Division 9 shall govern; and provided, further, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of Law, any or all of the attachment, perfection, or priority of, or remedies with respect to, Agent’s Lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies and for purposes of definitions relating to such provisions.
“Collateral” means all property, now existing or hereafter acquired, mortgaged or pledged to, or purported to be subjected to a Lien in favor of, Agent, for the benefit of Agent and the Lenders, pursuant to this Agreement and the other Financing Documents (but excluding Excluded Property), including, without limitation, all of the property described in Exhibit A hereto.
“Collateral Account” means any Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account.
“Commitment Commencement Date” has the meaning given it in the Credit Facility Schedule.
“Commitment Termination Date” has the meaning given it in the Credit Facility Schedule.
“Commodity Account” means any “commodity account”, as defined in the Code, with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made, including any commodity account located outside of the United States.
“Competitor” means, at any time of determination, any Person engaged in the same or substantially the same line of business as the Borrower and the other Credit Parties.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate, duly executed by an authorized officer of Borrower, appropriately completed and substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“Contingent Obligation” means, for any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or not, of that Person for (a) any indebtedness, lease, dividend, letter of credit or other obligation of another such as an obligation directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co‑made, discounted or sold with recourse by that Person, or for which that Person is directly or indirectly liable; (b) any obligations for undrawn letters of credit for the account of that Person; and (c) all obligations from any interest rate, currency or commodity swap agreement, interest rate cap or collar agreement, or other agreement or arrangement designated to protect a Person against fluctuation in interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices; but “Contingent Obligation” does not include endorsements in the Ordinary Course of Business. The amount of a Contingent Obligation is the stated or determined amount of the primary obligation for which the Contingent Obligation is made or, if not determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability for it determined by the Person in good faith; but the amount may not exceed the maximum of the obligations under any guarantee or other support arrangement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and any Permitted Warrant Transaction, in each case, shall not constitute a Contingent Obligation of the Parent.
“Control Agreement” means any control agreement or similar agreement in a jurisdiction outside of the United States, each of which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, entered into among the depository institution at which a Credit Party maintains a Deposit Account or the securities intermediary or commodity intermediary at which a Credit Party maintains a Securities Account or a Commodity Account, such Credit Party, and Agent pursuant to which Agent obtains control (within the meaning of the Code) or similar rights over such account as is customary in such jurisdiction outside of the United States, in each case for the benefit of the Lenders over such
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Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account.
“Convertible Note Documents” means the Permitted Convertible Notes and each other promissory note, note purchase agreement, indenture and other material documents evidencing or relating thereto, including documents related to the related Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions and Permitted Warrant Transactions.
“Credit Extension” means an advance or disbursement of proceeds to or for the account of Borrower in respect of a Credit Facility.
“Credit Extension Form” means that certain form attached hereto as Exhibit C, as the same may be from time to time revised by Agent.
“Credit Facility” means a term loan credit facility specified on the Credit Facility Schedule.
“Credit Facility Schedule” means each “Credit Facility Schedule” attached to this Agreement.
“Credit Party” means each Borrower and each Guarantor; and “Credit Parties” means all such Persons, collectively; provided, however, that in no event shall a Restricted Foreign Subsidiary be a “Credit Party” for purposes of this Agreement or the other Financing Documents
“Credit Party Unrestricted Cash” means unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of the Credit Parties that are held in the name of a Credit Party that are subject to Agent’s first priority perfected security interest and held in a Collateral Account that is subject to Agent’s first priority perfected security interest.
“DEA” means the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States of America, any comparable state or local Governmental Authority, any comparable Governmental Authority in any non-United States jurisdiction, and any successor agency of any of the foregoing.
“Default” means any fact, event or circumstance which with notice or passage of time or both, could constitute an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” has the meaning given it in Section 2.6(b).
“Deposit Account” means any “deposit account” as defined in the Code with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made, including any deposit account, operating account, savings account, and receivables account located outside of the United States.
“Designated Funding Account” is Borrower’s Deposit Account, account number XXXXXX7126, maintained with JPMorgan Case Bank, N.A. and over which Agent has been granted control for the ratable benefit of all Lenders.
“Dollars,” “dollars” and “$” each means lawful money of the United States.
“Draw Period” means, for each Credit Facility, the period commencing on the Commitment Commencement Date and ending on the Commitment Termination Date.
“Drug Application” means a new drug application, an abbreviated drug application, or a product license application for any Product, as appropriate, as those terms are defined in the FDCA.
“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund, and (d) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by Agent; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under Section 10.01(a), Section 10.1(c) as a result of a breach of Section 9.1 or Section 10.1(o), “Eligible Assignee” shall not include (i) any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party, (ii) any Competitor, or (iii) any hedge fund or private equity fund (other than any Affiliate of a
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Lender or an Approved Fund) that is primarily and directly engaged in the business of purchasing distressed debt. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with assignments by a Lender due to a forced divestiture at the request of any regulatory agency, the restrictions set forth herein shall not apply and Eligible Assignee shall mean any Person or party becoming an assignee incident to such forced divestiture.
“Environmental Law” means each present and future law (statutory or common), ordinance, treaty, rule, regulation, order, policy, other legal requirement or determination of an arbitrator or of a Governmental Authority and/or Required Permits imposing liability or standards of conduct for or relating to the regulation and protection of human health, safety, the workplace, the environment and natural resources, and including public notification requirements and environmental transfer of ownership, notification or approval statutes.
“Equipment” means all “equipment”, as defined in the Code, with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made, and includes without limitation all machinery, fixtures, goods, vehicles (including motor vehicles and trailers), and any interest in any of the foregoing.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and all regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” has the meaning given it in Section 5.6.
“Event of Default” has the meaning given it in Section 10.1.
“Excluded Accounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6.
“Excluded Property” means (a) more than 65% of the voting equity interests of any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary; provided that (i) immediately upon any amendment of the IRC or any final regulations promulgated under the IRC after the Closing Date that would allow the pledge of a greater percentage of such voting equity interests without material adverse tax consequences to the Credit Parties (as reasonably determined by Credit Parties), the Credit Parties and Agent shall negotiate in good faith to amend the Security Documents to permit such greater pledge, and (ii) upon the occurrence of a Restricted Foreign Subsidiary Joinder Event and continuing at all times thereafter (whether or not the Restricted Foreign Subsidiary Joinder Event continues), Credit Parties and Agent shall amend the Security Documents to permit the pledge of all equity interests of each Restricted Foreign Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.8, (b) any interest of a Credit Party as a lessee or sublessee under a real property lease, (c) any license, lease or other agreement to which any Credit Party is a party or any of its rights or interests thereunder if and to the extent that the grant of such security interest shall constitute or result in (i) the abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of any right, title or interest of any Credit Party therein or (ii) result in a breach or termination pursuant to the terms of, or default under, any such license, lease or other agreement, and (d) any intent to use trademarks; provided that (w) leases, licenses or other agreements by and among the Credit Parties or by and among the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries shall in no event constitute Excluded Property, (x) any such limitation described in the foregoing clause (c) on the security interests granted hereunder shall apply only to the extent that any such prohibition could not be rendered ineffective pursuant to the UCC or any other applicable Law (including Sections 9-406, 9-407 and 9-408 of the UCC) or principles of equity, (y) in the event of the termination or elimination of any such prohibition or the requirement for any consent contained in such as license, lease or other contract described in clause (c) or in any applicable Law, to the extent sufficient to permit any such item to become Collateral hereunder, or upon the granting of any such consent, or waiving or terminating any requirement for such consent, a security interest in such license, lease or other agreement shall be automatically and simultaneously granted hereunder and shall be included as Collateral hereunder, and (z) all rights to payment of money due or to become due pursuant to, and all rights to the proceeds from the sale of, Excluded Property shall be and at all times remain subject to the security interests created by this Agreement (unless such proceeds would independently constitute Excluded Property).
“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 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 applicable lending office
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located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are 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 Credit Extension or Applicable Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Credit Extension or Applicable Commitment or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.6(h)(i) or 2.6(h)(iii), 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 immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Sections 2.6(h)(vi) and (vii) and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Exigent Circumstance” has the meaning given it in Section 13.14.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the IRC, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the IRC, any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention entered into among Governmental Authorities in connection with such Sections of the IRC, and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to such intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention.
“FDA” means the Food and Drug Administration of the United States of America, any comparable state or local Governmental Authority, any comparable Governmental Authority in any non-United States jurisdiction, and any successor agency of any of the foregoing.
“FDCA” means the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended, 21 U.S.C. Section 301 et seq., and all regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day, provided that if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate quoted to Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by Agent in a commercially reasonable manner.
“Fee Letters” means, collectively, the fee letter agreements entered as of the Closing Date and from time to time thereafter among Borrower and Agent.
“Financing Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Perfection Certificate, the Security Documents, each Subordination Agreement and any subordination or intercreditor agreement pursuant to which any Indebtedness and/or any Liens securing such Indebtedness is subordinated to all or any portion of the Obligations, the Fee Letter(s), each note and guarantee executed by one (1) or more Credit Parties in connection with the indebtedness governed by this Agreement, and each other present or future agreement executed by one (1) or more Credit Parties and, or for the benefit of, the Lenders and/or Agent in connection with this Agreement, all as amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Foreign Lender” means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
“Funding Date” means any date on which a Credit Extension is made to or on account of Borrower which shall be a Business Day.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other Person as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.
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“General Intangibles” means all “general intangibles”, as defined in the Code, with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made, and includes without limitation, all copyright rights, copyright applications, copyright registrations and like protections in each work of authorship and derivative work, whether published or unpublished, any patents, trademarks, service marks and, to the extent permitted under applicable Law, any applications therefor, whether registered or not, any trade secret rights, including any rights to unpatented inventions, payment intangibles, royalties, contract rights, goodwill, franchise agreements, purchase orders, customer lists, route lists, telephone numbers, domain names, claims, income and other tax refunds, security and other deposits, options to purchase or sell real or personal property, rights in all litigation presently or hereafter pending (whether in contract, tort or otherwise), insurance policies (including, without limitation, key man, property damage, and business interruption insurance), payments of insurance and rights to payment of any kind.
“Good Manufacturing Practices” means current good manufacturing practices, including as set forth in 21 C.F.R. Parts 210 and 211, and analogous requirements and standards set forth by a Governmental Authority in any applicable non-United States jurisdiction.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, any securities exchange and any self-regulatory organization.
“Guarantor” means each Person that is or hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement as a guarantor of the Obligations.
“Hazardous Materials” means petroleum and petroleum products and compounds containing them, including gasoline, diesel fuel and oil; explosives, flammable materials; radioactive materials; polychlorinated biphenyls and compounds containing them; lead and lead-based paint; asbestos or asbestos-containing materials; underground or above-ground storage tanks, whether empty or containing any substance; any substance the presence of which is prohibited by any Laws; toxic mold, any substance that requires special handling; and any other material or substance now or in the future defined as a “hazardous substance,” “hazardous material,” “hazardous waste,” “toxic substance,” “toxic pollutant,” “contaminant,” “pollutant” or other words of similar import within the meaning of any Environmental Law, including: (a) any “hazardous substance” defined as such in (or for purposes of) CERCLA, or any so-called “superfund” or “superlien” Law, including the judicial interpretation thereof; (b) any “pollutant or contaminant” as defined in 42 U.S.C.A. § 9601(33); (c) any material now defined as “hazardous waste” pursuant to 40 C.F.R. Part 260; (d) any petroleum or petroleum by-products, including crude oil or any fraction thereof; (e) natural gas, natural gas liquids, liquefied natural gas, or synthetic gas usable for fuel; (f) any “hazardous chemical” as defined pursuant to 29 C.F.R. Part 1910; (g) any toxic or harmful substances, wastes, materials, pollutants or contaminants (including, without limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, flammable explosives, radioactive materials, infectious substances, materials containing lead-based paint or raw materials which include hazardous constituents); and (h) any other toxic substance or contaminant that is subject to any Environmental Laws or other past or present requirement of any Governmental Authority.
“Hazardous Materials Contamination” means contamination (whether now existing or hereafter occurring) of the improvements, buildings, facilities, personalty, soil, groundwater, air or other elements on or of the relevant property by Hazardous Materials, or any derivatives thereof, or on or of any other property as a result of Hazardous Materials, or any derivatives thereof, generated on, emanating from or disposed of in connection with the relevant property.
“Healthcare Laws” means all applicable Laws relating to the procurement, development, provision, clinical and non-clinical evaluation or investigation, product approval or clearance, manufacture, production, distribution, importation, exportation, use, handling, quality, reimbursement, sale, labeling, advertising, promotion, or post-market requirements of any product produced by a Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (including, without limitation, any component of, or accessory to, the foregoing products) subject to regulation under the FDCA, and similar state or foreign laws, controlled substances laws, and all laws, policies, procedures, requirements and regulations pursuant to which permits are issued, in each case, as the same may be amended from time to time.
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“Inactive Subsidiary” means Pulmagen Therapeutics (Asthma) Limited, a company organized under the laws of England and Wales.
“Indebtedness” means (a) indebtedness for borrowed money (including the Obligations) or the deferred price of, or payment for, property or services, such as reimbursement and other obligations for surety bonds and letters of credit, (b) obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) capital lease obligations, (d) non-contingent obligations of such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under a letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar instrument, (e) equity securities of such Person subject to repurchase or redemption other than at the sole option of such Person or for which redemption is permitted solely following the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date, (f) obligations secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such obligation is otherwise an obligation of such Person, (g) “earnouts”, purchase price adjustments, profit sharing arrangements, deferred purchase money amounts and similar payment obligations or continuing obligations of any nature of such Person arising out of purchase and sale contracts, (h) all Indebtedness of others guaranteed by such Person, (i) off-balance sheet liabilities of such Person, and (j) Contingent Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and any Permitted Warrant Transaction, in each case, shall not constitute Indebtedness of the Parent.
“Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning given it in Section 14.8.
“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 Borrower under this Agreement and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitees” has the meaning given it in Section 13.2(b).
“Insolvency Proceeding” means any proceeding by or against any Person under the United States Bankruptcy Code, or any other bankruptcy or insolvency Law (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Laws of Ireland), including assignments for the benefit of creditors, compositions, extensions generally with its creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement, or other relief.
“Intellectual Property” means all copyright rights, copyright applications, copyright registrations and like protections in each work of authorship and derivative work, whether published or unpublished, any patents, patent applications and like protections, including improvements, divisions, continuations, renewals, reissues, extensions, and continuations-in-part of the same, trademarks, trade names, service marks, mask works, rights of use of any name, domain names, or any other similar rights, any applications therefor, whether registered or not, know-how, operating manuals, trade secret rights, clinical and non-clinical data, rights to unpatented inventions, and any claims for damage by way of any past, present, or future infringement of any of the foregoing.
“Intercompany IP Licenses” means (a) those certain Platform Contribution Transaction and License Agreements and those certain Cost Sharing Agreements among Credit Parties and the Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries set forth on the Disclosure Schedules, as such licenses and agreements are in effect as of the Closing Date, and (b) new Platform Contribution Transaction and License Agreements and Cost Sharing Agreements among Credit Parties and new Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries entered into following the Closing Date on terms substantially similar to the analogous agreements set forth in clause (a) of this definition; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any exclusive license granted pursuant to an Intercompany License agreement shall be exclusive solely as to geographical areas outside of the United States (it being understood that in such geographic areas, the Intercompany Licenses may be exclusive in all respects).
“Inventory” means all “inventory”, as defined in the Code, with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made, and includes without limitation all merchandise, raw materials, parts, supplies, packing and shipping materials, work in process and finished products, including without limitation such inventory as is temporarily out of any Credit Party’s custody or possession or in transit and including any returned goods and any documents of title representing any of the above.
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“Investment” means, with respect to any Person, directly or indirectly, (a) to purchase or acquire any stock or stock equivalents, or any obligations or other securities of, or any interest in, any Person, including the establishment or creation of a Subsidiary, (b) to make or commit to make any Acquisition or (c) to make or purchase any advance, loan, extension of credit or capital contribution to, or any other investment in, any Person.
“IP Proceeds” means, collectively, all cash, Accounts, license and royalty fees, claims, products, awards, judgments, insurance claims, and other revenues, proceeds or income, arising out of, derived from or relating to any Intellectual Property of any Credit party, and any claims for damage by way of any past, present or future infringement of any Intellectual Property of any Credit Party (including, without limitation, all cash, royalty fees, other proceeds, Accounts and general intangibles that consist of rights of payment to or on behalf of a Credit Party and the proceeds from the sale, licensing or other disposition of all or any part of, or rights in, any Intellectual Property by or on behalf of a Credit Party).
“IP Security Agreement” means any security agreement executed by a Credit Party that grants (or is prepared as a notice filing or recording with respect to) a Lien or security interest in favor of Agent and/or Lenders on Intellectual Property, each as amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time.
“IRC” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor provisions.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“Joinder Requirements” has the meaning given it in Section 6.8.
“Laws” means any and all federal, state, provincial, territorial, local and foreign statutes, laws, judicial decisions, regulations, guidance, guidelines, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, codes, plans, injunctions, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, governmental agreements and governmental restrictions, whether now or hereafter in effect, which are applicable to any Credit Party in any particular circumstance.
“Lenders” means each of the Persons identified on the Credit Facility Schedule as amended from time to time to reflect assignments made in accordance with this Agreement.
“Libor Rate Index” means, for any Applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum, determined by Agent (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th%) by dividing (a) the rate per annum, determined by Agent in accordance with its customary procedures, and utilizing such electronic or other quotation sources as it considers appropriate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100%), to be the rate at which Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first (1st) day of such Applicable Interest Period) in the amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) are offered to major banks in the London interbank market on or about 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Applicable Interest Rate Determination Date, for a period of thirty (30) days, which determination shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error, by (b) one hundred percent (100%) minus the Reserve Percentage; provided, however, if (i) the administrator responsible for determining and publishing such rate per annum has made a public announcement identifying a date certain on or after which such rate shall no longer be provided or published, as the case may be; or (ii) timely, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining such rate and the circumstances giving rise to the Agent’s inability to ascertain the London interbank offered rate are unlikely to be temporary as determined in Agent’s reasonable discretion, then Agent may, upon prior written notice to Borrower, choose, in consultation with Borrower, a reasonably comparable index or source together with corresponding adjustments to “Applicable Interest Rate” or scale factor or floor to such index that Agent, in its reasonable discretion, has determined is necessary to preserve the current all-in yield (including interest rate margins, any interest rate floors, original issue discount and upfront fees, but without regard to future fluctuations of such alternative index, it being acknowledged and agreed that neither Agent nor any Lender shall have any liability whatsoever from such future fluctuations) to use as the basis for the Libor Rate Index. The Libor Rate Index may be adjusted by Agent with respect to any Lender on a prospective basis to take into account any additional or increased costs to such Lender of maintaining or obtaining any eurodollar deposits or increased costs, in each case, due to changes in applicable Law occurring subsequent to the commencement of the then Applicable Interest Period, including changes in tax laws (except changes of general applicability in corporate income tax laws) and changes in the reserve requirements imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any
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successor), which additional or increased costs would increase the cost of funding loans bearing interest based upon the Libor Rate Index; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement 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 applicable Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued. In any such event, the affected Lender shall give Borrower and Agent notice of such a determination and adjustment and Agent promptly shall transmit the notice to each other Lender and, upon its receipt of the notice from the affected Lender, Borrower may, by notice to such affected Lender require such Lender to furnish to Borrower a statement setting forth the basis for adjusting such Libor Rate Index and the method for determining the amount of such adjustment.
“Lien” means a claim, mortgage, deed of trust, lien, levy, charge, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance of any kind, whether voluntarily incurred or arising by operation of Law or otherwise against any property.
“Margin Stock” means “margin stock” as such term is defined in Regulation T, U, or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
“Material Adverse Change” or “Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material impairment in the perfection or priority of Agent’s Lien in the Collateral (except solely as a result of any action or inaction of Agent or any Lender (provided that such action or inaction is not caused by a Credit Party’s failure to comply with the terms of the Financing Documents)); (b) a material impairment in the value of the Collateral; (c) a material adverse change in the business, operations, or condition (financial or otherwise) of any Credit Party; or (d) a material impairment of the prospect of repayment of any portion of the Obligations.
“Material Agreement” means any agreement or contract to which such Credit Party or its Subsidiaries is a party the termination of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
“Material Indebtedness” has the meaning given it in Section 10.1(e).
“Material Intangible Assets” means (a) all of the Credit Parties’ Intellectual Property and (b) each license or sublicense agreements or other agreements with respect to rights in Intellectual Property, that, in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), is material to the condition (financial or other), business or operations of the Credit Parties (taken as a whole).
“Maturity Date” means May 1, 2024.
“Maximum Lawful Rate” has the meaning given it in Section 2.6(g).
“MidCap” has the meaning given it in the preamble of this Agreement.
“Minimum Cash Burn Amount” means, as applicable with respect to any Permitted Acquisition, an aggregate amount of Credit Party Unrestricted Cash equal to or greater than the positive value of the product (x) twelve (12) multiplied by (y) the Monthly Cash Burn Amount, as determined as of the last day of the month immediately preceding such Permitted Acquisition.
“Minimum Cash Threshold Amount” means, as of any date of determination, an amount of Credit Party Unrestricted Cash equal to the product of (x) the aggregate amount of the outstanding Obligations (including the aggregate amount of all Credit Extensions outstanding) as of such date multiplied by (y) two (2).
“Monthly Cash Burn Amount” means, with respect to Credit Parties, an amount equal to Credit Parties’ change in cash and cash equivalents, without giving effect to any increase resulting from equity contributions or proceeds of financings, for either (a) the immediately preceding two fiscal quarter period as determined as of the last
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day of such period immediately preceding the proposed consummation of the applicable Permitted Acquisition and based upon the financial statements delivered to Agent in accordance with this Agreement for such period, or (b) the immediately succeeding six (6) month period based upon the Transaction Projections delivered with respect to such proposed Permitted Acquisition, using whichever calculation as between clause (a) and clause (b) demonstrates a higher burn rate (or, in other words, more cash used), in both cases, divided by six (6).
“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) or ERISA, to which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate has at any time (whether presently or in the past) sponsored, maintained, contributed to, or had an obligation to make contributions to or to which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability, contingent or otherwise.
“Obligations” means all of Borrower’s obligations to pay when due any debts, principal, interest, Protective Advances, fees, indemnities and other amounts Borrower owes Agent or the Lenders now or later, under this Agreement or the other Financing Documents, including, without limitation, interest accruing after Insolvency Proceedings begin (whether or not allowed) and debts, liabilities, or obligations of Borrower assigned to the Lenders and/or Agent, and the payment and performance of each other Credit Party’s covenants and obligations under the Financing Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Obligations” shall not include any warrants or equity instruments.
“OFAC” means the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“OFAC Lists” means, collectively, the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List maintained by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224, 66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (Sept. 25, 2001) and/or any other list of terrorists or other restricted Persons maintained pursuant to any of the rules and regulations of OFAC or pursuant to any other applicable Executive Orders.
“Operating Documents” means, for any Person, such Person’s formation documents, as certified with the Secretary of State of such Person’s state of formation on a date that is no earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date, and (a) if such Person is a corporation, its bylaws in current form, (b) if such Person is a limited liability company, its limited liability company agreement (or similar agreement), and (c) if such Person is a partnership, its partnership agreement (or similar agreement), each of the foregoing with all current amendments or modifications thereto.
“Ordinary Course of Business” means, in respect of any transaction involving any Credit Party, the ordinary course of business of such Credit Party, as conducted by such Credit Party in accordance with past practices or then current business practices common in such Credit Party’s industry.
“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, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced this Agreement, or sold or assigned an interest in any Obligation hereunder).
“Other Currency” has the meaning given it in Section 13.19.
“Other Tax Certification” means such certification or evidence, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to Borrower and Agent, that any Lender or prospective Lender is exempt from, or eligible for a reduction in, U.S. federal withholding tax or backup withholding tax, including evidence supporting the basis for such exemption or reduction.
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, 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, this Agreement, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment.
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“Participant Register” has the meaning given it in Section 13.1(c).
“Payment Date” means the first (1st) calendar day of each calendar month.
“Payroll Accounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor entity thereto.
“Pension Plan” means any employee benefit pension plan that is subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the IRC or is covered by Title IV of ERISA (including a Multiemployer Plan) that any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate has, at any time (whether presently or in the past) sponsored, maintained, contributed to, or had an obligation to make contributions to or to which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability (contingent or otherwise).
“Perfection Certificate” means the Perfection Certificate delivered to Agent as of the Closing Date, together with any amendments thereto required under this Agreement.
“Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition by a Credit Party, in each case, to the extent that each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
(a)the Credit parties shall have delivered to Agent at least ten (10) Business Days prior written notice (or such shorter period as Agent may determine in its sole discretion) before the execution of any documents (other than a non-binding summary of terms, letter of intent or similar agreement) related to such proposed acquisition, including a reasonably detailed description of the terms and conditions of such acquisition (which may be included in the notice provided);
(b)as soon as available, but at least five (5) Business Days before the consummation of such Acquisition (or such shorter time as Agent may agree), Credit Parties shall have provided to Agent such information and documents that Agent may reasonably request, including, without limitation, (i) legal due diligence materials then in existence, (ii) applicable financial information, sources of the funding, related to such Acquisition, and (iii) the respective agreements, documents and instruments pursuant to which such Acquisition is to be consummated, all schedules to such agreements, documents or instruments and all other material ancillary agreements, instruments and documents to be executed or delivered in connection therewith;
(c)Credit Parties shall and shall cause their Subsidiaries (including any new Subsidiary as required by Section 6.8) to execute and deliver the agreements, instruments and other documents required by Section 6.8 or Section 6.12 and as otherwise necessary or desirable by Agent to perfect Agent’s Liens in respect of any new Collateral resulting from the acquisition, in each case in the time periods required thereunder;
(d)there is no Indebtedness or Liens incurred, created or assumed in connection with such acquisition unless such Indebtedness or Liens are expressly permitted to be incurred, created or assumed in accordance with Section 7.4 or 7.5, as applicable;
(e)such acquisition shall not be hostile and shall have been approved by the board of directors (or other similar body) and/or the stockholders or other equityholders of the Person being acquired, in each case as required by such Person’s organizational documents;
(f)no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, be continuing or would exist after giving effect to such Acquisition;
(g)the Acquisition would not result in a Change in Control;
(h)the target so acquired or the assets of the target so acquired, as the case may be, shall be in or reasonably related or ancillary to the business of Credit Parties;
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(j)the sum of all cash and cash equivalents paid or payable as consideration in connection with all Permitted Acquisitions (including all Indebtedness, liabilities and Contingent Obligations (in each case to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder) incurred or assumed and the maximum amount of any earn-out, milestone or comparable payment obligation in connection therewith, regardless of whether or not reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of Borrower) shall not exceed in the aggregate for any calendar year (i) at any time prior to Lenders making any Credit Extension in respect of Credit Facility #2, Credit Facility #3, or Credit Facility #4, Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000), or (ii) at any time after the Lenders have made any Credit Extension in respect of Credit Facility #2, Credit Facility #3, or Credit Facility #4, Thirty-Five Million Dollars ($35,000,000), in each case, as determined on the date when such consideration is paid or payable (it being understood that the caps set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) are not additive); provided that the foregoing caps on consideration shall not prohibit or limit the issuance of any equity interests of Parent as consideration, for which there will be no cap or limit; and
(k)Agent has received, ten (10) Business Days prior to the consummation of such proposed Acquisition, Transaction Projections and such other evidence as Agent may reasonably request demonstrating that, immediately before and immediately after giving effect to the consummation of such Acquisition, the Credit Parties have Credit Party Unrestricted Cash in an aggregate amount equal to or greater than the applicable Minimum Cash Burn Amount.
“Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction” means any call or capped call option (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) relating to Parent’s common stock purchased by Parent in connection with (and substantially contemporaneously with) the issuance of any Permitted Convertible Notes; provided that (a) the purchase price for such Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction, less the proceeds received by Parent from the sale of any related Permitted Warrant Transaction, does not exceed the net proceeds received by Parent from the issuance of such Permitted Convertible Notes in connection with such Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction, (b) such Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction does not otherwise result in the incurrence of any additional Indebtedness of Credit Parties (other than from the issuance of the Permitted Convertible Notes in connection therewith), and (c) no cash payments or cash settlement in connection with such Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction are required following payment of the initial purchase price therefor.
“Permitted Contest” has the meaning given it in Section 6.4.
“Permitted Contingent Obligations” means:
(a)Contingent Obligations resulting from endorsements for collection or deposit in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(b)Contingent Obligations incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business with respect to surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other similar obligations not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in the aggregate at any time outstanding;
(c)Contingent Obligations arising under indemnity agreements with title insurers;
(d)Contingent Obligations arising with respect to customary indemnification obligations in favor of purchasers in connection with dispositions of personal property assets permitted under Article 7 or in connection with Permitted Acquisitions or in connection with any other agreement entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(e)Contingent Obligations arising under the Financing Documents;
(f)so long as there exists no Event of Default both immediately before and immediately after giving effect to any such transaction, Contingent Obligations existing or arising under any swap contract, provided, however, that such obligations are (or were) entered into by Borrower or an Affiliate in the Ordinary
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Course of Business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person and not for purposes of speculation;
(g)unsecured Contingent Obligations existing or arising in connection with any security deposit or letter of credit for the primary purpose of securing a lease of real property in the Ordinary Course of Business, provided that the aggregate amount of all such security deposits and letter of credit reimbursement obligations does not at any time exceed Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000) outstanding;
(h)unsecured Contingent Obligations in connection with letter of credit reimbursement obligations not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in the aggregate at any time outstanding; and
(i)Contingent Obligations existing on the Closing Date and described on the Disclosure Schedule;
(j)Unsecured guarantees by Credit Parties of Indebtedness of Parent incurred pursuant to clause (l) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness; and
(k)other Contingent Obligations not permitted by clauses (a) through (j) above, not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) in the aggregate at any time outstanding.
“Permitted Convertible Notes” means, collectively, the Permitted Non-PIK Convertible Notes and the Permitted PIK Convertible Notes.
“Permitted Indebtedness” means:
(a)Borrower’s Indebtedness to the Lenders and Agent under this Agreement and the other Financing Documents;
(b)Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and described on the Disclosure Schedule;
(c)Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” so long as before and immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(d)Subordinated Debt;
(e)unsecured Indebtedness to trade creditors incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(f)Indebtedness incurred as a result of endorsing negotiable instruments received in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(g)Indebtedness under corporate credit cards issued by a financial institution and other ancillary bank services, in each case, incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business and secured only to the extent permitted under clause (j) of the definition of Permitted Liens, in an amount not to exceed Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000) in the aggregate at any time outstanding;
(h)Permitted Contingent Obligations;
(i)extensions, refinancings, modifications, amendments and restatements of any items of Permitted Indebtedness set forth in (b) and (c) above, provided, however, that the principal amount thereof is not increased or the terms thereof are not modified to impose more burdensome terms upon the obligors thereunder;
(j)Indebtedness consisting of unsecured intercompany loans and advances incurred by (i) any
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Restricted Foreign Subsidiary owing to any other Restricted Foreign Subsidiary, or (ii) any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary owing to any Credit Party so long as such Indebtedness constitutes a Permitted Investment of the applicable Credit Party pursuant to clause (m) of the definition of Permitted Investments; provided, however, that upon the request of Agent at any time, any such Indebtedness shall be evidenced by promissory notes having terms reasonably satisfactory to Agent, the sole originally executed counterparts of which shall be pledged and delivered to Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, as security for the Obligations
(k)Indebtedness consisting of intercompany loans and advances made by any Credit Party to any other Credit Party, provided that (1) the obligations of the Credit Parties under such intercompany loan shall be subordinated at all times to the Obligations of the Credit Parties hereunder or under the other Financing Documents in a manner satisfactory to Agent and (2) upon the request of Agent at any time, any such Indebtedness shall be evidenced by promissory notes having terms reasonably satisfactory to Agent, the sole originally executed counterparts of which shall be pledged and delivered to Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, as security for the Obligations;
(l)unsecured Indebtedness under the Permitted Convertible Notes; provided that at the time of incurrence thereof and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(m)unsecured earn-out obligations and other similar unsecured milestone obligations incurred prior to the Closing Date pursuant to the acquisition agreement or license agreements set forth on the Disclosure Schedule on the Closing Date (collectively, the “Closing Date Milestone Obligations”);
(n)unsecured earn-out obligations and other similar unsecured milestone obligations incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, in an amount not to exceed the cap set forth in clause (j) of the definition of Permitted Acquisitions after taking into account all other consideration paid or payable by the Credit Parties in connection with Permitted Acquisitions during the term of this Agreement (collectively, the “Additional Milestone Obligations” and, together with the Closing Date Milestone Obligations, the “Milestone Obligations”); and
(o)other unsecured Indebtedness not permitted by clauses (a) through (n) above, not to exceed Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000) in the aggregate at any time outstanding.
“Permitted Investments” means:
(a)Investments existing on the Closing Date and described on the Disclosure Schedule;
(b)the hold of cash equivalents to the extent constituting an Investment;
(c)any Investments in liquid assets permitted by Borrower’s investment policy, as amended from time to time, provided that such investment policy (and any such amendment thereto) has been approved in writing by Agent (provided that, under no circumstances shall Borrower be permitted to invest in or hold Margin Stock);
(d)Investments consisting of the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of any Credit Party;
(e)Investments consisting of deposit accounts or securities accounts in which Agent has a first priority perfected security interest except as otherwise provided by Section 6.6;
(f)Investments of cash and cash equivalents by any Credit Party in any other Credit Party;
(g)Investments consisting of (i) travel advances and employee relocation loans and other employee loans and advances in the Ordinary Course of Business, and (ii) loans to employees, officers or directors relating to the purchase of equity securities of Borrower or its Subsidiaries pursuant to employee stock purchase plans
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or agreements approved by Borrower’s board of directors;
(h)Investments (including debt obligations) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of customers or suppliers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers or suppliers arising in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(i)Investments consisting of notes receivable of, or prepaid royalties and other credit extensions, to customers and suppliers who are not Affiliates in the Ordinary Course of Business not to exceed Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000) in the aggregate at any time outstanding, provided, that this paragraph (i) shall not apply to Investments of a Credit Party in any Subsidiary;
(j)Permitted Acquisitions;
(k)Investments of cash and cash equivalents in joint ventures made in the Ordinary Course of Business, but solely to the extent that (x) the aggregate amount of such Investments made with respect to all joint ventures does not exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) in the aggregate in any twelve (12) month period following the Closing Date, and (y) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time such Investment is made or would result therefrom;
(l)to the extent constituting an Investment, the granting of a Permitted License;
(m)Investments of cash and cash equivalents by Credit Parties in the Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries but solely to the extent that (x) the aggregate amount of such Investments made with respect to all Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries do not exceed $5,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any foreign currency) in the aggregate in any twelve (12) month period following the Closing Date, (y) with respect to any individual Restricted Foreign Subsidiary, the amount of such Investment in such Restricted Foreign Subsidiary at any time outstanding does not exceed the amount necessary to fund the current operating expenses of such Restricted Foreign Subsidiary for the succeeding twelve (12) month period (taking into account their revenue from other sources) and (z) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time such Investment is made or would result therefrom; and
(n)so long as no Event of Default exists at the time of such Investment or after giving effect to such Investment, other Investments of cash and cash equivalents in or to another Person in an amount not exceeding Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000) in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement.
“Permitted License” means:
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any exclusive license or sublicense of, or similar arrangement, including any monetization transaction, with respect to Intellectual Property rights (including licenses or sublicenses thereto) of Credit parties or their Subsidiaries to the extent such Intellectual Property rights relate solely to Products that are preclinical at the time such license or other arrangement is entered into (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, any clinical Products or commercial Products) and so long as all such licenses or other arrangements (i) are granted to, or entered with, third parties or joint ventures in the Ordinary Course of Business, (ii) do not result in a legal transfer of title to any Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property rights or other licensed property, and (iii) have been granted in exchange for fair consideration on commercially reasonable terms; provided that no such licenses may be granted or arrangements entered into if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of such a transaction; and |
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any other exclusive license or sublicense of, or similar arrangement including any monetization transaction with respect to, Intellectual Property rights (including licenses or sublicenses thereto) of Credit parties or their Subsidiaries to a third party; provided that no such license or other arrangement shall be permitted pursuant to this clause (e) unless (i) Agent has received at least ten (10) Business Days’ notice prior to the consummation of such license or other transaction and (ii) the Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations for which no claim has yet been made and any other obligations which, by their terms, are to survive the termination of this Agreement) are paid in full on the date such license is granted or arrangement is entered into and this Agreement is simultaneously terminated in accordance with Section 13.8(b). |
“Permitted Liens” means:
(a)Liens existing on the Closing Date and shown on the Disclosure Schedule or arising under this Agreement and the other Financing Documents;
(b)so long as before and immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Liens, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, purchase money Liens or capital leases securing no more than Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000) in the aggregate amount outstanding (i) on Equipment acquired or held by a Credit Party incurred for financing the acquisition of the Equipment, or (ii) existing on Equipment when acquired, if the Lien is confined to the property and improvements and the proceeds of the Equipment;
(c)Liens for taxes, fees, assessments or other government charges or levies, either not delinquent or being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves are maintained on the Books of the Credit Party against whose asset such Lien exists;
(d)statutory Liens securing claims or demands of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, landlords and other Persons imposed without action of such parties, provided that they have no priority over any of Agent’s Lien and the aggregate amount of such Liens for all Credit Parties does not at any time exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000);
(e)leases or subleases of real property granted in the Ordinary Course of Business, and leases, subleases, non-exclusive licenses or sublicenses of tangible personal property (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, any Intellectual Property) granted in the Ordinary Course of Business,;
(f)banker’s liens, rights of set-off and Liens in favor of financial institutions incurred made in the Ordinary Course of Business arising in connection with a Credit Party’s Collateral Accounts provided that such Collateral Accounts are subject to a Control Agreement to the extent required hereunder;
(g)Liens to secure payment of workers’ compensation, employment insurance, old-age pensions, social security and other like obligations incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business (other than Liens imposed by ERISA);
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(h)Liens arising from judgments, decrees or attachments in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default;
(i)to the extent constituting a Lien, the granting of a Permitted License;
(j)certificates of deposit and/or segregated cash collateral accounts serving solely as collateral in connection with corporate credit cards permitted under clause (g) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”, provided that the aggregate amount of such certificates of deposit or segregated cash collateral accounts does not exceed the aggregate amount of such Permitted Indebtedness;
(k)easements, reservations, rights-of-way, restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar charges or encumbrances affecting real property not constituting a Material Adverse Change; a
(l)purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to operating leases or consignments of personal property entered into the Ordinary Course of Business;
(m)Liens that are rights of set-off, bankers’ liens or similar non-consensual Liens relating to deposit or securities accounts in favor of banks, other depositary institutions and securities intermediaries arising in the Ordinary Course of Business; and
(n)Liens incurred in the extension, renewal or refinancing of the indebtedness secured by Liens described in (a) and (b) above, but any extension, renewal or replacement Lien must be limited to the property encumbered by the existing Lien and the principal amount of the Indebtedness may not increase.
“Permitted Non-PIK Convertible Notes” means any promissory notes issued by Parent that are convertible solely into common stock of Parent; provided that (a) the stated final maturity thereof shall be no earlier than 91 days after the Maturity Date, (b) such notes shall not be required to be repaid, prepaid, redeemed, repurchased or defeased, whether on one or more fixed dates, upon the occurrence of one or more events or at the option of any holder thereof prior to the 91st day after the Maturity Date (in each case, other than (i) the making of regularly scheduled cash interest payments permitted by Section 7.9(b)(ii), (ii) payments of reasonable and customary fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith as and when such fees and expenses are due, (iii) the conversion of such notes into common stock of the Parent (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, any settlement, payment or conversion into cash), and (iv) upon the occurrence of a “fundamental change” (as customarily defined for similar convertible notes)), (c) the terms, conditions, fees, covenants, and cash settlement mechanics (if applicable) of such notes shall be such as are typical and customary for notes of such type (as determined by the Parent in good faith), (d) no Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party shall guarantee the obligations of Parent under such notes, and each guarantee of such notes by a Credit Party shall provide for the release and termination thereof, without action by any Person, upon any release and termination of the guarantee by such Credit Party of the Obligations, (e) the obligations of all Persons in respect of such notes (and any guarantee thereof) shall be fully unsecured, (f) the aggregate principal amount of such notes shall not exceed $500,000,000 at any time outstanding, and (g) the rate of interest payable in cash in respect of such notes shall not exceed five percent (5.00%) per annum (as may be increased by not more than fifty basis points of additional interest under the terms of the related indenture).
“Permitted PIK Convertible Notes” means any promissory notes issued by Parent that are convertible solely into common stock of Parent; provided that (a) the stated final maturity thereof shall be no earlier than 91 days after the Maturity Date, (b) such notes shall not be required to be repaid, prepaid, redeemed, repurchased or defeased, whether on one or more fixed dates, upon the occurrence of one or more events or at the option of any holder thereof prior to the 91st day after the Maturity Date (in each case, other than (i) payments of reasonable and customary fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith as and when such fees and expenses are due, (ii) the conversion of such notes into common stock of the Parent (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, any settlement, payment or conversion into cash), and (iii) upon the occurrence of a “fundamental change” (as customarily defined for similar convertible notes)), (c) such notes provide for only non-cash pay-in-kind interest, (d) the terms, conditions, fees, covenants and cash settlement mechanics of such notes shall be such as are typical and customary for notes of such type (as determined by the Parent in good faith), (d) no Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party shall guarantee the obligations of
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Parent under such notes, and each guarantee of such notes by a Credit Party shall provide for the release and termination thereof, without action by any Person, upon any release and termination of the guarantee by such Credit Party of the Obligations, and (e) the obligations of all Persons in respect of such notes (and any guarantee thereof) shall be fully unsecured.
“Permitted Warrant Transaction” means any call option, warrant or right to purchase (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) relating to Parent’s common stock (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common stock) sold by Parent substantially concurrently with any purchase by Parent of a related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and with a strike price higher than the strike price of the Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction; provided that such warrant transactions shall not require or permit any cash settlement or cash payments by Credit Parties or any Subsidiary thereof.
“Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, company, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, firm, joint stock company, estate, entity or government agency.
“Pledge Agreement” means that certain Pledge Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, executed by certain Credit Parties in favor of Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, covering all the equity interests respectively owned by the Credit Parties, as amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Pro Rata Share” means, as determined by Agent, with respect to each Credit Facility and Lender holding an Applicable Commitment or Credit Extensions in respect of such Credit Facility, a percentage (expressed as a decimal, rounded to the ninth decimal place) determined by dividing (a) in the case of fully-funded Credit Facilities, the amount of Credit Extensions held by such Lender in such Credit Facility by the aggregate amount of all outstanding Credit Extensions for such Credit Facility, and (b) in the case of Credit Facilities that are not fully-funded, the amount of Credit Extensions and unfunded Applicable Commitments held by such Lender in such Credit Facility by the aggregate amount of all outstanding Credit Extensions and unfunded Applicable Commitments for such Credit Facility.
“Products” means any products manufactured, sold, developed, tested or marketed by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, including without limitation, those products set forth on the Products Schedule (as updated from time to time in accordance with Section 6.16); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any new Product not disclosed on the Products Schedule shall still constitute a “Product” as herein defined.
“Protective Advances” means all audit fees and expenses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and expenses) of Agent and the Lenders for preparing, amending, negotiating, administering, defending and enforcing the Financing Documents (including, without limitation, those incurred in connection with appeals or Insolvency Proceedings) or otherwise incurred by Agent or the Lenders in connection with the Financing Documents.
“Recipient” means Agent and any Lender, as applicable.
“Register” has the meaning given it in Section 13.1(c).
“Registered Intellectual Property” means any patent, registered trademark or servicemark, registered copyright, registered mask work, or any pending application for any of the foregoing.
“Registered Organization” means any “registered organization” as defined in the Code, with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made, or, in the case of any Credit Party incorporated in Ireland, a private limited liability company.
“Regulatory Reporting Event” has the meaning given it in Section 6.16(a).
“Regulatory Required Permit” means any and all licenses, approvals and permits issued by the FDA, DEA
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or any other applicable Governmental Authority (including any foreign Governmental Authority), including without limitation Drug Applications, necessary for the testing, manufacture, marketing or sale of any Product by any applicable Credit Party and its Subsidiaries as such activities are being conducted by such Credit Party and its Subsidiaries with respect to such Product at such time and any drug listings and drug establishment registrations under 21 U.S.C. Section 510, registrations issued by DEA under 21 U.S.C. Section 823 (if applicable to any Product), and those issued by State governments or foreign governments for the conduct of such Credit Party’s or any Subsidiary’s business.
“Required Lenders” means, unless all of the Lenders and Agent agree otherwise in writing, Lenders having (a) more than fifty-one percent (51%) of the Applicable Commitments of all Lenders, or (b) if such Applicable Commitments have expired or been terminated, more than fifty-one percent (51%) of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Credit Extensions.
“Required Permit” means all licenses, certificates, accreditations, product clearances or approvals, provider numbers or provider authorizations, supplier numbers, provider numbers, marketing authorizations, other authorizations, registrations, permits, consents and approvals of a Credit Party issued or required under Laws applicable to the business of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or necessary in the manufacturing, importing, exporting, possession, ownership, warehousing, marketing, promoting, sale, labeling, furnishing, distribution or delivery of goods or services under Laws applicable to the business of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, “Required Permits” includes any Regulatory Required Permit.
“Reserve Percentage” means, on any day, for any Lender, the maximum percentage prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor Governmental Authority) for determining the reserve requirements (including any basic, supplemental, marginal, or emergency reserves) that are in effect on such date with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “eurocurrency liabilities”) of that Lender, but so long as such Lender is not required or directed under applicable regulations to maintain such reserves, the Reserve Percentage shall be zero.
“Responsible Officer” means any of the President and Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the applicable Credit Party.
“Restricted Foreign Subsidiary” means (i) each of the Parent’s Subsidiaries set forth on the Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries Schedule as of the Closing Date and (ii) each Subsidiary of the Parent created or acquired after the Closing Date that is not organized in the United States or a jurisdiction thereof, until such time, if any, as such Subsidiary becomes a Credit Party pursuant to the terms of Section 6.8.
“Restricted Foreign Subsidiary Joinder Event” means that (a) at any time after the Lenders have made Credit Extensions in respect of Credit Facility #2, as of the close of business on any date, the aggregate amount of Credit Party Unrestricted Cash is less than the Minimum Cash Threshold Amount (a “Cash Trigger Event”) or (b) the Lenders have made Credit Extensions in respect of Credit Facility #3 or Credit Facility #4 (whichever, for the avoidance of doubt, occurs earlier).
“Secretary’s Certificate” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, executed by such Person’s secretary (or other appropriate officer acceptable to Agent in its sole but reasonable discretion) on behalf of such Person certifying (a) that such Person has the authority to execute, deliver, and perform its obligations under each of the Financing Documents to which it is a party, (b) that attached to such certificate is a true, correct, and complete copy of the Borrowing Resolutions then in full force and effect authorizing and ratifying the execution, delivery, and performance by such Person of the Financing Documents to which it is a party, (c) the name(s) of the Person(s) authorized to execute the Financing Documents on behalf of such Person, together with a sample of the true signature(s) of such Person(s), (d) that attached to such certificate are true, correct, and complete copies of the Operating Documents of such Credit Party and good standing certificates of such Credit Party certified by the Secretary of State of the state(s) of organization of such Credit Party, or, as applicable, a letter of status from the Irish Companies Registration Office, in each case, as of a date no earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date, (e) that attached to such certificate is true, correct, and complete copy of such Credit Party’s
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Registration Rights Agreement/Investors’ Rights Agreement, voting agreements or other agreements among shareholders and any amendments to the foregoing; and (f) that Agent and the Lenders may conclusively rely on such certificate unless and until such Person shall have delivered to Agent a further certificate canceling or amending such prior certificate.
“Secured Promissory Note” has the meaning given it in Section 2.7.
“Securities Account” means any “securities account”, as defined in the Code, with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made, including any securities account, investment account or other such account located outside of the United States.
“Security Documents” means, collectively, the Pledge Agreement, each IP Security Agreement, each Control Agreement, and each other agreement, document or instrument executed concurrently herewith or at any time hereafter pursuant to which one (1) or more Credit Parties or any other Person provides, as security for all or any portion of the Obligations, a Lien on any of its assets in favor of Agent for its own benefit and the benefit of the Lenders, as any or all of the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Stated Rate” has the meaning given it in Section 2.6(g).
“Subordinated Debt” means indebtedness incurred by Credit Parties, which in each case shall be (a) in an amount satisfactory to Agent, (b) made pursuant to documents in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, and (c) subordinated to all of the Obligations pursuant to a Subordination Agreement.
“Subordinated Debt Documents” means each document or agreement evidencing Subordinated Debt.
“Subordination Agreement” means each subordination, intercreditor, or other similar agreement in form and substance, and on terms, reasonably acceptable to Agent.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Person of which more than fifty percent (50.0%) of the voting stock or other equity interests (in the case of Persons other than corporations) is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person and in the case of any Credit Party incorporated in Ireland, includes any “subsidiary” within the meaning of section 7 of the Companies Xxx 0000 of Ireland. Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference to a Subsidiary shall be a reference to a Subsidiary of a Credit Party.
“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, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Termination Date” means the earlier to occur of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) any date on which Agent accelerates the maturity of the Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 10.2, or (c) the termination date stated in any notice of termination of this Agreement provided by Borrower in accordance with Section 13.8.
“Transaction Projections” means, as applicable with respect to any Permitted Acquisition, updated financial projections, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, for the immediately succeeding twelve (12) months following the proposed consummation of such Permitted Acquisition, beginning with the month during which such Acquisition is to be consummated.
“Transfer” has the meaning given it in Section 7.1.
“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the IRC.
“Withholding Agent” means Borrower or Agent.
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[SIGNATURES APPEAR ON FOLLOWING PAGES]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the Closing Date.
BORROWER:
GB001, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxx
Title: Treasurer
CREDIT AGREEMENT
SIGNATURE PAGE
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
GB002, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxx
Title: Treasurer
GB003, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxx
Title: Treasurer
GB004, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxx
Title: Treasurer
GB005, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxx
Title: Treasurer
GB006, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxx
Title: Treasurer
GB007, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxx
Title: Treasurer
GOSSAMER BIO SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
CREDIT AGREEMENT
SIGNATURE PAGE
MIDCAP FINANCIAL TRUST
By: Apollo Capital Management, L.P.,
its investment manager
By:Apollo Capital Management GP, LLC,
its general partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
CREDIT AGREEMENT
SIGNATURE PAGE
MIDCAP FINANCIAL TRUST
By: Apollo Capital Management, L.P.,
its investment manager
By:Apollo Capital Management GP, LLC,
its general partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
CREDIT AGREEMENT
SIGNATURE PAGE
APOLLO INVESTMENT CORPORATION
By: Apollo Investment Management, L.P., as Advisor
By: ACC Management, LLC, as its General Partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
CREDIT AGREEMENT
SIGNATURE PAGE
SILICON VALLEY BANK
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
CREDIT AGREEMENT
SIGNATURE PAGE
EXHIBITS
Exhibit ACollateral
Exhibit BForm of Compliance Certificate
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Credit Extension Form |
SCHEDULES
Credit Facility Schedule
Amortization Schedule (for each Credit Facility)
Post-Closing Obligations Schedule
Closing Deliveries Schedule
Disclosure Schedule
Intangible Assets Schedule
Products Schedule
Required Permits Schedule
Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries Schedule
The Collateral consists of all assets of each Credit Party (other than Excluded Property), including, without limitation, all of such Credit Party’s right, title and interest in and to the following, whether now owned or hereafter created, acquired or arising:
(a)all Goods, Accounts (including health-care insurance receivables), Equipment, Inventory, Contracts together with all Contract Rights or rights to payment of money, leases, license agreements, franchise agreements, General Intangibles, Intellectual Property, Commercial Tort Claims (including each such claim listed on the Disclosure Schedule), Documents, Instruments (including any promissory notes), Chattel Paper (whether tangible or electronic), Vehicles and title documents with respect to Vehicles, cash, Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts, Commodity Accounts and other Collateral Accounts, all certificates of deposit, Fixtures, Letters of Credit Rights (whether or not the letter of credit is evidenced by a writing), Securities, and all other Investment Property, Supporting Obligations, and Financial Assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, wherever located; and
(b)all of such Credit Party’s Books relating to the foregoing and all rights of access to Borrower’s Books, and any and all claims, rights and interests in any of the above and all substitutions for, additions, attachments, accessories, accessions and improvements to and replacements, products, proceeds and insurance proceeds of any or all of the foregoing.
TO:MidCap Financial Trust, as Agent
FROM: __________________________________
DATE: ________________, 20__
The undersigned authorized officer of __________________________________________ (“Borrower”) certifies, solely in his/her capacity as an officer of Borrower and not in his/her individual capacity, that under the terms and conditions of the Credit, Guaranty and Security Agreement between Borrower, Agent and the Lenders (as amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”):
(1) there are no Events of Default;
(2) all representations and warranties in the Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on this date except as noted below; provided, however, that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof; and provided, further, that those representations and warranties expressly referring to a specific date shall be true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of such date;
(3) [Each of Borrower and the other Credit Parties has timely filed all required tax returns and reports, and has timely paid all foreign, federal, state and local taxes, assessments, deposits and contributions owed except as otherwise permitted pursuant to the terms of the Agreement;]1
(4) [no Liens have been levied or claims made against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries relating to unpaid employee payroll or benefits of which Borrower has not previously provided written notification to Agent as required under the terms of the Agreement] 2; and
(5)[attached hereto is an updated [Disclosure Schedule][Required Permits Schedule][Products Schedule][Intangible Assets Schedule][INSERT AS APPROPRIATE] as required to be updated pursuant to the terms of the Agreement] ]3.
(6)at no time during the month for which this Compliance Certificate is being delivered was the Credit Party Unrestricted Cash less than twenty five percent (25%) of the aggregate principal amount of the Credit Extensions outstanding as of the date hereof.
(7)the aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents held by the Credit Parties as of the date hereof is $__________ and the aggregate amount of Credit Party Unrestricted Cash as of the date hereof is $_________.
(8)the aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents held by the Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries as of the date hereof is $__________.
Attached are the required documents supporting the certifications set forth in this Compliance Certificate. The undersigned certifies, in his/her capacity as an officer of Borrower, that these are prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied from one period to the next except as explained in an accompanying letter or footnotes. The undersigned acknowledges, in his/her capacity as an officer of Borrower, that no borrowings may be requested at any time or date of determination that Borrower is not in compliance with any of the terms of the Agreement, and that
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compliance is determined not just at the date this certificate is delivered. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Agreement.
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Annually within 120 days after FYE |
Yes No
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Board Approved Projections |
Annually within 60 days after FYE |
Yes No
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Monthly within 45 days |
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The following are the exceptions with respect to the certification above: (If no exceptions exist, state “No exceptions to note.”)
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GB001, INC.
By: Name: Title:
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AGENT USE ONLY
Received by: _____________________ authorized signer Date: _________________________
Verified: ________________________ authorized signer Date: _________________________
Compliance Status:Yes No |
CREDIT EXTENSION Form
Deadline is 2 PM New York Time
Date: __________________, 201__
Loan Advance:
Complete Outgoing Wire Request section below if all or a portion of the funds from this loan advance are for an outgoing wire.
From Account #________________________________To Account #_________________________________
(Loan Account #)(Deposit Account #)
Amount of Advance $___________________________
Requested Date of Advance (subject to requirements of Credit, Guaranty and Security Agreement): ______________
All of Borrower’s representations and warranties in the Credit, Guaranty and Security Agreement are true, correct and complete in all material respects on the date of the request for an advance; provided, however, that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof; and provided, further, that those representations and warranties expressly referring to a specific date shall be true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of such date:
Authorized Signature:Phone Number: _______
Print Name/Title:
Outgoing Wire Request:
Complete only if all or a portion of funds from the loan advance above is to be wired.
Beneficiary Name: _____________________________Amount of Wire: $
Beneficiary Lender: ____________________________Account Number:
City and State:
Beneficiary Lender Transit (ABA) #: Beneficiary Lender Code (Swift, Sort, Chip, etc.):
(For International Wire Only)
Intermediary Lender: Transit (ABA) #:
For Further Credit to:
Special Instruction:
By signing below, I (we) acknowledge and agree that my (our) funds transfer request shall be processed in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the agreements(s) covering funds transfer service(s), which agreements(s) were previously received and executed by me.
Authorized Signature: ___________________________2nd Signature (if required): ________________________
Print Name/Title: ______________________________Print Name/Title: _______________________________
Telephone #: Telephone #:
The following Credit Facilities are specified on this Credit Facility Schedule:
Credit Facility #1:
Credit Facility and Type:Term, Tranche 1
Lenders for and their respective Applicable Commitments to this Credit Facility:
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Lender |
Applicable Commitment |
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Midcap Financial Trust |
$22,500,000 |
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Apollo Investment Corporation |
$6,000,000 |
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Silicon Valley Bank |
$1,500,000 |
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Total: |
Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00) |
The following defined terms apply to this Credit Facility:
Applicable Interest Period: means the one-month period starting on the first (1st) day of each month and ending on the last day of such month; provided, however, that the first (1st) Applicable Interest Period for each Credit Extension under this Credit Facility shall commence on the date that the applicable Credit Extension is made and end on the last day of such month.
Applicable Floor: means two percent (2.00%) per annum for the Applicable Libor Rate.
Applicable Prepayment Fee: means the following amount, calculated as of the date (the “Accrual Date”) that the Applicable Prepayment Fee becomes payable in the case of prepayments required under the Financing Documents or the date any voluntary prepayment is made: (a) for an Accrual Date on or after the Closing Date through and including the date which is twelve (12) months after the Closing Date, three percent (3.0%) multiplied by the amount of the outstanding principal of the Credit Extension prepaid or required to be prepaid (whichever is greater); (b) for an Accrual Date on or after the date which is twelve (12) months after the Closing Date through and including the date which is twenty-four (24) months after the Closing Date, two percent (2.0%) multiplied by the amount of the outstanding principal of the Credit Extension prepaid or required to be prepaid (whichever is greater); and (c) for an Accrual Date on or after the date which is twenty-four (24) months after the Closing Date through and including the date immediately preceding the Maturity Date, one percent (1.0%) multiplied by the amount of the outstanding principal of the Credit Extension prepaid or required to be prepaid (whichever is greater).
Commitment Commencement Date: Closing Date.
Commitment Termination Date:the close of the Business Day following the Closing Date.
Minimum Credit Extension Amount: $30,000,000.00
Permitted Purpose: N/A
Credit Facility and Type:Term, Tranche 2
Lenders for and their respective Applicable Commitments to this Credit Facility:
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Lender |
Applicable Commitment |
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Midcap Financial Trust |
$24,500,000 |
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Apollo Investment Corporation |
$8,000,000 |
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Silicon Valley Bank |
$7,500,000 |
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Total |
Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) |
The following defined terms apply to this Credit Facility:
Applicable Funding Conditions:
(a)Credit Parties have delivered to Agent such documentation and information as Agent may reasonably request evidencing, to Agent’s reasonable satisfaction that, as of the date of such proposed Credit Extension and after giving effect to such Credit Extension, the Credit Parties will have Credit Party Unrestricted Cash in an aggregate amount greater than the Minimum Cash Threshold Amount (which amount shall be calculated, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to such Credit Extensions);
(b)Credit Parties have delivered to Agent such documentation and information as Agent may reasonably request evidencing, to Agent’s reasonable satisfaction, that the Credit Parties have received, with respect to the GB001 product, positive Phase 2 interim data for asthma that is sufficient to continue to a registration trial (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the start of such registration trial shall not be an Applicable Funding conditions for purposes of this Credit Facility #2); and
(c)No Default or Event of Default exists.
Applicable Interest Period: means the one-month period starting on the first (1st) day of each month and ending on the last day of such month; provided, however, that the first (1st) Applicable Interest Period for each Credit Extension under this Credit Facility shall commence on the date that the applicable Credit Extension is made and end on the last day of such month.
Applicable Floor: means two percent (2.00%) per annum for the Applicable Libor Rate.
Applicable Prepayment Fee: means the following amount, calculated as of the date (the “Accrual Date”) that the Applicable Prepayment Fee becomes payable in the case of prepayments required under the Financing Documents or the date any voluntary prepayment is made: (a) for an Accrual Date on or after the Closing Date through and including the date which is twelve (12) months after the Closing Date, three percent (3.0%) multiplied by the amount of the outstanding principal of the Credit Extension prepaid or required to be prepaid (whichever is greater); (b) for an Accrual Date on or after the date which is twelve (12) months after the Closing Date through and including the date which is twenty-four (24) months after the Closing Date, two percent (2.0%) multiplied by the amount of the outstanding principal of the Credit Extension prepaid or required to be prepaid (whichever is greater); and (c) for an Accrual Date on or after the date which is twenty-four (24) months after the Closing Date through and including the date immediately preceding the Maturity Date one percent (1.0%) multiplied by the amount of the outstanding principal of the Credit Extension prepaid or required to be prepaid (whichever is greater).
Commitment Termination Date: the earliest to occur of (a) July 31, 2020, or (b) the delivery of a written notice by Agent to Borrower terminating the commitment following an Event of Default that has not been waived or cured at the time such notice is delivered.
Minimum Credit Extension Amount: $40,000,000.00
Permitted Purpose: N/A
Credit Facility and Type:Term, Tranche 3
Lenders for and their respective Applicable Commitments to this Credit Facility:
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Lender |
Applicable Commitment |
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Midcap Financial Trust |
$14,000,000 |
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Apollo Investment Corporation |
$6,000,000 |
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Silicon Valley Bank |
$10,000,000 |
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Total |
Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00) |
The following defined terms apply to this Credit Facility:
Applicable Funding Conditions:
(a)Credit Parties have delivered to Agent such documentation and information as Agent may reasonably request evidencing, to Agent’s reasonable satisfaction that, as of the date of such proposed Credit Extension and after giving effect to such Credit Extension, the Credit Parties will have Credit Party Unrestricted Cash in an aggregate amount greater than the Minimum Cash Threshold Amount (which amount shall be calculated, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to such Credit Extensions);
(b)Credit Parties have delivered to Agent such documentation and information as Agent may reasonably request evidencing, to Agent’s reasonable satisfaction, that the Credit Parties have received, with respect to the GB001 product, positive Phase 2 proof-of-concept data with respect to adult patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) that is sufficient to continue to a registration trial;
(c)the Applicable Funding Conditions to Credit Facility #2 shall have been satisfied and Credit Facility #2 has been funded; and
(d)No Default or Event of Default exists.
Applicable Interest Period: means the one-month period starting on the first (1st) day of each month and ending on the last day of such month; provided, however, that the first (1st) Applicable Interest Period for each Credit Extension under this Credit Facility shall commence on the date that the applicable Credit Extension is made and end on the last day of such month.
Applicable Floor: means two percent (2.00%) per annum for the Applicable Libor Rate.
Applicable Prepayment Fee: means the following amount, calculated as of the date (the “Accrual Date”) that the Applicable Prepayment Fee becomes payable in the case of prepayments required under the Financing Documents or the date any voluntary prepayment is made: (a) for an Accrual Date on or after the Closing Date through and including the date which is twelve (12) months after the Closing Date, three percent (3.0%) multiplied by the amount of the outstanding principal of the Credit Extension prepaid or required to be prepaid (whichever is greater); (b) for an Accrual Date on or after the date which is twelve (12) months after the Closing Date through and including the date which is twenty-four (24) months after the Closing Date, two percent (2.0%) multiplied by the amount of the outstanding principal of the Credit Extension prepaid or required to be prepaid (whichever is greater); and (c) for an Accrual Date on or after the date which is twenty-four (24) months after the Closing Date through and including the date immediately preceding the Maturity Date one percent (1.0%) multiplied by the amount of the outstanding principal of the Credit Extension prepaid or required to be prepaid (whichever is greater).
Commitment Termination Date: the earliest to occur of (a) October 31, 2020, or (b) the delivery of a written notice by Agent to Borrower terminating the commitment following an Event of Default that has not been waived or cured at the time such notice is delivered.
Minimum Credit Extension Amount: $30,000,000.00
Permitted Purpose: N/A
Credit Facility and Type:Term, Tranche 4
Lenders for and their respective Applicable Commitments to this Credit Facility:
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Lender |
Applicable Commitment |
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Midcap Financial Trust |
$29,000,000 |
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Apollo Investment Corporation |
$10,000,000 |
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Silicon Valley Bank |
$11,000,000 |
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Total |
Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00) |
The following defined terms apply to this Credit Facility:
Applicable Funding Conditions:
(a)Credit Parties have delivered to Agent such documentation and information as Agent may reasonably request evidencing, to Agent’s reasonable satisfaction that, as of the date of such proposed Credit Extension and after giving effect to such Credit Extension, the Credit Parties will have Credit Party Unrestricted Cash in an aggregate amount greater than the Minimum Cash Threshold Amount (which amount shall be calculated, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to such Credit Extensions);
(b)Credit Parties have delivered to Agent such documentation and information as Agent may reasonably request evidencing, to Agent’s reasonable satisfaction, that first patient is in the second GB001 asthma Phase 3 trial;
(c)the Applicable Funding Conditions to Credit Facility #2 shall have been satisfied and Credit Facility #2 has been funded; and
(d)No Default or Event of Default exists.
Applicable Interest Period: means the one-month period starting on the first (1st) day of each month and ending on the last day of such month; provided, however, that the first (1st) Applicable Interest Period for each Credit Extension under this Credit Facility shall commence on the date that the applicable Credit Extension is made and end on the last day of such month.
Applicable Floor: means two percent (2.00%) per annum for the Applicable Libor Rate.
Applicable Prepayment Fee: means the following amount, calculated as of the date (the “Accrual Date”) that the Applicable Prepayment Fee becomes payable in the case of prepayments required under the Financing Documents or the date any voluntary prepayment is made: (a) for an Accrual Date on or after the Closing Date through and including the date which is twelve (12) months after the Closing Date, three percent (3.0%) multiplied by the amount of the outstanding principal of the Credit Extension prepaid or required to be prepaid (whichever is greater); (b) for an Accrual Date on or after the date which is twelve (12) months after the Closing Date through and including the date which is twenty-four (24) months after the Closing Date, two percent (2.0%) multiplied by the amount of the outstanding principal of the Credit Extension prepaid or required to be prepaid (whichever is greater); and (c) for an Accrual Date on or after the date which is twenty-four (24) months after the Closing Date through and including the date immediately preceding the Maturity Date one percent (1.0%) multiplied by the amount of the outstanding principal of the Credit Extension prepaid or required to be prepaid (whichever is greater).
Commitment Termination Date: the earliest to occur of (a) July 31, 2021, or (b) the delivery of a written notice by Agent to Borrower terminating the commitment following an Event of Default that has not been waived or cured at the time such notice is delivered.
Minimum Credit Extension Amount: $50,000,000.00
Permitted Purpose: N/A
AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE (FOR EACH CREDIT FACILITY)
Credit Facility #1
Commencing on June 1, 2021, and continuing on the first day of each calendar month thereafter, an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount advanced under Credit Facility #1 divided by thirty six (36).
Credit Facility #2
Commencing on June 1, 2021, and continuing on the first day of each calendar month thereafter, an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount advanced under Credit Facility #2 divided by thirty six (36).
Credit Facility #3
Commencing on June 1, 2021, and continuing on the first day of each calendar month thereafter, an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount advanced under Credit Facility #3 divided by thirty six (36).
Credit Facility #4
Commencing on the later of (a) June 1, 2021and (b) the first day of the first full calendar month immediately following such Credit Extension, and, in any case, continuing on the first day of each calendar month thereafter, an amount equal the aggregate amount of all Credit Extension in respect of Credit Facility #4 made to Borrower hereunder divided by the number of full calendar months remaining (including the month in which the first amortization payment is made) before the occurrence of the Maturity Date.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing, the entire remaining outstanding principal balance under the Credit Extensions shall mature and be due and payable upon the Termination Date.