CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of December 7, 2012 among VERENIUM CORPORATION as the Borrower, THE DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARIES OF THE BORROWER, as the Guarantors, ATHYRIUM OPPORTUNITIES FUND (A) LP, as Administrative Agent and a Lender and THE OTHER LENDERS FROM...
Exhibit 10.48
***Text Omitted and Filed Separately
with the Securities and Exchange Commission
Confidential Treatment Requested
Under 17 C.F.R. Sections 200.80(b)(4)
and 240.24b-2
Execution Copy
NEITHER THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT NOR THE NOTES OR WARRANTS ISSUED HEREUNDER HAVE BEEN REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE βSECURITIES ACTβ), OR QUALIFIED PURSUANT TO ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW. THE NOTES AND WARRANTS ISSUED UNDER THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT MAY BE RESOLD ONLY IF REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND QUALIFIED PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR IF AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION AND QUALIFICATION IS AVAILABLE, EXCEPT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE NEITHER SUCH REGISTRATION, QUALIFICATION NOR EXEMPTION IS REQUIRED BY LAW.
Dated as of DecemberΒ 7, 2012
among
VERENIUM CORPORATION
as the Borrower,
THE DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARIES OF THE BORROWER,
as the Guarantors,
ATHYRIUM OPPORTUNITIES FUND (A)Β LP,
as Administrative Agent and a Lender
and
THE OTHER LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS |
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1.01 |
Β | Defined Terms. |
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1.02 |
Β | Other Interpretive Provisions. |
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1.03 |
Β | Accounting Terms. |
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1.04 |
Β | Times of Day. |
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ARTICLE II. THE COMMITMENTS |
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2.01 |
Β | Commitments and Warrants. |
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2.02 |
Β | Borrowings. |
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2.03 |
Β | Prepayments. |
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2.04 |
Β | Repayment of Term Loan. |
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2.05 |
Β | Interest. |
Β Β | Β | 30 | Β Β |
2.06 |
Β | Fees. |
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2.07 |
Β | Computation of Interest. |
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2.08 |
Β | Evidence of Debt. |
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2.09 |
Β | Payments Generally. |
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2.10 |
Β | Sharing of Payments by Xxxxxxx. |
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2.11 |
Β | Defaulting Lenders. |
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ARTICLE III. TAXES |
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3.01 |
Β | Taxes. |
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3.02 |
Β | Survival. |
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ARTICLE IV. GUARANTY |
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4.01 |
Β | The Guaranty. |
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4.02 |
Β | Obligations Unconditional. |
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4.03 |
Β | Reinstatement. |
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4.04 |
Β | Certain Additional Waivers. |
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4.05 |
Β | Remedies. |
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4.06 |
Β | Rights of Contribution. |
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4.07 |
Β | Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee. |
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ARTICLE V. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO BORROWING |
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5.01 |
Β | Conditions of Borrowing and Purchase of Warrants. |
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5.02 |
Β | Conditions to All Borrowings. |
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ARTICLE VI. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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6.01 |
Β | Existence, Qualification and Power. |
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6.02 |
Β | Authorization; No Contravention. |
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6.03 |
Β | Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. |
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6.04 |
Β | Binding Effect. |
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6.05 |
Β | Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect. |
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6.06 |
Β | Litigation. |
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6.07 |
Β | No Default. |
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6.08 |
Β | Ownership of Property; Liens. |
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6.09 |
Β | Environmental Compliance. |
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6.10 |
Β | Insurance. |
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6.11 |
Β | Taxes. |
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6.12 |
Β | ERISA Compliance. |
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6.13 |
Β | Subsidiaries and Capitalization. |
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6.14 |
Β | Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act; Federal Fair Labor Standards Act |
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6.15 |
Β | Disclosure. |
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6.16 |
Β | Compliance with Laws. |
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6.17 |
Β | Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. |
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6.18 |
Β | Solvency. |
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6.19 |
Β | Perfection of Security Interests in the Collateral. |
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6.20 |
Β | Business Locations. |
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6.21 |
Β | OFAC. |
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6.22 |
Β | Limited Offering of Loans and Warrants. |
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6.23 |
Β | Registration Rights; Issuance Taxes. |
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ARTICLE VII. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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7.01 |
Β | Financial Statements. |
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7.02 |
Β | Certificates; Other Information. |
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7.03 |
Β | Notices. |
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7.04 |
Β | Payment of Obligations. |
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7.05 |
Β | Preservation of Existence, Etc. |
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7.06 |
Β | Maintenance of Properties. |
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7.07 |
Β | Maintenance of Insurance. |
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7.08 |
Β | Compliance with Laws. |
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7.09 |
Β | Books and Records. |
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7.10 |
Β | Inspection Rights. |
Β Β | Β | 54 | Β Β |
7.11 |
Β | Use of Proceeds. |
Β Β | Β | 54 | Β Β |
7.12 |
Β | Additional Subsidiaries. |
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7.13 |
Β | ERISA Compliance. |
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7.14 |
Β | Pledged Assets. |
Β Β | Β | 55 | Β Β |
7.15 |
Β | Consent of Inbound Licensors. |
Β Β | Β | 56 | Β Β |
7.16 |
Β | Compliance with Material Contracts. |
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7.17 |
Β | Accounts. |
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7.18 |
Β | Post-Closing Deliverables. |
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ARTICLE VIII. NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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8.01 |
Β | Liens. |
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8.02 |
Β | Investments. |
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8.03 |
Β | Indebtedness. |
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8.04 |
Β | Fundamental Changes. |
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8.05 |
Β | Dispositions. |
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8.06 |
Β | Restricted Payments. |
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8.07 |
Β | Change in Nature of Business. |
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8.08 |
Β | Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders. |
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8.09 |
Β | Burdensome Agreements. |
Β Β | Β | 63 | Β Β |
8.10 |
Β | Use of Proceeds. |
Β Β | Β | 64 | Β Β |
8.11 |
Β | Prepayment of Other Indebtedness. |
Β Β | Β | 64 | Β Β |
8.12 |
Β | Organization Documents; Fiscal Year; Legal Name, State of Formation and Form of Entity; Certain Amendments. |
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8.13 |
Β | Ownership of Subsidiaries. |
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8.14 |
Β | Sale Leasebacks. |
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8.15 |
Β | Sanctions. |
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8.16 |
Β | Consolidated Revenues. |
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ARTICLE IX. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES |
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9.01 |
Β | Events of Default. |
Β Β | Β | 65 | Β Β |
9.02 |
Β | Remedies Upon Event of Default. |
Β Β | Β | 68 | Β Β |
9.03 |
Β | Application of Funds. |
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ARTICLE X. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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10.01 |
Β | Appointment and Authority. |
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10.02 |
Β | Rights as a Lender. |
Β Β | Β | 70 | Β Β |
10.03 |
Β | Exculpatory Provisions. |
Β Β | Β | 70 | Β Β |
10.04 |
Β | Reliance by Administrative Agent. |
Β Β | Β | 71 | Β Β |
10.05 |
Β | Delegation of Duties. |
Β Β | Β | 71 | Β Β |
10.06 |
Β | Resignation of Administrative Agent. |
Β Β | Β | 72 | Β Β |
10.07 |
Β | Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. |
Β Β | Β | 72 | Β Β |
10.08 |
Β | Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. |
Β Β | Β | 72 | Β Β |
10.09 |
Β | Collateral and Guaranty Matters. |
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ARTICLE XI. MISCELLANEOUS |
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11.01 |
Β | Amendments, Etc. |
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11.02 |
Β | Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies. |
Β Β | Β | 75 | Β Β |
11.03 |
Β | No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement. |
Β Β | Β | 76 | Β Β |
11.04 |
Β | Expenses; Indemnity; and Damage Waiver. |
Β Β | Β | 77 | Β Β |
11.05 |
Β | Payments Set Aside. |
Β Β | Β | 79 | Β Β |
11.06 |
Β | Successors and Assigns. |
Β Β | Β | 79 | Β Β |
11.07 |
Β | Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. |
Β Β | Β | 83 | Β Β |
11.08 |
Β | Set-off. |
Β Β | Β | 83 | Β Β |
11.09 |
Β | Interest Rate Limitation. |
Β Β | Β | 84 | Β Β |
11.10 |
Β | Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. |
Β Β | Β | 84 | Β Β |
11.11 |
Β | Survival of Representations and Warranties. |
Β Β | Β | 84 | Β Β |
11.12 |
Β | Severability. |
Β Β | Β | 85 | Β Β |
11.13 |
Β | Replacement of Lenders. |
Β Β | Β | 85 | Β Β |
11.14 |
Β | Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc. |
Β Β | Β | 86 | Β Β |
11.15 |
Β | Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury. |
Β Β | Β | 87 | Β Β |
11.16 |
Β | Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents. |
Β Β | Β | 87 | Β Β |
11.17 |
Β | USA PATRIOT Act. |
Β Β | Β | 87 | Β Β |
11.18 |
Β | No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship. |
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SCHEDULES | ||
2.01 |
Β Β | Commitments and Applicable Percentages |
6.10 |
Β Β | Insurance |
6.13(a) |
Β Β | Subsidiaries |
6.13(b) |
Β Β | Capitalization |
6.17 |
Β Β | IP Rights |
6.20(a) |
Β Β | Locations of Real Property |
6.20(b) |
Β Β | Taxpayer and Organizational Identification Numbers |
6.20(c) |
Β Β | Changes in Legal Name, State of Formation and Structure |
6.23 |
Β Β | Registration Rights |
8.01 |
Β Β | Liens Existing on the Closing Date |
8.02 |
Β Β | Investments Existing on the Closing Date |
8.03 |
Β Β | Indebtedness Existing on the Closing Date |
11.02 |
Β Β | Certain Addresses for Notices |
EXHIBITS |
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A |
Β Β | Form of Loan Notice |
B-1 |
Β Β | Form of Term Note |
B-2 |
Β Β | Form of Warrant |
C |
Β Β | Form of Compliance Certificate |
D |
Β Β | Form of Joinder Agreement |
E |
Β Β | Form of Assignment and Assumption |
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This CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of DecemberΒ 7, 2012 among VERENIUM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the βBorrowerβ), the Guarantors (defined herein), the Lenders (defined herein) and ATHYRIUM OPPORTUNITIES FUND (A)Β LP, as Administrative Agent.
The Borrower has requested that the Lenders make an investment in the Borrower in the form of a term loan facility and common stock purchase warrants, and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01 Defined Terms.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
βAcquisitionβ, by any Person, means the acquisition by such Person, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of all or any substantial portion of the property of another Person, or any division, line of business or other business unit of another Person or at least a majority of the Voting Stock of another Person, in each case whether or not involving a merger or consolidation with such other Person and whether for cash, property, services, assumption of Indebtedness, securities or otherwise.
βAdministrative Agentβ means Athyrium Opportunities Fund (A)Β LP, in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
βAdministrative Agentβs Officeβ means the Administrative Agentβs address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on ScheduleΒ 11.02 or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
βAffiliateβ means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
βAgreementβ means this Credit Agreement.
βApplicable Percentageβ means with respect to any Lender at any time, with respect to such Xxxxxxβs portion of the outstanding Term Loan at any time, the percentage of the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan held by such Lender at such time. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on ScheduleΒ 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
βApproved Fundβ means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a)Β a Lender, (b)Β an Affiliate of a Lender or (c)Β an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
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βAssignment and Assumptionβ means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by SectionΒ 11.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit E or any other form (including electronic documentation generated by MarkitClear or other electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.
βAthyriumβ means Athyrium Capital Management, LLC.
βAttributable Indebtednessβ means, on any date, (a)Β in respect of any Capital Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, (b)Β in respect of any Synthetic Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease and (c)Β in respect of any Securitization Transaction of any Person, the outstanding principal amount of such financing, after taking into account reserve accounts and making appropriate adjustments, determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment.
βAudited Financial Statementsβ means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended DecemberΒ 31, 2011, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholdersβ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto, audited by independent public accountants of recognized national standing and prepared in conformity with GAAP.
βBioFuelsβ means BP Biofuels North America LLC.
βBorrowerβ has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
βBorrowingβ means a borrowing of the Term Loan pursuant to SectionΒ 2.01.
βBP Patentsβ means all Patents described on Schedule 1.40 to the Joint Intellectual Property Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.
βBusiness Dayβ means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state of California or the state where the Administrative Agentβs Office is located.
βBusinessesβ means, at any time, a collective reference to the businesses operated by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such time.
βCapital Leaseβ means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property by that Person as lessee which, in accordance with GAAP, is required to be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
βCash Equivalentsβ means, as at any date, (a)Β securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof or any State thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States or such State, as applicable, is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than twelve months from the date of acquisition, (b)Β Dollar denominated time deposits and certificates of deposit of (i)Β any domestic commercial bank of recognized standing having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 or (ii)Β any bank whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof or from Xxxxxβx is at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an βApproved Bankβ), in each case with maturities of not more than twelve
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months from the date of acquisition, (c)Β commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable rate notes issued by, or guaranteed by, any domestic corporation rated A-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moodyβs and maturing within six months of the date of acquisition, (d)Β Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets, in money market investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 which are administered by reputable financial institutions having capital of at least $500,000,000 and the portfolios of which are limited to Investments of the character described in the foregoing subdivisions (a)Β through (c)Β and (e)Β Investments made in accordance with Borrowerβs investment policy approved by Xxxxxxxxβs board of directors (as amended from time to time) provided that the same (and any amendments thereto) have been approved by the Administrative Agent.
βCFC Holding Companyβ means any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower if all of the assets of such Subsidiary (other than de minimus cash and assets required to operate) consist of Equity Interests in a βcontrolled foreign corporationβ as defined in SectionΒ 957 of the Internal Revenue Code.
βChange of Controlβ means the occurrence of any of the following events:
(a) any βpersonβ or βgroupβ (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the βbeneficial ownerβ (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 βbeneficial ownershipβ of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire (such right, an βoption rightβ), whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 40% or more of the Equity Interests of the Borrower entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Borrower 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); or
(b) during any period of 24 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)Β who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii)Β whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i)Β above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii)Β whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i)Β and (ii)Β above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body (excluding, in the case of both clause (ii)Β and clause (iii), any individual whose initial nomination for, or assumption of office as, a member of that board or equivalent governing body occurs as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents for the election or removal of one or more directors by any person or group other than a solicitation for the election of one or more directors by or on behalf of the board of directors).
βClosing Dateβ means the date hereof.
βClosing Date Side Letterβ means that certain letter agreement, dated as of the Closing Date among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto, as amended or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms hereof.
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βCollateralβ means a collective reference to all real and personal property with respect to which Xxxxx in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, are purported to be granted pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Documents and shall, for the avoidance of doubt, in no event include Excluded Property.
βCollateral Documentsβ means a collective reference to the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Deposit Account Control Agreements, the Landlord Consents and Waivers, the Mortgages and other security documents as may be executed and delivered by the Loan Parties pursuant to the terms of SectionΒ 7.14.
βComerica Cap Amountβ means an aggregate principal amount equal to $7,500,000 plus any interest and fees with respect thereto owing pursuant to the terms of the Comerica Loan Documents.
βComerica Collateral Documentsβ means the collective reference to the Comerica Credit Agreement and each other document and/or agreement securing the repayment of all or any portion of the Comerica Obligations.
βComerica Credit Agreementβ means that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of OctoberΒ 5, 2012 by and between Comerica Bank and the Borrower, as amended as of the Closing Date and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
βComerica Loan Documentsβ means the Comerica Credit Agreement, the Comerica Collateral Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement, and exhibits and schedules attached to any of the aforementioned documents and/or any agreement securing the repayment of all or any portion of the Comerica Obligations, in each case as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
βComerica Lock-box Accountβ means that certain lock-box account of the Borrower at Comerica Bank with the account number set forth in the Disclosure Letter.
βComerica Obligationsβ means all Indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations of any and every kind and nature now existing or hereafter arising, contingent or otherwise, of the Borrower or any other Loan Party under, in connection with, or evidenced or secured by the Comerica Credit Agreement and/or any of the other Comerica Loan Documents including, without limitation, obligations to pay (a)Β principal, (b)Β interest or premium (including any interest or premium accruing after the filing of a petition in bankruptcy or the commencement of any reorganization, regardless of whether the same is allowed as a claim in such proceeding), (c)Β fees, (d)Β costs, expenses and other amounts related to any indemnity against loss, damage or liability and (e)Β any other monetary obligation.
βCommitmentβ means, as to each Lender, its obligation to make its portion of the Term Loan to the Borrower pursuant to SectionΒ 2.01(a), in the principal amount set forth opposite such Xxxxxxβs name on Schedule 2.01. The aggregate principal amount of the Commitments of all of the Lenders as in effect on the Closing Date is TWENTY TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($22,500,000).
βCompliance Certificateβ means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
βConfidential Informationβ means all non-public information, whether written, oral or in any electronic, visual or other medium, that is the subject of reasonable efforts to keep it confidential and that
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is owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or that the Borrower or any Subsidiary is licensed, authorized or otherwise granted rights under or to as of the Closing Date, or subsequent thereto.
βConsolidated Revenuesβ means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, total revenues as determined in accordance with GAAP.
βContractual Obligationβ means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
βControlβ means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. βControllingβ and βControlledβ have meanings correlative thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote 5% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors, managing general partners or the equivalent.
βCopyright Licenseβ means any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant of any right to use any Copyright.
βCopyrightsβ means (a)Β all proprietary rights afforded Works pursuant to Title 17 of the United States Code, including, without limitations, all rights in mask works, copyrights and original designs, and all proprietary rights afforded such Works by other countries for the full term thereof (and including all rights accruing by virtue of bilateral or international treaties and conventions thereto), whether registered or unregistered, including, but not limited to, all applications for registration, renewals, extensions, reversions or restorations thereof now or hereafter provided for by law and all rights to make applications for registrations and recordations, regardless of the medium of fixation or means of expression, which are owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is licensed, authorized or otherwise granted rights under or to as of the Closing Date, or subsequent thereto; and (b)Β all copyright rights under the copyright laws of the United States and all other countries for the full term thereof (and including all rights accruing by virtue of bilateral or international copyright treaties and conventions), whether registered or unregistered, including, but not limited to, all applications for registration, renewals, extensions, reversions or restorations of copyrights now or hereafter provided for by law and all rights to make applications for copyright registrations and recordations, regardless of the medium of fixation or means of expression, which are owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is licensed, authorized or otherwise granted rights under or to as of the Closing Date, or subsequent thereto.
βDebtor Relief Lawsβ means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
βDefaultβ means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
βDefaulting Lenderβ means, subject to SectionΒ 2.11(b), any Lender, as determined by the Administrative Agent, that (a)Β has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder within three (3)Β Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b)Β has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder or (c)Β has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i)Β become the subject of a proceeding under any
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Debtor Relief Law, (ii)Β had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it or (iii)Β taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided, that, a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interests in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority.
βDefault Rateβ has the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 2.05(b).
βDeposit Account Control Agreementsβ means any account control agreement by and among the Borrower or any Guarantor, the depository bank and the Administrative Agent, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
βDesignated Jurisdictionβ means any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory is the subject of any Sanction.
βDisclosure Letterβ means that certain disclosure letter dated as of the Closing Date containing certain exceptions, qualifications, permitted items and disclosures, delivered by the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
βDispositionβ or βDisposeβ means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of any property by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (including the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary), including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith, but excluding the following (collectively, the βPermitted Transfersβ): (a)Β the sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition of inventory in the ordinary course of business; (b)Β the sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition in the ordinary course of business of surplus, obsolete or worn out property no longer used or useful in the conduct of business of any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries; (c)Β any sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition of property to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary; provided, that if the transferor of such property is a Loan Party (i)Β the transferee thereof must be a Loan Party or (ii)Β to the extent such transaction constitutes an Investment, such transaction is not prohibited by SectionΒ 8.02, (d)Β licenses of or other grants of rights of or in intellectual property (including any covenant not to sue) on a non-exclusive basis or on an exclusive basis so long as such exclusive licensing is limited to geographic areas, particular fields of use, a subset of products for customers or limited time periods and so long as after giving effect to such license the Loan Parties retain sufficient rights to use the subject intellectual property as to enable them to conduct their business in the ordinary course (βLimited Licensesβ), (e)Β dispositions of cash or Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business or in any manner not prohibited by the terms of the Loan Documents, (f)Β to the extent constituting dispositions, Investments not prohibited by SectionΒ 8.02, transactions not prohibited by SectionΒ 8.04, Restricted Payments not prohibited by SectionΒ 8.06 and Liens not prohibited by SectionΒ 8.01, (g)Β any Involuntary Disposition, (h)Β the sale, lease, transfer or disposition of the BP Patents pursuant to the terms of the Joint Intellectual Property Agreement and (i)Β dispositions in the ordinary course of business consisting of the abandonment or lapse of IP Rights which, in the good faith determination of the Borrower, are not material to the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
βDisqualified Stockβ means any class of Equity Interests that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, (a)Β matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, or otherwise has any distributions or other payments which are mandatory or otherwise required at any time on or prior to the date that is one hundred eighty-one (181)Β days after the Maturity Date, (b)Β is convertible into or exchangeable (unless at the sole option of the issuer thereof) for (x)Β debt securities or (y)Β any Equity Interest referred to in clause
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(a) above, in each case at any time prior to the date that is one hundred eighty-one (181)Β days after the Maturity Date or (c)Β requires that dividends be paid at any time that such payment would be prohibited by the terms of this Agreement or any other agreement of such Person relating to outstanding indebtedness (it being understood that non-cash dividends may nonetheless accrue on such Equity Interests at such time).
βDollarβ and β$β mean lawful money of the United States.
βDomestic Subsidiaryβ means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any state of the United States or the District of Columbia.
βDomain Namesβ means all domain names and URLs that are registered and/or owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is licensed, authorized or otherwise granted rights under or to as of the Closing Date, or subsequent thereto.
βEarn Out Obligationsβ means, with respect to an Acquisition, all obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to make earn out or other contingency payments (including purchase price adjustments, non-competition and consulting agreements, or other indemnity obligations) pursuant to the documentation relating to such Acquisition. For purposes of determining the aggregate consideration paid for an Acquisition at the time of such Acquisition, the amount of any Earn Out Obligations shall be deemed to be the maximum amount of the earn-out payments in respect thereof as specified in the documents relating to such Acquisition. For purposes of determining the amount of any Earn Out Obligations to be included in the definition of Funded Indebtedness, the amount of Earn Out Obligations shall be deemed to be the aggregate liability in respect thereof, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
βEligible Assetsβ means property that is used or useful in the same or a similar line of business as the Borrower and its Subsidiaries were engaged in on the Closing Date (or any reasonable extension or expansions thereof).
βEligible Assigneeβ means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under SectionΒ 11.06(b)(iii) and (v)Β (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under SectionΒ 11.06(b)(iii)).
βEnvironmental Lawsβ means any and all federal, state, local, foreign and other applicable statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.
βEnvironmental Liabilityβ means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a)Β violation of any Environmental Law, (b)Β the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c)Β exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d)Β the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e)Β any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
βEquity Interestsβ means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in)
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such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.
βERISAβ means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
βERISA Affiliateβ means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of SectionΒ 414(b) or (c)Β of the Internal Revenue Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o)Β of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of provisions relating to SectionΒ 412 of the Internal Revenue Code).
βERISA Eventβ means (a)Β a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b)Β the withdrawal of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to SectionΒ 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a βsubstantial employerβ as defined in SectionΒ 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under SectionΒ 4062(e) of ERISA; (c)Β a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d)Β the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA; (e)Β the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan; (f)Β any event or condition which constitutes grounds under SectionΒ 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (g)Β the determination that any Pension Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Internal Revenue Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA; or (h)Β the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under SectionΒ 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
βEvent of Defaultβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 9.01.
βExchange Actβ means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
βExcluded Propertyβ means, with respect to any Loan Party, including any Person that becomes a Loan Party after the Closing Date as contemplated by SectionΒ 7.12, (a)Β any owned or leased real or personal property which is located outside of the United States, (b)Β any personal property (including, without limitation, motor vehicles) in respect of which perfection of a Lien is not either (i)Β governed by the Uniform Commercial Code or (ii)Β effected by appropriate evidence of the Lien being filed in either the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office, (c)Β the Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary of a Loan Party to the extent not required to be pledged to secure the Obligations pursuant to SectionΒ 7.14(a), and (d)Β any property which, subject to the terms of SectionΒ 8.09, is subject to a Lien of the type described in SectionΒ 8.01(i) or SectionΒ 8.01(j) pursuant to documents which prohibit such Loan Party from granting any other Liens in such property, (e)Β any leasehold interest of any Loan Party in office space, (f)Β the BP Patents (other than any interest therein arising out of the Borrowerβs license thereof), (g)Β the [β¦***β¦] License and (h)Β any general intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other instrument of a Loan Party if the grant of a security interest in such general intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other instrument in the manner contemplated by the Collateral Documents, under the terms thereof or under applicable Law, is prohibited and would result in the termination thereof or give the other parties thereto the right to terminate, accelerate or otherwise alter such Loan Partyβs rights, titles and interests thereunder (including upon the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both); provided that (x)Β any such
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limitation described in this clause (h)Β on the security interests granted under the Collateral Documents shall only apply to the extent that any such prohibition would not be rendered ineffective pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code or any other applicable Law (including Debtor Relief Laws) or principles of equity and (y)Β in the event of the termination or elimination of any such prohibition or the requirement for any consent contained in any applicable Law, general intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other instrument, to the extent sufficient to permit any such item to become Collateral, or upon the granting of any such consent, or waiving or terminating any requirement for such consent, a security interest in such general intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other instrument shall be automatically and simultaneously granted under the applicable Collateral Document and shall be included as Collateral thereunder.
βExtraordinary Receiptsβ means any cash received by or paid to or for the account of any Person not in the ordinary course of business, including pension plan reversions, proceeds of insurance (other than proceeds of business interruption insurance to the extent such proceeds constitute compensation for lost earnings), condemnation awards (and payments in lieu thereof), indemnity payments and any purchase price adjustments. It is understood and agreed that βExtraordinary Receiptsβ shall not include (i)Β any cash received by or paid to or for the account of the Borrower as consideration for the Borrowerβs issuance of its Equity Interests to another Person, (ii)Β cash received by the Borrower upon the release of funds from the JPMorgan Account to the Borrower and (iii)Β for the avoidance of doubt, cash received by the Borrower as milestone, royalty or profit-sharing payments under contracts in effect on the date hereof.
βFacilitiesβ means, at any time, a collective reference to the facilities and real properties owned, leased or operated by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary.
βFATCAβ means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code 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) and any regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to SectionΒ 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.
βFederal Funds Rateβ 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 such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day.
βFee Letterβ means that certain letter agreement, dated as of OctoberΒ 31, 2012 among the Borrower and Athyrium, as amended or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms hereof.
βForeign Lenderβ means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
βForeign Subsidiaryβ means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as a Domestic Subsidiary is a CFC Holding Company, such Domestic Subsidiary shall be considered a Foreign Subsidiary hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, if any Domestic Subsidiary classified as a Foreign Subsidiary in accordance with the preceding sentence (a βSubject Subsidiaryβ) ceases to be classified as a Foreign Subsidiary hereunder, any other Domestic Subsidiary classified as a Foreign Subsidiary hereunder that maintains as its only assets Equity Interests in such Subject Subsidiary shall cease to be classified as a Foreign Subsidiary hereunder.
βFRBβ means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
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βFundβ means any Person (other than a natural Person) 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 its activities.
βFunded Indebtednessβ means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all obligations for borrowed money, whether current or long-term (including the Obligations) and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;
(b) all purchase money Indebtedness;
(c) the principal portion of all obligations under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than customary reservations or retentions of title under agreements with suppliers entered into in the ordinary course of business);
(d) all obligations arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankersβ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;
(e) all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and, in each case, not past due for more than 90 days after the date on which such trade account payable was created), including, without limitation, any Earn Out Obligations;
(f) the Attributable Indebtedness of Capital Leases, Securitization Transactions and Synthetic Leases;
(g) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Disqualified Stock in such Person or any other Person, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends;
(h) all Funded Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Funded Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on, or payable out of the proceeds of production from, property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed;
(i) all Guarantees with respect to Funded Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a)Β through (h)Β above of another Person; and
(j) all Funded Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a)Β through (i)Β above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer, except to the extent that Funded Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person.
For purposes hereof, the amount of any direct obligation arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankersβ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments shall be the maximum amount available to be drawn thereunder.
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βGAAPβ means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, consistently applied and as in effect from time to time.
βGovernmental Authorityβ means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
βGovernmental Licensesβ means all applications to and requests for approval from a Governmental Authority for the right to manufacture, import, store, market, promote, advertise, offer for sale, sell, use and/or otherwise distribute a Product, including, without limitation, all filings filed with the Food and Drug Administration, and all authorizations issuing from a Governmental Authority based upon or as a result of such applications and requests, which are owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary via assignment, purchase or otherwise or that the Borrower or any Subsidiary is licensed, authorized or otherwise granted rights under or to.
βGuaranteeβ means, as to any Person, (a)Β any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the βprimary obligorβ) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i)Β to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii)Β to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii)Β to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv)Β entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b)Β any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term βGuaranteeβ as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
βGuarantorsβ means each Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower identified as a βGuarantorβ on the signature pages hereto and each other Person that joins as a Guarantor pursuant to SectionΒ 7.12, together with their successors and permitted assigns.
βGuarantyβ means the Guaranty made by the Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other holders of the Obligations pursuant to Article IV.
βHazardous Materialsβ means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
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βIndebtednessβ means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all Funded Indebtedness;
(b) the Swap Termination Value of any Swap Contract;
(c) all obligations under corporate credit cards and e-commerce or merchant account services;
(d) all Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a)Β through (c)Β above of any other Person; and
(e) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a)Β through (d)Β above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which the Borrower or a Subsidiary is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to the Borrower or such Subsidiary.
βIndemniteesβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 11.04(b).
βInformationβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 11.07.
βInterest Payment Dateβ means the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date.
βInterim Financial Statementsβ has the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 5.01(c)(ii).
βIntercreditor Agreementβ means that certain intercreditor agreement dated as of the Closing Date by and among Comerica Bank and the Administrative Agent and acknowledged by the Borrower, as amended, amended and restated or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
βInternal Revenue Codeβ means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
βInternal Revenue Serviceβ means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
βInvestmentβ means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a)Β the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests of another Person, (b)Β a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor Guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person, or (c)Β an Acquisition. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
βInvestment Documentsβ means, collectively, the Loan Documents, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Warrants.
βInvoluntary Dispositionβ means any loss of, damage to or destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking for public use of, any property of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
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βIP Rightsβ means, collectively, all Confidential Information, all Copyrights, all Domain Names, all Governmental Licenses, all Patents, all Proprietary Databases, all Proprietary Software, all Trademarks, all Trade Secrets, all Other Intellectual Property, all Copyright Licenses, all Patent Licenses, all Other IP Agreements, all Trademark Licenses, all Websites, all Website Agreements and any and all interests, claims and rights for damages, profits and other awards related to any past, present or future infringement, misappropriation, dilution or other violation of the foregoing.
β[β¦***β¦] Licenseβ means that certain [β¦***β¦] License Agreement dated as of [β¦***β¦] between [β¦***β¦], as licensor and the Borrower, as licensee.
βJoinder Agreementβ means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D executed and delivered by a Domestic Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of SectionΒ 7.12.
βJoint Intellectual Property Agreementβ means that certain Joint Intellectual Property Agreement dated as of SeptemberΒ 2, 2010 between Biofuels and the Borrower.
βJPMorgan Accountβ means Xxxxxxxxβs escrow account at JPMorgan ChaseΒ & Co. numbered [β¦***β¦] with a balance not to exceed $2,500,000 plus the amount of any interest accrued thereon.
βLandlord Consents and Waiversβ means, collectively, each Landlord Consent and Waiver, by and among the applicable Loan Party, the Administrative Agent, Comerica Bank and the owners of the real properties leased by such Loan Party.
βLawsβ means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.
βLendersβ means each of the Persons identified as a βLenderβ on the signature pages hereto and their successors and assigns.
βLending Officeβ means, as to any Lender, the office address of such Lender and, as appropriate, account of such Lender set forth on Schedule 11.02 or such other address or account as such Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
βLienβ means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
βLimited Licensesβ has the meaning specified in the definition of βDispositionβ.
βLoanβ means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article II in the form of the Term Loan.
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βLoan Documentsβ means this Agreement, each Note, the Closing Date Side Letter, the Disclosure Letter, the Intercreditor Agreement each Joinder Agreement, the Collateral Documents and the Fee Letter.
βLoan Noticeβ means a notice of a Borrowing of the Term Loan pursuant to SectionΒ 2.02(a), which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
βLoan Partiesβ means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.
βMaterial Adverse Effectβ means (a)Β a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, assets, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent) or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b)Β a material impairment of the rights and remedies of any Lender under any Loan Document, of the ability of the Borrower to perform its material obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party or of the ability of the Loan Parties (other than the Borrower), taken as a whole, to perform their material obligations under any Loan Document to which such Loan Parties are a party; or (c)Β a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.
βMaterial IP Rightsβ means IP Rights (and/or the economics afforded by the licensing thereof) that (a)Β are material to the operations, business, property, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or (b)Β the loss of which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
βMaturity Dateβ means DecemberΒ 7, 2017.
βMoodyβsβ means Xxxxxβx Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
βMortgaged Propertyβ means any real property that is owned or leased by a Loan Party and is subject to a Mortgage.
βMortgagesβ means the mortgages, deeds of trust or deeds to secure debt that purport to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, a security interest in the fee interest and/or leasehold interests of any Loan Party in real property (other than Excluded Property).
βMultiemployer Planβ means any employee benefit plan of the type described in SectionΒ 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
βMultiple Employer Planβ means a Plan which has two or more contributing sponsors (including the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate) at least two of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in SectionΒ 4064 of ERISA.
βNet Cash Proceedsβ means the aggregate cash or Cash Equivalents proceeds received by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in respect of any Disposition, Involuntary Disposition or Extraordinary Receipts, net of (a)Β in the case of any Disposition or Involuntary Disposition, (i)Β direct costs incurred in connection therewith (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions), (ii)Β taxes paid or payable as a result thereof and (iii)Β all amounts that are set aside as a reserve (A)Β for adjustments in respect of the purchase price of such assets and (B)Β for any liabilities associated with such sale or casualty, to the extent such reserve is required by GAAP, to the extent that in
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each case the funds described above in this clause (iii)Β are (x)Β deposited into escrow with a third party escrow agent acceptable to the Administrative Agent or set aside in a separate account that is subject to a Deposit Account Control Agreement and (y)Β paid as a prepayment of the Obligations in accordance with SectionΒ 2.03(b) at such time when such amounts are no longer required to be set aside as a reserve, (b)Β in the case of any Disposition or Involuntary Disposition, the amount necessary to retire any Indebtedness secured by a Permitted Lien (ranking senior to any Lien of the Administrative Agent) on the related property and (c)Β in the case of any Extraordinary Receipt, (i)Β reasonable direct costs incurred in connection with the collection of such proceeds, awards or other payments and (ii)Β insurance and condemnation proceeds that are applied to the repair or replacement of the applicable property within one (1)Β year after receipt thereof. It is understood and agreed that βNet Cash Proceedsβ shall include, without limitation, any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in any Disposition, Involuntary Disposition or Extraordinary Receipt.
βNon-Consenting Lenderβ means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (a)Β requires the approval of all Lenders or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of SectionΒ 11.01 and (b)Β has been approved by the Required Lenders.
βNoteβ or βNotesβ means the Term Notes, individually or collectively, as appropriate.
βOFACβ means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.
βObligationsβ means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding. For the avoidance of doubt, the term βObligationsβ shall not include the obligations of the Borrower under the Warrants or the Registration Rights Agreement.
βOrganization Documentsβ means, (a)Β with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b)Β with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c)Β with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
βOther Intellectual Propertyβ means all worldwide intellectual property rights, industrial property rights, proprietary rights and common-law rights, whether registered or unregistered, which are not otherwise included in Confidential Information, Copyrights, Copyright Licenses, Domain Names, Governmental Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks and Trademark Licenses, Proprietary Databases, Proprietary Software, Websites, Website Agreements and Trade Secrets, including, without limitation, all rights to and under all new and useful algorithms, concepts, data (including all clinical data relating to a Product), databases, designs, discoveries, inventions, know-how, methods, processes, protocols, show-how, software (other than commercially available, off-the-shelf software that is not assignable in connection with a Change of Control), specifications for Products, techniques, technology,
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trade dress and all improvements thereof and thereto, which is owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is licensed, authorized or otherwise granted rights under or to as of the Closing Date, or subsequent thereto, and which is used by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any other Person to advertise, manufacture, import, market, promote, offer for sale, sell, use and/or otherwise distribute a Product.
βOther IP Agreementsβ means any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant of any right under any Confidential Information, Governmental Licenses, Proprietary Database, Proprietary Software, and/or Trade Secret, to the extent that the grant of any such right is not otherwise the subject of a Copyright License, Trademark License, Patent License or Website Agreement.
βOther Taxesβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 3.01(a).
βOutstanding Amountβ means with respect to any Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of any Loans occurring on such date.
βParticipantβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 11.06(d).
βParticipant Registerβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 11.06(d).
βPatent Licenseβ means any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant of any right under any Patent.
βPatentsβ means all letters patent and patent applications in the United States and all other countries (and all letters patent that issue therefrom) and all reissues, reexaminations, extensions, renewals, divisions and continuations (including continuations-in-part and continuing prosecution applications) thereof, for the full term thereof, together with the right to claim the priority thereto, which are owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is licensed, authorized or otherwise granted rights under or to as of the Closing Date, or subsequent thereto.
βPBGCβ means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.
βPension Actβ means the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
βPension Funding Rulesβ means the rules of the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and set forth in, with respect to plan years ending prior to the effective date of the Pension Act, SectionΒ 412 of the Internal Revenue Code and SectionΒ 302 of ERISA, each as in effect prior to the Pension Act and, thereafter, SectionΒ 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Internal Revenue Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.
βPension Planβ means any employee pension benefit plan (including a Multiple Employer Plan or a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by the Borrower and any ERISA Affiliate and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to minimum funding standards under SectionΒ 412 of the Internal Revenue Code.
βPermitted Acquisitionsβ means Investments consisting of an Acquisition by any Loan Party, provided that (a)Β no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such Acquisition, (b)Β the property acquired (or the property of the Person acquired) in such Acquisition is used or useful in the same or a related line of business as the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
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were engaged in on the Closing Date (or any reasonable extensions or expansions thereof), (c)Β the Administrative Agent shall have received all items in respect of the Equity Interests or property acquired in such Acquisition required to be delivered by the terms of SectionΒ 7.12 and/or SectionΒ 7.14, (d)Β in the case of an Acquisition of the Equity Interests of another Person, the board of directors (or other comparable governing body) of such other Person shall have duly approved such Acquisition, (e)Β the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent pro forma financial statements for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries after giving effect to such Acquisition for the twelve month period ending as of the most recent fiscal quarter in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (f)Β the representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in each Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as if made as of the date of such Acquisition (after giving effect thereto) except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, and (g)Β the aggregate consideration (including cash and non-cash consideration, any assumption of Indebtedness, deferred purchase price and any Earn Out Obligations) paid by the Loan Parties for all such Acquisition occurring in any fiscal year shall not exceed $[β¦***β¦].
βPermitted Comerica Refinancingβ means any refinancing, renewal or extension of the Comerica Obligations; provided, that, (a)Β the principal amount thereof does not exceed the principal amount of the Comerica Obligations except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid, and discounts, commissions and fees and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with such refinancing, renewal or extension and by an amount equal to any existing unutilized commitments under the Comerica Credit Agreement, (b)Β the Person providing such refinancing, renewal or extension (the βPermitted Comerica Refinancing Debt Providerβ) of the Comerica Obligations (if not Comerica Bank) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders and such Person shall have entered into an amendment and restatement of the Intercreditor Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and having terms not less favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the Intercreditor Agreement as in effect on the date hereof, (c)Β such refinancing, renewal or extension shall have a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of the Comerica Obligations and (d)Β such refinancing, renewal or extension is incurred by the Borrower and such new or additional obligors as are or become Loan Parties.
βPermitted Comerica Refinancing Cap Amountβ means an aggregate principal amount equal to $10,000,000 plus any interest and fees with respect thereto owing pursuant to the terms of the Permitted Comerica Refinancing Loan Documents.
βPermitted Comerica Refinancing Loan Documentsβ means the credit or loan agreement with respect to the Permitted Comerica Refinancing, all collateral documents with respect thereto, the Intercreditor Agreement, and exhibits and schedules attached to any of the aforementioned documents and/or any agreement securing the repayment of all or any portion of the Permitted Comerica Refinancing, in each case as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
βPermitted Liensβ means, at any time, Liens in respect of property of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries not prohibited to exist at such time by the terms of SectionΒ 8.01.
βPersonβ means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
βPilot Plant, Automation Lab, or Research and Development Labsβ means the bioprocess development facility, robotics and automation laboratory, and research and development laboratories at Borrowerβs future corporate headquarters at 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx which are
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expected to be utilized for the development and commercialization of Borrowerβs products and technologies.
βPlanβ means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of SectionΒ 3(3) of ERISA (including a Pension Plan), maintained for employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or any such Plan to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees.
βPledge Agreementβ means the pledge agreement dated as of the Closing Date executed in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, by each of the Loan Parties, as amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
βPreferred Equity Interestsβ as applied to the Equity Interests of any Person, means Equity Interests of such Person (other than common stock or membership interests of such Person) of any class or classes (however designed) that ranks prior, as to the payment of dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such Person, to shares of Equity Interests of any other class of such Person.
βProductβ means any products or services advertised, imported, manufactured, marketed, offered for sale, promoted, sold, used or otherwise distributed in connection with or that embody, in whole or in part, the IP Rights.
βProprietary Databasesβ means any material non-public proprietary database that is owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or that the Borrower or any Subsidiary is licensed, authorized or otherwise granted rights under or to as of the Closing Date, or subsequent thereto.
βProprietary Softwareβ means any proprietary software owned, licensed or otherwise used, other than any software that is generally commercially available, off-the-shelf and/or open source including, without limitation, the object code and source code forms of such software and all associated documentation, which is owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is licensed, authorized or otherwise granted rights under or to as of the Closing Date, or subsequent thereto.
βRegisterβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 11.06(c).
βRegistration Rights Agreementβ means that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the Closing Date by and among the Borrower and the Lenders, as the same may be amended from time to time.
βRelated Partiesβ means, with respect to any Person, such Personβs Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Personβs Affiliates.
βReportable Eventβ means any of the events set forth in SectionΒ 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the thirty-day notice period has been waived.
βRequired Lendersβ means, at any time, Lenders having Total Credit Exposures representing more than 50% of the Total Credit Exposures of all Lenders. The Total Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time.
βResponsible Officerβ means the chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of a Loan Party and, solely for purposes of the delivery of certificates
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pursuant to Sections 5.01 or 7.12(b), the secretary or any assistant secretary of a Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
βRestricted Paymentβ means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests or on account of any return of capital to the Borrowerβs stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Person thereof), or any setting apart of funds or property for any of the foregoing.
βS&Pβ means StandardΒ & Poorβs Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.
βSale and Leaseback Transactionβ means, with respect to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any Person whereby the Loan Party or such Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any property used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred.
βSanctionsβ means any international economic sanction administered or enforced by the United States government (including, without limitation, OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majestyβs Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority.
βSECβ means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
βSecurities Actβ means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
βSecuritization Transactionβ means, with respect to any Person, any financing transaction or series of financing transactions (including factoring arrangements) pursuant to which such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person may sell, convey or otherwise transfer, or grant a security interest in, accounts, payments, receivables, rights to future lease payments or residuals or similar rights to payment to a special purpose subsidiary or affiliate of such Person.
βSecurity Agreementβ means the security agreement dated as of the Closing Date executed in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, by each of the Loan Parties, as amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
βSolventβ or βSolvencyβ means, with respect to any Person as of a particular date, that on such date (a)Β such Person is able to pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of business, (b)Β such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Personβs ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature in their ordinary course, (c)Β such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or a transaction, for which such Personβs property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which such Person is engaged or is to engage, (d)Β the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities, of such Person and (e)Β the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that
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will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured. In computing the amount of contingent liabilities at any time, it is intended that such liabilities will be computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
βSovereign Accountβ means the Borrowerβs collateral account at Sovereign Bank, N.A. numbered [β¦***β¦] cash securing a letter of credit issued by Sovereign Bank, N.A. in respect of Xxxxxxxxβs leased location in Cambridge, Massachusetts with a balance not to exceed $220,000.
βSubsidiaryβ of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of Voting Stock is at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a βSubsidiaryβ or to βSubsidiariesβ shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
βSwap Contractβ means (a)Β any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b)Β any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a βMaster Agreementβ), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
βSwap Termination Valueβ means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a)Β for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s) and (b)Β for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
βSynthetic Leaseβ means any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing arrangement whereby the arrangement is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an operating lease or does not otherwise appear on a balance sheet under GAAP.
βTaxesβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 3.01(a).
βTerm Loanβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.01(a).
βTerm Noteβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.08(a).
βThreshold Amountβ means $[β¦***β¦].
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βTotal Credit Exposureβ means, as to any Lender at any time, the Outstanding Amount of the Term Loan held by such Lender at such time.
βTrademark Licenseβ means any agreement, written or oral, providing for the grant of any right to use any Trademark.
βTrademarksβ means all statutory and common-law trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos and other source or business identifiers, and the goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications to register in connection therewith, under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, for the full term and all renewals thereof, which are owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is licensed, authorized or otherwise granted rights under or to as of the Closing Date, or subsequent thereto.
βTrade Secretsβ means any data or information that is not commonly known by or available to the public, and which (a)Β derives economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by other Persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use; (b)Β is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy; and (c)Β which are owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is licensed, authorized or otherwise granted rights under or to as of the Closing Date, or subsequent thereto.
βTreasury Regulationsβ means the regulations, including temporary regulations, promulgated by the United States Treasury Department under the Internal Revenue Code, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including the corresponding provisions of any future regulations).
βUnited Statesβ and βU.S.β mean the United States of America.
βU.S. Personβ means any Person that is a βUnited States Personβ as defined in SectionΒ 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code.
βVoting Stockβ means, with respect to any Person, Equity Interests issued by such Person the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even though the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.
βWarrantsβ means those certain common stock purchase warrants of the Borrower purchased by the Lenders, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2. The Warrants shall have the rights set forth therein and shall be in the respective amounts set forth on Schedule 2.01.
βWebsitesβ means all websites that any Loan Party or any Subsidiary shall operate, manage or control through a Domain Name, whether on an exclusive basis or a nonexclusive basis, including, without limitations, all content, elements, data, information, materials, hypertext markup language (HTML), software and code, works of authorship, textual works, visual works, aural works, audiovisual works and functionality embodied in, published or available through each such website and all IP Rights in each of the foregoing.
βWebsite Agreementβ means all agreements between any Loan Party and/or Subsidiary and any other Person pursuant to which such Person provides any services relating to the hosting, design, operation, management or maintenance of any Website, including without limitation, all agreements with
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any Person providing website hosting, database management or maintenance or disaster recovery services to any Loan Party and all agreements with any domain name registrar, as all such agreements may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
βWholly Owned Subsidiaryβ means any Person 100% of whose Equity Interests are at the time owned by the Borrower directly or indirectly through other Persons 100% of whose Equity Interests are at the time owned, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower.
βWorkβ means any work or subject matter that is subject to protection pursuant to Title 17 of the United States Code.
1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions.
With reference to this Agreement and each other Investment Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Investment Document:
(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words βinclude,β βincludesβ and βincludingβ shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase βwithout limitation.β The word βwillβ shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word βshall.β Unless the context requires otherwise, (i)Β any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Investment Document), (ii)Β any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Personβs successors and assigns, (iii)Β the words βheretoβ, βherein,β βhereofβ and βhereunder,β and words of similar import when used in any Investment Document, shall be construed to refer to such Investment Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv)Β all references in an Investment Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Investment Document in which such references appear, (v)Β any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi)Β the words βassetβ and βpropertyβ shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all real and personal property and tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
(b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word βfromβ means βfrom and including;β the words βtoβ and βuntilβ each mean βto but excluding;β and the word βthroughβ means βto and including.β
(c) Section headings herein and in the other Investment Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Investment Document.
1.03 Accounting Terms.
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(a) Generally. Except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein, all accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements; provided, however, that calculations of Attributable Indebtedness under any Synthetic Lease or the implied interest component of any Synthetic Lease shall be made by the Borrower in accordance with accepted financial practice and consistent with the terms of such Synthetic Lease.
(b) Changes in GAAP. The Borrower will provide a written summary of material changes in GAAP and in the consistent application thereof with each annual and monthly financial statement delivered in accordance with SectionΒ 7.01. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i)Β such requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii)Β the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
1.04 Times of Day.
Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
ARTICLE II.
THE COMMITMENTS
2.01 Commitments and Warrants.
(a) Term Loan. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make its portion of a term loan (the βTerm Loanβ) in [β¦***β¦] advances to the Borrower in Dollars in an amount not to exceed such Xxxxxxβs Commitment. [β¦***β¦]. Amounts repaid on the Term Loan may not be reborrowed.
(b) The Borrower and Lenders hereby acknowledge and agree that, for United States income tax purposes, for an aggregate purchase price of $22,500,000, (i)Β the Borrower shall sell to the Lenders, and the Lenders shall purchase from the Borrower, the Notes and (ii)Β the Borrower shall sell to, and the Lenders shall purchase from the Borrower, the Warrants, in each case, in the respective amounts and purchase prices set forth opposite each Lenderβs name on Schedule 2.01. Furthermore, the Borrower and the Lenders hereby acknowledge and agree that (i)Β the issue price (within the meaning of SectionΒ 1273(b) of the Internal Revenue Code) of each Note is determined pursuant to SectionΒ 1272-1275 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder and (ii)Β for United States federal income tax purposes, the issue price of the Warrants within the meaning of SectionΒ 1273(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, which issue price was
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determined pursuant to SectionΒ 1.1273-2(h)(1) of the Treasury Regulations, is equal to $[β¦***β¦]. The parties hereto agree to report all income tax matters with respect to the issuance of the Notes and the Warrants consistent with the provisions of this SectionΒ 2.01(b) unless otherwise required due to a change in applicable Law.
2.02 Borrowings.
(a) Each Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrowerβs irrevocable notice (in the form of a written Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower) to the Administrative Agent, which must be given not later than 11:00 a.m. at least one (1)Β Business Day in advance of the requested date of the Borrowing. Such Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify the requested date of the Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day.
(b) Following receipt of a Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Applicable Percentage of the applicable Loans. Each Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agentβs Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 5.01 and 5.02, the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by wire transfer of such funds in accordance with instructions provided to (and acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower.
2.03 Prepayments.
(a) Voluntary Prepayments. The Term Loan may not be voluntarily prepaid prior to DecemberΒ 7, 2014 (other than pursuant to SectionΒ 2.03(c)). From and after DecemberΒ 7, 2014, subject to the payment of any prepayment premium as required under SectionΒ 2.03(d), the Borrower may, upon notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, voluntarily prepay the Obligations, in whole or in part; provided, that, (i)Β such notice must be received not later than 11:00 a.m. three (3)Β Business Days prior to the date of prepayment and (ii)Β any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $2,500,000 (or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding). Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.03(a) shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid (it being understood and agreed that if any prepayment is made on a day other than the last Business Day of a fiscal quarter, such prepayment shall be accompanied by, in addition to all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, all interest that would have accrued on the amount prepaid had such prepayment been made on the last Business Day of the fiscal quarter in which such prepayment is made rather than the date upon which such prepayment was actually made), and the prepayment premium required under SectionΒ 2.03(d). Each such prepayment shall be applied first to all costs, expenses, indemnities and other amounts due and payable hereunder, then to payment of default interest, if any, then to payment of prepayment premium required by SectionΒ 2.03(d), then to payment of accrued interest and thereafter to the payment of principal. Each such prepayment shall be applied to the Loans of the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages.
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(b) Mandatory Prepayments of Loans.
(i) Dispositions and Involuntary Dispositions. The Borrower shall prepay the Obligations (including amounts due pursuant to SectionΒ 2.03(d)) in an aggregate amount equal to (x)Β 50% of the Net Cash Proceeds of all Dispositions (other than, to the extent no Default or Event of Default exists at the time prepayment would otherwise be required pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.03(b)(i), Net Cash Proceeds of Dispositions in an aggregate amount not to exceed $[β¦***β¦] in any fiscal year) and (y)Β 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of all Involuntary Dispositions, in each case, to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds are not reinvested in Eligible Assets within 180 days of the date of such Disposition or Involuntary Disposition. Any prepayment pursuant to this clause (i)Β shall be applied as set forth in clause (iii)Β below.
(ii) Extraordinary Receipts. Upon the receipt by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Extraordinary Receipt (other than, (x)Β any receipts of any Disposition, Permitted Transfer or Involuntary Disposition and (y)Β to the extent no Default or Event of Default exists at the time prepayment would otherwise be required under this SectionΒ 2.03(b)(ii), Net Cash Proceeds of Extraordinary Receipts (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any receipts described in clause (x)) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $[β¦***β¦] in any fiscal year), the Borrower shall prepay the Obligations (including amounts due pursuant to SectionΒ 2.03(d)) in an aggregate amount equal to 50% of such Net Cash Proceeds. Any prepayment pursuant to this clause (ii)Β shall be applied as set forth in clause (iii)Β below.
(iii) Application of Mandatory Prepayments. All payments under SectionΒ 2.03(b)(i) and (ii)Β shall be applied first to all costs, expenses, indemnities and other amounts due and payable hereunder, then proportionately (based on the relation of such amounts to the total amount of the relevant payment under this SectionΒ 2.03(b)) to the payment or prepayment (as applicable) of the following amounts: default interest, if any, prepayment premium required by SectionΒ 2.03(d), accrued interest and principal. Each such prepayment shall be applied to the Loans of the Lenders in accordance with the respective Applicable Percentages. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the aggregate amount of any prepayment of the Obligations required by SectionΒ 2.03(b)(i) or SectionΒ 2.03(b)(ii), including any costs, expenses, indemnities, default interest, prepayment premium, accrued interest and principal and other amounts due and payable hereunder, exceed (x)Β 50% of the Net Cash Proceeds of the Disposition or Extraordinary Receipt which necessitated such prepayment or (y)Β 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of the Involuntary Disposition which necessitated such prepayment.
(c) Change of Control. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Borrower may, at its option and upon notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, and shall, at the direction of the Required Lenders, immediately prepay the Outstanding Amount of the Term Loan together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon plus the prepayment premium required by SectionΒ 2.03(d) plus all outstanding costs, expenses, indemnities and other Obligations outstanding at such time. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Each prepayment under this SectionΒ 2.03(c) shall be applied to the Loans of the Lenders in accordance with the respective Applicable Percentages. In connection with any prepayment pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.03(c), the Borrower shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and
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regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with such prepayment.
(d) Prepayment Premiums.
(i) Prepayments Before DecemberΒ 7, 2014. If all or any portion of the Obligations become due and payable pursuant to SectionΒ 2.03(b) or SectionΒ 2.03(c) (whether as a mandatory prepayment or upon delivery of a notice of prepayment) before DecemberΒ 7, 2014, the Borrower shall pay to the Lenders for their respective ratable accounts, on the date on which such prepayment is due and payable, in addition to the other Obligations so repaid, a prepayment premium in an amount equal to fifteen percent (15%)Β multiplied by the principal amount of the Term Loan due and payable on such date.
(ii) Prepayments On and After DecemberΒ 7, 2014. If all or any portion of the Obligations becomes due and payable pursuant to SectionΒ 2.03(a) upon delivery of a notice of prepayment, SectionΒ 2.03(b) or SectionΒ 2.03(c) (whether as a mandatory prepayment or upon delivery of a notice of prepayment) on or after DecemberΒ 7, 2014, then, in all cases, the Borrower shall pay to the Lenders for their respective ratable accounts, on the date on which such prepayment is due and payable, in addition to accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount so repaid and other Obligations repaid pursuant to such Sections, a prepayment premium determined in accordance with the following:
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2.04 Repayment of Term Loan.
The Borrower shall repay the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all other Obligations, on the Maturity Date.
2.05 Interest.
(a) Pre-Default Rate. Subject to the provisions of subsection (b)Β below, the Term Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to eleven and one-half percent (11.5%)Β per annum.
(b) Default Rate. (i)Β During the existence of any Event of Default under SectionΒ 9.01(a) or SectionΒ 9.01(f), all outstanding Obligations at all times during the existence of such Event of Default shall bear interest at an interest rate per annum equal to fourteen percent (14%)Β per annum (the βDefault Rateβ), to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws and (ii)Β during
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the existence of any other Event of Default, upon the written request of the Required Lenders, all outstanding Obligations shall at all times during the existence of such Event of Default bear interest at an interest rate per annum equal to the Default Rate, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(c) Interest on the Term Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law. Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable on demand.
2.06 Fees.
The Borrower shall pay to Athyrium the fees set forth in the Fee Letter on the Closing Date. Such fee shall be fully earned when paid and shall be non-refundable for any reason whatsoever.
2.07 Computation of Interest.
All computations of interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed. Interest shall accrue on the Term Loan for the day on which the Term Loan is made, and shall not accrue on the Term Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Term Loan or such portion is paid.
2.08 Evidence of Debt.
The Loans made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of Loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. The Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note, which shall evidence such Lenderβs Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each such promissory note shall be in the form of Exhibit B-1 (a βTerm Noteβ). Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
2.09 Payments Generally.
(a) General. All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made free and clear of and without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Subject to SectionΒ 9.03, all payments of principal, interest and prepayment premiums on the Loans and all other Obligations payable by any Loan Party under the Loan Documents shall be due, without any presentment thereof, directly to the Lenders, at the respective Lending Offices of the Lenders. The Loan Parties will make such payments in Dollars, in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date due, marked for attention as indicated, or in such other manner or to such other account in any United States bank as the Lenders may from time to time direct in writing. All payments received by the Lenders after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day,
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payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest.
(b) Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans and to make payments pursuant to SectionΒ 11.04(c) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan or to make any payment under SectionΒ 11.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan or to make its payment under SectionΒ 11.04(c).
(c) Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
2.10 Sharing of Payments by Xxxxxxx.
If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on its portion of any of the Loans or prepayment premium in connection therewith resulting in such Lenderβs receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of the Loans and accrued interest thereon and prepayment premium in connection therewith greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender shall (a)Β notify the Administrative Agent of such fact and (b)Β purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the portions of the Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of, accrued interest on and prepayment premium in connection with their respective portions of the Loans and other amounts owing them; provided, that:
(i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and
(ii) the provisions of this SectionΒ 2.10 shall not be construed to apply to (x)Β any payment made by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender) or (y)Β any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its portion of the Loans to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to the Borrower or any Subsidiary (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).
Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation.
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(a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:
(i) Waivers and Amendment. The Defaulting Lenderβs right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in SectionΒ 11.01.
(ii) Reallocation of Payments. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amount received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article IX or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to SectionΒ 11.08), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Agreement; fourth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lenderβs breach of its obligations under this Agreement; fifth, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lenderβs breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and sixth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, that, if (x)Β such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y)Β such Loans were made at a time when the conditions set forth in SectionΒ 5.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of that Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein, that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided, that, no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Xxxxxx was a Defaulting Lender; provided, further, that, except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Xxxxxx having been a Defaulting Lender.
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ARTICLE III.
TAXES
3.01 Taxes.
(a) Any and all payments by or on behalf of the Loan Parties hereunder and under any Loan Document shall be made, free and clear of and without deduction for any and all current or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings that are or would be applicable to the Lenders, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding, (i)Β income taxes imposed on the net income of a Lender, (ii)Β franchise taxes imposed on the net income of a Lender, in each case by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender is organized or qualified to do business or a jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof in which the Lender engages in business activity other than any activity arising solely from the Lender having executed this Agreement and having enjoyed its rights and performed its obligations under this Agreement or any Loan Document, (iii)Β taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA and (iv)Β United States backup withholding taxes (all such nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities, collectively or individually, being called βTaxesβ). If a Loan Party must deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to a Lender, (x)Β the sum payable shall be increased by the amount (an βadditional amountβ) necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this SectionΒ 3.01 such Lender shall receive an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (y)Β such Loan Party shall make such deductions and (z)Β such Loan Party shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law.
(b) Upon the Closing Date or the date on which such Xxxxxx becomes a Lender hereunder, and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, a Lender shall submit to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a certificate on Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or such substitute form as is reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to the effect that it is a U.S. Person and that it is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding. Each Person that provides a W-9 pursuant to this Section shall, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders its Form W-9 obsolete, expired or inaccurate in any material respect, deliver promptly, at the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, an updated Form W-9 or other appropriate documentation or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its inability to do so.
The Loan Parties will pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law any current or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that arise from any payment made hereunder or under any Loan Document, or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any Loan Document that are or would be applicable to the Lenders (βOther Taxesβ).
The Loan Parties jointly and severally agree to indemnify each Lender for the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes paid by such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses (including reasonable attorneysβ fees and expenses)) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability prepared by such Lender absent manifest error, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes.
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Such indemnification shall be made within thirty (30)Β days after the date such Xxxxxx makes written demand therefor. The Loan Parties shall have the right to receive that portion of any refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes received by a Lender for which any Loan Party has previously paid any additional amount or indemnified such Lender and which leaves the Lender, after such Loan Partyβs receipt thereof, in no better or worse financial position than if no such Taxes or Other Taxes had been imposed or additional amounts or indemnification paid to the Lender. The Lender shall have sole discretion as to whether (and shall in no event be obligated) to make any such claim for any refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes.
3.02 Survival.
Each partyβs obligations under this Article III shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.
ARTICLE IV.
GUARANTY
4.01 The Guaranty.
Each of the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantees to each Lender and the Administrative Agent as hereinafter provided, as primary obligor and not as surety, the prompt payment of the Obligations in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise) strictly in accordance with the terms thereof. The Guarantors hereby further agree that if any of the Obligations are not paid in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise), the Guarantors will, jointly and severally, promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in any other of the Loan Documents, the obligations of each Guarantor under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be limited to an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render such obligations subject to avoidance under the Debtor Relief Laws or any comparable provisions of any applicable state law.
4.02 Obligations Unconditional.
The obligations of the Guarantors under SectionΒ 4.01 are joint and several, absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents, or any other agreement or instrument referred to therein, or any substitution, release, impairment or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, irrespective of any law or regulation or other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this SectionΒ 4.02 that the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances. Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or contribution against the Borrower or any
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other Guarantor for amounts paid under this Article IV until such time as the Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have expired or terminated. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of any Guarantor hereunder, which shall remain absolute and unconditional as described above:
(a) at any time or from time to time, without notice to any Guarantor, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;
(b) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of any of the Loan Documents, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan Documents shall be done or omitted;
(c) the maturity of any of the Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the Obligations shall be modified, supplemented or amended in any respect, or any right under any of the Loan Documents, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan Documents shall be waived or any other guarantee of any of the Obligations or any security therefor shall be released, impaired or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with;
(d) any Lien granted to, or in favor of, the Administrative Agent or any Lender or Lenders as security for any of the Obligations shall fail to attach or be perfected; or
(e) any of the Obligations shall be determined to be void or voidable (including, without limitation, for the benefit of any creditor of any Guarantor) or shall be subordinated to the claims of any Person (including, without limitation, any creditor of any Guarantor).
With respect to its obligations hereunder, each Guarantor hereby expressly waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that the Administrative Agent or any Lender exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against any Person under any of the Loan Documents, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan Documents, or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Obligations.
4.03 Reinstatement.
The obligations of the Guarantors under this Article IV shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of any Person in respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise, and each Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation, the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in connection with such rescission or restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
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Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of recourse to security for the Obligations, except through the exercise of rights of subrogation pursuant to SectionΒ 4.02 and through the exercise of rights of contribution pursuant to SectionΒ 4.06.
4.05 Remedies.
The Guarantors agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, the Obligations may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in SectionΒ 9.02 (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in said SectionΒ 9.02) for purposes of SectionΒ 4.01 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or preventing the Obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against any other Person and that, in the event of such declaration (or the Obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), the Obligations (whether or not due and payable by any other Person) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for purposes of SectionΒ 4.01. The Guarantors acknowledge and agree that their obligations hereunder are secured in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Documents and that the Lenders may exercise their remedies thereunder in accordance with the terms thereof.
4.06 Rights of Contribution.
The Guarantors agree among themselves that, in connection with payments made hereunder, each Guarantor shall have contribution rights against the other Guarantors as permitted under applicable law. Such contribution rights shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the obligations of such Guarantors under the Loan Documents and no Guarantor shall exercise such rights of contribution until all Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have terminated.
4.07 Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee.
The guarantee in this Article IV is a guaranty of payment and not of collection, is a continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Obligations whenever arising.
ARTICLE V.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO BORROWING
5.01 Conditions of Initial Borrowing and Purchase of Warrants.
This Agreement shall become effective upon and the obligation of each Lender to make its portion of the Term Loan on the Closing Date and to purchase the Warrants is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Investment Documents. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of executed counterparts of this Agreement and the other Investment Documents, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party and each other party to such Investment Documents, including, without limitation, (i)Β a fully executed copy of the Registration Rights Agreement and (ii)Β the Warrants duly executed and issued by the Borrower, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
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(b) Opinions of Counsel. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of favorable opinions of legal counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, dated as of the Closing Date, and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(c) Financial Statements. The Administrative Agent shall have received:
(i) the Audited Financial Statements;
(ii) unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter ended SeptemberΒ 30, 2012, including balance sheets and statements of income or operations, shareholdersβ equity and cash flows (the βInterim Financial Statementsβ).
(d) No Material Adverse Change. There shall not have occurred a material adverse change since DecemberΒ 31, 2011 in the operations, business, assets, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent) or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(e) Litigation. There shall not exist any action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending or threatened in any court or before an arbitrator or Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Organization Documents, Resolutions, Etc. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals), in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its legal counsel:
(i) copies of the Organization Documents of each Loan Party certified to be true and complete as of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authority of the state or other jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, where applicable, and certified by a secretary or assistant secretary of such Loan Party to be true and correct as of the Closing Date;
(ii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Investment Documents to which such Loan Party is a party; and
(iii) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in its state of organization or formation.
(g) Perfection and Priority of Liens. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of the following:
(i) searches of Uniform Commercial Code filings in the jurisdiction of formation of each Loan Party or where a filing would need to be made in order to perfect the Administrative Agentβs security interest in the Collateral, copies of the financing
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statements on file in such jurisdictions and evidence that no Liens exist other than Permitted Liens;
(ii) UCC financing statements for each appropriate jurisdiction as is necessary, in the Administrative Agentβs sole discretion, to perfect the Administrative Agentβs security interest in the Collateral;
(iii) all certificates evidencing any certificated Equity Interests pledged to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, together with duly executed in blank and undated stock powers attached thereto;
(iv) searches of ownership of, and Xxxxx on, IP Rights of each Loan Party in the appropriate governmental offices;
(v) duly executed notices of grant of security interest in the form required by the Security Agreement as are necessary, in the Administrative Agentβs sole discretion, to perfect the Administrative Agentβs security interest in the IP Rights of the Loan Parties; and
(vi) duly executed consents as are necessary, in the Administrative Agentβs sole discretion, to perfect the Administrative Agentβs security interest in the Collateral.
(h) Evidence of Insurance. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of copies of insurance policies or certificates of insurance of the Loan Parties evidencing liability and casualty insurance meeting the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents, including, but not limited to, naming the Administrative Agent as additional insured (in the case of liability insurance) or Xxxxxxβs loss payee (in the case of hazard insurance) on behalf of the Lenders.
(i) Closing Certificate. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that (i)Β the conditions specified in SectionsΒ 5.01(d), (e)Β and (m)Β and Sections 5.02(a) and (b)Β have been satisfied, (ii)Β the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby and the incurrence of Indebtedness related thereto) are Solvent on a consolidated basis, (iii)Β as of the Closing Date, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have no Indebtedness for borrowed money, other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents, Indebtedness under the Comerica Loan Documents and Indebtedness permitted by SectionΒ 8.03(f), (iv)Β Consolidated Revenues, for the fiscal quarter of the Borrower ended SeptemberΒ 30, 2012 were at least $7,500,000 and (v)Β as of the Closing Date, no intercompany Indebtedness is outstanding.
(j) Alexandria Real Estate Agreements. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of copies of each agreement, document or other instrument entered into by any Loan Party in connection with the Indebtedness permitted by SectionΒ 8.03(f), in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and certified as true and complete by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
(k) Comerica Loan Documents. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of (i)Β amendments to the Comerica Loan Documents, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders to, among other things, permit the Loan Partiesβ execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all other documents in connection herewith and (ii)Β certified copies of all Comerica Loan Documents, together with all amendments or other modifications thereto, as in
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effect on the Closing Date, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(l) Preferred Equity Interests. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor as of the Closing Date has outstanding any Disqualified Stock or Preferred Equity Interests.
(m) Governmental and Third Party Approvals. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have received all material governmental, shareholder and third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Investment Documents and the other transactions contemplated hereby and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken by any Person that could reasonably be expected to restrain, prevent or impose any material adverse conditions on the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or such other transactions or that could seek to threaten any of the foregoing, and no law or regulation shall be applicable which could reasonably be expected to have such effect.
(n) Corporate Structure and Capitalization. The capital and ownership structure and the equity holder arrangements of the Borrower on the Closing Date, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Investment Documents shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders.
(o) Completion of Due Diligence. The Lenders shall have (i)Β completed their due diligence, in form and scope satisfactory to the Lenders, on the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (ii)Β received investment committee approval for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(p) Fees. Receipt by Athyrium and the Lenders of any fees required to be paid on or before the Closing Date (it being understood that certain such fees shall be paid on the Closing Date from the proceeds of the Term Loan).
(q) Joint Intellectual Property Agreement; [β¦***β¦] License. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of (i)Β certified copies of the Joint Intellectual Property Agreement and all material documentation entered into by the Borrower in connection therewith and (ii)Β certified copies of the [β¦***β¦] License and all material documentation entered into by the Borrower in connection therewith.
(r) Attorney Costs. The Borrower shall have paid all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent incurred to the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings (such fees, charges and disbursements not to exceed $200,000 without the Borrowerβs consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld).
(s) Other. Receipt by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of such other customary documents, instruments, agreements and information as reasonable requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of SectionΒ 10.03, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this SectionΒ 5.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable
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or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
5.02 Conditions Precedent to All Borrowings.
The obligation of each Lender to make its portion of each advance of the Term Loan is subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article VI or any other Investment Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing, except that (x)Β any such representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality or a reference to Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing and (y)Β to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date (except that any such representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality or by reference to Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date).
(b) No Default shall exist, or would result from such Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds thereof.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Loan Notice in accordance with the requirements hereof.
The Loan Notice submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 5.02(a) and (b)Β have been satisfied on and as of the date of such Borrowing.
ARTICLE VI.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Loan Parties represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
6.01 Existence, Qualification and Power.
Each Loan Party (a)Β is duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b)Β has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i)Β own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii)Β execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Investment Documents to which it is a party, and (c)Β is duly qualified and is licensed and in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license; except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i) or (c), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.02 Authorization; No Contravention.
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The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Investment Document to which such Person is party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not (a)Β contravene the terms of any of such Personβs Organization Documents; (b)Β conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, or require any payment to be made under (i)Β any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii)Β any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (c)Β violate in any material respect any Law (including, without limitation, Regulation U or Regulation X issued by the FRB), except with respect to any conflict, breach, contravention or payment (but not creation of Liens) described in clause (b)Β to the extent that such conflict, breach, contravention or payment could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents.
No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Investment Document other than (a)Β those that have already been obtained and are in full force and effect, (b)Β filings to perfect the Liens created by the Collateral Documents and (c)Β the filing of any applicable notices pursuant to federal and state securities laws.
6.04 Binding Effect.
Each Investment Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto. Each Investment Document constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party that is party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by equitable principles or by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditorsβ rights generally.
6.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.
(a) The Audited Financial Statements (i)Β were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii)Β fairly present the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (iii)Β show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including material liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness.
(b) The Interim Financial Statements (i)Β were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii)Β fairly present the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case of clauses (i)Β and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments; and (iii)Β show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including material liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness.
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(c) The financial statements delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 7.01(a), (b)Β and (c)Β have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as may otherwise be permitted under SectionΒ 7.01(a), (b)Β and (c)) and present fairly (on the basis disclosed in the footnotes to such financial statements) the consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and for the periods covered thereby.
(d) Since the date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.06 Litigation.
There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending, threatened in writing or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that (a)Β purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Investment Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (b)Β (i)Β as to which there is a reasonable likelihood of an adverse determination and (ii)Β that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.07 No Default.
(a) Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary is in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) No Default has occurred and is continuing.
6.08 Ownership of Property; Liens.
Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries has good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for such defects in title as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The property of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries is subject to no Liens, other than Permitted Liens.
6.09 Environmental Compliance.
Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
(a) Each of the Facilities and all operations at the Facilities are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, and there is no violation of any Environmental Law with respect to the Facilities or the Businesses, and there are no conditions relating to the Facilities or the Businesses that could give rise to liability under any applicable Environmental Laws.
(b) None of the Facilities contains, or has previously contained, any Hazardous Materials at, on or under the Facilities in amounts or concentrations that constitute or constituted a violation of, or could give rise to liability under, Environmental Laws.
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(c) Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary has received any written or verbal notice of, or inquiry from any Governmental Authority regarding, any violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Laws with regard to any of the Facilities or the Businesses, nor does any Responsible Officer of any Loan Party have knowledge or reason to believe that any such notice will be received or is being threatened.
(d) Hazardous Materials have not been transported or disposed of from the Facilities, or generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on or under any of the Facilities or any other location, in each case by or on behalf of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in violation of, or in a manner that would be reasonably likely to give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Law.
(e) No judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative action is pending or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened, under any Environmental Law to which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary is or will be named as a party, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative or judicial requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law with respect to any Loan Party, any Subsidiary, the Facilities or the Businesses.
(f) There has been no release or threat of release of Hazardous Materials at or from the Facilities, or arising from or related to the operations (including, without limitation, disposal) of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in connection with the Facilities or otherwise in connection with the Businesses, in violation of or in amounts or in a manner that could give rise to liability under Environmental Laws.
6.10 Insurance.
The properties of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of such Persons, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the applicable Loan Party or the applicable Subsidiary operates. The insurance coverage of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries as in effect on the Closing Date is outlined as to carrier, policy number, expiration date, type, amount and deductibles on Schedule 6.10.
6.11 Taxes.
The Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state and other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all federal, state and other material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. There is no proposed tax assessment against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is party to any tax sharing agreement.
6.12 ERISA Compliance.
(a) Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other federal or state laws. Each Pension Plan that is
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intended to be a qualified plan under SectionΒ 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the form of such Plan is qualified under SectionΒ 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and the trust related thereto has been determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be exempt from federal income tax under SectionΒ 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the Internal Revenue Service. To the best knowledge of the Loan Parties, nothing has occurred that would prevent, or cause the loss of, such tax-qualified status.
(b) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could be reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) (i) No ERISA Event has occurred and neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate is aware of any fact, event or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to constitute or result in an ERISA Event with respect to any Pension Plan; (ii)Β the Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate has met all applicable requirements under the Pension Funding Rules in respect of each Pension Plan, and no waiver of the minimum funding standards under the Pension Funding Rules has been applied for or obtained; (iii)Β as of the most recent valuation date for any Pension Plan, the funding target attainment percentage (as defined in SectionΒ 430(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code) is sixty percent (60%)Β or higher and neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate knows of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to cause the funding target attainment percentage for any such plan to drop below sixty percent (60%)Β as of the most recent valuation date; (iv)Β neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability to the PBGC other than for the payment of premiums, and there are no premium payments which have become due that are unpaid; (v)Β neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to SectionΒ 4069 or SectionΒ 4212(c) of ERISA; and (vi)Β no Pension Plan has been terminated by the plan administrator thereof nor by the PBGC, and no event or circumstance has occurred or exists that could reasonably be expected to cause the PBGC to institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate any Pension Plan.
6.13 Subsidiaries and Capitalization.
(a) Set forth on Schedule 6.13(a) is a complete and accurate list as of the Closing Date of each Subsidiary of any Loan Party, together with (i)Β jurisdiction of formation, (ii)Β number of shares of each class of Equity Interests outstanding, (iii)Β number and percentage of outstanding shares of each class owned (directly or indirectly) by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary and (iv)Β number and effect, if exercised, of all outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and all other similar rights with respect thereto. The outstanding Equity Interests of each Subsidiary of any Loan Party is validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
(b) As of the Closing Date, except as described on Schedule 6.13(b), there are no outstanding commitments or other obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to issue, and no rights of any Person to acquire, any shares of any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.13(b) and as contained in the Warrants and the Registration Rights Agreement, there are no statutory or contractual preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, anti-dilution rights or any similar rights held by equity holders or option holders of the Borrower with respect to the issuance of the Warrants and all such rights have been effectively waived with regard to the issuance of the Warrants. There are no agreements (voting
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or otherwise) among the Borrowerβs equity holders with respect to any other aspect of the Borrowerβs affairs, except as set forth on Schedule 6.13(b).
6.14 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act; Federal Fair Labor Standards Act
(a) The Borrower is not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock.
(b) None of any Loan Party, any Person Controlling any Loan Party, or any Subsidiary is or is required to be registered as an βinvestment companyβ under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(c) Xxxxxxxx has complied in all material respects with the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
6.15 Disclosure.
Each Loan Party has either disclosed to the Administrative Agent or included in its public filings with the SEC all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No report, financial statement, certificate or other written information (other than information of a general economic or industry specific nature) furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Investment Document (in each case, as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished), when taken as a whole, contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, that, with respect to financial projections, estimates, budgets or other forward-looking information, the Loan Parties represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable at the time such information was prepared (it being understood that such information is as to future events and is not to be viewed as facts, is subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, that no assurance can be given that any particular projection, estimate, budget or forecast will be realized and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections, estimate, budgets or forecasts may differ significantly from the projected results and such differences may be material).
6.16 Compliance with Laws.
Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary is in compliance with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (a)Β such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b)Β the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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6.17 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.
(a) Schedule 6.17 sets forth a complete and accurate list of the following as of the Closing Date: (i)Β all Copyrights and all Trademarks, in each case owned by the Borrower or any Guarantor, that are registered, or in respect of which an application for registration has been filed or recorded, with the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office or with any other Governmental Authority (or comparable organization or office established pursuant to an international treaty or similar international agreement for the filing, recordation or registration of interests in intellectual property), together with relevant identifying information with respect to such Copyrights and Trademarks, (ii)Β all Patents (other than the BP Patents) owned by the Borrower or any Guarantor, that are registered, or in respect of which an application for registration has been filed or recorded, with the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office or with any other Governmental Authority (or comparable organization or office established pursuant to an international treaty or similar international agreement for the filing, recordation or registration of interests in intellectual property), together with relevant identifying information with respect to such Patents, (iii)Β all Domain Names owned by the Borrower or any Guarantor or which the Borrower or any Guarantor is licensed, authorized or otherwise granted rights under or to or owned by a Person on behalf of the Borrower or any Guarantor, material or reasonably necessary to the Borrower or any Guarantor, their respective properties or the conduct or operation of their respective businesses (including the generation of future revenues), together with relevant identifying information with respect to such Domain Names, (iv)Β each Copyright License, each Patent License and each Trademark License of the Borrower or any Guarantor that is material or reasonably necessary to the Borrower or any Guarantor, their respective properties or the conduct or operation of their respective businesses (including the generation of future revenues), and (v)Β each other right or interest in the IP Rights (other than Trade Secrets) of the Borrower or any Guarantor that is material or reasonably necessary to the Borrower or any Guarantor, their respective properties or the conduct or operation of their respective businesses (including the generation of future revenues) the loss or breach of which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, βIP Collateralβ).
(b) The IP Collateral constituting Material IP Rights is subsisting and unexpired, and has not been abandoned. The IP Collateral constituting Material IP Rights has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part. Except as described in the Disclosure Letter, no written claim, and no other claim known to the Borrower or the Borrowerβs Affiliates, has been made that the conduct or operation of the businesses of the Borrower or any Guarantor or the use or other exploitation by the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their licensees of any of the Material IP Rights, including, without limitation, to advertise, display, import, manufacture, have manufactured, market, offer for sale, perform, prepare derivative works based upon, promote, reproduce, sell, use and/or otherwise distribute a Product, does or may infringe, violate or misappropriate the rights of any Person. No holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any Governmental Authority that would limit, invalidate, render unenforceable, cancel or question the validity of any Material IP Right and, no action or proceeding is pending seeking to limit, invalidate, render unenforceable, cancel or question the validity of any Material IP Right that, in any case, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the value of any IP Right.
(c) The Borrower and its Affiliates have, since taking title to the Material IP Rights, performed all acts and have paid all required annuities, fees, costs, expenses and taxes to maintain the Material IP Rights in full force and effect throughout the world, as applicable, or have caused
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others to do the same. All applications for registration pertaining to the Material IP Rights of the Borrower and the Guarantors have been duly and properly filed, and all registrations or letters patent pertaining to the Material IP Rights have been duly and properly filed and issued. Borrower and the Guarantors own, or are entitled to use by license or otherwise, all the Material IP Rights. Neither Borrower nor any Guarantor has made any assignment or agreement in conflict with the security interest in the IP Rights of the Borrower or any Guarantor hereunder and no license agreement with respect to any of the IP Collateral conflicts with the security interest granted to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Documents. To the extent any of the Material IP Rights were authored, developed, conceived or created, in whole or in part, for or on behalf of the Borrower or an Affiliate by any Person, then the Borrower or the Affiliate has entered into a written agreement with such Person in which such Person has assigned all right, title and interest in and to such Material IP Rights to the Borrower or the Affiliate. To the Borrowerβs knowledge, no Person is violating, infringing or misappropriating the Material IP Rights and, except as described in the Disclosure Letter, neither the conduct or operation of the businesses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries nor any slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by the Borrower or any Guarantor or any licensee of the Borrower or any Guarantor violates, infringes or misappropriates any rights held by any other Person. No claim or litigation regarding any of the IP Rights is pending or, to the Borrowerβs knowledge, threatened. As of the Closing Date, none of the IP Rights is subject to any license grant by the Borrower or any Guarantor or similar arrangement, except for (x)Β license grants between the Loan Parties, (y)Β those license grants disclosed on ScheduleΒ 6.17 and (z)Β Limited Licenses.
(d) Except as separately disclosed to the Administrative Agent in writing in the Disclosure Letter by the Borrower and except for software that is commercially available to the public, no Loan Party is a party to, nor is bound by, any inbound license or other similar agreement, the failure, breach or termination of which could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect, or that prohibits or otherwise restricts the Loan Parties from granting a security interest in the applicable Loan Partyβs interest in such license or agreement or any other property.
6.18 Solvency.
The Loan Parties are Solvent on a consolidated basis.
6.19 Perfection of Security Interests in the Collateral.
The Collateral Documents create valid security interests in, and Liens on, the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, which security interests and Liens will be, upon the timely and proper filings, deliveries, notations and other actions contemplated in the Collateral Documents perfected security interests and Liens (to the extent that such security interests and Liens can be perfected by such filings, deliveries, notations and other actions), prior to all other Liens other than Permitted Liens.
6.20 Business Locations.
Set forth on Schedule 6.20(a) is a list of all real property located in the United States that is owned or leased by the Loan Parties as of the Closing Date. Set forth on Schedule 6.20(b) is the tax payer identification number and organizational identification number of each Loan Party as of the Closing Date. The exact legal name and state of organization of each Loan Party is as set forth on the signature pages
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hereto. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.20(c), no Loan Party has during the five years preceding the Closing Date (i)Β changed its legal name, (ii)Β changed its state of formation, or (iii)Β been party to a merger, consolidation or other change in structure.
6.21 OFAC.
No Loan Party, nor any Related Party, (i)Β is currently the subject of any Sanctions, (ii)Β is located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction, or (iii)Β is or has been (within the previous five (5)Β years) engaged in any transaction with any Person who is now or was then the subject of Sanctions or who is located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction. No Loan, nor the proceeds from any Loan, has been used, directly or indirectly, to lend, contribute, provide or has been otherwise made available to fund any activity or business in any Designated Jurisdiction or to fund any activity or business of any Person located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction or who is the subject of any Sanctions, or in any other manner that will result in any violation by any Person (including any Lender, Athyrium or the Administrative Agent) of Sanctions.
6.22 Limited Offering of Loans and Warrants.
The offer and sale of the Loans and the Warrants are not required to be registered pursuant to the provisions of SectionΒ 5 of the Securities Act or the registration or qualification provisions of the blue sky laws of any state. Neither the Borrower nor any agent on the Borrowerβs behalf, has solicited or will solicit any offers to sell all or any part of the Loans and/or the Warrants, to any Person so as to bring the sale of the Loans and/or the Warrants, by Borrower within the registration provisions of the Securities Act or any state securities laws. All prior offerings and sales of securities of the Borrower within the last five (5)Β years were in compliance with all applicable federal securities laws.
6.23 Registration Rights; Issuance Taxes.
(a) Except as described in the Warrants or on Schedule 6.23, the Borrower is under no requirement to register under the Securities Act, or the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, any of its presently outstanding securities.
(b) All taxes imposed on the Borrower in connection with the issuance, sale and delivery of the Loans and the Warrants have been or will be fully paid, and all laws imposing such taxes have been or will be fully satisfied by the Borrower.
ARTICLE VII.
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted), the Loan Parties shall and shall cause each Subsidiary to:
7.01 Financial Statements.
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Deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:
(a) upon the earlier of the date that is one hundred and fifty (150)Β days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower and the date such information is filed with the SEC, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, changes in shareholdersβ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing acceptable to the Required Lenders, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any βgoing concernβ or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit;
(b) upon the earlier of the date that is forty-five (45)Β days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower and the date such information is filed with the SEC, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, changes in shareholdersβ equity and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the Borrowerβs fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations, shareholdersβ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes; and
(c) as soon as available, and in any event within thirty (30)Β days after the end of each calendar month, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such calendar month, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations and cash flows for such calendar month and for the portion of the Borrowerβs fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding calendar month of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
7.02 Certificates; Other Information.
Deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:
(a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 7.01(a) and (b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower;
(b) no more than sixty (60)Β days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, an annual business plan and budget of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries containing, among other things, projections for each quarter of such fiscal year during which such business plan and budget is delivered, with evidence of approval thereof by Xxxxxxxxβs board of directors;
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(c) promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the equity holders of any Loan Party, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which a Loan Party files with the SEC under SectionΒ 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto;
(d) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in SectionsΒ 7.01(a) and (b), a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower containing information regarding the amount of all Dispositions, Involuntary Dispositions, Extraordinary Receipts and Acquisitions that occurred during the period covered by such financial statements;
(e) promptly after any request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, copies of any detailed audit reports or recommendations submitted to the board of directors (or the audit committee of the board of directors) of the Borrower by independent accountants in connection with the accounts or books of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any audit of any of them;
(f) promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any statement or report furnished to Comerica Bank pursuant to the Comerica Loan Documents, any holder of debt securities of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof pursuant to the terms of any indenture, loan or credit or similar agreement and not otherwise required to be furnished to the Lenders pursuant to SectionΒ 7.01 or any other clause of this SectionΒ 7.02;
(g) promptly, and in any event within five Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof, (x)Β copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any investigation or possible investigation or other inquiry by such agency regarding financial or other operational results of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof and (y)Β copies of any material written correspondence or any other material written communication from the FoodΒ & Drug Administration or any other federal regulatory body;
(h) promptly, such additional information regarding the business, financial or corporate affairs of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Investment Documents, as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may from time to time request; and
(i) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in SectionsΒ 7.01(a) and (b), a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (i)Β listing (A)Β all applications by any Loan Party, if any, for Copyrights, Patents or Trademarks made since the date of the prior certificate (or, in the case of the first such certificate, the Closing Date), (B)Β all issuances of registrations or letters on existing applications by any Loan Party for Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks received since the date of the prior certificate (or, in the case of the first such certificate, the Closing Date), and (C)Β all Trademark Licenses, Copyright Licenses and Patent Licenses entered into by any Loan Party since the date of the prior certificate (or, in the case of the first such certificate, the Closing Date), and (ii)Β attaching the insurance binder or other evidence of insurance for any insurance coverage of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary that was renewed, replaced or modified during the period covered by such financial statements.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 7.01(a), (b)Β or (c)Β or SectionΒ 7.02 may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i)Β on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrowerβs website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 11.02; or (ii)Β on which such documents are posted on
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the Borrowerβs behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided, that: (i)Β the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon its request to the Borrower to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and (ii)Β the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender (by facsimile or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to maintain paper copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery by a Lender, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
7.03 Notices.
(a) Promptly (and in any event, within two Business Days) notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender of the occurrence of any Default.
(b) Promptly (and in any event, within ten Business Days) notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender of any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Promptly (and in any event, within ten Business Days) notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender of the occurrence of any ERISA Event.
(d) Promptly (and in any event, within ten Business Days) notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
(e) Upon the reasonable written request of the Administrative Agent following the occurrence of any event or the discovery of any condition which the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders believe has caused (or could be reasonably expected to cause) the representations and warranties set forth in SectionΒ 6.09 to be untrue in any material respect, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Administrative Agent, at the Loan Partiesβ expense, a report of an environmental assessment of reasonable scope, form and depth, (including, where appropriate, invasive soil or groundwater sampling) by a consultant acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to the nature and extent of the presence of any Hazardous Materials on any real properties and as to the compliance by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries with Environmental Laws at such real properties. If the Loan Parties fail to deliver such an environmental report within seventy-five (75)Β days after receipt of such written request then the Administrative Agent may arrange for the same, and the Loan Parties hereby grant to the Administrative Agent and its representatives access to the real properties to undertake such an assessment (including, where appropriate, invasive soil or groundwater sampling). The cost of any assessment arranged for by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this provision will be payable by the Loan Parties on demand and added to the obligations secured by the Collateral Documents.
Each notice pursuant to this SectionΒ 7.03(a) through (e)Β shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the applicable Loan Party has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice
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pursuant to SectionΒ 7.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Investment Document that have been breached.
7.04 Payment of Obligations.
Pay and discharge, as the same shall become due and payable, all its obligations and liabilities, including (a)Β all tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by the Loan Party or such Subsidiary; (b)Β all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property; and (c)Β all Indebtedness, as and when due and payable, but subject to any subordination provisions contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness.
7.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc.
(a) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except in a transaction not prohibited by SectionΒ 8.04 orΒ 8.05.
(b) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, except to the extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Take commercially reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Preserve or renew all of its registered IP Rights or IP Rights in respect of which an application for registration has been filed or recorded with the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the non-preservation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.06 Maintenance of Properties.
(a) Except to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, maintain, preserve and protect all of its material properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.
(b) Make all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Use the standard of care typical in the industry in the operation and maintenance of its facilities.
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Maintain in full force and effect insurance (including workerβs compensation insurance, liability insurance, casualty insurance and business interruption insurance) with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of any Loan Party, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the applicable Loan Party or the applicable Subsidiary operates. The Administrative Agent shall be named as loss payee or mortgagee, as its interest may appear, and/or additional insured with respect to any such insurance providing coverage in respect of any Collateral. The Borrower will give the Administrative Agent thirty (30)Β days prior written notice before any such policy or policies shall be adversely altered or canceled.
7.08 Compliance with Laws.
Comply with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property, except in such instances in which (a)Β such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; or (b)Β the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.09 Books and Records.
(a) Maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.
(b) Maintain such books of record and account in material conformity with all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.
7.10 Inspection Rights.
Permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and each Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants, all at the expense of the Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower; provided, however, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may exercise rights under this SectionΒ 7.10 and the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than one time during any calendar year absent the existence of an Event of Default; provided, further, that, when an Event of Default exists the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and without advance notice.
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Use the proceeds of the Loans (a)Β to finance working capital, (b)Β to advances the Borrowerβs product pipeline toward commercialization, (c)Β to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Term Loan and the Investment Documents and (d)Β for other general corporate purposes, provided that in no event shall the proceeds of the Loans be used in contravention of any Law or of any Investment Document.
7.12 Additional Subsidiaries.
Within thirty (30)Β days after the acquisition or formation of any Subsidiary:
(a) notify the Administrative Agent thereof in writing, together with the (i)Β jurisdiction of formation, (ii)Β number of shares of each class of Equity Interests outstanding, (iii)Β number and percentage of outstanding shares of each class owned (directly or indirectly) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (iv)Β number and effect, if exercised, of all outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and all other similar rights with respect thereto; and
(b) if such Subsidiary is a Domestic Subsidiary, cause such Person to (i)Β become a Guarantor by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a Joinder Agreement or such other customary documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request for such purpose, and (ii)Β deliver to the Administrative Agent documents of the types referred to in Sections 5.01(f) and (g)Β and favorable opinions of counsel to such Person (which shall cover, among other things, the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of the documentation referred to in clause (i)), all in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
7.13 ERISA Compliance.
Do, and cause each of its ERISA Affiliates to do, each of the following: (a)Β maintain each Plan in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other federal or state law; (b)Β cause each Plan that is qualified under SectionΒ 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code to maintain such qualification; and (c)Β make all required contributions to any Plan subject to SectionΒ 412, SectionΒ 430 or SectionΒ 431 of the Internal Revenue Code.
7.14 Pledged Assets.
(a) Equity Interests. Cause (a)Β 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Domestic Subsidiary and (b)Β 66% (or such greater percentage that, due to a change in an applicable Law after the date hereof, (1)Β could not reasonably be expected to cause the undistributed earnings of such Foreign Subsidiary directly owned by a Loan Party as determined for United States federal income tax purposes to be treated as a deemed dividend to such Foreign Subsidiaryβs United States parent and (2)Β could not reasonably be expected to cause any material adverse tax consequences) of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. SectionΒ 1.956-2(c)(2)) and 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests not entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. SectionΒ 1.956-2(c)(2)) in each Foreign Subsidiary directly owned by a Loan Party to be subject at all times to a perfected Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents, together with opinions of counsel and any
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filings and deliveries necessary in connection therewith to perfect the security interests therein, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(b) Other Property. (i)Β Cause all of its owned and leased real and personal property other than Excluded Property to be subject at all times to a perfected (and, in the case of IP rights, first priority) and, in the case of real property, title insured Liens (it being understood and agreed that the Loan Parties shall only be required to provide title insured Liens for leased real property upon the request of the Administrative Agent) in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, to secure the Obligations pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents or, with respect to any such property acquired subsequent to the Closing Date, such other additional security documents in customary form as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, subject in any case to Permitted Liens and (ii)Β deliver such other documentation in customary form as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in connection with the foregoing, including, without limitation, appropriate UCC-1 financing statements, real estate title insurance policies, surveys, environmental reports, landlordβs waivers (subject to SectionΒ 7.18), certified resolutions and other organizational and authorizing documents of such Person, customary opinions of counsel to such Person (which shall cover, among other things, the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of the documentation referred to above and the perfection of the Administrative Agentβs Liens thereunder) and other items of the types required to be delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 5.01(g), all in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
7.15 Consent of Inbound Licensors.
Promptly after entering into or becoming bound by and inbound license or agreement (other than over-the-counter software that is commercially available to the public), the failure, breach or termination of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Loan Parties shall (a)Β provide written notice to the Administrative Agent of the material terms of such license or agreement with a description of its likely impact on the Loan Partiesβ business or financial condition and (b)Β in good faith take such commercially reasonable actions as the Administrative Agent may request to obtain the consent of, or waiver by, any Person whose consent or waiver is necessary for (i)Β the applicable Loan Partyβs interest in such licenses or contract rights to be deemed Collateral and for the Administrative Agent to have a security interest in it that might otherwise be restricted by the terms of the applicable license or agreement, whether now existing or entered into in the future and (ii)Β the Administrative Agent to have the ability in the event of a liquidation of any of the Collateral to dispose of such Collateral in accordance with the Administrative Agentβs rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided, however, the failure to obtain any such consent or waiver shall not constitute a Default.
7.16 Compliance with Material Contracts.
Comply with each material Contractual Obligation of such Person (including, without limitation, each Contractual Obligation with respect to the Material IP Rights), except in such instances in which the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.17 Accounts.
The Loan Parties shall cause all lock-box accounts, deposit accounts, securities accounts and commodities accounts (other than the (w)Β JPMorgan Account, (x)Β the Sovereign Account, (y)Β the
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Comerica Lock-box Account or any other lock-box account serving any similar function in connection with the Permitted Comerica Refinancing and (z)Β other accounts designated in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, such accounts not at any one time outstanding having an aggregate principal balance in excess of $[β¦***β¦]) of each Loan Party to be subject to a Deposit Account Control Agreement in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders.
7.18 Post-Closing Deliverables.
(a) Not later than sixty (60)Β days after the Closing Date or such later date as may be approved by the Administrative Agent, use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent: (i)Β a fully executed Landlord Consent and Waiver for that certain real property located at 00000 X. 000xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 and (ii)Β a fully executed Landlord Consent and Waiver for the Borrowerβs chief executive office.
(b) Not later than ninety (90)Β days after the Closing Date or such later date as may be approved by the Administrative Agent, use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being understood that such efforts shall not require the payment of any financial concession by the Borrower to the counterparty thereto): (i)Β a fully executed amendment to that certain License Agreement dated as of DecemberΒ 30, 2003 by and between the Borrower and The Dow Chemical Company, a Delaware corporation, as amended or otherwise modified (and amendments to any other documentation entered into in connection therewith by the Borrower required by the Administrative Agent), (ii)Β a fully executed amendment to that certain License Agreement dated as of FebruaryΒ 23, 2007 by and between the Borrower and Dow Global Technologies Incorporated, a Michigan corporation, as amended or otherwise modified (and amendments to any other documentation entered into in connection therewith by the Borrower required by the Administrative Agent) and (iii)Β certified copies of each of the foregoing License Agreements and all documentation entered into by the Borrower in connection therewith.
(c) Not later than sixty (60)Β days after the Closing Date or such later date as may be approved by the Administrative Agent, take the actions with respect to the IP Rights of the Borrower described in the Closing Date Side Letter.
(d) Not later than sixty (60)Β days after the Closing Date or such later date as may be approved by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, copies of insurance endorsements naming the Administrative Agent as additional insured (in the case of liability insurance) and loss payee (in the case of hazard insurance).
ARTICLE VIII.
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted), no Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:
8.01 Liens.
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Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:
(a) Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) Liens existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 8.01;
(c) Liens (other than Liens imposed under ERISA) for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies not yet due or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;
(d) statutory or common law Liens of landlords; provided that such landlords shall have waived their respective rights with respect to such liens pursuant to a landlord waiver agreement between such landlord and the Administrative Agent satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(e) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workersβ compensation, unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, social security and other like obligations, other than any Lien imposed by XXXXX;
(f) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, indemnity and performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(g) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law, in the ordinary course of business, to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(h) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money (or appeal or other surety bonds relating to such judgments) not constituting an Event of Default under SectionΒ 9.01(h);
(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under SectionΒ 8.03(e); provided that (i)Β such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness, (ii)Β the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost (negotiated on an armβs length basis) of the property being acquired on the date of acquisition and (iii)Β such Liens attach to such property concurrently with or within ninety days after the acquisition thereof;
(j) Liens in favor of Alexandria Real Estate (and/or any other Person providing any refinancing of the Indebtedness permitted under SectionΒ 8.03(f)) in respect of Indebtedness not to exceed $3,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding upon or on any equipment acquired or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries solely in connection with the Pilot Plant, Automation Lab, or Research and Development Labs, provided that the aggregate value of such equipment does not exceed $10,000,000;
(k) leases or subleases of real property granted in the ordinary course of business, and leases, subleases, non-exclusive licenses or sublicenses of property (other than real property or intellectual property) granted in the ordinary course of business if the leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses do not prohibit the granting of a security interest;
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(l) Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, vendors, artisans and suppliers and other Liens imposed by law or pursuant to customary reservations or retentions of title arising in the ordinary course of business, provided that such Liens secure only amounts not yet past due more than thirty (30)Β days or, if past due more than thirty (30)Β days, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce the same or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves determined in accordance with GAAP have been established;
(m) normal and customary rights of setoff upon deposits of cash in favor of banks or other depository institutions provided that the Administrative Agent has a perfected security interest in the amounts held in such deposit accounts (other than the (w)Β JPMorgan Account, (x)Β the Sovereign Account, (y)Β the Comerica Lock-box Account or any other lock-box account serving any similar function in connection with the Permitted Comerica Refinancing and (z)Β other accounts designated in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, such accounts not at any one time outstanding having an aggregate principal balance in excess of $[β¦***β¦]);
(n) Liens in favor of Comerica Bank to secure the Indebtedness from time to time outstanding under the Comerica Loan Documents up to an aggregate amount not to exceed the Comerica Cap Amount, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement; and
(o) Liens in favor of the Permitted Comerica Refinancing Debt Provider to secure the Permitted Comerica Refinancing up to an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the Permitted Comerica Refinancing Cap Amount, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, as amended and restated in connection with such refinancing); provided, that any property secured by any such Lien shall be limited to the property encumbered by the Lien in favor of Comerica Bank permitted by SectionΒ 8.01(n).
8.02 Investments.
Make any Investments, except:
(a) Investments held by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents;
(b) Investments existing as of the Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 8.02;
(c) Investments in any Person that is a Loan Party prior to giving effect to such Investment;
(d) Investments by any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party in any other Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party;
(e) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;
(f) Guarantees not prohibited by SectionΒ 8.03 (which guarantees, if applicable, shall be subordinated in a manner similar to the underlying Indebtedness);
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(g) Permitted Acquisitions;
(h) non-cash consideration received in connection with Limited Licenses and Dispositions not prohibited by SectionΒ 8.05;
(i) 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 the Borrowerβs business;
(j) Investments not to exceed $[β¦***β¦] in the aggregate in any fiscal year of the Borrower consisting of (i)Β travel advances and employee relocation loans and other employee loans and advances in the ordinary course of business and (ii)Β loans to employees, officers or directors relating to the purchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries pursuant to employee stock purchase plan agreements approved by the Borrowerβs board of directors;
(k) 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, provided that this clause (k)Β shall not apply to Investments in any Subsidiary;
(l) Investments in joint ventures or strategic alliances in the ordinary course of the Borrowerβs business consisting of the licensing of technology, the development of technology or the providing of technological support, provided that any cash Investments made by the Loan Parties pursuant to this clause (l)Β do not exceed $[β¦***β¦] in the aggregate in any fiscal year of the Borrower; and
(m) Investments consisting of Restricted Payments not prohibited by SectionΒ 8.06; and
(n) Investments by the Loan Parties in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties in an aggregate amount for all such Investments pursuant to this clause (n)Β not to exceed $[β¦***β¦] in any fiscal year of the Borrower.
8.03 Indebtedness.
Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;
(b) Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries described on Schedule 8.03 and any extensions, renewals or replacements of such Indebtedness to the extent the principal amount of such Indebtedness is not increased, neither the final maturity nor the weighted average life to maturity of such Indebtedness is decreased, such Indebtedness, if subordinated to the Obligations, remains so subordinated to the Obligations on terms no less favorable to the Lenders and the original obligors in respect of such Indebtedness remain the only obligors thereon;
(c) intercompany Indebtedness not prohibited under SectionΒ 8.02;
(d) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary existing or arising under any Swap Contract, provided that (i)Β such obligations are (or were) entered into
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by such Person in the ordinary 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, or changes in the value of securities issued by such Person, and not for purposes of speculation or taking a βmarket view;β and (ii)Β such Swap Contract does not contain any provision exonerating the non-defaulting party from its obligation to make payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting party;
(e) purchase money Indebtedness (including obligations in respect of Capital Leases or Synthetic Leases) hereafter incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to finance the purchase of machinery, equipment, tenant improvements, furniture, fixtures, vehicles, tool parts and attachments, and renewals, refinancings and extensions thereof, provided that (i)Β the total of all such Indebtedness for all such Persons taken together shall not exceed an aggregate principal amount of $[β¦***β¦] at any one time outstanding; (ii)Β such Indebtedness when incurred shall not exceed the purchase price of the asset(s) financed; and (iii)Β no such Indebtedness shall be refinanced for a principal amount in excess of the principal balance outstanding thereon at the time of such refinancing;
(f) Indebtedness owing to Alexandria Real Estate (and/or any Person providing any refinancing thereof) and renewals, refinancings and extensions thereof secured by a lien described in SectionΒ 8.01(j); provided that (i)Β the total of all such Indebtedness taken together shall not exceed an aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000 at any one time outstanding; (ii)Β such Indebtedness does not exceed the lesser of cost or fair market value of the equipment financed or leased with such Indebtedness; and (iii)Β no such Indebtedness shall be refinanced for a principal amount in excess of the principal balance outstanding thereon at the time of such refinancing;
(g) Indebtedness in respect of (i)Β surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, completion guarantees and similar obligations and (ii)Β customary indemnification obligations to purchasers in connection with Dispositions not prohibited by SectionΒ 8.05;
(h) Guarantees with respect to Indebtedness of the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries not otherwise prohibited hereunder; provided, that (x)Β if the Indebtedness being Guaranteed is subordinated to the Obligations, such Guarantee shall be subordinated to the Guarantee of the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the subordination of such Indebtedness and (y)Β no such Guarantee shall be permitted unless such Guarantee is permitted by SectionΒ 8.02;
(i) unsecured Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of credit cards, credit processing services, debit cards, stored value cards and purchase cards (including so-called βprocurement cardsβ or βP-cardsβ) in an aggregate principal amount for all such Indebtedness not to exceed $200,000 at any one time outstanding;
(j) Indebtedness under the Comerica Loan Documents, in an amount not to exceed the Comerica Cap Amount, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement; and
(k) Indebtedness under the Permitted Comerica Refinancing Loan Documents, in an amount not to exceed the Permitted Comerica Refinancing Cap Amount, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement (as amended and restated in connection with the Permitted Comerica Refinancing).
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8.04 Fundamental Changes.
Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this SectionΒ 8.04 but subject to the terms of Sections 7.12 and 7.14, (a)Β the Borrower may merge or consolidate with any of its Subsidiaries provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation, (b)Β any Loan Party other than the Borrower may merge or consolidate with any other Loan Party other than the Borrower, (c)Β any Foreign Subsidiary may be merged or consolidated with or into any Loan Party provided that such Loan Party shall be the continuing or surviving corporation, (d)Β any Foreign Subsidiary may be merged or consolidated with or into any other Foreign Subsidiary and (e)Β any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may dissolve, liquidate or wind up its affairs at any time provided that such dissolution, liquidation or winding up, as applicable, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all of its assets and business are transferred to a Loan Party prior to or concurrently with such dissolution, liquidation or wind-up.
8.05 Dispositions.
Make any Disposition (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Permitted Transfer) unless (a)Β the consideration paid in connection therewith shall be cash or Cash Equivalents paid contemporaneous with consummation of the transaction and shall be in an amount not less than the fair market value of the property disposed of, (b)Β no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing both immediately prior to and after giving effect to such Disposition and (c)Β the aggregate book value of all of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in all such transactions occurring during the term of this Agreement shall not exceed $[β¦***β¦].
8.06 Restricted Payments.
Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that:
(a) each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any Guarantor;
(b) the Borrower and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the Equity Interests of such Person and make the necessary adjustments to the Aggregate Number (as defined in the Warrants) as required by the Warrants;
(c) the Borrower and each Subsidiary may make any payments in respect of Earn Out Obligations with respect to any Permitted Acquisition, subject to Sections 8.02 and 8.03;
(d) the Borrower may repurchase stock from former employees or directors (or Persons who become former employees or directors) of the Borrower at or below market price at the time of repurchase pursuant to the terms of the applicable repurchase agreements (i)Β for cash in an aggregate amount not to exceed $[β¦***β¦] in any fiscal year of the Borrower; provided, that, in each case, no Event of Default has occurred or would exist after giving effect to any such repurchase and (ii)Β as a cancellation of Indebtedness owed by such Persons to the Borrower, in an
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aggregate amount not to exceed the amount loaned by the Borrower to such Persons pursuant to SectionΒ 8.02(j)(ii), regardless of whether an Event of Default then exists; and
(e) the Borrower may convert Equity Interests of the Borrower (including warrants) into other Equity Interests of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock) pursuant to the terms of such convertible Equity Interests (including pursuant to cashless exercise provisions).
8.07 Change in Nature of Business.
Engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business substantially related or incidental thereto.
8.08 Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders.
Enter into or permit to exist any transaction or series of transactions with any officer, director or Affiliate of such Person other than (a)Β advances of working capital to any Loan Party, (b)Β transfers of cash and assets to any Loan Party, (c)Β intercompany transactions not prohibited by SectionΒ 8.02, SectionΒ 8.03, SectionΒ 8.04, SectionΒ 8.05 or SectionΒ 8.06, (d)Β normal and reasonable compensation and reimbursement of expenses of officers and directors in the ordinary course of business, (e)Β employment arrangements with executive officers approved by the Borrowerβs board of directors and entered into in the ordinary course of Xxxxxxxxβs business and (f)Β except as otherwise specifically limited in this Agreement, other transactions which are entered into in the ordinary course of such Personβs business on terms and conditions substantially as favorable to such Person as would be obtainable by it in a comparable arms-length transaction with a Person other than an officer, director or Affiliate.
8.09 Burdensome Agreements.
(a) Enter into, or permit to exist, any Contractual Obligation that encumbers or restricts on the ability of any such Person to (i)Β pay cash dividends or make any other cash distributions to any Loan Party on its Equity Interests or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, (ii)Β pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to any Loan Party, (iii)Β make loans or advances to any Loan Party, (iv)Β sell, lease or transfer any of its property to any Loan Party, (v)Β pledge its property pursuant to the Loan Documents or any renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or extension thereof or (vi)Β act as a Loan Party pursuant to the Loan Documents or any renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or extension thereof, except (in respect of any of the matters referred to in clauses (i)-(iv)Β above) for (1)Β this Agreement and the other Investment Documents, (2)Β any document or instrument governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to SectionΒ 8.03(e) or SectionΒ 8.03(f), provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets constructed or acquired in connection therewith, (3)Β any Permitted Lien or any document or instrument governing any Permitted Lien, provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Permitted Lien, (4)Β customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any property not prohibited under SectionΒ 8.05 pending the consummation of such sale, (5)Β the Comerica Loan Documents and (6)Β customary provisions regarding confidentiality or restricting assignment, pledges or transfer of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business.
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(b) Enter into, or permit to exist, any Contractual Obligation that prohibits or otherwise restricts the existence of any Lien upon any of its property in favor of the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations) for the purpose of securing the Obligations, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or requiring the grant of any security for any obligation if such property is given as security for the Obligations, except (i)Β any document or instrument governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to SectionΒ 8.03(e) or SectionΒ 8.03(f), provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets constructed or acquired in connection therewith, (ii)Β in connection with any Permitted Lien or any document or instrument governing any Permitted Lien, provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Permitted Lien, (iii)Β pursuant to customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any property not prohibited under SectionΒ 8.05, pending the consummation of such sale and (iv)Β customary provisions restricting assignment or transfer of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business.
8.10 Use of Proceeds.
Use the proceeds of any Loan, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the FRB) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose.
8.11 Prepayment of Other Indebtedness.
Make (or give any notice with respect thereto) any voluntary or optional payment or prepayment or redemption or acquisition for value of (including without limitation, by way of depositing money or securities with the trustee with respect thereto before due for the purpose of paying when due), refund, refinance or exchange of any Indebtedness of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness arising under the Loan Documents, any repayment or refinancing of Indebtedness permitted by SectionΒ 8.03(e) or (f), the Permitted Comerica Refinancing, Indebtedness arising under the Comerica Loan Documents and/or the Permitted Comerica Refinancing Loan Documents).
8.12 Organization Documents; Fiscal Year; Legal Name, State of Formation and Form of Entity; Certain Amendments.
(a) Amend, modify or change its Organization Documents in a manner adverse to the Lenders.
(b) Change its fiscal year.
(c) Without providing thirty (30)Β days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, change its name, state of formation or form of organization.
(d) Replace its chief executive officer or chief financial officer without written notification to the Administrative Agent within thirty (30)Β days thereafter.
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(e) Amend, replace, refinance, refund, restructure, amend, supplement, extend or otherwise modify the Comerica Credit Agreement in effect on the Closing Date or any other Comerica Loan Document in effect on the Closing Date to contravene the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement.
(f) Amend, replace, refinance, refund, restructure, amend, supplement, extend or otherwise modify any Permitted Comerica Refinancing Loan Document to contravene the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement.
(g) Amend, modify or change (or permit the amendment, modification or change of) any of the terms or provisions of the following in a manner materially adverse to the Lenders: (i)Β the [β¦***β¦] License and (ii)Β the Joint Intellectual Property Agreement or any document entered into by the Borrower in connection therewith.
8.13 Ownership of Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, (a)Β permit any Person (other than any Loan Party or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower) to own any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of any Loan Party, except to qualify directors where required by applicable law or to satisfy other requirements of applicable law with respect to the ownership of Equity Interests of Foreign Subsidiaries, (b)Β permit any Loan Party or any Subsidiary to issue or have outstanding any Disqualified Stock or (c)Β create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of any Loan Party, except for Permitted Liens.
8.14 Sale Leasebacks.
Enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction.
8.15 Sanctions.
Permit any Loan or the proceeds of any Loan, directly or indirectly, (a)Β to be lent, contributed or otherwise made available to fund any activity or business in any Designated Jurisdiction; (b)Β to fund any activity or business in any Designated Jurisdiction; (c)Β to fund any activity or business of any Person located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction or who is the subject of any Sanctions; or (d)Β in any other manner that will result in any violation by any Person (including any Lender, Athyrium or the Administrative Agent) of any Sanctions.
8.16 Consolidated Revenues.
Permit Consolidated Revenues for any fiscal quarter of the Borrower to be less than $7,500,000.
ARTICLE IX.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
9.01 Events of Default.
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Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:
(a) Non-Payment. The Borrower or any other Loan Party fails to pay (when and as required to be paid herein) (i)Β when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or (ii)Β within three (3)Β Business Days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan, any fee due hereunder or any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document;
(b) Specific Covenants. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of SectionΒ 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.05(a), 7.07 (other than the last sentence thereof), 7.10, 7.11, 7.12, 7.14, 7.17 or 7.18 or Article VIII or
(c) Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a)Β or (b)Β above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for thirty (30)Β days after the earlier of the date on which (i)Β a Responsible Officer of the Borrower becomes aware of such failure and (ii)Β written notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or any Lender; or
(d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party herein, in any other Investment Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made; or
(e) Cross-Default. (i)Β Any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (A)Β fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee (other than Indebtedness hereunder, Indebtedness under Swap Contracts, Indebtedness under the Comerica Loan Documents and Indebtedness under the Permitted Comerica Refinancing Loan Documents) 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) of more than the Threshold Amount, or (B)Β fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or such Guarantee to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded; or (ii)Β there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A)Β any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B)Β any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by the Borrower or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than the Threshold Amount; or
(f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an
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assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for thirty (30)Β calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for thirty (30)Β calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or
(g) Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i)Β Any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii)Β any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of any such Person and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within thirty (30)Β days after its issue or levy; or
(h) Judgments. There is entered against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (i)Β one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage), or (ii)Β any one or more non-monetary final judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, (A)Β enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (B)Β there is a period of thirty (30)Β consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; or
(i) ERISA. (i)Β An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Loan Party under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount, or (ii)Β the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under SectionΒ 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount; or
(j) Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party or any other Person contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan Document; or
(k) Comerica Loan Documents. There shall occur an βEvent of Defaultβ (or any comparable term) under, and as defined in, any Comerica Loan Document; provided, that, an βEvent of Defaultβ that arises exclusively as a result of the Borrowerβs failure to comply with SectionΒ 6.7(a) of the Comerica Credit Agreement shall cease to be an βEvent of Defaultβ for purposes of this Agreement if it is waived in writing by Comerica Bank (or if the Borrower shall have repaid in full all Indebtedness under the Comerica Loan Documents, terminated all commitments in connection therewith and the Comerica Loan Documents shall have been terminated in connection therewith and all Liens of Comerica Bank securing obligations under the Comerica Loan Documents shall have been released) prior to the Administrative Agent accelerating the Loans as a result of such violation; provided, further, that, during the first sixty (60)Β days after such violation of SectionΒ 6.7(a) of the Comerica Credit Agreement occurs, the
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Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree not to accelerate the Loans exclusively as a result of such non-compliance with SectionΒ 6.7(a) of the Comerica Credit Agreement unless Comerica Bank at any time during such sixty (60)Β day period accelerates all or any portion of the Indebtedness under the Comerica Loan Documents; or
(l) Permitted Comerica Refinancing Loan Documents. There shall occur an βEvent of Defaultβ (or any comparable term) under, and as defined in, any Permitted Comerica Refinancing Loan Document; provided, that, an βEvent of Defaultβ that arises exclusively as a result of the Borrowerβs failure to comply with a financial maintenance covenant provision contained in the Permitted Comerica Refinancing Loan Documents that is substantially similar to SectionΒ 6.7(a) of the Comerica Credit Agreement (the βRefinancing TNW Covenantβ) shall cease to be an βEvent of Defaultβ for purposes of this Agreement if it is waived in writing (or if the Borrower shall have repaid in full all Indebtedness under the Permitted Comerica Refinancing Loan Documents, terminated all commitments in connection therewith and the Permitted Comerica Refinancing Loan Documents shall have been terminated in connection therewith and all Liens of the Permitted Comerica Refinancing Debt Provider securing obligations under the Permitted Comerica Refinancing Loan Documents shall have been released) by the Permitted Comerica Refinancing Debt Provider prior to the Administrative Agent accelerating the Loans as a result of such violation; provided, further, that, during the first sixty (60)Β days after such violation of the Refinancing TNW Covenant occurs, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree not to accelerate the Loans exclusively as a result of such non-compliance with the Refinancing TNW Covenant unless the Permitted Comerica Refinancing Debt Provider at any time during such sixty (60)Β day period accelerates all or any portion of the Indebtedness under the Permitted Comerica Refinancing Loan Documents; or
(m) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control.
9.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default.
If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
(a) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;
(b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower; and
(c) exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents;
provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
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9.03 Application of Funds.
After the exercise of remedies provided for in SectionΒ 9.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable as set forth in the proviso to SectionΒ 9.02), but subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, any amounts received by any Lender or the Administrative Agent on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:
First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders) arising under the Investment Documents and amounts payable under Article III, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on and prepayment premium on the Loans, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third held by them;
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid principal of the Loans, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.
ARTICLE X.
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
10.01 Appointment and Authority.
(a) Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints Athyrium Opportunities Fund (A)Β LP to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term βagentβ herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative 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 as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.
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(b) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the βcollateral agentβ under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as βcollateral agentβ and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to SectionΒ 10.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article X and Article XI (including SectionΒ 11.04(c), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the βcollateral agentβ under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
10.02 Rights as a Lender.
The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term βLenderβ or βLendersβ shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
10.03 Exculpatory Provisions.
The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:
(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
(b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may affect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; and
(c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
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The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i)Β with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 11.01 and 9.02) or (ii)Β in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, or a Lender.
The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i)Β any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii)Β the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii)Β the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv)Β the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v)Β the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
10.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Loan Parties), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
10.05 Delegation of Duties.
The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non-appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.
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10.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent at any time by giving thirty (30)Β days advance notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower and, thereafter, the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, subject to the approval of the Borrower (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; such approval not to be unreasonably withheld), to appoint a successor Administrative Agent. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders, been approved (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) by the Borrower or have accepted such appointment within thirty (30)Β days after the Administrative Agentβs giving of notice of resignation, then the Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent reasonably acceptable to the Borrower (so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing). Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent. After any retiring Administrative Agentβs resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this SectionΒ 10.06 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. If no successor has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date which is thirty (30)Β days following a retiring Administrative Agentβs notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agentβs resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Required Xxxxxxx shall perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Xxxxxxx appoint a successor agent as provided for above.
10.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.
Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
10.08 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) 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 Loans 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 the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
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disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under SectionΒ 11.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(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 the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 11.04.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
10.09 Collateral and Guaranty Matters.
The Lenders irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion,
(a) to release any Lien on any Collateral granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (i)Β upon payment in full of all Obligations, (ii)Β that is sold or otherwise disposed of or to be sold or otherwise disposed of as part of or in connection with any sale or other Disposition permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any Involuntary Disposition, (iii)Β constituting property leased or licensed to Borrower or its Subsidiaries under a lease or license that has expired or is terminated in a transaction not prohibited by this Agreement, or (iv)Β as approved in accordance with SectionΒ 11.01;
(b) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by SectionΒ 8.01(i) or SectionΒ 8.01(j); and
(c) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents.
Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agentβs authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty, pursuant to this SectionΒ 10.09.
The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agentβs Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.
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ARTICLE XI.
MISCELLANEOUS
11.01 Amendments, Etc.
No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, further, that
(a) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(i) extend or increase the Commitment of a Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to SectionΒ 9.02) without the written consent of such Lender whose Commitment is being extended or increased (it being understood and agreed that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in SectionΒ 5.01 or 5.02 or of any Default or a mandatory reduction in Commitments is not considered an extension or increase in Commitments of any Lender);
(ii) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment of principal (excluding mandatory prepayments), interest, prepayment premiums, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) or any scheduled or mandatory reduction of the Commitments hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to receive such payment or whose Commitments are to be reduced;
(iii) reduce the principal of, the rate of interest specified herein on or the prepayment premium specified herein on any Loan, or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to receive such payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of βDefault Rateβ or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate;
(iv) change any provision of this SectionΒ 11.01(a) or the definition of βRequired Lendersβ without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(v) release all or substantially all of the Collateral without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(vi) release the Borrower or, except in connection with a merger or consolidation not prohibited under SectionΒ 8.04 or a Disposition not prohibited under SectionΒ 8.05, all or substantially all of the Guarantors without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, except to the extent the release of any Guarantor is permitted pursuant to SectionΒ 10.09 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); and
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(b) unless also signed by the Administrative Agent, no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i)Β no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x)Β the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y)Β any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender, (ii)Β each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the Loans, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of SectionΒ 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein and (iii)Β the Required Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow a Loan Party to use cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and such determination shall be binding on all of the Lenders.
11.02 Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies.
(a) Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b)Β below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(i) if to the Borrower or any other Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 11.02; and
(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number of its Lending Office (whether specified on Schedule 11.02 or separately specified to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent).
Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b)Β below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).
(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II if such Xxxxxx has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may each, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic
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communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i)Β notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the senderβs receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the βreturn receipt requestedβ function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii)Β notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i)Β of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i)Β and (ii), if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice, email or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient.
(c) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. In addition, each Xxxxxx agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i)Β an effective address, contact name, telephone number, facsimile number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii)Β accurate wire instructions for such Lender.
(d) Reliance by Administrative Agent and Xxxxxxx. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic or electronic Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of any Loan Party even if (i)Β such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii)Β the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Loan Parties shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of a Loan Party; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Person be available to the extent that such losses, costs, expenses or liabilities are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Person, if the Borrower or such Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
11.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement.
No failure by any Lender or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Investment Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided, and provided under each other Investment Document, are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Investment Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Investment Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with SectionΒ 10.01 for the benefit of all the Lenders; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a)Β the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b)Β any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with SectionΒ 11.08 (subject to the terms of SectionΒ 2.10), or (c)Β any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i)Β the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to SectionΒ 10.01 and (ii)Β in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b)Β and (c)Β of the preceding proviso and subject to SectionΒ 2.10, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.
11.04 Expenses; Indemnity; and Damage Waiver.
(a) Costs and Expenses. The Loan Parties shall pay (i)Β all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent), in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Investment Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated) and (ii)Β all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent or any Lender), and shall pay all fees and time charges for attorneys who may be employees of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A)Β in connection with this Agreement and the other Investment Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B)Β in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans. It is understood and agreed that the Borrower shall not be required to pay costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement, the other Investment Documents dated as of the Closing Date and the funding of the Term Loan in excess of $200,000 without the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld).
(b) Indemnification by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an βIndemniteeβ) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), and shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from all fees and time charges and disbursements for attorneys who may be employees of any Indemnitee, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (including the Borrower or any other Loan Party) other than the Indemnitee and its Related Parties arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i)Β the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Investment Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of
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the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Investment Documents, (ii)Β any Loan or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii)Β any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv)Β any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, in all cases, whether or not caused by or arising, in whole or in part, out of the comparative, contributory or sole negligence of the Indemnitee; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, if the Borrower or such Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) Reimbursement by Xxxxxxx. To the extent that the Loan Parties for any reason fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a)Β or (b)Β of this Section to be paid by them to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Party thereof, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Xxxxxxβs pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought based on each Lenderβs share of the Total Credit Exposure at such time) of such unpaid amount (including any such unpaid amount in respect of a claim asserted by such Lender), such payment to be made severally among them based on such Lendersβ Applicable Percentages (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought), provided, further that, the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), or against any Related Party thereof acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (c)Β are subject to the provisions of SectionΒ 2.09(b).
(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Loan Party shall assert, and each Loan Party hereby waives, and acknowledges that no other Person shall have, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Investment Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b)Β above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Investment Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten Business Days after demand therefor.
(f) Survival. The agreements in this Section and the indemnity provisions of SectionΒ 11.02(d) shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of
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any Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.
11.05 Payments Set Aside.
To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of any Loan Party is made to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a)Β to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b)Β each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under clause (b)Β of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
11.06 Successors and Assigns.
(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder or thereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i)Β to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b)Β of this Section, (ii)Β by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d)Β of this Section or (iii)Β by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (e)Β of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (e)Β of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Assignments by Xxxxxxx. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
(i) Minimum Amounts.
A. in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Xxxxxxβs Commitment and/or the Loans at the time owing to it or contemporaneous assignments to related Approved Funds that equal at least the amount specified in paragraph (b)(i)(B) of this Section in the aggregate or in
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the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and
B. in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the applicable Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if βTrade Dateβ is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $[β¦***β¦] unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
(ii) Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all of the assigning Xxxxxxβs rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned;
(iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:
1. the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (1)Β an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2)Β such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided, that, the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall always be required for any assignment to a Lender that is not a U.S. Person unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment (it being understood and agreed that, for the avoidance of doubt, withholding consent with respect to an assignment to a Person that is not a U.S. Person shall not be considered unreasonable if immediately following such assignment the Borrower would be required to pay any Taxes or additional amounts pursuant to SectionΒ 3.01 with respect to any payment made to such assignee under this Agreement);
2. the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of the Term Loan to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;
(iv) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent such information, including notice information, as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require.
(v) No Assignment to Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made (A)Β to the Borrower or any of the Borrowerβs Affiliates or Subsidiaries, (B)Β to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B)Β or (C)Β to a natural Person.
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(vi) Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x)Β pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y)Β acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
(vii) Any such assignment pursuant to this SectionΒ 11.06 shall be made in compliance with the Securities Act and any applicable securities laws. The Borrower shall cooperate in connection with any such assignment including providing such information to any Lender or such Xxxxxxβs proposed assignee as, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the assignor, may be necessary to satisfy the requirements of RuleΒ 144A of the Securities Act in connection with any Transfer to a βQualified Institutional Buyerβ under such rule.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c)Β of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lenderβs rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 11.04 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d)Β of this Section.
(c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower (and such agency being solely for tax purposes), shall maintain at the Administrative Agentβs Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it (or the equivalent thereof in electronic form) and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the βRegisterβ). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the
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Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. In addition, the Administrative Agent shall maintain on the Register information regarding the designation, and revocation of designation, of any Lender as a Defaulting Lender. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural Person, a Defaulting Lender, a Person that is not a U.S. Person or the Borrower or any of the Borrowerβs Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a βParticipantβ) in all or a portion of such Lenderβs rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (i)Β such Lenderβs obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii)Β such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii)Β the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lenderβs rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under SectionΒ 11.04(c) without regard to the existence of any participation.
Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in clauses (i)Β through (vi)Β of SectionΒ 11.01(a) that affects such Participant. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01 and 3.02 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b)Β of this Section so long as such Participant complies with the obligations set forth in Article III with respect thereto (including the requirements under SectionΒ 3.01(b), it being understood that the documentation required under SectionΒ 3.01(b) shall be delivered to the participating Lender). To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of SectionΒ 11.08 as though it were a Lender; provided, that such Participant agrees to be subject to SectionΒ 2.10 as though it were a Lender.
Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participantβs interest in the Loans or other Obligations (each, a βParticipant Registerβ); provided, that, no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of its Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participantβs interest in any commitments, loans or its other obligations under any Loan Documents) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan or other obligation is in registered form under SectionΒ 5f.103-1(c) of the Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Registers shall be conclusive absent manifest error and each Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in its Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining any Participant Register.
(e) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure
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obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
11.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality.
Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a)Β to its Affiliates and to its Related Parties (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b)Β to the extent required or requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c)Β to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d)Β to any other party hereto, (e)Β in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Investment Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Investment Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f)Β subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i)Β any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or (ii)Β any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to a Loan Party and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder, (g)Β on a confidential basis to (i)Β any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities provided hereunder or (ii)Β the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers or other market identifiers with respect to the credit facilities provided hereunder, (h)Β with the consent of the Borrower or (i)Β to the extent such Information (x)Β becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y)Β becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower.
For purposes of this Section, βInformationβ means all information received from a Loan Party or any Subsidiary relating to the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by such Loan Party or any Subsidiary. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
11.08 Set-off.
If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, after obtaining the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Loan Party against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or its Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are
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owed to a branch office or Affiliate of such Lender different from the branch office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided, that, in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x)Β all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of SectionΒ 2.11 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and (y)Β the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
11.09 Interest Rate Limitation.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Investment Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Investment Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the βMaximum Rateβ). If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a)Β characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b)Β exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c)Β amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
11.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Investment Documents, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in SectionΒ 5.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic imaging means (e.g. βpdfβ or βtifβ) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
11.11 Survival of Representations and Warranties.
All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Investment Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the
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Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Borrowing, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied.
11.12 Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement or the other Investment Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a)Β the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Investment Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b)Β the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this SectionΒ 11.12, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.
11.13 Replacement of Lenders.
If any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, SectionΒ 11.06), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:
(a) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%)Β of the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);
(b) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws; and
(c) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a Non-Consenting Xxxxxxβs failure to consent to a proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination with respect to any Loan Document, the applicable replacement bank or financial institution consents to the proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination; provided that the failure by such Non-Consenting Lender to execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption shall not impair the validity of the removal of such Non-Consenting Lender and the mandatory assignment of such Non-Consenting Xxxxxxβs Commitments and outstanding Loans pursuant to this SectionΒ 11.13 shall nevertheless be effective without the execution by such Non-Consenting Lender of an Assignment and Assumption.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
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11.14 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.
(a) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER INVESTMENT DOCUMENTS AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER INVESTMENT DOCUMENT (EXCEPT, AS TO ANY OTHER INVESTMENT DOCUMENT, AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH THEREIN) AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT COMMENCE ANY ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND OR DESCRIPTION, WHETHER IN LAW OR EQUITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR IN TORT OR OTHERWISE, AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER OR ANY RELATED PARTY OF THE FOREGOING IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER INVESTMENT DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATING HERETO OR THERETO, IN ANY OTHER FORUM OTHER THAN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND ANY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS AND AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER INVESTMENT DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER INVESTMENT DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
(c) WAIVER OF VENUE. THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER INVESTMENT DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B)Β OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
(d) SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 11.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY
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PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
11.15 Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury.
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER INVESTMENT DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A)Β CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B)Β ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER INVESTMENT DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
11.16 Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents.
The words βexecute,β βexecution,β βsigned,β βsignatureβ and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
11.17 USA PATRIOT Act.
Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law OctoberΒ 26, 2001)) (the βActβ), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act. The Borrower shall, promptly following a request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable βknow your customerβ and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Act.
11.18 No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship.
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In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Investment Document), the Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliatesβ understanding, that: (a)(i) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, Athyrium, and the Lenders are armβs-length commercial transactions between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, Athyrium and the Lenders on the other hand, (ii)Β the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (iii)Β the Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Investment Documents; (b)(i) the Administrative Agent, Athyrium and each Lender is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary, for the Borrower or any of Affiliates or any other Person and (ii)Β neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Investment Documents; and (c)Β the Administrative Agent, Athyrium and the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent, Athyrium nor any Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower or its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower hereby waives and releases, any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, Athyrium or any Lender with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
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BORROWER: | Β | Β | VERENIUM CORPORATION, | |||
Β | Β | a Delaware corporation/ | ||||
Β | Β | By: | Β | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Β | Β | Name: | Β | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Β | Β | Title: | Β | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT: | Β | Β | ATHYRIUM OPPORTUNITIES FUND (A) LP, a Delaware limited partnership | |||||||
Β | Β | Β | By: | Β | ATHYRIUM OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATES LP, its General Partner | |||||
Β | Β | Β | Β | By: | Β | ATHYRIUM OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATES GP LLC, the General Partner of Athyrium Opportunities Associates LP | ||||
Β | Β | Β | By: | Β | /s/ X. Xxxxxxx | |||||
Β | Β | Β | Name: | Β | X. Xxxxxxx | |||||
Β | Β | Β | Title: | Β | President | |||||
LENDERS: | Β | Β | ATHYRIUM OPPORTUNITIES FUND (A) LP, a Delaware limited partnership | |||||||
Β | Β | Β | By: | Β | ATHYRIUM OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATES LP, its General Partner | |||||
Β | Β | Β | Β | By: | Β | ATHYRIUM OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATES GP LLC, the General Partner of Athyrium Opportunities Associates LP | ||||
Β | Β | Β | By: | Β | /s/ X. Xxxxxxx | |||||
Β | Β | Β | Name: | Β | X. Xxxxxxx | |||||
Β | Β | Β | Title: | Β | President | |||||
Β | Β | ATHYRIUM OPPORTUNITIES FUND (B) LP, a Delaware limited partnership | ||||||||
Β | Β | Β | By: | Β | ATHYRIUM OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATES LP, its General Partner | |||||
Β | Β | Β | Β | By: | Β | ATHYRIUM OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATES GP LLC, the General Partner of Athyrium Opportunities Associates LP | ||||
Β | Β | Β | By: | Β | /s/ X. Xxxxxxx | |||||
Β | Β | Β | Name: | Β | X. Xxxxxxx | |||||
Β | Β | Β | Title: | Β | President |