PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION Up to 9,750,000 Shares of Common Stock EQUITY DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Exhibit (h)(4)
EXECUTION COPY
PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION
Up to 9,750,000
Shares of Common Stock
November 10, 2010
BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxxxxxx, LLC
000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Prospect Capital Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of Maryland (the “Company”), Prospect Capital Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company registered as an investment adviser (the “Adviser”) and Prospect Administration, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Administrator”), confirm their agreement (this “Agreement”) with BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxxxxxx, LLC (the “Agent”), as follows:
The Company, the Adviser and the Administrator have also entered into (i) an equity distribution agreement in substantially similar form to this Agreement (the “Barclays Agreement”) dated of even date herewith, with Barclays Capital Inc. (“Barclays”), (ii) an equity distribution agreement in substantially similar form to this Agreement (the "RBC Agreement") dated of even date herewith, with RBC Capital Markets, LLC ("RBC") and (iii) an equity distribution agreement in substantially similar form to this Agreement (the “KeyBanc Agreement”) dated of even date herewith, with KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. (“KeyBanc”). The aggregate number of Shares that may be sold collectively pursuant to this Agreement, the Barclays Agreement, the RBC Agreement and the KeyBanc Agreement shall not exceed 9,750,000.
The Company has entered into an investment advisory and management agreement, dated as of June 24, 2004, as renewed on June 15, 2010 by the Board (the “Investment Advisory Agreement”), with the Adviser under the Advisers Act. The Company has entered into an
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administration agreement, dated as of June 24, 2004, as renewed on June 15, 2010 by the Board (the “Administration Agreement”), with the Administrator.
The Company has filed, pursuant to the 1933 Act, with the Commission a registration statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-164270), which registers the offer and sale of certain securities to be issued from time to time by the Company, including the Shares. The Company filed a Form N-54A “Notification of Election to be Subject to Sections 55 through 65 of the 1940 Act Filed Pursuant to Section 54(a) of the 1940 Act” (File No. 814-00659) with the Commission on April 16, 2004, under the 1940 Act.
The registration statement as amended, including the exhibits and schedules thereto, at the time it became effective and any post-effective amendment thereto, is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement.” The prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time it became effective is hereinafter referred to as the “Base Prospectus.” The Company has prepared and will file with the Commission in accordance with Rule 497 under the 1933 Act, a prospectus supplement (the “Prospectus Supplement”) supplementing the Base Prospectus in connection with offers and sales of the Shares. The Base Prospectus and the most recent Prospectus Supplement filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 497 under the 1933 Act at each Applicable Time and each Settlement Date are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Prospectus.”
All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “disclosed,” “included,” “filed as part of” or “stated” in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (and all other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which are or are deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be. All references in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing, shall include any copy thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“XXXXX”).
(i) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form N-2 under the 1933 Act. The Registration Statement has become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act, and no proceedings for any such purpose, have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by
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the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information has been complied with.
(ii) At the respective times the Registration Statement, and any post-effective amendment thereto, became effective, the Registration Statement, and all post-effective amendments thereto complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act, and (excluding any post-effective amendment for the purpose of filing exhibits thereto) did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto, at the respective times the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement was issued, and as of the date hereof, as of each Applicable Time and as of each Settlement Date, included or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not include statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Agent for use in the Registration Statement or Prospectus it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished to the Company in writing by the Agent consists of the information described in Section 8(b) below.
(iii) At the respective times the Prospectus was filed, as of the date hereof, as of each Applicable Time and as of each Settlement Date, it complied and will comply in all material respects with the 1933 Act, and if filed by electronic transmission pursuant to XXXXX (except as may be permitted by Regulation S-T under the 1933 Act), will be substantially identical to the copy thereof delivered to the Agent for use in connection with the applicable offering.
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“non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G under the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the 1933 Act Regulations, to the extent applicable.
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in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each subsidiary that is a corporation has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or claim.
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been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and have been offered and sold or exchanged by the Company in compliance with all applicable laws (including, without limitation, federal and state securities laws). None of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company was issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any security holder of the Company. No shares of preferred stock of the Company have been designated, offered, sold or issued and none of such shares of preferred stock are currently outstanding. The description of the Company’s stock option, stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, if any, and the options or other rights granted thereunder, set forth in the Prospectus accurately and fairly presents the information required to be shown with respect to such plans, arrangements, options and rights. The Shares to be offered and sold by the Company through the Agent have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth herein, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
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reasonably necessary to conduct their businesses as described in the Prospectus; and the expected expiration of any of such Intellectual Property Rights would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement or conflict with asserted Intellectual Property Rights of others, which infringement or conflict, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, would result in a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, none of the technology employed by the Company has been obtained or is being used by the Company in violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or any of its officers, directors or employees or otherwise in violation of the rights of any persons.
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incidental to the business, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or the Adviser and delivered to the Agent or to counsel for the Agent shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company or the Adviser (as applicable), to the Agent as to the matters covered thereby.
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Administrator; the Investment Advisory Agreement and the Administration Agreement constitute valid and legally binding agreements of the Adviser and the Administrator, respectively, except as (i) the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers) or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) rights to indemnification and contribution may be limited to equitable principles of general applicability or by state or federal securities laws or the policies underlying such law.
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nondisclosure, confidentiality, employment, consulting or similar agreement that would be violated by the present or proposed business activities of the Company or the Adviser except where such termination or violation would not reasonably be expected to have an Adviser Material Adverse Effect.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to issue and sell through the Agent acting as sales agent and the Agent agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell as sales agent for the Company, the Shares. The Agent hereby covenants and agrees not to make any sales of the Shares on behalf of the Company other than (A) by means of ordinary brokers’ transactions that qualify for delivery of a Prospectus to NASDAQ in accordance with Rule 153 under the 1933 Act (such transactions are hereinafter referred to as “At the Market Offerings”) and (B) such other sales of the Shares on behalf of the Company in its capacity as agent of the Company as shall be agreed by the Company and the Agent. The Agent covenants and agrees that it shall not engage in a sale of Shares on the Company's behalf that would constitute the sale of a "block" under Rule 10b-18(a)(5) under the Exchange Act or a "distribution" within the meaning of Rule 100 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act without the Company's prior written consent. Subject to the previous sentence, the Company acknowledges and agrees that in the event a sale of Shares on behalf of the Company would constitute the sale of a “block” under Rule 10b-18(a)(5) under the Exchange Act or a “distribution” within the meaning of Rule 100 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act or the Agent reasonably believes it may be deemed an “underwriter” under the 1933 Act in a transaction that is not an At the Market Offering and the Company consents to such sale, the Company will provide to the Agent, at the Agent’s request and upon reasonable advance notice to the Company, on or prior to the Settlement Date (as defined below) for such transaction, the opinions of counsel, accountants’ letters and officers’ certificates pursuant to Section 6 hereof, each dated the Settlement Date, and such other documents and information as the Agent shall reasonably request. Solely with respect to such sales that would constitute a "block" or a "distribution," the Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assist the Company in obtaining performance of its obligations by each purchaser whose offer to purchase Shares has been solicited by the Agent and accepted by the Company.
Each time that the Company wishes to issue and sell Shares hereunder (each, a “Placement”), it will notify the Agent by email notice (or other method mutually agreed to in writing by the parties) containing the parameters in accordance with which it desires Shares to be sold, which shall at a minimum include the number of Shares to be offered, the time period during which sales are requested to be made, any limitation on the number of Shares that may be sold in any one day and any minimum price below which sales may not be made (a “Placement Notice”), a form of which containing such minimum sales parameters necessary is attached hereto as Schedule I. The Placement Notice shall originate from any of the individuals from the Company set forth on Schedule II (with a copy to each of the other individuals from the Company listed on such schedule), and shall be addressed to each of the individuals from the Agent set forth on Schedule II, as such Schedule II may be amended from time to time. If the Agent wishes to accept such proposed terms included in the Placement Notice (which it may decline to do so for any reason in its sole discretion) or, following discussion with the Company, wishes to propose modified terms, the Agent will, prior to 4:30 p.m. (New York City time) or, if later, within three
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hours after receipt of the Placement Notice, on the same Business Day on which such Placement Notice is delivered to the Agent, issue to the Company a notice by email (or other method mutually agreed to in writing by the parties) addressed to all of the individuals from the Company and the Agent set forth on Schedule II) accepting such terms (the "Agent Acceptance") or setting forth the terms that the Agent is willing to accept. Where the terms provided in the Placement Notice are proposed to be modified as provided for in the immediately preceding sentence, such terms will not be binding on the Company or the Agent until the Company delivers to the Agent an acceptance by email (or other method mutually agreed to in writing by the parties) of all of the terms of such Placement Notice, as proposed to be modified (the “Company Acceptance” and, whichever of it or the Agent Acceptance becomes effective, the "Acceptance"), which email or other communication shall be addressed to all of the individuals from the Company and the Agent set forth on Schedule II and must be delivered not later than 6:00 p.m. (New York City time) or, if later, within three hours after receipt of the modified terms proposed by the Agent, on the same Business Day. The Placement Notice shall be effective upon receipt by the Company of the Agent Acceptance or, if modified as provided above, upon receipt by the Agent of the Company Acceptance, as the case may be, unless and until (i) the entire amount of the Shares covered by the Acceptance have been sold, (ii) in accordance with the notice requirements set forth in Section 4(c), the Company suspends or terminates the Placement Notice, (iii) the Company issues a subsequent Placement Notice with parameters superseding those on the earlier dated Placement Notice, or (iv) the Agreement has been terminated under the provisions of Section 9. It is expressly acknowledged and agreed that neither the Company nor the Agent will have any obligation whatsoever with respect to a Placement unless and until the Company delivers a Placement Notice to the Agent and there occurs with respect thereto either (i) an Agent Acceptance or (ii) a Company Acceptance pursuant to the terms set forth above, and then only upon the terms specified in the relevant Acceptance and herein. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of an Acceptance, the terms of the Acceptance will control. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, upon the existence of an Acceptance, the Agent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell as sales agent Shares designated in the Acceptance up to the amount specified, and otherwise in accordance with the terms of such Acceptance. The Company and the Agent each acknowledge and agree that (A) there can be no assurance that the Agent will be successful in selling Shares and (B) the Agent will incur no liability or obligation to the Company or any other person or entity if it does not sell Shares for any reason other than a failure by the Agent to use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable law and regulations to sell such Shares as required by this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not authorize the issuance and sale of, and the Agent as sales agent shall not be obligated to use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell, any Shares (i) at a price lower than the minimum price therefor authorized from time to time, or (ii) in a number in excess of the number of Shares authorized from time to time to be issued and sold under this Agreement, in each case, by the Board, or a duly authorized committee thereof, and as set forth in the applicable Acceptance. In addition, the Company or the Agent may, upon notice to the other party hereto by telephone (confirmed promptly by telecopy or email to all of the individuals of the other party set forth on Schedule II, which confirmation will be promptly acknowledged by the receiving party) suspend or refuse to
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undertake any sale of Shares designated in such Acceptance for any reason and at any time; provided, however, that such suspension or termination shall not affect or impair the parties’ respective obligations with respect to Shares sold hereunder prior to the giving of such notice. Each of the parties hereto agrees that no such notice shall be effective against the other unless it originates from an individual named on Schedule II and is made to the individuals of the other party named on Schedule II hereto in accordance with this Section 4, as such Schedule may be amended from time to time.
(c) The gross sales price of any Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement by the Agent acting as sales agent of the Company shall be the market price prevailing at the time of sale for shares of the Company’s Common Stock sold by the Agent on NASDAQ or otherwise, at prices relating to prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. The compensation payable to the Agent for sales of Shares with respect to which the Agent acts as sales agent shall be equal to 2% of the gross sales price of the Shares for amounts of Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement. The remaining proceeds, after further deduction for any transaction fees imposed by any governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory organization in respect of such sales, shall constitute the net proceeds to the Company for such Shares (the “Net Proceeds”). The Agent shall notify the Company as promptly as practicable if any deduction referenced in the preceding sentence will be required.
(d) The Agent shall provide written confirmation to the Company following the close of trading on NASDAQ each day in which Shares are sold under this Agreement setting forth the number of Shares sold on such day, the aggregate gross sales proceeds of the Shares, the Net Proceeds to the Company and the compensation payable by the Company to the Agent with respect to such sales. For the avoidance of doubt, such written confirmation will be provided to the Company no later than the opening of trading on the immediately following trading day on NASDAQ.
(e) Under no circumstances shall the aggregate offering price or number, as the case may be, of Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement exceed the aggregate offering price or number, as the case may be, of Shares of Common Stock (i) set forth in Section 1 of this Agreement, (ii) available for issuance under the Prospectus and the then currently effective Registration Statement or (iii) authorized from time to time to be issued and sold under this Agreement, the Barclays Agreement, the RBC Agreement and the KeyBanc Agreement by the Board, or a duly authorized committee thereof, and notified to the Agent in writing. In addition, under no circumstances shall any Shares with respect to which the Agent acts as sales agent be sold at a price lower than the minimum price therefor authorized from time to time by the Company’s Board, or a duly authorized committee thereof, and notified to the Agent in writing as set forth in the applicable Placement Notice. If either party has reason to believe that the exemptive provisions set forth in Rule 101(c)(1) of Regulation M under the Exchange Act are not satisfied with respect to the Shares, it shall promptly notify the other party and sales of the Shares under this Agreement shall be suspended until that or other exemptive provisions have been satisfied in the judgment of each party. The Agent shall calculate and provide in writing to the Company, on a monthly basis, the average daily trading volume (as defined in Rule 100 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act) of the Common Stock.
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(f) Settlement for sales of Shares pursuant to this Section 4 and made in accordance with the terms of the applicable Acceptance will occur on the third business day that is also a trading day for NASDAQ (other than a day on which NASDAQ is scheduled to close prior to its regular weekday closing time) following the trade date on which such sales are made, unless another date shall be agreed to by the Company and the Agent (each such day, a “Settlement Date”). On each Settlement Date, the Shares sold through the Agent for settlement on such date shall be delivered by the Company or its transfer agent to the Agent against payment of the Net Proceeds from the sale of such Shares. Settlement for all Shares shall be effected by book-entry delivery of Shares to the Agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company against payments by the Agent of the Net Proceeds from the sale of such Shares in same day funds delivered to an account designated by the Company. If the Company shall default on its obligation to deliver Shares on any Settlement Date, the Company shall (i) indemnify and hold the Agent harmless against any loss, claim or damage arising from or as a result of such default by the Company and (ii) pay the Agent any commission to which it would otherwise be entitled absent such default.
(g) At each Applicable Time, each Settlement Date and each Representation Date (as such term is defined in Section 6(n) herein), the Company, the Adviser and the Administrator shall be deemed to have affirmed each representation and warranty contained in this Agreement. The obligation of the Agent to use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell the Shares on behalf of the Company as sales agent shall be subject to the continuing accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the continuing satisfaction of the additional conditions specified in Section 4 of this Agreement.
(h) The Company agrees that any offer to sell, any solicitation of an offer to buy, or any sales of Common Stock or any other equity security of the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall only be effected by or through only one of Agent, Barclays, RBC or KeyBanc on any single given day, but in no event by more than one of them, and the Company shall in no event request that more than one of Agent, Barclays, RBC or KeyBanc sell shares of Common Stock on the same day; provided, however, that (i) the foregoing limitation shall not apply to sales solely to employees of the Company, the Adviser, the Administrator or their respective affiliates, or to a trustee or other person acquiring such securities for the accounts of such persons and (ii) such limitation shall not apply on any day during which no sales are made pursuant to this Agreement.
(i) Except as may be mutually agreed by the Company and the Agent the Company and the Agent agree that no sales of Shares shall take place, and the Company shall not request the sale of any Shares that would be sold, and the Agent shall not be obligated to sell, (i) with respect to the Company’s quarterly filings on Form 10-Q, during any period commencing upon the 30th day following the end of each fiscal quarter and ending on the date on which the Company files with the Commission a Prospectus Supplement under Rule 497 relating to the Shares that includes updated financial information as of the end of the Company’s most recent quarterly period (the “10-Q Filing”) and (ii) with respect to the Company’s annual report filings on Form 10-K, during any period commencing upon the 50th day following the end of the Company’s fiscal year and ending on the date on which the Company files with the Commission a Prospectus Supplement under Rule 497 relating to the Shares that includes updated audited
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financial information as of the end of the Company’s most recent fiscal year (the “10-K Filing”) (each of a 10-Q Filing and/or a 10-K Filing shall also be referred to herein as a “Quarterly 497 Filing”). To the extent the Company releases its earnings for its most recent quarterly period or fiscal year, as applicable (an “Earnings Release”) before it files with the Commission its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for such quarterly period or annual report on Form 10-K for such fiscal year, as applicable, then the Agent and the Company agree that no sales of Shares shall take place for the period beginning on the date of the Earnings Release and ending on the date of the applicable Quarterly 497 Filing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the prior written consent of each of the Company and the Agent, no sales of Shares shall take place, and the Company shall not request the sale of any Shares that would be sold, and the Agent shall not be obligated to sell, during any period in which the Company is in possession of material non-public information.
(a) The Company, subject to Section 6(ii), will comply with the requirements of Rule 497, and will notify the Agent as soon as practicable, and, in the cases of Sections 6(ii)-(iv), confirm the notice in writing, (i) when, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, any post-effective
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amendment to the Registration Statement shall become effective, or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus shall have been filed in relation to the Shares, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information in each case in relation to the Shares, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes. The Company will promptly effect the filings necessary pursuant to Rule 497 and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 497 was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement pursuant to Section 8(d) of the 1933 Act, and, if any such stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(b) The Company will give the Agent notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement, or any supplement or revision to either the Base Prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time a post-effective amendment thereto most recently became effective or to the Prospectus Supplement, and will furnish the Agent with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will, in good faith, consider any reasonable comments of the Agent or Agent’s counsel.
(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the 1933 Act or the Exchange Act, in each case in relation to the Shares including in connection with use or delivery of the Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) promptly notify the Agent of any such event so that any use of the Prospectus may cease or be suspended until it is amended or supplemented or it otherwise complies with the 1933 Act or the Exchange Act, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 6, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in use of the Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Prospectus to the Agent in such quantities as the Agent may reasonably request.
(d) As soon as practicable after furnishing with the Commission, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Agent an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act and Rule 158.
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(e) The Company will furnish to the Agent, without charge, so long as delivery of a prospectus by the Agent or dealer may be required by the 1933 Act, as many copies of the Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Agent may reasonably request. Except as otherwise described herein, the Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(f) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Shares for sale under the laws of such states and jurisdictions as the Agent may designate and the Company agrees to and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required to complete the distribution and sale of the Shares; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Shares, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will use the Net Proceeds in the manner specified in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”
(h) The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the Exchange Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1940 Act and the Exchange Act within the time periods required by the 1940 Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, respectively.
(i) The Company will use its best efforts to maintain its qualification as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code.
(j) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities, except as may be allowed by law.
(k) In connection with the offering and sale of the Shares, the Company will file with NASDAQ all documents and notices, and make all certifications, required of companies that have securities that are listed on NASDAQ and will maintain such listing.
(l) The Company will cooperate with any reasonable due diligence review conducted by the Agent (or its counsel or other representatives), including, without limitation, providing information and making available documents and senior corporate officers, as the Agent may reasonably request; provided, however, that the Company shall be required to make available documents and senior corporate officers only (i) at the Company’s principal offices and (ii) during the Company’s ordinary business hours. The parties acknowledge that the due diligence review contemplated by this Section 6(l) will include, without limitation, during the term of this Agreement a quarterly diligence conference to occur within five Business Days after each Quarterly 497 Filing whereby the Company will make its senior corporate officers available to address diligence inquiries of the Agent and will provide such additional information and documents as the Agent may reasonably request.
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(m) The Company agrees that on such dates as the 1933 Act shall require, the Company will file a Prospectus Supplement with the Commission pursuant to Rule 497 under the 1933 Act, or otherwise include in a filed annual report on Form 10-K or quarterly report on Form 10-Q, which Prospectus Supplement, Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, as applicable, will set forth, within the relevant quarterly or other period, the amount of Shares sold through the Agent, the Net Proceeds to the Company and the compensation payable by the Company to the Agent with respect to such Shares. To the extent the information set forth in this Section 6(m) is filed in a Prospectus Supplement, the Company agrees to deliver such number of copies of each such Prospectus Supplement to each exchange or market on which such sales were effected as may be required by the rules or regulations of such exchange or market.
(n) Upon the commencement of the offering of Shares under this Agreement and each time the Company files a Prospectus relating to the Shares or amends or supplements the Registration Statement or the Prospectus relating to the Shares, in connection with a Quarterly 497 Filing or otherwise, (other than a prospectus supplement filed in accordance with Section 6(m) of this Agreement) by means of a post−effective amendment, sticker, or supplement (each such event shall be deemed a “Representation Date”), the Company and the Adviser shall each furnish the Agent with a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 6(n). The requirement to provide a certificate under this Section 6(n) shall be waived for any Representation Date occurring during a fiscal quarter during which the Company does not intend to sell Shares prior to the next occurring Representation Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company subsequently decides to sell Shares following a Representation Date when the Company relied on such waiver and did not provide the Agent with a certificate under this Section 6(n), then before the Agent resumes sales of any Shares, the Company shall provide the Agent with a certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 6(n).
(o) Upon the commencement of the offering of Shares under this Agreement, the Company shall cause to be furnished to the Agent (i) a written opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, or of such other law firm who may be counsel for the Company from time to time, (the “Company Counsel”) and (ii) a written opinion of the General Counsel of the Company (“General Counsel”), each dated the commencement of the offering of Shares hereunder in substantially the forms attached hereto as Exhibit 6(o)(1) and Exhibit 6(o)(2), respectively. Thereafter, within five Business Days after each Representation Date, the Company shall cause to be furnished to the Agent (i) a written opinion of Company Counsel and (ii) a written opinion of General Counsel, in substantially the forms attached hereto as Exhibit 6(o)(3) and Exhibit 6(o)(4), respectively, but modified, as necessary, to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the requirement to provide such opinions shall be waived for any Representation Date occurring during a fiscal quarter during which the Company does not intend to sell Shares prior to the next occurring Representation Date. In the event the Company subsequently decides to sell Shares following a Representation Date when the Company relied on such waiver and did not provide the Agent with an opinion from Company Counsel under this Section 6(o), then before the Agent resumes sales of any Shares, the Company shall cause to be furnished to the Agent the opinions of Company Counsel and General Counsel contemplated in this Section 6(o).
(p) Upon the commencement of the offering of Shares under this Agreement, the Company shall cause to be furnished to the Agent a written opinion of Xxxxxxx LLP, Maryland
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counsel for the Company (“Maryland Counsel”), dated the commencement of the offering of Shares hereunder, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit 6(p).
(q) Upon the commencement of the offering of Shares under this Agreement and thereafter within five Business Days after the end of each fiscal quarter, or any period in which the Prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered by the Agent, each time that the Registration Statement is amended or the Prospectus supplemented to include additional amended financial information, the Company shall cause its independent accountants to furnish the Agent letters, dated the commencement of the offering of Shares hereunder or the date of each Representation Date, as applicable, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, (i) confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the 1933 Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, (ii) stating, as of such date, the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters ordinarily covered by accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters in connection with registered public offerings (the “Comfort Letter”). The requirement to provide a Comfort Letter under this Section 6(p) shall be waived for any Representation Date occurring during a fiscal quarter during which the Company does not intend to sell Shares prior to the next occurring Representation Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company subsequently decides to sell Shares following a Representation Date when the Company relied on such waiver and did not provide the Agent with a Comfort Letter under this Section 6(p), then before the Agent resumes sales of any Shares, the Company shall provide the Agent with a Comfort Letter.
(r) Upon the commencement of the offering of Shares under this Agreement and thereafter within five Business Days after each Representation Date, the Company and the Adviser shall each furnish the Agent with a certificate of its Secretary, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. The requirement to provide certificates under this Section 6(r) shall be waived for any Representation Date occurring during a fiscal quarter during which the Company does not intend to sell Shares prior to the next occurring Representation Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company subsequently decides to sell Shares following a Representation Date when the Company relied on such waiver and did not provide the Agent with the certificates under this Section 6(r), then before the Agent resumes sales of any Shares, the Company shall provide the Agent with such certificates.
(s) Upon the commencement of the offering of Shares under this Agreement and thereafter within five Business Days after each Representation Date, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Agent shall furnish to the Agent a written opinion (“Agent Counsel”), dated the commencement of the offering of Shares hereunder, or the Representation Date, as applicable, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, but modified, as necessary, to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented; provided, however, that in lieu of such opinion, counsel may furnish the Agent with a letter to the effect that the Agent may rely on a prior opinion delivered under this Section 6(s) to the same extent as if it were dated the date of such letter (except that statements in such prior opinion shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented at such Representation Date). The Company agrees to furnish to Agent Counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to deliver their opinion under this Section 6(s). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the requirement to provide such opinion shall
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be waived for any Representation Date occurring during a fiscal quarter during which the Company does not intend to sell Shares prior to the next occurring Representation Date. In the event the Company subsequently decides to sell Shares following a Representation Date when the Company relied on such waiver and Agent Counsel did not provide the Agent with its opinion under this Section 6(s), then before the Agent resumes sales of any Shares, Agent Counsel shall furnish to the Agent its opinion contemplated in this Section 6(s).
(t) At each Representation Date, the Company will conduct a due diligence session, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, which shall include representatives of the management and the accountants of the Company. The requirement to conduct due diligence sessions under this Section 6(t) shall be waived for any Representation Date occurring during a fiscal quarter during which the Company does not intend to sell Shares prior to the next occurring Representation Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company subsequently decides to sell Shares following a Representation Date when the Company relied on such waiver and did not conduct a due diligence session under this Section 6(t), then before the Agent resumes sales of any Shares, the Company shall conduct a due diligence session as contemplated in this Section 6(t).
(u) Except by means of the Prospectus or as otherwise agreed by the parties, the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Agent in its capacity as such) will not make, use, prepare, authorize, approve or refer to any written communication (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act and including without limitation any (i) advertisement as defined in Rule 482 under the 1933 Act and (ii) Sales Material), required to be filed with the Commission, that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy Shares hereunder.
(v) The Company will comply with all requirements imposed upon it by the 1933 Act, the 1940 Act and the Exchange Act as from time to time in force, so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of, or dealings in, the Shares as contemplated by the provisions hereof and the Prospectus.
(w) The Company will not, without (i) giving the Agent at least two business days’ prior written notice specifying the nature of the proposed sale and the date of such proposed sale and (ii) the Agent suspending activity under this program for such period of time as requested by the Company as part of such prior written notice or as deemed appropriate by the Agent in light of the proposed sale, (A) pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant for the sale of, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for or repayable with Common Stock and involving a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of 5% of the then outstanding shares or file any registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing (other than a shelf registration statement under Rule 415 under the 1933 Act, a registration statement on Form S-8 or Form N-14 or a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement) or (B) enter into any swap or other agreement or any transaction that transfers in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, any of the economic consequence of ownership of the Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for or repayable with Common Stock and involving a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of 5% of the then outstanding shares, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (A)
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or (B) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (w) the Shares to be offered and sold through the Agent pursuant to this Agreement, through Barclays pursuant to the Barclays Agreement, through RBC pursuant to the RBC Agreement or through KeyBanc pursuant to the KeyBanc Agreement, (x) securities issued under Form N-14, (y) Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan as it may be amended or replaced from time to time and (z) equity incentive awards approved by the Board or the compensation committee thereof or the issuance of Common Stock upon exercise thereof.
(x) Other than the Barclays Agreement, the RBC Agreement and the KeyBanc Agreement, during the term of this Agreement, the Company will not enter into another agreement for an At the Market Offering program with any other party, other than the Agent.
(y) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Agent has informed the Company that the Agent may, to the extent permitted under the 1933 Act and the Exchange Act, purchase and sell Shares for its own account at the same time as Shares are being sold by the Company pursuant to this Agreement.
(a) The Registration Statement shall have become effective and shall be available for the sale of all Shares to be issued and sold hereunder.
(b) None of the following events shall have occurred and be continuing: (i) receipt by the Company of any request for additional information from the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority during the period of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the response to which would require any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus relating to or affecting the Shares; (ii) the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, including any notice objecting to the use of the Registration Statement or order pursuant to Section 8(e) of the Investment Company Act having been issued and proceedings therefor initiated, or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission; (iii) receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; (iv) the occurrence of any event that makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or Prospectus so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and, that in the case of the Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
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were made, not misleading; and (v) the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement would be appropriate.
(c) There shall not have been any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus (after giving effect to any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which, is, in the reasonable judgment of the Agent, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Shares as contemplated by the Registration Statement (after giving effect to any amendment thereof) and the Prospectus Supplement (after giving effect to any amendment or supplement thereto).
(d) The Agent shall have received the opinions of Company Counsel and General Counsel required to be delivered pursuant Section 6(o) on or before the date on which such delivery of such opinions is required pursuant to Section 6(o).
(e) The Agent shall have received the opinion of Maryland Counsel required to be delivered pursuant Section 6(p) on or before the date on which such delivery of such opinion is required pursuant to Section 6(p).
(f) The Agent shall have received the Comfort Letter required to be delivered pursuant Section 6(q) on or before the date on which such delivery of such letter is required pursuant to Section 6(q).
(g) The Agent shall have received the certificates required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6(n) and Section 6(r) on or before the date on which delivery of such certificate is required pursuant to Section 6(n) and Section 6(r), respectively.
(h) The Agent shall have received the opinion of Agent Counsel required to be delivered pursuant Section 6(s) on or before the date on which such delivery of such opinion is required pursuant to Section 6(s).
(i) Trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended on NASDAQ and the Shares shall have been approved for listing on NASDAQ, subject only to notice of issuance.
(j) All filings with the Commission required by Rule 497 under the 1933 Act to have been filed prior to the sale of Shares hereunder shall have been made within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 497.
(k) FINRA shall have confirmed that it has no objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the placement terms and arrangements set forth herein.
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any of them may become subject under the 1933 Act, the Exchange Act, the 1940 Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Agent specifically for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have. Any indemnification by the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to the requirements and limitations of Section 17(i) of the 0000 Xxx.
(b) The Agent agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the 1933 Act, the Exchange Act or the 1940 Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to the Agent, but only with reference to written information relating to the Agent furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Agent specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. The Agent agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or action to which they are entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 8(b). This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Agent may otherwise have.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate
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counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.
(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Company and the Agent severally agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending the same) (collectively “Losses”) to which the Company and the Agent may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and by the Agent on the other from the offering of the Shares; provided, however, that in no case shall the Agent be responsible for any amount in excess of the total commissions received by the Agent pursuant to Section 2(d) hereunder. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company and the Agent shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Agent on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by it, and benefits received by the Agent shall be deemed to be equal to the total commissions received by the Agent pursuant to Section 2(d). Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Company on the one hand or the Agent on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company and the Agent agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 0000 Xxx) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, each person who controls the Agent within the meaning of either the 1933 Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of the Agent shall have the same rights to contribution as the Agent, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the 1933 Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration
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Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).
9. Termination.
(a) The Company shall have the right, by giving notice as hereinafter specified to terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 5, Section 8, Section 10, Section 13, Section 15 and Section 16 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.
(b) The Agent shall have the right, by giving notice as hereinafter specified to terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 5, Section 8, Section 10, Section 13, Section 15 and Section 16 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.
(c) This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless terminated pursuant to Sections 9(a) or (b) above or otherwise by mutual agreement of the parties; provided, however, that any such termination by mutual agreement shall in all cases be deemed to provide that Section 5, Section 8, Section 10, Section 13, Section 15 and Section 16 shall remain in full force and effect.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 9(a) or (b), any termination of this Agreement shall be effective on the date specified in such notice of termination; provided, however, that such termination shall not be effective until the close of business on the date of receipt of such notice by the Agent or the Company, as the case may be. If such termination shall occur on or after a trade date and prior to the Settlement Date for any sale of Shares, such Shares shall settle in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
11. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Agent, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to (i) BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxxxxxx, LLC, 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, fax no. (000) 000-0000, Attention: G. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, III, and Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, fax no. (000) 000-0000, Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx; or, if sent to the Company or the Adviser, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to it at (000) 000-0000 and confirmed to it at Prospect Capital Corporation, 00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, attention Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx.
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15. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York.
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“1933 Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
“1940 Act” shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Advisers Act” shall mean the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“Applicable Time” shall mean the time of each sale of the applicable Shares pursuant to this Agreement.
“Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.
“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Effective Date” shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement became or becomes effective.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
“Rule 158”, “Rule 430A”, “Rule 430C”, “Rule 436” and “Rule 492” refer to such rules under the 1933 Act.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Company, the Adviser, the Administrator and the Agent.
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The foregoing Agreement is
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SCHEDULE I
FORM OF PLACEMENT NOTICE
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Equity Distribution Agreement - Placement Notice
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Gentlemen:
Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the Equity Distribution Agreement between Prospect Capital Corporation (the “Company”), Prospect Capital Management, LLC, Prospect Administration, LLC and BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxxxxxx, LLC (the “Agent”) dated November 10, 2010 (the “Agreement”), I hereby request on behalf of the Company that the Agent sell up to [ ] shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a minimum market price of $_______ per share.
The time period during which sales are requested to be made shall be ________________.
[No more than __________ shares may be sold in any one trading day.]
ADDITIONAL SALES PARAMETERS MAY BE ADDED, SUCH AS SPECIFIC DATES THE SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD ON, AND/OR THE MANNER IN WHICH SALES ARE TO BE MADE BY THE AGENT.
THE COMPANY MAY CANCEL THIS PLACEMENT NOTICE AT ANY TIME IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 4(b) OF THE AGREEMENT.
SCHEDULE II
BB&T CAPITAL MARKETS,
A DIVISION OF XXXXX & XXXXXXXXXXXX, LLC
Xxxx Xxxxxxx
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
000-000-0000
X. X. Xxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
(804) 782 – 8819
Xxx X’Xxxx
xxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
000-000-0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
000-000-0000
Xxxx Xxxxxx
xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
000-000-0000
Xxx Xxxx
xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
000-000-0000
PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION
Xxxx Xxxxx
xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
000-000-0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
000-000-0000
Grier Eliasek
xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
(000) 000-0000