sEVENTH AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Execution Version
sEVENTH AMENDMENT TO
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
This SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (this βAmendmentβ), dated as of May 4, 2023, is entered into by and among XXXXXXX XXXXX PRIVATE MIDDLE MARKET CREDIT II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (βBorrowerβ), MUFG BANK, LTD. (as successor to MUFG Union Bank, N.A. and in its individual capacity, βMUFGβ), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ), the Letter of Credit Issuer, and the Lenders.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the parties hereto have entered into that certain Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of May 7, 2019, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of July 31, 2019, as amended by that certain Second Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of December 6, 2019, as amended by that certain Third Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of January 27, 2020, as amended by that certain Fourth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2020, as amended by that certain Fifth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2021, and as further amended by that certain Sixth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of May 5, 2022 (as may be further amended, the βCredit Agreementβ);
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Omnibus Notice of Resignation, Appointment and Assignment of Rights dated as of April 13, 2022, by and among, inter alios, Xxxxxxxx, MUFG and MUFG Union Bank, N.A. (the βPrior Agentβ), the Prior Agent resigned as, and MUFG was concurrently appointed as, Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested, among other things, an extension of the Maturity Date to November 3, 2023 and other related changes to the Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Xxxxxxxx, the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders have agreed, upon the following terms and conditions, to amend the Credit Agreement as provided herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements contained herein and in the Credit Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
BORROWER:
XXXXXXX XXXXX PRIVATE MIDDLE MARKET CREDIT II LLC
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By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
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Signature Page to
Seventh Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
MUFG BANK, LTD., as Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and a Lender
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By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
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Seventh Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement
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LENDERS:
M&T BANK, as a Lender
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By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: SVP, Senior Relationship Manager Fund Banking
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Seventh Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement
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PNC Bank, National Association, as a Lender
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By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
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Signature Page to
Seventh Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement
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EXITING LENDERS:
WESTERN ALLIANCE BANK, as a Lender
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By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Director
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Seventh Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement
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XXXXXXX GENERALE, as a Lender
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By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
Title: Managing Director
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Signature Page to
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Annex I
(Attached Separately)
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Conformed Copy
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XXXXXXX XXXXX PRIVATE MIDDLE MARKET CREDIT II LLC,
as Initial Borrower
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REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
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MUFG BANK, LTD.,
as Administrative Agent, Xxxx Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner
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May 7, 2019
(as amended through the SixthSeventh Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement
dated as of May 54, 20222023)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. |
DEFINITIONS. |
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1.01 |
Defined Terms |
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1.02 |
Other Definitional Provisions |
39 |
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1.03 |
Times of Day; Rates |
40 |
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1.04 |
Accounting Terms |
40 |
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1.05 |
Letter of Credit Amounts |
40 |
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1.06 |
Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents. |
41 |
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1.07 |
Change of Currency. |
42 |
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1.08 |
Divisions |
42 |
2. |
LOANS. |
42 |
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2.01 |
Revolving Credit Commitment |
42 |
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2.02 |
Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans. |
42 |
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2.03 |
Minimum Loan Amounts |
44 |
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2.04 |
Funding. |
44 |
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2.05 |
Interest. |
45 |
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2.06 |
Determination of Rate |
46 |
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2.07 |
Letters of Credit. |
46 |
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2.08 |
Payment of Borrower Guaranties |
54 |
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2.09 |
Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit |
54 |
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2.10 |
Unused Commitment Fee |
55 |
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2.11 |
Administrative Agent and Arranger Fees |
55 |
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2.12 |
Letter of Credit Fees. |
55 |
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2.13 |
Computation of Interest and Fees |
56 |
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2.14 |
Defaulting Lenders. |
56 |
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2.15 |
Joint and Several Liability |
58 |
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2.16 |
Cash Collateral. |
59 |
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2.17 |
Increase in the Maximum Commitment. |
60 |
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2.18 |
Extension of Stated Maturity Date |
61 |
3. |
PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS. |
62 |
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3.01 |
Notes |
62 |
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3.02 |
Payment of Obligation |
62 |
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3.03 |
Payment of Interest. |
62 |
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3.04 |
Payments of Obligation. |
63 |
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3.05 |
Mandatory Prepayment. |
64 |
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3.06 |
Voluntary Prepayments |
65 |
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3.07 |
Reduction or Early Termination of Commitments |
65 |
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3.08 |
Lending Office |
66 |
4. |
CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES. |
66 |
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4.01 |
Taxes. |
66 |
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4.02 |
Illegality |
70 |
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4.03 |
Inability to Determine Rates. |
71 |
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4.04 |
Increased Costs Generally. |
72 |
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4.05 |
Compensation for Losses |
73 |
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4.06 |
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Funding Party. |
74 |
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4.07 |
Prohibited Event. |
75 |
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4.08 |
Benchmark Replacement Setting. |
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5. |
SECURITY. |
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5.01 |
Liens and Security Interest |
77 |
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5.02 |
Collateral Accounts. |
77 |
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5.03 |
Agreement to Deliver Additional Collateral Documents |
79 |
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5.04 |
Subordination |
79 |
6. |
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS. |
80 |
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6.01 |
Conditions to Initial Credit Extensions |
80 |
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6.02 |
All Loans and Letters of Credit |
82 |
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6.03 |
Qualified Borrower Loans and Letters of Credit |
83 |
7. |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
84 |
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7.01 |
Organization and Good Standing of Borrowers |
84 |
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7.02 |
Organization and Good Standing of Managing Entities |
84 |
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7.03 |
Authorization and Power |
84 |
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7.04 |
No Conflicts or Consents |
84 |
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7.05 |
Enforceable Obligations |
85 |
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7.06 |
Priority of Liens |
85 |
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7.07 |
Financial Condition |
85 |
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7.08 |
Full Disclosure |
85 |
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7.09 |
No Default |
85 |
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7.10 |
No Litigation |
85 |
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7.11 |
Material Adverse Change |
86 |
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7.12 |
Taxes |
86 |
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7.13 |
Jurisdiction of Formation; Principal Office |
86 |
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7.14 |
ERISA Compliance. |
86 |
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7.15 |
Compliance with Law |
86 |
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7.16 |
Hazardous Substances |
87 |
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7.17 |
Insider |
87 |
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7.18 |
Ownership Structure; Names of Investors |
87 |
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7.19 |
Capital Commitments and Contributions |
87 |
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7.20 |
Fiscal Year |
87 |
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7.21 |
Investment Company Act |
87 |
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7.22 |
Margin Stock |
88 |
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7.23 |
No Defenses |
88 |
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7.24 |
No Withdrawals Without Approval |
88 |
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7.25 |
Solvency |
88 |
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7.26 |
OFAC |
88 |
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7.27 |
Anti-Corruption and Anti-Money Laundering Laws |
88 |
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7.28 |
PWM Investor Side Letters |
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7.29 |
Affected Financial Institution |
89 |
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7.30 |
Beneficial Ownership |
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8. |
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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8.01 |
Financial Statements, Reports and Notices |
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8.02 |
Payment of Taxes |
92 |
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8.03 |
Maintenance of Existence and Rights |
92 |
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8.04 |
Notice of Default |
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8.05 |
Other Notices |
93 |
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8.06 |
Compliance with Governing Agreements |
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8.07 |
Books and Records; Access |
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8.08 |
Compliance with Law |
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8.09 |
Insurance |
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8.10 |
Authorizations and Approvals |
94 |
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8.11 |
Maintenance of Liens |
94 |
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8.12 |
Further Assurances |
94 |
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8.13 |
Solvency |
94 |
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8.14 |
Anti-Corruption and OFAC Policies and Procedures |
94 |
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8.15 |
Covenants of Qualified Borrowers |
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8.16 |
Investment Company Act |
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9. |
NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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9.01 |
Mergers; Dissolution |
95 |
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9.02 |
Negative Pledge |
95 |
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9.03 |
Fiscal Year and Accounting Method |
96 |
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9.04 |
Constituent Documents. |
96 |
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9.05 |
Transfer by, or Admission of, Investors. |
96 |
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9.06 |
Capital Commitments |
98 |
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9.07 |
ERISA Compliance |
98 |
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9.08 |
Limitations on Dividends and Distributions. |
98 |
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9.09 |
Limitation on Debt |
99 |
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9.10 |
Limitation on Managing Entities |
99 |
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9.11 |
Sanctions |
99 |
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9.12 |
Reinvestments |
99 |
10. |
EVENTS OF DEFAULT. |
99 |
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10.01 |
Events of Default |
99 |
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10.02 |
Remedies Upon Event of Default |
102 |
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10.03 |
Curing an Event of Default by Investor Capital Call. |
103 |
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10.04 |
Performance by Administrative Agent |
104 |
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10.05 |
Application of Funds |
104 |
11. |
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. |
105 |
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11.01 |
Appointment and Authority |
105 |
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11.02 |
Rights as a Lender |
105 |
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11.03 |
Exculpatory Provisions |
106 |
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11.04 |
Reliance by Agent |
106 |
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11.05 |
Delegation of Duties |
107 |
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11.06 |
Resignation of Agent |
107 |
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11.07 |
Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders |
108 |
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11.08 |
No Other Duties, Etc |
108 |
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11.09 |
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
108 |
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11.10 |
Collateral Matters |
109 |
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11.11 |
Erroneous Payments. |
109 |
12. |
MISCELLANEOUS. |
112 |
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12.01 |
Amendments |
112 |
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12.02 |
Right of Setoff |
114 |
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12.03 |
Sharing of Payments by Lenders |
114 |
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12.04 |
Payments Set Aside |
115 |
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12.05 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement |
116 |
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12.06 |
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. |
116 |
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12.07 |
Notices. |
118 |
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12.08 |
Governing Law |
119 |
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12.09 |
Choice of Forum; Consent to Service of Process and Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury. |
120 |
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12.10 |
Invalid Provisions |
121 |
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12.11 |
Successors and Assigns. |
121 |
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12.12 |
[Reserved] |
125 |
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12.13 |
Replacement of Funding Party |
125 |
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12.14 |
Maximum Interest |
126 |
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12.15 |
Headings |
127 |
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12.16 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties |
127 |
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12.17 |
Limited Liability of Investors |
127 |
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12.18 |
Confidentiality |
127 |
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12.19 |
Judgment Currency |
128 |
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12.20 |
USA Patriot Act Notice |
129 |
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12.21 |
No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
129 |
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12.22 |
[Reserved]. |
129 |
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12.23 |
[Reserved]. |
129 |
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12.24 |
Lender Representation |
129 |
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12.25 |
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
129 |
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12.26 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions |
130 |
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SCHEDULES |
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SCHEDULE 1.01 |
Commitments and Lenders |
SCHEDULE 2.01 |
Exclusion Event Annex |
SCHEDULE 8.01 |
Responsible Officers |
SCHEDULE 12.07 |
Addresses |
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EXHIBITS |
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EXHIBIT A: |
Revolving Credit Note |
EXHIBIT B-1: |
Loan Notice |
EXHIBIT B-2: |
Request for Letter of Credit |
EXHIBIT B-3: |
Repayment Notice |
EXHIBIT C: |
Qualified Borrower Promissory Note |
EXHIBIT D: |
Borrower Guaranty |
EXHIBIT E |
Security Agreement |
EXHIBIT F: |
Assignment of Capital Contribution Account |
EXHIBIT G: |
Assignment and Assumption Agreement |
EXHIBIT H: |
Compliance Certificate |
EXHIBIT I: |
Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates |
EXHIBIT J: |
Borrowing Base Certificate |
EXHIBIT K: |
[Reserved] |
EXHIBIT L: |
Escrow Agreement |
EXHIBIT M: EXHIBIT N: |
Facility Increase Request Form of Lender Joinder Agreement |
EXHIBIT O: |
Facility Extension Request |
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REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (together with all amendments and modifications hereof and supplements and attachments hereto, this βCredit Agreementβ) is dated as of May 7, 2019 by and among XXXXXXX XXXXX PRIVATE MIDDLE MARKET CREDIT II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (βInitial Borrowerβ and, together with any other entity joining the facility as a Borrower with the consent of the Lenders, the βBorrowersβ), MUFG BANK, LTD. (as successor to MUFG Union Bank, N.A. and in its individual capacity, βMUFGβ), as administrative agent for the Lenders (as hereinafter defined) and Letter of Credit Issuer, and the Lenders (capitalized terms not otherwise defined are defined below).
A. Initial Borrower has requested that Lenders make loans and cause the issuance of letters of credit to Borrowers and Qualified Borrowers for the principal purposes of: providing working capital to Borrowers, financing the costs and other expenses to be incurred by Borrowers in connection with making investments permitted under the Governing Agreements, and financing the costs of other undertakings by Borrowers permitted under the Governing Agreements; and
X. Xxxxxxx are willing to lend funds and to cause the issuance of letters of credit upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Credit Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises herein contained and for other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:
. For the purposes of this Credit Agreement, unless otherwise expressly defined, the following terms shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in this Section 1 or in the Section or recital referred to:
βAccount Control Agreementβ means each deposit account control agreement or blocked account control agreement or securities account control agreement by and among a Borrower, the depository bank or securities intermediary, as applicable, and Administrative Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
βAdequately Capitalizedβ means compliance with the capital standards for bank holding companies as described in the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and regulations promulgated thereunder.
βAdministrative Agentβ means MUFG until the appointment of a successor administrative agent pursuant to Section 11 and, thereafter, shall mean such successor administrative agent.
βAdministrative Agentβs Officeβ means Administrative Agentβs address as set forth on Schedule 12.07, or such other address or, as appropriate, account as Administrative Agent may from time to time notify Borrowers and the Lenders.
βAdministrative Questionnaireβ means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
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βAffected Financial Institutionβ means (a) any EEA Financial Institution, or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
βAffected Funding Partyβ is defined in Section 12.13.
βAffiliateβ of any Person means any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls or is Controlled By, or is Under Common Control With, such Person.
βAgentsβ means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and any successors and assigns in such capacities.
βAgreement Currencyβ is defined in Section 12.19.
βAlternative Base Rateβ means, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of: (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%; (b) the Prime Rate for such day; or (c) the Term SOFR for such day with an available tenor of one (1) month plus the SOFR Spread Adjustment for an available tenor of one (1) month plus 1.00%.
βAlternative Currencyβ means each of the following currencies: Euro, Sterling and Canadian Dollar and such other currencies as the Borrowers and all Lenders may agree in writing from time to time.
βAlternative Currency Banking Dayβ means:
(a) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans denominated in Euros, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euros in respect of any such Loan, or any other dealings in Euros to be carried out pursuant to this Credit Agreement in respect of any such Loan, a TARGET Day;
(b) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to Daily XXXXX Xxxxx denominated in Sterling or payments under this Credit Agreement in Sterling, a XXXXX Business Day;
(c) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans denominated in any Alternative Currency (other than Euro or Sterling), any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in respect of any such Loans, or any other dealings in any such Alternative Currency to be carried out pursuant to this Credit Agreement in respect of any such Loan, means any such day on which banks are open for foreign exchange business in the principal financial center of the country of such Alternative Currency.
βAlternative Currency Equivalentβ means, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Alternative Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of such Alternative Currency in Dollars.
βAlternative Currency Term Rateβ means, with respect to any Credit Extension for any Interest Period in an Alternative Currency (other than Sterling):
(a) denominated in Canadian Dollars, the rate per annum equal to the Canadian Dollar Offered Rate (βCDORβ), as published on the applicable screen page Administrative Agent designates to determine CDOR (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion from time to time) on the Rate Determination Date at the applicable Reference Time for deposits in Canadian
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Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period;
(b) denominated in Euros, the rate per annum equal to the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (βEURIBORβ), as published on the applicable screen page Administrative Agent designates to determine EURIBOR (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion from time to time) on the Rate Determination Date at the applicable Reference Time for deposits in Euros (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; and
provided that to the extent a comparable or successor rate is reasonably approved by the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrowers, in connection with any rate set forth in this definition, the approved rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided, further that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such approved rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrowers; and if the Alternative Currency Term Rate shall be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed the Floor for purposes of this Credit Agreement.
βAlternative Currency Term Rate Loanβ means a Loan that bears interest at a rate calculated by reference to the Alternative Currency Term Rate. All Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency (other than Sterling) must be Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans.
βAnnual Valuation Periodβ means the βannual valuation periodβ as defined in 29 C.F.R. Β§2510.3β101(d)(5) as determined, for each Borrower, as applicable.
βApplicable Marginβ means (a) with respect to Term SOFR Loans, Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, Daily XXXXX Loans and Letters of Credit, 2.252.75% per annum and (b) with respect to Base Rate Loans, 1.251.75% per annum.
βApplicable Percentageβ means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage equivalent of a fraction the numerator of which is the sum of the Commitments held by such Lender and the denominator of which is the sum of all Commitments outstanding. If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be the percentage equivalent of a fraction the numerator of which is the aggregate Principal Obligation (including participations in the Letter of Credit Obligations) held by such Lender and the denominator of which is the total Principal Obligation (including participations in the Letter of Credit Obligations). The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 1.01 (or a replacement Schedule 1.01 issued by Administrative Agent from time to time to the extent new Lenders become party hereto or the Commitments of Lenders change) or in either the Assignment and Assumption or Lender Joinder Agreement pursuant to Section 2.17 pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
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βApplicable Requirementβ means, for any Included Investor that is (or whose Credit Provider, if applicable, is): (a) a Bank Holding Company, Adequately Capitalized status or better and a Rating of BBB+/Baa1 or higher; (b) an insurance company, a Rating by A.M. Best Company of A- or higher and a Rating of BBB+/Baa1 or higher; (c) an ERISA Investor, or the trustee or nominee of an ERISA Investor, in addition to the Sponsorβs Rating of BBB+/Baa1 or higher, a minimum Funding Ratio for the pension fund based on the Rating of the Sponsor of the pension fund as follows:
Sponsor Rating |
Minimum Funding Ratio |
A-/A3 or higher |
No minimum |
BBB+/Baal |
90% |
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(d) a Governmental Plan Investor, or the Responsible Party with respect to such Governmental Plan Investor, in addition to the Responsible Partyβs Rating of BBB+/Baal or higher, a minimum Funding Ratio for the pension fund based on the Rating of the Responsible Party as follows:
Responsible Party Rating |
Minimum Funding Ratio |
A-/A3 or higher |
No minimum |
BBB+/Baal |
90% |
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and (e) otherwise a Rated Investor, a Rating of BBB+/Baa1 or higher.
The first Rating indicated in each case above is the S&P Rating and the second Rating indicated in each case above is the Xxxxxβx Rating. In the event that the Ratings are not equivalent, the Applicable Requirement will be based on the lowest of the Ratings. If any Person has only one Rating, then that Rating will apply.
βApplicable Timeβ means, with respect to any Credit Extensions and payments in any Alternative Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Alternative Currency as may be determined by the Administrative Agent to be necessary for timely settlement on the relevant date in accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of payment; provided, that such time shall be no later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time).
βApproved Fundβ 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 business, that is administered or managed by: (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
βArrangerβ means MUFG, in its capacity as the sole lead arranger and bookrunner.
βAssigneeβ is defined in Section 12.11(b).
βAssignee Groupβ means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.
βAssignment and Assumptionβ means an assignment and assumption agreement entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 12.11(b)(iii)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit G or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Borrowers.
βAssignment of Capital Contribution Accountβ means an assignment of a Capital Contribution Account in substantially the form of Exhibit F attached hereto.
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βAttributable Indebtednessβ means, on any date: (a) in respect of any Finance Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear as indebtedness on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear as indebtedness on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles if such lease were accounted for as a Finance Lease.
βAuto-Extension Letter of Creditβ is defined in Section 2.07(b)(iii).
βAvailability Periodβ means the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the Maturity Date.
βAvailable Loan Amountβ means at any time with respect to all Borrowers collectively, the lesser of (a) the Maximum Commitment and (b) the sum of (i) the Borrowing Base of Initial Borrower and (ii) the Borrowing Base of each other Borrower minus (iii) the FX Reserve Amount at such time.
βAvailable Tenorβ means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (a) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Credit Agreement or (b) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of βInterest Periodβ pursuant to Section 4.08(d).
βBail-In Actionβ means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
βBail-In Legislationβ means, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, rule, regulation or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU BailβIn Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
βBank Holding Companyβ means a βbank holding companyβ as defined in Section 2(a) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, or a non-bank subsidiary of such bank holding company.
βBase Rate Loanβ means a Loan that bears interest based on the Alternative Base Rate. All Base Rate Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.
βBasel IIIβ means the global regulatory standards on bank capital adequacy and liquidity referred to by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision as βBasel IIIβ or the βBasel III Frameworkβ published in December 2010 together with any further guidance or standards in relation to βBasel IIIβ or the βBasel III Frameworkβ published or to be published by the Basel Committee.
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βBenchmarkβ means, initially, with respect to (a) any Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in Dollars or calculated with respect thereto, SOFR, (b) any Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in Euro or calculated with respect thereto, EURIBOR, (c) any Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in Canadian Dollars or calculated with respect thereto, CDOR, (d) any Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in Sterling or calculated with respect thereto, Daily XXXXX; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect the then-current Benchmark for such currency, then βBenchmarkβ with respect to Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in such currency or calculated with respect thereto, means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 4.08.
βBenchmark Replacementβ means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event for any then-current Benchmark, the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers as the replacement for such Benchmark giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for such Benchmark for syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable currency at such time and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Floor, such Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
βBenchmark Replacement Adjustmentβ means, with respect to any replacement of any then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by Administrative Agent and the Borrowers giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Available Tenor of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Available Tenor of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for syndicated credit facilities denominated in the currency applicable to such Benchmark; provided that, if such then-current Benchmark is a term rate, more than one tenor of such Benchmark is available as of the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement that will replace such Benchmark in accordance with Section 4.08 will not be a term rate, the Available Tenor of such Benchmark for purposes of this definition of βBenchmark Replacement Adjustmentβ shall be deemed to be, with respect to each Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement having a payment period for interest calculated with reference thereto, the Available Tenor that has approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustments) as such payment period.
βBenchmark Replacement Dateβ means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark for any currency:
(a) in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of βBenchmark Transition Eventβ, the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
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(b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of βBenchmark Transition Eventβ, the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative; provided that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt, (A) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date for any Benchmark occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such Benchmark and for such determination and (B) the βBenchmark Replacement Dateβ will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
βBenchmark Transition Eventβ means, with respect to the then-current Benchmark for any currency, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such Benchmark:
(a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the central bank for the currency applicable to such Benchmark, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(c) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt, a βBenchmark Transition Eventβ will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
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βBenchmark Unavailability Periodβ means, with respect to any then-current Benchmark, the period (if any) (a) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to such Benchmark has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 4.08 and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 4.08.
βBeneficial Ownership Certificationβ means a certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
βBeneficial Ownership Regulationβ means 31 C.F.R. Β§1010.230.
βBorrower Expenseβ means any operating expense of any Borrower incurred in the ordinary course of such Xxxxxxxxβs activities pursuant to and in compliance with its Governing Agreement and this Credit Agreement.
βBorrower Guarantyβ means an unconditional guaranty of payment substantially in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto, enforceable against the applicable Borrower for the payment of a Qualified Borrowerβs debt or obligation to Lenders.
βBorrower Partiesβ means each Borrower and each Qualified Borrower.
βBorrowersβ is defined in the preamble to this Credit Agreement.
βBorrowingβ means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Loans of the same Type of Loan in the same currency and, in the case of Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period, made by each of the applicable Lenders.
βBorrowing Baseβ means, at any time the same is to be determined, (a) with respect to Credit Extensions to Initial Borrower, the sum of: (i) the amount equal to 90% of the Eligible Unfunded Commitments of all Included Investors of Initial Borrower at such time, (ii) the amount equal to 65% of the Eligible Unfunded Commitments of all Designated Investors of Initial Borrower at such time, and (iii)(A) at all times during a Hurdle Satisfaction Period, the amount equal to 65% of the Eligible Unfunded Commitments of all PWM Investors of Initial Borrower at such time or (B) at all other times, the amount equal to 50% of the Eligible Unfunded Commitments of all PWM Investors of Initial Borrower at such time, and (b) with respect to Credit Extensions to any other Borrower (if applicable), such amount as may be agreed by Lenders in their sole discretion. In determining the βEligible Unfunded Commitments,β the Unfunded Commitments of each Investor classification shall be reduced by any amounts in excess of all applicable individual Concentration Limits. With respect to a Replacement Action, the applicable new or replacement PWM Investor (other than a GS Person) shall be included in the Borrowing Base of the applicable Borrower as a PWM Investor upon the effectiveness of such Replacement Action (but subject to Exclusion Events).
βBorrowing Base Certificateβ means a certificate of any Responsible Officer of each Borrower either (a) confirming there has been no change in the Borrowing Base since the date of the most recently delivered Borrowing Base Certificate or (b) setting forth a current calculation of the Borrowing Base as of the date thereof, in substantially the form of Exhibit J attached hereto.
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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 where Administrative Agentβs Office is located, and if such day relates to any interest rate settings, fundings, disbursements, settlements or payments in an Alternative Currency, Business Day shall also include Alternative Currency Banking Days.
βCanadian Dollarsβ and βCdn$β mean the lawful currency of Canada.
βCapital Callβ means a call upon all or any of the Investors for payment of all or any portion of their Unfunded Commitments.
βCapital Commitmentβ means, for any Investor, its βCommitmentβ as defined in the applicable Governing Agreement.
βCapital Contributionβ means, for any Investor, any contribution of capital made (or deemed made) to any Borrower in response to a Capital Call or otherwise.
βCapital Contribution Accountβ means each account established by a Borrower, in the name of such Borrower, with an Eligible Depository Institution into which (a) Capital Contributions received or otherwise collected from Investors shall be deposited or (b) other funds not related to Capital Calls may (at the option of the Borrower) be deposited, and which is the βAccountβ as identified and defined in each Assignment of Capital Contribution Account delivered in accordance with the terms hereof.
βCash Collateralβ has a meaning correlative to the definition of βCash Collateralizeβ below and includes the proceeds of such Cash Collateral and other credit support.
βCash Collateralizeβ means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more of the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Lenders, as collateral for the Letter of Credit Obligations or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of Letters of Credit, cash or deposit account balances, or, if Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer agree in their reasonable discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to: (a) Administrative Agent; and (b) the Letter of Credit Issuer.
βCash Control Eventβ is defined in Section 5.02(c).
βCDORβ is defined in the definition of βAlternative Currency Term Rateβ.
βChange in Lawβ means the occurrence, after the date of this Credit Agreement (or, with respect to any Person that becomes a Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, the effective date of such assignment), of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty; (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority; or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary: (i) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith; and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a βChange in Lawβ, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
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βChange of Controlβ means (a) with respect to any Borrower, the failure of (i) Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, or (ii) any Affiliate of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx to be the investment manager or investment advisor of such Borrower; provided, however, that a Change of Control shall not exist if a third party administrator acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, directly or indirectly, controls such investment manager or investment advisor, as applicable; and (b) with respect to any Managing Entity, the failure of (i) such independent party acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in its reasonable discretion, or (ii) Xxxxxxx Xxxxx or any Affiliate thereof to directly control such Managing Entity.
βClosing Dateβ means the date on which all of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 6.01 are satisfied or waived, any such waiver to be in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, which date is May 7, 2019.
βCollateralβ is defined in Section 5.01.
βCollateral Accountsβ mean each Capital Contribution Account.
βCollateral Documentsβ means the security agreements, financing statements, assignments, and other documents and instruments from time to time executed and delivered by any of the Borrower Parties pursuant to this Credit Agreement to grant or perfect Liens on the Collateral and any documents or instruments amending or supplementing the same, including, without limitation, the Security Agreements, the Assignment of Capital Contribution Accounts and the Account Control Agreements.
βCommitmentβ means, as to each Lender, its obligation to: (a) advance Loans to Borrower Parties pursuant to Section 2.01; and (b) purchase risk participations in Letters of Credit, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the Dollar Equivalent amount set forth opposite such Lenderβs name on Schedule 1.01 or on the respective Assignment and Assumption or Lender Joinder Agreement pursuant to Section 2.17 pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, as increased pursuant to Section 2.17).
βCompliance Certificateβ is defined in Section 8.01(c).
βConcentration Limitβ has the meaning provided in the definition of Inclusion Percentage.
βConnection Income Taxesβ means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
βConsequential Damagesβ is defined in Section 12.06(d).
βConforming Changesβ means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of βAlternative Base Rate,β the definition of βBusiness Day,β the definition of βU.S. Government Securities Business Day,β the definition of βAlternative Currency Banking Dayβ, the definition of βInterest Period,β timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that Administrative Agent decides, in consultation with the Borrowers, may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
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βConstituent Documentsβ means, for any entity, its governing, constituent or organizational documents, including: (a) in the case of any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation with the secretary of state or other department in the state of its formation, in each case as amended from time to time; (b) in the case of any limited liability company, the articles or certificate of formation and its operating agreement or limited liability company agreement; (c) in the case of a corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and its bylaws or memorandum and articles of association; and (d) in each case, any Side Letter and any Subscription Agreement.
βControlβ and the correlative meanings of the terms βControlled Byβ and βUnder Common Control Withβ mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting shares or ownership interests, or of the ability to exercise voting power by contract or otherwise.
βCredit Agreementβ means this Revolving Credit Agreement, of which this Section 1 forms a part, together with all amendments, modifications, and restatements hereof, and supplements and attachments hereto.
βCredit Extensionβ means each of the following: (a) Borrowing or any conversion or continuation of any Borrowing; and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.
βCredit Providerβ means a Person providing a guaranty or other form of credit support or credit enhancement in form and substance acceptable to Administrative Agent, of the obligations of an Included Investor to make Capital Contributions to the applicable Borrower.
βCuring Capital Callβ is defined in Section 5.02(c).
βDaily XXXXXβ means, for any day (a βXXXXX Xxxx Dayβ), a rate per annum equal to, for any Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to Xxxxxxxx, the greater of (i) Spread Adjusted XXXXX for the day (such day, the βXXXXX Determination Dayβ) that is five (5) XXXXX Business Days prior to (A) if such XXXXX Rate Day is an XXXXX Business Day, such XXXXX Xxxx Day or (B) if such XXXXX Xxxx Xxx is not an XXXXX Business Day, the XXXXX Business Day immediately preceding such XXXXX Xxxx Xxx, in each case, utilizing the XXXXX component of such Spread Adjusted XXXXX that is published by the XXXXX Administrator on the XXXXX Administratorβs Website, and (ii) the Floor. If by 5:00 p.m. (local time for XXXXX) on the second (2nd) XXXXX Business Day immediately following any XXXXX Determination Day, XXXXX in respect of such XXXXX Determination Day has not been published on the XXXXX Administratorβs Website, then XXXXX for such XXXXX Determination Day will be XXXXX as published in respect of the first preceding XXXXX Business Day for which XXXXX was published on the XXXXX Administratorβs Website; provided that any XXXXX determined pursuant to this sentence shall be utilized for purposes of calculation of Daily XXXXX for no more than three (3) consecutive XXXXX Xxxx Days. Any change in Daily XXXXX due to a change in XXXXX shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in XXXXX without notice to the Borrowers.
βDaily XXXXX Loanβ means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Daily XXXXX. Daily XXXXX Loans shall be denominated in Sterling.
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βDebtor Relief Lawsβ means any applicable liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, dissolution, moratorium, rearrangement, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, or similar laws affecting the rights, remedies, or recourse of creditors generally, including without limitation the United States Bankruptcy Code and all amendments thereto, as are in effect from time to time during the term of the Loans.
βDefaultβ means any condition, act, or event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default.
βDefault Rateβ means on any day for any outstanding amount, the lesser of (a)(i) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit Fees, the applicable interest rate for such outstanding amount (including the Applicable Margin) in effect on such day (or if no interest rate is otherwise applicable, the Alternative Base Rate), plus 2%; or (ii) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Margin plus 2% per annum and (b) the Maximum Rate.
βDefaulting Investorβ is defined in the definition of βExclusion Eventβ herein.
βDefaulting Lenderβ means, subject to Section 2.14(b), any Lender that: (a) has failed to: (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder (unless such Lender notifies Administrative Agent and Borrowers in writing that such failure is the result of such Xxxxxxβs good faith determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding, each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing, has not been satisfied but not if any court determines that such condition precedent has been satisfied), or (ii) pay to Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or any Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including if respect of its participation in Letter of Credit) within two Business Days of the date when due; (b) has notified Borrowers or Administrative Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Xxxxxxβs obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Xxxxxxβs good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding, which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement, cannot be satisfied, but not if any court determines that such condition precedent has been or can be satisfied); (c) has failed, within two Business Days after written request by Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or Borrowers, to confirm in writing to Administrative Agent and Borrowers that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and Borrowers); or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has: (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, liquidator, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization, dissolution or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state, federal or foreign regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above, and of the effective date of such status, shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.14(b)) as of the date established therefor by Administrative Agent in a written notice of such
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determination, which shall be delivered by Administrative Agent to Borrowers, the Letter of Credit Issuer and each Lender promptly following such determination.
βDesignated Investorβ means an Institutional Investor (and the approved portion of its Capital Commitments) (a) that has been so designated by Administrative Agent and all Lenders (each in its sole discretion) as a Designated Investor; and (b) that has delivered to Administrative Agent the information and documents described in Section 6.01(l) and, with respect to a Replacement Action described in Section 9.05(d)(i), and each as evidenced in a writing executed by Administrative Agent; provided (x) that once an Institutional Investor has been approved as set forth above as a Designated Investor, such approval may not be withdrawn after the effective date except as provided below in clause (y) of this definition; and (y) that a Defaulting Investor shall no longer be a Designated Investor until such time as all Exclusion Events affecting such Investor have been cured to the reasonable satisfaction of Administrative Agent as indicated by Administrative Agentβs prompt consent (not to be unreasonably withheld conditioned or delayed) upon notification thereof to Borrowers.
βDesignated Jurisdictionβ means any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory itself is or becomes the subject of comprehensive, territorial Sanctions (currently Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea and the Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine).
βDividing Personβ has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of βDivision.β
βDivisionβ means the division of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations of a Person (the βDividing Personβ) among two or more Persons (whether pursuant to a βplan of divisionβ or similar arrangement), which may or may not include the Dividing Person and pursuant to which the Dividing Person may or may not survive.
βDollar Equivalentβ means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Alternative Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency.
βDollarsβ and the sign β$β means lawful currency of the United States of America.
βEEA Financial Institutionβ means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
βEEA Member Countryβ means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
βEEA Resolution Authorityβ means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
βEligible Assigneeβ means: (a) a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender; (b) except as covered by clause (a) above, an Approved Fund with respect to a Lender so long as the assigning Lender is not released from its obligation hereunder; and (c) any other Person which has a short-term unsecured debt rating of at least
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P-1 from Xxxxxβx or at least A-1 from S&P (or (x) if such Person has a rating from one of Xxxxxβx or S&P that is not P-1 or A-1, as applicable, it has a short-term unsecured debt rating of at least F-1 from Fitch Ratings, Inc. or (y) such lower ratings as may be approved in writing by Borrowers and the Administrative Agent) and is approved by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and in the case of clause (b) or clause (c), unless an Event of Default exists and is continuing at the time any assignment is effected in accordance with Section 12.11, Borrowers (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed by Borrowers, and such approval to be deemed given by Borrowers if no objection is received by the assigning Lender and Administrative Agent from Borrowers within 10 Business Days after written notice of such proposed assignment has been provided by the assigning Lender to Borrowers); provided, however, that (x) each Eligible Assignee must be a βQualified Purchaserβ and (y) no Borrower nor any Affiliate of any Borrower shall qualify as an Eligible Assignee.
βEligible Depository Institutionβ shall mean (i) any depository institution, organized under the laws of the United States or any state, having capital and surplus in excess of $200,000,000, the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law and which is subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking authorities; provided that such institution also must have a short-term unsecured debt rating of at least P-1 from Xxxxxβx and at least A-1 from S&P, and (ii) Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. LLC, for so long as Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. LLC has a short-term unsecured debt rating of at least P-2 from Xxxxxβx and at least A-2 from S&P; provided, further, that if Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. LLC no longer has a short-term unsecured debt rating of at least Pβ1 from Xxxxxβx and at least A-1 from S&P, upon the occurrence and continuance of a Mandatory Prepayment Event or an Event of Default, all Capital Contributions shall be initially transferred into the Capital Contribution Account of the applicable Borrower Party maintained at a depository institution meeting the requirement of clause (i) above. If such depository institution publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.
βEligible Investorβ means any Included Investor, Designated Investor and any PWM Investor, as applicable, that is in Investor Good Standing Status and is not a Prohibited Person.
βEligible Unfunded Commitmentsβ means, at any time the same is to be determined with respect to any Eligible Investor the lesser of (a) the Unfunded Commitment of such Eligible Investor at such time and (b) the product of (i) the Inclusion Percentage at such time for such Eligible Investor multiplied by (ii) the Unfunded Commitment of such Eligible Investor at such time; provided that, at any time an Exclusion Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to such Eligible Investor, the Eligible Unfunded Commitments subject to such Exclusion Event of such Eligible Investor shall be zero.
βEndowment Fund Investorβ means an Investor that is a wholly owned, tax exempt, public charity subsidiary of a Sponsor, the assets of which Investor are not wholly disbursable for the Sponsorβs purposes on a current basis under the specific terms of all applicable gift instruments, formed for the sole purpose of accepting charitable donations on behalf of such Sponsor and investing the proceeds thereof.
βEnvironmental Complaintβ means any complaint, order, demand, citation or notice threatened or issued in writing to any Borrower Party by any Governmental Authority with regard to air emissions, water discharges, Releases, or disposal of any Hazardous Material, noise emissions or any other environmental, health or safety matter affecting any Borrower Party or any of a Borrower Partyβs Properties.
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βEnvironmental Lawsβ means: (a) the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. Β§9601 et seq.; (b) the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, 42 U.S.C. Β§6901 et seq.; (c) the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Β§7401 et seq., as amended by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990; (d) the Clean Water Act of 1977, 33 U.S.C. Β§1251 et seq.; (e) the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C.A. Β§2601 et seq.; (f) all other federal, state and local laws, ordinances, regulations or written policies relating to pollution or protection of human health (as it relates to exposure to Hazardous Materials) or the environment including without limitation, air pollution, water pollution, noise control, or the use, handling, discharge, disposal or Release or recovery of on-site or off-site Hazardous Materials, as each of the foregoing may be amended from time to time, applicable to any Borrower Party; and (g) any and all regulations promulgated under or pursuant to any of the foregoing statutes.
βEnvironmental Liabilityβ means any written claim, demand, obligation, cause of action, accusation or allegation, or any order, violation, damage (including, without limitation, to any Person, property or natural resources), injury, judgment, penalty or fine, cost of enforcement, cost of remedial action, clean-up, restoration or any other cost or expense whatsoever, including reasonable attorneysβ fees and disbursements resulting from the violation or alleged violation of any Environmental Law or the imposition of any Environmental Lien or otherwise arising under any Environmental Law or resulting from any common law cause of action asserted by any Person.
βEnvironmental Lienβ means a Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority: (a) under any Environmental Law; or (b) for any liability or damages arising from, or costs incurred by, any Governmental Authority in response to the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material.
βERISAβ means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by any Governmental Authority, as from time to time in effect.
βERISA Affiliateβ means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control or that may become under common control with any Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code).
βERISA Investorβ means an Investor that is: (a) an βemployee benefit planβ (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title I of ERISA; (b) a βplanβ (as such term is defined in Section 4975(e) of the Internal Revenue Code) subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code; or (c) a partnership or commingled account of a fund, or any other entity, whose assets include or are deemed to include the assets of one or more such employee benefit plans or plans in accordance with Section 3(42) of ERISA.
βERISA Investor Excluded Itemsβ means, with respect to each ERISA Investor, any rights, titles, interests, remedies or privileges of a Borrower and its Managing Entity:
(a) in and to the rights of such ERISA Investor in a Borrower (and any appurtenant rights thereunder), including such ERISA Investorβs ownership interest therein, granted to a Borrower or its Managing Entity to secure such ERISA Investorβs obligation to fund its Capital Commitment;
(b) to debit or cause the transfer of funds from such ERISA Investorβs accounts at Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. LLC, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx International or any other Affiliate of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co. LLC;
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(c) against such ERISA Investor under Section 6.2.1 of the relevant Governing Agreement or other remedies analogous to such provisions;
(d) to request or require such ERISA Investor to confirm the amount of, or to confirm its obligation to make payments in respect of, its uncalled Capital Commitments;
(e) to require such ERISA Investor to forfeit or sell any portion of such ERISA Investorβs ownership interests in a Borrower; and
(f) to request or require such ERISA Investor to make payment for any Capital Call other than to an account of a Borrower.
βErroneous Paymentβ is defined in Section 11.11.
βErroneous Payment Deficiency Assignmentβ is defined in Section 11.11.
βErroneous Payment Return Deficiencyβ is defined in Section 11.11.
βErroneous Payment Subrogation Rightsβ is defined in Section 11.11.
βEscrow Agentβ means an escrow agent selected by Xxxxxxxxx and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. As of the Closing Date, Wilmington Trust, N.A. shall be the Escrow Agent.
βEscrow Agreementβ means an escrow agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit L, executed and delivered by Escrow Agent, each Borrower, its Managing Entity and Administrative Agent.
βEU Bail-In Legislation Scheduleβ means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.
βEURIBORβ is defined in the definition of βAlternative Currency Term Rateβ.
βEuroβ and ββ¬β mean the single currency of the Participating Member States.
βEvent of Defaultβ is defined in Section 10.01.
βExcluded Taxesβ means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to any Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient: (a) Taxes, in each case: (i) imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized, formed or incorporated under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof); or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes; (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which: (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by Borrowers under Section 12.13); or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(ii) or Section 4.01(c), amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lenderβs assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office; (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipientβs failure to comply with Section 4.01(e); (d) any backup withholding Tax that is required by the Internal Revenue Code to be withheld from amounts payable to such Recipient; and
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(e) any Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA (other than any Taxes imposed as a result of the failure of a Borrower Party to comply with its obligations under FATCA).
βExclusion Eventβ means the occurrence, with respect to any Included Investor, Designated Investor or PWM Investor or, if applicable, the Sponsor, Responsible Party, or Credit Provider of such Investor (such Included Investor, Designated Investor or PWM Investor hereinafter referred to as a βDefaulting Investorβ), of any of the following events:
(a) if actually known to a Responsible Officer of a Borrower (or if informed by the Administrative Agent of the same), such Investor (or its Sponsor, Responsible Party or Credit Provider, as applicable) shall: (A) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, intervenor, or liquidator of itself or of all or a substantial part of its assets; (B) file a voluntary petition as debtor in bankruptcy or admit in writing that it is unable to pay its debts as they become due; (C) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (D) file a petition or answer seeking reorganization, liquidation or dissolution or an arrangement with creditors or take advantage of any Debtor Relief Laws; (E) file an answer admitting the material allegations of, or consent to, or default in answering, a petition filed against it in any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws; or (F) take any personal, partnership, limited liability company, corporate or trust, special limited partnership or private limited liability company action, as applicable, for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(b) if actually known to a Responsible Officer of a Borrower (or if informed by the Administrative Agent of the same), the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws relating to such Investor (or its Sponsor, Responsible Party or Credit Provider, as applicable) or all or any material part of its respective property is instituted without the consent of such Person, and such proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of 30 days; or an order, judgment, or decree shall be entered by any court of competent jurisdiction or other competent authority approving a petition seeking such Investorβs (or its Sponsorβs, Responsible Partyβs or Credit Providerβs, as applicable) reorganization, dissolution or liquidation, or appointing a receiver, custodian, trustee, intervenor, liquidator, administrator or similar entity, of such Person or of all or substantially all of its assets;
(c) if actually known to a Responsible Officer of a Borrower (or if informed by the Administrative Agent of the same), any final judgment(s) for the payment of money which in the aggregate exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the net worth of such Investor (or its Sponsor, Responsible Party or Credit Provider, as applicable) shall be rendered against such Person, and such judgment or judgments shall not be bonded, stayed, satisfied or discharged within 30 days;
(d) such Investor shall repudiate, challenge, or declare unenforceable its obligation to make contributions to the capital of the applicable Borrower pursuant to its Capital Commitment or a Capital Call; or such Investor shall otherwise disaffirm any material obligation under its Subscription Agreement or the applicable Governing Agreement;
(e) the Subscription Agreement of such Investor or the applicable Governing Agreement shall cease, in whole or in material part, to be a legal, valid and binding agreement enforceable against such Investor in accordance with the terms thereof or in any way be terminated or become or be declared ineffective or inoperative or in any way whatsoever cease to give or provide in material part the right, title, interest, power, privilege or remedy intended to be created thereby with respect to such Investor;
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(f) such Investor shall fail to make a Capital Contribution to the applicable Borrower on the earlier of (i) the date such Investor is in default under Section 6.2.1 of the applicable Governing Agreement and (ii) the date that is 20 calendar days after the initial due date of the applicable Capital Call (without regard to any other notice or cure period);
(g) any representation or warranty made by such Investor under the applicable Governing Agreement or its Subscription Agreement shall prove to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect, as of the date on which such representation or warranty is made, and such Investor shall fail to cure the adverse effect of the failure of such representation or warranty within 30 days after the earlier of (i) the Administrative Agentβs delivery of notice thereof to the Borrowers and (ii) a Responsible Officer of any Borrowerβs actual knowledge of such circumstance;
(h) such Investor delivers a notice of withdrawal to the applicable Borrower, or such Investor transfers its Ownership Interest in the applicable Borrower, but only with respect to the portion of such Investorβs Ownership Interest that is subject to such withdrawal or transfer;
(i) any Borrower or Managing Entity cancels, reduces, terminates or abates the Unfunded Commitment of such Investor, but only with respect to the portion of such Investorβs Ownership Interest that is subject to cancellation, reduction or termination;
(j) default shall occur in the performance by such Investor in any material respect, subject to any applicable notice or cure period, of any of the material covenants or agreements contained in its Subscription Agreement or the applicable Governing Agreement (except, in each case, as otherwise specifically addressed in this definition of Exclusion Event, in which case no grace period beyond any provided for herein shall apply), and such default shall continue uncured to the reasonable satisfaction of Administrative Agent for a period of 30 days thereof;
(k) if actually known to a Responsible Officer of a Borrower (or is informed by the Administrative Agent of the same), except as contemplated in clause (o) of this definition of Exclusion Event, the occurrence of any event which, under the terms of such Investorβs Side Letter, would cancel, excuse, terminate or xxxxx its Unfunded Commitment or any Capital Call or otherwise adversely affect the rights of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in respect thereof;
(l) such Investor shall fail to remain in Investor Good Standing Status;
(m) such Investor becomes a Sanctioned Person, or, to any Lenderβs or Administrative Agentβs knowledge, as notified in writing to the Borrowers, such Investorβs funds to be used in connection with funding Capital Calls are derived from illegal or suspicious activities;
(n) with respect to any applicable Investor with a new or increasing Unfunded Commitment as a result of a Replacement Action, the PWM 20/30 Delivery Requirement or Institutional Investor Delivery Requirement, as applicable, has not been satisfied with respect to such Investor or such Investor (if an Institutional Investor) fails to be designated as an Included Investor or Designated Investor pursuant to its subject Final Inclusion Determination;
(o) in connection with any Borrowing, such Investor is excused or exempted from funding a Capital Call with respect to a Portfolio Investment being acquired or otherwise funded with the proceeds of the related Borrowing (or a Responsible Officer of the applicable Borrower has actual knowledge that such Investor will be entitled to exercise an excuse or exemption right under the applicable Governing Agreement, its Subscription Agreement or its Side Letter); provided that only the portion of such Investorβs Eligible Unfunded Commitments which would
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otherwise be contributed to fund such Portfolio Investment or repay the related Borrowing shall be excluded from the applicable Borrowerβs Borrowing Base;
(p) if actually known to a Responsible Officer of a Borrower (or is informed by the Administrative Agent of the same), in the case of such Investor (or its Sponsor, Responsible Party or Credit Provider, as applicable), the occurrence of any circumstance or event which: (A) other than with respect to any Rated Investor, could reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse effect on the financial condition or business operations of such Investor; or (B) could reasonably be expected to impair, impede, or jeopardize the obligation and the liability of such Investor to fulfill its obligations under its Subscription Agreement or the applicable Governing Agreement;
(q) if actually known to a Responsible Officer of a Borrower (or is informed by the Administrative Agent of the same) such Investor shall encumber its interest in the applicable Borrower and the related Lien holder shall commence the exercise of remedies with respect to such interest;
(r) the Administrative Agent ceases to have a perfected first-priority security interest in the Unfunded Commitment of such Investor (subject to Permitted Liens), other than by reason of actions or inactions of the Administrative Agent or Lenders;
(s) such Investor shall have entered into any Side Letter, made any change to any existing Side Letter or made any Side Letter Election, in each case after the date hereof, which Side Letter, change or election, respectively, is not reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion;
(t) such Investor is a Prohibited Person;
(u) if actually known to a Responsible Officer of a Borrower (or is informed by the Administrative Agent of the same), in the case of each Rated Investor, it (or its Sponsor, Responsible Party or Credit Provider, as applicable), fails to maintain its Applicable Requirement as required in the definition of Applicable Requirement hereof;
(v) if actually known to a Responsible Officer of a Borrower (or is informed by the Administrative Agent of the same), in the case of each Non-Rated Investor, it fails to maintain a net worth (determined in accordance with GAAP), measured at the end of each fiscal year of such Non-Rated Investor, of at least 75% of the net worth of such Non-Rated Investor (the βBaseline Net Worthβ) as of: (A) the fiscal year which ended on or immediately prior to the Closing Date, if the Investor was an Included Investor (or was pre-approved as an Included Investor, pursuant to written agreement of Administrative Agent) on the Closing Date; or (B) the fiscal year for which Administrative Agent has financial information which ended on or immediately prior to the date of its designation as an Included Investor (in the case not covered by clause (A) above) (the Baseline Net Worth for any Non-Rated Investor so designated will be set forth on Schedule 2.01, and if any Non-Rated Investors are so designated after the date of this Credit Agreement, an updated Schedule 2.01 will be prepared by Administrative Agent and delivered to the Borrower Parties to replace the existing Schedule 2.01); or
(w) Administrative Agent is unable to obtain, from publicly-available sources, annual financial statements for any Non-Rated Investor within 90 days following the end of the applicable fiscal year of such Non-Rated Investor, for any fiscal year prior to the Maturity Date, reported on by independent public accountants to the extent applicable, and such Investor fails, within 30 days
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after written request from a Borrower or Administrative Agent with respect to any fiscal year ended at least 90 days prior to such request, to deliver such annual financial statements to such Borrower or Administrative Agent as required by Administrative Agent in order to continue to designate such Investor as an Included Investor hereunder.
Any Investor that is a Defaulting Investor shall cease to be considered a Defaulting Investor (and, therefore, its Eligible Unfunded Commitment shall be re-included in the applicable Borrowerβs Borrowing Base) when the circumstances giving rise to the Exclusion Event resulting in such Investor being a Defaulting Investor shall have been cured to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Borrowers thereof and shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition such notification).
βFacility Extension Requestβ means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit O attached hereto pursuant to which the Borrowers request an extension of the Stated Maturity Date in accordance with Section 2.18.
βFacility Increase Feeβ means a fee as agreed by Xxxxxxxxx and Administrative Agent in a separate fee letter agreement.
βFacility Increase Requestβ means a notice in substantially the form of Exhibit M attached hereto pursuant to which Borrowers request an increase of the Commitments in accordance with Section 2.17.
βFATCAβ means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code, as of the date of this Credit Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable), any current or future regulations thereunder or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, or any U.S. or non-U.S. fiscal, tax or regulatory legislation, rules, guidance notes or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such sections of the Internal Revenue Code, the U.S. treasury regulations thereunder or analogous provisions of non-U.S. law.
βFederal Funds Rateβ means, for any day, the rate per annum calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York based on such dayβs federal funds transactions by depository institutions (as determined in such manner as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as the federal funds effective rate; provided that if the Federal Funds Rate as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be the Floor for purposes of this Credit Agreement.
βFinal Inclusion Determinationβ is defined in Section 9.05(d)(i).
βFinance Leaseβ means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee which, in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person and the amount of such obligation shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
βFloorβ means zero.
βForeign Personβ means any Recipient that is not a U.S. Person.
βFronting Exposureβ means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to the Letter of Credit Issuer, such Defaulting Lenderβs Applicable Percentage of the outstanding Letter of Credit
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Obligations other than Letter of Credit Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lenderβs participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
βFull Repayment Capital Callβ is defined in Section 10.03(b).
βFunding Partyβ means any Lender.
βFunding Ratioβ means: (a) for a Governmental Plan Investor, the actuarial present value of the assets of the plan over the actuarial present value of the planβs total benefit liabilities, as reported in such planβs most recent audited financial statements; and (b) for an ERISA Investor; (i) the fair market value of the planβs assets as defined under Section 430(g)(3) of the Code, unreduced for any prefunding balance or funding standard carryover balance as defined and provided for in Section 430(f) of the Code; over (ii) the planβs funding target, as defined under Section 430(d) of the Code, without regard to the special at-risk rules of Section 430(i) of the Code, with each value as reported on the most recently filed Schedule SB to the Form 5500 by such plan with the United States Department of Labor.
βFX Reserve Amountβ shall mean an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate sum of the principal amount of Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency times the Reserve Percentage for such Alternative Currency.
βGenerally Accepted Accounting Principlesβ means those generally accepted accounting principles and practices as in effect from time to time that are recognized as such by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or through other appropriate boards or committees thereof, and that are consistently applied for all periods, after the date hereof, so as to properly reflect the financial position of Borrowers, except that any accounting principle or practice required to be changed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (or other appropriate board or committee of the said board) in order to continue as a generally accepted accounting principle or practice may be so changed.
βXxxxxxx Xxxxxβ means (a) The Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Group, Inc. (or any successor to its business), (b) Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. LLC, (c) Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Asset Management, LP, (d) the Investment Management Division of The Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Group, Inc., and the respective subsidiaries and affiliates of the entities in clauses (a), (b), (c) or (d) above.
βGoverning Agreementβ means (a) with respect to Initial Borrower, the Initial Borrower Operating Agreement, and (b) with respect to any other Borrower, the partnership agreement or operating agreement, as applicable of such Borrower, including, without limitation, any applicable Side Letters, as it may be further amended, restated or supplemented from time to time. References to the Governing Agreement, unless otherwise specified, will be deemed to be references to the Governing Agreement of Initial Borrower, but will refer, as applicable, to the equivalent provisions of the Governing Agreement of any other applicable Person.
βGovernmental Authorityβ means any foreign governmental authority, the United States of America, any State of the United States of America, and any subdivision of any of the foregoing, and any agency, department, commission, board, authority or instrumentality, bureau or court having jurisdiction over any Borrower Party, any Qualified Borrower, any Managing Entity, Administrative Agent, any Agent, any Lender, or any of their respective businesses, operations, assets, or properties.
βGovernmental Plan Investorβ means an Investor that is a governmental plan as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA.
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βGS Personsβ means Xxxxxxx Xxxxx directors, officers and employees, and their spouses, and other SOX Insiders.
βGuaranty Obligationsβ means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, any obligations (other than endorsements in the ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection) guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person in any manner, whether direct or indirect, and including without limitation any obligation, whether or not contingent: (a) to purchase any such Indebtedness or any property constituting security therefor; (b) to advance or provide funds or other support for the payment or purchase of such Indebtedness or to maintain working capital, solvency or other balance sheet condition of such other Person (including, without limitation, maintenance agreements, comfort letters, take or pay arrangements, put agreements or similar agreements or arrangements) for the benefit of the holder of Indebtedness of such other Person; (c) to lease or purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness; or (d) to otherwise assure or hold harmless the owner of such Indebtedness against loss in respect thereof.
βHazardous Materialβ means any substance, material, or waste which is or becomes regulated, under any Environmental Law, as hazardous to public health or safety or to the environment, including, but not limited to: (a) any substance or material designated as a βhazardous substanceβ pursuant to Section 311 of the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. Β§1251 et seq., or listed pursuant to Section 307 of the Clean Water Act, as amended; (b) any substance or material defined as βhazardous wasteβ pursuant to Section 1004 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Β§6901 et seq.; (c) any substance or material defined as a βhazardous substanceβ pursuant to Section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Β§9601 et seq.; or (d) petroleum, petroleum products and petroleum waste materials.
βHonor Dateβ is defined in Section 2.07(c)(i).
βHurdle Satisfaction Periodβ means, during the then-applicable period of time for which, exclusive of Returned Capital, 40% of the aggregate Capital Commitments have been called and funded.
βIncluded Investorβ means an Institutional Investor (and the approved portion of its Capital Commitments): (a)(i) that is a Rated Investor that has (or that has a Credit Provider that has) met the Applicable Requirement for an Included Investor as reasonably determined by Administrative Agent, and at the request of Borrower has been approved in writing as an Included Investor by Administrative Agent; or (ii) that is a Non-Rated Investor that does not meet the Applicable Requirement but at the request of Borrower has been designated by Administrative Agent and all Lenders (each in its sole discretion) as an Included Investor based on such Investorβs financial strength, and (b) that has delivered to Administrative Agent the information and documents, as applicable, described in Section 6.01(l) or, with respect to a Replacement Action, described in Section 9.05(d)(i), and, each as evidenced in a writing executed by Administrative Agent; provided (x) that once an Institutional Investor has been approved as an Included Investor as set forth above, such approval may not be withdrawn after the effective date except as provided below in clause (y) of this definition; and (y) that a Defaulting Investor shall no longer be an Included Investor until such time as all Exclusion Events affecting such Investor have been cured to the reasonable satisfaction of Administrative Agent as indicated by Administrative Agentβs prompt consent (not to be unreasonably withheld conditioned or delayed) upon notification thereof to Borrowers.
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βInclusion Percentageβ means, at any time the same is to be determined with respect to each Eligible Investor, the percentage which results in an aggregate amount of the Unfunded Commitment of such Investor at such time not exceeding the applicable Concentration Limit (as set forth below) for such Investor at such time as a percentage of the Unfunded Commitments of all Eligible Investors at such time:
Investor |
Concentration Limit (as a percentage of Unfunded Commitments of Eligible Investors) |
Designated Investors |
5.0% |
PWM Investors |
3.0% |
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For purposes of calculating the Inclusion Percentage and Concentration Limit, the Investors of all Borrowers shall be considered (without duplication) on an aggregate/single pool basis.
βIncreasing Lenderβ is defined in Section 2.17(a).
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 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles:
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments representing extensions of credit;
(b) all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankersβ acceptances, bank guaranties and similar instruments;
(c) all net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;
(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business);
(e) all indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being acquired by such Person (excluding indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements incurred in the ordinary course of business), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
(f) all Finance Leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations; and
(g) all Guaranty Obligations of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation, limited liability company or other limited liability entity) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer for which such Person shall have liability as a result of its joint venture interest, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of any Finance Lease or Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date.
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βIndemnified Taxesβ means (a) Taxes other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Borrower Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a) hereof, Other Taxes.
βIndemniteeβ is defined in Section 12.06(b).
βInformationβ is defined in Section 12.18.
βInitial Borrowerβ is defined in the preamble to this Credit Agreement.
βInitial Borrower Operating Agreementβ means that certain Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Initial Borrower dated as of March 21, 2019, including, without limitation, any applicable Side Letters, as it may be further amended, restated or supplemented from time to time.
βInstitutional Investorβ means an Investor other than a PWM Investor.
βInstitutional Investor Delivery Requirementβ is defined in Section 9.05(d)(i).
βInterest Optionβ means each of Term SOFR, any Alternative Currency Term Rate, Daily XXXXX and the Alternative Base Rate.
βInterest Payment Dateβ means (i) for Base Rate Loans and Daily XXXXX Loans, the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter and the Maturity Date, (ii) for Term SOFR Loans and Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, the last Business Day of each Interest Period and the Maturity Date (provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Term SOFR Loan or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan exceeds three months, each of the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be an Interest Payment Date); and (iii) for any Unused Commitment Fee, the 5th Business Day of each calendar quarter and the Maturity Date; provided, however that after the Maturity Date, any Business Day selected from time to time by Administrative Agent shall be an Interest Payment Date.
βInterest Periodβ means, with respect to any Term SOFR Loan or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, a period commencing: (a) on the Loan Date of such Loan; or (b) on the termination date of the immediately preceding Interest Period in the case of a continuation of such Loan to a successive Interest Period as described in Section and ending one month, three months, or, subject to availability, six months thereafter, each as a Borrower Party shall elect in accordance with Section 2.02; provided, however, that if the Interest Period would otherwise end after the Maturity Date, such Interest Period shall end on the Maturity Date; provided, further that any tenor removed from this definition pursuant to Section 4.08(d) shall not be available.
βInternal Revenue Codeβ means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
βInvestment Capital Callβ is defined in Section 5.02(c).
βInvestment Capital Contributionβ is defined in Section 5.02(c).
βInvestment Company Actβ means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter, and any successor Investment Company Act.
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βInvestment Managerβ means Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Asset Management, L.P. or any other Affiliate of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx which is acting as Investment Manager pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement between Borrowers and the Investment Manager.
βInvestment Mandatory Prepayment Eventβ is defined in Section 5.02(c).
βInvestorβ means any Managing Entity or any one of the members of a Borrower. Except as otherwise expressly specified herein, for all purposes of this Credit Agreement, the Investors of each Borrower shall be considered (without duplication) on an aggregate/single pool basis.
βInvestor Good Standing Statusβ means, (a) with respect to any Investor, such Investor is in compliance in all material respects with its material obligations under its Subscription Agreement and the Governing Agreement, (b) with respect to any PWM Investor, such PWM Investor is a client of the Private Wealth Management Division of Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. LLC, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx International or Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank AG, as applicable, and (c) with respect to any PWM Investor or any Institutional Investor, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of any Borrower, such PWM Investor or Institutional Investor is not in violation or breach of any material obligations to the Private Wealth Management Division of Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. LLC, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx International or Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank AG or any fund sponsored by any Affiliate of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx.
βIRSβ means Internal Revenue Service.
βISPβ means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the βInternational Standby Practices 1998β published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
βIssuer Documentsβ means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Request for Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the Letter of Credit Issuer and a Borrower Party or in favor of the Letter of Credit Issuer and relating to any such Letter of Credit, including, as applicable, any documentation relating to Cash Collateral (which may include, without limitation, the Assignment of Capital Contribution Account).
βJudgment Currencyβ is defined in Section 12.19.
βKYC Complianceβ is defined in Section 7.27.
βL/C Advanceβ means, with respect to each Lender, such Lenderβs funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.
βL/C Borrowingβ means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Borrowing.
βL/C Credit Extensionβ means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.
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, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.
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βLenderβ or βLendersβ means: (a) each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof; and (b) any other Person that becomes a party to this Credit Agreement as a Lender pursuant to the terms hereof, and any assignees thereof that shall become party hereto pursuant to Section 12.11 (but not any Participant that is not otherwise a party to this Credit Agreement).
βLender Joinder Agreementβ means an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit N, pursuant to which a new Lender joins this Credit Agreement as contemplated by Section 2.17(a)(vii).
βLending Officeβ means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender (or an affiliate of such Lender) described as such in such Xxxxxxβs Administrative Questionnaire delivered to Administrative Agent, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify Borrowers and Administrative Agent.
βLetter of Creditβ means any standby letter of credit issued hereunder providing for the payment of cash upon the honoring of a presentation thereunder by the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 2.07 either as originally issued or as the same may, from time to time, be amended or otherwise modified or extended.
βLetter of Credit Applicationβ means an application and agreement for a Letter of Credit by and between a Borrower Party and the Letter of Credit Issuer in a form acceptable to the Letter of Credit Issuer (and customarily used by it in similar circumstances) and conformed to the terms of this Credit Agreement, either as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented, modified, amended, renewed, or extended; provided, however, to the extent that the terms of such Letter of Credit Application are inconsistent with the terms of this Credit Agreement, the terms of this Credit Agreement will control.
βLetter of Credit Cash Collateralization Dateβ means the day that is the earlier of: (a) 30 days prior to the Stated Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day); (b) the Maturity Date; or (c) the date upon which Administrative Agent declares the Obligations due and payable after the occurrence of an Event of Default.
βLetter of Credit Feeβ is defined in Section 2.12(a).
βLetter of Credit Issuerβ means Union BankMUFG in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.
βLetter of Credit Obligationsβ means the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For all purposes of this Credit Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, or because a pending drawing submitted on or before the expiration date of such Letter of Credit has not yet been honored, such Letter of Credit is deemed to be βoutstandingβ in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
βLetter of Credit Sublimitβ means, at any time, 0% of the Available Loan Amount at such time.
βLienβ means any lien, assignment by way of security, mortgage, security interest, tax lien, pledge, charge, hypothecation, encumbrance, or conditional sale or title retention arrangement, or any other interest in property designed to secure the repayment of indebtedness, whether arising by agreement or under common law, any statute or other law, contract, or otherwise.
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βLoanβ means an extension of credit by a Lender to a Borrower Party hereunder in the form of a Base Rate Loan, a Term SOFR Loan, an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan or a Daily XXXXX Loan.
βLoan Dateβ is defined in Section 2.02(a).
βLoan Documentsβ means this Credit Agreement, the Notes (including any renewals, extensions, re-issuances and refundings thereof), each Letter of Credit Application, each of the Collateral Documents, each Borrower Guaranty, each Assignment and Assumption, and any other agreement creating or perfecting rights in Cash Collateral pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16 of this Credit Agreement, and any other agreement, instrument or other writing executed and delivered to Administrative Agent or any Lender by any Borrower Party or any Managing Entity in connection herewith or therewith, and all amendments, supplements, modifications, exhibits and schedules to any of the foregoing.
βLoan Noticeβ means a notice of: (a) a Borrowing; (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type of Loan to the other; or (c) a continuation of Term SOFR Loan or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, pursuant to Section 2.02(e), which, if in writing other than via email, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1.
βManaging Entityβ means with respect to any Borrower, other than Initial Borrower (or any other Borrower that is managed similarly to the Initial Borrower, not by a managing member, general partner or equivalent), its managing member, general partner or equivalent party, each as the context may require. As of the Closing Date, Initial Borrower has no Managing Entity. Any reference to a Managing Entity in this Credit Agreement shall not be applicable until such time as a Borrower with a Managing Entity becomes a party to this Credit Agreement.
βMandatory Prepayment Amountβ is defined in Section 3.05.
βMandatory Prepayment Due Dateβ is defined in Section 3.05.
βMandatory Prepayment Eventβ is defined in Section 3.05.
βMargin Stockβ shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.
βMaterial Adverse Effectβ means: (a) a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, or financial condition of Borrowers and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of Borrowers, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations under any Loan Document to which they are a party; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against Borrowers and the Managing Entities, taken as a whole of any Loan Document to which it is a party.
βMaturity Dateβ means the earliest of: (a) the Stated Maturity Date; (b) the date upon which Administrative Agent declares the Obligation due and payable after the occurrence of an Event of Default in accordance with Sections 10.02 and 10.03; (c) the date 45 days prior to the date upon which any Borrowerβs ability to call the Unfunded Commitments of the Investors to repay the Obligations terminates; or (d) the date upon which Borrowers terminate the Commitments in full pursuant to Section 3.07 or otherwise.
βMaximum Commitmentβ means, at any time, an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the Commitments (as such amount may be increased from time to time after the date hereof pursuant to Section 2.17 or reduced from time to time after the date hereof by Borrowers pursuant to Section 3.07). As of the Closing Date the Maximum Commitment is $125,000,000.
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βMaximum Rateβ means, on any day, the highest rate of interest (if any) permitted by applicable law on such day.
βMinimum Collateral Amountβ means, at any time: (a) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances provided to reduce or eliminate Fronting Exposure during the existence of a Defaulting Lender, an amount equal to 100% of the Fronting Exposure of the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time; (b) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.16(a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii), an amount equal to 100% of the outstanding amount of all Letter of Credit Obligations; and (c) otherwise, an amount determined by Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer in their sole discretion not to exceed 105% of the applicable Obligations.
βMoodyβsβ means Xxxxxβx Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
βMultiemployer Planβ means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which a 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 any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate) at least two of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Section 4064 of ERISA.
βNon-Defaulting Lenderβ means any Lender other than a Defaulting Lender.
βNon-Rated Investorβ means any Institutional Investor that does not have a Rating (and whose Credit Provider, Sponsor, or Responsible Party does not have a Rating).
βNo Plan Asset Certificateβ means a certificate from the applicable Managing Entity (or, if no Managing Entity, the applicable Borrower), in a form reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, (i) certifying that, based on consultation with counsel and in reliance on representations by Investors in the applicable Borrower as of the date of such certificate, βbenefit plan investorsβ (as defined in Section 3(42) of ERISA) hold less than 25% of the total value of each class of equity interests in such Borrower (calculated in accordance with Section 3(42) of ERISA) and, accordingly, the underlying assets of such Borrower do not constitute Plan Assets and (ii) covenanting that at all times following the date of such certificate less than 25% of the total value of each class of equity interests in the applicable Borrower (calculated in accordance with Section 3(42) of ERISA) will continue to be held by βbenefit plan investorsβ (as defined in Section 3(42) of the ERISA) until such time, if any, that such Borrower delivers to Administrative Agent an Operating Company Opinion.
βNotesβ means the promissory notes provided for in Section 3.01, and all promissory notes delivered in substitution or exchange therefor, as such notes may be amended, restated, reissued, extended or modified, including, without limitation, the Qualified Borrower Promissory Notes.
βObligationsβ means all present and future indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities of any Borrower Party to any of the Secured Parties or Administrative Agent, and all renewals and extensions thereof, or any part thereof (including, without limitation, Loans and all interest accruing thereon and Letter of Credit Obligations and Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights), or any part thereof, arising pursuant to this Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, the indemnity provisions hereof) or represented by the Notes and each Letter of Credit Application, regardless of whether such indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities are direct, indirect, fixed, contingent, joint, several, or joint and several; together with all indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities of any Borrower Party to any of the Secured Parties or Administrative Agent evidenced or arising pursuant to any of the other Loan Documents, and all renewals and extensions thereof, or any part thereof.
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βOFACβ means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.
βOperating Companyβ means an βoperating companyβ within the meaning of Section 2510.3β101(c) of the Plan Assets Regulation.
βOperating Company Certificateβ means a certificate from a Borrower, delivered by the relevant Responsible Officer of such Borrower, in a form reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, certifying that, based upon consultation with counsel, such Borrower has met the requirements to be an Operating Company for the 12-month period following the end for the Annual Valuation Period for such Borrower.
βOperating Company Opinionβ means a written opinion of counsel to the applicable Borrower as to the status of such Borrower as an Operating Company as of the date of its first investment (other than short term investments pending long-term investment or distribution).
βOther Claimsβ is defined in Section 5.04.
βOther Connection Taxesβ means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
βOther Taxesβ means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 4.06).
βOvernight Rateβ means, for any day: (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the greater of: (i) the Federal Funds Rate and (ii) an overnight rate determined by Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and consistent with the Administrative Agentβs normal business practices; and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in an Alternative Currency, the rate of interest per annum at which overnight deposits in the applicable Alternative Currency, in an amount approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such rate is being determined, would be offered for such day by a branch or Affiliate of MUFG in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency to major banks in such interbank market.
βOwnership Interestβ of any Investor means the membership interest of such Investor in any Borrower under the applicable Governing Agreement.
βParticipantβ is defined in Section 12.11(e).
βParticipant Registerβ is defined in Section 12.11(e).
βParticipating Member Stateβ means any member state of the European Union that has the Euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
βPatriot Actβ is defined in Section 12.20.
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βPayment Recipientβ is defined in Section 11.11.
βPending Capital Callβ means any Capital Call that has been made upon the Investors and that has not yet been funded by the applicable Investor, but with respect to which such Investor is not in default.
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 a Borrower and any ERISA Affiliate and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code.
βPermitted Distributionsβ means: (a) Permitted RIC Distributions; (b) pro rata dividends or distributions from any Qualified Borrower to its holders of equity, including the Initial Borrower; and (c) dividends or distributions of common equity interests in a Borrower.
βPermitted Investmentsβ means: (a) savings, money market or other interest bearing accounts of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other financial institution with a short-term credit rating of βA-1β by S&P and βP-1β by Xxxxxβx (including securities issued by the Xxxxxxx Xxxxx XXX Prime Obligations Fund, so long as it has such ratings); (b) debt instruments issued or guaranteed by the United States or its agencies or instrumentalities, including, without limitation, treasury bills, notes and bonds; (c) commercial paper of domestic corporations, which has received a rating of A-1 or P-1 or its equivalent from either of Xxxxxβx or S&P and/or has been unconditionally guaranteed by an entity which has received an equivalent credit rating by either of Xxxxxβx or S&P; (d) money market mutual funds with assets of at least $750,000,000, substantially all of which assets consist of obligations of the type described in the foregoing clauses; (e) similar quality short term investments; or (f) cash and cash equivalents.
βPermitted Liensβ means (a) Liens for claims that are not yet due with respect to Taxes, assessments or charges of any Governmental Authority or otherwise arising as a matter of Law or other non-consensual Liens being contested in good faith for which adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are being maintained in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, (b) subject to the Account Control Agreements, bankersβ Liens in favor of the custodian, depository bank or securities intermediary at which any Collateral Account is held or other similar Liens (including the right of set-off) on any such account and items held in, deposited in or credited to any such account, and (c) Liens on Portfolio Investments.
βPermitted RIC Distributionsβ means, with respect to each taxable year, any dividends or distributions determined by a Borrower in good faith to be required to be made in order to maintain such Borrowerβs tax status under Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, as certified by such Borrower to Administrative Agent in a RIC Distribution Notice delivered to Administrative Agent at least 10 days prior to the applicable distribution.
βPersonβ means an individual, sole proprietorship, joint venture, association, trust, estate, business trust, corporation, non-profit corporation, partnership, special limited partnership or private limited liability company, sovereign government or agency, instrumentality, or political subdivision thereof, or any similar entity or organization.
βPlanβ means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (including a Pension Plan), maintained for employees of a Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or any such Plan to which a Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees.
βPlan Asset Regulationβ means 29 C.F.R. Β§2510.3-101, et seq., as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA.
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βPlan Assetsβ means βplan assetsβ within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulation.
βPortfolio Investmentβ shall mean an βInvestmentβ as such term is defined in the Initial Borrowerβs Operating Agreement.
βPrime Rateβ shall mean, on any day, the rate of interest per annum then most recently established by MUFG as its βprime rateβ. The βprime rateβ is a rate set by MUFG based upon various factors including MUFGβs costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such prime rate announced by MUFG shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
βPrincipal Obligationβ means the sum of: (a) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans; (b) the Dollar Equivalent of the Letter of Credit Obligations. The Principal Obligation of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total Principal Obligation at such time.
βProhibited Personβ means any GS Person.
βProjectionsβ is defined in Section 7.08.
βPropertyβ means any real property, improvements thereon and any leasehold or similar interest in real property which is owned by any Borrower Party, or secures any investment of any Borrower Party.
βPWM 20/30 Delivery Requirementβ is defined in Section 9.05(d)(ii).
βPWM Investorsβ means Investors that are clients of the Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Private Wealth Management Division which are high net worth individuals (or entities controlled by such individuals); for which a Borrower has delivered to the Escrow Agent the information and documents described in Section 6.01(l) and, with respect to a Replacement Action, Section 9.05(d)(ii); provided that a Defaulting Investor shall not be a PWM Investor unless (and until such time as) all Exclusion Events affecting such Investor have been cured to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent as indicated by Administrative Agentβs prompt consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) upon notification thereof to Borrowers.
βQualified Borrowerβ means any entity, which entity may be organized, formed or incorporated in the United States or outside of the United States, in which a Borrower owns a direct or indirect ownership interest or through which a Borrower will acquire an investment, the indebtedness of which entity can be guaranteed by the applicable Borrower pursuant to the terms of the applicable Governing Agreement, and which entity has executed a Qualified Borrower Promissory Note and in respect of which entity the applicable Borrower has executed a Borrower Guaranty; provided that no entity shall be a Qualified Borrower unless the Administrative Agent has consented thereto in its reasonable discretion.
βQualified Borrower Promissory Noteβ means a promissory note executed and delivered by a Qualified Borrower, in substantially the form of Exhibit C attached hereto, the payment of which is guaranteed by Borrowers pursuant to a Borrower Guaranty.
βQualified Purchaserβ means a βqualified purchaserβ within the meaning of Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act.
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βRate Determination Dateβ means, with respect to any day, (a) for Base Rate Loans calculated with respect to Term SOFR, two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day; (b) for Term SOFR Loans calculated with respect to Term SOFR, two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of the applicable Interest Period; and (c) for all other Benchmarks, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of the applicable Interest Period (or such other day as is generally treated as the rate fixing day by market practice in such interbank market, as determined by Administrative Agent; provided that, to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for Administrative Agent, such other day as otherwise reasonably determined by Administrative Agent).
βRated Investorβ means any Institutional Investor that has a Rating (or that has a Credit Provider, Sponsor, or Responsible Party that has a Rating).
βRatingβ means, for any Person, its senior unsecured debt rating (or equivalent thereof, such as, but not limited to, a corporate credit rating, issuer rating/insurance financial strength rating (for an insurance company), general obligation rating (for a governmental entity), or revenue bond rating (for an educational institution)) from either of S&P or Xxxxxβx.
βRating Agenciesβ means S&P, Xxxxxβx and Xxxxx Ratings, Inc., or any other nationally-recognized statistical rating agency which has been approved by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
βRecipientβ means Administrative Agent, any Secured Party or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Borrower Party hereunder.
βRegisterβ is defined in Section 12.11(d).
βReference Timeβ with respect to any setting of any then-current Benchmark means (a) if such Benchmark is SOFR, 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Rate Determination Date, (b) if such Benchmark is CDOR, 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on the Rate Determination Date, (c) if such Benchmark is EURIBOR, 11:00 a.m. (Brussels time) on the Rate Determination Date, and (d) otherwise, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
βRegulation Uβ means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, from time to time in effect, and shall include any successor or other regulation relating to reserve requirements or margin requirements, as the case may be, applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.
βRelated Partiesβ means, with respect to any Person, such Personβs Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Personβs Affiliates.
βReleaseβ means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching, or migration of Hazardous Materials into the environment, or into or out of any Property, including the movement of any Hazardous Material through or in the air, soil, surface water, groundwater, of any Property.
βRelevant Governmental Bodyβ means, with respect to any given Benchmark, (a) the central bank for the currency applicable to such Benchmark or any central bank or other supervisor that is responsible for supervising either (i) such Benchmark or (ii) the administrator of such Benchmark or (b) any working group or committee officially endorsed or convened by (i) the central bank for the currency applicable to such Benchmark, (ii) any central bank or other supervisor that is responsible for supervising either (A) such
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Benchmark or (B) the administrator of such Benchmark, (iii) a group of those central banks or other supervisors or (iv) the Financial Stability Board or any part thereof.
βRepayment Noticeβ means a notice of prepayment pursuant to Section 3.06, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B-3.
βReplacement Actionβ is defined in Section 9.05(b).
βRequest for Credit Extensionβ means: (a) with respect to a Borrowing or any conversion or continuation of any Borrowing, a Loan Notice; and (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, the related Request for Letter of Credit and Letter of Credit Application.
βRequest for Letter of Creditβ means a request for the issuance of a Letter of Credit substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2 attached hereto.
βRequired Lendersβ means, at any time, Xxxxxxx having a Principal Obligation and unused Commitments representing at least 50.1% of the sum of the total Principal Obligation and unused Commitments at such time; provided that in determining such percentage at any given time, all then existing Defaulting Lenders will be disregarded and excluded and the pro-rata shares of the aggregate Principal Obligation and unused Commitments of Lenders shall be redetermined for voting purposes only, to exclude the pro-rata shares of the aggregate Principal Obligation and unused Commitments of such Defaulting Lenders; provided further that, the amount of any participation in any Unreimbursed Amounts that such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund that have not been reallocated to and funded by another Lender will be deemed to be held by the Lender that is Letter of Credit Issuer in making such determination; provided further that at all times when two or more non-affiliated Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders) are party to this Credit Agreement, the term βRequired Lendersβ shall in no event mean fewer than two non-affiliated Lenders.
βReserve Percentageβ means, as of any date of determination, a percentage determined in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent to account for foreign exchange volatility, in each case using a methodology that is sufficient to cover the three-month foreign exchange exposure of the Lenders at such date of determination at a 95% confidence interval as calculated using Bloomberg BGN source data on the FXFM screen of Bloomberg. The Administrative Agent shall promptly report to the Borrowers the Reserve Percentage (and its calculation thereof in reasonable detail) upon each use of βReserve Percentageβ and from time to time upon request by any Borrower.
βResolution Authorityβ means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
βResponsible Officerβ means: (a) in the case of a corporation, its president, senior vice president, any vice president or treasurer, and, in any case where two Responsible Officers are acting on behalf of such corporation, the second such Responsible Officer may be a secretary or assistant secretary; (b) in the case of a limited partnership or special limited partnership, the Responsible Officer of the general partner (or if the general partner has no officers, a Responsible Officer of the general partner of the general partner), acting on behalf of such general partner in its capacity as general partner; and (c) in the case of a limited company, or a private limited liability company, a director, manager, officer or the Responsible Officer of the director (if a corporate entity) or the managing member, acting on behalf of such managing member in its capacity as managing member; in each case limited to the individuals listed on Schedule 8.01 hereto updated from time to time by Xxxxxxxxx with written notice to the Administrative Agent.
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βResponsible Partyβ means, for any Governmental Plan Investor: (a) if the state under which the Governmental Plan Investor operates is obligated to fund the Governmental Plan Investor and is liable to fund any shortfalls, the state; and (b) otherwise, the Governmental Plan Investor itself.
βReturned Capitalβ means, for any Investor those funds returned or distributed to such Investor by the applicable Borrower and/or the applicable Managing Entity which is added back to such Investorβs Unfunded Commitment pursuant to the applicable Governing Agreement or otherwise; in each case which amounts have been sufficiently detailed and set forth as βReturned Capitalβ on the Borrowing Base Certificate; provided that the failure of the applicable Person to set forth such information on the Borrowing Base Certificate shall result in the exclusion of such amount from βReturned Capital.β
βRevaluation Dateβ means, with respect to any Loan, each of the following: (a) each date of a Borrowing of such Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, (b) each date of a continuation of such Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, (c) each date on which the Borrowing Base must otherwise be calculated pursuant to the terms of this Credit Agreement; and (d) any other time reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Borrower in its sole discretion.
βRIC Distribution Noticeβ means a written notice setting forth the calculation of any Permitted RIC Distribution with respect to a Borrower and certifying that such Borrower remains a βregulated investment companyβ under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code.
βS&Pβ means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global, Inc. and any successor thereto.
βSame Day Fundsβ means: (a) with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars, immediately available funds, and (b) with respect to disbursements and payments in an Alternative Currency, same day or other funds as may be determined by the Administrative Agent to be customary in the place of disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant Alternative Currency.
βSanction(s)β means any international economic sanction administered or enforced by OFAC, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majestyβs Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority.
βSanctioned Personβ means (a) a Person named on the list of βSpecially Designated Nationals and Blocked Personsβ maintained by OFAC available at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxxx-xxxxxx/xxxxxxxxx/XXX-Xxxx/Xxxxx/xxxxxxx.xxxx, or as otherwise published from time to time, or (b)(i) the government of a Designated Jurisdiction or an agency of the government of a Designated Jurisdiction, (ii) an organization controlled by a Designated Jurisdiction or organized under the laws of a Designated Jurisdiction, or (iii) an individual ordinarily resident in a Designated Jurisdiction.
βSecured Partiesβ means, collectively, the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Agents.
βSecurity Agreementsβ means one or more security agreements substantially in the form of Exhibit E, executed and delivered by each Borrower and the applicable Managing Entity to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties.
βSEMSβ means the Superfund Enterprise Management System maintained by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
βSide Letterβ means any side letter by and between an Investor and the applicable Borrower (or the applicable Managing Entity) that amends or supplements the Governing Agreement of such Borrower.
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βSide Letter Electionβ means any election made by an Investor pursuant to a βmost favored nationβ contained in its Side Letter, which would permit such Investor to elect or incorporate additional provisions into such Side Letter, and is binding upon such Investor, the applicable Borrower or the applicable Managing Entity.
βSixth Amendmentβ means that certain Sixth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of May 5, 2022 (the βSixth Amendment Effective Dateβ), by and among Xxxxxxxx, Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
βSixth Amendment Effective Dateβ is defined in the definition of βSixth Amendmentβ.
βSOFRβ means, with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such Business Day published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administratorβs Website on the immediately succeeding Business Day.
βSOFR Administratorβ means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
βSOFR Administratorβs Websiteβ means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
βSOFR Spread Adjustmentβ means, with respect to any applicable Business Day, a rate per annum equal to (a) with respect to an Interest Period (i.e., an available tenor) of one (1) month, 0.10% (10 basis points) per annum, (b) with respect to an Interest Period of three (3) months, 0.15% (15 basis points) per annum, and (c) with respect to an Interest Period of six (6) months, 0.25% (25 basis points) per annum.
βSolventβ means, with respect to any Borrower Party, as of any date of determination, that as of such date:
(a) the fair value of the assets of such Borrower Party and the aggregate Unfunded Commitments are greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Borrower Party;
(b) the fair value of the assets of such Borrower Party and the aggregate Unfunded Commitments are not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of the Borrower Parties on their debts as they become absolute and matured;
(c) such Borrower Party does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond its ability to pay as such debts or liabilities become absolute and matured; and
(d) such Borrower Party is not engaged in a business or transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or transaction, for which its assets and the aggregate Unfunded Commitments would constitute unreasonably small capital.
For the purposes of this definition, the amount of contingent liabilities (such as litigation, guarantees, and pension plan liabilities) at any time shall be computed as the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at the time, represents the amount which can be reasonably expected to become an actual or matured liability and are determined as contingent liabilities in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of insolvency.
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βXXXXXβ means a rate equal to the Sterling Overnight Index Average as administered by the XXXXX Administrator.
βXXXXX Administratorβ means the Bank of England (or any successor administrator of the Sterling Overnight Index Average).
βXXXXX Administratorβs Websiteβ means the Bank of Englandβs website, currently at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx, or any successor source for the Sterling Overnight Index Average identified as such by the XXXXX Administrator from time to time.
βXXXXX Business Dayβ means, for any Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to, Sterling, any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which banks are closed for general business in London.
βXXXXX Determination Dayβ has the meaning specified in the definition of βDaily XXXXXβ.
βXXXXX Xxxx Dayβ has the meaning specified in the definition of βDaily XXXXXβ.
βSOXβ means Section 402 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (codified as Section 13(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended).
βSOX Insidersβ means the directors and officers (or equivalent thereof) of The Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Group, Inc. or any spouse thereof, in each case who, in the reasonable opinion of the relevant Managing Entity (or, if no Managing Entity, the applicable Borrower), constitutes βinsidersβ of The Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Group, Inc. for purposes of SOX from time to time.
βSponsorβ means, (a) for any ERISA Investor, a sponsor as that term is understood under ERISA, specifically, the entity that established the plan and is responsible for the maintenance of the plan and, in the case of a plan that has a sponsor and participating employers, the entity that has the ability to amend or terminate the plan and (b) for any Endowment Fund Investor, the state chartered, βnot for profitβ university or college that has established such fund for its exclusive use and benefit. As used herein, the term βnot for profitβ means an entity formed not for pecuniary profit or financial gain and for which no part of the assets, income or profit is distributable to, or inures to the benefit of its members, directors or officers.
βSpot Rateβ means, for a currency, the rate reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate quoted by the Administrative Agent acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by the Administrative Agent of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at the time and date of determination.
βSpread Adjusted XXXXXβ means with respect to any XXXXX Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the sum of (a) XXXXX for such XXXXX Business Day plus (b) 0.1193% (11.93 basis points) per annum for a payment period of three monthsβ duration.
βSpread Adjusted Term SOFRβ means with respect to any applicable Business Day and Interest Period, a rate per annum equal to the sum of (a) Term SOFR for such Interest Period plus (b) the applicable SOFR Spread Adjustment; provided that if Spread Adjusted Term SOFR shall be less than the Floor, Spread Adjusted Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor for purposes of this Credit Agreement.
βStated Maturity Dateβ means May 5November 3, 2023, as it may be extended pursuant to Section 2.18.
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βSterlingβ and βΒ£β mean the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
βSubscription Agreementβ means a Subscription Agreement executed by an Investor in connection with the subscription for an Ownership Interest in the applicable Borrower.
βSubsequent Lenderβ is defined in Section 2.17(a).
βSubsidiaryβ of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, special limited partnership, private limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is 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 a Borrower Party.
βSwap Contractβ means: (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, futures contract, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement; and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other similar master agreement, including any such obligations or liabilities under any such 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) 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) 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 Lease Obligationβ means the monetary obligation of a Person under: (a) a soβcalled synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease; or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).
βTARGET2β means the Trans-European Automatic Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment system which utilizes a single shared platform and which was launched on November 19, 2007.
βTARGET Dayβ means any day on which TARGET2 (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system, if any, determined by Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.
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βTaxesβ means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
βTerm SOFRβ means, for any Available Tenor and Interest Period, a rate per annum equal to the forward-looking term rate for a period comparable to such Available Tenor based on SOFR that is administered by the Term SOFR Administrator (or any successor administrator satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion from time to time) at the applicable Reference Time.
βTerm SOFR Administratorβ means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of Term SOFR selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
βTerm SOFR Loanβ means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Term SOFR. Term SOFR Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.
βThreshold Amountβ means the lesser of (a) $25,000,000 and (b) five percent (5%) of the aggregate Unfunded Commitments at such time.
βTransactionsβ means the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower Parties and the Managing Entities of this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the Borrowing of Loans, the issuance of Letters of Credit and the use of the proceeds thereof.
βTransferβ means to assign, convey, exchange, pledge, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose.
βType of Loanβ means any type of Loan (i.e., a Base Rate Loan, a Term SOFR Loan, an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan or Daily XXXXX Loan).
βU.S. Government Securities Business Dayβ means any Business Day, except any Business Day on which any of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, the New York Stock Exchange or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is not open for business because such day is a legal holiday under the federal laws of the United States or the laws of the State of New York, as applicable.
βU.S. Personβ means any Person that is a βUnited States personβ as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code.
βU.S. Tax Compliance Certificateβ has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(e).
βUCCβ is defined in Section 6.01(f)(i).
βUK Financial Institutionβ means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person subject to IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
βUK Resolution Authorityβ means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
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βUnadjusted Benchmark Replacementβ means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
βUnfunded Commitmentβ means, with respect to any Investor in a Borrower at any time, the Capital Commitment of such Investor, minus the aggregate Capital Contributions made (or deemed made) to such Borrower by such Investor, plus Returned Capital attributed to such Investor, but βUnfunded Commitmentβ shall not include that portion of an Investorβs Capital Commitment that is, at such time, subject to a Pending Capital Call.
βUnion Bankβ means MUFG Union Bank, N.A.
βUnreimbursed Amountβ is defined in Section 2.07(c)(i)
βUnused Commitment Feeβ is defined in Section 2.10.
βWrite-Down and Conversion Powersβ means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
. All terms defined in this Credit Agreement shall have the above-defined meanings when used in the Notes or any other Loan Documents or any certificate, report or other document made or delivered pursuant to this Credit Agreement, unless otherwise defined in such other document.
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. Unless otherwise specified in the Loan Documents, time references are to time in New York, New York. Administrative Agent will notify Borrowers, pursuant to Section 4.08, in advance of any change to the Benchmark rate upon which the interest rate of Loans is based. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to the Base Rate, the Alternative Currency Term Rate, SOFR, Term SOFR or Daily XXXXX, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, Base Rate, the Alternative Currency Term Rate, SOFR, Term SOFR or Daily XXXXX or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of Base Rate, the Alternative Currency Term Rate, SOFR, Term SOFR, Daily XXXXX any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrowers. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain Base Rate, the Alternative Currency Term Rate, SOFR, Term SOFR, Daily XXXXX or any other Benchmark, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Credit Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrowers, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
. 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 Credit Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles 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 of the Borrowers except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of Borrower Parties and their Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470β2047 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.
. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time will be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time;
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provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit will be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time (as such amount may be reduced by any permanent reduction of such Letter of Credit).
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. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any Division or plan of Division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdictionβs laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its equity interests at such time.
. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Lender severally agrees, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, to make Loans in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies to Borrowers, on a joint and several basis, and to the Qualified Borrowers, on a several basis, at any time and from time to time in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Xxxxxxβs Commitment; provided, however, that, after making any such Loans: (a) such Xxxxxxβs Principal Obligation would not exceed such Xxxxxxβs Commitment as of such date and (b) the Principal Obligations would not exceed the Available Loan Amount. Subject to the foregoing limitation, the conditions set forth in Section 6 and the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower Parties may borrow, repay without penalty or premium, and re-borrow hereunder, during the Availability Period. Each Borrowing pursuant to this Section 2.01 shall be funded ratably by each Lender in accordance with its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate Available Loan Amount.
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. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Loans shall be in a principal amount that is an integral multiple of $50,000 and not less than $250,000, either individually or, if multiple Borrowings, conversions or continuations are made simultaneously, in the aggregate; provided, however, that a Base Rate Loan or Daily XXXXX Loan may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Commitments or that, in the case of a Base Rate Loan, is required for the reimbursement of a Letter of Credit under Section 2.07(e).
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. Each change in the rate of interest for any Borrowing or any portion thereof shall become effective, without prior notice to the Borrower Parties, automatically as of the opening of business of Administrative Agent on the date of said change. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, Administrative Agent shall notify Borrower Parties and the Lenders of any change in MUFGβs prime rate used in determining the Alternative Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change. Administrative Agent will promptly notify Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for applicable Loans upon determination of such interest rate. The determination of the Term SOFR, any Alternative Currency Term Rate, Daily XXXXX or any other Benchmark by Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. Administrative Agent will xxxx Xxxxxxxxx on behalf of all Lenders with respect to interest on Term SOFR Loans, Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, Daily XXXXX Loans and Base Rate Loans.
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Each Borrower Party will promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with such Borrower Partyβs instructions or other irregularity, such Borrower Party will immediately notify the Letter of Credit Issuer. Each Borrower Party is hereby conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the Letter of Credit Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
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. In consideration of Lendersβ agreement to advance funds to a Qualified Borrower hereunder, to cause Letters of Credit to be issued for the account of a Qualified Borrower, and to accept Borrower Guaranties in support thereof, each Borrower hereby authorizes, empowers, and directs Administrative Agent, for the benefit of itself, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Lenders, to disburse directly to Lenders or the Letter of Credit Issuer, as applicable, with notice to Borrowers, in Same Day Funds an amount equal to the amount due and owing under any Qualified Borrower Promissory Note or Borrower Guaranty, together with all interest, costs, expenses and fees due to Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant thereto in the event the applicable Lender shall have not received the applicable payment when due. Administrative Agent will promptly notify Borrowers of any disbursement made to Lenders or the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to the terms hereof, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of the disbursement. Any such disbursement made by Administrative Agent to Lenders or the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to be a Base Rate Loan, and Borrowers shall be deemed to have given to Administrative Agent, in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 2.02(a), a Loan Notice with respect thereto. Administrative Agent may conclusively rely (absent manifest error) on Lenders as to the amount due to Lenders or the Letter of Credit Issuer under any Qualified Borrower Promissory Note or Borrower Guaranty.
. The proceeds of the Loans and the Letters of Credit shall be used solely for the purposes permitted under the Governing Agreements and the Constituent Documents of the Borrower Parties, including, if and to the extent permitted under the Governing Agreements, to finance investment activities, to provide working capital, to pay Borrower Expenses and for other permitted purposes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, to pay dividends or distributions on its outstanding equity interest). None of the Lenders, Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuer or Administrative Agent shall have any liability, obligation, or responsibility whatsoever with respect to any Borrower Partyβs use of the proceeds of the Loans or the Letters of Credit, and none of the Lenders, Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuer or Administrative Agent shall be obligated to determine whether or not any Borrower Partyβs use of the proceeds of the Loans or the Letters of Credit are for purposes permitted under the Governing Agreements or such Constituent Documents. Nothing, including, without limitation, any Borrowing, any conversion or continuation thereof or any L/C Credit Extension, or acceptance of any other document or instrument, shall be construed as a representation or warranty, express or implied, to any party by any Secured Party as to whether any Portfolio Investment or any other use of the proceeds of the Loans by Borrower Parties is permitted by the terms of the Governing Agreements or the Constituent Documents of any Borrower Party.
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. In addition to the payments provided for in Section 3 and subject to Section 2.14(a)(iii), Borrowers shall pay to (a) Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender or (b) if directed by Administrative Agent at such times as there is only one Lender, such Lender at its Lending Office, an unused commitment fee (an βUnused Commitment Feeβ) which shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to the product of: (i) the average daily difference during the immediately preceding calendar month between (A) such Xxxxxxβs Commitment and (B) such Xxxxxxβs outstanding Principal Obligation (including its participation in the Letter of Credit Obligations) (on a Dollar Equivalent basis) during such calendar month, and (ii) 2535 basis points (0.250.35%) per annum. The Unused Commitment Fee shall be payable in arrears in Dollars on the first Business Day of each calendar quarter for the preceding calendar quarter. Borrowers and Xxxxxxx acknowledge and agree that the Unused Commitment Fees payable hereunder are bona fide unused commitment fees and are intended as reasonable compensation to Lenders for committing to make funds available to Borrowers as described herein and for no other purposes.
. Borrowers shall pay to Administrative Agent and Arranger fees in consideration of the arrangement of the Commitments and administration of this Credit Agreement in Dollars, which fees shall be payable in amounts and on the dates agreed to between Borrowers and Administrative Agent and Borrowers and the Arranger in separate fee letter agreements.
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. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Alternative Base Rate is determined by MUFGβs βprime rateβ or the Federal Funds Rate shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year) or, in the case of interest in respect of Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies as to which market practice differs from the foregoing, in accordance with such market practice. Interest shall accrue on each Loan from and including the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 3.04, bear interest for one day. All interest hereunder on any Loan shall be computed on a daily basis based on upon the outstanding principal amount of such Loan as of the applicable date of determination.
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. So long as (x) no Event of Default or Default has occurred and is continuing on the date on which notice is given in accordance with the following clause (a) or on the Stated Maturity Date and (y) the representations and warranties contained in Section 7 or in any other Loan Document are true and correct in all material respects (without duplication of any materiality qualifications) on and as of the date on which notice is given in accordance with the following clause (a) and on the Stated Maturity Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they were true and correct in all material respects (without duplication of any materiality qualifications) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.18, the representations and warranties contained in Section 7.07 are hereby deemed to refer to the most recent financial statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 8.01, the Borrowers may request to extend the Stated Maturity Date to a Business Day that is not later than 126 months after the then-effective Stated Maturity Date, no more than one time, upon: (a) delivery of a Facility Extension Request to Administrative Agent at least 30 days, but no more than 90 days, prior to the Stated Maturity Date then in effect or such shorter time period as Administrative Agent may agree; (b) payment to Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders of a facility extension fee equal to 2511.67 basis points on the then-existing Maximum Commitment; and (c) payment by the Borrowers of all fees to Administrative Agent and the Lenders to the extent then due; and (d) consent of the extending Lenders. Administrative Agent agrees to deliver written confirmation of any extension to the Borrowers.
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. Any Lender may request that the Loans to be made by such Lender to the Borrower Parties hereunder shall be evidenced by promissory notes. If so requested, the Notes shall: (a)(i) if payable to the Administrative Agent, collectively be in the amount of the Maximum Commitment or (ii) if payable to a Lender, be in the amount of aggregate Commitments of the applicable Lender; (b)(i) except as provided in the penultimate sentence of this Section 3.01, be payable to Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or their registered assigns at the principal office of Administrative Agent or (ii) if requested at such times as there is only one Lender, such Lender or such other administrator or trustee for such Lender as such Lender may designate (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns); (c) bear interest in accordance with Section 2.05; (d) be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (with blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith); and (e) be made by the appropriate Borrower Party. The Loans to be made by Lenders to Qualified Borrowers hereunder shall be evidenced by a promissory note of each such Qualified Borrower. Each Qualified Borrower Promissory Note shall (A) be in the amount of the Loans to be advanced to such Qualified Borrower; (B)(i) be payable to Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or their registered assigns, at the principal office of Administrative Agent or (ii) if requested at such times as there is only one Lender, such Lender or such other administrator or trustee for such Lender as such Lender may designate in writing (or, if requested by such Lender in writing, to such Lender and its registered assigns); (C) bear interest in accordance with Section 2.05; (D) be substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto (with blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith); and (E) be duly executed by such Qualified Borrower. Each Borrower Party agrees, from time to time, upon the request of Administrative Agent, to reissue new Notes to Administrative Agent (or such Lender in accordance with the next sentence and Section 12.11) in substitution for the Note previously issued by such Borrower Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Borrower Party agrees, from time to time upon the request of any Lender, to issue a separate Note to such Lender in the amount of that Xxxxxxβs Commitments and, if necessary, issue a replacement Note to Administrative Agent and each applicable Lender, such that all Notes then outstanding collectively provide for the Maximum Commitment. Any issuance of a Note to a Lender shall be pursuant to this Section 3.01.
. The principal amount of the Obligations outstanding on the Maturity Date, together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon, shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date.
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. Any Borrower Party may, upon delivery of a Repayment Notice to the Administrative Agent which may be conditioned upon the occurrence of a financing or other event, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that: (a) such Repayment Notice must be received by Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m.: (i) two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Term SOFR Loans; (ii) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (iii) five Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Daily XXXXX Loans; and (iv) four Business Days prior to the date of prepayment of Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans; and (b) any prepayment of Loans shall be in a Dollar Equivalent principal amount of $250,000 or a whole multiple of $250,000 in excess thereof, or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such Repayment Notice shall specify the date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid. Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such Repayment Notice, and of the amount of such Lenderβs Applicable Percentage of such prepayment. If such Repayment Notice is given by a Borrower Party, such Borrower Party shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such Repayment Notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Loan shall be accompanied by (to the extent timely invoiced to the relevant Borrower) any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 4.05. Each such prepayment shall be applied to the Obligations held by each Lender in accordance with its respective share of the Type(s) of Loans to be repaid.
. So long as no Request for Credit Extension is outstanding, Borrowers may terminate the Commitments, or reduce the Maximum Commitment, by giving prior written notice, which may be conditioned upon the occurrence of a financing or other event, to the Administrative Agent of such termination or reduction three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction (which date shall be specified by Borrowers in such notice), provided that: (a) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount of $1,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; and (b) Borrowers shall not terminate or reduce the aggregate Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Principal Obligation would exceed the aggregate Commitments (except that if such Principal Obligation consists solely of Letter of Credit Obligations, the Borrower Parties may provide Cash Collateral for such Letter of Credit Obligations and terminate the aggregate Commitments).
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Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such notice of termination or reduction of the aggregate Commitments. In no event may Borrowers reduce the aggregate Commitments to $5,000,000 or less (other than by a termination of all the Commitments), except in the case that the outstanding Principal Obligation consists solely of Letter of Credit Obligations, in which case the Borrower Parties may reduce the aggregate Commitments to the amount of Letter of Credit Obligations outstanding. Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages, unless each Lender shall agree otherwise. All fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the aggregate Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination. Promptly after receipt of any notice of reduction or termination, Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the same.
. Each Lender may: (a) designate its principal office or a branch, subsidiary or Affiliate of such Lender as its Lending Office (and the office to whose accounts payments are to be credited) for any Loan; and (b) change its Lending Office from time to time by notice to Administrative Agent and Borrowers. In such event, the Lender shall continue to hold the Note, if any, evidencing its loans for the benefit and account of such branch, subsidiary or Affiliate. Each Lender shall be entitled to fund all or any portion of its Commitment in any manner it deems appropriate, consistent with the provisions of Section 2.04, but for the purposes of this Credit Agreement such Lender shall, regardless of such Lenderβs actual means of funding, be deemed to have funded its Commitment in accordance with the Interest Option selected from time to time by the Borrower Parties for such Borrowing.
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Each Recipient agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered pursuant to this Section 4.01 expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify Borrower Parties and Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
. If any Funding Party determines in its reasonable judgment that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Funding Party or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund any Credit Extension whose interest is determined by reference to any Alternative Currency Term Rate, XXXXX, SOFR, Term SOFR or Daily XXXXX, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon any Alternative Currency Term Rate, XXXXX, SOFR, Term SOFR or Daily XXXXX, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Funding Party to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars or any Alternative Currency in the applicable offshore interbank market, on notice thereof by such Funding Party to Borrower Parties or the Administrative Agent: (a) any obligation of such Funding Party to make or continue Credit Extensions accruing interest at SOFR, Term SOFR, an Alternative Currency Term Rate or Daily XXXXX, as applicable, in the affected currency or currencies or to convert any portion of Loans accruing interest at the Alternative Base Rate to a portion of Loans accruing interest at SOFR, Term SOFR, an Alternative Currency Term
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Rate or Daily XXXXX, as applicable, shall be suspended; and (b) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Funding Party making or maintaining Base Rate Loans for which the interest rate is determined by reference to SOFR component of the Alternative Base Rate, the interest rate for Base Rate Loans made by such Funding Party shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by Administrative Agent without reference to the SOFR component of the Alternative Base Rate, in each case until such Funding Party notifies the Administrative Agent and Borrower Parties that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist (which it agrees to do promptly upon becoming aware that such conditions cease to exist). Upon receipt of such notice: (i) the applicable Borrower Party shall, upon demand from such Funding Party (with a copy to Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all applicable Loans to Base Rate Loans (with an interest rate that shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by Administrative Agent without reference to the SOFR component of the Alternative Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Funding Party may lawfully continue to maintain such Loans to such day, or, if such Funding Party may not lawfully continue to maintain such Loans immediately; and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Funding Party determining or charging interest rates based upon SOFR, Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Alternative Base Rate applicable to such Funding Party without reference to the SOFR component thereof until Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Funding Party that it is no longer illegal for such Funding Party to determine or charge interest rates based upon SOFR. Each Funding Party agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Funding Party, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Funding Party.
thereafter (i) the obligation of the Funding Party, as applicable, to make or maintain such Loans, as applicable, in the affected currency or currencies shall be suspended, and (ii) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the SOFR component of the Alternative Base Rate, the utilization of the SOFR component in determining the Alternative Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until Administrative
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Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice (which it agrees to do promptly upon becoming aware that such conditions cease to exist). Upon receipt of such notice, any Borrower Party may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term SOFR Loans, Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans or Daily XXXXX Loans, as applicable, in the affected currency or currencies or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, without reference to SOFR, in the amount specified therein.
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Funding Party of making, funding or maintaining any Loan, or to increase the cost to such Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer, the applicable Borrower Parties will pay to such Lender of the Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered; provided that such compensation for additional costs incurred or reduction suffered by such Funding Party because of a Change in Law may only be requested by a Funding Party imposing such increased costs on borrowers similarly situated to the Borrower Parties under credit facilities comparable to those provided for herein.
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. Upon demand of any Funding Party (with a copy to Administrative Agent) from time to time, each applicable Borrower Party shall promptly compensate such Funding Party for and hold such Funding Party harmless from any loss, cost or expense (but excluding lost profits) reasonably incurred by it as a result of:
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including any foreign exchange losses and any loss or expense, either directly or indirectly, arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan (including funds obtained by issuing commercial paper or promissory notes or obtaining deposits or loans from third parties) or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained or from the performance of any foreign exchange contract.
For purposes of calculating amounts payable by any Borrower Party to any applicable Funding Party under this Section 4.05, each applicable Funding Party shall be deemed to have funded each Term SOFR Loan or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, as applicable, made by it at the applicable rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Loan was in fact so funded. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no compensation shall be payable under this Section 4.05 with respect to any voluntary prepayment permitted pursuant to Section 3.06 to the extent such compensation resulting from such voluntary prepayment and otherwise payable to any individual Lender does not exceed $250.
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. To secure performance by the Borrower Parties of the payment and performance of the Obligations: (a) each Borrower shall grant to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected, first priority security interest and Lien in and to its Collateral Accounts, including but not limited to any and all funds and financial assets (including all cash and Permitted Investments, but not including any Portfolio Investments) pursuant to each Assignment of Capital Contribution Account and each Account Control Agreement for the Collateral Accounts, in each case subject only to Permitted Liens; and (b) each Borrower and each Managing Entity, to the extent of their respective interests therein, shall grant to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected, first priority security interest and Lien in and to the Capital Calls, Capital Commitments, and Capital Contributions, including, without limitation, any rights to make Capital Calls, receive payment of Capital Contributions and enforce the payment thereof pursuant to a Security Agreement or any guarantees thereof now existing or hereafter arising, in each case subject only to Permitted Liens (the collateral in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 5.01 being (except as otherwise set forth below), collectively, the βCollateralβ). In order to secure further the payment and performance of the Obligations and to effect and facilitate the Administrative Agentβs and Secured Partiesβ right of setoff, each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints Administrative Agent as subscription agent and attorney-in-fact entitled, in the name of such Borrower upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default (but subject to Section 10.03), to make any Capital Calls upon the Investors pursuant to (and to the extent permitted by) the terms of the applicable Subscription Agreements and the applicable Governing Agreement. The foregoing power of attorney is a continuing power and is coupled with an interest.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term βCollateralβ shall not include (i) any ERISA Investor Excluded Items if such provision of such ERISA Investor Excluded Item or the exercise of remedies with respect to such ERISA Investor Excluded Item would be a non-exempt prohibited transaction for purposes of Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code or other applicable law, (ii) the Capital Commitments or any assets, interests, rights or obligations of the GS Persons, if any, unless so elected by the Borrower Parties in their sole discretion, (iii) any Portfolio Investments, and (iv) any funds properly withdrawn from a Collateral Account (or that could be withdrawn pursuant to the Credit Agreement if deposited or credited to a Collateral Account) to the extent used, pursuant to the terms of the related Governing Agreements, to purchase Portfolio Investments (other than Permitted Investments deposited in or credited to such account), to make payments to Investors in accordance with the terms hereof or for any other purpose permitted under the Governing Agreements and this Credit Agreement, and the proceeds of such withdrawn funds; provided, however, Administrative Agent may issue Capital Calls on all Investors (including all Prohibited Persons) in exercising remedies under Section 10.02 or any other Loan Document and to the extent necessary to comply with any pro rata drawdown requirements set forth in the applicable Governing Agreement.
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. Each Borrower and each Managing Entity shall deliver such security agreements, account control agreements, financing statements, assignments, and other collateral documents (all of which shall be deemed part of the βCollateral Documentsβ), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, as Administrative Agent may reasonably request from time to time to the extent necessary for granting to, or maintaining or perfecting in favor of itself and Secured Parties, first priority security interest (in each case subject to Permitted Liens) in any of the Collateral, together with assurances of due recording and documentation of the Collateral Documents or copies thereof, as Administrative Agent may reasonably require to avoid material impairment of the liens and security interests granted or purported to be granted pursuant to this Section 4.08(a).
. After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, no Borrower Party shall make any payments or advances of any kind, directly or indirectly, on any debts and liabilities to any other Borrower Party whether now existing or hereafter arising and whether direct, indirect, several, joint and several, or otherwise, and howsoever evidenced or created (collectively, the βOther Claimsβ); provided, however, that a Borrower Party may make payment to the Investment Manager and its respective Affiliates for any accrued management fees, incentive fees or other similar fees or compensation due and owing pursuant to the applicable Constituent Document so long as (a) such fees are paid from monies or sums not constituting any part of the Collateral and (b) neither the Investment Manager nor its Affiliates are in default with respect to their obligations to fund Capital Contributions. All Other Claims, together with all liens, security interests, and all other encumbrances or charges on assets securing the payment of all or any portion of the Other Claims shall at all times during the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default be subordinated to and inferior in right and in payment to the Obligations and all liens, security interests, and all other encumbrances or charges on assets securing all or any portion of the Obligations, and each Borrower Party agrees to take such actions as are necessary to provide for such subordination between it and any other Borrower Party, inter se, including but not limited to including provisions for such subordination in the documents evidencing the Other Claims.
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. The obligation of each Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer to make its initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to the conditions precedent that Administrative Agent shall have received, on or before the Closing Date, the following:
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Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 11.03 and for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 6.01, each Lender and the Administrative Agent that has signed this Credit 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 or satisfactory to a Lender or Administrative Agent unless Administrative Agent (or in the case of the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers) shall have received notice from such Lender or Administrative Agent prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
. The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension (other than a Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type of Loan, or a continuation of a Term SOFR Loan or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan) is subject to the following conditions precedent that:
Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type of Loan, or a continuation of a Term SOFR Loan or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan) submitted by a Borrower Party shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 6.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.
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. The obligation of each Lender to advance a Loan to a Qualified Borrower or to cause the issuance of a Letter of Credit for a Qualified Borrower is subject to the conditions that:
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. To induce Xxxxxxx to make the Loans and cause the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder, each Borrower Party, as applicable, represents and warrants to Secured Parties that:
. Initial Borrower is a limited liability company duly formed and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Each Borrower has the requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, and is qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where the nature of the business conducted or the property owned or leased by it requires such qualification except where the failure to be so qualified to do business would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
. Each Managing Entity has the requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, and is qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where the nature of the business conducted or the property owned or leased requires such qualification except where the failure to be so qualified to do business would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
. Each Borrower Party and each Managing Entity has the partnership, limited liability company, special limited partnership, private limited liability company or corporate power, as applicable, and requisite authority to execute, deliver, and perform its respective obligations under this Credit Agreement, the Notes, and the other Loan Documents to be executed by it. Each Borrower Party and each Managing Entity is duly authorized to, and has taken all partnership, limited liability company, special limited partnership, private limited liability company and corporate action, as applicable, necessary to authorize each of them to execute, deliver, and perform its respective obligations under this Credit Agreement, the Notes, and such other Loan Documents and are and will continue to be duly authorized to perform its respective obligations under this Credit Agreement, the Notes, and such other Loan Documents.
. None of the execution and delivery of this Credit Agreement, the Notes, or the other Loan Documents (or any other report, financial statement, notice or certificate in connection herewith or therewith), the consummation of any of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, or the compliance with the terms and provisions hereof or with the terms and provisions thereof, will contravene or conflict with (i) any provision of their Constituent Documents in any material respect, (ii) any law, statute, or regulation to which any Borrower Party or any Managing Entity is subject, (iii) any judgment, license, order, or permit applicable to any Borrower Party or any Managing Entity or (iv) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, or other agreement or instrument to which any Borrower Party or any Managing Entity is a party or by which any Borrower Party or any Managing Entity may be bound, or to which any Borrower Party or any Managing Entity may be subject, except in the case of clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv), those that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No consent, approval, authorization, or order of any court or Governmental Authority or consent of any third party is required in connection with the execution and delivery by any Borrower Party or any Managing Entity of the Loan Documents, or any other report, financial statement, notice or certificate delivered in connection herewith or therewith, or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except those that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect if not obtained.
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. This Credit Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party are the legal and binding obligations of each Borrower Party, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to Debtor Relief Laws and equitable principles.
. The Collateral Documents create, as security for the Obligations, valid and enforceable first priority security interests in and Liens on all of the Collateral in which any Borrower Party or any Managing Entity has any right, title or interest, in favor of Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, subject to no other Liens other than Permitted Liens, except as enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws and equitable principles.
. Each Borrower Party has delivered to Administrative Agent: the most-recently available copies of the financial statements and reports described in Section 8.01. Such statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of such Borrower Party as of the applicable date of such financial statements, and have been prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, except as provided therein.
. There is no material fact actually known to a Responsible Officer of a Borrower Party that any Borrower Party or any Managing Entity has not disclosed to Administrative Agent in writing (other than information of a general industry or economic nature) which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The information heretofore furnished by any Borrower Party or any Managing Entity in connection with, or pursuant to, this Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, including any reports, notices or certificates provided in connection herewith or therewith, or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby (taken as a whole) does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact on the date as of which such information is stated or deemed stated that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Such written information may include certain forward-looking statements and projections (the βProjectionsβ) which reflect various estimates and assumptions by the Borrower Parties concerning anticipated results. The Borrower Parties do not make any representations or warranties as to the accuracy of any such Projections which may be furnished in any written information.
. Except as disclosed to the Administrative Agent in writing, no event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes an Event of Default or, to the knowledge of a Responsible Officer, a Default.
. There are no actions, suits, investigations or legal, equitable, arbitration or administrative proceedings pending, or, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of any Borrower Party or any Managing Entity, threatened, against any Borrower Party or any Managing Entity that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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. No changes to any Borrower Party or any Managing Entity have occurred since the date of the most recent audited financial statements of the Borrower Parties delivered to Lenders which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
. To the extent that failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, all Tax returns required to be filed by any Borrower Party in any jurisdiction have been filed, subject to any applicable extensions without penalty, and all Taxes shown thereon have been paid prior to the time that such Taxes could give rise to a lien thereon, other than Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves have been established. There is no proposed Tax assessment against any Borrower Party (or any basis for such Tax assessment) which is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
. The jurisdiction of formation of each Borrower and Managing Entity is the State of Delaware. The principal office, chief executive office and principal place of business of each Borrower and each Managing Entity is set forth on Schedule 12.07 (as such Schedule may be modified by the relevant Borrower Party from time to time by notice to the Administrative Agent).
. Each Borrower Party is, to the knowledge of its Responsible Officers, in compliance in all respects with all laws, rules, regulations, orders, and decrees which are applicable to such Borrower Party or its properties, including, without limitation, Environmental Laws, to the extent failure to comply could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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. No Borrower Party: (a) has received any notice or other communication or otherwise learned of any Environmental Liability which would individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect arising in connection with: (i) any non-compliance with or violation of the requirements of any Environmental Law by a Borrower Party, or any permit issued under any Environmental Law to such Borrower Party; or (ii) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material into the environment; and (b) to the knowledge of its Responsible Officers, has threatened or actual liability in connection with the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material into the environment which would individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
. As of the date hereof, no Borrower Party nor any Managing Entity is an βexecutive officer,β βdirector,β or βperson who directly or indirectly or acting through or in concert with one or more persons owns, controls, or has the power to vote more than 10% of any class of voting securitiesβ (as those terms are defined in 12 U.S.C. Β§375b or in regulations promulgated pursuant thereto) of any Lender, of a Bank Holding Company of which any Lender is a subsidiary, or of any subsidiary, of a Bank Holding Company of which any Lender is a subsidiary, of any bank at which any Lender maintains a correspondent account, or of any bank which maintains a correspondent account with any Lender.
. The (a) names of the Institutional Investors are correctly set forth in the most recently delivered Borrowing Base Certificate and (b) PWM Investors have been identified by number only on the most recently delivered Borrowing Base Certificate, and the Capital Commitment of each Investor is set forth on Schedule I thereto. No Capital Calls have been delivered to any Investor other than any that have been disclosed to the Administrative Agent in writing.
. To the actual knowledge of the Responsible Officers of each Borrower and each Managing Entity, no Investor is in default under the applicable Governing Agreement or its Subscription Agreement except as otherwise disclosed in writing to Administrative Agent as and to the extent required by Section 8.01. In connection with each Capital Call, each Borrower has satisfied or will satisfy all conditions to its rights to make a Capital Call, including any and all conditions contained in its Constituent Documents, the Subscription Agreements or any Side Letter. Initial Borrowerβs first Capital Call occurred on April 26, 2019.
. The fiscal year of each Borrower Party and each Managing Entity is the calendar year, except as it may be changed in compliance with Section 9.03.
. Neither any Borrower Party nor any Managing Entity is an βinvestment companyβ within the meaning of the Investment Company Act, but the Initial Borrower has elected or may elect to be treated as a business development company under Section 54 of the Investment Company Act and to be subject to applicable provisions of the Investment Company Act.
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. No Borrower Party is engaged or will engage principally or as one of its important activities in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock. Following the application of the proceeds of each Borrowing or drawing under each Letter of Credit, not more than 25% of the value of the assets (either a Borrower Party only or of such Borrower Party and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) will be Margin Stock.
. No Responsible Officer of any Borrower Party has actual knowledge of any default or circumstance which with the passage of time and/or giving of notice, could constitute an event of default under the Governing Agreements, any Subscription Agreement or Side Letter which would constitute a defense to the obligations of the Investors to make Capital Contributions pursuant to a Capital Call to the applicable Borrower in accordance with the Subscription Agreements or the Governing Agreements, and no Responsible Officer of any Borrower Party has actual knowledge of any claims of offset or any other claims of the Investors against such Borrower or its Managing Entity which would or could materially and adversely affect the obligations of the Investors to make Capital Contributions and fund Capital Calls in accordance with the Subscription Agreements (and any related Side Letters) or the Governing Agreements, in each case except as disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent.
. No Investor is permitted to withdraw its interest in a Borrower without the prior approval of the applicable Managing Entity or, in the case of Initial Borrower or any other Borrower with no Managing Entity, Initial Borrower or such other Borrower, except as set forth in Section 9.05 hereof and permitted by the applicable Governing Agreement.
. Borrowers, taken as a whole, are Solvent.
. No Borrower Party is a Sanctioned Person or is a Person with whom dealings are prohibited under any OFAC regulations. No Investor is a Sanctioned Person or is a Person with whom dealings are prohibited under any OFAC regulations.
. The Borrower Parties and their Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions, and have instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws. Each Borrower Party is subject to policies and procedures which are reasonably designed to comply with all applicable United States anti-money laundering laws and regulations and OFAC regulations, including, without limitation, applicable provisions of the Patriot Act (βKYC Complianceβ). To the actual knowledge of any Responsible Officer of such Borrower Party, no Investorβs funds used in connection with this transaction are derived from illegal activities.
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. No PWM Investor has entered into any Side Letter with any Borrower or any Managing Entity, except as copies (with names and other identifying information of PWM Investors redacted) of the same have been provided to Administrative Agent.
. No Borrower Party is an Affected Financial Institution.
. As of the Closing Date or the effective date of any joinder by a Qualified Borrower pursuant to Section 6.03, as applicable, the information included in each Beneficial Ownership Certification, if applicable, is true and correct in all respects.
. So long as Lenders have any Commitment to lend hereunder or to cause the issuance of any Letters of Credit hereunder, and until payment in full of the Notes and the performance in full of the Obligations under this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (other than contingent indemnities), the Borrower Parties and the Managing Entities, as applicable, each agrees that, unless Administrative Agent shall otherwise consent in writing based upon the approval of the Required Lenders (unless the approval of Administrative Agent alone or a different number of Lenders is expressly permitted below):
. Each Borrower, as applicable, shall deliver to Administrative Agent sufficient copies for each Lender of the following:
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. Each Borrower Party will pay and discharge all taxes, assessments, and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it, upon its income or profits, or upon any property belonging to it before delinquent, if such failure to do so would have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that no Borrower Party shall be required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge or levy if and so long as the amount, applicability or validity thereof shall currently be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and appropriate reserves therefor have been established.
. Each Borrower Party and each Managing Entity will preserve and maintain its existence. Each Borrower Party shall further preserve and maintain all of its rights, privileges, and franchises necessary in the normal conduct of its business and in accordance with all valid regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority the failure of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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. Each Borrower Party and each Managing Entity will furnish to Administrative Agent, promptly upon a Responsible Officerβs actual knowledge of the existence of any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or a Default, a written notice specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and the action which the Borrower Parties or the Managing Entities are taking or propose to take with respect thereto.
. Each Borrower Party will, promptly upon a Responsible Officerβs actual knowledge thereof, notify Administrative Agent of any of the following events that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect: (a) any change in the financial condition or business of such Borrower Party or its Managing Entity; (b) any default under any material agreement, contract, or other instrument to which such Borrower Party is a party or by which any of its properties are bound, or any acceleration of the maturity of any material indebtedness owing by such Borrower Party; (c) any material uninsured claim against or affecting such Borrower Party or any of its properties; (d) the commencement of, and any material determination in, any litigation with any third party or any proceeding before any Governmental Authority affecting such Borrower Party; (e) any Environmental Complaint or any claim, demand, action, event, condition, report or investigation indicating any potential or actual liability arising in connection with: (i) the non-compliance with or violation of the requirements of any Environmental Law or any permit issued under any Environmental Law; or (ii) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material into the environment; (f) the existence of any Environmental Lien on any Properties or assets of such Borrower Party; (g) any material remedial action taken by any Borrower Party in response to any order, consent decree or judgment of any Governmental Authority or any Environmental Liability; or (h) the listing of any of such Borrower Partyβs Properties on SEMS to the extent that such Borrower Party obtains knowledge of such listing.
. Unless otherwise approved in accordance with the terms of this Credit Agreement (which approval, by such terms, may require more or fewer Lenders than the Required Lenders), each Borrower Party and each Managing Entity will promptly comply in all material respects with any and all covenants and provisions of its Constituent Documents. Each Borrower will use the proceeds of any Capital Calls only for such purposes as are permitted by its Constituent Documents.
. Following five Business Daysβ prior written notice, each Borrower Party will, and will cause each other Borrower Party to (at the expense of the applicable Borrower Party) at reasonable intervals will give any representative of Administrative Agent access during all business hours to, and permit their representatives to examine, copy, or make excerpts from, any and all books, records, and documents in the possession of such Borrower Party and relating to its affairs, and to inspect any of the properties of such Borrower Party, subject to compliance with Section 12.18; provided that, so long as no Event of Default or Default has occurred and is continuing, such inspection right shall be limited to once per each 12-month period.
. Each Borrower Party and each Managing Entity will comply in all material respects with all laws, rules, regulations and all orders of any Governmental Authority, including Environmental Laws and ERISA, except where non-compliance would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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. Each Borrower Party will maintain insurance of such types (if any) and amounts, as are consistent with customary practices and standards of the industry in which they operate, except to the extent and the failure of which to maintain such insurance would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
. Each Borrower Party and each Managing Entity will promptly obtain, from time to time at its own expense, all such governmental licenses, authorizations, consents, permits and approvals as may be required to enable such Borrower Party and such Managing Entity to comply in all material respects with their respective obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the Subscription Agreements and their respective Constituent Documents.
. Each Borrower Party and each Managing Entity shall perform all such acts and execute all such documents as Administrative Agent may reasonably request in order to enable the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties to file, and record every instrument that Administrative Agent may deem necessary in its reasonable judgment in order to perfect and maintain the Administrative Agentβs liens and security interests in the Collateral, and otherwise to preserve and protect the rights of Secured Parties in respect of the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby.
. Each Borrower Party and each Managing Entity will make, execute or endorse, and acknowledge and deliver or file or cause the same to be done, all such notices, certifications, and additional agreements, undertakings, conveyances, transfers, assignments, financing statements or other assurances, and take any and all such other action, as Administrative Agent may, from time to time, reasonably deem necessary in connection with this Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the obligations of the Borrower Parties hereunder or thereunder, for better assuring and confirming unto the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties all or any part of the security for any of such obligations anticipated herein.
. Borrowers (taken as a whole) shall be Solvent.
. Each Borrower Party will conduct its businesses in compliance with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions and maintain or be subject to policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws. In the event that pursuant to such policies and procedures or otherwise, a Responsible Officer of a Borrower Party obtains actual knowledge that an Investor is a Sanctioned Person or is a Person with whom dealings are prohibited under any OFAC regulations, then the Borrower Parties will comply with all Laws, including but not limited to OFAC requirements, with respect to such Investor.
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. The covenants and agreements of Qualified Borrowers hereunder shall be binding and effective with respect to a Qualified Borrower upon and after the execution and delivery of a Qualified Borrower Promissory Note by such Qualified Borrower. If a Qualified Borrower has no Obligations outstanding, such Qualified Borrower shall be permitted to withdraw from this Credit Agreement as a Qualified Borrower upon 10 days advance written notice to Administrative Agent, whereupon such Qualified Borrower shall have no further obligations under this Credit Agreement (except as set forth in the last sentence of this Section 8.15). Upon the request of such withdrawing Qualified Borrower, Administrative Agent will return or destroy any Qualified Borrower Promissory Note issued by such Qualified Borrower. Notwithstanding any withdrawal by a Qualified Borrower, such Qualified Borrower (and the applicable Borrower pursuant to the applicable Borrower Guaranty) shall remain liable for any amounts due to the Secured Parties pursuant to Sections 4 and 12.06 from such Qualified Borrower, which provisions shall survive any withdrawal by a Qualified Borrower and the termination of this Credit Agreement.
. Initial Borrower will at all times maintain its status as a βbusiness development companyβ under the Investment Company Act.
. So long as Lenders have any Commitment to lend hereunder or to cause the issuance of any Letter of Credit hereunder, and until payment and performance in full of the Obligations under this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (other than contingent indemnities), each Borrower Party and each Managing Entity, as applicable, agrees that, without the written consent of Administrative Agent, based upon the approval of Required Lenders (unless the approval of Administrative Agent alone or a different number of Lenders is expressly permitted below):
. No Borrower Party will merge or consolidate (including by way of Division) with or into any Person, unless such Borrower Party is the surviving entity, provided, however, that if any such merger or consolidation involves two or more Borrower Parties and/or any Managing Entity, such merger or consolidation shall not be consummated without prior confirmation from Administrative Agent that its Liens in the Collateral, after giving effect to such merger or consolidation, have been preserved, or receipt by Administrative Agent of documentation it reasonably requires to so preserve such Liens. Neither any Borrower Party nor any Managing Entity will take any action to dissolve, terminate, wind up, liquidate, merge or consolidate such Borrower Party or such Managing Entity, including any action to sell or dispose of in a single transaction or series of related transactions all or substantially all of the property of such Borrower Party or such Managing Entity.
. Without the approval of all Lenders, no Borrower nor any Managing Entity will create or suffer to exist any Lien upon the Collateral, other than (i) Permitted Liens, and (ii) a first priority security interest in and upon the Collateral to Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties. For the avoidance of doubt, Portfolio Investments are not part of the Collateral, and the Borrower Parties are not restricted hereby from granting Liens thereon.
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. Without the prior notice to Administrative Agent, no Borrower Party will change its fiscal year or change in any material respect its method of accounting other than in accordance with the terms of the applicable Governing Agreement.
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. No Borrower nor any Managing Entity shall: (a) cancel, suspend, reduce, excuse, reallocate, defer or xxxxx the Capital Commitment of any Investor (except in the case of (x) the release of the Capital Commitment of transferors of interests in such Borrower in connection with transfers between Investors permitted (or consented to) under this Credit Agreement, or (y) one or more Investors with aggregate Capital Commitments not to exceed five percent (5%) of the aggregate Capital Commitments of all Investors; provided that an updated Borrowing Base Certificate is provided within three (3) Business Days of such action and compliance with the requirements applicable to any resulting Mandatory Prepayment Event); and (b)(i) issue any Capital Calls other than as contemplated by Section 8.01(g); and (ii) excuse any Investor from or permit any Investor to defer any Capital Contribution, if the proceeds from the related Capital Call are to be applied to the Obligations hereunder. No Investor is permitted to withdraw its interest in a Borrower except in accordance with the terms of the applicable Governing Agreement.
. No Borrower Party shall establish or maintain any Plan. Without the approval of all Lenders, no Borrower Party will take any action that would cause its underlying assets to otherwise constitute the assets of an ERISA Investor.
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. (a) No Borrower Party shall incur any indebtedness (as such term is used in the applicable Constituent Documents) to the extent it would violate its respective Constituent Documents as in effect on the Closing Date (or as amended in accordance with Section 9.04) or the leverage requirements applicable to a βbusiness development companyβ under Sections 18 and 61 of the Investment Company Act; and (b) except as permitted in Section 9.02, no Borrower Party may incur any Indebtedness secured by the Collateral. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall permit (i) accrued management, incentive and other fees, (ii) obligations under Swap Contracts not entered into for speculative purposes, (iii) commitments to purchase or make Portfolio Investments and any commitment or incurrence of any deferred purchase or acquisition price in connection with, Portfolio Investments (including by way of any equity commitment) and (iv) Guaranty Obligations incurred under or arising in connection with Portfolio Investments.
. No Managing Entity shall create or suffer to exist any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon its respective Ownership Interest in any Borrower, nor shall any Managing Entity engage in any material activities or operate any other business other than in connection with serving as Managing Entity of the applicable Borrower or as a managing entity of affiliates of a Borrower (to the extent permitted in the applicable Constituent Documents). No Managing Entity will delegate or assign: (a)(i) any of its rights to issue Capital Calls, (ii) any of its rights to require that the Investors make Capital Contributions or (iii) any other right or remedy relating to the Collateral hereunder (including enforcement of the Investorsβ obligations to make Capital Contributions in accordance with the applicable Governing Agreement) or (b) any of its rights to consent to the transfer by any Investor of its Ownership Interest in a Borrower.
. No Borrower Party shall to the knowledge of its Responsible Officers permit any Loan or the proceeds of any Credit Extension: (a) to be lent, contributed or otherwise made available to fund any activity or business in any Designated Jurisdiction; (b) to fund any activity or business of any Sanctioned Person or any Person located, organized, formed, incorporated or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction or who is the subject of any Sanctions; or (c) in any other manner that will result in any material violation by any Person (including any Lender, Arranger, Letter of Credit Issuer or Administrative Agent) of any Sanctions.
. No Borrower shall reinvest current cash flow from Portfolio Investments and/or net proceeds from Portfolio Investment dispositions into another Portfolio Investment (other than cash or cash equivalents) if such reinvestment would reduce the Unfunded Commitment of any Investor and cause a Mandatory Prepayment Event, unless with respect to this Section 9.12, prior to such reinvestment, the Borrowers shall make any prepayment required as a result of a resulting Mandatory Prepayment Event.
. An βEvent of Defaultβ shall exist if any one or more of the following events shall occur and be continuing:
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. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, then Administrative Agent may, and, upon the direction of the Required Lenders, shall: (a) suspend the Commitments of Lenders and any obligation of the Letter of Credit Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions until such Event of Default is cured; (b) terminate the Commitment of Lenders and any obligation of the Letter of Credit Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions hereunder; (c) 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 (including the liability to fund the Letter of Credit Obligations hereunder), whereupon the same shall forthwith become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest, notice of default, notice of acceleration, or of intention to accelerate or other notice of any kind all of which each Borrower Party hereby expressly waives, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding; (d) require that each Borrower Party Cash Collateralize its respective Letter of Credit Obligations (in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount with respect thereto); (e) cause the Managing Entities to notify the Investors to make Capital Calls in an amount equal to the Obligations as contemplated in Section 10.03; (f) subject to Section 10.03, exercise any right, privilege, or power set forth in the Loan Documents, including, but not limited to, the initiation of Capital Calls of the Capital Commitments (except to the extent a non-exempt βprohibited transactionβ under ERISA would result therefrom); (g) subject to Section 10.03, notify any or all parties obligated to a Borrower with respect to the Capital Commitments to make all payments due or to become due thereon to the Collateral Accounts or directly to Administrative Agent on behalf of Secured Parties, at a different account number; or (h) subject to the last sentence of the last paragraph of this Section, without notice of default or demand, pursue and enforce any of Administrative Agentβs or Secured Partiesβ rights and remedies under the Loan Documents, or otherwise provided under or pursuant to any applicable law or agreement (except to the extent a non-exempt βprohibited transactionβ under ERISA would result therefrom); provided, however, that if any Event of Default specified in Section 10.01(g) or Section 10.01(h) shall occur, the obligation of
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each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the Letter of Credit Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions 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, and the obligation of the Borrower Parties to Cash Collateralize the Letter of Credit Obligations as aforesaid with automatically then become effective, in case without further act of Administrative Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer or any Lender, and without presentment, demand, protest, notice of default, notice of acceleration, or of intention to accelerate or other notice of any kind, all of which each Borrower Party hereby expressly waives.
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. Should any Borrower Party fail to perform any covenant, duty, or agreement contained herein or in any of the Loan Documents, and such failure continues beyond any applicable cure period, Administrative Agent may (subject to Section 10.03), but shall not be obligated to, perform or attempt to perform such covenant, duty, or agreement on behalf of such Person. In such event, each Borrower Party shall, at the request of Administrative Agent promptly pay any amount expended by Administrative Agent in such performance or attempted performance to Administrative Agent at Administrative Agentβs Office, together with interest thereon at the Default Rate from the date of such expenditure until paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is expressly understood that neither any Agent nor any of the other Secured Parties assume any liability or responsibility for the performance of any duties of any Borrower Party, or any related Person hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents or other control over the management and affairs of any Borrower Party, or any related Person, nor by any such action shall any Agent or Secured Parties be deemed to create a partnership arrangement with any Borrower Party or any related Person.
. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 10.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the Letter of Credit Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 10.02), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.14, be applied by 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 Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Section 4) payable to 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, interest and Letter of Credit Fees) payable to the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuer (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuer and amounts payable under Section 4), ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
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Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees and unpaid interest on the Loans, L/C Borrowings and other Obligations, ratably among the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuer in proportion to their Applicable Percentage;
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and L/C Borrowings, ratably among the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;
Fifth, to Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer, to Cash Collateralize that portion of the Letter of Credit Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amounts of Letters of Credit to the extent not otherwise Cash Collateralized by a Borrower Party pursuant to Sections 2.07 and 2.16; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been paid in full, to Borrowers or as otherwise required by Law.
Subject to Sections 2.07(c) and 2.16, amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth above will be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount will be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.
. Each Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer (including any Person that is an assignee, participant, secured party or other transferee with respect to the interest of such Lender in any Principal Obligation or otherwise under this Credit Agreement) hereby irrevocably appoints each Agent to act on its behalf hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes each Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to such Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Section 11 are solely for the benefit of Agents and the Lenders and no Borrower Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of (or obligations under) such provisions.
. The Person serving as 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 Administrative Agent and the term βLenderβ or βLendersβ shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as 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 the Borrower Party or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
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. No Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Agent:
No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it: (i) 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 Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 10.02 and 12.01); or (ii) in the absence of bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent (or any Related Parties of such Agent), as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default (except with respect to defaults in the payment of principal, interest and fees required to be paid to Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders) unless and until notice describing the same is given to such Agent by Borrowers, the Letter of Credit Issuer or a Lender.
No Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into: (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, notice or financial statement; (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith; (iii) 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 or Event of Default; (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document; or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Section 6 or elsewhere herein, other than, in the case of the Administrative Agent, to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to it.
. Each 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. Each 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
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shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer, Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer unless Administrative Agent has received notice to the contrary from such Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Borrower Party), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in good faith in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
. Each 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 such Agent. Each 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 Section shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each 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 an Agent. No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non-appealable judgment that such Agent acted with bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.
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. Each Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any 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 Credit Agreement. Each Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any 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 Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Arranger or other titled parties listed on the cover page hereof shall not have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as an Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or a Lender hereunder.
. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws relative to any Borrower Party, Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or Letter of Credit Obligations
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shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on Borrower Parties) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Secured Party any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Secured Party or to authorize Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Secured Party in any such proceeding.
. Without limiting the provisions of Section 11.09, Secured Parties irrevocably authorize Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by Administrative Agent under any Loan Document: (a) upon termination of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit prior to draws thereon (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer have been made); (b) that is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of or to be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of as part of or in connection with any sale, transfer or other disposition permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or (c) subject to Section 12.01, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders. Upon request by Administrative Agent at any time, the Secured Parties will confirm in writing Administrative Agentβs authority to release its interest in particular types or items of property pursuant to this Section 11.10.
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. Neither this Credit Agreement nor any other Loan Document, nor any of the terms hereof or thereof, may be amended, waived, discharged or terminated (other than in accordance with its terms or as otherwise set forth herein, including pursuant to Section 4.08), unless such amendment, waiver, discharge, or termination is in writing and signed by Required Lenders (and the Administrative Agent) or Administrative Agent (based upon the approval of Required Lenders), on the one hand, and Borrowers on the other hand; provided, that, if this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document specifically provides that the terms thereof may be amended, waived, discharged or terminated with the approval of Administrative Agent, acting alone, each Lender directly affected thereby, the Required Lenders or all Lenders, then such amendment, waiver, discharge or termination must be signed by Administrative Agent, each Lender directly affected thereby, the Required Lenders or all Lenders (together with the Administrative Agent), as applicable, on the one hand, and Borrowers on the other hand; provided further, that no such amendment, waiver, discharge, or termination shall, without the consent of the Administrative Agent and:
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Notwithstanding the above: (A) no provisions of Section 11 may be amended or modified without the consent of Administrative Agent; and (B) no provisions of Section 2.07 or Section 2.12 may be amended or modified without the consent of the Letter of Credit Issuer, and (C) Sections 8 and 9 specify the requirements for waivers of the affirmative covenants and negative covenants listed therein, and, as applicable, any amendment to any provision of Section 8 or 9 shall require the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that are specified therein as required for a waiver thereof.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, 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) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender; and (y) 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.
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Administrative Agent agrees that it will promptly notify the Lenders of any proposed modification, waiver or amendment to any Loan Document, and deliver drafts of such proposed modification, waiver or amendment to the Lenders, prior to the effectiveness of such proposed modification, waiver or amendment, but providing such notice (other than in order to obtain the necessary consents required above) shall not be a condition to the effectiveness of any such modification, waiver or amendment.
Notwithstanding the fact that the consent of all the Lenders is required in certain circumstances as set forth above and in Section 12: (1) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any reorganization plan that affects the Loans or the Letters of Credit, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code supersede the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein; and (2) the Required Lenders may consent to allow a Borrower Party to use cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding. Administrative Agent may, after consultation with the Borrower Parties, agree to the modification of any term of this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document to correct any printing, stenographic or clerical errors or omissions that are inconsistent with the terms hereof or to fix any obvious error or any error or omission of technical or immaterial nature.
If the Administrative Agent shall request the consent of any Lender to any amendment, change, waiver, discharge, termination, consent or exercise of rights covered by this Credit Agreement, and shall not receive such consent or denial thereof in writing within 10 Business Days of the making of such request by the Administrative Agent, such Lender shall be deemed to have given its consent to the request.
. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer and each of its respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time (but subject to Section 10.03), to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any Borrower Party against any and all of the obligations of such Borrower Party now or hereafter existing under this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer or their respective Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not Administrative Agent or such Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer or Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of such Borrower Party may be owed to a branch or office of such Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided, that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff: (a) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.14 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of Administrative Agent and the Lenders; and (b) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer agrees to notify Borrowers and 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.
. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of the Loans made by it or the participations in the Letter of
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Credit Obligations, resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Loans or participations and accrued interest and any applicable spread adjustment thereon greater than its pro-rata share thereof as provided herein, then:
Each Borrower 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 Borrower Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Borrower Party in the amount of such participation.
. To the extent that any Borrower Party makes a payment to Administrative Agent, any Lender, or the Letter of Credit Issuer, or Administrative Agent, any Lender, or the Letter of Credit Issuer 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 Administrative Agent, such Lender, or the Letter of Credit Issuer, each 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) 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) each Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer severally agrees to pay to Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by 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 applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, in the applicable currency of such recovery or payment.
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. No failure by any Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer or Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan 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 Loan Document are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Borrower 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, Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 11.02 for the benefit of all Secured Parties; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit: (a) 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) the Letter of Credit Issuer from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Letter of Credit Issuer) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents; (c) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 12.02 (subject to the terms of Sections 10.03 and 12.03); or (d) 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 Borrower 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) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 11.02; and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 11.03, 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.
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. Pursuant to Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law, the substantive laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely within such state, without regard to the choice of law principles that might otherwise apply (except to the extent the laws of another jurisdiction govern the creation, perfection, validity, or enforcement of Liens under the Collateral Documents), and the applicable federal laws of the United States of America, shall govern the validity, construction, enforcement and interpretation of this Credit Agreement and all of the other Loan Documents.
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. If any provision of this Credit Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid, or unenforceable under present or future laws effective during the term of this Credit Agreement, such provision shall be fully severable and this Credit Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this Credit Agreement, and the remaining provisions of this Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Credit Agreement, unless such continued effectiveness of this Credit Agreement, as modified, would be contrary to the basic understandings and intentions of the parties as expressed herein. If any provision of this Credit Agreement shall conflict with or be inconsistent with any provision of any of the other Loan Documents, then the terms, conditions and provisions of this Credit Agreement shall prevail.
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Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower Parties, 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 under the Loan Documents (the βParticipant Registerβ); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participantβs interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103β1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Credit Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.
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. If (i) any Funding Party requests compensation under Section 4.04, (ii) any Borrower Party is required (or is likely to be required) to pay any additional amount to any Funding Party or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Funding Party pursuant to Section 4.01, (iii) any Funding Party gives notice pursuant to Section 4.03, (iv) any Funding Party does not provide any consent requested by Borrowers pursuant to Section 12.01, or (v) any Funding Party is a Defaulting Lender (in any such case, an βAffected Funding Partyβ), then Borrowers may, at its sole expense and effort:
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A Funding Party shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Funding Party or otherwise, the circumstances entitling Borrowers to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply; or
provided that (i) Borrowers shall have paid to Administrative Agent its customary processing and recordation fee; provided, however, that Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment; (ii) such Funding Party shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest and any applicable spread adjustment thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 4.05) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest, any applicable spread adjustment and fees) or Borrowers (in the case of all other amounts); (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 4.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 4.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and (iv) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.
. Regardless of any provision contained in any of the Loan Documents, a Funding Party shall never be entitled to receive, collect or apply as interest on the Obligations any amount in excess of the Maximum Rate, and, in the event that a Funding Party ever receive, collect or apply as interest any such excess, the amount which would be excessive interest shall be deemed to be a partial prepayment of principal and treated hereunder as such; and, if the principal amount of the Obligations is paid in full, any remaining excess shall forthwith be paid to the applicable Borrower Party. In determining whether or not the interest paid or payable under any specific contingency exceeds the Maximum Rate, each Borrower Party and Funding Parties shall, to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law: (a) characterize any non-principal payment as an expense, fee or premium rather than as interest; (b) exclude voluntary prepayments
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and the effects thereof; and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate and spread, in equal parts, the total amount of interest throughout the entire contemplated term of the Obligations so that the interest rate does not exceed the Maximum Rate; provided that, if the Obligations are paid and performed in full prior to the end of the full contemplated term thereof, and if the interest received for the actual period of existence thereof exceeds the Maximum Rate, the applicable Funding Party shall refund to the applicable Borrower Party the amount of such excess or credit the amount of such excess against the principal amount of the Obligations and, in such event, Funding Parties shall not be subject to any penalties provided by any laws for contracting for, charging, taking, reserving or receiving interest in excess of the Maximum Rate. As used herein, the term βapplicable lawβ shall mean the law in effect as of the date hereof; provided, however, that in the event there is a change in the law which results in a higher permissible rate of interest, then the Loan Documents shall be governed by such new law as of its effective date.
. Section headings are for convenience of reference only and shall in no way affect the interpretation of this Credit Agreement.
. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document, report, notice, certificate 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 Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer, regardless of any investigation made by any Secured Party or on their behalf and notwithstanding that a Secured Party may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or Event of Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit remains outstanding.
. Except with respect to any expenses and direct or actual losses (as opposed to Consequential Damages) arising from any Managing Entityβs intentional misrepresentation hereunder, fraud, bad faith or willful misapplication of proceeds in contravention of this Credit Agreement, for which there shall be full recourse to such Managing Entity, none of the Investors, including the Managing Entities, shall have any personal, partnership, corporate or trust liability for the payment or performance of the Obligations. Nothing contained in this Section 12.17 or in any of the other provisions of the Loan Documents, or other reports, financial statements, notices or certificates delivered in connection herewith and therewith, shall be construed to limit, restrict, or impede the obligations, the liabilities, and indebtedness of any Borrower Party, or of any Investor to make its Capital Contributions to a Borrower in accordance with the terms of the applicable Governing Agreement and its Subscription Agreement. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 12.17, the payment and performance of the Obligations shall be fully recourse to Borrower Parties (but not the Managing Entities, except as expressly provided herein) and their respective properties and assets.
. Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed: (a) to its and its Affiliatesβ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, representatives, advisors and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors in each case on a reasonable need to know basis (it being understood that (x) the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature
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of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential and (y) the disclosing Person shall be responsible for the compliance by the foregoing Persons with this Section); (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority; (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; (d) to any other party to this Credit Agreement; (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Credit Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder; (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section to which the Borrower Parties are intended third party beneficiaries entitled to enforce such agreement, to: (i) any Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Credit Agreement; or (ii) any direct or indirect contractual counterparty or prospective counterparty (or such contractual counterpartyβs or prospective counterpartyβs professional advisor) to any credit derivative transaction relating to obligations of the Borrower Parties; (g) on a confidential basis to: (i) any Rating Agency in connection with a rating of Borrower Parties or the credit facility provided hereunder; or (ii) 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 facility provided hereunder; (h) with the consent of the applicable Borrower Party; (i) to the extent such Information: (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section; or (y) becomes available to Administrative Agent or any Lender on a non-confidential basis from a source other than a Borrower Party or another Lender; or (j) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any other similar organization or Rating Agency, commercial paper dealer first loss provider, service provider, provider of credit enhancement or liquidity to such Lender or any Person providing financing to, or holding equity interest in, such Lender, any to any officers, directors, employees, outside accountants or attorneys of any of the foregoing. For the purposes of this Section, βInformationβ means all information received from any Borrower Party relating to any Borrower Party or its business, other than any such information that is available to Administrative Agent or any Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by such Person; provided that, in the case of information received from any Borrower Party after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified in writing at the time of delivery as confidential. 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.
. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of each Borrower Party in respect of any such sum due from it to Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the βJudgment Currencyβ) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Credit Agreement (the βAgreement Currencyβ), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by Administrative Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, Administrative Agent may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to Administrative Agent from any Borrower Party in the Agreement Currency, such Borrower Party agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify Administrative Agent or the Person to whom such obligation was owing against such loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to Administrative Agent in such currency, Administrative Agent agrees to promptly return the amount of any excess to such Borrower Party (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable law).
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. Each Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer and Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Secured Party) hereby notifies Borrowers that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the βPatriot Actβ), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies Borrower Parties, which information includes the name and address of Borrower Parties and other information that will allow such Secured Party or Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify Borrower Parties in accordance with the Patriot Act. Each Borrower Party will, promptly following a request by Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or any Lender, provide all documentation and other information that Administrative Agent or such Letter of Credit Issuer or Lender requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable βknow your customerβ and antiβmoney laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
. 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 Loan Document), Borrowers and each other Borrower Party acknowledge and agree that: (a)(i) the arranging and other services regarding this Credit Agreement provided by Administrative Agent and the Arranger, are armβs-length commercial transactions between Borrowers and each other Borrower Party, on the one hand, and Administrative Agent and the Arranger, on the other hand; (ii) Borrowers and each other Borrower Party have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they have deemed appropriate; and (iii) Borrowers and each other Borrower Party are capable of evaluating, and understands and accept, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (b)(i) each of Administrative Agent and the Arranger 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 any Borrower or any other Borrower Party, or any other Person; and (ii) neither Administrative Agent nor the Arranger has any obligation to any Borrower or any other Borrower Party with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (c) Administrative Agent and the Arranger and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of any Borrower or any other Borrower Party and their respective Affiliates, and neither Administrative Agent nor the Arranger has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to any Borrower or any other Borrower Party or any of their respective Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Borrowers and each other Borrower Party hereby waive and release any claims that it may have against Administrative Agent or the Arranger with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
. Each Lender represents and warrants that it is (and its Participants, if any, will be) a Qualified Purchaser.
. This Credit 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 Credit Agreement, and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire
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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 Section 6.01, this Credit Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by Administrative Agent and when 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 Credit Agreement by telecopy or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Credit Agreement.
. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer that is an Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
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Schedule 1.01
LENDER COMMITMENTS
Lender |
Commitments of Lender |
Applicable Percentage |
MUFG Union Bank, N.A.βLtd. |
$73,000,000β22,750,000 |
25.000000000%β45.454545454% |
Western Alliance Bank |
$73,000,000 |
25.000000000% |
Societe Generale |
$58,400,000 |
20.000000000% |
PNC Bank, National Association |
$58,400,000β18,200,000 |
20.000000000%β36.363636364% |
M&T Bank (as successor by merger to Peopleβs United Bank National Association) |
$29,200,000β9,100,000 |
10.000000000%β18.181818182% |
TOTAL |
$292,000,000β50,050,000 |
100% |
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Schedule 8.01
RESPONSIBLE OFFICERS
Initial Borrower:
Title: Name:
Managing Director Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxx
Managing Director Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Managing Director Xxx Xxxxx
Managing Director Xxxxx Xx
Vice President Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Vice President Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
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Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-President |
Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-President |
Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
Chief Operating Officer |
Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and Principal Accounting Officer |
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
Secretary and Chief Legal Officer |
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Vice President |
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Vice President |
Xxxx Xxxxx |
Vice President |
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx |
Vice President |
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Schedule 12.07
ADDRESSES FOR NOTICE
If to a Borrower Party or a Managing Entity: Β |
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c/x Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Asset Management, L.P. 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Xxxxxxxxx: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx: (212) 357-3067 Fax: (212) 256-2224 Email: xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xx.xxx XXX-Xxxxxxxxx@xx.xxx |
MUFG Bank, Ltd. 000 X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xxΒ Xxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 Xxxxxxxxx: Xxxxxx Vistan Phone: (213) 236-7688 Email: xxxxxxx@xx.xxxx.xx Β With a copy to: Β MUFG Bank, Ltd. 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxx, 0xxΒ Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Xxxxxxxxx: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx: (646) 767.1562 Email: xxxxxxx@xx.xxxx.xx Β |
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