RESIGNATION AND APPOINTMENT OF AGENT AGREEMENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF FINANCING DOCUMENTS
Exhibit 10.6
RESIGNATION AND APPOINTMENT OF AGENT AGREEMENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF FINANCING DOCUMENTS
This Resignation and Appointment of Agent Agreement and Assignment of Financing Documents (this “Agreement”), dated as of March 27, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), by and among Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch (“Credit Suisse”), in its capacity as Agent (as such term is defined below), Atlas Securitized Products Holdings, L.P. (“Atlas”), as the “Successor Agent” (the “Successor Agent”), Sunnova EZ-Own Portfolio, LLC (the “Borrower”), Sunnova SLA Management, LLC, in its capacity as manager (the “Manager”) and in its capacity as servicer (the “Servicer”), Sunnova Asset Portfolio 7 Holdings, LLC, in its capacity as seller (the “Seller”) and in its capacity as pledgor (the “Pledgor”), and the Lenders party hereto.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Credit Suisse is the Agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”) for the Lenders under and as defined in that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2019, among the Borrower, the Manager, the Servicer, the Seller, the Agent, the Lenders party thereto, the Funding Agents representing groups of Lenders party thereto, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as paying agent, and U.S. Bank National Association, as custodian (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, (i) Credit Suisse desires to resign as Agent and assign to Successor Agent all of its rights, title and interests as Agent in, to and under the Credit Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and any other documents, instruments, certificates, financing statements and agreements relating to the Credit Agreement (together with the Credit Agreement, collectively, the “Financing Documents”), (ii) Credit Suisse desires to resign as Funding Agent for the Lenders in the CS Lender Group, (iii) the Lenders party hereto desire to appoint the Successor Agent as the new Agent (as defined in the Credit Agreement) under the Financing Documents, (iv) Atlas Securitized Products Funding 1, L.P., as Lender, desires to appoint Atlas as its Funding Agent under the Credit Agreement and the other Financing Documents, and (v) the Successor Agent desires to accept such assignment from Credit Suisse, accept such appointments from the Lenders, as applicable, and assume the role of Agent and Funding Agent for Atlas Securitized Products Funding 1, L.P. under the Financing Documents, in each case subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
1. Resignation of Credit Suisse as the Agent and Assignment of Financing Documents. Effective as of the Effective Date, Credit Suisse hereby (i) resigns as Agent under the Financing Documents and (ii) sells, assigns, grants, conveys and transfers all of its rights, title and interests as Agent in, to and under such Financing Documents to the Successor Agent (collectively, the “Resignation and Assignment”). As of the Effective Date, Credit Suisse shall have no further rights, powers, privileges, obligations or duties as Agent under the Financing Documents, in each case except such rights, privileges or duties which explicitly survive Credit Suisse’s resignation as Agent and the termination or assignment of the Financing Documents.
2. Appointment of Successor Agent as the Agent and Assumption of Financing Documents. Effective as of the Effective Date, the Lenders party hereto hereby appoint the Successor Agent as Agent under the Financing Documents, and the Successor Agent accepts such appointment and the assignment from Credit Suisse of such Financing Documents, and xxxxxx agrees to accept and assume all rights, powers, privileges,
obligations and duties as Agent under such Financing Documents, in each case arising from and after the Effective Date (collectively, the “Agent Appointment”).
3. Appointment of Successor Agent as the Funding Agent for Atlas Securitized Products Funding 1, L.P. Effective as of the Effective Date, Atlas Securitized Products Funding 1, L.P. hereby appoints the Successor Agent as its Funding Agent under the Financing Documents, and the Successor Agent accepts such appointment, and xxxxxx agrees to accept and assume all rights, powers, privileges, obligations and duties as a Funding Agent under such Financing Documents, in each case arising from and after the Effective Date (the foregoing appointment, together with the Resignation and Assignment and the Agent Appointment, collectively, the “Transaction”).
4. Parties Consent. Each of (A) the Borrower, the Manager, the Servicer, the Seller and the Pledgor (each, a “Sunnova Party”) and (B) the Lenders party hereto, hereby (i) consents to the Transaction (and, if required by the Credit Agreement or any other Financing Document, appoints Successor Agent as “Agent” under the Credit Agreement and any other applicable Financing Documents) and acknowledges and agrees that Credit Suisse shall have no further rights, powers, privileges or duties as Agent under the Financing Documents, except such rights, privileges or duties which explicitly survive Credit Suisse’s resignation and the termination of the Financing Documents, (ii) consents to a future transfer by Successor Agent of its rights, obligations and interests as Agent in, to and under such Financing Documents to any affiliate of Successor Agent (and, if required by the Credit Agreement, appoints such affiliate as “Agent” under the Credit Agreement and any other applicable Financing Documents) and acknowledges and agrees that Successor Agent or the assigning affiliate, as applicable, shall have no further rights, powers, privileges or duties as Agent under the Financing Documents, except such rights, powers, privileges or duties which explicitly survive such resignation and the termination of the Financing Documents, provided that (A) Successor Agent provides advance written notice of such transfer to the Borrower and the Lenders, (B) the Successor Agent, the affiliate assignee as the new “Successor Agent” and the Majority Lenders provide the Borrower with consent in form and substance similar to (or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower) the consent provided in Section 6 hereof in connection with such assignment and (C) any such further assignment will also comply with the perfection requirements of Section 6 hereof, and (iii) waives any applicable advance notice requirements for the resignation of Credit Suisse as Agent and appointment of Successor Agent as successor “Agent” under the Credit Agreement and any other applicable Financing Documents.
5. Further Assurances. The parties hereto agree, from time to time, to enter into such further agreements and to execute all such further instruments as may be reasonably necessary to give full effect to the terms of this Agreement and the assignment and assumption contemplated hereby, including, for the avoidance of doubt any additional actions needed to perfect the Successor Agent’s (and an affiliate thereof as successor “Agent”) security interest in the Collateral as described in Section 6 hereof.
6. Consent. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that in connection with the Transaction, additional actions may be needed to perfect the Successor Agent’s (and an affiliate thereof as successor “Agent”) security interest in the Collateral, including but not limited to filing of UCC-3 financing statements amendments, delivery of possessory collateral, if any, from Credit Suisse to the Successor Agent (and an affiliate thereof as successor “Agent”) and confirming change of control party with custodians and paying agents, as applicable. Subject to the Borrower’s and each other party’s obligation to comply with the Further Assurances covenant in Section 5 hereof, the Successor Agent
(and an affiliate thereof as successor “Agent”) and the Lenders consent to a waiver of the obligations of the Borrower or other Sunnova Parties under the Credit Agreement and the other Financing Documents to maintain perfection of the security interests in the Collateral that cannot be perfected by filing, in connection with the Transaction during the period, if any, between the effective date of the Transaction and the date of filing of UCC-3 financing statement amendments or, with respect to Collateral requiring other perfection actions under the UCC, the date on which such other actions, if any, needed to perfect the Successor Agent’s (and an affiliate thereof as successor “Agent”) security interest in the Collateral have been completed pursuant to Section 5 hereof.
7. References. From and after the Effective Date and until such time, if any, that the Successor Agent effectuates a resignation in accordance with Section 7.11 of the Credit Agreement, all references in the Financing Documents to “Agent” shall, in each case, mean and be a reference to the Successor Agent, acting in such capacity.
8. Notices. All notices and payments delivered to “Agent” pursuant to any Financing Document shall be delivered to Successor Agent, in accordance with the provisions set forth in such Financing Document, at its address at 0 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, E-mail: [redacted].
9. Miscellaneous. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall, in accordance with Section 5 1401 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York, be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof that would call for the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction. This Agreement shall constitute the entire understanding the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede any prior or contemporaneous agreements, written or oral, with respect thereto. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity, or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof, or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
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As evidence of the agreement by the parties hereto to the terms contained herein, each such party has caused this agreement to be duly executed on its behalf.
Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch,
as Agent and as a Funding Agent
as Agent and as a Funding Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xx
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xx
Title: Authorized Signatory
By: /s/ Xxxx X. XxXxxxxx, Xx.
Name: Xxxx X. XxXxxxxx, Xx.
Title: Authorized Signatory
Atlas Securitized Products Holdings, L.P.,
as Successor Agent and as a Funding Agent
as Successor Agent and as a Funding Agent
By: Atlas Securitized Products Advisors GP, LLC, its general partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Sunnova EZ-Own Portfolio, LLC, as the Borrower
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer
Sunnova SLA Management, LLC,
as Manager and Servicer
as Manager and Servicer
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer
Sunnova Asset Portfolio 7 Holdings, LLC, as Seller and Pledgor
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer
Atlas Securitized Products Funding 1, L.P., as a Lender
By: Atlas Securitized BKR 1, L.P., its general partner
By: Atlas Securitized FundingCo GP LLC, its general partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: President
East West Bank, as a Committed Lender and as a Funding Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: SVP - Director of Corporate Finance
Zions Bancorporation, N.A., as a Committed Lender and as a Funding Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Director
Royal Bank of Canada,
as Funding Agent for the RBC Lender Group
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
Royal Bank of Canada,
as a Committed Lender
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
Thunder Bay Funding LLC,
as a Conduit Lender
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
