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8-K
Nov 17, 2:52 PM ET
Inland Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. 8-K
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ARTICLE I.DEFINITIONS
ARTICLE II.THE CREDIT
2.1. Loans.
2.2. Ratable and Non Ratable Advances. Each Advance under a Facility hereunder shall consist of Loans made from the several Lenders under such Facility ratably based on each Lender’s applicable Percentage of such Facility, except for Swingline Loans which shall be made by the Swingline Lender in accordance with Section 2.16. The ratable Advances may be Floating Rate Advances, SOFR Advances or a combination thereof, selected by the Borrower in accordance with Sections 2.8 and 2.9.
2.3. Periodic Principal Payments.
2.4. Final Principal Payment. Any outstanding Advances and all other unpaid Obligations with respect to the Commitments and the Advances not required to be repaid earlier pursuant to the terms hereof shall be paid in full by the Borrower on, with respect to (a) the Revolving Credit Loans, the Revolving Credit Termination Date, (b) the Term Loan A Loans, the Term Loan A Maturity Date and, (c) the Term Loan B Loans, if any Advances under the Term Loan B Facility have been made, the Term Loan B Maturity Date.
2.5. Unused Revolver Fee; Facility Fee.
2.6. Other Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay all fees payable to the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers pursuant to the one or more letter agreements between the Borrower and the Arrangers (collectively, the “Fee Letter”).
2.7. Minimum Amount of Each Revolving Credit Facility Advance. Each Advance under the Revolving Credit Facility shall be in the minimum amount of $100,000; provided, however, that, subject to Section 2.1, any Floating Rate Advance of the Revolving Credit Facility may be in the amount of the unused Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment.
2.8. Method of Selecting Types of New Advances. The Borrower shall select the Type of Advance from time to time. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (a “Borrowing Notice”) substantially in the form attached as Exhibit F hereto (i) not later than 1:00 p.m. Cleveland time on the Business Day immediately preceding the Borrowing Date of each Floating Rate Advance, (ii) not later than noon Cleveland time, at least five (5) U.S. Government Securities Business Days before the Borrowing Date for each SOFR Advance and (iii) not later than noon Cleveland time on the same Business Day as the Borrowing Date for each Swingline Advance of:
2.9. Conversion and Continuation of Outstanding Advances. Floating Rate Advances shall continue as Floating Rate Advances unless and until such Floating Rate Advances are converted into SOFR Advances. Each Term SOFR Advance shall continue as a Term SOFR Advance until the end of the then applicable Interest Period therefor, at which time such Term SOFR Advance shall be automatically continued as a Term SOFR Advance but with an Interest Period of one month unless the Borrower shall have given the Administrative Agent an irrevocable notice (a “Conversion/Continuation Notice”) requesting that, at the end of such Interest Period such Term SOFR Advance be converted to an Advance of another Type. Notwithstanding the provision for automatic conversion in the foregoing sentence, if the effective date of any such automatic conversion is less than one month prior to the then-current Facility Termination Date for such Loan, such Term SOFR Advance shall be automatically converted into a Floating Rate Advance. Subject to the terms of Section 2.7, the Borrower may elect from time to time to convert all or any part of an Advance of any Type into any other Type or Types of Advances; provided that, if any conversion of any Term SOFR Advance shall be made on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall be obligated to pay the amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 3.4. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent a Conversion/Continuation Notice regarding each conversion of an Advance to a SOFR Advance or continuation of a SOFR Advance not later than 11:00 a.m. (Cleveland time), at least (i) one (1) U.S. Government Securities Business Day, in the case of a conversion into a Daily SOFR Advance or (ii) five (5) U.S. Government Securities Business Days, in the case of a conversion into or continuation of a Term SOFR Advance, prior to the date of the requested conversion or continuation, specifying:
2.10. Changes in Interest Rate, Etc.
2.11. Rates Applicable After Default. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 2.8 or 2.9, during the continuance of a Default or Unmatured Default the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the Borrower (which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 8.2 requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders to changes in interest rates), declare that no Advance may be made as, converted into or continued as a SOFR Advance. During the continuance of a Default the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the Borrower (which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 8.2 requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders to changes in interest rates), declare that the Default Rate shall apply, provided, however, that the Default Rate shall become applicable automatically if a Default occurs under Section 7.1 or 7.2, unless waived by the Required Lenders.
2.12. Method of Payment. All payments of the Obligations hereunder shall be made, without setoff, deduction, or counterclaim, in immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s address specified pursuant to Article XIII, or at any other Lending Office of the Administrative Agent located in the continental United States specified in writing at least three (3) Business Days in advance by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, by noon (Cleveland time) on the date when due and shall be applied ratably by the Administrative Agent among the Lenders. As provided elsewhere herein, all Lenders’ interests in the Advances and the Loan Documents shall be ratable undivided interests and none of such Lenders’ interests
shall have priority over the others. Each payment delivered to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Lender or amount to be applied or paid by the Administrative Agent to any Lender shall be paid promptly (on the same day as received by the Administrative Agent if received prior to noon (Cleveland time) on such day and otherwise on the next Business Day) by the Administrative Agent to such Lender in the same type of funds that the Administrative Agent received at its address specified pursuant to Article XIII or at any Lending Office specified in a notice received by the Administrative Agent from such Lender. Payments received by the Administrative Agent but not timely funded to the Lenders shall bear interest payable by the Administrative Agent at the Federal Funds Effective Rate from the date due until the date paid. None of the funds or assets of the Borrower that are used to pay any amount due pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute funds obtained from transactions with or relating to Designated Persons or countries which are the subject of sanctions under any Sanctions Laws and Regulations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, amounts received from any Loan Party that is not a Qualified ECP Guarantor shall not be applied to Obligations that are Excluded Swap Obligations.
2.13. Notes; Telephonic Notices. Each Lender is hereby authorized to record the principal amount of each of its Loans and each repayment on the schedule attached to each of its Notes, provided, however, that the failure to so record shall not affect the Borrower’s obligations under such Note. The Borrower hereby authorizes the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to extend, convert or continue Advances, effect selections of Types of Advances and to transfer funds based on written notices made by any Authorized Officer and Borrower agrees to deliver promptly to the Administrative Agent such written notice. The Administrative Agent will at the request of the Borrower, from time to time, but not more often than monthly, provide notice of the amount of the outstanding Aggregate Commitment, the Type of Advance, and the applicable interest rate, if for a SOFR Advance. Upon a Lender’s furnishing to Borrower an affidavit and indemnity in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Borrower, if a Note is mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, Borrower shall deliver to such Lender, in substitution therefor, a new note containing the same terms and conditions as such Note being replaced.
2.14. Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis. Interest accrued on each Advance shall be payable in arrears on each Payment Date applicable thereto, at maturity, whether by acceleration or otherwise, and upon any termination of the Aggregate Commitment in its entirety. All computations of interest on the Floating Rate Advances shall be based on a three hundred sixty-five (365) or, in the event of a leap year, three hundred sixty-six (366)-day year, and paid for the actual number of days elapsed. Interest on SOFR Advances, Term Loan A Unused Fees, Unused Revolver Fees, Facility Letter of Credit Fees and all other fees shall be calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 360‑day year. Interest shall be payable for the day an Advance is made but not for the day of any payment on the amount paid if payment is received prior to 3:00 PM (Cleveland time) at the place of payment. If any payment of principal of or interest on an Advance shall become due on a day which is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of a principal payment, such extension of time shall be included in computing interest in connection with such payment.
2.15. Notification of Advances, Interest Rates and Prepayments. The Administrative Agent will notify each Lender of the contents of each Borrowing Notice, Conversion/Continuation Notice, and repayment notice received by it hereunder not later than the close of business on the Business Day such notice is received by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent will notify each Lender of the interest rate applicable to each SOFR Advance promptly upon determination of such interest rate and will give each Lender prompt notice of each change in the Alternate Base Rate.
2.16. Swingline Advances. In addition to the other options available to the Borrower hereunder, the Swingline Commitment shall be available for Swingline Advances subject to the following terms and conditions. Swingline Advances shall be made available for same day borrowings provided that notice is given in accordance with Section 2.8 hereof. All Swingline Advances shall bear interest at the Floating Rate. No Swingline Advance may be made to repay a Swingline Advance, but Borrower may repay Swingline Advances from subsequent pro rata Advances hereunder. Each Lender irrevocably agrees to purchase its Revolving Credit Percentage of any Swingline Advance made by the Swingline Lender regardless of whether the conditions for disbursement are satisfied at the time of such purchase, including the existence of a Default hereunder provided that Swingline Lender did not have actual knowledge of such Default at the time the Swingline Advance was made and provided further that no Lender shall be required to have total outstanding Revolving Credit Loans plus its Revolving Credit Percentage of Facility Letters of Credit exceed its Revolving Credit Commitment. If by noon on the fourth (4th) Business Day after such a Swingline Advance was made, such Swingline Advance has not been repaid or covered by a Borrowing Notice for an Advance to repay such Swingline Advance, the Swingline Lender will notify the Lenders of their obligations to purchase their respective Revolving Credit Percentages of such Swingline Advance. Such purchase shall take place on the same Business Day as the date of the request by Swingline Lender so long as such request is made before 1:00 p.m. (Cleveland time) and otherwise on the first Business Day following the date of such request. All requests for purchase shall be in writing. From and after the date it is so purchased, each such Swingline Advance shall, to the extent purchased, (i) be treated as a Revolving Credit Loan made by the purchasing Revolving Credit Lenders and not by the selling Lender for all purposes under this Agreement and the payment of the purchase price by a Lender shall be deemed to be the making of a Revolving Credit Loan by such Lender and shall constitute outstanding principal under such Lender’s Note for Revolving Credit Loans, and (ii) shall no longer be considered a Swingline Advance except that all interest accruing on or attributable to such Swingline Advance for the period prior to the date of such purchase shall be paid when due by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Swingline Lender and all such amounts accruing on or attributable to such Loans for the period from and after the date of such purchase shall be paid when due by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the purchasing Lenders. If prior to purchasing its Revolving Credit Percentage of a Swingline Advance one of the events described in Section 7.7 or Section 7.8 shall have occurred and such event prevents the consummation of the purchase contemplated by the preceding provisions, each Lender will purchase an undivided participating interest in the outstanding Swingline Advance in an amount equal to its Revolving Credit Percentage of such Swingline Advance. From and after the date of each Lender’s purchase of its participating interest in a Swingline Advance,
if the Swingline Lender receives any payment on account thereof, the Swingline Lender will distribute to such Lender its participating interest in such amount (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s participating interest was outstanding and funded); provided, however, that in the event that such payment was received by the Swingline Lender and is required to be returned to the Borrower, each Lender will return to the Swingline Lender any portion thereof previously distributed by the Swingline Lender to it. If any Lender fails to so purchase its Revolving Credit Percentage of any Swingline Advance, such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender hereunder.
2.17. Lending Offices. Each Lender may book its Loans at any Lending Office selected by such Lender and may change its Lending Office from time to time; provided that such change does not increase the amounts payable by the Borrower under Article III. All terms of this Agreement shall apply to any such Lending Office and the Notes shall be deemed held by each Lender for the benefit of such Lending Office. Each Lender may, by written or telex notice at least three (3) Business Days in advance to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, designate a Lending Office through which Loans will be made by it and for whose account Loan payments are to be made.
2.18. Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent. Unless the Borrower or a Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Administrative Agent prior to the time at which it is scheduled to make payment to the Administrative Agent of (i) in the case of a Lender, the proceeds of a Loan or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, a payment of principal, interest or fees to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders, that it does not intend to make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such payment has been made. The Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the amount of such payment available to the intended recipient in reliance upon such assumption. If such Lender or the Borrower, as the case may be, has not in fact made such payment to the Administrative Agent, the recipient of such payment shall, on demand by the Administrative Agent, repay to the Administrative Agent the amount so made available together with interest thereon in respect of each day during the period commencing on the date such amount was so made available by the Administrative Agent until the date the Administrative Agent recovers such amount at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of payment by a Lender, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day or (ii) in the case of payment by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the relevant Loan. If such Lender so repays such amount and interest thereon to the Administrative Agent within one (1) Business Day after such demand, all interest accruing on the Loan not funded by such Lender during such period shall be payable to such Lender when received from the Borrower.
2.19. Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances. The Borrower shall be permitted by written notice to the Administrative Agent to replace any Lender which (a) shall be owed amounts pursuant to Sections 3.1, 3.2 or 3.5, (b) is not capable of receiving payments without any deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax pursuant to Section 3.5, (c) unless reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining Term SOFR pursuant to Section 2.25, cannot maintain its SOFR Loans at a suitable Lending Office pursuant to Section 3.3, or (d)
becomes a Defaulting Lender, (such to-be-replaced Lender, the “Departing Lender”) with a replacement bank or other financial institution which has been obtained by the Borrower (which such replacement shall be documented as an assignment of such Departing Lender’s Loans and Commitments hereunder to the replacement lender, at the purchase price set forth in clause (iii) below); provided that (i) such replacement does not conflict with any applicable legal or regulatory requirements affecting the Lenders, (ii) no Default and (after notice to the Borrower) no Unmatured Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (iii) the Borrower shall repay (or the replacement bank or institution shall purchase, at par) all Loans and other amounts owing to such Departing Lender prior to the date of replacement, (iv) the Borrower shall be liable to such Departing Lender under Section 3.4 if any Term SOFR Loan owing to such Departing Lender shall be prepaid (or purchased) other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto, (v) the replacement bank or institution, if not already a Lender or an Approved Bank, and the terms and conditions of such replacement, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which approval shall be given or withheld not later than five (5) Business Days after the Borrower’s submission of such name and terms and conditions to the Administrative Agent), (vi) subject to the immediately succeeding paragraph the Departing Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.3 (provided that the Borrower shall be obligated to pay the processing fee referred to therein), (vii) until such time as such replacement shall be consummated, the Borrower shall pay all additional amounts (if any) required pursuant to Section 3.5 and (viii) any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights which the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Swingline Lender, or any other Lender shall have against the Departing Lender.
2.20. Usury. This Agreement and each Note are subject to the express condition that at no time shall Borrower be obligated or required to pay interest on the principal balance of the Loan at a rate which could subject any Lender to either civil or criminal liability as a result of being in excess of the Maximum Legal Rate. If by the terms of this Agreement or the Loan Documents, Borrower is at any time required or obligated to pay interest on the principal balance due
hereunder at a rate in excess of the Maximum Legal Rate, the interest rate or the Default Rate, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be immediately reduced to the Maximum Legal Rate and all previous payments in excess of the Maximum Legal Rate shall be deemed to have been payments in reduction of principal and not on account of the interest due hereunder. All sums paid or agreed to be paid to Lender for the use, forbearance, or detention of the sums due under the Loan, shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated, and spread throughout the full stated term of the Loan until payment in full so that the rate or amount of interest on account of the Loan does not exceed the Maximum Legal Rate of interest from time to time in effect and applicable to the Loan for so long as the Loan is outstanding.
2.21. Extension of Facility Termination Date. The Borrower shall have the right to extend the Revolving Credit Termination Date and/or Term Loan A Maturity Date, for a period of one (1) additional year, upon satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
2.22. Termination of Revolving Credit Commitments. Borrower shall have the right, upon at least three (3) Business Days’ notice, to terminate or cancel, in whole or in part, the unused
portion of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment in excess of the Outstanding Revolving Credit Amount, or the unused portion of the aggregate Term Loan A Commitments or the unused portion of the aggregate Term Loan B Commitments, provided, in each case, that each partial reduction shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 or any whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Any partial termination of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment, the aggregate Term Loan A Commitments or the aggregate Term Loan B Commitments shall be applied to reduce each Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, Term Loan A Commitment or Term Loan B Commitment, as the case may be, on a pro rata basis. Once terminated or reduced, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment, the aggregate Term Loan A Commitments and/or the aggregate Term Loan B Commitments, as the case may be, may not be reinstated or (except pursuant to Section 2.23) increased thereafter.
2.23. Increase in Commitment.
2.24. Unencumbered Properties.
2.25. Effect of Benchmark Transition Event.
ARTICLE III.CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES
3.1. Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
3.2. Changes in Capital Adequacy Regulations. If any Lender or any Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or such Issuing Bank or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time upon written request of such Lender or such Issuing Bank the Borrower shall promptly pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
3.3. Availability of Types of Advances. If, after the date hereof, the introduction of, or any change in, any Applicable Law or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any of the Lenders (or any of their respective Lending Offices) with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency, shall make it unlawful or impossible for any of the Lenders (or any of their respective Lending Offices) to honor its obligations hereunder to make or maintain any SOFR Loan, or to determine or charge interest based upon Daily Simple SOFR, SOFR or Term SOFR, such Lender shall promptly give notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice to the Borrower and the other Lenders (an “Illegality Notice”). Thereafter, until each affected Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist, (i) any obligation of the Lenders to make SOFR Loans, and any right of the Borrower to convert any Loan to a SOFR Loan or continue any Loan as a SOFR Loan, shall be suspended and (ii) if necessary to avoid such illegality, the Administrative Agent shall compute the Alternate Base Rate without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “Alternate Base Rate”. Upon receipt of an Illegality Notice, the Borrower shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, upon demand from any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all SOFR Loans to Floating Rate Loans (in each case, if necessary to avoid such illegality, the Administrative Agent shall compute the Alternate Base Rate without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “Alternate Base Rate”), on the Payment Date therefor, if all affected Lenders may lawfully continue to maintain such SOFR
Loans to such day, or immediately, if any Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such SOFR Loans to such day. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.4.
3.4. Funding Indemnification. The Borrower hereby indemnifies each of the Lenders against any actual loss, cost or expense (including any actual loss, cost or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds or from any fees payable) which may arise, be attributable to or result due to or as a consequence of (a) any failure by the Borrower to make any payment when due of any amount due hereunder in connection with a SOFR Loan (after giving effect to any applicable grace period), (b) any failure of the Borrower to borrow or continue a SOFR Loan or convert to a SOFR Loan on a date specified therefor in a Borrowing Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, (c) any failure of the Borrower to prepay any SOFR Loan on a date specified therefor in any Notice of Prepayment (unless such Notice of Prepayment was revoked), (d) any payment, prepayment or conversion of any SOFR Loan on a date other than on the Payment Date therefor (including as a result of a Default) or (e) the assignment of any SOFR Loan other than on the Payment Date therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19. A certificate of such Lender setting forth the reasonable basis for determining such amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender shall be forwarded to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent and shall be conclusively presumed to be correct save for manifest error. All of the obligations of the Loan Parties under this Section 3.4 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
3.5. Taxes.
3.6. Lender Statements; Survival of Indemnity. To the extent reasonably possible, each Lender shall designate an alternate Lending Office with respect to its SOFR Loans to reduce any liability of the Borrower to such Lender under Sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.5 or to avoid the unavailability of SOFR Advances under Section 3.3, so long as such designation is not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, disadvantageous to such Lender. Each Lender shall deliver a written statement of such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) as to the amount due, if any, under Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 or 3.5. Such written statement shall set forth in reasonable detail the calculations upon which such Lender determined such amount and shall be final, conclusive and binding on the Borrower in the absence of manifest error. Determination of amounts payable under such Sections in connection with a SOFR Loan shall be calculated as though each Lender funded its SOFR Loan through the purchase of a deposit of the type and maturity corresponding to the deposit used as a reference in determining the SOFR applicable to such Loan, whether in fact that is the case or not. Unless otherwise provided herein, the amount specified in the written statement of any Lender shall be payable thirty (30) days after receipt by the Borrower of such written statement. The obligations of the Borrower under Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 and 3.5 shall survive payment of the Obligations and termination of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Lender shall not have the right to request payment of amounts under Sections 3.1, 3.2 or 3.5 to the extent that such amounts relate to obligations accruing more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the date upon which such Lender requests payment from the Borrower, provided however that, if any Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs is retroactive, then the 120-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
ARTICLE IV.CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
4.1. Initial Advance. The Lenders shall not be required to make the initial Advance hereunder, or issue the initial Facility Letter of Credit hereunder, unless and until (a) the Borrower shall, prior to or concurrently therewith, have paid all fees due and payable to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereunder, and (b) the Borrower shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent the following:
4.2. Each Advance and Issuance. The Lenders shall not be required to make any Advance or issue any Facility Letter of Credit unless on the applicable Borrowing Date:
ARTICLE V.REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
5.1. Existence. Borrower is a corporation duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the State of Maryland, with its principal place of business in Oak Brook, Illinois and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation, properly licensed (if required), in good standing and has all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, except where the failure to be so qualified, licensed and in good standing and to have the requisite authority would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation and has all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, except (i) in the case of any such Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, where the failure to be duly formed or validly existing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) in each case, where the failure to be so qualified, licensed and in good standing and to have the requisite authority would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.2. Authorization and Validity. The Borrower has the corporate power and authority and legal right to execute and deliver the Loan Documents and to perform its obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery by the Borrower of the Loan Documents and the performance of its obligations thereunder have been duly authorized by proper corporate proceedings, and the Loan Documents constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general principles of equity, or by the discretion of any court in awarding equitable remedies, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding of equity or at law.
5.3. No Conflict; Government Consent. Neither the execution and delivery by the Borrower or the other Loan Parties of the Loan Documents, nor the consummation of the transactions therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions thereof will violate any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award binding on the Borrower, or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Borrower’s or any Subsidiary Guarantor’s articles of incorporation, charter, operating agreement, partnership agreement, or by-laws, or the provisions of any indenture, instrument or agreement to which the Borrower or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors is a party or is subject, or by which it, or its Property, is bound, or conflict with or constitute a default thereunder, except where such violation, conflict or default would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien in, of or on the Property of the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, instrument or agreement. No order, consent, approval, license, authorization, or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by, any governmental or public body or authority, or any subdivision thereof, is required to authorize, or is required as a condition to the execution, delivery and performance of, or the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of, any of the Loan Documents other than (i) those already obtained, (ii) filings after the date hereof of disclosures with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and(iii) as may be required hereafter with respect to tenant improvements, repairs or other work with respect to any real estate.
5.4. Financial Statements; Material Adverse Effect. All consolidated financial statements of the Loan Parties heretofore or hereafter delivered to the Lenders were prepared in accordance with GAAP in effect on the preparation date of such statements and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial condition and operations of the Loan Parties at such date and the consolidated results of their operations for the period then ended and include all material contingent obligations, subject, in the case of interim financial statements, to normal and customary year-end adjustments. From the preparation date of the most recent financial statements delivered to the Lenders through the Agreement Effective Date, there was no change in the business, properties, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.5. Taxes. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have filed all United States federal tax returns and all other material tax returns which are required to be filed and have paid all taxes
due pursuant to said returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries except (a) such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been provided or (b) where the failure to do so would not result in unpaid taxes, assessments and governmental charges in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate. No material tax liens have been filed and no claims are being asserted with respect to such taxes. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in respect of any taxes or other governmental charges are adequate.
5.6. Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.6 hereto or as set forth in written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time, there is no litigation, arbitration, governmental investigation, proceeding or inquiry pending or, to the knowledge of any of their officers, threatened in writing against or affecting the Loan Parties which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.7. Subsidiaries. Schedule 5.7 hereto contains, an accurate list of all Subsidiaries of the Borrower, setting forth their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or formation and the percentage of their respective capital stock or partnership or membership interest owned by the Borrower or other Subsidiaries as of the date hereof. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of such Subsidiaries that are corporations have been duly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.
5.8. ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed by more than $10,000,000 the fair market value of the assets of such Plan, and the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed by more than $10,000,000 the fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans.
5.9. Accuracy of Information. No written information, exhibit or report (other than any third-party report and other than any projections, estimates or other forward-looking information) furnished by the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender in connection with the negotiation of, or compliance with, the Loan Documents, when taken as a whole (and after giving effect to any supplements thereto), contained any material misstatement of fact or omitted to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading.
5.10. Regulations of the Board. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of Regulations T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
5.11. Material Agreements. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is a party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any charter or other corporate restriction which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in (i) any agreement to which it is a party, which default could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) any agreement or instrument evidencing or governing Indebtedness, which default would constitute a Default hereunder.
5.12. Compliance With Laws. The Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor has complied with all applicable statutes, rules, regulations, orders and restrictions of any domestic or foreign government or any instrumentality or agency thereof, having jurisdiction over the conduct of its business or the ownership of its Property, except for any non-compliance which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Loan Parties have not received any written notice to the effect that their operations are not in material compliance with any of the requirements of applicable federal, state and local environmental, health and safety statutes and regulations or the subject of any federal or state investigation evaluating whether any remedial action is needed to respond to a release of any toxic or hazardous waste or substance into the environment, which non-compliance or remedial action could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.13. Ownership of Properties. On the date of this Agreement, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors will have good and marketable title, free of all Liens other than those permitted by Section 6.14, to all of the Unencumbered Properties.
5.14. Investment Company Act. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
5.15. Solvency. (a) Immediately after the Agreement Effective Date and immediately following the making of each Loan and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Loans, (i) the fair value of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the Property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis on their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have
unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted after the date hereof.
5.16. Insurance. The Loan Parties carry, or cause to be carried, insurance on their Projects, including each Unencumbered Property, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar Projects in localities where the Borrower and its Subsidiaries operate, including, without limitation:
5.17. REIT Status. Borrower is qualified as a real estate investment trust under Section 856 of the Code and currently is in compliance in all material respects with all provisions of the Code applicable to the qualification of the Borrower as a real estate investment trust.
5.18. Environmental Matters. Each of the following representations and warranties is true and correct on and as of the Agreement Effective Date except as disclosed on the environmental assessments delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement or on Schedule 5.18 attached hereto or to the extent that the facts and circumstances giving rise to the failure of any such representations and warranties to be true and correct, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
5.19. Sanctions Laws and Regulations. None of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, the other Loan Parties, the Advisor, the Property Manager, and to the Borrower’s knowledge, any of its or their respective directors or officers acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with this Agreement, nor any of their respective Affiliates (a) is or is owned or controlled by a Designated Person; or (b) is located organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country. In addition,
Borrower hereby agrees to provide to any Lender any additional information that any Lender reasonably requests in writing and deems necessary from time to time in order to ensure compliance with all applicable laws concerning money laundering and similar activities.
5.20. Unencumbered Properties. As of the Agreement Effective Date, Exhibit H is a correct and complete list of all Unencumbered Properties. Each of the Unencumbered Properties included by Borrower in calculations of the Unencumbered Pool Value satisfies all of the requirements contained in this Agreement for the same to be included therein.
5.21. Beneficial Ownership Certification. As of the Agreement Effective Date, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification, if applicable, is true and correct in all respects.
5.22. Outbound Investment. Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is a “covered foreign person” as that term is used in the Outbound Investment Rules. Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries currently engages, or has any present intention to engage in the future, directly or indirectly, in (i) a “covered activity” or a “covered transaction,” as each such term is defined in the Outbound Investment Rules, (ii) any activity or transaction that would constitute a “covered activity” or a “covered transaction,” as each such term is defined in the Outbound Investment Rules, if Borrower were a U.S. Person, or (iii) any other activity that would cause the Administrative Agent or the Lenders to be in violation of the Outbound Investment Rules or cause the Administrative Agent or the Lenders to be legally prohibited by the Outbound Investment Rules from performing under this Agreement.
ARTICLE VI.COVENANTS
6.1. Financial Reporting. The Borrower will maintain for the Consolidated Group a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP, and furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders:
6.2. Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will use, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to use, the proceeds of the Advances for its own account for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of its business, including without limitation the repayment of Indebtedness, Property acquisitions and Permitted Investments, capital expenditures, development, redevelopment, capital reserves and working capital. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, use any of the proceeds of the Advances (i) to purchase or carry any “margin stock” (as defined in Regulation U) if such usage could constitute a violation of Regulation U by any Lender, or (ii) to fund any purchase of, or offer for, a controlling portion of the Equity Interests of any Person, unless the board of directors or other manager of such Person has consented to such offer. The Borrower shall not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Loans, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary or joint venture partner or, to its knowledge, to any other Person (i) to fund any activities or business of or with any Designated Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of such funding is the subject of any sanctions under any Sanctions Laws and Regulations, in each case, in violation of any Sanctions Laws and Regulations, or (ii) in any other manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions Laws and Regulations by any party to this Agreement.
6.3. Notice of Default. The Borrower will give notice in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of the occurrence of any Default or Unmatured Default and of any other development, financial or otherwise, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect promptly after obtaining knowledge thereof.
6.4. Conduct of Business. The Borrower will do, and will cause each Loan Party to do, all things necessary to remain duly incorporated or duly qualified, validly existing and in good standing as a trust, corporation, limited liability company, general partnership or limited partnership, as the case may be, in its jurisdiction of incorporation/formation (except with respect to mergers not prohibited hereunder and Permitted Investments) and maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted and to carry on and conduct their businesses in substantially the same manner as they are presently conducted where the failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Borrower nor its Subsidiaries may undertake any business other than the acquisition of commercial properties, providing Notes Receivable, engaging in construction activities and any business activities and investments incidental thereto (including investments in
Marketable Securities) and certain additional activities permitted within the limitations imposed on such additional activities pursuant to Section 6.19 below.
6.5. Taxes. The Borrower will pay, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, when due all taxes, assessments and governmental charges and levies upon them or their income, profits or Projects, except (a) those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside or (b) where the failure to do so would not result in unpaid taxes, assessments and governmental charges in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate.
6.6. Insurance. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain insurance which is consistent with the representation contained in Section 5.16 on all their Projects and the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent upon reasonable request full information as to the insurance carried.
6.7. Compliance with Laws. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards to which they may be subject, the violation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.8. Maintenance of Properties. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, do all things necessary to maintain, preserve, protect and keep their respective Projects, in good condition and repair, working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted), except in each case where the failure to so maintain, preserve, protect and keep in good condition and repair would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.9. Inspection. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit the Administrative Agent upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours and, so long as no Default then exists, at the Administrative Agent’s or Lenders’ sole cost and expense, and subject to rights of tenants, by its representatives and agents, to inspect any of the Projects, corporate books and financial records of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries, to examine and make copies of the books of accounts and other financial records of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries with officers thereof, and to be advised as to the same by, their respective officers at such reasonable times and intervals as the Administrative Agent may designate.
6.10. Maintenance of Status. The Borrower shall at all times maintain its status as a real estate investment trust in compliance with all applicable provisions of the Code relating to such status.
6.11. Dividends; Distributions; Redemptions. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be permitted to declare and pay dividends on their Equity Interests, to make distributions with respect thereto from time to time and to honor requests to redeem their Equity Interests, provided, however, that in no event shall the Borrower: (i) pay any such dividends in cash or make any such distributions in cash or honor any requests to redeem any Equity Interests in cash (including
without limitation the declaration and payment of Preferred Dividends in the form of cash), if, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter ending after the Agreement Effective Date based upon Borrower’s compliance certificate required by Section 6.1(d) hereof for such fiscal quarter, such dividends and distributions paid and redemption requests honored on account of the then-current fiscal quarter and the three immediately preceding fiscal quarters, in the aggregate for such period, would cause the Dividend Payout Ratio to exceed 95% for such period or (ii) pay any such dividends or make any such distributions or make any such redemptions if (A) any Default has occurred and is then continuing or (B) any Unmatured Default arising under Section 7.1 or Section 7.2 hereof has occurred and is then continuing, provided however that Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall in all cases be permitted to distribute whatever amount of dividends and distributions is necessary to (a) maintain the Borrower’s tax status as a real estate investment trust, and (b) avoid the imposition of any excise tax under section 4981 of the Code, which dividends and distributions may be made in cash or in Equity Interests at the Borrower’s option.
6.12. [Intentionally Deleted].
6.13. Plan Assets. The Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that (i) Borrower shall not use any Plan Assets to repay or secure the Obligations, (ii) no assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor are or will be Plan Assets, (iii) each Plan will be in compliance with all applicable requirements of ERISA and the Code except to the extent any defects can be remedied without material liability to the Borrower under Revenue Procedure 2008-50 or any similar procedure and except to the extent that such non-compliance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (iv) the Borrower will not have any liability under Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Plan which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.14. Liens. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, or suffer to exist any Lien in, of or on the Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except for Permitted Liens and Liens on Properties which are not then included in the Unencumbered Pool (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the equity interests in Subsidiaries of the Borrower that do not own Property included in the Unencumbered Pool and are not otherwise Subsidiary Guarantors), but only to the extent such Liens will not result in a Default in any of Borrower’s covenants herein.
6.15. Affiliates. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction (including, without limitation, the purchase or sale of any Property or service) with, or make any payment or transfer to, any Affiliate which is not a member of the Consolidated Group except upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than the Borrower or such Subsidiary would obtain in a comparable arms-length transaction, but excluding in all events any such transactions, payments or transfers which are (i) disclosed in filings made by the Borrower with the Securities and Exchange Commission, (ii) related to any internalization of the business management services currently provided to the Borrower by the Advisor or the Property Manager or any similar transactions, or (iii) permitted by Section 6.22.
6.16. Consolidated Tangible Net Worth. The Consolidated Group shall maintain, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter ending after the Agreement Effective Date based upon Borrower’s compliance certificate required by Section 6.1(d) hereof for such fiscal quarter, a Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of not less than $500,000,000 plus seventy five percent (75%) of net cash proceeds of all equity raises consummated after the Agreement Effective Date (other than any Dividend Reinvestment Proceeds) net of share repurchases and/or tender offers consummated after the Agreement Effective Date.
6.17. Indebtedness and Cash Flow Covenants. The Borrower shall not permit:
6.18. Environmental Matters. Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall:
6.19. Permitted Investments. The Consolidated Group’s activities shall be limited to acquiring and owning commercial properties, providing Notes Receivable, engaging in construction activities and any business activities and investments incidental thereto (including Investments in Marketable Securities) except that the following additional Investments (“Permitted Investments”) shall also be permitted so long as the aggregate value of the Permitted
Investments, at then current values, under each of the following clauses (i) through (v), tested as of the last day of any fiscal quarter ending after the Agreement Effective Date based on Borrower’s compliance certificate for such quarter, shall not exceed the individual percentage of Gross Asset Value limits stated in such clause and such aggregate value of the Permitted Investments, at then current values, under all such clauses on a combined basis shall not at any time exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of Gross Asset Value:
6.20. Negative Pledges. The Borrower agrees that neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary Guarantor shall enter into or be subject to any agreement governing Indebtedness which contains a Negative Pledge other than restrictions on further subordinate Liens on Projects encumbered by a mortgage, deed to secure debt or deed of trust securing such Indebtedness, or on the direct or indirect ownership interests in the owners of such encumbered Projects.
6.21. Subsidiary Guaranty.
6.22. Subordination of Advisor’s Fees. Any fees payable to the Advisor by the Borrower or any other member of the Consolidated Group will be payable no more frequently than quarterly (other than acquisition fees which may be paid on or about the time of the related acquisition), and all such fees shall be subordinated to payment of all Obligations then due and payable to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders as provided in the subordination agreement attached as Exhibit K and shall not be paid unless the Borrower is in compliance with all of its obligations under the Loan Documents at the time of such payment and no Unmatured Default or Default then exists hereunder (it being understood and agreed that during the continuance of any Unmatured Default or Default, such fees may continue to accrue and become payable upon the waiver, termination or cure of such Unmatured Default or Default).
6.23. Mergers, Consolidations and Sales of Assets. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary which is an owner of an Unencumbered Property (unless such Subsidiary is released or being released as a Subsidiary Guarantor at such time) to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it. In addition, the Borrower will not permit the Consolidated Group, in the aggregate, to sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) during any period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters assets of the Consolidated Group representing an aggregate value of more than twenty percent (20%) of the Gross Asset Value in effect on the first day of such period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing: (i) any Subsidiary may merge into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving corporation, provided that following such transaction Borrower remains an entity organized under the laws of the United State of America, (ii) any Subsidiary may merge into any other member of the Consolidated Group in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a member of the Consolidated Group and remains an entity organized under the laws of the United States of America, (iii) any Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets to the Borrower or to another member of the Consolidated Group and (iv) any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders.
6.24. Outbound Investment. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (a) be or become a "covered foreign person", as that term is defined in the Outbound Investment Rules, or (b) engage, directly or indirectly, in (i) a "covered activity" or a "covered transaction", as each such term is defined in the Outbound Investment Rules, (ii) any activity or transaction that would constitute a "covered activity" or a "covered transaction", as each such term is defined in the Outbound Investment Rules, if the Borrower were a U.S. Person or (iii) any other activity that would cause the Administrative Agent or the Lenders to be in violation of the Outbound Investment Rules or cause the Administrative Agent or the Lenders to be legally prohibited by the Outbound Investment Rules from performing under this Agreement.
ARTICLE VII.DEFAULTS
ARTICLE VIII.ACCELERATION, WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES
8.1. Acceleration. If any Default described in Section 7.7 or 7.8 occurs with respect to the Borrower, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall automatically terminate and the Obligations shall immediately become due and payable without any election or
action on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender. If any other Default occurs, so long as a Default exists Lenders shall have no obligation to make any Loans and the Required Lenders, at any time prior to the date that such Default has been fully cured, may permanently terminate the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder and declare the Obligations to be due and payable, or both, whereupon if the Required Lenders elected to accelerate (i) the Obligations shall become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which the Borrower hereby expressly waives and (ii) if any automatic or optional acceleration has occurred, the Administrative Agent, as directed by the Required Lenders (or if no such direction is given within thirty (30) days after a request for direction, as the Administrative Agent deems in the best interests of the Lenders, in its sole discretion), shall use its good faith efforts to collect all amounts owed by the Borrower and any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Loan Documents by exercising all rights and remedies provided for under this Agreement or otherwise available at law or in equity, including without limitation by filing and diligently pursuing judicial action.
8.2. Amendments. Subject to the provisions of this Article VIII the Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent with the consent in writing of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower may enter into agreements supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding or modifying any provisions to the Loan Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or the Borrower hereunder or waiving any Default hereunder; provided, however, that no such supplemental agreement or waiver shall:
8.3. Preservation of Rights. No delay or omission of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent to exercise any right under the Loan Documents shall impair such right or be construed to
be a waiver of any Default or an acquiescence therein, and the making of a Loan notwithstanding the existence of a Default or the inability of the Borrower to satisfy the conditions precedent to such Loan shall not constitute any waiver or acquiescence. Any single or partial exercise of any such right shall not preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, and no waiver, amendment or other variation of the terms, conditions or provisions of the Loan Documents whatsoever shall be valid unless in writing signed by the Lenders required pursuant to Section 8.2, and then only to the extent in such writing specifically set forth. All remedies contained in the Loan Documents or by law afforded shall be cumulative and all shall be available to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders until the Obligations have been paid in full.
8.4. Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.1 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the Facility Letter of Credit Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.1), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by Administrative Agent in the following order:
ARTICLE IX.GENERAL PROVISIONS
9.1. Survival of Representations. All representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in this Agreement shall survive delivery of the Notes and the making of the Loans herein contemplated.
9.2. Governmental Regulation. Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, no Lender shall be obligated to extend credit to the Borrower in violation of any limitation or prohibition provided by any applicable statute or regulation.
9.3. Divisions. 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 jurisdiction’s 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.
9.4. Headings. Section headings in the Loan Documents are for convenience of reference only, and shall not govern the interpretation of any of the provisions of the Loan Documents.
9.5. Entire Agreement. The Loan Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and supersede all prior commitments, agreements and understandings among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders relating to the subject matter thereof.
9.6. Several Obligations; Benefits of the Agreement. The respective obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint and no Lender shall be the partner or agent of any other (except to the extent to which the Administrative Agent is authorized to act as such). The failure of any Lender to perform any of its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender from any of its obligations hereunder. The Agreement shall not be construed so as to confer any right or benefit upon any Person other than the parties to the Agreement and their respective successors and assigns.
9.7. Expenses; Indemnification. The Borrower shall reimburse the Administrative Agent for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (but, in the case of
third-party consultants, limited to reasonable fees for consultants engaged, unless an Unmatured Default or Default exists at the time of such engagement, with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed) and in the case of counsel to the Administrative Agent, limited to reasonable fees and expenses for one external counsel for the Administrative Agent) paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the amendment or modification of the Loan Documents. The Borrower also agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (but, in the case of counsel, limited to reasonable fees and expenses for one external counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, taken as a whole, and if reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be needed due to differences between the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and arising after a Default or in the event of any actual conflict of interests, one additional counsel for each group of such similarly affected Persons) paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the collection and enforcement of the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, any workout). The Borrower further agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and their Affiliates, and their respective directors, officers and employees against all losses, claims, damages, penalties, judgments, liabilities and expenses (but, in the case of counsel to such indemnified persons, limited to reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, and expenses for one external counsel to such indemnified parties (and if reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be needed due to differences between the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and arising after a Default or in the event of any actual conflict of interests among the indemnified parties, one additional counsel for each group of such similarly affected Persons), and all other reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses of litigation or preparation therefor whether or not the Administrative Agent, or any Lender is a party thereto) which any of them may pay or incur arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Projects, the transactions contemplated hereby or the direct or indirect application or proposed application of the proceeds of any Loan hereunder, except to the extent that any of the foregoing arise (a) out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party seeking indemnification therefor or of any Affiliate of such party or (b) from claims of an indemnified party against any Affiliate of such indemnified party or (c) from internal disputes among the Administrative Agent and the Lenders. To the extent permitted by applicable law, (x) the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any of the foregoing indemnified parties, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, any Loan or Facility Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof and (y) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall not assert, and hereby waive, any claim against any of the Borrower and any other Loan Party, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, any Loan or Facility Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. The obligations of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
9.8. Numbers of Documents. All statements, notices, closing documents, and requests hereunder shall be furnished to the Administrative Agent with sufficient counterparts so that the Administrative Agent may furnish one to each of the Lenders.
9.9. Accounting. Except as provided to the contrary herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted and all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time; provided that, if at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided further that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP. Without limiting the foregoing, all accounting terms, ratios and calculations shall be determined without giving effect to Accounting Standards Codification 842 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) (and related interpretations) to the extent any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) would be required to be treated as a capital lease thereunder where such lease (or similar arrangement) would have been treated as an operating lease under GAAP as in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Accounting Standards Codification 842.
9.10. Severability of Provisions. Any provision in any Loan Document that is held to be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid without affecting the remaining provisions in that jurisdiction or the operation, enforceability, or validity of that provision in any other jurisdiction, and to this end the provisions of all Loan Documents are declared to be severable.
9.11. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. The relationship between the Borrower, on the one hand, and the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, on the other, shall be solely that of borrower and lender. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any fiduciary responsibilities to the Borrower. 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), the Borrower and each other Loan Party acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower, each other Loan Party and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers, on the other hand, (B) each of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) the Borrower and each other Loan Party is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks
and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers each is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Arranger has any obligation to the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor any Arranger has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower, any other Loan Party, or any of their respective Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty to the Borrower or any other Loan Party in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender undertakes any responsibility to the Borrower to review or inform the Borrower of any matter in connection with any phase of the Borrower’s business or operations.
9.12. Choice of Law. THE LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINING A CONTRARY EXPRESS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISION) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (AND NOT THE LAW OF CONFLICTS) OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
9.13. Consent to Jurisdiction. THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE BORROWER IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BY THE BORROWER AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH ANY LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A COURT IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK.
9.14. Waiver of Jury Trial. THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED THEREUNDER.
9.15. Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. 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 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:
9.16. Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFC.
9.17. Reallocation of Lenders Pro Rata Shares; No Novation
9.18. Rates. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any 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 Benchmark, any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or with respect to 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), as it may or may not be adjusted pursuant to Section 2.25, will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, the Benchmark 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 the Benchmark, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto and such transactions may be adverse to the Borrower . The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain the Benchmark, any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, 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.
ARTICLE X.THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
10.1. Appointment. KeyBank National Association is hereby appointed Administrative Agent hereunder and under each other Loan Document, and each of the Lenders irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender. The Administrative Agent agrees to act as such upon the express conditions contained in this Article X. Notwithstanding the use of the defined term “Administrative Agent,” it is expressly understood and agreed that the Administrative Agent shall not have any fiduciary responsibilities to any Lender by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document and that the Administrative Agent is merely acting as the contractual representative of the Lenders with only those duties as are expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. In its capacity as the Lenders’ contractual representative, the Administrative Agent (i) does not hereby assume any fiduciary duties to any of the Lenders, (ii) is a “representative” of the Lenders within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the Illinois Uniform Commercial Code and (iii) is acting as an independent contractor, the rights and duties of which are limited to those expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each of the Lenders hereby agrees to assert no claim against the Administrative Agent on any agency theory or any other theory of liability for breach of fiduciary duty, all of which claims each Lender hereby waives.
10.2. Powers. The Administrative Agent shall have and may exercise such powers under the Loan Documents as are specifically delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of each thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Administrative Agent shall have no implied duties to the Lenders, or any obligation to the Lenders to take any action thereunder except any action specifically provided for in this Agreement and/or the other Loan Documents to be taken by the Administrative Agent.
10.3. General Immunity. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable to the Borrower, the Lenders or any Lender for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
10.4. No Responsibility for Loans, Recitals, etc. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, or verify (i) any statement, warranty or representation made by anyone other than the Administrative Agent or one of its Affiliates in connection with any Loan Document or any borrowing hereunder; (ii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants or agreements of any obligor under any Loan Document, including, without limitation, any agreement by an obligor to furnish information directly to each Lender; (iii) the satisfaction of any condition specified in Article IV, except receipt of items required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent; (iv) the validity, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other instrument or writing furnished in connection therewith with respect to anyone other than the Administrative Agent or one of its Affiliates; (v) the value, sufficiency, creation, perfection, or priority of any interest in any collateral security; or (vi) the financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor.
10.5. Action on Instructions of Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, hereunder and under any other Loan Document in accordance with written instructions signed by the required percentage of the Lenders needed to take such action or refrain from taking such action, and such instructions and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding on all of the Lenders. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall be under no duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Required Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action hereunder and under any other Loan Document unless it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders pro rata against any and all liability, cost and expense that it may incur by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action, other than liability, cost or expense that arises from the Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
10.6. Employment of Agents and Counsel. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties as Administrative Agent hereunder and under any other Loan Document by or through employees, agents, and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be answerable to the Lenders, except as
to money or securities received by it or its authorized agents, for the default or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to the agency hereby created and its duties hereunder and under any other Loan Document.
10.7. Reliance on Documents; Counsel. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any Note, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, statement, paper or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons, and, in respect to legal matters, upon the opinion of counsel selected by the Administrative Agent, which counsel may be employees of the Administrative Agent.
10.8. Administrative Agent’s Reimbursement and Indemnification. The Lenders agree to reimburse and indemnify the Administrative Agent ratably in proportion to their respective Commitments (i) for those amounts which are specifically reimbursable by Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, to the extent not so reimbursed by Borrower, (ii) for any other expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration and enforcement of the Loan Documents pursuant to the Administrative Agent’s obligations hereunder which are not specifically reimbursable by Borrower under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, to the extent not actually reimbursed by Borrower, and (iii) for any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind and nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Loan Documents or any other document delivered in connection therewith or the transactions contemplated thereby (including without limitation, for any such amounts incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in connection with any dispute between the Administrative Agent and any Lender or between two or more of the Lenders), or the enforcement of any of the terms thereof or of any such other documents, provided that no Lender shall be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent they arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct or a breach of the Administrative Agent’s express obligations and undertakings to the Lenders. The obligations of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under this Section 10.8 shall survive payment of the Obligations and termination of this Agreement.
10.9. Rights as a Lender. In the event the Administrative Agent is a Lender, the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder and under any other Loan Document as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, at any time when the Administrative Agent is a Lender, unless the context otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity. The Administrative Agent may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of trust, debt, equity or other transaction, in addition to those contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document, with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in which the Borrower or such Subsidiary is not restricted hereby from engaging with any other Person.
10.10. Lender Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on the financial
statements prepared by the Borrower and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into the Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
10.11. Successor Administrative Agent. Except as otherwise provided below, KeyBank National Association shall at all times serve as the Administrative Agent during the term of this Facility so long as KeyBank continues to be a Lender. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower, such resignation to be effective upon the appointment of a successor Administrative Agent. If the Administrative Agent has been grossly negligent in the performance of its obligations hereunder, the Administrative Agent may be removed at any time by written notice received by the Administrative Agent from other Lenders holding in the aggregate at least two-thirds of that portion of the Aggregate Commitment not held by the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates, such removal to be effective on the date specified by such other Lenders. Upon any such resignation or removal, such other Lenders shall appoint, on behalf of the Borrower and the Lenders, a successor Administrative Agent which appointment shall, provided no Default or Unmatured Default exists, be subject to the Borrower’s approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed (except that the Borrower shall, in all events, be deemed to have approved each Lender and its Affiliates that are Qualified Institutions as a successor Administrative Agent). If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by such other Lenders within thirty (30) days after the resigning Administrative Agent’s giving notice of its intention to resign, then the resigning Administrative Agent shall appoint, on behalf of the Borrower and the Lenders, a successor Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Administrative Agent may at any time without the consent of the Borrower or any Lender, appoint any of its Affiliates which is a commercial bank as a successor Administrative Agent hereunder. No successor Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be appointed hereunder until such successor Administrative Agent has accepted the appointment. Any such successor Administrative Agent shall be a commercial bank having capital and retained earnings of at least $500,000,000 (a “Qualified Institution”). Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the resigning or removed Administrative Agent. Upon the effectiveness of the resignation or removal of the Administrative Agent, the resigning or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the Loan Documents arising after the date of such discharge. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, at all times prior to the Borrower’s receipt of written notice of the acceptance of such appointment by a successor Administrative Agent, the Borrower may rely in all respects upon all actions taken and consents issued by the prior Administrative Agent. After the effectiveness of the resignation or removal of an Administrative Agent, those rights and liabilities of the Administrative Agent under this Article X shall continue in effect for the benefit of such Administrative Agent in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.
10.12. Notice of Defaults. If a Lender becomes aware of a Default or Unmatured Default, such Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of such fact provided that the failure to give such notice shall not create liability on the part of a Lender. Upon receipt of such written notice that a Default or Unmatured Default has occurred, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each of the Lenders of such fact.
10.13. Requests for Approval. If the Administrative Agent requests in writing the consent or approval of a Lender, such Lender shall respond and either approve or disapprove definitively in writing to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days (or by such earlier date as is conspicuously noted in such request if the Administrative Agent has made a reasonable determination that the Borrower has a legitimate business reason for seeking such consent or approval on an expedited basis) after such written request from the Administrative Agent. If the Lender does not so respond to a request with a ten (10) Business Day response time, that Lender shall be deemed to have approved the request. If the Lender does not so respond to a request with less than a ten (10) Business Day response time, that Lender shall be deemed to have denied the request.
10.14. Defaulting Lenders. At such time as a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s right to vote on matters which are subject to the consent or approval of the Required Lenders, each affected Lender or all Lenders shall be immediately suspended until such time as the Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, except that (i) the amount of the Commitment of the Defaulting Lender may not be increased and (ii) the Facility Termination Date (as to such Defaulting Lender’s Loans and Commitment only) may not be extended other than as expressly provided under Section 2.21, without its consent. If a Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its pro rata share of any Advance and until such time as such Defaulting Lender subsequently funds its pro rata share of such Advance, all Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender hereunder shall be subordinated in right of payment, as provided in the following sentence, to the prior payment in full of all principal of, interest on and fees relating to the Loans funded by the other Lenders in connection with any such Advance in which the Defaulting Lender has not funded its pro rata share (such principal, interest and fees being referred to as “Senior Loans” for the purposes of this section). All amounts paid by the Borrower or the Subsidiary Guarantors and otherwise due to be applied to the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to the terms hereof shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent to the other Lenders in accordance with their respective pro rata shares (recalculated for the purposes hereof to exclude the Defaulting Lender) until all Senior Loans have been paid in full provided, however, in no event will any such distribution to the other Lenders give rise to any liability of the Borrower to the Defaulting Lender. After the Senior Loans have been paid in full equitable adjustments will be made in connection with future payments by the Borrower to the extent a portion of the Senior Loans had been repaid with amounts that otherwise would have been distributed to a Defaulting Lender but for the operation of this Section 10.14. This provision governs only the relationship among the Administrative Agent, each Defaulting Lender and the other Lenders; nothing hereunder shall limit the obligation of the Borrower to repay all Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The provisions of this section shall apply and be effective regardless of whether a Default occurs and is continuing, and notwithstanding (i) any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary,
(ii) any instruction of the Borrower as to its desired application of payments or (iii) the suspension of such Defaulting Lender’s right to vote on matters which are subject to the consent or approval of the Required Lenders or all Lenders.
10.15. Additional Agents. Any additional agents designated on the cover of the Agreement shall not have any rights or obligations under the Loan Documents as a result of such designation or of any actions undertaken in such capacity, such parties having only those rights or obligations arising hereunder in their capacities as a Lender.
10.16. Erroneous Payments.
ARTICLE XI.SETOFF; RATABLE PAYMENTS
11.1. Setoff. In addition to, and without limitation of, any rights of the Lenders under applicable law, if any Default occurs, any and all deposits (including all account balances, whether provisional or final and whether or not collected or available) and any other Indebtedness at any time held or owing by any Lender to or for the credit or account of the Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, may be offset and applied toward the payment of the Obligations owing to such Lender at any time prior to the date that such Default has been fully cured, whether or not the Obligations, or any part hereof, shall then be due, provided however that any such
offset and application shall only be made after such Lender has obtained the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
11.2. Ratable Payments. If any Lender, whether by setoff or otherwise, has payment made to it upon its Loans (other than payments of Swingline Loans and payments received pursuant to Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 or 3.5) in a greater proportion than that received by any other Lender, such Lender agrees, promptly upon demand, to purchase a portion of the Loans held by the other Lenders so that after such purchase each Lender will hold its ratable proportion of Loans. If any Lender, whether in connection with setoff or amounts which might be subject to setoff or otherwise, receives collateral or other protection for its Obligations or such amounts which may be subject to setoff, such Lender agrees, promptly upon demand, to take such action necessary such that all Lenders share in the benefits of such collateral ratably in proportion to their Loans. In case any such payment is disturbed by legal process, or otherwise, appropriate further adjustments shall be made.
ARTICLE XII.BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS
12.1. Successors and Assigns. The terms and provisions of the Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower and the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, except that (i) the Borrower shall not have the right to assign its rights or obligations under the Loan Documents and (ii) any assignment by any Lender must be made in compliance with Section 12.3. The parties to the Agreement acknowledge that clause (ii) of this Section 12.1 relates only to absolute assignments and does not prohibit assignments creating security interests, including, without limitation, (x) any pledge or assignment by any Lender of all or any portion of its rights under the Agreement and any Note to a Federal Reserve Bank or (y) in the case of a Lender which is a fund, any pledge or assignment of all or any portion of its rights under the Agreement and any Note to its trustee in support of its obligations to its trustee, provided, however, that no such pledge or assignment creating a security interest shall release the transferor Lender from its obligations hereunder unless and until the parties thereto have complied with the provisions of Section 12.3. The Administrative Agent and Borrower may treat the Person which made any Loan or which holds any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes hereof unless and until such Person complies with Section 12.3; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent and Borrower may in its discretion (but shall not be required to) follow instructions from the Person which made any Loan or which holds any Note to direct payments relating to such Loan or Note to another Person. Any assignee of the rights to any Loan or any Note agrees by acceptance of such assignment to be bound by all the terms and provisions of the Loan Documents. Any request, authority or consent of any Person, who at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent is the owner of the rights to any Loan (whether or not a Note has been issued in evidence thereof), shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent holder or assignee of the rights to such Loan.
12.2. Participations.
12.3. Assignments.
12.4. Dissemination of Information. The Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any Participant or Purchaser or any other Person acquiring an interest in the Loan Documents by operation of law (each a “Transferee”) and any prospective Transferee any and all information in such Lender’s possession concerning the creditworthiness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, subject in each case to the confidentiality provisions of Section 12.6.
12.5. Secured Bank Product Obligations and Hedging Obligations. No Specified Swap Contract Provider that obtains the benefits of Section 8.4 or the Loan Documents by virtue of the provisions hereof or of any other Loan Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to Hedging Obligations unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Specified Swap Contract Provider.
12.6. Confidentiality. Each of Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and advisors, including accountants and legal counsel (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) 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, provided that the Administrative Agent or Lender requested to make such disclosure promptly informs the Borrower of such request if lawfully permitted to do so, so that the Borrower may have an opportunity to object and/or seek an appropriate protective order at the Borrower’s sole cost and expense, and
provided further that the Borrower agrees that in no event shall any such notification be required in respect of any disclosure to bank regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over any Lender, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or the enforcement of rights under the Loan Documents, (f) subject to receipt of a written agreement from such Person containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to any Transferee or prospective Transferee of any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, (g) with the written consent of Borrower, (h) to any member of the Consolidated Group, (i) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Borrower, which source is not bound by a contractual or other obligation of confidentiality to any Person, (j) to insurers and reinsurers or (k) to any direct, indirect, actual or prospective counterparty (and its advisors) to any swap, derivative, or securitization transactions relating to the Borrower and its obligations under this Agreement. For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower relating to the Borrower or its business, other than any such information that is posted by the Borrower to a website as provided for in Section 6.1 or is otherwise available to Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by Borrower. 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.
ARTICLE XIII.NOTICES
13.1. Giving Notice. All notices, requests or demands to be given under this Agreement from any party to the others (collectively, “Notices” and individually a “Notice”) shall be in writing and shall be given by personal delivery, or by overnight courier service for next Business Day delivery at the other parties’ addresses as shown below such parties’ signatures on the signature pages hereto, or by telecopy transmission at the other parties’ facsimile telephone numbers shown there, or by email at the other parties’ email addresses shown there. Notices given by personal delivery (i.e. by the sending party or a messenger) shall be deemed given on the date of delivery. Notices given by overnight courier service shall be deemed given upon deposit with the overnight courier service. Notices given by telecopy or email transmission shall be deemed given on the date of transmission provided such transmission is completed by 5:00 p.m. (sending party’s local time) on a Business Day, otherwise such delivery shall be deemed to occur on the next succeeding Business Day. If a party’s office address is a business, the receipt or the refusal to accept personal or courier service delivery by a receptionist or by any person in an employ of such party, shall be deemed actual receipt by the party of Notices and rejected or refused delivery shall constitute valid delivery. Notices may be issued by an attorney for a party and in such case such Notices shall be deemed given by such party. A party’s address for Notice may be changed from time to time by Notice given to the other party in the manner herein provided for giving notice. Extra copies of Notices are for informational purposes only, and a failure to give or receive extra
copies of any Notice shall not be deemed a failure to give notice, and shall in no way adversely affect the effectiveness of such Notice given to the addressee party.
ARTICLE XIV.PATRIOT ACT; BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REGULATION
ARTICLE XV.COUNTERPARTS