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Enova International, Inc. · Apr 23, 5:15 PM ET
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Section 1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1 Definitions. The following terms used herein, including in the preamble, recitals, exhibits and schedules hereto, shall have the following meanings:
1.2 Accounting Terms. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in conformity with GAAP. Financial statements and other information required to be delivered by Company to Lenders pursuant to Section 5.1(a) and Section 5.1(b) shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect at the time of such preparation (and delivered together with the reconciliation statements provided for in Section 5.1(d), if applicable). If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Credit Document, and either Company, the Requisite Lenders or the Administrative Agent shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and Company shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP; provided that, until so amended, (a) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP and accounting principles and policies in conformity with those used to prepare the financial statements previously delivered pursuant to Sections 5.1(a) and 5.1(b) and (b) Company shall provide to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP. For the avoidance of doubt, any lease that would be characterized as an operating lease in accordance with
GAAP on the Closing Date (whether or not such operating lease was in effect on such date) shall continue to be accounted for as an operating lease (and not as a Capital Lease) for purposes of this Agreement regardless of any change in GAAP following the Closing Date that would otherwise require such lease to be recharacterized (on a prospective or retroactive basis or otherwise) as a Capital Lease or reflected as Indebtedness hereunder.
1.3 Interpretation, etc.
Section 2. LOANS
2.1 Revolving Loans.
2.2 Pro Rata Shares. All Revolving Loans of each Class shall be made by Class A Committed Lenders or Class B Lenders, as applicable, simultaneously and proportionately to their respective Pro Rata Shares, it being understood that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in such other Lender’s obligation to make a Revolving Loan requested hereunder nor shall any Revolving Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of a default by any other Lender in such other Lender’s obligation to make a Revolving Loan requested hereunder.
2.3 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans, if any, made on the Closing Date shall be applied by Company to (a) finance the acquisition of Eligible Receivables from the Seller pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, (b) pay Transaction Costs and ongoing fees and expenses of Company hereunder, (c) make other payments in accordance with Section 2.12, and (d) in the case of Revolving Loans made pursuant to Section 2.1(d), to make payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts owing to the Lenders under the Credit Documents. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans may also be used to make a Borrower Distribution in accordance with Section 6.5. No portion of the proceeds of any Credit Extension shall be used in any manner that causes or might cause such Credit Extension or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation thereof or to violate the Exchange Act.
2.4 Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders’ Books and Records; Notes.
2.5 Interest on Loans.
2.6 Releases.
2.7 Fees.
2.8 Repayment on or Before Applicable Maturity Date. Company shall repay (i) the Class A Revolving Loans and (ii) all other Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which demand has not been made) owed to the Class A Committed Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, in each case, in full in cash on or before the Class A Maturity Date. Company shall repay (i) the Class B Revolving Loans and (ii) all other Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which demand has not been made) owed to the Class B Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, in each case, in full in cash on or before the Class B Maturity Date.
2.9 [Reserved].
2.10 Borrowing Base Deficiency. Company shall prepay the Revolving Loans within five (5) Business Days of the earlier of (i) an Authorized Officer or the Chief Financial Officer (or in each case, the equivalent thereof) of Company becoming aware that a Borrowing Base Deficiency exists or (ii) receipt by Company of notice from any Agent or any Lender that a Borrowing Base Deficiency exists, in each case in an amount equal to such Borrowing Base Deficiency, which shall be applied first, to prepay the Class A Revolving Loans as necessary to cure any Class A Borrowing Base Deficiency, and, second, to prepay the Class B Revolving Loans as necessary to cure any Class B Borrowing Base Deficiency. For the avoidance of doubt, receipt
of a Monthly Servicing Report showing a Borrowing Base Deficiency shall constitute knowledge by Company thereof.
2.11 Controlled Accounts.
2.12 Application of Proceeds.
2.13 General Provisions Regarding Payments.
2.14 Ratable Sharing. Lenders hereby agree among themselves that, except as otherwise provided herein or in the Collateral Documents with respect to amounts realized from the exercise of rights with respect to Liens on the Collateral, if any of them shall, whether by voluntary payment (other than a voluntary prepayment of Revolving Loans made and applied in accordance with the terms hereof), through the exercise of any right of set-off or banker’s lien, by counterclaim or cross action or by the enforcement of any right under the Credit Documents, or otherwise, or as adequate protection of a deposit treated as cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code, receive payment or reduction of a proportion of the aggregate amount of principal, interest, fees and other amounts then due and owing to such Lender hereunder or under the other Credit Documents (collectively, the “Aggregate Amounts Due” to such Lender) which is greater than such Lender would be entitled pursuant to this Agreement (after giving effect to the priority of payments determining application of payments to the Class A Lenders and the Class B Lenders, respectively), then the Lender receiving such proportionately greater payment shall (a) notify Administrative Agent, Paying Agent and each Lender of the receipt of such payment and (b) apply a portion of such payment to purchase participations (which it shall be deemed to have purchased from each seller of a participation simultaneously upon the receipt by such seller of its portion of such payment) in the Aggregate Amounts Due to the other Lenders so that the recovery of such Aggregate Amounts Due shall be shared by the applicable Lenders in proportion to the Aggregate Amounts Due to them pursuant to this Agreement; provided, if all or part of such proportionately greater payment received by such purchasing Lender is thereafter recovered from such Lender upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of Company or otherwise, those purchases shall be rescinded and the purchase prices paid for such participations shall be returned to such purchasing Lender ratably to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. Company expressly consents to the foregoing arrangement and agrees that any holder of a participation so purchased may exercise any and all rights of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim with respect to any and all monies owing by Company to that holder with respect thereto as fully as if that holder were owed the amount of the participation held by that holder.
2.15 Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy.
2.16 Taxes; Withholding, etc.
2.17 Obligation to Mitigate. Each Lender agrees that, as promptly as practicable after the officer of such Lender responsible for administering its Revolving Loans becomes aware of the occurrence of an event or the existence of a condition that would entitle such Lender to receive payments under Section 2.15 and/or Section 2.16, it will, to the extent not inconsistent with the internal policies of such Lender and any applicable legal or regulatory restrictions, use reasonable efforts to (a) make, issue, fund or maintain its Credit Extensions through another office of such Lender, or (b) take such other measures as such Lender may deem reasonable, if as a result thereof the additional amounts which would otherwise be required to be paid to such Lender pursuant to 2.15 and/or 2.16 would be materially reduced and if, as determined by such Lender in its sole discretion, the making, issuing, funding or maintaining of such Revolving Commitments or Revolving Loans through such other office or in accordance with such other measures, as the case
may be, would not otherwise adversely affect such Revolving Commitments or Revolving Loans or the interests of such Lender; provided, such Lender will not be obligated to utilize such other office pursuant to this Section 2.17 unless Company agrees to pay all reasonable and incremental expenses incurred by such Lender as a result of utilizing such other office as described above. A certificate as to the amount of any such expenses payable by Company pursuant to this Section 2.17 (setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount) submitted by such Lender to Company (with a copy to Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Company agrees to reimburse the Lender its expenses associated with complying with this Section 2.17.
2.18 Defaulting Lenders. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that, other than at the direction or request of any regulatory agency or authority, any Lender defaults (in each case, a “Defaulting Lender”) in its obligation to fund (a “Funding Default”) any Revolving Loan (in each case, a “Defaulted Loan”), then (a) during any Default Period with respect to such Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender shall be deemed not to be a “Lender” for purposes of voting on any matters (including the granting of any consents or waivers) with respect to any of the Credit Documents; (b) to the extent permitted by applicable law, until such time as the Default Excess, if any, with respect to such Defaulting Lender shall have been reduced to zero, (i) any voluntary prepayment of the Revolving Loans shall be applied to the Revolving Loans of other Lenders of the applicable Class as if such Defaulting Lender had no Revolving Loans outstanding and the Revolving Exposure of such Defaulting Lender were zero, and (ii) any mandatory prepayment of the Revolving Loans of the applicable Class shall be applied to the Revolving Loans of other Lenders (but not to the Revolving Loans of such Defaulting Lender) of such Class as if such Defaulting Lender had funded all Defaulted Loans of such Class of such Defaulting Lender, it being understood and agreed that Company shall be entitled to retain any portion of any mandatory prepayment of the Revolving Loans of the applicable Class that is not paid to such Defaulting Lender solely as a result of the operation of the provisions of this clause (b); and (c) the Total Utilization of Class A Revolving Loans or the Total Utilization of Class B Revolving Loans, as applicable, as at any date of determination shall be calculated as if such Defaulting Lender had funded all Defaulted Loans of such Defaulting Lender. No Revolving Commitment of any Lender shall be increased or otherwise affected, and, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Section 2.18, performance by Company of its obligations hereunder and the other Credit Documents shall not be excused or otherwise modified as a result of any Funding Default or the operation of this Section 2.18. The rights and remedies against a Defaulting Lender under this Section 2.18 are in addition to other rights and remedies which Company may have against such Defaulting Lender with respect to any Funding Default and which Administrative Agent or any Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender with respect to any Funding Default or violation of Section 8.5(c).
2.19 Removal or Replacement of a Lender. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that: (a) (i) any Lender (an “Increased-Cost Lender”) shall give notice to Company that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under Section 2.15 and/or Section 2.16, (ii) the circumstances which entitle such Lender to receive such payments shall remain in effect, and (iii) such Lender shall fail to withdraw such notice within five (5) Business Days after Company’s request for such withdrawal; or (b) (i) in the event that there is a Funding Default with respect to a Defaulting Lender (other than a Class A Conduit Lender), other than as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s good faith determination that one or more conditions to funding have not been satisfied hereunder, (ii) the Default Period for such Defaulting Lender shall
remain in effect, and (iii) such Defaulting Lender shall fail to cure the default as a result of which it has become a Defaulting Lender within five (5) Business Days after Company’s request that it cure such default; or (c) in connection with any proposed amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent with respect to any of the provisions hereof as contemplated by Section 9.5(b), the consent of Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders shall have been obtained but the consent of one or more of such other Lenders (each a “Non-Consenting Lender”) whose consent is required shall not have been obtained and no Default, Early Amortization Event or Event of Default shall then exist; then, with respect to each such Increased-Cost Lender, Defaulting Lender or Non-Consenting Lender (the “Terminated Lender”), Company may, by giving written notice to any Terminated Lender and the Administrative Agent of its election to do so, elect to cause such Terminated Lender (and such Terminated Lender hereby irrevocably agrees) to assign (without recourse) its outstanding Revolving Loans and its Revolving Commitments, if any, in full to one or more Eligible Assignees identified by Company (each a “Replacement Lender”) in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.6; provided, (1) on the date of such assignment, the Replacement Lender shall pay to the Terminated Lender an amount equal to the sum of (A) an amount equal to the principal of, and all accrued interest on, all outstanding Revolving Loans of the Terminated Lender and, if applicable, such other Lenders, and (B) an amount equal to all accrued, but theretofore unpaid fees owing to such Terminated Lender and, if applicable, such other Lenders, pursuant to Section 2.7; (2) on the date of such assignment, Company shall pay any amounts payable to such Terminated Lender pursuant to Section 2.15 and/or Section 2.16 and any other amounts due to such Terminated Lender (and all expenses and costs of the Terminating Lender associated with compliance with this Section 2.19); (3) in the event such Terminated Lender is an Increased-Cost Lender, such assignment will result in a reduction in any claims for payments under Section 2.15 and/or Section 2.16, as applicable, (4) such assignment does not conflict with applicable law; and (5) in the event such Terminated Lender is a Non-Consenting Lender, each Replacement Lender shall consent, at the time of such assignment, to each matter in respect of which such Terminated Lender was a Non-Consenting Lender. Upon the prepayment of all amounts owing to any Terminated Lender and the termination of such Terminated Lender’s Revolving Commitments, such Terminated Lender shall no longer constitute a “Lender” for purposes hereof; provided, any rights of such Terminated Lender to indemnification hereunder shall survive as to such Terminated Lender.
2.20 The Paying Agent. (a) The Lenders hereby appoint Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as the initial Paying Agent. All payments of amounts due and payable in respect of the Obligations that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 2.12 shall be made by the Paying Agent based on the Monthly Servicing Report (upon which the Paying Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely).
2.21 Duties of Paying Agent.
2.22 Collateral Agent.
2.23 Intention of Parties.
2.24 Alternate Rate of Interest.
Section 3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
3.1 Closing Date. The obligation of each Lender to make a Credit Extension on the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with Section 9.5, of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders:
3.2 Conditions to Each Credit Extension.
Section 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
4.1 Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification; Other Names. Company (a) is duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, to enter into the Credit Documents to which it is a party and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby, and (c) is qualified to do business and in good standing in every jurisdiction where its assets are located and wherever necessary to carry out its business and operations, except in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Company does not operate or do business under any assumed, trade or fictitious name. Company has no Subsidiaries.
4.2 Capital Stock and Ownership. The Capital Stock of Company has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and non-assessable. As of the Closing Date, there is no existing option, warrant, call, right, commitment or other agreement to which Company is a party requiring, and there is no membership interest or other Capital Stock of Company outstanding which upon conversion or exchange would require, the issuance by Company of any additional membership interests or other Capital Stock of Company or other Securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe for or purchase, a membership interest or other Capital Stock of Company. All membership interests in the Company as of the Closing Date are owned by Holdings.
4.3 Due Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents to which Company is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary action of Company.
4.4 No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by Company of the Credit Documents to which it is party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents do not and will not (a) violate in any material respect any provision of any law or any governmental rule or regulation applicable to Company, any of the Organizational Documents of Company, or any order, judgment or decree of any court or other Governmental Authority binding on Company; (b) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Contractual Obligation of Company; (c) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of Company (other than any Liens created under any of the Credit Documents in favor of Collateral Agent, on behalf of Secured Parties); or (d) require any approval of stockholders, members or partners or any approval or consent of any Person under any Contractual Obligation of Company, except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
4.5 Governmental Consents. The execution, delivery and performance by Company of the Credit Documents to which Company is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents do not and will not require any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by, any Governmental Authority except for filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral to be made, or otherwise delivered to Collateral Agent for filing and/or recordation, as of the Closing Date other than (a) those that have already been obtained and are in full force and effect, or (b) any consents or approvals the failure of which to obtain will not have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.6 Binding Obligation. Each Credit Document to which Company is a party has been duly executed and delivered by Company and is the legally valid and binding obligation of Company, enforceable against Company in accordance with its respective terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.
4.7 Eligible Receivables. Each Receivable that is identified by Company as an Eligible Receivable in a Borrowing Base Certificate satisfies all of the criteria set forth in the definition of Eligibility Criteria as of the applicable date set forth in such Borrowing Base Certificate or as otherwise indicated in the Eligibility Criteria.
4.8 Corporate Information. The Company’s chief executive office and principal place of business is located in the State of Illinois, Cook County and the Company maintains its books and records in the State of Illinois, Cook County. The Company’s registered office and the jurisdiction of organization of the Company is the jurisdiction referred to in Section 4.1. The Company has not changed its name, changed its corporate structure, changed its jurisdiction of organization, changed its chief place of business/chief executive office or used any name other than its exact legal name at any time during the past five years
4.9 No Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2022, no event, circumstance or change has occurred that has caused or evidences, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
4.10 Adverse Proceedings, etc. There are no Adverse Proceedings (other than counter claims relating to ordinary course collection actions by or on behalf of Company) pending against Company that challenges Company’s right or power to enter into or perform any of its obligations under the Credit Documents to which it is a party or that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Company is not (a) in violation of any applicable laws in any material respect, or (b) subject to or in default with respect to any judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any federal, state, municipal or other Governmental Authority, except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
4.11 Payment of Taxes. Except as otherwise permitted under Section 5.3, all material tax returns and reports of Company required to be filed by it have been timely filed, and all material taxes shown on such tax returns to be due and payable and all assessments, fees and other governmental charges upon Company and upon its properties, assets, income, businesses and franchises which are due and payable have been paid when due and payable except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP.
4.12 Title to Assets. Company has no fee, leasehold or other property interests in any real property assets. Company has good and valid title to all of its assets reflected in the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.1. Except as permitted by this Agreement, all such properties and assets are free and clear of Liens. All Liens purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Collateral Document in favor of Collateral Agent are First Priority Liens.
4.13 No Indebtedness. Company has no Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness incurred under (or contemplated by) the terms of this Agreement or otherwise permitted hereunder.
4.14 No Defaults. Company is not in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any of its Contractual Obligations, and no condition exists which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, could constitute such a default, except where the consequences, direct or indirect, of such default or defaults, if any, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
4.15 Material Contracts. Company is not a party to any Material Contracts.
4.16 Government Contracts. Company is not a party to any contract or agreement with any Governmental Authority, and the Pledged Receivables are not subject to the Federal Assignment of Claims Act (31 U.S.C. Section 3727) or any similar state or local law.
4.17 Governmental Regulation. Company is not subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, the Federal Power Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940 or under any other federal or state statute or regulation which may limit its ability to incur Indebtedness or which may otherwise render all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable. Company is not a “registered investment company” or a company “controlled” by a “registered investment company” or a “principal underwriter” of a “registered investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. The transactions contemplated hereby do not create an ownership interest in a “covered fund” for purposes of the Volcker Rule. The Receivables constitute “eligible assets” within the meaning of Rule 3a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
4.18 Margin Stock. Company is not engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. No part of the proceeds of the Revolving Loans made to Company will be used to purchase or carry any such Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such Margin Stock or for any purpose that violates, or is inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
4.19 Employee Benefit Plans. 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. Company does not maintain or contribute to any Employee Benefit Plan.
4.20 Solvency; Fraudulent Conveyance. Company is and, upon the incurrence of any Credit Extension by Company on any date on which this representation and warranty is made, will be, Solvent. Company is not transferring any Collateral with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud
any of its creditors. Company shall not use the proceeds from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to give preference to any class of creditors. Company has given fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the sale of the Receivables by the Seller under the Asset Purchase Agreement.
4.21 Compliance with Statutes, etc. Company is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable statutes, regulations and orders of, and all applicable restrictions imposed by, all Governmental Authorities, in respect of the conduct of its business and the ownership of its property, except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
4.22 Matters Pertaining to Related Agreements.
4.23 Disclosure. No documents, certificates, reports, written statements or other written information furnished to Lenders by or on behalf of Holdings or Company for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, taken as a whole, contains any untrue statement of a material fact, or taken as a whole, omits to state a material fact (known to Holdings or Company, in the case of any document not furnished by either of them) necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which the same were made, provided, that, projections and pro forma financial information contained in such materials were prepared based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by the preparer thereof to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by Lenders that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results and such differences may be material.
4.24 Patriot Act; Sanctions. To the extent applicable, Company and the Seller are in compliance, in all material respects, with the (a) Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating
thereto, and (b) Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act of 2001) (the “Act”). The Company and the Seller has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance by the Company, the Seller and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Company, the Seller, and their respective directors, officers and employees and to the knowledge of the Company, their respective agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects. None of the Company, the Seller or any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent of the Company or the Seller that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from this Agreement or the Revolving Loans, is a Sanctioned Person. No Revolving Loans, use of proceeds or other transaction contemplated by this Agreement will violate Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.
4.25 Remittance of Collections.
4.26 Tax Status.
4.27 Beneficial Ownership.
Section 5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
5.1 Financial Statements and Other Reports. Unless otherwise provided below, Company or its designee will deliver to each Agent and each Lender:
5.2 Existence. Except as otherwise permitted under Section 6.8, Company will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and all rights and franchises, licenses and permits material to its business.
5.3 Payment of Taxes and Claims. Company will pay all material Taxes imposed upon it or any of its properties or assets or in respect of any of its income, businesses or franchises before any penalty or fine accrues thereon, and all claims (including claims for labor, services, materials and supplies) for sums that have become due and payable and that by law have or may become a Lien upon any of its properties or assets, prior to the time when any penalty or fine shall be incurred with respect thereto; provided, no such Tax or claim need be paid if it is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted, so long as adequate reserve or other appropriate provision, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor. Company will not file or consent to the filing of any consolidated income tax return with any Person (other than Enova or any of its Subsidiaries).
5.4 Insurance. Company shall cause Holdings to maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers, (a) all insurance required to be maintained under the Servicing Agreement, (b) business interruption insurance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and (c) casualty insurance, such public liability insurance, third party property damage insurance with respect to liabilities, losses or damage in respect of the assets,
properties and businesses of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as may customarily be carried or maintained under similar circumstances by Persons of established reputation engaged in similar businesses, in each case in such amounts (giving effect to self-insurance), with such deductibles, covering such risks and otherwise on such terms and conditions as shall be customary for such Persons. Each Agent and Lender hereby agrees and acknowledges that the insurance maintained by Enova on the Closing Date satisfies the requirements set forth in this Section 5.4 as of the Closing Date.
5.5 Inspections; Compliance Audits.
5.6 Compliance with Laws. Company shall, and shall cause Holdings to, comply with the Requirements of Law, noncompliance with which could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
5.7 Separateness. The Company shall at all times comply with the separateness covenants set forth in the Company’s Limited Liability Company Agreement.
5.8 Further Assurances. At any time or from time to time upon the request of any Agent or Lender, Company will, at its expense, promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver such further documents and do such other acts and things as such Agent or Lender may reasonably request in order to effect fully the purposes of the Credit Documents, including providing Lenders with any information reasonably requested pursuant to Section 9.21. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, Company shall take such actions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request from time to time to ensure that the Obligations are secured by substantially all of the assets of Company.
5.9 Communication with Accountants.
5.10 Acquisition of Receivables from Seller. With respect to each Pledged Receivable, Company shall (a) acquire such Receivable pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement, (b) take all actions necessary to perfect, protect and more fully evidence Company’s ownership of such Receivable, including, without limitation, executing or causing to be executed (or filing or causing to be filed) such other instruments or notices as may be necessary or appropriate and (c) take all additional action that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to perfect, protect and more fully evidence the respective interests of Company, the Agents and the Lenders.
5.11 Lenders Information Rights. Company shall provide to the Class A Lenders and the Class B Lenders (a) substantially contemporaneously with its provision to the Administrative Agent any written information required to be provided to the Administrative Agent under any Credit Document, and (b) prompt written notice of any written waiver or consent provided under, or any amendment of, any Credit Document.
5.12 Most Favored Nations. The Company hereby agrees that, after the Closing Date, if Holdings or any of Holdings’ Subsidiaries enters into or amends a credit agreement, loan agreement, repurchase agreement, warehouse facility, credit facility or other similar arrangement relating to Indebtedness of the Company or its Affiliates, with any person which by the terms of such amendment, credit agreement loan agreement, repurchase agreement, warehouse facility, credit facility or other similar arrangement provides any more favorable financial covenants (i.e., the financial covenants are more protective of the lenders) with respect to any Financial Covenants set forth herein, then such Financial Covenants shall be automatically deemed amended to reflect such more favorable terms.
5.13 Notice of New Receivables Financing. The Company shall, or shall cause Holdings to, provide prompt written notice to the Administrative Agent, each Class A Committed Lender and each Class B Lender of any new Permitted Receivables Financing that is secured by Receivables originated by Headway Capital, LLC, in each case, no later than ten (10) Business Days prior to the anticipated closing or effectiveness of such financing arrangement.
Section 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
6.1 Indebtedness. Company shall not directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or guaranty, or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness, except the Obligations.
6.2 Liens. Company shall not directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset of any kind (including any document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable) of Company, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, or file or permit the filing of, or permit to remain in effect, any financing statement or other similar notice of any Lien with respect to any such property, asset, income or profits under the UCC of any State or under any similar recording or notice statute, except Permitted Liens.
6.3 Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. The Company shall not request any Revolving Loan, and the Company shall not use, nor cause its directors, officers, employees and agents to use, the proceeds of any Revolving Loan (i) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (ii) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, or (iii) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.
6.4 No Further Negative Pledges. Except pursuant to the Credit Documents, Company shall not enter into any Contractual Obligation prohibiting the creation or assumption of any Lien upon any of its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.
6.5 Restricted Junior Payments. Company shall not through any manner or means or through any other Person, directly or indirectly, declare, order, pay, make or set apart, or agree to declare, order, pay, make or set apart, any sum for any Restricted Junior Payment except that, Restricted Junior Payments may be made by Company from time to time with respect to any amounts distributed to Company (a) in accordance with Section 2.12(a)(x) or (b) from and after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default or Early Amortization Event, in accordance with only Sections 2.12(b)(viii) or 2.12(c)(viii), as applicable. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, on any Credit Date with respect to a Credit Extension of a Revolving Loan, Company may without further action on the part of Company distribute the proceeds of such Revolving Loan to Holdings so long as no Borrowing Base Deficiency has occurred or would result therefrom (a “Borrower Distribution”).
6.6 Subsidiaries. Company shall not form, create, organize, incorporate or otherwise have any Subsidiaries.
6.7 Investments. Company shall not, directly or indirectly, make or own any Investment in any Person, including without limitation any Joint Venture, except Investments in Cash, Permitted Investments and Receivables (and property received from time to time in connection with the workout or insolvency of any Receivables Obligor) and Permitted Investments in Controlled Accounts.
6.8 Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets; Acquisitions. Company shall not enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation, or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey, sell, lease or sub lease (as lessor or sublessor), exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any part of its business, assets or property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (other than, provided no
Event of Default pursuant to Section 7.1(a), 7.1(e), 7.1(f) or 7.1(k) has occurred and is continuing, Permitted Asset Sales, provided, that Permitted Asset Sales under clause (d) of the definition thereof shall be permitted at all times subject to receipt of the consent required therein), or acquire by purchase or otherwise (other than acquisitions of Eligible Receivables, or Permitted Investments in a Controlled Account (and property received from time to time in connection with the workout or insolvency of any Receivables Obligor)) the business, property or fixed assets of, or stock or other evidence of beneficial ownership of, any Person or any division or line of business or other business unit of any Person.
6.9 Sales and Lease-Backs. Company shall not, directly or indirectly, become or remain liable as lessee or as a guarantor or other surety with respect to any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, which Company (a) has sold or transferred or is to sell or to transfer to any other Person, or (b) intends to use for substantially the same purpose as any other property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by Company to any Person in connection with such lease.
6.10 Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates. Company shall not, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any holder of any class of Capital Stock of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or with any Affiliate of Holdings or of any such holder other than the transactions contemplated or permitted by the Credit Documents and the Related Agreements.
6.11 Conduct of Business. From and after the Closing Date, Company shall not engage in any business other than the businesses engaged in by Company on the Closing Date.
6.12 Fiscal Year. Company shall not change its Fiscal Year-end from December 31st.
6.13 Servicer; Backup Servicer; Custodian. Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause Servicer, the Backup Servicer and the Custodian respectively, to comply at all times with the applicable terms of the Servicing Agreement, the Backup Servicing Agreement and the Custodial Agreement respectively. The Company may not (i) terminate, remove, replace Servicer, Backup Servicer or the Custodian or (ii) subcontract out any portion of the servicing or permit third party servicing other than the Backup Servicer, except, in each case, as expressly set forth in the applicable Credit Document and subject to satisfaction of the related requirements therein. The Administrative Agent may not terminate, remove, replace Servicer, Backup Servicer or the Custodian except as expressly set forth in the applicable Credit Document and subject to satisfaction of the related requirements therein.
6.14 Acquisitions of Receivables. Company may not acquire Receivables from any Person other than Holdings pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement.
6.15 Independent Manager. Company shall not fail at any time to have at least one independent manager (an “Independent Manager”) who:
6.16 Organizational Agreements. Except as otherwise expressly permitted by other provisions of this Agreement or any other Credit Document, Company shall not (a) amend, restate, supplement or modify, or permit any amendment, restatement, supplement or modification to, its Organizational Documents, without obtaining the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders to such amendment, restatement, supplement or modification, as the case may be; (b) agree to any termination, amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification to, or waiver of, or permit any termination, amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification to, or waivers of, any of the provisions of any Credit Document without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders; or (c) amend, restate, supplement or modify in any material respect, or permit any amendments, restatements, supplements or modifications in any material respect, to any Receivables Program Agreement in a manner that could reasonably be expected to be material or adverse to the Lenders without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders.
6.17 Changes in Underwriting or Other Policies. Company shall provide the Administrative Agent, the Requisite Lenders, and the Class B Lenders (collectively, the “Notice Parties”) with prior written notice of any material change or modification to the Underwriting Policies that would reasonably be expected to be adverse to the Lenders. Without the prior consent of the Administrative Agent, the Requisite Lenders and the Class B Lenders, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, the Company shall not agree to, and shall cause Holdings not to, (a) make any change to the form of Business-Use Line of Credit and Security Agreement used in connection with the origination of Receivables in substantially the form provided to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date that, in any such case, would reasonably be expected to result in an Adverse Effect, or (b) make any change to the Underwriting Policies that would reasonably be expected to result in an Adverse Effect (provided, that any change to the Underwriting Policies which (A) has the effect of modifying the Eligibility Criteria or (B) changes the calculation of the Class A Borrowing Base and the Class B Borrowing Base shall be deemed to result in an Adverse Effect for purposes of this Section 6.17). Within five (5) Business Days following the last day of each calendar quarter, but solely to the extent of any
changes or modifications to the policies or forms previously provided to the Notice Parties during the immediately preceding calendar quarter, Company shall provide the Notice Parties with copies of (x) the Underwriting Policies, and (y) the form of Business-Use Line of Credit and Security Agreement used to originate Receivables then in effect together with a redline comparison showing any changes between such versions and the versions provided following the last day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter, or in the case of the last day of the first calendar quarter following the Closing Date, the versions in effect on the Closing Date.
6.18 Hedging Covenant.
6.19 Receivable Program Agreements. The Company shall cause Holdings to (a) perform and comply with its obligations under the Receivables Program Agreements, if any, and (b) enforce the rights and remedies afforded to it against the Receivables Account Bank under the Receivables Program Agreements, if any, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in an Adverse Effect.
Section 7. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
7.1 Events of Default. If any one or more of the following conditions or events shall occur.
7.2 Repayment Cure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.1(b), if the Company fails to be in compliance with one or more Financial Covenants as of any particular measurement date and, as of such date, the Total Utilization of Class A Revolving Loans or the Total Utilization of Class B Revolving Loans exceed $0, then until the tenth (10th) Business Day after the date on which the Compliance Certificate in respect of such calendar quarter is required to be delivered under Section 5.1(c) (the “Repayment Cure Period”), the Company may repay in full the outstanding principal balance of all Revolving Loans (the “Repayment Cure”). After the exercise of the Repayment Cure in respect of any such failure to be in compliance, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to exist as a result of such non-compliance with the Financial
Covenants (and any such Default or Event of Default shall be retroactively considered not to have existed or occurred) and the Company shall be deemed to be in compliance with the Financial Covenants; provided that, the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion may, after the Company has been in compliance with the Financial Covenants for at least two consecutive Fiscal Quarters following such Repayment Cure, deem the Early Amortization Event to have ceased and any Revolving Commitment Termination Date to no longer have occurred with respect to the Early Amortization Start Date caused by the related breach of Financial Covenants. It is understood and agreed that, (i) with respect to the Company’s failure to be in compliance with one or more Financial Covenants and (ii) prior to the Company utilizing two (2) Repayment Cures, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders will not be permitted to take any enforcement actions or engage in any other remedies in respect of such failure to comply with Financial Covenants during the Repayment Cure Period; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, during such period an Early Amortization Start Date shall still automatically occur upon such breach.
7.3 Class B Lender Purchase Option.
Section 8. AGENTS
8.1 Appointment of Agents. Each Lender hereby authorizes BNP Paribas to act as Administrative Agent to the Lenders and Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents and each Lender hereby authorizes BNP Paribas, in such capacities, to act as its agent in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Credit Documents. Each Lender hereby authorizes Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, to act as the Paying Agent on its behalf under the Credit Documents. Each Agent hereby agrees to act upon the express conditions contained herein and the other Credit Documents, as applicable. The provisions of this Section 8 are solely for the benefit of Agents and Lenders and neither Company nor Holdings shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions thereof. In performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Agent (other than Administrative Agent) shall act solely as an agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries.
8.2 Powers and Duties. Each Lender irrevocably authorizes each Agent (other than Administrative Agent) to take such action on such Lender’s behalf and to exercise such powers, rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Credit Documents as are specifically delegated or granted to such Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers, rights and remedies as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Lender irrevocably authorizes Administrative Agent to take such action on such Lender’s behalf and to exercise such powers, rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Credit Documents as are specifically delegated or granted to Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers, rights and
remedies as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Agent shall have only those duties and responsibilities that are expressly specified herein and the other Credit Documents. Each such Agent may exercise such powers, rights and remedies and perform such duties by or through its agents or employees. No such Agent shall have, by reason hereof or any of the other Credit Documents, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender; and nothing herein or any of the other Credit Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon any such Agent any obligations in respect hereof or any of the other Credit Documents except as expressly set forth herein or therein.
8.3 General Immunity.
8.4 Agents Entitled to Act as Lender. Any agency hereby created shall in no way impair or affect any of the rights and powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, any Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender hereunder. With respect to its participation in the Revolving Loans, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same as if it were not performing the duties and functions delegated to it hereunder, and the term “Lender” shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include each Agent in its individual capacity. Any Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory or other business with Holdings or any of its Affiliates as if it were not performing the duties specified herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from Company for services in connection herewith and otherwise without having to account for the same to Lenders.
8.5 Lenders’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment.
8.6 Right to Indemnity. Each Lender (other than any Class A Conduit Lender), in proportion to its Pro Rata Share, severally agrees to indemnify each Agent, their Affiliates and their respective officers, partners, directors, trustees, employees and agents of each Agent (each, an “Indemnitee Agent Party”), to the extent that such Indemnitee Agent Party shall not have been reimbursed by Company or Holdings, for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnitee Agent Party in exercising its powers, rights and remedies or performing its duties hereunder or under the other Credit Documents or otherwise in its capacity as such Indemnitee Agent Party in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, IN ALL CASES, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY OR ARISING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OUT OF THE COMPARATIVE, CONTRIBUTORY, OR SOLE NEGLIGENCE OF SUCH INDEMNITEE AGENT PARTY;
provided, no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Indemnitee Agent Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable order. If any indemnity furnished to any Indemnitee Agent Party for any purpose shall, in the opinion of such Indemnitee Agent Party, be insufficient or become impaired, such Indemnitee Agent Party may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished; provided, in no event shall this sentence require any Lender to indemnify any Indemnitee Agent Party against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof; provided, this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Lender to indemnify any Indemnitee Agent Party against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement described in the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence.
8.7 Successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.
8.8 Collateral Documents.
8.9 Erroneous Payments.
Section 9. MISCELLANEOUS
9.1 Notices. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given to Company, Collateral Agent, Paying Agent or Administrative Agent shall be sent to such Person’s address as set forth on Appendix B or in the other relevant Credit Document, and in the case of any Lender, the address as indicated on Appendix B or otherwise indicated to the parties hereto in writing. Each notice hereunder shall be in writing and may be personally served, emailed or sent by telefacsimile or United States mail or courier service and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service and signed for against receipt thereof, upon receipt of telefacsimile or email, or three (3) Business Days after depositing it in the United States mail with postage prepaid and properly addressed; provided, no notice to any Agent shall be effective until received by such Agent, provided, however, that Company may deliver, or cause to be delivered, the Borrowing Base Certificate, Borrowing Base Report, Funding Notices, Controlled Account Voluntary Payment Notice and any financial statements or reports (including any financial plan and any collateral performance tests) by electronic mail pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent until any Agent or Lender notifies Company that it can no longer receive such documents using electronic mail. Any Borrowing Base Certificate, Borrowing Base Report, Funding Notice, Controlled Account Voluntary Payment Notice or financial statements or reports sent to an electronic mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, if available, return electronic mail or other written acknowledgement), provided, that if such document is sent after 5:00 p.m. New York City time, such document shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day.
9.2 Expenses. Company agrees to pay promptly (a) (i) all the Administrative Agent’s and Lenders’ actual, reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable and customary fees and expenses of counsel (including regulatory counsel) to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) of negotiation, preparation, execution and administration of the Credit Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto and (ii) reasonable and customary fees and expenses of One Counsel to the Administrative Agent, One Counsel for each Class A Lender and One Counsel for each Class B Lender in connection with any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications to the Credit Documents; (b) all the actual, documented out-of-pocket costs and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of creating, perfecting and enforcing Liens in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, including filing and recording fees, expenses and taxes, stamp or documentary taxes, search fees, title insurance premiums and reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, expenses and disbursements of a single counsel for all Lenders; (c) subject to the terms of this Agreement (including any limitations set forth in Section 5.5), all the Administrative Agent’s actual, reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and reasonable fees, expenses for, and disbursements of any of Administrative Agent’s, auditors, accountants, consultants or appraisers incurred by Administrative Agent; (d) subject to the terms of this Agreement, all the actual, reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any appraisers, consultants, advisors and agents employed or retained by Collateral Agent and its counsel) in connection with the custody or preservation of any of the Collateral; (e) subject in all cases to any express limitations set forth in any Credit Document, all other actual, reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by each Agent in connection with the syndication of the Revolving Loans and Revolving Commitments and the negotiation, preparation and execution of the Credit Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto and the transactions contemplated thereby; and (f) after the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default, all documented, out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, and costs of settlement, incurred by any Agent or any Lender in enforcing any Obligations of or in collecting any payments due from Company or Holdings hereunder or under the other Credit Documents by reason of such Default or Event of Default (including in connection with the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon any of the Collateral) or in connection with any refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements provided hereunder in the nature of a “work out” or pursuant to any insolvency or bankruptcy cases or proceedings.
9.3 Indemnity.
9.4 Rating Agency Coordination. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of the Borrower and the Servicer agrees to take such action, including but not limited to entering into one or more amendments to this Agreement, responding to, and making personnel available for, due diligence inquiries and furnishing such documents and data as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request, in connection with the obtaining or the maintenance of any rating by any rating agency with respect to the Revolving Loans, provided that none of the Borrower or any of its affiliates shall be required to engage any rating agency in connection with the Loans or incur any out-of-pocket expenses with respect to any rating agency rating the Revolving Loans unless the Administrative Agent or any Lender directs the Borrower to undertake such engagement and agrees to reimburse the Borrower for all expenses related thereto.
9.5 Amendments and Waivers. Except as provided in Section 2.24 with respect to the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement Rate or Benchmark Conforming Changes (as set forth therein):
9.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations.
9.7 Independence of Covenants. All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists.
9.8 Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. All representations, warranties and agreements made herein shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and the making of any Credit Extension. Notwithstanding anything herein or implied by law to the contrary, the agreements of Company set forth in Sections 2.15, 2.16, 9.2, 9.3 and 9.10, the agreements of Lenders set forth in Sections 2.14 and 8.6 shall survive the payment of the Revolving Loans and the termination hereof.
9.9 No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative. No failure or delay on the part of any Agent or any Lender in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall impair such power, right or privilege or be construed to be a waiver of any default or acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right or privilege. The rights, powers and remedies given to each Agent and each Lender hereby are cumulative and shall be in addition to and independent of all rights, powers and remedies existing by virtue of any statute or rule of law or in any of the other Credit Documents. Any forbearance or failure to exercise, and any delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall not impair any such right, power or remedy or be construed to be a waiver thereof, nor shall it preclude the further exercise of any such right, power or remedy.
9.10 Marshalling; Payments Set Aside. Neither any Agent nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of Company or any other Person or against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations or any other amount due hereunder. To the extent that Company makes a payment or payments to Administrative Agent or Lenders (or to Administrative Agent, on behalf of Lenders), or Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or Lenders enforce any security interests or exercise their rights of setoff, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or setoff or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, any other state or federal law, common law or any equitable
cause, then, to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor or related thereto, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment or payments had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
9.11 Severability. In case any provision in or obligation hereunder or any Revolving Loan Note or other Credit Document shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
9.12 Obligations Several; Actions in Concert. The obligations of Lenders hereunder are several and no Lender shall be responsible for the obligations or Revolving Commitment of any other Lender hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other Credit Document, and no action taken by Lenders pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute Lenders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity. Anything in this Agreement or any other Credit Document to the contrary notwithstanding, each Lender hereby agrees with each other Lender that no Lender shall take any action to protect or enforce its rights arising out of this Agreement or any Revolving Loan Note or otherwise with respect to the Obligations without first obtaining the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, it being the intent of Lenders that any such action to protect or enforce rights under this Agreement and any Revolving Loan Note or otherwise with respect to the Obligations shall be taken in concert and at the direction or with the consent of the Administrative Agent.
9.13 Headings. Section headings herein are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part hereof for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.
9.14 APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
9.15 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION.
9.16 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS LOAN TRANSACTION OR THE LENDER/BORROWER RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THIS WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN ITS RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS SECTION 9.16 AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER SHALL
APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS HERETO OR ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE REVOLVING LOANS MADE HEREUNDER. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
9.17 Confidentiality. Each Agent and Lender shall hold all non-public information regarding Holdings and its Affiliates and their businesses obtained by such Lender or Agent confidential and shall not disclose information of such nature, it being understood and agreed by Company that, in any event, a Lender or Agent may make (a) disclosures of such information to Affiliates of such Lender or Agent and to their agents, auditors, attorneys and advisors (and to other persons authorized by a Lender or Agent to organize, present or disseminate such information in connection with disclosures otherwise made in accordance with this Section 9.17) provided that such Persons are informed of the confidential nature of the information and agree to keep, or with respect to the Collateral Agent and Paying Agent will be instructed to keep, such information confidential, provided, further that no disclosure shall be made to any Person that is a Direct Competitor or, with respect to the Collateral Agent and Paying Agent only, any Person that the Collateral Agent and/or Paying Agent has actual knowledge is a Direct Competitor, (b) disclosures of such information reasonably required by any bona fide or potential assignee, transferee or participant in connection with the contemplated assignment, transfer or participation by such Lender of any Revolving Loans or any participations therein, provided that such Persons are informed of the confidential nature of the information and agree to keep such information confidential pursuant to a non-disclosure agreement, (c) disclosure to any rating agency when required by it provided that such Persons are informed of the confidential nature of the information and agree to keep, or with respect to the Collateral Agent and Paying Agent will be instructed to keep, such information confidential, (d) disclosures required by any applicable statute, law, rule or regulation or requested by any Governmental Authority or representative thereof or by any regulatory body or by the NAIC or pursuant to legal or judicial process or other legal proceeding (including by any tribunal); provided, that unless specifically prohibited by applicable law or court order, each Lender or Agent shall make reasonable efforts to notify Company of any request by any Governmental Authority or representative thereof (other than any such request in connection with any examination of the financial condition or other routine examination of such Lender or Agent by such Governmental Authority) for disclosure of any such non-public information prior to disclosure of such information, (e) to any nationally recognized statistical rating organization for the purpose of assisting in the negotiation, completion, administration and evaluation of the transaction documented under this Agreement or the commercial paper program of any Class A Conduit Lender or in compliance with Rule 17g-5 under the Exchange Act (or to any other rating agency in compliance with any similar rule or regulation in any relevant jurisdiction), (f) disclosures to credit enhancers, dealers and investors in respect of commercial paper of any Class A Conduit Lender in accordance with the customary practices of such Lender for disclosures to credit enhancers, dealers or investors, provided that any such disclosure to dealers or investors (i) shall inform such dealers or investors of the confidential nature of such information, (ii) shall be made on a basis which does not specifically identify Company or its Affiliates, and (iii) shall only include Permitted CP Disclosure Information, (g) disclosure of information that is independently developed by any Agent or Lender other than as a result of information disclosed in violation of this Section 9.17 and (h) any other disclosure authorized by the Company in writing in advance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the foregoing shall not be construed to prohibit the disclosure
of any information that is or becomes publicly known or information obtained by a Lender or Agent from sources other than the Company other than as a result of a disclosure by an Agent or Lender in violation of this Section 9.17, and (ii) on or after the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent may, at its own expense issue news releases and publish “tombstone” advertisements and other announcements generally describing this transaction in newspapers, trade journals and other appropriate media (which may include use of logos of Company or Holdings) (collectively, “Trade Announcements”). Company shall not issue, and shall cause Holdings not to issue, any Trade Announcement using the name of any Agent or Lender, or their respective Affiliates or referring to this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, or the transactions contemplated thereunder except (x) disclosures required by applicable law, regulation, legal process or the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission or (y) with the prior approval of Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld).
9.18 Usury Savings Clause. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the aggregate interest rate charged or agreed to be paid with respect to any of the Obligations, including all charges or fees in connection therewith deemed in the nature of interest under applicable law shall not exceed the Highest Lawful Rate. If the rate of interest (determined without regard to the preceding sentence) under this Agreement at any time exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, the outstanding amount of the Revolving Loans made hereunder shall bear interest at the Highest Lawful Rate until the total amount of interest due hereunder equals the amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect. In addition, if when the Revolving Loans made hereunder are repaid in full the total interest due hereunder (taking into account the increase provided for above) is less than the total amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect, then to the extent permitted by law, Company shall pay to the applicable Lenders an amount equal to the difference between the amount of interest paid and the amount of interest which would have been paid if the Highest Lawful Rate had at all times been in effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of Lenders and Company to conform strictly to any applicable usury laws. Accordingly, if any Lender contracts for, charges, or receives any consideration which constitutes interest in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate, then any such excess shall be cancelled automatically and, if previously paid, shall at such Lender’s option be applied to the outstanding amount of the Revolving Loans made hereunder or be refunded to Company. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest, throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
9.19 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. The parties hereto agree that “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Agreement, shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, authentication, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based record keeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any state, the New York Electronic Signatures and Records Act (N.Y. State Tech. §§ 301-309), the Illinois Electronic Commerce Security Act (5 ILCS 175/1-101 et seq.), or the Uniform Commercial Code, and the parties hereto hereby waive any objection to the contrary; provided that no electronic signatures may be affixed to this Agreement through the use of a third-party party service provider unless otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent.
9.20 Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution of a counterpart hereof by each of the parties hereto and receipt by Company and Administrative Agent of written or telephonic notification of such execution and authorization of delivery thereof.
9.21 Patriot Act. Each Lender and Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies Company that (i) pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies Company, which information includes the name and address of Company and other information that will allow such Lender or Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify Company in accordance with the Act and (ii) pursuant to the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, it is required to obtain a Beneficial Ownership Certification.
9.22 Nonpetition.
9.23 Limited Recourse.
9.24 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In. Notwithstanding any other term of any Credit Document or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding between the parties, each party hereto acknowledges and accepts that any liability of any party to any other party under or in connection with the Credit Documents may be subject to Bail-In Action by the relevant Resolution Authority and acknowledges and accepts to be bound by the effect of:
Section 10. SECURITISATION REGULATION
10.1 Retention Requirements.
10.2 Transparency Requirements.
10.3 Availability of Reporting
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