Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Agreement The effectiveness of this Agreement and obligation of the Lenders to make the initial Loans on the Effective Date is subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a) The Agent shall have received each of the following, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent:
(i) Counterparts of this Agreement executed by each of the parties hereto;
(ii) Notes executed by the Borrower, payable to each Lender and complying with the applicable provisions of Section 2.8.;
(iii) The Guaranty executed by the Parent and each Property Owner existing as of the Effective Date;
(iv) The Pledge Agreement executed by the Borrower and the Pledgors;
(v) An opinion of the general counsel of the Parent and the Loan Parties, addressed to the Agent and the Lenders, addressing the matters set forth in Exhibit I;
(vi) An opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Bird, LLP, counsel to the Agent, and addressed to the Agent and the Lenders, addressing the enforceability of the Loan Documents and such matters as the Agent shall reasonably request;
(vii) A certificate of incumbency signed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Parent with respect to each of the officers of the Parent authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Parent and the Borrower the Loan Documents to which the Parent or the Borrower is a party and to execute and deliver (or make by telephone in the case of Notices of Conversion or Continuation) on behalf of the Borrower Draw Requests, Notices of Conversion and Notices of Continuation;
(viii) A certified copy (certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Parent) of all necessary action taken by the Parent to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which either the Parent or the Borrower is a party;
(ix) The certificate or articles of incorporation, articles of organization, certificate of limited partnership, declaration of trust or other comparable organizational instrument (if any) of the Parent, the Borrower and each Loan Party, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the State of formation of such Person;
(x) A Certificate of Good Standing or certificate of similar meaning with respect to the Parent, the Borrower and each other Loan Party (and in the case of a limited partnership, the general partner of such Loan Party) issued as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the State of formation of each such Person and, if the applicable Borrowing Base Property is located in a State different than the State of formation of the applicable Loan Party, certificates of qualification to transact business or other comparable certificates issued by such Secretary of State (and any state department of taxation, as applicable) of the State of the location of the applicable Borrowing Base Property;
(xi) Copies certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other individual performing similar functions) of the Parent, the Borrower and each Loan Party of the by-laws of such Person, if a corporation, the operating agreement, if a limited liability company, the partnership agreement, if a limited or general partnership, or other comparable document in the case of any other form of legal entity;
(xii) A certificate of incumbency signed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other individual performing similar functions) of each Loan Party with respect to each of the officers of such Person authorized to execute and deliver the Loan Documents to which such Person is a party;
(xiii) Copies certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other individual performing similar functions) of each Loan Party of all corporate, partnership, member or other necessary action taken by each Loan Party to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such Person is a party;
(xiv) Such UCC Financing Statements naming the Borrower and each Pledgor as debtor and the Agent as secured party, as the Agent shall have requested in order to perfect the security interests and other Liens created pursuant to the Pledge Agreement;
(xv) Satisfactory reports of UCC, tax lien, judgment and litigation searches conducted by a search firm reasonably acceptable to the Agent with respect to the Collateral, the Borrower, each Pledgor and each Property Owner, such searches to be conducted where the Borrowing Base Properties are located and where any UCC Financing Statements will be filed;
(xvi) Any Fees payable to the Agent, the Titled Agent and the Lenders on or prior to the Effective Date;
(xvii) A Borrowing Base Certificate calculated as of the Effective Date; and
(xviii) Such other documents, agreements, information and instruments as the Agent on behalf of the Lenders may reasonably request; and
(b) In the good faith judgment of the Agent and the Lenders:
(i) There shall not have occurred or become known to the Agent or any of the Lenders any event, condition, situation or status since the date of the information contained in the financial and business projections, budgets, proforma data and forecasts concerning the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered to the Agent and the Lenders prior to the Agreement Date that has had or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have received all approvals, consents and waivers, and shall have made or given all necessary filings and notices as shall be required to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby without the occurrence of any default under, conflict with or violation of (1) any Applicable Law or (2) any agreement, document or instrument to which the Borrower or any other Loan Party is a party or by which any of them or their respective properties is bound, except for such approvals, consents, waivers, filings and notices the receipt, making or giving of which would not reasonably be likely to (A) have a Material Adverse Effect, or (B) restrain or enjoin, impose materially burdensome conditions on, or otherwise materially and adversely affect the ability of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to fulfill its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party; and
(iii) There shall not have occurred or exist any other material disruption of financial or capital markets that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.
Condition to Effectiveness As a condition to the effectiveness of this Amendment, an Opinion of Counsel satisfying the requirements of Section 12.01 of the Agreement has been received by the Parties hereto.
Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Amendment This Amendment shall become effective when, and only when, each of the conditions below has been complied with to the satisfaction of the Agent and the Lenders and the documents required below have been delivered to the Agent and the Lenders:
(a) Counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by Borrower, Guarantors and Lenders;
(b) A copy of the resolutions approving this Amendment, and authorizing the transactions contemplated herein duly adopted by the Managers of Borrower, accompanied by a certificate of the duly authorized Secretary of Borrower, certifying that such copy is a true and correct copy of the resolutions duly adopted by the Managers of Borrower, and that such resolutions constitute all the resolutions adopted with respect to such transactions, and have not been amended, modified or revoked in any respect and are in full force and effect as of the date hereof;
(c) A copy of the resolutions approving this Amendment, and authorizing the transactions contemplated herein duly adopted by the Board of Directors or Members of each Guarantor, as the case may be, accompanied by a certificate of the duly authorized Secretary of such Guarantor, certifying that such copy is a true and correct copy of the resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors or Members of such Guarantor, and that such resolutions constitute all the resolutions adopted with respect to such transactions, and have not been amended, modified or revoked in any respect and are in full force and effect as of the date hereof;
(d) There shall not have been, in the sole judgment of Lenders, any material adverse change in the financial condition, business or operations of Borrower or any Guarantor;
(e) Payment of all fees required to be paid to the Lenders in connection with this Amendment;
(f) Payment by Borrower of the fees and expenses of counsel to Lenders in connection with the preparation and negotiation of this Amendment and all documents and instruments contemplated hereby; and
(g) The execution and delivery of such additional documents and instruments which the Agent and its counsel may deem necessary to effectuate this Amendment or any document executed and delivered to Lenders in connection herewith or therewith.
Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Agreement This Agreement shall become effective on and as of the first date (the “Effective Date”) on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:
(a) All governmental and third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained (without the imposition of any conditions that are not acceptable to the LC Issuer) and shall remain in effect, and no law or regulation shall be applicable in the reasonable judgment of the LC Issuer that restrains, prevents or imposes materially adverse conditions upon the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) The LC Issuer shall have received the following in form and substance satisfactory to the LC Issuer:
(i) Certified copies of the resolutions of the board of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the Company approving the Agreement and each of the LC Facility Documents to which it is or is to be a party, and of all documents evidencing other necessary Governmental Authorizations, or other necessary consents, approvals, authorizations, notices, filings or actions, with respect to this Agreement and any of the LC Facility Documents to which it is or is to be a party.
(ii) A copy of a certificate of the Secretary of State (or equivalent Governmental Authority) of the jurisdiction of organization of each domestic Account Party listing the certificate or articles of incorporation (or similar Constitutive Document) of each such Account Party and each amendment thereto on file in the office of such Secretary of State (or such governmental authority) and certifying (A) that such amendments are the only amendments to such Person’s certificate or articles of incorporation (or similar constitutive document) on file in its office, (B) if customarily available in such jurisdiction, that such Person has paid all franchise taxes (or the equivalent thereof) to the date of such certificate and (C) that such Person is duly organized and is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.
(iii) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each domestic Account Party certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of such Account Party authorized to sign each LC Facility Document to which it is a party and the other documents to be delivered hereunder.
(iv) A favorable opinion of General Counsel or Associate General Counsel to the Account Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto and as to such other matters as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.
(v) A favorable opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special New York counsel to the Account Parties, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto and as to such other matters as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.
(vi) Such other approvals, opinions or documents as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.
(vii) Evidence that the 3-Year Agreement and each of the Other LC Facilities has been entered into and all conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the 3-Year Agreement and each of the Other LC Facilities (except the entry into and effectiveness of this Agreement) have been satisfied or waived.
(viii) Evidence that the security interests granted to each of Bank of America, N.A., HSBC Bank, National Association and JPMorgan Chase Bank in respect of those certain letter of credit agreements between each of such parties and the Company and dated as of June 25, 2003 have been terminated and all liens thereunder have been released.
(c) The Company shall have paid all accrued fees and expenses of the LC Issuer in connection with this Agreement.
(d) All amounts owing by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the lenders and agents under the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement shall have been, paid in full, and all commitments of the lenders under the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement (except for the letters of credit issued thereunder which are to be deemed issued under this Agreement or the 3-Year Agreement) shall have been, or concurrently with the initial extension of credit made on the Effective Date shall be, terminated in accordance with the terms of the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement and all guarantees given, and security interests granted, in connection therewith shall have been terminated.
Conditions to Effectiveness of Agreement This Agreement shall not be effective until the date on which each of the following conditions have been satisfied, in the sole discretion of, or waived in writing by, the Managing Agents and the Administrative Agent (such date, the “Effective Date”):