Affirmative Operations Covenants Clause Samples
Affirmative Operations Covenants
AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS The Borrower covenants and agrees that, so long as any Bank has any Commitment hereunder or any Obligations remain unpaid:
Operating Covenants From the Execution Date until the Closing or, if earlier, the termination of this Agreement as contemplated hereby, except (t) as required by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (u) as required by any lease, Contract, or instrument listed on any Annex, Disclosure Schedule or Schedule, as applicable, (v) as required by any Applicable Law or any Governmental Authority (including by order or directive of the Bankruptcy Court or fiduciary duty of the board of managers of any Seller or its Affiliates) or any requirements or limitations resulting from the Bankruptcy Cases, (w) to the extent related solely to Excluded Assets and/or Excluded Liabilities, (x) for renewal of expiring insurance coverage in the Ordinary Course of Business, (y) for emergency operations or (z) as otherwise consented to in writing by Buyer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed): (a) Sellers will: (i) subject to any Bankruptcy Court order to the contrary, operate the Assets in the Ordinary Course of Business; (ii) maintain or cause its Affiliates to maintain the books of account and records relating to the Assets in the usual, regular and ordinary manner, in accordance with its usual accounting practices; (iii) give written notice to Buyer as soon as is practicable of any material damage or casualty to or destruction or condemnation of any Asset of which Sellers have Knowledge; (iv) use reasonable best efforts to maintain insurance coverage on the Assets in the amounts and types described on Disclosure Schedule 3.10; and (v) use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain or cause its Affiliates to maintain all Permits (including Environmental Permits) required for the operation of the Assets as presently conducted; and (b) no Seller shall: (i) sell, lease or otherwise transfer any Asset, or otherwise voluntarily divest or relinquish any right or asset, other than (A) sales or other dispositions of materials, supplies, machinery, equipment, improvements or other personal property or fixtures in the Ordinary Course of Business which have been replaced with an item of substantially equal suitability and (B) dispositions of Excluded Assets; (ii) enter into any material Contract that if entered into prior to the Execution Date would be required to be listed in Disclosure Schedule 3.05(a) other than (A) Contracts of the type described in Section 3.05(a)(iii) and Section 3.05(a)(viii) entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business (provided that Sellers shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify Buyer of the terms of any such Contract prior to the execution thereof), (B) confidentiality agreements entered into in accordance with the Bid Procedures Order, (C) contracts or agreements entered into in connection with the Bankruptcy Cases (including any in connection with an Alternative Transaction) and (D) Contracts that would not adversely affect the Assets in any material respect; (iii) amend or modify in any material respect or terminate any Purchased Contract (other than termination or expiration in accordance with its terms) or any Permits (including Environmental Permits) required for the operation of the Assets as presently conducted; (iv) change the methods of accounting or accounting practice by Sellers, except as required by concurrent changes in Applicable Law or GAAP as agreed to by its independent public accountants; or (v) to the extent any of the following would reasonably have the effect of increasing the Non-Income Tax liability of Buyer for any period after the Closing Date, (A) make any settlement of or compromise any Non-Income Tax liability with respect to the Assets, (B) change any Non-Income Tax election or Non-Income Tax method of accounting or make any new Non-Income Tax election or adopt any new Non-Income Tax method of accounting with respect to the Assets; (C) surrender any right to claim a refund of Non-Income Taxes with respect to the Assets; or (D) consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any Non-Income Tax claim or assessment with respect to the Assets.
Affirmative Covenants of Seller (a) Seller shall promptly notify Buyer of any material adverse change in its business operations and/or financial condition; provided, however, that nothing in this Article 10 shall relieve Seller of its obligations under this Agreement. (b) Seller shall provide Buyer with copies of such documents as Buyer may reasonably request evidencing the truthfulness of the representations set forth in Article 8. (c) Seller shall (1) defend the right, title and interest of Buyer in and to the Collateral and Purchased Items against, and take such other action as is necessary to remove, the Liens, security interests, claims and demands of all Persons (other than security interests by or through Buyer) and (2) at Buyer’s reasonable request, take all action necessary to ensure that Buyer will have a first priority security interest in the Purchased Assets subject to any of the Transactions in the event such Transactions are recharacterized as secured financings. (d) Seller shall notify Buyer and the Depository of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default with respect to Seller as soon as possible but in no event later than the immediately succeeding Business Day after obtaining actual knowledge of such event. (e) Seller shall cause the special servicer rating of the special servicer with respect to all mortgage loans underlying Purchased Assets to be no lower than “average” by S&P to the extent Seller controls or is entitled to control the selection of the special servicer. In the event the special servicer rating with respect to any Person acting as special servicer for any mortgage loans underlying Purchased Assets shall be below “average” by S&P, or if an Act of Insolvency occurs with respect to Seller or Guarantor, Buyer shall be entitled to transfer special servicing with respect to all Purchased Assets to an entity satisfactory to Buyer, to the extent Seller controls or is entitled to control the selection of the special servicer. (f) Seller shall promptly (and in any event not later than two (2) Business Days following receipt) deliver to Buyer (i) any notice of the occurrence of an event of default under or report received by Seller pursuant to the Purchased Asset Documents; (ii) any notice of transfer of servicing under the Purchased Asset Documents and (iii) any other information with respect to the Purchased Assets that may be requested by Buyer from time to time. (g) Seller will permit Buyer or its designated representative to inspect Seller’s records with respect to the Collateral and the Purchased Items and the conduct and operation of its business related thereto upon reasonable prior written notice from Buyer or its designated representative, at such reasonable times and with reasonable frequency, and to make copies of extracts of any and all thereof, subject to the terms of any confidentiality agreement between Buyer and Seller. Buyer shall act in a commercially reasonable manner in requesting and conducting any inspection relating to the conduct and operation of Seller’s business. (h) If Seller shall at any time become entitled to receive or shall receive any rights, whether in addition to, in substitution of, as a conversion of, or in exchange for a Purchased Asset, or otherwise in respect thereof, Seller shall accept the same as Buyer’s agent, hold the same in trust for Buyer and deliver the same forthwith to Buyer (or the Custodian, as appropriate) in the exact form received, duly endorsed by Seller to Buyer, if required, together with an undated bond power covering such certificate duly executed in blank to be held by Buyer hereunder as additional collateral security for the Transactions. If any sums of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of the Purchased Assets shall be received by Seller, Seller shall, until such money or property is paid or delivered to Buyer, hold such money or property in trust for Buyer, segregated from other funds of Seller, as additional collateral security for the Transactions. (i) At any time from time to time upon the reasonable request of Buyer, at the sole expense of Seller, Seller will promptly and duly execute and deliver such further instruments and documents and take such further actions as Buyer may deem necessary or desirable to (i) obtain or preserve the security interest granted hereunder, (ii) ensure that such security interest remains fully perfected at all times and remains at all times first in priority as against all other creditors of Seller (whether or not existing as of the Closing Date or in the future) and (iii) obtain or preserve the rights and powers herein granted (including, among other things, filing such UCC financing statements as Buyer may request). If any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any promissory note, other instrument or certificated security, such note, instrument or certificated security shall be promptly delivered to Buyer, duly endorsed in a manner satisfactory to Buyer, to be itself held as Collateral pursuant to the Transaction Documents. (j) Seller shall provide, or to cause to be provided, to Buyer the following financial and reporting information: (i) Within fifteen (15) calendar days after each month-end, a monthly reporting package substantially in the form of Exhibit III-A attached hereto (the “Monthly Reporting Package”); (ii) Within forty-five (45) calendar days after the last day of each of the first three fiscal quarters in any fiscal year, a quarterly reporting package substantially in the form of Exhibit III-B attached hereto (the “Quarterly Reporting Package”); (iii) Within ninety (90) calendar days after the last day of its fiscal year, an annual reporting package substantially in the form of Exhibit III-C attached hereto (the “Annual Reporting Package”); and (iv) Upon Buyer’s request: (A) a listing of any changes in Hedging Transactions with Qualified Hedge Counterparties, the names of the Qualified Hedge Counterparties and the material terms of such Hedging Transactions, delivered within ten (10) days after Buyer’s request; and (B) copies of Seller’s and Guarantor’s Federal Income Tax returns, if any, delivered within thirty (30) days after the earlier of (A) filing or (B) the last filing extension period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Article 11, if Seller fails to deliver the complete Monthly Reporting Package described in clause (j)(i) above as a result of the failure of the related borrower to deliver any information as required by the underlying loan documents, then Seller shall immediately repurchase the related Purchased Asset at the Repurchase Price; provided, however, that Seller shall have a period of seven (7) calendar days from the date of delivery of the incomplete Monthly Reporting Package to provide any missing information. (k) Seller shall make a representative available to Buyer every month for attendance at a telephone conference, the date of which to be mutually agreed upon by Buyer and Seller, regarding the status of each Purchased Asset, Seller’s compliance with the requirements of Articles 9 and 10, and any other matters relating to the Transaction Documents or Transactions that Buyer wishes to discuss with Seller. (l) Seller shall and shall cause Guarantor to at all times (i) comply with all contractual obligations, (ii) comply in all respects with all laws, ordinances, rules, regulations and orders (including, without limitation, environmental laws) of any Governmental Authority or any other federal, state, municipal or other public authority having jurisdiction over Seller and Guarantor or any of its assets and Seller and Guarantor shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence, and all licenses material to its business and (iii) maintain and preserve its legal existence and all of its material rights, privileges, licenses and franchises necessary for the operation of its business (including, without limitation, preservation of all lending licenses held by Seller and of Seller’s status as a “qualified transferee” (however denominated) under all documents which govern the Purchased Assets). (m) Seller shall maintain all of its books, records, financial statements and bank accounts separate from those of its Affiliates (except that such financial statements may be consolidated to the extent consolidation is required under GAAP or as a matter of Requirements of Law; provided, that (i) appropriate notation shall be made on such financial statements to indicate the separateness of the Seller from such Affiliate and to indicate that the Seller’s assets and credit are not available to satisfy the debts and other obligations of such Affiliate or any other Person and (ii) such assets shall also be listed on the Seller’s own separate balance sheet) and file its own tax returns (except to the extent consolidation is required or permitted under Requirements of Law). Seller shall cause Guarantor to at all times keep proper books of records and accounts in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of its transactions fairly in accordance with GAAP, and set aside on its books from its earnings for each fiscal year all such proper reserves in accordance with GAAP. (n) Seller shall observe, perform and satisfy all the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions required to be observed, performed or satisfied by it, and shall pay when due all costs, fees and expenses required to be paid by it, under the Transaction Documents. Seller shall pay and discharge all taxes, levies, liens and other charges on its assets and on the Collateral that, in each case, in any manner would create any lien or charge upon the Collateral, other than any such taxes that are being appropriately contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and with respect to which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. (o) Seller shall advise Buyer in writing of the opening of any new chief executive office or the closing of any such office of Seller or Guarantor and of any change in Seller’s or Guarantor’s name or the places where the books and records pertaining to the Purchased Assets are held not less than fifteen (15) Business Days prior to taking any such action. (p) Seller will maintain records with respect to the Collateral and Purchased Items and the conduct and operation of its business with no less a degree of prudence than if the Collateral and Purchased Items were held by Seller for its own account and will furnish Buyer, upon reasonable request by Buyer or its designated representative, with reasonable information obtainable by Seller with respect to the Collateral and Purchased Items and the conduct and operation of its business. (q) Seller shall provide Buyer and its Affiliates with reasonable access plus any such additional reports as Buyer may request. Upon two (2) Business Day’s prior notice (unless a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, in which case, no prior notice shall be required), during normal business hours, Seller shall allow Buyer to (i) review any operating statements, occupancy status and other property level information with respect to the underlying real estate directly or indirectly securing or supporting the Purchased Assets that either is in Seller’s possession or is available to Seller, (ii) examine, copy (at Buyer’s expense) and make extracts from its books and records, to inspect any of its Properties, and (iii) discuss Seller’s business and affairs with its officers. (r) Seller shall maintain or replace the Hedging Transactions with respect to each of the Hedge-Required Assets that are in place as of the Closing Date, to the extent necessary to hedge interest rate risk associated with the Purchase Price on such Hedge-Required Assets, in a manner reasonably acceptable to Buyer, to the extent that such Hedging Transactions will not give rise to non-qualifying REIT income under Section 856 of the Code. (s) Seller shall take all such steps as Buyer deems necessary to perfect the security interest granted pursuant to Article 5 in the Hedging Transactions, shall take such action as shall be necessary or advisable to preserve and protect Seller’s interest under all such Hedging Transactions (including, without limitation, requiring the posting of any required additional collateral thereunder, and hereby authorizes Buyer to take any such action that Seller fails to take after demand therefor by Buyer. Seller shall provide the Custodian with copies of all documentation relating to Hedging Transactions with Qualified Hedge Counterparties promptly after entering into same. All Hedging Transactions, if any, entered into by Seller with Buyer or any of its Affiliates in respect of any Purchased Asset shall be terminated contemporaneously with the repurchase of such Purchased Asset on the Repurchase Date therefor. (t) Seller shall: (i) continue to engage in business of the same general type as now conducted by it or otherwise as approved by Buyer prior to the date hereof and maintain and preserve its legal existence and all of its material rights, privileges, licenses and franchises necessary for the operation of its business (including, without limitation, preservation of all lending licenses held by Seller and of Seller’s status as a “qualified transferee” (however denominated) under all documents which govern the Purchased Assets); (ii) comply with all contractual obligations and with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of Governmental Authorities (including, without limitation, all environmental laws) if failure to comply with such requirements would be reasonably likely (either individually or in the aggregate) to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) keep adequate records and books of account, in which complete entries will be made in accordance with GAAP consistently applied; (iv) not (a) cause or permit any change to be made in its name, organizational identification number, identity or corporate structure, or the places where the books and records pertaining to the Purchased Asset are held, (b) cause or permit the opening of any new chief executive office or the closing of any such office of Seller, or (c) change its jurisdiction of organization, unless it shall have provided Buyer thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of such change and shall have first taken all action required by Buyer for the purpose of perfecting or protecting the lien and security interest of Buyer established hereunder; (v) pay and discharge all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed on it or on its income or profits or on any of its Property prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, except for any such tax, assessment, charge or levy the payment of which is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and against which adequate reserves are being maintained; (vi) own no assets, and shall not engage in any business, other than the assets and transactions specifically contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Document; (vii) not incur any Indebtedness or other obligation, secured or unsecured, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent (including guaranteeing any obligation), other than as otherwise permitted under this Agreement; (viii) not make any loans or advances to any Affiliate or third party and shall not acquire obligations or securities of its Affiliates, in each case other than in connection with the origination or acquisition of Assets for purchase under the Transaction Documents; (ix) pay its debts and liabilities (including, as applicable, shared personnel and overhead expenses) only from its own assets; (x) comply with the provisions of its Governing Documents; (xi) do all things necessary to observe organizational formalities and to preserve its existence, and shall not amend, modify, waive provisions of or otherwise change its Governing Documents; (xii) be, and at all times shall hold itself out to the public as, a legal entity separate and distinct from any other entity (including any Affiliate), shall correct any known misunderstanding regarding its status as a separate entity, shall conduct business in its own name, and shall
LESSOR'S COVENANTS The Lessor covenants and agrees that, unless the Agent and the Lenders shall have otherwise consented in writing: (a) it shall not amend its Partnership Agreement, except to admit limited partners in connection with lease transactions similar to the Transactions; (b) it shall not incur any indebtedness or other monetary obligation or liability, other than (i) non-recourse indebtedness incurred in connection with the Transactions or similar transactions and (ii) operating expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not delinquent; (c) the proceeds of the Loans received from the Lenders will be used by the Lessor solely to acquire the Leased Property and to pay the Lessee for certain closing and transaction costs associated therewith and for the costs of Construction. No portion of the proceeds of the Loans will be used by the Lessor (i) in connection with, whether directly or indirectly, any tender offer for, or other acquisition of, stock of any corporation with a view towards obtaining control of such other corporation, (ii) directly or indirectly, for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock, or (iii) for any purpose in violation of any Applicable Law; (d) it shall not engage in any business or activity, or invest in any Person, except for activities similar to its activities conducted on the date hereof, the Transactions and lease transactions similar to the Transactions; (e) it will maintain tangible net worth in an amount no less than the sum of (i) $100,000 plus (ii) 3% of its total assets (calculated assuming no reduction in the value of any leased property from its original cost to the Lessor); (f) it will deliver to the Agent, as soon as available and in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, a balance sheet of the Lessor as of the end of such fiscal year and the related statements of income, partners' capital and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, together with copies of its tax returns, all certified by an officer of the general partner (and if the Lessor ever prepares audited financial statements, it shall deliver copies thereto the Agent); (g) it will permit the Agent and its representatives to examine, and make copies from, the Lessor's books and records, and to visit the offices and properties of the Lessor for the purpose of examining such materials, and to discuss the Lessor's performance hereunder with any of its, or its general partner's, officers and employees; (h) it shall not consent to or suffer or permit any Lien against the Leased Property, other than as expressly contemplated pursuant to the Operative Documents; (i) it shall not consent to or suffer or permit the creation of any easement or other restriction against the Leased Property other than as permitted pursuant to Article VI of the Lease; and (j) it shall promptly discharge each Lessor Lien and shall indemnify the Lenders and the Lessee for any diminution in value of any Leased Property resulting from such Lessor Liens.
Owner’s Covenants 13.1. The Owner covenants the following to the Lessee: 13.1.1. That the Lessee shall peaceably hold and enjoy the Leased Apartment during the Term of this Agreement and the Owner shall not interrupt or interfere with the Lessee’s lawful occupation, enjoyment or use of the Leased Apartment other than in an emergency or in the normal and lawful process of exercising or implementing the Owner’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. 13.1.2. To keep the Leased Apartment, and the Owner’s contents (if any), insured for such sums and on such terms as the Owner feels appropriate against fire and other risks normally covered by a comprehensive property insurance policy and any other such risks as the Owner considers necessary from time to time. 13.1.3. Except as otherwise herein provided, to keep the Leased Apartment and all internal parts thereof in good and substantial structural condition. 13.1.4. To take reasonable steps to ensure that the Leased Apartment, the installations therein for supply of water and electricity, and for sanitation, are safe, in proper working order and in repair both at commencement of, and during the term of, this Agreement. 13.1.5. To take reasonable steps to ensure that all smoke alarms, and security equipment (e.g. security cameras, security alarm system, etc) are kept in proper working order and in repair throughout the duration of this Agreement. 13.1.6. That all consents necessary to enable the Owner to enter into this Agreement (whether from superior landlords, mortgagees, insurers or others) have been obtained.