Conditions Precedent to Effective Date This Agreement shall become effective on and as of the first date on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied (with the Administrative Agent acting reasonably in assessing whether the conditions precedent have been satisfied) (or waived by the Required Lenders):
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include .pdf or facsimile transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) [Reserved.]
(c) [Reserved.]
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received on or before the Effective Date, one or more certificates of the Borrower signed by a Responsible Officer:
(i) Certifying that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or would occur and be continuing on the Effective Date;
(ii) Certifying that the representations and warranties contained in Article 4 are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Effective Date (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date and except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to the Closing Date, in which case such representations and warranties shall not be required to be made on the Effective Date); and
(iii) Enclosing:
(A) Copies of the Borrower’s charter and by-laws, certified in each instance by its Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any other Responsible Officer of the Borrower; and
(B) Copies of the resolutions or similar authorizing documentation of the governing body of the Borrower authorizing the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, certified by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary or any other Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received on or before the Effective Date, each dated on or, as applicable, prior to such date:
(i) A good standing certificate or similar certificate dated a date reasonably close to the Effective Date from the jurisdiction of formation of the Borrower;
(ii) A customary certificate of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary or another Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying the names and true signatures of the Borrower’s officers authorized to sign this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered by the Borrower hereunder; and
(iii) A favorable opinion letter of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinion.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy, certified by the Borrower and signed by a Responsible Officer as true and complete, of:
(i) the Agreed Form of Scheme Press Announcement; and
(ii) the executed Transaction Agreement.
(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received, at least 3 Business Days prior to the Effective Date, so long as requested no less than 10 Business Days prior to the Effective Date, all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act, in each case relating to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date in writing promptly upon such conditions precedent being satisfied (or waived by the Required Lenders), and such notice shall be conclusive, binding and final.
Conditions Precedent to the Effective Date The obligations of each Lender to make any initial Extension of Credit and of any LC Bank to make any initial issuance of a Letter of Credit shall be subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 11.02) of each of the following:
(a) The Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and each other Person entitled to the payment of fees or the reimbursement or payment of expenses, pursuant hereto or to those certain fee letters dated November 7, 2014, executed and delivered with respect to the credit facility provided for herein, shall have received all fees required to be paid by the Effective Date (including, without limitation, all fees owing on the Effective Date under Section 2.12(d) hereof), and all expenses for which invoices have been presented on or before the Effective Date.
(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate or certificates of each Loan Party, signed on behalf of each Loan Party, respectively, by a Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or a Responsible Officer thereof, dated the Effective Date, certifying as to (A) the absence, as of the Effective Date, of any Default or Event of Default, (B) after giving effect to the Transactions (including the IPO Transaction) the financial covenants contained in Article VII are in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis, (C) the occurrence of the IPO Transaction and (D) the attachment thereto of a full and complete copy of the MLP Agreement; and (ii) each of such certifications shall be true.
(c) After giving effect to the IPO Transaction, the representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties are specifically limited to a prior date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such prior date provided, that, in each case, such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that are already qualified or modified by “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language in the text thereof. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the satisfaction of the foregoing conditions on the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 11.02) on or before March 31, 2015 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, this Agreement shall terminate).
Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness This Agreement (including the Commitments of the Lenders and the obligations of the Borrower hereunder) shall become effective if, on or before April 15, 2011, all of the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence, satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that the Borrower has paid (or will pay with the proceeds of the initial Credit Extensions) all amounts then payable by the Borrower under the Existing Credit Facility and that all commitments to make extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder have been (or concurrently with the initial Advances will be) terminated;
(b) the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of each party hereto or (ii) written evidence (which may include electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that each party hereto has signed a counterpart of this Agreement and each of the following documents, each dated a date reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(i) Certified copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors or equivalent managing body of the Borrower approving the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and of all documents evidencing other necessary organizational action of the Borrower with respect to this Agreement and the documents contemplated hereby;
(ii) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of Borrower certifying (A) the names and true signatures of the officers of the Borrower authorized to sign this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered hereunder; (B) that attached thereto are true and correct copies of the organizational documents of the Borrower, in each case in effect on such date; and (C) that attached thereto are true and correct copies of all governmental and regulatory authorizations and approvals required for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and the documents contemplated hereby;
(iii) A certificate signed by either the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer or treasurer of the Borrower stating that (A) the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 are correct on and as of the date of such certificate as though made on and as of such date and (B) no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such certificate; and
(iv) A favorable opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Borrower, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; and
(c) the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence, satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that the Borrower has paid (or will pay with the proceeds of the initial Credit Extensions) all fees and, to the extent billed, expenses payable by the Borrower hereunder on the Effective Date (including amounts then payable to the Joint Active Lead Arrangers and the Agents). Promptly upon the occurrence thereof, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower, the Lenders and the LC Issuers as to the Effective Date.
Conditions to Effective Date It shall be a condition to the Effective Date that each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied or waived as of such date, and upon such satisfaction or waiver, this Agreement shall be effective:
(a) this Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by the parties hereto;
(b) the VMTP Shares shall have a long-term issue credit rating of AAA (or its equivalent) from at least one Rating Agency on the Effective Date;
(c) the Fund shall have obtained from Moody’s written confirmation that the issuance of the VMTP Shares by the Fund will not, in and of itself, result in a reduction, placement on review for possible downgrade, or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned by Moody’s to the Auction Preferred Shares;
(d) receipt by the Purchasers of executed originals, or copies certified by a duly authorized officer of the Fund to be in full force and effect and not otherwise amended, of all Related Documents (other than the global shares representing the VMTP Shares), as in effect on the Effective Date, and an incumbency certificate with respect to the authorized signatories thereto;
(e) receipt by the Purchasers of opinions of counsel for the Fund, substantially to the effect of Exhibit A;
(f) except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, there shall not be any pending or threatened material litigation of the nature described in Section 4.5 (unless such pending or threatened litigation has been determined by each of the Purchasers to be acceptable);
(g) the fees and expenses payable no later than the Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.2(b)(i) hereof shall have been paid;
(h) Each of the Purchasers, in its reasonable discretion, shall be satisfied that no change in law, rule or regulation (or their interpretation or administration), in each case, shall have occurred which will adversely affect the consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement;
(i) there shall have been delivered to the Purchasers any additional documentation and financial information, including satisfactory responses to its due diligence inquiries, as it reasonably deems relevant; and
(j) there shall have been delivered to the Purchasers such information and copies of documents, approvals (if any) and records certified, where appropriate, of trust proceedings as any of the Purchasers may have reasonably requested relating to the Fund’s entering into and performing this Agreement and the other Related Documents to which it is a party, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The Fund and each of the Purchasers agree that consummation of the Purchase pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute acknowledgment that the foregoing conditions have been satisfied or waived.
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.