Conditions to Closing Date It shall be a condition to the Closing 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 Preferred Shares shall have a long-term issue credit rating of “Aa1” from Moody’s and long-term issue credit rating of “AA” from Fitch on the Closing Date;
(c) receipt by the Purchaser of opinion(s) of counsel for the Fund acceptable to the Purchaser;
(d) there shall have been delivered to the Purchaser such information and copies of documents, approvals (if any) and records certified, where appropriate, of trust and legal proceedings as the Purchaser may have 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;
(e) there shall have been delivered to the Fund such information and copies of documents, approvals (if any) and records certified, where appropriate, of trust and legal proceedings as the Fund may have requested relating to the Purchaser’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;
(f) receipt by the Purchaser of executed originals or copies of all Related Documents (other than this Agreement) to which the Fund is a party, as in effect on the Closing Date, and an incumbency certificate with respect to the authorized signatories thereto;
(g) receipt by the Fund of executed originals or copies of all Related Documents (other than this Agreement) to which the Purchaser is a party, as in effect on the Closing Date, and an incumbency certificate with respect to the authorized signatories thereto;
(h) receipt by the Fund and the Purchaser of the Information Statement in form and substance satisfactory to the Fund and the Purchaser;
(i) the reasonable fees and expenses and all other amounts (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses related to the issuance of the VMTP Preferred Shares) payable on the Closing Date and pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof shall have been paid;
(j) receipt by the Fund and the Purchaser of an opinion of counsel of the Redemption and Paying Agent in the form and substance satisfactory to the Fund and the Purchaser;
(k) except as disclosed in the Information Statement or in Schedule II hereto, there shall not be any action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or (to the knowledge of the Fund) overtly threatened in writing against the Fund in any court or before any governmental authority which in the good faith judgment of the party invoking this condition, (i) is in any way contesting or, if decided adversely, would affect the validity of any other Related Document to which the Fund is a party or this Agreement, or (ii) in which a final adverse decision would materially adversely affect provisions for or materially adversely affect the sources for payment of Liquidation Preference of or dividends on the VMTP Preferred Shares;
(l) receipt by the Purchaser of copies of all ISDA documentation to which the Fund is a party including all trade confirmations and credit support annexes;
(m) in the good faith judgment of the party invoking this condition no change in law, rule or regulation (or their interpretation or administration), in each case, shall have occurred after the date of this Agreement, which will materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement; and
(n) there shall have been delivered to the Purchaser any additional documentation and financial information, including satisfactory responses to its due diligence inquiries, as it reasonably deems relevant. The Fund and the Purchaser agree that consummation of the purchase and sale of the VMTP Preferred Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute acknowledgment that the foregoing conditions have been satisfied or waived.
The First Closing Date Delivery of certificates for the Firm Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters and payment therefor shall be made at the offices of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and the Representatives) at 9:00 a.m. New York City time, on [•], or such other time and date not later than 1:30 p.m. New York City time, on [•] as the Representatives shall designate by notice to the Company (the time and date of such closing are called the “First Closing Date”). The Company hereby acknowledges that circumstances under which the Representatives may provide notice to postpone the First Closing Date as originally scheduled include, but are not limited to, any determination by the Company or the Representatives to recirculate to the public copies of an amended or supplemented Prospectus or a delay as contemplated by the provisions of Section 11.
Closing; Closing Date Closing" and "Closing Date" have the meanings set forth in Section 5.3.
Conditions Precedent to Closing Date The obligation of each Lender to make an Advance on the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.01) of the following conditions:
(a) The Effective Date shall have occurred.
(b) If the Shire Acquisition is effected by way of a Scheme, the Administrative Agent shall have received:
(i) a certificate of the Borrower signed by a director certifying:
(1) the date on which the Scheme Circular was posted to the shareholders of Shire;
(2) the date on which the Court has sanctioned the Scheme and that the Court Order has been duly delivered to the Registrar in accordance with Article 125(3) of the Jersey Companies Law;
(3) as to the satisfaction of each condition set forth in clauses (d), (e) (to the extent relating to the Scheme), (f) and (i) (to the extent relating to the Scheme) below; and
(4) each copy of the documents specified in paragraphs (ii) and (iii) below is correct and complete and has not been amended or superseded on or prior to the Closing Date, except to the extent such changes thereto have been required pursuant to the City Code or required by the Panel or to the extent not prohibited by the Loan Documents; and
(ii) a copy of the Scheme Circular which is consistent in all material respects with the terms and conditions in the Press Release and the Scheme Resolutions, in each case, except to the extent changes thereto have been required pursuant to the City Code or required by the Panel or by a court of competent jurisdiction or are not prohibited by the Loan Documents.
(c) If the Shire Acquisition is effected by way of a Takeover Offer, the Administrative Agent shall have received:
(i) a certificate of the Borrower signed by a director certifying:
(1) the date on which the Takeover Offer Document was posted to the shareholders of Shire;
(2) as to the satisfaction of each condition set forth in clauses (d), (e) (to the extent relating to the Takeover Offer), (f) and (i) (to the extent relating to the Takeover Offer) below;
(3) each copy of the documents specified in paragraph (ii) below is correct and complete and has not been amended or superseded on or prior to the Closing Date, except to the extent such changes thereto have been required pursuant to the City Code or required by the Panel or are not prohibited by the Loan Documents; and
(4) that the Takeover Offer has been declared unconditional in all respects without any material amendment, modification or waiver of the conditions to the Takeover Offer or of the Acceptance Condition except to the extent not prohibited by the Loan Documents.
(ii) a copy of the Takeover Offer Document which is consistent in all material respects with the terms and conditions in the Offer Press Announcement, except to the extent changes thereto have been required pursuant to the City Code or required by the Panel or are permitted under the Loan Documents.
(d) On the date of the applicable borrowing request and on the proposed date of such borrowing (x) no Certain Funds Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Borrowing and (y) all the Certain Funds Representations are true or, if a Certain Funds Representation does not include a materiality concept, true in all material respects.
(e) Where the Shire Acquisition is to be implemented by way of a Scheme, each of the Shire Acquisition and the Company Merger shall have been, or substantially concurrently with the occurrence of the Closing Date shall be, consummated in the case of the Shire Acquisition in all material respects in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Scheme Documents (it being understood that substantially concurrently shall include the payment for Scheme Shares being made and the Company Merger being consummated no more than two Business Days after the initial Advance hereunder) or, where the Shire Acquisition is to be implemented by way of a Takeover Offer, the Takeover Offer shall have become unconditional in accordance with the terms of the Offer Document and the shares in AbbVie NewCo to be issued to the Shire shareholders pursuant to the terms of the Takeover Offer have been issued and the former Shire shareholders have been registered as the owner of such shares in the register of members of AbbVie NewCo (as applicable) and as promptly as reasonably practicable thereafter the Company Merger shall be consummated, in each case, without giving effect to (and there shall not have been) any modifications, amendments, consents, requests or waivers by the Borrower (or its applicable affiliate) thereunder that are materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, except, in each case, to the extent such modifications, amendments, consents, requests or waivers have been required pursuant to the City Code or the Panel or are not prohibited by the Loan Documents.
(f) All fees and other amounts due and payable by the Borrower, AbbVie and their Subsidiaries to the Arranger, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or pursuant to any fee or similar letters relating to the Loan Documents shall be paid, to the extent invoiced at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date by the relevant person and to the extent such amounts are payable on or prior to the Closing Date. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.02.
(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received a pro forma consolidated balance sheet and related pro forma consolidated statement of income of AbbVie NewCo and its Subsidiaries as of and for the twelve-month period ending on the last day of the most recently completed four-fiscal quarter period ended at least 45 days prior to the Closing Date, prepared after giving effect to the Transactions as if the Transactions had occurred as of such date (in the case of such balance sheet) or at the beginning of such period (in the case of such statement of income) (the “Pro Forma Financials”), it being acknowledged that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any approval right as regards the form or contents of the Pro Forma Financials).
(h) It is not illegal for any Lender to lend and there is no injunction, restraining order or equivalent prohibiting any Lender from lending its portion of the Advances or restricting the application of the proceeds thereof.
(i) After giving effect to the consummation of the Scheme, or if the Shire Acquisition is implemented by way of a Takeover Offer after giving effect to the initial purchase of Shire Shares pursuant to the Takeover Offer, immediately after the Company Merger, the holders of Shire Shares immediately prior to the effectiveness of such Scheme or purchase pursuant to such Takeover Offer shall own equity interests in AbbVie NewCo representing more than 20.0% of both the voting interests of and value of AbbVie NewCo. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Closing Date as soon as practicable upon its occurrence, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
Conditions to the Closing Date The obligation of each Lender to make its initial Loans hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent to the Administrative Agent satisfaction:
(a) The Administrative Agent receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimile or other electronic image transmission (e.g., “PDF” or “TIF” via electronic mail) (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a member of the Senior Management of the signing Credit Party, each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing Date) and each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(i) (A) executed counterparts of this Agreement, sufficient in number for distribution to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Credit Parties, and (B) executed counterparts of each Security Document sufficient in number for distribution to the Administrative Agent and the Credit Parties, and an executed Note for each Lender who requests a Note;
(ii) an officer’s certificate of each Credit Party executing a Loan Document, (A) certifying and attaching true, correct and complete copies of: (1) the certificate of formation, certificate of incorporation, articles of incorporation (or such equivalent thereof) of such Credit Party, and, where applicable, certified as of a recent date from the Secretary of State (or applicable Governmental Authority) of the jurisdiction in which such Credit Party is incorporated or formed, (2) the by-laws, limited liability company agreement, articles of association, partnership agreement or other applicable Governing Document of such Credit Party, and (3) the resolutions or votes of the board of directors or board of managers or partners (or equivalent thereof) of such Credit Party, authorizing such Credit Party’s entry into the Loan Documents to which it is a party; and (B) certifying the incumbency of members of the Senior Management of such Credit Party authorized to act in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Credit Party is a party and providing a specimen signature of such members of the Senior Management of such Credit Party who will be signing Loan Documents on the Closing Date and thereafter;
(iii) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may require to evidence that each Credit Party executing a Loan Document is validly existing and in good standing (where applicable) in its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, as applicable;
(iv) a favorable legal opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special New York counsel to the Credit Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to matters concerning the Credit Parties and the Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request; and
(v) a certificate of a member of the Senior Management of the Borrower certifying that (1) the condition specified in Sections 4.02(b) has been satisfied, (2) there has been no event or circumstance since December 31, 2023 that has had or could be reasonably expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and (3) all consents, licenses, and approvals required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party and the validity against each Credit Party of the Loan Documents to which such Credit Party is a party have been obtained.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed Agency Account Agreements, signed by each of the applicable parties thereto, for each deposit account or securities account required to be subject to an Agency Account Agreement pursuant to the terms of Section 6.16 hereof.