Conditions Precedent to the Effectiveness of this Amendment This Amendment shall become effective as of the date first written above when, and only when, each of the following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied or waived (the “Amendment No. 1 Effective Date”) by the Administrative Agent:
Conditions to Effectiveness of this Agreement (a) This Agreement and the First Amendment shall become effective (the date of such effectiveness being referred to herein as the “Forbearance Effective Date”) upon satisfaction or waiver of each of:
(i) execution of this Agreement and the First Amendment by the TL Agents, the Forbearing Lenders, and the Debt Parties and delivery of the same to the TL Agents;
(ii) execution of the Supplemental Indentures and delivery of the same to the Agents and the Forbearing Lenders, and such Notes Amendments have taken effect in accordance with their terms;
(iii) amendments to the ABL North America Credit Documents (the “ABL Amendments”), in the form executed and delivered on the date hereof, reflecting, among other things, the additional incurrence of no less than $4.48 million of Indebtedness under the ABL North America Credit Agreement to be provided by the ABL Lenders on the Forbearance Effective Date (the “Supplemental Financing”), the conversion of certain Holdings Preferred Equity Interests into an amount of unsecured and subordinated ABL North America Obligations (the “Preferred Roll-Up”), and forbearances and consents by the lenders under the ABL North America Credit Documents (collectively, the “ABL Lenders”) (the “ABL Forbearances and Consents”), in each case as set forth therein and in accordance with the ABL North America Intercreditor Agreement, as amended in accordance herewith;
(iv) the Intercreditor Agreements have each been amended (each, an “Intercreditor Amendment”) so as to permit or otherwise facilitate the Initial Transactions, and such amendments have been executed by the parties thereto, delivered to the Parties hereto, and have taken effect in accordance with their terms;
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(vi) the Holdings Preferred Equity Documents, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Forbearing Lenders, have become effective in accordance with their terms, and have been delivered to the Parties hereto;
(vii) International Holdings becomes a co-Administrative Borrower under the Credit Agreement;
(viii) the IP Transfer, IP NA License, IP Europe License, TDX IP License, Motion IP License, Dolomite IP License, and Aviva IP License have occurred on terms reasonably acceptable to the Forbearing Lenders;
(ix) entry by the applicable Forbearing Lenders and the Ad Hoc Group into the mutual release agreement attached hereto as Exhibit J (the “Mutual Lender Release”);
(x) delivery by the Debt Parties of any and all updated perfection certificates and other security documents required under the Credit Agreement, Indentures, and any of the Company’s other Material Indebtedness;
(xi) the other Initial Transaction Documents, each being in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Forbearing Lenders, shall have been executed by the parties thereto, delivered to the Parties hereto, and have taken effect in accordance with their terms;
(xii) the other Initial Transactions, each being on terms reasonably acceptable to the Forbearing Lenders, shall have been effectuated;
(xiii) Highbridge and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ shall have received access to any and all datarooms used by the Company and/or its Related Parties in the Sale Process to provide prospective buyers with diligence or other marketing materials;
(xiv) payment by the Administrative Borrower to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of each Forbearing Lender in the manner and amount set forth in clause (a) of Schedule 5 hereto (the “Forbearance Fee”);
(xv) payment to the parties and in the amounts set forth in clause (b) of Schedule 5 hereto;
(xvi) all required board and other governance approvals (any such approval or consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed) have been received for, and the transactions contemplated under and by, this Agreement, including all Initial Transactions, have been fully authorized;
(xvii) the Company has provided to the Forbearing Lenders: (1) the most recent Monthly Reporting; (2) a Budget for the then subsequent month; (3) an initial Account Balance Report; (4) a Variance Report; and (5) a Rolling 13-Week Cash Flow Forecast for the week prior to the date of this Agreement;
(xviii) the Administrative Borrower has paid all interest (excluding applicable default interest) and other amounts in cash that became due on or about August 5, 2024 under the Credit Agreement and remain due immediately prior to the Forbearance Effective Date;
(xix) the Company has provided the Forbearing Lenders and TL Agents with Compliance Certificates of a type set forth in sections 5.01(d)(ii) and 5.03(b) of the Credit Agreement;
(xx) the ABL Lenders have provided the Company with the Supplemental Financing in accordance with its terms;
(xxi) the Administrative Agent shall have received a customary written opinion (addressed to the Agents and the Lenders and dated as the Forbearance Effective Date) of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLC, as counsel to the Debt Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders (or their counsel);
(xxii) that certain ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Restated Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy is approved by the board of directors of Holdings; and
(xxiii) the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Incentive Agreement, satisfactory to ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, is approved by the board of directors of International Holdings. For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this section 8, each Forbearing Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved, or accepted, or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required hereunder to be consented to, approved by, or acceptable or satisfactory to a Forbearing Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Forbearing Lender prior to the proposed Forbearance Effective Date specifying its objection thereto.
Conditions to Effectiveness of this Amendment Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, this Amendment shall become effective upon satisfaction in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Agent of each of the following conditions (such time, the “Effective Time”):
(a) the delivery to the Agent of a counterpart of this Amendment executed by Borrower, the other Credit Parties, the Agent and the Lenders;
(b) the Borrower shall have delivered to Agent evidence reasonably satisfactory to Agent demonstrating that, based upon the financial statements for the twelve month period ended September 9, 2013 delivered to Agent and the Lenders in accordance with the Credit Agreement: (i) EBITDA of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries is not less than $11,100,000 (“Fourth Amendment EBITDA”) and (ii) the ratio of total Funded Indebtedness of the Credit Parties and their subsidiaries to Fourth Amendment EBITDA, calculated giving pro forma effect to the transactions consummated on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, payment of all costs and expenses in connection therewith, and funding of the Incremental Term Loan and the prepayment of certain Loans on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, is equal to or less than 3.50:1.00;
(c) the Agent shall have received, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders a closing fee of $215,625 of which Agent, in its capacity as a Lender and for its affiliates who are Lenders, will retain $122,083.33 and Regions Bank, as a Lender, will receive $93,541.67;
(d) the Borrower shall have reimbursed Agent for all costs and expenses (including all legal fees and expenses) incurred by Agent in connection with this Amendment;
(e) the accuracy of the representations and warranties contained in Section 3 hereof;
(f) since December 26, 2011 there shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Effect;
(g) no Default or Event of Default exists or will arise as a direct result of this Amendment; and
(h) delivery to Agent of the other documents and deliveries set forth on Exhibit D attached hereto (in fully-executed forms, where applicable).
Conditions Precedent to the Effectiveness of this Agreement The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction (or substantially simultaneous satisfaction) of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The Agent shall have received all fees and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Agent) required to be paid on the Closing Date, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and each Fee Letter and the Annex thereto.
(b) The Agent shall have received on or before the Closing Date, the following, each (unless otherwise indicated) dated as of the Closing Date (unless otherwise specified), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent:
(i) This Agreement, duly executed and delivered by the Seller and the Servicer;
(ii) The Receivables Sale Agreement, duly executed by the Seller and each Originator, together with:
(A) Proper financing statements naming each Originator as debtor, the Seller as secured party and the Agent, as assignee, to be filed under the UCC of all jurisdictions that the Agent may deem necessary in order to perfect the Seller’s interests created or purported to be created by the Receivables Sale Agreement;
(B) Proper financing statement terminations or releases, if any, necessary to release all security interests and other rights of any Person in the Receivables, Related Security, Collections or Contracts previously granted by any Originator;
(C) The Consent and Agreement, duly executed by the Seller and each Originator; and
(D) A Subordinated Note, in substantially the form of Exhibit B to the Receivables Sale Agreement, payable to the order of each Originator, and duly executed by the Seller;
(iii) The Equistar Undertaking, duly executed and delivered by Equistar;
(iv) (x) A Lock-Box Agreement with each Lock-Box Bank, executed by such Lock-Box Bank, the Agent and the Seller, the Servicer or an Originator, as applicable, and (y) a control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, with each depository bank maintaining any other Restricted Account, executed by such depository bank, the Agent, the Seller and the Servicer, as applicable;
(v) The Intercreditor Agreement duly executed by each party thereto;
(vi) Good standing certificates (or equivalent) issued by the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of incorporation of each Transaction Party;
(vii) A copy of the articles or certificate of incorporation (or equivalent Constituent Document) of each Transaction Party, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State (or equivalent body) of the state of organization of such Transaction Party;
(viii) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each Transaction Party certifying (A) the names and true signatures of each officer of such Transaction Party that has been authorized to execute and deliver any Transaction Document or other document required hereunder to be executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Transaction Party, (B) the by-laws (or equivalent Constituent Document) of such Transaction Party as in effect on the date of such certification, (C) the resolutions of such Transaction Party’s Board of Directors (or equivalent governing body) approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (D) that there have been no changes in the certificate of incorporation (or equivalent Constituent Document) of such Transaction Party from the certificate of incorporation (or equivalent Constituent Document) delivered pursuant to clause (vii) above;
(ix) A certificate of a Principal Financial Officer of each Transaction Party certifying that the conditions set forth in Sections 3.1(a), (b), (c), (e), (f) and (h) have been satisfied;
(x) A certificate of a Principal Financial Officer of each of the Seller and Originators stating that such Transaction Party is Solvent after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents;
(xi) Proper financing statements naming the Seller, as debtor, and the Agent, as secured party, to be filed under the UCC of all jurisdictions that the Agent may deem necessary in order to perfect the ownership interests created or purported to be created by the Transactions Documents;
(xii) Proper financing statement terminations or releases, if any, necessary to release all security interests and other rights of any Person in the Pool Receivables, Contracts, Related Security or Collections previously granted by the Seller or any Originator; and
(xiii) Favorable opinions of (A) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇’▇▇▇▇▇, General Counsel of Equistar, in substantially the form of Exhibit I-2 hereto and as to such other matters as the Agent may reasonably request, (B) ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ L.L.P., counsel to the Transaction Parties, in substantially the forms of Exhibit I-1 and I-3 hereto as to such other matters as the Agent may reasonably request, including without limitation (1) a “true sale” opinion with respect to the sale of Receivable Assets under and as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement from each Originator to the Seller, (2) an opinion with respect to the non-substantive consolidation of the Seller with each other Transaction Party or any of its Affiliates in a case under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, and (3) an opinion relating to the enforceability of the Transaction Documents, compliance with all laws and regulations (including Regulation U of the Board), the perfection of all ownership and other interests purported to be granted under the Transaction Documents, and no conflicts with material agreements, and (C) special counsel to the Agent, as the Agent may reasonably request.
(c) Each of the Seller, the Originators and the Servicer shall have received all necessary governmental and third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby (without the imposition of any conditions that are not reasonably acceptable to the Purchasers) and shall remain in effect, and all applicable governmental filings (except for the UCC financing statements referred to in this Section 3.1) shall have been made and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired without in either case any action being taken by any competent authority; and no law or regulation shall be applicable in the judgment of the Purchasers that restrains, prevents or imposes materially adverse conditions upon the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby.
(d) The Purchasers shall have received and be satisfied with (i) audited financial statements of Equistar and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2002 by independent nationally-recognized public accountants which statements shall be unqualified, (ii) interim unaudited quarterly financial statements of Equistar and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, through the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2003, and (iii) the financial projections of Equistar and its Consolidated Subsidiaries covering the Fiscal Years ending in 2003 through 2007, inclusive, that are included in the Confidential Information Memorandum.
(i) All obligations for outstanding capital, accrued and unpaid yield and fees and other amounts then due and payable under the Existing Program shall have been concurrently satisfied, (ii) all documentation relating to the Existing Program shall have been concurrently terminated on terms satisfactory to the Agent and (iii) the Agent shall have received evidence of such termination in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
(f) The ABF Agreement shall be in full force and effect and no default shall exist thereunder.
(g) The Agent shall be satisfied with the results of a field examination of the Originators conducted by CUSA’s internal auditors no more than 3 months prior to the Closing Date.
(h) Total Excess Availability (after giving effect to the effectiveness of this Agreement and the ABF Agreement) shall be at least $300,000,000 on the Closing Date. The Agent shall promptly notify the Seller, the Servicer and the Purchasers of the Closing Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.
Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Amendment This Amendment shall become effective upon the satisfaction in full or waiver by all Lenders of the following conditions precedent (the first date upon which all such conditions shall have been satisfied being herein called the “Amendment Effective Date”):