Initial Advance Borrower shall have delivered to Lender each of the following, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender (the date on which each of the following shall have been so delivered is referred to herein as the “Effective Date”):
(a) executed originals of the Loan Documents and all other documents and instruments reasonably required by Lender to effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby or to create and perfect the Liens of Lender with respect to all Collateral, in all cases in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lender;
(b) certified copy of resolutions of Borrower’s board of directors evidencing approval of (i) the Loan and other transactions evidenced by the Loan Documents; and (ii) the Warrant and transactions evidenced thereby;
(c) certified copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws, as amended through the Closing Date, of Borrower;
(d) a certificate of good standing for Borrower from its state of incorporation and similar certificates from all other jurisdictions in which it does business and where the failure to be qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) a certificate of incumbency as to each officer of Borrower who is authorized to execute the Loan Documents, the Warrant, and all other documents and instruments to be delivered pursuant to the Loan Documents and the Warrant on behalf of Borrower, including, without limitation, the chief financial officer of Borrower;
(f) payment of the Facility Charge and reimbursement of Lender’s current expenses reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement, which amounts may be deducted from the initial Advance;
(g) Landlord Consents or Bailee Agreements, as applicable, for the premises where the Financed Equipment will, upon completion of transit, be located; provided, that up to $3,750,000 of the initial Advance may be used for the purchase of International Based Financed Equipment without delivering to Lender, prior to the disbursement of such Advance, any Landlord Consents in respect of the premises in the continental United States where such International Based Financed Equipment may be located temporarily, so long as (i) prior to the disbursement of such Advance, one or more Bailee Agreements, as applicable, are delivered in respect of the foreign premises where such International Based Financed Equipment will be located upon completion of transit, and (ii) within 90 days of the Effective Date (or any subsequent Advance Date with respect to any International Based Financed Equipment not financed on the Effective Date), such International Based Financed Equipment is relocated to such foreign premises;
(h) a Consent Letter from each Incumbent Lender;
(i) a Release Letter from each Incumbent Lender with respect to the Financed Equipment purchased with the proceeds of the initial Advance; and
(j) such other documents as Lender may reasonably request.
Initial Advances In addition to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 4.2, the obligation of the Lenders to make the initial Advance is conditioned on the Administrative Agent receiving, prior to or on the date of such Advance, each of the following items in form, detail and content reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, each Lender, and its counsel:
(a) a duly executed Revolving Credit Note for each Lender which has requested the same;
(b) a certificate of the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries (i) certifying an attached complete and correct copy of its bylaws; (ii) solely in the case of the Borrower, certifying an attached complete and correct copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Borrower’s board of directors which have not been amended since their adoption and remain in full force and effect, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Related Documents to which it is a party; (iii) solely in the case of Independent Bank, certifying an attached copy of its certificate of formation, and in the case of the Borrower and each other Subsidiary, certifying that the articles of incorporation or charter attached to the applicable certificate of the Office of the Secretary of State of incorporation delivered pursuant to Section 4.1(d) hereof are complete and correct and have not been amended since the date of the last date of amendment thereto indicated on such certificate of the secretary of state; and (iv) certifying as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing this Agreement and all other Related Documents to which it is a party, and including a certification by another officer as to the incumbency and signature of the secretary or assistant secretary executing the certificate;
(c) an opinion of counsel for the Borrower in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, its counsel, and each Lender;
(d) certificates of status or good standing for the Borrower and each Subsidiary issued by the applicable Office of the Secretary of State of incorporation or organization and the respective state, if any, in which the Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s principal place of business is located, and certified copies of the articles of incorporation for the Borrower and each Subsidiary, all issued by the Office of the Secretary of State of the state of the Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s incorporation, as applicable, within thirty (30) days of the date hereof;
(e) certification that there are no (i) Material Liens of record on the Property of the Borrower only (and not any of its Subsidiaries) other than Permitted Liens and (ii) Material Liens of record on the Property of any Bank Subsidiary other than Permitted Liens;
(f) a duly executed Negative Pledge Agreement;
(g) a duly executed Notice of Authorized Borrowers; and
(h) a duly executed Authority to Debit Account.
Initial Loan Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Agreement to the contrary, Lender shall have no obligation to make the initial Loan or issue the initial Letter of Credit under this Agreement unless Lender shall have first received:
(a) this Agreement and the Note, each duly executed by Borrower;
(b) the Guaranty, duly executed by Laclede Energy;
(c) a copy of resolutions (including an incumbency certificate) of the Board of Directors of Borrower, duly adopted, which authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Note and the other Transaction Documents, certified by the Secretary of Borrower;
(d) a copy of resolutions of the Board of Directors (including an incumbency certificate) of Laclede Energy, duly adopted, which authorize the execution, delivery and performance of its Guaranty, certified by the Secretary of Laclede Energy;
(e) copies of the Articles of Incorporation of Borrower and Laclede Energy, including any amendments thereto, certified by the Secretary of State of the states of their respective incorporations;
(f) copies of the Bylaws of Borrower and Laclede Energy, including any amendments thereto, certified by the Secretaries of Borrower and Laclede Energy;
(g) certificates of corporate good standing of Borrower and Laclede Energy issued by the Secretary of State of the states of their respective incorporations;
(h) an opinion of the General Counsel of Borrower and Laclede Energy, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender and Lender’s counsel;
(i) UCC search results from the Missouri Secretary of State for Borrower and Laclede Energy;
(j) copies of all financial statements and other exhibits and schedules required by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents;
(k) a letter of direction from Borrower with respect to the disbursement of the proceeds of the initial Loan under this Agreement;
(l) a fee letter, duly executed by Borrower and Lender; and
(m) such other agreements, documents, instruments and certificates as Lender may reasonably request.
SALE/PURCHASE OF INITIAL LOANS (A) Consummation of Sale and Purchase The sale and purchase of Eligible Loans pursuant to the Initial Purchase Agreement to be dated as of the Closing Date shall be consummated upon (i) Funding’s receipt from VL Funding and the VL Funding Eligible Lender Trustee for the benefit of VL Funding of the Initial ▇▇▇▇ of Sale and (ii) the payment by Funding to VL Funding of the Initial Payment. Upon consummation, such sale and purchase shall be effective as of the date of the Initial ▇▇▇▇ of Sale. VL Funding and Funding shall use their best efforts to perform promptly their respective obligations pursuant to the Initial Purchase Agreement with respect to each Initial Loan.
(B) Settlement of the Initial Payment On the date of the Initial ▇▇▇▇ of Sale, Funding shall pay to VL Funding the Initial Payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by VL Funding.
(C) Interest Subsidy and Special Allowance Payments and Rebate Fees VL Funding shall be entitled to all Interest Subsidy Payments and Special Allowance Payments on each Initial Loan accruing up to but not including the Initial Cutoff Date and shall be responsible for the payment of any rebate fees applicable to the Initial Loans accruing up to but not including the Initial Cutoff Date. The Interim Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of Funding shall be entitled to all Special Allowance Payments and Interest Subsidy Payments on the Initial Loans accruing from the Initial Cutoff Date, and shall be responsible for the payment of any rebate fees applicable to the Initial Loans accruing from the Initial Cutoff Date.
Funding Date Each Lender’s obligations to make any Loan hereunder shall become effective upon the satisfaction or waiver (in accordance with Section 8.02) of the following conditions on or after the Effective Date:
(a) The Effective Date shall have occurred;
(b) The Acquisition shall have been (or, substantially contemporaneously with the borrowing of the Loans, shall be) consummated in each case in all material respects in accordance with the terms set forth in the Acquisition Agreement after giving effect to any modifications, amendments, supplements, consents, waivers or requests, other than those modifications, amendments, supplements, consents, waivers or requests (including the effects of any such requests) by the Borrower that are materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders (it being understood that any modification, amendment, supplement, consent, waiver or request by the Borrower to the definition of Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) shall be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders and any consent or request made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 6.15 of the Acquisition Agreement and the Acquired Company’s compliance therewith shall not be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders), unless consented to in writing by the Arrangers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed);
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) audited consolidated balance sheets and related audited statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and the Acquired Company for each of the three fiscal years most recently ended at least 90 days prior to the Funding Date and (b) unaudited consolidated balance sheets and related unaudited statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and the Acquired Company for each subsequent fiscal quarter ended at least 45 days prior to the Funding Date; provided that the filing of financial statements complying with the foregoing requirements on Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, as the case may be, by the Borrower or the Acquired Company will satisfy the applicable conditions set forth in this clause (c) of Section 4.