ADDITIONAL SPECIAL CONTRACT CONDITIONS Special Contract Conditions revisions: the corresponding subsections of the Special Contract Conditions referenced below are replaced in their entirety with the following:
Effectiveness; Conditions Precedent This Amendment, and the amendments contained herein, shall not be effective until the satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent (the date the following conditions precedent are satisfied being referred to as the “Amendment Effective Date”):
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each of which (unless otherwise specified) shall be original copies or telecopies promptly followed by original copies:
(i) a certificate of the Borrower, dated the Amendment Effective Date and signed by the Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or other Authorized Officer of the Borrower certifying, on behalf of itself and the other Loan Parties, as to the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3;
(ii) A certificate dated the Amendment Effective Date and signed by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each of the Loan Parties (or an Authorized Officer if there is no Secretary or Assistant Secretary of any such Loan Party), certifying as appropriate as to:
(A) all action taken by each Loan Party in connection with this Amendment and the other Loan Documents executed and delivered in connection with this Amendment;
(B) the names of the officer or officers authorized to sign this Amendment and the other Loan Documents and the true signatures of such officer or officers and specifying the Authorized Officers permitted to act on behalf of each Loan Party for purposes of this Amendment and the other Loan Documents and the true signatures of such officers, on which the Administrative Agent and each Lender may conclusively rely;
(C) copies of its certificate of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership, certificate of formation, or equivalent document as in effect on the Amendment Effective Date certified by the appropriate state official where such documents are filed in a state office together with certificates from the appropriate state officials as to the continued existence and good standing of each Loan Party in each state where organized or qualified to do business; and
(D) copies of its bylaws, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or equivalent document as in effect on the Amendment Effective Date or certifications of no changes thereto since September 2, 2021.
(iii) This Amendment, Notes to the extent requested by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and any other Loan Documents executed and delivered in connection with this Amendment signed by an Authorized Officer of the Loan Parties, and this Amendment signed by the Administrative Agent and each Lender;
(iv) A written opinion of (A) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Loan Parties (who may rely on the opinions of such other counsel and certificates of the Loan Parties’ in-house counsel as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), dated the Amendment Effective Date, and (B) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, in-house counsel for the Loan Parties, and in her capacity as Assistant General Counsel of NJR Service Corporation, dated the Amendment Effective Date, in each case, covering such matters concerning the Loan Parties and this Amendment, the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents executed and delivered in connection with this Amendment as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request;
(v) lien searches in acceptable scope and with acceptable results; and
(vi) such other information and documentation as may reasonably be requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender from time to time.
(b) The Administrative Agent and each Lender shall have received, in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent and each Lender such documentation and other information requested in connection with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act.
(c) The Borrower shall have paid all fees and expenses payable on or before the Amendment Effective Date as required by this Amendment or any other Loan Document.
(d) Since September 30, 2021, no Material Adverse Change shall have occurred.
(e) The making of the Loans and the issuance of the Letters of Credit shall not contravene any Law applicable to any Loan Party or any of the Lenders.
(f) No action, proceeding, investigation, regulation or legislation shall have been instituted, threatened or proposed before any court, governmental agency or legislative body to enjoin, restrain or prohibit, or to obtain damages in respect of, this Amendment, the Amended Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or which, in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, would make it inadvisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Amendment, the Amended Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
(g) All regulatory approvals and consents and licenses necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder and the Amended Credit Agreement shall have been completed and there shall be an absence of any legal or regulatory prohibitions or restrictions in respect of the transactions contemplated hereunder or the Amended Credit Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3 of the Existing Credit Agreement, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 2, each Lender that has signed this Amendment shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the Amendment Effective Date specifying its objection thereto.
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 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.
Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal (other than an automatic extension in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section 2.05) or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the applicable Issuing Bank, to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (at least three Business Days in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment or extension or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank in their sole discretion may agree) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section 2.05), the amount and currency (which shall be Dollars) of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof, whether such Letter of Credit constitutes a Standby Letter of Credit or a Trade Letter of Credit and such other information as shall be necessary to issue, amend or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the applicable Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on such Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment or extension, (i) the aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of the applicable Class shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class and (ii) the Revolving L/C Exposure shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit.
