1- AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT dated as of December 17, 2015, as amended and restated as of June 27, 2016 (this "Agreement") among Hamilton Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as borrower (the "Company"); the Financing Providers...
EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDED AND RESTATED
LOAN AGREEMENT
dated as of
December 17, 2015,
Amended and restated as of June 27, 2016
among
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ FINANCE LLC
the Financing Providers party hereto
the Collateral Administrator, Collateral Agent and Securities Intermediary party hereto
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent
Exhibit 10.9
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ARTICLE I THE PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS ............................................................ 23
Section 1.01. Purchases of Portfolio Investments .......................................................... 23
Section 1.02. Procedures for Purchases, Substitutions and Related Financings ............ 23
Section 1.03. Conditions to Purchases or Substitutions ................................................. 24
Section 1.04. Sales of Portfolio Investments ................................................................. 25
Section 1.05. Review of Portfolio Investments ............................................................. 27
Section 1.06. Substitutions ............................................................................................. 28
Section 1.07. Repurchase Limits ................................................................................... 28
Section 1.08. Deposits and Contributions by Parent...................................................... 28
Section 1.09. Valuation of Permitted Non-USD Currency Assets ................................ 29
ARTICLE II THE FINANCINGS....................................................................................... 29
Section 2.01. Financing Commitments .......................................................................... 29
Section 2.02. First Advance; Additional Advances ....................................................... 29
Section 2.03. Financings; Use of Proceeds .................................................................... 29
Section 2.04. Other Conditions to Financings ............................................................... 31
ARTICLE III ADDITIONAL TERMS APPLICABLE TO THE FINANCINGS ............... 32
Section 3.01. The Advances........................................................................................... 32
Section 3.02. General ..................................................................................................... 35
Section 3.03. Taxes ........................................................................................................ 35
Section 3.04. Mitigation Obligations ............................................................................. 39
ARTICLE IV COLLECTIONS AND PAYMENTS ............................................................ 40
Section 4.01. Interest Proceeds ...................................................................................... 40
Section 4.02. Principal Proceeds .................................................................................... 40
Section 4.03. Principal and Interest Payments; Prepayments; Commitment Fee;
Upfront Fee .............................................................................................. 41
Section 4.04. Payments Generally ................................................................................. 43
Section 4.05. CE Cure Account ..................................................................................... 43
Section 4.06. Optional Redemption ............................................................................... 44
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ARTICLE V [RESERVED] ................................................................................................ 44
ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS ................... 44
Section 6.01. Representations and Warranties ............................................................... 44
Section 6.02. Representations Regarding the Portfolio Investments ............................. 48
Section 6.03. Covenants of the Company ...................................................................... 48
Section 6.04. Amendments, Etc ..................................................................................... 56
ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT ............................................................................... 56
ARTICLE VIII ACCOUNTS; COLLATERAL SECURITY ................................................. 58
Section 8.01. The Accounts; Agreement as to Control .................................................. 58
Section 8.02. Collateral Security; Pledge; Delivery ...................................................... 61
Section 8.03. Accountings ............................................................................................. 64
Section 8.04. Additional Reports ................................................................................... 65
ARTICLE IX THE AGENTS ............................................................................................... 65
Section 9.01. Appointment of Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Collateral
Administrator and Securities Intermediary .............................................. 65
Section 9.02. Additional Provisions Relating to the Collateral Agent and the
Collateral Administrator .......................................................................... 69
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS ...................................................................................... 72
Section 10.01. Non-Petition ............................................................................................. 72
Section 10.02. Notices ..................................................................................................... 73
Section 10.03. No Waiver ................................................................................................ 73
Section 10.04. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver .................................................... 73
Section 10.05. Amendments ............................................................................................ 75
Section 10.06. Confidentiality ......................................................................................... 75
Section 10.07. Non-Recourse .......................................................................................... 76
Section 10.08. Successors; Assignments ......................................................................... 76
Section 10.09. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Etc .................................... 78
Section 10.10. Right of Setoff.......................................................................................... 79
Section 10.11. Interest Rate Limitation ........................................................................... 79
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Section 10.12. USA PATRIOT Act ................................................................................. 79
Section 10.13. Counterparts ............................................................................................. 79
Section 10.14. Headings .................................................................................................. 80
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Schedules
Schedule 1 Transaction Schedule
Schedule 2 Contents of Approval Requests
Schedule 3 Eligibility Criteria
Schedule 4 Concentration Limitations
Schedule 5 Form of Position Report
Exhibit
Exhibit A Form of Request for Advance
Exhibit B ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Industry Classification Groups
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AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT dated as of December 17,
2015, as amended and restated as of June 27, 2016 (this "Agreement") among ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Finance
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as borrower (the "Company"); the Financing
Providers party hereto; U.S. Bank National Association ("U.S. Bank"), in its capacities as
collateral agent (in such capacity, the "Collateral Agent"), collateral administrator (in such
capacity, the "Collateral Administrator") and securities intermediary (in such capacity, the
"Securities Intermediary"); and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as administrative
agent for the Financing Providers hereunder (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent").
The Company, a newly formed special purpose vehicle wholly owned and managed by
▇▇▇▇▇ Credit Income Fund, which in turn is advised by ▇▇▇▇▇ Credit Advisors, LLC and sub-
advised by Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, wishes to accumulate certain
loans and other debt securities (the "Portfolio Investments"), all on and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
On and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, JPMorgan Chase Bank,
National Association ("JPMCB") has agreed to make advances to the Company ("Advances")
hereunder to the extent specified on the transaction schedule attached as Schedule 1 hereto (the
"Transaction Schedule"). JPMCB, together with its respective successors and permitted assigns,
are referred to herein as the "Financing Providers", and the types of financings to be made
available by them hereunder are referred to herein as the "Financings". For the avoidance of
doubt, the terms of this Agreement relating to types of Financings not indicated on the
Transaction Schedule as being available hereunder shall not bind the parties hereto, and shall be
of no force and effect.
Furthermore, on or about the date hereof, the Company intends to acquire certain
Portfolio Investments pursuant to a Sale and Contribution Agreement (the "Sale Agreement"),
dated on or about the date hereof, between the Company and ▇▇▇▇▇ Credit Income Fund (the
"Parent").
Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Defined Terms
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, whenever used herein, the following
words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings
"Account Bank" means Elavon Financial Services Limited, UK Branch, in its capacity as
account bank under the Custody and Account Bank Agreement.
"Accounts" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).
"Administrative Agent" has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
"Advances" has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
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"Adverse Claim" means any claim of ownership or any Lien, title retention, trust or other
charge or encumbrance, or other type of preferential arrangement having the effect or purpose of
creating a Lien, other than Permitted Liens.
"Adverse Proceeding" means any action, suit, proceeding (whether administrative,
judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on
behalf of Company) at law or in equity, or before or by any governmental authority, domestic or
foreign, whether pending, active or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened against or affecting
the Company or its property that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such Person (whether by virtue of
ownership, contractual rights or otherwise). For the purposes of this definition, "control" shall
mean the possession, directly or indirectly (including through affiliated entities), of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" shall have meanings correlative thereto.
"Agent" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.01.
"Agent Business Day" means any day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange
markets settle payments in each of New York City and the city in which the corporate trust office
of the Collateral Agent is located.
"Agreement" has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
"Amendment" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.04.
"Annual Cap" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.02(e).
"Anti-Corruption Laws" means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction
applicable to the Company from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.
"Applicable Law" means, for any Person, all existing and future laws, rules, regulations
(including temporary and final income tax regulations), statutes, treaties, codes, ordinances,
permits, certificates, orders, licenses of and interpretations by any Governmental Authority
applicable to such Person and applicable judgments, decrees, injunctions, writs, awards or orders
of any court, arbitrator or other administrative, judicial, or quasi-judicial tribunal or agency of
competent jurisdiction.
"Applicable Margin" means 2.65%.
"Approval Request" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.02(a).
"Approved" means, with respect to an Approval Request relating to any Portfolio
Investment for which the Administrative Agent has received all requested follow-up information,
within ten (10) Business Days succeeding the latest date on which it received such Approval
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Request or follow-up information it has requested, the Administrative Agent has notified the
Investment Manager and the Company that the Administrative Agent is approving the purchase
of such Portfolio Investment. For the avoidance of doubt, an Approval Request shall not be
deemed "not Approved" until such ten (10) Business Day period has elapsed.
"Base Rate" shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) the
Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day
plus 0.5%. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds
Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the
Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
"Business Day" means any day on which commercial banks are open in New York City;
provided that (i) with respect to any provisions herein relating to the setting of LIBOR or the
payment or conversion of amounts denominated in GBP, "Business Day" shall be deemed to
exclude any day on which banks are required or authorized to be closed in London, England and
(ii) with respect to any provisions herein relating to the conversion of amounts denominated in
Euros, Business Day shall be deemed to exclude any day on which banks are required or
authorized to be closed in London, England or which is not a TARGET2 Settlement Day.
"Calculation Period" means the period from the date on which the First Advance is made
hereunder to but excluding March 17, 2016, and each successive quarterly period ending on June
17, September 17, December 17 and March 17 of each year during the term of this Agreement
(or, (i) if such date is not a Business Day, then the prior Business Day, and (ii) in the case of the
last Calculation Period, if the last Calculation Period does not end on a Calculation Period Start
Date, the period from and including the preceding Calculation Period Start Date to but excluding
the Maturity Date).
"Calculation Period Start Date" means a quarterly anniversary of the date of the First
Advance hereunder.
"Cash Flow Report" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.03(a).
"CE Cure Account" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).
"Change in Law" means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the
following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change
in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or
application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request,
rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental
Authority.
"Change of Control" means an event or series of events by which the Parent or its
Affiliates, collectively, (i) shall cease to possess, directly or indirectly, the right to elect or
appoint (through contract, ownership of voting securities, or otherwise) managers that at all
times have a majority of the votes of the board of managers (or similar governing body) of the
Company or to direct the management policies and decisions of the Company or (ii) cease,
directly or indirectly, to own and control legally and beneficially all of the equity interests of the
Company; provided, however, that a merger of the Parent with another business development
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company sponsored by W.P. ▇▇▇▇▇ Inc. or other fundamental change transaction the result of
which effectively combines the ownership and/or assets of the Parent and a business
development company sponsored by W.P. ▇▇▇▇▇ Inc., or merges or consolidates their respective
collateral advisors or sub-advisors shall not constitute a Change of Control.
"Charges" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.11.
"Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Collateral" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.02.
"Collateral Administration Agreement" means the collateral administration agreement,
dated on or about the date hereof, among the Company, the Administrative Agent, the
Investment Manager and the Collateral Administrator.
"Collateral Administrator" has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
"Collateral Agent" has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
"Collateral Trustee" means the Collateral Agent, in its capacity as collateral trustee under
the Security Deed.
"Company" has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
"Company LLC Agreement" means the amended and restated limited liability company
agreement of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Finance LLC, dated December 17, 2015.
"Compliance Condition" means, on any date of determination, a condition that is satisfied
if the Administrative Agent determines that the principal amount of then outstanding Advances
(assuming that Advances have been made for any outstanding Purchase Commitments which
have traded but not settled) minus the amounts then on deposit in the Accounts (including cash
and Eligible Investments) representing Principal Proceeds and Excess Interest Proceeds, is less
than or equal to 60% of the Net Asset Value.
"Concentration Limitations" has the meaning ascribed to it in Schedule 4.
"Coverage Event" means (A) the occurrence of both of the following events: (i) the
Administrative Agent shall have determined and notified the Investment Manager in writing
(with a copy to the Collateral Agent) as of any date that the Net Asset Value does not equal or
exceed the product of (a) the Market Value Trigger specified on the Transaction Schedule and
(b)(x) the principal amount of the outstanding Advances (assuming that Advances have been
made for any outstanding Purchase Commitments which have traded but not settled) minus (y)
the amounts then on deposit in the Accounts (including cash and Eligible Investments)
representing Principal Proceeds and Excess Interest Proceeds; provided that, solely for the
purposes of calculating the Net Asset Value under this clause (A)(i), the Market Value for any
Portfolio Asset shall not be greater than the par amount thereof; and (ii) a Coverage Event Cure
Failure or (B) if in connection with any Coverage Event Cure, a Portfolio Investment sold,
contributed or deemed to have been contributed to the Company shall fail to settle within (1)
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fifteen (15) Business Days from the related Trade Date thereof with respect to Portfolio
Investments consisting of Loans and (2) three (3) Business Days from the related Trade Date
thereof with respect to Portfolio Investments other than Loans or, in each case, in such longer
period as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion; provided that, the
failure of such sale, contribution or deemed contribution to settle within the applicable time
frame shall not constitute a “Coverage Event” if the condition set forth in clause (A)(i) of this
definition is otherwise satisfied at the end of such time frame.
"Coverage Event Cure" means, on any date of determination, (i) the contribution by
Parent of cash to the Company (which shall be deposited in the CE Cure Account) or, with the
consent of the Administrative Agent (in accordance with the Sale Agreement), additional
Portfolio Investments to the Company and the pledge and Delivery thereof by the Company to
the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms hereof, (ii) the prepayment by the Company of an
aggregate principal amount of Advances (together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon) or
(iii) any combination of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), in each case during the Coverage Event
Cure Period and in an amount such that the Net Asset Value exceeds the product of (a) the
Market Value Trigger specified on the Transaction Schedule and (b)(x) the principal amount of
the outstanding Advances (assuming that Advances have been made for any outstanding
Purchase Commitments which have traded but not settled) minus (y) the amounts then on deposit
in the Accounts (including cash and Eligible Investments) representing Principal Proceeds and
Excess Interest Proceeds; provided that, any Portfolio Investment contributed or deemed to be
contributed to the Company in connection with the foregoing must meet all of the applicable
Eligibility Criteria (unless otherwise consented to by the Administrative Agent); and provided
further, that solely for the purposes of the calculation set forth above, when determining the Net
Asset Value, the Market Value for any Portfolio Asset shall not be greater than the par amount
thereof. In connection with any Coverage Event Cure, a Portfolio Investment shall be deemed to
have been sold or contributed to the Company, as applicable, if there has been a valid, binding
and enforceable contract for the assignment of such Portfolio Investment and, in the reasonable
judgment of the Investment Manager, such assignment will settle within (1) fifteen (15) Business
Days from the related Trade Date thereof with respect to Portfolio Investments consisting of
loans and (2) three (3) Business Days from the related Trade Date thereof with respect to
Portfolio Investments other than Loans. For the purposes of any request for consent of the
Administrative Agent pursuant to clause (i) in the immediately preceding sentence, if the
Company notifies the Administrative Agent on the day on which the events set forth in clause
(A)(i) of the definition of "Coverage Event" has occurred of the Parent's intention to contribute
one or more Portfolio Investments to the Company to cure such event and requests the related
consent thereto, the Administrative Agent shall respond to such request no later than two (2)
Business Day after such notice is received.
"Coverage Event Cure Failure" means the failure by the Company to effect a Coverage
Event Cure as set forth in the definition of such term.
"Coverage Event Cure Period" means the period commencing on the Business Day on
which the Administrative Agent notifies the Investment Manager (which such notice shall be
given by the Administrative Agent prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business
Day, and if not given by such time, such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the next
succeeding Business Day) of the occurrence of the events set forth in clause (A)(i) of the
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definition of the term Coverage Event and ending at (x) the close of business in New York two
(2) Business Days thereafter or (y) such later date and time as may be agreed to by the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
"Credit Risk Parties" has the meaning ascribed to it in Article VII.
"Current Pay Obligation" means any Portfolio Investment that would otherwise be treated
as a Defaulted Obligation but as to which no payments are due and payable that are unpaid and
with respect to which the Investment Manager has certified to the Administrative Agent (with a
copy to the Collateral Administrator and the Collateral Agent) in writing that it believes, in its
reasonable business judgment, that (a) the issuer or obligor of such Portfolio Investment will
continue to make scheduled payments of interest thereon and will pay the principal thereof by
maturity or as otherwise contractually due, or (b) if the issuer or obligor is subject to a
bankruptcy proceeding, it has been the subject of an order of a bankruptcy court that permits it to
make the scheduled payments on such Portfolio Investment and all interest and principal
payments due thereunder have been paid in cash when due.
"Custodian" means Elavon Financial Services Limited, UK Branch, in its capacity as
custodian under the Custody and Account Bank Agreement.
"Custody and Account Bank Agreement" means the Custody and Account Bank
Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company, the Account Bank, the Custodian and
the Collateral Trustee.
"Default" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.03.
"Defaulted Obligation" means any Portfolio Investment that is subject to an event of
default (as defined in the underlying instruments for such obligation) in accordance with its
terms (including the terms of its underlying instruments after giving effect to any grace and/or
cure period set forth in the related loan agreement, but not to exceed five (5) days) and no
Indebtedness of the obligor thereon ranking pari passu with such obligation is in default with
respect to the payment of principal or interest for which the lenders for such pari passu
Indebtedness have elected to accelerate such Indebtedness, which such default would trigger a
default under the related loan agreement (after giving effect to any grace and/or cure period set
forth in the related loan agreement, but not to exceed five (5) days); provided that a Portfolio
Investment shall not constitute a Defaulted Obligation if it is a Current Pay Obligation.
"Delayed Funding Term Loan" means any Portfolio Investment that (a) requires the
holder thereof to make one or more future advances to the obligor under the Underlying
Instruments relating thereto, (b) specifies a maximum amount that can be borrowed on one or
more fixed borrowing dates, and (c) does not permit the re-borrowing of any amount previously
repaid by the obligor thereunder; but any such loan will be a Delayed Funding Term Loan only
to the extent of undrawn commitments and only until all commitments by the holders thereof to
make advances to the obligor thereon expire or are terminated or reduced to zero.
"Deliver" (and its correlative forms) means the taking of the following steps:
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(1) in the case of Portfolio Investments and Eligible Investments denominated in U.S.
dollars and amounts deposited into the CE Cure Account, by instructing the Securities
Intermediary (x) to indicate by book entry that a financial asset comprised thereof has been
credited to the USD Custodial Account and (y) to comply with entitlement orders originated by
the Collateral Agent with respect to each such security entitlement without further consent by the
Company;
(2) in the case of each general intangible, by notifying the obligor thereunder of the
security interest of the Collateral Agent; provided the Company shall not be required to notify
the obligor unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or a Coverage Event shall
have occurred;
(3) except as otherwise provided in clauses (6) and (7) below, in the case of
Possessory Collateral that do not constitute a financial asset forming the basis of a security
entitlement delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to clause (1) above, by causing (x) the
Collateral Agent to obtain possession of such Possessory Collateral in the State of Wisconsin, or
(y) a person other than the Company and a securities intermediary (A)(I) to obtain possession of
such Possessory Collateral in the State of Wisconsin, and (II) to then authenticate a record
acknowledging that it holds possession of such Possessory Collateral for the benefit of the
Collateral Agent or (B)(I) to authenticate a record acknowledging that it will take possession of
such Possessory Collateral for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and (II) to then acquire
possession of such Possessory Collateral in the State of Wisconsin;
(4) in the case of any account which constitutes a "deposit account" under Article 9 of
the UCC, by instructing the Securities Intermediary to continuously identify in its books and
records the security interest of the Collateral Agent in such account and, except as may be
expressly provided herein to the contrary, establishing dominion and control over such account
in favor of the Collateral Agent;
(5) with respect to the security interest granted pursuant to Section 8.02, by filing or
causing the filing of a financing statement with respect to such Collateral with the Delaware
Secretary of State; and
(6) in the case of all Euro Investments, Eligible Investments denominated in Euro,
GBP Investments and Eligible Investments denominated in GBP, by entering into the Custody
and Account Bank Agreement and the Security Deed and, in the case of securities and other
tangible assets, to credit such assets to the Euro Custodial Account, the Euro Interest Collection
Account, the Euro Principal Collection Account, the GBP Custodial Account, the GBP Interest
Collection Account or the GBP Principal Collection Account, as applicable.
"Designated Email Notification Address" means ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇,
provided that, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Parent may,
upon at least five (5) Business Day's written notice to the applicable Agent, designate any other
email address with respect to Parent as the Designated Email Notification Address.
"Designated Independent Broker-Dealer" means ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Securities LLC; provided
that, so long as no Coverage Event shall have occurred and no Event of Default shall have
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occurred and be continuing, Parent may, upon at least five (5) Business Day's written notice to
the applicable Agent, designate another Independent Broker-Dealer as the Designated
Independent Broker-Dealer; provided further that, with respect to the proposed sale of a Portfolio
Investment, no other Independent Broker-Dealer may be designated as the Designated
Independent Broker-Dealer without the consent of the Administrative Agent.
"Effective Date" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.04.
"Eligibility Criteria" means the eligibility criteria set forth in Schedule 3.
"Eligible Assignee" means (i) an Affiliate of the related assignor, (ii) a bank, (iii) an
insurance company or (iv) any Person, other than (a) any Person primarily engaged in the
business of private investment management as a business development company, mezzanine
fund, private debt fund, hedge fund or private equity fund, which is in direct or indirect
competition with the Company, the Investment Manager or the sub-advisor of the Investment
Manager, or any Affiliate thereof that is an investment advisor, (b) any Person controlled by, or
controlling, or under common control with, or which is a sponsor of, a Person referred to in
clause (a) above, or (c) any Person for which a Person referred to in clause (a) above serves as an
investment advisor with discretionary investment authority; provided that conditions (a), (b) and
(c) shall not apply (i) on any day when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (ii)
on any day that is after a Market Value Event has occurred.
"Eligible Investments" means any (a) cash or (b) U.S. dollar denominated (or, with
respect to Accounts other than the USD Accounts, denominated in the applicable Permitted Non-
USD Currency) investment that, at the time it, or evidence of it, is Delivered to the Collateral
Agent (directly or through an intermediary or bailee), is one or more of the following obligations
or securities:
(i) direct Registered debt obligations of, and Registered debt obligations the timely
payment of principal and interest on which is fully and expressly guaranteed by,
the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality of the United
States of America (or, with respect to Accounts other than the USD Accounts, the
central government of the applicable Eligible Jurisdiction or any agency or
instrumentality of such Eligible Jurisdiction) the obligations of which are
expressly backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America (or,
with respect to Accounts other than the USD Accounts, the central government of
the applicable Eligible Jurisdiction) that satisfies the Eligible Investment Required
Ratings at the time of such investment or contractual commitment providing for
such investment; provided, notwithstanding the foregoing, the following securities
shall not be Eligible Investments: (i) General Services Administration
participation certificates; (ii) U.S. Maritime Administration guaranteed Title XI
financing; (iii) Financing Corp. debt obligations; (iv) Farmers Home
Administration Certificates of Beneficial Ownership; and (v) Washington
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority guaranteed transit bonds;
(ii) demand and time deposits in, certificates of deposit of, trust accounts with,
bankers' acceptances issued by, or federal funds sold by any depository institution
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or trust company (including, in each case, U.S. Bank or an Affiliate thereof)
incorporated under the laws of the United States of America (or, with respect to
Accounts other than the USD Accounts, the laws of the applicable Eligible
Jurisdiction) or any state of the United States of America and subject to
supervision and examination by federal and/or state banking authorities (or, if
applicable, banking authorities of the relevant Eligible Jurisdiction), so long as the
commercial paper and/or the debt obligations of such depository institution or
trust company (or, in the case of the principal depository institution in a holding
company system, the commercial paper or debt obligations of such holding
company) at the time of such investment or contractual commitment providing for
such investment have the Eligible Investment Required Ratings;
(iii) unleveraged repurchase obligations with respect to (a) any security described in
clause (i) above or (b) any other security issued or guaranteed by an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America (or, with respect to Accounts
other than the USD Accounts, an agency or instrumentality of the applicable
Eligible Jurisdiction), in either case entered into with a depository institution or
trust company (acting as principal) described in clause (ii) above or entered into
with an entity (acting as principal) with, or whose parent company has, the
Eligible Investment Required Ratings;
(iv) Registered debt securities bearing interest or sold at a discount with maturities up
to 365 days (but in any event such securities will mature by the next succeeding
Interest Payment Date) issued by any entity formed under the laws of the United
States of America or any State thereof (or, with respect to Accounts other than the
USD Accounts, the laws of the applicable Eligible Jurisdiction) that have a S&P
Rating of "AA" at the time of such investment or contractual commitment
providing for such investment;
(v) commercial paper or other short-term debt obligations with the Eligible
Investment Required Ratings and that either bear interest or are sold at a discount
from the face amount thereof; provided that this clause (v) will not include
extendible commercial paper or asset backed commercial paper; and
(vi) money market funds which have, at the time of such reinvestment, a credit rating
of "AAAm" by S&P;
provided that Eligible Investments shall not include (a) any interest-only security, any security
purchased at a price in excess of 100% of the par value thereof or any security whose repayment
is subject to substantial non-credit related risk as determined in the sole judgment of the
Investment Manager, or (b) any security whose rating assigned by Standard & Poor's includes
the subscript "f", "p", "q", "pi", "r", "sf" or "t". Eligible Investments may include those
investments with respect to which U.S. Bank or an Affiliate of U.S. Bank is an obligor or
provides services.
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"Eligible Investment Required Ratings" means a long-term senior unsecured debt rating
of at least "A" and a short-term credit rating of at least "A-1" by S&P (or, if such institution has
no short-term credit rating, a long-term senior unsecured debt rating of at least "A+" by S&P).
"Eligible Jurisdictions" means Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, The
Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.
"ERISA" means the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
"ERISA Affiliate" means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under
common control with the Company within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and
Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412, 430 or
431 of the Code).
"ERISA Event" means that (1) the Company's underlying assets constitute "plan assets"
within the meaning of the Plan Asset Rules or (2) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate sponsors,
maintains, contributes to, is required to contribute to or has any liability with respect to any Plan.
"Euro Account" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).
"Euro Custodial Account" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).
"Euro Interest Collection Account" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).
"Euro Investments" means Portfolio Investments denominated in Euro.
"Euro Principal Collection Account" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).
"Events of Default" has the meaning ascribed to it in Article VII.
"Excess Concentration Amount" means, as of any date of determination, the sum, without
duplication, of the Market Value of each Portfolio Investment, if any, that is in excess of any
Concentration Limitations. If multiple Portfolio Investments are in excess of the Concentration
Limitations, then from those Portfolio Investments, the Company may select the Portfolio
Investments to be counted above, provided that, absent a selection by the Company, Portfolio
Investments with the lowest Market Values shall be counted above until the Concentration
Limitations are satisfied.
"Excess Interest Proceeds" means, at any time of determination, the excess of (1)
amounts then on deposit in the Accounts representing Interest Proceeds over (2) the sum of (a)
the projected amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 4.03(b) on the next Interest
Payment Date plus (b) $30,000, in each case, as determined by the Company in good faith and in
a commercially reasonable manner and verified by in the case of clause (1) the Collateral Agent
and otherwise by the Administrative Agent.
"Excluded Taxes" means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a
Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes
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imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes and branch
profits Taxes, in each case, imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws
of, or having its principal office or its applicable lending office (or relevant office for receiving
payments from or on account of the Company or making funds available to or for the benefit of
the Company) located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision
thereof), (b) Other Connection Taxes, (c) U.S. federal withholding Taxes on amounts payable to
or for the account of such Recipient that are or would be required to be withheld pursuant to a
law in effect on the date on which (i) such Recipient acquires an interest in the Financing
Commitment or Advance or becomes a party hereunder or (ii) such Recipient changes its office
for receiving payments by or on account of the Company or making funds available to or for the
benefit of the Company, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.03, amounts
with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Recipient's assignor immediately before
such Recipient became a party hereto or to such Recipient immediately before it changed its
office for receiving payments by or on account of the Company or making funds available to or
for the benefit of the Company, (d) Taxes attributable to such Lender's failure to comply with
Section 3.03(f), (e) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA and (f) U.S.
backup withholding Taxes.
"FATCA" means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as of the date of this
Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not
materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official
interpretations thereof, and intergovernmental agreements thereunder, similar or related non-U.S.
Law that correspond to Sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code, any agreements entered into pursuant
to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection
with the implementation of such Sections of the Code and any U.S. or non-U.S. fiscal or
regulatory Law, legislation, rules, guidance, notes or practices adopted pursuant to such
intergovernmental agreement.
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as
published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if
such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received
by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by
it.
"Financing Commitment" means, with respect to each Financing Provider and each type
of Financing available hereunder at any time, the commitment of such Financing Provider to
provide such type of Financing to the Company hereunder in an amount up to but not exceeding
the portion of the applicable financing limit set forth on the Transaction Schedule that is held by
such Financing Provider at such time reduced by any Advances prepaid in connection with a
Coverage Event.
"Financing Providers" has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
"Financings" has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
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"First Advance" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.02(a).
"First Lien Loan" means a Portfolio Investment (i) that is not (and cannot by its terms
become) subordinate in right of payment to any obligation of the obligor thereof in any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, moratorium or liquidation proceedings
(other than pursuant to a Permitted Working Capital Lien and customary waterfall provisions
contained in the applicable loan agreement), (ii) that is secured by a pledge of collateral, which
security interest is (a) validly perfected and first priority (subject to liens for taxes or regulatory
charges and any other liens permitted under the related underlying instruments that are
reasonable and customary for similar loans) under applicable law or (b)(1) validly perfected and
second priority in the accounts, documents, instruments, chattel paper, letter-of-credit rights,
supporting obligations, deposit accounts, investments accounts and any other assets securing any
Working Capital Revolver under applicable law and proceeds of any of the foregoing (a first
priority lien on such assets a "Permitted Working Capital Lien") and (2) validly perfected and
first priority (subject to liens for taxes or regulatory charges and any other liens permitted under
the related underlying instruments that are reasonable and customary for similar loans) in all
other collateral under applicable law and (iii) the Investment Manager determines in good faith
that the value of the collateral securing the loan (including based on enterprise value) on or about
the time of origination or acquisition by the Company equals or exceeds the outstanding
principal balance thereof plus the aggregate outstanding balances of all other loans of equal or
higher seniority secured by the same collateral. For the avoidance of doubt, first-out unitranche
loans and debtor-in-possession loans shall constitute First Lien Loans.
"Foreign Lender" means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the effect from time to time
in the United States, as applied from time to time by the Company.
"GBP" means British Pounds.
"GBP Account" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).
"GBP Custodial Account" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).
"GBP Interest Collection Account" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).
"GBP Investments" means Portfolio Investments denominated in GBP.
"GBP Principal Collection Account" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).
"Governmental Authority" means the government of the United States of America or any
other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency,
authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or
pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or
the European Central Bank).
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"Indebtedness" as applied to any Person, means, without duplication, (i) all obligations of
such Person for borrowed money; (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes, deferrable securities or other similar instruments; (iii) all obligations of such
Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade accounts payable
arising in the ordinary course of business; (iv) all obligations of such Person as lessee under
capital leases; (v) all non-contingent obligations of such Person to reimburse or prepay any bank
or other Person in respect of amounts paid under a letter of credit, banker's acceptance or similar
instrument; (vi) all debt of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not
such debt is assumed by such Person; and (vii) all debt of others guaranteed by such Person and
other contingent obligations to purchase, to provide funds for payment, to supply funds to invest
in any Person or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
“Indebtedness” shall not include a commitment arising in the ordinary course of business to
purchase a future Portfolio Investment in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents.
"Indemnified Taxes" means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with
respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Company under this
Agreement and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.
"Indemnitee" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.04(b).
"Independent Bid" means a firm bid for the full amount of the relevant Portfolio
Investment from an Independent Broker-Dealer.
"Independent Broker-Dealer" means any of the following (as such list may be revised
from time to time by mutual written agreement (which may be by email) of the Company and the
Administrative Agent): Bank of America/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Bank of Montreal, Barclays Bank plc,
BNP Paribas, Citibank, N.A., Credit Suisse AG, Deutsche Bank AG, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sachs & Co.,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Co., Nomura Securities, Royal Bank of Canada, Royal Bank of Scotland,
UBS AG, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Securities and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, but in no event
including the Company or any Affiliate of the Company.
"Ineligible Investment" means, from time to time, any Portfolio Investment that fails, at
such time, to satisfy the Eligibility Criteria; provided, that, with respect to any Portfolio
Investment for which the Administrative Agent has waived one or more of the criteria set forth
on Schedule 3 pursuant to Section 1.03 in its Approval of such Portfolio Investment, the
Eligibility Criteria in respect of such Portfolio Investment shall be deemed not to include such
waived criteria at any time after such Approval and such Portfolio Investment shall not be
considered an "Ineligible Investment" by reason of its failure to meet such waived criteria.
"Information" means all information received from the Company or the Investment
Manager relating to the Company or its business or any obligor in respect of any Portfolio
Investment.
"Interest Payment Date" means March 24, June 24, September 24 and December 24 of
each year during the term of this Agreement or if such date is not a Business Day, then the
succeeding Business Day commencing March 24, 2016.
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"Interest Proceeds" means all payments of interest received by the Company in respect of
the Portfolio Investments and Eligible Investments (in each case other than accrued interest
purchased by the Company using Principal Proceeds, but including proceeds received from the
sale of interest accrued after the date on which the Company acquired the related Portfolio
Investment), all other payments on the Eligible Investments acquired with the proceeds of
Portfolio Investments (for the avoidance of doubt, such other payments shall not include
principal payments (including, without limitation, prepayments, repayments or sale proceeds)
with respect to Eligible Investments acquired with Principal Proceeds) and all payments of fees
and other similar amounts received by the Company or deposited into any of the Accounts
(including, but not limited to, commitment fees, facility fees, late payment fees, prepayment
premiums, amendment fees and waiver fees, but excluding syndication or other up-front fees and
administrative agency or similar fees); provided, however, that for the avoidance of doubt,
Interest Proceeds shall not include amounts or Eligible Investments in the CE Cure Account or
any proceeds therefrom.
"Investment" means (a) the purchase of any debt or equity security of any other Person,
or (b) the making of any loan or advance to any other Person, or (c) becoming obligated with
respect to Indebtedness of any other Person.
"Investment Management Agreement" means the Investment Management Agreement,
dated on the date hereof, between the Company and the Investment Manager relating to the
management of the Portfolio Investments, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
"Investment Manager" means ▇▇▇▇▇ Credit Income Fund, a Delaware statutory trust.
"IRS" means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
"JPMCB" has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
"Lender" means a Financing Provider with a Financing Commitment to make Advances
hereunder.
"Letter of Credit" means a facility whereby (i) a fronting bank issues or will issue a letter
of credit for or on behalf of a borrower, (ii) if the letter of credit is drawn upon, and the borrower
does not reimburse the letter of credit agent bank, the lender/participant is obligated to fund its
portion of the facility, and (iii) the letter of credit agent bank passes on (in whole or in part) the
fees and any other amounts it receives for providing the letter of credit to the lender.
"LIBO Rate" means, for each Calculation Period, the greater of (A) 0.00% and (B)(i) the
rate per annum equal to the offered rate which appears on the page of the Reuters Screen which
displays an average Inter-continental Exchange Benchmark Administration Ltd. Interest
Settlement Rate for dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Calculation Period) with
a term equivalent to the LIBOR Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, two London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Calculation Period, or (ii) if
the rate referenced in the preceding clause (B)(i) does not appear on such page or service or if
such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate per annum equal to the rate determined
by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service which
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displays an average Intercontinental Exchange Benchmark Administration Ltd. Interest
Settlement Rate for dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Calculation Period) with
a term equivalent to the LIBOR Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, two London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Calculation Period. The
LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent (and notified to the Collateral
Administrator), and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
"LIBOR Period" means three months.
"Lien" means any security interest, lien, charge, pledge, preference, equity or
encumbrance of any kind, including tax liens, mechanics' liens and any liens that attach by
operation of law.
"Loan" means any obligation for the payment or repayment of borrowed money that is
documented by a term loan agreement, revolving loan agreement or other similar credit
agreement.
"Loan/Assignment Agreement" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).
"Loan Documents" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.04(b).
"Market Value" means, on any date of determination, (i) with respect to each Portfolio
Investment held by the Company that is a First Lien Loan or a Second Lien Loan, the aggregate
outstanding amount of such Portfolio Investment multiplied by (x) the indicative bid-side price
determined by one of Markit Partners, Reuters Loan Pricing Corporation or any other
contributor-based pricing provider agreed to by the Company and the Administrative Agent in
writing (which may be by email) (each, an "Approved Pricing Service") or (y) if the
Administrative Agent determines in its sole discretion that the indicative bid-side price to be
obtained in clause (x) above is unavailable or is not indicative of the actual current market value,
the market value of such First Lien Loan or Second Lien Loan as determined by the
Administrative Agent in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner; (ii) with respect to
any other Portfolio Investment held by the Company, the aggregate outstanding amount of such
Portfolio Investment multiplied by the market value (expressed as a percentage) of such Portfolio
Investment as determined by the Administrative Agent in good faith and in a commercially
reasonable manner; and (iii) with respect to any cash held by the Company, the amount of such
cash; provided, however, a Portfolio Investment shall have a Market Value of $0 if (i) the related
Approval Request was not Approved by the Administrative Agent or (ii) it is an Ineligible
Investment. Except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the Market Value for any Portfolio
Investment shall not be greater than the par amount thereof. So long as no Coverage Event has
occurred or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company (or the Investment
Manager on its behalf) shall have the right to initiate a dispute of the Market Value of certain
Portfolio Investments as set forth in Section 1.05 and Market Value may then be determine in
accordance with Section 1.05.
"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets,
operations or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company or the Investment Manager,
(b) the ability of the Company or the Investment Manager to perform its obligations under this
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Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or (c) the rights of or benefits available to the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
"Material Amendment" means any amendment, modification or supplement to this
Agreement that (i) increases the Financing Commitment of any Lender, (ii) reduces the principal
amount of any Advance or reduces the rate of interest thereon, or reduces any fees payable
hereunder, (iii) postpones the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any
Advance, or any interest thereon, or any other amounts payable hereunder, or reduces the amount
of, waives or excuses any such payment, or postpones the scheduled date of expiration of any
Financing Commitment, (iv) changes any provision in a manner that would alter the pro rata
sharing of payments required hereby, or (v) changes any of the provisions of Section 10.08 or the
definition of "Required Financing Providers" or any other provision hereof specifying the
number or percentage of Financing Providers required to waive, amend or modify any rights
hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder.
"Maturity Date" means the date that is the earliest of (1) the Scheduled Termination Date
set forth on the Transaction Schedule, (2) the date on which the Secured Obligations become due
and payable following the occurrence of an Event of Default under Article VII, (3) the date
following a Coverage Event on which all Portfolio Investments have been sold and the proceeds
therefrom have been received by the Company and (4) the date specified for optional redemption
in full in the written notice delivered pursuant to Section 4.06.
"Maximum Rate" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.11.
"Mezzanine Loan" means a Portfolio Investment which is unsecured, subordinated debt of a
company that represents a claim on such company's assets which is senior only to that of the equity
securities of such company.
"Minimum Equity Condition" means a condition that will be satisfied on any date on
which (a) the Market Value of the Portfolio Investments minus (y) the aggregate outstanding
amount of the Advances plus amounts then on deposit in the Accounts other than the CE Cure
Account (including cash and Eligible Investments) representing Principal Proceeds equals at
least $60,000,000.
"Minimum Funding Amount" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.03(e).
"▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Classified Industry": An industry classified by a given ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Industry
Classification Group code (three digit).
"▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Industry Classification Group": As set forth in Exhibit B hereto.
"Nationally Recognized Valuation Provider" means and of the following (as such list
may be revised from time to time by mutual written agreement (which may be by email) of the
Company and the Administrative Agent) (i) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Financial Advisors, (ii) Lincoln
International LLC (f/k/a Lincoln Partners LLC), (iii) Duff & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Corp., (iv) Valuation
Research Corporation, (v) FTI Consulting, Inc. and (vi) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇.
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"Net Asset Value" means the sum of the Market Value of each Portfolio Investment (both
owned and in respect of which there are outstanding Purchase Commitments which have traded
but not settled) in the Portfolio that is not (x) an Ineligible Investment or (y) a Portfolio
Investment which has traded but not settled within (1) fifteen (15) Business Days from the
related Trade Date thereof with respect to Portfolio Investments consisting of Loans and (2) three
(3) Business Days from the related Trade Date thereof with respect to Portfolio Investments
other than Loans minus the Excess Concentration Amount.
"Net Purchased Loan Balance" means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal
to (a) the aggregate principal balance of all Portfolio Investments acquired by the Company prior
to such date minus (b) the aggregate principal balance of all Portfolio Investments (other than
Warranty Portfolio Investments) repurchased by the Parent or an Affiliate thereof prior to such
date.
"Other Connection Taxes" means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a
result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing
such Tax (other than connections arising as a result of such Recipient having executed, delivered,
become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or
perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any
Loan Document.
"Other Taxes" means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible,
recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from the execution, delivery, performance,
enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or
otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes imposed with respect to
an assignment, grant of a participation, designation of a new office for receiving payments by or
on account of a Recipient.
"Parent" has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
"Participant" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.08(c).
"Participant Register" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.08(d).
"Permitted Distribution" means, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6.03(t):
(a) distributions of Interest Proceeds (at the discretion of the Company) (i) to Parent
(or other permitted equity holders of the Company) or (ii) to the Investment Manager in respect
of accrued management fees payable in accordance with the Investment Management
Agreement; provided that amounts may be distributed pursuant to this paragraph (a) only to the
extent of available Excess Interest Proceeds and so long as immediately prior and after giving
effect to any such distribution, no Coverage Event shall have occurred; and
(b) distributions of Principal Proceeds to Parent (or other permitted equity holders of
the Company) so long as after giving effect to any such distribution, the Compliance Condition is
satisfied and would be satisfied after funding any outstanding purchase commitments. Parent
may contribute Portfolio Investments to the Company in order to enable the Company to satisfy
the foregoing conditions of this paragraph (b); provided that (i) the Company's purchase of any
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such Portfolio Investments must be made in compliance with the provisions set forth in Sections
1.02 and 1.03 and (ii) the Market Value of such Portfolio Investments shall be $0 unless the
Administrative Agent approves such purchase.
"Permitted Lien" means any of the following as to which no enforcement, collection,
execution, levy or foreclosure proceeding shall have been commenced (a) Liens for Taxes if such
Taxes shall not at the time be due and payable or if a Person shall currently be contesting the
validity thereof in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in
accordance with GAAP have been provided on the books of such Person, (b) Liens imposed by
law, such as materialmen's, warehousemen's, mechanics', carriers', workmen's and repairmen's
Liens and other similar Liens, arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business for
sums that are not overdue or are being contested in good faith, (c) with respect to any collateral
underlying a Portfolio Investment, the Lien in favor of the Company herein and Liens permitted
under the Underlying Instruments, (d) as to agented Portfolio Investments, Liens in favor of the
agent on behalf of all the lenders of the related obligor, and (e) Liens granted pursuant to or by
the Loan Documents.
"Permitted Non-USD Currency" means GBP and Euros.
"Person" means any natural person, corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability
company, association, governmental authority or unit, or any other entity, whether acting in an
individual, fiduciary or other capacity.
"Plan" means any "employee benefit plan" (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of
ERISA) established by the Company or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section
412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.
"Plan Asset Rules" means the regulations issued by the United States Department of
Labor at Section 2510.3-101 of Part 2510 of Chapter XXV, Title 29 of the United States Code of
Federal Regulations, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA.
"Portfolio" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.01.
"Portfolio Investments" has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
"Position Report" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.03(a).
"Possessory Collateral" means Portfolio Investments consisting of money or instruments.
"Prime Rate" means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time
by JPMCB as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City; each change in the
Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as
being effective.
"Principal Proceeds" means all amounts received by the Company with respect to the
Portfolio Investments or any other Collateral, and all amounts otherwise on deposit in the
Accounts (including cash contributed by the Company), in each case other than Interest
Proceeds.
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"Proceedings" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.09(b).
"Purchase" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.01.
"Purchase Commitment" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.02(a).
"Ramp-Up Period" means the period from and including the Effective Date to, but
excluding, September 17, 2016.
"Recipient" means any Agent and any Lender, as applicable.
"Register" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.01(c).
"Registered" means a debt obligation that is issued after July 18, 1984 and that is in
registered form within the meaning of Section 881(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Code and the United States
Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, provided that an interest in a grantor trust will be
considered to be Registered if such interest is in registered form and each of the obligations or
securities held by such trust was issued after July 18, 1984.
"Reinvestment Period" means the period beginning on, and including, the Effective Date
and ending on, but excluding, December 17, 2018.
"Related Parties" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.01.
"Repayment Event" means an event that occurs at any time on or prior to the twelve
month anniversary of the Effective Date if (i) the Company has properly delivered at least ten
(10) Approval Requests during such period, so long as each such Approval Request would have
satisfied all conditions set forth in this Agreement and (ii) the Administrative Agent has not
Approved at least 75% of the Approval Requests properly made and which would have satisfied
all conditions set forth in this Agreement as of the applicable date of determination.
"Required Financing Providers" means, at all times, JPMCB.
"Restricted Payment" means (i) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on
account of any shares or other equity interests in the Company now or hereafter outstanding;
(ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition
for value, direct or indirect, of any shares or other equity interests in the Company now or
hereafter outstanding; and (iii) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any
outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares or other equity interests in the
Company now or hereafter outstanding.
"Restricted Security" has the meaning ascribed to it in Schedule 1.
"Revolving Credit Facility" means any Portfolio Investment (other than a Delayed
Funding Term Loan) that is a loan (including revolving loans, including funded and unfunded
portions of revolving credit lines and letter of credit facilities, unfunded commitments under
specific facilities and other similar loans and investments) that by its terms may require one or
more future advances to be made to the obligor by the Company, provided that any such loan
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will be a Revolving Credit Facility only until all commitments to make advances to the Company
expire or are terminated or irrevocably reduced to zero.
"Sale Agreement" has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor's Financial
Services LLC business or any successor to the ratings business thereof.
"Sanctions" means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed,
administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those
administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or
the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or
Her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom.
"Sanctioned Country" means, at any time, a country or territory which is itself the subject
or target of any Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and
Syria).
"Sanctioned Person" means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related
list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S.
Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, or by the United Nations Security
Council, the European Union or any EU member state, (b) any Person operating, organized or
resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or
Persons.
"Second Lien Loan" means any interest in a loan that (i) is not (and that by its terms is
not permitted to become) subordinate in right of payment to any other obligation of the related
obligor other than a First Lien Loan with respect to the liquidation of such obligor or the
collateral for such loan, (ii) is secured by a valid second priority perfected Lien to or on specified
collateral securing the related obligor's obligations under the loan, which Lien is not subordinate
to the Lien securing any other debt for borrowed money other than a First Lien Loan on such
specified collateral (subject to Liens for taxes or regulatory charges and other Liens permitted
under the applicable Underlying Instrument that are reasonable for similar loans) and (iii) the
Investment Manager determines in good faith that the value of the collateral for such loan or the
enterprise value securing the loan on or about the time of acquisition equals or exceeds the
outstanding principal balance of the loan plus the aggregate outstanding balances of all other
loans of equal or higher seniority secured by a second priority Lien over the same collateral.
"Secured Obligations" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.02.
"Secured Parties" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.02.
"Securities Intermediary" has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
"Security Deed" means the Security Deed, dated the date hereof, among the Company,
the Administrative Agent, the Investment Manager, U.S. Bank National Association, in its
capacity as collateral trustee, and Elavon Financial Services Limited, UK Branch, in its
capacities as custodian and account bank.
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"Settlement Date" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.03.
"Solvent" means, with respect to any entity, that as of the date of determination, both (i)
(a) the sum of such entity's debt (including contingent liabilities) does not exceed the present fair
value of such entity's present assets; (b) such entity's capital is not unreasonably small in relation
to its business as contemplated on the date of this Agreement; and (c) such entity has not
incurred debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or
otherwise); and (ii) if such entity is subject to fraudulent transfer or conveyance laws that apply
standards for solvency materially different from the standards set forth in clause (i), such entity is
"solvent" within the meaning given that term and similar terms under such applicable laws. For
purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed
as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents
the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
"Special Purpose Provisions" shall have the meaning given to such term in the Company
LLC Agreement.
"Spot Rate" means, as of any date of determination, (x) with respect to actual currency
exchange between U.S. dollars and Euros or GBP, the applicable currency-Dollar rate available
through U.S. Bank's banking facilities (or, if U.S. Bank has notified the Administrative Agent
and the Company that it will no longer provide such services or if U.S. Bank or one of its
affiliates is no longer the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Trustee, the Account Bank or the
Custodian, through such other source agreed to by the Administrative Agent in writing) and (y)
with respect to all other purposes between U.S. dollars and Euros or GBP, the applicable
currency-Dollar spot rate that appeared on the Bloomberg screen for such currency at 5:00 p.m.
New York City time on the immediately preceding Business Day. The determination of the Spot
Rate shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
"Structured Finance Obligation" means an obligation issued by a special purpose vehicle
and secured directly by, referenced to, or representing ownership of, a pool of receivables or
other financial assets of any obligor, including collateralized debt obligations and mortgaged-
backed securities.
"Subsidiary" of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability
company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests
having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than
securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are
at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.
"Substitute Portfolio Investment" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.06.
"Substitution" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.06.
"Substitution Date" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.03.
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"Synthetic Security" means a security or swap transaction, other than a participation or a
Letter of Credit, that has payments associated with either payments of interest on and/or
principal of a reference obligation or the credit performance of a reference obligation.
"TARGET2 Settlement Day" means any day on which the Trans-European Automated
Real Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET2) system is open.
"Taxes" means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any
Governmental Authority, including any interest or penalties applicable thereto.
"Total Principal Balance" means the sum of (i) the principal balances of all approved
Portfolio Investments and (ii) the amounts on deposit in the Accounts (including cash and
Eligible Investments) representing Principal Proceeds.
"Trade Date" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.03.
"Transaction Schedule" has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the state of
the United States that governs any relevant security interest.
"Underlying Instruments" means the loan agreement, credit agreement or other customary
agreement pursuant to which a Portfolio Investment has been created or issued and each other
agreement that governs the terms of or secures the obligations represented by such Portfolio
Investment or of which the holders of such Portfolio Investment are the beneficiaries.
"Undrawn Amount" means, on any applicable date of determination, the greater of (i)
zero and (ii) the Minimum Funding Amount minus the aggregate outstanding amount of the
Advances.
"Unused Facility Amount" means, on any applicable date of determination, (i) the
aggregate Financing Commitments of all Lenders minus (ii) the greater of (x) the Minimum
Funding Amount in effect on such date and (y) the aggregate outstanding amount of the
Advances.
"USA Patriot Act" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.04(e).
"USD Account" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).
"USD Custodial Account" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).
"USD Interest Collection Account" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).
"USD Principal Collection Account" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).
"U.S. Bank" has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
"U.S. Bank Agent" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.01.
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"U.S. Person" means any Person that is a "United States person" as defined in Section
7701(a)(30) of the Code.
"U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.03.
"Warranty Portfolio Investments" means any Warranty Portfolio Investments (as such
term is defined in the Sale Agreement) repurchased or substituted in accordance with Section
5.1(n)(i) of the Sale Agreement.
"Working Capital Revolver" means a revolving lending facility secured by all or a
portion of the current assets of the related obligor, which current assets subject to such security
interest do not constitute a material portion of the obligor's total assets.
"Zero-Coupon Security" means any debt security that at the time of purchase does not by
its terms provide for the payment of cash interest; provided that, if after such purchase such debt
security provides for the payment of cash interest, it will cease to be a “Zero-Coupon Security”.
ARTICLE I
THE PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
Section 1.01. Purchases of Portfolio Investments.
From time to time during the Reinvestment Period, the Company may acquire or
originate Portfolio Investments, or request that Portfolio Investments be acquired or originated
for the Company's account, all on and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. Each
such acquisition or origination is referred to herein as a "Purchase", and all Portfolio Investments
so Purchased (or Substituted) and not otherwise sold or liquidated are referred to herein as the
Company's "Portfolio."
Section 1.02. Procedures for Purchases, Substitutions and Related Financings.
(a) Timing of Approval Requests. No later than five (5) Agent Business Days
(or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion) before the
date on which the Company proposes that a commitment to acquire any Portfolio Investment be
made by it or for its account (a "Purchase Commitment") or that a Substitution occur, the
Company shall cause the Investment Manager to deliver to the Administrative Agent a request
(an "Approval Request") for such Purchase or Substitution (with a copy to the Collateral Agent).
(b) Contents of Approval Requests. Each Approval Request shall consist of
one or more electronic submissions to the Administrative Agent (transmitted in such a manner as
the Administrative Agent may specify to the Investment Manager and the Company from time to
time), shall be substantially in the form attached as Schedule 2 hereto and shall be accompanied
by such other information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(c) [RESERVED].
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(d) Right of the Administrative Agent to Approve Approval Requests. The
Administrative Agent shall have the right, on behalf of all Financing Providers, in its sole and
absolute discretion, to Approve or not Approve any Approval Request and to request additional
information regarding any proposed Portfolio Investment. The Administrative Agent shall notify
the Investment Manager and the Company (including via e-mail or other electronic messaging
system) of its Approval or failure to Approve each Approval Request (and, if Approved, an
initial determination of the Market Value for the related Portfolio Investment) no later than the
fifth (5th) Agent Business Day succeeding the date on which it receives such Approval Request
and any information reasonably requested in connection therewith; provided that any Portfolio
Investments acquired by the Company pursuant to the Sale Agreement on the date hereof shall
be deemed to be approved by the Administrative Agent. With respect to any Approved Approval
Request, the Administrative Agent shall promptly forward such request to the Lenders and the
Collateral Agent, together with a preliminary indication of the amount and type of Financing that
each Lender is being asked to provide in connection therewith.
Section 1.03. Conditions to Purchases or Substitutions.
No Purchase Commitment, Purchase or Substitution shall be entered into unless each of
the following conditions is satisfied (or waived as provided below) as of the date on which such
Purchase Commitment is entered into (such Portfolio Investment's "Trade Date") or the
Company consummates a Substitution (the "Substitution Date") (and such Portfolio Investment
shall not be Purchased and no Substitution shall occur, and the related Financing shall not be
required to be made available to the Company by the applicable Financing Providers, unless each
of the following conditions is satisfied or waived as of such Trade Date or Substitution Date, as
applicable):
(1) the related Trade Date or Substitution Date is not later than ten (10) Agent
Business Days after the date on which the Administrative Agent has Approved or not
Approved the related Approval Request;
(2) the related Approval Request accurately describes in all material respects
such Portfolio Investment and such Portfolio Investment satisfies the Eligibility Criteria;
(3) in the case of a Purchase, the proposed Settlement Date for such Portfolio
Investment is not later than 20 Agent Business Days following the last day of the
Reinvestment Period;
(4) no Event of Default or event that, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would constitute an Event of Default (a "Default"), in each case, has occurred and is
continuing and no Coverage Event has occurred;
(5) after giving effect to the Purchase or Substitution of such Portfolio
Investment and the related provision of Financing (if any) hereunder:
(w) the Compliance Condition is satisfied;
(x) the Concentration Limitations are satisfied;
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(y) the aggregate amount of Financings then outstanding will
not exceed the limit set forth in the Transaction Schedule; and
(z) in the case of a Purchase, the amount of any Financing
requested shall be not less than U.S. $3,000,000;
The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Financing Providers, may waive any
condition to a Purchase or Substitution specified above in this Section 1.03 by written notice
thereof to the Company, the Collateral Administrator, the Investment Manager and the Collateral
Agent.
If the above conditions to a Purchase are satisfied or waived, the Investment Manager
shall determine, in consultation with the Administrative Agent and with notice to any applicable
Financing Providers and the Collateral Administrator, the date on which such Purchase shall
settle (the "Settlement Date" for such Portfolio Investment) and on which any related Financing
shall be provided.
Section 1.04. Sales of Portfolio Investments.
The Company will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Portfolio Investment or
any other asset without the prior consent of the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of
the Required Financing Providers), except that, (i) the Company may make Permitted
Distributions in accordance with this Agreement and (ii) the Company (or the Investment
Manager on its behalf) may, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 1.07 hereof and Section
5.01(n)(iii) of the Sale Agreement, sell any Portfolio Investment, Ineligible Investment or other
asset so long as such sale is on an arm's length basis (other than with respect to Warranty
Portfolio Investments) and in accordance with the Investment Manager's standard market
practices and, after giving effect thereto, no Coverage Event has occurred and no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. The Company may sell any Warranty Portfolio
Investments to the Parent pursuant to the terms of the Sale Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary: (i) following the occurrence
and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Company shall have no right to cause the
sale, transfer or other disposition of a Portfolio Investment or any other asset (including, without
limitation, the transfer of amounts on deposit in the Accounts) without the consent of the
Administrative Agent, (ii) following the occurrence of a Coverage Event, the Company shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to sell any or all of the Collateral (individually or in lots,
including a lot comprised of all of the Portfolio Investments) at the sole direction of, and in the
manner (including, without limitation, the time of sale, sale price, principal amount to be sold
and purchaser) required by the Administrative Agent (provided that each such sale shall be made
at the direction of the Required Financing Providers) at then-current fair market values and in
accordance with the Administrative Agent's standard market practices, and the proceeds thereof
shall be deposited into the CE Cure Account, (iii) following the occurrence of a Coverage Event,
the Investment Manager shall have no right to act on behalf of, or otherwise direct, the
Company, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other person in connection with
a sale of Portfolio Investments pursuant to any provision of this Agreement and (iv) in
connection with any Coverage Event Cure, the Company shall cause the Investment Manager to
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use its best efforts to effect an assignment of any Portfolio Investment within the applicable time
period specified in the definition of Coverage Event Cure; provided that in connection with any
sale of Portfolio Investments required by the Administrative Agent (or the Required Financing
Providers) pursuant to (x) the preceding clause (ii) or (y) Section 8.02(c) following the
occurrence of an Event of Default, in connection with such sale, the applicable Agent shall (a)
use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit a bid for such Portfolio Investments from the
Designated Independent Broker-Dealer, (b) use reasonable efforts to notify the Company at the
Designated Email Notification Address promptly upon distribution of bid solicitations regarding
the sale of such Portfolio Investments and (c) sell such Portfolio Investments to the Designated
Independent Broker-Dealer if the Designated Independent Broker-Dealer provides the highest
bid in the case where bids are received in respect of the sale of such Portfolio Investments, it
being understood that if the Designated Independent Broker-Dealer provides a bid to the
applicable Agent that is the highest bona fide bid to purchase a Portfolio Investment on a line-
item basis where such Portfolio Investment is part of a pool of Portfolio Investments for which
there is a bona fide bid on a pool basis proposed to be accepted by the applicable Agent (in its
sole discretion), then the applicable Agent shall accept any such line-item bid only if such line-
item bid (together with any other line-item bids by the Designated Independent Broker-Dealer or
any other bidder for other Portfolio Investments in such pool) is greater than the bid on a pool
basis. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Agent shall be entitled to disregard as
invalid any bid submitted by any Independent Broker-Dealer if, in such Agent's good faith
judgment: (i) either (x) such Independent Broker-Dealer is ineligible to accept assignment or
transfer of the relevant Portfolio Investments or any portion thereof, as applicable, substantially
in accordance with the then-current market practice in the principal market for the relevant
Portfolio Investments or (y) such Independent Broker-Dealer would not, through the exercise of
its commercially reasonable efforts, be able to obtain any consent required under any agreement
or instrument governing or otherwise relating to the relevant Portfolio Investments to the
assignment or transfer of the relevant Portfolio Investments or any portion thereof, as applicable,
to it; or (ii) such bid is not bona fide, including, without limitation, due to (x) the insolvency of
the Independent Broker-Dealer or (y) the inability, failure or refusal of the Independent Broker-
Dealer to settle the purchase of the relevant Portfolio Investments or any portion thereof, as
applicable, or otherwise settle transactions in the relevant market or perform its obligations
generally.
Following the occurrence of a Coverage Event or an Event of Default, in connection with
any sale of a Portfolio Investment directed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section
1.04 and the application of the net proceeds thereof, the Company hereby appoints the
Administrative Agent as the Company's attorney-in-fact (it being understood that the
Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have assumed any of the obligations of the
Company by this appointment), with full authority in the place and stead of the Company and in
the name of the Company to effectuate the provisions of this Section 1.04 (including, without
limitation, the power to execute any instrument which the Administrative Agent or the Required
Financing Providers may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Section
1.04 or any direction or notice to the Collateral Agent in respect to the application of net
proceeds of any such sales). None of the Administrative Agent, the Financing Providers, the
Collateral Administrator, the Securities Intermediary, the Collateral Agent nor any affiliate of
any thereof shall incur any liability to the Company, the Investment Manager or any other person
in connection with any sale effected at the direction of the Administrative Agent in accordance
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with this Section 1.04, including, without limitation, as a result of the price obtained for any
Portfolio Investment, the timing of any sale or sales of Portfolio Investments or the notice or lack
of notice provided to any person in connection with any such sale, so long as, in the case of the
Administrative Agent only, any such sale does not violate Applicable Law.
After the termination of the Financing Commitments and the payment in full in cash of
the Secured Obligations, any remaining proceeds of any sale or transfer of the Collateral shall be
delivered to the Company.
Section 1.05. Review of Portfolio Investments.
The Company (or the Investment Manager on its behalf), acting in good faith and
in a commercially reasonable manner, may dispute the Market Value of some or all of the
Portfolio Investments. By no later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day
immediately following the related date of determination, the Company may (x) obtain an
Independent Bid from at least two Independent Broker-Dealers or (y) with respect to up to three
Portfolio Investments per calendar quarter, engage a Nationally Recognized Valuation Provider,
at the expense of the Company, to provide a valuation of the applicable Portfolio Investment and
submit evidence of such valuation to the Administrative Agent; provided that the Company may
not dispute the Market Value of the same Portfolio Investment under both clause (x) and clause
(y) simultaneously. Upon satisfaction of clause (x) or clause (y) above (subject, in the case of
clause (x), to the terms of the immediately succeeding paragraph), the value established will be
the Market Value for the applicable Portfolio Investment from and after (but not earlier than)
delivery of notice of such value to the Administrative Agent; provided that, on any date other
than the date on which a Market Value was established under clause (x) or clause (y) above, the
Administrative Agent may determine in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner that
the Market Value for the applicable Portfolio Investment has changed, in which case the
Administrative Agent may determine another Market Value (in accordance with this definition of
Market Value).
Each Independent Bid must be maintained by the applicable Independent Broker-
Dealer and actionable for the Administrative Agent before 12:00 noon, New York City time, on
such next Business Day. If the Company obtains Independent Bids and submits to the
Administrative Agent evidence of two such Independent Bids no later than 10:00 a.m., New
York City time, on such next Business Day, then the average of such Independent Bids shall be
used to determine the Market Value of such Portfolio Investment. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to disregard as invalid any Independent Bid
submitted by any Independent Broker-Dealer if, in the Administrative Agent's good faith
judgment: (i) such Independent Broker-Dealer is ineligible to accept assignment or transfer of
the relevant Portfolio Investment or portion thereof, as applicable, substantially in accordance
with the then-current market practice in the principal market for such Portfolio Investment, as
reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent; or (ii) such firm bid or such firm offer is not
bona fide due to the insolvency of the Independent Broker-Dealer.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Market Value of any (i) Portfolio Investment that
has not been Approved by the Administrative Agent or (ii) Ineligible Investment shall be $0 and
cannot be disputed.
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Section 1.06. Substitutions. The Company may, subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 1.07 hereof and Section 5.01(n)(iii) of the Sale Agreement, replace a Portfolio
Investment with another Portfolio Investment (each such replacement, a "Substitution" and such
new Portfolio Investment, a "Substitute Portfolio Investment") so long as the Company has
submitted an Approval Request and the Substitute Portfolio Investment has been approved by the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion (which approval or refusal to approve may be based
on the Administrative Agent's assessment of the credit quality of the original Portfolio
Investment and the proposed Substitute Portfolio Investment) and all other applicable conditions
precedent set forth in Section 1.03 have been satisfied with respect to each Substitute Portfolio
Investment to be acquired by the Company in connection with such Substitution; provided that
after the Reinvestment Period, the aggregate outstanding balance of Portfolio Investments in the
Portfolio subject to a Substitution may not exceed 20% of the aggregate Financing Commitments
in effect during the Reinvestment Period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, in no event shall the aggregate outstanding balance of Portfolio Investments in the
Portfolio subject to a Substitution, together with the aggregate outstanding balance of Portfolio
Investments sold to the Parent or its Affiliates by the Company (in each case other than in
connection with the sale or Substitution of a Warranty Portfolio Investment), exceed 20% of the
Net Purchased Loan Balance measured as of the date of such sale or Substitution; provided
further that in no event shall the aggregate outstanding balance of Portfolio Investments in the
Portfolio that are in default and subject to a Substitution, together with the aggregate outstanding
balance of Portfolio Investments that are in default and sold to the Parent or its Affiliates by the
Company (in each case other than in connection with the sale or Substitution of a Warranty
Portfolio Investment), exceed 10% of the Net Purchased Loan Balance measured as of the date
of such sale or Substitution.
Section 1.07. Repurchase Limits. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, in no event shall the aggregate outstanding balance of Portfolio Investments in the
Portfolio subject to a Substitution, together with the aggregate outstanding balance of Portfolio
Investments sold to the Parent or its Affiliates by the Company (in each case other than in
connection with the sale or Substitution of a Warranty Portfolio Investment), exceed 20% of the
Net Purchased Loan Balance measured as of the date of such sale or Substitution; provided
further that in no event shall the aggregate outstanding balance of Portfolio Investments in the
Portfolio that are in default and subject to a Substitution, together with the aggregate outstanding
balance of Portfolio Investments that are in default and sold to the Parent or its Affiliates by the
Company (in each case other than in connection with the sale or Substitution of a Warranty
Portfolio Investment), exceed 10% of the Net Purchased Loan Balance measured as of the date
of such sale or Substitution.
Section 1.08. Deposits and Contributions by Parent. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, Parent may, from time to time in its sole discretion, (x) deposit
amounts in U.S. dollars into the USD Principal Collection Account, and/or (y) transfer Portfolio
Investments approved in writing by the Administrative Agent (in its sole discretion) as equity
contributions to the Company pursuant to the Sale Agreement. All such amounts will be
included in each applicable calculation to the extent provided under this Agreement, including,
without limitation, calculation of Market Value, Net Asset Value, the Compliance Condition and
Coverage Events.
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Section 1.09. Valuation of Permitted Non-USD Currency Assets. For purposes of all
calculations hereunder, (i) the principal amount of all Euro Investments (and Eligible
Investments denominated in Euros) and proceeds denominated in Euro on deposit in any
Account and (ii) the principal amount of all GBP Investments (and Eligible Investments
denominated in GBP) and proceeds denominated in GBP on deposit in any Account, in each
case, shall be converted to U.S. dollars at the Spot Rate in accordance with the definition of such
term in consultation with the Administrative Agent on the applicable date of calculation.
ARTICLE II
THE FINANCINGS
Section 2.01. Financing Commitments.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, during the Reinvestment Period, each
Financing Provider hereby severally agrees to make available to the Company the types of
Financing identified on the Transaction Schedule as applicable to such Financing Provider, in
U.S. dollars, in an aggregate amount, for such Financing Provider and such type of Financing,
not exceeding the amount of its Financing Commitment for such type of Financing. The
Financing Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date (or, if earlier, the date of
termination of the Financing Commitments pursuant to Article VII or upon a Coverage Event).
Section 2.02. First Advance; Additional Advances.
(a) Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Sections
2.03 and 2.04, each Financing Provider as of the Effective Date agrees, severally and not jointly,
to make or cause to be made on the Effective Date, an advance in an aggregate principal amount
equal to $39,000,000 subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement (the "First Advance").
Each Financing Provider shall make its portion of the First Advance available to the Company
no later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Effective Date in accordance with the terms
set forth in Section 3.01.
(b) On any date during the term of the Reinvestment Period, subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company may request, and the Financing Providers
may provide, additional Advances.
Section 2.03. Financings; Use of Proceeds.
(a) Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to the Purchase of a
Portfolio Investment set forth in Section 1.03 both as of the related Trade Date and Settlement
Date, the applicable Financing Providers will make the applicable Financing available to the
Company on the related Settlement Date (or otherwise on the related specified borrowing date if
no Portfolio Investment is being acquired on such date) as provided herein; provided that, if no
Portfolio Investment is being acquired on such date, only the conditions set forth in clauses (4)
and (5) of Section 1.03 shall require satisfaction or waiver.
(b) Except as expressly provided herein, the failure of any Financing Provider
to make any Advance required hereunder shall not relieve any other Financing Provider of its
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obligations hereunder. If any Financing Provider shall fail to provide any Financing to the
Company required hereunder, then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion
(notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the
Administrative Agent for the account of such Financing Provider to satisfy such Financing
Provider's obligations hereunder until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
(c) Subject to Section 2.03(e), the Company shall use the proceeds of the
Financings received by it hereunder to purchase the Portfolio Investments identified in the
related Approval Request, provided that, if the proceeds of a Financing are deposited in the USD
Principal Collection Account as provided in Section 3.01 on or prior to the Settlement Date for
any Portfolio Investment but the Company is unable to Purchase such Portfolio Investment on
such Settlement Date, or if there are proceeds of such Financing remaining after such Purchase,
then, subject to Section 3.01(a), the Collateral Agent shall apply such proceeds on such date as
provided in Article IV. The proceeds of the Financings shall not be used for any other purpose.
(d) With respect to any Advance, the Company shall cause the Investment
Manager to submit a request substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent, with a copy to the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Administrator, not
later than 2:00 p.m. New York City time, two (2) Business Days prior to the Business Day
specified as the date on which such Advance shall be made and, upon receipt of such request, the
Lenders shall make such Advances in accordance with the terms set forth in Section 3.01. Any
requested Advance shall be (i) if applicable, in an amount such that, after giving effect thereto
and the related purchase of the applicable Portfolio Investment(s), the Compliance Condition is
satisfied; provided that the Compliance Condition will not be applicable with respect to the First
Advance used principally to acquire Portfolio Investments from the Parent, and (ii) if related to
the Purchase of any Portfolio Investment, no later than ten (10) Agent Business Days after the
date on which the Administrative Agent Approved the related Approval Request in accordance
herewith.
(e) If, the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Advances (assuming
that Advances have been made for any outstanding Purchase Commitments which have traded
but not settled) is less than (i) $100,000,000 on June 17, 2016 or (ii) $150,000,000 on September
17, 2016 (each, a "Minimum Funding Amount"), then the Company agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent, from and after June 17, 2016, for the account of each Lender, an undrawn
fee (the "Undrawn Fee") which shall accrue at a per annum rate equal to 2.65% on the average
daily Undrawn Amount during the period from and including June 17, 2016, to but excluding the
last day of the Reinvestment Period. The Minimum Funding Amount shall be automatically
reduced in part on the date of any prepayment made in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, in each case in an amount equal to the amount of such prepayment multiplied by a
fraction equal to (i) the Minimum Funding Amount immediately prior to the prepayment over (ii)
the Financing Commitment immediately prior to the prepayment. Accrued Undrawn Fees shall
be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date occurring after the June 17, 2016, to earlier
of (i) date on which the Financing Commitments terminate and (ii) the last day of the
Reinvestment Period. All Undrawn Fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days
and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding
the last day).
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Section 2.04. Other Conditions to Financings.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the obligations of the Lenders to make
Advances shall not become effective until the date (the "Effective Date") on which each of the
following conditions is satisfied (or waived by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion):
(a) Executed Counterparts. The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall
have received from each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf
of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may
include electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has
signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received
satisfactory evidence that the Sale Agreement, the Collateral Administration Agreement, the
Security Deed, the Custody and Account Bank Agreement and the Investment Management
Agreement (such documents, together with this Agreement, the "Loan Documents") have been
executed and are in full force and effect, and that the initial sales and contributions contemplated
by the Sale Agreement shall have been consummated.
(c) Corporate Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received
certified copies of the resolutions of the board of managers (or similar items) of the Company
and the Investment Manager approving the Loan Documents to be delivered by it hereunder and
the transactions contemplated hereby, certified by its secretary or assistant secretary. Good
standing certificates for each of the Company and the Investment Manager issued by the
applicable Governmental Authority of its jurisdiction of organization. A certificate of the
secretary or assistant secretary of each of the Company and the Investment Manager certifying
the names and true signatures of the officers authorized on its behalf to sign this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents to be delivered by it.
(d) Payment of Fees, Etc. The Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the
Collateral Agent and the Collateral Administrator shall have received all fees and other amounts
due and payable by the Company in connection herewith on or prior to the Effective Date and, to
the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
(including legal fees and expenses) required to be reimbursed or paid by the Company hereunder
(except as provided in Section 4.03(f)).
(e) Patriot Act, Etc. To the extent requested by the Administrative Agent or
any Lender, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, shall have received all
documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under the USA
PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107 56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the "USA Patriot
Act") and other applicable "know your customer" and anti-money laundering rules and
regulations.
(f) Filings. Copies of proper financing statements, as may be necessary or, in
the opinion of the Administrative Agent, desirable under the UCC of all appropriate jurisdictions
or any comparable law to perfect the security interest of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the
Secured Parties in all Collateral in which an interest may be pledged hereunder.
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(g) Certain Acknowledgements and Search Reports. The Administrative
Agent shall have received (a) UCC, tax and judgment lien searches and (b) such other searches
that the Administrative Agent deems necessary or appropriate.
(h) Officers' Certificates of the Company Regarding This Agreement. An
officer's certificate of the Company stating that, to the best of the signing officer's knowledge,
there has been no Event of Default under this Agreement and that all representations and
warranties of the Company are true and correct in all material respects as of the Effective Date
(provided that to the extent such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier
date, they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).
(i) Opinions. Legal opinions of Dechert LLP, counsel for the Company and
the Investment Manager, and counsel for the Collateral Agent, each in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent covering such matters as the Administrative
Agent may reasonably request (including, without limitation, certain non-consolidation and
bankruptcy matters).
(j) Other Documents. Such other documents as the Administrative Agent
may reasonably require.
ARTICLE III
ADDITIONAL TERMS APPLICABLE TO THE FINANCINGS
Section 3.01. The Advances.
(a) Making the Advances. If the Lenders are required to make an Advance to
the Company as provided in Sections 2.02 and 2.03, then each Lender shall make such Advance
on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon (or
3:00 p.m. with respect to the First Advance), New York City time, to the Collateral Agent for
deposit to the USD Principal Collection Account. Each Lender at its option may make any
Advance by causing any domestic or foreign branch or affiliate of such Lender to make such
Advance, provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the
Company to repay such Advance in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Once drawn,
Advances may only be repaid or prepaid in accordance with this Agreement and may not be
reborrowed.
(b) Interest on the Advances. All outstanding Advances shall bear interest
(from and including the date on which such Advance is made) at a per annum rate equal to the
LIBO Rate for each Calculation Period in effect plus the Applicable Margin. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Advance is not paid when due, whether at
stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as
well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to the
Advances as provided in the preceding sentence.
(c) Evidence of the Advances. Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with
its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Company to such
Lender resulting from each Advance made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal
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and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder. The Administrative
Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Company, shall maintain at one of its
offices in the United States a register (the "Register") in which it shall record the names and
addresses of the Lenders and the Financing Commitment of, and principal amount of the
Advances (and related interest amounts) due and payable or to become due and payable from the
Company to each Lender hereunder and the amount of any sum received by the Administrative
Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender's share thereof. The entries
made in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the parties hereto shall treat
each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender and
the owner of the amounts owing to it hereunder as reflected in the Register for all purposes of
this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.
Any Lender may request that Advances made by it be evidenced by a promissory note.
In such event, the Company shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note
payable to such Lender (or its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative
Agent. Notwithstanding the creation of a promissory note, any transfer of an interest in such
note shall not be effective until reflected in the Register. Thereafter, the Advances evidenced by
such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times be represented by one or more
promissory notes in such form payable to such payee and its registered assigns.
(d) Pro Rata Treatment. Except as otherwise provided herein, all borrowings
of, and payments in respect of, the Advances shall be made on a pro rata basis by or to the
Lenders in accordance with their respective portions of the Financing Commitments in respect of
Advances held by them.
(e) Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any
Lender or the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company that any Change in Law makes it
unlawful, or any central bank or other governmental authority asserts that it is unlawful, for a
Lender or the Administrative Agent to perform its obligations hereunder to fund or maintain
Advances hereunder, then (1) the obligation of such Lender or the Administrative Agent
hereunder shall immediately be suspended until such time as such Lender or the Administrative
Agent determines (in its sole discretion) that such performance is again lawful, (2) such Lender
or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, shall use reasonable efforts (which will not require
such party to incur a loss, other than immaterial, incidental expenses), to transfer within twenty
(20) days after it gives notice under this clause (e), all of its rights and obligations under this
Agreement to another of its offices, branches or affiliates with respect to which such
performance would not be unlawful, and (3) if such Lender or the Administrative Agent is
unable to effect a transfer under clause (2), then any outstanding Advances of such Lender shall
be promptly paid in full by the Company (together with all accrued interest and other amounts
owing hereunder) but not later than the end of the then-current Calculation Period (or, if sooner
repayment is required by law, be repaid within ten (10) Business Days of such Lender giving the
Company notice thereof); provided that, to the extent that any such adoption or change makes it
unlawful for the Advances to bear interest by reference to the LIBO Rate, then the foregoing
clauses (1) through (3) shall not apply and the Advances shall bear interest (from and after the
last day of the Calculation Period ending immediately after such adoption or change) at a per
annum rate equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for Advances.
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(f) Change in Law.
(i) If any Change in Law shall:
(A) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit,
liquidity or similar requirement (including any compulsory loan requirement,
insurance charge or other assessment) against assets of, deposits with or for the
account of, or credit extended by, any Lender;
(B) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other
condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or
Advances made by such Lender; or
(C) subject any Lender or the Administrative Agent to any Taxes (other
than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Excluded Taxes and (C) Other Taxes) on its
loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its
deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender
or the Administrative Agent of making, continuing, converting or maintaining any
Advance or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or
the Administrative Agent hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the
Company will pay to such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Administrative
Agent, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(ii) If any Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or
liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such
Lender's capital or on the capital of such Lender's holding company, if any, as a
consequence of this Agreement or the Advances made by such Lender to a level below
that which such Lender or such Lender's holding company could have achieved but for
such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender's policies and the policies of
such Lender's holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity) by an
amount deemed by such Lender to be material (which demand shall be accompanied by a
statement setting forth the basis for such demand), then from time to time the Company
will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such
Lender or such Lender's holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(iii) A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to
compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in
paragraph (i) or (ii) of this Section shall be delivered to the Company and shall be
conclusive absent manifest error. The Company shall pay such Lender the amount shown
as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(iv) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation
pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender's right to demand
such compensation; provided that the Company shall not be required to compensate a
Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than
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180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Company of the Change in Law
giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender's intention to claim
compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such
increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above
shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
(v) Each Lender agrees that it will take such commercially reasonable actions
as the Company may reasonably request that will avoid the need to pay, or reduce the
amount of, any increased amounts referred to in this Section 3.01(f); provided that no
Lender shall be obligated to take any actions that would, in the reasonable opinion of
such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender (including, without limitation, due to a
loss of money). In no event will the Company be responsible for increased amounts
referred to in this Section 3.01(f) which relates to any other entities to which any Lender
provides financing.
All payments to be made hereunder by the Company in respect of the Advances shall be
made without set-off or counterclaim.
Section 3.02. General.
The provisions of Section 3.01 and any other provisions relating to the types of
Financings contemplated by each such section shall not be operative until and unless such types
of Financing have been made available to the Company, as evidenced by the Transaction
Schedule.
Section 3.03. Taxes.
(a) Payments Free of Taxes. All payments to be made hereunder by the
Company in respect of the Advances shall be made without deduction or withholding for any
Taxes, except as required by Applicable Law. If any Applicable Law requires the deduction or
withholding of any Tax from any such payment by the Company, then the Company shall be
entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or
withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law and, if such
Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the Company shall be increased as
necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions
and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the applicable Lender
receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or
withholding been made.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Company. Without duplication of other
amounts payable by the Company under this Section 3.03, the Company shall timely pay to the
relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law, or at the option of the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent timely reimburse them for the payment of, any
Other Taxes.
(c) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall indemnify each
Lender, within ten (10) Business Days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any
Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to
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amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Lender and any reasonable
expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were
correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as
to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Company by a Lender (with a copy to
the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a
Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall indemnify, within ten
(10) days after demand therefor, (i) the Administrative Agent for any Indemnified Taxes
attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Company has not already indemnified
the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the
Company to do so), and (ii) the Administrative Agent for any (A) Taxes attributable to such
Lender's failure to comply with the provisions of 10.08 relating to the maintenance of a
Participant Register and (B) Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are
payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any
reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were
correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as
to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent
shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative
Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan
Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other
source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (d).
(e) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes
by the Company to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 3.03, the Company shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such
Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment
or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(f) Status of Lenders. (i) Any Recipient that is entitled to an exemption from
or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall
deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested
by the Company or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed
documentation reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will permit
such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition,
any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver
such other documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the
Company or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Company or the Administrative Agent
to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information
reporting requirements.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
(A) any Recipient that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Company and the
Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Recipient becomes a Recipient under
this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Company or
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the Administrative Agent), an executed IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Recipient is exempt
from U.S. federal backup withholding Tax;
(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the
Company and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender
becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable
request of the Company or the Administrative Agent or any information in a previously provided
form changes), whichever of the following is applicable:
(i) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an
income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to
payments of interest under any Loan Document, an executed IRS Form ▇-▇▇▇▇,
▇-▇▇▇▇-▇, ▇-▇▇▇▇ or applicable successor form establishing an exemption
from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the "interest"
article of such Tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments
under any Loan Document, an IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E or W-8EXP or
applicable successor form establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S.
federal withholding Tax pursuant to the "business profits" or "other income"
article of such Tax treaty;
(ii) an executed IRS Form W-8ECI;
(iii) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the
exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate
to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of
Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, is not a "10 percent shareholder" of the
Company within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, and is not a
"controlled foreign corporation" described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a
"U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate") and (y) an executed IRS Form W-8BEN, W-
8BEN-E or applicable successor form; or
(iv) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner,
an executed IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form
W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E or applicable successor form, a U.S. Tax
Compliance Certificate, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents
from each beneficial owner, as applicable;
(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the
Company and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender
becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable
request of the Company or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form
prescribed by Applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S.
federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as
may be prescribed by Applicable Law to permit the Company or the Administrative Agent to
determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
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(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to
U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the
applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or
1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Company and the
Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by Law and at such time or times
reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent such documentation
prescribed by FATCA and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Company
or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Company and the Administrative Agent
to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied
with such Lender's obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold
from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), "FATCA" shall include any
amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or
becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or
promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do
so.
(g) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole
discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or credit in lieu
thereof as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 3.03 (including by the
payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.03), it shall pay to the indemnifying
party an amount equal to such refund or credit (but only to the extent of indemnity payments
made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund or credit), net of
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without
interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such
refund or credit). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall
repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (g) (plus any
penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event
that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund or credit to such Governmental
Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (g), in no event will the
indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this
paragraph (g) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net
after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the indemnification
payments or additional amounts giving rise to such refund or credit had never been paid. This
paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax
returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the
indemnifying party or any other Person.
(h) Administrative Agent's Tax Status. The Administrative Agent represents
to the Company that it is a "U.S. person" and a "financial institution" within the meaning of
Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1 and a "U.S. financial institution" within the meaning of
Treasury Regulations Section 1.1471-3T and that it will comply with its obligations to withhold
under Section 1441 and FATCA.
(i) Survival. Each party's obligations under this Section 3.03 shall survive the
resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the
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replacement of, a Lender, and the termination, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under
any Loan Document.
Section 3.04. Mitigation Obligations.
(a) Designation of a Different Office. If any Recipient requests compensation
under Section 3.01(f), or requires the Company to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional
amounts to any Recipient or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Recipient
pursuant to Section 3.03, then such Recipient shall at the request of the Company use reasonable
efforts to designate a different office for funding or booking the Advances hereunder or to assign
its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the
judgment of such Recipient, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce
amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01(f) or Section 3.03, as the case may be, in the future,
and (ii) would not subject such Recipient to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not
otherwise be disadvantageous to such Recipient. The Company hereby agrees to pay all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Recipient in connection with any such
designation or assignment.
(b) Replacement of Recipient. If any Recipient requests compensation under
Section 3.01(f), or if the Company is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional
amounts to any Recipient or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Recipient
pursuant to Section 3.03 and, in each case, such Recipient has declined or is unable to designate
a different lending office in accordance with Section 3.04(a) or such designation would not
eliminate the need for such payments, or if any Lender is a defaulting Lender, then the Company
may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Recipient and the Administrative Agent,
require such Recipient to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject
to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 10.08), all of its interests,
rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 3.01(f) or Section 3.03) and
obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall
assume such rights and obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts
such assignment); provided that:
(i) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount
equal to the outstanding principal of its Advances, accrued interest thereon, and
all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents
from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest
and fees) or the Company (in the case of all other amounts);
(ii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim
for compensation under Section 3.01(f) or gross-up payments under Section 3.03,
such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments
thereafter; and
(iii) such assignment does not conflict with Applicable Law.
No Lender shall be required to make any such assignment or
delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise,
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the circumstances entitling the Company to require such assignment and
delegation cease to apply.
ARTICLE IV
COLLECTIONS AND PAYMENTS
Section 4.01. Interest Proceeds.
The Company shall cause all Interest Proceeds on the Portfolio Investments owned by it
to be deposited in the USD Interest Collection Account or remitted to the Collateral Agent, and
the Collateral Agent shall credit to the USD Interest Collection Account all Interest Proceeds
received by it immediately upon receipt thereof; provided that Interest Proceeds denominated in
Permitted Non-USD Currencies shall be deposited into the Euro Interest Collection Account or
the GBP Interest Collection Account, as applicable.
All Interest Proceeds shall be retained in the USD Interest Collection Account, the Euro
Interest Collection Account or the GBP Interest Collection Account, as applicable, and invested
(and reinvested) at the written direction of the Investment Manager (or, if a Coverage Event has
occurred or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent) in
Eligible Investments. Eligible Investments shall mature no later than the end of the next
succeeding Calculation Period.
Interest Proceeds on deposit in the USD Interest Collection Account may be withdrawn
by the Collateral Agent (at the written direction of the Company or the Investment Manager on
its behalf (or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default or upon the
occurrence of a Coverage Event, the Administrative Agent)) and applied (i) to make payments or
(ii) to make Permitted Distributions, in each case, in accordance with this Agreement and with
two (2) Business Days prior notice to the Administrative Agent. Interest Proceeds on deposit in
the Euro Interest Collection Account or the GBP Interest Collection Account shall be converted
to U.S. dollars at the Spot Rate one (1) Business Day after receipt of such Interest Proceeds and
deposited into the USD Interest Collection Account for application as described above at the
written direction of the Company or the Investment Manager on its behalf (or, upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default or upon the occurrence of a
Coverage Event, the Administrative Agent).
The Investment Manager shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent
if the Investment Manager reasonably determines in good faith that any amounts in the USD
Interest Collection Account, the Euro Interest Collection Account or the GBP Interest Collection
Account have been deposited in error or do not otherwise constitute Interest Proceeds,
whereupon such amounts on deposit in such Account may be withdrawn by the Collateral Agent
or Collateral Trustee, as applicable (at the direction of the Company or the Investment Manager
on its behalf (or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default or upon
the occurrence of a Coverage Event, the Administrative Agent)) on the next succeeding Business
Day and remitted to or at the direction of the Company or the Investment Manager on its behalf.
Section 4.02. Principal Proceeds.
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The Company shall cause all Principal Proceeds received on the Portfolio Investments
owned by it to be deposited in the USD Principal Collection Account or remitted to the
Collateral Agent, and the Collateral Agent shall credit to the USD Principal Collection Account
all Principal Proceeds received by it immediately upon receipt thereof; provided that Principal
Proceeds denominated in Permitted Non-USD Currencies shall be deposited into the Euro
Principal Collection Account or the GBP Principal Collection Account, as applicable.
All Principal Proceeds shall be retained in the USD Principal Collection Account, the
Euro Principal Collection Account or the GBP Principal Collection Account, as applicable, and
invested (and reinvested) at the written direction of the Investment Manager (or, if a Coverage
Event has occurred or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative
Agent) in overnight Eligible Investments. All investment income on such Eligible Investments
shall constitute Interest Proceeds.
Principal Proceeds on deposit in the USD Principal Collection Account may be
withdrawn by the Collateral Agent (at the written direction of the Company or the Investment
Manager on its behalf (or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default or upon the occurrence of a Coverage Event, the Administrative Agent)) and applied (i)
to make payments, (ii) towards the purchase price of Portfolio Investments or (iii) to make
Permitted Distributions, in each case, in accordance with this Agreement and with, in the case of
clauses (i) and (iii), two (2) Business Days prior notice to the Administrative Agent, and in the
case of clause (ii), with one (1) Business Day prior notice to the Administrative Agent. Principal
Proceeds on deposit in the Euro Principal Collection Account or the GBP Principal Collection
Account shall be converted to U.S. dollars at the Spot Rate one (1) Business Day after receipt of
such Principal Proceeds and deposited into the USD Principal Collection Account for application
as described above at the written direction of the Company or the Investment Manager on its
behalf (or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default or upon the
occurrence of a Coverage Event, the Administrative Agent).
The Investment Manager shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent
if the Investment Manager reasonably determines in good faith that any amounts in any such
Account have been deposited in error or do not otherwise constitute Principal Proceeds,
whereupon such amounts may be withdrawn by the Collateral Agent or Collateral Trustee, as
applicable (at the direction of the Company or the Investment Manager on its behalf (or, upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default or upon the occurrence of a
Coverage Event, the Administrative Agent)) on the next succeeding Business Day and remitted
to or at the direction of the Company or the Investment Manager on its behalf.
Section 4.03. Principal and Interest Payments; Prepayments; Commitment Fee; Upfront
Fee.
(a) The unpaid aggregate principal amount of the Advances (together with
accrued interest thereon) shall be paid in full in cash to the Administrative Agent for the account
of each Lender on the Maturity Date and any and all cash in the Accounts shall be applied to the
satisfaction of the Secured Obligations on the Maturity Date.
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(b) Accrued interest on the Advances shall be payable in cash in arrears on
each Interest Payment Date; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to the second sentence of
Section 3.01(b) shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of
any Advances, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the
date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) payments on Interest Payment Dates shall be
subject to the requirements of Section 9.02(e).
(c) Subject to the requirements of this Section 4.03(c), the Company shall
have the right from time to time to prepay outstanding Advances in whole or in part (i) on any
Business Day that JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association ceases to act as Administrative
Agent, (ii) upon the occurrence of a Repayment Event, (iii) in connection with a Coverage Event
Cure; (iv) if the Company elects to terminate or reduce the Financing Commitments as a result of
a Lender's default in its obligations hereunder or (v) subject to the payment of the premium
described in Section 4.03(d), on the last day of any Calculation Period; provided that, the
Company may not prepay any outstanding Advances pursuant to this Section 4.03(c)(v) prior to
the 24-month anniversary of the date hereof. The Company shall notify the Administrative
Agent by telephone (confirmed by facsimile with a copy to the Collateral Agent and the
Collateral Administrator) of any prepayment hereunder not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City
time, three (3) Business Days before the date of prepayment (which shall be the last day of a
Calculation Period). Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date
and the principal amount of the Advances to be prepaid. Promptly following receipt of any such
notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Except in
connection with a Coverage Event Cure, each partial prepayment of outstanding Advances shall
be in an amount not less than $1,000,000. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued and
unpaid interest.
(d) Each prepayment pursuant to Section 4.03(c)(v) or optional redemption
pursuant to Section 4.06, whether in full or in part, shall be accompanied by a premium equal to
1% of the principal amount of such prepayment or optional redemption, as applicable.
Notwithstanding anything in this Article IV, no premium shall be payable by the Company in the
event that the Company terminates or reduces the Financing Commitments or prepays Advances
outstanding hereunder, in each case as expressly permitted hereunder, (i) if JPMorgan Chase
Bank, National Association ceases to act as Administrative Agent hereunder, (ii) if the Company
elects to terminate or reduce the Financing Commitments as a result of a Lender's default in its
obligations hereunder, (iii) the Advances are prepaid in connection with a Coverage Event Cure,
(iv) the Advances are prepaid at any time after the 36-month anniversary of the Effective Date,
or (v) in connection with a Repayment Event.
(e) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, from and after
September 17, 2016, for the account of each Lender, a commitment fee which shall accrue at
1.00% per annum on the average daily Unused Facility Amount during the period from and
including September 17, 2016, to but excluding the last day of the Reinvestment Period.
Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date occurring
after the September 17, 2016, to earlier of (i) date on which the Financing Commitments
terminate and (ii) the last day of the Reinvestment Period. All commitment fees shall be
computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days
elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
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(f) The Company agrees to pay the Administrative Agent, on the date of the
First Advance, for the account of each Lender, an upfront fee on the date hereof in an aggregate
amount equal to $1,575,000. Such amount shall be paid by retention by the Lender of a principal
amount of the initial Advance equal to such amount and the Company hereby directs the Lender
to so withhold such amount and acknowledges and agrees that such amount shall be deemed to
be an outstanding Advance for all purposes hereunder.
(g) Once paid, all fees or any part thereof payable hereunder shall not be
refundable under any circumstances.
(h) The Financing Commitments shall be automatically reduced in part on the
date of any prepayment made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in each case in an
amount equal to the amount of such prepayment.
Section 4.04. Payments Generally.
All payments to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent shall be made to the
Administrative Agent at the account designated in writing to the Company and the Collateral
Agent for further distribution by the Administrative Agent (if applicable). The Administrative
Agent shall give written notice to the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Administrator (on
which the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Administrator may conclusively rely) and the
Investment Manager of the calculation of amounts payable to the Financing Providers in respect
of the Financings and the amounts payable to the Investment Manager. At least three (3)
Business Days prior to each Interest Payment Date, the Administrative Agent shall deliver an
invoice to the Investment Manager, the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Administrator in
respect of the interest due on such Interest Payment Date. All payments not made to the
Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders shall be made as directed in writing by the
Administrative Agent. All payments hereunder shall be made without setoff or counterclaim.
All payments hereunder shall be made in U.S. dollars. To the extent not already in U.S. dollars,
all amounts in any Euro Account or GBP Account to be disbursed hereunder will be converted
into U.S. dollars at the Spot Rate on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of
disbursement. All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and
shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the
last day).
Section 4.05. CE Cure Account.
(a) The Company shall cause all cash received by it in connection with a
Coverage Event Cure to be deposited in the CE Cure Account or remitted to the Collateral
Agent, and the Collateral Agent shall credit to the CE Cure Account such amounts received by it
(and identified as such) immediately upon receipt thereof. Prior to the Maturity Date, all cash
amounts in the CE Cure Account shall be invested in overnight Eligible Investments at the
written direction of the Administrative Agent (as directed by the Required Financing Providers).
All amounts contributed to the Company by Parent in connection with a Coverage Event Cure
shall be paid free and clear of any right of chargeback or other equitable claim.
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(b) Amounts on deposit in the CE Cure Account may be withdrawn by the
Collateral Agent (at the written direction of the Company or the Investment Manager on its
behalf (or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default or upon the
occurrence of a Coverage Event, the Administrative Agent)) and remitted to the Company with
prior notice to the Administrative Agent (or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of
an Event of Default or upon the occurrence of a Coverage Event, to the Lenders for prepayment
of Advances and reduction of Financing Commitment); provided that the Company may not
direct any withdrawal from the CE Cure Account if the Compliance Condition is not satisfied (or
would not be satisfied after such withdrawal).
Section 4.06. Optional Redemption.
From and after the 24-month anniversary of the date hereof, the Company shall be
entitled at its option and upon three (3) Business Days' prior written notice to the Administrative
Agent (with a copy to the Collateral Agent) to terminate the Financing Commitments in whole
upon payment in full, including the premium specified in Section 4.03(d), of all Advances, all
accrued and unpaid interest and all other Secured Obligations (other than unmatured contingent
indemnification obligations).
ARTICLE V
[RESERVED]
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
Section 6.01. Representations and Warranties.
The Company represents to the other parties hereto solely with respect to itself that as of
the date hereof (or as of such other date as maybe expressly set forth below):
(a) it is duly organized or incorporated, as the case may be, and validly
existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation and has all
requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and each other
Loan Document to which it is a party and to consummate the transactions herein and therein
contemplated;
(b) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each such
other Loan Document, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein have been
duly authorized by it and this Agreement and each such other Loan Document constitutes its
legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (subject to
(A) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally, (B) equitable limitations on the availability of specific remedies,
regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and
(C) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing);
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(c) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each other
Loan Document and the consummation of such transactions do not conflict with the provisions
of its governing instruments and will not violate in any material way any provisions of
Applicable Law or regulation or any applicable order of any court or regulatory body and will
not result in the material breach of, or constitute a default, or require any consent, under any
material agreement, instrument or document to which it is a party or by which it or any of its
property may be bound or affected;
(d) no actions, suits, proceedings or governmental investigations at law or in
equity are pending or active (or, to its knowledge, threatened) against it before any
Governmental Authority or any arbitrator (A) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any of
the other Loan Documents, (B) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, (C) seeking any
determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the performance by the
Company of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement or any of
the other Loan Documents or (D) seeking any determination or ruling that would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) it has obtained all consents and authorizations (including all required
consents and authorizations of any governmental authority) that are necessary or advisable to be
obtained by it in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and
each other Loan Document and each such consent and authorization is in full force and effect,
except where such failure would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(f) it is not an "investment company" as defined in the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended;
(g) it has not issued any securities that are or are required to be registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and it is not a reporting company under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
(h) the Company has no Indebtedness or other indebtedness, secured or
unsecured, direct or contingent (including guaranteeing any obligation), other than (i)
Indebtedness incurred under the terms of the Loan Documents and (ii) Indebtedness incurred
pursuant to certain ordinary business expenses arising pursuant to the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(i) (x) its underlying assets do not constitute "plan assets" within the meaning
of the Plan Asset Rules; and (y) neither it nor any ERISA Affiliate has sponsored, maintained,
contributed to, been required to contribute to or has any liability with respect to any Plan;
(j) as of the date of this Agreement it is, and after giving effect to any
Advance it will be, Solvent and it is not entering into this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or consummating any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby with any intent to
hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors;
(k) it is not in default under any other contract to which it is a party, except
where such default would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
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(l) it has complied and will comply in all material respects with all
Applicable Laws, judgments, agreements with governmental authorities, decrees and orders with
respect to its business and properties and the Portfolio;
(m) it does not have any Subsidiaries or own any Investments in any Person
other than the Portfolio Investments or Investments (i) constituting Eligible Investments and (ii)
those the Company shall have acquired or received as a distribution in connection with a
workout, bankruptcy, foreclosure, restructuring or similar process or proceeding involving a
Portfolio Investment or any issuer thereof;
(n) (x) it has disclosed to the Administrative Agent all agreements,
instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it is subject, and all other matters
actually known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect and (y) no report, financial statement, certificate or other
information (other than projections, forward-looking information, general economic data,
industry information or information relating to third parties) furnished in writing by or on behalf
of it or any of its Affiliates to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered
hereunder or any other Loan Document (in each case as updated, modified or supplemented by
other information so furnished) contains (or, to the extent any such information was furnished to
the Company by a third party, to the Company's knowledge contains), when taken as a whole, as
of its delivery date, any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading;
(o) except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents, no Portfolio Investment has been sold, transferred, assigned or pledged by the
Company (other than liens in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Loan Documents,
Permitted Liens and inchoate liens arising by operation of law);
(p) the Company has timely filed all Tax returns required by Law to have
been filed by it; all such Tax returns are true and correct in all material respects; and the
Company has paid or withheld (as applicable) all Taxes owing or required to be withheld by it (if
any) shown on such Tax returns, except any such Taxes which are being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves shall have been set aside in
accordance with GAAP on its books and records;
(q) the Company is and will be treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal
income Tax purposes;
(r) the Company is wholly owned by the Parent, which is a U.S. Person;
provided, however, that a merger of the Parent with another business development company
sponsored by W.P. ▇▇▇▇▇ Inc. or other fundamental change transaction the result of which
effectively combines the ownership and/or assets of the Parent and a business development
company sponsored by W.P. ▇▇▇▇▇ Inc., or merges or consolidates their respective collateral
advisors or sub-advisors shall not constitute a breach of this representation;
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(s) prior to the date hereof, the Company has not engaged in any business
operations or activities other than as an ownership entity for Portfolio Investments and similar
loan or debt obligations and activities incidental thereto;
(t) neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company is (i) a country,
territory, organization, person or entity named on an Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC)
list; (ii) a Person that resides or has a place of business in a country or territory named on such
lists or which is designated as a "Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction" by the Financial Action Task
Force on Money Laundering, or whose subscription funds are transferred from or through such a
jurisdiction; (iii) a "Foreign Shell Bank" within the meaning of the USA Patriot Act, i.e., a
foreign bank that does not have a physical presence in any country and that is not affiliated with
a bank that has a physical presence and an acceptable level of regulation and supervision; or (iv)
a person or entity that resides in or is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction designated by the
United States Secretary of the Treasury under Sections 311 or 312 of the USA Patriot Act as
warranting special measures due to money laundering concerns. The Company is in compliance
with all applicable OFAC rules and regulations and also in compliance with all applicable
provisions of the USA Patriot Act;
(u) the Company has implemented and maintains in effect policies and
procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Company, its agents and their respective
directors, managers, officers and employees (as applicable) with Anti-Corruption Laws and
applicable Sanctions, and the Company and its officers and employees and, to its knowledge, its
members and agents are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in
all material respects and are not knowingly engaged in any activity that would reasonably be
expected to result in the Company being designated as a Sanctioned Person. None of (i) the
Company or its officers and employees or (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, any manager or
agent of the Company that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit
facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person. No Advances, use of proceeds or other
transaction contemplated by the Agreement will directly, or to the knowledge of the Company,
indirectly violate Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions;
(v) the Loan Documents represent all of the material agreements between the
Investment Manager or Parent, as applicable, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other.
Upon the purchase and/or contribution of each Portfolio Investment (or an interest in a Portfolio
Investment) pursuant to this Agreement or the Sale Agreement, the Company shall be the lawful
owner of, and have good title to, such Portfolio Investment and all assets relating thereto, free
and clear of any Adverse Claim (other than Permitted Liens). All such assets are transferred to
the Company without recourse to the Parent except as described in the Sale Agreement. The
purchases of such assets by the Company constitute valid and true sales for consideration (and
not merely a pledge of such assets for security purposes) and the contributions of such assets
received by the Company constitute valid and true transfers for consideration, each enforceable
against creditors of the Parent, and no such assets shall constitute property of the Parent;
(w) the Company is not relying on any advice (whether written or oral) of any
other party other than the Investment Manager; and
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(x) there are no judgments or Liens for Taxes with respect to the Company
and no claim is being asserted with respect to the Taxes of the Company.
Section 6.02. Representations Regarding the Portfolio Investments. The Company
represents to the other parties hereto that:
(a) as of the Trade Date for each Portfolio Investment, such Portfolio
Investment meets all of the applicable Eligibility Criteria (unless otherwise consented to by the
Administrative Agent);
(b) all of the conditions to the acquisition of the Portfolio Investments
specified in Section 1.03 of this Agreement have been satisfied or waived;
(c) all of the information contained in the related Approval Request is true,
correct and complete in all material respects, provided that, to the extent any such information
was furnished to the Company by any third party or was not prepared by or under the direction of
the Company, such information is as of its delivery date true, complete and correct in all material
respects to the knowledge of the Company;
(d) the Company has good and marketable title to such Collateral free and
clear of any Adverse Claim (other than Permitted Liens) or restrictions on transferability and the
Company has the full right, power and lawful authority to assign, transfer and pledge the same
and interests therein, and upon the making of each Advance, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit
of the Secured Parties, will have acquired a perfected, first priority and valid security interest
(except, as to priority, for any Permitted Liens) in such Collateral, free and clear of any Adverse
Claim (other than Permitted Liens) or restrictions on transferability, to the extent (as to
perfection and priority) that a security interest in said Collateral may be perfected under the
applicable UCC; and
(e) the Company has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in
or otherwise encumbered or conveyed any interest in any of the Collateral and no effective
financing statement (other than with respect to Permitted Liens) or other instrument similar in
effect naming or purportedly naming the Company or any of its Affiliates as debtor and covering
all or any part of the Collateral is on file in any recording office, except such as may have been
filed in favor of the Collateral Agent as "Secured Party" pursuant hereto, as necessary or
advisable in connection with the Sale Agreement or which has been terminated.
Section 6.03. Covenants of the Company.
The Company:
(a) shall at all times: (i) maintain at least one independent manager or
director (who is in the business of serving as an independent manager or director); (ii) maintain
its own separate books and records and bank accounts; (iii) hold itself out to the public and all
other Persons as a legal entity separate from any other Person; (iv) have the Parent as its sole
equityholder, unless otherwise permitted by the Loan Document; (v) file its own Tax returns,
except to the extent that the Company is treated as a "disregarded entity" for Tax purposes and is
not required to file Taxes under Applicable Law, and pay any Taxes so required to be paid under
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Applicable Law, except for (x) those Taxes being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and in respect of which the Company has established proper reserves on its books in
accordance with GAAP or (y) those Taxes the failure of which to pay or discharge would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (vi) not commingle its assets with
assets of any other Person; (vii) conduct its business in its own name and comply with all
organizational formalities to maintain its separate existence; (viii) maintain separate financial
statements; provided, however, that the Company's assets may be included in a consolidated
financial statement of its Affiliate if (A) appropriate notation shall be made on such consolidated
financial statements to indicate the separateness of the Company from such Affiliate and to
indicate that the Company's assets and credit are not available to satisfy the debts and other
obligations of such Affiliate or any other Person and (B) such assets shall also be listed on the
Company's own separate balance sheet (if the Company prepares its own separate balance sheet);
(ix) pay its own liabilities only out of its own funds; (x) maintain an arm's length relationship
with Parent and each of its other Affiliates; (xi) not hold out its credit or assets as being available
to satisfy the obligations of others; (xii) allocate fairly and reasonably any overhead expenses
that are shared with an Affiliate, including for shared office space; (xiii) use separate stationery,
invoices and checks; (xiv) except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, not pledge its assets
as security for the obligations of any other Person; (xv) correct any known misunderstanding
regarding its separate identity; (xvi) maintain adequate capital in light of its contemplated
business purpose, transactions and liabilities and pay its operating expenses and liabilities from
its own assets; (xvii) cause its member to meet at least annually or act pursuant to written
consent and keep minutes of such meetings and actions and observe in all respects all other
requirements under its constituent documents and Delaware limited liability company
formalities; (xviii) not acquire the obligations or any securities of its Affiliates; (xix) cause the
managers, officers, agents and other representatives of the Company to act at all times with
respect to the Company consistently and in furtherance of the foregoing and in the best interests
of the Company; and (xx) maintain at least one special member, who, upon the dissolution of the
sole member or the withdrawal or the disassociation of the sole member from the Company, shall
immediately become the member of the Company in accordance with its organizational
documents.
(b) shall not (i) engage, directly or indirectly, in any business, other than the
actions required or permitted to be performed under the preceding clause (a), including, other
than with respect to any warrants received in connection with a Portfolio Investment, controlling
the decisions or actions respecting the daily business or affairs of any other Person except as
otherwise permitted hereunder (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not prohibit the
Company from taking, or refraining to take, any action under or with respect to a Portfolio
Investment); (ii) fail to be Solvent; (iii) release, sell, transfer, convey or assign any Portfolio
Investment unless in accordance with the Loan Documents; (iv) except for capital contributions
or capital distributions permitted under the terms and conditions of this Agreement and properly
reflected on the books and records of the Company and transactions pursuant to the Sale
Agreement, enter into any transaction with an Affiliate of the Company except on commercially
reasonable terms similar to those available to unaffiliated parties in an arm's-length transaction;
(v) identify itself as a department or division of any other Person; or (vi) own any asset or
property other than the Portfolio and the related assets and incidental personal property necessary
for the ownership or operation of these assets.
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(c) shall take all actions consistent with and shall not take any action contrary
to the "Assumptions and Facts" section in the opinions of Dechert LLP, dated the date hereof,
relating to certain nonconsolidation and true sale matters;
(d) shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness other
than (i) Indebtedness permitted under the Loan Documents or (ii) Indebtedness incurred pursuant
to certain ordinary business expenses arising pursuant to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. The Company shall incur no Indebtedness secured by the Collateral other than the
Secured Obligations. The Company shall not assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise be or
become directly or contingently liable for the obligations of any Person by, among other things,
agreeing to purchase any obligation of another Person, agreeing to advance funds to such Person
or causing or assisting such Person to maintain any amount of capital, other than as expressly
permitted under the Loan Documents;
(e) shall comply with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions and
shall maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by
the Company, its agents and their respective directors, managers, officers and employees (as
applicable) with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions;
(f) shall not amend any of its constituent documents or any document to
which it is a party in any manner that could reasonably be expected to, or that does, adversely
affect the Lenders in any material respect without the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent and the Required Financing Providers;
(g) shall not amend the Special Purpose Provisions (as defined therein) of its
limited liability company agreement, except in accordance therewith, without the prior written
consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Financing Providers;
(h) shall not, without the prior consent of the Administrative Agent (acting at
the direction of the Required Financing Providers), which consent may be withheld in the sole
and absolute discretion of the Required Financing Providers, enter into any hedge agreement;
(i) shall not change its name, identity or corporate structure in any manner
that would make any financing statement or continuation statement filed by the Company (or by
the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company) in accordance with subsection (a) above
seriously misleading or change its jurisdiction of organization, unless the Company shall have
given the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent at least 30 days prior written notice
thereof, and shall promptly file, or authorize the filing of, appropriate amendments to all
previously filed financing statements and continuation statements (and shall provide a copy of
such amendments to the Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent together with written
confirmation to the effect that all appropriate amendments or other documents in respect of
previously filed statements have been filed);
(j) shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to (i) preserve and keep in
full force and effect its existence as a limited liability company and take all reasonable action to
maintain its rights, franchises, licenses and permits material to its business in the jurisdiction of
its formation and (ii) qualify and remain qualified as a limited liability company in good standing
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in each jurisdiction where the failure to qualify and remain qualified would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(k) shall comply with all Applicable Law (whether statutory, regulatory or
otherwise), the noncompliance with which could reasonably be expected to have, individually or
collectively, a Material Adverse Effect;
(l) shall not merge into or consolidate with any person or dissolve, terminate
or liquidate in whole or in part, in each case, without the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent;
(m) except for Investments permitted by Section 6.03(u) and without the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent, shall not form, or cause to be formed, any
Subsidiaries; or make or suffer to exist any loans or advances to, or extend any credit to, or make
any investments (by way of transfer of property, contributions to capital, purchase of stock or
securities or evidences of indebtedness, acquisition of the business or assets, or otherwise) in,
any Affiliate or any other Person except investments as otherwise permitted herein and pursuant
to the other Loan Documents;
(n) shall ensure that (i) its affairs are conducted so that its underlying assets
do not constitute "plan assets" within the meaning of the Plan Asset Rules, and (ii) neither it nor
any ERISA Affiliate sponsors, maintains, contributes to or is required to contribute to or have
any liability with respect to any Plan;
(o) except for the security interest granted hereunder, under the Security Deed
and as otherwise permitted hereunder, shall not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any other
Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on the Collateral or any interest
therein (other than Permitted Liens and inchoate liens arising by operation of law), and the
Company shall defend the right, title, and interest of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the
Secured Parties) and the Lenders in and to the Collateral against all claims of third parties
claiming through or under the Company (other than Permitted Liens and inchoate liens arising by
operation of law);
(p) shall promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative
Agent shall furnish to the Lenders, copies of the following financial statements, reports and
information: (i) as soon as available, but in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal
year of Parent, a copy of the audited consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of Parent,
including its consolidated Subsidiaries, as at the end of such year, the related consolidated and
consolidating statements of income for such year and the related consolidated statements of
changes in net assets and of cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative
form the figures for the previous year; provided, that the financial statements required to be
delivered pursuant to this clause (i) which are made available via ▇▇▇▇▇, or any successor
system of the Securities Exchange Commission, in Parent's annual report on Form 10-K, shall be
deemed delivered to the Administrative Agent on the date such documents are made so available;
(ii) as soon as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of
each fiscal year (other than the last fiscal quarter of each fiscal year), an unaudited consolidated
and consolidating balance sheet of Parent, including its consolidated Subsidiaries, as of the end
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of such fiscal quarter and including the prior comparable period (if any), and the unaudited
consolidated and consolidating statements of income of Parent, including its consolidated
Subsidiaries, for such fiscal quarter and for the period commencing at the end of the previous
fiscal year and ending with the end of such fiscal quarter, and the unaudited consolidated
statements of cash flows of Parent, including its consolidated Subsidiaries, for the period
commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such fiscal quarter;
provided, that the financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to this clause (ii) which
are made available via ▇▇▇▇▇, or any successor system of the Securities Exchange
Commission, in Parent's quarterly report on Form 10-Q, shall be deemed delivered to the
Administrative Agent on the date such documents are made so available; and (iii) from time to
time, such other information or documents (financial or otherwise) as the Administrative Agent
or the Required Financing Providers may reasonably request;
(q) shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same
shall become delinquent, all Taxes levied or imposed upon the Company or upon the income,
profits or property of the Company; provided that the Company shall not be required to pay or
discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such Tax (i) the amount, applicability or validity
of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which disputed
amounts adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been made or (ii) the failure of which
to pay or discharge could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(r) shall permit representatives of the Administrative Agent at any time and
from time to time as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request (A) to inspect and make
copies of and abstracts from its records relating to the Portfolio Investments and (B) to visit its
properties in connection with the collection, processing or managing of the Portfolio Investments
for the purpose of examining such records, and to discuss matters relating to the Portfolio
Investments or such Person's performance under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
with any officer or employee or auditor (if any) of such Person having knowledge of such
matters. The Company agrees to render to the Administrative Agent such clerical and other
assistance as may be reasonably requested with regard to the foregoing; provided, that such
assistance shall not interfere in any material respect with the Company's or the Investment
Manager's business and operations. So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, such visits and inspections shall occur only (i) upon five (5) Business Days' prior
written notice, (ii) during normal business hours and (iii) no more than once in any calendar year.
During the existence of an Event of Default, there shall be no limit on the timing or number of
such inspections and only one (1) Business Day's prior notice will be required before any
inspection;
(s) [RESERVED];
(t) shall not make any Restricted Payments without the prior written consent
of the Administrative Agent; provided that the Company may make Permitted Distributions so
long as (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (or would occur after
giving effect to such Permitted Distribution), (ii) no Coverage Event shall have occurred (or
would occur after giving effect to such Permitted Distribution), (iii) all Concentration
Limitations are satisfied and (iv) in the case of a Permitted Distribution of Principal Proceeds, (x)
at least 10 Portfolio Investments are owned by the Company and pledged to the Collateral Agent
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hereunder and (y) each of the Minimum Equity Condition and the Compliance Condition is
satisfied and (iv) the Company gives at least two (2) Business Days' prior written notice thereof
to the Administrative Agent;
(u) shall not make or hold any Investments, except the Portfolio Investments
or Investments (A) constituting Eligible Investments, (B) that have been consented to by the
Administrative Agent or (C) those the Company shall have acquired or received as a distribution
in connection with a workout, bankruptcy, foreclosure, restructuring or similar process or
proceeding involving a Portfolio Investment or any issuer thereof;
(v) shall not request any Advance, and the Company shall not directly, or to
the knowledge of the Company, indirectly, use, and shall procure that its agents shall not
directly, or to the knowledge of the Company, indirectly, use, the proceeds of any Advance (A)
in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of
money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (B)
for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or
with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, or (C) in any manner that would
result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto;
(w) shall not cancel, terminate or consent to or accept any cancellation or
termination of, amend, modify or change in any manner any term or condition of the
Management Agreement in any manner that adversely affects the Lenders in any material
respect;
(x) other than pursuant to the Sale Agreement and the Investment
Management Agreement or in connection with a Substitution, shall not (A) transfer to any of its
Affiliates any Portfolio Investment purchased from any of its Affiliates (other than sales to
Affiliates conducted on terms and conditions consistent with those of an arm's length transaction
and, if applicable, at fair market value and subject to the limitations set forth in Section 1.07
hereof and Section 5.01(n)(iii) of the Sale Agreement); provided that nothing in this clause (x)
shall prohibit a Permitted Distribution or (B) enter into any other transaction with any of its
Affiliates, other than any transaction on terms that are no less favorable than those obtainable in
an arm's-length transaction with a wholly unaffiliated Person and on terms that are fair and
equitable to the Company under all the facts or circumstances under Applicable Law;
(y) shall cause the Investment Manager to post on a password protected
website maintained by the Investment Manager to which the Administrative Agent will have
access or deliver via email to the Administrative Agent, with respect to each obligor in respect of
a Portfolio Investment, to the extent received by the Company pursuant to the underlying loan
documents in respect of each Portfolio Investment, the complete financial reporting package with
respect to the related obligor (including any financial statements, management discussion and
analysis, executed covenant compliance certificates and related covenant calculations with
respect to such obligor), the annual budget provided to the Company either monthly, quarterly or
annually, as the case may be, by such obligor, which delivery or posting shall be made, if
received by the 15th day of any month, by the 30th day of such month, and if received after the
15th day but prior to the 30th day of any month, by the 15th day of the succeeding month. Upon
demand by the Administrative Agent, the Company shall also cause the Investment Manager to
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provide such other information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request with respect
to any Portfolio Investment or obligor (to the extent reasonably available to the Investment
Manager);
(z) shall not elect to be classified as other than a disregarded entity or
partnership for U.S. federal income Tax purposes, nor shall the Company take any other action
or actions that would cause it to be classified, taxed or treated as a corporation or publicly traded
partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income Tax purposes (including transferring
interests in the Company on or through an established securities market or secondary market (or
the substantial equivalent thereof), within the meaning of Section 7704(b) of the Code (and
Treasury regulations thereunder);
(aa) shall only have partners or owners that are treated as U.S. Persons or that
are disregarded entities owned by a U.S. Person and shall not recognize the transfer of any
interest in the Company that constitutes equity for U.S. federal income Tax purposes to a person
that is not a U.S. Person;
(bb) shall from time to time execute and deliver all such supplements and
amendments hereto and all such financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of
further assurance and other instruments, and shall take such other action as may be reasonably
necessary to secure the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties hereunder and to grant more
effectively all or any portion of the Collateral, maintain or preserve the security interest (and the
priority thereof) of this Agreement or to carry out more effectively the purposes hereof, perfect,
publish notice of or protect the validity of any grant made or to be made by this Agreement,
preserve and defend title to the Collateral and the rights therein of the Collateral Agent and the
Secured Parties in the Collateral against the claims of all persons and parties, pay any and all
Taxes levied or assessed upon all or any part of the Collateral and use its commercially
reasonable efforts to minimize Taxes and any other costs arising in connection with its activities
or give, execute, deliver, file and/or record any financing statement, notice, instrument,
document, agreement or other papers that may be necessary or desirable to create, preserve,
perfect or validate the security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement or to enable the
Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its rights hereunder with respect to such pledge and
security interest, and hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to file a UCC financing statement
listing 'all assets of the debtor' in the collateral description of such financing statements;
(cc) shall not (A) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Agreement or any
grant hereunder to be impaired, or permit the lien of this Agreement to be amended,
hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be released from
any covenants or obligations with respect to this Agreement or the Advances, except as may be
expressly permitted hereby, (B) permit any lien, charge, adverse claim, security interest,
mortgage or other encumbrance (including any preference, priority or other security agreement
or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever or otherwise, other than the lien of
this Agreement) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Collateral or
any part thereof, any interest therein or the proceeds thereof, in each case, other than Permitted
Liens, or (C) take any action that would cause the lien of this Agreement not to constitute a valid
perfected security interest in the Collateral that is of first priority, free of any adverse claim or
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the legal equivalent thereof, as applicable, except as may be expressly permitted hereby (or in
connection with a disposition of Collateral required hereby);
(dd) shall not make or incur any capital expenditures, except as reasonably
required to perform its functions in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(ee) shall not become liable in any way, whether directly or by assignment or
as a guarantor or other surety, for the obligations of a lessee under any lease, hire any employees
or make any distributions (other than in accordance with this Agreement);
(ff) shall not maintain any bank accounts other than the Accounts;
(gg) shall not authorize or otherwise permit the Investment Manager to act in
contravention of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Investment Manager
under any Loan Document;
(hh) shall not act on behalf of, a country, territory, entity or individual of
prohibited countries, territories, entities and individuals listed on, among other places, the OFAC
website, and none of the Company, the Investment Manager or any of their respective Affiliates,
owners, directors or officers is a natural person or entity with whom dealings with U.S. persons
or persons under the jurisdiction of the United States are prohibited under any OFAC regulation
or other applicable federal law or acting on behalf of such a person or entity. The Company does
not own and will not acquire, and the Investment Manager will not cause the Company to own or
acquire, any security issued by, or interest in, any country, territory, or entity whose direct
ownership by U.S. persons or persons under the jurisdiction of the U.S. would be or is prohibited
under any OFAC regulation or other applicable federal law;
(ii) except as otherwise expressly permitted herein, shall not cancel or
terminate any of the Loan Documents to which it is party (in any capacity), or consent to or
accept any cancellation or termination of any of such agreements, or amend or otherwise modify
any term or condition of any of the Loan Documents to which it is party (in any capacity) or give
any consent, waiver or approval under any such agreement, or waive any default under or breach
of any of the Loan Documents to which it is party (in any capacity) or take any other action
under any such agreement not required by the terms thereof, unless (in each case) the
Administrative Agent shall have consented thereto in its sole discretion;
(jj) shall, and shall cause the Investment Manager to perform each of its
obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and comply with all Applicable
Laws, including those applicable to the Portfolio Investments and the collection of all Interest
Proceeds and Principal Proceeds thereof, except to the extent that the failure to so comply would
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(kk) shall give notice to the Administrative Agent promptly in writing upon the
occurrence of any of the following:
(i) any Adverse Proceeding; and
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(ii) any Adverse Claim asserted against any of the Portfolio
Investments, the Accounts or any other Collateral.
Section 6.04. Amendments, Etc.
If the Company or the Investment Manager receives any notice of an amendment,
supplement, consent, waiver or other modification of any Portfolio Investment or any related
Underlying Instrument or rights thereunder (each, an "Amendment") with respect to any
Portfolio Investment or any related Underlying Instrument, or makes any affirmative
determination to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights or remedies thereunder, it will
give prompt (and in any event, not later than five (5) Business Days') notice thereof to the
Administrative Agent. In any such event, the Company shall exercise all voting and other
powers of ownership relating to such Amendment or the exercise of such rights or remedies as
the Investment Manager shall deem appropriate under the circumstances. If an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing or a Coverage Event has occurred, the Company will exercise all
voting and other powers of ownership as the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the
Required Financing Providers) shall instruct (it being understood that if the terms of the related
Underlying Instrument expressly prohibit or restrict any such rights given to the Administrative
Agent, then such right shall be limited to the extent necessary so that such prohibition or
restriction is not violated).
ARTICLE VII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
If any of the following events ("Events of Default") shall occur:
(a) the Company shall fail to pay (i) any principal amount owing by it in
respect of the Secured Obligations when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether
at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise or (ii) any other
amount in respect of the Secured Obligations (whether for interest, fees or other amounts owing
by it) within two (2) Business Days of when such amount becomes due and payable; or
(b) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of
the Company, the Parent or the Investment Manager (collectively, the "Credit Risk Parties")
herein or in any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver
thereunder, or in any report, certificate, or other document furnished pursuant hereto or in
connection herewith or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder shall prove
to have been false or incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed to have been made
and the same continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days (if such failure can be
remedied) after the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which written notice of such failure
requiring the same to be remedied shall have been given to the Company or the Investment
Manager, and (ii) the date on which the Company or the Investment Manager acquires
knowledge thereof; or
(c) (A) the Company shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition
or agreement contained in Sections 6.03(a), (b), (d), (f), (g), (h), (i), (l), (m), (o), (p), (t), (u), (v),
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(x), (ff)(B), (ff)(C) or (hh) or (B) any Credit Risk Party shall fail to observe or perform any other
covenant, condition or agreement contained herein (it being understood that (x) the failure of a
Portfolio Investment to satisfy the Eligibility Criteria and/or the Concentration Limitations or (y)
the failure of the Compliance Condition due to a reduction in the value of a Portfolio Investment,
in each case, after its Trade Date shall not constitute such a failure) or in any other Loan
Document and, in the case of this clause (B), if such failure is capable of being remedied, such
failure shall not have been remedied or waived within thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i)
receipt by such Credit Risk Party of written notice of such failure from the Administrative Agent
and (ii) an officer of such Credit Risk Party becoming aware of such failure; or
(d) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition
shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of either the
Company or the Investment Manager or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any
Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in
effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar
official for either the Company or the Investment Manager or for a substantial part of its assets,
and, in each such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for sixty (60) days
or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; or
(e) either the Company or the Investment Manager shall (i) voluntarily
commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief
under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or
hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate
manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (d) of this Article, (iii) apply for or
consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar
official for the Company or the Investment Manager, as applicable, or for a substantial part of its
assets, or (iv) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(f) any Credit Risk Party shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or
fail generally to pay its debts as they become due; or
(g) unless otherwise permitted under the Loan Documents (other than the
Investment Management Agreement), the Investment Manager ceases to be the Investment
Manager in accordance with the Investment Management Agreement and an Affiliate of the
Investment Manager meeting the requirements set forth in the Investment Management
Agreement as in effect on the Effective Date is not appointed (or has not accepted such
appointment) as a replacement Investment Manager under the Investment Management
Agreement; or
(h) the passing of a resolution by the equity holders of the Company in respect
of the winding up on a voluntary basis of the Company; or
(i) any final judgments or orders (not subject to appeal or otherwise non-
appealable) by one or more courts of competent jurisdiction for the payment of money in an
aggregate amount in excess of $5,000,000 (after giving effect to insurance, if any, available with
respect thereto) shall be rendered against the Company, and the same shall remain unsatisfied,
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unvacated, unbonded or unstayed, un-discharged or not set aside for a period of sixty (60) days
after the date on which the right to appeal has expired; or
(j) an ERISA Event occurs; or
(k) a Change of Control occurs; or
(l) the Company, or the arrangements contemplated by the Loan Documents,
shall become required to register as an "investment company" within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; or
(m) ▇▇▇▇▇ Credit Advisors, LLC or an Affiliate of ▇▇▇▇▇ Credit Advisors,
LLC meeting the criteria specified in the investment advisory agreement between the Parent and
▇▇▇▇▇ Credit Advisors LLC as in effect on the Effective Date ceases to be the investment advisor
of the Parent; or
(n) Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC or an Affiliate of
Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC meeting the criteria specified in the
investment sub-advisory agreement between the Parent and Guggenheim Partners Investment
Management, LLC as in effect on the Effective Date ceases to be the investment sub-advisor of
the Parent;
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Company described in
clause (d), (e) or (h) of this Article), and at any time thereafter in each case during the
continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required
Financing Providers shall, by notice to the Company, take either or both of the following actions,
at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Financing Commitments, and thereupon the
Financing Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare all of the Secured
Obligations then outstanding to be due and payable in cash in whole (or in part, in which case
any Secured Obligations not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be
due and payable), and thereupon the Secured Obligations so declared to be due and payable,
together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Company accrued
hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or
other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Company; and in case of any
event with respect to the Company described in clause (d), (e) or (h) of this Article, the
Financing Commitments shall automatically terminate and all Secured Obligations then
outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the
Company accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment,
demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Company.
ARTICLE VIII
ACCOUNTS; COLLATERAL SECURITY
Section 8.01. The Accounts; Agreement as to Control.
(a) Establishment and Maintenance of Accounts. The Company has directed
and the Securities Intermediary hereby acknowledges that it has established (1) an account
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designated as the "USD Custodial Account"; (2) an account designated as the "CE Cure
Account"; (3) an account designated as the "USD Interest Collection Account" and (4) an
account designated as the "USD Principal Collection Account" (the USD Custodial Account, CE
Cure Account, USD Interest Collection Account and USD Principal Collection Account, each, a
"USD Account" and, collectively, the "USD Accounts"), and the account numbers for such
Accounts are set forth on the Transaction Schedule. The Securities Intermediary agrees to
maintain each of the USD Accounts as a securities intermediary in the name of the Company
subject to the lien of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement, and agrees not to change the
name or account number of any Account without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent. The
Securities Intermediary hereby certifies that it is a bank or trust company that in the ordinary
course of business maintains securities accounts for others and in that capacity has established
the USD Accounts in the name of the Company.
Nothing herein shall require the Securities Intermediary to credit to any USD Account or
to treat as a financial asset (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC) any asset in
the nature of a general intangible (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(42) of the UCC) or to
"maintain" a sufficient quantity thereof (within the meaning of Section 8-504 of the UCC).
Notwithstanding any term hereof or elsewhere to the contrary, it is hereby expressly
acknowledged that (a) interests in loans may be acquired and delivered by the Company to the
Securities Intermediary or the Collateral Agent from time to time that are not evidenced by, or
accompanied by delivery of, a security (as that term is defined in UCC Section 8-102) or an
instrument (as that term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(47) of the UCC), and may be evidenced
solely by delivery to the Collateral Agent of a facsimile copy of a loan agreement or an
assignment agreement ("Loan/Assignment Agreement") in favor of the Company, (b) any such
Loan/Assignment Agreement (and the registration of the related loan on the books and records of
the applicable obligor or bank agent) shall be registered in the name of the Company and (c) any
duty on the part of the Securities Intermediary or Collateral Agent with respect to such loan
(including in respect of any duty it might otherwise have to maintain a sufficient quantity of such
loan for purposes of UCC Section 8-504) shall be limited to the exercise of reasonable care by
the Collateral Agent in the physical custody of any such Loan/Assignment Agreement that may
be delivered to it. It is acknowledged and agreed that neither the Collateral Agent nor the
Securities Intermediary is under a duty to examine Underlying Instruments to determine the
validity or sufficiency of any Loan/Assignment Agreement (and shall have no responsibility for
the genuineness or completeness thereof), or for the issuer's title to any related loan.
The Company has caused the Account Bank and Custodian under the Custody and
Account Bank Agreement to establish (1) an account designated as the "Euro Custodial
Account"; (2) an account designated as the "Euro Interest Collection Account" and (3) an
account designated as the "Euro Principal Collection Account" (the Euro Custodial Account,
Euro Interest Collection Account and Euro Principal Collection Account, each, a "Euro Account"
and, collectively, the "Euro Accounts"), and the account numbers for such Accounts are set forth
in Schedule 1 to the Custody and Account Bank Agreement.
The Company has caused the Account Bank and Custodian under the Custody and
Account Bank Agreement to establish (1) an account designated as the "GBP Custodial
Account"; (2) an account designated as the "GBP Interest Collection Account" and (3) an
account designated as the "GBP Principal Collection Account" (the GBP Custodial Account,
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GBP Interest Collection Account and GBP Principal Collection Account, each, a "GBP Account"
and, collectively, the "GBP Accounts"), and the account numbers for such Accounts are set forth
in Schedule 1 to the Custody and Account Bank Agreement.
The USD Accounts, the Euro Accounts and the GBP Accounts are collectively referred to
herein as the "Accounts".
Each of the Account Bank and the Custodian shall have the same rights and immunities
as the Collateral Trustee set forth in Clauses 14.4(a), (b), (c), (f), (g), (h), (i) and (j) of the
Security Deed.
(b) Collateral Agent in Control of Securities Accounts. Each of the parties
hereto hereby agrees that (1) each USD Account shall be deemed to be a "securities account"
(within the meaning of Section 8-501 of the UCC in effect in the State of New York), (2) all
property credited to any USD Account shall be treated as a financial asset for purposes of Article
8 of the UCC and (3) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Collateral Agent will be
exclusively entitled to exercise the rights that comprise each financial asset credited to each USD
Account. The parties hereto agree that the Securities Intermediary shall act only on entitlement
orders or other instructions with respect to the USD Accounts originated by the Collateral Agent
and no other person (and without further consent by any other person); and the Collateral Agent,
for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall have exclusive control and the sole right of
withdrawal over each USD Account. The only permitted withdrawals from the USD Accounts
shall be in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
(c) Subordination of Lien, Etc. If the Securities Intermediary has or
subsequently obtains by agreement, operation of law or otherwise a security interest in any USD
Account or any security entitlement credited thereto, the Securities Intermediary hereby agrees
that such security interest shall be subordinate to the security interest of the Collateral Agent.
The property credited to any USD Account will not be subject to deduction, set-off, banker's
lien, or any other right in favor of any person other than the Collateral Agent (except that the
Securities Intermediary may set-off (1) all amounts due to the Securities Intermediary in respect
of its customary fees and expenses for the routine maintenance and operation of the USD
Accounts, and (2) the face amount of any checks which have been credited to any USD Account
but are subsequently returned unpaid because of uncollected or insufficient funds).
(d) Property Registered, Indorsed, etc. to Securities Intermediary. All
securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to any USD Account shall be
registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary in
blank or credited to another securities account maintained in the name of the Securities
Intermediary, and in no case will any financial asset credited to any USD Account be registered
in the name of the Company, payable to the order of the Company or specially indorsed to the
Company except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities
Intermediary or in blank.
(e) Jurisdiction; Governing Law of USD Accounts. The establishment and
maintenance of each USD Account and all interests, duties and obligations related thereto shall
be governed by the law of the State of New York and the "securities intermediary's jurisdiction"
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(within the meaning of Section 8-110 of the UCC) shall be the State of New York. Terms used
in this Section 8.01 without definition have the meanings given to them in the UCC.
(f) No Duties. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Securities
Intermediary shall not have any additional duties other than those expressly set forth in this
Section 8.01, and the Securities Intermediary shall satisfy those duties expressly set forth in this
Section 8.01 so long as it acts without gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the Securities Intermediary shall not be subject to any fiduciary
or other implied duties, and the Securities Intermediary shall not have any duty to take any
discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers.
(g) Permitted Non-USD Currency Accounts. All Euro Accounts and GBP Accounts
will be administered in accordance with the Custody and Account Bank Agreement subject to the
requirements of the Security Deed and the security interest granted to the Collateral Trustee
thereunder. The only permitted withdrawals from the Euro Accounts and the GBP Accounts
shall be in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Deed.
Section 8.02. Collateral Security; Pledge; Delivery.
(a) Grant of Security Interest. As collateral security for the prompt payment
in full when due of all the Company's obligations to the Agents, the Collateral Trustee, the
Custodian, the Account Bank and the Lenders (collectively, the "Secured Parties") under the
Loan Documents (collectively, the "Secured Obligations"), the Company hereby pledges,
hypothecates, assigns, charges, mortgages, delivers, and transfers the Collateral to the Collateral
Agent, including a continuing first priority security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent in all
of the Company's right, title and interest in, to and under (in each case, whether now owned or
existing, or hereafter acquired or arising) all accounts, payment intangibles, general intangibles,
chattel paper, electronic chattel paper, instruments, deposit accounts, letter-of-credit rights,
investment property, and any and all other assets or property of any type or nature owned by it
(all of the property described in this clause (a) being collectively referred to herein as
"Collateral"), including: (1) each Portfolio Investment, (2) the Accounts and all investments,
obligations and other property from time to time credited thereto, (3) the Investment
Management Agreement and all rights relating thereto, (4) the Sale Agreement and all rights
related thereto, (5) the Custody and Account Bank Agreement and all related rights thereto, (6)
all other property of the Company and (7) all proceeds thereof, all accessions to and substitutions
and replacements for, any of the foregoing, and all rents, profits and products of any thereof.
(b) Delivery and Other Perfection. In furtherance of the collateral
arrangements contemplated herein, the Company shall (1) Deliver to the Collateral Agent the
Collateral hereunder as and when acquired by the Company; and (2) if any of the securities,
monies or other property pledged by the Company hereunder are received by the Company,
forthwith take such action as is necessary to ensure the Collateral Agent's continuing perfected
security interest in such Collateral (including Delivering such securities, monies or other
property to the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Trustee, as applicable).
Any Underlying Instruments that are delivered to the Collateral Agent shall be delivered
to U.S. Bank at its document custody office located at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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29501, Ref: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Finance LLC, Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, or at such other office as shall be
specified to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by the Collateral Agent in a written
notice prior to such change. Any Underlying Instruments that are originals or copies shall be kept
in fire resistant vaults, rooms or cabinets at such offices and placed together with an appropriate
identifying label and maintained in such a manner so as to permit retrieval and access. Any
Underlying Instruments that are originals or copies shall be clearly segregated from any other
documents or instruments maintained by the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent shall have
no obligation to review or monitor any Underlying Instruments but shall only be required to hold
those Underlying Instruments received by it in safekeeping. In taking and retaining custody of
the Underlying Instruments, the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to be acting as the agent of the
Secured Parties; provided that the Collateral Agent makes no representations as to the existence,
perfection or priority of any lien on the Collateral; and provided further that the Collateral
Agent’s duties as agent shall be limited to those expressly contemplated herein.
(c) Remedies, Etc. During the period in which an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent shall (but only if and to the extent directed in
writing by the Required Financing Providers with, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, a
copy to the Company) do any of the following:
(1) Exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to other rights and
remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all the rights and remedies of a
secured party under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the affected Collateral)
and also may, without notice except as specified below, sell the Collateral or any part
thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any of the Collateral Agent's
offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and upon such other terms
as the Collateral Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Financing Providers) may
deem commercially reasonable. The Company agrees that, to the extent notice of sale
shall be required by law, at least ten (10) days' prior notice to the Company of the time
and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall
constitute reasonable notification. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make
any sale of the Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Collateral
Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the
time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the
time and place to which it was so adjourned.
(2) Transfer all or any part of the Collateral into the name of the Collateral
Agent or a nominee thereof.
(3) Enforce collection of any of the Collateral by suit or otherwise, and
surrender, release or exchange all or any part thereof, or compromise or extend or renew
for any period (whether or not longer than the original period) any obligations of any
nature of any party with respect thereto.
(4) Endorse any checks, drafts, or other writings in the Company's name to
allow collection of the Collateral.
(5) Take control of any proceeds of the Collateral.
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(6) Execute (in the name, place and stead of any of the Company)
endorsements, assignments, stock powers and other instruments of conveyance or transfer
with respect to all or any of the Collateral.
(7) Perform such other acts as directed by the Administrative Agent and as
may be reasonably required to do to protect the Collateral Agent's rights and interest
hereunder.
(8) Without limitation to the foregoing, exercise any available rights and
remedies under the Security Deed. In addition, nothing in this Agreement shall limit, or
be construed as limiting, any rights and remedies which U.S. Bank or any affiliate thereof
(as Collateral Agent, Collateral Trustee or in a similar role) has under the Security Deed
or the Custody and Account Bank Agreement or under the laws of any jurisdiction other
than the United States.
In connection with the sale of Portfolio Investments by any Agent in accordance with the
terms of this Section 8.02(c), subject to the limitations set forth therein, the provisions set forth
in the second paragraph of Section 1.04 regarding the sale of Portfolio Investments by an Agent
shall apply to any such sale hereunder.
After the termination of the Financing Commitments and the payment in full in cash of
the Secured Obligations, any remaining proceeds of any sale or transfer of the Collateral shall be
delivered to the Company.
(d) Compliance with Restrictions. The Company agrees that in any sale of
any of the Collateral whenever an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to comply with any limitation or restriction in connection
with such sale as it may be advised by counsel is necessary in order to avoid any violation of
Applicable Law (including compliance with such procedures as may restrict the number of
prospective bidders and purchasers, require that such prospective bidders and purchasers have
certain qualifications, and restrict such prospective bidders and purchasers to persons who will
represent and agree that they are purchasing for their own account for investment and not with a
view to the distribution or resale of such Collateral), or in order to obtain any required approval
of the sale or of the purchaser by any governmental regulatory authority or official, and the
Company further agrees that such compliance shall not, in and of itself, result in such sale being
considered or deemed not to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner, nor shall the
Collateral Agent be liable or accountable to the Company or the Investment Manager for any
discount allowed by the reason of the fact that such Collateral is sold in compliance with any
such limitation or restriction.
(e) Private Sale. The Collateral Agent shall incur no liability as a result of a
sale of the Collateral, or any part thereof, at any private sale pursuant to clause (c) above
conducted in a commercially reasonable manner. In the absence of fraud, gross negligence or
willful misconduct, the Company hereby waives any claims against each Agent and Financing
Provider arising by reason of the fact that the price at which the Collateral may have been sold at
such a private sale was less than the price which might have been obtained at a public sale.
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(f) Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. The Company hereby
appoints the Collateral Agent as the Company's attorney-in-fact (it being understood that the
Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have assumed any of the obligations of the Company by
this appointment), with full authority in the place and stead of the Company and in the name of
the Company, from time to time in the Collateral Agent's discretion (exercised at the written
direction of the Administrative Agent or the Required Financing Providers, as the case may be),
after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, to take any action and to
execute any instrument which the Administrative Agent or the Required Financing Providers
may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement. The Company
hereby acknowledges, consents and agrees that the power of attorney granted pursuant to this
clause is irrevocable during the term of this Agreement and is coupled with an interest.
(g) Further Assurances. The Company covenants and agrees that, from time
to time upon the request of the Collateral Agent (as directed by the Administrative Agent), the
Company will execute and deliver such further documents, and do such other acts and things as
the Collateral Agent (as directed by the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request in order
fully to effect the purposes of this Agreement and to protect and preserve the priority and validity
of the security interest granted hereunder or to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise and
enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Collateral.
(h) Termination. Upon the payment in full in cash of all Secured Obligations,
the security interest granted herein shall automatically (and without further action by any party)
terminate and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Company. Upon any such
termination, the Collateral Agent will, at the Company's sole expense, deliver to the Company,
or cause the Securities Intermediary to deliver, without any representations, warranties or
recourse of any kind whatsoever, all certificates and instruments representing or evidencing all of
the Collateral held by the Securities Intermediary hereunder, and execute and deliver to the
Company or its nominee such documents as the Company shall reasonably request to evidence
such termination.
Section 8.03. Accountings.
(a) Daily Reports. On each Business Day, commencing on December 18,
2015, the Company shall compile and provide (or cause to be compiled and provided) to the
Agents and the Lenders, a position report (each, a "Position Report") and a cash flow report (the
"Cash Flow Report") for the previous Business Day. The Position Report shall be substantially
in the form set forth in Schedule 5 and the Cash Flow Report shall contain such information as is
reasonably available to the Collateral Administrator and as the Administrative Agent shall
reasonably request. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company has engaged the Collateral
Administrator pursuant to the Collateral Administration Agreement to compile and provide the
information and reports to be provided in this Section 8.03.
(b) Cooperation. The Company shall cause the Investment Manager to
cooperate with the Collateral Administrator in the preparation of the reports to be delivered
under this Section 8.03. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall
cause the Investment Manager to supply in a timely fashion any information maintained by it
that the Collateral Administrator may from time to time reasonably request with respect to the
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Portfolio Investments and any information reasonably necessary to complete the reports to be
prepared by the Collateral Administrator hereunder or required to permit the Collateral
Administrator to perform its obligations hereunder.
Section 8.04. Additional Reports. In addition to the information and reports specifically
required to be provided pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Company (at its expense), or
the Collateral Administrator, at the direction and expense of the Company, shall compile and the
Company shall then provide the Administrative Agent with all information or reports, and such
additional information as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request
and the Company shall reasonably determine may be obtained and provided without
unreasonable burden or expense as more particularly described and provided for under the
Collateral Administration Agreement.
ARTICLE IX
THE AGENTS
Section 9.01. Appointment of Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Collateral
Administrator and Securities Intermediary.
Each of the Financing Providers hereby irrevocably appoints each of the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Administrator and the Securities Intermediary (the
Collateral Agent, Collateral Administrator and the Securities Intermediary, the "U.S. Bank
Agents" and, collectively with the Administrative Agent, the "Agents") as its agent and
authorizes such Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are
delegated to such Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each
Agent and each Financing Provider hereby agree that no Financing Provider shall have any right
individually to realize upon any of the Collateral hereunder, it being understood and agreed that
all powers, rights and remedies hereunder with respect to the Collateral shall be exercised solely
by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
Each of the Financing Providers hereby instructs U.S. Bank to execute, perform and
deliver the Security Deed and the Custody and Account Bank Agreement and any instruments
and agreements ancillary thereto, in each case, in its capacities as Collateral Agent, Collateral
Administrator, Securities Intermediary and Collateral Trustee and irrevocably instructs U.S.
Bank to act in such capacities pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and each such agreement.
Each financial institution serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and
powers in its capacity as a Financing Provider (if applicable) as any other Financing Provider
and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such financial institution and its
affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business
with the Company as if it were not an Agent hereunder.
No Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) no Agent shall be subject to any fiduciary or
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other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) no
Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers,
except that the foregoing shall not limit any duty expressly set forth in this Agreement to include
such rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that such Agent is required to exercise in
writing as directed by (i) in the case of the Collateral Agent (A) in respect of the exercise of
remedies under Section 8.02(c), the Required Financing Providers, or (B) in all other cases, the
Administrative Agent or (ii) in the case of any Agent, the Required Financing Providers (or such
other number or percentage of the Financing Providers as shall be necessary under the
circumstances as provided herein), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, no Agent shall
have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information
relating to the Company that is communicated to or obtained by the financial institution serving
in the capacity of such Agent or any of its affiliates in any capacity. The Collateral Agent shall
not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in the absence of its own gross negligence or
willful misconduct or with the consent or at the request or direction of the Administrative Agent
or the Required Financing Providers (or such other number or percentage of the Financing
Providers that shall be permitted herein to direct such action or forbearance). No Agent shall be
liable for any action taken or not taken by it in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful
misconduct or with the consent or at the request or direction of the Administrative Agent (in the
case of any U.S. Bank Agent only) or the Required Financing Providers (or such other number or
percentage of the Financing Providers that shall be permitted herein to direct such action or
forbearance). Each Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Coverage
Event unless and until written notice thereof is given to it by the Company or a Financing
Provider, and no Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into
(i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement,
(ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection
herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms
or conditions set forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness, genuineness, value
or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the
satisfaction of any condition set forth herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly
required to be delivered to such Agent. No Agent shall be required to risk or expend its own
funds in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder if it reasonably believes it
will not receive reimbursement therefor hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other
provision of this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement shall eliminate or limit
the express obligations, rights and remedies of U.S. Bank (in any capacity as Collateral Agent,
Collateral Trustee or in a similar role) under the Security Deed or the Custody and Account Bank
Agreement or under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States.
Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying
upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, direction, opinion,
document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the
proper person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone
and believed by it to be made by the proper person, and shall not incur any liability for relying
thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company),
independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action
taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts
or be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of attorneys appointed by it with due care.
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In the event any U.S. Bank Agent shall receive conflicting instruction from the
Administrative Agent and the Required Financing Providers, the instruction of the Required
Financing Providers shall govern. No U.S. Bank Agent shall have any duties or obligations
under or in respect of any other agreement (including any agreement that may be referenced
herein) to which it is not a party. The grant of any permissive right or power to any U.S. Bank
Agent hereunder shall not be construed to impose a duty to act.
It is expressly acknowledged and agreed that no U.S. Bank Agent shall be responsible
for, and shall not be under any duty to monitor or determine, compliance with the Eligibility
Criteria (Schedule 3) or the conditions to any purchase hereunder in any instance, or to determine
if the conditions of "Deliver" have been satisfied or otherwise to monitor or determine
compliance by any other person with the requirements of this Agreement.
Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or
through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it; provided, however, that any such sub-agent
receiving payments from the Company shall be a "U.S. person" and a "financial institution"
within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1 and a "U.S. financial institution"
within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1471-3T. No Agent shall be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any sub-agent or attorney appointed by such
Agent with due care. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and
exercise its rights and powers through their respective affiliates and the respective directors,
officers, employees, agents and advisors of such person and its affiliates (the "Related Parties")
for such Agent. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such
sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to
their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for
herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be.
Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this
paragraph, each Agent may resign at any time by notifying the other Agents, the Financing
Providers, the Investment Manager and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required
Financing Providers shall have the right (with, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or no Coverage Event has occurred, the consent of the Company) to appoint a
successor; provided, however, that any such successor receiving payments from the Company
shall be a "U.S. person" and a "financial institution" within the meaning of Treasury Regulations
Section 1.1441-1 and a "U.S. financial institution" within the meaning of Treasury Regulations
Section 1.1471-3T. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Financing
Providers and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring
Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the
Financing Providers, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a financial institution with an
office in New York, New York, or an affiliate of any such bank provided, however, that any such
successor receiving payments from the Company shall be a "U.S. person" and a "financial
institution" within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1 and a "U.S. financial
institution" within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1471-3T. If no successor shall
have been so appointed by the Administrative Agent and shall have accepted such appointment
within sixty (60) days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, such Agent may
petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor provided, however,
that any such successor receiving payments from the Company shall be a "U.S. person" and a
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"financial institution" within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1 and a "U.S.
financial institution" within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1471-3T. Upon the
acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be,
hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights,
powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged
from its duties and obligations hereunder. After the retiring Agent's resignation hereunder, the
provisions of this Article and Section 10.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such
retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken
or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent or Collateral
Agent, as the case may be.
Each Financing Provider acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance
upon any Agent or any other Financing Provider and based on such documents and information
as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this
Agreement. Each Financing Provider also acknowledges that it will, independently and without
reliance upon any Agent or any other Financing Provider and based on such documents and
information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in
taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any
document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
Anything in this Agreement notwithstanding, in no event shall any Agent be liable for
special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including lost
profits), even if such Agent has been advised of such loss or damage and regardless of the form
of action.
Each Agent shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by an officer
or officers of such Agent, unless it shall be conclusively determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction that such Agent was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
Each Agent shall not be responsible for the accuracy or content of any certificate,
statement, direction or opinion furnished to it in connection with this Agreement.
Each Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts stated in any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, consent, order, approval, bond or
other document or have any responsibility for filing or recording any financing or continuation
statement in any public office at any time or to otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of
any security interest or lien granted to it hereunder.
In the absence of gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on the part of the
Agents, the Agents may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the opinions expressed therein, upon any request, instruction, certificate, opinion or other
document furnished to the Agents, reasonably believed by the Agents to be genuine and to have
been signed or presented by the proper party or parties and conforming to the requirements of
this Agreement; but in the case of a request, instruction, document or certificate which by any
provision hereof is specifically required to be furnished to the Agents, the Agents shall be under
a duty to examine the same in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement to determine
that it conforms to the form required by such provision.
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No Agent shall be responsible for delays or failures in performance resulting from acts
beyond its control. Such acts include but are not limited to acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots
and acts of war. In executing, performing and delivering any of the Loan Documents, the rights,
protections and indemnities set forth in this Agreement shall likewise be available and applicable
to the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Trustee under each other Loan Document; provided
that, in the event of a conflict between the express terms of any such Loan Document and the
express terms of this Agreement, the terms of such Loan Document shall govern.
Section 9.02. Additional Provisions Relating to the Collateral Agent and the Collateral
Administrator.
(a) Collateral Agent May Perform. The Collateral Agent shall from time to
time take such action (at the written direction of the Administrative Agent or the Required
Financing Providers) for the maintenance, preservation or protection of any of the Collateral or
of its security interest therein, provided that the Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to take
any such action in the absence of such direction and shall have no obligation to comply with any
such direction if it reasonably believes that the same (1) is contrary to Applicable Law or (2)
might subject the Collateral Agent to any loss, liability, cost or expense, unless the
Administrative Agent or the Required Financing Providers, as the case may be, issuing such
instruction provides indemnity or security satisfactory to the Collateral Agent for payment of
same. With respect to actions which are incidental to the actions specifically delegated to the
Collateral Agent hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any such incidental
action hereunder, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully
protected in acting or refraining from acting) upon the written direction of the Administrative
Agent; provided that the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action hereunder at
the request of the Administrative Agent, the Required Financing Providers or otherwise if the
taking of such action, in the determination of the Collateral Agent, (1) is contrary to Applicable
Law or (2) is reasonably likely to subject the Collateral Agent to any loss, liability, cost or
expense, unless the Administrative Agent or the Required Financing Providers, as the case may
be, issuing such instruction provides indemnity or security satisfactory to the Collateral Agent
for payment of same. In the event the Collateral Agent requests the consent of the Administrative
Agent and the Collateral Agent does not receive a consent (either positive or negative) from the
Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days of its receipt of such request, the
Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have declined to consent to the relevant action.
If, in performing its duties under this Agreement, the Collateral Agent is required to
decide between alternative courses of action, the Collateral Agent may request written
instructions from the Administrative Agent as to the course of action desired by it. If the
Collateral Agent does not receive such instructions within five (5) Business Days after it has
requested them, the Collateral Agent may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from
taking any such courses of action and shall have no liability in connection therewith except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement. The Collateral Agent shall act in accordance with
instructions received after such five (5) Business Day period except to the extent it has already,
in good faith, taken or committed itself to take, action inconsistent with such instructions. The
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely on the advice of legal counsel and independent
accountants in performing its duties hereunder with no liability therefor and shall be deemed to
have acted in good faith if it acts in accordance with such advice.
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(b) Reasonable Care. The Collateral Agent is required to exercise reasonable
care in the custody and preservation of any of the Collateral in its possession, provided that the
Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and
preservation of any of the Collateral if it takes such action for that purpose as the Company
reasonably requests at times other than upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any
Event of Default (and upon such occurrence, the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have
exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral if it acts in accordance
with direction by the Administrative Agent), but failure of the Collateral Agent to comply with
any such request at any time shall not in itself be deemed a failure to exercise reasonable care.
The Collateral Agent will not be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements
or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise
perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any liens thereon.
(c) Collateral Agent Not Liable. Except to the extent arising from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent shall not be liable
by reason of its compliance with the terms of this Agreement with respect to (1) the investment
of funds held thereunder in Eligible Investments (other than for losses attributable to the
Collateral Agent's failure to make payments on investments issued by the Collateral Agent, in its
commercial capacity as principal obligor and not as collateral agent, in accordance with their
terms) or (2) losses incurred as a result of the liquidation of any Eligible Investment prior to its
stated maturity. It is expressly agreed and acknowledged that the Collateral Agent is not
guaranteeing performance of or assuming any liability for the obligations of the other parties
hereto or any parties to the Portfolio Investments or other Collateral.
(d) Certain Rights and Obligations of the Collateral Agent. Prior to the
occurrence of a Coverage Event or an Event of Default, without further consent or authorization
from any Financing Providers or the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent may execute
any documents or instruments necessary to release any lien encumbering any item of Collateral
that is the subject of a sale or other disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement or as
otherwise permitted or required hereunder or to which the Required Financing Providers or the
Administrative Agent have otherwise consented and shall release any related Underlying
Instruments as instructed by the Company (or the Investment Manager on its behalf). Following
the occurrence of a Coverage Event or an Event of Default, without further consent or
authorization from the Company, the Collateral Agent may execute any documents or
instruments necessary to release any lien encumbering any item of Collateral that is the subject
of a sale or other disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement or as otherwise permitted or
required hereunder. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event of a
foreclosure by the Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale,
any Agent or Financing Provider may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any
such sale and the Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of the Financing Providers
(but not any Financing Provider in its individual capacity unless the Required Financing
Providers shall otherwise agree), shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making
settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any
such public sale, to use and apply any of the Secured Obligations as a credit on account of the
purchase price for any collateral payable by the purchaser at such sale.
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(e) Fees and Expenses. The Company agrees to pay to the Collateral Agent,
the Securities Intermediary and the Collateral Administrator such fees as agreed to in a separate
fee letter agreement, dated December 4, 2015, among the Collateral Agent, the Collateral
Administrator and the Company and acknowledged hereby by the Administrative Agent and as
may be subsequently modified as agreed among the Company, the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Collateral Administrator in writing. The
Company further agrees to pay to the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the
Collateral Administrator, or reimburse the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the
Collateral Administrator for paying, properly documented out-of-pocket expenses in connection
with this Agreement, any other Loan Document and the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby. The Company agrees to pay to the Custodian and the Account Bank such fees as agreed
to in a separate fee letter agreement, dated December 4, 2015, among the Account Bank, the
Custodian and the Company and acknowledged hereby by the Administrative Agent and as may
be subsequently modified as agreed among the Company, the Administrative Agent, the
Custodian and the Account Bank in writing. The Company further agrees to pay to the
Custodian and the Account Bank, or reimburse the Custodian and the Account Bank for paying,
reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the Custody and Account
Bank Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. On each Interest Payment
Date, prior to the payment of any other amounts due under this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents, the Company agrees that it shall first pay any fees and amounts due to the Collateral
Agent, the Collateral Agent as Collateral Trustee, the Collateral Administrator, the Securities
Intermediary, the Custodian and the Account Bank under the Loan Documents to the extent of
Interest Proceeds available for distribution in the USD Interest Collection Account on such
Interest Payment Date; provided that in no event shall the aggregate amount of such fees and
amounts exceed $300,000 in any 12 month period (the "Annual Cap") during the term of this
Agreement; provided further that (i) if an Event of Default has occurred, the Annual Cap shall be
increased to $800,000 for payment to the Collateral Agent (including in its capacity as the
Collateral Trustee), the Collateral Administrator, the Securities Intermediary, the Custodian and
the Account Bank and such amounts shall be payable on demand subject to (i) the availability of
funds and (ii) the Annual Cap as of the next succeeding Interest Payment Date. If any amounts
are due and owing in excess of the Annual Cap on any Interest Payment Date, the Company
agrees to pay such excess amounts, to the extent of Interest Proceeds available for distribution in
the USD Interest Collection Account on such Interest Payment Date, on a pari passu basis with
any indemnities or expense reimbursements payable to the Administrative Agent, immediately
after payment of any interest and principal amounts owed and fees and other amounts payable to
the Lenders and prior to payments to any other party under this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents. Any amounts due and owing in excess of the Annual Cap on any Interest Payment
Date and not paid in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be paid on the next succeeding
Interest Payment Date on which funds are available to make such payment in accordance with
this Agreement.
(f) Execution by the Collateral Agent, Collateral Administrator and Securities
Intermediary. The Collateral Agent, the Collateral Administrator and the Securities Intermediary
are executing this Agreement solely in their capacity as Collateral Agent, Collateral
Administrator and Securities Intermediary hereunder and in no event shall have any obligation to
make any Advance, provide any Financing or perform any obligation of the Administrative
Agent or any of the Financing Providers under any of the Loan Agreements.
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(g) Information Provided to Collateral Agent and Collateral Administrator.
Without limiting the generality of any terms of this Section, neither the Collateral Agent nor the
Collateral Administrator shall have liability for any failure, inability or unwillingness on the part
of the Investment Manager, the Administrative Agent or the Company to provide accurate and
complete information on a timely basis to the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Administrator, as
applicable, or otherwise on the part of any such party to comply with the terms of this
Agreement, and, absent gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith, shall have no liability
for any inaccuracy or error in the performance or observance on the Collateral Agent's or
Collateral Administrator's, as applicable, part of any of its duties hereunder that is caused by or
results from any such inaccurate, incomplete or untimely information received by it, or other
failure on the part of any such other party to comply with the terms hereof.
(h) Instructions to U.S. Bank Agents. The U.S. Bank Agents (each in their
respective capacities) agree to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this
Agreement or any other related transaction document sent by unsecured email, facsimile
transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods, provided, however, that any Person
providing such instructions or directions shall provide to the U.S. Bank Agent, as applicable, an
incumbency certificate listing authorized officers designated to provide such instructions or
directions, which incumbency certificate shall be amended whenever a person is added or deleted
from the listing. If such person elects to give the U.S. Bank Agents email or facsimile
instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the U.S. Bank Agent, as
applicable, in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the U.S. Bank Agent’s
reasonable understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The U.S. Bank
Agents (each in their respective capacities) shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses
arising directly or indirectly from their reliance upon and compliance with such instructions
notwithstanding such instructions conflicting with or being inconsistent with a subsequent
written instruction. Any person providing such instructions or directions agrees to assume all
risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the
U.S. Bank Agents, including without limitation the risk of the U.S. Bank Agents acting on
unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.
(i) Anti-Terrorism, Anti-Money Laundering. To help fight the funding of terrorism
and money laundering activities, the Collateral Agent will obtain, verify and record information
that identifies individuals or entities that establish a relationship or open an account with any
U.S. Bank Agent. The Collateral Agent will ask for the name, address, tax identification number
and other information that will allow the Collateral Agent to identify the individual or entity who
is establishing the relationship or opening the account. The Collateral Agent may also ask for
formation documents such as articles of incorporation, an offering memorandum or other
identifying documents to be provided.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.01. Non-Petition.
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Each of the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Collateral Administrator
hereby agrees not to commence, or join in the commencement of, any proceedings in any
jurisdiction for the bankruptcy, winding-up, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency,
moratorium or liquidation of the Company or any similar proceedings, in each case prior to the
date that is one year and one day (or if longer, any applicable preference period plus one day)
after the payment in full of all Indebtedness, Secured Obligations or other obligations owing by
the Company. The foregoing restrictions are a material inducement for the parties hereto to enter
into this Agreement and are an essential term of this Agreement. The Administrative Agent or
the Company may seek and obtain specific performance of such restrictions (including injunctive
relief), including, without limitation, in any bankruptcy, winding-up, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency, moratorium or liquidation or similar proceedings. The Company shall
promptly object to the institution of any bankruptcy, winding-up, reorganization, arrangement,
insolvency, moratorium or liquidation or similar proceedings against it and take all necessary or
advisable steps to cause the dismissal of any such proceeding; provided that such obligation shall
be subject to the availability of funds therefor.
Section 10.02. Notices.
All notices and other communications in respect hereof (including, without limitation,
any modifications hereof, or requests, waivers or consents hereunder) to be given or made by a
party hereto shall be in writing (including by electronic mail or other electronic messaging
system) to the other parties hereto at the addresses for notices specified on the Transaction
Schedule (or, as to any such party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a
notice to each other party hereto). All such notices and other communications shall be deemed
to have been duly given when transmitted by facsimile, electronic mail or personally delivered
or, in the case of a mailed notice, upon receipt, in each case given or addressed as aforesaid.
Section 10.03. No Waiver.
No failure on the part of any party hereto to exercise and no delay in exercising, and no
course of dealing with respect to, any right, power or privilege under this Agreement shall
operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or
privilege under this Agreement preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any other right, power or privilege. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not
exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
Section 10.04. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) The Company agrees to pay on demand all reasonable and documented
out-of-pocket fees, charges, disbursements, costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent, the Collateral Administrator, the Securities Intermediary and the Lenders in
connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, syndication and administration of this
Agreement or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof (whether or
not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated) and the other
documents and agreements to be delivered hereunder or with respect hereto, including but not
limited to the Security Deed, in each case, subject to any cap on such fees, charges,
disbursements, costs and expenses set forth in the Loan Documents or otherwise agreed by the
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parties, and the Company further agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket
fees, charges, disbursements, costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent, the Collateral Administrator and the Securities Intermediary in connection with any
amendments, waivers or consents executed in connection with this Agreement, including the
reasonable fees and out of pocket, documented expenses of counsel for the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Administrator, the Securities Intermediary and the
Lenders with respect thereto and with respect to advising the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders as to its rights and remedies under this Agreement, and to pay all reasonable,
documented and out-of-pocket fees, charges, disbursements, costs and expenses, if any
(including reasonable counsel fees and expenses), of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent, the Collateral Administrator, the Securities Intermediary and the Lenders, in connection
with the enforcement or protection of their rights in connection with this Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents and the other documents and agreements to be delivered hereunder or
with respect hereto; provided, that in the case of reimbursement of (A) counsel for the Lenders
other than the Administrative Agent, such reimbursement shall be limited to one counsel for all
the Administrative Agent and Lenders, (B) counsel for the Collateral Agent and the Securities
Intermediary shall be limited to one counsel for such Person and (C) counsel for the Collateral
Administrator shall be limited to one counsel for such Person.
(b) The Company shall indemnify the Agents, the Collateral Administrator,
the Securities Intermediary, the Lenders and each Related Party of any of the foregoing persons
(each such person being called an "Indemnitee"), against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless
from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable
fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted
against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (1) the execution or
delivery of this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the
performance by the parties thereto of their respective obligation, the exercise of the parties
thereto of their respective rights or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby,
including any breach of any representation, warranty or covenant of the Company or the
Investment Manager in any Loan Document, (2) any Financing or the use of the proceeds
therefrom or (3) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating
to any of the foregoing, whether based in tort or contract or any other theory and regardless of
whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any
Indemnitee, be available (a) to the extent determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final
and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from gross negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct on the part of any Indemnitee, (b) to the extent resulted from the nonperformance or
noncompliance by the Agents, the Collateral Administrator, the Securities Intermediary or the
Lenders with their respective obligations under this Agreement or (c) resulting from the
performance of the Portfolio Investments. In addition, this Section 10.04(b) shall not apply to
Taxes. Payments under this Section 10.04(b) shall be made by the Company to the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the relevant Indemnitee
(c) To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, neither the Company nor any
Indemnitee shall assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against the Company or any
Indemnitee, as applicable, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or
punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or
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as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement, instrument or transaction contemplated hereby,
any Financing or the use of the proceeds thereof.
(d) For the avoidance of doubt, the fees, charges, disbursements, costs and
expenses described in this Section 10.04 shall not include Taxes.
(e) This Section 10.04 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the
repayment of all amounts owing to the Financing Providers and Agents hereunder.
Section 10.05. Amendments.
No amendment, modification or waiver in respect of this Agreement will be effective
unless in writing (including, without limitation, a writing evidenced by a facsimile transmission
or electronic mail) and executed by each of the Company, the Agents and the Required
Financing Providers; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent may waive any of the
Eligibility Criteria and the requirements set forth in Schedule 3 or Schedule 4 in its sole
discretion.
Section 10.06. Confidentiality.
Each Agent, the Securities Intermediary and each Lender agrees to maintain the
confidentiality of the Information for a period of three (3) years after receipt thereof (or, with
respect to Information relating to or provided by an obligor in respect of a Portfolio Investment,
for a period (as notified to the Agents, the Securities Intermediary and the Lenders) commencing
upon receipt thereof and ending on the date on which the confidentiality obligations of the
Company with respect to such obligor terminate) (it being understood that documents provided
to the Administrative Agent hereunder may in all cases be distributed by the Administrative
Agent to the Lenders) except that the Agents, the Securities Intermediary or such Lender may
disclose such information (i) to its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, counsel,
accountants, auditors, advisors or representatives, (ii) to the extent such information has become
available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure in violation of this Agreement, (iii) to
the extent such information was available to such party on a non-confidential basis prior to its
disclosure to such party hereunder, (iv) in connection with the exercise of any remedies
hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (v) subject to an agreement
containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 10.06, to (x) any assignee of
or Participant in (to the extent such Person is permitted to become an assignee or Participant
hereunder), or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under
this Agreement or (y) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or
derivative transaction relating to the Company and its obligations, (vi) with the consent of the
Investment Manager, or (vii) to the extent the such party should be (A) required in connection
with any legal or regulatory proceeding or (B) requested by any Governmental Authority to
disclose such information; provided, that in the case of clause (vii) above, the Agent, the
Securities Intermediary or such Lender, as applicable, will use reasonable efforts to maintain
confidentiality and will (unless otherwise prohibited by law) notify the Investment Manager of
its intention to make any such disclosure prior to making any such disclosure. Any Person
required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section 10.06 shall be
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considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same
degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord
to its own confidential information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Lender may disclose the
U.S. tax treatment and U.S. tax structure with respect to the Financings.
Section 10.07. Non-Recourse.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no recourse under any
obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company, the Parent or the Investment Manager
contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be had against any incorporator,
stockholder, partner, officer, director, member, manager, employee or agent of Company, the
Investment Manager or any of their respective Affiliates (solely by virtue of such capacity) by
the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any
statute or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that this Agreement is solely a
corporate obligation of the Company, the Parent and/or the Investment Manager, and that no
personal liability whatever shall attach to or be incurred by any incorporator, stockholder,
officer, director, member, manager, employee or agent of the Company, the Parent, the
Investment Manager or any of their respective Affiliates (solely by virtue of such capacity) or
any of them under or by reason of any of the obligations, covenants or agreements of the
Company, the Parent or the Investment Manager contained in this Agreement, or implied
therefrom, and that any and all personal liability for breaches by the Company, the Parent or the
Investment Manager of any of such obligations, covenants or agreements, either at common law
or at equity, or by statute, rule or regulation, of every such incorporator, stockholder, officer,
director, member, manager, employee or agent is hereby expressly waived as a condition of and
in consideration for the execution of this Agreement; provided however, the foregoing shall not
be construed so as to exonerate or exculpate the Company, the Parent or the Investment Manager
from any liability by reason of a breach by such party of any of its obligations, covenants or
agreements contained in the Loan Documents or its willful misconduct or gross negligence.
Section 10.08. Successors; Assignments
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except
that the Company may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Financing
Providers (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Company without such consent shall
be null and void). Each of the Account Bank and the Custodian shall be an express third party
beneficiary of Section 8.01(a) and Section 9.02(e). Except as expressly set forth herein, nothing
in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any person any legal
or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Subject to the conditions set forth below, any Lender may assign to one or
more Persons all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or
a portion of its Financing Commitment and the Advances at the time owing to it) with the prior
written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of the Administrative Agent and,
if such assignee is not an Eligible Assignee, the Company; provided that no consent of the
Administrative Agent or the Company shall be required for an assignment of any Financing
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Commitment to an assignee that is a Lender with a Financing Commitment immediately prior to
giving effect to such assignment; provided further that no assignment shall be permitted to any
Lender that, immediately prior to such assignment, is in default of its obligations hereunder.
Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions: (A) each partial
assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender's
rights and obligations under this Agreement; and (B) the parties to each assignment shall execute
and deliver to the Administrative Agent an assignment and assumption agreement in form and
substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof below, from and after the effective date
specified in each assignment and assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and,
to the extent of the interest assigned by such assignment and assumption, have the rights and
obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the
extent of the interest assigned by such assignment and assumption, be released from its
obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an assignment and assumption covering all
of the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to
be a party hereto as a Lender but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.04).
The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Company, shall
maintain at one of its offices in the United States a copy of each assignment and assumption
delivered to it and the Register. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest
error, and the parties hereto shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Register
pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender and the owner of the amounts owing to it hereunder as
reflected in the Register for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the
contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Company, any Lender and the
Investment Manager, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
Upon its receipt of a duly completed assignment and assumption executed by an assigning
Lender and an assignee, the Administrative Agent shall accept such assignment and assumption
and record the information contained therein in the Register.
(c) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Company or the
Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a "Participant")
in all or a portion of such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a
portion of its Financing Commitment and the Advances owing to it); provided that (1) such
Lender's obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (2) such Lender shall remain
solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (3) the
Company, the Agents and the other Financing Providers shall continue to deal solely and directly
with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement
and the Participant shall not be in privity with the Company and (4) such Participant (x) is not a
Lender that, immediately prior to such participation, is in default of its obligations hereunder and
(y) would be an Eligible Assignee. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender
sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this
Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not,
without the consent of the Participant, agree to any Material Amendment that affects such
Participant.
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(d) Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose
as an agent of the Company, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each
Participant and the principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of each Participant's interest
in the Advances or other obligations under this Agreement (the "Participant Register"); provided
that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register
(including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant's interest in
any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to
any Person except to the extent that such disclosure (i) is necessary to establish that such
commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-
1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations, (ii) is reasonably requested by the Company to
determine whether a Participant is eligible to receive additional amounts pursuant to Section
3.01(e) or (f) as a result of a Change in Law occurring after the Participant acquired the
applicable participation or (iii) is otherwise required thereunder. The entries in the Participant
Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and each Person whose name is recorded in
the Participant Register shall be treated as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this
Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the
Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for
maintaining a Participant Register. The Company agrees that each Participant shall be entitled
through the Lender granting such participation (and for the avoidance of doubt shall have no
direct rights against the Company) to the benefits of Sections 3.01(e) and 3.03 (subject to the
requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 3.03(f) (it being
understood that the documentation required under Section 3.03(f) shall be delivered to the
participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by
assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to
be subject to the provisions of Section 3.04 as if it were an assignee under Section 10.08(b) and
(B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 3.01(e) and 3.03, with
respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive,
except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law
that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation.
Section 10.09. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Etc.
(a) Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in
accordance with the law of the State of New York.
(b) Submission to Jurisdiction. With respect to any suit, action or proceedings
relating to this Agreement (collectively, "Proceedings"), each party hereto irrevocably (i) submits
to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and the United States
District Court located in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City and (ii) waives any
objection which it may have at any time to the laying of venue of any Proceedings brought in any
such court, waives any claim that such Proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum
and further waives the right to object, with respect to such Proceedings, that such court does not
have any jurisdiction over such party. Nothing in this Agreement precludes any party hereto
from bringing Proceedings in any other jurisdiction, nor will the bringing of Proceedings in any
one or more jurisdictions preclude the bringing of Proceedings in any other jurisdiction.
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(c) Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 10.10. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, and if the Company shall fail to pay when due (whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) to or for the account of any Lender any amount payable by the
Company hereunder, each such Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time
and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all
deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other
obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of
the Company against such amounts, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made
any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. Such
Lender shall promptly provide notice of such setoff to the Company; provided that failure by
such Lender to provide such notice shall not give the Company any cause of action or right to
damages or affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights of each Lender under
this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which
such Lender may have.
Section 10.11. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Advance, together with all fees, charges and
other amounts which are treated as interest on such Advance under Applicable Law (collectively
the "Charges"), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the "Maximum Rate") which may be
contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Advance in
accordance with Applicable Law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Advance
hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum
Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect
of such Advance but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be
cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Advances or
periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated
amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of
repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
Section 10.12. USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of
the USA Patriot Act hereby notifies the Company that pursuant to the requirements of the USA
Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Company,
which information includes the name and address of the Company and other information that
will allow such Lender to identify the Company in accordance with the USA Patriot Act.
Section 10.13. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts by facsimile or other
written form of communication including electronic mail, each of which shall be deemed to be
an original as against the party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which shall together
constitute one and the same instrument.
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Section 10.14. Headings.
Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience
of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be
taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
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Sch. 1-1
SCHEDULE 1
Transaction Schedule
1. Types of Financing Available Financing Limit
Advances yes U.S. $175,000,000
2. Financing Providers Financing Commitment
Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank,
National Association
U.S.$175,000,000, as reduced
from time to time pursuant to
Section 1.04, Section 4.03(c) or
Section 4.06
3. Scheduled Termination Date: December 17, 2019
4. Account Numbers
USD Custodial Account: 183233-200
USD Interest Collection Account: 183233-201
USD Principal Collection Account: 183233-202
CE Cure Account: 183233-707
Euro Custodial Account: 732489-02
Euro Interest Collection Account: 732489-03
Euro Principal Collection Account: 732489-02
GBP Custodial Account: 732489-05
GBP Interest Collection Account: 732489-06
GBP Principal Collection Account: 732489-05
5. Market Value Trigger: 142%
6. Purchases of Restricted Securities
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Portfolio Investment may constitute a
Restricted Security. As used herein, "Restricted Security" means any security that forms
part of a new issue of publicly or privately issued securities (a) with respect to which an
affiliate of any Financing Provider that is a "broker" or a "dealer", within the meaning of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, participated in the distribution as a member of a
selling syndicate or group within thirty (30) days of the proposed purchase by the
Company and (b) that the Company proposes to purchase from any such affiliate of any
Financing Provider.
Sch. 1-2
Addresses for Notices
The Company: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Finance LLC
c/▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Credit Income Fund
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Attention: Chief Financial Officer,
Chief Legal Counsel
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Facsimile: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
The Investment
Manager:
▇▇▇▇▇ Credit Income Fund
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Attention: Chief Financial Officer,
Chief Legal Counsel
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Facsimile: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
The
Administrative
Agent:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National
Association
c/o JPMorgan Services Inc.
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Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
with a copy to:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National
Association
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Telephone: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Email: ▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇
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The Collateral
Agent:
U.S. Bank National Association
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and
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Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇; (▇▇▇)
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Email: ▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇;
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The Securities
Intermediary:
U.S. Bank National Association
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Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇; (▇▇▇)
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Email: ▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇;
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The Collateral U.S. Bank National Association
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and
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Sch. 1-3
Administrator: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇; (▇▇▇)
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Email: ▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇;
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JPMCB: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National
Association
c/o JPMorgan Services Inc.
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Facsimile: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
with a copy to:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National
Association
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇'▇▇▇▇▇
Telephone: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
The Custodian and
the Account Bank:
Elavon Financial Services
Limited, UK Branch
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Attention: CLO Relationship
Management
Email:
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▇▇.▇▇▇
Each other
Financing
Provider:
The address (or facsimile number
or electronic mail address)
provided by it to the
Administrative Agent.
Sch. 2-1
SCHEDULE 2
Contents of Approval Requests
Each Approval Request shall include the below information for the related Portfolio Investment.
Additionally, the excel file attached as Exhibit I to the Approval Request shall be emailed
separately to the following addresses:
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association,
as Administrative Agent
c/o JPMorgan Services Inc.
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Email: ▇▇▇▇.▇.▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association,
as Administrative Agent
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Email: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association,
as Lender
c/o JPMorgan Services Inc.
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
cc:
U.S. Bank National Association,
as Collateral Agent and Collateral Administrator
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Sch. 2-2
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to the Loan Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2015 (the
"Agreement"), among ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Finance LLC, as borrower (the "Company"), JPMorgan Chase
Bank, National Association, as administrative agent (the "Administrative Agent"), the financing
providers party thereto, and the collateral agent, collateral administrator and securities
intermediary party thereto. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the respective meanings given such terms in the Agreement.
Pursuant to the Agreement, the Investment Manager hereby requests approval for the
Company to acquire the Portfolio Investment described in Exhibit I hereto via
[Purchase][Substitution].
To the extent available, we will, promptly following delivery of this Approval Request, send the
information below to the following e-mail addresses:
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(1) the material Underlying Instruments (including the collateral and security documents)
relating to each such Portfolio Investment, (2) audited financial statement for the previous most
recently ended three years of the obligor of each such Portfolio Investment, (3) quarterly
statements for the previous most recently ended eight fiscal quarters of the obligor of each such
Portfolio Investment, (4) any appraisal or valuation reports conducted by third parties, (5)
applicable "proof of existence" details (if requested by the Administrative Agent) and (6) the
ratio of indebtedness to EBITDA as calculated by the Investment Manager using information
provided to the Investment Manager by the related obligor. The Investment Manager
acknowledges that it will provide such other information from time to time reasonably requested
by the Administrative Agent.
Very truly yours,
▇▇▇▇▇ CREDIT INCOME FUND,
as Investment Manager
By:
Name:
Title:
Sch. 2-3
Exhibit I to Approval Request
(attach an Excel file containing the following information relating to the Portfolio Investment)
Fund
Issuer / Obligor
Jurisdiction
Identifier (LoanX; CUSIP)
Requested Notional Amount
Asset Class
Current Pay
Syndication Type
Lien
Tranche Size (Pro Forma)
Price
Spread / Coupon
Base Rate
LIBOR Floor
Maturity
Moody's SIC
LTM EBITDA (In Millions)
LTM Capital Expenditures (in Millions)
Leverage Through Tranche (Net)
Sch. 3-1
SCHEDULE 3
Eligibility Criteria
(i) is a Loan or a debt security and is not a Structured Finance Obligation, Letter of
Credit, Synthetic Security, participation interest in a Loan or debt security,
Delayed Funding Term Loan (unless collateral with respect to the amount of any
unfunded commitment thereunder satisfactory to the Administrative Agent has
been provided to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders), Revolving
Credit Facility or Zero-Coupon Security;
(ii) it is a debt obligation payable in U.S. dollars or a Permitted Non-USD Currency,
purchased at a price that is at least 80% of the par amount of such obligation;
(iii) it is issued by a company organized in an Eligible Jurisdiction and if such
company is organized in an Eligible Jurisdiction other than the United States and
such obligation is not denominated in a Permitted Non-USD Currency, such
company has submitted to jurisdiction in the United States in the related
Underlying Instrument and the related Underlying Instrument is governed by the
laws of a State of the United States;
(iv) it is eligible to be entered into by, sold or assigned to the Company and pledged to
the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Trustee, as applicable;
(v) it provides for periodic payments of interest thereon in cash at least semi-
annually;
(vi) it is an obligation upon which no payments are subject to deduction or
withholding for or on account of any withholding Taxes imposed by any
jurisdiction unless the related obligor is required to make "gross-up" payments
that cover the full amount of any such withholding Taxes (subject to customary
conditions to such payments which the Company (or the Investment Manager on
behalf of the Company) in its good faith reasonable judgment expects to be
satisfied);
(vii) it is not a Defaulted Obligations (unless it is a Current Pay Obligation);
(viii) its acquisition and holding by the Company will not require the Company to
register as a lender or take any similar action in any jurisdiction;
(ix) it is not at the time of purchase or commitment to purchase the subject of an offer
other than (a) an offer of publicly registered securities with equal or greater face
value and substantially identical terms issued in exchange for securities issued
under Rule 144A (or other obligations with equal or greater face value and terms
that are at least as favorable as the obligation to be exchanged (as agreed to by the
Investment Manager and the Administrative Agent in their respective sole
discretion)) or (b) an offer pursuant to the terms of which the offeror offers to
acquire a debt obligation in exchange for consideration consisting solely of cash
Sch. 3-2
in an amount equal to or greater than the full face amount of such debt obligation
plus any accrued and unpaid interest;
(x) it is not a security whose repayment is subject to substantial material non-credit
related risk as determined by the Investment Manager in its good faith and
reasonable judgment;
(xi) if such obligation provides for the payment of interest at a floating rate, such
floating rate is determined by reference to (1) the Dollar prime rate, the LIBO
Rate, a EURIBOR Rate, a GBP-LIBOR rate or similar interbank offered rate or
commercial deposit rate or (2) any other index approved by the Administrative
Agent;
(xii) it will not cause the Company or the pool of Collateral to be required to register as
an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
and
(xiii) it is not an equity security and does not provide, on the date of acquisition, for
conversion or exchange at any time over its life into an equity security;
provided, however, that one or more of the foregoing requirements may be waived in
writing by the Administrative Agent (in its sole and absolute discretion) prior to the Company's
commitment to purchase a Portfolio Investment.
Sch. 4-1
SCHEDULE 4
Concentration Limitations
The "Concentration Limitations" shall be satisfied on any date of determination if, in the
aggregate, the Portfolio Investments owned (or in relation to a proposed purchase of a Portfolio
Investment, proposed to be owned) by the Company comply with all the requirements set forth
below:
1. Portfolio Investments issued by a single obligor and its affiliates may not exceed
an aggregate principal balance equal to $17,500,000 (or, prior to the end of the
Ramp-Up Period, the greater of (i) 6.00% of the Total Principal Balance and (ii)
$17,500,000); provided that Portfolio Investments issued by two (2) obligors and
their respective affiliates may each constitute up to an aggregate principal balance
equal to $21,875,000 (or, prior to the end of the Ramp-Up Period, the greater of
(i) 7.5% of the Total Principal Balance and (ii) $21,875,000).
2. From and after the end of the Ramp-Up Period, not less than 70% of the Total
Principal Balance may consist of First Lien Loans and cash and Eligible
Investments on deposit in the Accounts representing Principal Proceeds.
3. From and after the end of the Ramp-Up Period, not more than an aggregate of
30% of the Total Principal Balance may consist of Portfolio Investments other
than First Lien Loans.
4. From and after the end of the Ramp-Up Period, not more than an aggregate of
10% of the Total Principal Balance may consist of Mezzanine Loans (or, for the
avoidance of doubt, any other unsecured obligation of an obligor).
5. From and after the end of the Ramp-Up Period, not more than an aggregate of
20% of the Total Principal Balance may consist of Portfolio Investments that are
issued by obligors that belong to a given Moody's Classified Industry, with the
exception of any one Moody's Classified Industry, for which up to 30% of the
Total Principal Balance may be issued by obligors that belong to such Moody's
Classified Industry.
6. [Reserved]
7. Not more than an aggregate of 15% of the Total Principal Balance may consist of
Portfolio Investments denominated in Permitted Non-USD Currencies.
8. Not more than an aggregate of 15% of the Total Principal Balance may consist of
Portfolio Investments whose obligors are organized in Eligible Jurisdictions other
than the United States.
Sch. 6-1
SCHEDULE 5
Form of Position Report
Asset
ID
Issuer
Name
Asset
Name
Asset
Detail
Type
Name
Asset
Rate
Type
Name
Asset
Maturity
Date
Asset
Security
ID
Issuer
ID
Currency
Type ID
Spot
Rate
Asset
Type
Name
Facility
LIBOR
Spread
Out-
standing
Settled
Current
Pay
Juris-
tiction
Exh. A-1
EXHIBIT A
Form of Request for Advance
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association,
as Administrative Agent
c/o JPMorgan Services Inc.
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association,
as Administrative Agent
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▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Email: ▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇
▇▇.▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association,
as Lender
c/o JPMorgan Services Inc.
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▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
cc:
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Finance LLC
c/▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Credit Income Fund
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
U.S. Bank National Association,
as Collateral Agent and Collateral Administrator
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to the Loan Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2015 (the
"Agreement"), among ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Finance LLC, as borrower (the "Company"), JPMorgan Chase
Bank, National Association, as administrative agent (the "Administrative Agent"), the financing
Exh. A-2
providers party thereto, and the collateral agent, collateral administrator and securities
intermediary party thereto. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the respective meanings given such terms in the Agreement.
Pursuant to the Agreement, you are hereby notified of the following:
(1) The Company hereby requests an Advance under Section 2.03 of the Agreement
to be funded on [*].
(2) The aggregate amount of the Advance requested hereby is $[*].1
(3) The proposed purchases (if any) relating to this request are as follows:
Asset Name(s)
Draw Amount(s)
Requested
Market Value of
Asset(s) Price of Asset(s)
Purchased
Interest (if any)
We hereby certify that all conditions to the Purchase of such Portfolio Investment(s) set
forth in Section 1.03 of the Agreement have been satisfied or waived as of the related Trade Date
(and shall be satisfied or waived as of the related Settlement Date).
Very truly yours,
▇▇▇▇▇ CREDIT INCOME FUND
By:
Name:
Title:
1 Note: The requested Financing shall be in an amount such that, after giving effect thereto and the related
purchase of the applicable Portfolio Investment(s) and/or Permitted Distribution (if any), the Compliance
Condition is satisfied.
Exh. B-1
EXHIBIT B
▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Industry Classification Groups
Industry
Code Description
1 Aerospace & Defense
2 Automotive
3 Banking, Finance, Insurance & Real Estate
4 Beverage, Food & Tobacco
5 Capital Equipment
6 Chemicals, Plastics & Rubber
7 Construction & Building
8 Consumer goods: Durable
9 Consumer goods: Non-durable
10 Containers, Packaging & Glass
11 Energy: Electricity
12 Energy: Oil & Gas
13 Environmental Industries
14 Forest Products & Paper
15 Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals
16 High Tech Industries
17 Hotel, Gaming & Leisure
18 Media: Advertising, Printing & Publishing
19 Media: Broadcasting & Subscription
20 Media: Diversified & Production
21 Metals & Mining
22 Retail
23 Services: Business
24 Services: Consumer
25 Sovereign & Public Finance
26 Telecommunications
27 Transportation: Cargo
28 Transportation: Consumer
29 Utilities: Electric
30 Utilities: Oil & Gas
31 Utilities: Water
32 Wholesale