REQUIRED GROUP AGENT ACTION NO. 14

 

Exhibit 10.19m

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED

Certain portions of this document have been omitted pursuant to a request for Confidential Treatment and, where applicable, have been marked with “[***]” to indicate where omissions have been made. The confidential material has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

REQUIRED GROUP AGENT ACTION NO. 14

This REQUIRED GROUP AGENT ACTION NO. 14 (this “Action”), dated as of March 30, 2016 (the “Effective Date”), is entered into by and among Megalodon Solar, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Borrower”), Bank of America, N.A., as the Administrative Agent (“Administrative Agent”), the Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties (“Collateral Agent”) and each of Bank of America, N.A. (“BA Agent”), Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch (“CS Agent”), Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch (“DB Agent”), ING Capital LLC (“ING Agent”), KeyBank National Association (“KB Agent”) and National Bank of Arizona (“NBAZ Agent”, and collectively with BA Agent, CS Agent, DB Agent, ING Agent and KB Agent, the “Group Agents”), as Group Agents party to the Loan Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2015 (as amended, the “Loan Agreement”), by and among the Borrower, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, the Group Agents, the Lenders and the other parties from time to time party thereto.  As used in this Action, capitalized terms which are not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Loan Agreement.

A.The Borrower has requested the Required Group Agents to provide their consent to the addition and inclusion to the Loan Agreement and the other Financing Documents of (the “Subject Fund Transactions”):  [***] (“[***]”), as a Subject Fund, and [***] (“[***]”), as a Borrower Subsidiary Party (collectively, [***] and [***], the “New Entities”);

B.The Required Group Agents are willing to provide their consent to the Subject Fund Transactions on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Action; and

C.The Borrower, the Required Group Agents, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent desire to amend the Loan Agreement as set forth herein.

Accordingly, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

Section 1.Amendments to the Loan Agreement.  Subject to the prior satisfaction of the conditions precedent described in Section 3 hereof, the Loan Agreement will be amended as follows (clauses (a) – (c) below, collectively, the “Loan Agreement Amendments”):

(a)Appendix 1 of the Loan Agreement shall be amended and restated as set forth in Exhibit 1 attached hereto;

(b)Appendix 4 of the Loan Agreement shall be amended and restated as set forth in Exhibit 2 attached hereto; and

Required Group Agent Action No. 14

[***] Confidential treatment has been requested for the bracketed portions. The confidential redacted portion has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

---

 

(c)Appendix 5 of the Loan Agreement shall be amended and restated as set forth in Exhibit 3 attached hereto. 

Section 2.Consents.  Subject to the prior satisfaction of the conditions precedent described in Section 3 hereof:

(a)the Required Group Agents consent to the Loan Agreement Amendments, with acknowledgement by each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent; and

(b)the Administrative Agent and the Required Group Agents consent to the Subject Fund Transactions pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.10(a) of the Loan Agreement.

Section 3.Conditions Precedent. This Action shall be effective upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a)The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Action, executed and delivered by each of the other parties hereto.

(b)The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the Borrower dated as of the Effective Date signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (i) making the Tax Equity Representations with respect to [***] and (ii) certifying that each representation and warranty of the Borrower contained in Article 4 of the Loan Agreement is true and correct in all material respects as of the Effective Date (unless such representation or warranty relates solely to an earlier date, in which case it shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date) other than those representations and warranties that are modified by materiality by their own terms, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Effective Date (unless such representation or warranty relates solely to an earlier date, in which case it shall have been true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date).

(c)The Borrower shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Administrative Agent a Tax Equity Required Consent from [***] in connection with the Subject Fund Transactions.

(d)Each of the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent shall have received an opinion, dated no earlier than the Effective Date, of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, counsel to the Loan Parties, the Borrower Subsidiary Parties and SolarCity, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Majority Group Agents, with respect to the Subject Fund Transactions.

(e)Each of the Administrative Agent and each Group Agent shall have received opinions, dated no earlier than the Effective Date, of Proskauer Rose LLP, special bankruptcy counsel to the Loan Parties, the Borrower Subsidiary Parties and SolarCity, each in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Majority Group Agents, with respect to the Subject Fund Transactions.

(f)The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) searches of UCC filings in the jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, as applicable, of each of the New Entities and the Borrower and each jurisdiction where a filing would need to be made in order to perfect the security interest of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in the Collateral in respect of the New Entities (the “New Collateral”), (ii) copies of the financing statements on file in such jurisdictions and evidence that no liens exist on the New Collateral pledged by [***] and the Borrower other than Permitted Liens of the type set forth in

2Required Group Agent Action No. 14

 

[***] Confidential treatment has been requested for the bracketed portions. The confidential redacted portion has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

---

 

clauses (b), (c) or (d) of the definition thereof and (iii) copies of tax lien, judgment and bankruptcy searches in such jurisdictions. 

(g)The Collateral Agent shall have received all documentation in connection with the New Collateral, including (i) a Joinder Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit C to the Security Agreement, executed by each of [***], the Collateral Agent and the Borrower, dated as of the Effective Date, (ii) a Joinder Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit B-1 to the CADA, executed by each of [***], the Collateral Agent and the Borrower, dated as of the Effective Date, (iii) a Joinder Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit C to the Borrower Subsidiary Party Security Agreement, executed by each of [***] and the Collateral Agent, dated as of the Effective Date and (iv) any other data, documentation, analysis or report reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent with respect to the New Entities.

(h)(i) The UCC financing statements relating to the New Collateral shall have been duly filed in each office and in each jurisdiction where required in order to create and perfect the first priority Lien and security interest set forth in the Collateral Documents (as supplemented and as such term is defined in the Loan Agreement, as amended) and (ii) the Borrower shall have properly delivered or caused to be delivered to the Collateral Agent all New Collateral in which the Lien and security interest described above is permitted to be perfected by possession or control, including delivery of original certificates representing all issued and outstanding Equity Interests in [***] and the pledged interests in the [***] pursuant to the Borrower Subsidiary Party Security Agreement, along with the applicable blank transfer powers and proxies.

(i)Each of the other conditions precedent as set forth in Section 3.4 of the Loan Agreement shall have been satisfied with respect to the Subject Fund Transactions.

(j)The Administrative Agent shall have received for its own account all costs and expenses described in Section 6 of this Action, for which invoices have been presented in connection herewith.

Section 4.Reference to and Effect on Financing Documents. Each of the Loan Agreement and the other Financing Documents is and shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect, and, except as expressly set forth herein, nothing contained in this Action shall, by implication or otherwise, limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any of the other Secured Parties, or shall alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in each of the Loan Agreement and any other Financing Document. This Action shall also constitute a “Financing Document” for all purposes of the Loan Agreement and the other Financing Documents.

 

Section 5.Incorporation by Reference.  Sections 10.5 (Entire Agreement), 10.6 (Governing Law), 10.7 (Severability), 10.8 (Headings), 10.11 (Waiver of Jury Trial), 10.12 (Consent to Jurisdiction), 10.14 (Successors and Assigns) and 10.16 (Binding Effect; Counterparts) of the Loan Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

Section 6.Expenses. The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 10.4(b) of the Loan Agreement for its reasonable and documented out-

3Required Group Agent Action No. 14

 

[***] Confidential treatment has been requested for the bracketed portions. The confidential redacted portion has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

---

 

of-pocket expenses in connection with this Action, including reasonable and documented fees and out-of-pocket expenses of legal counsel. 

 

Section 7.Construction. The rules of interpretation specified in Section 1.2 of the Loan Agreement also apply to this Action, mutatis mutandis.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

 

4Required Group Agent Action No. 14

 

[***] Confidential treatment has been requested for the bracketed portions. The confidential redacted portion has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

---

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Action to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first written above.

 

 

[Signature Page to Required Group Agent Action No.14]

 

[***] Confidential treatment has been requested for the bracketed portions. The confidential redacted portion has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

---

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Required Group Agent Action No. 14]

 

[***] Confidential treatment has been requested for the bracketed portions. The confidential redacted portion has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

---

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Required Group Agent Action No. 14]

 

[***] Confidential treatment has been requested for the bracketed portions. The confidential redacted portion has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

---

 

EXHIBIT 1

APPENDIX 1

ADVANCE RATE

The “Advance Rate” means

(i) For a Subject Fund the following percentages:

 

(ii)In respect of any Potential New Fund that becomes a Subject Fund, a percentage as shall be determined in accordance with this Appendix 1 following the completion of due diligence by the Administrative Agent, which by way of example shall be:

Exhibit 1

 

[***] Confidential treatment has been requested for the bracketed portions. The confidential redacted portion has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

---

 

“CB” or “Cash Sweep Fund Baseline” means, the lesser of (a) [***]% and (b) the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the maximum amount of debt that can be fully supported by Net Cash Flows distributable to the Managing Member(s) of such Subject Fund assuming interest is accruing at the Default Rate when applying the ITC Downside Case to that particular Subject Fund and only that Subject Fund by (ii) the Discounted Solar Asset Balance of such Subject Fund.

“ITC Downside Case” means a scenario in which a 30% reduction in fair market value occurs in the first month that a Subject Fund is included in the Available Borrowing Base and the Aggregate Advance Model is adjusted to calculate the Net Cash Flows distributable to the Managing Member(s) of such Subject Fund in light of such reduction in fair market value and any applicable Cash Sweep Event (as defined in Appendix 7).

For avoidance of doubt, the amounts set forth in this clause (ii) are indicative subject to final determination by the Administrative Agent at the time such Subject Fund is included in the Available Borrowing Base;

(iii)[Reserved].

(iv)All PV Systems in any Watched Fund shall have an Advance Rate of [***]% for purposes of calculating the Available Borrowing Base. For avoidance of doubt, this shall include any PV Systems in a Watched Fund that were financed in previous tranches and whose Net Cash Flows were incorporated in previous Available Borrowing Base calculations.

(v)To the extent that, despite negotiating in good faith, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower cannot agree on the Advance Rate under clause (ii) of this Appendix 1, the Advance Rate determined by the Administrative Agent, acting at the direction of the Majority Group Agents, shall prevail.

 

Exhibit 1

 

[***] Confidential treatment has been requested for the bracketed portions. The confidential redacted portion has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

---

 

EXHIBIT 2

APPENDIX 4

TAX EQUITY STRUCTURES, PARTNERSHIPS, LESSOR PARTNERSHIPS, LESSORS, SUBJECT FUNDS, MANAGING MEMBERS, FUNDED SUBSIDIARIES, LESSEES, CASH SWEEP DESIGNATIONS AND INVESTORS

Exhibit 2

 

[***] Confidential treatment has been requested for the bracketed portions. The confidential redacted portion has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

---

 

 

 

Exhibit 2

 

[***] Confidential treatment has been requested for the bracketed portions. The confidential redacted portion has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

---

 

EXHIBIT 3

APPENDIX 5

PROJECT DOCUMENTS

Exhibit 3

 

[***] Confidential treatment has been requested for the bracketed portions. The confidential redacted portion has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

---

 

Exhibit 3

 

[***] Confidential treatment has been requested for the bracketed portions. The confidential redacted portion has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

---

 

Exhibit 3

 

[***] Confidential treatment has been requested for the bracketed portions. The confidential redacted portion has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

---

 

Exhibit 3

 

[***] Confidential treatment has been requested for the bracketed portions. The confidential redacted portion has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

---

 

Exhibit 3

 

[***] Confidential treatment has been requested for the bracketed portions. The confidential redacted portion has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

---

 

Exhibit 3

 

[***] Confidential treatment has been requested for the bracketed portions. The confidential redacted portion has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.