CREDIT AGREEMENT by and among MILLROSE PROPERTIES, INC., and THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO and GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as Administrative Agent Dated as of June 24, 2025, GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Joint Lead Arrangers and...
Exhibit 10.1
by and among
and
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO
and
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BANK USA,
as Administrative Agent
_________________________
Dated as of June 24, 2025,
_________________________
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BANK USA
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
CITIBANK, N.A.
and
▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Documentation Agents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I |
1 |
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1.1. |
Defined Terms |
1 |
1.2. |
Other Interpretative Provisions. |
35 |
1.3. |
Accounting Terms |
35 |
1.4. |
References to Agreements and Laws |
36 |
1.5. |
Time References |
36 |
1.6. |
[Reserved] |
36 |
1.7. |
Disclaimer and Exculpation With Respect to any Rate |
36 |
ARTICLE II |
37 |
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2.1. |
The Credit Facility. |
37 |
2.2. |
Advances. |
37 |
2.3. |
Funding Fee. |
38 |
2.4. |
Undrawn Fee; Voluntary Reductions in Aggregate Commitments; Optional Prepayments. |
39 |
2.5. |
Minimum Amount of Each Advance of General Tranche Loans |
40 |
2.6. |
Mandatory Commitment Reductions and Repayments |
40 |
2.7. |
Funding |
41 |
2.8. |
Interest Rates. |
41 |
2.9. |
Rates Applicable After Default |
42 |
2.10. |
Method and Allocation of Payments. |
42 |
2.11. |
Noteless Agreement; Evidence of Indebtedness. |
43 |
2.12. |
[Reserved]. |
43 |
2.13. |
Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis |
43 |
2.14. |
Notification of Advances, Interest Rates, Prepayments and Aggregate Commitment Reductions |
44 |
2.15. |
Lending Installations |
44 |
2.16. |
Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent |
44 |
2.17. |
[Reserved]. |
44 |
2.18. |
[Reserved]. |
44 |
2.19. |
[Reserved]. |
44 |
2.20. |
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of a Lender. |
44 |
2.21. |
[Reserved] |
45 |
2.22. |
Defaulting Lenders |
45 |
ARTICLE III |
47 |
|
3.1. |
Increased Costs Generally |
47 |
3.2. |
Capital Adequacy |
47 |
3.3. |
Certificates for Reimbursement |
47 |
3.4. |
Delay in Requests |
47 |
3.5. |
Alternate Rate of Interest |
48 |
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3.6. |
Funding Indemnification |
49 |
3.7. |
Taxes. |
49 |
3.8. |
Illegality |
52 |
ARTICLE IV |
53 |
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ARTICLE V |
53 |
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5.1. |
Effective Date Conditions |
53 |
5.2. |
Each Advance |
55 |
ARTICLE VI |
56 |
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6.1. |
Existence and Standing |
56 |
6.2. |
Authorization and Validity |
56 |
6.3. |
No Conflict; Consents |
56 |
6.4. |
Financial Statements |
56 |
6.5. |
Material Adverse Change |
57 |
6.6. |
Taxes |
57 |
6.7. |
Litigation |
57 |
6.8. |
Subsidiaries |
57 |
6.9. |
Accuracy of Information |
57 |
6.10. |
Regulation U |
58 |
6.11. |
Material Agreements |
58 |
6.12. |
Compliance with Laws |
58 |
6.13. |
Ownership of Inventory |
58 |
6.14. |
ERISA |
58 |
6.15. |
Investment Company Act |
59 |
6.16. |
Insurance |
60 |
6.17. |
Affected Financial Institutions |
60 |
6.18. |
Environmental Matters |
60 |
6.19. |
Senior Debt Status |
60 |
6.20. |
Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions |
60 |
6.21. |
PATRIOT Act |
60 |
6.22. |
Security Documents |
61 |
6.23. |
REIT Status |
61 |
ARTICLE VII COVENANTS |
61 |
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7.1. |
Financial Reporting |
61 |
7.2. |
Use of Proceeds |
63 |
7.3. |
Notice of Default |
64 |
7.4. |
Conduct of Business; REIT Status |
64 |
7.5. |
Taxes |
64 |
7.6. |
Insurance |
64 |
7.7. |
Compliance with Laws |
64 |
7.8. |
Maintenance of Properties |
64 |
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7.9. |
Lines of Business |
65 |
7.10. |
Mergers; Consolidations; Dissolutions. |
65 |
7.11. |
Restricted Payments. |
66 |
7.12. |
Disposition of Assets |
68 |
7.13. |
Transactions with Affiliates |
68 |
7.14. |
Investments |
69 |
7.15. |
Liens |
70 |
7.16. |
Additional Guarantors |
70 |
7.17. |
Release of a Guarantor. |
71 |
7.18. |
Inspection and Appraisal |
72 |
7.19. |
Negative Pledge Clauses |
73 |
7.20. |
Designation of Subsidiaries |
73 |
7.21. |
Subsidiary Indebtedness |
74 |
7.22. |
Plans and Benefit Arrangements |
74 |
7.23. |
Lennar Agreements Matters |
75 |
7.24. |
Compliance with Environmental Matters |
75 |
7.25. |
Further Assurances |
75 |
7.26. |
Senior Debt Status |
76 |
7.27. |
Financial Covenants. |
76 |
7.28. |
Financial Contracts |
76 |
7.29. |
Ownership of Subsidiaries |
76 |
7.30. |
Borrower Mortgages |
76 |
7.31. |
Pro Forma Financial Statements. |
78 |
ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
78 |
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ARTICLE IX |
81 |
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9.1. |
Remedies. |
81 |
9.2. |
Amendments. |
82 |
9.3. |
Preservation of Rights |
83 |
ARTICLE X |
83 |
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10.1. |
Survival of Representations |
83 |
10.2. |
Governmental Regulation |
83 |
10.3. |
Headings |
83 |
10.4. |
Entire Agreement |
83 |
10.5. |
Subordination of Intercompany Debt |
84 |
10.6. |
Several Obligations Benefits of This Agreement |
84 |
10.7. |
Expenses; Indemnification; Limitation of Liability. |
84 |
10.8. |
Numbers of Documents |
86 |
10.9. |
[Reserved]. |
86 |
10.10. |
Severability of Provisions |
86 |
10.11. |
Nonliability of Lenders. |
86 |
10.12. |
Confidentiality |
87 |
10.13. |
Nonreliance |
88 |
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10.14. |
USA PATRIOT Act and Beneficial Ownership Regulation |
88 |
10.15. |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions |
88 |
10.16. |
Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs |
89 |
ARTICLE XI |
90 |
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11.1. |
Appointment and Authority |
90 |
11.2. |
Rights as a Lender |
90 |
11.3. |
Exculpatory Provisions |
91 |
11.4. |
Reliance by Administrative Agent |
92 |
11.5. |
Delegation of Duties |
92 |
11.6. |
Resignation of Administrative Agent. |
92 |
11.7. |
Acknowledgements of Lenders. |
93 |
11.8. |
No Other Duties, Etc |
95 |
11.9. |
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
95 |
11.10. |
Withholding Tax |
95 |
11.11. |
Notice of Default |
96 |
11.12. |
Administrative Agent’s Fee |
96 |
11.13. |
Delegation to Affiliates |
96 |
11.14. |
Arranger’s Responsibilities and Duties |
96 |
11.15. |
Certain ERISA Matters |
96 |
11.16. |
Borrower Communications. |
97 |
11.17. |
Security Documents and Administrative Agent |
98 |
11.18. |
Credit Bidding |
99 |
ARTICLE XII |
100 |
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12.1. |
Setoff |
100 |
12.2. |
Ratable Payments |
100 |
ARTICLE XIII |
101 |
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13.1. |
Participations. |
101 |
13.2. |
Assignments. |
102 |
13.3. |
Dissemination of Information |
105 |
ARTICLE XIV |
105 |
|
14.1. |
Notices. |
105 |
14.2. |
Change of Address |
106 |
ARTICLE XV |
106 |
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15.1. |
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
106 |
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ARTICLE XVI |
107 |
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16.1. |
GOVERNING LAW |
107 |
16.2. |
CONSENT TO JURISDICTION |
107 |
16.3. |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
108 |
16.4. |
WAIVER OF VENUE |
108 |
16.5. |
SERVICE OF PROCESS |
108 |
EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
Pricing Schedule
Exhibit A Form of Note
Exhibit B [Reserved]
Exhibit C [Reserved]
Exhibit D Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit E-1 Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit E-2 Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit E-3 Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit E-4 Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit F Form of Borrowing Notice
Exhibit G Form of Rate Option Notice
Exhibit H Form of Guaranty Agreement
Exhibit I Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit J [Reserved]
Exhibit K Form of Pledge Agreement
Exhibit L Form of Borrower Mortgage
Schedule 1 Lenders and Commitments
Schedule 2 Existing Liens
Schedule 3 Litigation
Schedule 4 Guarantors
Schedule 5 TRS Entities
Schedule 6 Environmental Matters
Schedule 7 Existing Investments
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This Credit Agreement, dated as of June 24, 2025, is among Millrose Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation, the Lenders party hereto and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Bank USA, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”).
AGREEMENT
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby covenant and agree, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“ABR Advance” means an Advance consisting of ABR Loans.
“ABR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
“Acquisition” means any transaction, or any series of related transactions, by which the Borrower, any Borrowing Base Party or Guarantor (i) acquires all or substantially all of the assets of another Person or any material line of business, business unit or division thereof, whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise or (ii) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the most recent transaction in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in number of votes or by percentage of voting power) of the Voting Stock of another Person.
“Acquisition Tranche Commitment” means, for each Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make Acquisition Tranche Loans pursuant to Section 2.1(b), in an aggregate amount not exceeding the amount set forth in Schedule 1 under the caption “Acquisition Tranche Commitment” for such Lender or as set forth in any Assignment and Assumption that has become effective pursuant to Section 13.2(b)(iv), as such amount may be decreased from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The Acquisition Tranche Commitment of each Lender as of the Effective Date is set forth on Schedule 1 under the caption “Acquisition Tranche Commitment.”
“Acquisition Tranche Early Funding Date” means the Business Day immediately prior to the Specified Acquisition Closing Date (or the date reasonably anticipated by the Borrower to be the Specified Acquisition Closing Date) on which Acquisition Tranche Loans are funded in accordance with Section 5.2(v).
“Adjusted Term SOFR Rate” means the Term SOFR Rate, plus 0.10%. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above, in the event the rate determined pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be less than zero, then (for the avoidance of doubt) the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Administrative Agent” means GS Bank, in its capacity as contractual representative of the Lenders pursuant to Article XI, and not in its individual capacity as a Lender, and any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to Article XI.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Advance” means a borrowing hereunder consisting of a group of Loans made at the same time, and (except as otherwise provided in Section 3.5) at the same Rate Option, and (in the case of Term SOFR Loans) for the same Interest Period.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the controlled Person, whether through ownership of stock, by contract or otherwise.
“Agent Parties” is defined in Section 14.1(b)
“Aggregate Commitment” means the aggregate of the Commitments of all the Lenders, as reduced from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. As of the Effective Date, the Aggregate Commitment is $1,000,000,000.
“Agreement” means this credit agreement, as it may be amended or modified and in effect from time to time.
“Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (i) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (ii) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1% and (iii) the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for a one-month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, respectively. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Alternate Base Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means, at any time, all laws, rules, and regulations of any Governmental Authority to whose jurisdiction a Loan Party is subject at such time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.
“Applicable Base Rate Margin” means, with respect to ABR Loans at any time, the percentage rate per annum specified as the “Applicable Margin” for ABR Loans at such time, as determined pursuant to the Pricing Schedule.
“Applicable Law” means, with respect to any Person, all laws and provisions of constitutions, statutes, rules, regulations, official administrative pronouncements, and orders of governmental bodies or regulatory agencies applicable to such Person, including all orders and decrees of all courts and arbitrators in proceedings or actions to which the Person in question is a party or by which it is bound.
“Applicable Rate” means the Applicable SOFR Margin or the Applicable Base Rate Margin, as applicable.
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“Applicable SOFR Margin” means, with respect to any SOFR Loans at any time, the percentage rate per annum specified as the “Applicable Margin” for Term SOFR Loans at such time, as determined pursuant to the Pricing Schedule.
“Approved Borrower Portal” is defined in Section 11.16(a).
“Arranger” means (i) each institution named as a Joint Lead Arranger, Joint Bookrunner and/or Syndication Agent on the cover page of this Agreement and (ii) the successors and assigns of the foregoing.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 13.2), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Assumed Purchase Money Loans” means at any time (a) the outstanding amount of all loans secured by assets purchased by any Restricted Subsidiary and assumed or entered into by such Restricted Subsidiary within 180 days after the date of purchase, provided that (i) the amount of any such loan does not exceed the purchase price of the applicable asset and (ii) such loan may only be secured by a security interest on such asset and improvements constructed thereon in the normal course of the Restricted Subsidiaries’ business, as well as additions and accessions thereto and products and proceeds of the foregoing and (b) any amendment, modification, extension or refinancing of such loans, provided that, with respect to the loans as amended, modified, extended, or refinanced, (A) the aggregate amount thereof shall not exceed the purchase price of the applicable asset plus accrued and unpaid interest and fees, costs and premiums associated with any such amendment, modification, extension or refinancing and (B) such loans and refinancings shall not be secured by any assets of any Restricted Subsidiary other than those initially purchased by the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, and improvements constructed thereon in the normal course of the Restricted Subsidiaries’ business, as well as additions and accessions thereto and products and proceeds of the foregoing.
“Authorized Officers” means those Persons designated by written notice to the Administrative Agent from the applicable Loan Party, authorized to execute notices, reports and other documents required hereunder. The Loan Parties may amend such list of Persons from time to time by giving written notice of such amendment to the Administrative Agent.
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 3.5(f).
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
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“Benchmark” means, initially, the Term SOFR Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 3.5(b).
“Benchmark Replacement” means, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:
(1) the sum of: (a) in the case of a replacement for Term SOFR, Daily Simple SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;
(2) the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement to the then-current Benchmark for dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time in the United States and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;
provided that, if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would be less than the Floor, such Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement:
(1) for purposes of clause (1) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement,” 0.10%; and
(2) for purposes of clause (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement,” the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.
“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Alternate Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, the formula for calculating any successor rates identified pursuant to the definition of “Benchmark Replacement,” the formula,
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methodology or convention for applying the successor floor to the successor Benchmark Replacement and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides in its reasonable discretion may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(1) in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be no longer representative; provided, that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (3) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and (ii) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(1) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Board, the NYFRB, the CME Term SOFR Administrator, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark
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(or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 3.5 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 3.5.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Benefit Arrangement” means an “employee benefit plan,” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, which is neither a Plan nor a Multiemployer Plan and which is maintained, sponsored or otherwise contributed to by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan.”
“Board” means The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America (or any successor).
“Borrower” means Millrose Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and its successors.
“Borrower Communications” means, collectively, any Borrowing Notice, Rate Option Notice, notice of prepayment or other notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent through an Approved Borrower Portal.
“Borrower Mortgages” means the mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt and other security documents with respect to real property made by the applicable PropertyCo LLC in favor of the Borrower as security for the obligations under (i) a Closing Date Intercompany Note in substantially the form of
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Exhibit L hereto, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and subject, in all cases, to the Recognition Agreement or (ii) an Other Intercompany Note in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Borrower’s Collateral” means, collectively, all of the “Pledged Collateral” as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement, the “Property” as defined in the Borrower Mortgages and all other property of whatever kind and nature subject or purported to be subject from time to time to a Lien under any Borrower Security Document.
“Borrower Security Documents” means the Pledge and Security Agreement, the Borrower Mortgages and any other security document, pledge agreement, mortgage, instrument or document utilized to pledge or grant or purport to pledge or grant a security interest or Lien on any property as collateral in favor of the Borrower as security for the obligations under any Intercompany Note.
“Borrowing Base Party” means (x) each Loan Party and (y) each Restricted Subsidiary that is a party to any Intercompany Note. The Borrower shall cause any Person that is a Borrowing Base Party under the Revolving Credit Agreement to become a party to an Intercompany Note such that it is a Borrowing Base Party hereunder.
“Borrowing Date” means a date on which an Advance is made hereunder.
“Borrowing Notice” is defined in Section 2.2(3).
“Budget” means an annual budget for the applicable fiscal year, prepared on a monthly basis, including balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flow for such months.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, in relation to SOFR Loans and any interest rate settings, fundings, disbursements, settlements or payments of any SOFR Loans or any other dealings of SOFR Loans, the term “Business Day” shall exclude any such day that is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day.
“Capital Stock” means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of any Person, including any preferred stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.
“Capitalized Lease” of a Person means any lease of Property by such Person as lessee which would be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided; that all leases of any Person that are or would have been characterized as operating leases in accordance with GAAP on December 31, 2020 (whether or not such operating leases were in effect on such date) shall be accounted for as operating leases (and not as Capitalized Leases) for purposes of this Agreement regardless of any change in GAAP following December 31, 2020 that would otherwise require such leases to be recharacterized as Capitalized Leases.
“Cash Equivalents” means (a) cash and cash equivalents, as defined under GAAP, and (b) whether or not constituting cash or cash equivalents as defined under GAAP, investments referred to in clause (ii) of the definition of “Marketable Securities” which mature within one year from the date of acquisition thereof.
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“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement or, with respect to any Lender, such later date on which such Lender becomes a party to 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) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of Section 3.2, by any lending office of such Lender or by such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in the implementation thereof and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall, in each case, be deemed to be a “Change in Law,” regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.
“Change in Status” means the occurrence of any of the following events with respect to a Subsidiary that, immediately prior to such event, is a Guarantor: (a) all or substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary are sold or otherwise disposed of in a transaction in compliance with the terms of this Agreement; (b) all of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary (or of a parent entity of such Subsidiary) held by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is sold or otherwise disposed of (including by merger) to any Person other than a Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction in compliance with the terms of this Agreement; (c) such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary (or merges into an Unrestricted Subsidiary) in compliance with the terms of this Agreement; (d) such Subsidiary becomes a Taxable REIT Subsidiary; (e) the Borrower certifies to the Administrative Agent that such Subsidiary constitutes an Immaterial Subsidiary and the Borrower requests that a Change in Status occur with respect to such Subsidiary; or (f) the Borrower certifies to the Administrative Agent that such Subsidiary no longer constitutes a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary as a result of a transaction entered into by such Subsidiary or the parent of such Subsidiary in good faith for a bona fide business purpose with a non-affiliate (and not for the purpose of evading the guaranty requirements hereunder), no Event of Default exists at such time or would exist after giving effect to such transaction and the Borrower requests that a Change in Status occur with respect to such Subsidiary.
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following events:
(i) any sale, lease, or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Borrower to any Person (other than (x) any such sale, lease or other transfer to any Subsidiary of the Borrower and (y) any such sale, lease or other transfer pursuant to the Master Program Agreement as in effect as of the Effective Date or any sale, lease or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of transactions) pursuant to similar agreements); provided that a transaction or series of transactions where the holders of all classes of Voting Stock of Borrower immediately prior to such transaction own, directly or indirectly, Voting Stock representing more than 35% of the voting power of all the Voting Stock of such Person immediately after such transaction shall not be a Change of Control;
(ii) a “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (other than the Borrower)) publicly discloses, including by filing a Schedule 13D or Schedule TO, or the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries publicly discloses, including by filing any other schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act (including a Current Report on Form 8-K), facts indicating that such person or group has become the ultimate “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of Voting Stock of the Borrower representing 50% or more of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the Borrower; or
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(iii) the stockholders of Borrower approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of Borrower.
“Closing Date Intercompany Note” means (i) that certain Promissory Note, dated February 6, 2025, made by Millrose Properties Holdings and each of the PropertyCo LLCs party thereto (it being understood and agreed that each of the PropertyCo LLCs as of the Effective Date either (x) is a party to the Initial Closing Date Intercompany Note on the Effective Date or (y) will become a party to an Intercompany Note, in each case, within sixty (60) days after the Effective Date (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion)) payable to the Borrower, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (the “Initial Closing Date Intercompany Note”) and (ii) any similar intercompany promissory notes made by any one or more Taxable REIT Subsidiaries payable to the Borrower that are pledged to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Pledge Agreement related to Properties subject to Program Agreements with Lennar.
“CME Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited as administrator of the forward-looking term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) (or a successor administrator selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral” means, collectively, all of the “Collateral” as defined in the Pledge Agreement and all other property of whatever kind and nature subject or purported to be subject from time to time to a Lien under any Security Document.
“Commitment” means, for each Lender, such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Acquisition Tranche Commitment and/or General Tranche Commitment (including, without duplication, any Reallocation Amount), as the context requires.
“Commitment Termination Date” means the earliest of (i)(x) with respect to the Acquisition Tranche Commitments, the date on which, or (y) with respect to the General Tranche Commitments, the date that is three Business Days after the date on which (after giving effect to any Advance of General Tranche Loans on such date), the Specified Acquisition closes without borrowing under the Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility, (ii)(x) with respect to the Acquisition Tranche Commitments, the date on which, or (y) with respect to the General Tranche Commitments, the date that is three Business Days after the date on which (after giving effect to any Advance of General Tranche Loans on such date), the commitments under the Land Bank Commitment Letter are terminated in full in accordance with its terms or the Borrower (or an applicable Subsidiary thereof) otherwise is no longer obligated to consummate the Specified Acquisition, (iii) the termination of all Commitments in full (whether pursuant to Sections 2.4(b) or 2.6 hereof or otherwise) and (iv) November 19, 2025.
“Communications” is defined in Section 14.1(b).
“Compliance Certificate” means a Compliance Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit I, required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.1.
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to the use or administration of Term SOFR or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Alternate Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or
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prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 3.5 and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Consolidated EBITDA” means for any period, (a) Consolidated Net Income plus (b) to the extent deducted from revenues in determining Consolidated Net Income: (i) interest expense, (ii) expense for income taxes paid or accrued, (iii) depreciation, (iv) amortization, (v) non-cash (including impairment) charges, expenses, and losses, (vi) extraordinary, exceptional, unusual, or non-recurring charges, expenses, or losses, and (vii) loss (gain) on early extinguishment of indebtedness, minus (c) to the extent added to revenues in determining Consolidated Net Income, (i) non-cash gains and extraordinary gains (including for the avoidance of doubt, gains relating to the release of any tax asset valuation reserves), (ii) interest income and (iii) benefit for income taxes. For purposes of Section 7.27(2), Consolidated EBITDA (a) for the twelve month period ending June 30, 2025, shall be Consolidated EBITDA for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2025 multiplied by four, (b) for the twelve month period ending September 30, 2025, shall be the sum of Consolidated EBITDA for the fiscal quarters ending June 30, 2025 and September 30, 2025 multiplied by two and (c) for the twelve month period ending December 31, 2025, shall be the sum of Consolidated EBITDA for the fiscal quarters ending June 30, 2025, September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2025 multiplied by four-thirds.
“Consolidated Interest Incurred” means for any period, the aggregate amount (without duplication and determined in each case in accordance with the Borrower’s GAAP financial statements) of interest incurred (whether expensed or capitalized, paid, or scheduled to have been paid or accrued, during such period) by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period, including (a) the interest portion of all deferred payment obligations and (b) all commissions, discounts, and other fees and charges (excluding premiums) owed with respect to bankers’ acceptances and letter of credit financings (including, letter of credit fees) and hedging obligations minus interest income of the Loan Parties and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case to the extent attributable to such period; provided that interest owed by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary to another Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary shall be excluded.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, with reference to any period, the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis for such period in accordance with GAAP. For the avoidance of doubt, “Consolidated Net Income” shall not include the net income of Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated Net Worth” means at any time the consolidated stockholders’ equity of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis as of such time in accordance with GAAP. For the avoidance of doubt, “Consolidated Net Worth” shall not include changes to the stockholders’ equity after September 30, 2024 attributable to Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
“Controlled Group” means all members of a controlled group of corporations or other business entities and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together with any Loan Party, are treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.
“Covered Entity” is defined in Section 10.16.
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“Covered Party” is defined in Section 10.16(a).
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, with respect to any applicable determination date (a “SOFR Rate Day”), SOFR published on the fifth (5th) U.S. Government Securities Business Day preceding such day by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website (such day, a “SOFR Determination Day”); provided, however, that if such day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, then Daily Simple SOFR means such rate so published on the fifth (5th) U.S. Government Securities Business Day preceding the first (1st) U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto. If by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the second (2nd) U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately following any SOFR Determination Day, SOFR in respect of such SOFR Determination Day has not been published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Daily Simple SOFR has not occurred, then SOFR for such SOFR Determination Day will be SOFR as published in respect of the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such SOFR was published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website; provided that any SOFR determined pursuant to this sentence shall be utilized for purposes of calculation of Daily Simple SOFR for no more than three (3) consecutive SOFR Rate Days. Any change in Daily Simple SOFR due to a change in SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in SOFR without notice to the Borrower.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
“Default” means an event that but for the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means a rate equal to 2% per annum.
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two (2) Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans or (ii) pay over to any Loan Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower or any Loan Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after request by a Loan Party, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations to fund prospective Loans under this Agreement; provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Loan Party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from
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the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.22(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower and each Lender.
“Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility” means the Commitments and the extensions of credit hereunder pursuant to the Commitments.
“Disposition” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) of any property by any Person (including any sale leaseback transaction), including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) leases of Property (other than sale and leaseback transactions) entered into in the ordinary course of business and (ii) issuances of Capital Stock of the Borrower shall be deemed not to be Dispositions (but, for the avoidance of doubt, issuances of Capital Stock of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower shall constitute Dispositions).
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any equity interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other equity interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable at the election of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior Repayment in Full), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness, in each case prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date (or if no Loans are drawn, the latest Commitment Termination Date) at the time such Disqualified Equity Interests are issued; provided that if such equity interests are issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such equity interests shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or the Subsidiaries pursuant to such plan.
“Distribution Agreement” means that certain Distribution Agreement, dated as of January 16, 2025, by and between Lennar Corporation and the Borrower.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clause (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway or any other member state of the European Economic Area.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
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“Effective Date” means June 24, 2025, the Business Day on which the conditions set forth in Section 5.1 were satisfied or waived.
“Electronic Signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.
“Eligible Assignee” means any of (i) a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender; (ii) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States, or any State thereof, and having (x) total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000 and (y) a combined capital and surplus of at least $250,000,000; (iii) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country which is a member of the OECD, or a political subdivision of any such country, and having (x) total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000 (or an equivalent amount in any other currency) and (y) a combined capital and surplus of at least $250,000,000 (or an equivalent amount in any other currency); provided that such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the country in which it is organized or another country which is also a member of OECD; (iv) a life insurance company organized under the laws of any State of the United States, or organized under the laws of any country and licensed as a life insurer by any State within the United States and having admitted assets of at least $1,000,000,000 (or an equivalent amount in any other currency); or (v) a nationally or internationally recognized investment banking company or other financial institution in the business of making, investing in or purchasing loans, or an Affiliate thereof organized under the laws of any State of the United States or any other country which is a member of OECD, and licensed or qualified to conduct such business under the laws of any such State and having (1) total assets of at least $1,000,000,000 (or an equivalent amount in any other currency) and (2) a net worth of at least $250,000,000 (or an equivalent amount in any other currency). Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) in no event shall a Defaulting Lender be deemed to be an Eligible Assignee, (b) “Eligible Assignee” shall not include Borrower or any of Borrower’s Affiliates and (c) “Eligible Assignee” shall not include (1) any Sanctioned Person or (2) any other Person if such assignment or participation by such Person would cause a violation of Sanctions or applicable Laws by any Person (including the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries).
“Environment” means ambient air, indoor air and any workplace, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, soil, land surface and subsurface strata, and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.
“Environmental Laws” means all applicable treaties, rules, regulations, codes, permit or license conditions, ordinances, judgments, orders, decrees and other applicable requirements of law, and all applicable injunctions or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by or with any Governmental Authority, in each instance relating to the protection of the Environment, to the Release or threatened Release of Regulated Substances or to human health and safety with regard to exposure to Regulated Substances.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, obligation, loss, claim, damage, action, order or cost, contingent or otherwise, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, resulting from or based upon (a) any actual or alleged violation of Environmental Law, (b) exposure to any Regulated Substances, (c) the Release or threatened Release of any Regulated Substances or (d) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing clauses (a) through (c).
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any rule or regulation issued thereunder.
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“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Event of Default” means an event described in Article VIII.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Excluded Debt” means (i) intercompany Indebtedness among the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries or among Subsidiaries of the Borrower, (ii) borrowings (and, where appropriate in the context, commitments) under (x) the Revolving Credit Agreement or (y) any amendment, refinancing, extension, renewal or replacement of the Revolving Credit Agreement; provided, that the aggregate commitments under the Revolving Credit Agreement as so amended, refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced, do not exceed $1,335,000,000, (iii) Indebtedness under ordinary course letter of credit facilities, overdraft protection, short-term working capital facilities, ordinary course local credit facilities of foreign Subsidiaries (including the renewal, replacement or refinancing thereof with the same general form of financing), factoring arrangements, capital leases, financial leases, indebtedness issued in connection with tenant leases, hedging, cash management and purchase money and facility and equipment financing (including sale-leasebacks) and similar obligations; (iv) commercial paper issuances and (v) issuances of Indebtedness by the Borrower’s foreign Subsidiaries to the extent the repatriation of the proceeds of such issuances would result in material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Borrower).
“Excluded Disposition” means (i) Dispositions between the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries or among the Borrower’s Subsidiaries, (ii) any Disposition by the Borrower’s foreign Subsidiaries to the extent the repatriation of the proceeds of such Dispositions would result in material adverse tax consequences (as reasonably determined by the Borrower), (iii) Dispositions of inventory, used or surplus equipment, and cash or Cash Equivalents and (iv) Dispositions the Net Cash Proceeds of which do not exceed $5,000,000 for any single transaction or series of related transactions or $25,000,000 in the aggregate since the Effective Date.
“Excluded Equity” means (i) Capital Stock or equity-linked securities issued pursuant to employee compensation plans, employee benefit plans, employee incentive plans and retirement plans or issued as compensation to officers and/or non-employee directors, (ii) issuances of directors’ qualifying shares and/or other nominal amounts required to be held by persons other than the Borrower or its Subsidiaries under applicable law, (iii) Capital Stock or equity-linked securities issued by any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the Borrower or any of its other Subsidiaries and (iv) equity securities issued or transferred directly (and not constituting cash proceeds of any issuance of such equity securities) as consideration in connection with any Acquisition.
“Excluded Obligations” means contingent indemnification and reimbursement Obligations in respect of which no claim for payment has been asserted by the Person entitled thereto.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to, or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to, the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document, (a) any Taxes imposed on or measured by such recipient’s net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office, located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) imposed by any jurisdiction as a result of any other present or former connection between the recipient and such jurisdiction (other than a connection resulting from such recipient executing, delivering, becoming a party to or performing its obligations or receiving a payment under, receiving or perfecting a security interest under,
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engaging in any other transaction pursuant to or enforcing, any Loan Document, or selling or assigning an interest in any Loan or Loan Document), (b) in the case of a Lender, any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires its applicable interest in the applicable Commitment or, in the case of a Loan such Lender did not fund pursuant to a prior Commitment, acquired such interest in the applicable Loan (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.20(b)), or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.7, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in the applicable Commitment or Loan or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) any Taxes attributable to such recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.7(g) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“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, any agreements entered into pursuant to current Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code (or any amended or successor version described above), and any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities (and related laws, regulations or official administrative guidance) implementing the foregoing.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such manner as shall be set forth on the NYFRB’s Website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the federal funds effective rate; provided that if the Federal Funds Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
“Fee Letter” means that certain Agency Fee Letter, dated May 13, 2025 between the Borrower and GS Bank.
“Financial Contract” of a Person means (i) any exchange-traded or over-the-counter futures, forward, swap or option contract or other financial instrument with similar characteristics, and (ii) any agreements, devices or arrangements providing for payments related to fluctuations of interest rates, exchange rates or forward rates, including, but not limited to, interest rate exchange agreements, forward currency exchange agreements, interest rate cap or collar protection agreements, forward rate currency or interest rate options, but excluding in each case any accelerated share repurchase contract or similar instrument, in each case which does not represent a liability on the Borrower’s balance sheet under GAAP, with respect to a repurchase by the Borrower of its common stock that is permitted under this Agreement.
“Floor” means the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate.
“Foreign Lender” means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
“Form S-11” means the registration statement on Form S-11 of the Borrower, filed with the SEC on December 18, 2024 (as amended on January 13, 2025).
“Founder’s Rights Agreement” means that certain Founder’s Rights Agreement, dated as of February 7, 2025, by and between the Borrower and U.S. Home.
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“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Financial Accounting Standards Board which (a) with respect to the covenants contained in Section 7.27 (and, to the extent used in or relating to such covenants, any defined terms) are in effect on the date hereof, unless amended pursuant to Section 1.3, and (b) for all other purposes hereunder, are applicable from time to time.
“General Tranche Commitment” means, for each Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make General Tranche Loans pursuant to Section 2.1(a), in an aggregate amount not exceeding the amount set forth in Schedule 1 under the caption “General Tranche Commitment” for such Lender or as set forth in any Assignment and Assumption that has become effective pursuant to Section 13.2(b)(iv) plus such Lender’s Reallocation Percentage of such Reallocation Amount, in each case, as such amount may be decreased from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The General Tranche Commitment (excluding any Reallocation Amount) of each Lender as of the Effective Date is set forth on Schedule 1 under the caption “General Tranche Commitment.”
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state, local or otherwise, 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 supranational bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“GS Bank” means ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Bank USA.
“GSLP” is defined in Section 13.2(b)(iii)(A).
“Guarantors” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that has executed the Guaranty Agreement and has not been released therefrom in accordance therewith.
“Guaranty Agreement” means a guaranty agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit H hereto.
“Hedging Obligations” means, of a Person, any and all obligations of such Person, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), (a) under any and all agreements, devices or arrangements designed to protect at least one of the parties thereto from the fluctuations of interest rates, commodity prices, exchange rates or forward rates applicable to such party’s assets, liabilities, or exchange transaction, including, but not limited to, dollar-denominated or cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements, forward currency exchange agreements, interest rate cap or collar protection agreements, forward rate currency or interest rate options, puts and warrants, and (b) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any of the foregoing.
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Material Subsidiary.
“Indebtedness” means (without duplication), for any Person, the sum of the following: (a) all liabilities, obligations, and indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed; (b) all liabilities, obligations, and indebtedness of such Person that are evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures, or other similar instruments, or that constitute Capitalized Leases; (c) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (but excluding accrued expenses and trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business and any obligation to pay a contingent purchase price as long as such obligation remains contingent or is paid within 10 days after it becomes due and payable); (d) the face amount of all drawn letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances issued for the account of such Person,
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and without duplication, all drafts drawn and unpaid thereunder; (e) all Disqualified Equity Interests; (f) all net obligations under all Financial Contracts determined in accordance with GAAP; and (g) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (f) preceding of other Persons that are either (i) guaranteed in any manner by such Person or (ii) secured by any Lien on any property or asset of such Person (but only to the extent of the value of such property or asset if such obligations have not been assumed by such Person). In no event shall Indebtedness include Indebtedness owed (x) by one Loan Party to another Loan Party or (y) by one Taxable REIT Subsidiary to another Taxable REIT Subsidiary.
“Indemnified Taxes” means all Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document.
“Indemnitee” is defined in Section 10.7(b).
“Initial Closing Date Intercompany Note” is defined in the definition of “Closing Date Intercompany Note.”
“Initial Draw Date” means the date on which the first Advance hereunder is made to the Borrower.
“Intercompany Notes” means a Closing Date Intercompany Note and any Other Intercompany Notes.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means (i) the Effective Date Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) a customary (x) pari passu intercreditor agreement, among the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the representative(s) of the holders of Indebtedness secured by a pari passu Lien on any or all of the Collateral and/or (y) junior lien intercreditor agreement, among the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the representative(s) of the holders of Indebtedness secured by a junior Lien on any or all of the Collateral, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, in each of clauses (i) and (ii), as may be amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented, extended or renewed from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Interest Coverage Ratio” means the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA to (b) Consolidated Interest Incurred.
“Interest Period” means, with respect to a Term SOFR Advance, a period of one, three or six months, in each case commencing on a Business Day selected by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement. With respect to a Term SOFR Advance, such Interest Period shall end on the day which corresponds numerically to such date one, three or six months thereafter, as applicable, provided, however, that any Interest Period of one month or longer that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period. If an Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall end on the next succeeding Business Day, provided, however, that if said next succeeding Business Day falls in a new calendar month, such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day. For the avoidance of doubt, any tenor may be removed from this definition in accordance with Section 3.5(f).
“Investment” by a Person means any loan, advance (other than salary, wages, commissions, bonus, travel and similar advances to officers, consultants and employees made in the ordinary course of business), extension of credit (other than accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business on terms customary in the trade) to another Person or contribution of capital by such Person to another Person; the acquisition by such Person of stocks, bonds, partnership interests, notes, debentures or other
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securities of another Person; any deposit accounts and certificate of deposit acquired by such Person; and structured notes, derivative financial instruments and other similar instruments or contracts of another Person acquired by such Person.
“Investment Manager” means, so long as the Borrower is externally managed, any Person serving as the Borrower’s investment manager which, on the Effective Date, is ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇.
“IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service.
“▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇” means ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Land and Residential Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“KL Management Agreement” means the Management Agreement between the Borrower and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, dated as of February 7, 2025, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“KL Management Fee” means all compensation, fees, and any other amounts payable or reimbursable to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ under the KL Management Agreement as in effect from time to time (but without giving effect to amendments or other modifications that increase the “Management Fee” (as defined in the KL Management Agreement) or “Reimbursable Expenses” (as defined in the KL Management Agreement), or other amounts payable to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, in each case without the consent of the Administrative Agent), including the “Management Fee” (as defined in the KL Management Agreement) and the “Reimbursable Expenses” (as defined in the KL Management Agreement).
“Land Bank Commitment Letter” means that certain $700 million Land Bank Facility Commitment Letter, dated as of May 12, 2025, as in effect on May 13, 2025, and as may be amended in compliance with Section 5.2(iv).
“Lender” means the lending institutions identified on Schedule 1 hereto, and the respective successors and assigns of any of the foregoing.
“Lender Party” means the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
“Lender-Related Person” means any Lender Party or any Related Party of any Lender Party.
“Lending Installation” means, with respect to a Lender or the Administrative Agent, the office, branch, subsidiary or affiliate of such Lender or the Administrative Agent listed on the signature pages hereof or on a Schedule or otherwise selected by such Lender or the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.15.
“Lennar” means Lennar Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“Lennar Agreement Letter” means that certain letter agreement, dated as of June 24, 2025, by and among the Borrower, Millrose Properties Holdings, U.S. Home and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders.
“Leverage Ratio” means at any time the ratio of (a) Total Net Indebtedness to (b) the sum of (i) Total Net Indebtedness and (ii) Tangible Net Worth.
“Liabilities” means any losses, claims (including intraparty claims), demands, damages or liabilities of any kind.
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“Lien” means any lien (statutory or other), mortgage, security interest, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale, Capitalized Lease or other title retention agreement).
“Loan” means each General Tranche Loan and each Acquisition Tranche Loan.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Fee Letter, the Lennar Agreement Letter, any Guaranty Agreement, the Effective Date Intercreditor Agreement, any other Intercreditor Agreement, each Security Document, any Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.11 and any other amendments of and joinders to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Loan Parties” means the Borrower and the Guarantors.
“Marketable Securities” means (i) securities with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, (ii) dollar-denominated time and demand deposits and certificates of deposit with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition and overnight bank deposits of any commercial bank having total Tier 1 capital as most recently reported by Bloomberg L.P. of at least $500,000,000 or long-term debt or deposit ratings of A- by S&P or A3 by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇, (iii) repurchase obligations of any bank satisfying the requirements of clause (ii) of this definition, (iv) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes of a domestic issuer rated at least A-2 or better by S&P or P-2 or better by Moody’s and in either case maturing within two years after the date of acquisition, (v) securities with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory, and such securities of such state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision or taxing authority, as the case may be, are rated at least A- by S&P or A3 by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇, (vi) securities with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any member country of the OECD that are rated at least A- by S&P or A3 by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇, (vii) securities with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (ii) of this definition, (viii) shares of “money market funds” that comply with the criteria set forth in Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (ix) debt instruments of a U.S. issuer (other than the Borrower or any of its Affiliates) maturing no more than one year after the date of acquisition and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of A or better from S&P or ▇▇▇▇▇’▇, or (x) debt instruments of a U.S. issuer (other than the Borrower or any of its Affiliates) maturing no more than two years after the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A or the equivalent from any two of S&P, ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ Ratings Inc. (or, if only one of the foregoing rating service shall be rating such obligations, then from such rating service and one other nationally recognized rating service acceptable to Administrative Agent).
“Master Construction Agreement” means that certain Master Construction Agreement, dated as of February 7, 2025, by and among the Borrower, Millrose Properties Holdings and U.S. Home.
“Master Option Agreement” means that certain Master Option Agreement, dated as of February 7, 2025, by and among the Borrower, Millrose Properties Holdings and U.S. Home.
“Master Program Agreement” means that certain Master Program Agreement, dated as of February 7, 2025, by and between the Borrower, Millrose Properties Holdings and U.S. Home.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i) the business, Property, financial condition or results of operations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the
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ability of the Loan Parties taken as a whole to perform their material obligations under the Loan Documents, or (iii) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders (taken as a whole) thereunder.
“Material Indebtedness” is defined in Section 8.4.
“Material Nonrecourse Indebtedness” is defined in Section 8.4
“Material Subsidiary” means, as of any date of determination, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (a) contributing (together with the gross revenues of its Restricted Subsidiaries), as of the end of the most recently ended four-fiscal quarter period then ended for which financial statements have been delivered, more than 2% of the total gross revenues of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period, (b) holding (together with the assets of its Restricted Subsidiaries), as of the end of the most recently ended four-fiscal quarter period then ended for which financial statements have been delivered, more than 2% of the total assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date, or (c) designated in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent as a Material Subsidiary; provided that, if all Immaterial Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries that constitute Guarantors) (i) contribute (together with the gross revenues of their respective Subsidiaries), in the aggregate, more than 5% of the total gross revenues of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, or (ii) hold (together with the assets of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries), in the aggregate, more than 5% of the total assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, in each case for, or as of the end of, any four-fiscal quarter period for which financial statements have been delivered, then, in either case, within ten (10) Business Days of the date such financial statements were required to be delivered hereunder, the Borrower shall designate in writing to the Administrative Agent one or more of such Immaterial Subsidiaries as Material Subsidiaries such that, following such written designation, neither of the conditions set forth in clause (i) or (ii) above is thereafter met; provided, further, that any Restricted Subsidiary that previously constituted or was designated as a Material Subsidiary in accordance with the above provisions of this definition may be subsequently designated, in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, as an Immaterial Subsidiary so long as neither clause (a) or (b) above is applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary and the requirements of the first proviso above are satisfied.
“Maturity Date” means the date that is 364 days after the Initial Draw Date.
“Millrose Properties Holdings” means Millrose Properties Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned direct Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“▇▇▇▇▇’▇” means ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Ratings or any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA and subject to Title IV of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
“Multiple Employer Plan” means a Plan which has two or more contributing sponsors (including the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group) at least two (2) of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Sections 4063 and 4064 of ERISA.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means, with respect to any event, the cash (which term, for purposes of this definition, shall include Cash Equivalents) proceeds actually received (including in the case of any proceeds of Indebtedness or issuances of Capital Stock received into escrow) by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in
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respect of such event, including any cash received in respect of any non-cash proceeds, but only as and when received, net of the sum, without duplication, of (i) all underwriting discounts and commissions and other fees and expenses incurred in connection with such event by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (ii) in the case of a sale, transfer, lease or other Disposition (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction) of an asset, the amount of all payments required to be made by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as a result of such event to repay debt for borrowed money secured by such asset and that is required to be repaid in connection with the sale or other Disposition thereof and (iii) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and the amount of any reserves established by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP or other applicable accounting standards, provided that if the amount of such reserves exceeds the amounts charged against such reserve, then such excess, upon determination thereof, shall then constitute Net Cash Proceeds.
“Non-Consenting Lender” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (i) requires the approval of all Lenders or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 9.2 and (ii) has been approved by the Required Lenders.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means at any time a Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
“Non-Loan Party” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, excluding the Guarantors.
“Nonrecourse Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, Indebtedness of such Person for which (i)(a) with respect to Indebtedness related to the acquisition of Property, the sole legal recourse for collection of principal and interest on such Indebtedness is against the specific Property securing such Indebtedness (and/or any accessions thereto and proceeds thereof) or to the assets or equity interests of an SPE directly or indirectly holding such Property, (b) with respect to Indebtedness related to constructing improvements on Property, the sole legal recourse for collection of principal and interest on such Indebtedness is against the specific Property and/or the improvements being financed or securing such Indebtedness (and/or any accessions thereto and proceeds thereof), or to the assets or equity interests of an SPE directly or indirectly holding such Property and/or improvements and (c) with respect to any amendment, modification, extension or refinancing of any Indebtedness referred to in clause (a) or (b) above, the sole recourse is to the Property referred to in such clause (or to the assets or equity interests of an SPE directly or indirectly holding such Property and/or improvements) and no other Property and (ii) except for the Property and interests described in the preceding clause (i), no other assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may be realized upon in collection of principal or interest on such Indebtedness; provided Indebtedness which is otherwise Nonrecourse Indebtedness will not lose its character as Nonrecourse Indebtedness because there is recourse to the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any other Person for or under (a) environmental or tax warranties and indemnities and such other representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities as are customarily required in such transactions, (b) indemnities for and liabilities arising from fraud, misrepresentation, misapplication or non-payment of rents, profits, insurance and condemnation proceeds and other sums actually received by the borrower or its affiliates from secured assets to be paid to the lender under such Nonrecourse Indebtedness, waste and mechanics’ liens or (c) any customary “bad boy guarantees” (which bad boy guarantees may cover, among other matters, certain or all of the matters described in the preceding clause (b)), carry guarantees, performance guarantees and completion guarantees (the types of recourse described in clauses (a)-(c) of this proviso, “Permitted Recourse”).
“Note” means a promissory note, in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, duly executed by the Borrower and payable to the order of a Lender in the amount of its Loans (or Loans committed to be made by it), including any amendment, modification, renewal or replacement of such promissory note.
“Notice” is defined in Section 14.1(c).
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“NYFRB” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
“NYFRB’s Website” means the website of the NYFRB at ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇, or any successor source.
“Obligations” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and other obligations of the Loan Parties to the Lenders or to any Lender, the Administrative Agent, any other Secured Creditors or any indemnified party arising under the Loan Documents (in each case, including interest, fees, expenses and other amounts accruing during any case or proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such case or proceeding).
“OECD” means the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development.
“Official Body” means any national, federal, state, local or other government or political subdivision or any agency, authority, bureau, central bank, commission, department or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, or any court, tribunal, grand jury or arbitrator, in each case whether foreign or domestic.
“Other Intercompany Notes” means any intercompany promissory notes that are (i) similar to the Initial Closing Date Intercompany Note or in such other form and substance as reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, (ii) are made by any one or more Taxable REIT Subsidiaries payable to the Borrower, (iii) are pledged to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, and (iv) are related to Properties subject to Program Agreements with Persons that are not Lennar.
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court, documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, 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 (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.20(b)) as a result of any present or former connection between the assignor or assignee and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than a connection resulting from the assignor or assignee executing, delivering, becoming a party to or performing its obligations or receiving a payment under, receiving or perfecting a security interest under, engaging in any other transaction pursuant to or enforcing, any Loan Document, or selling or assigning an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Participant” is defined in Section 13.1(1).
“Participant Register” is defined in Section 13.1(2).
“PATRIOT Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into Law October 26, 2001)).
“Payment” is defined in Section 11.7(c)(i).
“Payment Notice” is defined in Section 11.7(c)(ii).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA, or any successor thereto.
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“Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition (other than by means of a hostile takeover, hostile tender offer or other similar hostile transaction) of a business or entity engaged in one or more Permitted Businesses, in respect of which the majority of shareholders (or other equity interest holders), the board of directors or other governing body thereof approves such Acquisition, provided that, immediately before and after giving effect to such Acquisition, no Default has occurred and is continuing.
“Permitted Business” means any line of business in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is engaged on the Effective Date or that is reasonably related, ancillary, incidental, synergistic, or complementary thereto or a reasonable extension, development, or expansion of any of the foregoing.
“Permitted Liens” means
(i) Liens for Taxes that are not yet due and payable or due but not yet delinquent and pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure payment of workmen’s compensation, or to participate in any fund in connection with workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance, pensions or other social security programs;
(ii) statutory Liens, other Liens imposed by law (even if pursuant to additional notices or filings authorized by statute) and Liens of mechanics, materialmen, repairmen, workmen, warehousemen, carriers, landlords and contractors, provided that the Liens permitted by this subsection (ii) have not been filed or, if such Liens have been filed, either (A) a stay of enforcement thereof has been obtained within 60 days, (B) such Liens have been satisfied of record within 60 days after the date of filing thereof or (C) such Liens are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and adequate reserves have been established therefor in accordance with GAAP;
(iii) Liens incurred or deposits made (including deposits and purchase price payments paid under purchase agreements) to secure the performance of tenders, bids, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds (including construction bonds), development obligations, progress payments, purchase agreements, government contracts, utility services, developer’s or other obligations to make on-site or off-site improvements and other obligations of like nature, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Loan Parties;
(iv) encumbrances consisting of zoning restrictions, easements, rights of way, matters of plat, minor defects or irregularities in title, assessment district or similar Liens in connection with municipal financing or community development bonds or other restrictions, charges or encumbrances on the use of real property, none of which materially impairs the use of such property or the value thereof, and none of which is violated in any material respect by existing or proposed structures or land use;
(v) Liens, if any, in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors;
(vi) Liens on cash, Cash Equivalents or Marketable Securities in favor of any bank or financial institution (including as agent) as security for the obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary under letters of credit not issued under the Revolving Credit Agreement in an aggregate face amount not exceeding $25,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided that each such letter of credit was issued in the ordinary course of business;
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(vii) Liens over a credit balance on a bank or deposit account or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution arising under the general business conditions of the bank or financial institution at which the account is held, including under any credit card, purchasing card or similar program, but not securing Indebtedness;
(viii) Liens arising by virtue of any statutory, contractual or common law provisions relating to banker’s liens, rights of setoff or similar rights as to deposit or other accounts;
(ix) any Lien existing on the date of this Agreement and described on Schedule 2 hereto and any Lien securing a refinancing of the Indebtedness secured by a Lien described on Schedule 2, provided that the principal amount secured thereby is not hereafter increased and no additional assets (except for improvements constructed on such assets in the normal course of the Borrower’s business) become subject to such Lien unless such change would be permitted under other provisions hereof;
(x) the following, (A) if the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate and lawful proceedings diligently conducted so long as the property subject to any such Liens is not yet subject to foreclosure or sale or as to which ▇▇▇▇ and execution thereon have been stayed and continue to be stayed or (B) if a final judgment is entered and such judgment is discharged, stayed or bonded within thirty (30) days of entry:
(1) claims or Liens for Taxes otherwise due and payable; provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;
(2) claims, Liens or encumbrances upon, and defects of title to, real or personal property, including any attachment of personal or real property or other legal process prior to adjudication of a dispute on the merits; or
(3) Liens arising pursuant to vexatious, frivolous or meritless claims, suits, actions or filings, or other similar bad faith actions, taken by a Person not an Affiliate of the Borrower;
(xi) purchase money security interests (including Capitalized Leases) in assets acquired or deemed to be acquired;
(xii) Liens securing (A) Permitted Purchase Money Loans and Nonrecourse Indebtedness described in the definitions of such terms and (B) other Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount outstanding not to exceed the greater of $200,000,000 and 3% of Tangible Net Worth at the time of any incurrence of such Indebtedness under this subclause (B);
(xiii) Liens securing additional Senior Indebtedness; provided such Liens are either pari passu with, or subordinated to, Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and subject to an Intercreditor Agreement;
(xiv) Liens on assets of Non-Loan Parties;
(xv) Liens on Investments in Non-Loan Parties;
(xvi) Liens securing return obligations in respect of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ money deposits relating to lot sales in the ordinary course of business;
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(xvii) Liens of a Borrowing Base Party which existed prior to such entity becoming a Borrowing Base Party (and were not incurred in anticipation of becoming a Borrowing Base Party);
(xviii) Liens to which assets were subject prior to the acquisition of such assets by a Borrowing Base Party (and were not incurred in anticipation of becoming a Borrowing Base Party);
(xix) judgment Liens that would not constitute an Event of Default under Section 8.8;
(xx) Liens securing payments required to be made by Loan Parties with respect to community development district bonds or similar bonds issued by any Governmental Authority to accomplish similar purposes and Liens incurred in connection with pollution control, industrial revenue, water, sewage or other public improvement bonds or similar bonds in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Loan Parties;
(xxi) [reserved];
(xxii) Liens securing the Borrower’s and/or its Subsidiaries’ obligations (not constituting Indebtedness) to third parties, in connection with (A) joint development agreements with such third parties, to perform and/or pay for or reimburse the costs of construction and/or development related to or benefiting the Borrower’s or its Subsidiaries’ property and property belonging to such third parties and (B) any option or right of first refusal to purchase real property or marketing deed of trust granted to the master developer or the seller of real property that arises as a result of the non-use or non-development of such real property by such Borrowing Base Party or relates to the coordinated marketing and promotion by the master developer, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrowing Base Parties;
(xxiii) Liens in favor of any Borrowing Base Party;
(xxiv) [reserved];
(xxv) Liens on Inventory securing Indebtedness in favor of a seller of such Inventory; provided that such ▇▇▇▇▇ attach to such Inventory substantially contemporaneously with the acquisition thereof;
(xxvi) leases or subleases granted to others not materially interfering with the ordinary business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as whole;
(xxvii) Liens constituting the pledge or deposit of cash or other Property in conjunction with obtaining surety, performance, completion or payment bonds and letters of credit or other similar instruments or providing ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ money obligations, escrows or similar purpose undertakings or indemnifications in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(xxviii) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred to refinance any Indebtedness secured by a Lien referred to in clause (ix), (xi), (xii)(B), (xvii) or (xviii) of this definition; provided that (x) the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased (other than by the amount of accrued and unpaid interest on such Indebtedness and fees, costs and premiums paid in connection with such refinancing) and the Liens do not attach to any additional assets and (y) any such refinancing Indebtedness in respect of secured Indebtedness incurred under clause (xii)(B) shall be deemed to utilize the basket contained in clause (xii)(B), but such secured refinancing Indebtedness shall be permitted even if such Indebtedness is incurred at a time when such Indebtedness would not
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otherwise be permitted to be incurred under such clause (as a result of fluctuation in Tangible Net Worth since the time of incurrence of the secured Indebtedness being refinanced);
(xxix) Liens securing obligations (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money) in an aggregate amount outstanding not to exceed the greater of $60,000,000 and 1.0% of Tangible Net Worth at the time of any incurrence of Indebtedness or obligations under this subclause (xxix);
(xxx) Liens in favor of trustees, agents and representatives of holders of Indebtedness arising under instruments governing Indebtedness permitted to be outstanding under this Agreement, provided that such Liens are solely for the benefit of the trustees, agents and representatives in their capacities as such and not for the benefit of the holders of such Indebtedness;
(xxxi) Liens arising from the deposit of funds or securities in trust for the purpose of decreasing, defeasing, redeeming, repaying or satisfying Indebtedness;
(xxxii) Liens against the ownership interest of a Loan Party in a joint venture;
(xxxiii) Liens securing Hedging Obligations arising in the ordinary course of business of a Borrowing Base Party and not for speculative purposes;
(xxxiv) Liens on model homes;
(xxxv) Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents securing obligations arising under total return swaps, repurchase agreements and other similar transactions entered into by the Borrower or any other Borrowing Base Party with respect to debt securities owned by the Borrower or any other Borrowing Base Party;
(xxxvi) Liens created pursuant to Program Agreements; and
(xxxvii) Liens, if any, in favor of the Revolving Credit Agreement Administrative Agent securing the loans in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1,335,000,000 under, and all other Obligations under and as defined in, the Revolving Credit Agreement.
In each case set forth above, notwithstanding any stated limitation on the assets that may be subject to such Lien, a Permitted Lien on a specified asset or group or type of assets may include Liens on all improvements, additions and accessions thereto and all products and proceeds thereof.
“Permitted Purchase Money Loans” means, collectively, Seller Purchase Money Loans and Assumed Purchase Money Loans.
“Permitted Recourse” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Nonrecourse Indebtedness.”
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, firm, joint venture, partnership, limited liability company, association, enterprise, trust or other entity or organization, or any government or political subdivision or any agency, department or instrumentality thereof.
“Plan” means an “employee pension benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (excluding any Multiemployer Plan) which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code: (i) which is maintained or to which contributions are required by the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group, or (ii) which has at any time within the preceding
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five years been maintained or to which contributions have been required by the Borrower or any entity which was at such time a member of the Controlled Group.
“Platform” is defined in Section 14.1(b).
“Pledge Agreement” means that certain Pledge Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit K hereto, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Pledge and Security Agreement” means that certain Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2025, made by Millrose Properties Holdings in favor of the Borrower.
“Pre-Spin Agreement” means that certain Pre-Spin Assignment, Assumption and Contribution Agreement, dated as of January 16, 2025, by and between Lennar, Lennar Homes Holdings, LLC, CalAtlantic Group, LLC, U.S. Home, LLC, the Borrower, Millrose Properties, LLC, and each of the purchaser entities party thereto.
“Pricing Schedule” means the Schedule attached hereto identified as such.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest most recently published in the Money Rates section of The Wall Street Journal from time to time as the Prime Rate in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent). Any change in such prime rate shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
“Proceeding” means any claim, litigation, investigation, action, suit, arbitration or administrative, judicial or regulatory action or proceeding in any jurisdiction.
“Program Agreements” means (i) the Master Program Agreement, (ii) the Master Option Agreement, (iii) the Master Construction Agreement, (iv) the Founder’s Rights Agreement, and (v) any agreement similar to those referenced in subclauses (i) through (iv) relating to the business activities of the Borrower or any other Borrowing Base Party in respect of a Permitted Business, in each case as such agreement may be amended, restated, replaced, or otherwise modified from time to time in a manner not prohibited by this Agreement.
“Prohibited Transaction” means a “prohibited transaction” within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
“Property” means any and all property, whether real, personal, tangible, intangible, or mixed, of a Loan Party or other Borrowing Base Party, or other assets owned, leased or operated by a Loan Party or other Borrowing Base Party.
“PropertyCo LLCs” means each of the direct or indirect subsidiaries of Millrose Properties Holdings that is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower. All PropertyCo LLCs as of the Effective Date are listed on Schedule 5 hereto.
“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
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“Qualified REIT Subsidiary” means a Person qualifying for treatment either as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” under Section 856(i) of the Code, or as an entity disregarded as an entity separate from its owner under Treasury Regulations under Section 7701 of the Code.
“Rate Option” means the Alternate Base Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate.
“Rate Option Notice” is defined in Section 2.2(4).
“Reallocation Amount” means an amount equal to the lesser of (x) $100,000,000 and (y) the amount equal to the difference of $600,000,000 minus the amount of Acquisition Tranche Loans actually drawn on the Specified Acquisition Closing Date (or the Acquisition Tranche Early Funding Date) to finance the Specified Acquisition.
“Reallocation Percentage” means, as to any Lender, on the Specified Acquisition Closing Date, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Acquisition Tranche Commitments by (ii) the aggregate amount of all Lenders’ Acquisition Tranche Commitments, in each case, on such date after giving effect to any funding of the Acquisition Tranche Loans on or prior to such date (but prior to the reallocation and termination of such Acquisition Tranche Commitments).
“Recognition Agreement” means that certain Recognition, Subordination and Non-Disturbance Agreement, dated as of February 7, 2025, by and among the Borrower, Millrose Properties Holdings, U.S. Home and the PropertyCo LLCs party thereto.
“Reference Time” with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (1) if such Benchmark is the Term SOFR Rate, 5:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the day that is two Business Days preceding the date of such setting, (2) if such Benchmark is Daily Simple SOFR, 5:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the day that is four Business Days preceding the date of such setting and (3) if such Benchmark is not the Term SOFR Rate or Daily Simple SOFR, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
“Register” is defined in Section 13.2(c).
“Regulated Substances” means any pollutant or contaminant, waste, material, compound, chemical or substance regulated under Environmental Laws, including, petroleum or petroleum-derived products, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, asbestos containing material, toxic mold, radon gas or off-specification drywall or wallboard.
“Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor thereto or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board relating to reserve requirements applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.
“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board relating to the extension of credit by banks for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stocks applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.
“REIT” means a Person qualifying for treatment as a “real estate investment trust” under the Code.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
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“Release” means any release, spill, emission, discharge, deposit, disposal, leaking, pumping, pouring, dumping, emptying, injecting, leaching or migrating of Regulated Substances into or through the Environment, or into, from or through any structure.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Board, the CME Term SOFR Administrator and/or the NYFRB, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board, the CME Term SOFR Administrator and or the NYFRB, or any successor thereto.
“Relevant Guarantor Date” is defined in Section 7.16.
“Removal Effective Date” is defined in Section 11.6(b).
“Repaid in Full” or “Repayment in Full” means the payment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations (other than Excluded Obligations) that are accrued and payable and the termination or expiration of the Commitments.
“Reportable Event” means a reportable event as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued under such section, with respect to a Plan, excluding, however, such events as to which the PBGC has by regulation waived the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within 30 days of the occurrence of such event.
“Required Lenders” means on any date of determination, those Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders) holding more than fifty percent (50%) of the sum of the Aggregate Commitment (excluding the Commitments of any Defaulting Lenders), and the outstanding principal amount of all Loans (excluding the Loans of any Defaulting Lenders).
“Resignation Effective Date” is defined in Section 11.6(a).
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Restricted Payment” means, with respect to any Person, any dividend on, or any payment on account of, including any sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of, any Capital Stock of any Person or any of its Subsidiaries, or any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Restricted Subsidiaries” means, as of any date, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower which are not Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
“Revolving Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of February 7, 2025 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among the Borrower, the lenders and issuing banks from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Revolving Credit Agreement Administrative Agent”).
“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings and any successor thereto.
“Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any comprehensive Sanctions (at the Effective Date, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic,
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the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, the non-government controlled areas of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).
“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any publicly-available 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, (b) any Person located, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons.
“Sanctions” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by 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.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Secured Creditors” means, collectively, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and any other holder from time to time of any of the Obligations and, in each case, their respective successors and permitted assigns.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Security Documents” means the Pledge Agreement, and any other security document, pledge agreement, instrument or document utilized to pledge or grant or purport to pledge or grant a security interest or Lien on any property as Collateral for the Obligations.
“Seller Purchase Money Loans” means at any time (a) outstanding purchase money loans made to a Loan Party or Borrowing Base Party by the seller of improved or unimproved real estate in a single transaction or separate transactions for the exclusive purpose of acquiring such real estate for development and secured by a mortgage Lien on such real estate or (b) any amendment, modification, extension or refinancing of such loans; provided that with respect to the loans, as amended, modified, extended, or refinanced (i) the aggregate amount thereof shall not exceed the purchase price of the applicable asset plus accrued and unpaid interest and fees, costs and premiums associated with such amendment, modification, extension or refinancing, and (ii) such loans and refinancings shall not be secured by any assets of any Loan Party or Borrowing Base Party other than those initially purchased by the applicable Loan Party or Borrowing Base Party and improvements constructed thereon in the normal course of the Loan Parties’ or Borrowing Base Parties’, as applicable, business, as well as additions and accessions thereto and products and proceeds of the foregoing.
“Senior Executive” means the President, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer or General Counsel of any Loan Party.
“Senior Indebtedness” means at any time, on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, Total Indebtedness, less Subordinated Indebtedness.
“Single Employer Plan” means a Plan (excluding a Multiple Employer Plan) maintained by the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group.
“SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
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“SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
“SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR.”
“SOFR Loan” means a Term SOFR Loan.
“SOFR Rate Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR.”
“SPE” means (i) an entity formed solely for the purpose of holding, acquiring, constructing, developing or improving assets whose acquisition, construction, development or improvement shall be financed by Nonrecourse Indebtedness and equity Investments in such entity or (ii) an entity acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary whose outstanding Indebtedness is all Nonrecourse Indebtedness.
“Specified Acquisition” means the Borrower’s (or its applicable Subsidiary’s) acquisition of certain land assets (the “Acquired Assets”) pursuant to and in the manner contemplated by the Land Bank Commitment Letter.
“Specified Acquisition Closing Date” means the date on which the Specified Acquisition is consummated in accordance with the Land Bank Purchase Agreement.
“Spin-Off” means the distribution of approximately 80% of the issued equity interests of the Borrower to the holders of the common stock of Lennar on February 7, 2025 as described in the Form S-11.
“Spin-Off Agreements” means (i) the Pre-Spin Agreement and (ii) the Distribution Agreement.
“Subject Subsidiary” is defined in Section 7.16.
“Subordinated Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of a Loan Party that is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Subsidiary” with respect to a Person means (i) any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding securities having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) any partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or similar business organization more than 50% of the ownership interests having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Substantial Portion” means, with respect to the Property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, Property which represents more than 10% of the consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as would be shown in the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the beginning of the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending with the fiscal quarter in which such determination is made.
“Successor Borrower” is defined in Section 7.10(a)(i).
“Successor Borrowing Base Party” is defined in Section 7.10(c)(i).
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“Successor Guarantor” is defined in Section 7.10(b)(i).
“Supplemental Guaranty” means a “Supplemental Guaranty” in the form provided for and as defined in the Guaranty Agreement.
“Tangible Net Worth” means at any time (i) Consolidated Net Worth less (ii) intangible assets (as determined in accordance with GAAP) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, but excluding any non-cash gain or loss of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries after September 30, 2024 resulting from any mark-to-market adjustments made directly to the net worth of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as a result of fluctuations in the value of financial instruments owned by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as mandated under SFAS 133.
“Taxable REIT Subsidiary” means (a) Millrose Properties Holdings and any other “taxable REIT subsidiary,” as such term is used in the Code, that is a direct Subsidiary of either (i) the Borrower or (ii) a Subsidiary of the Borrower other than (A) a “taxable REIT subsidiary” or (B) a Subsidiary of a “taxable REIT subsidiary” (each such entity under this clause (a), a “TRS Entity”) and (b) any Subsidiary of a TRS Entity other than, in the case of this clause (b), a Subsidiary that is partially owned by either (i) the Borrower or (ii) any Subsidiary of the Borrower, in each case under this clause (b)(ii), other than (A) a TRS Entity or (B) a Subsidiary of a TRS Entity.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term SOFR” means, with respect to any Term SOFR Advance for any Interest Period as of the applicable Reference Time, the Term SOFR Reference Rate as such rate is published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator.
“Term SOFR Advance” means an Advance consisting of Term SOFR Loans.
“Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning assigned to it under the definition of “Term SOFR Reference Rate.”
“Term SOFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, other than pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition of “Alternate Base Rate.”
“Term SOFR Rate” means, with respect to any Term SOFR borrowing for any Interest Period, the Term SOFR Reference Rate two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator.
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means, for any day and time (such day, the “Term SOFR Determination Day”), with respect to any Term SOFR Advance and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent as the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR. If as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination Day.
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“Total Indebtedness” means, at any time, all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at such time; provided that to the extent that (i) the net proceeds of any Indebtedness are to be applied to the redemption and/or repurchase of other Indebtedness (the “Refinanced Indebtedness”) and (ii) a notice for such redemption and/or prepayment of such Refinanced Indebtedness has been, or shall substantially concurrently be, delivered to the holders or lenders of such Refinanced Indebtedness or their representative or an offer to purchase such Refinanced Indebtedness has been, or shall substantially concurrently be, commenced, Total Indebtedness may be measured on a pro forma basis reflecting the consummation of such redemption or repurchase pending the consummation (or termination) of the same; provided, further, that, in the case of a tender offer, Total Indebtedness may be measured on a pro forma basis reflecting the redemption of any Refinanced Indebtedness that is not tendered in such tender offer, as long as the notice of redemption for such Refinanced Indebtedness is delivered prior to or promptly after the expiration of the tender offer; it being understood that such net proceeds shall not be included in the calculation of Unrestricted Cash. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) “Total Indebtedness” shall not include Indebtedness of Unrestricted Subsidiaries and (ii) the amount of any Nonrecourse Indebtedness included in the calculation of Total Indebtedness shall be limited to the lesser of (x) the amount of such Indebtedness that is Nonrecourse Indebtedness and (y) the fair market value of any Property or asset that is pledged for the benefit of, or otherwise identified as collateral therefor, in the instruments securing such Nonrecourse Indebtedness.
“Total Net Indebtedness” means (i) Total Indebtedness (excluding outstanding letters of credit or similar arrangements not issued under the Revolving Credit Agreement to the extent collateralized by cash, Marketable Securities and/or Cash Equivalents), less (ii) Unrestricted Cash in excess of $25,000,000.
“Transactions” means, collectively, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the provision of the Commitments hereunder, and the borrowing of the Loans hereunder, the issuance by the Borrower of senior debt securities through a public offering or in a private placement to finance the Specified Acquisition, the consummation of the Specified Acquisition and the other transactions contemplated by or related to the foregoing.
“Transferee” is defined in Section 13.3.
“TRS Entity” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Taxable REIT Subsidiary”.
“Type” means (x) with respect to any Advance, its nature as an ABR Advance or Term SOFR Advance and (y) with respect to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or Term SOFR Loan.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York; provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.
“UK Financial Institutions” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the Financial Conduct Authority Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
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“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“Undrawn Fee” is defined in Section 2.4(a).
“Unfunded Liabilities” means the amount (if any) by which the present value of all vested and unvested accrued benefits under all Single Employer Plans exceeds the fair market value of all such Plan assets allocable to such benefits, all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such Plans using the Plan’s current actuarial assumptions for ongoing funding purposes.
“Unrestricted Cash” means cash, Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that are free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens of the type described in clause (v), (vii) or (viii) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”) and not subject to any restrictions on the use thereof to pay Indebtedness and other obligations.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary hereafter designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.20, unless and until redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of Section 7.20.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
“U.S. Home” means U.S. Home, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Special Resolution Regimes” is defined in Section 10.16.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” is defined in Section 3.7(g)(ii)(B)(iii).
“Voting Stock” of any specified “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date means the Capital Stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person.
“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any other Person all of the Capital Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) is owned by such Person directly and/or through other Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other
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person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
1.2. Other Interpretative Provisions.
(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
(b) (i) The words “herein,” “hereunder,” “hereto” and “hereof” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.
(ii) Unless otherwise specified herein, “Article,” “Section,” “Exhibit” and “Schedule” references are to this Agreement.
(iii) The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.
(iv) The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements, and other writings, however evidenced.
(c) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”; and the word “through” means “to and including.”
(d) Any references to the “date of this Agreement,” the “date hereof” or “even date herewith” shall refer to the Effective Date.
1.3. Accounting Terms. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, Administrative Agent, Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (x) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (y) the Borrower shall provide to Administrative Agent and Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to (i) any election under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 825 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value,” as defined therein and (ii) any treatment of Indebtedness under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 or 2015-03 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof.
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1.4. References to Agreements and Laws. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements, and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements, and other modifications are not prohibited by any Loan Document; and (b) references to any Applicable Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing, or interpreting such Applicable Law.
1.5. Time References. Unless otherwise specified in the Loan Documents time references are to Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Time (as applicable).
1.6. [Reserved].
1.7. Disclaimer and Exculpation With Respect to any Rate. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to Alternate Base Rate, Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, Term SOFR or any Benchmark or with respect to any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereof (including any Benchmark Replacement), or any calculation, component definition thereof or rate referenced in the definition thereof, including (i) any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) implemented pursuant to Section 3.5, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, and (ii) the effect, implementation or composition of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes pursuant to Section 3.5, including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, Alternate Base Rate, Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, Term SOFR or any Benchmark or have the same volume or liquidity as did Alternate Base Rate, Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, Term SOFR or any Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability. In addition, the discontinuation of Alternate Base Rate, Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, Term SOFR or any Benchmark and any alternative, successor or replacement reference rate may result in a mismatch between the reference rate referenced in this Agreement and your other financial instruments, including potentially those that are intended as ▇▇▇▇▇▇. The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates and/or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of Alternate Base Rate, Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, Term SOFR, any Benchmark or any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) and/or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, with all determinations of such Alternate Base Rate, Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, Term SOFR, any Benchmark or such alternative, successor or replacement rate by the Administrative Agent to be conclusive, absent manifest error. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain Alternate Base Rate, Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, Term SOFR, any Benchmark or any such alternative, successor or replacement rate, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
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ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
2.1. The Credit Facility.
(1) Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth herein:
(a) each Lender severally agrees to make term loans (“General Tranche Loans”) to the Borrower in Dollars in a principal amount not to exceed its General Tranche Commitment (including, on the Specified Acquisition Closing Date, its Reallocation Amount, if any) in no more than four Advances during the period commencing on and including the Effective Date, until and including the earlier of (x) the Commitment Termination Date and (y) the Specified Acquisition Closing Date. Any General Tranche Loans that are repaid or prepaid hereunder may not be reborrowed;
(b) each Lender severally agrees to make term loans (“Acquisition Tranche Loans”) to the Borrower in Dollars in a principal amount not to exceed its Acquisition Tranche Commitment in a single Advance on the Specified Acquisition Closing Date or the Acquisition Tranche Early Funding Date. Any Acquisition Tranche Loans that are repaid or prepaid hereunder may not be reborrowed.
(c) Once funded, General Tranche Loans and Acquisition Tranche Loans shall constitute a single tranche and class of Loans, and be fungible, for all purposes (including tax purposes) hereunder.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 2.10(b) hereof, with respect to the Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility, any outstanding Loans thereunder and all other unpaid Obligations thereunder shall be Repaid in Full by the Borrower on the Maturity Date.
2.2. Advances.
(1) Advances to be Ratable. Each Advance hereunder shall consist of borrowings made from the several Lenders on a pro rata basis in accordance with their applicable Commitments.
(2) Advance Rate Options. The Advances may be ABR Advances or Term SOFR Advances, or a combination thereof, selected by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.2(3).
(3) Method of Selecting Rate Options and Interest Periods for Advances. The Borrower shall select the Rate Option and, in the case of each Term SOFR Advance, the Interest Period, applicable to any Advance, from time to time. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice of any Advance in substantially the form of Exhibit F hereto (a “Borrowing Notice”) not later than, (x) 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Borrowing Date of each ABR Advance and (y) 11:00 a.m. (New York time) at least three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the Borrowing Date of each Term SOFR Advance; provided that if such Borrowing Notice is submitted through an Approved Borrower Portal, the signature requirement may be waived at the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent; provided further that, notwithstanding the foregoing, a Borrowing Notice for an Advance on the Acquisition Tranche Early Funding Date, the Specified Acquisition Closing Date or the Effective Date may be submitted no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time) one (1) Business Day prior to the Acquisition Tranche Early Funding Date, Specified Acquisition Closing Date or the Effective Date, as applicable. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice of each Borrowing Notice to each applicable Lender. A Borrowing Notice shall specify:
(i) the Borrowing Date, which shall be a Business Day, of such Advance;
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(ii) the aggregate amount of such Advance;
(iii) whether such Advance will be comprised of Acquisition Tranche Loans or General Tranche Loans;
(iv) the Rate Option selected for such Advance; and
(v) in the case of each Term SOFR Advance, the Interest Period applicable thereto (which shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.2(6)).
(4) Conversion and Continuation of Outstanding Advances. Each ABR Advance shall continue as an ABR Advance unless and until such ABR Advance is converted into a Term SOFR Advance in accordance with this Section 2.2(4) or is prepaid in accordance with Section 2.6. Each Term SOFR Advance shall continue as a Term SOFR Advance of such Type until the end of the then applicable Interest Period therefor, at which time such Term SOFR Advance shall be automatically continued as a Term SOFR Advance with an Interest Period of one month unless such Term SOFR Advance shall have been either (a) prepaid in accordance with Section 2.6, (b) continued as a Term SOFR Advance for another Interest Period in accordance with this Section 2.2(4) or (c) converted into an ABR Advance in accordance with this Section 2.2(4). Subject to the terms of Section 2.5, the Borrower may elect from time to time to convert and/or continue the Rate Option applicable to all or any part of an Advance into another Rate Option; provided that any conversion or continuation of any Term SOFR Advance shall be made on, and only on, the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice substantially the form of Exhibit G hereto (a “Rate Option Notice”) of each conversion of an ABR Advance into a Term SOFR Advance, or continuation of a Term SOFR Advance or the conversion of a Term SOFR Advance into an ABR Advance, not later than (x) 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Business Day of the conversion of a Term SOFR Advance into an ABR Advance or (y) 11:00 a.m. (New York time) at least three U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the date of the requested conversion or continuation of an Advance into or as a Term SOFR Advance, specifying:
(i) the requested date, which shall be a Business Day, of such conversion or continuation;
(ii) the aggregate amount and Rate Option applicable to the Advance which is to be converted or continued; and
(iii) the amount and Rate Option(s) of Advance(s) into which such Advance is to be converted or continued and, in the case of a conversion into or continuation of a Term SOFR Advance, the duration of the Interest Period applicable thereto (which shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.2(6));
provided that if such Rate Option Notice is submitted through an Approved Borrower Portal, the signature requirement may be waived at the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent
(5) Limitations. Advances shall be subject to the applicable limitations set forth in Section 2.5.
(6) Interest Period. The Interest Period of a Term SOFR Advance may not end later than the Maturity Date.
2.3. Funding Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders,
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(1) an initial funding fee (the “Initial Funding Fee”) in an amount equal to (i) for any Loans funded during the period from (and including) the Initial Draw Date to (and including) the date that is 90 days after the Initial Draw Date, 0.125% of the aggregate principal amount of such funded Loans, (ii) for any Loans funded during the period from (and including) the date that is 91 days after the Initial Draw Date to (and including) the date that is 180 days after the Initial Draw Date, 0.250% of the aggregate principal amount of such funded Loans and (iii) for any Loans funded on and after the date that is 181 days after the Initial Draw Date, 0.500% of the aggregate principal amount of such funded loans, which Initial Funding Fee shall be earned, due and payable with respect to each funding of Loans, concurrently with the funding thereof;
(2) a stage 2 funding fee (the “Stage 2 Funding Fee”) in an amount equal to 0.125% of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding on, or funded on, the date that is 90 days after the Initial Draw Date, which Stage 2 Funding Fee shall be earned, due and payable on such date; and
(3) a stage 3 funding fee (the “Stage 3 Funding Fee”, together with the Stage 2 Funding Fee and the Initial Funding Fee, the “Funding Fees”), in an amount equal to 0.250% of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding on, or funded on, the date that is 180 days after the Initial Draw Date, which Stage 3 Funding Fee shall be earned, due and payable on such date.
2.4. Undrawn Fee; Voluntary Reductions in Aggregate Commitments; Optional Prepayments.
(a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders (other than any Defaulting Lender) an undrawn commitment fee (“Undrawn Fee”) at a per annum rate equal to 0.325% per annum on the undrawn Aggregate Commitments accruing daily from (and including) August 11, 2025 to and including the date on which all Commitments hereunder are terminated, which Undrawn Fee shall be earned, due and payable on such date.
(b) Voluntary Reductions of Aggregate Commitment. The Borrower may permanently reduce the unused Aggregate Commitment in whole, or in part in integral multiples of $10,000,000, upon at least three (3) Business Days’ written notice to the Administrative Agent, which notice shall specify the amount of any such reduction. Any such reduction of the Aggregate Commitment may be allocated non-ratably among the Acquisition Tranche Commitments and General Tranche Commitments so long as such reduction is applied ratably among the Lenders, in accordance with their Commitments within such tranche. Each notice of Commitment reduction delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.4(b) shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Aggregate Commitment delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other transactions, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.
(c) Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may from time to time prepay, without penalty or premium, all outstanding ABR Advances, or, in a minimum aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, any portion of the outstanding ABR Advances upon one Business Day’s prior notice to the Administrative Agent. The Borrower may from time to time pay, upon three U.S. Government Securities Business Days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent before the date of prepayment in the case of a Term SOFR Advance. Subject to the payment of any funding indemnification amounts required by Section 3.6 (with respect to a Term SOFR Advance) but without penalty or premium, without penalty or premium, (i) all of a Term SOFR Advance, or (ii) in a minimum aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (and provided such payment would not reduce the outstanding principal amount of such Term SOFR Advance to less than $5,000,000) any portion of a Term SOFR Advance. Each such prepayment notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.4(c) shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of optional prepayment delivered by the Borrower may
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state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other transactions, in which case such notice of prepayment may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified prepayment date) if such condition is not satisfied.
2.5. Minimum Amount of Each Advance of General Tranche Loans. Each Advance of General Tranche Loans shall be in the minimum amount of $50,000,000 (and in multiples of $10,000,000 if in excess thereof). There shall be no more than five (5) Term SOFR Advances outstanding under the Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility at any time.
2.6. Mandatory Commitment Reductions and Repayments.
(a) Funding. The General Tranche Commitments of each Lender will be reduced automatically on a dollar for dollar basis concurrently with the funding of General Tranche Loans by such Lender. The Acquisition Tranche Commitments of each Lender will be reduced automatically on a dollar for dollar basis concurrently with (x) the funding of Acquisition Tranche Loans by such Lender and (y) the reallocation of the Reallocation Amount into General Tranche Commitments. To the extent Loans are funded hereunder on or prior to the Specified Acquisition Closing Date, immediately after the funding of all Loans to be funded hereunder on the Specified Acquisition Closing Date (including any General Tranche Loans funded under the Reallocation Amount), all Commitments that were not terminated pursuant to the two immediately preceding sentences shall terminate.
(b) Commitment Termination Date. Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall automatically terminate on the Commitment Termination Date.
(c) Mandatory Reductions and Prepayments.
(i) Debt Issuances, Equity Issuances and Dispositions. In the event that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries receives any Net Cash Proceeds from:
(A) the incurrence of any Indebtedness by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, other than Excluded Debt;
(B) the issuance of any Capital Stock by the Borrower, other than Excluded Equity; or
(C) (x) any non-ordinary course Disposition (other than an Excluded Disposition); provided that Dispositions of assets of the general types eligible for inclusion in the Borrowing Base (under and as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement), whether or not such assets are actually included in the Borrowing Base, shall (a) to the extent such assets are subject to an option agreement, in all cases constitute ordinary course Dispositions and (b) to the extent such assets are not subject to an option agreement, shall in all cases constitute non-ordinary course Dispositions or (y) any casualty or condemnation event in respect of property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (excluding casualty or condemnation events in respect of property of the Borrower’s foreign Subsidiaries to the extent the repatriation of the proceeds of such casualty or condemnation event would result in material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Borrower);
then, the Borrower shall (1) first prepay Loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to the lesser of (x) 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds and (y) the then-outstanding principal amount of Loans, until there are no Loans outstanding under the Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility, in each case, promptly but in any event
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on or prior to the date that is five (5) Business Days after receipt by the Borrower of such Net Cash Proceeds and (2) then, to the extent any Net Cash Proceeds are remaining, the then-outstanding Commitments shall be automatically reduced by an amount equal to the amount of such remaining Net Cash Proceeds, which reduction of Commitments pursuant to this clause (2) shall be applied ratably as between the Acquisition Tranche Commitments and the General Tranche Commitments, in accordance with the then-outstanding amounts thereof; provided that with respect to any Net Cash Proceeds received in accordance with clause (iii) above, no such Net Cash Proceeds shall be required to be applied to reduce the Commitments or prepay Loans pursuant to this Section 2.6(c) to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds are reinvested in or applied in the replacement or repair of assets to be used in the Borrower’s and/or its subsidiaries’ business within 6 months of receipt of such proceeds (or in the case of any casualty or condemnation event, such longer period as may be reasonably required to replace or repair the affected asset).
(d) Qualifying Loan Facility. If, prior to the Specified Acquisition Closing Date or, if earlier, the Acquisition Tranche Early Funding Date, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries enter into any committed but unfunded credit agreement or similar definitive agreement for the incurrence of Indebtedness for borrowed money that has become effective for the purpose of financing the Specified Acquisition and having conditions to availability that are no less favorable to the Borrower than the conditions to funding of the Acquisition Tranche Loans (as reasonably determined by the Borrower upon entering into such committed financing), other than Excluded Debt (each such agreement, a “Qualifying Loan Facility”), then (1) first the Acquisition Tranche Commitments shall be automatically reduced by an amount equal to the amount of commitments under such Qualifying Loan Facility until there are no Acquisition Tranche Commitments remaining and (2) then, to the extent any commitments under such Qualifying Loan Facility are remaining, the General Tranche Commitments shall be automatically reduced by an amount equal to the amount of such remaining commitments under such Qualifying Loan Facility.
(e) Special Mandatory Prepayment of Acquisition Tranche Loans. If any Advance of Acquisition Tranche Loans has been funded to the Borrower on the Acquisition Tranche Early Funding Date pursuant to Section 5.2(v) and the Specified Acquisition Closing Date does not occur on the Business Day immediately following the Acquisition Tranche Early Funding Date, then the Borrower shall promptly, but in any event on the Business Day immediately following the Acquisition Tranche Early Funding Date, prepay the aggregate outstanding amount of such funded Acquisition Tranche Loans, together with any accrued interest thereon.
(f) Notice of Mandatory Prepayments and Commitment Reductions. The Borrower shall provide written notice to the Administrative Agent of any required prepayments or Commitment reductions under Section 2.6 (i) within three (3) Business Days after (x) receipt by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries of any Net Cash Proceeds described in Section 2.6(c)(i) or (y) entering into a Qualifying Loan Facility or (ii) immediately after the Borrower obtains knowledge that the Specified Acquisition Closing Date will not occur, or is not reasonably likely to occur, on the Business Day immediately following the Acquisition Tranche Early Funding Date.
2.7. Funding. Not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on each Borrowing Date, each Lender shall make available its Loan or Loans in funds immediately available in New York to the Administrative Agent at its address specified pursuant to Article XIV. The Administrative Agent will make the funds so received from the applicable Lenders available to the Borrower at the Administrative Agent’s aforesaid address.
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2.8. Interest Rates.
(a) Each ABR Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for each day from and including the date such ABR Loan is made or is converted from a Term SOFR Loan into an ABR Loan pursuant to Section 2.2(4), to but excluding the date it is paid or is converted into a Term SOFR Loan pursuant to Section 2.2(4), at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate for such day plus the Applicable Base Rate Margin for such day. Changes in the rate of interest on any ABR Loan will take effect simultaneously with each change in the Alternate Base Rate or the Applicable Base Rate Margin.
(b) Each Term SOFR Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from and including the first day of the Interest Period applicable thereto to (but not including) the last day of such Interest Period at the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable SOFR Margin in effect two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) Conforming Changes. In connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR, the Administrative Agent will have the right, with the Borrower’s prior written consent (such consent by the Borrower not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR.
2.9. Rates Applicable After Default. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 2.2, during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the Borrower (which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 9.2 requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders adversely affected thereby to a reduction in an interest rate), declare that no Loan may be made as, converted into or continued (after the then applicable Interest Period therefor) as a Term SOFR Loan. If any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration, by mandatory prepayment or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (A) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided above plus the Default Rate or (B) in the case of any other amount, the Default Rate plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided above.
2.10. Method and Allocation of Payments.
(a) All payments of the Obligations hereunder shall be made, without setoff, deduction, or counterclaim, in immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s address specified pursuant to Article XIV, or at any other Lending Installation of the Administrative Agent specified in writing by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, by 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date when due. Each payment delivered to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Lender shall be delivered promptly by the Administrative Agent to such Lender in the same type of funds that the Administrative Agent received at its address specified pursuant to Article XIV or at any Lending Installation specified in a notice received by the Administrative Agent from such Lender.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.10(c):
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(i) Payments of principal on Loans received by the Administrative Agent shall be allocated among the Lenders on a pro rata basis; and
(ii) Payments of interest on Loans received by the Administrative Agent shall be allocated among the Lenders on a pro rata basis.
(c) Payments made by the Borrower shall be applied first, to interest and fees accrued on the Loans or Commitments and second, to the principal of the Loans.
2.11. Noteless Agreement; Evidence of Indebtedness.
(a) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall also maintain accounts in which it will record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder and the Rate Option and Interest Period with respect thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender’s share thereof.
(c) The entries maintained in the accounts maintained pursuant to Sections 2.11(a) and (b) above shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the Obligations therein recorded; provided however that the failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Obligations in accordance with their terms.
(d) Any Lender may request that its Loans be evidenced by a Note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender the Note or Notes payable to such Lender or its registered assigns in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such Note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after any assignment pursuant to Section 13.2) be represented by one or more Notes payable to the payee named therein or its registered assigns, except to the extent that any such Lender or assignee subsequently returns any such Note for cancellation and requests that such Loans once again be evidenced as described in Sections 2.11(a) and (b) above.
2.12. [Reserved].
2.13. Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis. Interest accrued on each ABR Advance shall be payable quarterly, with such payment being due, with respect to any calendar quarter, not later than the fifteenth day following such last day of each calendar quarter and on the Maturity Date (or such earlier date on which all Loans are paid in full), commencing the first such date to occur after the Effective Date. Interest accrued on each Term SOFR Advance shall be payable on the last day of its applicable Interest Period, on any date on which the Term SOFR Advance is repaid, whether due to acceleration or otherwise, and at maturity. Interest accrued on each Term SOFR Advance having an Interest Period longer than three months shall also be payable on each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period. Interest and fees under this Agreement shall be calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 360-day year except that interest on ABR Advances made at the Prime Rate shall be calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 365-day (or, if applicable, 366-day) year. Interest shall be payable for the day a Loan is made but not for the day of any payment on the amount paid if payment is received prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York time) at the place of
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payment. If any payment of principal of or interest on a Loan shall become due on a day which is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in computing interest in connection with such payment.
2.14. Notification of Advances, Interest Rates, Prepayments and Aggregate Commitment Reductions. Promptly after receipt thereof, (a) the Administrative Agent will notify each Lender of the contents of each Aggregate Commitment reduction notice (including pursuant to Section 2.6(f), and (b) the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of each Borrowing Notice, Rate Option Notice and repayment notice (including pursuant to Section 2.6(f)) received by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent will notify each Lender of the interest rate applicable to each Term SOFR Loan promptly upon determination of such interest rate and will give each Lender prompt notice of each change in the Alternate Base Rate or Applicable Base Rate Margin.
2.15. Lending Installations. Each Lender may book its Loans at any Lending Installation selected by such Lender and may change its Lending Installation from time to time. All terms of this Agreement shall apply to any such Lending Installation and the applicable Loans and Notes issued hereunder shall be deemed held by each Lender for the benefit of such Lending Installation. Each Lender may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in accordance with Article XIV, designate replacement or additional Lending Installations through which Loans will be made by it and for whose account Loan payments are to be made.
2.16. Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent. Unless the Borrower or a Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Administrative Agent prior to the date, or time of day in the case of same-day borrowings, on which it is scheduled to make payment to the Administrative Agent of (i) in the case of a Lender, the proceeds of a Loan or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, a payment of principal, interest or fees to the Administrative Agent for the account of any of the Lenders, that it does not intend to make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such payment has been made. The Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the amount of such payment available to the intended recipient in reliance upon such assumption. If such Lender or the Borrower, as the case may be, has not in fact made such payment to the Administrative Agent, the recipient of such payment shall, on demand by the Administrative Agent, repay to the Administrative Agent the amount so made available, together with interest thereon, in respect of each day during the period commencing on the date such amount was so made available by the Administrative Agent until the date the Administrative Agent recovers such amount at a rate per annum equal to (x) in the case of payment by a Lender, the Federal Funds Rate for such day or (y) in the case of payment by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans.
2.17. [Reserved].
2.18. [Reserved].
2.19. [Reserved].
2.20. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of a Lender.
(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.1 or 3.2, or requires the Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts in respect of any Indemnified Taxes to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.7, then such Lender shall (at the request of the Borrower) use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Installation for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable
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pursuant to Section 3.1, 3.2 or 3.7, as the case may be, in the future, or would cause Section 3.5 to be inapplicable, and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.1, Section 3.2, or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts in respect of any Indemnified Taxes to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.7, or if a Lender gives notice of illegality pursuant to Section 3.8 and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different Lending Installation in accordance with Section 2.20(a) or Section 3.5, as the case may be, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 13.2), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 3.1 or Section 3.7) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that:
(i) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 13.3;
(ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.6) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);
(iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.1 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.7, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;
(iv) such assignment does not conflict with Applicable Law; and
(v) in the case of any assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable assignee shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
2.21. [Reserved].
2.22. Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents:
(a) Defaulting Lender Adjustments. If any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law:
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(i) Waivers and Amendments. Such Defaulting ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definition of “Required Lenders.”
(ii) Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 12.1 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement; fourth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document; fifth, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document; and sixth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 5.2 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with (x) in the case of Acquisition Tranche Loans, the Acquisition Tranche Commitments in effect immediately prior to the funding thereof and (y) in the case of General Tranche Loans, if any General Tranche Commitments are outstanding, the General Tranche Commitments, otherwise, the General Tranche Commitments immediately prior to the termination in full thereof. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this Section 2.22(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(iii) Certain Fees. No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Undrawn Fee for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to such Defaulting Lender).
(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein, that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that ▇▇▇▇▇▇ was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that
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except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Non-Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s having been a Defaulting Lender.
ARTICLE III
INCREASED COSTS; TAXES
3.1. Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i) 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 or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the Term SOFR Rate);
(ii) subject any Lender to any Taxes (other than (A) any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes or (B) Excluded Taxes); or
(iii) impose on any Lender any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Term SOFR Loans made by such Lender;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Term SOFR Loan, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount), then, upon receipt by the Borrower of a certificate delivered by such Lender pursuant to Section 3.3, the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered; provided, in each case, that such Lender certifies that it generally has requested such payments from similarly situated borrowers.
3.2. Capital Adequacy. If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, 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, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans 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), then, upon receipt by the Borrower of a certificate delivered by such Lender pursuant to Section 3.3, the Borrower 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; provided, in each case, that such Lender has requested such payments from similarly situated borrowers.
3.3. Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company as specified in Section 3.1 or 3.2 and delivered to the Borrower, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
3.4. Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to Section 3.1 or 3.2 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to Section 3.1 or 3.2 for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than six months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions, and of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving
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rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the six-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
3.5. Alternate Rate of Interest.
(a) Subject to clauses (b), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of this Section 3.5, if prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Term SOFR Advance or a continuation of any such Advances:
(i) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Term SOFR Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; provided that no Benchmark Transition Event shall have occurred at such time; or
(ii) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Term SOFR Rate, for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Advance for such Interest Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone, telecopy or electronic mail as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (A) any Rate Option Notice that requests the conversion of any Advance to, or continuation of any Advance as, a Term SOFR Advance shall be ineffective and (B) if any borrowing request requests a Term SOFR Advance, such Advance shall be made as an ABR Advance.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(e) The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii)
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the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, (iv) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to clause (d) above and (v) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 3.5, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 3.5.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including Term SOFR or Term SOFR Rate) and either (A) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is or will be no longer representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(g) Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any request for a Term SOFR Advance of, conversion to or continuation of Term SOFR Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Term SOFR Advance of or conversion to an ABR Advance. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of ABR based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of ABR.
3.6. Funding Indemnification. If (a) (i) any payment of a Term SOFR Loan occurs on a date which is not the last day of the applicable Interest Period, whether because of acceleration, prepayment or otherwise (including the occurrence during the Interest Period of the Maturity Date), (ii) a Term SOFR Advance is not made, or (iii) any Advance is not continued or converted into a Term SOFR Advance, on the date specified by the Borrower, in each case, for any reason other than default by one or more of the Lenders or (b) the assignment of any Term SOFR Loan occurs on a date which is not the last day of the applicable Interest Period as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.20, then the Borrower will indemnify each Lender for any loss or cost (including any reasonable internal administrative costs) incurred by it resulting therefrom, including any loss or cost in liquidating or employing deposits acquired to fund or maintain such Term SOFR Advance. Determination of amounts payable under this Section 3.6 in connection with a Term SOFR Loan shall be calculated as though each Lender funded its Term SOFR Loan through the purchase of a deposit of the type and maturity corresponding to the deposit used as a reference in determining the interest rate applicable to such Loan, whether in fact that is the case or not.
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3.7. Taxes.
(a) [Reserved].
(b) All payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by Applicable Law. If any Applicable Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable withholding agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax with respect to any such payment by any applicable withholding agent, then the applicable withholding agent shall 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 or Other Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after all such deductions or withholdings have been made by any applicable withholding agent (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.7) each Lender (or, in the case of payments made to the Administrative Agent for its own account, the Administrative Agent) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings been made.
(c) The Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse the Administrative Agent for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(d) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.7) payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower 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.
(e) [Reserved].
(f) As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 3.7, the Borrower 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.
(g) (i) Each Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to any payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, each Lender shall deliver such other documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Each Lender shall, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders any such documentation (including any specific documentation required below in this Section 3.7(g)) obsolete, expired or inaccurate in any respect, deliver promptly to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent updated or other appropriate documentation (including any new
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documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal ineligibility to do so.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(A) each Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), two properly completed and duly executed originals of IRS Form W-9 (or any successor form) certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding;
(B) each Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent 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 Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(i) two properly completed and duly executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or any successor form) claiming eligibility for the applicable benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party;
(ii) two properly completed and duly executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI (or any successor form);
(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) two properly completed and duly executed certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1 (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) two properly completed and duly executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or any successor form); or
(iv) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner (for example, where the Foreign Lender is a partnership or a participating Lender), two properly completed and duly executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY (or any successor form), accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E-3 or Exhibit E-4, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents (or any successor forms) from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership (and not a participating Lender) and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E-2 on behalf of such direct and indirect partner(s);
(C) 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 any requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by Applicable Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by Applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA, to determine whether such ▇▇▇▇▇▇ has complied with such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s obligations under
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FATCA and to determine, if necessary, the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (C), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3.7(g), a Lender shall not be required to deliver any documentation pursuant to this Section 3.7(g) that such Lender is not legally eligible to deliver. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to deliver to the Borrower and any successor Administrative Agent any documentation provided by the Lender to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 3.7(g).
(h) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Administrative Agent or any Lender receives a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 3.7 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.7), it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, under this Section 3.7 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes) of the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, shall repay the amount paid over pursuant to this Section 3.7(h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender if the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.7(h), in no event will the Administrative Agent or any Lender be required to pay any amount to the Borrower pursuant to this Section 3.7(h) the payment of which would place the Administrative Agent or such Lender in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the Administrative Agent or such Lender would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This Section 3.7(h) shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to any Loan Party or any other Person.
(i) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 3.7 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
3.8. Illegality. If any Lender determines that any Applicable Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Installation to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to SOFR or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to engage in reverse repurchase of U.S. Treasury securities transactions of the type included in the determination of SOFR, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon SOFR, then, upon notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower (through the Administrative Agent), (a) any obligation of such Lender to make or maintain Term SOFR Loans or to convert ABR Loans to Term SOFR Loans shall be suspended, and (b) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining ABR Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate component of the Alternate Base Rate, the interest rate on which ABR Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate component of the Alternate Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (i) the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Term SOFR Loans of such Lender to ABR Loans (the interest rate on which ABR
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Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate component of the Alternate Base Rate), immediately and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon SOFR, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Alternate Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon SOFR. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.6.
ARTICLE IV
[Reserved]
ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
5.1. Effective Date Conditions. This Agreement shall not be effective unless the Borrower has furnished to the Administrative Agent:
(i) A counterpart of this Agreement duly executed by the Borrower.
(ii) Copies of the charter of the Borrower, together with all amendments, and a certificate of good standing, each certified by the appropriate governmental officer in its jurisdiction of incorporation.
(iii) Copies, certified by a Senior Executive of the Borrower, of the bylaws and Board of Directors’ resolutions and resolutions or actions of any other body authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents.
(iv) An incumbency certificate, which shall identify by name and title and bear the signatures of the Authorized Officers and any other officers of the Borrower authorized to sign the Loan Documents, upon which certificate the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely until informed of any change in writing by the Borrower.
(v) A certificate, signed by the chief financial officer, controller, chief accounting officer, or other officer that has similar responsibilities of the Borrower, (x) stating that the conditions in clause (xiv) have been satisfied and (y) certifying the Leverage Ratio as of March 31, 2025 giving pro forma effect to (i) any Advances to be made on the Effective Date, (ii) the Advance of the General Tranche Loans to be made on the following Business Day after the Effective Date, and (iii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Land Bank Purchase Agreement, together with a reasonably detailed calculation thereof.
(vi) A solvency certificate signed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower, confirming the solvency of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis after giving effect to any Advance on the Effective Date.
(vii) Written opinions of (i) ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, and (ii) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special Maryland counsel to the Borrower, in each case addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
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(viii) Any Notes requested by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.11 payable to the order of each such requesting Lender.
(ix) (a) The Pledge Agreement, duly executed and delivered by the Borrower as of the Effective Date, together with duly prepared financing statements in form for filing under the applicable UCC in the jurisdiction of formation of the Borrower, (b) an Intercreditor Agreement, duly executed by the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Credit Agreement Administrative Agent and acknowledged and agreed to by, the Borrower and each Subsidiary of the Borrower signatory thereto, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (the “Effective Date Intercreditor Agreement”) and (c) the Lennar Agreement Letter, duly executed by the Borrower, Millrose Properties Holdings, U.S. Home and the Administrative Agent.
(x) Subject to the Effective Date Intercreditor Agreement, all certificates and instruments representing or evidencing the Collateral (as defined in the Pledge Agreement) in suitable form for transfer by delivery or accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignments in blank and all other documents, agreements or instruments necessary to perfect the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Collateral.
(xi) Payment of all fees and expenses due to the Arrangers and the Lenders (including expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers) required to be paid on the Effective Date, in the case of expenses, to the extent invoiced at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Effective Date.
(xii) All documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act, that has been requested in writing by the Arranger at least ten business days prior to the Effective Date.
(xiii) To the extent the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, at least five days prior to the Effective Date, any Lender that has requested, in a written notice to the Borrower at least ten days prior to the Effective Date, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower shall have received such Beneficial Ownership Certification (to the extent required by law).
(xiv) On and as of the Effective Date, after giving effect to the Transactions to occur on the Effective Date, (1) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (2) the representations and warranties contained in Article VI shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent already qualified by materiality, in which case said representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects).
(xv) Copies of UCC, tax and judgment lien searches, bankruptcy and pending lawsuit searches or equivalent reports or searches, each of a recent date listing all effective financing statements, lien notices or comparable documents that name any Borrowing Base Party as debtor and that are filed in those jurisdictions where the Administrative Agent has requested lien searches and such other searches that the Administrative Agent deems necessary or appropriate, none of which encumber the Collateral covered or intended to be covered by the Security Documents (other than Liens acceptable to the Administrative Agent).
(xvi) The Arrangers shall have received audited condensed consolidated balance sheets and related statements of operations, earnings, comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for each of the last three full fiscal years ended at least 60 days
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prior to the Effective Date, and unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets and related statements of operations, earnings, comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for each subsequent fiscal quarterly interim period or periods ended at least 40 days prior to the Effective Date (and the corresponding periods of the prior fiscal year) (it being understood that, with respect to such financial information for each such fiscal year and subsequent interim period, such condition shall be deemed satisfied through the filing by the Borrower of its annual report on Form 10-K or quarterly report on Form 10-Q with respect to such fiscal year or interim period) which, in each case, are prepared in accordance with GAAP and meet the requirements of Regulation S-X and all other accounting rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to registration statements on Form S-3.
5.2. Each Advance. The Lenders shall not be required to make any Advance (including on the Effective Date) unless on the applicable Borrowing Date:
(i) The Effective Date shall have occurred.
(ii) There exists no Default or Event of Default, at the time of or after giving effect to the use of the proceeds of such Advance.
(iii) The representations and warranties contained in Article VI are true and correct in all material respects as of such Borrowing Date except to the extent any such representation or warranty is stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date (provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to materiality, material adverse effect or similar language shall be true and correct as of such date).
(iv) The Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent a Borrowing Notice.
(v) Solely with respect to any Advance of Acquisition Tranche Loans, the following conditions shall be satisfied (and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the Borrower certifying to the satisfaction thereof):
(i) The Borrower shall have entered into (or will enter into, on the Business Day immediately following the making of any Advance of Acquisition Tranche Loans hereunder (subject to Section 2.6(e))) a purchase agreement with respect to the Acquired Assets (the “Land Bank Purchase Agreement”) on substantially the terms therefor set forth in the Land Bank Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter related thereto and referenced therein (the “Land Bank Fee Letter”), in each case, without giving effect to any amendment, modification, waiver or consent to the Land Bank Commitment Letter or the Land Bank Fee Letter that is materially adverse to the Lenders or the Arrangers (other than any amendment, modification, waiver or consent to which each Arranger has consented to in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned)), or such other terms to which each Arranger has consented to in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned). The Land Bank Purchase Agreement shall not have been amended, modified or waived, and the Borrower shall not have granted a consent thereto, in each case, in a manner that is materially adverse to the Lenders or the Arrangers other than any amendment, modification, waiver or consent to which each Arranger has consented to in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned).
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(ii) The Specified Acquisition shall have been consummated substantially concurrently with (or will be consummated on the Business Day immediately following (subject to Section 2.6(e))) the making of any Advance of Acquisition Tranche Loans hereunder materially in accordance with the Land Bank Purchase Agreement.
Each Borrowing Notice with respect to each such Advance shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the conditions contained in Sections 5.2(i), (ii) and (iii) are satisfied.
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
6.1. Existence and Standing. The Borrower is (i) a corporation, duly and properly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and (ii) has all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, except with respect to this subclause (ii) as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Borrowing Base Parties is (i) a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or trust duly and properly incorporated or organized, as the case may be, validly existing and (to the extent such concept applies to such entity) in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and (ii) has all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, except with respect to this subclause (ii) as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.2. Authorization and Validity. Each Loan Party has the power and authority and legal right to execute and deliver the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to perform its obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the performance of its obligations thereunder have been duly authorized by proper corporate (or, in the case of Loan Parties that are not corporations, other) proceedings, and the Loan Documents constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the applicable Loan Parties enforceable against them in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or law).
6.3. No Conflict; Consents. Neither the execution and delivery by the Loan Parties of the Loan Documents, nor the consummation of the transactions therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions thereof will violate (i) any Applicable Law binding on any of the Borrowing Base Parties or their respective Property or (ii) the charter, the articles or certificate of incorporation, partnership agreement, certificate of partnership, articles or certificate of organization, by-laws, or operating or other management agreement, as the case may be, of the Borrowing Base Parties, or (iii) the provisions of any indenture, instrument or agreement governing Indebtedness to which any Borrowing Base Party is a party or is subject, or by which it, or its Property, is bound, or conflict with or constitute a default thereunder, or result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) in, of or on the Property of any Borrowing Base Party pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, instrument or agreement governing Indebtedness other than any such violation, conflict, default or Lien which, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (iii) above, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No order, consent, adjudication, approval, license, authorization, or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by, or other action in respect of any Official Body or any other Person that has not been obtained by any Borrowing Base Party, is required to be obtained by any Borrowing Base Party in connection with the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, the borrowings under this Agreement, the payment and performance by the Loan Parties of the Obligations or the legality, validity,
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binding effect or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents, except for those orders, consents, adjudications, approvals, licenses, authorizations, validations, filing, recordings, registrations, exemption, or other actions (i) necessary to perfect the Liens on the Collateral granted by the Loan Parties in favor of the Administrative Agent under Applicable Law and (ii) the failure of which to obtain or make would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.4. Financial Statements. The consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (i) as of December 31, 2024, December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 and the fiscal years then ended and (ii) as of March 31, 2025 and the three months ended March 31, 2025 in each case, heretofore delivered to the Lenders were prepared in accordance with GAAP in effect on the date such statements were prepared and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such dates and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of clause (ii), to year-end audit adjustments and absence of footnotes, and subject, in all cases, to adjustments related to or necessitated by the Spin-Off.
6.5. Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the latest balance sheet included in the financial statements most recently delivered prior to the Effective Date or pursuant to Section 7.1(i), no condition, change, event or circumstance has occurred or shall exist that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.6. Taxes. Except for violations or failures that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each of the Loan Parties and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries has timely filed all United States federal Tax returns and all other Tax returns that are required to have been filed and has paid all Taxes (including any Taxes payable in the capacity of a withholding agent) that have been levied on it or its income, profits or Properties or are otherwise due and payable, except such Taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and as to which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP.
6.7. Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 3 there is no litigation, arbitration, governmental investigation, proceeding or inquiry pending or, to the actual knowledge of any of their officers, threatened against any of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries that (a) would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (b) seeks to prevent, enjoin or delay the making of any Loans except (but only in the case of any litigation, arbitration, governmental investigation, proceeding or inquiry described in this clause (b) arising after the Effective Date) to the extent that the pendency of such litigation, arbitration, governmental investigation, proceeding would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.8. Subsidiaries. Part 1 of Schedule 4 contains an accurate list of all of the Restricted Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date, setting forth their respective jurisdictions of organization, the percentage of their respective Capital Stock owned directly or indirectly by the Borrower. All of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiaries have been (to the extent such concepts are relevant with respect to such ownership interests) validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, except as otherwise provided by state wage claim laws of general applicability. Part 2 of Schedule 4 contains an accurate list of all of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date, setting forth their respective jurisdictions of organization and the percentage of their respective Capital Stock owned directly or indirectly by the Borrower. Schedule 5 contains an accurate list of all of the Taxable REIT Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date, setting forth their respective jurisdictions of organization and the percentage of their respective Capital Stock owned directly or indirectly by the Borrower.
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6.9. Accuracy of Information.
(a) No report, financial statement, certificate or other written information furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party on or prior to the Effective Date (including all such information contained in the Loan Documents) (other than projected financial information, pro forma financial information and information of a general economic or industry specific nature) to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document (taken as a whole) (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished), when all such reports, financial statements, certificates and other written information is taken as a whole, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein (when taken as a whole), in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading. With respect to projected financial information and pro forma financial information, the Borrower represents that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by management of the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such financial information as it relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact, is by its nature inherently uncertain and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial information may differ significantly from the projected results set forth therein by a material amount.
(b) As of the Effective Date, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification provided on or prior to the Effective Date to any Lender in connection with this Agreement is true and correct in all material respects.
6.10. Regulation U. None of the Loan Parties holds or intends to hold margin stock (as defined in Regulation U) in amounts such that more than 25% of the value of the assets of any Loan Party are represented by margin stock.
6.11. Material Agreements. None of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any charter document or any agreement to which it is a party (other than any agreement relating to Indebtedness), which default could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.12. Compliance with Laws. The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries have complied with all Applicable Laws applicable to the conduct of their respective businesses or the ownership of their respective Property, except for any failure to comply that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.13. Ownership of Inventory. On the Effective Date, the Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries will have good title, free of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, to all of its Inventory (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement), except for Inventory which is no longer used or useful in the conduct of its business and Inventory the absence of which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.14. ERISA.
(a) None of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, of an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) which is subject to Title I of ERISA or any plan (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code).
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(b) Except to the extent a violation of the following would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
(i) No Unfunded Liabilities exist with respect to Single Employer Plans. Neither the Borrower nor any member of the Controlled Group has incurred, or is reasonably expected to incur, any withdrawal liability to Multiemployer Plans or Multiple Employer Plans.
(ii) With respect to all Benefit Arrangements, Plans and Multiemployer Plans, the Borrower and each member of the Controlled Group, as applicable, is in compliance with all applicable provisions of ERISA and any other Applicable Laws. There has not been any non-exempt Prohibited Transaction or Reportable Event with respect to any Benefit Arrangement or any Plan or, to the actual knowledge of the Borrower, with respect to any Multiemployer Plan or Multiple Employer Plan. The Borrower and all members of the Controlled Group have made any and all payments required to be made under any agreement relating to a Multiemployer Plan or a Multiple Employer Plan or any Applicable Law pertaining thereto. With respect to each Plan, the Borrower and each member of the Controlled Group (i) have fulfilled their obligations under the minimum funding standards of ERISA, (ii) have not incurred any liability to the PBGC and (iii) have not had asserted against them any penalty for failure to fulfill the minimum funding requirements of ERISA.
(iii) With respect to any Plan, no determination has been made that such Plan is in “at-risk” status (as defined in Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4) of the Code).
(iv) To the actual knowledge of the Borrower, each Multiemployer Plan and Multiple Employer Plan is able to pay benefits thereunder when due.
(v) Neither the Borrower nor any member of the Controlled Group has instituted, or is reasonably expected to institute, proceedings to terminate any Plan in other than a “standard termination” (as defined in ERISA Section 4041(b)). Neither the Borrower nor any member of the Controlled Group has incurred, or is reasonably expected to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan.
(vi) No event requiring notice to the PBGC under Section 303(k)(4)(A) of ERISA has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Plan.
(vii) Neither the Borrower nor any member of the Controlled Group has been notified by any Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is insolvent or has been terminated within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA or is in “endangered” or “critical” status, within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA, and, to the actual knowledge of the Borrower, no Multiemployer Plan is or shall be reasonably expected to be insolvent or terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
(viii) To the extent that any Benefit Arrangement is insured, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have paid when due all premiums required to be paid. To the extent that any Benefit Arrangement is funded other than with insurance, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have made all contributions required to be paid for all prior periods.
(ix) Neither the Borrower nor any member of the Controlled Group has withdrawn, or is reasonably expected to withdraw, from a Multiple Employer Plan during
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a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, nor has a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA occurred (nor is reasonably expected to occur).
(x) Neither the Borrower nor any member of the Controlled Group has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
6.15. Investment Company Act. None of the Loan Parties is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
6.16. Insurance. The Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries maintains, with financially sound, responsible, and reputable insurance companies or associations, insurance concerning its properties and businesses against such casualties and contingencies and of such types and in such amounts as is customary in the case of companies engaging in the same or similar businesses and owning similar properties in the localities where such parties operate (for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to such self-insurance as is reasonable and customary for similarly-situated Persons engaging in the same or similar businesses).
6.17. Affected Financial Institutions. No Loan Party is an Affected Financial Institution.
6.18. Environmental Matters. Except with respect to any matters that, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or except as set forth on Schedule 6:
(i) The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and their respective operations and properties, are in compliance with all Environmental Laws and have obtained, maintained and are in compliance with all permits, licenses and other approvals as required under any Environmental Law;
(ii) The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries have not received any written notices or claims alleging, any Environmental Liability; and
(iii) To Borrower’s actual knowledge, there are no circumstances, conditions or occurrences relating to any current or formerly owned or operated Property or operations, including the Release or threatened Release of Regulated Substances, that would reasonably be expected to cause the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to incur or be subject to any Environmental Liability.
6.19. Senior Debt Status. The Obligations rank (a) at least pari passu in right of payment with all other Senior Indebtedness of the Loan Parties and (b) prior in right of payment to the Subordinated Indebtedness.
6.20. Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. The Borrower, its Subsidiaries and, to the actual knowledge of the Senior Executives of the Borrower, their respective directors, officers, agents and employees (in each case, to the extent associated with or acting on behalf of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries) are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects. None of (a) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or (b) to the actual knowledge of the Senior Executives of the Borrower, any of their respective directors, officers, or employees or any agent of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that will act in any capacity in connection with the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person. Neither the making of any Loan to the Borrower or any other
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Loan Party nor the use of the proceeds of any Loan by the Borrower or any Loan Party will violate Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.
6.21. PATRIOT Act. Each Loan Party is in compliance, in all material respects, with (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, and (ii) the PATRIOT Act. No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
6.22. Security Documents. The Pledge Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, a legal, valid and enforceable first priority security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof (except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity). In the case of (x) the Pledged Equity (as defined in the Pledge Agreement) represented by certificates, when such certificates representing such Pledged Equity are delivered to the Administrative Agent (or, subject to any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, its bailee or designee), (y) any Intercompany Note, when delivered to the Administrative Agent (or, subject to any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, its bailee or designee) and (z) any other Collateral with respect to which a security interest may be perfected only by possession or control upon the taking of possession or control by the Administrative Agent (or, subject to any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, its bailee or designee) (which possession or control shall be given to the Administrative Agent (or, subject to any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, its bailee or designee) to the extent required by the Pledge Agreement), in the case of clauses (x) and (y), accompanied by instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank, and in the case of the other Collateral described in the Pledge Agreement, when financing statements in appropriate form are duly completed and filed, the security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors created under the Pledge Agreement shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (other than with respect to Liens permitted by this Agreement to be equal or superior in right). Except for filings completed prior to the Effective Date and as contemplated by this Agreement and the Pledge Agreement, no filing or other action will be necessary to perfect or protect such security interest. Each Security Document delivered pursuant hereto will, upon execution and delivery thereof, be effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, legal, valid and enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, all of the Loan Parties’ right, title and interest in and to the Collateral thereunder, and upon the taking of the actions contemplated by such Security Documents will constitute fully perfected first priority Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral, prior and superior in right to any other Person (other than with respect to Liens permitted under this Agreement to be equal or superior in right).
6.23. REIT Status. As of the Effective Date, the Borrower is qualified as a REIT (subject to the timely filing of a REIT election) and each of its Subsidiaries is treated as a Taxable REIT Subsidiary (subject to the timely filing of a Taxable REIT Subsidiary election) or a Qualified REIT Subsidiary.
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ARTICLE VII
COVENANTS
Until the Repayment in Full has occurred, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, the Borrower will perform and observe, and (as and where applicable) will cause the other Loan Parties to perform and observe, the following covenants:
7.1. Financial Reporting. The Borrower will maintain, for itself and each Subsidiary, a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP, and furnish to the Lenders (or the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders), which may be by electronic transmission:
(i) Audited Financial Statements. Within 90 days after the close of each of its fiscal years, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such period, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied and audited and reported upon by Deloitte & Touche LLP or other independent certified public accountants reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (such report shall not be subject to any “going concern” qualification or qualification as to the scope of the audit; provided that filing of such financial statements with the SEC by the Borrower shall constitute delivery to the Administrative Agent.
(ii) Quarterly Financial Statements. Within 45 days after the close of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the Borrower, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, consolidated unaudited balance sheets as at the close of each such period and a related consolidated statement of earnings and cash flows for the period from the beginning of such fiscal year to the end of such quarter, certified by the Borrower’s chief financial officer, chief accounting officer, controller, or other officer that has similar responsibilities as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to changes resulting from audit, normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes; provided that filing of such quarterly financial statements with the SEC by the Borrower (including officer certifications required as exhibits to Form 10-Q) shall constitute delivery to the Administrative Agent.
(iii) Intercompany Note Events of Default. Promptly following an Authorized Officer obtaining knowledge of an “Event of Default” (as such term is defined in the Initial Closing Date Intercompany Note or any analogous term defined in any other Intercompany Note) under an Intercompany Note, notice in writing thereof.
(iv) Compliance Certificate. Within five (5) days after each of the dates on which financial statements are required to be delivered under Sections 7.1(i) and (ii), a compliance certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit I, signed by the chief financial officer, chief accounting officer, controller, or other officer that has similar responsibilities of the Borrower, showing the calculations necessary to determine compliance with the financial covenants in Section 7.27 of this Agreement and stating that no Default or Event of Default exists, or if any Default or Event of Default exists, stating the nature and status thereof.
(v) Annual ERISA Statement. If applicable and requested by the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, within 270 days after the close of each fiscal year, a statement of the Unfunded Liabilities of each Single Employer Plan, certified as correct by an actuary enrolled under ERISA.
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(vi) Reportable Event. As soon as practicable and in any event within 10 days after any Loan Party knows that any Reportable Event has occurred with respect to any Plan that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, a statement, signed by the chief financial officer, chief accounting officer, controller, or other officer that has similar responsibilities of the Borrower, describing said Reportable Event and the action which the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto (provided, however, that the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent notice of any failure to meet the minimum funding standards of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, regardless of the issuance of any waivers in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Code).
(vii) Environmental Notices. As soon as possible and in any event within 10 days after a Senior Executive of a Loan Party receives written notice of any condition, event or claim where the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary could reasonably be expected to incur or be subject to any Environmental Liability that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(viii) [Reserved].
(ix) Notice of Litigation. Promptly after the commencement thereof, notice of all actions, suits, proceedings or investigations before or by any Official Body or any other Person against any Loan Party which would be required to be reported by the Borrower on Forms 10-Q, 10-K or 8-K filed with the SEC; provided that disclosure of such actions, suits, proceedings and investigations in a Form 10-Q, 10-K or 8-K filed with the SEC by the Borrower shall constitute delivery to the Administrative Agent.
(x) Unrestricted Subsidiaries. Together with the delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 7.1(i) and (ii), financial information relating to Unrestricted Subsidiaries to reconcile the calculations showing compliance with Section 7.27 with the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(i) and (ii), in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(xi) Budgets. Together with the delivery of the annual financial statements pursuant to Section 7.1(i), the Budget for each of the twelve (12) months of the forthcoming fiscal year prepared in detail, setting forth, with appropriate discussion, the principal assumptions upon which such budget is based; it being acknowledged and agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that (a) such financial information as it relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial information may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a material amount, (b) the financial and business projections furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, which may be beyond the control of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (c) no assurances are given by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that the results forecasted in the projections will be realized, and (d) the actual results may differ from the forecasted results in such projections and such differences may be material.
(xii) [Reserved.]
(xiii) Other Information. (i) Such other information (including non-financial information) as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request, including pursuant to any reasonable request by any Lender, (ii) any change in the information provided in the Beneficial Ownership Certification delivered to such Lender that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified in such certification and (iii) information and documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for purposes of compliance with
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applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
Each notice delivered under clause (iii), (vi), (vii) or (ix) of this Section 7.1 shall contain a heading or a reference line that reads “Notice under clause [(iii)] [(vi)] [(vii)] [(ix)] of Section 7.1 of Credit Agreement for Millrose Properties, Inc. dated [ ].”
7.2. Use of Proceeds.
(1) The Borrower and each other Loan Party will use the proceeds of any General Tranche Loans (including any General Tranche Loan made in respect of any Reallocation Amounts) for general corporate purposes (which may include, without limitation, to pay outstanding obligations under the Revolving Credit Agreement).
(2) The Borrower and each other Loan Party will use the proceeds of any Acquisition Tranche Loans to (a) finance the Specified Acquisition and (b) pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions.
(3) The Borrower will not request any Loan, and the Borrower shall not use, and shall procure that its Subsidiaries shall not use, the proceeds of any Loan to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country in violation of applicable Sanctions, or in any manner that would result in any violation of Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions. No Loan Party is engaged or will engage, principally, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. No part of the proceeds of any Advance will be used for any purpose that violates the provisions of Regulation U.
7.3. Notice of Default. The Borrower will give prompt notice in writing to the Administrative Agent of the occurrence of any Event of Default that the Borrower has actual knowledge of and of any other development that the Borrower has actual knowledge of, financial or otherwise, that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower will give notice in writing to the Administrative Agent of the occurrence of any Default within three (3) Business Days after the Borrower has actual knowledge thereof. Each notice delivered under this Section 7.3 shall contain a heading or a reference line that reads “Notice under Section 7.3 of Credit Agreement for Millrose Properties, Inc. dated [ ].”
7.4. Conduct of Business; REIT Status. The Borrower will do (and any other Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent that its failure to do so would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, will do) all things necessary to remain duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and (to the extent such concept applies to such entity) in good standing as a domestic corporation, partnership, trust or limited liability company in its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as the case may be, and take all reasonable action to maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted except to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit any mergers, consolidations or dissolutions permitted under Section 7.10. The Borrower shall elect to be treated as, and shall maintain its status as, a REIT in accordance with the Code.
7.5. Taxes. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries will pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy as the same shall become due and payable all of their Tax liabilities (including in its capacity as a withholding agent) unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside in accordance with GAAP, and except to the extent that the
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failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.6. Insurance. Each Loan Party and each other Borrowing Base Party will maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all Inventory in such amounts and covering such risks as is customary for companies engaging in the same or similar businesses and owning similar properties in the localities where the Loan Parties and the Borrowing Base Parties operate, except that to the customary extent such Loan Parties and other Borrowing Base Parties may be self-insured.
7.7. Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party and each other Borrowing Base Party will comply with all Applicable Laws (excluding Environmental Laws, compliance with which is governed by Section 7.24 and Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions, compliance with which is governed by the following sentence of this Section 7.7) to which it may be subject, to the extent that noncompliance would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries will comply in all material respects with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.
7.8. Maintenance of Properties. Each Loan Party and each other Borrowing Base Party will maintain, preserve, protect and keep its Property in good repair, working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear and casualty excepted) in accordance with the general practice of other businesses of similar character and size, except to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.9. Lines of Business. Other than any lines of business conducted by Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Guarantor to, engage in any material lines of business, either directly or through any Subsidiary, other than Permitted Businesses.
7.10. Mergers; Consolidations; Dissolutions.
(a) The Borrower shall not consolidate or merge with or into, or sell, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (including by way of liquidation or dissolution), to any Person (in each case other than in a transaction in which the Borrower is the survivor of a consolidation or merger) unless:
(i) the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the Borrower), or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition will be made (collectively, the “Successor Borrower”), is a corporation or other legal entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and the Successor Borrower assumes all of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement, and
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
Upon any such consolidation, merger or sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the Successor Borrower will be substituted for the Borrower under this Agreement. The Successor Borrower may then exercise every power and right of the Borrower under this Agreement, and except in the case of a lease, the Borrower will be released from all of its Obligations. If the Borrower leases all or substantially all of its assets, the Borrower will not be released from its Obligations. If the Borrower is not the Successor Borrower, such Successor Borrower shall promptly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (A) an assumption of the Borrower’s obligations under the Loan Documents, (B) all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation,
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that has been requested in writing by the Administrative Agent and (C) such certified resolutions, opinions of counsel and other supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all of which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(b) No Guarantor will consolidate or merge with or into, or sell, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of (including by division) all or substantially all of its assets (including by way of liquidation or dissolution), to any Person (in each case other than in a transaction in which the Borrower or a Guarantor is the survivor of a consolidation or merger, or the transferee in a sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition) unless:
(i) the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the Borrower or a Guarantor, as the case may be), or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition will be made (collectively, the “Successor Guarantor”), is a corporation or other legal entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and the Successor Guarantor assumes all of the obligations of the Guarantor under this Agreement and the Guaranty Agreement, and
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
provided, that the above requirements of this clause (b) shall not apply to the consolidation or merger of a Guarantor, or the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of a Guarantor, in each case pursuant to a transaction with or to a Person that is in compliance with Section 7.12, other than a transaction with or to a Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary and is not a Loan Party.
Upon any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the Successor Guarantor will be substituted for the relevant Guarantor under this Agreement and the Guaranty Agreement. The Successor Guarantor may then exercise every power and right of the relevant Guarantor under this Agreement, and except in the case of a lease, the relevant Guarantor will be released from all of its Obligations. If a Guarantor leases all or substantially all of its assets, such Guarantor will not be released from its Obligations. If a Successor Guarantor was not a Guarantor immediately prior to such transaction, such Successor Guarantor shall promptly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (A) an assumption of the Guarantor’s obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is party and (B) such certified resolutions, opinions of counsel and other supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all of which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(c) No Borrowing Base Party (other than any Loan Party) will consolidate or merge with or into, or sell, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of (including by division) all or substantially all of its assets (including by way of liquidation or dissolution), to any Person (in each case other than in a transaction in which a Borrowing Base Party is the survivor of a consolidation or merger, or the transferee in a sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition) unless:
(i) the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than a Borrowing Base Party), or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition will be made (collectively, the “Successor Borrowing Base Party”), is a corporation or other legal entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and the Successor Borrowing Base Party either (Y) assumes all of the obligations of the Borrowing Base Party under the applicable Intercompany Note or (Z) becomes a Guarantor, and
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
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provided, that the above requirements of this clause (c) shall not apply to the consolidation or merger of a Borrowing Base Party, or the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of a Borrowing Base Party, in each case pursuant to a transaction with or to a Person that is in compliance with Section 7.12, other than a transaction with or to a Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary and is not a Borrowing Base Party.
7.11. Restricted Payments.
(a) The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except:
(i) any Subsidiary may pay dividends or distributions to holders of its outstanding Capital Stock on a pro rata basis;
(ii) with respect to any taxable period for which the Borrower qualifies as a REIT, the Borrower may make distributions in the minimum amount required for it to (x) continue to maintain its status as a REIT and (y) avoid any REIT-level income or excise taxes;
(iii) the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock of the Borrower or such Subsidiary;
(iv) the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of Capital Stock of the Borrower held by officers, directors, employees or consultants, or former officers, directors, employees or consultants (or their transferees, estates or beneficiaries under their estates) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, upon their bankruptcy or petition for bankruptcy, death, disability, retirement, severance or termination of employment or service or any other event set forth pursuant to any equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement, shareholders’ agreement or similar agreement or benefit plan of any kind; provided that the aggregate cash consideration paid for all such redemptions shall not exceed $10,000,000 during any calendar year (it being understood, however, that unused amounts permitted to be paid pursuant to this proviso are available to be carried over to the immediately succeeding calendar year);
(v) purchases, redemptions, retirements or other acquisitions of Capital Stock occurring or deemed to occur upon or after the exercise, conversion, exchange or vesting of stock options, warrants, other rights to purchase Capital Stock or other convertible or exchangeable securities if such Capital Stock represents all or a portion of the exercise price thereof or tax withholding or similar tax obligations with respect thereto or with respect to the vesting of restricted stock, restricted stock units or similar equity incentives;
(vi) with respect to any taxable period for which the Borrower qualifies as a REIT, the Borrower may make purchases, redemptions, retirements or other acquisitions of Capital Stock of the Borrower to remedy any violation of Article VII of the Borrower’s charter;
(vii) (i) the payment of the KL Management Fee and (ii) the payment of indemnities and reimbursement of reasonable expenses of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ or its Affiliates related to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or the KL Management Agreement;
(viii) (A) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Borrowing Base Party may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (B) any Borrowing Base
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Party that is not a Loan Party may make Restricted Payments to any other Borrowing Base Party, and (C) any Guarantor may make Restricted Payments to any other Loan Party;
(ix) the declaration of any Restricted Payment if such Restricted Payment can be made pursuant to this Section 7.11;
(x) the payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 65 days after the date of declaration of the dividend or distribution or giving of the redemption notice, as the case may be, if at the date of declaration or notice, the dividend or distribution or redemption payment would have been permitted under this Section 7.11; and
(xi) dividends payable solely in common stock of the Person making such dividend.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that (x) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (y) the Borrower shall be in compliance with the covenants under Section 7.27 on a pro forma basis after giving effect thereto (as if such Restricted Payment were made on the date of declaration thereof), the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be permitted to declare and make any Restricted Payment.
7.12. Disposition of Assets. None of the Loan Parties or any other Borrowing Base Parties will make any Disposition of any assets or Property, except:
(i) Dispositions for fair value, so long as, on a pro forma basis after giving effect thereto: (x) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall result therefrom and (y) the Borrower shall be in compliance with the covenants under Section 7.27;
(ii) any sale, transfer or lease of assets or Property pursuant to Program Agreements;
(iii) any sale, transfer or lease of assets that are no longer necessary or required in the conduct of the business of the Loan Parties and Borrowing Base Parties (taken as a whole);
(iv) leases of Property (other than Property that constitutes assets included in the Borrowing Base (under and as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement)) and personal property assets related thereto;
(v) any sale, transfer or lease of assets or Property to any other Loan Party or Borrowing Base Party;
(vi) any sale, transfer or lease of assets or Property that are being replaced by substitute assets or Property acquired or leased; and
(vii) Restricted Payments permitted under Section 7.11.
7.13. Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Guarantor or other Borrowing Base Party to, enter into any transaction (including, the purchase or sale of any Property or the rendering of any service) with, or make any payment or transfer to, any Affiliate (other than the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction), in each case with a fair market value in excess of $10,000,000 per transaction or series of related transactions, except:
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(i) upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Borrower, such Guarantor or such Borrowing Base Party than the Borrower, such Guarantor or such Borrowing Base Party could reasonably obtain in a comparable arms’-length transaction;
(ii) payments permitted under Section 7.11;
(iii) Investments pursuant to Section 7.14(xii)(x), Section 7.14(xvi) and Section 7.14 (xvii);
(iv) compensation arrangements and indemnities in the ordinary course of business with officers, directors and employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(v) transactions that have an aggregate fair market value not to exceed $2,000,000 in any fiscal year with officers, directors and employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiary so long as the same are duly authorized pursuant to the charter, articles of incorporation or bylaws (or procedures conducted in accordance therewith) of such Guarantor, such Borrowing Base Party or the Borrower;
(vi) payments to and from, and other transactions with, any Person (other than a Subsidiary) that is an Affiliate solely by reason of the Investment in such Person by the Borrower, a Guarantor or any other Borrowing Base Party;
(vii) transactions among Borrowing Base Parties; and
(viii) entry into, and transactions pursuant to, Program Agreements or Spin-Off Agreements.
7.14. Investments. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Guarantor or other Borrowing Base Party to, make or hold any Investment, except:
(i) Investments in any Borrowing Base Party;
(ii) Investments in Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities;
(iii) receivables owing to any Borrowing Base Party if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business;
(iv) lease, utility and other similar deposits in the ordinary course of business and other deposits permitted pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”;
(v) Investments made for consideration consisting only of Capital Stock of the Borrower (other than any Disqualified Equity Interests of the Borrower);
(vi) guarantees of performance obligations, and guarantees of other obligations not constituting Indebtedness for borrowed money, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(vii) (x) Investments outstanding on the Effective Date and described on Schedule 7 and (y) Investments outstanding on the Effective Date in an aggregate amount under this clause (vii)(y) not to exceed $20,000,000;
(viii) Permitted Acquisitions;
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(ix) Investments in SPEs as valued at the fair market value of such Investment at the time each such Investment is made; provided, that (a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on a pro forma basis after giving effect thereto or would result therefrom and (b) the Borrower would be in compliance with Section 7.27 after giving effect to such Investment on a pro forma basis after giving effect thereto as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been or were required to be delivered under either Section 7.1(i) or Section 7.1(ii), as applicable;
(x) Investments in trade creditors or customers received pursuant to any plan of re-organization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of such trade creditors or customers;
(xi) Investments received in settlement of debts owing to a Borrowing Base Party;
(xii) loans and advances to (x) employees, officers, directors and (y) agents, customers or suppliers, not to exceed $2,000,000 in an aggregate at any time outstanding under this clause (xii);
(xiii) Investments in negotiable instruments deposited or to be deposited for collection in the ordinary course of business;
(xiv) advances made in connection with purchases of goods or services in the ordinary course of business;
(xv) Investments resulting from Financial Contracts permitted by Section 7.28;
(xvi) Investments in Persons that are engaged in one or more Permitted Businesses, in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not in excess of the greater of $600,000,000 and 10% of Tangible Net Worth (determined at the time any such Investment is made);
(xvii) Investments in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not in excess of the greater of $90,000,000 and 1.5% of Tangible Net Worth (determined at the time any such Investment is made); and
(xviii) Investments made or deemed made pursuant to the entry into, and the performance of, Program Agreements.
For purposes of compliance with this Section 7.14, the amount of any Investment at any time shall be the amount actually invested (measured at the time made), without adjustment for subsequent changes in the value of such Investment, net of all dividends, distributions, return of capital and other amounts received or realized in respect of such Investment, up to the original amount of such Investment (all such amounts, “Returns”). In addition, for the avoidance of doubt, if any existing Subsidiary that was not previously a Guarantor subsequently becomes a Guarantor pursuant to Section 7.16, such joinder as a Guarantor shall be deemed to constitute a Return on any Investment in such Subsidiary previously made pursuant to clause (xvii) above.
7.15. Liens. None of the Loan Parties or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries will create, incur, or suffer to exist any Lien in or on any Property, except Permitted Liens.
7.16. Additional Guarantors. The Borrower shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary that is both a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary and a Material Subsidiary, but is not a Taxable REIT Subsidiary or an SPE,
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and is not already a Guarantor (each, a “Subject Subsidiary”), (i) to become a Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.16 and (ii) to have the parent of such Subject Subsidiary to pledge the equity interests in such Subject Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors to secure the Obligations and take all actions required by the Pledge Agreement to perfect such pledge, in each case, no later than the required date of delivery of a Compliance Certificate in accordance with Section 7.1(iv) for the fiscal quarter during which the Relevant Guarantor Date for such Subject Subsidiary occurs, or by such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion. The “Relevant Guarantor Date” for any Subject Subsidiary means the date that is thirty (30) days after the latest of (x) the date it is formed or acquired, (y) the date it becomes a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary and (z) the date it becomes or is designated as a Material Subsidiary. In addition, the Borrower may designate any other Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor as a Guarantor at any time in the manner provided below. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any Subsidiary that guarantees the obligations under, and is a “Guarantor” under, the Revolving Credit Agreement shall become (to the extent not already a Guarantor) a Guarantor hereunder. Any such designation of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower as a Guarantor shall be effected by the delivery by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent of (and, in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary required to become a Guarantor, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent) each of the following:
(i) Notice by the Borrower identifying such Guarantor, the state of its organization, and the ownership of the Capital Stock in such Guarantor;
(ii) Either a Guaranty Agreement (if a Guaranty Agreement is not already in effect) or a Supplemental Guaranty duly executed and delivered by such Guarantor;
(iii) Copies of the articles or certificate of incorporation, partnership agreement or limited liability company operating agreement of such Guarantor, as applicable, together with all amendments, and a certificate of good standing, certified by the appropriate governmental officer in such Guarantor’s jurisdiction of incorporation;
(iv) Copies, certified by a Senior Executive of such Guarantor, of its by-laws and of its Board of Directors’ resolutions and of resolutions or actions of any other body authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party;
(v) An incumbency certificate, which shall identify by name and title and bear the signatures of the Authorized Officers and any other officers of such Guarantor authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party;
(vi) Documents with respect to such Guarantor addressing the requirements set forth in clause (xii) of Section 5.1; and
(vii) Evidence that the parent of such Subsidiary has pledged the equity interests in such Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors to secure the Obligations and has taken all actions required by the Pledge Agreement to perfect such pledge.
Upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt of the foregoing, all of which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in form and substance, such Subsidiary of the Borrower shall be a Guarantor and a Loan Party hereunder. In addition, to the extent such Subsidiary’s Capital Stock does not secure all of the obligations under all of the Intercompany Notes, the Borrower shall cause the Capital Stock of any Taxable REIT Subsidiary and any other Restricted Subsidiary created or acquired or designated as a Restricted Subsidiary after the Effective Date to be subject to a perfected first priority security interest in
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favor of the Administrative Agent pursuant to Security Documents or, if applicable, joinders thereto, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
7.17. Release of a Guarantor.
(a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if a Change in Status occurs with respect to any Guarantor, then, effective immediately upon the occurrence of such Change in Status, such Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from the Guaranty Agreement and all other obligations under any of the Loan Documents, and any Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent on the assets of such Guarantor and any Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent on the Capital Stock of such Guarantor (unless, after giving effect to such Change in Status, such Capital Stock would otherwise be required to be pledged pursuant to the terms hereof) shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged, in each case, without any further action required on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Borrower or any Guarantor.
(b) In addition, the Borrower may designate as a Non-Loan Party any Guarantor that is an Immaterial Subsidiary or that is not, or is concurrently ceasing to be, a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, in which case such Guarantor shall be released and discharged from the Guaranty Agreement and all other obligations under any of the Loan Documents, and any Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent on the assets of such Guarantor and any Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent on the Capital Stock of such Guarantor (unless such Capital Stock would otherwise be required to be pledged pursuant to the terms hereof) shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged, in each case without any further action required on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Borrower or any Guarantor; provided that (i) the Borrower shall be in compliance with the covenants under Section 7.14 (with such designation being deemed to constitute an Investment by the Borrower in such Subsidiary at the date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Borrower’s Investment therein as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and Section 7.27 after giving effect to such designation; (ii) such Subsidiary is not an obligor in respect of any Material Indebtedness of any other Loan Party (unless such Subsidiary is being released as an obligor thereunder substantially simultaneously with its release as a Guarantor hereunder); (iii) no Default under Section 8.2, 8.5 or 8.6 and no Event of Default shall exist after giving effect to such designation; and (iv) the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate, signed by the chief financial officer, controller, chief accounting officer, or other officer that has similar responsibilities of the Borrower, stating its election to make such designation and certifying that the requirements of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) are satisfied.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (x) no Guarantor shall be released as a Guarantor hereunder or from its obligations under the Guaranty Agreement unless such Guarantor has been (or will simultaneously be) released as a “Guarantor” under the Revolving Credit Agreement and from its guaranty under any guaranty agreement of the obligations under the Revolving Credit Agreement and (y) no Liens on any assets (including Capital Stock) in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Creditors hereunder, shall be released unless the Liens on such assets in favor of the secured parties under the Revolving Credit Agreement Administrative Agent in favor of the secured parties under the Revolving Credit Agreement have been (or will simultaneously be) released.
(c) The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized and instructed by the Lenders to execute, file, or deliver such documents reasonably satisfactory to it to evidence or effect the release of any Guarantor (and the release of any Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent on the assets of such Guarantor or the Capital Stock of such Guarantor) pursuant to the above provisions of this Section 7.17 as the Borrower shall reasonably request, and the Administrative Agent agrees to execute, file or deliver any such documentation as may be reasonably requested by the Borrower upon receipt of such certificates
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and/or other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request to evidence compliance with the applicable provisions of the Loan Documents.
7.18. Inspection and Appraisal. At all reasonable times, upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent and subject to Section 10.12, the Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Borrowing Base Party to, upon reasonable notice, allow Administrative Agent and Lenders and their authorized agents to inspect any of their properties, to review and make excerpts of reports, files, and other records maintained in the ordinary course of business, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrowing Base Parties with their respective officers from time to time, during reasonable business hours. Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower shall permit the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their authorized agents to enter upon the Inventory during normal working hours and as often as they desire, for the purpose of inspecting or appraising the Inventory.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document (including in Section 10.7 below), (i) as long as no Event of Default exists, the Borrower shall not be required to reimburse the Administrative Agent for the expenses of any such inspections and appraisal, (ii) the Borrower shall not be required to reimburse any Lender that is not the Administrative Agent for the expenses of any such inspections or appraisals and (iii) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may perform such inspection only once during any calendar year when no Event of Default exists.
7.19. Negative Pledge Clauses. The Borrower (1) shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party to, enter into any contractual obligation that limits the ability of any Loan Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person to secure its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party and (2) shall not permit any Borrowing Base Party to, enter into any contractual obligation that limits the ability of any Borrowing Base Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person to secure its obligations under any Intercompany Note to which it is a party; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit the requirement of granting an equal and ratable Lien in favor of the holders of any Indebtedness if Liens are granted to secure the obligations under the Loan Documents or any Intercompany Note, as applicable; provided, further, that the foregoing shall not apply to (i) customary restrictions contained in the definitive documents for secured Indebtedness permitted pursuant to this Agreement (including Capitalized Leases, Nonrecourse Indebtedness and Permitted Purchase Money Loans) so long as such restrictions apply only to the assets that are collateral for such Indebtedness; (ii) restrictions contained in the agreements governing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to this Agreement so long as such restrictions are, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, not materially more restrictive taken as a whole than customary market terms for Indebtedness of such type and which would permit Liens securing the obligations under the Loan Documents as in effect at the time such restrictions are entered into (including based on the Aggregate Commitment then applicable hereunder); (iii) restrictions imposed by law or any Loan Document, (iv) customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to a sale of a Subsidiary or of any assets of a Borrowing Base Party, in each case pending such sale, provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary or assets that are sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, (v) customary provisions in leases, partnership agreements, limited liability company organizational governance documents, joint venture agreements and other similar agreements that restrict the transfer or encumbrance of leasehold interests or ownership interests in such partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or similar Person, (vi) customary provisions in leases and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof, (vii) customary restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business or applicable to other deposits constituting Permitted Liens, and (viii) restrictions contained in the Program Agreements or the Spin-Off Agreements. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Borrowing Base Party to, enter into any intercompany promissory notes evidencing the obligations owed to the Borrower by Millrose Properties Holdings and the PropertyCo LLCs listed on Schedule I to the Initial Closing Date Intercompany Note other than a Closing Date Intercompany Note, except to the extent such intercompany promissory
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note is delivered solely to the Administrative Agent, accompanied by instruments of transfer duly executed in blank.
7.20. Designation of Subsidiaries.
(a) The Borrower may at any time designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary by written notice to the Administrative Agent; provided that (i) in the case of any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be in compliance with Section 7.14 after giving effect to such designation, (ii) the Borrower shall be in compliance with Section 7.27 after giving effect to such designation; (iii) in the case of any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary is not an obligor under (x) the Revolving Credit Agreement or (y) any other Material Indebtedness of any other Loan Party (unless such Subsidiary (x) in the case of the Revolving Credit Agreement, has been (or will simultaneously be) designated as an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” thereunder and (y) with respect to any other Material Indebtedness, is being released as an obligor thereunder substantially simultaneously with its designation as an Unrestricted Subsidiary hereunder); (iv) no Default under Section 8.2, 8.5 or 8.6 and no Event of Default shall exist after giving effect to such designation; and (v) the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate, signed by the chief financial officer, controller, chief accounting officer or other officer that has similar responsibilities of the Borrower, stating its election to make such designation and certifying that the applicable requirements of the foregoing clauses are satisfied.
(b) The designation by the Borrower of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary as provided above shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Borrower’s Investment therein as determined in good faith by the Borrower and the Investment resulting from such designation must otherwise be in compliance with Section 7.14 (as determined at the time of such designation). The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence at the time of designation of any Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time, and the Borrower shall deliver the materials specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 7.16 concurrently with the effectiveness of such designation.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) (i) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if such Subsidiary owns or holds exclusive licenses to any intellectual property that is material to the operation of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (“Material Intellectual Property”), (ii) neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall dispose of Material Intellectual Property (other than non‑exclusive licenses, sublicenses or cross‑licenses or other intercompany disclosures of such intellectual property) to any Unrestricted Subsidiary (including by Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary, by dividend or distribution to an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or by transferring any capital stock of a Subsidiary to an Unrestricted Subsidiary) and (iii) no Unrestricted Subsidiary shall own or hold exclusive licenses or rights to any Material Intellectual Property and (y) no Unrestricted Subsidiary shall own or hold any debt or equity of any Loan Party.
7.21. Subsidiary Indebtedness. The Borrower shall not permit any (i) Taxable REIT Subsidiary or (ii) Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness of the type described in any of clauses (a), (b) (other than liabilities, obligations and indebtedness that constitute Capitalized Leases), or (d) of the definition thereof, or grant a guarantee in respect of any such Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Intercompany Notes) (i) owing to any Borrowing Base Party or (ii) owing to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Borrowing Base Party; provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), such Indebtedness is unsecured and incurred in the ordinary course of business;
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(b) Nonrecourse Indebtedness; and
(c) Indebtedness in the form of Permitted Purchase Money Loans.
7.22. Plans and Benefit Arrangements. Except to the extent a violation of the following would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect either individually or in the aggregate with all other violations of the following:
(i) With respect to all Benefit Arrangements, Plans and Multiemployer Plans, the Borrower and each member of the Controlled Group shall comply with all applicable provisions of ERISA and any other Applicable Laws. The Borrower shall not permit to occur any non-exempt Prohibited Transaction or Reportable Event with respect to any Benefit Arrangement or any Plan. The Borrower and all members of the Controlled Group shall make all payments required to be made under any agreement relating to a Multiemployer Plan or a Multiple Employer Plan or any Applicable Law pertaining thereto. With respect to each Plan, the Borrower and each member of the Controlled Group (i) shall fulfill their obligations under the minimum funding standards of ERISA, (ii) shall not incur any liability to the PBGC (other than for PBGC premiums in the ordinary course and without default), and (iii) shall not have asserted against them any penalty for failure to fulfill the minimum funding requirements of ERISA.
(ii) No determination shall be made that any Plan is in “at-risk” status (as defined in Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4) of the Code).
(iii) Neither the Borrower nor any member of the Controlled Group shall institute proceedings to terminate any Plan in other than a standard termination.
(iv) The Borrower shall not permit to occur any event requiring notice to the PBGC under Section 303(k)(4)(A) of ERISA with respect to any Plan.
(v) The Unfunded Liabilities for all Single Employer Plans shall not exceed $25,000,000.
(vi) Neither the Borrower nor any member of the Controlled Group shall incur any withdrawal liability under ERISA to any Multiemployer Plan or Multiple Employer Plan. Neither the Borrower nor any member of the Controlled Group shall be notified by any Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan has been terminated within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA or is in “endangered” or “critical” status, within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA, and no Multiemployer Plan shall be insolvent or terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
(vii) To the extent that any Benefit Arrangement is insured, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall pay when due all premiums required to be paid. To the extent that any Benefit Arrangement is funded other than with insurance, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall make all contributions required to be paid for all prior periods.
(viii) Neither the Borrower nor any member of the Controlled Group shall withdraw from a Multiple Employer Plan during a plan year in which such entity is a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or incur a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA.
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7.23. Lennar Agreements Matters. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to enter into any amendment or otherwise modify a Closing Date Intercompany Note, any Borrower Security Document securing a Closing Date Intercompany Note, or any agreement among the Borrower or its Affiliates and Lennar and its Affiliates substantially in the forms included as exhibits to the Borrower’s Form S-11, in each case in a manner materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders (it being understood that any amendment or modification to (x) Section 23.4 of the Master Option Agreement, (y) Section 16.2 of the Master Construction Agreement or (z) Section 3.03 of the Founder’s Rights Agreement shall be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders); provided that, nothing contained herein shall restrict Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from adding additional collateral to any Borrower Mortgage or entering into an additional Borrower Mortgage.
7.24. Compliance with Environmental Matters. The Borrower will, and will cause each other Loan Party to, (i) comply with all Environmental Laws applicable to its operations and Properties, (ii) comply with and obtain and renew all permits, licenses and other approvals required pursuant to Environmental Law for its operations and Properties, and (iii) comply with all applicable requirements of Environmental Law regarding investigation and clean-up of Releases of Regulated Substances, except, in each case with respect to this Section 7.24, to the extent the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
7.25. Further Assurances. Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the applicable Security Document, the Borrower will, and will cause each of the Guarantors to (to the extent necessary), from time to time give, execute, deliver, file and/or record any financing statement, filing, notice, instrument, document, agreement or other paper that is necessary to cause the Liens created by the Pledge Agreement and the other Security Documents to be valid first priority perfected Liens on the Collateral purported to be covered thereby (including after-acquired Collateral), subject to no equal or prior Lien except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement, and promptly from time to time obtain and maintain in full force and effect.
7.26. Senior Debt Status. The Obligations will at all times rank (a) at least pari passu in right of payment with all other Senior Indebtedness of the Loan Parties and (b) prior in right of payment to all Subordinated Indebtedness.
7.27. Financial Covenants.
(1) Maximum Leverage Ratio. The Borrower will not permit the Leverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter to be greater than 0.50 to 1.00.
(2) Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio. Starting with the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2025, the Borrower will not permit the Interest Coverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter to be less than 1.50 to 1.00.
(3) Minimum Tangible Net Worth. The Borrower will not permit Tangible Net Worth as of the end of any fiscal quarter to be less than the sum of (a) $4,500,000,000, (b) 50% of the cumulative Consolidated Net Income, if positive, of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for each completed fiscal quarter commencing with the fiscal quarter immediately after the Borrower is determined not to be a REIT, and (c) 50% of the aggregate increase in Tangible Net Worth after September 30, 2024 by reason of the issuance of Capital Stock of the Borrower, but excluding Capital Stock issued in connection with an employee stock ownership plan, an employee stock option plan or an employee stock purchase plan.
7.28. Financial Contracts. No Loan Party will enter into or remain liable upon any Financial Contract, except for Financial Contracts entered into for the purpose of managing interest rate risks
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associated with Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and other risks associated with the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and not for speculative purposes.
7.29. Ownership of Subsidiaries. The Borrower will not permit any PropertyCo LLC to be owned, directly or indirectly, by any Person other than Millrose Properties Holdings or any other direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower.
7.30. Borrower Mortgages.
(a) With respect to the Borrower Mortgages and any real property encumbered thereby, the Borrower hereby agrees that it will, and will cause the PropertyCo LLCs to, provide any information and/or documentation (including, but not limited to, street addresses, legal descriptions, surveys, appraisals, executed borrower notices and evidence of insurance) reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in order for the Administrative Agent to comply with any flood insurance regulations.
(b) The Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, subject to any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, upon written notice from the Administrative Agent of the completion of any necessary flood insurance due diligence with respect to a Borrower Mortgage, all right, title and interest of the Borrower in such Borrower Mortgage shall be automatically collaterally granted, bargained, sold, conveyed, transferred, set over, assigned and delivered to the Administrative Agent. This assignment shall be effective immediately upon such notice and without possession.
(c) With respect to any Borrower Mortgage assigned to the Administrative Agent pursuant Section 7.30(b), the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an original executed and unfiled copy of such Borrower Mortgage, in recordable form, together with a complete and accurate legal description attached thereto, and any other documents necessary to record such Borrower Mortgage in the applicable real estate records.
(d) The Borrower shall, at the Borrower’s expense, take such further actions and shall execute such other documents (including procuring title searches and executing and delivering assignments of the Borrower Mortgages in recordable form (to the extent required in any local jurisdiction)) as may be necessary or as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to protect or perfect the liens and security interests created by the Borrower Mortgages, and agrees to pay all search and examination charges, mortgage recording taxes, fees, charges, costs and expenses required for the recording of the Borrower Mortgages and otherwise to effect the transactions contemplated hereby. The Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, counsel and other representatives, with respect to any Borrower Mortgage assigned to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 7.30(b), at any time and from time to time thereafter, during the continuance of an Event of Default, to file or record the Borrower Mortgages in such offices as the Administrative Agent reasonably determines appropriate to perfect the lien and security interest granted under the Borrower Mortgages.
(e) The Borrower hereby appoints, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest, and shall automatically terminate upon the occurrence of the Repayment in Full, the Administrative Agent as the Borrower’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of the Borrower and in the name of the Borrower or otherwise, to take any action and to execute any instrument, in each case solely after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 7.30.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall not by virtue of the collateral assignment of any Borrower Mortgage described herein be deemed in any manner to have assumed any obligations with respect to such
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Borrower Mortgage. The Borrower agrees to indemnify and to hold the Administrative Agent harmless of any and from any and all liability, loss or damage that the Administrative Agent may or might incur by reason of any claims or demands against the Administrative Agent arising out of or in any way connected with this assignment, unless the Administrative Agent assumes the Borrower’s obligations under the Borrower Mortgages in writing and except to the extent that loss or damage results from the Administrative Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(g) The Borrower hereby warrants and represents to the Administrative Agent that: (i) the Borrower has not pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of the Borrower Mortgages or the Borrower’s rights thereunder except pursuant to this Agreement and agrees, unless otherwise not prohibited by this Agreement, not to do so without the Administrative Agent's prior express written consent; (ii) the Borrower Mortgages constitute the valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the applicable PropertyCo LLC party thereto; and (iii) to the best of the Borrower’s knowledge there exists no default, nor any act, event and/or condition which with lapse of time and/or notice would constitute a default under the Borrower Mortgages.
(h) The Borrower covenants and warrants that, with respect to any Borrower Mortgage assigned to the Administrative Agent pursuant Section 7.30(b), except with the express written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will not (i) change, amend, modify or waive any term or condition of such Borrower Mortgage or (ii) agree to a compromise or any other modification of the terms of such Borrower Mortgage.
7.31. Pro Forma Financial Statements. The Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide, as soon as practicable following the Effective Date, pro forma financial statements of the Borrower giving effect to the transactions described in its Form S-11 and any other recent, probable or pending acquisitions or dispositions, in each case, solely to the extent required by Rule 3-05 and Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act for the Borrower to become effective on a new registration statement on Form S-3, which pro forma financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP and meet the requirements of Regulation S-X and all other accounting rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to registration statements on Form S-3.
ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute an Event of Default:
8.1. Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under or in connection with this Agreement, any Loan or any certificate or information delivered in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be false in any material respect on the date as of which made or deemed made and, if such material falsity is capable of cure, such material falsity is not cured with thirty (30) days after notice thereof given by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower in accordance with Section 14.1 or after the date on which any Senior Executive obtains knowledge thereof, whichever first occurs.
8.2. (i) Nonpayment of principal of any Loan when due, or (ii) nonpayment of interest upon any Loan or of any fee or other Obligations under any of the Loan Documents within five (5) Business Days that the same is due.
8.3. The breach by any Loan Party of (i) any covenant contained in Section 7.2, 7.3 (with respect to the requirement to give notice of a Default or Event of Default), 7.4 (as it relates to the existence of the Borrower), 7.9 through 7.15, 7.19, 7.21, 7.22, 7.23, 7.27, 7.28, or 7.30 or (ii) any of the other terms
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or provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (other than a breach which constitutes an Event of Default under another Section of this Article VIII) and, in the case of breaches described in this clause (ii) only, if such breach is capable of cure, such breach is not cured within thirty (30) days after notice thereof given by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower in accordance with Section 14.1 or after the date on which any Senior Executive obtains knowledge of the occurrence thereof, whichever first occurs.
8.4. (i) (A) Failure of any Loan Party or any other Borrowing Base Party or any Material Subsidiary (beyond the applicable grace period with respect thereto, if any) to pay when due any Indebtedness (other than Nonrecourse Indebtedness; provided, that, to the extent that any Loan Party or any other Restricted Subsidiary provides a guarantee in respect of, or is otherwise liable for, any Indebtedness that is structured as Nonrecourse Indebtedness (and such guarantee or liability would not constitute Permitted Recourse), the amount of such Nonrecourse Indebtedness shall be included in this Section 8.4 to the extent (and only to the extent) to which such Indebtedness is recourse to such Person in excess of Permitted Recourse) aggregating in excess of $75,000,000 principal outstanding (“Material Indebtedness”); (B) the default by any Loan Party or any other Borrowing Base Party or any Material Subsidiary in the performance (beyond the applicable grace period with respect thereto, if any) of any term, provision or condition contained in any agreement or agreements under which any such Material Indebtedness was created or is governed, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or event is to cause, or to permit the holder of holders of such Material Indebtedness to cause, such Material Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; or (C) any Material Indebtedness of any Loan Party or any other Borrowing Base Party or any Material Subsidiary shall be declared to be due and payable or required to be prepaid or repurchased (other than by a regularly scheduled payment and any prepayment or repurchase upon an asset sale, casualty or condemnation, receipt of equity or debt proceeds or borrowing base recalculation) prior to the stated maturity thereof; (ii) (A) failure of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (beyond the applicable grace period with respect thereto, if any) to pay when due any Nonrecourse Indebtedness aggregating in excess of $100,000,000 principal outstanding (“Material Nonrecourse Indebtedness”); (B) the default by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the performance (beyond the applicable grace period with respect thereto, if any) of any term, provision or condition contained in any agreement or agreements under which any such Material Nonrecourse Indebtedness was created or is governed, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or event is to cause, or to permit the holder of holders of such Material Nonrecourse Indebtedness to cause, such Material Nonrecourse Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; or (C) any Material Nonrecourse Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be declared to be due and payable or required to be prepaid or repurchased (other than by a regularly scheduled payment and any prepayment or repurchase upon an asset sale, casualty or condemnation, receipt of equity or debt proceeds or borrowing base recalculation) prior to the stated maturity thereof, or (iii) any Loan Party or any other Borrowing Base Party or any Material Subsidiary shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, each Intercompany Note shall be deemed to not be “Material Indebtedness” or “Material Nonrecourse Indebtedness”.
8.5. Any Loan Party or any other Borrowing Base Party shall (i) have an order for relief entered with respect to it under the Federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in effect, (ii) make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iii) apply for, seek, consent to, or acquiesce in, the appointment of a receiver, custodian, trustee, examiner, liquidator or similar official for it or any Substantial Portion of its Property, (iv) institute any proceeding seeking an order for relief under the Federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in effect or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors or fail to file an answer or other pleading denying the material allegations of any such proceeding filed against it, (v) take any corporate, partnership
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or limited liability company action to authorize or effect any of the foregoing actions set forth in this Section 8.5 or (vi) fail to contest in good faith any appointment or proceeding described in Section 8.6.
8.6. Without the application, approval or consent of a Loan Party or other Borrowing Base Party, as applicable, a receiver, trustee, examiner, liquidator or similar official shall be appointed for such Loan Party or any Substantial Portion of the Property of the Loan Parties and the other Borrowing Base Parties, or a proceeding described in Section 8.5(iv) shall be instituted against any Loan Party or any other Borrowing Base Party and such appointment continues undischarged or such proceeding continues undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days.
8.7. If any Acquisition Tranche Loan is funded to the Borrower on the Acquisition Tranche Early Funding Date, and the Borrower does not either (i) prepay such Acquisition Tranche Loans in full, together with accrued interest thereon, in accordance with Section 2.6 or (ii) consummate the Specified Acquisition, in each case of clause (i) and (ii), on the Business Day immediately following the Acquisition Tranche Early Funding Date.
8.8. The Loan Parties, other Borrowing Base Parties or any Material Subsidiary shall fail within 30 days after the issuance thereof to bond, pay or otherwise discharge any one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money (other than in respect of Nonrecourse Indebtedness; provided, that, to the extent that any Loan Party or any other Restricted Subsidiary provides a guarantee in respect of, or is otherwise liable for, any Indebtedness that is structured as Nonrecourse Indebtedness (and such guarantee or liability would not constitute Permitted Recourse), the amount of such Nonrecourse Indebtedness shall be included in this Section 8.8 to the extent (and only to the extent) to which such Indebtedness is recourse to such Person in excess of Permitted Recourse) in excess of $75,000,000 in the aggregate (to the extent not covered by insurance provided by an independent solvent third-party insurer who has been notified of such judgment, order or decree and has not denied coverage), which are not stayed on appeal or otherwise being appropriately contested in good faith.
8.9. Except to the extent a violation of the following would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect either individually or in the aggregate with all other violations of the following: (i) the existence of Unfunded Liabilities or any Reportable Event shall occur in connection with any Plan; (ii) a trustee shall be appointed by a United States District Court to administer any Plan; (iii) any Plan or trust created under any Plan of the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group shall engage in a non-exempt Prohibited Transaction which would subject the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group to a tax or penalty on Prohibited Transactions imposed by Section 502 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code; (iv) the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan or Multiple Employer Plan that it has incurred withdrawal liability to such Multiemployer Plan or Multiple Employer Plan; (v) any of the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group shall incur liability to the PBGC in connection with the termination of any Single Employer Plan; or (vi) the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is insolvent or is being terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, if as a result of such insolvency or termination the aggregate annual contributions of the Borrower and the members of the Controlled Group (taken as a whole) to all Multiemployer Plans which are then insolvent or being terminated have been or will be increased over the amounts contributed to such Multiemployer Plans for the respective plan years of each such Multiemployer Plan immediately preceding the plan year in which the insolvency or termination occurs.
8.10. Any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary shall (i) be the subject of any proceeding or investigation pertaining to the Release of any Regulated Substance, or (ii) violate any Environmental Law, which, in the case of an event described in clause (i) or clause (ii) or all such events in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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8.11. Any Change of Control shall occur.
8.12. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ shall cease to be the Investment Manager and the Loan Parties shall fail to appoint within ninety (90) days a replacement Investment Manager reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders.
8.13. Any action shall be taken by a Loan Party in writing to discontinue or to assert the invalidity or unenforceability of any Guaranty Agreement, or any Guarantor shall deny in writing that it has any further liability under any Guaranty Agreement to which it is a party, or shall give written notice to such effect (except if such Guarantor is being released from liability thereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the Guaranty Agreement).
8.14. Any security interests in the (x) Collateral, with a fair market value in excess of $75,000,000 in the aggregate shall cease to be an enforceable and perfected, first priority security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) in favor of the Administrative Agent other than as a result of the Administrative Agent no longer having possession of possessory Collateral actually delivered to it or Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements not being filed in a timely manner or (y) Borrower’s Collateral with a fair market value in excess of $75,000,000 in the aggregate shall cease to be an enforceable, first priority security interest in favor of the Borrower.
8.15. Any Loan Document shall fail to remain in full force and effect unless released in accordance with the terms hereof other than (i) as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder (including as a result of a transaction permitted under Section 7.10 or Section 7.12), (ii) as a result of the Administrative Agent no longer having possession of possessory Collateral actually delivered to it or Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements not being filed in a timely manner, or (iii) Repayment in Full.
ARTICLE IX
ACCELERATION, WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES
9.1. Remedies.
(1) Acceleration and other Remedies. If any Event of Default described in Section 8.5 or 8.6 occurs and is continuing with respect to the Borrower, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall automatically terminate and the Obligations shall immediately become due and payable without any election or action on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent with the written consent of the Required Lenders) may terminate or suspend the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder or declare the Obligations to be due and payable, or both, whereupon the Obligations shall become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which the Borrower hereby expressly waives. Without limiting the foregoing, if any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents.
(2) Application of Payments. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, and notice thereof to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or the Required Lenders, all payments received on account of the Obligations shall, subject to Section 2.22, be applied by the Administrative Agent as follows:
(i) first, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts payable to the Administrative Agent (including fees and disbursements
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and other charges of counsel to the Administrative Agent payable under Section 10.7 and amounts pursuant to Section 11.12 payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such);
(ii) second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, expenses, indemnities and other amounts payable to the Lenders (including fees and disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Lenders payable under Section 10.7) arising under the Loan Documents, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (ii) payable to them;
(iii) third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (iii) payable to them;
(iv) fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (iv) payable to them;
(v) fifth, to the payment in full of all other Obligations, in each case ratably among the Administrative Agent and the Lenders based upon the respective aggregate amounts of all such Obligations owing to them in accordance with the respective amounts thereof then due and payable; and
(vi) finally, the balance, if any, after all Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by law.
9.2. Amendments.
(a) Subject to Section 3.5, the definition of “Interest Period” and the provisions of this Article IX, the Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent with the consent in writing of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower may enter into agreements for the purpose of adding, waiving or modifying any provisions to the Loan Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or the Borrower hereunder or waiving any Default or Event of Default hereunder; provided, however, that no such agreement or any waiver shall, without the consent of all of the Lenders adversely affected thereby (or all of the Lenders, in the case of clauses (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii)):
(i) extend the final maturity of any Loan or forgive all or any portion of the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate (whether by modification of the Pricing Schedule or otherwise) or extend the time for payment of or forgive interest or fees (provided that the following shall not be considered as forgiveness of principal, or a reduction or forgiveness of rates, interest or fees or extensions of the dates for payment thereof: waivers of or changes to (x) the obligations to pay interest at the Default Rate and (y) any Default or Event of Default); or
(ii) extend the Commitment Termination Date, or any other termination date, applicable to any Commitments or increase the amount of the Commitment of any Lender; or
(iii) permit the Borrower to assign its rights under this Agreement; or
(iv) reduce, directly or indirectly, the percentage specified in the definition of “Required Lenders” or change any provision that calls for consent, approval or other action by the Required Lenders, all Lenders or any particular affected Lender in a manner that reduces the applicable threshold; or
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(v) amend Section 2.4 (as it relates to pro rata sharing of Commitment reductions and prepayments), 2.6 (as it relates to pro rata sharing of Commitment reductions and prepayments), Section 2.10(b), Section 2.22(a)(ii), Section 9.1(2), this Section 9.2, Section 12.2 or any other provision of any Loan Document pertaining to the ratable sharing or application of payments or other amounts among Lenders; or
(vi) release all or substantially all of the Collateral or all or substantially all of the Guarantors (as measured by value, not number), except as expressly permitted by this Agreement or any other Loan Document in each case as in effect on the Effective Date; or
(vii) subordinate, or have the effect of subordinating, (x) the Obligations or (y) the Lien on any of the Collateral securing the Obligations.
(b) No amendment of any provision of this Agreement relating to the Administrative Agent shall be effective without its written consent. The Administrative Agent may waive payment of the fee required under Section 13.2(b)(vii) without obtaining the consent of any other party to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to amendments under Section 9.2(a)(i) or (ii) requiring the approval of all of the Lenders, if all Lenders other than one or more Defaulting Lenders approve such amendment, the failure of such Defaulting Lenders to approve such amendment shall not prevent such amendment from becoming effective with respect to such Lenders approving such amendment (it being understood that such amendment will not be effective with respect to such Defaulting Lenders that do not approve such amendment).
(c) [Reserved].
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Fee Letter may be amended or waived only in accordance with the terms thereof.
(e) Without the consent of any Lender, the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent may (in its sole discretion, or shall, to the extent required or contemplated by any Loan Document) enter into any amendment, modification, supplement or waiver of any Loan Document, or enter into any new agreement or instrument, to effect the granting, perfection, protection, expansion or enhancement of any security interest in any Collateral or additional property to become Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, to include holders of other pari passu liens or junior liens (to the extent necessary or advisable under applicable local law) in the benefit of the Security Documents in connection with the incurrence of any pari passu Indebtedness or Indebtedness permitted to be secured on a junior basis and to give effect to any Intercreditor Agreement associated therewith, or as required by local law to give effect to, or protect, any security interest for the benefit of the Secured Creditors in any property or so that the security interests therein comply with applicable law or this Agreement or in each case to otherwise enhance the rights or benefits of any Lender under any Loan Document.
9.3. Preservation of Rights. No delay or omission of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent to exercise any right under the Loan Documents shall impair such right or be construed to be a waiver of any Event of Default or an acquiescence therein, and the making of a Loan notwithstanding the existence of an Event of Default or the inability of the Borrower to satisfy the conditions precedent to such Loan shall not constitute any waiver or acquiescence. Any single or partial exercise of any such right shall not preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, and no waiver, amendment or other variation of the terms, conditions or provisions of the Loan Documents whatsoever shall be valid unless in writing signed by the Lenders required pursuant to Section 9.2, and then only to the extent in such writing specifically set forth. All remedies contained in the Loan Documents or by law afforded shall be cumulative and all shall be available to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders until Repayment in Full.
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ARTICLE X
GENERAL PROVISIONS
10.1. Survival of Representations. All representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in this Agreement shall survive the making of the Loans herein contemplated.
10.2. Governmental Regulation. Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, no Lender shall be obligated to extend credit to the Borrower in violation of any limitation or prohibition provided by any applicable statute or regulation.
10.3. Headings. Section headings in the Loan Documents are for convenience of reference only, and shall not govern the interpretation of any of the provisions of the Loan Documents.
10.4. Entire Agreement. The Loan Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto and supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto relating to the subject matter thereof.
10.5. Subordination of Intercompany Debt. Each Loan Party agrees that all intercompany Indebtedness among Loan Parties and Borrowing Base Parties (other than any Intercompany Note, the “Intercompany Debt”) shall be subordinated in right of payment, to the prior Repayment in Full. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Loan Parties and Borrowing Base Parties may make and receive payments with respect to the Intercompany Debt to the extent otherwise permitted by this Agreement; provided, that in the event of and during the continuation of any Event of Default, after written request by the Administrative Agent (or at the direction of the Required Lenders), no payment shall be made on behalf of any Loan Party or any Borrowing Base Party on account of any Intercompany Debt. In the event that any Loan Party or any Borrowing Base Party receives any payment of any Intercompany Debt at a time when such payment is prohibited by this Section 10.5, such payment shall be held by such Loan Party or Borrowing Base Party, in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid forthwith over and delivered, upon written request, to, the Administrative Agent.
10.6. Several Obligations Benefits of This Agreement. The respective obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint or joint and several and no Lender shall be the partner or agent of any other (except to the extent to which the Administrative Agent is authorized to act as such). The failure of any Lender to perform any of its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender from any of its obligations hereunder. This Agreement shall not be construed so as to confer any right or benefit upon any Person other than the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that the parties hereto expressly agree that the Arrangers (and, in the case of the provisions of Section 10.7(b), any other Person indemnified by the Borrower thereunder) shall enjoy the benefits of the provisions of Sections 10.7 and 10.11 to the extent specifically set forth therein and shall have the right to enforce such provisions on its, his or her own behalf and in its, his or her own name to the same extent as if it, he or she were a party to this Agreement.
10.7. Expenses; Indemnification; Limitation of Liability.
(a) Expenses. The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out‑of‑pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their Affiliates (limited, in the case of legal counsel, to the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one firm of counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and their Affiliates, taken as a whole), in connection with the preparation, negotiation, syndication, execution, delivery and, subject to Section 7.18, administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be
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consummated) and (ii) all documented out‑of‑pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (limited, in the case of fees, charges and disbursements of counsel, to one firm of counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, taken as a whole, and, as reasonably required, one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders taken as a whole, and, in the event of any actual or potential conflict of interest, one additional counsel (and local counsel) for each party subject to such conflict as needed to address any such actual or potential conflict of interest) in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including all such out‑of‑pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans.
(b) Indemnification. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender, each Arranger 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 (limited, in the case of legal counsel, to the fees, charges and disbursements of one firm of counsel for all Indemnitees taken as a whole and, as reasonably required, one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction for the Indemnitees taken as a whole, and, in the event of any actual or potential conflict of interest, one additional counsel (and local counsel) for each party subject to such conflict as needed to address any such actual or potential conflict of interest), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (including the Borrower or any other Loan Party) other than such Indemnitee and its Related Parties arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution, enforcement or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Loan or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence, Release or threatened Release of Regulated Substances at, on, under or from any Property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any other Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective Proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such Liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any Indemnitee, (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any other Loan Party against an Indemnitee for material breach of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Borrower or such other Loan Party has obtained a final and non-appealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, or (z) any dispute solely among Indemnitees and not involving the Loan Parties (other than any proceedings against any Indemnitee in its capacity or fulfilling its role as administrative agent or arranger or other similar role hereunder). This Section 10.7 shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.
(c) Reimbursement by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to pay any amount required under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s ratable portion (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount (including any such unpaid amount in respect of a claim asserted by such Lender); provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified Liabilities or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent
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(or any such sub-agent) in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this paragraph (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 10.5.
(d) Limitation of Liability, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, no party hereto shall assert, and each party hereto hereby waives, any claim against any party hereto or any of its Affiliates, 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 as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan, or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that nothing contained in this sentence shall limit the Borrower’s indemnification and reimbursement obligations to the extent such special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages are included in any third party claims with respect to which any Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification pursuant to clause (a) above. No Lender-Related Person shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby except to the extent that such liabilities are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of any Lender or Lender-Related Person.
(e) Payment. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than thirty (30) days after demand in writing therefor.
(f) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 10.7 shall survive the termination of the Loan Documents and payment of the Obligations hereunder.
10.8. Numbers of Documents. All statements, notices, closing documents, and requests hereunder shall (if the Administrative Agent so requests) be furnished to the Administrative Agent with sufficient counterparts so that the Administrative Agent may furnish one to each of the Lenders.
10.9. [Reserved].
10.10. Severability of Provisions. Any provision in any Loan Document that is held to be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid without affecting the remaining provisions in that jurisdiction or the operation, enforceability, or validity of that provision in any other jurisdiction, and to this end the provisions of all Loan Documents are declared to be severable.
10.11. Nonliability of Lenders.
(a) The relationship between the Borrower on the one hand and the Lenders and the Administrative Agent on the other hand shall be solely that of borrower and creditor. None of the Administrative Agent, the Arranger nor any Lender-Related Person shall have any fiduciary responsibilities to the Borrower or any other Loan Party. Neither the Administrative Agent, any Arranger nor any Lender-Related Person undertakes any responsibility to the Borrower or any other Loan Party to review or inform the Borrower or any other Loan Party of any matter in connection with any phase of the Borrower’s or any other Loan Party’s business or operations. The Borrower agrees that none of the Administrative Agent, the Arranger nor any Lender-Related Person shall have liability to the Borrower or any other Loan Party (whether sounding in tort, contract or otherwise) for losses suffered by the Borrower, the Borrower or any other Loan Party in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, the transactions contemplated and the relationship established by the Loan Documents, or any act, omission or event occurring in connection therewith, unless it is determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent
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jurisdiction that such losses resulted from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party from which recovery is sought. None of the Administrative Agent, the Arranger nor any Lender-Related Person shall have any liability with respect to, and the Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue for, any special, indirect or consequential damages suffered by the Borrower or any other Loan Party in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby.
(b) Construction and/or Development. None of Lenders or the Administrative Agent shall be liable to any party for (i) the development of or construction upon any of the Inventory (under and as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement), (ii) the failure to develop or construct or protect improvements on the Inventory (under and as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement), (iii) the payment of any expense incurred in connection with the development of or construction upon the Inventory (under as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement), (iv) the performance or nonperformance of any other obligation of any Loan Party, or (v) Lenders’ or Administrative Agent’s exercise of any remedy available to them. In addition, Lenders shall not be liable to Borrower or any third party for the failure of Lenders or their authorized agents to discover or to reject materials or workmanship during the course of Lenders’ inspections of the Inventory (under as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement).
(c) The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that no Lender Party is advising the Borrower as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting, regulatory or any other matters in any jurisdiction. The Borrower shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated herein or in the other Loan Documents, and the Lender Parties shall have no responsibility or liability to the Borrower with respect thereto.
(d) The Borrower further acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiaries’ understanding, that each Lender Party, together with its Affiliates, is a full service securities or banking firm engaged in securities trading and brokerage activities as well as providing investment banking and other financial services. In the ordinary course of business, any Lender Party may provide investment banking and other financial services to, and/or acquire, hold or sell, for its own accounts and the accounts of customers, equity, debt and other securities and financial instruments (including bank loans and other obligations) of, the Borrower and other companies with which the Borrower may have commercial or other relationships. With respect to any securities and/or financial instruments so held by any Lender Party or any of its customers, all rights in respect of such securities and financial instruments, including any voting rights, will be exercised by the holder of the rights, in its sole discretion.
(e) The Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiaries’ understanding, that each Lender Party and its affiliates may be providing debt financing, equity capital or other services (including financial advisory services) to other companies in respect of which the Borrower may have conflicting interests regarding the transactions described herein and otherwise. No Lender Party will use confidential information obtained from the Borrower by virtue of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or its other relationships with the Borrower in connection with the performance by such Lender Party of services for other companies, and no Lender Party will furnish any such information to other companies. The Borrower also acknowledges that no Lender Party has any obligation to use in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, or to furnish to the Borrower, confidential information obtained from other companies.
(f) Other Lenders. The obligations of each Lender under this Agreement are separate and independent such that no action, inaction, or responsibility of one Lender shall be imputed to the remaining Lenders. Borrower hereby waives any claim or demand against each Lender as to the action, inaction, or responsibility of another.
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10.12. Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential); (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (in which case such Person shall promptly notify the Borrower, in advance, to the extent practicable and lawfully permitted to do so); (c) to the extent required by Applicable Law or by any subpoena or similar legal process (in which case such Person shall promptly notify the Borrower, in advance, to the extent practicable lawfully permitted to do so); (d) to any other party to this Agreement; (e) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 10.12 (or as may otherwise be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower), to (i) any Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective Eligible Assignee or pledgee of or Participant in, any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, or (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder; (f) with the written consent of the Borrower; (g) to the extent such Information becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 10.12; (h) to any state, Federal or foreign authority or examiner (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any other similar organization) (in which case such Person shall, except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority, promptly notify the Borrower, in advance, to the extent practicable and lawfully permitted to do so); (i) to any rating agency or the CUSIP Bureau when required by it (it being understood that, prior to any such disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake to preserve the confidentiality of any Information relating to the Loan Parties received by it from such Lender); (j) to insurance brokers or insurance providers (it being understood that, prior to any such disclosure, such insurance broker or provider shall undertake to preserve the confidentiality of any Information relating to the Loan Parties received by it from such Lender); or (k) to the extent reasonably necessary in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder to the extent reasonably necessary in connection with such enforcement. In addition, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Commitments and the Advances. For the purposes of this Section 10.12, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their business, other than any such information that is publicly available to Administrative Agent or any Lender prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries other than as a result of a breach of this Section 10.12, unless, in the case of information received from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as not confidential.
For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein prohibits any individual from communicating or disclosing information regarding suspected violations of laws, rules or regulations to a governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory authority without any notification to any Person pursuant to any “whistleblowing” or other similar program of such governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory authority.
10.13. Nonreliance. Each Lender hereby represents that it is not relying on or looking to any margin stock (as defined in Regulation U of the Board) for the repayment of the Loans provided for herein.
10.14. USA PATRIOT Act and Beneficial Ownership Regulation. Each Lender that is subject to the PATRIOT Act and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies
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each Loan Party that pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Loan Party in accordance with the PATRIOT Act and/or the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
10.15. Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and
(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.
10.16. Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for any agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support” and each such QFC, a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):
(a) In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might
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otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.
As used in this Section 10.16, the following terms have the following meanings:
“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
“Covered Entity” means any of the following:
i. a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
ii. a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
iii. a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
ARTICLE XI
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
11.1. Appointment and Authority.
(a) Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints GS Bank to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any Applicable Law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties. Without limiting the foregoing, each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, each of the Loan Documents to which the Administrative Agent is a party, to exercise all rights, powers and remedies that the Administrative Agent may have under such Loan Documents.
(b) [Reserved].
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(c) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoint and authorize the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 11.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Loan Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of Articles IX through XVI, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Creditor for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.
11.2. Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for, and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
11.3. Exculpatory Provisions. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its obligations hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:
(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or Applicable Laws, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; provided, further, that the Administrative Agent may seek clarification or direction from the Required Lenders prior to the exercise of any such instructed action and may refrain from acting until such clarification or direction has been provided; and
(c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating
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to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 9.1 and 9.2) or (ii) in the absence of its own bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment.
The Administrative Agent shall not 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 or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Event of Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the Administrative Agent’s reliance on any Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page), (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or (vi) the validity, perfection or priority of any Lien or security interest created or purported to be created under the Security Documents, or the value or sufficiency of the Collateral or for any failure of any Loan Parties or any other party to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.
11.4. Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), 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.
11.5. Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub‑agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub‑agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub‑agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative 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. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non-appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.
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11.6. Resignation of Administrative Agent.
(a) The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) (provided no consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default or Default under Section 8.2, 8.5 or 8.6 exists), to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above. Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.
(b) If the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent and, with the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), appoint a successor (provided no consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default or Default under Section 8.2, 8.5 or 8.6 exists). If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Removal Effective Date”), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.
(c) With effect from the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date (as applicable) (1) the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (2) except for any indemnity payments owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent (other than any rights to indemnity payments owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent), and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring or removed Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.7 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative 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 the retiring or removed Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.
11.7. Acknowledgements of Lenders.
(a) Each Lender represents and warrants that (i) the Loan Documents set forth the terms of a commercial lending facility, (ii) it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans and in
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providing other facilities set forth herein as may be applicable to such Lender, in each case in the ordinary course of business, and not for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring or holding any other type of financial instrument (and each Lender agrees not to assert a claim in contravention of the foregoing), (iii) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Commitments and Loans hereunder and (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to make, acquire and/or hold commercial loans and to provide other facilities set forth herein, as may be applicable to such Lender, and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to make, acquire and/or hold such commercial loans or to provide such other facilities, is experienced in making, acquiring or holding such commercial loans or providing such other facilities. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates) 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 other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
(b) Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement on the Effective Date or an Assignment and Assumption or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Effective Date.
(c) Certain Payments.
(i) Each Lender hereby agrees that (x) if the Administrative Agent notifies such Lender that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion that any funds received by such Lender from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (whether as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees or otherwise; individually and collectively, a “Payment”) were erroneously transmitted to such Lender (whether or not known to such Lender), and demands the return of such Payment (or a portion thereof), such Lender shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter (or such later date as the Administrative Agent, may, in its sole discretion, specify in writing), return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect, and (y) to the extent permitted by applicable law, such Lender shall not assert, and hereby waives, as to the Administrative Agent, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Payments received, including, any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender under this Section 11.7(c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(ii) Each Lender hereby further agrees that if it receives a Payment from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such Payment (a “Payment Notice”) or (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a Payment Notice, it shall be on notice, in each such case, that an error has been made with respect to such Payment. Each Lender agrees that, in each such case, or if it otherwise becomes aware a Payment (or portion thereof) may have
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been sent in error, such Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such occurrence and, upon demand from the Administrative Agent, it shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect.
(iii) The Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby agrees that (x) in the event an erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) are not recovered from any Lender that has received such Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights of such Lender with respect to such amount and (y) an erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Obligations owed by the Borrower or any other Loan Party; provided that the immediately preceding clauses (x) and (y) shall not apply to the extent any such erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is, and solely with respect to the amount of such erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) that is, comprised of funds received by the Administrative Agent from or on behalf of the Borrower or any Loan Party for the purpose of making such erroneous Payment.
(iv) Each party’s obligations under this Section 11.7(c) shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations under any Loan Document.
11.8. No Other Duties, Etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Arranger shall not have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent or a Lender hereunder. Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Administrative Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Nothing in this Agreement or any Loan Document shall require the Administrative Agent to account to any Lender for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by the Administrative Agent for its own account.
11.9. Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.3, 2.4 and 10.7) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
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and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.3, 2.4 and 10.7.
11.10. Withholding Tax. To the extent required by any Applicable Law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. Without limiting or expanding the provisions of Section 3.7, each Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent against, and shall make payable in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, all Taxes and all related losses, claims, liabilities and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent by the IRS or any other Governmental Authority as a result of the failure of the Administrative Agent to properly withhold Tax from any amount paid to or for the account of such Lender for any reason (including because the appropriate form was not delivered or not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective), whether or not such Tax was 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 this Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise against any amount due the Administrative Agent under this Section 11.10. The agreements in this Section 11.10 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.
11.11. Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have actual knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder (other than an Event of Default under Section 8.2) unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default” or that such notice is delivered pursuant to Section 7.3 hereof. In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders.
11.12. Administrative Agent’s Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, the fees agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Fee Letter or as otherwise agreed by them from time to time.
11.13. Delegation to Affiliates. The Borrower and the Lenders agree that the Administrative Agent may delegate any of its duties under this Agreement to any of its Affiliates. Any such Affiliate (and such Affiliate’s directors, officers, agents and employees) which performs duties in connection with this Agreement shall be entitled to the same benefits of the indemnification, waiver and other protective provisions to which the Administrative Agent is entitled under Articles X and XI.
11.14. Arranger’s Responsibilities and Duties. The Arranger shall not have any responsibilities hereunder in any capacity or be deemed to have any agency or fiduciary relationship with the Borrower or any Lender.
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11.15. Certain ERISA Matters.
(a) Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(i) such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments or this Agreement,
(ii) the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement,
(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, or
(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
(b) In addition, unless either (1) subclause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with subclause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).
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11.16. Borrower Communications.
(a) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree that the Borrower may, but shall not be obligated to, make any Borrower Communications to the Administrative Agent through an electronic platform chosen by the Administrative Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “Approved Borrower Portal”).
(b) Although the Approved Borrower Portal and its primary web portal are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified by the Administrative Agent from time to time (including, as of the Effective Date, a user ID/password authorization system), each of the Lenders and the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure, that the Administrative Agent is not responsible for approving or vetting the representatives or contacts of the Borrower that are added to the Approved Borrower Portal, and that there may be confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution. Each of the Lenders and the Borrower hereby approves distribution of Borrower Communications through the Approved Borrower Portal and understands and assumes the risks of such distribution.
(c) THE APPROVED BORROWER PORTAL IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE APPLICABLE PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER COMMUNICATION, OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE APPROVED BORROWER PORTAL AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE APPROVED BORROWER PORTAL AND THE BORROWER COMMUNICATIONS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE APPLICABLE PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED BORROWER PORTAL. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LEAD ARRANGER, ANY DOCUMENTATION AGENT, ANY SYNDICATION AGENT OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE RELATED PARTIES (COLLECTIVELY, “APPLICABLE PARTIES”) HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY LOAN PARTY, ANY LENDER OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF THE BORROWER’S TRANSMISSION OF BORROWER COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET OR THE APPROVED BORROWER PORTAL.
(d) Each of the Lenders and the Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but (except as may be required by Applicable Law) shall not be obligated to, store the Borrower Communications on the Approved Borrower Portal in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s generally applicable document retention procedures and policies.
(e) Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of the Borrower to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Loan Document in any other manner specified in such Loan Document.
11.17. Security Documents and Administrative Agent.
(a) The Lenders and the other Secured Creditors hereby irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent, without any further consent of any Lender or any other Secured Creditor, to release any Lien on any Collateral granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document: (i) upon Repayment in Full, (ii) at the time the property subject to such Lien is disposed or to be disposed to a Person that is an unaffiliated third party as part of or in connection with any Disposition permitted hereunder
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for a bona fide business purpose (other than for purposes of effecting a release of such Lien), (iii) subject to Section 9.2, if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, (iii) to the extent provided in the Security Documents or (iv) if the property subject to such Lien is owned by a Guarantor, upon release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guaranty Agreement pursuant to Section 7.17. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Liens on any assets (including Capital Stock) in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Creditors hereunder, shall be released unless the Liens on such assets in favor of the secured parties under the Revolving Credit Agreement Administrative Agent in favor of the secured parties under the Revolving Credit Agreement have been (or will simultaneously be) released.
(b) Furthermore, the Lenders and the other Secured Creditors hereby irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent, without any further consent of any Lender or any other Secured Creditor, to enter into (or acknowledge and consent to) or amend, renew, extend, supplement, restate, replace, waive or otherwise modify the Effective Date Intercreditor Agreement and any other Intercreditor Agreement contemplated hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in any Loan Document, to the extent the Administrative Agent enters into the Effective Date Intercreditor Agreement or any other Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof, this Agreement will be subject to the terms and provisions of the Effective Date Intercreditor Agreement or other Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document and the Effective Date Intercreditor Agreement or any other Intercreditor Agreement, the provisions of the Effective Date Intercreditor Agreement or such other Intercreditor Agreement govern and control. Each Lender and other Secured Creditor acknowledges that the Effective Date Intercreditor Agreement (and if entered into by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, any other Intercreditor Agreement) is binding upon them. Each Lender and other Secured Creditor understands, agrees and acknowledges that (i) the Obligations of the Loan Parties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the Liens and security interests granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditor pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including the priority thereof), (iii) the release of Collateral from the Lien granted and created hereby or thereby and (iv) the exercise of any right or remedy by the Administrative Agent hereunder are, in each case, subject to the provisions of the Effective Date Intercreditor Agreement (and if entered into by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, any other Intercreditor Agreement). The Lenders and the other Secured Creditors irrevocably agree that the Administrative Agent may rely exclusively on a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower as to whether any Liens intended to be subject to such Intercreditor Agreement are not prohibited and are permitted to be incurred at the priority stated in such Intercreditor Agreement.
(c) The Lenders and the other Secured Creditors hereby irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent, without any further consent of any Lender or any other Secured Creditor, to enter into the Lennar Letter Agreement or amend, renew, extend, supplement, restate, replace, waive or otherwise modify the Lennar Agreement Letter in a manner not materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders. Each Lender and other Secured Creditor acknowledges that the Lennar Agreement Letter is binding upon them.
(d) Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights in accordance with Section 12.1 or with respect to a Secured Creditor’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, no Secured Creditor shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any guarantee of the Obligations, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Creditors in accordance with the terms thereof.
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11.18. Credit Bidding. The Secured Creditors hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion of the Obligations (including by accepting some or all of the Collateral in satisfaction of some or all of the Obligations pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise) and in such manner purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral (a) at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including under Sections 363, 1123 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, or any similar laws in any other jurisdictions to which a Loan Party is subject, or (b) at any other sale, foreclosure or acceptance of collateral in lieu of debt conducted by (or with the consent or at the direction of) the Administrative Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with any Applicable Law. In connection with any such credit bid and purchase, the Obligations owed to the Secured Creditors shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid by the Administrative Agent at the direction of the Required Lenders on a ratable basis (with Obligations with respect to contingent or unliquidated claims receiving contingent interests in the acquired assets on a ratable basis that shall vest upon the liquidation of such claims in an amount proportional to the liquidated portion of the contingent claim amount used in allocating the contingent interests) for the asset or assets so purchased (or for the equity interests or debt instruments of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are issued in connection with such purchase). In connection with any such bid, (a) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to form one or more acquisition vehicles and to assign any successful credit bid to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, (b) each of the Secured Creditors’ ratable interests in the Obligations which were credit bid shall be deemed without any further action under this Agreement to be assigned to such vehicle or vehicles for the purpose of closing such sale, (c) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to adopt documents providing for the governance of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles (provided that any actions by the Administrative Agent with respect to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, including any disposition of the assets or equity interests thereof, shall be governed, directly or indirectly, by, and the governing documents shall provide for, control by the vote of the Required Lenders or their permitted assignees under the terms of this Agreement or the governing documents of the applicable acquisition vehicle or vehicles, as the case may be, irrespective of the termination of this Agreement and without giving effect to the limitations on actions by the Required Lenders contained in Section 9.2 of this Agreement), (d) the Administrative Agent on behalf of such acquisition vehicle or vehicles shall be authorized to issue to each of the Secured Creditors, ratably on account of the relevant Obligations which were credit bid, interests, whether as equity, partnership interests, limited partnership interests or membership interests, in any such acquisition vehicle and/or debt instruments issued by such acquisition vehicle, all without the need for any Secured Creditor or acquisition vehicle to take any further action, and (e) to the extent that Obligations that are assigned to an acquisition vehicle are not used to acquire Collateral for any reason (as a result of another bid being higher or better, because the amount of Obligations assigned to the acquisition vehicle exceeds the amount of Obligations credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise), such Obligations shall automatically be reassigned to the Secured Creditors pro rata with their original interest in such Obligations and the equity interests and/or debt instruments issued by any acquisition vehicle on account of such Obligations shall automatically be cancelled, without the need for any Secured Creditor or any acquisition vehicle to take any further action. Notwithstanding that the ratable portion of the Obligations of each Secured Creditor are deemed assigned to the acquisition vehicle or vehicles as set forth in clause (ii) above, each Secured Creditor shall execute such documents and provide such information regarding the Secured Creditor (and/or any designee of the Secured Creditor which will receive interests in or debt instruments issued by such acquisition vehicle) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in connection with the formation of any acquisition vehicle, the formulation or submission of any credit bid or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such credit bid.
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ARTICLE XII
SETOFF; RATABLE PAYMENTS
12.1. Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held, and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing, by such Lender or any such Affiliate, to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Loan Party (but in each case excluding tax, payroll, escrow and other accounts held by a Loan Party in a fiduciary capacity) against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or its respective Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a Lending Installation or Affiliate of such Lender different from the Lending Installation or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.22 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender and its respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or its Affiliates may have. Each Lender agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
12.2. Ratable Payments. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon or other such obligations greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in such Loans, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and other amounts owing them; provided that:
(i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and
(ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply).
The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under Applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
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ARTICLE XIII
BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS
13.1. Participations.
(1) Permitted Participants; Effect. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural Person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries or a Sanctioned Person or if such participation would cause a violation of Sanctions or applicable Laws by any Person (including the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries)) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 10.7(b) with respect to any payments made by such Lender to its Participant(s).
(2) Voting Rights; Participant Register. 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 amendment, modification or waiver described in the proviso to Section 9.2 that affects such Participant. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.7 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 3.7(g) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 3.7(g) shall be delivered solely to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 13.2(b); provided that such Participant (A) shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.20 as if it were an assignee under Section 13.2(b); and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 3.1, 3.2 or 3.7, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such greater payment is attributable to a Change in Law after the date the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.20(b) with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 12.1 as though it were a Lender; provided that (A) such participation was sold with the Borrower’s prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (B) such Participant shall be subject to Section 12.2 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and interest amounts) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (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 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. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register 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.
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13.2. Assignments.
(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. 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 Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1, or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or its foreign equivalent; provided that no such pledge or assignment under this clause (iii) shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in Section 13.1 and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Assignments by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees (or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, subject to clauses (v) and (vi) below, any Person) all or a portion of its rights and obligations with respect to this Agreement (including all or a portion of any Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
(i) Minimum Amounts.
(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Commitment and/or the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, no minimum amount need be assigned; and
(B) in any case not described in paragraph (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the assigning ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Commitment (which for this purpose includes, without duplication, the Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the applicable Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(ii) Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s rights and obligations with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned.
(iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by paragraph (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:
(A) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (i) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment, (ii) such assignment is to a Lender or an controlled Affiliate of a Lender, (iii) in connection with an assignment made during the primary syndication of
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the Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility or (iv) such assignment is between GS Bank and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Lending Partners LLC (“GSLP”); provided that, the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after having received notice thereof; and
(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless such assignment is between GS Bank and GSLP.
;provided that, prior to the Specified Acquisition Closing Date, solely with respect to assignments of Commitments hereunder (but not assignments of funded Loans), (I) the proviso in clause (A) shall not be applicable, unless an Event of Default under Section 8.2, 8.5 or 8.6 has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment and (II) unless consented to in writing by the Borrower in its sole discretion, any such assignment of Commitments (including assignments to another Lender or an affiliate of a Lender, but other than assignments between GS Bank and GSLP) must be to commercial and investment banks, in each case, whose senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness has an “investment grade” rating by S&P and ▇▇▇▇▇’▇.
(iv) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
(v) No Assignment to Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made to (A) the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries or (B) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B) or (C) any Sanctioned Person or if such assignment would cause a violation of Sanctions or applicable Laws by any Person (including the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries).
(vi) No Assignment to Natural Persons. No such assignment shall be made to a natural Person.
(vii) Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent and each Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon), and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans in accordance with its Commitment thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under Applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph,
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then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement 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) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Article III and Section 10.7 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s having been a Defaulting Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 13.1. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any assignment to a Person that is not permitted to be an assignee hereunder.
(c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and interest amounts) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender (solely to the extent related to such Lender) at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
13.3. Dissemination of Information. The Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any Participant or assignee or any other Person acquiring an interest in the Loan Documents by operation of law (each a “Transferee”) and any prospective Transferee any and all information in such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s possession concerning the creditworthiness of the Borrower, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided that each Transferee and prospective Transferee agrees in writing to be bound by Section 10.12 of this Agreement.
ARTICLE XIV
NOTICES
14.1. Notices.
(a) All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including electronic transmission, facsimile transmission or similar writing) and shall be given to such party: (x) (i) in the case of the Borrower, at c/o ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Investment Management, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ LLP, One Bryant Park, Bank of America Tower, New York, NY 10036, Attention: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, and to Akin Gump ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ LLP, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, and (ii) in the case of the Administrative Agent, at the address separately provided to the Borrower, (y) in the case of any Lender, at its address or
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facsimile number set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire delivered to the Administrative Agent or (z) in the case of any party, at such other address or facsimile number as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in accordance with the provisions of this Section 14.1. Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (i) if given by facsimile transmission, when transmitted to the facsimile number specified in this Section during the applicable recipient’s normal business hours and confirmation of receipt is received, (ii) if given by mail, 72 hours after such communication is deposited in the mails with first class postage prepaid, addressed as aforesaid, (iii) if sent to an email address, upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function pursuant to which the recipient has expressly acknowledged receipt, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), (iv) if posted to an Internet or intranet website, upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient during the recipient’s normal business hours, at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (iii), of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor or (v) if given by any other means, when delivered at the address specified in this Section; provided that notices to the Administrative Agent under Article II shall not be effective until received during its normal business hours.
(b) Each of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. The Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may make such materials, as well as any other written information, documents, instruments and other material relating to the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any other materials or matters relating to this Agreement, the Notes or any of the transactions contemplated hereby (other than any Borrowing Notice, Rate Option Notice, request for conversion or continuation of any Advances or notices constituting service of process or relating to legal process) (collectively, the “Communications”) available to the Lenders by posting such notices on Debtdomain, IntraLinks, SyndTrak or a substantially similar electronic system (the “Platform”). The Borrower acknowledges that (i) the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution, (ii) the Platform is provided “as is” and “as available” and (iii) no Agent Party (as defined below) warrants the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of the Communications or the Platform and each expressly disclaims liability for errors or omissions in the Communications or the Platform. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party in connection with the Communications or the Platform. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors or representatives (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including, direct or indirect, special, indirect or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Communications through the internet, except to the extent the liability of any Agent Party is found in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted primarily from such Agent Party’s bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) The Administrative Agent agrees that the receipt of the Communications by the Administrative Agent at its e-mail address set forth above shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to the Administrative Agent for purposes of the Loan Documents. Each Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) (a “Notice”) specifying that any Communications have been posted to the Platform shall constitute effective delivery of such information, documents or other materials to such Lender for purposes of this Agreement; provided that, if requested by any Lender, the Administrative Agent shall deliver a copy of the Communications to such Lender by e-mail or facsimile. Each Lender agrees (i) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s e-mail address(es) to which a Notice may be sent by electronic transmission (including by electronic communication) on or
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before the date such ▇▇▇▇▇▇ becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record an effective e-mail address for such Lender) and (ii) that any Notice may be sent to such e-mail address(es) as such Lender shall instruct. The Administrative Agent agrees that it will, upon any Lender’s reasonable request, furnish materials posted on the Platform to such Lender in hard copy to such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s address set forth on the signature pages hereof.
(d) Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Loan Document in any other manner specified in such Loan Document.
14.2. Change of Address. The Borrower may change the address for service of notice upon it by a notice in writing to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any Lender may each change the address for service of notice upon it by a notice in writing to the other parties hereto.
ARTICLE XV
COUNTERPARTS
15.1. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.
(a) This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Except as provided in Section 5.1 hereof, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
(b) Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of (x) this Agreement, (y) any other Loan Document and/or (z) any document, amendment, approval, consent, information, notice (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Assignment and Assumption and any notice delivered pursuant to Section 14.1), certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or the transactions contemplated hereby and/or thereby (each an “Ancillary Document”) that is an Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement, such other Loan Document or such Ancillary Document, as applicable. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in any electronic form (including deliveries by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page), each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be; provided that nothing herein shall require the Administrative Agent to accept Electronic Signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent and pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided, further, without limiting the foregoing, (i) to the extent the Administrative Agent has agreed to accept any Electronic Signature, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders shall be entitled to rely on such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party without further verification thereof and without any obligation to review the appearance or form of any such Electronic Signature and (ii) upon the request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by a manually executed counterpart. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Loan Party hereby (i) agrees that, for all purposes, including, in connection with any workout, restructuring, enforcement of remedies, bankruptcy proceedings or litigation among the
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Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Loan Parties, Electronic Signatures transmitted by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page and/or any electronic images of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as any paper original, (ii) the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders may, at its option, create one or more copies of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document in the form of an imaged electronic record in any format, which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of such Person’s business, and destroy the original paper document (and all such electronic records shall be considered an original for all purposes and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record), (iii) waives any argument, defense or right to contest the legal effect, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document based solely on the lack of paper original copies of this Agreement, such other Loan Document and/or such Ancillary Document, respectively, including with respect to any signature pages thereto and (iv) waives any claim against any Lender-Related Person for any Liabilities arising solely from the Administrative Agent’s and/or any Lender’s reliance on or use of Electronic Signatures and/or transmissions by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page, including any Liabilities arising as a result of the failure of any Loan Party to use any available security measures in connection with the execution, delivery or transmission of any Electronic Signature.
ARTICLE XVI
CHOICE OF LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
16.1. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT (EXCEPT, AS TO ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH THEREIN) AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
16.2. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLE AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT COMMENCE ANY ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND OR DESCRIPTION, WHETHER IN LAW OR EQUITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE, AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER OR ANY RELATED PARTY OF THE FOREGOING IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATING HERETO OR THERETO, IN ANY FORUM OTHER THAN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY, AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLE AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS AND AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER
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LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
16.3. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
16.4. WAIVER OF VENUE. THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN SECTION 16.2. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF ANY INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
16.5. SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 14.1 NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
MILLROSE PROPERTIES, INC., as Borrower
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇_______________________
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BANK USA,
as Administrative Agent and a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇_______________________
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇________________________
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
Bank of America, N.A.,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. Davis________________________
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President
[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
Citibank, N.A.,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇_______________________
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A.,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇________________________
Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Executive Director
[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
Citizens Bank, N.A.,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇________________________
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]
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Leverage Ratio
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Applicable Margin |
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From (and including) the Initial Draw Date through (and including) 89 days after the Initial Draw Date |
From (and including) 90 days after the Initial Draw Date through (and including) 179 days after the Initial Draw Date |
From (and including) 180 days after the Initial Draw Date through (and including) 269 days after the Initial Draw Date |
From (and including) 270 days after the Initial Draw Date and thereafter |
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ABR Loans |
Term SOFR Loans |
ABR Loans |
Term SOFR Loans |
ABR Loans |
Term SOFR Loans |
ABR Loans |
Term SOFR Loans |
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I |
≤ 0.30x |
100.0 bps |
200.0 bps |
125.0 bps |
225.0 bps |
150.0 bps |
250.0 bps |
175.0 bps |
275.0 bps |
II |
> 0.30x and ≤ 0.40x |
125.0 bps |
225.0 bps |
150.0 bps |
250.0 bps |
175.0 bps |
275.0 bps |
200.0 bps |
300.0 bps |
III |
> 0.40x |
150.0 bps |
250.0 bps |
175.0 bps |
275.0 bps |
200.0 bps |
300.0 bps |
225.0 bps |
325.0 bps |
For the purposes of this Pricing Schedule, the following terms have the following meanings, subject to the final paragraph of this Pricing Schedule:
“Level” means the level (whether I, II or III) in the foregoing table that corresponds to an applicable item in any other column in the foregoing table. For purposes of comparing Levels, Level I is referred to as the lowest Level and Level III as the highest Level.
“Pricing Level” means, with respect to the Applicable Rate, at any date, the Level in the foregoing table that corresponds to the current Level of the Leverage Ratio.
The Applicable Rate shall be determined in accordance with the foregoing table based on the then current Pricing Level; provided that prior to the delivery of the first Compliance Certificate after the Effective Date under Section 7.1(iv), the Pricing Level will be set at Level I. Adjustments, if any, in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall be effective three Business Days after the Administrative Agent has received a Compliance Certificate. If the Borrower fails to deliver a Compliance Certificate to the Administrative Agent at the time required pursuant to Section 7.1(iv), then, from and after the date on which it was required to be delivered until one (1) Business Day after such Compliance Certificate is so delivered, the Applicable Rate shall be at the highest Pricing Level set forth in the foregoing table.