Initial Credit Event Before or concurrently with the initial Credit Event: (a) the Administrative Agent shall have received this Agreement duly executed by the Borrower, the Material Subsidiaries, as Guarantors, and the Lenders; (b) if requested by any Lender, the Administrative Agent shall have received for such Lender such Lender’s duly executed Notes of the Borrower dated the date hereof and otherwise in compliance with the provisions of Section 1.10 hereof; (c) the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of insurance required to be maintained under the Loan Documents; (d) the Administrative Agent shall have received copies of Whitestone REIT’s, the Borrower’s and each Material Subsidiary’s articles of incorporation and bylaws (or comparable organizational documents) and any amendments thereto, certified in each instance by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary; (e) the Administrative Agent shall have received copies of resolutions of Whitestone REIT’s, the Borrower’s and each Material Subsidiary’s Board of Directors (or similar governing body) authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, together with specimen signatures of the persons authorized to execute such documents on Whitestone REIT’s, the Borrower’s and each Material Subsidiary’s behalf, all certified in each instance by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary or other Authorized Representative; (f) the Administrative Agent shall have received copies of the certificates of good standing for Whitestone REIT, the Borrower and each Material Subsidiary (dated no earlier than 30 days prior to the date hereof) from the office of the secretary of the state of its incorporation or organization and of each state in which it is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or organization; (g) the Administrative Agent shall have received a list of the Borrower’s Authorized Representatives; (h) the Administrative Agent shall have received the initial fees called for by Section 2.1 hereof; (i) the capital and organizational structure of Whitestone REIT, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and the L/C Issuer; (j) the Lenders shall have received a Closing Date Borrowing Base Certificate; (k) the Administrative Agent shall have received financing statement and federal tax lien searches against the Borrower, Whitestone REIT and each Material Subsidiary evidencing the absence of Liens on its Property except for Permitted Liens or as otherwise permitted by Section 8.8 hereof; (l) the Administrative Agent shall have received a written opinion of counsel to Whitestone REIT, the Borrower and each Material Subsidiary, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; (m) the Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 for the Borrower and each Guarantor; (n) the Administrative Agent shall have received such other agreements, instruments, documents, certificates, and opinions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request; and (o) the Administrative Agent and any Lender shall have received any information or materials reasonably required by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in order to assist the Administrative Agent or such Lender in maintaining compliance with (i) the Act (as hereinafter defined) and (ii) any applicable “know your customer” or similar rules or regulations.
Initial Credit Extension The Lenders shall not be required to make the initial Credit Extension hereunder unless the Borrower has furnished to the Administrative Agent (with sufficient copies for the Lenders, in the case of all documents): (i) Copies of the articles or certificate of incorporation of the Borrower and each Guarantor, as well as any other information required by Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT ACT or necessary for the Administrative Agent or any Lender to verify the identity of the Borrower and each Guarantor as required by Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act, together with all amendments, and a certificate of existence/good standing, as applicable, each certified by the appropriate governmental officer in its jurisdiction of incorporation. (ii) Copies, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Borrower and each Guarantor, of its by-laws and of its Board of Directors’ resolutions and of resolutions or actions of any other body authorizing the execution of the Loan Documents. (iii) An incumbency certificate, executed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Borrower and each Guarantor, which shall identify by name and title and bear the signatures of the Authorized Officers and any other officers of the Borrower and each Guarantor 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 or the applicable Guarantor. (iv) A certificate, signed by the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Borrower, stating that on the initial Credit Extension Date no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing. (v) A written opinion of counsel to the Borrower and the Guarantors, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the form approved by the Administrative Agent. (vi) Notes payable to the order of each of the Lenders. (vii) Written money transfer instructions, in substantially the form of Exhibit C, addressed to the Administrative Agent and signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, together with such other related money transfer authorizations as the Administrative Agent may have reasonably requested. (viii) The insurance certificate described in Section 5.18. (ix) The fees due and payable in accordance with the Fee Letters. (x) If the initial Credit Extension will be the issuance of a Facility LC, a properly completed Facility LC Application. (xi) Evidence that the Existing Credit Agreement has been terminated, and that all amounts outstanding thereunder have been paid in full. (xii) Such other documents as any Lender or its counsel may have reasonably requested.
Incremental Credit Extensions (a) The Lead Borrower may, at any time, on one or more occasions deliver a written request to the Administrative Agent (whereupon the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver a copy of such request to each of the Lenders) pursuant to an Incremental Revolving Facility Amendment to increase the aggregate amount of Commitments of any existing Class of Commitments (any such increase, an “Incremental Revolving Facility” and the loans thereunder, “Incremental Revolving Loans”) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the Incremental Cap; provided that: (i) no Incremental Revolving Commitment may be less than $5,000,000, (ii) except as separately agreed from time to time between the Lead Borrower and any Lender, no Lender shall be obligated to provide any Incremental Revolving Commitment, and the determination to provide such commitments shall be within the sole and absolute discretion of such Lender; (iii) no Incremental Revolving Facility or Incremental Revolving Loan (or the creation, provision or implementation thereof) shall require the approval of any existing Lender (other than in its capacity, if any, as a Lender providing all or part of any Incremental Revolving Commitment or Incremental Revolving Loan), the Administrative Agent (unless its rights and interests are adversely affected in any material respect) or any other agent or arranger; (iv) the terms of each Incremental Revolving Facility will be substantially identical to those applicable to the Revolving Facility (other than with respect to any upfront fees, original issue discount or similar fees); (v) except as otherwise agreed by the lenders providing the relevant Incremental Revolving Facility in connection with any acquisition, investments and repayments, repurchases and redemptions of indebtedness not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement, (A) no Event of Default shall exist immediately prior to or after giving effect to such Incremental Revolving Facility and (B) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of the initial Borrowing under such Incremental Revolving Facility with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of such date; provided that to the extent that any representation and warranty specifically refers to a given date or period, it shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date or for such period; provided, further, that any representation or warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates; (vi) the proceeds of any Incremental Revolving Facility may be used for working capital, general corporate purposes and any other purpose not prohibited by this Agreement; and (vii) at no time shall there be more than three separate Maturity Dates in effect with respect to Incremental Revolving Facilities and any other Additional Revolving Facility at any time. (b) Incremental Revolving Commitments may be provided by any existing Lender, or by any other lender (other than any Disqualified Institution) who would be permitted to become a Lender (including any required consents) under Section 9.05(b) (any such other lender being called an “Additional Revolving Lender”); provided that the Administrative Agent and any Issuing Bank shall have consented (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to the relevant Additional Revolving Lender’s provision of Incremental Revolving Commitments if such consent would be required under Section 9.05(b) for an assignment of Revolving Loans to such Additional Revolving Lender. (c) Each Lender or Additional Revolving Lender providing a portion of any Incremental Revolving Commitment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower all such documentation (including the relevant Incremental Revolving Facility Amendment or an amendment to any other Loan Document) as may be reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to evidence and effectuate such Incremental Revolving Commitment. On the effective date of such Incremental Revolving Commitment, each Additional Revolving Lender shall become a Lender for all purposes in connection with this Agreement. (d) As a condition precedent to the effectiveness of any Incremental Revolving Facility or the making of any Incremental Revolving Loans, (i) upon its reasonable request, the Administrative Agent shall have received customary written opinions of counsel, as well as such reaffirmation agreements, supplements and/or amendments as it shall reasonably require, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received, from each Additional Revolving Lender, an administrative questionnaire, provided to such Additional Revolving Lender by the Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Questionnaire”) and such other documents as it shall reasonably and customarily require from such Additional Revolving Lender, (iii) the Administrative Agent and Lenders shall have received all fees required to be paid in respect of such Incremental Revolving Facility or Incremental Revolving Loans and (iv) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the applicable Borrower signed by a Responsible Officer thereof: (A) certifying and attaching a copy of the resolutions adopted by the governing body of the applicable Borrower approving or consenting to such Incremental Revolving Facility or Incremental Revolving Loans, and (B) to the extent applicable, certifying that the condition set forth in clause (a)(v) above has been satisfied. (i) Each Lender of the applicable Class immediately prior to such increase will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each relevant Incremental Revolving Lender, and each relevant Incremental Revolving Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed a portion of such Lender’s participations hereunder in outstanding US Letters of Credit and/or Canadian Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans, as applicable, such that, after giving effect to each deemed assignment and assumption of participations, all of the Lenders’ (including each Incremental Revolving Lender) participations hereunder in US Letters of Credit and/or Canadian Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans, as applicable, shall be held on a pro rata basis on the basis of their respective Commitments of the applicable class (after giving effect to any increase in the Commitment pursuant to Section 2.22) and (ii) the existing Lenders of the applicable Class shall assign Revolving Loans to certain other Lenders of such Class (including the Lenders providing the relevant Incremental Revolving Facility), and such other Lenders (including the Lenders providing the relevant Incremental Revolving Facility) shall purchase such Revolving Loans, in each case to the extent necessary so that all of the Lenders of such Class participate in each outstanding borrowing of Revolving Loans pro rata on the basis of their respective Commitments of such Class (after giving effect to any increase in the Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.22); it being understood and agreed that the minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to the transactions effected pursuant to this clause (e). (f) The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary in order to establish new tranches or sub-tranches or to maintain a single tranche in respect of Revolving Loans or commitments increased or extended pursuant to this Section 2.22 and authorize the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower to enter into such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Lead Borrower in connection with the establishment of such new tranches or sub-tranches or the maintaining of such single tranche, in each case on terms consistent with this Section 2.22. (g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.22 or in any other provision of any Loan Document, if the proceeds on the date of effectiveness of any Incremental Revolving Facility are intended to be applied to finance an acquisition and the Lenders or Additional Revolving Lenders providing such Incremental Revolving Facility so agree, the availability thereof shall be subject to customary “SunGard” or “certain funds” conditionality. (h) This Section 2.22 shall supersede any provision in Section 2.18 or 9.02 to the contrary and shall, to extent applicable, be subject in all respects to Section 1.11.
Additional Credit Parties Upon (i) any Credit Party creating or acquiring any Subsidiary that is a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) after the Closing Date, (ii) any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of a Credit Party ceasing to be an Excluded Subsidiary (including, without limitation, an Immaterial Subsidiary being designated pursuant to Section 9.13 as an Excluded Immaterial Subsidiary) or (iii) any Revocation that results in an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) of a Credit Party (such Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary referenced in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, an “Additional Credit Party”), such Credit Party shall, assuming and to the extent that it does not violate any Gaming Law or assuming and to the extent it obtains the approval of the Gaming Authority to the extent such approval is required by applicable Gaming Laws (which Borrower hereby agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain), (A) cause each such Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary to promptly (but in any event within 45 days (or 95 days, in the event of any Discharge of any Indebtedness in connection with the acquisition of any such Subsidiary) after the later of such event described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above or receipt of such approval (or such longer period of time as Administrative Agent may agree to in its sole discretion), execute and deliver all such agreements, guarantees, documents and certificates (including Joinder Agreements, any amendments to the Credit Documents, lien searches and a Perfection Certificate) as Administrative Agent may reasonably request in order to have such Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary become a Guarantor and (B)(I) execute and deliver to Collateral Agent such amendments to or additional Security Documents as Collateral Agent deems necessary or advisable in order to grant to Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected security interest in the Equity Interests of such Additional Credit Party which are owned by any Credit Party and required to be pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement, (II) deliver to Collateral Agent the certificates (if any) representing such Equity Interests together with in the case of such Equity Interests, undated stock powers endorsed in blank, (III) cause such Additional Credit Party to take such actions necessary or advisable (including executing and delivering a Joinder Agreement) to grant to Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected security interest in the collateral described in (subject to any requirements set forth in the Security Agreement with respect to limitations on grant of security interests in certain types of assets or Pledged Collateral and limitations or exclusions from the requirement to perfect Liens on such Pledged Collateral and excluding acts with respect to perfection of security interests and Liens not required under, or excluded from the requirements under, the Security Agreement) the Security Agreement and all other Property (limited, in the case of any first-tier Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC or any CFC Holdco, to 65% of the voting Equity Interests and 100% of the non-voting Equity Interests of such Foreign Subsidiary or CFC Holdco) of such Additional Credit Party in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.08 hereof with respect to such Additional Credit Party, or as necessary under applicable law or as may be reasonably requested by Collateral Agent, and (IV) deliver to Collateral Agent all legal opinions reasonably requested by Collateral Agent with respect to such Additional Credit Party relating to the matters described above covering matters similar to those covered in the opinions delivered on the Closing Date; provided, however, that Borrower shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such approvals for any Mortgage(s) and Lien(s) (including pledge of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary) to be granted by such Additional Credit Party and for the Guarantee of such Additional Credit Party as soon as reasonably practicable. All of the foregoing actions shall be at the sole cost and expense of the Credit Parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 9.11 to the contrary, it is understood and agreed that no Lien(s), Mortgage(s) and/or Guarantee of the applicable Additional Credit Party shall be required to be granted or delivered at such time as provided in the paragraph above in this Section 9.11 as a result of such Lien(s), Mortgage(s) and/or Guarantee being prohibited (i) by the applicable Gaming Authorities, any other applicable Governmental Authorities or applicable Law; provided, however, that Borrower has used its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such approvals for such Lien(s), Mortgage(s) and/or Guarantee or (ii) any Contractual Obligation (except to the extent superseded by the applicable provisions of the UCC).
Each Credit Event The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing, and of the Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions: (a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article III, in each other Loan Document, and in any document furnished in connection with such Borrowing or Letter of Credit issuance, amendment, renewal or extension shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than in respect of representations and warranties that are subject to a Material Adverse Effect qualifier, in which case such representations and warranties will be true and correct as stated and so qualified) on and as of the date of such Borrowing or Letter of Credit issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than in respect of representations and warranties that are subject to a Material Adverse Effect qualifier, in which case such representations and warranties will be true and correct as stated and so qualified) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 4.02, the representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.05(a)(i) and (ii) and the first sentence of Section 3.05(b) shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to Sections 5.01(a) and (b), respectively. (b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.