Funding Date Each Lender’s obligations to make any Loan hereunder shall become effective upon the satisfaction or waiver (in accordance with Section 8.02) of the following conditions on or after the Effective Date:
(a) The Effective Date shall have occurred;
(b) The Acquisition shall have been (or, substantially contemporaneously with the borrowing of the Loans, shall be) consummated in each case in all material respects in accordance with the terms set forth in the Acquisition Agreement after giving effect to any modifications, amendments, supplements, consents, waivers or requests, other than those modifications, amendments, supplements, consents, waivers or requests (including the effects of any such requests) by the Borrower that are materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders (it being understood that any modification, amendment, supplement, consent, waiver or request by the Borrower to the definition of Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) shall be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders and any consent or request made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 6.15 of the Acquisition Agreement and the Acquired Company’s compliance therewith shall not be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders), unless consented to in writing by the Arrangers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed);
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) audited consolidated balance sheets and related audited statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and the Acquired Company for each of the three fiscal years most recently ended at least 90 days prior to the Funding Date and (b) unaudited consolidated balance sheets and related unaudited statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and the Acquired Company for each subsequent fiscal quarter ended at least 45 days prior to the Funding Date; provided that the filing of financial statements complying with the foregoing requirements on Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, as the case may be, by the Borrower or the Acquired Company will satisfy the applicable conditions set forth in this clause (c) of Section 4.
Initial Funding The obligations of the Lenders to make ---------------- their Loans under the Initial Funding shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 13.02):
(a) The Administrative Agent, the Arranger and the Lenders shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Borrower setting forth (i) resolutions of its managing member with respect to the authorization of the Borrower to execute and deliver the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to enter into the transactions contemplated in those documents, (ii) the officers or other designated persons of the Borrower (y) who are authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party and (z) who will, until replaced by another officer or officers duly authorized for that purpose, act as its representative for the purposes of signing documents and giving notices and other communications in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (iii) specimen signatures of such authorized officers, and (iv) the certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as amended, of the Borrower, certified as being true and complete. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders may conclusively rely on such certificate until the Administrative Agent receives notice in writing from the Borrower to the contrary.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received certificates of the appropriate State agencies with respect to the existence, qualification and good standing of the Borrower.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a compliance certificate which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit D, duly and --------- properly executed by a Responsible Officer and dated as of the date of Effective Date.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party hereto counterparts (in such number as may be requested by the Administrative Agent) of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed Notes payable to the order of each Lender in a principal amount equal to its Commitment dated as of the date hereof.
(g) The Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent the Initial Funding Disbursement Request in the amount of $3,700,000.
(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower duly executed counterparts of the ORRI Conveyance for each Lenders with respect to the Borrower's Oil and Gas Properties as of the date of such funding.
(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received from U.S. Energy Corp. duly executed counterparts of the Warrant Agreement for each Lender.
(j) The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party thereto duly executed counterparts (in such number as may be requested by the Administrative Agent) of the Security Instruments, including the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and the other Security Instruments described on Exhibit F-1. In connection with the execution and delivery of the Security ------------ Instruments, the Administrative Agent shall:
(i) be reasonably satisfied that the Security Instruments create first priority, perfected Liens on the Collateral, such Liens being subject only to Excepted Liens identified in clauses (a) to (d) and (e) of the definition thereof, but subject to the provisos at the end of such definition; and
(ii) have received certificates, together with undated, blank stock powers for each such certificate, representing all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower.
(k) The Administrative Agent shall have received an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, special counsel to the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto. ----------
(l) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of insurance coverage of the Borrower evidencing that the Borrower and the Operator are carrying insurance in accordance with Section 8.13.
(m) The Administrative Agent shall have received title information as the Administrative Agent may require satisfactory to the Administrative Agent setting forth the status of title to the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in the Initial Reserve Report as of the Effective Date.
(n) The Administrative Agent shall be satisfied with the environmental condition of the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and have received such reports as in form and scope satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as they may request related thereto, including a Phase 1 Environmental Report with respect to all ▇▇▇▇▇ a part of the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower.
(o) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that the Borrower and the Operator have received all consents and approvals required by Section 8.03.
(p) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) the financial statements referred to in Section 8.04(a), (ii) the Initial Reserve Report accompanied by a certificate covering the matters described in Section 9.12(b) and (iii) copies of all material contracts or agreements, including, but not limited to, all operating agreements covering the Oil and Gas Properties, as well as all marketing, transportation, and processing agreements related to such Oil and Gas Properties.
(q) The Administrative Agent shall have received appropriate UCC search certificates reflecting no prior Liens encumbering the Properties the Borrower for each of the following jurisdictions: State of Wyoming, Albany, Converse, Platte, Campbell, and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Counties, and any other jurisdiction requested by the Administrative Agent.
(r) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence that the Borrower has purchased one or more commodity price floors, collars or swaps acceptable to Administrative Agent and the Arranger (i) with one or more Approved Counterparties, and (ii) that have aggregate notional volumes of not less than 75% of the reasonably estimated projected natural gas production of currently producing ▇▇▇▇▇ of Borrower for the first 24 months following the date hereof, in each case, from its Proved Developed Producing Reserves, as determined by reference to the Initial Reserve Reports.
(s) The Administrative Agent shall be satisfied that there are no negative price deviations in the oil and gas prices that would have a Material Adverse Effect on the value of the Borrower's Oil and Gas Properties.
(t) The Administrative Agent shall be satisfied that there has been no Material Adverse Effect to the Borrower since December 1, 2003.
(u) The Administrative Agent shall have received Letters-in-Lieu executed in blank by the Borrower, in such quantity as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(v) The Administrative Agent shall have received Direction Letters executed in blank by the Borrower, in such quantity as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(w) Since December 1, 2003, there shall not have been any disruption or adverse change in the financial or capital markets.
(x) The Borrower and the Lenders shall have agreed upon the Development Plan.
(y) The Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents as the Administrative Agent or special counsel to the Administrative Agent may reasonably request. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 13.02) at or prior to 2:00 p.m., New York, New York time, on February 15, 2004 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).
Initial Extension of Credit The obligation of Lenders to make the initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to the condition precedent that Administrative Agent shall have received all of the following, each dated (unless otherwise indicated or otherwise specified by Administrative Agent) the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent:
Initial Closing Date 3.1 A meeting shall take place on the Initial Closing Date at the offices of ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ or such offices as the parties may agree at which the Seller shall deliver to the Security Trustee or its representative the following documents:
(a) two originals of the power of attorney substantially in the form set out in Schedule 5, duly executed by the Seller;
(b) a certified copy of each of the Insurance Acknowledgements (as defined in the Mortgage Sale Agreement dated 26 July 2000);
(c) a duly executed assignment of the MIG Policies (as defined in the Mortgage Sale Agreement dated 26 July 2000) from the Seller and a certified copy of a notice (the original of which shall be served by courier or by special delivery) of such assignment from the Seller to Carfax or such other insurer under the MIG Policies in the form (mutatis mutandis) set out in Schedules 8 and 9 respectively of the Mortgage Sale Agreement dated 26 July 2000 and a certified copy of consent to assignment of the MIG Policies (or acknowledgement that the Mortgages Trustee will be an insured under the MIG Policies following the assignment) from Carfax or such other insurers in such form as the Mortgages Trustee reasonably requires;
(d) a certified copy of the board minutes of the Seller authorising its duly appointed representatives to agree the sale of the Portfolio and authorising execution and performance of this Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and all of the documentation to be entered into pursuant to this Agreement;
(e) a duly executed assignment of rights against third parties in the form of the Assignment of Third Party Rights;
(f) a certified copy of the notice from the Seller to Carfax as to the proposed assignment of the MIG Policies; and
(g) a solvency certificate from an authorised signatory of the Seller dated as at the Initial Closing Date.
3.2 The Seller undertakes that, from the Initial Closing Date until the completion of the assignment in accordance with Clause 6.1, the Seller shall hold the Title Deeds and Customer Files relating to the Portfolio that are in its possession or under its control or held to its order to the order of the Mortgages Trustee or as the Mortgages Trustee shall direct.
3.3 Subject to fulfilment of the conditions referred to in Clauses 2.2 and 3.1, the Seller shall be paid the Purchase Price by telegraphic transfer as follows:
(a) the Initial Consideration shall be paid by Funding for and on behalf of the Mortgages Trustee on the Initial Closing Date; and
(b) the Deferred Consideration (including any Postponed Deferred Consideration) shall be paid by Funding for and on behalf of the Mortgages Trustee quarterly on the Interest Payment Dates (provided there are available funds and after the making of any provisions in accordance with normal accounting practice) in accordance with the Funding Pre- Enforcement Revenue Priority of Payments or, as the case may be, the Funding Post- Enforcement Priority of Payments.
3.4 The Seller shall provide all reasonable co-operation to the Mortgages Trustee, Funding and the Security Trustee to enable them to carry out their respective duties and enforce their rights under the Transaction Documents. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Seller shall:
(a) upon reasonable prior notice and during normal office hours, permit the Mortgages Trustee, Funding, the Security Trustee and their authorised employees and agents and other persons nominated by the Security Trustee and approved by the Seller (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to review the Customer Files and the Title Deeds in relation to the Portfolio (subject to such person(s) agreeing to keep the same confidential but provided that disclosure shall be permitted to the professional advisors and auditors of the party making the disclosure and/or to the extent that such disclosure is required by law or for the purpose of any judicial or other proceedings); and/or
(b) give promptly all such information and explanations relating to the Loans and their Related Security as the Mortgages Trustee, Funding or the Security Trustee may reasonably request (including a list of the Loans and their Related Security in the Portfolio along with details of the location of the Title Deeds relating thereto), provided that, prior to completion in accordance with Clause 6, the Seller shall be under no obligation to provide any information or documentation to any person other than the Mortgages Trustee and/or the Security Trustee or their respective employees or allow such person access to the Customer Files or Title Deeds if to do so would result in a breach of the applicable Mortgage Terms or the Data Protection ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇.
The First Closing Date Delivery of certificates for the Firm Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters and payment therefor shall be made at the offices of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and the Representatives) at 9:00 a.m. New York City time, on [•], or such other time and date not later than 1:30 p.m. New York City time, on [•] as the Representatives shall designate by notice to the Company (the time and date of such closing are called the “First Closing Date”). The Company hereby acknowledges that circumstances under which the Representatives may provide notice to postpone the First Closing Date as originally scheduled include, but are not limited to, any determination by the Company or the Representatives to recirculate to the public copies of an amended or supplemented Prospectus or a delay as contemplated by the provisions of Section 11.
