AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO CREDIT, SECURITY AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO CREDIT, SECURITY AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO CREDIT, SECURITY AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of this 20th day of May, 2024 (the “Third Amendment Effective Date”), by and among SHIMMICK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., a California corporation (“Shimmick”), RUST CONSTRUCTORS INC., a Delaware corporation, THE LEASING CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation, (collectively, the “Borrowers” and each individually, a “Borrower”), SHIMMICK CORPORATION (f/k/a SCCI National Holdings, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), MIDCAP FUNDING IV TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust, as Agent, and the financial institutions or other entities parties hereto, each as a Lender.
RECITALS
A. Agent, Xxxxxxx, Borrowers and Holdings have entered into that certain Credit, Security and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2023 (as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Credit, Security and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2023 and by that certain Amendment No. 2 to Credit, Security and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2023, the “Existing Credit Agreement” and as amended hereby and as it may be further amended, modified, supplemented and restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders have agreed to make certain advances of money and to extend certain financial accommodations to Borrowers in the amounts and manner set forth in the Credit Agreement.
B. As of the date hereof, the Events of Default identified on Exhibit A hereto (collectively, the “Specified Events of Default”) have occurred and are continuing.
C. Borrowers and Holdings have requested, and Agent and all Lenders have agreed, (i) to amend certain provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement and (ii) conditionally waive the Specified Events of Default, all in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Agent, Lenders, Borrowers and Holdings hereby agree as follows:
1. Recitals. This Agreement shall constitute a Financing Document and the Recitals and each reference to the Credit Agreement, unless otherwise expressly noted, will be deemed to reference the Credit Agreement as amended hereby. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement (including those capitalized terms used in the Recitals hereto).
2. Limited Waiver.
(a) Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 5 below, and in reliance on the representations and warranties contained in Section 4 below, Agent and the Lenders hereby conditionally waive the Specified Events of Default. The limited conditional waiver set forth in this Section 2 is effective solely for the purposes set forth herein and shall be limited precisely as written and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be deemed to (a) be a consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of any term or condition of the Credit Agreement or of any other Financing Document; (b) prejudice any right that Agent or Lenders have or may have in the future under or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Financing Document; (c) constitute a consent to or waiver of any past,
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present or future Default or Event of Default (other than the Specified Events of Default) or other violation of any provisions of the Credit Agreement or any other Financing Documents; (d) constitute a waiver of any condition precedent under Section 7.2 of the Credit Agreement in respect of any advances of the Revolving Loans; (e) create any obligation to forbear from taking any enforcement action, or to make any further extensions of credit; or (f) establish a custom or course of dealing among any of the Credit Parties, on the one hand, or Agent or any Lender, on the other hand. Neither Agent nor any Lender has waived (regardless of any delay in exercising such rights and remedies), any Default or Event of Default that may be continuing on the date hereof or any Event of Default that may occur after the date hereof (whether the same or similar to the Specified Events of Default or otherwise), and, other than the Specified Events of Default solely to the extent expressly set forth herein, no Lender Party has agreed to waive any Events of Default forbear with respect to any of its rights or remedies concerning any Events of Default, that may have occurred or are continuing as of the date hereof, or that may occur after the date hereof
(b) The occurrence of any Event of Default following the date of this Agreement, including the failure of the Credit Parties to satisfy the conditions set forth in Section 7 of this Agreement, shall cause the waiver set forth in paragraph (a) above to be of no further force and effect and the Specified Events of Defaults shall be reinstated ab initio. For the avoidance of doubt, any reinstatement of the Specified Events of Default shall entitle Agent and Lenders to impose the Default Rate of interest, as set forth in Section 10.5 of the Credit Agreement, retroactively as of the date of the occurrence of the first Specified Event of Default.
(c) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Agent and Lenders may at any time thereafter proceed to exercise any and all of their respective rights and remedies under any or all of the Credit Agreement, any other Financing Document and/or applicable law, including, without limitation, their respective rights and remedies with respect to the Specified Events of Default. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Agent and Lenders may, in their sole discretion and without the requirement of any demand, presentment, protest, or notice of any kind, (i) suspend or terminate any commitment to provide Revolving Loans or other extensions of credit under any or all of the Credit Agreement and other Financing Documents, (ii) charge interest on any or all of the Obligations at the Default Rate, effective from and after the date of the first Specified Event of Default to occur, (iii) commence any legal or other action to collect any or all of the Obligations from Borrowers, any other Credit Party and/or any Collateral, (iv) foreclose or otherwise realize on any or all of the Collateral, and/or setoff or apply to the payment of any or all of the Obligations, any or all of the Collateral, and (v) take any other enforcement action or otherwise exercise any or all rights and remedies provided for by any or all of the Credit Agreement, any other Financing Documents and/or applicable law, all of which rights and remedies are fully reserved by the Lender Parties.
(d) This Agreement shall not be deemed or construed to be a satisfaction, reinstatement, novation or release of the Credit Agreement or any other Financing Document.
3. Amendments to Existing Credit Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment, including, without limitation, the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4 hereof, the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended as set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto such that all of the newly inserted and underscored provisions and any formatting changes reflected therein shall be deemed inserted or made, as applicable, and all of the provisions shall be deemed to be deleted therefrom, which Credit Agreement shall immediately and automatically become effective upon the effectiveness of this Amendment in accordance with Section 5 below. Schedules to the Credit Agreement shall remain as in effect under the Credit Agreement.
4. Representations and Warranties; Reaffirmation of Security Interest; No Liens.
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(a) Each Credit Party hereby confirms that all of the representations and warranties set forth in the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (without duplication of any materiality qualifier in the text of such representation or warranty) with respect to such Credit Party as of the date hereof except to the extent that any such representation or warranty relates to a specific date in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier date. Nothing herein is intended to impair or limit the validity, priority or extent of Agent’s security interests in and Liens on the Collateral.
(b) Each Credit Party acknowledges and agrees that the Credit Agreement, the other Financing Documents and this Agreement constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, and are enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles.
(c) Each Credit Party hereby confirms that as of the Third Amendment Effective Date, no Liens exist, other than Permitted Liens.
5. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective as of the date on which each of the following conditions has been satisfied, as determined by Agent in its sole discretion:
(a) Each Credit Party shall have delivered to Agent this Agreement, dated as of even date herewith, each executed by an authorized officer of such Credit Party;
(b) The Credit Parties shall have delivered to Agent a duly-executed copy of the AECOM Guaranty, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, executed by an authorized officer of the AECOM Guarantor;
(c) The Credit Parties shall have delivered to Agent a duly executed copy of the AECOM Loan Agreement and the other AECOM Loan Documents, in each case, executed by an authorized officer of the Credit Parties, Berkshire Hathaway and the AECOM Guarantor;
(d) The Credit Parties shall have delivered to Agent the AECOM Subordination Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, executed by an authorized officer of the Borrowers, AECOM Guarantor, Berkshire Hathaway and Agent;
(e) Agent shall have received a duly executed copy of the Side Letter;
(f) Agent shall have received a certificate from an officer (or another authorized person) of each Borrower certifying as to (i) the names and signatures of each officer or authorized signatories of such Borrower authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement and all documents executed in connection therewith, (ii) the Organizational Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of such Borrower attached to such certificate are complete and correct copies of such Organizational Documents as in effect on the date of such certification, (iii) the resolutions of such Borrower’s board of directors or other appropriate governing body approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other documents executed in connection therewith, and (iv) certificates attesting to the good standing of such Borrower in each applicable jurisdiction, together with, if applicable, related tax certificates;
(g) Agent shall have received an updated Borrowing Base Certificate;
(h) Agent shall have received a duly executed legal opinion of counsel to the Borrowers, addressed to Agent and Lenders, addressing such customary matters as Agent may reasonably request;
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(i) Agent shall have received satisfactory lien search results with respect to the Credit Parties;
(j) all representations and warranties of Credit Party contained herein shall be true and correct in all material respects (without duplication of any materiality qualifier in the text of such representation or warranty) as of the date hereof except to the extent that any such representation or warranty relates to a specific date in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier date (and such parties’ delivery of their respective signatures hereto shall be deemed to be its certification thereof);
(k) prior to (except with respect to the Specified Events of Default) and after giving effect to the agreements set forth herein, no Default or Event of Default shall exist under any of the Financing Documents; and
(l) Credit Parties shall have delivered such other documents, information, certificates, records, permits, and filings as the Agent may reasonably request.
6. Costs and Fees.
(a) Credit Parties shall be responsible for the payment of all reasonable, documented and invoiced out-of-pocket costs and fees of Agent’s counsel incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and any related Financing Documents.
(b) On the Third Amendment Effective Date, Borrowers shall pay Agent, for the benefit of all Lenders committed to make Revolving Loans on the Third Amendment Effective Date, in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares, a fee in an amount equal to $250,000. Such fee, once paid, shall be non-refundable.
(c) On July 3, 2024, if the Revolving Loan Outstandings exceed $10,000,00 and/or the Revolving Loan Commitment has not been permanently reduced to $10,000,000 as a result of mandatory prepayments required pursuant to Section 2.1(b)(ii) that are accompanied by permanent reductions to the Revolving Loan Commitment, Borrowers shall pay Agent, for the benefit of all Lenders committed to make Revolving Loans on the Third Amendment Effective Date, in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares, a fee in an amount equal to $250,000. Such fee, once paid, shall be non-refundable.
7. Conditions Subsequent.
(a) By no later than May 31, 2024 (or such later date as may be agreed in writing by the Agent), the Credit Parties shall have consummated the Redwood Sale and made the Redwood Prepayment.
(b) By no later than July 15, 2024 (or such later date as may be agreed in writing by the Agent), the Credit Parties shall have consummated the Sale Leaseback and made the Sale Leaseback Prepayment.
(c) Without limiting anything contained herein, a breach of the obligations set forth in this Section 7 shall constitute an immediate Event of Default.
8. Cash Dominion. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Credit Agreement, all times following the Third Amendment Effective Date, the Credit Parties acknowledge and agree that a Cash Dominion Period and a Cash Dominion Event shall be deemed to be continuing.
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9. Liens; Distributions; Asset Dispositions. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Credit Agreement, without the express written consent of Agent, the Credit Parties shall not (a) consensually grant any Liens or pledge any assets to secure any Debt that are not already pledged to secure such Debt as of the date hereof, (b) make any Distributions or (c) consummate any Asset Dispositions.
10. Release.
(a) In consideration of, among other things, Agent’s and the Lenders’ execution and delivery of this Agreement, each Borrower and each other Credit Party, on behalf of itself and its agents, representatives, officers, directors, advisors, employees, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns (collectively, “Releasors”), hereby forever agrees and covenants not to sue or prosecute against any Releasee (as hereinafter defined) and hereby forever waives, releases and discharges, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each Releasee from any and all claims, whether known or unknown, (including, without limitation, crossclaims, counterclaims, rights of set-off and recoupment), actions, causes of action, suits, debts, accounts, interests, liens, promises, warranties, damages and consequential damages, demands, agreements, bonds, bills, specialties, covenants, controversies, variances, trespasses, judgments, executions, costs, expenses or claims whatsoever, that such Releasor now has or hereafter may have, of whatsoever nature and kind, whether known or unknown, whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether arising at law or in equity (collectively, the “Claims”), against any or all of the Agent and lenders in any capacity and their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, shareholders and “controlling persons” (within the meaning of the federal securities laws), and their respective successors and assigns and each and all of the officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, advisors and other representatives of each of the foregoing (collectively, the “Releasees”), based in whole or in part on facts, whether or not now known that relate to, arise out of or otherwise are in connection with: (i) any or all of the Financing Documents, including this Agreement, or transactions contemplated thereby or any actions or omissions in connection therewith, and (ii) any aspect of the dealings or relationships between or among Borrowers and the other Credit Parties, on the one hand, and any or all of the Agent and Lenders, on the other hand, relating to any or all of the documents, transactions, actions or omissions referenced in clause (i) hereof. The receipt by a Borrower or any other Credit Party of any Loans or financial accommodations made by Agent or any Lender after the date hereof shall constitute a ratification, adoption, and confirmation by such party of the foregoing general release of all Claims against the Releasees that are based in whole or in part on facts, whether or not now known or unknown, existing on or prior to the date of receipt of any Loans or other financial accommodations. In entering into this Agreement, Borrowers and each other Credit Party consulted with, and has been represented by, legal counsel and expressly disclaims any reliance on any representations, acts or omissions by any of the Releasees and hereby agrees and acknowledges that the validity and effectiveness of the releases set forth above do not depend in any way on any such representations, acts and/or omissions or the accuracy, completeness or validity thereof. The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the other Financing Documents and payment in full of the Obligations.
(b) Each Borrower and each other Credit Party hereby agrees that it shall be, jointly and severally, obligated to indemnify and hold the Releasees harmless with respect to any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred by the Releasees, or any of them, whether direct, indirect or consequential, as a result of or arising from or relating to any proceeding by or on behalf of any Person, including, without limitation, the respective officers, directors, agents, trustees, creditors, partners or shareholders of any Borrower, any other Credit Party, or any of their respective Subsidiaries, whether threatened or initiated, in respect of any claim for legal or equitable remedy under any statue, regulation or common law principle arising from or in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery, performance, administration and enforcement of the Credit Agreement, the other Financing Documents, this Agreement or any other document executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith. If and to the extent
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that the foregoing undertaking may be unenforceable for any reason, each Borrower and other Credit Party agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction thereof that is permissible under applicable law. The foregoing indemnity shall survive the termination of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the other Financing Documents and the payment in full of the Obligations.
(c) Each Borrower and each other Credit Party, on behalf of itself and its successors, assigns, and other legal representatives, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably, covenants and agrees with and in favor of each Releasee that it will not sue (at law, in equity, in any regulatory proceeding or otherwise) any Releasee on the basis of any Claim released, remised and discharged by Borrower or any other Credit Party pursuant to Section 9(a) hereof. If a Borrower, any other Credit Party or any of their successors, assigns or other legal representatives violates the foregoing covenant, Borrowers and the other Credit Parties, each for itself and its successors, assigns and legal representatives, agrees to pay, in addition to such other damages as any Releasee may sustain as a result of such violation, all attorneys' fees and costs incurred by any Releasee as a result of such violation.
11. No Waiver or Novation. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Agreement shall not, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of Agent, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement, the Financing Documents or any other documents, instruments and agreements executed or delivered in connection with any of the foregoing. Other than with respect to the Subject Event of Default, nothing herein is intended or shall be construed as a waiver of any existing Defaults or Events of Default under the Credit Agreement or the other Financing Documents or any of Agent’s rights and remedies in respect of such Defaults or Events of Default. This Agreement (together with any other document executed in connection herewith) is not intended to be, nor shall it be construed as, a novation of the Credit Agreement.
12. Affirmation. Except as specifically amended pursuant to the terms hereof, each Credit Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Credit Agreement and all other Financing Documents (and all covenants, terms, conditions and agreements therein) shall remain in full force and effect, and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects by such Credit Party. Each Credit Party covenants and agrees to comply with all of the terms, covenants and conditions of the Credit Agreement and the Financing Documents, notwithstanding any prior course of conduct, waivers, releases or other actions or inactions on Agent’s or any Lender’s part which might otherwise constitute or be construed as a waiver of or amendment to such terms, covenants and conditions.
13. No Other Creditor Action. The Agent’s and Lenders’ obligations and agreements under this Agreement, including any obligation to continue to make financial accommodations to Borrowers hereunder are expressly conditioned upon all other creditors of Borrowers and the other Credit Parties (including, without limitation, trade creditors and subordinated secured and unsecured creditors) refraining from taking any action whatsoever against a Borrower, any other Credit Party, the Collateral (including, without limitation, acceleration of indebtedness) prior to the Maturity Date. In the event that any such creditor takes any such action, it shall be deemed to be an immediate Event of Default and the obligations of Agent and the Lenders hereunder shall automatically and immediately terminate without further notice or demand and the conditional waiver set forth in Section 2 shall immediately terminate.
14. Miscellaneous.
(a) Reference to the Effect on the Credit Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein,” or words of similar import shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Agreement. Except as specifically amended above, the Credit Agreement, and all other Financing
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Documents (and all covenants, terms, conditions and agreements therein), shall remain in full force and effect, and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects by each Credit Party.
(b) Construction. This Agreement and all other agreements and documents executed and/or delivered in connection herewith have been prepared through the joint efforts of all of the parties hereto. Neither the provisions of this Agreement or any such other agreements and documents nor any alleged ambiguity therein shall be interpreted or resolved against any party on the ground that such party or its counsel drafted this Agreement or such other agreements and documents, or based on any other rule of strict construction. Each of the parties hereto represents and declares that such party has carefully read this Agreement and all other agreements and documents executed in connection therewith, and that such party knows the contents thereof and signs the same freely and voluntarily. The parties hereto acknowledge that they have been represented by legal counsel of their own choosing in negotiations for and preparation of this Agreement and all other agreements and documents executed in connection herewith and that each of them has read the same and had their contents fully explained by such counsel and is fully aware of their contents and legal effect. If any matter is left to the decision, right, requirement, request, determination, judgment, opinion, approval, consent, waiver, satisfaction, acceptance, agreement, option or discretion of one or more Lender Parties or their respective employees, counsel, or agents in the Credit Agreement or any other Financing Documents, such action shall be deemed to be exercisable by such Lender Parties or such other Person in its sole and absolute discretion and according to standards established in its sole and absolute discretion. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, “option” and “discretion” shall be implied by the use of the words “if” and “may.”
(c) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL DISPUTES AND OTHER MATTERS RELATING HERETO OR ARISING THEREFROM (WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT LAW, TORT LAW OR OTHERWISE), SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).
(d) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
(i) EACH CREDIT PARTY, AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE FINANCING DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY. EACH CREDIT PARTY, AGENT AND EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS RELIED ON THE WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER FINANCING DOCUMENTS, AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN THEIR RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH CREDIT PARTY, AGENT AND EACH LENDER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF REVIEWING THIS JURY WAIVER WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS.
(ii) In the event any such action or proceeding is brought or filed in any United States federal court sitting in the State of California or in any state court of the State of California, and the waiver of jury trial set forth in Section 14(d)(i) hereof is determined or held to be ineffective or unenforceable, the parties agree that (i) actions or proceedings shall be resolved by reference to a private judge sitting without a jury, pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure Section 638, before a mutually acceptable referee or, if the parties cannot agree, a referee selected by the Presiding Judge of Los Angeles
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County, California; (ii) such referee shall hear and determine all of the issues in any action or proceeding (whether of fact or of law), including issues pertaining to a “provisional remedy” as defined in California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1281.8, including without limitation, entering restraining orders, entering temporary restraining orders, issuing temporary and permanent injunctions and appointing receivers, and shall report a statement of decision, provided that, if during the course of any Dispute any party desires to seek such a “provisional remedy” but a referee has not been appointed, or is otherwise unavailable to hear the request for such provisional remedy, then such party may apply to the Los Angeles County Superior Court for such provisional relief; and (iii) pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure Section 644, judgment may be entered upon the decision of such referee in the same manner as if such action or proceeding had been tried directly by a court. Such proceeding shall be conducted in Los Angeles County, California, with California rules of evidence and discovery applicable to such proceeding. In the event any actions or proceedings are to be resolved by judicial reference, any party may seek from any court having jurisdiction thereover any prejudgment order, writ or other relief and have such prejudgment order, writ or other relief enforced to the fullest extent permitted by Law notwithstanding that all actions or proceedings are otherwise subject to resolution by judicial reference. Each Borrower, Agent and the Lenders further represents and warrants and represents that it has reviewed this consent and agreement with legal counsel of its own choosing, or has had an opportunity to do so, and that it knowingly and voluntarily gives this consent and enters into this Agreement having had the opportunity to consult with legal counsel. This consent and agreement is irrevocable, meaning that it may not be modified either orally or in writing, and this consent and agreement shall apply to any subsequent amendments, renewals, supplements, or modifications to this Agreement or any other agreement or document entered into between the parties in connection with this Agreement. In the event of litigation, this Agreement may be filed as evidence of either or both parties’ consent and agreement to have any and all actions and proceedings heard and determined by a referee under California Code of Civil Procedure Section 638. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the parties acknowledge and agree that this provision shall have no application to any non-judicial foreclosure of all or any portion of the Collateral constituting real property (whether pursuant to the provisions of the Financing Documents or applicable law).
(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, each Borrower, Agent and the Lenders understand, acknowledge and agree that (i) the provisions of Section 14(d)(ii) of this Agreement above shall have no application to any non-judicial foreclosure and/or private (i.e., non-judicial) sale under the California Commercial Code as to all or any portion of Collateral constituting real property whether pursuant to the provisions of the Financing Documents or applicable law; provided, however, in the event Borrower contests the same, then the provisions of Section 14(d)(ii) above shall apply to any actions or proceedings arising therefrom (but not the non-judicial foreclosure proceeding, which may remain pending), and (ii) the provisions of Section 14(d)(ii) above shall not be deemed to be a waiver by, or a limitation upon, the rights of Agent or the Lenders to proceed with a non-judicial foreclosure or private sale under said Commercial Code as a permitted remedy hereunder or under applicable law.
(e) Incorporation of Credit Agreement Provisions. The provisions contained in Section 11.6 (Indemnification) and Section 13.8(b) (Submission to Jurisdiction) of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by reference to the same extent as if reproduced herein in their entirety.
(f) Headings. Section headings in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose.
(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Signatures by facsimile or by electronic mail delivery of an electronic version of any executed signature page shall bind the parties hereto. In furtherance of the foregoing, the words “execution”, “signed”, “signature”, “delivery” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in
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connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, 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, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. As used herein, “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 other record. This Agreement and the other Financing Documents constitute the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto and supersede any and all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof.
(h) Final Agreement. This Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the other Financing Documents, and the other written agreements, instruments, and documents entered into in connection therewith (collectively, the “Borrower/Lender Documents”) set forth in full the terms of agreement between the parties hereto and thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and are intended as the full, complete, and exclusive contracts governing the relationship between such parties with respect to the subject matter thereof, superseding all other discussions, promises, representations, warranties, agreements, and understandings between the parties with respect thereto. Except as provided therein, no term of the Borrower/Lender Documents may be modified or amended, nor may any rights thereunder be waived, except in a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the modification, amendment, or waiver is sought. Any waiver of any condition in, or breach of, any of the foregoing in a particular instance shall not operate as a waiver of other or subsequent conditions or breaches of the same or a different kind. Agent’s or any Lender’s exercise or failure to exercise any rights or remedies under any of the foregoing in a particular instance shall not operate as a waiver of its right to exercise the same or different rights and remedies in any other instances. There are no oral agreements among the parties hereto.
(i) Severability. In case any provision of or obligation under this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any applicable jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
(j) Time of Essence. Time is of the essence in the performance of each of the obligations of Xxxxxxxxx and the other Credit Parties hereunder and with respect to all conditions to be satisfied by such parties.
(k) Successors/Assigns. This Agreement shall bind, and the rights hereunder shall inure to, the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto, subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Financing Documents.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, intending to be legally bound, each of the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed the day and year first above mentioned.
AGENT: MIDCAP FUNDING IV TRUST,
as Agent
By: Apollo Capital Management, L.P.,
its investment manager
By: Apollo Capital Management GP, LLC,
its general partner
By: ___________________________________
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
LENDER: MIDCAP FUNDING IV TRUST,
as a Lender
By: Apollo Capital Management, L.P.,
its investment manager
By: Apollo Capital Management GP, LLC,
its general partner
By: __________________________________
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
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BORROWERS: SHIMMICK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
By: __________________________________
Name: __________________________________
Title: __________________________________
RUST CONSTRUCTORS INC.
By: __________________________________
Name: __________________________________
Title: __________________________________
THE LEASING CORPORATION
By: __________________________________
Name: __________________________________
Title: __________________________________
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GUARANTORS: SHIMMICK CORPORATION
By: __________________________________
Name: __________________________________
Title: __________________________________
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EXHIBIT B
Conformed Credit Agreement
[See attached.]
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Exhibit B to Amendment No. 3
CREDIT, SECURITY AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
dated as of March 27, 2023
by and among
SHIMMICK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., RUST CONSTRUCTORS INC., THE LEASING CORPORATION,
and
the other entities shown on the signature pages hereto and any additional borrower that hereafter becomes party hereto,
each as a Borrower, and collectively as Borrowers,
and
SHIMMICK CORPORATION (F/K/A SCCI NATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.),
and
any guarantor that hereafter becomes party hereto, each as Guarantor, and collectively as Guarantors,
and
MIDCAP FUNDING IV TRUST,
as Agent,
and
THE LENDERS
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
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table of contents
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Article 1 - DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.1 |
Certain Defined Terms |
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Section 1.2 |
Accounting Terms and Determinations |
41 |
Section 1.3 |
Other Definitional and Interpretive Provisions |
41 |
Section 1.4 |
Settlement and Funding Mechanics |
41 |
Section 1.5 |
Time is of the Essence |
41 |
Section 1.6 |
Time of Day |
41 |
Section 1.7 |
Override. |
41 |
Article 2 - LOANS |
42 |
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Section 2.1 |
Loans |
42 |
Section 2.2 |
Interest, Interest Calculations and Certain Fees |
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Section 2.3 |
Notes |
47 |
Section 2.4 |
[Reserved] |
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Section 2.5 |
[Reserved] |
47 |
Section 2.6 |
General Provisions Regarding Payment; Loan Account |
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Section 2.7 |
Maximum Interest |
48 |
Section 2.8 |
Taxes; Capital Adequacy; Increased Costs; Inability to Determine Rates; Illegality |
48 |
Section 2.9 |
Appointment of Borrower Representative |
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Section 2.10 |
Joint and Several Liability; Rights of Contribution; Subordination and Subrogation |
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Section 2.11 |
Collections and Lockbox Account |
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Section 2.12 |
Termination; Restriction on Termination |
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Article 3 - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Section 3.1 |
Existence and Power |
58 |
Section 3.2 |
Organization and Governmental Authorization; No Contravention |
59 |
Section 3.3 |
Binding Effect |
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Section 3.4 |
Capitalization |
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Section 3.5 |
Financial Information |
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Section 3.6 |
Litigation |
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Section 3.7 |
Ownership of Property |
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Section 3.8 |
No Default |
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Section 3.9 |
Labor Matters |
60 |
Section 3.10 |
Investment Company Act |
60 |
Section 3.11 |
Margin Regulations |
60 |
Section 3.12 |
Compliance With Laws; Anti-Terrorism Laws |
60 |
Section 3.13 |
Taxes |
61 |
Section 3.14 |
Compliance with ERISA |
61 |
Section 3.15 |
Brokers |
62 |
Section 3.16 |
[Reserved] |
62 |
Section 3.17 |
Material Contracts |
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Section 3.18 |
Compliance with Environmental Requirements; No Hazardous Materials |
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Section 3.19 |
Intellectual Property |
62 |
Section 3.20 |
Solvency |
63 |
Section 3.21 |
Full Disclosure |
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Section 3.22 |
Senior Indebtedness Status |
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Section 3.23 |
Subsidiaries |
64 |
Section 3.24 |
[Reserved] |
64 |
Section 3.25 |
Borrowing Base Collateral; Governmental Contracts; Governmental Account Debtors |
64 |
Article 4 - AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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Section 4.1 |
Financial Statements and Other Reports and Notices |
65 |
Section 4.2 |
Payment and Performance of Obligations |
68 |
Section 4.3 |
Maintenance of Existence |
68 |
Section 4.4 |
Maintenance of Property; Insurance |
68 |
Section 4.5 |
Compliance with Laws and Material Contracts |
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Section 4.6 |
Inspection of Property, Books and Records |
70 |
Section 4.7 |
Use of Proceeds |
70 |
Section 4.8 |
[Reserved] |
70 |
Section 4.9 |
Notices of Material Contracts, Litigation and Defaults |
70 |
Section 4.10 |
Hazardous Materials; Remediation |
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Section 4.11 |
Further Assurances |
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Section 4.12 |
Rolling Stock |
73 |
Section 4.13 |
Power of Attorney |
74 |
Section 4.14 |
Borrowing Base Collateral Administration |
74 |
Section 4.15 |
Schedule Updates |
74 |
Section 4.16 |
Permitted Servicing Joint Ventures |
75 |
Section 4.17 |
13-Week Cash Flow Projections; Information Rights. |
75 |
Article 5 - NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
76 |
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Section 5.1 |
Debt; Contingent Obligations |
76 |
Section 5.2 |
Liens |
76 |
Section 5.3 |
Distributions |
76 |
Section 5.4 |
Restrictive Agreements |
76 |
Section 5.5 |
Payments and Modifications of Subordinated Debt |
76 |
Section 5.6 |
Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets |
77 |
Section 5.7 |
Purchase of Assets, Investments |
77 |
Section 5.8 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
78 |
Section 5.9 |
Modification of Organizational Documents |
78 |
Section 5.10 |
Modification of Certain Agreements |
78 |
Section 5.11 |
Conduct of Business |
78 |
Section 5.12 |
[Reserved] |
78 |
Section 5.13 |
Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions |
78 |
Section 5.14 |
Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts; Payroll and Benefits Accounts |
78 |
Section 5.15 |
Compliance with Anti-Terrorism Laws |
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Section 5.16 |
Agreements Regarding Receivables |
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Section 5.17 |
Permitted Activities of Holdings. Holdings shall not engage in any material business activity other than, in each case, (i) its ownership of the Equity Interests of its Subsidiaries and activities incidental thereto, (ii) the entry into, and the performance of its obligations with respect to, the Financing Documents or documentation relating to other Debt permitted to be incurred hereunder and other agreements contemplated hereby and thereby (except that Holdings not shall be a primary obligor (as distinguished from a guarantor) of indebtedness for borrowed money, (iii) the payment of Permitted Distributions, the issuance of its own Equity Interests, the making of contributions to the capital of its Subsidiaries and the incurrence of the Obligations, (iv) maintaining deposit accounts in connection with the conduct of its business, and paying Taxes and other customary obligations in the Ordinary Course of Business, and (v) complying with applicable Law and activities incidental to the foregoing. |
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Section 5.18 |
Permitted Servicing Joint Ventures |
80 |
Section 5.19 |
Cash Flow Covenant. |
81 |
Section 5.20 |
Capital Expenditures |
81 |
Section 5.21 |
Material Project Documents. |
81 |
Article 6 - FINANCIAL COVENANTS |
82 |
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Section 6.1 |
Minimum Liquidity |
82 |
Section 6.2 |
Evidence of Compliance |
82 |
Article 7 - CONDITIONS |
82 |
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Section 7.1 |
Conditions to Closing |
82 |
Section 7.2 |
Conditions to Each Loan |
83 |
Section 7.3 |
Searches |
84 |
Section 7.4 |
Post-Closing Requirements |
84 |
Article 8 - [RESERVED] |
84 |
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Article 9 - SECURITY AGREEMENT |
84 |
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Section 9.1 |
Generally |
84 |
Section 9.2 |
Representations and Warranties and Covenants Relating to Collateral |
84 |
Article 10 - EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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Section 10.1 |
Events of Default |
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Section 10.2 |
Acceleration and Suspension or Termination of Revolving Loan Commitment |
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Section 10.3 |
UCC Remedies |
91 |
Section 10.4 |
Protective Advances. If any Credit Party fails to pay or perform any covenant or obligation under this Agreement or any other Financing Document, Agent may pay or perform such covenant or obligation, and all amounts so paid by Agent are Protective Advances and immediately due and payable, constituting principal and bearing interest at the then highest applicable rate for the Loans hereunder, and secured by the Collateral. No such payments or performance by Agent shall be construed as an agreement to make similar payments or performance in the future or constitute Agent’s waiver of any Event of Default. Without limiting the foregoing, each Lender and Borrower hereby authorizes Agent, without the necessity of any notice or further consent from any Lender, from time to time prior to a Default, to make any Protective Advance with respect to any Collateral or the Financing Documents which may be necessary to protect the priority, validity or enforceability of any lien on, and security interest in, any Collateral and the instruments evidencing or securing the obligations of Borrower under the Financing Documents. Credit Parties agree to pay on demand all Protective Advances. The Lenders must reimburse Agent for any Protective Advances (in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares) to the extent not reimbursed by Credit Parties. |
93 |
Section 10.5 |
Default Rate of Interest |
93 |
Section 10.6 |
Setoff Rights |
93 |
Section 10.7 |
Application of Proceeds |
94 |
Section 10.8 |
Waivers |
94 |
Section 10.9 |
Injunctive Relief |
96 |
Section 10.10 |
Marshalling; Payments Set Aside |
96 |
Article 11 - AGENT |
96 |
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Section 11.1 |
Appointment and Authorization |
96 |
Section 11.2 |
Agent and Affiliates |
97 |
Section 11.3 |
Action by Agent |
97 |
Section 11.4 |
Consultation with Experts |
97 |
Section 11.5 |
Liability of Agent |
97 |
Section 11.6 |
Indemnification |
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Section 11.7 |
Right to Request and Act on Instructions |
98 |
Section 11.8 |
Credit Decision |
98 |
Section 11.9 |
Collateral Matters |
98 |
Section 11.10 |
Agency for Perfection |
98 |
Section 11.11 |
Notice of Default |
99 |
Section 11.12 |
Assignment by Agent; Resignation of Agent; Successor Agent |
99 |
Section 11.13 |
Payment and Sharing of Payment |
100 |
Section 11.14 |
Right to Perform, Preserve and Protect |
102 |
Section 11.15 |
Additional Titled Agents |
102 |
Section 11.16 |
Amendments and Waivers |
102 |
Section 11.17 |
Assignments and Participations |
103 |
Section 11.18 |
Funding and Settlement Provisions Applicable When Non-Funding Lenders Exist |
106 |
Section 11.19 |
Buy-Out Upon Refinancing |
107 |
Section 11.20 |
Erroneous Payments |
107 |
Article 12 – GUARANTY |
109 |
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Section 12.1 |
Guaranty |
109 |
Section 12.2 |
Payment of Amounts Owed |
109 |
Section 12.3 |
Certain Waivers by Guarantor |
109 |
Section 12.4 |
Guarantor’s Obligations Not Affected by Modifications of Financing Documents |
111 |
Section 12.5 |
Reinstatement; Deficiency |
112 |
Section 12.6 |
Subordination of Borrowers’ Obligations to Guarantors; Claims in Bankruptcy. |
112 |
Section 12.7 |
Maximum Liability |
112 |
Section 12.8 |
Guarantor’s Investigation |
113 |
Section 12.9 |
Termination |
113 |
Section 12.10 |
Representative |
113 |
Section 12.11 |
Guarantor Acknowledgement |
113 |
Article 13 - MISCELLANEOUS |
114 |
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Section 13.1 |
Survival |
114 |
Section 13.2 |
No Waivers |
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Section 13.3 |
Notices |
114 |
Section 13.4 |
Severability |
116 |
Section 13.5 |
Headings |
116 |
Section 13.6 |
Confidentiality |
116 |
Section 13.7 |
Waiver of Consequential and Other Damages |
117 |
Section 13.8 |
GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION |
117 |
Section 13.9 |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
117 |
Section 13.10 |
Publication; Advertisement |
118 |
Section 13.11 |
Counterparts; Integration |
119 |
Section 13.12 |
No Strict Construction |
119 |
Section 13.13 |
Lender Approvals |
119 |
Section 13.14 |
Expenses; Indemnity |
119 |
Section 13.15 |
[Reserved] |
121 |
Section 13.16 |
Reinstatement |
121 |
Section 13.17 |
Successors and Assigns |
121 |
Section 13.18 |
USA PATRIOT Act Notification |
122 |
Section 13.19 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions |
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CREDIT, SECURITY AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
THIS CREDIT, SECURITY AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”) is dated as of March 27, 2023 by and among SHIMMICK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., a California corporation (“Shimmick”), RUST CONSTRUCTORS INC., a Delaware corporation, THE LEASING CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation, and each additional borrower that may hereafter be added to this Agreement (collectively, together with each of their successors and permitted assigns, each individually as a “Borrower”, and collectively as “Borrowers”), SHIMMICK CORPORATION (f/k/a SCCI National Holdings, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), and any entities that become party hereto as Guarantors (together with each of their successors and permitted assigns, each individually as a “Guarantor”, and collectively as “Guarantors”), MIDCAP FUNDING IV TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust, as Agent, and the financial institutions or other entities from time to time parties hereto, each as a Lender.
RECITALS
The Credit Parties have requested that Lenders make available to Borrowers the financing facilities as described herein. Lenders are willing to extend such credit to Borrowers under the terms and conditions herein set forth.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, Credit Parties, Lenders and Agent agree as follows:
15. - DEFINITIONS
(a) Certain Defined Terms. The following terms have the following meanings:
“Acceleration Event” means the occurrence of an Event of Default (a) in respect of which Agent has declared all or any portion of the Obligations to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 10.2, (b) pursuant to Section 10.1(a), and in respect of which Agent has suspended or terminated the Revolving Loan Commitment pursuant to Section 10.2, and/or (c) pursuant to either Section 10.1(e) and/or Section 10.1(f).
“Account Debtor” means “account debtor”, as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, and any other obligor in respect of an Account.
“Accounts” means, collectively, (a) any right to payment of a monetary obligation, whether or not earned by performance, (b) without duplication, any “account” (as defined in the UCC), any accounts receivable (whether in the form of payments for services rendered or goods sold, rents, license fees or otherwise), any “payment intangibles” (as defined in the UCC) and all other rights to payment and/or reimbursement of every kind and description, whether or not earned by performance, (c) all accounts, “general intangibles” (as defined in the UCC), Intellectual Property, rights, remedies, Guarantees, “supporting obligations” (as defined in the UCC), “letter-of-credit rights” (as defined in the UCC) and security interests in respect of the foregoing, all rights of enforcement and collection, all books and records evidencing or related to the foregoing, and all rights under the Financing Documents in respect of the foregoing, (d) all information and data compiled or derived by any Borrower or to which any Borrower is entitled in respect of or related to the foregoing, and (e) all proceeds of any of the foregoing.
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“Acquisition” means any transaction or series of related transactions for the purpose of or resulting, directly or indirectly, in (a) the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of a Person, or of any business, line of business or division or other unit of operation of a Person, (b) the acquisition of fifty percent (50%) or more of the Equity Interests of any Person, whether or not involving a merger or consolidation with such other Person, or otherwise causing any Person to become a Subsidiary of a Credit Party, or (c) any merger or consolidation or any other combination with another Person.
“AECOM Guarantor” means AECOM, a Delaware corporation.
“AECOM Guaranty” means that certain Guaranty Agreement, made by AECOM Guarantor in favor of Agent and Xxxxxxx, dated as of the Third Amendment Effective Date.
“AECOM Loan Agreement” means that certain Credit, Security and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of the Third Amendment Effective Date, by and among Alter Domus (US) LLC, as agent, the AECOM Guarantor and Berkshire Hathaway, as lenders, and the Credit Parties, as borrowers.
“AECOM Loan Agreement Agent” means Alter Domus (US) LLC, in its capacity as agent under the AECOM Loan Agreement.
“AECOM Loan Agreement Debt” means all “Obligations”, as such term is defined in, and incurred by the Credit Parties under, the AECOM Loan Agreement.
“AECOM Loan Documents” means the “Financing Documents”, as such term is defined in the AECOM Loan Agreement.
“AECOM Subordination Agreement” means that certain Subordination Agreement, by and among Agent, AECOM Loan Agreement Agent, AECOM Guarantor and Berkshire Hathaway, and the Credit Parties, dated as of the Third Amendment Effective Date.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any Person that directly or indirectly controls such Person, (b) any Person which is controlled by or is under common control with such controlling Person, and (c) each of such Person’s (other than, with respect to any Lender, any Lender’s) officers or directors (or Persons functioning in substantially similar roles). As used in this definition, the term “control” of a Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to vote ten percent (10%) or more of any class of voting securities of such Person or to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Aged Receivables Reserve” means a reserve established by Agent in an amount equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the aggregate amount of (x) Accounts that remain unpaid more than ninety (90) days past the due date therefor plus (y) Accounts that are subject to payment terms exceeding sixty (60) days, as adjusted from time to time by Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
“Agent” means MCF, in its capacity as administrative agent for itself and for Lenders hereunder, as such capacity is established in, and subject to the provisions of, Article 11, and the successors and assigns of MCF in such capacity.
“Agent Assignee” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.20(d).
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“Anti-Terrorism Laws” means any Laws relating to terrorism or money laundering, including, without limitation, Executive Order No. 13224 (effective September 24, 2001), the USA PATRIOT Act, the Laws comprising or implementing the Bank Secrecy Act, and the Laws administered by OFAC.
“Applicable Margin” means with respect to Revolving Loans and all other Obligations five and one half of one percent (5.50%).
“Approved Fund” means any (a) investment company, fund, trust, securitization vehicle or conduit that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business, or (b) any Person (other than a natural person) which temporarily warehouses loans for any Lender or any entity described in the preceding clause (a) and that, with respect to each of the preceding clauses (a) and (b), is administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender, or (iii) a Person (other than a natural person) or an Affiliate of a Person (other than a natural person) that administers or manages a Lender.
“Asset Disposition” means any sale, lease, license, transfer, assignment or other consensual disposition (including by merger, amalgamation, allocation of assets (including allocation of assets to any series of a limited liability company), division, consolidation or amalgamation) (and including any assignment in whole or in part of any Contractual Obligation, any disposition of a business or any part of a business, and any disposition of equipment, real property (including by way of a sale-leaseback transaction) or any other property or asset) by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof of any asset of such Credit Party or Subsidiary.
“Assignment Agreement” means an assignment agreement in form and substance acceptable to Agent.
“Availability Reserve” means, as of any date, an amount equal to the Overdue Trade Payables as of such date, as determined or otherwise adjusted in the Agent’s Permitted Discretion.
Section 1.1 “Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination with respect to the then-current Benchmark, (a) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period pursuant to this Agreement or (b) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, 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” or similar term pursuant to Section 2.2(o).
“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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“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute thereto.
“Base Rate” means a per annum rate of interest equal to the greater of (a) the Floor and (b) the per annum rate of interest equal to the rate of interest announced, from time to time, within Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association (“Xxxxx Fargo”) at its principal office in San Francisco as its “prime rate,” with the understanding that the “prime rate” is one of Xxxxx Fargo’s base rates (not necessarily the lowest of such rates) and serves as the basis upon which effective rates of interest are calculated for those loans making reference thereto and is evidenced by the recording thereof after its announcement in such internal publications as Xxxxx Fargo may designate; provided, however, that Agent may, upon prior written notice to Borrower Representative, choose a reasonably comparable index or source to use as the basis for the Base Rate.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Base Rate.
Section 1.2 “Benchmark” means, initially, Term SOFR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to Term SOFR 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 2.2(o).
Section 1.3 “Benchmark Replacement” means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by Agent in consultation with Borrower Representative, 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 and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined 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 Financing Documents.
Section 1.4 “Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Available Tenor, 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 Agent in consultation with Borrower Representative, giving due consideration to any selection or recommendation by the Relevant Governmental Body, or any evolving or then-prevailing market convention at such time, for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for such type of replacement for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.
Section 1.5 “Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earlier to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark: (a) in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) 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 (b) in the case of clause (c) 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
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referenced in such clause (c) even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date. For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) 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).
Section 1.6 “Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark: (a) 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); (b) 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 Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official or 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, 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 (c) 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).
Section 1.7 “Benchmark Transition Start Date” means, in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (a) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (b) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than 90 days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication).
Section 1.8 “Benchmark Unavailability Period” means the period (if any) (a) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) 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 Financing Document in accordance with Section 2.2(o) and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Financing Document in accordance with Section 2.2(o).
“Berkshire Hathaway” means Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company, a Nebraska corporation.
“Blocked Person” means any Person: (a) listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, Executive Order No. 13224, (b) owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, Executive Order No. 13224, (c) with which any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any
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Anti-Terrorism Law, (d) that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as defined in Executive Order No. 13224, (e) that is named a “specially designated national” or “blocked person” on the most current list published by OFAC or other similar list or is named as a “listed person” or “listed entity” on other lists made under any Anti-Terrorism Law or (f) any Person resident in, organized under the laws of or incorporated in a Sanctioned Country.
“Bona Fide Lending Affiliate” means any bona fide debt fund, investment vehicle, regulated banking entity, non-regulated lending entity or other similar entity (in each case, other than a Person that is explicitly excluded pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of “Disqualified Person”) that is primarily engaged in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business.
“Bonded Projects” has the meaning set forth in the AECOM Loan Agreement.
“Borrower” and “Borrowers” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Borrower Representative” means Shimmick, in its capacity as Borrower Representative pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.9, or any successor Borrower Representative selected by Xxxxxxxxx and approved by Agent.
“Borrowing Base” means the sum of:
(i) the product of (i) eighty-five percent (85%) multiplied by (ii) the aggregate net amount at such time of the Eligible Accounts; plus
(ii) the product of (i) seventy-five percent (75%) multiplied by (ii) the aggregate net amount at such time of the Eligible Costs in Excess of Billings; plus
(iii) the product of (i) eighty-five percent (85%) multiplied by (ii) the aggregate Net Orderly Liquidation Value at such time of the Eligible Equipment; provided that the amount calculated in clause (ii) above as of the date of the most recent appraisal, shall be reduced on the first day of each successive month following such appraisal by an amount equal to one twelfth (1/12th) of five percent (5%) thereof (or such other amount as Agent shall determine in its Permitted Discretion, based on updated appraisals received by Agent subsequent to the Closing Date); plus
(iv) the product of (i) eighty-five percent (85%) multiplied by (ii) the aggregate Hard Costs at such time of the Eligible Unappraised Equipment; plus
(v) the product of (i) zero percent (0%) multiplied by (ii) the sum for all Eligible Unappraised Rolling Stock of an amount equal to (calculated for each item of Eligible Rolling Stock) the lowest Net Orderly Liquidation Value in respect thereof; plus
(vi) the product of (i) zero percent (0%) multiplied by (ii) the sum for all Eligible Unappraised Rolling Stock of an amount equal to (calculated for each item of Eligible Unappraised Rolling Stock) the Hard Costs of such item of Eligible Unappraised Rolling Stock; minus
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(vii) the amount of the Availability Reserve, the Aged Receivables Reserve, the Dilution Reserve, the Rent Reserve and any other reserves and/or adjustments established from time to time by Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
provided that the Borrowing Base shall be adjusted down, if necessary, such that availability attributable to Eligible Costs in Excess of Billings shall never exceed an amount equal to forty percent (40%) of the lesser of (x) the Revolving Loan Limit and (y) the sum of the amounts calculated pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) above.
“Borrowing Base Certificate” means a certificate, duly executed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower Representative, appropriately completed and substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, and including, without limitation, (i) aged listings of accounts receivable and accounts payable (by invoice date), (ii) reasonably detailed reports with respect to Eligible Costs in Excess of Billings, "xxxxxxxx in excess of costs" and surety bonds related to the foregoing, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, and in any case, similar to the reports delivered to Agent on the Closing Date and (iii) a listing of all Eligible Equipment, Eligible Unappraised Equipment, Eligible Unappraised Rolling Stock and Eligible Rolling Stock, noting any additions to and deletions from the listing provided with the previously delivered Borrowing Base Certificate.
“Borrowing Base Collateral” means accounts, inventory and all other Collateral which is part of, or is of a type which could be included in, the Borrowing Base.
“Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which either the New York Stock Exchange is closed, or on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized by Law to close; provided, however, that when used in the context of a SOFR Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day that is not also a SOFR Business Day.
“Capital Lease” of any Person means any lease of any property by such Person as lessee which would, in accordance with GAAP, be required to be accounted for as a capital lease or finance lease on the balance sheet of such Person.
“Cash Dominion Event” means the earliest to occur of (a) the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default, (b) the date that Revolving Loan Availability is less than $7,000,000 or (c) the date that Liquidity is less than $25,000,000; provided that a Cash Dominion Event shall be deemed continuing until such time as no Event of Default is continuing and Revolving Loan Availability and Liquidity exceeds the required amount for fifteen (15) consecutive days.
“Cash Dominion Period” means any period beginning immediately upon the occurrence of a Cash Dominion Event for so long as such Cash Dominion Event is continuing.
“Cash Equivalents” means, as of any date of determination, any of the following: (a) marketable securities (i) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the United States government, or (ii) issued by any agency of the United States the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one (1) year after such date; (b) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one (1) year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Xxxxx’x; (c) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1) year from the date of creation thereof and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Xxxxx’x, or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating
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agencies cease publishing ratings of commercial paper issuers generally; (d) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one (1) year after such date and issued or accepted by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that (i) is at least “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary federal banking regulator), and (ii) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not less than $100,000,000; and (e) shares of any money market mutual fund that (i) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above, (ii) has net assets of not less than $500,000,000, and (iii) has the highest rating obtainable from either S&P or Xxxxx’x.
“Casualty Event” means any loss, casualty or other insured damage to, or any nationalization, taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any Property of any Credit Party or Subsidiary.
“CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C.A. § 9601 et seq., as the same may be amended from time to time.
“Change in Control” means any of the following: (a) Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, or any entity wholly owned and controlled by him, or trusts primarily for the benefit of him or his descendants, shall cease, collectively, to, directly or indirectly, own and control at least fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting and economic interests of the Equity Interests of Holdings, (b) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) other than those Persons described in clause (a) above, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an “option right”)), directly or indirectly, of forty percent (40%) or more of the combined voting power of all voting stock of Holdings on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right); (c) any change in the legal or beneficial ownership or control of the outstanding voting Equity Interests of the applicable Person necessary at all times to elect a majority of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Holdings and to direct the management policies and decisions of Holdings, each other Credit Party and each Subsidiary of Holdings; (d) Holdings shall cease to, directly or indirectly own, in the aggregate, 100% of each class of the outstanding Equity Interests of its Subsidiaries (or, in the case of Permitted Servicing Joint Ventures, the percentage of such outstanding Equity Interests owned at the time of formation thereof), in each case, except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement; or (e) the occurrence of any “Change of Control”, “Change in Control” or terms of similar import under any document or instrument governing or relating to Debt of or equity in such Person or under any Subordinated Debt Document or the AECOM Loan Documents.
“Chick Lock Project” means Project 34693 – Chickamauga Lock Chamber Replacement Contract No. W912P517C0007, dated September 28, 2017, by and between Shimmick Construction Company, Inc. (as successor to AECOM Energy & Construction, Inc.) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
“Chickamauga Prepayment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b)(ii)(C).
“Chickamauga Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b)(ii)(C).
“Chief Transformation Officer” means that independent Person, acceptable to the Required Xxxxxxx, appointed by the Special Committee (as defined in the AECOM Loan Agreement) and whose rights and responsibilities are designated by resolution of the Special Committee.
“Closing Date” means the date of this Agreement.
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“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, any successor statutes thereto, and applicable U.S. Department of Treasury regulations issued pursuant thereto in temporary or final form.
“Collateral” means all property, other than Excluded Property, now existing or hereafter acquired, mortgaged or pledged to, or purported to be subjected to a Lien in favor of, Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, pursuant to this Agreement and the Security Documents, including, without limitation, all of the property described in Schedule 9.1 hereto.
“Collateral Servicer” means Corporation Service Company or such other third party collateral servicer or subagent acceptable to Agent.
“Collateral Servicing Agreement” means a Collateral Servicing Agreement or similar agreement satisfactory to Agent, by and among the Collateral Servicer, each Credit Party, and the Agent, (as the same may be amended, restated, extended or otherwise modified from time to time), pursuant to which the Collateral Servicer, amongst other things, agrees to receive, process and hold for the benefit of the Agent and Lenders the original certificates of title with respect to the Credit Parties’ Rolling Stock and any other Collateral subject to a certificate of title statute.
“Commitment Annex” means Annex A to this Agreement.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate, duly executed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower Representative, appropriately completed and substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR or any Benchmark Replacement (as defined in Section 2.2(o)), any technical, administrative or operational changes (including (a) changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” “Business Day”, “Interest Period,” “Reference Time” or other definitions, (b) the addition of concepts such as “interest period”, (c) changes to timing and/or frequency of determining rates, making interest payments, giving borrowing requests, prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, or length of lookback periods, (d) the applicability of Section 2.8 and (e) other technical, administrative or operational matters) that Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of Term SOFR or such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or determines that no such market practice exists, in such other manner as Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Financing Documents).
“Consolidated Subsidiary” means, at any date, any Subsidiary the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of Holdings (or any other Person, as the context may require hereunder) in its consolidated financial statements if such statements were prepared as of such date.
“Contingent Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect liability of such Person: (a) with respect to any Debt of another Person (a “Third Party Obligation”) if the purpose or intent of such Person incurring such liability, or the effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such Third Party Obligation that such Third Party Obligation will be paid or discharged, or that any agreement relating thereto will be complied with, or that any holder of such Third Party Obligation will be protected, in whole or in part, against loss with respect thereto; (b) with respect to any undrawn portion of any letter of credit issued for the account of such Person or as to which such Person is otherwise liable for the reimbursement of any drawing; (c) under any Swap Contract, to the extent not yet due and payable; (d) to make take-or-pay or similar payments if required regardless of nonperformance by any other party or parties to an agreement; or (e) for any obligations of another Person pursuant to any Guarantee or pursuant
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to any agreement to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire any obligation or any property constituting security therefor, to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation or to preserve the solvency, financial condition or level of income of another Person. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be equal to the amount of the obligation so Guaranteed or otherwise supported or, if not a fixed and determinable amount, the maximum amount so Guaranteed or otherwise supported.
“Contractual Obligation” means as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or any agreement, instrument or other written undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which any Person or any of its Property is bound.
“Controlled Group” means all members of any group of corporations and all members of a group of trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together with any Credit Party, are treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(b) of ERISA and, solely for purposes of Section 412 and 436 of the Code, Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code.
“Credit Exposure” means, at any time, any portion of the Revolving Loan Commitment or any other Obligations that remains outstanding; provided, however, that no Credit Exposure shall be deemed to exist solely due to the existence of contingent indemnification liability, absent the assertion of a claim, or the known existence of a claim reasonably likely to be asserted, with respect thereto.
“Credit Party” means each Borrower and Guarantor; and “Credit Parties” means all such Persons, collectively.
“Credit Party Unrestricted Cash” means unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Credit Parties that (a) are held in the name of a Credit Party in a Deposit Account or Securities Account located in the United States that is subject to a Deposit Account Control Agreement or Securities Account Control Agreement, as applicable, in favor of Agent at bank or financial institution located in the United States and are otherwise subject to Agent’s first priority perfected security interest, (b) is not subject to any Lien (other than Permitted Liens), and (c) are not funds for the payment of a drawn or committed but unpaid draft, ACH or EFT transaction.
“Debt” of a Person means at any date, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade accounts payable arising and paid on a timely basis and in the Ordinary Course of Business, (d) all Capital Leases of such Person, (e) all non-contingent obligations of such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under a letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar instrument, (f) Disqualified Equity Interests, (g) all obligations secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such obligation is otherwise an obligation of such Person, (h) “earnouts”, purchase price adjustments, profit sharing arrangements, deferred purchase money amounts and similar payment obligations or continuing obligations of any nature of such Person arising out of purchase and sale contracts, (i) all Debt of others Guaranteed by such Person, (j) off-balance sheet liabilities and/or Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan liabilities of such Person, (k) obligations arising under non-compete agreements, (l) obligations arising under bonus, deferred compensation, incentive compensation or similar arrangements, other than those arising in the Ordinary Course of Business and (m) obligations in respect of documented litigation settlement agreements or similar written arrangements. Without duplication of any of the foregoing, Debt of Credit Parties shall include any and all Loans.
“Default” means any condition or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
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“Defaulted Lender” means, (i) so long as such failure shall remain in existence and uncured, any Lender which shall have failed to make any Loan or other credit accommodation, disbursement, settlement or reimbursement required pursuant to the terms of any Financing Document, (ii) any Lender that has notified the Credit Parties or Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Xxxxxx’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Xxxxxx's determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable Default or Event of Default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), or (iii) any Lender that has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (a) become the subject of any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other insolvency, debtor relief or debt adjustment or similar law (whether state, provincial, territorial, federal or foreign), or (b) 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; provided, that a Lender shall not be a Defaulted 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 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 Agent that a Lender is a Defaulted Lender under any one or more of clauses (i) through (iii) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulted Lender upon delivery of written notice of such determination to Agent and each Lender.
“Defined Period” means, for purposes of calculating the Leverage Ratio (and any component thereof) for any given fiscal quarter, the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding any such fiscal quarter.
“Deposit Account” means a “deposit account” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC), an investment account, or other account in which funds are held or invested for credit to or for the benefit of any Credit Party.
“Deposit Account Control Agreement” means an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, among Agent, any Credit Party and each financial institution in which such Credit Party maintains a Deposit Account (which is not an Excluded Account), which agreement provides that such financial institution shall comply with instructions originated by Agent directing disposition of the funds in such Deposit Account without further consent by the applicable Credit Party, including as to any such agreement pertaining to any Lockbox Account, providing that during a Cash Dominion Period, such financial institution shall, at the direction of Agent, wire, or otherwise transfer, in immediately available funds, on a daily basis to the Payment Account all funds received or deposited into such Lockbox or Lockbox Account.
“Dilution” means, as of any date of determination, a percentage, based upon the experience during any prior period selected from time to time by Agent in its sole discretion, that is the result of dividing the Dollar amount of (a) bad debt write-downs, discounts, advertising allowances, credits, or other dilutive items with respect to each Borrower’s Accounts during such period, by (b) each Borrower’s xxxxxxxx with respect to Accounts during such period.
“Dilution Reserve” means, as of any date of determination, an amount sufficient to reduce the advance rate against Eligible Accounts and Eligible Costs in Excess of xxxxxxxx by one (1) percentage point for each percentage point by which Dilution is in excess of five (5%) percent.
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“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or any other Equity Interest into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable (other than for Equity Interests that are not otherwise Disqualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale, liquidation or similar event), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than for Equity Interests that are not otherwise Disqualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale, liquidation or similar event), (c) provides for and requires scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Debt or any other Equity Interest that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is 91 days after the Maturity Date in effect at the time of issuance.
“Disqualified Person” means any Person (i) designated by the Borrower Representative, by written notice delivered to Agent on or prior to the Closing Date, as a (x) disqualified institution or (y) direct competitor or (ii) any Person that is clearly identifiable, solely on the basis of such Person’s name, as an Affiliate of any Person referred to in clause (i)(x) or (i)(y) above; provided, however, that in no event will a Bona Fide Lending Affiliate be a Disqualified Person unless it is explicitly identified under clause (i) above.
“Distribution” means as to any Person (a) any dividend or other distribution or payment (whether in cash, securities or other property) on, or in respect of, any Equity Interest in such Person (except those payable solely in its Equity Interests other than Disqualified Equity Interests), (b) any payment by such Person on account of (i) the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, surrender, cancellation, termination or acquisition of any Equity Interests in such Person or any claim respecting the purchase or sale of any Equity Interest in such Person, or (ii) any option, warrant or other right to acquire any Equity Interests in such Person, (c) any management fees, salaries or other fees or compensation to any Person holding an Equity Interest in a Credit Party or a Subsidiary of a Credit Party (other than reasonable and customary (i) payments of salaries to individuals, (ii) directors fees, and (iii) advances and reimbursements to employees or directors, all in the Ordinary Course of Business), an Affiliate of a Credit Party or an Affiliate of any Subsidiary of a Credit Party, (d) any lease or rental payments to an Affiliate or Subsidiary of a Credit Party (which is not itself a Credit Party), or (e) repayments of or debt service on loans or other indebtedness (other than conversion to Equity Interests other than Disqualified Equity Interests) held by any Person holding an Equity Interest in a Credit Party or a Subsidiary of a Credit Party, an Affiliate of a Credit Party or an Affiliate of any Subsidiary of a Credit Party unless permitted under and made pursuant to a Subordination Agreement applicable to such loans or other indebtedness.
“Dollars” or “$” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.
“EBITDA” means, for the applicable Defined Period, the sum of:
(a) Net income (or loss) for the Defined Period of Holdings and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, but excluding the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it became a Subsidiary of Borrowers or is merged into or consolidated with Borrowers; plus
(b) any provision for (or minus any benefit from) income and franchise taxes deducted in the determination of net income for the Defined Period; plus
(c) interest expense, net of interest income, deducted in the determination of net income for the Defined Period; plus
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(d) amortization and depreciation deducted in the determination of net income for the Defined Period; plus
(e) to the extent deducted from net income, any non-cash costs or expenses incurred by Holdings or any of its Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement; plus
(f) [reserved]; plus
(g) the amount of fees, costs and expenses incurred by the Credit Parties in connection with the initial closing of this Agreement and the other Financing Documents executed in connection herewith, to the extent incurred within 60 days after the Closing Date; plus
(h) losses (or minus any gains) realized in connection with the receipt of Extraordinary Project Proceeds; plus
(i) the amount of any loss recognition resulting from purchase price accounting adjustments made in connection with or otherwise relating to the acquisition of Holdings by its current owners; plus
(j) unusual or non-recurring fees, costs and expenses, in each case to the extent approved by Agent in writing; plus
(k) any other adjustments which may be agreed to by Agent in its sole discretion, in writing.
“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 clauses (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, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“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.
“Eligible Account” means, subject to the criteria below, an account receivable of a Borrower, (other than an account receivable constituting Eligible Costs in Excess of Billings) which was generated in the Ordinary Course of Business, which was generated originally in the name of a Borrower and not acquired via assignment or otherwise. The net amount of an Eligible Account at any time shall be the face amount of such Eligible Account as originally billed minus all cash collections and other proceeds of such Account received from or on behalf of the Account Debtor thereunder as of such date and any and all returns, rebates, discounts (which may, at Agent’s option, be calculated on shortest terms), credits, allowances or excise taxes of any nature at any time issued, owing, claimed by Account Debtors, granted,
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outstanding or payable in connection with such Accounts at such time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Account shall be an Eligible Account if:
[reserved];
(viii) the Account is subject to any defense, set-off, recoupment, counterclaim, deduction, discount, credit, chargeback, freight claim, allowance, or adjustment of any kind (but only to the extent of such defense, set-off, recoupment, counterclaim, deduction, discount, credit, chargeback, freight claim, allowance, or adjustment), or the applicable Borrower is not able to bring suit or otherwise enforce its remedies against the Account Debtor through judicial process;
(ix) if the Account arises from the sale of goods, any part of any goods the sale of which has given rise to the Account has been returned, rejected, lost, or damaged (but only to the extent that such goods have been so returned, rejected, lost or damaged);
(x) if the Account arises from the sale of goods, the sale was not an absolute, bona fide sale, or the sale was made on consignment or on approval or on a sale-or-return or bill-and-hold or progress billing basis, or the sale was made subject to any other repurchase or return agreement, or the goods have not been shipped to the Account Debtor or its designee or the sale was not made in compliance with applicable Laws;
(xi) if the Account arises from the performance of services, (i) the services have not actually been performed or the services were undertaken in violation of any Law, or (ii) the Account represents a progress billing for which services have not been fully and completely rendered;
(xii) the Account is subject to a Lien (other than Liens in favor of Agent or other Permitted Liens that do not have priority over Agent’s Lien), or Agent does not have a first priority, perfected Lien on such Account;
(xiii) the Account is evidenced by Chattel Paper or an Instrument of any kind, or has been reduced to judgment, unless such Chattel Paper or Instrument has been delivered to Agent;
(xiv) the Account Debtor is an Affiliate or Subsidiary of a Credit Party, or if the Account Debtor holds any Debt of a Credit Party;
(xv) [reserved];
(xvi) [reserved];
(xvii) (i) with respect to a single Account Debtor at any given time, the total unpaid Accounts of such Account Debtor obligated on the Account exceed thirty percent (30%) of the net amount of all Eligible Accounts owing from all Account Debtors (but only the amount of the Accounts of such Account Debtor exceeding such thirty percent (30%) limitation shall be considered ineligible), or (ii) the total unpaid Accounts of the Account Debtor (other than the Account
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Debtor in subclause (i) of this clause (k)) obligated on the Account exceed twenty percent (20%) of the net amount of all Eligible Accounts owing from all Account Debtors (but only the amount of the Accounts of such Account Debtor exceeding such twenty percent (20%) limitation shall be considered ineligible);
(xviii) any covenant, representation or warranty contained in the Financing Documents with respect to such Account has been breached in any material respect;
(xix) the Account is unbilled or has not been invoiced to the Account Debtor in accordance with the procedures and requirements of the applicable Account Debtor;
(xx) solely to the extent any Borrower is required by Agent to assign its right to payment of such Account to Agent under Assignment of Claims Act, 31 USC §3727 (the “Federal Assignment of Claims Act”) pursuant to, and to the extent required by, Section 4.5(c), the Account is an obligation of an Account Debtor that is the federal, state or local government or any political subdivision thereof, unless, subject to the terms of Section 4.5(b), the applicable Borrower has assigned its right to payment of such Account to Agent pursuant to the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or has otherwise complied with other applicable statutes or ordinances;
(xxi) the Account is an obligation of an Account Debtor that has suspended business, made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, is unable to pay its debts as they become due or as to which a petition has been filed (voluntary or involuntary) under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, or the Account is an Account as to which any facts, events or occurrences exist which could reasonably be expected to impair the validity, enforceability or collectability of such Account or reduce the amount payable or delay payment thereunder;
(xxii) the Account Debtor has its principal place of business or executive office outside the United States;
(xxiii) the Account is payable in a currency other than Dollars;
(xxiv) the Account Debtor is an individual;
(xxv) except with respect to Account Debtors that, as of the Closing Date, have previously been directed by a Borrower to make payment to the applicable Lockbox Account, the Borrower owning such Account has not signed and delivered to Agent notices, in the form requested by Agent, directing the Account Debtors to make payment to the applicable Lockbox Account;
(xxvi) the Account includes late charges or finance charges (but only such portion of the Account constituting such charges shall be ineligible);
(xxvii) the Account arises out of the sale of any Inventory upon which any other Person holds, claims or asserts a Lien (other than Permitted Liens that do not have priority over Agent’s Lien);
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(xxviii) such Borrower is (or was) required to provide letters of credit, surety or performance bonds or other similar credit support in respect of the sale of goods or provisions of services from which the Account arises; or
(xxix) the Account or Account Debtor fails to meet such other specifications and requirements which may from time to time be established by Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
For the avoidance of doubt, all Accounts that are at any time excluded from Eligible Accounts by virtue of any one or more of the exclusionary criteria set forth above shall nevertheless constitute Collateral.
“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund, and (d) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by Agent; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (i) “Eligible Assignee” shall not include any Borrower or any of a Borrower’s Affiliates and (ii) without the consent of Borrower Representative, no person shall qualify as an “Eligible Assignee” pursuant to clause (d) above to the extent such Person is a Disqualified Person, and (y) no proposed assignee intending to assume all or any portion of the Revolving Loan Commitment shall be an Eligible Assignee unless such proposed assignee either already holds a portion of such Revolving Loan Commitment, or has been approved as an Eligible Assignee by Agent.
“Eligible Costs in Excess of Billings” means, on a customer-by-customer basis (or, solely with respect to clause (iii) below, a contract-by-contract basis in respect of any such customer), an amount equal to the positive difference (if any) between (x) the aggregate amount of all costs and expenses actually incurred in connection with any Borrower's performance of its obligations pursuant to any or agreement to which such customer is a counterparty, so long as (i) the account receivable of Borrowers owing by such customer would otherwise constitute an Eligible Account, but for failing to comply with clauses (d), (e) and (m) of the definition of Eligible Account as a result of being unbilled, (ii) such Borrower's obligations under such contract are fully billed within 30 days following the date upon which such obligations were eligible for invoicing, (iii) such Borrower is not required to provide letters of credit, surety or performance bonds or other similar credit support in respect of such contract and (iv) such contract or agreement is otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion (the "Approved Contracts") plus (y) the earned or estimated margin in accordance with GAAP less (z) the aggregate amount actually billed under the Approved Contracts, as evidenced by documentation satisfactory to Agent in its sole discretion, net of any associated "xxxxxxxx in excess of costs" under the Approved Contracts.
“Eligible Equipment” means Equipment (other than Rolling Stock) owned by a Borrower that is deemed to be Eligible Equipment based on the application of the eligibility criteria set forth in this definition. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Equipment shall be Eligible Equipment if:
(a) such Equipment is not owned by a Borrower free and clear of all Liens and rights of any other Person (other than Permitted Liens);
(b) such Equipment is located outside of the continental United States;
(c) such Equipment is located on premises leased or rented by a Credit Party or with a bailee or warehouseman at a location with respect to which Agent has not received a landlord, warehouseman, bailee or mortgagee letter acceptable in form and substance to Agent unless Agent has established a Rent Reserve with respect thereto;
(d) [reserved];
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(e) such Equipment is consigned to or from a Borrower;
(f) the full purchase price for such Equipment has not been paid by a Borrower;
(g) such Equipment is “subject to” (within the meaning of Section 9-311 of the UCC) any certificate of title (or comparable) statute;
(h) such Equipment is obsolete, not in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) or is not used or held for use by a Borrower in the ordinary course of business of such Borrower;
(i) such Equipment is repossessed, attached, seized, made subject to a writ or distress warrant, levied upon or brought within the possession of any receiver, trustee, custodian or assignee for the benefit of creditors;
(j) such Equipment is not covered by casualty insurance in accordance with Section 4.4;
(k) such Equipment is subject to any licensing or other agreement which restricts the ability of the applicable Borrower to use, sell, transport, rent or otherwise dispose of such Equipment or which restricts the Agent's ability to take possession of, sell or otherwise dispose of such Equipment;
(l) Agent shall not have received a written appraisal as to such Equipment, in form, scope and methodology acceptable to Agent, in its Permitted Discretion;
(m) if it is subject to any licensing or other agreement which restricts the ability of such Borrower to use, sell, transport, rent or otherwise dispose of such Equipment or which restricts the Agent's ability to take possession of, sell or otherwise dispose of such Equipment;
(n) if a Borrower is contractually obligated to provide possession of such Equipment to any Person for a term longer than three (3) months (or such longer period as may be agreed to in writing by the Agent in its Permitted Discretion); or
(o) such Equipment is not Collateral that is subject to the Agent’s first priority perfected lien (other than any Permitted Liens that have been specifically identified to Agent in writing and for which Agent has, in its Permitted Discretion, established an adequate reserve against the Borrowing Base).
Agent and Borrowers agree that Equipment shall be subject to periodic appraisal by Agent and that valuation of Equipment shall be subject to adjustment pursuant to the results of such appraisal. For the avoidance of doubt, all Equipment that is at any time excluded from Eligible Equipment by virtue of any one or more of the criteria set forth above shall nevertheless constitute Collateral.
“Eligible Rolling Stock” means Rolling Stock owned by a Borrower that is deemed to be Eligible Rolling Stock, based on the criteria set forth below. Rolling Stock shall be Eligible Rolling Stock if, as of the date of the applicable Borrowing Base Certificate:
(a) Agent shall have received a written appraisal as to the Rolling Stock, in form, scope and methodology acceptable to Agent, in its Permitted Discretion;
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(b) Borrower shall be the sole registered owner of such Rolling Stock;
(c) Such Rolling Stock shall be described (by model, make, manufacturer, Vehicle Identification Number and/or such other identifying information as may be appropriate, as determined by Agent, in its Permitted Discretion) in a schedule to be submitted by Borrowers to Agent on the date of such Borrowing Base Certificate;
(d) Agent shall have a perfected first priority Lien in such Rolling Stock and such Rolling Stock shall be subject to no other Liens, except for Permitted Liens;
(e) (i) Borrowers shall have delivered to Agent a duly executed Collateral Servicing Agreement (which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent), (ii) Agent (or the Collateral Servicer on Agent’s behalf) shall have received an original certificate of title or similar evidence of ownership acceptable to Agent with respect to such Rolling Stock and (iii) Agent shall be named as lienholder on any such certificate of title or other evidence of ownership;
(f) such Rolling Stock is in good operating condition, is not unmerchantable, is not out for repair except in the Ordinary Course of Business and meets in all material respects all standards imposed by any Laws applying to the use of such Rolling Stock;
(g) such Rolling Stock is located in the continental United States of America;
(h) such Rolling Stock, when not in transit or otherwise being utilized on a construction project in the Ordinary Course of Business, is primarily located on premises owned by a Borrower or premises with respect to which Agent has received a landlord, warehouseman, bailee or mortgagee letter acceptable in form and substance to Agent or has established a Rent Reserve; and
(i) such Rolling Stock is acceptable to Agent in its Permitted Discretion as Collateral.
For the avoidance of doubt, all Rolling Stock that is at any time excluded from Eligible Rolling Stock by virtue of any one or more of the criteria set forth above shall nevertheless constitute Collateral.
“Eligible Unappraised Equipment” means Equipment (other than Rolling Stock) owned by a Borrower that is deemed to be Eligible Unappraised Equipment, based on the criteria set forth below. Equipment shall be Eligible Unappraised Equipment if, as of the date of the applicable Borrowing Base Certificate:
(a) such Equipment would otherwise constitute Eligible Equipment, but for failing to comply with clause (l) of the definition of Eligible Equipment as a result of being unappraised; and
(b) no more than twelve (12) months have elapsed since the date the applicable Borrower purchased or otherwise obtained ownership of such item of Equipment.
“Eligible Unappraised Rolling Stock” means Rolling Stock owned by a Borrower that is deemed to be Eligible Unappraised Rolling Stock, based on the criteria set forth below. Rolling Stock shall be Eligible Unappraised Rolling Stock if, as of the date of the applicable Borrowing Base Certificate:
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(a) such Rolling Stock would otherwise constitute Eligible Rolling Stock, but for failing to comply with clause (a) of the definition of Eligible Rolling Stock as a result of being unappraised; and
(b) no more than twelve (12) months have elapsed since the date the applicable Borrower purchased or otherwise obtained title to such item of Rolling Stock.
“Employee Stock Plan” means each of (a) that certain SCCI National Holdings, Inc. 2021 Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of Holding’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-274870) filed on October 5, 2023) and (b) Shimmick Corporation 2023 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of Holding’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-274870) filed on October 24, 2023).
“Environmental Laws” means any present and future federal, state and local laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, standards, policies, codes, orders, decrees, judgements and other governmental directives or requirements, as well as common law, pertaining to the environment, natural resources, pollution, health (including any environmental clean-up statutes and all regulations adopted by any local, state, federal or other Governmental Authority, and any statute, ordinance, code, order, decree, law rule or regulation all of which pertain to or impose liability or standards of conduct concerning medical waste or medical products, equipment or supplies), safety or clean-up, including, without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. § 5101 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq.), the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (42 U.S.C. § 11001 et seq.), the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act (42 U.S.C. § 4851 et seq.), any analogous state or local laws, any amendments thereto, and the regulations promulgated pursuant to said laws, together with all amendments from time to time to any of the foregoing and judicial interpretations thereof.
“Equipment” means “equipment” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company or other ownership in participation or equivalent interests (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of such Person’s equity capital (including any warrants, options or other purchase rights with respect to the foregoing), whether now outstanding or issued after the Closing Date.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute thereto, and any and all rules or regulations promulgated from time to time thereunder.
“ERISA Plan” means any “employee benefit plan”, as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan), which any Credit Party maintains, sponsors or contributes to, or, in the case of an employee benefit plan which is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, to which any Credit Party or any member of the Controlled Group may have any liability, including any liability by reason of having been a substantial employer within the meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA at any time during the preceding five (5) years, or by reason of being deemed to be a contributing sponsor under Section 4069 of ERISA.
“Erroneous Payment” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 11.20.
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“Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 11.20.
“Erroneous Payment Impacted Loans” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 11.20.
“Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 11.20.
“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” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.
“Excluded Accounts” means (a) segregated Deposit Accounts into which the only funds deposited are those intended solely to cover wages and payroll for employees of a Credit Party for a period of service no longer than two weeks at any time (and related contributions to be made on behalf of such employees to health and benefit plans) plus balances for outstanding checks for wages and payroll from prior periods, (b) segregated Deposit Accounts constituting employee withholding accounts and contain only funds deducted from pay otherwise due to employees for services rendered to be applied toward the tax obligations of such employees, (c) segregated Deposit Accounts in which there is not maintained at any point in time funds on deposit greater than $500,000 in the aggregate for all such accounts, (d) segregated Deposit Accounts maintained by any Permitted Servicing Joint Venture, including Deposit Accounts for receipt of collections and payment of operating expenses, so long as Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries are in compliance with Section 5.18, and (e) segregated Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts holding cash or Cash Equivalents described in clauses (o) and (p) of the definition of Permitted Liens (and subject to the caps set forth therein); provided that the accounts described in clauses (a) through (e) above shall be used solely for the purposes described in such clauses.
“Excluded Property” means, collectively:
(a) any lease, license, contract, permit, letter of credit, purchase money arrangement, instrument or agreement to which any Credit Party is a party or any of its rights or interests thereunder if and to the extent that the grant of such security interest shall constitute a result in (i) the abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of any right, title or interest of any Credit Party therein or (ii) result in a breach or termination pursuant to the terms of, or default under, any such lease, license, contract, permit, letter of credit, purchase money arrangement, instrument or agreement;
(b) any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters and authorizations, to the extent that Agent may not validly possess a security interest in any such license, franchise, charter or authorization under applicable Law;
(c) Excluded Accounts;
(d) any “intent-to-use” trademarks or service mark applications for which an amendment to allege use or statement of use has not been filed under 15 U.S.C. § 1051 Section 1(c) or Section 1(d), respectively or if filed, has not been deemed in conformance with 15 U.S.C. § 1051(a) or examined and accepted, respectively by the United States Patent and Trademark Office; and
(e) any asset which is subject to a purchase money Lien or Capital Lease permitted hereunder to the extent the granting of a security interest in such asset is prohibited pursuant to the terms of the contract governing such purchase money Lien or Capital Lease;
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provided that (x) any such limitation described in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) on the security interests granted hereunder shall apply only to the extent that any such prohibition could not be rendered ineffective pursuant to the UCC or any other applicable Law (including Sections 9-406, 9-407 and 9-408 of the UCC) or principles of equity, (y) in the event of the termination or elimination of any such prohibition or the requirement for any consent contained in such contract, agreement, permit, lease or license or in any applicable Law, to the extent sufficient to permit any such item to become Collateral hereunder, or upon the granting of any such consent, or waiving or terminating any requirement for such consent, a security interest in such contract, agreement, permit, lease, license, franchise, authorization or asset shall be automatically and simultaneously granted hereunder and shall be included as Collateral hereunder, and (z) all rights to payment of money due or to become due pursuant to, and all products and proceeds (and rights to the proceeds) from the sale of, any Excluded Property shall be and at all times remain subject to the security interests created by this Agreement (unless such proceeds would independently constitute Excluded Property).
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on behalf of any obligation of Credit Parties hereunder or the Obligations or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to Agent, such Lender or such recipient (including any interest and penalties thereon): (a) Taxes to the extent imposed on or measured by Agent’s, any Lender’s or such recipient’s net income (however denominated), branch profits Taxes, and franchise Taxes and similar Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under which Agent, such Lender or such recipient is organized, has its principal office or conducts business with respect to entering into any of the Financing Documents or taking any action thereunder or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes; (b) in the case of a Lender, United States withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in the Loans pursuant to a Law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement other than as a result of an assignment requested by a Credit Party under the terms hereof or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office for funding its Loan, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.8, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Xxxxxx’s assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in a Loan or Revolving Loan Commitment, or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office; (c) Taxes attributable to such Xxxxxx’s failure to comply with Section 2.8(c); and (d) any U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed in respect of a Lender under FATCA.
“Excess Cash” means the amount by which (A) Credit Party Unrestricted Cash exceeds (B) $30,000,000.
“Extraordinary Project Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b)(ii)(J).
“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 Treasury regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreement entered into pursuant to the implementation of Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and any intergovernmental agreement between the United States Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Government and any governmental or taxation authority under any other jurisdiction which agreement’s principal purposes deals with the implementation of such sections of the Code.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate of interest per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day
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next succeeding such day, provided, however, that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next preceding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate quoted to Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by Agent.
“Fee Letter” means each agreement (if any) between Agent and Borrower relating to fees payable to Agent and/or Lenders in connection with this Agreement.
“Financing Documents” means this Agreement, any Notes, the AECOM Guaranty, the Side Letter, each Fee Letter (if any), the Security Documents, each Subordination Agreement and any other subordination or intercreditor agreement pursuant to which any Debt and/or any Liens securing such Debt is subordinated to all or any portion of the Obligations and all other documents, instruments and agreements related to the Obligations and heretofore executed, executed concurrently herewith or executed at any time and from time to time hereafter, as any or all of the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Floor” means the rate per annum of interest equal to one percent (1.00%).
“Foreign Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(c)(i).
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth from time to time in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (or agencies with similar functions of comparable stature and authority within the United States accounting profession), which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.
“General Intangible” means any “general intangible” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, and any personal property, including things in action, other than accounts, chattel paper, commercial tort claims, deposit accounts, documents, goods, instruments, investment property, letter-of-credit rights, letters of credit, money, and oil, gas or other minerals before extraction, but including payment intangibles and software.
“GGB Prepayment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b)(ii)(F).
“GGB Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b)(ii)(F).
“Golden Gate Bridge Project” means Job 208 – Golden Gate Bridge Physical Suicide Deterrent System – Contract No. 2016-B-01, dated as of January 6, 2017, by and between Shimmick / Xxxxx’s Joint Venture and Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state, local or other political subdivision thereof, and any agency, department or Person exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government and any corporation or other Person owned or controlled (through stock or capital ownership or otherwise) by any of the foregoing, whether domestic or foreign.
“Governmental Contract” means any contract between the United States or any department, agency or instrumentality of the United States and a Credit Party.
“Guarantee” by any Person means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation of any other Person and, without limiting the
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generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or other obligation (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise), or (b) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Debt or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), provided, however, that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the Ordinary Course of Business. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantor” and “Guarantors” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Guarantor” shall not include the AECOM Guarantor.
“Hard Costs” means, with respect to an item of Equipment or Rolling Stock, the net cash amount actually paid by the applicable Borrower to acquire title to such item, net of all incentives, discounts and rebates, and exclusive of freight, delivery charges, installation costs and charges, trade-in allowances, software costs, charges and fees, warranty costs, taxes, insurance and other incidental costs or expenses and all indirect costs or expenses of any kind.
“Hazardous Materials” means (a) any “hazardous substance” as defined in CERCLA, (b) any “hazardous waste” as defined by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, (c) asbestos, (d) polychlorinated biphenyls, (e) petroleum and its derivatives, by-products and other hydrocarbons, (f) per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and (g) any other pollutant, waste, material or substance regulated under, or for which liability or standards of conduct may be imposed pursuant to, Environmental Laws.
“Hazardous Materials Contamination” means contamination (whether now existing or hereafter occurring) of the improvements, buildings, facilities, personalty, soil, groundwater, air, other elements on or of the relevant property or any other environmental media by Hazardous Materials, or any derivatives thereof, or on or of any other property as a result of Hazardous Materials, or any derivatives thereof, generated on, emanating from, under or through or disposed of in connection with the relevant property.
“Holdings” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of Borrowers or any other Credit Party under any Financing Documents and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.
“Instrument” means “instrument”, as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Intellectual Property” means, with respect to any Person, all patents, patent applications and like protections, including improvements divisions, continuation, renewals, reissues, extensions and continuations in part of the same, trademarks, trade names, trade styles, trade dress, service marks, logos and other business identifiers and, to the extent permitted under applicable law, any applications therefor, whether registered or not, and the goodwill of the business of such Person connected with and symbolized thereby, copyright rights, copyright applications, copyright registrations and like protections in each work of authorship and derivative works, whether published or unpublished, technology, know-how and processes, operating manuals, trade secrets, computer hardware and software, rights to unpatented inventions and all applications and licenses therefor, used in or necessary for the conduct of business by such Person and all claims for damages by way of any past, present or future infringement of any of the foregoing.
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“Interest Period” means any period commencing on the first day of a calendar month and ending on the last day of such calendar month.
“Inventory” means “inventory” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Investment” means, with respect to any Person, directly or indirectly, (a) to purchase or acquire any stock or stock equivalents, or any obligations or other securities of, or any interest in, any Person, including the establishment or creation of a Subsidiary, (b) to make or commit to make any Acquisition, or (c) make or purchase any advance, loan, extension of credit or capital contribution to, or any other investment in, any Person. The amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect thereto.
“IRS” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(c)(i).
“Joinder Requirements” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.11(c).
“L/C Cash Collateral Accounts” means, collectively, each segregated Deposit Account from time to time identified to Agent in writing established by Borrower for the sole purpose of securing Borrower’s obligations under clause (h) of the definition Permitted Contingent Obligations and containing only such cash or Cash Equivalents that have been required to be pledged to secure such obligations of Borrower; provided, that the aggregate amount of cash or Cash Equivalents deposited in all such L/C Cash Collateral Accounts does not, at any time, exceed $15,000,000 in the aggregate.
“Laws” means any and all federal, state, provincial, territorial, local and foreign statutes, laws, judicial decisions, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, codes, injunctions, permits, governmental agreements and governmental restrictions, whether now or hereafter in effect, which are applicable to any Credit Party in any particular circumstance. “Laws” includes, without limitation, Environmental Laws and applicable U.S. and non-U.S. export control laws and regulations, including without limitation the Export Administration Regulations.
“Legacy Project Contract” means each Project Contract relating to a Legacy Project.
“Legacy Projects” means (a) each Project listed on Schedule 3.17(b) to the AECOM Loan Agreement, including the Chick Lock Project, Golden Gate Bridge Project, (b) each Project for which Liberty or Chubb Group of Insurance Companies is the lead surety provider and (3) each Project for which AECOM is an indemnitor on the surety bonds.
“Lender” means each of (a) MCF, in its capacity as a lender hereunder, (b) each other Person party hereto in its capacity as a lender hereunder, (c) each other Person that becomes a party hereto as Lender pursuant to Section 11.17, and (d) the respective successors of all of the foregoing, and “Lenders” means all of the foregoing.
“Leverage Ratio” means, for any Defined Period, the ratio of (a) Total Debt as of the last day of such Defined Period to (b) EBITDA of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries for such Defined Period; provided that for purposes of calculating the Leverage Ratio to determine satisfaction of the condition precedent in Section 7.2(g), Total Debt shall be calculated as of the date of the requested advance after giving pro forma effect to such requested advance.
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind, in respect of such asset. For the purposes of this Agreement and the other Financing Documents, any Credit Party or any Subsidiary shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any
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asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Capital Lease or other title retention agreement relating to such asset.
“Liquidity” means an amount equal to the sum of (a) Revolving Loan Availability plus (b) Credit Party Unrestricted Cash at such time.
“Litigation” means any action, suit or proceeding before any court, mediator, arbitrator or Governmental Authority.
“Loan Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(b).
“Loan(s)” means the Revolving Loans.
“Lockbox” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11.
“Lockbox Account” means one or more segregated accounts maintained at the Lockbox Bank into which collections of Accounts are paid, which account or accounts shall be, if requested by Agent, opened in the name of Agent (or a nominee of Agent).
“Lockbox Bank” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11.
“Margin Stock” means “margin stock” as such term is defined in Regulation T, U, or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
“Material Adverse Effect” means with respect to any event, act, condition or occurrence of whatever nature (including any adverse determination in any litigation, arbitration, or governmental investigation or proceeding), whether singly or in conjunction with any other event or events, act or acts, condition or conditions, occurrence or occurrences, whether or not related, a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, any of (a) the condition (financial or otherwise), operations, business or properties of the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, (b) the rights and remedies of Agent or Lenders under any Financing Document or the ability of Agent or Lenders to enforce the Obligations or realize upon the Collateral, or the ability of any Credit Party to pay or perform any of its obligations under any Financing Document to which it is a party, (c) the legality, validity or enforceability of any Financing Document, (d) the existence, perfection or priority of any security interest granted in any Financing Document, or (e) the value of any material portion of the Collateral.
“Material Contracts” means (a) the Financing Documents, (b) the agreements listed on Schedule 3.17, (c) each Non-Project Contract (as defined in the AECOM Loan Agreement) and (d) each other agreement or contract to which such Credit Party or its Subsidiaries is a party, the termination of which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material Project Documents” means, (a) each Legacy Project Contract, (b) each Project Contract relating to a Bonded Project and (c) each Project Contract relating to a Non-Bonded Project (x) which has an aggregate value in excess of $15,000,000 or (y) the termination of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
“Maturity Date” means September 30, 2024.
“Maximum Lawful Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7.
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“MCF” means MidCap Funding IV Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, and its successors and assigns.
“Milestone” has the meaning set forth in the AECOM Loan Agreement.
“Milestone Date” has the meaning set forth in the AECOM Loan Agreement.
“Milestone Schedule” has the meaning set forth in the AECOM Loan Agreement.
“Minimum Balance” means, at any time, an amount that equals the product of: (i) the average Borrowing Base (or, if less on any given day, the Revolving Loan Commitment) during the immediately preceding month multiplied by (ii) the Minimum Balance Percentage for such month.
“Minimum Balance Fee” means a fee equal to (a) the positive difference, if any, remaining after subtracting (i) the average end-of-day principal balance of Revolving Loans outstanding during the immediately preceding month (without giving effect to the clearance day calculations referenced above or in Section 2.2(a)) from (ii) the Minimum Balance multiplied by (b) the highest interest rate applicable to the Revolving Loans during such month (or, during the existence of an Event of Default, the default rate of interest set forth in Section 10.5(a)).
“Minimum Balance Percentage” means twenty percent (20%).
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Credit Party or any other member of the Controlled Group (or any Person who in the last five years was a member of the Controlled Group) is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding five plan years (as determined on the applicable date of determination) made contributions.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means the aggregate proceeds paid in cash or cash equivalents received by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any transaction, net of reasonable and customary out-of-pocket direct costs, fees and expenses incurred or estimated costs, fees and expenses for which reserves are maintained, in connection therewith (including legal, accounting, consulting and investment banking fees and expenses, sales commissions and underwriting discounts).
“Net Orderly Liquidation Value” means the net amount (after all costs of sale), expressed in terms of money, which can be expected to be realized from a sale, as of a specific date, given a reasonable period to find a purchaser(s), with the seller being compelled to sell on an as-is/where-is basis, as reflected in the most recent appraisal delivered hereunder.
“Non-Bonded Project” has the meaning set forth in the AECOM Loan Agreement.
“Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
“Notice of Borrowing” means a notice of a Responsible Officer of Borrower Representative, appropriately completed and substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto.
“Obligations” means all obligations, liabilities and indebtedness (monetary (including, without limitation, the payment of interest and other amounts arising after the commencement of any case with respect to any Credit Party under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar statute which would accrue and become due but for the commencement of such case, whether or not such amounts are allowed or allowable in whole or in part in such case) or otherwise) of each Credit Party under this Agreement or any other
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Financing Document, in each case howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, now or hereafter existing, or due or to become due.
“OFAC” means the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“OFAC Lists” means, collectively, the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List maintained by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224, 66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (Sept. 25, 2001) and/or any other list of terrorists or other restricted Persons maintained pursuant to any of the rules and regulations of OFAC or pursuant to any other applicable Executive Orders.
“Operating Net Cash Flow” means Total Receipts minus Total Operating Distributions.
“Ordinary Course of Business” means, in respect of any transaction involving any Credit Party or any Subsidiary, the ordinary course of business of such Credit Party or Subsidiary, as conducted by such Credit Party in accordance with past practices and undertaken by such Person in good faith and not for purposes of evading any covenant or restriction in any Financing Document.
“Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person other than a natural person, the documents by which such Person was organized (such as a certificate of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership or articles of organization, and including, without limitation, any certificates of designation for preferred stock or other forms of preferred equity) and which relate to the internal governance of such Person (such as by-laws, a partnership agreement, joint venture agreement or an operating, limited liability company or members agreement), including any and all shareholder agreements or voting agreements relating to the capital stock or other Equity Interests of such Person.
“Other Connection Taxes” means taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between Agent or any Lender and the jurisdiction imposing such tax (other than connections arising from Agent or such Xxxxxx having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Financing Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loans or any Financing Document).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or 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 Financing Document, except any such taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.8(i)).
“Overdue Trade Payables” means all amounts due and owing to any Credit Party’s (a) sub-contractors or suppliers providing goods or services on projects, which are outstanding beyond the applicable time period specified for payment pursuant to the applicable federal or state “prompt pay” statute and/or (b) other trade creditors, which are outstanding ninety (90) days or more past their due date, in each case, taking into account the date upon which such obligations are eligible for invoicing and excluding any such amounts to the extent subject to a Permitted Contest.
“Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.17(a)(iii).
“Payment Account” means the account specified on the signature pages hereof into which all payments by or on behalf of each Borrower to Agent under the Financing Documents shall be made, or such other account as Agent shall from time to time specify by notice to Borrower Representative.
“Payment Recipient” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 11.20 of this Agreement.
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“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any Person succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
“Pension Plan” means any ERISA Plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA.
“Permits” means all governmental licenses, authorizations, supplier numbers, registrations, permits, certificates, franchises, qualifications, accreditations, consents and approvals.
“Permitted Asset Dispositions” means the following Asset Dispositions:
(a) dispositions of Property consented to by the Agent in writing prior to such disposition; provided that the Net Cash Proceeds received from such disposition shall be prepaid in accordance with Section 2.1(b)(ii);
(b) dispositions of Inventory in the Ordinary Course of Business and not pursuant to any bulk sale;
(c) dispositions of furniture, fixtures and equipment (including Rolling Stock) in the Ordinary Course of Business that the applicable Borrower or Subsidiary determines in good faith is no longer used or useful in the business of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(d) abandonment of immaterial Intellectual Property that is, in the reasonable good faith judgment of a Borrower, no longer useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries;
(e) dispositions consisting of the use or payment of cash or Cash Equivalents in the Ordinary Course of Business for equivalent value and in a manner that is not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement or the other Financing Documents; provided, that this clause (d) shall not be available for transactions between any Credit Party and any Affiliate thereof;
(f) (dispositions or transfers of cash among Credit Parties pursuant to cash management arrangements in the ordinary Course of Business (“Permitted Cash Management Transactions”);
(g) sales, forgiveness or discounting, on a non-recourse basis and in the Ordinary Course of Business, of past due Accounts in connection with the settlement of delinquent Accounts or in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers or customers in accordance with the applicable terms of this Agreement;
(h) to the extent constituting an Asset Disposition, the granting of Permitted Liens;
(i) (i) any termination of any lease, sublease, license or sub-license (other than any licenses constituting Material Contracts) in the Ordinary Course of Business (and any related Asset Disposition of improvements made to leased real property resulting therefrom), (ii) any expiration of any option agreement in respect of real or personal property, and (iii) any surrender or waiver of contractual rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contractual rights or litigation claims (including in tort) in the Ordinary Course of Business; and
(j) other dispositions of tangible personal property (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, any Intellectual Property, Equity Interests or other intangible assets) to Persons who are not Affiliates of any Credit Party so long as (i) the assets subject to such Asset Dispositions are sold for fair value, as determined
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by the Borrowers in good faith, (ii) at least 75% of the consideration therefor is cash or Cash Equivalents, (iii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such Assets Dispositions are made or would result therefrom, and (iv) the aggregate amount of such Asset Dispositions in any twelve (12) month period does not exceed $500,000.
“Permitted Contest” means, with respect to any tax obligation or other obligation allegedly or potentially owing from any Credit Party or its Subsidiary to any governmental tax authority or other third party, a contest maintained in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and with respect to which such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made on the books and records and financial statements of the applicable Credit Party(ies); provided, however, that (a) compliance with the obligation that is the subject of such contest is effectively stayed during such challenge; (b) Credit Parties’ and their Subsidiaries’ title to, and its right to use, the Collateral is not adversely affected thereby and Agent’s Lien and priority on the Collateral are not adversely affected, altered or impaired thereby; (c) Credit Parties have given prior written notice to Agent of a Credit Party’s or its Subsidiary’s intent to so contest the obligation; (d) the Collateral or any part thereof or any interest therein shall not be in any danger of being sold, forfeited or lost by reason of such contest by Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries; (e) Credit Parties have given Agent written notice of the commencement of such contest and upon request by Agent, from time to time, notice of the status of such contest by Credit Parties and/or confirmation of the continuing satisfaction of this definition; and (f) upon a final determination of such contest, Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries shall promptly comply with the requirements thereof.
“Permitted Contingent Obligations” means:
(a) Contingent Obligations arising in respect of the Debt under the Financing Documents;
(b) Contingent Obligations resulting from endorsements for collection or deposit in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(c) Contingent Obligations outstanding on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 5.1 (but not including any refinancings, extensions, increases or amendments to the indebtedness underlying such Contingent Obligations other than extensions of the maturity thereof without any other change in terms);
(d) Contingent Obligations incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business with respect to surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other similar obligations;
(e) Contingent Obligations arising under indemnity agreements with title insurers to cause such title insurers to issue to Agent mortgagee title insurance policies;
(f) Contingent Obligations arising with respect to customary indemnification obligations in favor of purchasers in connection with dispositions of personal property assets permitted under Section 5.6 or in connection with any other commercial agreement entered into by a Credit Party or a Subsidiary thereof in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(g) so long as there exists no Event of Default both immediately before and immediately after giving effect to any such transaction, Contingent Obligations existing or arising under any other Swap Contract, provided, however, that such obligations are (or were) entered into by Credit Party, Subsidiary or an Affiliate in the Ordinary Course of Business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person and not for purposes of speculation; and
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(h) Contingent Obligations existing or arising in connection with any letter of credit for the in the Ordinary Course of Business, provided that the aggregate amount of all such letter of credit reimbursement obligations does not at any time exceed $15,000,000 outstanding;
(i) Contingent Obligations arising under, and subject to the terms of, the Settlement Agreement, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $9,500,000;
(j) other Contingent Obligations not permitted by clauses (a) through (h) above, not to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding.
“Permitted Debt” means:
(a) Credit Parties’ Debt to Agent and each Lender under this Agreement and the other Financing Documents;
(b) Debt incurred as a result of endorsing negotiable instruments received in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(c) purchase money Debt (including Capital Leases) not to exceed $500,000 at any time (whether in the form of a loan or a lease) used solely to acquire equipment used in the Ordinary Course of Business and secured only by such equipment and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(d) Debt existing on the date of this Agreement and described on Schedule 5.1 (but not including any refinancings, extensions, increases or amendments to such Debt other than Permitted Refinancings);
(e) so long as there exists no Event of Default both immediately before and immediately after giving effect to any such transaction, Debt existing or arising under any Swap Contract, provided, however, that such obligations are (or were) entered into by Borrower or an Affiliate in the Ordinary Course of Business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person and not for purposes of speculation;
(f) Debt in the form of insurance premiums financed through the applicable insurance company;
(g) trade accounts payable arising and paid on a timely basis and in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(h) to the extent constituting Debt (without duplication) Permitted Contingent Obligations;
(i) Subordinated Debt;
(j) Debt consisting of unsecured intercompany loans and advances incurred by any Credit Party owing to any other Credit Party to the extent constituting a Permitted Cash Management Transaction; provided that any such Debt shall be subordinated to the Obligations;
(k) Debt in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and other like services, in each case incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business;
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(l) Debt arising out of judgments, attachments or awards (to the extent not covered or paid by insurance as to which the relevant insurance company has acknowledged coverage) in an amount not otherwise resulting in an Event of Default;
(m) Debt in respect of workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations and bankers acceptances issued for the account of any Credit Party, in each case, in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(n) Debt, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,300,000 at any time outstanding, in respect of credit cards, credit card processing services, debit cards, stored value cards, purchase cards (including so-called “procurement cards” or “P-cards”) or other similar cash management or merchant services, in each case, incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business; and
(o) other unsecured Debt not to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate at any time at any time outstanding.
“Permitted Discretion” means a good faith determination made in the exercise of reasonable (from the perspective of a secured asset-based lender) business judgment.
“Permitted Distributions” means the following Distributions:
(a) dividends or distributions by any Subsidiary or Joint Venture of any Borrower to such parent Borrower;
(b) [reserved];
(c) repurchases of stock of former employees, directors or consultants pursuant to stock purchase agreements made pursuant to the terms of the Employee Stock Plans so long as an Event of Default does not exist at the time of such repurchase and would not exist after giving effect to such repurchase; provided, however, that such repurchase does not exceed $250,000 in the aggregate per fiscal year;
(d) Distributions to Holdings to permit such Person to pay the costs and expenses of their respective board of directors (or other similar governing body), including observer’s fees and expenses, provided that any directors’ fees shall only be paid to independent directors in an aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000 in any fiscal year;
(e) so long as a Borrower files a consolidated federal income tax return (or any combined, consolidated, unitary or other state or local tax return) with Holdings, such Borrower may make distributions to Holdings to permit Holdings to pay the consolidated, combined, unitary or other federal, state and local income, profits, franchise and capital Taxes then due and owing by Holdings in respect of such Borrower, so long as the amount of such Taxes shall not be greater, nor the receipt by such Borrower of Tax benefits less, than they would have been had such Borrower not filed consolidated income tax returns with Holdings; and
(f) cash dividends in the Ordinary Course of Business to Holdings to the extent necessary to permit Holdings (A) to pay general administrative costs and expenses (including corporate overhead, legal or similar expenses) and franchise fees and taxes and similar fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain the organizational existence of Holdings or otherwise comply with obligations required by virtue of Holdings being a publicly traded company, in each case, which are reasonable and customary and incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business, plus any reasonable and customary indemnification claims made by directors, officers, members of management or employees of Holdings, in each case, to the extent attributable to the ownership or operations of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries and (B) to pay audit and
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other accounting and reporting expenses at Holdings to the extent relating to the ownership or operations of its Subsidiaries, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amounts set forth in the then-applicable Cash Flow Projection.
“Permitted Investments” means:
(a) Investments shown on Schedule 5.7 and existing on the Closing Date;
(b) To the extent constituting an Investment, cash and Cash Equivalents owned by such Person;
(c) Investments consisting of the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(d) Investments consisting of (i) travel advances and employee relocation loans and other employee loans and advances in the Ordinary Course of Business, and (ii) loans to employees, officers or directors relating to the purchase of equity securities of Borrowers or their Subsidiaries pursuant to employee stock purchase plans or agreements approved by Borrowers’ Board of Directors (or other governing body), but the aggregate of all such loans and advances outstanding pursuant to this clause (d) may not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate;
(e) Investments (including debt obligations) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of customers or suppliers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers or suppliers arising in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(f) Investments consisting of notes receivable of, or prepaid royalties and other credit extensions, to customers and suppliers who are not Affiliates, in the Ordinary Course of Business, provided, however, that this subpart (f) shall not apply to Investments of any Credit Party in any Subsidiary;
(g) Investments consisting of Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts in which Agent has received a Deposit Account Control Agreement or Securities Account Control Agreement, as applicable;
(h) Investments amongst Credit Parties to the extent constituting a Permitted Cash Management Transaction;
(i) Investments of cash and Cash Equivalents in any Permitted Servicing Joint Ventures but solely to the extent that (i) no Event of Default has occurred or would occur as a result of such Investments, (ii) the aggregate net amount of such Investments (after taking into account the amount of any dividends or distributions made in cash to Credit Parties from the Permitted Servicing Joint Ventures) made with respect to all Permitted Servicing Joint Ventures does not exceed $5,000,000 in any fiscal year and (iii) such amount has been expressly set forth in and approved by the Agent pursuant to the Initial 13-Week Cash Flow Statement;
(j) [reserved]; and
(k) other Investments in an amount not exceeding $500,000 in the aggregate.
“Permitted Liens” means:
(a) deposits or pledges of cash to secure obligations under workmen’s compensation, social security or similar laws, or under unemployment insurance (but excluding Liens arising under ERISA, or
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with respect to any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, the Code) pertaining to a Borrower’s or its Subsidiary’s employees, if any;
(b) deposits or pledges of cash to secure bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money or the deferred purchase price of property or services), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds and other obligations of like nature arising in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(c) carrier’s, warehousemen’s, mechanic’s, workmen’s, materialmen’s or other like Liens on Collateral, other than any Collateral which is part of the Borrowing Base, arising in the Ordinary Course of Business with respect to obligations which are not due, or which are being contested pursuant to a Permitted Contest;
(d) Liens on Collateral, other than Borrowing Base Collateral, for taxes or other governmental charges not at the time delinquent or thereafter payable without penalty or the subject of a Permitted Contest;
(e) attachments, appeal bonds, judgments and other similar Liens on Collateral other than Borrowing Base Collateral, for sums not exceeding $1,000,000 in the aggregate arising in connection with court proceedings; provided, however, that the execution or other enforcement of such Liens is effectively stayed and the claims secured thereby are the subject of a Permitted Contest;
(f) Xxxxx and encumbrances in favor of Agent under the Financing Documents;
(g) Liens on Collateral existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 5.2;
(h) any Lien on any equipment securing Debt permitted under clause (c) of the definition of Permitted Debt, provided, however, that such Lien attaches concurrently with or within twenty (20) days after the acquisition thereof;
(i) Liens with respect to real estate, easements, rights of way, restrictions, minor defects or irregularities of title, none of which, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Security Documents, materially affect the value or marketability of the Collateral, impair the use or operation of the Collateral for the use currently being made thereof or impair Borrowers’ ability to pay the Obligations in a timely manner or impair the use of the Collateral or the ordinary conduct of the business of any Borrower or any Subsidiary and which, in the case of any real estate that is part of the Collateral, are set forth as exceptions to or subordinate matters in the title insurance policy accepted by Agent insuring the lien of the Security Documents;
(j) Liens that are rights of set-off, bankers’ liens or similar non-consensual Liens relating to deposit or securities accounts in favor of banks, other depositary institutions and securities intermediaries solely to secure payment of fees and similar costs and expenses and arising in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(k) purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to operating leases or consignments of personal property entered into the Ordinary Course of Business;
(l) Liens granted in the Ordinary Course of Business on the unearned portion of insurance premiums securing the financing of insurance premiums to the extent the financing is permitted under clause (f) of the definition of Permitted Debt;
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(m) Liens that are rights of set-off, bankers’ liens or similar non-consensual Liens relating to Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts in favor of banks, other depositary institutions and securities intermediaries solely to secure payment of fees and similar costs and expenses and arising in the Ordinary Course of Business
(n) Leases or subleases of real property granted in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(o) Liens, deposits and pledges encumbering cash and Cash Equivalents with a value not to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate at any time, to secure the performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money), public or statutory obligations, surety, indemnity, performance or other similar bonds or other similar obligations arising in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(p) Liens solely in respect of the L/C Cash Collateral Accounts and amounts deposited therein to the extent securing obligations permitted pursuant to clause (h) of the definition of Permitted Contingent Obligations;
(q) Liens granted pursuant to the AECOM Loan Agreement, as in effect on the Third Amendment Effective Date, solely to secure the AECOM Loan Agreement Debt; provided that such Liens are subject to the AECOM Subordination Agreement at all times; and
(r) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of Law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the Ordinary Course of Business; and
“Permitted Modifications” means such amendments or modifications to a Credit Party’s or Subsidiary’s Organizational Documents (other than those involving a change in the name of a Credit Party or Subsidiary or involving a reorganization of a Credit Party or Subsidiary under the laws of a different jurisdiction) that would not adversely affect the rights and interests of Agent or Lenders and fully disclosed to Agent within thirty (30) days after such amendments or modifications have become effective.
“Permitted Refinancing” means Debt constituting a refinancing, extension or renewal of Debt; provided that the refinanced, extended, or renewed Debt (a) has an aggregate outstanding principal amount not greater than the aggregate principal amount of the Debt being refinanced or extended (plus any reasonable and customary interest, fees, premiums and costs and expenses) (b) has a weighted average maturity (measured as of the date of such refinancing or extension) and maturity no shorter than that of the Debt being refinanced or extended, (c) is not entered into as part of a sale leaseback transaction, (d) is not secured by a Lien on any assets other than the collateral securing the Debt being refinanced or extended, (e) the obligors of which are the same as the obligors of the Debt being refinanced or extended, (f) is otherwise on terms no less favorable to Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, than those of the Debt being refinanced or extended, (g) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such refinancing, extension or renewal occurs or would result therefrom and (h) has been consented to by the Agent.
"Permitted Servicing Joint Venture" means a joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity between a Credit Party and one or more third parties whether created through a contractual arrangement or ownership of Equity Interests (each, a "Joint Venture") that is set forth on Schedule 5.7 as a Joint Venture or which otherwise meets each and all of the following criteria: (a) the formation and governing documents for the Joint Venture provide that the liability of the Credit Party that is a party thereto (as among all of the parties to the Joint Venture) is expressly limited to no more than such Credit Party's pro rata portion of the scope of services and/or other liabilities arising from the Joint Venture, (b) the terms of which formation and governing documents provide for indemnification of such Credit Party against any
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damages (other than special, indirect or consequential) caused by any other member of the Joint Venture, (c) the scope of the services to be provided by the Joint Venture shall be consistent with the scope of services currently provided by the Credit Parties in the Ordinary Course of Business (taking into account any services that may be currently subcontracted by the Credit Parties in the Ordinary Course of Business), (d) the Joint Venture shall be formed solely for the purpose of bidding upon and entering into one or more contracts with one or more customers and (e) such Credit Party, the Joint Venture or the customer or customers of the Joint Venture shall obtain customary liability and commercial insurance, in amounts and from a reputable insurer as may be necessary for prudent execution of the work by the Joint Venture. For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any unincorporated Joint Venture, the term “formation and governing documents” as used in this definition shall include the applicable contractual arrangement(s) between a Credit Party and one or more third parties pursuant to which such Joint Venture is operated.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, professional association, limited partnership, general partnership, joint stock company, joint venture, association, company, trust, bank, trust company, land trust, business trust or other organization, whether or not a legal entity, and any Governmental Authority.
“Pledge Agreement” means that certain Pledge Agreement, executed by Holdings and the other pledgors named therein in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, on the Closing Date, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Prepayment Transactions” means each of the Chickamauga Proceeds, GGB Proceeds, Redwood Sale and Sale Leaseback.
“Pro Rata Share” means (a) with respect to a Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans, such Xxxxxx’s right to receive the unused line fee described in Section 2.2(b), the Revolving Loan Commitment Percentage of such Lender, (b) with respect to a Lender’s right to receive payments of principal and interest with respect to Revolving Loans, such Xxxxxx’s Revolving Loan Exposure with respect thereto; and (c) for all other purposes (including, without limitation, the indemnification obligations arising under Section 11.6) with respect to any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the Revolving Loan Commitment Amount of such Lender (or, in the event the Revolving Loan Commitment shall have been terminated, such Xxxxxx’s then existing Revolving Loan Outstandings), by (ii) the sum of the Revolving Loan Commitment (or, in the event the Revolving Loan Commitment shall have been terminated, the then existing Revolving Loan Outstandings) of all Lenders.
“Project” means each project of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, including the Legacy Projects.
“Project Contract” means each offer, contract, bid, agreement or other Contractual Obligation pursuant to which a Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries is awarded, has agreed, or is otherwise obligated or permitted to develop, construct, maintain, manage, administer, own, use, provide services related to or otherwise perform with respect to any Project.
“Protective Advance” means all sums expended by Agent in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.4 to (a) protect the priority, validity and enforceability of any lien on, and security interests in, any Collateral and the instruments evidencing and securing the Obligations, (b) prevent the value of any Collateral from being diminished, or (c) protect any of the Collateral from being materially damaged, impaired, mismanaged or taken.
“Redwood Prepayment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b)(ii)(F).
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“Redwood Sale” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b)(ii)(F).
“Reference Time” means approximately a time substantially consistent with market practice two (2) SOFR Business Days prior to the first day of each calendar month. If by 5:00 pm (New York City time) on any interest lookback day, Term SOFR in respect of such interest lookback day has not been published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website, then Term SOFR for such interest lookback day will be Term SOFR as published in respect of the first preceding SOFR Business Day for which Term SOFR was published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website; provided that such first preceding SOFR Business Day is not more than three (3) SOFR Business Days prior to such interest lookback day.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any successor thereto.
“Rent Reserve” means a reserve established by Agent in respect of each location (other than locations owned by a Credit Party or project sites for which a Credit Party is not obligated to pay rent or other charges relating to a landlord or bailee) at which Equipment and/or Rolling Stock of a Credit Party is located that is not subject to a satisfactory landlord waiver or bailee letter (in an initial amount, as of the Closing Date, equal to the sum (as determined by Agent in its Permitted Discretion) of three (3) months’ rent, charges or fees), as applicable, as adjusted from time to time by Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
“Required Lenders” means at any time Lenders holding (a) fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the Revolving Loan Commitment, or (b) if the Revolving Loan Commitment has been terminated, fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the then aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Loans.
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” means, for so long as there is a Chief Transformation Officer, the Chief Transformation Officer, and any other time, the Chief Financial Officer or any other officer of the applicable Credit Party reasonably acceptable to Agent.
“Revolving Lender” means each Lender having a Revolving Loan Commitment Amount in excess of Zero Dollars ($0) (or, in the event the Revolving Loan Commitment shall have been terminated at any time, each Lender at such time having Revolving Loan Outstandings in excess of Zero Dollars ($0)).
“Revolving Loan Availability” means, at any time, the Revolving Loan Limit minus the Revolving Loan Outstandings.
“Revolving Loan Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Revolving Loan.
“Revolving Loan Commitment” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitment Amounts of all Lenders as of such date. For the avoidance of doubt, the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitment on the Third Amendment Effective Date shall be $33,250,000; provided that the Revolving Loan Commitment (x) shall never be in excess of the then-applicable Senior Debt Cap and (y) shall be immediately, automatically and permanently reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis in the amount of any such excess referred to in clause (x) and any mandatory prepayment made pursuant to Section 2.1(b)(ii).
“Revolving Loan Commitment Amount” means, as to any Lender, the dollar amount set forth opposite such Xxxxxx’s name on the Commitment Annex under the column “Revolving Loan Commitment
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Amount” (if such Xxxxxx’s name is not so set forth thereon, then the dollar amount on the Commitment Annex for the Revolving Loan Commitment Amount for such Lender shall be deemed to be $0), as such amount may be adjusted from time to time by any amounts assigned (with respect to such Xxxxxx’s portion of Revolving Loans outstanding and its commitment to make Revolving Loans) pursuant to the terms of any and all effective assignment agreements to which such Lender is a party.
“Revolving Loan Commitment Percentage” means, as to any Lender, (a) on the Closing Date, the percentage set forth opposite such Xxxxxx’s name on the Commitment Annex under the column “Revolving Loan Commitment Percentage” (if such Lender’s name is not so set forth thereon, then, on the Closing Date, such percentage for such Lender shall be deemed to be zero), and (b) on any date following the Closing Date, the percentage equal to the Revolving Loan Commitment Amount of such Lender on such date divided by the Revolving Loan Commitment on such date.
“Revolving Loan Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender on any date of determination, the percentage equal to the amount of such Xxxxxx’s Revolving Loan Outstandings on such date divided by the aggregate Revolving Loan Outstandings of all Lenders on such date.
“Revolving Loan Limit” means, at any time, the lesser of (a) the Revolving Loan Commitment and (b) the Borrowing Base.
“Revolving Loan Outstandings” means, at any time of calculation, (a) the then existing aggregate outstanding principal amount of Revolving Loans, and (b) when used with reference to any single Lender, the then existing outstanding principal amount of Revolving Loans advanced by such Lender.
“Revolving Loans” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).
“Rolling Stock” means trucks, tractors, trailers, service vehicles, forklifts, cranes and other vehicles that are subject to a certificate of title registration requirement pursuant to applicable State law.
“Sale Leaseback” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b)(ii)(D).
“Sale Leaseback Prepayment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b)(ii)(D).
“Sanctioned Country” means any country or territory that is itself subject to comprehensive sanctions maintained by OFAC including at the time of this Agreement, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and the Crimea, Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Account” means a “securities account” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC), an investment account, or other account in which investment property or securities are held or invested for credit to or for the benefit of any Credit Party.
“Securities Account Control Agreement” means an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, among Agent, any applicable Credit Party and each securities intermediary in which such Credit Party maintains a Securities Account pursuant to which Agent shall obtain “control” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC) over such Securities Account.
“Security Document” means this Agreement, the Xxxxx Xxxx of Trust, the Pledge Agreement, the Collateral Servicing Agreement and any other agreement, document or instrument executed concurrently herewith or at any time hereafter pursuant to which one or more Credit Parties or any other Person either
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(a) Guarantees payment or performance of all or any portion of the Obligations, and/or (b) provides, as security for all or any portion of the Obligations, a Lien on any of its assets in favor of Agent for its own benefit and the benefit of the Lenders, as any or all of the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Senior Debt Cap” has the meaning set forth in the AECOM Subordination Agreement.
“Servicing Joint Venture Proposal Package” means, with respect to any proposed Permitted Servicing Joint Venture, the following items, each in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent:
(a) a copy of the proposed formation and governing documents for the proposed Permitted Servicing Joint Venture (if applicable), together with a description in reasonable detail of the proposed Permitted Servicing Joint Venture and the nature of the project or projects for which the proposed Permitted Servicing Joint Venture would be formed; and
(b) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative certifying that:
(i) such proposed Permitted Servicing Joint Venture satisfies the criteria set forth in the definition of "Permitted Servicing Joint Venture" or, if discretionary approval is required with respect to any such criteria, a request for such discretionary approval; and
(ii) no Event of Default exists and the entry into such proposed Permitted Servicing Joint Venture would not cause or result in an Event of Default.
“Settlement Agreement” means that certain Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release dated as of January 31, 2022, by and among SCC Group, LLC, AECOM and URS Holdings, Inc.
“Side Letter” means that certain Side Letter, dated as of the Closing Date, between Agent and Berkshire Hathaway, and acknowledged by the Credit Parties, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“SOFR” means, with respect to any SOFR Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such SOFR Business Day.
“SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of Term SOFR selected by Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the website of the SOFR Administrator, currently at xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxx-xxxx/xxx-xxxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxx-xxxx.xxxx, or any successor source for Term SOFR identified by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
“SOFR Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or 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.
“SOFR Interest Rate” means, with respect to each day during which interest accrues on a Loan, the rate per annum (expressed as a percentage) equal to (a) Term SOFR for the applicable Interest Period for such day; or (b) if the then-current Benchmark has been replaced with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to Section 2.2(o), such Benchmark Replacement for such day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the SOFR Interest Rate shall not at any time be less the Floor.
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“SOFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Term SOFR.
“Solvent” means, with respect to any Person, that such Person (a) owns and will own assets the fair saleable value of which are (i) greater than the total amount of its debts and liabilities (including subordinated and Contingent Obligations), and (ii) greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liabilities of its then existing debts as they become absolute and matured considering all financing alternatives and potential asset sales reasonably available to it; (b) has capital that is not unreasonably small in relation to its business as presently conducted or after giving effect to any contemplated transaction; and (c) does not intend to incur and does not believe that it will incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due.
“Stated Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7.
“Subordinated Debt” means (i) AECOM Loan Agreement Debt and (ii) any other Debt of Credit Parties incurred pursuant to the terms of the Subordinated Debt Documents and with the prior written consent of Agent, all of which documents must be in form and substance acceptable to Agent in its sole discretion, provided, that in each case the applicable Subordinated Debt remains subject to a Subordination Agreement.
“Subordinated Debt Documents” means any documents evidencing and/or securing Debt governed by a Subordination Agreement, all of which documents must be in form and substance acceptable to Agent in its sole discretion.
“Subordination Agreement” means (i) the AECOM Subordination Agreement, and (ii) each other agreement between Agent and another creditor of Credit Parties, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, pursuant to which the Debt owing from any Credit Party and/or the Liens securing such Debt granted by any Credit Party to such creditor are subordinated in any way to the Obligations and the Liens created under the Security Documents, the terms and provisions of such Subordination Agreements to have been agreed to by and be acceptable to Agent in the exercise of its sole discretion.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any corporation (or any foreign equivalent thereof) of which an aggregate of more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding Equity Interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether, at the time, Equity Interests of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned legally or beneficially by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or with respect to which any such Person has the right to vote or designate the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of such Equity Interests whether by proxy, agreement, operation of law or otherwise, and (b) any partnership or limited liability company (or any foreign equivalents thereof) in which such Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person shall have an interest (whether in the form of voting or participation in profits or capital contribution) of more than fifty percent (50%) or of which any such Person is a general partner or may exercise the powers of a general partner. Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference to a Subsidiary shall be a reference to a Subsidiary of a Credit Party.
“Swap Contract” means any “swap agreement”, as defined in Section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code, that is obtained by Borrower to provide protection against fluctuations in interest or currency exchange rates, but only if Agent provides its prior written consent to the entry into such “swap agreement”.
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“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term SOFR” means the greater of (a) the forward-looking term rate for a period comparable to such Interest Period based on SOFR that is published by the SOFR Administrator and is displayed on the SOFR Administrator’s Website at approximately the Reference Time for such Interest Period plus 0.11448% and (b) the Floor. Unless otherwise specified in any amendment to this Agreement entered into in accordance with Section 2.2(o), in the event that a Benchmark Replacement with respect to Term SOFR is implemented, then all references herein to Term SOFR shall be deemed references to such Benchmark Replacement.
“Termination Date” means the earliest to occur of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) any date on which the maturity of the Loans is accelerated pursuant to Section 10.2, or (c) the termination date stated in any notice of termination of this Agreement provided by Borrowers in accordance with Section 2.12.
“Third Amendment Effective Date” means May 20, 2024.
“Total Debt” means, without duplication, an amount equal to the total aggregate principal amount of Debt of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries of the types described in clauses (a), (b), (d), (e) and (g) of the definition of “Debt”.
“Total Operating Distributions” means the amounts identified in the applicable Cash Flow Projection as “Total Operating Distributions”.
“Total Receipts” means the amounts identified in the applicable Cash Flow Projection as “Total Receipts”.
“Xxxxx Xxxx of Trust” means that certain Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of April 16, 2024 and recorded by the San Joaquin County Recorder on April 18, 2024, made by Shimmick Construction Company, Inc., as grantor, in favor of Agent, with respect to the real property located at 00000 X. Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York or of any other state the laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the perfection of security interests in any Collateral.
“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA 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.
“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.
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“United States” means the United States of America.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(c)(i).
“Withholding Agent” means each Credit Party or Agent.
“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 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.
(b) Accounting Terms and Determinations. Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder (including, without limitation, determinations made pursuant to the exhibits hereto) shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of each Credit Party and its Consolidated Subsidiaries delivered to Agent and each of the Lenders on or prior to the Closing Date. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or financial requirement set forth in any Financing Document, and either Borrowers or the Required Lenders shall so request, Agent, the Lenders and Borrowers 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, however, that until so amended, (a) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (b) Borrowers shall provide to Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement which include a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP. Any obligations of a Person under a lease (whether existing now or entered into in the future) that is not (or would not be) a capital lease obligation under GAAP as in effect prior to giving effect to FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases, shall not be treated as a capital lease obligation solely as a result of the adoption of changes in GAAP, unless the parties hereto shall enter into a mutually acceptable amendment addressing such changes, as provided for above.
(c) Other Definitional and Interpretive Provisions. References in this Agreement to “Articles”, “Sections”, “Annexes”, “Exhibits”, or “Schedules” shall be to Articles, Sections, Annexes, Exhibits or Schedules of or to this Agreement unless otherwise specifically provided. Any term defined herein may be used in the singular or plural. “Include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by “without limitation”. Except as otherwise specified or limited herein, references to any Person include the successors and assigns of such Person. References “from” or “through” any date mean, unless otherwise specified, “from and including” or “through and including”, respectively. References to any statute or act shall include all related current regulations and all amendments and any successor statutes, acts and regulations. All amounts used for purposes of financial calculations required to be made herein shall be without duplication. References to any statute or act, without additional reference, shall be deemed to refer to federal statutes and acts of the United States. References to any agreement, instrument or document shall include all schedules, exhibits, annexes and other attachments thereto. References to capitalized terms that are not defined herein, but are defined in the UCC, shall have the meanings given
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them in the UCC. All references herein to a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, assignment, sale or transfer, or analogous term, will be construed to also mean a division of or by a limited liability company, as if it were a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, assignment, sale or transfer, or similar term, as applicable. Any series of limited liability company shall be considered a separate Person.
(d) Settlement and Funding Mechanics. Unless otherwise specified herein, the settlement of all payments and fundings hereunder between or among the parties hereto shall be made in lawful money of the United States and in immediately available funds.
(e) Time is of the Essence. Time is of the essence in Xxxxxxxx’s and each other Credit Party’s performance under this Agreement and all other Financing Documents.
(f) Time of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight savings or standard, as applicable).
(g) Override. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any Financing Document, in the event that, following the Third Amendment Effective Date, any transaction, event, occurrence or circumstance (financial or otherwise) would trigger a default or event of default under the AECOM Loan Documents absent consent from the agent or any lender thereunder, then (regardless of whether such consent is obtained) any such transaction, event, occurrence or circumstance shall also be deemed to trigger a Default or Event of Default, as the case may be, hereunder unless consented to by the Agent.
16. - LOANS
(a) Loans.
(i) [Reserved].
(ii) Revolving Loans.
A. Revolving Loans and Borrowings. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make loans to Borrowers from time to time as set forth herein (each a “Revolving Loan”, and collectively, “Revolving Loans”) equal to such Xxxxxx’s Revolving Loan Commitment Percentage of Revolving Loans requested by Borrowers hereunder, provided, however, that after giving effect thereto, the Revolving Loan Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Loan Limit. Borrowers shall deliver to Agent a Notice of Borrowing with respect to each proposed Revolving Loan Borrowing, such Notice of Borrowing to be delivered before 1:00 p.m. (Eastern time) two (2) Business Days prior to the date of such proposed borrowing. Each Borrower and each Revolving Lender hereby authorizes Agent to make Revolving Loans on behalf of Revolving Lenders, at any time in its sole discretion, to pay principal owing in respect of the Loans and interest, fees, expenses and other charges payable by any Credit Party from time to time arising under this Agreement or any other Financing Document. The Borrowing Base shall be determined by Agent based on the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to Agent in accordance with this Agreement and such other information as may be available to Agent. Without limiting any other rights and remedies of Agent hereunder or under the other Financing Documents, the Revolving Loans shall be subject to Agent’s continuing right to withhold reserves from the
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Borrowing Base or Revolving Loan Limit, and to increase and decrease such reserves from time to time, if and to the extent that in Agent’s Permitted Discretion, such reserves are necessary.
B. Mandatory Revolving Loan Repayments and Prepayments; Permanent Commitment Reductions.
(1) The Revolving Loan Commitment shall terminate on the Termination Date. On such Termination Date, there shall become due, and Borrowers shall pay, the entire outstanding principal amount of each Revolving Loan, together with accrued and unpaid Obligations (other than unasserted contingent indemnification obligations) pertaining thereto incurred to, but excluding the Termination Date; provided, however, that such payment is made not later than 12:00 Noon (Eastern time) on the Termination Date.
(2) If at any time the Revolving Loan Outstandings exceed the Revolving Loan Limit, then, on the next succeeding Business Day, Borrowers shall repay the Revolving Loans in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.
(3) Principal payable on account of Revolving Loans shall be payable by Borrowers to Agent (I) immediately upon the receipt by any Borrower or Agent of any payments on or proceeds from any of the Accounts, to the extent of such payments or proceeds, as further described in Section 2.11 below, and (II) in full on the Termination Date.
(4) On the earlier of (1) the Maturity Date or (2) on the day of receipt (or deemed receipt) of proceeds from the United States Army Corps of Engineers relating to the Chick Lock Project (the “Chickamauga Proceeds”), Credit Parties shall prepay the Revolving Loans in an amount equal to the greater of (x) all Net Cash Proceeds of the Chickamauga Proceeds and (y) $25,000,000 (such amount, the “Chickamauga Prepayment”).
(5) On the earlier of (1) July 15, 2024 or (2) on the day of receipt (or deemed receipt) of any proceeds in respect of any sale and leaseback transaction with respect to any real property owned by any Credit Party (the “Sale Leaseback”, Credit Parties shall prepay the Revolving Loans in an amount equal to the greater of (x) all Net Cash Proceeds of the Sale Leaseback and (y) $21,000,000 (such amount, the “Sale Leaseback Prepayment”).
(6) On the earlier of (1) the Maturity Date or (2) on the day of receipt (or deemed receipt) of any proceeds from the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District relating to the Golden Gate Bridge Project (the “GGB Proceeds”), Credit Parties shall prepay the Revolving Loans in an amount equal to the greater of (x) all Net Cash Proceeds of the GGB Proceeds and (y) $25,000,000 (such amount, the “GGB Prepayment”).
(7) On the earlier of (1) May 31, 2024 or (2) on the day of receipt of sale of all or substantially all of the assets of, the Credit Parties’ legacy foundation business (commonly known as “Redwood”) (the “Redwood Sale”), Credit Parties shall prepay the Revolving Loans in an amount equal to the
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greater of (x) all Net Cash Proceeds of the Redwood Sale and (y) $10,000,000 (such amount, the “Redwood Prepayment”).
(8) beginning on Monday, May 20, 2024, and on each Friday thereafter (or, if Friday is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter), the Borrowers shall make a prepayment to Agent (for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares) of advances in respect of the Revolving Loans in a principal amount of $250,000.
(9) Without duplication of clauses (E) and (G) above, the Borrowers shall promptly (not to exceed three Business Days) cause the Net Proceeds attributable to any Asset Disposition or Casualty Event to be applied to the repayment of the Obligations.
(10) Following any Credit Party’s receipt of payments received other than in the Ordinary Course of Business (which shall include, without limitation, litigation settlements, change orders, insurance proceeds and contract retainage releases), proceeds or claim or settlement recoveries received in connection with the Legacy Projects or any related claims (the “Extraordinary Project Proceeds”), the Borrowers shall promptly (and in any event on the same Business Day) cause 100% of such Extraordinary Project Proceeds to be applied to the repayment of the Obligations.
(11) If, on the last Business Day of every second week commencing on the date that is two weeks following the Third Amendment Effective Date, (i) there are outstanding Loans and (ii) the Credit Parties have Excess Cash as of the end of such Business Day, the Borrowers shall, within two (2) Business Days, prepay such Loans, which prepayment shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the amount of such Excess Cash and (B) the amount of such outstanding Loans; provided that if the date of such prepayment falls on the last Business Day of any fiscal quarter, then required date for such prepayment shall be moved to the next succeeding Business Day.
(12) Following the incurrence of any Debt (other than Permitted Debt) by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary, the Borrowers shall promptly (and in any event on the same Business Day) cause 100% of the gross proceeds received in respect of such Debt to be applied to the repayment of the Obligations. Nothing in this paragraph is intended to permit any Credit Party or Subsidiary to incur Debt other than Permitted Debt, and any such incurrence of Debt shall be a violation of Section 5.1, a breach of this Agreement, and result in an immediate Event of Default.
(13) Each of the mandatory prepayments described in this Section 2.1(b)(ii) shall be accompanied by an immediate, automatic and permanent reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitment, on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
C. Optional Prepayments. Borrowers may from time to time prepay the Revolving Loans in whole or in part. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this clause shall permit Borrowers to terminate or reduce the Revolving
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Loan Commitment other than in connection with a prepayment of all Obligations in full and termination of the Revolving Loan Commitment and the Financing Documents in accordance with Section 2.12(b).
(iii) .
(b) Interest, Interest Calculations and Certain Fees.
(i) Interest.
(i) From and following the Closing Date, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, Loans and the other Obligations shall bear interest at the sum of the SOFR Interest Rate plus the Applicable Margin. Interest on the Loans shall be paid monthly in arrears on the first (1st) day of each month and on the maturity of such Loans, whether by acceleration or otherwise. Interest on all other Obligations shall be payable upon demand. For purposes of calculating interest, all funds transferred to the Payment Account for application to any Revolving Loans during any Cash Dominion Period shall be subject to a three (3) Business Day clearance period and all interest accruing on such funds during such clearance period shall accrue for the benefit of Agent, and not for the benefit of the Lenders. In the absence of a Cash Dominion Period, all funds transferred to the Payment Account for application to any Revolving Loans shall be applied in the manner set forth in the last sentence of Section 2.6(a).
(ii) In the event one or more of the following events occurs with respect to Term SOFR: (a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the SOFR Administrator announcing that the SOFR Administrator has ceased or will cease to provide Term SOFR for a 1-month period, permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide Term SOFR for a 1-month period; (b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the SOFR Administrator, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official or resolution authority with jurisdiction over the SOFR Administrator, or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority, which states that the SOFR Administrator has ceased or will cease to provide Term SOFR for a 1-month period permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide Term SOFR for a 1-month period; or (c) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the SOFR Administrator announcing that Term SOFR for a 1-month period is no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative and Agent has provided Borrower Representative with notice of the same, any outstanding affected SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted to Base Rate Loan at the end of the applicable Interest Period.
(iii) In connection with Term SOFR, Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Financing 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 Financing Document. Agent will promptly notify Borrower Representative and the Lenders of the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes.
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(ii) Unused Line Fee. From and following the Closing Date, Borrowers shall pay Agent, for the benefit of all Lenders committed to make Revolving Loans, in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares, a fee in an amount equal to (i) (A) the Revolving Loan Commitment minus (B) the average daily balance of the sum of the Revolving Loan Outstandings during the preceding month, multiplied by (ii) one half of one percent (0.50%) per annum. The unused line fee shall be paid monthly in arrears on the first day of each month and shall be deemed fully earned when due and payable and, once paid, shall be non-refundable.
(iii) Minimum Balance Fee. On the first day of each month, commencing on April 1, 2023, the Borrowers agree to pay to Agent, for the ratable benefit of all Lenders, the sum of the Minimum Balance Fees due for the prior month. The Minimum Balance Fee shall be deemed fully earned when due and payable and, once paid, shall be non-refundable.
(iv) Collateral Fee. From and following the Closing Date, on the first day of each month, Borrowers shall pay Agent, for its own account and not for the benefit of any other Lenders, a fee in an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the greater of (A) the average end-of-day principal balance of Revolving Loan Outstandings during the immediately preceding month and (B) the Minimum Balance, by (ii) one half of one percent (0.50%) per annum. For purposes of calculating the average end-of-day principal balance of Revolving Loans, all funds paid into the Payment Account (or which were required to be paid into the Payment Account hereunder) or otherwise received by Agent for the account of Borrowers during a Cash Dominion Event shall be subject to a three (3) Business Day clearance period. The collateral management fee shall be deemed fully earned when due and payable and, once paid, shall be non-refundable.
(v) Origination Fee. On the Closing Date, Borrowers shall pay Agent, for the benefit of all Lenders committed to make Revolving Loans on the Closing Date, in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares, a fee in an amount equal to (i) the Revolving Loan Commitment, multiplied by (ii) one percent (1.00%). Such fee shall be deemed fully-earned on the Closing Date and, once paid, shall be non-refundable.
(vi) Deferred Revolving Loan Origination Fee. If Lenders’ funding obligations in respect of the Revolving Loan Commitment under this Agreement terminate or are permanently reduced to $0 for any reason (whether by mandatory prepayment(s), voluntary termination by Borrowers, by reason of the occurrence of an Event of Default or the automatic termination of the Revolving Loan Commitments (including any automatic termination due to the occurrence of an Event of Default described in Section 10.1(f) or otherwise)) at any time, Borrowers shall pay to Agent, on the date of such termination or reduction, for the benefit of all Lenders committed to make Revolving Loans on the Third Amendment Effective Date, a fee equal to $176,250 as compensation for the costs of such Lenders being prepared to make funds available to Borrowers under this Agreement. All fees payable pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed fully earned when due and payable and, once paid, shall be non-refundable.
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(vii) [Reserved].
(viii) [Reserved].
(ix) Audit Fees. Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for its own account and not for the benefit of any other Lenders, all reasonable and documented fees and expenses in connection with audits and inspections of Borrowers’ books and records, audits, valuations or appraisals of the Collateral, audits of Borrowers’ compliance with applicable Laws and such other matters as Agent shall deem appropriate, which shall be due and payable on the first Business Day of the month following the date of issuance by Agent of a written request for payment thereof to Borrowers.
(x) Wire Fees. Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for its own account and not for the account of any other Lenders, on written demand, fees for incoming and outgoing wires made for the account of Borrowers, such fees to be based on Agent’s then current wire fee schedule (available upon written request of the Borrowers).
(xi) [Reserved].
(xii) Computation of Interest and Related Fees. All interest and fees under each Financing Document shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed. The date of funding of a Loan shall be included in the calculation of interest. The date of payment of a Loan shall be excluded from the calculation of interest. If a Loan is repaid on the same day that it is made, one (1) day’s interest shall be charged.
(xiii) Automated Clearing House Payments. If Agent (or its designated servicer or trustee on behalf of a securitization vehicle) so elects, monthly payments of principal, interest, fees, expenses or any other amounts due and owing from Borrower to Agent hereunder shall be paid to Agent by Automated Clearing House debit of immediately available funds from the financial institution account designated by Borrower Representative in the Automated Clearing House debit authorization executed by Borrowers or Borrower Representative in connection with this Agreement, and shall be effective upon receipt. Borrowers shall execute any and all forms and documentation necessary from time to time to effectuate such automatic debiting. In no event shall any such payments be refunded to Borrowers.
(xiv) Fee Letter. In addition to the other fees set forth herein, the Borrowers agree to pay to Agent or Lenders, as applicable, the fees set forth in each Fee Letter (if any).
(xv) Benchmark Replacement Setting; Conforming Changes.
(i) Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, Agent and Borrowers may amend this Agreement to replace the then-current Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement. Any such amendment will become effective at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after Agent has posted such
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proposed amendment to all Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxxx so long as Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection thereto from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders. No such replacement will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date. In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Financing 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 Financing Document. Agent will promptly notify Borrower Representative and the Lenders of the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement and the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes.
(ii) Any determination, decision or election that may be made by Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 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 Financing Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Financing Document, at any time, (a) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including Term SOFR) and either (i) 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 Agent in its reasonable discretion or (ii) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is or will be no longer representative, then Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor, and (b) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (a) above either (i) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark or (ii) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will no longer be representative for a Benchmark, then Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor. Agent will promptly notify Borrower Representative of the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to this Section.
(iii) Upon Borrower Representative’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, any outstanding affected Loans will be deemed to have been converted into Base Rate Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period.
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(c) Notes. The portion of the Loans made by each Lender shall be evidenced, if so requested by such Lender, by one or more promissory notes executed by Borrowers on a joint and several basis (each, a “Note”) in an original principal amount equal to such Xxxxxx’s Revolving Loan Commitment Amount.
(d) [Reserved].
(e) [Reserved].
(f) General Provisions Regarding Payment; Loan Account.
(i) All payments to be made by each Borrower under any Financing Document, including payments of principal and interest made hereunder and pursuant to any other Financing Document, and all fees, expenses, indemnities and reimbursements, shall be made without set-off, recoupment or counterclaim. If any payment hereunder becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension (it being understood and agreed that, solely for purposes of calculating financial covenants and computations contained herein and determining compliance therewith, if payment is made, in full, on any such extended due date, such payment shall be deemed to have been paid on the original due date without giving effect to any extension thereto). Any payments received in the Payment Account before 12:00 Noon (Eastern time) on any date shall be deemed received by Agent on such date, and any payments received in the Payment Account at or after 12:00 Noon (Eastern time) on any date shall be deemed received by Agent on the next succeeding Business Day.
(ii) Agent shall maintain a loan account (the “Loan Account”) on its books to record Loans and other extensions of credit made by the Lenders hereunder or under any other Financing Document, and all payments thereon made by each Borrower. All entries in the Loan Account shall be made in accordance with Agent’s customary accounting practices as in effect from time to time. The balance in the Loan Account, as recorded in Agent’s books and records at any time shall be conclusive and binding evidence of the amounts due and owing to Agent by each Borrower absent manifest error; provided, however, that any failure to so record or any error in so recording shall not limit or otherwise affect any Borrower’s duty to pay all amounts owing hereunder or under any other Financing Document. Agent shall provide Borrowers with a monthly statement regarding the Loan Account (but neither Agent nor any Lender shall have any liability if Agent shall fail to provide any such statement). Unless any Borrower notifies Agent of any objection to any such statement (specifically describing the basis for such objection) within ninety (90) days after the date of receipt thereof, it shall be deemed final, binding and conclusive upon Borrowers in all respects as to all matters reflected therein.
(g) Maximum Interest. In no event shall the interest charged with respect to the Loans or any other Obligations of any Borrower under any Financing Document exceed the maximum amount permitted under the laws of the State of New York or of any other applicable jurisdiction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or elsewhere, if at any time the rate of interest payable hereunder or under
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any Note or other Financing Document (the “Stated Rate”) would exceed the highest rate of interest permitted under any applicable law to be charged (the “Maximum Lawful Rate”), then for so long as the Maximum Lawful Rate would be so exceeded, the rate of interest payable shall be equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate; provided, however, that if at any time thereafter the Stated Rate is less than the Maximum Lawful Rate, each Borrower shall, to the extent permitted by law, continue to pay interest at the Maximum Lawful Rate until such time as the total interest received is equal to the total interest which would have been received had the Stated Rate been (but for the operation of this provision) the interest rate payable. Thereafter, the interest rate payable shall be the Stated Rate unless and until the Stated Rate again would exceed the Maximum Lawful Rate, in which event this provision shall again apply. In no event shall the total interest received by any Lender exceed the amount which it could lawfully have received had the interest been calculated for the full term hereof at the Maximum Lawful Rate. If, notwithstanding the prior sentence, any Lender has received interest hereunder in excess of the Maximum Lawful Rate, such excess amount shall be applied to the reduction of the principal balance of the Loans or to other amounts (other than interest) payable hereunder, and if no such principal or other amounts are then outstanding, such excess or part thereof remaining shall be paid to Borrowers. In computing interest payable with reference to the Maximum Lawful Rate applicable to any Lender, such interest shall be calculated at a daily rate equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate divided by the number of days in the year in which such calculation is made.
(h) Taxes; Capital Adequacy; Increased Costs; Inability to Determine Rates; Illegality.
(i) All payments of principal and interest on the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any present or future 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 from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law and if any such withholding or deduction is in respect of any Indemnified Taxes, then the Borrowers shall pay such additional amount or amounts as is necessary to ensure that the net amount actually received by Agent and each Lender will equal the full amount Agent and such Lender would have received had no such withholding or deduction been required (including, without limitation, such withholdings and deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.8). After payment of any Tax by a Borrower to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.8, such Borrower shall promptly forward to Agent the original or a certified copy of an official receipt, a copy of the return reporting such payment, or other documentation satisfactory to Agent evidencing such payment to such authority. Borrowers shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law, or at the option of Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(ii) The Borrowers shall indemnify Agent and Lenders, within ten (10) days after demand thereof, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.8) payable or paid by Agent or any Lender or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to Agent or any Lender and any expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate in reasonable detail as to
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the amount of such payment or liability delivered to Borrowers by a Lender (with a copy to Agent), or by Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(iii) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax with respect to payments made under any Financing Document shall deliver to Borrower Representative and Agent, at the time or times prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by Borrower Representative or Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by Borrower Representative or Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by Borrower Representative or Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by Borrowers or Agent as will enable Borrowers or Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Sections 2.8(c)(i), 2.8(c)(ii) and 2.8(e) below) shall not be required if in such Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
A. Each Lender that is not a “United States person” (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes and is a party hereto on the Closing Date or purports to become an assignee of an interest pursuant to Section 11.17(a) after the Closing Date (unless such Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment) (each such Lender a “Foreign Lender”) shall, to the extent permitted by Law, execute and deliver to Borrower Representative and Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower Representative or Agent) whichever of the following is applicable: (A) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party, (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Financing Document, two (2) properly completed and executed originals of United States Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Forms W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or successor form) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Financing Documents, two (2) properly completed and executed originals of IRS Forms W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or successor form) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty; (B) two (2) executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI (or successor form); (C) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of any Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled
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foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) two (2) executed originals of IRS Forms W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or successor form); (D) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, two (2) executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or successor form), a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2 or Exhibit F-3, IRS Form W-9 (or successor form), and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership 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 F-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner; or (E) other applicable forms, certificates or documents prescribed by the IRS. Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered under this Section 2.8(c) expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify Borrower Representative and Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so. In addition, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, such forms shall be delivered by each Foreign Lender upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Foreign Lender. Each Foreign Lender shall promptly notify Borrower Representative at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered certificate to Borrower Representative (or any other form of certification adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose).
B. Each Lender that is a “United States person” (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes and is a party hereto on the Closing Date or purports to become an assignee of an interest pursuant to Section 11.17(a) after the Closing Date (unless such Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment) shall, to the extent permitted by Law, provide to Borrower Representative and 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 Representative or Agent), a properly completed and executed IRS Form W-9 or any successor form certifying as to such Xxxxxx’s entitlement to an exemption from U.S. backup withholding and other applicable forms, certificates or documents prescribed by the IRS or reasonably requested by Borrower Representative or Agent. Each such Lender shall promptly notify Borrowers at any time it determines that any certificate previously delivered to Borrower Representative (or any other form of certification adopted by the U.S. governmental authorities for such purposes) is no longer valid.
C. Any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Borrower Representative and Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower Representative or Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. Federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed
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by applicable law to permit Borrowers or Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
(iv) If any Lender determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund in respect of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.8 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.8), then it shall promptly pay an amount equal to such refund to Borrowers, net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of such Lender or of Agent with respect thereto, including any Taxes; provided, however, that Borrowers, upon the written request of such Lender or Agent, agree to repay any amount paid over to Borrowers to such Lender or to Agent (plus any related penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event such Lender or Agent is required, for any reason, to disgorge or otherwise repay such refund. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.8, in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 2.8(d) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the 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 2.8 shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(v) If a payment made to a Lender under any Financing Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to Borrower Representative and Agent at the time or times prescribed by Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by Borrower Representative or 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 Borrower Representative or Agent as may be necessary for Borrowers and Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Xxxxxx has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (e), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(vi) Each Lender shall severally indemnify Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Credit Party has not already indemnified Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Xxxxxx’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 11.17 relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by Agent in connection with any Financing Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or
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not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Financing Document or otherwise payable by Agent to such Lender from any other source against any amount due to Agent under this paragraph (f).
(vii) If any Lender shall reasonably determine that the adoption or taking effect of, or any change in, any applicable Law regarding capital adequacy, in each instance, after the Closing Date, or any change after the Closing Date in the interpretation, administration or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation, administration or application thereof, or the compliance by any Lender or any Person controlling such Lender with any request, guideline or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of Law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency adopted or otherwise taking effect after the Closing Date, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such controlling Person’s capital as a consequence of such Xxxxxx’s obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such controlling Person could have achieved but for such adoption, taking effect, change, interpretation, administration, application or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such controlling Person’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) then from time to time, upon demand by such Lender (which demand shall be accompanied by a certificate setting forth the basis for such demand and a calculation of the amount thereof in reasonable detail, a copy of which shall be furnished to Agent), Borrowers shall promptly pay to such Lender such additional amount as will compensate such Lender or such controlling Person for such reduction, so long as such amounts have accrued on or after the day which is two hundred seventy (270) days prior to the date on which such Lender first made demand therefor; provided that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) 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 applicable Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
(viii) If any Lender shall reasonably determine that the adoption or taking effect of, or any change in, any applicable Law shall (i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender, (ii) subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, or any SOFR Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof (except for Taxes covered by Section 2.8); or (iii) impose on any Lender any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or SOFR Loans made by such Lender, and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase
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the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Loan the interest on which is determined by reference to Term SOFR (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender, the Borrowers will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(ix) If any Lender requests compensation under any of the clauses in this Section 2.8, or requires Borrowers to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.8, then, upon the written request of Borrower Representative, such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder (subject to the provisions of Section 11.17) to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or materially reduce amounts payable pursuant to any such Section, as the case may be, in the future, (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and (iii) would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender (as determined in its sole good faith discretion). Without limitation of the provisions of Section 13.14, each Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable and documented, out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(x) Subject to Section 2.2(o), if Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that Term SOFR cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof on or prior to the first day of any Interest Period, Agent will promptly so notify the Borrowers and each Lender. Upon notice thereof by Agent to Borrowers, any obligation of the Lenders to make SOFR Loans shall be suspended until Agent revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, any outstanding affected SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted into Base Rate Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period. Upon any such conversion, Borrower shall also pay any additional amounts required pursuant to this Agreement.
(xi) If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable lending office to make, maintain or fund SOFR Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon Term SOFR, then, upon notice thereof by such Lender to Borrowers (through Agent), any obligation of such Lender to make SOFR Loans shall be suspended, in each case until such Lender notifies Agent and Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, all SOFR Loans shall become Base Rate Loans. Upon any such conversion, Borrower shall also pay any additional amounts required pursuant to this Agreement.
(xii) Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.8 shall survive the resignation or replacement of Agent or any assignment of rights by, or
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the replacement of, a Lender, and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations hereunder.
(i) Appointment of Borrower Representative.
(i) Each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints and constitutes Borrower Representative as its agent and attorney-in-fact to request and receive Loans in the name or on behalf of such Borrower and any other Borrowers, deliver Notices of Borrowing and Borrowing Base Certificates, give instructions with respect to the disbursement of the proceeds of the Loans, giving and receiving all other notices and consents hereunder or under any of the other Financing Documents and taking all other actions (including in respect of compliance with covenants) in the name or on behalf of any Borrower or Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement and the other Financing Documents. Agent and Xxxxxxx may disburse the Loans to such bank account of Borrower Representative or a Borrower or otherwise make such Loans to a Borrower, in each case as Borrower Representative may designate or direct, without notice to any other Borrower. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Agent may at any time and from time to time require that Loans to or for the account of any Borrower be disbursed directly to an operating account of such Borrower.
(ii) Borrower Representative xxxxxx accepts the appointment by Xxxxxxxxx to act as the agent and attorney-in-fact of Borrowers pursuant to this Section 2.9. Borrower Representative shall ensure that the disbursement of any Loans that are at any time requested by or to be remitted to or for the account of a Borrower, shall be remitted or issued to or for the account of such Borrower.
(iii) Each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints and constitutes Borrower Representative as its agent to receive statements on account and all other notices from Agent and Lenders with respect to the Obligations or otherwise under or in connection with this Agreement and the other Financing Documents.
(iv) Any notice, election, representation, warranty, agreement or undertaking made or delivered by or on behalf of any Borrower by Borrower Representative shall be deemed for all purposes to have been made or delivered by such Borrower, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon and enforceable against such Borrower to the same extent as if made or delivered directly by such Borrower.
(v) No resignation by or termination of the appointment of Borrower Representative as agent and attorney-in-fact as aforesaid shall be effective, except after ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to Agent. If the Borrower Representative resigns under this Agreement, Xxxxxxxxx shall be entitled to appoint a successor Borrower Representative (which shall be a Borrower and shall be reasonably acceptable to Agent as such successor). Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor Borrower Representative hereunder, such successor Borrower Representative shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Borrower Representative and the term “Borrower Representative” means such successor Borrower Representative for all purposes
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of this Agreement and the other Financing Documents, and the retiring or terminated Borrower Representative’s appointment, powers and duties as Borrower Representative shall be thereupon terminated.
(j) Joint and Several Liability; Rights of Contribution; Subordination and Subrogation.
(i) Borrowers are defined collectively to include all Persons named as one of the Borrowers herein; provided, however, that any references herein to “any Borrower”, “each Borrower” or similar references, shall be construed as a reference to each individual Person named as one of the Borrowers herein. Each Person so named shall be jointly and severally liable for all of the obligations of Borrowers under this Agreement. Each Borrower, individually, expressly understands, agrees and acknowledges, that the credit facilities would not be made available on the terms herein in the absence of the collective credit of all of the Persons named as the Borrowers herein, the joint and several liability of all such Persons, and the cross-collateralization of the collateral of all such Persons. Accordingly, each Borrower individually acknowledges that the benefit to each of the Persons named as one of the Borrowers as a whole constitutes reasonably equivalent value, regardless of the amount of the credit facilities actually borrowed by, advanced to, or the amount of collateral provided by, any individual Borrower. In addition, each entity named as one of the Borrowers herein hereby acknowledges and agrees that all of the representations, warranties, covenants, obligations, conditions, agreements and other terms contained in this Agreement shall be applicable to and shall be binding upon and measured and enforceable individually against each Person named as one of the Borrowers herein as well as all such Persons when taken together. By way of illustration, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the terms of Section 10.1 of this Agreement are to be applied to each individual Person named as one of the Borrowers herein (as well as to all such Persons taken as a whole), such that the occurrence of any of the events described in Section 10.1 of this Agreement as to any Person named as one of the Borrowers herein shall constitute an Event of Default even if such event has not occurred as to any other Persons named as the Borrowers or as to all such Persons taken as a whole.
(ii) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, it is intended that the joint and several nature of the liability of each Borrower for the Obligations and the Liens granted by Borrowers to secure the Obligations, not constitute a Fraudulent Conveyance (as defined below). Consequently, Agent, Lenders and each Borrower agree that if the liability of a Borrower for the Obligations, or any Liens granted by such Borrower securing the Obligations would, but for the application of this sentence, constitute a Fraudulent Conveyance, the liability of such Borrower and the Liens securing such liability shall be valid and enforceable only to the maximum extent that would not cause such liability or such Lien to constitute a Fraudulent Conveyance, and the liability of such Borrower and this Agreement shall automatically be deemed to have been amended accordingly. For purposes hereof, the term “Fraudulent Conveyance” means a fraudulent conveyance under Section 548 of Chapter 11 of Title II of the Bankruptcy Code or a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under the applicable provisions of any fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer law or
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similar law of any state, nation or other governmental unit, as in effect from time to time.
(iii) Agent is hereby authorized, without notice or demand (except as otherwise specifically required under this Agreement) and without affecting the liability of any Borrower hereunder, at any time and from time to time, to (i) with the written agreement of all Borrowers, renew, extend or otherwise increase the time for payment of the Obligations; (ii) with the written agreement of all Borrowers, change the terms relating to the Obligations or otherwise modify, amend or change the terms of any Note or other agreement, document or instrument now or hereafter executed by any Borrower and delivered to Agent for any Lender; (iii) accept partial payments of the Obligations; (iv) take and hold any Collateral for the payment of the Obligations or for the payment of any guaranties of the Obligations and exchange, enforce upon (upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default), waive and release any such Collateral; (v) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, apply any such Collateral and direct the order or manner of sale thereof as Agent, in its sole discretion, may determine; and (vi) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, settle, release, compromise, collect or otherwise liquidate the Obligations and any Collateral therefor in any manner, all guarantor and surety defenses being hereby waived by each Borrower. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement or any of the other Financing Documents, Agent shall have the exclusive right to determine the time and manner of application of any payments or credits, whether received from any Borrower or any other source, and such determination shall be binding on all Borrowers. All such payments and credits may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to any of the Obligations that Agent shall determine, in its Permitted Discretion, without affecting the validity or enforceability of the Obligations of any other Borrower.
(iv) Each Borrower hereby agrees that, except as hereinafter provided, the Obligations are unconditional, irrespective of (i) the absence of any attempt to collect the Obligations from any obligor or other action to enforce the same; (ii) the waiver or consent by Agent with respect to any provision of any instrument evidencing the Obligations, or any part thereof, or any other agreement heretofore, now or hereafter executed by a Borrower and delivered to Agent; (iii) failure by Agent to take any steps to perfect and maintain its security interest in, or to preserve its rights to, any security or collateral for the Obligations; (iv) the institution of any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, or any similar proceeding, by or against a Borrower or Agent’s election in any such proceeding of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; (v) any borrowing or grant of a security interest by a Borrower as debtor-in-possession, under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code; (vi) the disallowance, under Section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code, of all or any portion of Agent’s claim(s) for repayment of any of the Obligations; or (vii) any other circumstance other than payment in full of the Obligations which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor or surety.
(v) Borrowers hereby agree, as between themselves, that to the extent that Agent, on behalf of Xxxxxxx, shall have received from any Borrower
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any Recovery Amount (as defined below), then the paying Borrower shall have a right of contribution against each other Borrower in an amount equal to such other Borrower’s contributive share of such Recovery Amount; provided, however, that in the event any Borrower suffers a Deficiency Amount (as defined below), then the Borrower suffering the Deficiency Amount shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against the other Borrowers in an amount equal to the Deficiency Amount; and provided, further, that in no event shall the aggregate amounts so reimbursed by reason of the contribution of any Borrower equal or exceed an amount that would, if paid, constitute or result in Fraudulent Conveyance. Until all Obligations have been paid and satisfied in full (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) and all Revolving Loan Commitments terminated, no payment made by or for the account of a Borrower including, without limitation, (i) a payment made by such Borrower on behalf of the liabilities of any other Borrower, or (ii) a payment made by any other Guarantor under any Guarantee, shall entitle such Borrower, by subrogation or otherwise, to any payment from such other Borrower or from or out of such other Borrower’s property. The right of each Borrower to receive any contribution under this Section 2.10(e) or by subrogation or otherwise from any other Borrower shall be subordinate in right of payment to the Obligations and such Borrower shall not exercise any right or remedy against such other Borrower or any property of such other Borrower by reason of any performance of such Borrower of its joint and several obligations hereunder, until the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid and satisfied in full and all Revolving Loan Commitments terminated, and no Borrower shall exercise any right or remedy with respect to this Section 2.10(e) until the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid and satisfied in full (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) and all Revolving Loan Commitments terminated. As used in this Section 2.10(e), the term “Recovery Amount” means the amount of proceeds received by or credited to Agent from the exercise of any remedy of the Lenders under this Agreement or the other Financing Documents, including, without limitation, the sale of any Collateral. As used in this Section 2.10(e), the term “Deficiency Amount” means any amount that is less than the entire amount a Borrower is entitled to receive by way of contribution or subrogation from, but that has not been paid by, the other Borrowers in respect of any Recovery Amount attributable to the Borrower entitled to contribution, until the Deficiency Amount has been reduced to Zero Dollars ($0) through contributions and reimbursements made under the terms of this Section 2.10(e) or otherwise.
(k) Collections and Lockbox Account.
(i) Borrowers shall maintain a lockbox (the “Lockbox”) with a United States depository institution reasonably acceptable to Agent (the “Lockbox Bank”), subject to the provisions of this Agreement, and shall execute with the Lockbox Bank a Deposit Account Control Agreement and such other agreements related to such Lockbox as Agent may require. Borrowers shall ensure that all collections of Accounts and proceeds of other Borrowing Base Collateral are paid directly from Account Debtors (i) into the Lockbox for deposit into the Lockbox Account and/or (ii) directly into the Lockbox Account; provided, however; unless Agent shall otherwise direct by written notice to Borrowers, Borrowers shall be permitted to cause Account Debtors who are individuals to pay
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Accounts directly to Borrowers, which Borrowers shall then administer and apply in the manner required below. During any Cash Dominion Period, all funds deposited into a Lockbox Account shall be transferred into the Payment Account by the close of each Business Day.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything in any lockbox agreement or Deposit Account Control Agreement to the contrary, Borrowers agree that they shall be liable for any fees and charges in effect from time to time and charged by the Lockbox Bank in connection with the Lockbox, the Lockbox Account, and that Agent shall have no liability therefor. Borrowers hereby indemnify and agree to hold Agent harmless from any and all liabilities, claims, losses and demands whatsoever, including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and expenses of outside counsel, arising from or relating to actions of Agent or the Lockbox Bank pursuant to this Section or any lockbox agreement or Deposit Account Control Agreement or similar agreement, except to the extent of such losses arising from Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(iii) During the Cash Dominion Period, Agent shall apply, on a daily basis, all funds transferred into the Payment Account pursuant to this Section 2.11 to reduce the outstanding Revolving Loans in such order of application as Agent shall elect. If as the result of collections of Accounts pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Section, a credit balance exists with respect to the Loan Account, such credit balance shall not accrue interest in favor of Borrowers, but Agent shall transfer such funds into an account designated by Borrower Representative for so long as no Default or Event of Default exists.
(iv) To the extent that any collections of Accounts or proceeds of other Borrowing Base Collateral are not sent directly to the Lockbox or Lockbox Account but are received by any Borrower, such collections shall be held in trust for the benefit of Agent pursuant to an express trust created hereby and immediately remitted, in the form received, to applicable Lockbox or Lockbox Account. No such funds received by any Borrower shall be commingled with other funds of the Borrowers.
(v) Borrowers acknowledge and agree that compliance with the terms of this Section is essential, and that Agent and Lenders will suffer immediate and irreparable injury and have no adequate remedy at law, if any Borrower, through acts or omissions, causes or permits Account Debtors to send payments other than to the Lockbox or Lockbox Accounts or if any Borrower fails to promptly deposit collections of Accounts or proceeds of other Borrowing Base Collateral in the Lockbox Account as herein required. Accordingly, in addition to all other rights and remedies of Agent and Lenders hereunder, Agent shall have the right to seek specific performance of the Borrowers’ obligations under this Section, and any other equitable relief as Agent may deem necessary or appropriate, and Borrowers waive any requirement for the posting of a bond in connection with such equitable relief.
(vi) During any Cash Dominion Period, Borrowers shall not, and Borrowers shall not suffer or permit any Credit Party to, (i) withdraw any amounts from any Lockbox Account, (ii) change the procedures or sweep
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instructions under the agreements governing any Lockbox Accounts, or (iii) send to or deposit in any Lockbox Account any funds other than payments made with respect to and proceeds of Accounts or other Borrowing Base Collateral. Borrowers shall, and shall cause each Credit Party to, cooperate with Agent in the identification and reconciliation on a daily basis of all amounts received in or required to be deposited into the Lockbox Accounts. If more than five percent (5%) of the collections of Accounts received by Borrowers during any given fifteen (15) day period is not identified or reconciled to the reasonable satisfaction of Agent within ten (10) Business Days of receipt, Agent shall not be obligated to make further advances under this Agreement until such amount is identified or is reconciled to the reasonable satisfaction of Agent, as the case may be. In addition, if any such amount cannot be identified or reconciled to the reasonable satisfaction of Agent, Agent may utilize its own staff or, if it deems necessary, engage an outside auditor, in either case at Borrowers’ expense (which in the case of Agent’s own staff shall be in accordance with Agent’s then prevailing customary charges (plus expenses)), to make such examination and report as may be necessary to identify and reconcile such amount.
(vii) If any Credit Party breaches its obligation to direct payments of the proceeds of the Borrowing Base Collateral to the Lockbox Account, Agent, as the irrevocably made, constituted and appointed true and lawful attorney for such Credit Party, may, by the signature or other act of any of Agent’s authorized representatives (without requiring any of them to do so), direct any Account Debtor to pay proceeds of the Borrowing Base Collateral to Borrowers by directing payment to the Lockbox Account.
(viii) Nothing in this Section 2.11 shall be deemed to limit any of Agent’s or Xxxxxxx’ remedies following an Event of Default under this Agreement or any other Financing Document or under applicable Law.
(l) Termination; Restriction on Termination.
(i) Termination by Xxxxxxx. In addition to the rights set forth in Section 10.2, Agent may, and at the direction of Required Lenders shall, terminate this Agreement without notice upon or after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.
(ii) Termination by Xxxxxxxxx. Upon at least ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice and pursuant to payoff documentation in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and Lenders, Borrowers may, at their option, terminate this Agreement; provided, however, that no such termination shall be effective until Borrowers have (i) paid all of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) in cash, in full and in immediately available funds, and (ii) complied with Section 2.12(c), the other terms of this Agreement and the terms of any Fee Letter. Any notice of termination given by Borrowers shall be irrevocable unless all Lenders otherwise agree in writing and no Lender shall have any obligation to make any Loans on or after the termination date stated in such notice. Borrowers may elect to terminate this Agreement in its entirety only. No section of this Agreement or type of Loan available hereunder may be terminated singly.
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(iii) Effectiveness of Termination. All of the Obligations shall be immediately due and payable upon the Termination Date. All undertakings, agreements, covenants, warranties and representations of Borrowers contained in the Financing Documents shall survive any such termination and Agent shall retain its Liens in the Collateral and Agent and each Lender shall retain all of its rights and remedies under the Financing Documents notwithstanding such termination until all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) have been discharged or paid, in full, in immediately available funds, including, without limitation, Obligations under Section 2.2 and the terms of any Fee Letter resulting from such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing or the payment in full of the Obligations, Agent shall not be required to terminate its Liens in the Collateral unless, with respect to any loss or damage Agent may incur as a result of dishonored checks or other items of payment received by Agent from Borrower or any Account Debtor and applied to the Obligations, Agent shall have retained cash Collateral or other Collateral for such period of time as Agent, in its discretion, may deem necessary to protect Agent and each Lender from any such loss or damage. Upon the payment in full, in cash in immediately available funds, of all Obligations (other than unasserted contingent indemnification obligations) and the termination of the Revolving Loan Commitments, as Borrower may reasonably request, Agent shall, at Borrower’s sole cost and expense, execute and deliver such documents evidencing the release and termination of the security interest in the Collateral granted under this Agreement and the other Financing Documents pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of any applicable payoff documentation.
17. - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce Agent and Xxxxxxx to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and other credit accommodations contemplated hereby, each Credit Party hereby represents and warrants to Agent and each Lender, that:
(a) Existence and Power. Each Credit Party (a) is an entity as specified on Schedule 3.1, (b) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization specified on Schedule 3.1, (c) has the same legal name as it appears in such Credit Party’s Organizational Documents and an organizational identification number (if any), in each case as specified on Schedule 3.1, (d) has all powers to own its assets and has powers and all Permits necessary or desirable in the operation of its business as presently conducted or as proposed to be conducted, except where the failure to have such powers or Permits would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (e) is qualified to do business as a foreign entity in each jurisdiction in which it is required to be so qualified, except in the case of this clause (e), where the failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1, no Credit Party (x) has had, over the five (5) year period preceding the Closing Date, any name other than its current name, or (y) was incorporated or organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than its current jurisdiction of incorporation or organization.
(b) Organization and Governmental Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of the Financing Documents to which it is a party are (a) within its powers, (b) have been duly authorized by all necessary action pursuant to its Organizational Documents, (c) require no further action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority other than (i) recordings, filings and other perfection actions in connections with the Liens granted to Agent
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under this Agreement or any Security Document and (ii) those obtained or made prior to the Closing Date and (d) do not violate, conflict with or cause a breach or a default under (i) any Law applicable to any Credit Party, (ii) any of the Organizational Documents of any Credit Party, or (iii) any agreement or instrument binding upon it, except for such violations, conflicts, breaches or defaults as would not, with respect to this clause (iii), reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Binding Effect. Each of the Financing Documents to which any Credit Party is a party constitutes a valid and binding agreement or instrument of such Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles. Each Financing Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party party thereto.
(d) Capitalization. The issued and outstanding equity securities of each of the Credit Parties as of the Closing Date are as set forth on Schedule 3.4. All issued and outstanding equity securities of each of the Credit Parties are duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens and those in favor of Agent for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, and such equity securities were issued in compliance with all applicable Laws. The identity of the holders of the equity securities of each of the Credit Parties and the percentage of their fully-diluted ownership of the equity securities of each of the Credit Parties as of the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule 3.4. No shares of the capital stock or other Equity Interests of any Credit Party, other than those described above, are issued and outstanding as of the Closing Date. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.4, as of the Closing Date there are no preemptive or other outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion rights or similar agreements or understandings for the purchase or acquisition from any Credit Party of any equity securities of any such entity.
(e) Financial Information. All information delivered to Agent and pertaining to the financial condition of any Credit Party fairly presents in all material respects the financial position of such Credit Party as of such date in conformity with GAAP (and as to unaudited financial statements, subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnote disclosures). Since December 31, 2021, nothing has occurred that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.6 as of the Closing Date, and except as hereafter disclosed to Agent in writing, there is no Litigation pending against, or to such Credit Party’s knowledge threatened in writing against, any Credit Party or, to such Credit Party’s knowledge, any party to any Financing Document other than a Credit Party. There is no Litigation pending against any Credit Party in which an adverse decision could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Ownership of Property. Each Credit Party and each of its Subsidiaries is the lawful sole owner of, has good and marketable title to and is in lawful possession of, or has valid leasehold interests in, all properties, accounts and other assets (real or personal, tangible, intangible or mixed) purported or reported to be owned or leased (as the case may be) by such Person, subject only to Permitted Liens.
(h) No Default. No Event of Default, or to such Credit Party’s knowledge, Default, has occurred and is continuing. No Credit Party is in breach or default under or with respect to any contract, agreement, lease or other instrument to which it is a party or by which its property is bound or affected, which breach or default could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(i) Labor Matters. As of the Closing Date, there are no strikes or other labor disputes pending or, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, threatened in writing against any Credit Party, which could
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reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Hours worked and payments made to the employees of the Credit Parties have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Law dealing with such matters. All payments due from the Credit Parties, or for which any claim may be made against any of them, on account of wages and employee and retiree health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability on their books, as the case may be. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Financing Documents will not give rise to a right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which it is a party or by which it is bound, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) Investment Company Act. No Credit Party is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” or a “subsidiary” of an “investment company,” all within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(k) Margin Regulations.
(i) The Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries do not own any stock, partnership interest or other equity securities, except for Permitted Investments. Without limiting the foregoing, the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries do not own or hold any Margin Stock.
(ii) None of the proceeds from the Loans have been or will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any “margin stock” (as defined in Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board), for the purpose of reducing or retiring any indebtedness which was originally incurred to purchase or carry any “margin stock” or for any other purpose which might cause any of the Loans to be considered a “purpose credit” within the meaning of Regulation T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.
(l) Compliance With Laws; Anti-Terrorism Laws.
(i) Each Credit Party is in compliance with the requirements of all applicable Laws, except for such Laws the noncompliance with which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) None of the Credit Parties and, to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, none of their Affiliates (i) is in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law, (ii) engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law, (iii) is a Blocked Person, or is controlled by a Blocked Person, (iv) is acting or will act for or on behalf of a Blocked Person, (v) is associated with, or will become associated with, a Blocked Person or (vi) is providing, or will provide, material, financial or technical support or other services to or in support of acts of terrorism of a Blocked Person. No Credit Party nor, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, any of its Affiliates or agents acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (A) conducts any business or engages in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services directly or indirectly to or for the benefit of any Blocked Person or Sanctioned Country, or (B) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction directly or indirectly relating to, any property
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or interest in property blocked pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224, any similar executive order or other Anti-Terrorism Law.
(m) Taxes. All federal, state and local income and all other material tax returns, reports and statements required to be filed by or on behalf of each Credit Party have been filed with the appropriate Governmental Authorities in all jurisdictions in which such returns, reports and statements are required to be filed and, except to the extent subject to a Permitted Contest, all federal income and other material Taxes (including real property Taxes) and other charges shown to be due and payable in respect thereof have been timely paid prior to the date on which any fine, penalty, interest, late charge or loss may be added thereto for nonpayment thereof. Except to the extent subject to a Permitted Contest, all material state and local sales and use Taxes required to be paid by each Credit Party have been paid. All material federal and state returns have been filed by each Credit Party for all periods for which returns were due with respect to employee income tax withholding, social security and unemployment taxes, and, except to the extent subject to a Permitted Contest, the amounts shown thereon to be due and payable have been paid in full or adequate provisions therefor have been made.
(n) Compliance with ERISA.
(i) Each ERISA Plan (and the related trusts and funding agreements) complies in form and in operation with, has been administered in compliance with, and the terms of each ERISA Plan satisfy, the applicable requirements of ERISA and the Code in all material respects. Each ERISA Plan which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified, and the United States Internal Revenue Service has issued a favorable determination letter with respect to each such ERISA Plan which may be relied on currently. No Credit Party has incurred liability for any material excise tax under any of Sections 4971 through 5000 of the Code.
(ii) Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Credit Party and each Subsidiary is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the provision of the Code relating to ERISA Plans and the regulations and published interpretations therein. During the thirty-six (36) month period prior to the Closing Date or the making of any Loan, (i) no steps have been taken to terminate any Pension Plan, and (ii) no contribution failure has occurred with respect to any Pension Plan sufficient to give rise to a Lien under Section 303(k) of ERISA or Section 430(k) of the Code and no event has occurred that would give rise to a Lien under Section 4068 of ERISA. No condition exists or event or transaction has occurred with respect to any Pension Plan which would result in the incurrence by any Credit Party of any material liability, fine or penalty. No Credit Party has incurred liability to the PBGC (other than for current premiums) with respect to any employee Pension Plan. All contributions (if any) have been made on a timely basis to any Multiemployer Plan that are required to be made by any Credit Party or any other member of the Controlled Group under the terms of the plan or of any collective bargaining agreement or by applicable Law; no Credit Party nor any member of the Controlled Group has withdrawn or partially withdrawn from any Multiemployer Plan, incurred any withdrawal liability with respect to any such plan or received notice of any claim or demand for withdrawal liability or partial withdrawal liability from any such plan, and no condition has occurred which, if continued, could result in a withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any such plan,
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and no Credit Party nor any member of the Controlled Group has received any notice that any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization, that increased contributions may be required to avoid a reduction in plan benefits or the imposition of any excise tax, that any such plan is or has been funded at a rate less than that required under Section 412 of the Code, that any such plan is or may be terminated, or that any such plan is or may become insolvent.
(o) Brokers. Except for fees payable to Agent and/or Lenders, no broker, finder or other intermediary has brought about the obtaining, making or closing of the transactions contemplated by the Financing Documents, and no Credit Party has or will have any obligation to any Person in respect of any finder’s or brokerage fees, commissions or other expenses in connection herewith or therewith.
(p) [Reserved].
(q) Material Contracts.
(i) Except for the agreements set forth on Schedule 3.17, as of the Closing Date there are no Material Contracts. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Financing Documents will not give rise to a right of termination in favor of any party to any Material Contract (other than any Credit Party).
(ii) (i) Each Material Contract is in full force and effect and (ii) no breaches or defaults of any material obligations by any Credit Party and, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, any counterparty thereto, under any Material Contract have occurred and are continuing. Except as consented to by the Agent or otherwise permitted hereunder, none of the Material Contracts has been terminated, amended, waived or otherwise modified in any respect.
(r) Compliance with Environmental Requirements; No Hazardous Materials. Except in each case as set forth on Schedule 3.18:
(i) no written or, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, other notice, notification, demand, request for information, citation, summons, complaint, claim, action or order has been issued, received or filed, no penalty has been assessed and no investigation or review is pending, or to such Credit Party’s knowledge, threatened by any Governmental Authority or other Person with respect to any (i) violation by any Credit Party of, or liability of any Credit Party under, any Environmental Law, (ii) failure by any Credit Party to have any Permits required in connection with the conduct of its business or to comply with the terms and conditions thereof, (iii) any generation, treatment, storage, recycling, transportation or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, or (iv) release of Hazardous Materials; and
(ii) no property now owned or leased by any Credit Party and, to the knowledge of each Credit Party, no such property previously owned or leased by any Credit Party, to which any Credit Party has, directly or indirectly, transported or arranged for the transportation of any Hazardous Materials, is listed or, to such Credit Party’s knowledge, proposed for listing, on the National Priorities List promulgated pursuant to CERCLA, or CERCLIS (as defined in
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CERCLA) or any similar state list or is the subject of federal, state or local enforcement actions or, to the knowledge of such Credit Party, other investigations which may lead to claims against any Credit Party for clean-up costs, remedial work, damage to natural resources or personal injury claims, including, without limitation, claims under CERCLA.
For purposes of this Section 3.18, each Credit Party shall be deemed to include any business or business entity (including a corporation) that is, in whole or in part, a predecessor of such Credit Party.
(s) Intellectual Property. Each Credit Party owns, is licensed to use or otherwise has the right to use, all Intellectual Property that is material to the condition (financial or other), business or operations of such Credit Party. All Intellectual Property existing as of the Closing Date which is issued, registered or pending with any United States or foreign Governmental Authority (including, without limitation, any and all applications for the registration of any Intellectual Property with any such United States or foreign Governmental Authority) and all licenses under which any Credit Party is the licensee of any such registered Intellectual Property (or any such application for the registration of Intellectual Property) owned by another Person are set forth on Schedule 3.19. Such Schedule 3.19 indicates in each case whether such registered Intellectual Property (or application therefor) is owned or licensed by such Credit Party, and in the case of any such licensed registered Intellectual Property (or application therefor), lists the name and address of the licensor and the name and date of the agreement pursuant to which such item of Intellectual Property is licensed and whether or not such license is an exclusive license and indicates whether there are any purported restrictions in such license on the ability to such Credit Party to grant a security interest in and/or to transfer any of its rights as a licensee under such license. Except as indicated on Schedule 3.19, the applicable Credit Party is the sole and exclusive owner of the entire and unencumbered right, title and interest in and to each such registered Intellectual Property (or application therefor) purported to be owned by such Credit Party, free and clear of any Liens and/or licenses in favor of third parties or agreements or covenants not to sue such third parties for infringement. All registered Intellectual Property of each Credit Party is duly and properly registered, filed or issued in the appropriate office and jurisdictions for such registrations, filings or issuances, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Credit Party is party to, nor bound by, any material license or other agreement with respect to which any Credit Party is the licensee that prohibits or otherwise restricts such Credit Party from granting a security interest in such Credit Party’s interest in such license or agreement or other property. To such Credit Party’s knowledge, each Credit Party conducts its business without infringement or claim of infringement of any Intellectual Property rights of others and there is no infringement or claim of infringement by others of any Intellectual Property rights of any Credit Party, which infringement or claim of infringement could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) Solvency. After giving effect to the Loan advance and the liabilities and obligations of each Credit Party under the Financing Documents, each Borrower and each additional Credit Party, on a consolidated basis, is Solvent.
(u) Full Disclosure. None of the written information (financial or otherwise) furnished by or on behalf of any Credit Party to Agent or any Lender in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Financing Documents, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made. All financial projections delivered to Agent and the Lenders by Credit Parties (or their agents) have been prepared on the basis of the assumptions stated therein. Such projections represent each Credit Party’s best estimate of such Credit Party’s future financial performance and such assumptions are believed by such Borrower to be fair and
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reasonable in light of current business conditions; provided, however, that Credit Parties can give no assurance that such projections will be attained. Agent and each Lender acknowledges and agrees that all financial performance projections delivered to Agent represent Xxxxxxxxx’ best good faith estimate of future financial performance and are based on assumptions believed by Credit Parties to be fair and reasonable in light of current market conditions, it being acknowledged and agreed by Agent and Lenders that projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that the actual results during the period or periods covered by such projections may differ from the projected results.
(v) Senior Indebtedness Status. The Obligations of each Credit Party under this Agreement and each of the other Financing Documents ranks and shall continue to rank at least senior in priority of payment to all Debt that is contractually subordinated to the Obligations of each such Person under this Agreement and is designated as “Senior Indebtedness” (or an equivalent term) under all instruments and documents, now or in the future, relating to all Debt that is contractually subordinated to the Obligations under this Agreement of each such Person.
(w) Subsidiaries. Credit Parties do not own any stock, partnership interests, limited liability company interests or other equity securities or Subsidiaries except for Permitted Investments.
(x) [Reserved].
(y) Borrowing Base Collateral; Governmental Contracts; Governmental Account Debtors.
(i) As to each Account that is identified by Borrowers as an Eligible Account or an Eligible Costs in Excess of Billings, as applicable, in a Borrowing Base Certificate submitted to Agent, such Account is (i) a bona fide existing payment obligation of the applicable Account Debtor created by the sale and delivery of Inventory or the rendition of services to such Account Debtor in the Ordinary Course of Business of the applicable Borrower, (ii) owed to the applicable Borrower without any known defenses, disputes, offsets, counterclaims, or rights of return or cancellation, and (iii) not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth in the definition of Eligible Account or Eligible Costs in Excess of Billings, as applicable.
(ii) As to each item of Equipment that is identified by the applicable Borrowers as Eligible Equipment or Eligible Unappraised Equipment in a Borrowing Base Certificate submitted to Agent, such Equipment is (a) in good repair and physical condition, (b) not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria (set forth in the definition of Eligible Equipment or Eligible Unappraised Equipment, as applicable), and (c) otherwise constitutes Eligible Equipment or Eligible Unappraised Equipment under such applicable definition.
(iii) As to each item of Rolling Stock that is identified by the applicable Borrowers as Eligible Rolling Stock or Eligible Unappraised Rolling Stock in a Borrowing Base Certificate submitted to Agent, such Rolling Stock is (a) in good repair and physical condition, (b) not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the criteria (set forth in the definition of Eligible Rolling Stock or Eligible Unappraised Rolling Stock, as applicable), and (c) otherwise constitutes
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Eligible Rolling Stock or Eligible Unappraised Rolling Stock under the applicable definition.
(iv) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.25, no event has occurred and, to the knowledge of Borrower, no condition exists that is reasonably likely to result in the debarment or suspension of any Credit Party from any contracting with a Governmental Authority, and no Credit Party has been subject to any such debarment or suspension prior to the date of this Agreement. There is no investigation by a Governmental Authority or inquiry pending or, to Borrowers’ knowledge, threatened in writing against any Credit Party involving fraud, deception or willful misconduct in connection with any Governmental Contract of any Credit Party or any activities of any Credit Party that (i) is reasonably likely to result in debarment or suspension of any Credit Party from any contracting with a Governmental Authority and (ii) has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) (i) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.25, no Credit Party has received written notification of a material breach on a Governmental Contract due to cost schedule, technical or quality problems that have resulted in one or more fault-based claims against such Credit Party (or a successor in interest) by any Governmental Authority in excess of $500,000; and (ii) except awarded Governmental Contracts being protested or otherwise challenged by a third party, all current Governmental Contracts have been legally awarded, are binding on the applicable Credit Party, and to Borrowers’ knowledge, are binding on the other parties thereto and are in full force and effect.
(vi) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.25, and except where such event could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Credit Party has complied with all statutory and regulatory requirements, including the Contract Disputes Act, the Procurement Integrity Act, the Federal Procurement and Administrative Services Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulations and related cost principles and the cost accounting standards, where and as relevant and applicable to each of the Governmental Contracts; (ii) to Borrowers’ knowledge, no termination for default, cure notice or show cause notice has been issued and remains unresolved with respect to any Governmental Contract; and to the best of Borrowers’ knowledge, no event, condition or omission has occurred or exists that would constitute grounds for such action; and (iii) other than retainage of a portion of the money due under any Governmental Contract in the ordinary course, no money due to any Credit Party pertaining to any Governmental Contract has been withheld or set-off as a result of any claim(s) made against any Credit Party.
(vii) No Credit Party is a party to any litigation that could reasonably be expected to give rise to (i) liability under the False Claims Act or (ii) a claim for price adjustment under the Truth in Negotiations Act that would have a material adverse effect on any Eligible Account.
(viii) No Governmental Contract to which any Credit Party has been a party has been terminated by a Governmental Authority for default in the past eighteen (18) months.
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Each Credit Party maintains systems of internal controls (including cost accounting systems, estimating systems, purchasing systems, proposal systems, billing systems and material management systems), where required, that are in compliance in all material respects with all requirements of all of the Governmental Contracts and of applicable government laws and regulations.
18. - AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each Credit Party agrees that:
(a) Financial Statements and Other Reports and Notices. Each Credit Party will deliver to Agent:
(i) as soon as available, but no later than thirty (30) days after the last day of each month, a company prepared consolidated balance sheet, cash flow and income statement (including year-to-date results) covering Credit Parties’ and their Consolidated Subsidiaries’ consolidated operations during the period, prepared under GAAP (subject to normal adjustments and the absence of footnote disclosures), consistently applied, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures as at the end of the corresponding month of the previous fiscal year and the projected figures for such period based upon the projections required hereunder, all in reasonable detail, certified by a Responsible Officer and in a form reasonably acceptable to Agent; provided that other than financials delivered with respect to the last month of a fiscal quarter, the financials delivered pursuant to this clause (a) do not need to be “closed books”;
(ii) (A) as soon as available, but no later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the last day of the Credit Parties’ fiscal year, audited consolidated financial statements of the Credit Parties and their consolidated Subsidiaries prepared under and in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, together with an unqualified opinion (including without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception paragraph and without any qualification or exception paragraph as to the scope of such audit) on the financial statements from Deloitte & Touche LLP or another independent certified public accounting firm acceptable to Agent in its reasonable discretion to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of Credit Parties and their consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied as of the dates indicated and (B) as soon as available, but not later than sixty (60) days after the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Credit Parties’ and their consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Responsible Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Credit Parties and their consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes as of the dates indicated;
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(iii) within five (5) days of delivery or filing thereof, copies of all statements, reports and notices made available to Credit Parties’ security holders or to any holders of Subordinated Debt;
(iv) a prompt, but in no event later than when the next Compliance Certificate is required to be delivered, written report of any legal actions pending or threatened in writing against any Credit Party or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or would otherwise reasonably be expected to result in liability to any Credit Party or Subsidiary thereof (if adversely determined) in excess of $5,000,000;
(v) prompt written notice of an event that materially and adversely affects the value of any Intellectual Property;
(vi) within thirty (30) days after the start of each fiscal year, projections for the forthcoming fiscal year, on a quarterly basis;
(vii) promptly (and in any event within ten (10) days of any reasonable written request therefor) such readily available other budgets, sales projections, operating plans and other financial information and information, reports or statements regarding the Credit Parties, their business and the Collateral as Agent may from time to time reasonably request;
(viii) together with each delivery of financial statements pursuant to clause (a) above, deliver to Agent a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer setting forth calculations showing (i) in respect of any calendar month ending a fiscal quarter, compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Article 6, as applicable, and (ii) monthly cash and Cash Equivalents of the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, as of the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the delivery of the applicable Compliance Certificate;
(ix) within ten (10) days after the last day of each month, deliver to Agent a duly completed Borrowing Base Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer; provided, that, upon any sale, transfer or other disposition of Borrowing Base Collateral (other than to a Borrower) having a value greater than $250,000 in any transaction or series of related transactions, the Borrower Representative shall concurrently deliver to Agent an updated Borrowing Base Certificate giving pro forma effect to such disposition demonstrating that the Revolving Loan Outstandings will not exceed the Revolving Loan Limit on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such disposition, subordination, designation or release;
(x) simultaneously with the delivery of each set of financial statements referred to in Section 4.1(a) delivered as of the end of a fiscal quarter, a quarterly report of (i) an “EAC Report” or substantially similar update regarding estimated completion of all contracts in process and (ii) backlog by contract, in each case in such form as the Agent may reasonably request;
(xi) promptly after the request by any Lender, all documentation and other information that such Lender reasonably requests in order
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to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the USA PATRIOT Act;
(xii) promptly, but in any event within five (5) Business Days, after any Responsible Officer of any Credit Party obtains actual knowledge of the occurrence of (i) a Default or Event of Default or (ii) any event or change that has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or liability or loss to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof in excess of $5,000,000, a certificate of a Responsible Officer specifying the nature and period of existence of any such event or change, or specifying the notice given or action taken by such holder or Person and the nature of such event or change, and what action the applicable Credit Party or Subsidiary has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;
(xiii) promptly, but in any event within five (5) Business Days, after any Responsible Officer of any Credit Party obtains actual knowledge of the occurrence of (i) a Default or Event of Default or (ii) any event or change that has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or liability or loss to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof in excess of $5,000,000, a certificate of a Responsible Officer specifying the nature and period of existence of any such event or change, or specifying the notice given or action taken by such holder or Person and the nature of such event or change, and what action the applicable Credit Party or Subsidiary has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;
(xiv) promptly following any Credit Party’s receipt or delivery thereof, copies of all material written notices and report of adverse changes delivered pursuant to and in accordance with any Material Project Document;
(xv) prompt written notice of any event of force majeure (as defined therein) under any Material Project Document;
(xvi) no later than the fifteenth (15) day of each calendar month, (i) a progress report detailing progress made with respect to (a) the Milestone Schedule, (b) any settlement negotiations, including with respect to the Chick Lock Project, and (c) refinancing efforts and (ii), to the extent reasonably requested by the Agent or any Lender (or any of their advisors), arrange for, and cause management of the Credit Parties to attend, a teleconference with the Lenders (and their advisors) to discuss such progress;
(xvii) on the last Business Day of every other week commencing on the date that is two weeks following the Closing Date:
A. a certificate of the Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative (1) attaching the updated Cash Flow Projection for the immediately succeeding 13-week period and an accounts payable aging report, (2) certifying to such Cash Flow Projection’s preparation based on each Credit Party’s best estimate of such Credit Party’s future financial performance and that such assumptions are believed by the Borrower Representative to be fair and reasonable in light of
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current business conditions, and (3) attaching all additional documentation as may be reasonably requested by the Agent and the Lenders;
B. a certificate of the Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative certifying as to compliance with Section 2.1(b)(ii)(K) and attaching the calculation for Excess Cash as of such date; and
C. a variance report, in the form and substance satisfactory to Agent and Lenders, detailing the Total Receipts, Total Operating Distributions and Operating Net Cash Flow actually received or made, as applicable, for the rolling four week period ending on the last Business Day of the week immediately preceding the date of such variance report (the “Testing Period”) and the variance from the projected Total Receipts, Total Operating Distributions and Operating Net Cash Flow for such Testing Period.
(xviii) All documents, information and reports required to be delivered to the Agent under Section 4.1 of the AECOM Loan Agreement.
(b) Payment and Performance of Obligations.
(i) Each Credit Party (a) will pay and discharge, and cause each Subsidiary to pay and discharge, on a timely basis as and when due, all of their respective obligations and liabilities, except for such obligations and/or liabilities (i) that may be the subject of a Permitted Contest, and (ii) the nonpayment or nondischarge of which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or result in a Lien against any Collateral, except for Permitted Liens, (b) without limiting anything contained in the foregoing clause (a), pay all material amounts due and owing in respect of (i) all federal Taxes (including without limitation, payroll and withholdings tax liabilities) and (ii) all material foreign and state Taxes and other local Taxes (including without limitation, payroll and withholdings tax liabilities), in each case, on a timely basis as and when due, and in any case prior to the date on which any fine, penalty, interest, late charge or loss may be added thereto for nonpayment thereof, except to the extent subject to a Permitted Contest, (c) will maintain, and cause each Subsidiary to maintain, in accordance with GAAP, appropriate reserves for the accrual of all of their respective obligations and liabilities, and (d) will not breach or permit any Subsidiary to breach, or permit to exist any default under, the terms of any lease, commitment, contract, instrument or obligation to which it is a party, or by which its properties or assets are bound, except for such breaches or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) Each Credit Party will cause the Projects to be developed and constructed in all material respects in accordance with the Material Project Documents, the Milestone Schedule (as defined in the AECOM Loan Agreement) and the most-recently delivered Cash Flow Projection. The applicable Borrower shall enforce each material Contractual Obligation against each Major Project Party (as defined in the AECOM Loan Agreement) under each Material Project Document to which it is a party in accordance with the terms thereof in a commercially reasonable manner.
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