Examples of Flex Provisions in a sentence
The Administrative Agent and the Borrower may enter into an amendment to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents within 90 days after the incurrence of an Incremental Facility (including a Copper Acquisition Facility) to effect such changes to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents that would have been permitted to be included in the Incremental Facility Amendment (including the Copper Acquisition Flex Provisions) for such Incremental Facility (each an “Incremental Facility Flex Amendment”).
Section 9.02(e) of the Existing Credit Agreement permits the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement to be amended with the written consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to implement the Flex Provisions.
The Flex Provisions continue in effect until completion of what the Fee Letter defines as a “Successful Syndication” – i.e., when the Commitment Parties hold none of the Term Loan Facility and no more than $187.5 million of the ABL Facility.
Citi further explained that it incorporated sufficient Flex Provisions in the financing package to ensure that it would be comfortable funding and holding the loans.
Upon the Plan’s confirmation, Solutia had taken all steps necessary to permit the Commitment Parties (equipped with the Flex Provisions, among other things) to commence syndication of the Senior Secured Facilities.
Toward the end of 2007, the Commitment Parties advised Solutia that, based in part upon feedback received from a potential investor interested in participating at Flex Provision prices, Solutia would have “only upside” in waiting until January 2008 to consummate the Exit Financing and that it was in Solutia’s interest not to implement (and thereby test the effect of) the Flex Provisions to close the financing in December.
The Commitment Parties had ample room, given the Flex Provisions, to syndicate at prices that could interest the market, but they remained inflexible throughout the road show with respect to pricing.
At the time of this advice, not only were the Commitment Parties choosing to withhold implementation of the Flex Provisions, they were not actively pursuing syndication with various interested investors.
The execution and delivery by the parties thereto of the definitive credit documentation in connection with the Term Facility consistent in all material respects with the terms set forth in the Term Facility Commitment Letter (as in effect on the date hereof, as such terms may be modified pursuant to the Term Flex Provisions) shall have occurred, and the Term Facility shall be effective.