UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 28, 2021
FS KKR CAPITAL CORP.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland | 814-00757 | 26-1630040 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
201 Rouse Boulevard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
19112 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (215) 495-1150
None
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
☐ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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☐ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class |
Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Common stock | FSK | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement |
First Amendment to the Ambler Funding Facility
On December 28, 2021, Ambler Funding LLC (Ambler Funding), a wholly-owned subsidiary of FS KKR Capital Corp. (the Company), entered into the First Amendment (the First Amendment to the Ambler Funding Facility) to the Loan and Security Agreement, dated November 22, 2019, by and among Ambler Funding, as borrower, Ally Bank, as administrative agent and arranger, each of the lenders from time to time party thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as collateral administrator and collateral custodian.
The First Amendment to the Ambler Funding Facility, among other things, (i) extended the maturity date from November 22, 2024 to November 22, 2025, (ii) extended the end of the revolving period from November 22, 2022 to November 22, 2023, (iii) decreased the interest rate to (x) with respect to any advance bearing interest at Term SOFR or Daily Simple SOFR, as elected by Ambler Funding, 2.15% per annum plus Term SOFR or Daily Simple SOFR, as applicable, and (y) with respect to any advance bearing interest at the Base Rate (as defined therein), 1.15% per annum plus the Base Rate, (iv) added a minimum usage fee in an amount equal to Daily Simple SOFR plus 2.15% on any undrawn portion of the facility below $130,000,000 and (v) amended the non-usage fee to be an amount equal to (x) 0.25% of the daily undrawn portion of the facility if the drawn portion of the facility is greater than or equal to 75% of the total facility and (y) 0.50% of the daily undrawn portion of the facility if the drawn portion of the facility is less than 75% of the total facility.
The foregoing description of the First Amendment to the Ambler Funding Facility does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the First Amendment to the Ambler Funding Facility attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.
Tenth Amendment to the Darby Creek Facility
On December 28, 2021, Darby Creek LLC (Darby Creek), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into the Tenth Amendment (the Tenth Amendment to the Darby Creek Facility) to the Loan Financing and Servicing Agreement, dated February 20, 2014, by and among Darby Creek, as borrower, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as facility agent, each of the lenders from time to time party thereto, the other agents parties thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as collateral agent and collateral custodian.
The Tenth Amendment to the Darby Creek Facility, among other things, (i) extended the maturity date from February 26, 2024 to February 26, 2025, (ii) extended the end of the revolving period from February 26, 2022 to February 26, 2023, (iii) decreased the interest rate to, during the revolving period, 1.85% per annum, and after the revolving period, 1.95% per annum, in each case, plus LIBOR (or the relevant reference rate for any foreign currency borrowings) and (iv) amended the prepayment fee so that, in certain circumstances, in the event the facility size is reduced prior to the end of the revolving period, Darby Creek will be required to pay a fee equal to 1.00% on the amount of such reduction.
The foregoing description of the Tenth Amendment to the Darby Creek Facility does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Tenth Amendment to the Darby Creek Facility attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2.
Amendment No. 14 to the Dunlap Funding Facility
On December 28, 2021, Dunlap Funding LLC (Dunlap Funding), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into Amendment No. 14 (Amendment No. 14 to the Dunlap Funding Facility) to the Loan Financing and Servicing Agreement, dated December 2, 2014, by and among Dunlap Funding, as borrower, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as facility agent, each of the lenders from time to time party thereto, the other agents parties thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as collateral agent and collateral custodian.
Amendment No. 14 to the Dunlap Funding Facility, among other things, (i) extended the maturity date from February 26, 2024 to February 26, 2025, (ii) extended the end of the revolving period from February 26, 2022 to February 26, 2023, (iii) decreased the interest rate to, during the revolving period, 1.85% per annum, and after the revolving period, 1.95% per annum, in each case, plus LIBOR (or the relevant reference rate for any foreign currency borrowings) and (iv) amended the prepayment fee so that, in certain circumstances, in the event the facility size is reduced prior to the end of the revolving period, Dunlap Funding will be required to pay a fee equal to 1.00% on the amount of such reduction.
The foregoing description of Amendment No. 14 to the Dunlap Funding Facility does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of Amendment No. 14 to the Dunlap Funding Facility attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3.
Third Amendment to the Meadowbrook Run Facility
On December 28, 2021, the Company and Meadowbrook Run LLC (Meadowbrook Run), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into the Third Amendment (the Third Amendment to the Meadowbrook Run Facility) to the Loan and Servicing Agreement, dated November 22, 2019, by and among Meadowbrook Run, as borrower, the Company (as successor by merger to FS Investment Corporation II), as servicer and equityholder, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent, each of the lenders from time to time party thereto, the other agents parties thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as collateral agent and collateral custodian.
The Third Amendment to the Meadowbrook Run Facility, among other things, decreased the interest rate to, during the revolving period, 2.05% per annum, and after the revolving period, 2.55% per annum, in each case, plus Term SOFR (or the relevant reference rate for any foreign currency borrowings).
The foregoing description of the Third Amendment to the Meadowbrook Run Facility does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Third Amendment to the Meadowbrook Run Facility attached hereto as Exhibit 10.4.
Item 2.03. | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant |
The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this current report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated in this Item 2.03 by reference.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: January 4, 2022 | FS KKR CAPITAL CORP. | |||||
By: | /s/ Stephen Sypherd | |||||
Name: Stephen Sypherd Title: General Counsel |
Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this Amendment), dated as of December 28, 2021, is entered into by and among:
(1) AMBLER FUNDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the borrower (the Borrower);
(2) EACH OF THE LENDERS PARTY TO THE AGREEMENT (as defined below; collectively, the Lenders);
(3) ALLY BANK, as the administrative agent (Ally Bank and in such capacity, the Administrative Agent);
(4) WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as the collateral custodian (the Collateral Custodian) and the collateral administrator (the Collateral Administrator).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, Ally Bank, as the Arranger, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as the Collateral Custodian and the Collateral Administrator, entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2019 (as the same may be amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time, the Agreement);
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent desire to amend the Agreement as set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby authorize and direct the Collateral Custodian and the Collateral Administrator to execute this Amendment.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Capitalized terms used in this Amendment are defined in the Agreement unless otherwise stated.
ARTICLE II
Amendments to Agreement
2.01 Effective as of the date hereof, the Agreement is hereby amended (a) to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the
same manner as the following examples: stricken text and stricken text) and (b) to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following
examples: double-underlined text and double-underlined text), in each case, as set forth in the marked copy
of the Agreement (and to the extent provided in Exhibit A hereto, the exhibits, schedules and appendices to the Agreement) attached hereto as Exhibit A hereto and made a part hereof for all purposes.
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ARTICLE III
Conditions Precedent
3.01 The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent in a manner satisfactory to Administrative Agent, unless specifically waived in writing by Administrative Agent:
(a) Administrative Agent shall have received this Amendment duly executed by Borrower, each Lender party hereto, the Collateral Custodian and the Collateral Administrator.
(b) Administrative Agent shall have received (i) that certain Amended and Restated Fee Letter, dated as of the date hereof, between the Administrative Agent and Borrower, (ii) that certain First Amendment to Collateral Management Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between Administrative Agent and Collateral Manager and (iii) all fees on behalf of itself and the Lenders due and payable as of the date hereof.
(c) The representations and warranties of the Borrower contained herein and in the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, as amended hereby, shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for such representations and warranties as are qualified by materiality, a Material Adverse Effect or any similar qualifier, which representations and warranties shall be true in all respects) on and as of the date hereof, as if made on the date hereof (other than any representation and warranty that is made as of a another specific date which were true, correct, and complete in all material respects as of such date).
(d) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(e) All organizational proceedings taken in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and all documents, instruments and other legal matters incident thereto shall be satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
(f) Administrative Agent shall have received legal opinion or opinions of Dechert LLP, counsel to the Borrower and Collateral Manager, covering (i) authority, (ii) enforceability of this Amendment and each of the other Transaction Documents executed herewith and (iii) perfection; in each case, in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received a secretarys certificate of Borrower and Collateral Manager (i) that includes a copy of the resolutions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of the board of directors, manager(s) or member(s) of Borrower and Collateral Manager, authorizing (A) the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and (B) the borrowings contemplated thereunder, and a certification that such resolutions have not been amended, modified, revoked or rescinded, (ii) that includes a copy of the Governing Documents of Borrower and Collateral Manager and a certification that, except as disclosed therein, there has not been any amendment, modification or supplement to such Governing Documents, (iii) that includes a certification as to the incumbency and signature of the officers of Borrower and Collateral Manager executing any Transaction Document and (iv) that includes certificates dated as of a recent date
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from the Secretary of State or other appropriate authority, evidencing the good standing of Borrower and Collateral Manager (A) in the jurisdiction of its organization and (B) in each other jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of Property or the conduct of its business requires it to qualify as a foreign Person except, as to this clause (B), where the failure to so qualify could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, which certificate shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall be executed by a corporate secretary or Responsible Officer of Borrower and Collateral Manager.
(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a recent search by a Person satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of the UCC, judgment and tax lien filings which may have been filed with respect to personal property of each FS/KKR Party, and bankruptcy and pending lawsuits with respect to each FS/KKR Party and the results of such search shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
ARTICLE IV
No Consent or Waiver
4.01 Nothing contained herein shall be construed as a consent or waiver by Administrative Agent of any covenant or provision of the Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, this Amendment or any other contract or instrument among Borrower, any of the other parties to the Transaction Documents and Administrative Agent or any Lender, and the failure of Administrative Agent or any Lender at any time or times hereafter to require strict performance by Borrower or any other party to the Transaction Documents of any provision thereof shall not waive, affect or diminish any right of Administrative Agent or any Lender to thereafter demand strict compliance therewith.
ARTICLE V
Ratifications, Representations and Warranties
5.01 Ratifications. The terms and provisions set forth in this Amendment shall modify and supersede all inconsistent terms and provisions set forth in the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and, except as expressly modified and superseded by this Amendment, the terms and provisions of the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are ratified and confirmed and shall continue in full force and effect. Borrower and Administrative Agent agree that the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, as amended hereby, shall continue to be legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms. Borrower agrees that this Amendment is not intended to and shall not cause a novation with respect to any or all of the Obligations.
5.02 Representations and Warranties. Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Administrative Agent that (a) the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and any and all other Transaction Documents executed and/or delivered in connection herewith have been authorized by all requisite action (as applicable) on the part of Borrower and will not violate the Governing Documents of Borrower or conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, any Contractual Obligation of the Borrower or violate any Applicable Law; (b) Borrower has executed and delivered this Amendment and any and all other Transaction Documents and this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents are a valid and binding obligation of Borrower, except as such enforceability may be limited by Insolvency Laws and by general principles of equity; (c) the representations and warranties of Borrower contained in the Agreement, as amended hereby, and any other Transaction Document are true and correct in all material respects (except for such representations and warranties as are qualified by materiality, a Material Adverse Effect or any similar qualifier, which representations and warranties shall be true in all respects) on and as of the date
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hereof, as if made on the date hereof (other than any representation and warranty that is made as of a another specific date which were true, correct, and complete in all material respects as of such date); (d) no Default or Event of Default under the Agreement, as amended hereby, has occurred and is continuing; (e) Borrower is in full compliance in all material respects with all covenants and agreements contained in the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, as amended hereby; and (f) Borrower has not amended its Governing Documents since the date of the Agreement.
ARTICLE VI
Miscellaneous Provisions
6.01 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made in the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, including, without limitation, any document furnished in connection with this Amendment, shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents, and no investigation by Administrative Agent or any Lender or any closing shall affect the representations and warranties or the right of Administrative Agent and each Lender to rely upon them.
6.02 Reference to Agreement. Each of the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and any and all other Transaction Documents, documents or instruments now or hereafter executed and delivered pursuant to the terms hereof or pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, as amended hereby, are hereby amended so that any reference in the Agreement and such other Transaction Documents to the Agreement shall mean a reference to the Agreement, as amended hereby.
6.03 Expenses of Administrative Agent. As provided in Section 12.9 of the Agreement, Borrower agrees to pay on demand all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation, and execution of this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents executed pursuant hereto and any and all amendments, modifications, and supplements thereto, including without limitation, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of legal counsel.
6.04 Severability. Any provision of this Amendment held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable shall not impair or invalidate the remainder of this Amendment and the effect thereof shall be confined to the provision so held to be invalid or unenforceable.
6.05 Successors and Assigns. This Amendment is binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties to the Agreement and their respective permitted successors and assigns.
6.06 Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Amendment may be executed by facsimile or electronic (.pdf) transmission, which facsimile or electronic (.pdf) signatures shall be considered original executed counterparts for purposes of this Section 6.06, and each party to this Amendment agrees that it will be bound by its own facsimile or electronic (.pdf) signature and that it accepts the facsimile or electronic (.pdf) signature of each other party to this Amendment.
6.07 Effect of Waiver. No consent or waiver, express or implied, by Administrative Agent to or for any breach of or deviation from any covenant or condition by Borrower shall be deemed a consent to or waiver of any other breach of the same or any other covenant, condition or duty.
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6.08 Headings. The headings, captions, and arrangements used in this Amendment are for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Amendment.
6.09 Applicable Law. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AMENDMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER.
6.10 Final Agreement; Modifications. THE AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, EACH AS AMENDED HEREBY, REPRESENT THE ENTIRE EXPRESSION OF THE PARTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF ON THE DATE THIS AMENDMENT IS EXECUTED. THE AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, AS AMENDED HEREBY, MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES. NO MODIFICATION, RESCISSION, WAIVER, RELEASE OR AMENDMENT OF ANY PROVISION OF THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE MADE, EXCEPT BY A WRITTEN AGREEMENT SIGNED BY BORROWER, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE PARTIES PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed and is effective as of the date first above-written.
AMBLER FUNDING LLC, as the Borrower | ||
By: | /s/ William Goebel | |
Name: William Goebel | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
[Signatures continued on the following page.]
[Signature Page]
First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement
ALLY BANK, as Administrative Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Keith W. Harris | |
Name: Keith W. Harris | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
ALLY BANK, as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Keith W. Harris | |
Name: Keith W. Harris | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
[Signatures continued on the following page.]
[Signature Page]
First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Collateral Custodian | ||
By: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as attorney-in-fact | ||
By: | /s/ Scott Little | |
Name: Scott Little | ||
Title: Vice President | ||
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Collateral Administrator | ||
By: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as attorney-in-fact | ||
By: | /s/ Scott Little | |
Name: Scott Little | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page]
First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement
Exhibit A
Marked Copy of Agreement
[See attached.]
[Exhibit A]
First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement
Exhibit A to First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement
U.S. $200,000,000
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
by and among
AMBLER FUNDING LLC,
as the Borrower
EACH OF THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
as the Lenders
ALLY BANK,
as the Administrative Agent and Arranger
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as the Collateral Administrator and the Collateral Custodian
Dated as of November 22, 2019
TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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ARTICLE I |
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DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.1 |
Certain Defined Terms | 2 | ||||
Section 1.2 |
Other Terms | |||||
Section 1.3 |
Computation of Time Periods | |||||
Section 1.4 |
Interpretation | |||||
Section 1.5 |
Calculation of Borrowing Base | |||||
Section 1.6 |
Rates | 63 | ||||
ARTICLE II |
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THE NOTES |
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Section 2.1 |
The Notes | |||||
Section 2.2 |
Procedures for Advances by the Lenders | |||||
Section 2.3 |
Principal Repayments | |||||
Section 2.4 |
Determination of Interest | |||||
Section 2.5 |
Notations on Notes | |||||
Section 2.6 |
Reduction of Borrowing Base Deficiency | |||||
Section 2.7 |
Settlement Procedures | |||||
Section 2.8 |
Alternate Settlement Procedures | |||||
Section 2.9 |
Collections and Allocations | |||||
Section 2.10 |
Payments, Computations, Etc. | |||||
Section 2.11 |
Fees | |||||
Section 2.12 |
Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy; Illegality | |||||
Section 2.13 |
Taxes | |||||
Section 2.14 |
Reinvestment; Discretionary Sales, Substitutions and Repurchases of Loans | |||||
Section 2.15 |
Assignment of the Sale Agreement | |||||
Section 2.16 |
Defaulting Lenders | |||||
Section 2.17 |
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders | |||||
Section 2.18 |
Increase of Commitment; Facility Amount | |||||
Section 2.19 |
Termination or Reduction of Commitments | |||||
ARTICLE III |
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CONDITIONS TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE AND ADVANCES |
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Section 3.1 |
Conditions to Effective Date | |||||
Section 3.2 |
Conditions Precedent to All Advances and Acquisitions of Loans | |||||
Section 3.3 |
Custodianship; Transfer of Loans and Permitted Investments |
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ARTICLE IV |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Section 4.1 |
Representations and Warranties of the Borrower | |||||
Section 4.2 |
Representations and Warranties of the Borrower Relating to the Agreement and the Collateral | |||||
Section 4.3 |
[Reserved] | |||||
Section 4.4 |
Representations and Warranties of the Collateral Custodian | |||||
Section 4.5 |
[Reserved] | |||||
ARTICLE V |
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GENERAL COVENANTS |
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Section 5.1 |
Affirmative Covenants of the Borrower | |||||
Section 5.2 |
Negative Covenants of the Borrower | |||||
Section 5.3 |
[Reserved] | |||||
Section 5.4 |
[Reserved] | |||||
Section 5.5 |
Affirmative Covenants of the Collateral Custodian | |||||
Section 5.6 |
Negative Covenants of the Collateral Custodian | |||||
Section 5.7 |
Affirmative Covenants of the Collateral Administrator | |||||
Section 5.8 |
Negative Covenants of the Collateral Administrator | |||||
ARTICLE VI |
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COLLATERAL ADMINISTRATION |
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Section 6.1 |
Accounts | |||||
Section 6.2 |
[Reserved] | |||||
Section 6.3 |
[Reserved] | |||||
Section 6.4 |
[Reserved] | |||||
Section 6.5 |
[Reserved] | |||||
Section 6.6 |
[Reserved] | |||||
Section 6.7 |
[Reserved] | |||||
Section 6.8 |
Reports | |||||
Section 6.9 |
[Reserved] | |||||
Section 6.10 |
[Reserved] | |||||
Section 6.11 |
[Reserved] | |||||
Section 6.12 |
[Reserved] |
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ARTICLE VII
THE COLLATERAL CUSTODIAN AND COLLATERAL ADMINISTRATOR
Section 7.1 | Designation of Collateral Custodian | |||||
Section 7.2 | Duties of Collateral Custodian | |||||
Section 7.3 | Merger or Consolidation | |||||
Section 7.4 | Collateral Custodian Compensation | |||||
Section 7.5 | Collateral Custodian Removal | |||||
Section 7.6 | Limitation on Liability | |||||
Section 7.7 | Resignation of the Collateral Custodian | |||||
Section 7.8 | Release of Documents | |||||
Section 7.9 | Return of Required Loan Documents | |||||
Section 7.10 | Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Collateral; Audits | |||||
Section 7.11 | Designation of Collateral Administrator | |||||
Section 7.12 | Appointment of Collateral Administrator | |||||
Section 7.13 | Merger or Consolidation | |||||
Section 7.14 | Reserved | |||||
Section 7.15 | Collateral Administrator Removal | |||||
Section 7.16 | Limitation on Liability | |||||
Section 7.17 | Resignation of the Collateral Administrator | |||||
ARTICLE VIII |
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SECURITY INTEREST |
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Section 8.1 | Grant of Security Interest | |||||
Section 8.2 | Release of Lien on Collateral | |||||
Section 8.3 | Remedies | |||||
Section 8.4 | Waiver of Certain Laws | |||||
Section 8.5 | Power of Attorney | |||||
ARTICLE IX |
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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Section 9.1 | Events of Default | |||||
Section 9.2 | Remedies |
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ARTICLE X | ||||||
INDEMNIFICATION | ||||||
Section 10.1 |
Indemnities by the Borrower | |||||
Section 10.2 |
[Reserved] | |||||
Section 10.3 |
After-Tax Basis | |||||
ARTICLE XI | ||||||
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT | ||||||
Section 11.1 |
Appointment | |||||
Section 11.2 |
Standard of Care; Exculpatory Provisions | |||||
Section 11.3 |
Administrative Agents Reliance, Etc. | |||||
Section 11.4 |
Credit Decision with Respect to the Administrative Agent | |||||
Section 11.5 |
Indemnification of the Administrative Agent | |||||
Section 11.6 |
Successor Administrative Agent | |||||
Section 11.7 |
Delegation of Duties | |||||
Section 11.8 |
Payments by the Administrative Agent | |||||
Section 11.9 |
Collateral Matters | |||||
Section 11.10 |
Erroneous Payments | 149 | ||||
ARTICLE XII | ||||||
MISCELLANEOUS | ||||||
Section 12.1 |
Amendments and Waivers | |||||
Section 12.2 |
Notices, Etc. | |||||
Section 12.3 |
Ratable Payments | |||||
Section 12.4 |
No Waiver; Remedies | |||||
Section 12.5 |
Binding Effect; Benefit of Agreement | |||||
Section 12.6 |
Term of this Agreement | |||||
Section 12.7 |
Governing Law; Jury Waiver | |||||
Section 12.8 |
Consent to Jurisdiction; Waivers | |||||
Section 12.9 |
Costs and Expenses | |||||
Section 12.10 |
No Proceedings | |||||
Section 12.11 |
Recourse Against Certain Parties | |||||
Section 12.12 |
Protection of Right, Title and Interest in the Collateral; Further Action Evidencing Advances | |||||
Section 12.13 |
Confidentiality | |||||
Section 12.14 |
Execution in Counterparts; Severability; Integration | |||||
Section 12.15 |
Waiver of Setoff | |||||
Section 12.16 |
Assignments by the Lenders |
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Section 12.17 |
Heading and Exhibits | |||||
Section 12.18 |
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Section 12.19 |
Divisions | |||||
Section 12.20 |
Judgment Currency | |||||
ARTICLE XIII
TAX CONSIDERATIONS
Section 13.1 |
Acknowledgement of Parties |
ARTICLE XIV
[RESERVED]
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EXHIBITS | ||
EXHIBIT A-1 | Form of Funding Notice | |
EXHIBIT A-2 | Form of Repayment Notice | |
EXHIBIT A-3 | Form of Reinvestment Notice | |
EXHIBIT A-4 | Form of Borrowing Base Certificate | |
EXHIBIT A-5 | ||
EXHIBIT A-6 | Form of Payment Date Report | |
EXHIBIT A-7 | Form of Static Pool Analysis | |
EXHIBIT B | Form of Promissory Note | |
EXHIBIT C | Form of Officers Certificate as to Solvency | |
EXHIBIT D | Form of Officers Closing Certificate | |
EXHIBIT E | Form of Release of Underlying Instruments | |
EXHIBIT F | [Reserved] | |
EXHIBIT G | Form of Transferee Letter | |
EXHIBIT H | Form of Joinder Supplement | |
EXHIBIT I | Form of Section 2.13 Certificate | |
EXHIBIT J | Form of Collateral Custodian Certification | |
EXHIBIT K | Form of Compliance Certificate | |
EXHIBIT L | Form of Assignment and Assumption | |
SCHEDULES | ||
SCHEDULE I | FS/KKR Party Names | |
SCHEDULE II | Loan List | |
SCHEDULE III | [Reserved] | |
SCHEDULE IV | Agreed-Upon Procedures | |
SCHEDULE V | S&P Industry Classifications | |
ANNEXES | ||
ANNEX A | Addresses for Notices | |
ANNEX B | Commitments |
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LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time, this Agreement) is made as of November 22, 2019, by and among:
(1) AMBLER FUNDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the borrower (the Borrower);
(2) EACH OF THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO (together with its respective successors and assigns in such capacity, each a Lender, collectively, the Lenders);
(3) ALLY BANK (together with its successors and assigns, Ally Bank), as the administrative agent hereunder (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and as Arranger; and
(4) WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity but as the collateral custodian (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Custodian) and the collateral administrator (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Administrator).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders extend credit hereunder by providing Commitments and making Advances under the Notes from time to time for the purchase of certain Eligible Loans from the Transferor pursuant to the Sale Agreement or directly from a third party pursuant to any Third Party Sale Agreement and for the general business purposes of the Borrower; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to extend such credit to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, based upon the foregoing Recitals, the mutual premises and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Certain Defined Terms.
Certain capitalized terms used throughout this Agreement are defined in this Section 1.1. As used in this Agreement and its schedules, exhibits and other attachments, unless the context requires a different meaning, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
1940 Act: The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Account: Any of the Collateral Account, the General Collection Account, the Principal Collection Account, the Interest Collection Account, the Unfunded Exposure Account and any sub-accounts thereof deemed appropriate or necessary by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Custodian for convenience in administering such accounts.
Account Control Agreement: The Account Control Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Borrower, as the pledgor, the Administrative Agent and Well Fargo Bank, N.A., as the Collateral Custodian and as the Securities Intermediary, as the same may be amended, modified, waived, supplemented or restated from time to time.
Accrual Period: With respect to (a) the first Payment Date, the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the Determination Date preceding the first Payment Date, and (b) any subsequent Payment Date, the period from and including the Determination Date preceding the previous Payment Date to but excluding the Determination Date preceding the current Payment Date (or, in the case of the final Payment Date, to and including such Payment Date).
Adjusted Borrowing Value: For any Loan, for any date of determination, an amount equal to the Assigned Value of such Loan at such time multiplied by the Dollar Equivalent of the outstanding principal balance of such Loan (including compound or PIK Interest which has accrued and is unpaid at the time such Loan was acquired by the Borrower, but excluding any accrued or unpaid or PIK Interest accruing at any time thereafter).
Administrative Agent: Ally Bank, in its capacity as administrative agent for Lenders hereunder, together with its permitted successors and assigns, including any successor appointed pursuant to Section 11.6.
Administrative Expenses: All amounts (including indemnification payments) due or accrued and payable by the Borrower to any Person pursuant to any Transaction Document (other than principal, interest and fees), including, but not limited to, any third party service provider to the Borrower, any Lender, the Collateral Administrator, the Collateral Custodian or the Securities Intermediary, accountants, agents and counsel of any of the foregoing for fees and expenses or any other Person in respect of any other costs, expenses, or other payments (including indemnification payments).
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Administrative Questionnaire: An administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
Advance: Each funding by the Lenders hereunder (including each Loan Advance and each advance made for the purpose of funding the Unfunded Exposure Account pursuant to Section 2.2(e)). The application of amounts on deposit in the Unfunded Exposure Account to fund a Revolving Loan or Delayed Draw Loan in accordance with Section 2.9(e) shall not be considered an Advance.
Advance Date: With respect to any Advance, the date on which such Advance is made.
Advance Rate: As follows:
(a) with respect to First Lien Loans for which the applicable Obligor has Permitted EBITDA less than $10,000,000, sixty percent (60.00%);
(b) with respect to First Lien Loans for which the applicable Obligor has Permitted EBITDA greater than or equal to $10,000,000 but less than $25,000,000, seventy percent (70.00%);
(c) with respect to First Lien Loans for which the applicable Obligor has Permitted EBITDA greater than or equal to $25,000,000 but less than $50,000,000, seventy-two and one-half percent (72.50%);
(d) with respect to First Lien Loans for which the applicable Obligor has Permitted EBITDA greater than or equal to $50,000,000, seventy-five percent (75.00%);
(e) with respect to First Lien Loans for which the applicable Obligor
(x) has Permitted EBITDA greater than $50,000,000 and (y) has a debt rating equal to or greater than B- by S&P (or the equivalent debt rating
of another Rating Agency; provided that if the applicable Obligor has a debt rating from more than one Rating Agency, the lowest such rating shall apply)Specified Rating so long as at least two current quotes for such debt
rating exist from brokers acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, seventy five percent (75.00%);
(f) with respect to First Lien Last Out Loans, sixty percent (60.00%);
(g) with respect to Second Lien Loans (including any Principal Finance Loans that would satisfy the definition of Second Lien Loan but for the exclusion of Principal Finance Loans from such definition), thirty-five percent (35.00%); and
(h) with respect to Principal Finance Loan (other than any Principal Finance Loans that would satisfy the definition of Second Lien Loan but for the exclusion of Principal Finance Loans from such definition), fifty percent (50.00%).
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Advances Outstanding: On any day, the aggregate principal amount of all Advances outstanding on such day, after giving effect to all repayments of Advances and the making of new Advances on such day.
Affiliate: With respect to a Person, means any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, or is a director or officer of such Person; provided that for purposes of determining whether any Loan is an Eligible Loan or any Obligor is an Eligible Obligor, the term Affiliate shall not include any Affiliate relationship which may exist solely as a result of direct or indirect ownership of, or control by, a common Financial Sponsor. For purposes of this definition, control, when used with respect to any specified Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to vote 50.01% or more of the voting securities of such Person or to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
Agent EBITDA Percentage: With respect to any Loan, a percentage determined by the
Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion at the time such Loan is first included in the Collateral; provided that the Agent EBITDA Percentage of any Loan for which (i) the applicable Obligor that has a debt rating equal to or greater than B- by S&P (or the equivalent debt rating of another Rating Agency; provided that if the applicable Obligor has a debt rating from more
than one Rating Agency, the lowest such rating shall apply))Specified Rating or (ii) the aggregate amount of Capped Add-Backs did not exceed the EBITDA Add-Back Cap at the time such Loan was included in the Collateral, shall be deemed to be one hundred percent (100%).
Agented Note: Any Loan originated as a part of a syndicated loan transaction that has been closed (without regard to any contemporaneous or subsequent syndication of such Loan) prior to such Loan becoming part of the Collateral.
Aggregate Unfunded Exposure Amount: On any date of determination, the Dollar Equivalent of the sum of the Unfunded Exposure Amounts of all Loans included in the Collateral.
Aggregate Unfunded Exposure Equity Amount: On any date of determination, the Dollar Equivalent of the sum of the Unfunded Exposure Equity Amounts of all Eligible Loans included in the Collateral.
Agreed-Upon Procedures Report: The meaning specified in Section 5.1(t)(vi).
Agreement: The meaning specified in the Preamble.
Ally Bank: The meaning specified in the Preamble.
Applicable Collateral Value: With respect to (a) Eligible Loans (other than Principal Finance Loans) relating to (i) Tier 3 Obligors, eighty-seven and one-half percent (87.50%) (ii) Tier 2 Obligors, ninety-five percent (95.00%), and (iii) Tier 1 Obligors, one hundred percent (100.00%), and (b) Principal Finance Loans, the Fair Market Value.
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Applicable Law: For any Person or property of such Person, all existing and future laws, rules, regulations, statutes, treaties, codes, ordinances, permits, certificates, orders and licenses of and interpretations by any Governmental Authority which are applicable to such Person or property (including predatory and abusive lending laws; laws, rules and regulations relating to licensing, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting, equal credit opportunity, fair debt collection practices and privacy; usury laws; truth in lending laws (including the Federal Truth in Lending Act); and Regulation Z and Regulation B of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), and applicable judgments, decrees, injunctions, writs, awards or orders of any court, arbitrator or other administrative, judicial, or quasi-judicial tribunal or agency of competent jurisdiction.
Applicable Spread: A rate per annum equal to
(a) with respect to any Advance bearing interest at the LIBOR RateBenchmark, (i) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, 2.252.15% or (ii) if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, at the election of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, 4.254.15% and (b) with respect to any Advance bearing interest at the
Base Rate, (i) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, 1.251.15% or (ii) if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, at the election of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, 3.253.15%.
Approved Country: United Kingdom and Canada.
Approved Fund: Any fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
Assigned Value:
(a) With respect to each Loan, as of any Measurement Date,
prior to a Value Adjustment Event as to such Loan, the Assigned Value of such Loan shall be the lesserleast of
(xi) the Purchase Price
and, (yii) the Applicable Collateral Value.
(b) If and (iii) if a Value Adjustment Event with respect to sucha Loan
occurshas
occurred and is in effect, the Assigned Value of such Loan will be amended by
multiplyinglesser of the Assigned Value for such Loan determined pursuant to clause (i) a) above by (with respect to a Value Adjustment Event pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of Value Adjustment Event, twenty percent (20%),
(ii) with respect to a Value Adjustment Event pursuant to clause (b) ofor (ii) multiplied
by the definition
ofapplicable Value Adjustment Event, twenty-five percent (25%), (iii) with respect to
aFactor for such Value Adjustment Event pursuant to . The amended Assigned Value of each Loan shall be communicated by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, the Collateral Manager,
the Collateral Custodian, the Collateral Administrator and the Lenders pursuant to an Assigned Value Notice. clause (c) of the definition of Value Adjustment Event, fifteen percent (15%) for the first twelve (12) months following
the occurrence thereof, and zero percent (0%) thereafter
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(b)
(c) For the avoidance of doubt,
(i) the Assigned Value of any Loan that is not an Eligible Loan shall be zero percent (0%) and (ii) the percentage of par with respect to each Loan shall be calculated in the applicable Currency.
The Borrower may request that the Administrative Agent re-evaluate the Assigned Value of any Loan whose Assigned Value was decreased due to the occurrence of a Value Adjustment Event once the circumstance or event that gave rise to the Value Adjustment Event has been remedied or is no longer in existence or did not result from the deteriorating credit quality of the applicable Obligor, in each case, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion. Upon such request, the Administrative Agent shall in its sole discretion assign a new Assigned Value to such Loan; provided that such Assigned Value shall be the Assigned Value determined pursuant to clauses (a)(i) or (a)(ii) above, as applicable, as if such Loan had been acquired by the Borrower on the date of such request.
Assigned Value Notice: A written notice (which may be in the form of an e-mail) delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, the Collateral Manager, the Lenders and the Collateral Custodian and the Collateral Administrator specifying the value of a Loan determined in accordance with terms of the definition of Assigned Value in this Section 1.1.
Assignment and Assumption: An assignment and assumption agreement in the form of Exhibit L to this Agreement (appropriately completed) delivered in connection with an assignment by any Lender pursuant to Section 12.16.
Assignment of Mortgage: An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument in recordable form sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related mortgaged property is located to effect the assignment of the Mortgage to the Administrative Agent, which assignment, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument may be in the form of one or more blanket assignments covering the Loans secured by mortgaged properties located in the same jurisdiction, if permitted by Applicable Law.
Availability: As of any Measurement Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Facility Amount minus, the amount of the Aggregate Unfunded Exposure Amount that is not then on deposit in the Unfunded Exposure Account as of such date; (b)(i) the product of (A) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loans minus the Dollar Equivalent of an amount equal to the Excess Concentration Amount as of such date multiplied by (B) the Weighted Average Advance Rate, minus (ii) the amount of the Aggregate Unfunded Exposure Equity Amount that is not then on deposit in the Unfunded Exposure Account plus (iii) the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of Principal Collections on deposit in the Principal Collection Account as of such date; and (c) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loans as of such date minus, the Minimum Credit Enhancement Amount minus (ii) the amount of the Aggregate Unfunded Exposure Equity Amount that is not then on deposit in the Unfunded Exposure Account plus (iii) the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of Principal Collections on deposit in the Principal Collection Account as of such date; provided, that on and after the Revolving Period End Date, Availability shall be zero.
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Available Capital: The sum of (i) Unrestricted Cash and cash equivalents of the Transferor and the Borrower, (ii) any amounts available to be drawn under revolving lines of the Transferor or the Borrower (including any undrawn Availability), (iii) available capital commitments from subscribers or partners of the Transferor to fund capital calls that have not been called and remain outstanding (net of any capital call or subscription line borrowings), and (iv) unencumbered assets of the Transferor, that could be pledged to the Borrower and, if so pledged, would be Eligible Loans, in each case, to the extent such amount may be made available to or used by the Borrower to cure a Borrowing Base Deficiency, and determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as set forth in the Transferors quarterly consolidated balance sheets.
Available Funds: With respect to any Payment Date, all amounts on deposit in the Collection Account.
Available Tenor: As of any date of determination and with respect to the then current Benchmark, as applicable, (x) 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 (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period 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 pursuant to clause (d) of Section 12.18.
Bankruptcy Code: The United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. § 101, et seq.), as amended from time to time.
Base
Rate: On any date, a fluctuating per annum interest rate equal to the higherhighest of (a) the Prime Rate orhighest per
annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the bank prime loan rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted
therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent), (b) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.5%; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, on any date LIBOR exceeds the higher of the rates specified in clauses
(a)0.50% and (bc), the Base Rate shall be increased by such excess for such date zero.
Benchmark: At the option of the Borrower: (i) Daily Simple SOFR; or (ii) with respect to any Interest Period, with written notice to the Administrative Agent no less than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Interest Period, Term SOFR for an Available Tenor of one-months duration;
provided that (x) if a Benchmark Transition Event and the related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to either (but not both) of Term SOFR or Daily Simple SOFR, then Benchmark shall mean the alternative set forth above for which the Benchmark Transition Event and the related Benchmark Replacement Date has not occurred, and (y) if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to both Term SOFR and Daily Simple 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 12.18.
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Benchmark Replacement: TheFor any Available Tenor,
with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the sum of: (ai) the alternate benchmark rate (which may include Term SOFR) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due
consideration to
(iA) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (iiB) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining
a benchmark rate of interest as a replacement to the
LIBOR
Ratethen-current Benchmark for Dollar- denominated syndicated credit facilities and (bii) the related Benchmark
Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if
thesuch
Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than zero, the Floor, such
Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be
zerothe
Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents.
Benchmark Replacement Adjustment:
With respect to any replacement of the LIBOR
Ratethen-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted
Benchmark Replacement for
eachany
applicable interest
periodInterest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark
Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower for the applicable
tenor giving due consideration to (ia) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for
calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of the LIBOR Ratesuch Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by
the Relevant Governmental Body or
(iib
) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of the LIBOR Ratesuch
Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit
facilities at such time.
Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes: With respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or
operational changes (including changes to the definition of Base Rate, the definition of Business
Day, the definition of Interest Period, the definition of U.S. Government Securities Business Day, timing and frequency of determining rates and, timing (but not
frequency) of making payments of interest, timing of
borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be
appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent
decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of thesuch Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents).
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Benchmark Replacement Date: The earlierearliest to occur of the following events with respect to the LIBOR Ratethen-current Benchmark:
(1) in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of Benchmark Transition Event, the later of (a) the date of
the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of the LIBOR Ratesuch Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation
thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide the LIBOR Rateall Available
Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(2) in the case of
clause (3) of the definition of Benchmark Transition Event, the first date
ofon 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 publicmost recent statement or publication of information referenced
thereinin such
clause (3) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and (ii) the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
Benchmark Transition Event: The occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the LIBOR Ratethen-current
Benchmark:
(1) a public statement or publication of information by or on
behalf of the administrator of the LIBOR
Ratesuch Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide the LIBOR Rateall 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 the LIBOR Rateany Available
Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(2) a public statement
or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the LIBOR Ratesuch Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation
thereof), the
U.S.Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for the LIBOR
Ratesuch Benchmark (or such component), a
resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for the LIBOR Ratesuch Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar
insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for
the LIBOR Ratesuch Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator
of the LIBOR
Ratesuch Benchmark (or such component) has ceased
or will cease to provide the LIBOR
Rateall 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
LIBORany
Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
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(3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the
administrator of the LIBOR Rate announcing that the LIBOR Rate is no
longersuch Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all
Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt, a Benchmark Transition Event will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
Benchmark Transition Start Date:
(a) In the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (i) the applicable Benchmark
Replacement Date and (ii) 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) and (b) in the case of an Early Opt-in
Election, the date specified by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, as applicable, by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent (in the case of such notice by the Required Lenders) and the Lenders.
Benchmark Unavailability Period: If a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date
have occurred with respect to the LIBOR Rate and solely to the extent that the LIBOR Rate has not been replaced with a Benchmark Replacement,
theThe period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that sucha Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) of that
definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the LIBOR
Ratethen-current Benchmark for all purposes
hereunder and under
any Transaction Document in accordance with the Section titled
Effect of Benchmark Transition
Event12.18 and (y) ending at the time
that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the LIBOR
Ratethen-current Benchmark for all purposes
hereunder pursuant to the Section titled Effect
of and under any Transaction Document in accordance with Section 12.18. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, for so long as the Benchmark Transition Event. is determined by reference to Term SOFR or Daily Simple SOFR, no
Benchmark Unavailability Period shall be deemed to have occurred until the Benchmark Replacement Date
shall
have occurred with respect to each such benchmark rate.
Beneficial Ownership Certification: A certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
Beneficial Ownership Regulation: 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
Borrower: The meaning specified in the Preamble.
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Borrower Interest Collections: With respect to Borrower, as of any date, an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate amount of interest and fees received in the Collection Accounts with respect to the Loans for the preceding twelve (12) month period, provided, that with respect to any time period for which twelve (12) calendar months of such amounts are not available, Borrower Interest Collections shall be determined based on annualizing such amounts as are available for Borrower.
Borrower Interest Expense: With respect to Borrower, as of any date, an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the aggregate amount payable (whether or not actually paid) in interest, costs and fees pursuant to Section 2.7 during the preceding twelve (12) month period, provided, that with respect to any time period for which twelve (12) calendar months of such amounts are not available, Borrower Interest Expense shall be determined based on annualizing such amounts as are available for Borrower.
Borrowers Notice: Any (a) Funding Notice or (b) Reinvestment Notice.
Borrowing Base: As of any Measurement Date, an amount equal to the difference of (i) the sum of (a) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loans as of such date plus (b) the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of Principal Collections on deposit in the Principal Collection Account minus (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of an amount equal to the Excess Concentration Amount as of such date; provided that any Loan which at any time is no longer an Eligible Loan shall not be included in the calculation of Borrowing Base.
Borrowing Base Certificate: A certificate setting forth the calculation of the Borrowing Base and the Availability as of each Measurement Date, in the form of Exhibit A-4, prepared by or on behalf of the Borrower.
Borrowing Base Deficiency: The Dollar Equivalent of the amount by which, on any date of determination, (a) the Advances Outstanding exceed (b) Availability.
Breakage Costs: With respect to any Lender and to the extent requested by such Lender in writing (which writing shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting any such amounts), any amount or amounts as shall compensate such Lender for any loss (excluding loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense actually incurred by such Lender as a result of the liquidation or re-employment of deposits or other funds required by the Lender if any payment by the Borrower of Advances Outstanding or Interest occurs on a date other than a Payment Date, provided, that the Breakage Costs in respect of any such payment by the Borrower on any Payment Date shall be deemed to be zero. All Breakage Costs shall be due and payable hereunder on each Payment Date in accordance with Section 2.7 and Section 2.8. The determination by the applicable Lender of the amount of any such loss, cost or expense shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Business
Day: Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the laws of, or are in fact closed in, the State of New York or the state in which the Corporate Trust Office is located; provided that, if any determination of a Business Day shall relate to an Advance bearing interest at the LIBOR Rate,the term Business Day shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in
the London interbank market.
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Canadian Dollars and Cdn $: Means the lawful currency of Canada.
Capital Stock: Any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all similar ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.
Capped Add-Backs: Any amounts added back to the net income of an Obligor (A) pursuant to clauses (a)(ii)(2)(d) through (a)(ii)(2)(g) of the definition of EBITDA in the case of an EBITDA Non-Reporting Loan or (B) pursuant to adjustments to reported EBITDA or other term meaning non-adjusted EBITDA in the case of an EBITDA Reporting Loan.
Cash: Cash or legal currency of the United States of America or Canadian Dollars as at the time shall be legal tender for payment of all public and private debts.
Cash Interest Coverage Ratio: With respect to any Loan for any Relevant Test Period, either (a) the meaning of Cash Interest
Coverage Ratio or comparable definition set forth in the Underlying Instruments for such Loan, or (b) in the case of any Loan with respect to which the related Underlying Instruments do not include a definition of Cash Interest
Coverage Ratio or comparable definition, the ratio of (i) the Dollar Equivalent of EBITDA to (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of Cash Interest Expense of such Obligor as of the Relevant Test Period, as calculated by the Collateral Manager
(on behalf of the Borrower) in good faith; provided that, in calculating the Cash Interest Coverage Ratio under either of clause (a) or clause (b) above, EBITDA of the applicable Obligor for the Relevant Test Period
shall be deemed to be no greater than Permitted EBITDA, as defined herein, for the Relevant Test Period.
Cash Interest Expense: With respect to any Obligor for any period, the amount which, in conformity with GAAP, would be set forth opposite the
caption interest expense or any like caption reflected on the most recent financial statements delivered by such Obligor to the Borrower for such period.
Certificated Security: The meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(4) of the UCC.
Change of Control: The occurrence of any of the following events: (a) any change of control of the Investment Advisor (control being defined for purposes of this definition as the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management, actions and policies of a person, whether through voting rights, ownership rights, or by contract or otherwise), (b) the Investment Advisor ceases to be the investment advisor of the Collateral Manager, (c) the Collateral Manager ceases to own and control, of record and beneficially, directly or indirectly, 100.00% of the equity interests of the Borrower; provided that, if the Collateral Manager enters into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation with or into a Permitted BDC and the Permitted BDC or any other successor entity formed by or surviving such merger, consolidation or amalgamation shall be the Collateral Manager and assumes the rights and obligations of the Collateral Manager concurrently with the consummation of such merger, consolidation or amalgamation then a Change of Control shall not occur.
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Clearing Agency: An organization registered as a clearing agency pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
Clearing Corporation: The meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC.
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Collateral: The meaning specified in Section 8.1(a).
Collateral Account: A Securities Account created and maintained on the books and records of the Collateral Custodian (or any other party acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) entitled Collateral Account in the name of the Borrower and subject to the prior Lien of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
Collateral Administration Agreement: The Collateral Administration Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Borrower and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as the Collateral Administrator, as the same may be amended, modified, waived, supplemented or restated from time to time.
Collateral Administrator: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., not in its individual capacity, but solely as Collateral Administrator.
Collateral Administrator Termination Notice: The meaning specified in Section 7.15.
Collateral Custodian: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., not in its individual capacity, but solely as Collateral Custodian, its successor in interest pursuant to Section 7.3 or such Person as shall have been appointed Collateral Custodian pursuant to Section 7.5.
Collateral Custodian Fee: The fees, expenses and indemnities of the Collateral Custodian, Collateral Administrator, and Securities Intermediary set forth as such in the Collateral Custodian Fee Letter or as provided for in this Agreement or the Transaction Documents.
Collateral Custodian Fee Letter: The schedule of fees dated as of September 19, 2019, among the Collateral Custodian, the Collateral Administrator, the Securities Intermediary and the Borrower, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Collateral Custodian Termination Notice: The meaning specified in Section 7.5.
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Collateral Management Agreement: The Collateral Management Agreement dated as of the date hereof between the Collateral Manager and the Borrower, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Collateral Manager: Initially,FS KKR Capital
Corp. (as successor by merger to FS Investment Corporation
IV), as collateral manager, acting pursuant to the terms of
the Collateral Management Agreement; provided that if the Collateral Manager enters into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation with or into a Permitted BDC, the Permitted BDC or any other successor entity formed by or surviving such
merger, consolidation or amalgamation shall be the new Collateral Manager so long as such successor entity assumes the rights and obligations of the outgoing Collateral Manager concurrently with the consummation of such merger, consolidation or
amalgamation.
Collateral Manager Bylaws: The meaning specified in the Collateral Management Agreement.
Collateral Manager Standard: The meaning specified in the Collateral Management Agreement.
Collection Account: Collectively, the General Collection Account, the Interest Collection Account and the Principal Collection Account.
Collections: (a) All cash collections and other cash proceeds of any Loan, including, without limitation or duplication, any Proceeds, any Interest Collections, Principal Collections, amendment fees, late fees, prepayment fees, waiver fees, settlement payments, re-financing amounts, rent, like-kind payments, recoveries, guaranty payments or other amounts received in respect thereof (but excluding (i) any Excluded Amounts and (ii) any amounts received by the Borrower from an Obligor following the sale of the related Loan by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.14 which the Borrower is required to pay to the purchaser of such Loan) and (b) interest earnings on Permitted Investments or otherwise in any Account.
Commitment: With respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Loan Advances in accordance herewith in an amount not to exceed (a) prior to the earlier to occur of the Revolving Period End Date or the Termination Date, the Dollar amount set forth opposite such Lenders name on Annex B hereto or the amount set forth as such Lenders Commitment on Schedule I to the Joinder Supplement relating to such Lender, as applicable, as such amounts may be reduced, increased or assigned from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, and (b) on or after the earliest to occur of the Revolving Period End Date, the Termination Date or the termination of the Commitment of such Lender, zero.
Connection Income Taxes has the meaning give in Section 2.13(a).
Contractual Obligation: With respect to any Person, any provision of any securities issued by such Person or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement, instrument or other document to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound or to which either is subject.
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Corporate Trust Office: The applicable designated corporate trust office of the Collateral Custodian and the Collateral Administrator specified on Annex A hereto or such other address within the United States as the Collateral Custodian and the Collateral Administrator may designate from time to time by notice to the Administrative Agent.
Cov-Lite Loan: (i) A Loan that does not require the Obligor to maintain compliance with at least one of the following financial covenants during any reporting period applicable to such Loan, whether or not any action by, or event relating to, the Obligor has occurred: maximum total leverage, maximum senior leverage, maximum first lien leverage, minimum fixed charge coverage, minimum debt service coverage, minimum EBITDA, or other customary financial covenants and (ii) in the case of a Principal Finance Loan, a Loan that does not require the Obligor to maintain compliance with any of the foregoing and also does not require compliance with a maximum loan to value covenant or an over-collateralization covenant or any similar restrictions. For the avoidance of doubt, Loans that are cross-defaulted to other debt or other obligations of the Obligor that is pari passu or senior that contain any of the foregoing financial covenants shall not be considered Cov-Lite Loans hereunder.
Covenant Compliance Period: The period beginning on the Effective Date and ending on the date on which the Commitments have been terminated and the Obligations have been paid in full.
Currency: Dollars or Canadian Dollars.
Currency Disruption Event: The occurrence of any of the following: (a) any Lender shall have notified the Administrative Agent of a determination by such Lender that it would be contrary to law or to the directive of any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law) to obtain any applicable Currency in the applicable interbank market, to fund any Advance, (b) any Lender shall have notified the Administrative Agent of the inability of such Lender, as applicable, to obtain any applicable Currency in the applicable interbank market to make, fund or maintain any Advance or (c) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Benchmark for any requested Interest Period, including because the Benchmark is not available or published on a current basis.
Custody Facilities: The designated office of the Collateral Custodian where the Required Loan Documents shall be held, which on the Effective Date shall be at its offices located at 425 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55414 or such other address within the United States as the Collateral Custodian may designate from time to time by notice to the Administrative Agent, Borrower and Collateral Manager.
Daily Simple SOFR: For any day (a SOFR Rate Day), a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) SOFR for the day (such day, the SOFR Determination Day) that is five (5) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to (i) if such SOFR Rate Day is a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day or (ii) if such SOFR Rate Day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as such SOFR is published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrators Website and (b) the Floor. If by 5:00 pm
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(New York City time) on the second (2nd) U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately following any SOFR Determination Day, the SOFR in respect of such SOFR Determination Day has not been published on the SOFR Administrators Website and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Daily Simple SOFR has not occurred, then the SOFR for such SOFR Determination Day will be the SOFR as published in respect of the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such SOFR was published on the SOFR Administrators Website; provided that any SOFR determined pursuant to this sentence shall be utilized for purposes of calculation of Daily Simple SOFR for no more than three (3) consecutive SOFR Rate Days. Any change in Daily Simple SOFR due to a change in SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in SOFR without notice to the Borrower.
Default: Any event that, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default.
Defaulted Loan: Any Loan with respect to which any of the following events have occurred and is continuing with respect to
such Loan or the related Obligor (as applicable): (a) a default in respect of any payment of principal, interest or commitment fees under such Loan (after giving effect to all applicable cure periods, but in no event longer than five
(5) Business Days); (b) the occurrence of an Insolvency Event with respect to the related Obligor (except in the case obligations with respect to a DIP Loan); (c) any determination by or on behalf of the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent that such
loanLoan is on non-accrual, is written off or is charged off, in each case, in accordance with the Collateral Manager Standard; (d) a default under such Loan (other than a default described in clause (a) above),
together with the election by any agent or requisite number of lenders (including the Borrower) required to take any such action to (i) accelerate the Loan or (ii) commence to enforce any of their other rights or remedies pursuant to the
applicable Underlying Instruments; provided, that a default described in clause (d)(ii) shall not result in such Loan becoming a Defaulted Loan until such default has been continuing for twelve (12) consecutive months or longer;
or (e) with respect to any Principal Finance Loan, (i) each tranche of such Principal Finance Loan or other investment or Indebtedness that, in each case, is senior to such Principal Finance Loan, of the Obligor of such Principal Finance
Loan would be considered a Defaulted Loan to the extent applicable, (ii) the holders of such Principal Finance Loan or other investment or Indebtedness have not received in cash all expected payments of interest and other payments thereon and
cash flows in respect thereof, or (iii) are currently subject to any deferral or diversion for the benefit of the holders of any tranche or other investment or Indebtedness that rank senior to such Principal Finance Loan pursuant to any
waterfall or similar structure.
Defaulting Lender: Any Lender that (i) has failed to fund any portion of the Advances required to be funded by it hereunder within two (2) Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (ii) has otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within three (3) Business Days of the date when due, unless such amount is the subject of a good faith dispute, (iii) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement or has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply or has failed to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement or generally under other agreements in which it commits or is obligated to extend credit, or (iv) has become or is insolvent or has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment.
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Delayed Draw Loan: A Loan that (i) requires one or more future advances to be made to the Obligor, (ii) specifies a maximum amount that can be borrowed on one or more fixed borrowing dates and (iii) does not permit the re-borrowing of any amount previously repaid by the related Obligor; provided that such loan shall only be considered a Delayed Draw Loan for so long as any future funding obligations remain in effect and only with respect to any portion which constitutes a future funding obligation.
Deposit Account: The meaning specified in Section 9-102 of the UCC.
Determination Date: The last calendar day of each March, June, September and December, with the first Determination Date occurring on December 20, 2019.
DIP Loan: Any Loan (i) with respect to which the related Obligor is a debtor-in-possession as defined under the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) which has the priority allowed pursuant to Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code and (iii) the terms of which have been approved by a court of competent jurisdiction (the enforceability of which is not subject to any pending contested matter or proceeding).
Discretionary Sale: The meaning specified in Section 2.14(c).
Dollar Equivalent: On any date of determination, with respect to an amount denominated in Canadian Dollars, the amount of Dollars that would be required to purchase such amount of Canadian Dollars based upon the spot selling rate at which Canadian Dollars may be exchanged for Dollars on the FXC GO screen of the Bloomberg Financial Markets System at approximately 4:00 p.m. (New York Time) on such date. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Custodian and the Collateral Administrator shall not have any responsibility for any calculation of a Dollar Equivalent amount made by or on behalf of the Borrower. For avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Custodian and the Collateral Administrator shall not have any responsibility to calculate any Dollar Equivalent amount pursuant to this Agreement.
Dollars: Means, and the conventional $ signifies, the lawful currency of the United States.
Early Opt-in Election
means the occurrence of:
(1) (i) a determination by the Administrative Agent or (ii) a notification by the Required Lenders to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrower) that
the Required Lenders have determined that Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities being executed at such time, or that include language similar to that contained in this Section titled Effect of Benchmark Transition Event, are
being executed or amended, as applicable, to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace the LIBOR Rate, and
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(2)
(i) the election by the Administrative Agent or (ii) the election by the Required Lenders to declare that an Early Opt-in Election has occurred and the provision, as applicable, by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such
election to the Borrower and the Lenders or by the Required Lenders of written notice of such election to the Administrative Agent.
EBITDA: (a) With respect to the last four (4) fiscal quarters with respect to any Loan, the lesser of (i) EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA or any comparable term underwritten and reported by the Collateral Manager, in each case, in a manner consistent with the Collateral Manager Standard, and (ii) (1) in the case of any Loan that the Underlying Instruments of which define EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA or any comparable term (any such Loan, an EBITDA Reporting Loan), the meaning of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA or any comparable definition in the Underlying Instruments for such Loan; and (2) in the case of any Loan that the Underlying Instruments of which do not define EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA or any comparable term (any such Loan, a EBITDA Non-Reporting Loan), an amount, for the Obligor of such Loan (and including the below amounts for such twelve (12) calendar month period for any Person acquired by or merged with such Obligor) and any parent that is obligated pursuant to the Underlying Instruments for such Loan (determined on a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with GAAP) equal to net income for such period plus (to the extent deducted in determining net income for such period) (a) interest expense, (b) income taxes, (c) depreciation and amortization for such twelve month period, (d) non-cash charges and organization costs, (e) extraordinary losses in accordance with GAAP, (f) one-time, non-recurring or extraordinary expenses as determined by the Collateral Manager in a reasonable manner and consistent with the compliance statements and financial reporting packages provided by the Obligors and (g) any other item not listed in clauses (a) through (f) that the Borrower or the Collateral Manager deems to be appropriate minus (to the extent reflected in net income for such period) (h) non-cash income and interest income; provided that with respect to any Obligor for which four (4) fiscal quarters of economic data are not available, EBITDA shall be determined for such Obligor based on annualizing the economic data from the reporting periods actually available.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower as promptly as commercially reasonable (and in any event, within five (5) Business Days of the Administrative Agents receipt of the items required to be delivered pursuant to clause (xx) of the definition of Eligible Loan as of the date such Loan is first included as part of the Collateral) that the EBITDA Add-Back Cap has been exceeded with respect to such Loan and the Administrative Agents determination of the Agent EBITDA Percentage with respect to such Loan. Following any such notification, the Borrower may promptly engage in a Substitution or Discretionary Sale of such Loan; provided that Section 2.14(e)(vii) need not be satisfied with respect to such Substitution or Discretionary Sale. If no such notification is provided, EBITDA shall be calculated in accordance with clause (a) above and the Agent EBITDA Percentage with respect to such Loan shall be one hundred percent (100%).
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EBITDA Add-Back Cap: With respect to any Loan, the maximum percentage of EBITDA (without giving effect to Capped Add-Backs) of the applicable Obligor set forth in the table below, based on the EBITDA of such Obligor (without giving effect to Capped Add-Backs), in each case, as of the date such Loan is first included as part of the Collateral:
EBITDA of Obligor (without giving effect to any Capped Add-Backs): |
EBITDA Add-Back Cap: | |
Less than $10,000,000 |
15.0% of EBITDA | |
Equal to or greater than $10,000,000 but less than $50,000,000 |
25.0% of EBITDA | |
Equal to or greater than $50,000,000 |
35.0% of EBITDA |
Effective Date: November 22, 2019.
Effective Date Participation Interest: An undivided 100% participation interest granted by the Transferor to the Borrower in and to each Loan identified on Schedule II and in which a Lien is granted therein by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement.
Eligible Bid: A bid made in good faith (and acceptable as a valid bid in the Administrative Agents reasonable discretion) by a bidder for all or any portion of the Collateral in connection with a sale of the Collateral in whole or in part pursuant to Section 9.2(c).
Eligible Loan: Each Loan (i) for which the Administrative Agent has received the items set forth in Section 3.2(a) or 3.2(b), as applicable, and the Collateral Custodian has received or will receive the related Required Loan Documents; provided that any Loan for which the Borrower (or the Collateral Manager on its behalf) has failed to deliver the Required Loan Documents described in Section 3.2(i) within the time periods set forth therein shall cease to be an Eligible Loan; and (ii) that satisfies each of the following eligibility requirements:
(a) such Loan is a First Lien Loan, First Lien Last Out Loan, Second Lien Loan, Principal Finance Loan or, prior to the date that is sixty (60) days after the Effective Date (or such longer period to which the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), an Effective Date Participation Interest;
(b) such Loan and the Underlying Instruments related thereto, are eligible to be sold, assigned or transferred (or, in the case of an Effective Date Participation Interest, participated) to the Borrower, the rights to service, administer and enforce the rights and remedies in respect of such Loan under the applicable Underlying Instruments inure to the benefit of the holder of such Loan or its designee (subject to the rights of any applicable agent), and neither the sale, transfer or assignment of such Loan to the Borrower, nor the granting of a security interest hereunder to the Administrative Agent, violates, conflicts with or contravenes any Applicable Law or any contractual or other restriction, limitation or encumbrance;
(c) such Loan is payable in Dollars or in Canadian Dollars and does not permit the currency in which such Loan is payable to be changed;
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(d) such Loan (A) is not an Equity Security and (B) does not explicitly provide for the conversion or exchange into an Equity Security at any time on or after the date it is included as part of the Collateral;
(e) such Loan is not subject to an offer of exchange, redemption, conversion or tender by its Obligor, or by any other Person, for cash, equity securities or any other type of consideration (other than a notice of prepayment in accordance with the terms of the Underlying Instruments);
(f) the Underlying Instruments with respect to such Loan provide that no part of the proceeds of such Loan or any other extension of credit made thereunder will be used to purchase or carry any Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such Margin Stock;
(g) such Loan, and any payment made with respect to such Loan, is not subject to any withholding tax, fee or governmental charge unless (i) the Obligor thereon is required under the terms of the related Underlying Instrument to make gross-up payments that cover the full amount of such withholding tax, fee or governmental charge on an after-tax basis, or (ii) the amount of any such withholding tax, fee or governmental charge has been disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent;
(h) such Loan is not a Defaulted Loan;
(i) such Loan is not a construction loan or a project finance loan;
(j) such Loan does not constitute a bond, letter of credit, Structured Finance Obligation, Zero Coupon Obligation, Finance Lease or chattel paper;
(k) as of the date any such Loan that is a Cov-Lite Loan is first included as part of the
Collateral, the applicable Obligor (x) has EBITDA greater than or equal to $50,000,000 at the time of funding and (y) has a debt rating equal to or greater
than B- by S&P or the equivalent debt rating of another Rating Agency or other private rating reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
AgentSpecified Rating;
(l) such Loan provides for a fixed amount of principal payable on scheduled payment dates and/or at maturity and does not by its terms provide for earlier amortization or prepayment, in each case, at a price less than par;
(m) except for Effective Date Participation Interests, such Loan is not a Participation Interest;
(n) such Loan has a remaining term to stated maturity that does not exceed eight (8) years;
(o) such Loan pays interest in Cash no less frequently than semi-annually, it being understood that interest on any Loan that is paid with the proceeds of a permitted drawing under a Revolving Loan shall satisfy this eligibility requirement;
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(p) the repayment of such Loan is not subject to any material non-credit related risk, (for example, a payment on a Loan of which is expressly contingent upon the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a catastrophe) as determined by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion;
(q) is not an obligation (other than a Revolving Loan or a Delayed Draw Loan) pursuant to which any future advance or funding to the Obligor may be required to be made by the Borrower;
(r) the acquisition of such Loan will not cause the Borrower to be required to register as an investment company under the 1940 Act;
(s) the primary Underlying Asset for such Loan is not real property;
(t) such Loan is in the form of and is treated by the related Obligor as indebtedness of such Obligor and is not a United States real property interest as defined under Section 897 of the Code;
(u) such Loan is not an interest only security;
(v) such Loan is not a letter of credit (provided this does not exclude Revolving Loans that include a letter of credit sub facility so long as the Borrower is not the issuer of letters of credit thereunder);
(w) such Loan is Registered;
(x) if such Loan is evidenced by a promissory note or other instrument (including an assignment agreement or transfer document), such promissory note or other instrument has been delivered to the Collateral Custodian within the time period required by Section 3.2(i);
(y) if such Loan is a First Lien Loan, the applicable Obligor meets the Obligor Net Senior Leverage Ratio requirement to be a Tier 1 Obligor, Tier 2 Obligor or Tier 3 Obligor, as applicable; provided that any portion of such Loan causing such Loan to be in excess of the required Obligor Net Senior Leverage Ratio for a Tier 3 Obligor shall be classified as a Second Lien Loan and be subject to clause (z) below; provided further that for the avoidance of doubt, such portion shall not be counted toward the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of those Eligible Loans that are Second Lien Loans for the purpose of determining the Excess Concentration Amount;
(z) if
such Loan is a First Lien Last Out Loan or a Second Lien Loan, the applicable Obligor meets the Obligor Net Senior Leverage Ratio requirement to be a Tier 1 Obligor, Tier 2 Obligor or Tier 3 Obligor, as applicable; provided that any portion of such Loan causing such Loan to be in excess of the required
Obligor Net Total Obligor Leverage Ratio for a Tier 3 Obligor shall be deemed to have an Assigned Value of zero percent (0%);
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(aa) as of the date such Loan is first included as part of the Collateral, if such Loan is a Second Lien Loan, the applicable Obligors trailing twelve month EBITDA is greater than or equal to $20,000,000 (without giving effect to Capped Add-Backs);
(bb) as of the date such Loan is first included as part of the Collateral, the applicable Obligors trailing twelve month EBITDA is equal to or greater than $15,000,000 (without giving effect to Capped Add-Backs);
(cc) such Loan, and any payment made with respect to such Loan, has not been more than thirty (30) days past due with respect to any payment within the preceding twelve (12) months;
(dd) as of the date such Loan is first included as part of the Collateral, such Loan is not delinquent in payment or defaulted in any other manner that would give rise to the right of any holder of such Loan to accelerate such Loan and no portion of such Loan has been converted into equity;
(ee) such Loan and any Underlying Assets (or, with respect to clause (ii), the acquisition thereof) (i) comply in all material respects with all Applicable Laws and (ii) do not cause any Secured Party (in its commercially reasonable judgment and as evidenced by a written notice from such Secured Party) to fail to comply with any request or directive from any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such Secured Party;
(ff) such Loan is eligible under its Underlying Instruments (giving effect to the provisions of Sections 9-406 and 9-408 of the UCC) to be sold to the Borrower and to have a security interest therein granted to the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties;
(gg) such Loan, together with the Underlying Instruments related thereto, (i) contains provisions substantially to the effect that such Loan and such Underlying Instruments constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Obligor and each guarantor thereof, enforceable against such Obligor and each such guarantor in accordance with their terms, subject to customary bankruptcy, insolvency and equity limitations, (ii) is not subject to any (a) litigation or dispute or (b) offset, right of rescission, counterclaim or defense to payment, (iii) contains provisions substantially to the effect that the Obligors and each guarantors payment obligations thereunder are absolute and unconditional without any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense for any reason against the Transferor, the Borrower or any assignee and (iv) contain provisions requiring customary covenant compliance and other reporting requirements;
(hh) such Loan (1) was originated and underwritten, or purchased and re-underwritten, by the Transferor or any of its Affiliates in accordance with the Collateral Manager Standard and (2) is fully documented to the satisfaction of Administrative Agent;
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(ii) the Borrower has good and marketable title to, and is the sole owner of, such Loan, and the Borrower has granted to the Administrative Agent a valid and perfected first priority security interest in the Loan and Underlying Instruments, for the benefit of the Secured Parties;
(jj) if such Loan is a Principal Finance Loan, it is not a Cov-Lite Loan;
(kk) all consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations of, or registrations or declarations with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person required to be obtained, effected or given in connection with the making, acquisition or transfer of such Loan, have been duly obtained, effected or given and are in full force and effect, except where the failure to have such obtained, effected or given could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(ll) such Loan requires the related Obligor to pay customary maintenance, repair, insurance and taxes, together with all other ancillary costs and expenses, with respect to the Underlying Assets of such Loan (to the extent that the Collateral Manager determines in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner that such requirements are appropriate for a Loan of such type);
(mm) the Underlying Instruments for such Loan do not contain a confidentiality provision that would prohibit the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party from exercising any of their respective rights hereunder or obtaining all necessary information with regard to such Loan, so long as the Administrative Agent or such Secured Party, as applicable, has agreed to maintain the confidentiality of such information in accordance with the provisions of such Underlying Instruments;
(nn) the Obligor with respect to such Loan is an Eligible Obligor;
(oo) all information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower with respect to the Loan is true, correct and complete in all material respects; provided that neither the Borrower nor the Collateral Manager shall be responsible for, nor have any liability with respect to, any factual information furnished to it by any third party not affiliated with it, except to the extent that a Responsible Officer of such Person has actual knowledge that such factual information is inaccurate in any material respect;
(pp) such Loan or any related Underlying Instrument has not been found to be illegal or unenforceable by the decision of a court of law or a Governmental Authority in a proceeding brought by the related Obligor, any other party obligated with respect to such Loan, or any Governmental Authority;
(qq) as of the date such Loan is first included as part of the Collateral, there are no proceedings pending or, to the best of the Borrowers knowledge, threatened in writing wherein the Obligor of such Loan, any other obligated party or any governmental agency has alleged that such Loan or the Underlying Instrument which creates such Loan is illegal or unenforceable;
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(rr) if such Loan is acquired by the Borrower from the Transferor, the Transferor has caused its master computer records to be clearly and unambiguously marked to indicate that such Loan has been sold to the Borrower;
(ss) no selection procedure materially adverse to the interests of the Secured Parties was utilized by the Transferor, the Collateral Manager or the Borrower in the selection of such Loan for inclusion in the Collateral;
(tt) if more than one Loan has been made to the Obligor or multiple creditors have an interest in such Loan, then each such Loan is subject to an intercreditor or similar agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Collateral Manager in its reasonable discretion setting forth the rights and each such creditors (to the extent that the Collateral Manager determines in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner that an intercreditor agreement is necessary or desirable);
(uu) as of the date such Loan is first included as part of the Collateral, the value of the Underlying Assets securing the Loan (or the enterprise value of the underlying business determined as determined in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner by the Collateral Manager) at the time such loan was purchased, equals or exceeds the outstanding principal balance of such Loan plus the aggregate outstanding balances of all other loans of equal seniority secured by the same Underlying Assets;
(vv) if such Loan is a Principal Finance Loan, the assets underlying such Loan cannot be derived from consumer subprime loans or receivables or non-performing loans or receivables or any loans or receivables with an effective annual percentage rate of thirty-six percent (36%) or more;
(ww) the Underlying Instruments with respect to such Loan contain a requirement that on a going-forward basis the applicable
underlying Obligor deliver (i) any financial statements (including unaudited financial statements) by the date that is no later than (x) sixty (60) days or (y) such later date specified in the Underlying Instruments after the end
of each fiscal quarter, with respect to quarterly reports for the first three fiscal quarters, other than the first fiscal quarter after the initial closing, and (ii) with respect to annual reports, any audited financial statements by the date
that is no later than (x) one hundred fifty (150) days or (y) such later date specified in the Underlying Instruments after the end of any fiscal year (but in any event not later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the end of any
fiscal year); and
(xx) Administrative Agent has received the Borrowers internally approved credit/underwriting presentation (unless such credit/underwriting presentation was not prepared or received by Borrower in connection with an amendment or other modification to a Loan), the Required Loan Documents described in clause (b)(i) of the definition thereof, the most recent years audited financial statements with respect to the applicable Obligor (or if audited financial statements are not available, (i) the most recent years quality of earnings report with respect to such Obligor, or (ii) the pro forma financial statements with respect to such Obligor, if such Obligor is a newly formed
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Person) and most recent covenant compliance certificate (including the calculation of EBITDA), if any, required to be provided to Borrower with respect to such Loan; provided, that, solely for the purposes of calculating Availability and the Borrowing Base, a Loan shall not be considered an Eligible Loan until five (5) Business Days after the Administrative Agent has received the items required to be delivered pursuant to this clause (xx) as of the date such Loan is first included as part of the Collateral;
(yy) if the benchmark with respect to such Loan is based on LIBOR and such Loan matures on or after June 30, 2023, then (i) the Underlying Instruments with respect to such Loan shall contain ARRC recommended benchmark replacement provisions or similar commercially reasonable enhanced benchmark provisions, (ii) upon the occurrence of a Material Modification, if the Borrower controls the lender vote and has a contractual right to cause an amendment to the Underlying Instrument to implement ARRC recommended benchmark replacement provisions, the Borrower shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to amend the Underlying Instruments with respect to such Loan to contain ARRC recommended benchmark replacement provisions or similar commercially reasonable enhanced benchmark provisions or (iii) upon the occurrence of a Material Modification where the Borrower does not both control the lender vote and have the right to cause an amendment to the Underlying Instrument to implement ARRC recommended benchmark replacement provisions, the Borrower shall vote in favor of any proposed amendment for the sole purpose of including ARRC recommended benchmark replacement provisions; and
(zz) at all times, the applicable Obligor has EBITDA greater than or equal to $0.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, upon request from Borrower, the Administrative Agent may, in its sole and absolute discretion, waive any one or more of the requirements set forth in this definition on a one time basis; provided that (i) any such waiver shall not constitute a course of dealing or any other basis for future waivers or modifications to the term Eligible Loan and (ii) Administrative Agents consent to such waiver may be conditioned on one or more credit enhancements or additional eligibility criteria not set forth above.
Eligible Obligor: On any date of determination, any Obligor that:
(a) is a business organization (and not a natural person) duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization;
(b) is not a Governmental Authority;
(c) is not an Affiliate of any FS/KKR Party;
(d) is organized and incorporated and domiciled in the United States or any state thereof or an Approved Country;
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(e) other than with respect to any DIP Loan, is not the subject of and, to the best of the Borrowers knowledge is not threatened with any proceeding which would result in, an Insolvency Event with respect to such Obligor and, as of the date on which such Loan becomes part of the Collateral, to the Borrowers knowledge, such Obligor has not experienced a material adverse change in its condition, financial or otherwise;
(f) does
not derive a
materialany portion of its business from payday
lending, pawn shops, adult entertainment, marijuana related businesses, automobile title loans, tax refund anticipation loans, credit repair services, drug paraphernalia, fireworks distributors, tax evasion, assault weapons or firearms
manufacturing, businesses engaged in predatory lending practices or strip mining; and
(g) is not (i) a country, territory, organization, person or entity named on an Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) list; (ii) a Person that resides or has a place of business in a country or territory named on such lists or which is designated as a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction by the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering, or whose subscription funds are transferred from or through such a jurisdiction; (iii) a Foreign Shell Bank within the meaning of the USA Patriot Act, i.e., a foreign bank that does not have a physical presence in any country and that is not affiliated with a bank that has a physical presence and an acceptable level of regulation and supervision; (iv) a person or entity that resides in or is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction designated by the United States Secretary of the Treasury under Sections 311 or 312 of the USA Patriot Act as warranting special measures due to money laundering concerns; or (v) an Affiliate of any Person meeting any of the criteria set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above.
Eligible Repurchase Obligations: Repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is a direct obligation of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in either case entered into with a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) described in clause (b) of the definition of Permitted Investments.
Equity Security: (i) Any equity security or any other security that is not eligible for purchase by the Borrower as a Loan, and (ii) any security purchased as part of a unit with a Loan and that itself is not eligible for purchase by the Borrower as a Loan.
ERISA: The United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated or issued thereunder.
ERISA Affiliate: (a) Any corporation that is a member of the same controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code) as the Borrower, (b) a trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control (within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code) with the Borrower, or (c) for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, a member of the same affiliated service group (within the meaning of Section 414(m) of the Code) as the Borrower.
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Eurodollar Disruption Event: The occurrence of any of the following: (a) any Lender shall have notified the Administrative Agent of a determination
by such Lender that it would be contrary to law or to the directive of any central bank or other Governmental Authority(whether or not having the force of law) to obtain any applicable Currency in the applicable interbank market, to fund any Advance or (b) any Lender shall have notified the Administrative Agent of the inability of such Lender, as applicable, to obtain any applicable Currency in the applicable interbank
market to make, fund or maintain any Advance.
Erroneous Payment: The meaning specified in Section 11.10(a).
Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment: The meaning specified in Section 11.10(d).
Erroneous Payment Impacted Class: The meaning specified in Section 11.10(d).
Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency: The meaning specified in Section 11.10(d).
Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights: The meaning specified in Section 11.10(e).
Event of Default: The meaning specified in Section 9.1.
Excepted Persons: The meaning specified in Section 12.13(a).
Excess Concentration Amount: As of any date of determination (and after giving effect to all Eligible Loans to be purchased or sold by the Borrower on such date), the sum of the following amounts (without duplication):
(a) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of those Eligible Loans that are First Lien Loans and are obligations of the three Obligors with the largest Obligor Exposure included in the Collateral minus (ii) the greater of (A) $10,750,000 and (B) 7.50% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loans in the Collateral;
(b) except with respect to the Loans described in clause (a) above, the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of each Eligible Loan of any single Obligor and its Affiliates minus (ii) the greater of (A) $7,250,000 and (B) 5.00% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loans in the Collateral;
(c) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of those Eligible Loans with Obligors in any single S&P Industry Classification minus (ii) (A) with respect to the S&P Industry Classification representing the highest concentration of the Eligible Loans (determined by reference to Adjusted Borrowing Value), the greater of (1) $28,750,000 and (2) 20.00% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loans in the Collateral; (B) with respect to the S&P Industry Classifications representing the second and third highest concentration of the Eligible Loans (determined by reference to Adjusted Borrowing Value), the greater of (1) $25,000,000 and (2) 17.50% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loans in the Collateral; (C) with respect to the S&P Industry Classifications representing the fourth
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and fifth highest concentration of the Eligible Loans (determined by reference to Adjusted Borrowing Value), the greater of (1) $21,500,000 and (2) 15.00% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loans in the Collateral; and (D) with respect to the S&P Industry Classifications other than those covered in clauses (A), (B) and (C) hereof, the greater of (1) $18,000,000 and (2) 12.50% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loans in the Collateral;
(d) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of those Eligible Loans that are DIP Loans minus (ii) the greater of (A) $7,250,000 and (B) 5.00% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loans in the Collateral;
(e) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of those Eligible Loans that are Revolving Loans or Delayed Draw Loans minus (ii) the greater of (A) $14,500,000 and (B) 10.00% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loans in the Collateral;
(f) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of those Eligible Loans that are Principal Finance Loans minus (ii) the greater of (A) $14,500,000 and (B) 10.00% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loans in the Collateral;
(g) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of those Eligible Loans that are Loan which pay interest in Cash less frequently than quarterly, minus (ii) the greater of (A) $7,250,000 and (B) 5.00% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loans in the Collateral;
(h) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of those Eligible Loans that are PIK Loans or Partial PIK Loans minus (ii) the greater of (A) $7,250,000 and (B) 5.00% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loans in the Collateral;
(i) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of those Eligible Loans that are obligations of Obligors with less than $10,000,000 in Permitted EBITDA minus (ii) the greater of (A) $28,750,000 and (B) 20.00% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loans in the Collateral;
(j) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Dollar Equivalent of the Adjusted Borrowing Value of those Eligible Loans that are payable in Canadian Dollars minus (ii) the greater of (A) $14,500,000 and (B) 10.00% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loans in the Collateral;
(k) as of the date such Loan is first included a part of the Collateral, the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Adjusted
Borrowing Value of those Eligible Loans that are First Lien Loans and are obligations of Tier 3 Obligors
included in the Collateral minus (ii) the greater of (A) $28,750,00075,500,000 and (B) 20.0050.00% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loans in the Collateral; provided, that any excess pursuant to this clause (k) shall be reduced by the product of such excess
multiplied by the applicable Excess Tier 3 Administrative Agent Assigned Value, if any;
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(l) [reserved];
(m) [reserved];
(n) [reserved];
(o)
(l) as of the date such Loan is first included a part of the Collateral, the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of those Eligible Loans that are First Lien Last Out
Loans or Second Lien Loans and are obligations of Tier 3 Obligors included in the Collateral minus (ii) the greater of (A) $28,750,000 and (B) 20.00% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loans in the
Collateral; provided, that any excess pursuant to this clause (l) shall be reduced by the product of such excess multiplied by the applicable Excess Tier 3 Administrative Agent Assigned
Value, if any;
(m) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of those Eligible Loans that are Second Lien Loans (including any Principal Finance Loans that
would satisfy the definition of Second Lien Loan but for the exclusion of Principal Finance Loans from such definition) minus (ii) the greater of (A) $50,000,000 and (B) 35.00% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all
Eligible Loans in the Collateral;
(n) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of those Eligible Loans that are First Lien Last Out Loans (including any Principal Finance Loans
that would satisfy the definition of First Lien Last Out Loan but for the exclusion of Principal Finance Loans from such definition) minus (ii) the greater of (A) $50,000,000 and (B) 35.00% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing
Value of all Eligible Loans in the Collateral;
(o) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of those
Eligible Loans that are Second Lien Loans or First Lien Last Out Loans (including any
Principal Finance Loans that would satisfy the definition of Second Lien Loan or First Lien Last Out Loan but for the exclusion of Principal Finance Loans from such definitions) minus (ii) the greater of (A) $75,500,00035,750,000
and (B)
50.0025.00
% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loans in the
Collateral;
(p) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of those Eligible Loans that are Cov-Lite Loans minus (ii) the greater of (A) $35,750,000 and (B) 25.00% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loans in the Collateral;
(q) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of those Eligible Loans that have final maturities greater than seven (7) years minus (ii) the greater of (A) $14,500,000 and (B) 10.00% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loans in the Collateral; and
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(r) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of those Eligible Loans that are obligations of Obligors principally engaged in gaming businesses (including internet gambling companies) minus (ii) the greater of (A) $7,250,000 and (B) 5.00% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loans in the Collateral.
Excess Tier 3 Administrative Agent Assigned Value: With
respect to any Loan (or any portion thereof), the value (expressed as a percentage of par) of such Loan (or portion thereof) as determined by the Administrative Agent (and notified in writing to the Borrower) in its sole discretion on each
Measurement Date for the amount exceeding the threshold set forth in clause (k) or (l) of the definition of Excess Concentration Amount, as applicable.
Exchange Act: The United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Excluded Amounts: Any amount received in the Collection Account with respect to any Loan included as part
of the Collateral, which amount is attributable to (i) the reimbursement by the related Obligor of payment by the Borrower or Transferor of any Tax, fee or other charge imposed by any Governmental Authority on such Loan or on any Underlying
Assets, (ii) the reimbursement by the related Obligor of payment by the Borrower or Transferor of other out-of-pocket expenses, (iii) any payments or reimbursements related to indemnification obligations, (iv) any escrows relating to
Taxes, insurance and other amounts in connection with Loans which are held in an escrow account for the benefit of the Obligor and the secured party pursuant to escrow arrangements under Underlying Instruments, (v) any amount deposited into the
Collection Account in error, provided, except with respect to the amounts described in clausesclause (v) of this definition, that such amounts shall be
Excluded Amounts only to the extent that such amounts (x) are in excess of the principal and interest then due in respect of such Loan, and (y) were required to be paid by the related Obligor pursuant to a specific provision of the
Underlying Instruments with respect to such Loan.
Excluded Taxes: The meaning specified in Section 2.13(e).
Exposure Amount Shortfall: The meaning specified in Section 2.2(g).
Facility Amount: As of any date, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $200,000,000 and (b) the aggregate
principal amount of the Commitments provided by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as of such date; provided that the Facility amountAmount may be increased pursuant to Section 2.18;
provided that on or after the earlier to occur of the Revolving Period End Date or the Termination Date, the Facility Amount shall mean the Advances Outstanding.
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Fair Market Value: With respect to any Principal Finance Loan, an amount (expressed as a percentage of par) equal to the marked-to-market value of such Loan; provided that the Fair Market Value of any Loan determined to be equal to or greater than ninety-five percent (95.0%) in accordance with the foregoing shall be deemed to be one hundred percent (100%); provided, further, that the Fair Market Value of any such Loan which is determined to be less than ninety percent (90.0%) shall be deemed to be as set forth below:
Marked-to-Market Value (as a percentage of par): |
Fair Market Value: | |||
£ 90.0% but > 80.0% |
90.0 | % | ||
£ 80.0% but > 70.0% |
80.0 | % | ||
£ 70.0% but > 60.0% |
70.0 | % | ||
£ 60.0% but > 50.0% |
60.0 | % | ||
£ 50.0% but > 40.0% |
50.0 | % | ||
£ 40.0% but > 30.0% |
40.0 | % | ||
£ 30.0% but > 20.0% |
30.0 | % | ||
£ 20.0% but > 10.0% |
20.0 | % | ||
£ 10.0% but > 0.0% |
10.0 | % |
FATCA: Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as in effect on the Effective Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof (including any Revenue Rulings, Revenue Procedure, Notice or similar guidance issued by the IRS thereunder as a precondition to relief or exemption from Taxes under such provisions) and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement between the United States and another jurisdiction facilitating the implementation thereof (or any law, regulation or official interpretation implementing such an intergovernmental agreement).
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and any successor thereto.
Federal Funds Rate: For any
period, the greater of (a) 0.00% and (b) a fluctuating
interest rate
per annum rate equal, for each day during such
period, to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds rates as intransactions
with members of the Federal Reserve Board Statistical Release H.15(519) or any successor or substitute
publication selected by the Administrative AgentSystem arranged by federal funds brokers, as published
for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business
Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if
for any reason such rate is not available onso published
for any day, the rate determined which is a Business Day, in the sole discretion
ofaverage of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent, to be the rate at which overnight from three federal funds are being offered in the national federal funds market at 9:00 a.m. (New York City Time) on such day.
Federal Reserve Bank of New Yorks Website means
the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor sourcebrokers of recognized standing selected by it.
Fee Letter: Individually and collectively, (i) that certain Amended and Restated Fee Letter, dated as of November 22, 2019the
First Amendment Effective Date, between the Administrative Agent and Borrower and (ii) each additional Fee Letter executed between any Lender and Borrower, in each case, as amended, modified,
waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time.
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Finance Lease: Any transaction in which the obligations of a lessee to pay rent or other amounts under a lease are on a triple net basis and are required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of such lessee under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. A Finance Lease shall not include obligations structured to comply with foreign law or religious restrictions, including, but not limited to, Islamic Shariah.
Financial Asset: The meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC.
Financial Sponsor: Any Person, including any Subsidiary of such Person, whose principal business activity is acquiring, holding, and selling equity or preferred equity investments (including controlling interests) in otherwise unrelated companies that each are distinct legal entities with separate management, books and records and bank accounts, whose operations are not integrated with one another and whose financial condition and creditworthiness are independent of the other companies so owned by such Person.
First Amendment: The First Amendment to Loan and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2021, by and among the Borrower, Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Collateral Custodian.
First Amendment Effective Date: The date on which the conditions specified in Section 3.01 of the First Amendment were satisfied (or waived in accordance with the terms thereof), which date is December 28, 2021.
First Lien Last Out Loan: A Loan (other than a Principal Finance Loan) that would otherwise be a First Lien Loan except that at any time prior to and/or after an event of default under the related loan agreement of the related Obligor, any portion of such Loan will be repaid after one or more classes of loans issued by the same Obligor have been paid in full in accordance with a specific waterfall of payments or other priority of payments; provided, that a First Lien Last Out Loan may include a Loan to an Obligor that also has a separate working capital loan so long as (A) the amount of such Loan does not exceed an amount equal to the applicable Obligors EBITDA, (B) such working capital loan is not secured by any assets other than current assets (as determined in accordance with GAAP), and (C) if an event of default occurs with respect to such First Lien Last Out Loan, the Borrower has a right to purchase such working capital loan at par and on other terms reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent; provided further that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, designate an Eligible Loan that would otherwise constitute a First Lien Last Out Loan as a First Lien Loan.
First Lien Loan: A Loan (other than a Principal Finance Loan) (i) that is secured by a pledge of collateral, which security interest is validly perfected and first priority under Applicable Law (subject to liens permitted under the applicable credit agreement that are reasonable and customary for similar loans (provided that such permitted liens do not secure indebtedness for borrowed money), and liens accorded priority by law in favor of the United States or any State or agency) (except as otherwise provided in this definition), (ii) for which the Collateral Manager determines in good faith that the value or the enterprise value of the related
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Obligor (as determined by Collateral Manager in accordance with a methodology acceptable to Administrative Agent) of the collateral securing the Loan on the date such Loan is first included as part of the Collateral or on the date that any Value Adjustment Event occurs equals or exceeds the outstanding principal balance of the Loan plus the aggregate outstanding balances of all other loans of equal or higher seniority secured by the same collateral, (iii) that is not (and cannot by its terms become) subordinate in right of payment to any obligation of the Obligor in any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, moratorium or liquidation proceedings and (iv) that is not secured solely or primarily by the Capital Stock of its Obligor or any of such Obligors Affiliates; provided, that a First Lien Loan may include a Loan to an Obligor that also has a separate working capital loan so long as (A) the amount of such Loan does not exceed an amount equal to the applicable Obligors EBITDA, (B) such working capital loan is not secured by any assets other than current assets (as determined in accordance with GAAP) and (C) if an event of default occurs with respect to such First Lien Loan, the Borrower has a right to purchase such working capital loan at par and on other terms reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent. For the avoidance of doubt, a First Lien Last Out Loan shall not constitute a First Lien Loan unless the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, designates such Eligible Loan that would otherwise constitute a First Lien Last Out Loan as a First Lien Loan in the related approval notice.
Fitch: Fitch, Inc. or any successor thereto.
Floor: A rate of interest equal to 0.0%.
Foreign Lender: A Lender that is not a U.S. Tax Person.
FS/KKR Parties: The Borrower, the Transferor and the Collateral Manager.
Funding Date: In the case of any Loan Advance, the proposed Business Day on which a Loan Advance is to be made after the receipt by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Custodian and Lenders of a Funding Notice, subject to the required notice provisions of and together with the other required deliveries in accordance with Section 2.2.
Funding Notice: A notice in the form of Exhibit A-1 requesting an Advance, including the items required by Section 2.2.
GAAP: Generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States.
General Collection Account: A Securities Account created and maintained on the books and records of the Collateral Custodian (or any other party acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) entitled General Collection Account in the name of the Borrower and subject to the prior Lien of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
General Intangible: The meaning specified in Section 9-102(a)(42) of the UCC.
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Governing Documents: (a) With respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-US. jurisdiction), (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and, if applicable, any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
Governmental Authority: With respect to any Person, any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any central bank (or similar monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any body or entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government and any court or arbitrator having jurisdiction over such Person (including any supra-national body exercising such powers or functions, such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
Guarantee Obligation: As to any Person (the guaranteeing person), any obligation of (a) the guaranteeing person or (b) another Person (including any bank under any letter of credit) to induce the creation of which the guaranteeing person has issued a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, in either case guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness (the primary obligations), of any other third Person (the primary obligor) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any Property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase Property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The terms Guarantee and Guaranteed used as a verb shall have a correlative meaning. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing persons maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good faith.
Highest Required Investment Category: (i) With respect to ratings assigned by Moodys, Aa2 or P-1 for one month instruments, Aa2 and P-1 for three month instruments, Aa3 and P-1 for six month instruments and Aa2 and P-1 for instruments with a term in excess of six months, (ii) with respect to rating assigned by S&P, A-1 for short-term instruments and A for long-term instruments, and (iii) with respect to rating assigned by Fitch (if such investment is rated by Fitch), F-1+ for short-term instruments and AAA for long-term instruments.
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Increased Commitment: The meaning specified in Section 2.18.
Increased Costs: Any amounts required to be paid by the Borrower to an Indemnified Party pursuant to Section 2.12.
Indebtedness: With respect to any Person at any date without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money (whether by loan or the issuance and sale of debt securities) or for the deferred purchase price of Property or services (other than current trade liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary practices), (b) any other indebtedness of such Person which is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument, (c) all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit, acceptances or similar instruments issued or created for the account of such Person, (d) all liabilities secured by (or for which the holder of such obligations has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on any Property owned by such Person even though such Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof, and (e) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (d) above. The amount of any Indebtedness under clause (d) shall be equal to the lesser of (A) the stated amount of the relevant obligations and (B) the fair market value of the Property subject to the relevant Lien. The amount of any Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Persons ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness expressly provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
Indemnified Amounts: The meaning specified in Section 10.1(a).
Indemnified Parties: The meaning specified in Section 10.1(a).
Indorsement: The meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(11) of the UCC, and Indorsed has a corresponding meaning.
Ineligible Assignee: Any private investment company, investment firm, investment partnership, private equity fund, Person that is primarily engaged in the business of private direct lending, business development company, mezzanine fund, private debt fund, hedge fund, or other private equity investment vehicle or any Person that is not organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, in each case, which Person is in direct competition with the Borrower, provided, that no Approved Fund shall be an Ineligible Assignee.
Insolvency Event: With respect to a specified Person, (a) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction over such Person or any substantial part of its property in an involuntary case under any applicable Insolvency Law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of such Persons affairs, and such decree, order or appointment shall remain unstayed
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and in effect for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days, (b) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under any applicable Insolvency Law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, (c) the consent by such Person to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or the making by such Person of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (d) the failure by such Person generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by such Person in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
Insolvency Laws: The Bankruptcy Code and all other applicable liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, suspension of payments, or similar debtor relief laws from time to time in effect affecting the rights of creditors generally.
Insolvency Proceeding: Any case, action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to any Insolvency Event.
Instrument: The meaning specified in Section 9-102(a)(47) of the UCC.
Insurance Policy: With respect to any Loan, an insurance certificate evidencing insurance covering liability and physical damages to, or loss of, the related Underlying Assets.
Interest: For each (x) Interest Period, with respect to any Advance bearing interest at Term SOFR and (y) Accrual Period, with respect to any other Advance, the sum of the amounts determined (with respect to each day during such Interest Period or Accrual Period, as applicable) in accordance with the following formula:
IR x P x 1
D
where:
IR = the Interest Rate applicable on such day;
P = the Advances Outstanding on such day; and
D = 360 days (or, to the extent the Interest Rate is the Base Rate, 365 or 366 days, as applicable).
provided that (i) no provision of this Agreement shall require the payment or permit the collection of Interest in excess of the maximum permitted by Applicable Law and (ii) Interest shall not be considered paid by any distribution if at any time such distribution is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason.
Interest Collection Account: Collectively, (i) a Securities Account created and maintained on the books and records of the Collateral Custodian (or any other party acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) entitled USD Interest Collection Account in the name of the Borrower and subject to the prior Lien of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and (ii) i) a Securities Account created and maintained on the books and records of the Collateral Custodian (or any other party acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) entitled Canadian Dollar Interest Collection Account in the name of the Borrower and subject to the prior Lien of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
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Interest Collections: All payments of interest and fees on or received in respect of Loans and Permitted Investments, including (a) any payments of accrued interest received on the sale of Loans or Permitted Investments, (b) all payments of principal (including principal prepayments) on Permitted Investments purchased with the proceeds described in this definition and (c) origination, agency, structuring, management or other up-front fees, unused line, termination, make whole, prepayment and other fees in respect of the Loans; provided that Interest Collections shall not include (x) Sale Proceeds representing accrued interest that are applied toward payment for accrued interest on the purchase of a Loan (including in connection with a Substitution) and (y) interest received in respect of a Loan (including in connection with any sale thereof), which interest was purchased with Principal Collections.
Interest Period: Each period commencing on a Business Day selected by Borrower pursuant to this Agreement and ending one month thereafter (in each case, subject to the availability thereof), as selected by Borrowers irrevocable notice to Administrative Agent, as set forth in Section 2.10(e); provided that the foregoing provision relating to Interest Periods is subject to the following:
(a) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;
(b) with respect to Advances, any Interest Period that would otherwise extend beyond the Revolving Period End Date shall end on the Revolving Period End Date;
(c) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period), shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;
(d) Borrower shall select Interest Periods so as not to require a payment or prepayment of any Advance during an Interest Period for such Advance; and
(e) no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 12.18(d) shall be available for specification in any Funding Notice or Notice of Continuation.
Interest Rate: (a) The LIBOR
RateBenchmark, plus (b) the Applicable
Spread; provided that, upon and during the occurrence of a EurodollarCurrency Disruption Event, Interest Rate shall mean the Base
Rate plus the Applicable Spread. Accrued and unpaid interest on Advances shall be payable on each Payment Date.
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Investment: With respect to any Person, any direct or indirect loan, advance or investment by such Person in any other Person, whether by means of share purchase, capital contribution, loan or otherwise, excluding the acquisition of Loans and the acquisition of Equity Securities otherwise permitted by the terms hereof which are related to such Loans.
Investment Advisor: FS/KKR Advisor, LLC.
Investment Advisory Agreement: Collectively, the Investment Advisory and Administrative Services Agreement, dated as of April 9, 2018, by and among the Investment Advisor, the Collateral Manager.
Investment Property: The meaning specified in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the UCC.
IRS: The United States Internal Revenue Service.
Joinder Supplement: An agreement among the Borrower, a Lender and the Administrative Agent in the form of Exhibit H to this Agreement (appropriately completed) delivered in connection with a Person becoming a Lender hereunder after the Effective Date.
Lender: The meaning specified in the Preamble, including collectively, each financial institution (i) listed on Annex B as having Commitments or (ii) which may from time to time become a Lender hereunder by executing and delivering a Joinder Supplement and/or an Assignment and Assumption, as applicable, to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (and for purposes of Section 2.13 of this Agreement any successor, assignee or participant).
LIBOR Rate: For any day (and with respect to each Advance, for
any day during the applicable interest period), the greater of (i) zero percent (0.00%) and (ii) (x) the rate per annum appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any successor or substitute page) as the London interbank offered
rate for deposits in Dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time, for such day, provided, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day, for a one-month maturity; and (y) if no rate specified in clause
(x) of this definition so appears on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any successor or substitute page), the interest rate per annum at which Dollar deposits for a one-month maturity would be offered by major financial institutions
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time, for such day.
Lien: Any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, right, claim, security interest or encumbrance of any kind of or on any Persons assets or properties in favor of any other Person.
Loan: Any commercial loan or note which is originated or acquired by the Transferor or any of its Affiliates or which the Borrower acquires from a third party in the ordinary course of its business or an Effective Date Participation Interest owned by the Borrower.
Loan Advance: The meaning specified in Section 2.2(a).
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Loan Checklist: An electronic or hard copy, as applicable, of a checklist delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Collateral Custodian, for each Loan, of all Required Loan Documents to be included within the respective Loan File, which shall specify whether such document is an original or a copy.
Loan File: With respect to each Loan, a file containing (a) each of the documents and items as set forth on the Loan Checklist with respect to such Loan and (b) duly executed originals and copies of any other relevant records relating to such Loans and the Underlying Assets pertaining thereto.
Loan List: That certain list of Loans attached hereto as Schedule II, as such Schedule shall be deemed to be updated from time to time by reference to the list of Loans set forth on the most recently delivered Borrowing Base Certificate.
Margin Stock: Margin Stock as defined under Regulation U.
Material Adverse Effect: With respect to any event or circumstance, a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, financial condition, operations, performance or properties of the Borrower or the Collateral Manager, both individually or taken as a whole, (b) the validity, enforceability or collectability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or the validity, enforceability or collectability of the Loans generally or any material portion of the Loans, (c) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Secured Parties with respect to matters arising under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (d) the ability of each of the Borrower or the Collateral Manager to perform its obligations under any Transaction Document to which it is a party, or (e) the status, existence, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Administrative Agents or the other Secured Parties lien on any material portion of the Collateral.
Material Modification: Any amendment or waiver of, or modification or supplement to (it being agreed and understood that a release document or similar instrument executed or delivered in connection with a disposition that is otherwise permitted under the Underlying Instrument shall not constitute an amendment or waiver of, or modification or supplement to such Underlying Instrument), an Underlying Instrument governing a Loan executed or effected on or after the date on which the Borrower acquired such Loan that:
(a) reduces or waives any or all of the principal amount of such Loan;
(b) extends the final maturity date or any other due date for payment of outstanding amounts of such Loan by more than thirty (30) days;
(c) waives one or more interest payments by more than five percent (5%) or permits any interest due in cash to be deferred or capitalized and added to the principal amount of such Loan (other than any deferral or capitalization already allowed by the terms of its Underlying Instruments);
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(d) reduces the amount of interest due with respect to such Loan (other than due to automatic changes in grid pricing existing at the time such Eligible Loan is acquired by the Borrower);
(e) contractually or structurally subordinates such Loan by operation of a priority of payments, turnover provisions, the transfer of assets in order to limit recourse to the related Obligor or the granting of Liens (other than Permitted Liens) on any of the Underlying Assets securing such Loan;
(f) substitutes, alters or releases (other than as permitted by such Underlying Instruments) the Underlying Assets securing such Loan, and each such substitution, alteration or release, as determined in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent, materially and adversely affects the value of such Loan;
(g) amends, waives, forbears, supplements or otherwise modifies in any way the definition of Net Senior Leverage
Ratio, Net Total Obligor Leverage Ratio or, Cash Interest Coverage Ratio, or EBITDA (or any respective comparable definitions in its Underlying Instruments) or the definition of any component thereof in a manner that, in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, is materially
adverse to the Administrative Agent or any Lender; or
(h) with respect to a Principal Finance Loan, results in a material (as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) change to or grants material (as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) relief from the borrowing base or any related definition; or
(i) amends, waives, forbears, supplements or otherwise modifies in any way the definition of permitted lien or indebtedness (or any similar term) in a manner that the Administrative Agent determines in its reasonable discretion is materially adverse to the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
Measurement Date: Each of (i) the Effective Date; (ii) the date of any Borrowers Notice; (iii) with respect to any Loan, the earlier to occur of (a) the date that the Collateral Manager has actual knowledge of the occurrence of any Value Adjustment Event or (b) the date that the Assigned Value of any Loan is adjusted; (iv) unless such date is two (2) or fewer days prior to the next Payment Date, the Business Day prior to the date any Principal Collections are to be released pursuant to Section 2.7(b); (v) the date on which any Loan included in the latest calculation of the Borrowing Base fails to meet one or more of the criteria listed in the definition of Eligible Loan (other than any criteria thereof waived by the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date of acquisition of such Loan by the Borrower); (vi) the date on or prior to each Reinvestment, Discretionary Sale or Substitution pursuant to Section 2.14 and Section 3.2, as applicable; (vii) each Reporting Date (provided that in each case that the Reporting Date is the applicable Measurement Date, the calculations reported as of such date shall be made as of the last day of the immediately preceding calendar month); and (viii) so long as there has not been a Measurement Date within the last five (5) Business Days, each other date requested by the Administrative Agent with at least five (5) Business Days advance notice; provided that if a Measurement Date otherwise occurs pursuant to clauses (ii) through (vii) following any such request, but prior to such requested date, such request for an additional Measurement Date shall be deemed to be withdrawn.
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Minimum Credit Enhancement Amount: As of any date, an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the sum of the Adjusted Borrowing Values of all Loans owing by the three Obligors which have the greatest Obligor Exposure.
Minimum Credit Enhancement Amount Test: As of any date, the test that is satisfied if the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Eligible Loans as of such date plus the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of Principal Collections on deposit in the Principal Collection Account as of such date minus the Advances Outstanding is equal to or greater than the Dollar Equivalent of the Minimum Credit Enhancement Amount.
Minimum Usage Fee: For each Accrual Period, the sum of the following amounts determined for each day during such Accrual Period which day is on or after the three-month anniversary of the First Amendment Effective Date: the product of (a) one divided by 360, (b) the Interest Rate; provided that, for purposes of calculating the Minimum Usage Fee, the Benchmark component of the Interest Rate shall be Daily Simple SOFR, and (c) (i) the amount by which $130,000,000 exceeds the Advances Outstanding as of such day or (ii) if there is no such excess, zero.
Moodys: Moodys Investors Service, Inc., and any successor thereto.
Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a Lien on an interest in real property securing a Loan, including the assignment of leases and rents related thereto.
Multiemployer Plan: A multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA that is or was at any time during the current year or the preceding five (5) years contributed to by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate on behalf of its employees.
Net Senior Leverage Ratio: With respect to any Loan for any
Relevant Test Period, either (a) the meaning of Net Senior Leverage Ratio or comparable definition set forth in the Underlying Instruments for such Loan, or (b) in the case of any Loan with respect to which the related Underlying
Instruments do not include a definition of Net Senior Leverage Ratio or comparable definition, the ratio of (i) the
total indebtedness (as defined in the Underlying Instruments or comparable definition thereof, including such Loan) of the applicable
Obligor as of the date of determination, excluding any junior indebtedness and any unsecured indebtedness of such Obligor or non-recourse indebtedness of such Obligor secured solely by the real property and related improvements and fixtures of such
Obligor as of such date, minus the Unrestricted Cash of such Obligor as of such date to (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of EBITDA of such Obligor with respect to the applicable Relevant Test Period, as calculated by the Borrower in good
faith; provided that, in calculating the Net Senior Leverage Ratio under either of clause (a) or clause (b) above, EBITDA of the applicable Obligor for the Relevant Test
Period shall be deemed to be no greater than Permitted EBITDA, as defined herein, for the Relevant Test Period.
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Net Total Obligor Leverage Ratio: With respect to any Loan for
any Relevant Test Period, either (a) the meaning of Net Total Obligor Leverage Ratio or comparable definition set forth in the Underlying Instruments for such Loan, or (b) in the case of any Loan with respect to which the
related Underlying Instruments do not include a definition of Net Total Obligor Leverage Ratio or comparable definition, the ratio of
(i) the Dollar Equivalent of the total indebtedness (as defined in the Underlying Instruments or comparable definition thereof, including such Loan) of the applicable Obligor as of the date of determination, minus the Dollar
Equivalent of Unrestricted Cash of such Obligor as of such date to (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of EBITDA of such Obligor with respect to the applicable Relevant Test Period, as calculated by the Borrower in good faith;
provided that, in calculating the Net Total Obligor Leverage Ratio under either of clause (a) or clause (b) above, EBITDA of the applicable Obligor for the Relevant Test Period
shall be deemed to be no greater than Permitted EBITDA, as defined herein, for the Relevant Test Period.
Non-Excluded Taxes: The meaning specified in Section 2.13(a).
Non-Usage Fee: A fee payable quarterly in arrears for each Accrual Period equal to:
(a)
during the first three (3) months following the Effective Date, zero; and
(b)
thereafter, the sum of the following:
(a)
(i) for each day during such Accrual Period
that the Advances Outstanding on such day are less than or equal to the product of twentyseventy-five percent (25.00%) multiplied by the Facility Amount on such day, the sum of the products for each such day
during such Accrual Period of (A) one divided by 360, (B) 0.85% and (C) the Unused Facility Amount as of each such day; plus
(ii) 75.00%)
multiplied by the Facility Amount on such day, the sum of the products for each such day during such Accrual Period of (A) one divided by 360, (B) 0.50% and (C) the Unused Facility Amount as of each such day; and
(b)
for each day during such Accrual Period that the Advances Outstanding on such day are
equal to or greater than the product of twentyseventy-five percent
(25.0075.00
%) multiplied by the Facility Amount on such day, but less than or equal to the product of fifty percent
(50.00%) multiplied by the Facility Amount on such day, the sum of the products for each such day during such Accrual Period of (A) one divided by 360, (B) 0.600.25% and (C) the Unused Facility Amount as of each such day; plus
(iii) for each day during such Accrual Period
that the Advances Outstanding on such day are greater than the product of fifty (50.00%) multiplied by the Facility Amount on such day multiplied by the Facility Amount on such day, the sum of the products for each such day during such Accrual Period of (A) one divided by 360, (B) 0.50%
and (C) the Unused Facility Amount as of each such day.
Note: The meaning specified in Section 2.1.
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Noteless Loan: A Loan with respect to which the Underlying Instruments do not require the Obligor to execute and deliver, and the Obligor has not executed and delivered to the Borrower, a promissory note evidencing any indebtedness created under such Loan.
Notice of Continuation: Each notice required to be delivered by the Borrower in respect of any continuation of any Advance bearing interest at Term SOFR, in the form of Exhibit A-5 or such other form approved by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
Notice of Exclusive Control: The meaning specified in the Account Control Agreement.
Obligations: The unpaid principal amount of, and interest (including interest accruing after the maturity of the Advances and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) on the Advances and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to the Secured Parties, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, or out of or in connection with any Transaction Document, and any other document to which the Borrower is a party made, delivered or given in connection therewith or herewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Custodian and the Securities Intermediary or to the Lenders that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents), Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights or otherwise.
Obligor: With respect to any Loan, any Person or Persons obligated to make payments pursuant to or with respect to such Loan, including any guarantor thereof. For purposes of determining whether any Loan is made to an Eligible Obligor, all Loans included as part of the Collateral or to be transferred to the Collateral, the Obligor of which is an Affiliate of another Obligor, shall be aggregated with all Loans of such Affiliate Obligor; for example, if Corporation A is an Affiliate of Corporation B, and the sum of the Adjusted Borrowing Values of all of Corporation As Loans included as part of the Collateral constitutes 10.00% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value for all Loans and the sum of the Adjusted Borrowing Value of all of Corporation Bs Loans included as part of the Collateral constitutes 10.00% of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Loans, the Obligor concentration for Corporation A and Corporation B would each be 20.00%.
Obligor Cash Interest Coverage Ratio: With respect to any Loan for any Relevant Test Period, either (a) the meaning of Cash Interest Coverage Ratio or comparable definition set forth in the Underlying Instruments for such Loan, or (b) in the case of any Loan with respect to which the related Underlying Instruments do not include a definition of Cash Interest Coverage Ratio or comparable definition, the ratio of (i) the Dollar Equivalent of EBITDA to (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of Obligor Cash Interest Expense of such Obligor as of the Relevant Test Period, as calculated by the Collateral Manager (on behalf of the Borrower) in good faith; provided that, in calculating the Cash Interest Coverage Ratio under either of clause (a) or clause (b) above, EBITDA of the applicable Obligor for the Relevant Test Period
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shall be deemed to be no greater than Permitted EBITDA, as defined herein, for the Relevant Test Period; provided, further, that, for the purposes of calculating Obligor Cash Interest Coverage Ratio for any Obligor in any Relevant Test Period in which such Obligor issued or originated Indebtedness, the Obligor Cash Interest Expense resulting from such Indebtedness shall be annualized based on the period from the date on which such Indebtedness was originated or issued to the last day of such Relevant Test Period.
Obligor Cash Interest Expense: With respect to any Obligor for any period, the amount which, in conformity with GAAP, would be set forth opposite the caption interest expense or any like caption reflected on the most recent financial statements delivered by such Obligor to the Borrower for such period.
Obligor Exposure: With respect to any Obligor, the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of all Loans in respect of which such Obligor is the related Obligor.
Obligor Net Senior Leverage Ratio: With respect to any Loan for any Relevant Test Period, either (a) the meaning of Net Senior Leverage Ratio or comparable definition set forth in the Underlying Instruments for such Loan, or (b) in the case of any Loan with respect to which the related Underlying Instruments do not include a definition of Net Senior Leverage Ratio or comparable definition, the ratio of (i) the Dollar Equivalent of senior indebtedness (as defined in the Underlying Instruments or comparable definition thereof, including such Loan) of the applicable Obligor as of the date of determination, excluding any junior indebtedness and any unsecured indebtedness of such Obligor or non-recourse indebtedness of such Obligor secured solely by the real property and related improvements and fixtures of such Obligor as of such date, minus the Unrestricted Cash of such Obligor as of such date to (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of EBITDA of such Obligor with respect to the applicable Relevant Test Period, as calculated by the Borrower in good faith; provided that, in calculating the Net Senior Leverage Ratio under either of clause (a) or clause (b) above, EBITDA of the applicable Obligor for the Relevant Test Period shall be deemed to be no greater than Permitted EBITDA, as defined herein, for the Relevant Test Period.
Obligor Net Total Leverage Ratio: With respect to any Loan for any Relevant Test Period, either (a) the meaning of Net Total Leverage Ratio or comparable definition set forth in the Underlying Instruments for such Loan, or (b) in the case of any Loan with respect to which the related Underlying Instruments do not include a definition of Net Total Leverage Ratio or comparable definition, the ratio of (i) the Dollar Equivalent of the total indebtedness (as defined in the Underlying Instruments or comparable definition thereof, including such Loan) of the applicable Obligor as of the date of determination, minus the Dollar Equivalent of Unrestricted Cash of such Obligor as of such date to (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of EBITDA of such Obligor with respect to the applicable Relevant Test Period, as calculated by the Borrower in good faith; provided that, in calculating the Net Total Leverage Ratio under either of clause (a) or clause (b) above, EBITDA of the applicable Obligor for the Relevant Test Period shall be deemed to be no greater than Permitted EBITDA, as defined herein, for the Relevant Test Period.
Officers Certificate: A certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Person providing the applicable certification, as the case may be.
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Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, which opinion and
counsel are acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, provided that Clifford Chance USDechert LLP shall be an acceptable counsel for purposes of delivering
any Opinion of Counsel hereunder.
Other Connection Taxes has the meaning given in Section 2.13(a).
Other Taxes: The meaning specified in Section 2.13(b).
Outstanding Balance: With respect to any Loan as of any date of determination, the Dollar Equivalent of the outstanding principal balance of any advances or funded loans made by the Borrower to the related Obligor pursuant to the related Underlying Instruments as of such date of determination (exclusive of any interest and PIK Interest).
Partial PIK Loan: Any Loan that required the Obligor to pay only a portion of the accrued and unpaid interest in Cash on a
current basis, the remainder of which is or can be deferred and paid at a later date; provided that the portion of such Loan that is accruing interest that is required to be paid in Cash pursuant to the terms of the related Underlying
Instruments at an interest rate of, (i) if such Loan is subject to a floating rate, not less than the LIBOR Rateapplicable floating rate plus 4.00% or (ii) if such Loan is
subject to a fixed rate, not less than 6.00%, shall not be considered a Partial PIK Loan.
Participation Interest: A participation interest in a loan or other obligation that would, at the time of acquisition or the Borrowers commitment to acquire the same, constitute a Loan.
Participant Register: The meaning specified in Section 12.16(b).
Payment Date: (x) The 20th day of each April, July, October and January, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing January 20, 2020 and (y) the Termination Date.
Payment Date Report: A certificate setting forth, among other things, the application of payments to be made on the next Payment Date pursuant to Section 2.7 or 2.8 hereof (as applicable), the currency calculations set forth in Section 5.1(q), a calculation of the financial covenants set forth in Section 5.2(n) hereof, and a reasonably detailed summary of the Obligors and their respective financial results and capital structure in connection with the applicable Underlying Instruments, together with the back-up financial and covenant compliance statements of the applicable Obligors received by the Borrower or the Collateral Manager with respect thereto, in the form of Exhibit A-6, prepared by or on behalf of the Borrower, and certifications regarding Available Capital.
Payment Duties: The meaning specified in Section 7.2(b)(iv).
Payment Recipient: The meaning specified in Section 11.10(a).
Pension Plan: The meaning specified in Section 4.1(w).
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Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day: The meaning specified in the definition of Term SOFR.
Permitted BDC means each of FS KKR
Capital Corp. (f/k/a FS Investment Corporation), FS Investment Corporation II, FS Investment Corporation III and Corporate Capital Trust
II: Any business development company which is advised by the Investment Advisor or an
Affiliate thereof.
Permitted EBITDA: With respect to any Loan, EBITDA multiplied by the Agent EBITDA Percentage.
Permitted Investments: Negotiable instruments or securities or other investments that (i) except in the case of demand or time deposits, investments in money market funds and Eligible Repurchase Obligations, are represented by instruments in registered form or ownership of which is represented by book entries by a Clearing Agency or by a Federal Reserve Bank in favor of depository institutions eligible to have an account with such Federal Reserve Bank who hold such investments on behalf of their customers, (ii) as of any date of determination, mature by their terms on or prior to the Business Day preceding the next Payment Date unless such Permitted Investments are issued by the Collateral Custodian in its capacity as a banking institution, in which event such Permitted Investments may mature on such Payment Date, (iii) are in the form of and are treated as indebtedness of the related Obligor for U.S. federal income tax purposes and are not a United States real property interest as defined under section 897 of the Code, (iv) are not subject to any withholding tax unless the Obligor thereon is required under the terms of the related Underlying Instrument to make gross-up payments that cover the full amount of such withholding tax on an after-tax basis, and (v) evidence:
(a) direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to full and timely payment by, the United States (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States);
(b) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of depository institutions or trust companies incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking or depository institution authorities; provided that at the time of the Borrowers investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, the commercial paper, if any, and short-term unsecured debt obligations (other than such obligation whose rating is based on the credit of a Person other than such institution or trust company) of such depository institution or trust company shall have a credit rating from each Rating Agency in the Highest Required Investment Category granted by such Rating Agency;
(c) commercial paper, or other short term obligations, having, at the time of the Borrowers investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating in the Highest Required Investment Category granted by each Rating Agency;
(d) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit that are fully insured by the FDIC and either have a rating on their certificates of deposit or short-term deposits from Moodys and S&P of P-1 and A-1, respectively, and if rated by Fitch, from Fitch of F-1+;
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(e) notes that are payable on demand or bankers acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company referred to in clause (b) above;
(f) investments in taxable money market funds or other regulated investment companies having, at the time of the Borrowers investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating of the Highest Required Investment Category from at least two Rating Agencies and from each Rating Agency that rates such investments;
(g) time deposits (having maturities of not more than 90 days) by an entity the commercial paper of which has, at the time of the Borrowers investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating of the Highest Required Investment Category granted by each Rating Agency; or
(h) Eligible Repurchase Obligations with a rating acceptable to the Rating Agencies, which in the case of S&P and Moodys, shall be A-1 and in the case of Fitch shall be F-1+.
The Collateral Custodian or the Administrative Agent may, pursuant to the direction of the Collateral Manager or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, purchase or sell to itself or an Affiliate, as principal or agent, the Permitted Investments described above. Permitted Investments may include those investments in which the Collateral Custodian or any of its affiliates provides services and receives reasonable compensation.
Permitted Liens: Any of the following as to which no enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure proceeding shall have been commenced: (a) Liens for Taxes if such Taxes shall not at the time be due and payable or if a Person shall currently be contesting the validity thereof in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in accordance with GAAP have been provided on the books of such Person, (b) Liens imposed by law, such as materialmens, warehousemens, mechanics, carriers, workmens and repairmens Liens and other similar Liens, arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business for sums that are not overdue or are being contested in good faith, (c) with respect to any Underlying Assets, Liens permitted under the related Underlying Instruments, (d) as to agented Loans, Liens in favor of the agent on behalf of all of the lenders with respect to such Loan, (e) Liens granted pursuant to or by the Transaction Documents and (f) Liens in favor of the Collateral Custodian and permitted under the Account Control Agreement.
Person: An individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust (including a statutory or business trust), unincorporated association, sole proprietorship, joint venture, government (or any agency or political subdivision thereof) or other entity.
PIK Interest: Interest accrued on a Loan that is added to the principal amount of such Loan instead of being paid as it accrues, provided, that the interest of any Loan that is paid with the proceeds of a permitted drawing on a Revolving Loan shall not constitute PIK Interest.
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PIK Loan: A loanLoan that by its terms permits the deferral or capitalization of payment of accrued and unpaid interest.
Platform: Any electronic system, including Intralinks®, ClearPar® and any other internet or extranet-based site, whether such electronic system is owned, operated or hosted by the Administrative Agent or any of their respective Related Parties or any other Person, providing for access to data protected by passcodes or other security system.
Pledge Agreement: The Pledge Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, made by the Transferor in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Lenders, pledging all of the equity interests of Borrower, as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time.
Prime Rate: The rate announced by Ally Bank from time to time as its prime rate in the United States, such rate to change as and when such designated rate changes. The Prime
Rate is not intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by Ally Bank or any other specified financial institution in connection with extensions of credit to debtors.
Principal Collection Account: Collectively, (i) a Securities Account created and maintained on the books and records of the Collateral Custodian (or any other party acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) entitled USD Principal Collection Account in the name of the Borrower and subject to the prior Lien of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and (ii) a Securities Account created and maintained on the books and records of the Collateral Custodian (or any other party acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) entitled Canadian Dollar Principal Collection Account in the name of the Borrower and subject to the prior Lien of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
Principal Collections: All amounts received by the Borrower or the Collateral Custodian that are not Interest Collections or Excluded Amounts to the extent received in cash by or on behalf of the Borrower or the Collateral Custodian.
Principal Finance Loan: Any Loan, (i) the repayment of which is primarily dependent upon cash flows generated from the creation, or the liquidation, of an underlying asset or pool of assets or other investments, (ii) the Collateral Manager and the Administrative Agent reasonably agree that the designation of such Loan as Principal Finance Loan is appropriate, including that such Loan is not a Structured Finance Obligation, and (iii) and would satisfy the definition of First Lien Loan, First Lien Last Out Loan or Second Lien Loan (in each case, but for the exclusion of Principal Finance Loans from such definition); provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, traditional asset-based or cash flow loans made directly or indirectly to an operating company, including, without limitation, loans with a borrowing base consisting of receivables and/or inventory, shall not be deemed to be Principal Finance Loans.
Pro Rata Share: With respect to a Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing the Commitment of such Lender (as determined pursuant to the definition of Commitment) by the aggregate Commitments of all the Lenders (as determined pursuant to the definition of Commitment).
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Proceeds: With respect to any Collateral, all property that is receivable or received when such Collateral is collected, sold, liquidated, foreclosed, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of, whether such disposition is voluntary or involuntary, and includes all rights to payment with respect to any insurance relating to such Collateral, net of all out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with any such collection, sale, liquidation, foreclosure, exchange or disposal.
Property: Any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including Capital Stock.
Public Lenders: The meaning specified in Section 12.2(d).
Purchase Price: With respect to any Loan, an amount (expressed as a percentage of par) equal to (i) the purchase price (or, if different principal amounts of such Loan were purchased at different purchase prices, the weighted average of such purchase prices) paid by the Transferor or the Borrower (as applicable) for such Loan (exclusive of any interest, PIK Interest and original issue discount) divided by (ii) the principal balance of the portion of such Loan purchased by the Borrower outstanding as of the date of such purchase (exclusive of any interest, PIK Interest and original issue discount); provided that the Purchase Price of any Loan determined to be equal to or greater than ninety-five percent (95.0%) in accordance with the foregoing calculation shall be deemed to be one hundred percent (100%).
Qualified Institution: A depository institution or trust company organized under the laws of the United States of America or any one of the States thereof or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), (i)(a) that has either (1) a long-term unsecured debt rating of A or better by S&P and A2 or better by Moodys or (2) a short-term unsecured debt rating or certificate of deposit rating of A-1 or better by S&P or P-1 or better by Moodys, (b) the parent corporation of which has either (1) a long-term unsecured debt rating of A or better by S&P and A2 or better by Moodys or (2) a short-term unsecured debt rating or certificate of deposit rating of A-1 or better by S&P and P-1 or better by Moodys or (c) is otherwise acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (ii) the deposits of which are insured by the FDIC.
Rating Agencies: Each of S&P, Fitch and Moodys.
Rating Criteria: Criteria satisfied as of any date with respect to any Lender if the short-term debt, deposit or similar obligations of such Lender are rated at least P-3
by Moodys (or an equivalent rating by a rating agency rating such short-term debt, deposit or similar obligations of such Person) or, if no such rating has been issued by Moodys (or such other applicable rating agency), the long-term
debt of such Person is rated at least A3 by Moodys (or an equivalent rating by a rating agency rating such long term debt obligations of such Person). If any Lender at any time fails to satisfy the Rating Criteria, such Person
shall promptly (but in any event within two (2) Business Days of such Person receiving notice or otherwise becoming aware of such failure) notify
the Borrower, the Collateral Manager and the Administrative Agent thereof.Reference Time: With
respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark (other than Term SOFR or Daily Simple SOFR), means the time determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes.
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Register: The meaning specified in Section 12.16(b).
Registered: With respect to any registration-required obligation within the meaning of Section 163(f)(2) of the Code, a debt obligation that is in registered form within the meaning of Section 5f.103-1(c) of the Treasury Regulations.
Regulation U: Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R. §221, or any successor regulation.
Reinvestment: The meaning specified in Section 2.14(a)(i).
Reinvestment Notice: Each notice required to be delivered by the Borrower in respect of any Reinvestment of Principal Collections pursuant to Section 3.2(b) in the form of Exhibit A-3.
Related Parties: With respect to any Person, such Persons Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Persons Affiliates.
Release Date: The meaning specified in Section 2.14(d).
Relevant Governmental Body
means: The Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve Board and/System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee
officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board
and/System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York, or any successor thereto.
Relevant Test Period: With respect to any Loan, the relevant test period for the calculation of Obligor Net Senior Leverage Ratio, Obligor Net Total Leverage Ratio or Obligor Cash Interest Coverage Ratio, as applicable, for such Loan in accordance with the related Underlying Instruments or, if no such period is provided for therein, (i) for Obligors delivering monthly financing statements, each period of the last twelve (12) consecutive reported calendar months, and (ii) for Obligors delivering quarterly financing statements, each period of the last four consecutive reported fiscal quarters of the principal Obligor on such Loan; provided that with respect to any Loan for which the relevant test period is not provided for in the related Underlying Instruments, if an Obligor is a newly-formed entity as to which twelve (12) consecutive calendar months have not yet elapsed, Relevant Test Period shall initially include the period from the date of formation of such Obligor to the most recently ended month or fiscal quarter (as the case may be), with applicable amounts in such period annualized for purposes of such calculations, and shall subsequently include each period of the last twelve (12) consecutive reported calendar months or four (4) consecutive reported fiscal quarters (as the case may be) of such Obligor.
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Repayment Notice: Each notice required to be delivered by the Borrower in respect of any repayment of Advances Outstanding, in the form of Exhibit A-2.
Reportable Event: A reportable event within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA, other than those events as to which the 30-day notice period referred to in Section 4043(c) of ERISA has been waived.
Reporting Date: The 20th day of each calendar month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, with the first Reporting Date occurring on December 20, 2019, unless a Payment Date Report is required to be delivered that month.
Required Funding Amount: If (i) (A) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and (B) the Revolving Period End Date has not occurred, in each case as of the date of determination and after giving effect to any withdrawal from the Unfunded Exposure Account on such date of determination, the Unfunded Exposure Equity Amount, and (ii) (A) an Event of Default has occurred and continuing, or (B) the Revolving Period End Date has occurred, in either case as of the date of determination and after giving effect to any withdrawal from the Unfunded Exposure Account on such date of determination, the Unfunded Exposure Amount.
Required Lenders: (a) The Administrative Agent and (b) the Lenders representing an aggregate of more than 50.00% of (i) prior to the earlier to occur of the Revolving Period End Date or the Termination Date, the aggregate Commitments of the Lenders then in effect and (ii) thereafter, the Advances Outstanding; provided; that (A) if two (2) or more Lenders each represent 20.00% or more of (i) prior to the earlier to occur of the Revolving Period End Date or the Termination Date, the aggregate Commitments of the Lenders then in effect and (ii) thereafter, the Advances Outstanding, then Required Lenders shall also include at least two (2) such Lenders, and (B) the Commitment of, and the portion of any Advances Outstanding, as applicable, held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders. For purposes of determining the number of Lenders pursuant to this definition, groups of Lenders that are Affiliates shall be treated as one (1) Lender.
Required Loan Documents: For each Loan, originals or where indicated, copies (including electronic copies) of the following documents or instruments, all as specified on the related Loan Checklist:
(a) (i) other than in the case of a Noteless Loan or an Effective Date Participation Interest, (x) the original or, if accompanied by an original lost note affidavit and indemnity, a copy of, the underlying promissory note, endorsed by the Borrower (that may be in the form of an allonge or note power attached thereto) either in blank or to the Administrative Agent as required under the related Underlying Instruments (and evidencing an unbroken chain of endorsements from each prior holder thereof evidenced in the chain of endorsements either in blank or to the Administrative Agent), with any endorsement to the Administrative Agent to be in the following form: Ally Bank, as Administrative Agent for the Secured Parties and an undated transfer or assignment document or instrument relating to such Loan, signed by the Borrower, as
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assignor, and the administrative agent (only in the event such administrative agent is an Affiliate of the Borrower) but not dated and not specifying an assignee, and delivered to the Collateral Custodian, and (y) a copy of each transfer document or instrument relating to such Loan (including, until the settlement date specified therein, a commercially standard loan trade ticket that obligates the Borrower to settle the purchase of such Loan on a specific date) evidencing the assignment of such Loan to the Borrower and an undated transfer or assignment document or instrument relating to such Loan, signed by the Borrower, as assignor, and the administrative agent (only in the event such administrative agent is an Affiliate of the Borrower) but not dated and not specifying an assignee, and delivered to the Collateral Custodian, (ii) in the case of a Noteless Loan (other than an Effective Date Participation Interest) a copy of each transfer document or instrument relating to such Noteless Loan evidencing the assignment of such Noteless Loan to the Borrower and an undated transfer or assignment document or instrument relating to such Noteless Loan, signed by the Borrower, as assignor, and the administrative agent (only in the event such administrative agent is an Affiliate of the Borrower) but not dated and not specifying an assignee, and delivered to the Collateral Custodian, or (iii) for each Effective Date Participation Interest, a fully executed master participation agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which duly effects and evidences each such Participation Interest and evidence of payment or waiver of any fees associated with assigning any such Loan;
(b) originals or copies (including electronic copies) of each of the following (i) to the extent applicable to the related Loan; any related loan agreement, credit agreement, security agreement (if separate from any Mortgage), subordination agreement and intercreditor agreement or similar instruments, and (ii) to the extent applicable to the related Loan and only to the extent such document is in the possession of the Borrower, any note purchase agreement, sale and servicing or collateral management agreement, Mortgage, acquisition agreement, guarantee, Insurance Policy, assumption or substitution agreement or similar material operative document, in each case together with any amendment or modification thereto, as set forth on the Loan Checklist;
(c) if any Loan is secured by a Mortgage and such document is in Borrowers possession, in each case as set forth in the Loan Checklist:
(i) other than with respect to an Agented Note, either (i) the original Mortgage, the original assignment of leases and rents, if any, and the originals of all intervening assignments, if any, of the Mortgage and assignments of leases and rents with evidence of recording thereon, (ii) copies (including electronic copies) thereof certified by closing counsel or by a title company or escrow company to be true and complete copies thereof where the originals have been transmitted for recording until such time as the originals are returned by the public recording office; provided that, solely for purposes of the Review Criteria, the Collateral Custodian shall have no duty to ascertain whether any certification set forth in this subsection (c)(i) has been received, or (iii) copies certified by the public recording offices (including electronic copies) where such documents were recorded to be true and complete copies thereof in those instances where the public recording offices retain the original or where the original recorded documents are lost; and
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(ii) other than with respect to any Agented Note, to the extent the Borrower is the sole lender under the Underlying Instruments, an Assignment of Mortgage and/or any other material recorded security documents (including any assignment of leases and rents) in recordable form, executed by the Borrower or the prior holder of record, in blank or to the Administrative Agent (and evidencing an unbroken chain of assignments from the prior holder of record to the Administrative Agent), with any assignment to the Administrative Agent to be in the following form: Ally Bank, as Administrative Agent for the Secured Parties;
(d) with respect to any Loan originated by the Transferor and with respect to which the Transferor or an Affiliate thereof acts as administrative agent (or in a comparable capacity), either (i) copies of the UCC-1 financing statements, if any, and any related continuation statements, each showing the Obligor as debtor and the Transferor or the relevant agent thereunder as secured party and each with evidence of filing thereon, or (ii) copies (including electronic copies) of any such financing statements in instances where the original financing statements have been sent to the appropriate public filing office for filing, in each case as set forth in the Loan Checklist.
Required Reports: Collectively, the Borrowing Base Certificate, the Payment Date Report, financial statements of each Obligor, Borrower, Transferor and Collateral Manager required to be delivered under the Transaction Documents (including pursuant to Section 5.1(s) and 6.8(c) hereof), the annual statements as to compliance and the annual independent public accountants report (including pursuant to Section 5.1(t)(vi)).
Responsible Officer: With respect to any Person, any duly authorized officer of such Person with direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other duly authorized officer of such Person to whom such matter is referred because of such officers knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
Restricted Payment: (i) Any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any class of equity interests of the Borrower now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend paid solely in interests of that class of equity interests or in any junior class of equity interests of the Borrower; (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any class of equity interests of the Borrower now or hereafter outstanding; and (iii) any payment made to redeem, purchase, repurchase or retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire equity interests of the Borrower now or hereafter outstanding.
Review Criteria: The meaning specified in Section 7.2(b)(i).
Revolving Loan: Any Loan (other than a Delayed Draw Loan) that is a senior secured obligation (including funded and unfunded portions of revolving credit lines, unfunded commitments under specific facilities, letter of credit facilities and other similar loans and investments) that under the Underlying Instruments relating thereto may require one or more future advances to be made to the Obligor by the Borrower and which provides that such borrowed money may be repaid and reborrowed from time to time; provided that any such Loan will be a Revolving Loan only until all commitments by the Borrower to make advances to the Obligor thereof expire, or are terminated, or are irrevocably reduced to zero.
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Revolving Period: The period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the day preceding the earlier to occur of the Revolving Period End Date or the Termination Date.
Revolving Period End Date: The earliest to occur of (a) the Scheduled Revolving Period End Date or (b) the date of the declaration of the Revolving Period End Date pursuant to Section 9.2(a).
S&P: Standard & Poors, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.
S&P Industry Classification: The industry classifications set forth in Schedule V hereto, as such industry classifications shall be updated with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent if S&P publishes revised industry classifications.
Sale Agreement: The Sale and Contribution Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2019, between the Transferor and the Borrower, as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time.
Sale Proceeds: With respect to any Loan, all proceeds received as a result of the sale of such Loan, net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Borrower, the Collateral Manager and the Collateral Custodian incurred in connection with any such sale.
Scheduled Payment: Each scheduled payment of principal and/or interest required to be made by an Obligor on the related Loan, as adjusted pursuant to the terms of the related Underlying Instruments, if applicable.
Scheduled Revolving Period End
Date: November 22,
20222023.
Second Lien Loan: Any Eligible Loan (other than a Principal Finance Loan)
(i) that does not satisfy all of the requirements set forth in the definition of First Lien Loan or First Lien Last Out Loan, (ii) that is secured by a pledge of collateral, which security interest is validly
perfected and second priority under Applicable Law (subject to liens permitted under the applicable credit agreementUnderlying Instrument that are reasonable and customary for similar
loans, and liens accorded priority by law in favor of the United States or any State or agency provided such liens do not directly secure indebtedness for borrowed money) (except as otherwise provided in this definition), (iii) for which the
Collateral Manager determines in good faith that the value or the enterprise value of the related Obligor (as determined by Collateral Manager in accordance with a methodology acceptable to Administrative Agent) of the collateral securing the Loan
on the date such Loan is first included as part of the Collateral or on the date that any Value Adjustment Event occurs equals or exceeds the outstanding principal balance of the Loan plus the aggregate outstanding balances of all other loans
of equal or higher seniority secured by the same collateral, (iv) that is not (and cannot by its terms become) subordinate in
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right of payment to any obligation for borrowed money of the Obligor (excluding customary terms applicable to a second lien lender under customary intercreditor provisions, including such as after an event of default in connection with a first priority lien or with respect to the liquidation of the Obligor or certain specified collateral for such Loan), and (v) that is not secured solely or primarily by the Capital Stock of its Obligor or any of such Obligors Affiliates.
Section 2.13 Certificate: The meaning specified in Section 2.13(e).
Secured Party: (i) Each Lender, (ii) the Administrative Agent, (iii) the Collateral Custodian, (iv) the Securities Intermediary and (v) the Collateral Administrator.
Securities Account: The meaning specified in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC.
Securities Act: The U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Securities Intermediary: (i) A Clearing Corporation; or (ii) a Person, including a bank or broker, that in the ordinary course of its business maintains Securities Accounts for others and is acting in that capacity. The initial Securities Intermediary under the Account Control Agreement shall be the Collateral Custodian.
Security Certificate: The meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(16) of the UCC.
Security Entitlement: The meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC.
Senior Collateral Manager Fee: The meaning specified in the Collateral Management Agreement.
SOFR with respect: A rate equal to any day means the secured overnight financing rate published for such dayas
administered by the SOFR Administrator.
SOFR
Administrator: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as the administrator of the
benchmark, (or a successor administrator of the
secured overnight financing rate) on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
SOFR Administrators Website: The website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
SOFR Determination Day: The meaning specified in the definition of Daily Simple SOFR.
SOFR Rate Day: The meaning specified in the definition of Daily Simple SOFR.
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Solvent: As to any Person at any time, having a state of affairs such that all of the following conditions are met: (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the amount of such Persons liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as such value is established and liabilities evaluated for purposes of Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of such Person in an orderly liquidation of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts and other liabilities as they become absolute and matured; (c) such Person is able to realize upon its property and pay its debts and other liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as they mature in the normal course of business; (d) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Persons ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; and (e) such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and does not propose to engage in a business or a transaction, for which such Persons property assets would constitute unreasonably small capital.
Special Member: The meaning specified in Section 4.1(t)(xxvi).
Specified Rating: As to any Obligor or Loan, (i) a public debt rating equal to or better than B- by S&P or the equivalent public debt rating of another Rating Agency, or (ii) if no rating referenced in clause (i) is available, a private debt rating equal to or better than B- by S&P or the equivalent private debt rating of another Rating Agency; provided, that in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), (x) if both the applicable Obligor and the applicable Loan have at least one rating under any such clause, the applicable Loan rating shall apply for purposes of determining the rating under such clause and (y) if the applicable Obligor or Loan has more than one rating under any such clause, the lowest such rating shall apply for purposes of determining the rating under such clause.
Structured Finance Obligation: Any obligation secured directly, by reference to, or representing ownership of, a pool orof receivables or other Financial Assets of any Obligor that is a single purpose bankruptcy remote special purpose entity established to finance such Financial Assets, including collateralized debt obligations and
mortgage-backed securities, including (but not limited to) collateral debt obligations, collateral loan obligations, asset backed securities and commercial mortgage backed securities or any resecuritization security.
Subordinated Collateral Manager Fee: The meaning specified in the Collateral Management Agreement.
Subsidiary: As to any Person, a corporation, partnership or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.
Substitution: The meaning specified in Section 2.14(b).
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Syndicate Communications: Collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Obligor pursuant to any Transaction Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender by means of electronic communications pursuant to Article XII, including through the Platform.
Taxes: The meaning specified in Section 2.13(a).
Term
SOFR means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.: The greater of (a) the Floor
and (b)
the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR for a tenor comparable to the applicable Available Tenor
selected by the Borrower in accordance with the definition of Benchmark on the day (such day, the Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of
the applicable Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day Term SOFR for the applicable tenor has not been
published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to Term SOFR has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be Term SOFR for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government
Securities Business Day for which Term SOFR for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days
prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day.
Term SOFR Administrator: CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of Term SOFR selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion and in consultation with the Borrower).
Termination Date: The earliest of (a) the date is two (2) years after the Revolving Period End Date or (b) the date of the declaration of the Termination Date or the date of the automatic occurrence of the Termination Date pursuant to Section 9.2(a).
Third Party Sale Agreement: A sale agreement between the Borrower and a third party seller in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent.
Tier 1 Obligor: (a) With respect to First Lien Loans, Obligors for which the Obligor Net Senior Leverage Ratio of the applicable Obligor with respect
to such First Lien Loan is less than 4.75 to 1.00, and (b) with respect to First Lien Last Out Loans and Second Lien Loans, Obligors for which the
Obligor Net Total Obligor Leverage Ratio of the applicable Obligor with respect to such First Lien Last Out Loan and Second Lien Loan
is less than 5.75 to 1.00.
Tier 2 Obligor: (a) With respect to First Lien Loans, Obligors for which the Obligor Net Senior Leverage Ratio of the applicable Obligor with respect
to such First Lien Loan is less than 5.75 to 1.00, and (b) with respect to First Lien Last Out Loans and Second Lien Loans, Obligors for which the
Obligor Net Total Obligor Leverage Ratio of the applicable Obligor with respect to such First Lien Last Out Loan and Second Lien Loan
is less than 6.75 to 1.00.
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Tier 3 Obligor: (a) With respect to First Lien Loans, Obligors for
which the Obligor Net Senior Leverage Ratio of the applicable
Obligor with respect to such First Lien Loan is less than 6.75 to 1.00, and (b) with respect to First Lien Last Out Loans and Second Lien Loans, Obligors for which the Obligor Net Total Obligor Leverage Ratio of the applicable Obligor with respect to such First Lien Last Out Loan and Second Lien
Loan is less than 7.75 to 1.00.
Total Interest Coverage Ratio: With respect to Borrower, for the trailing twelve month period then ending, the ratio of (i) Borrower Interest Collections during such period minus all Senior Collateral Manager Fees and Subordinated Collateral Manager Fees payable by Borrower during such period to (ii) Borrower Interest Expense for such period.
Transaction: The meaning specified in Section 3.2.
Transaction Documents: This Agreement, the Sale Agreement, any Third Party Sale Agreement, the Account Control Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Fee Letter, the Collateral Management Agreement, the Collateral Administration Agreement, each Note, any Joinder Supplement, any Transferee Letter and the Collateral Custodian Fee Letter.
Transferee Letter: The meaning specified in Section 12.16.
Transferor: Initially,FS KKR Capital Corp. (as successor by merger to FS Investment
Corporation IV), as seller of Loans to the Borrower;
provided that if the Transferor enters into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation with or into a Permitted BDC, the Permitted BDC or any other successor entity formed by or surviving such merger, consolidation or amalgamation shall be the
new Transferor so long as such successor entity assumes the rights and obligations of the outgoing Transferor concurrently with the consummation of such merger, consolidation or amalgamation.
UCC: The Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the applicable jurisdiction or jurisdictions.
Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement
means
the: The applicable Benchmark Replacement
excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
Uncertificated Security: The meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(l8) of the UCC.
Underlying Assets: With respect to a Loan, any property or other assets designated and pledged as collateral to secure repayment of such Loan, including to the extent provided for in the relevant Underlying Instruments, a pledge of the stock, membership or other ownership interests in the related Obligor and all Proceeds from any sale or other disposition of such property or other assets.
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Underlying Instruments: The loan agreement, credit agreement, indenture or other agreement pursuant to which a Loan or Permitted Investment has been issued or created and each other agreement that governs the terms of or secures the obligations represented by such Loan or Permitted Investment or of which the holders of such Loan or Permitted Investment are the beneficiaries.
Unfunded Exposure Account: A Securities Account created and maintained on the books and records of the Collateral Custodian (or any other party acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) entitled Unfunded Exposure Account in the name of the Borrower and subject to the prior Lien of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
Unfunded Exposure Amount: On any date of determination, with respect to any Loan, the aggregate amount (without duplication) of all (i) the Dollar Equivalent of unfunded commitments (which shall include all unfunded revolver commitments and unfunded portions of delayed draw term loans) and (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of all standby or contingent commitments associated with such Loan.
Unfunded Exposure Equity Amount: On any date of determination, with respect to any Loan, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Unfunded Exposure Amount with respect to such Loan and (ii) one (1) minus the Advance Rate applicable to such Loan if such Loan is an Eligible Loan.
Unfunded Exposure Shortfall: The meaning specified in Section 2.9(e)(iii).
United States or U.S.: The United States of America.
Unrestricted Cash: The meaning of Unrestricted Cash or any comparable definition in the Underlying Instruments for each Loan, and in any case that Unrestricted Cash or such comparable definition is not defined in such Underlying Instruments, all cash available for use for general corporate purposes and not held in any reserve account or legally or contractually restricted for any particular purposes or subject to any lien (other than blanket liens permitted under or granted in accordance with such Underlying Instruments), as reflected on the most recent financial statements of the relevant Obligor that have been delivered to the Borrower.
Unused Facility Amount: At any time, (a) the Facility Amount minus (b) the Advances Outstanding at such time; provided that solely for the purpose of calculating the Unused Facility Amount, at any time at which the Advances Outstanding are less than $130,000,000, the Advances Outstanding shall be deemed to be $130,000,000.
USA Patriot Act: The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56.
U.S. Government Securities Business Day: Any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
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U.S. Tax Person: A United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
Value Adjustment Event: With respect to any Loan, the occurrence of any one or more of the following events after the related Funding Date:
(a) the failure to deliver (i) with respect to quarterly reports required to be delivered by the Obligor by the terms of the Underlying Instruments, any financial statements (including unaudited financial statements) to the Administrative Agent by the date that is no later than sixty (60) days after the end of each fiscal quarter, and (ii) with respect to annual reports required to be delivered by the Obligor by the terms of the Underlying Instruments, any audited financial statements to the Administrative Agent by the date that is no later than one hundred fifty (150) days after the end of any fiscal year;
(b) a default described in clause (d)(ii) of Defaulted Loan that has occurred and been continuing for less than twelve (12) months; or
(c) the occurrence of a Material Modification with respect to such Loan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the circumstances giving rise to a Value Adjustment Event are cured, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, the Borrower may request that the Administrative Agent deem (which determination shall be made in Administrative Agents reasonable judgment) that such Value Adjustment Event shall no longer be in effect for the subsequent Accrual Period after such Value Adjustment Event has been cured.
Value Adjustment Factor: (i) With respect to a Value Adjustment Event of the type described in clause (a) in the definition thereof, eighty percent (80%), (ii) with respect to a Value Adjustment Event of the type described in clause (b) in the definition thereof, seventy-five percent (75%), or (iii) with respect to a Value Adjustment Event of the type described in clause (c) in the definition thereof, eighty-five percent (85%); provided that in determining the Assigned Value for any Loan following the occurrence of a Value Adjustment Event of the type described in clauses (b) or (c) (solely with respect to the Material Modification described in clause (a) in the definition thereof) in the definition thereof, the Value Adjustment Factor applicable to such Loan shall be automatically and immediately reduced to fifty percent (50%) of the otherwise applicable Value Adjustment Factor six (6) months following the occurrence of such Value Adjustment Event, and further reduced to zero percent (0%) twelve (12) months following the occurrence of such Value Adjustment Event.
Warranty Loan: Any Loan (a) that fails to satisfy any criteria set forth in clauses (ii)(f), (ii)(r), (ii)(s), (ii)(gg), or (ii)(nn) (but only for failure to satisfy clause (f) and (g) of the definition of Eligible Obligor) of the definition of Eligible Loan as of any date (except with respect to any such criteria that is explicitly stated to apply with respect solely to the date of acquisition of such Loan) or (b) with respect to which the Borrower has failed to deliver the Required Loan Documents described in Section 3.2(i) within the time periods set forth therein.
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Weighted Average Advance Rate: As of any date of determination with respect to all Eligible Loans included in the Borrowing Base, the amount obtained by (x) summing the products obtained by multiplying:
The Advance Rate at such time applicable to each such Eligible Loan |
X | The sum of (i) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value of such Eligible Loan minus (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of an amount equal to the Excess Concentration Amount attributable to such Eligible Loan |
and dividing such sum by (y) the sum of (i) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value all Eligible Loan minus (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of an amount equal to the Excess Concentration Amount as of such date; provided that if the Borrowing Base contains fifteen (15) Eligible Loans or fewer, the Weighted Average Advance Rate shall not exceed 55.00%; provided, further, that for the purpose of determining the number of Eligible Loans for the purpose of the foregoing proviso, all Eligible Loans to a single Obligor shall be treated as one Eligible Loan.
Withdrawal Conditions: The meaning specified in Section 2.9(e)(i).
Withholding Agent: Any FS/KKR Party and the Administrative Agent, or the Collateral Custodian to the extent required by Applicable Law.
Zero Coupon Obligation: A debt obligation that does not bear interest for all or part of the period that it is outstanding or that provides for periodic payments in cash less frequently than semi-annually or that pays interest only at its stated maturity.
Section 1.2 Other Terms.
All accounting terms used but not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP. All terms used in Article 9 of the UCC in the State of New York, and used but not specifically defined herein, are used herein as defined therein.
Section 1.3 Computation of Time Periods.
Unless otherwise stated in this Agreement, in the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word from means from and including and the words to and until each mean to but excluding.
Section 1.4 Interpretation.
In each Transaction Document, unless a contrary intention appears:
(a) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa;
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(b) reference to any Person includes such Persons successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by the Transaction Documents;
(c) reference to any gender includes each other gender;
(d) reference to day or days without further qualification means calendar days;
(e) reference to any time means New York, New York time;
(f) reference to any agreement (including any Transaction Document), document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms of the other Transaction Documents, and reference to any promissory note includes any promissory note that is an extension or renewal thereof or a substitute or replacement therefor;
(g) reference to any Applicable Law means such Applicable Law as amended, modified, codified, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and reference to any Section or other provision of any Applicable Law means that provision of such Applicable Law from time to time in effect and constituting the substantive amendment, modification, codification, replacement or reenactment of such Section or other provision;
(h) reference to any delivery or transfer to the Collateral Custodian with respect to the Collateral in this Agreement means delivery or transfer to the Collateral Custodian for the benefit of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties;
(i) for the purposes of calculating the Borrowing Base (including whether any Borrowing Base Deficiency exists), the Excess Concentration Amount, the Minimum Credit Enhancement Amount (including whether the Minimum Credit Enhancement Amount Test is satisfied), and for the purposes of any other calculation required hereunder, the effect of the acquisition or disposition of Loans and Permitted Investments shall be calculated on a settlement date basis;
(j) all calculations performed by the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any Transaction Document shall be binding on the parties hereto and shall be deemed to be accurate, absent manifest error;
(k) including means including without limitation;
(l) multiple Loans of the same type to a single Obligor shall be treated as a single Loan.
Section 1.5 Calculation of Borrowing Base. In connection with amounts to be calculated for purposes of determining the Borrowing Base and generally preparing the Borrowing Base Certificate, all amounts shall be expressed in Dollars.
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Section 1.6 Rates. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to the Benchmark, any component definition thereof or rates referenced in the definition thereof or any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, the Benchmark or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of the Benchmark, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain the Benchmark pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
ARTICLE II
THE NOTES
Section 2.1 The Notes.
On the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Borrower shall deliver (i) on the Effective Date, to each Lender requesting a Note at the applicable address set forth on Annex A to this Agreement, and (ii) on the effective date of any Joinder Supplement, to each additional Lender requesting a Note, at the address set forth in the applicable Joinder Supplement, a duly executed promissory note in substantially the form of Exhibit B (each a Note), dated as of the date of this Agreement, each in a face amount equal to the applicable Lenders Commitment as of the Effective Date or the effective date of any Joinder Supplement, as applicable, and otherwise duly completed. Each Note shall evidence obligations in an amount equal, at any time, to the Advances Outstanding by such Lender under the applicable Note on such day.
Section 2.2 Procedures for Advances by the Lenders.
(a) Subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 2.2, the Borrower may, during the Revolving Period, request the Lenders to make advances of funds (each, a Loan Advance) under the Notes by delivering to the Administrative Agent the information and documents set forth in this Section 2.2 at the applicable times provided herein. Upon receipt of such information and documents, the Administrative Agent will provide notification to the Lenders with respect thereto.
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(b) With respect to Advances, no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City Time), (x) with respect to Advances bearing interest at the Base Rate or Daily Simple SOFR, one (1) Business Day (or such shorter period as permitted by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, but not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City Time) on the date of the proposed Funding Date) or (y) with respect to Advances bearing interest at Term SOFR, three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days (or such shorter period as permitted by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, but not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City Time) on the date of the proposed Funding Date), in either case, prior to the proposed Funding Date, the Borrower shall deliver:
(i) to the Administrative Agent a wire disbursement and authorization form, to the extent not previously delivered; and
(ii) to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Custodian a duly completed Funding Notice (including a duly completed
Borrowing Base Certificate updated to the date such Advance is requested and giving pro forma effect to the Advance requested and the use of the proceeds thereof) which shall (a) specify the desired amount of such Advance, which amount shall
not cause the Advances Outstanding to exceed the Availability and must be at least equal to $500,000 (or, in the case of any Advance to be applied to fund any draw under a Revolving Loan or Delayed Draw Loan, such lesser amount as may be required to
fund such draw), to be allocated to each Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, (b) specify the proposed Funding Date of such Advance,
(c) specify the Benchmark and, if applicable, the Interest Period and the Available Tenor for such Advance,
(d) specify the Loan(s) to be financed on such Funding Date (including the appropriate Obligor, Outstanding Balance, Assigned Value and Purchase Price for each Loan) and, with respect to any
Revolving Loan or Delayed Draw Loan, the amount to be deposited in the Unfunded Exposure Account in connection with the acquisition of such Loan(s) pursuant to Section 2.9(e), (de) include a calculation showing that, on a pro-forma basis, Borrower is in compliance with the Minimum Credit Enhancement Amount Test, and (ef) include a representation that all conditions precedent for an Advance described in Article III hereof have been met. Each Funding Notice shall be irrevocable. If any Funding Notice is received by the
Administrative Agent after 12:00 p.m. (New York City Time) or on a day that is not a Business Day, such Funding Notice shall be deemed to be received by the Administrative Agent at 9:00 a.m. (New York City Time) on the next Business Day. If Borrower desires to have the Advances bear interest by reference to Term SOFR, Borrower must comply with
Section 2.10(e) hereof.
(c) On the proposed Funding Date, subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 2.2 and upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III:
(i) each Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent in same day funds, by no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City Time), an amount equal to such Lenders Pro Rata Share, of the least of (A) the amount requested by the Borrower for such Advance, (B) the aggregate unused Commitments then in effect and (C) the maximum amount that, after taking into account the proposed use of the proceeds of such Advance, could be advanced to the Borrower hereunder without causing the Advances Outstanding to exceed the Availability;
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(ii) upon receipt of the amounts described in clause (i), the Administrative Agent shall promptly fund such amounts by wire transfer to the account designated by Borrower in the applicable Funding Notice given pursuant to this Section 2.2; and
(iii) notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 2.2(c) with respect to the funding of the initial Advance hereunder on the Effective Date (if any), the Lenders and the Administrative Agent may, at the option of the Borrower, net any fees and reimbursable expenses owing to it on the Effective Date (as set forth in the executed closing statement) from the amount funded by the Lenders to the Administrative Agent pursuant to clause (i) and/or the amount of such Advance funded by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower pursuant to clause (ii).
(d) On each Funding Date, the obligation of each Lender to remit its Pro Rata Share of any Loan Advance shall be several from that of each other Lender and the failure of any Lender to so make such amount available to the Borrower shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Lender shall be obligated to make any Loan Advance on or after the earlier to occur of the Revolving Period End Date or the Termination Date.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, upon the occurrence of the earlier of (i) an Event of Default or (ii) the Revolving Period End Date, if the amount on deposit in the Unfunded Exposure Account is less than the Aggregate Unfunded Exposure Amount, the Administrative Agent (x) may, in the case of the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default or (y) shall in the case of the occurrence of the Revolving Period End Date, on behalf of the Borrower, request an Advance in the amount of such shortfall (the Exposure Amount Shortfall). Following receipt of such request, the Lenders shall fund such Exposure Amount Shortfall in accordance with Section 2.2(b), notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein (including the Borrowers failure to satisfy any of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.2), except that no Lender shall make any Advance to the extent that, after giving effect to such Advance, the Advances Outstanding would exceed the Availability.
Section 2.3 Principal Repayments.
(a) The Borrower shall be entitled at its option, at any time, to repay the Advances Outstanding (i) the Borrower shall give prior written notice of such repayment in the form of Exhibit A-2 to the Administrative Agent by at least (A) 12:00 p.m. (New York City Time) on the date of such repayment and (ii) any repayment of Advances Outstanding (other than with respect to repayments of Advances Outstanding made by the Borrower to reduce a Borrowing Base Deficiency to zero) shall be in a minimum amount of $500,000 and in integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof (other than any such partial repayment of Advances Outstanding which is funded (A) solely with proceeds from the repayment of a Revolving Loan or (B) solely with amounts otherwise distributable to the Borrower under Section 2.7(a)(17), Section 2.7(b)(5) or Section 2.8(11)). In connection with any such repayment of Advances
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Outstanding, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Collateral Custodian) by 1:00 p.m. (New York City Time) (1) instructions to repay such Advances Outstanding and (2) funds sufficient to repay such Advances Outstanding together with all accrued Interest and any Breakage Costs, but only to the extent such accrued Interest and/or Breakage Costs are requested with such repayment by the applicable Lender; provided that, the Advances Outstanding will not be repaid unless sufficient funds have been remitted to pay all such amounts in the succeeding sentence in full. The Administrative Agent shall apply amounts received from the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.3(a) to the pro rata repayment of the Advances Outstanding, to the payment of accrued Interest on the amount of the Advances Outstanding to be repaid and to the payment of any Breakage Costs. Any amount so repaid may, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, be reborrowed during the Revolving Period. Any Repayment Notice relating to any repayment pursuant to this Section 2.3(a) shall be irrevocable. Upon receipt of any notice or instructions from the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.3(a), the Administrative Agent will provide notification to the Lenders with respect thereto. Any prepayment of Advances Outstanding under this Section 2.3(a) shall be applied first to the Advances that bear interest at the Base Rate, second, ratably, to the Advances that bear interest at Daily Simple SOFR and then, ratably, to the Advances that bear interest at Term SOFR, in the direct order of Interest Period maturities.
(b) Unless sooner prepaid pursuant to the terms hereof, the Advances Outstanding shall be repaid in full on the Termination Date or on such later date as is agreed to in writing by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders.
Section 2.4 Determination of Interest.
The Administrative Agent shall calculate and determine the Interest (including unpaid Interest related thereto, if any, due and payable on a
prior Payment Date and the LIBOR
RateBenchmark) to be paid by the Borrower on each
Payment Date for the related Accrual Period and shall advise the Borrower and the Collateral Administrator thereof on the third Business Day prior to such Payment Date.
Section 2.5 Notations on Notes.
Each Lender is hereby authorized to enter on a schedule attached to the Note with respect to such Lender, as applicable, a notation (which may be computer generated) or to otherwise record in its internal books and records or computer system with respect to each Advance under the Note made by the applicable Lender of (a) the date and principal amount thereof and (b) each payment and repayment of principal thereof. Any such recordation shall, absent manifest error, constitute prima facie evidence of the Advances Outstanding, as applicable, under each Note. The failure of any Lender to make any such notation on the schedule attached to the applicable Note shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Advances in accordance with the terms set forth herein.
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Section 2.6 Reduction of Borrowing Base Deficiency.
Any Borrowing Base Deficiency may be reduced to zero by the Borrower taking one or more of the following actions which, after giving effect thereto, cause the aggregate Advances Outstanding to not exceed Availability at such time:
(i) posting cash collateral in Dollars to the Principal Collection Account;
(ii) repaying Advances Outstanding in accordance with Section 2.3(a); and
(iii) posting additional Eligible Loans as Collateral.
Section 2.7 Settlement Procedures.
(a) Interest Collections. On each Payment Date, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower shall direct the Collateral Custodian (which direction shall be deemed given upon receipt by the Collateral Custodian of the related Payment Date Report) to pay pursuant to the latest Payment Date Report (and the Collateral Custodian shall make payment from the Interest Collection Account to the extent of Available Funds, in reliance on the information set forth in such Payment Date Report) to the following Persons, the following amounts in the following order of priority:
(1) to the Borrower (or, at the Borrowers election and with prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, to its direct or indirect equity holders), in respect of Taxes (but excluding all Taxes imposed on net income), registration and filing fees then due and owing by the Borrower (or its direct and indirect equity holders) that are attributable solely to the operations of the Borrower; provided that amounts payable with respect to Taxes, registration and filing fees pursuant to this clause (1) during any one year shall not, individually or in the aggregate, exceed 4.00% of the Borrowers taxable income for such year;
(2) first, to the Collateral Custodian, the Collateral Administrator and the Securities Intermediary, pro rata, in an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid Collateral Custodian Fees, and second, to the Collateral Manager, in an amount equal to all reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Collateral Manager incurred in connection with any sale of Collateral, not to exceed $75,000 in the aggregate during any calendar year;
(3) to pay regular scheduled payments, any fees and reasonable and necessary expenses incurred under any hedge agreement, not to exceed $75,000 in the aggregate per calendar year and, during the Revolving Period, to the payment of any hedge breakage or termination costs owed by the Borrower not to exceed $75,000 in the aggregate per calendar year;
(4) [reserved];
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(5) to the Collateral Manager, first, to pay any accrued and unpaid Senior Collateral Manager Fees, and, second, to pay all documented fees and expenses of the Collateral Manager (including reasonable attorneys fees, costs and expenses), in each case in an aggregate amount with respect to such documented fees and expenses in any rolling 12-month period not to exceed $75,000;
(6) to the Administrative Agent, in an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid fees, expenses and indemnities set forth in the Transaction Documents;
(7) to the
Administrative Agent to be distributed pro rata to each Lender, in an amount equal to (a) any accrued and unpaid Interest with respect to Advances made by such Lender, (b) any accrued and unpaid Minimum Usage Fees (such Minimum Usage Fees to be allocated based on the unused Commitment of
each Lender), (c) any accrued and unpaid Non-Usage
Fee (such Non-Usage Fee to be allocated based on the unused Commitment of each Lender) and (cd) any accrued and unpaid Breakage Costs;
(8) [reserved];
(9) if a Borrowing Base Deficiency exists, to the Administrative Agent to be distributed pro rata to each Lender to repay Advances, in an amount necessary to reduce the Borrowing Base Deficiency to zero;
(10) to the Collateral Manager to pay out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Collateral Manager not paid pursuant to clause (2) above;
(11) to Administrative Agent, to be distributed to the affected Lenders, any amounts accrued and unpaid in respect of Increased Costs and Taxes;
(12) to the Administrative Agent, to be distributed to the Administrative Agent and each applicable Lender, to pay all other Administrative Expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, as applicable;
(13) (a) during the Revolving Period, to fund the Unfunded Exposure Account in an amount necessary to cause all amounts in the Unfunded Exposure Account to equal the Aggregate Unfunded Exposure Equity Amount, or (b) after the Revolving Period, to fund the Unfunded Exposure Account in an amount necessary to cause the amounts in the Unfunded Exposure Account to equal the Aggregate Unfunded Exposure Amount;
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(14) to the Administrative Agent to be distributed to the Administrative Agent, any applicable Lender, the Collateral Custodian, the Collateral Administrator, the Indemnified Parties, or the Secured Parties, as applicable, all other amounts then due and owing, including any unpaid Administrative Expenses, any amounts accrued and unpaid under the Fee Letter, Increased Costs, Taxes, indemnities, but other than the principal of Advances Outstanding, then due under this Agreement;
(15) to the Collateral Manager, to pay any accrued and unpaid Subordinated Collateral Manager Fees;
(16) during the Revolving Period, to be distributed at the discretion of the Collateral Manager (i) to the Principal Collection Account to be used with respect to any Reinvestment of Principal Collections and the acquisition of Loans as permitted by this Agreement, (ii) to repaying the Advances Outstanding or (iii) to reimburse the Collateral Manager for any unreimbursed amounts paid by the Collateral Manager on the Borrowers behalf pursuant to this Agreement, to the extent not otherwise reimbursed hereunder; and
(17) any remaining amounts shall be distributed (i) if a Default has occurred and is continuing, to the Interest Collection Account, or (ii) otherwise, to the Borrower or any nominee thereof, which amounts may be used by the Borrower to make Restricted Payments or for any other purpose permitted hereunder.
(b) Principal Collections. On each Payment Date, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower shall direct (which direction shall be deemed given upon receipt by the Collateral Custodian of the related Payment Date Report) the Collateral Custodian to pay pursuant to the latest Payment Date Report (and the Collateral Custodian shall make payment from the Principal Collection Account to the extent of Available Funds, in reliance on the information set forth in such Payment Date Report) to the following Persons, the following amounts in the following order of priority:
(1) to the extent not paid pursuant to Section 2.7(a), to the applicable Person, in the order of priority set forth in Section 2.7(a), such amounts payable pursuant to clauses (1) through (14) thereof;
(2) during the Revolving Period, to the Principal Collection Account, to be distributed at the discretion of the Borrower (i) to be used with respect to any Reinvestment of Principal Collections and the acquisition of Loans as permitted by this Agreement or (ii) to repaying the Advances Outstanding;
(3) to the extent not paid pursuant to Section 2.7(a), to the applicable Person, in the order of priority set forth in Section 2.7(a), such amounts payable pursuant to clauses (15) through (16) thereof;
(4) after the Revolving Period End Date, to the Administrative Agent to be distributed pro rata to the Lenders to repay the Advances until paid in full; and
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(5) any remaining amounts shall be distributed (i) if a Default has occurred and is continuing, to the Interest Collection Account, or (ii) otherwise, to the Borrower or any nominee thereof.
Section 2.8 Alternate Settlement Procedures.
On each Business Day (a) following the occurrence of and during the continuation of an Event of Default or (b) following the declaration of the occurrence, or the deemed occurrence, as applicable, of the Termination Date pursuant to Section 9.2(a), the Borrower (or, after delivery of a Notice of Exclusive Control, the Administrative Agent) shall direct (which direction shall be deemed given upon receipt by the Collateral Custodian of the related Payment Date Report) the Collateral Custodian to pay pursuant to the latest Payment Date Report or such other direction as may be timely given by Administrative Agent (and the Collateral Custodian shall make payment from the Collection Account to the extent of Available Funds, in reliance on the information set forth in such Payment Date Report or such other direction) to the following Persons, the following amounts in the following order of priority:
(1) to the Borrower, in respect of Taxes (but excluding all Taxes imposed on net income), registration and filing fees then due and owing by the Borrower (or its direct and indirect equity holders) that are attributable solely to the operations of the Borrower; provided that amounts payable with respect to Taxes, registration and filing fees pursuant to this clause (1) during any one year shall not, individually or in the aggregate, exceed 4.00% of the Borrowers taxable income for such year, as computed for purposes of the New York City unincorporated business tax;
(2) first, to the Collateral Custodian, the Collateral Administrator and the Securities Intermediary pro, rata, in an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid Collateral Custodian Fees, and second, to the Collateral Manager, in an amount equal to all reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Collateral Manager incurred in connection with any sale of Collateral, not to exceed $75,000 in the aggregate during any calendar year;
(3) to pay regular scheduled payments, any fees and reasonable and necessary expenses incurred under any hedge agreement, not to exceed $75,000 in the aggregate per calendar year and, during the Revolving Period, to the payment of any hedge breakage or termination costs owed by the Borrower not to exceed $75,000 in the aggregate per calendar year;
(4) to the Collateral Manager, first, to pay any accrued and unpaid Senior Collateral Manager Fees and, second, to pay all documented fees and expenses of the Collateral Manager (including reasonable attorneys fees, costs and expenses), in each case in an aggregate amount with respect to such documented fees and expenses in any rolling 12-month period not to exceed $75,000;
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(5) to the Administrative Agent, in an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid fees, expenses and indemnities set forth in the Transaction Documents;
(6) to the Administrative Agent to be distributed pro rata to each Lender, in an amount equal to (a) any accrued and unpaid Minimum Usage Fees (such Minimum Usage Fees to be allocated based on the unused Commitment of each Lender), (b) any accrued and unpaid Non-Usage Fee (such Non-Usage Fee to be allocated based on the unused Commitment of each Lender), and (c) any accrued and unpaid Breakage Costs;
(7) any accrued and unpaid Interest with respect to Advances made by such Lender;
(8) to the Administrative Agent to be distributed pro rata to the Lenders to repay the principal on the Advances Outstanding of such Lenders;
(9) to the Administrative Agent to be distributed to the Administrative Agent, any applicable Lender, the Collateral Custodian, the Securities Intermediary, the Collateral Administrator, the Indemnified Parties, or the Secured Parties, as applicable, all other fees and amounts, including any unpaid Administrative Expenses, any amounts accrued and unpaid under the Fee Letter, Breakage Costs, Increased Costs, Taxes, and indemnities, but other than the principal of Advances Outstanding, then due under this Agreement;
(10) to the Collateral Manager, to pay any accrued and unpaid Subordinated Collateral Manager Fees; and
(11) to the extent the Obligations have been paid in full, any remaining amounts shall be distributed to the Borrower or any nominee thereof.
Section 2.9 Collections and Allocations.
(a) Collections. The Borrower shall promptly identify any Collections received as being on account of Interest Collections or Principal Collections and shall transfer, or cause to be transferred, all Collections received directly by it to the appropriate Account within two (2) Business Days (or, with respect to any Effective Date Participation Interest and in the case of any such Collections received prior to the date that is sixty (60) days after the Effective Date, within ten (10) Business Days) after such Collections are received in accordance with Section 5.1(f). Upon the transfer of Collections to the relevant Account, the Borrower shall segregate Principal Collections and Interest Collections and transfer the same in accordance with Section 5.1(f). On each Reporting Date, the Collateral Manager (on behalf of the Borrower) shall further include a statement in the Borrowing Base Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(t) as to the amount and type (whether Principal Collections, Interest Collections or other Collections) of all Collections received since the prior Reporting Date, all Principal Collections and Interest Collections on deposit as of such Reporting Date and a detailed aging of each Loan.
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(b) Excluded Amounts. The Borrower may withdraw from the Collection Account any deposits thereto constituting Excluded Amounts, provided that the Borrower shall, concurrently with such withdrawal, deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a report setting forth the calculation of such Excluded Amounts in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(c) Initial Deposits. On the Funding Date with respect to any Loan, the Borrower will deposit into the Collection Account all Collections, if any, received on or before such Funding Date in respect of Loans being transferred to and included as part of the Collateral on such date.
(d) Investment of Funds. Until the occurrence of an Event of Default, to the extent there are uninvested amounts deposited in the Collection Account, all such amounts shall be invested in Permitted Investments selected by the Borrower on each Payment Date (or pursuant to standing instructions provided by the Borrower); provided that, from and after the occurrence of an Event of Default, to the extent there are uninvested amounts in the Collection Account, all such amounts may be invested in Permitted Investments selected by the Administrative Agent (which may be standing instructions). All earnings (net of losses and investment expenses) thereon shall be retained or deposited into the applicable Collection Account and shall be applied on each Payment Date pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.7 and Section 2.8 (as applicable).
(e) Unfunded Exposure Account.
(i) The Borrower shall not acquire any Delayed Draw Loan or Revolving Loan unless, in each case, immediately after giving effect to such acquisition or issuance, the Borrower shall deposit an amount equal to the Required Funding Amount with respect to such Delayed Draw Loan or Revolving Loan, as applicable, into the Unfunded Exposure Account. Subject to the satisfaction of the Withdrawal Conditions, amounts on deposit in the Unfunded Exposure Account may be withdrawn by the Borrower (x) to fund any draw requests of the relevant Obligors under any Revolving Loan or Delayed Draw Loan or (y) to make a deposit into the Principal Collections Account. Any such withdrawal will be subject to the following conditions (the Withdrawal Conditions):
(1) after giving effect to any such withdrawal under clause (x) above, no Borrowing Base Deficiency exists; and
(2) after giving effect to any such withdrawal under clause (x) or (y) above, the aggregate amount on deposit in the Unfunded Exposure Account is equal to or greater than the aggregate Required Funding Amount with respect to all Loans included in the Collateral.
(ii) Any draw request made by an Obligor under a Revolving Loan or Delayed Draw Loan, along with wiring instructions for the applicable Obligor, shall be forwarded by the Borrower to the Collateral Custodian (with a copy to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Administrator) along with an instruction to the Collateral Custodian to withdraw the applicable amount from the Unfunded Exposure Account and a certification that the conditions to fund such draw are satisfied, and the Collateral Custodian shall fund such draw request in accordance with such instructions from the Borrower.
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(iii) If the Borrower shall receive any Principal Collections from an Obligor with respect to a Revolving Loan and, as of the date of such receipt (and after taking into account such repayment), the aggregate amount on deposit in the Unfunded Exposure Account is less than the aggregate Required Funding Amount with respect to all Loans included in the Collateral (the amount of such shortfall, in each case, the Unfunded Exposure Shortfall), the Collateral Custodian shall deposit into the Unfunded Exposure Account an amount of such Principal Collections equal to the lesser of (a) the aggregate amount of such Principal Collections and (b) the Unfunded Exposure Shortfall as directed by the Borrower (or Collateral Manager on its behalf).
Section 2.10 Payments, Computations, Etc.
(a) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all amounts to be paid or deposited by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or the other Secured Parties hereunder shall be paid or deposited in accordance with the terms hereof no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City Time) on the day when due in lawful money of the United States in immediately available funds and any amount not received before such time shall be deemed received on the next Business Day. The Borrower shall, to the extent permitted by law, pay to the Secured Parties interest on all amounts not paid or deposited when due hereunder at the Interest Rate applicable during an Event of Default, payable on demand; provided that such interest rate shall not at any time exceed the maximum rate permitted by Applicable Law. Such interest shall be for the account of the applicable Secured Party. All computations of interest and other fees hereunder shall be made on the basis of a year consisting of 360 days (other than calculations with respect to the Base Rate, which shall be based on a year consisting of 365 or 366 days) for the actual number of days elapsed.
(b) Whenever any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of the payment of Interest or any fee payable hereunder, as the case may be. To the extent that Available Funds are insufficient on any Payment Date to satisfy the full amount of any Increased Costs pursuant to Section 2.12, such unpaid amounts shall remain due and owing and shall accrue interest at the Interest Rate until repaid in full.
(c) If any Advance requested by the Borrower is not effectuated as a result of the Borrowers actions or failure to fulfill any condition under Section 3.2 applicable to the Borrower, as the case may be, on the date specified therefor, the Borrower shall indemnify the applicable Lender against any reasonable loss, cost or expense incurred by the applicable Lender, including any loss, cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by the applicable Lender to fund or maintain such Advance.
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(d) If at any time after the Effective Date, the Advances Outstanding hereunder are not allocated among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares, the Lenders agree to make such purchases and sales of interests in the Advances Outstanding between themselves so that each Lender is then holding its relevant Pro Rata Share of Advances Outstanding based on their Commitments at such time (such purchases and sales shall be arranged through the Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby agrees to execute such further instruments and documents, if any, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in connection therewith), with all subsequent extensions of credit under this Agreement to be made in accordance with the respective Pro Rata Shares, of the Lenders from time to time party to this Agreement as provided herein.
(e) Borrower shall have the option to (i) request that any Advance bear interest at Term SOFR or (ii) continue any Advance that bears interest at Term SOFR as an Advance that bears interest at Term SOFR upon the expiration of the applicable Interest Period and the succeeding Interest Period of that continued Advance shall commence on the last day of the Interest Period of the Advance to be continued. Any such election must be made by no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City Time) on the third (3rd) U.S. Government Securities Business Day prior to (1) the Interest Period of any proposed Advance that bears interest at Term SOFR, or (2) the end of the Interest Period with respect to any Advance that bears interest at Term SOFR to be continued as such. If no election is received with respect to an Advance that bears interest at Term SOFR by no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City Time) on the third (3rd) U.S. Government Securities Business Day prior to the end of the Interest Period with respect thereto, such Loan shall be converted to a Loan that bears interest at Daily Simple SOFR at the end of its Interest Period. Borrower must make such election by notice to Administrative Agent in writing. In the case of any continuation, such election must be made pursuant to a Notice of Continuation, to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Collateral Custodian). Notwithstanding the foregoing, at no time shall there be more than six (6) Advances that bear interest at Term SOFR outstanding.
(f)
(e) In the event the Collateral Custodian receives
instructions from the Collateral Manager or the Borrower which conflict with any instruction received by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Custodian shall rely on and follow the instructions given by the Administrative Agent.
Section 2.11 Fees.
(a) The Collateral Custodian, Collateral Administrator and Securities Intermediary shall be entitled to receive the Collateral Custodian Fee in accordance with Sections 2.7(a)(2), 2.7(b)(1) and 2.8(2), as applicable.
Section 2.12 Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy; Illegality.
(a) If either (i) the introduction of or any change (including any change by way of imposition or increase of reserve requirements) in or in the interpretation of any Applicable Law or (ii) the compliance by an Indemnified Party with any guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law),
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shall (a) subject an Indemnified Party to any Tax or increased Tax of any kind whatsoever (other than (A) Non-Excluded Taxes that are covered under Section 2.13(a), (B) Excluded Taxes to the extent described in clauses (B), (C) or (D) of the definition of Non-Excluded Taxes, and (C) Connection Income Taxes) with respect to this Agreement or change the basis of taxation of payments to the Lender in respect thereof with respect to its interest in the Collateral, or any right or obligation to make Advances hereunder, or on any payment made hereunder, (b) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve requirement (including any reserve requirement imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, but excluding any reserve requirement, if any, included in the determination of Interest), special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the amount of, or credit extended by, any Indemnified Party or (c) impose any other condition affecting the ownership interest in the Collateral conveyed to the Secured Parties hereunder or any Indemnified Partys rights hereunder or under any other Transaction Document, the result of which is to increase the cost to any Indemnified Party or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by an Indemnified Party under this Agreement or under any other Transaction Document, and in each case such Indemnified Party has made a similar determination with respect to other facilities similarly situated other than for the reason of identifiable legal differences between such facilities, then on the Payment Date following demand by such Indemnified Party (which demand shall be accompanied by a statement setting forth the basis for such demand), and in any case the Borrower shall pay directly to such Indemnified Party such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Indemnified Party for such additional or increased cost incurred or such reduction suffered.
(b) If either (i) the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law, guideline, rule, regulation, directive or request or (ii) compliance by any Indemnified Party with any law, guideline, rule, regulation, directive or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority or agency (whether or not having the force of law), including compliance by an Indemnified Party with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of any Indemnified Party as a consequence of its obligations hereunder or arising in connection herewith to a level below that which any such Indemnified Party could have achieved but for such introduction, change or compliance (taking into consideration the policies of such Indemnified Party with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Indemnified Party to be material, and in each case such Indemnified Party has made a similar determination with respect to other facilities similarly situated other than for the reason of identifiable legal differences between such facilities, then from time to time, on the Payment Date following demand by such Indemnified Party (which demand shall be accompanied by a statement setting forth the basis for such demand), the Borrower shall pay directly to such Indemnified Party such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Indemnified Party for such reduction; provided that notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.12(b) to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a change in law for the purposes of clause (i) above, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued. If the issuance of any amendment or supplement to Interpretation No. 46 or to Statement of Financial Accounting
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Standards No. 140 by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or any other change in accounting standards, including GAAP, or the issuance of any other pronouncement, release or interpretation, causes or requires the consolidation of all or a portion of the assets and liabilities of the Transferor, the Borrower or any Secured Party with the assets and liabilities of the Administrative Agent or any Lender or shall otherwise impose any loss, cost, expense, reduction of return on capital or other loss, such event shall constitute a circumstance on which such Indemnified Party may base a claim for reimbursement under this Section 2.12.
(c) If as a result of any event or circumstance similar to those described in clause (a) or (b) of this Section 2.12, any Indemnified Party is required to compensate a bank or other financial institution providing liquidity support, credit enhancement or other similar support to such Indemnified Party in connection with this Agreement or the funding or maintenance of Advances hereunder (under other facilities similarly situated other than for the reason of identifiable legal differences between such facilities), then within twenty-two (22) days after demand by such Indemnified Party, the Borrower shall pay to such Indemnified Party such additional amount or amounts as may be necessary to reimburse such Indemnified Party for any amounts payable or paid by it.
(d) In determining any amount provided for in this Section 2.12, the Indemnified Party may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods. Any Indemnified Party making a claim under this Section 2.12 shall submit to the Borrower a written description as to such additional or increased cost or reduction and the calculation thereof, which written description shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(e) If a
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Disruption Event as described in clause (a) of the definition of EurodollarCurrency Disruption Event with respect to any Lender occurred,
such Lender shall in turn so notify the Borrower, whereupon all Advances Outstanding of the affected Lender in respect of which Interest accrues at the LIBOR
RateBenchmark shall immediately be converted into
Advances Outstanding in respect of which Interest accrues at the Base Rate.
(f) Failure or delay on the part of any Indemnified Party to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 2.12 shall not constitute a waiver of such Indemnified Partys right to demand or receive such compensation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.12, the Borrower shall not be required to compensate an Indemnified Party pursuant to this Section 2.12 for any amounts incurred more than six (6) months prior to the date that such Indemnified Party notifies the Borrower of such Indemnified Partys intention to claim compensation therefor; provided that, if the circumstances giving rise to such claim have a retroactive effect, then such six (6) month period shall be extended to include the period of such retroactive effect.
(g) Each Lender agrees that it will take such commercially reasonable actions as the Borrower may reasonably request that will avoid the need to pay, or reduce the amount of, any increased amounts referred to in this Section 2.12 or Section 2.13; provided that no Lender shall be obligated to take any actions that would, in the reasonable opinion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender. In no event will Borrower be responsible for increased amounts referred to in this Section 2.12 which relates to any other entities to which any Lender provides financing.
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(h) The payment of amounts under this Section 2.12 shall be on an after-Tax basis.
(i) Other than with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event (for which reference is made to Section 12.18), if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that (i) Daily Simple SOFR cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof or (ii) Term SOFR cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, the Borrower may revoke any request for an Advance bearing interest at the applicable Benchmark that cannot be determined pursuant to the foregoing sentence and, failing that, (x) in the case of clause (i) above, all Advances and all Advances Outstanding shall bear interest at Term SOFR plus the Applicable Spread, (y) in the case of clause (ii) above, all Advances and all Advances Outstanding shall bear interest at Daily Simple SOFR plus the Applicable Spread and (z) in the case of the occurrence of clauses (i) and (ii) above, all Advances and all Advances Outstanding shall bear interest at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Spread, in each case, computed as otherwise described herein until the Administrative Agent revokes such notice(s); provided, however, the Administrative Agent may, in consultation with the Borrower and the applicable Lender, establish an alternative interest rate with respect to such Advances during the pendency of such period.
(j) If any Lender determines that any applicable law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable lending office to make, maintain or fund Advances whose interest is determined by reference to Daily Simple SOFR or Term SOFR, as applicable, or to determine to charge interest rates based upon Daily Simple SOFR or Term SOFR, as applicable, then, upon notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower (through the Administrative Agent), any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Advances that bear interest at Daily Simple SOFR or Term SOFR, as applicable, shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay (pursuant to Section 2.3(a)) or, if applicable, convert all Advances that bear interest at Daily Simple SOFR or Term SOFR, as applicable, of such Lender to Advances that bear interest at the Base Rate, on the Payment Date therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Advances that bear interest at Daily Simple SOFR or Term SOFR, as applicable, to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Advances that bear interest at Daily Simple SOFR or Term SOFR, as applicable.
Section 2.13 Taxes.
(a) Any and all payments by or on behalf of the Borrower under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents to which the Borrower is a party shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities (including penalties, interest and additions to tax) with respect thereto, whether now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any taxation authority or other Governmental
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Authority (collectively, Taxes), unless required by law. If any Withholding Agent shall be required under any applicable requirement of law to deduct or withhold any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under or in respect of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents to any Secured Party (including for purposes of Section 2.12 and this Section 2.13, any assignee, successor, or participant), (i) then the applicable Withholding Agent shall make all such deductions and withholdings in respect of Taxes, (ii) such Withholding Agent shall pay the full amount deducted or withheld in respect of Taxes to the relevant taxation authority or other Governmental Authority in accordance with any requirement of law, and (iii) to the extent such Taxes are Non-Excluded Taxes, the sum payable by Borrower shall be increased as may be necessary so that after such Withholding Agent has made all required deductions and withholdings of Non-Excluded Taxes (including deductions and withholdings of Non-Excluded Taxes applicable to additional amounts payable under this Section 2.13(a)) such Secured Party receives on the date on which the related payment is due an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings been made. For purposes of this Agreement Non-Excluded Taxes are Taxes other than (A) Taxes that are imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Secured Party and the jurisdiction imposing such Taxes or any political subdivision thereof, unless such Taxes are imposed solely as a result of such Secured Party having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received payments under, or enforced, this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents (Other Connection Taxes), including Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on a Secured Partys net income (and franchise taxes imposed in lieu thereof and branch profits taxes) by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Secured Party is organized (or, in the case of any Lender, where its applicable lending office located in) (Connection Income Taxes) , (B) Taxes imposed under FATCA, (C) any U.S. federal withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such person at the time such person becomes a party hereto (or designates a new lending office), except to the extent that such person (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to this Section 2.13(a) or (D) Taxes attributable to such persons failure or inability to comply with Section 2.13(e).
(b) In addition, Borrower hereby agrees to pay any present or future stamp, recording, documentary, excise, property or value-added taxes, or similar taxes, charges or levies that arise from any payment made under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or from the execution, delivery or registration of, any performance under, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document other than in connection with an assignment, transfer or sale of a Participation Interest (collectively, Other Taxes).
(c) Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify each Secured Party for, and to hold it harmless against, the full amount of Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes, and the full amount of Non-Excluded Taxes of any kind imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 2.13(c) imposed on or paid by such Secured Party and any liability (including penalties, additions to Non-Excluded Taxes, interest and reasonable expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto. The indemnity by Borrower provided for in this Section 2.13(c) shall apply and be made whether or not the Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes for which indemnification hereunder is sought have been correctly or legally asserted. Amounts payable by the Borrower under the indemnity set forth in this Section 2.13(c) shall be paid within ten (10)
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days from the date on which the applicable Secured Party makes written demand therefor; provided, that the Borrower shall not be obligated to make a payment pursuant to this Section 2.13(c) in respect of penalties, additions to Tax, interest and expenses attributable to any Taxes or Other Taxes, if (i) such penalties, additions to Tax, interest and reasonable expenses are attributable to the failure of the Secured Party to pay to the relevant Governmental Authority amounts received by it from the Borrower in respect of Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt of such amount from the Borrower or (ii) such penalties, additions to Tax, interest and reasonable expenses are attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Secured Party.
(d) Within thirty (30) days after the date of any payment of Taxes, Borrower (or any Person making such payment on behalf of Borrower) shall furnish to the applicable Secured Party for its own account a certified copy of the original official receipt evidencing payment thereof or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Secured Party.
(e) Each Secured Party (including any assignee, successor or participant) shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Borrower whichever of the following is applicable:
(i) in the case of a Secured Party that is not a U.S. Tax Person, a complete and executed (x) IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E in which such Secured Party claims the benefits of a tax treaty with the United States providing for a zero or reduced rate of withholding (or any successor forms thereto), including all appropriate attachments or (y) IRS Form W-8ECI (or any successor forms thereto) or (z) a complete and executed IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or any successor forms thereto) and a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I (a Section 2.13 Certificate); or
(ii) in the case of a Secured Party that is a U.S. Tax Person, a complete and executed IRS Form W-9 (or any successor forms thereto); or
(iii) in the case of a Secured Party that (A) is not the beneficial owner, and (B) is not a U.S. Tax Person, (x)(i) a complete and executed IRS Form W-8IMY (or any successor forms thereto) (including all required documents and attachments) and (ii) a Section 2.13 Certificate, and (y) without duplication, the documents that would be provided by each such beneficial owner pursuant to this Section 2.13(e) if such beneficial owner were a Secured Party, provided, however, that no such documents will be required with respect to a beneficial owner to the extent the actual Secured Party is determined to be in compliance with the requirements for certification on behalf of its beneficial owner as may be provided in applicable U.S. Treasury regulations, or the requirements of this clause (iii) are otherwise determined to be unnecessary, all such determinations under this clause (iii) to be made in the sole discretion of Borrower, provided, however, that the Secured Party shall be provided an opportunity to establish such compliance as reasonable.
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Each Secured Party agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower in writing of its legal inability to do so. If the Secured Party provides a form pursuant to clauses (i) through (iii) above and the form provided by the Secured Party at the time such Secured Party first becomes a party to this Agreement or, with respect to a grant of a participation, the effective date thereof, indicates a United States interest withholding tax rate in excess of zero, withholding tax at such rate shall be treated as Taxes other than Non-Excluded Taxes (Excluded Taxes) and shall not qualify as Non-Excluded Taxes unless and until such Secured Party provides the appropriate form certifying that a lesser rate applies, whereupon withholding tax at such lesser rate shall be considered Excluded Taxes solely for the periods governed by such form.
(f) [Reserved].
(g) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Borrower hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the Borrower contained in this Section 2.13 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. Nothing contained in Section 2.12 or this Section 2.13 shall require any Secured Party to make available any of its tax returns or any other information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary.
(h) If a payment made to a Lender under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents would be subject to U.S. Federal withholding tax imposed pursuant to FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Sections 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, at the time or times prescribed by law and as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower as may be necessary for the Administrative Agent or the Borrower to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine whether such Lender has complied with such Lenders obligations under FATCA and the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. Thereafter, each such Lender shall provide additional documentation (i) to the extent documentation previously provided has become inaccurate or invalid or has otherwise ceased to be effective or (ii) as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower. Solely for purposes of this paragraph (h), FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(i) If any Secured Party determines, in its good faith judgment, that it has received or realized a refund (including electing to apply an amount that would otherwise have been refunded as a credit against other liability for Taxes) of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.13 or any reduction of its Tax liabilities or otherwise recovered any amount that is attributable to any deduction or withholding or payment of Taxes with respect to which the Borrower has paid any additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.13, it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 2.13 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of such Secured Party, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Borrower, upon the request of such Secured Party, agrees to repay the amount
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paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to such Secured Party in the event such Secured Party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require such Secured Party to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.
Section 2.14 Reinvestment; Discretionary Sales, Substitutions and Repurchases of Loans.
(a) Reinvestment. On the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth as certified in writing to the Administrative Agent, Collateral Administrator and the Collateral Custodian, on any date prior to the Termination Date, and without limiting the provisions of Section 2.7(a) on each Payment Date, the Borrower may withdraw funds on deposit in the Principal Collection Account for the following purposes:
(i) to reinvest such funds in Loans to be pledged hereunder (a Reinvestment), so long as (1) all applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.2 have been satisfied, (2) each Loan acquired by the Borrower in connection with such reinvestment shall be an Eligible Loan, (3) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and, immediately after giving effect to such Reinvestment, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, and (4) immediately after giving effect to such Reinvestment, there shall not exist a Borrowing Base Deficiency; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 3.2, in the event a Borrowing Base Deficiency shall have existed immediately prior to giving effect to such Reinvestment, the Borrower may effect a Reinvestment so long as, immediately after giving effect to such Reinvestment and any other sale or transfer or other action taken in accordance with Section 2.6 substantially contemporaneous therewith, (x) the Borrowing Base Deficiency is reduced to zero ($0) or (y) such Reinvestment is otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion and the Assigned Value of any Loan acquired in connection with such Reinvestment shall be set by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion; or
(ii) to make payments in respect of the Advances Outstanding at such time in accordance with and subject to the terms of Section 2.3.
Upon the satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 2.14(a) (as certified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, Collateral Administrator and the Collateral Custodian), the Collateral Custodian will release funds from the Principal Collection Account to the Borrower in an amount not to exceed the lesser of (A) the amount requested by the Borrower and (B) the amount on deposit in the Principal Collection Account on such day.
(b) Substitutions. The Borrower may, subject to clauses (e) and (f) below, replace any Loan with another Loan (each such sale and reinvestment, a Substitution) so long as (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and, immediately after giving effect to such Substitution, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, (ii) each substitute Loan acquired by the Borrower in connection with a Substitution shall be an Eligible Loan, (iii) all applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.2 have been satisfied with respect to each
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Loan to be acquired by the Borrower in connection with such Substitution and (iv) immediately after giving effect to such Substitution, there shall not exist a Borrowing Base Deficiency; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 3.2, in the event a Borrowing Base Deficiency shall have existed immediately prior to giving effect to such Substitution, the Borrower may effect a Substitution so long as, immediately after giving effect to such Substitution and any other sale or transfer or other action taken in accordance with Section 2.6 substantially contemporaneous therewith, (x) the Borrowing Base Deficiency is reduced to zero ($0) or (y) such Substitution is otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion and the Assigned Value of any Loan acquired in connection with such Substitution shall be set by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
(c) Discretionary Sales. During the Revolving Period, upon notice by the Borrower, unless waived by Administrative Agent, (with a copy to the Collateral Custodian and the Collateral Administrator), the Borrower shall be permitted, subject to clauses (e) and (f) below, to sell Loans (or portions thereof, each, a Discretionary Sale) so long as (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and, immediately after giving effect to such Discretionary Sale, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, (ii) notwithstanding anything set forth below in Section 2.14¸ immediately after giving effect to such Discretionary Sale, (A) there shall not exist a Borrowing Base Deficiency (or immediately after giving effect to such Discretionary Sale and any other sale or transfer or other action taken in accordance with Section 2.6 substantially contemporaneous therewith, (x) the Borrowing Base Deficiency is reduced to zero ($0), (y) such Discretionary Sale is on terms and conditions that are reasonable and that would be available on an arms-length basis with third parties, or (z) such Discretionary Sale is otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), and (B) the Advances Outstanding as of such date shall not exceed the Availability, and (iii) the net cash price received pursuant to the sale of such Loan is greater than such Loans Adjusted Borrowing Value.
(d) Repurchase or Substitution of Warranty Loans. Not later than five (5) Business Days following the earlier of (i) knowledge by the Borrower or the Collateral Manager that any Loan constitutes a Warranty Loan or (ii) receipt by the Borrower from the Administrative Agent of written notice thereof, the Borrower shall either:
(i) make a deposit to the Collection Account in immediately available funds in an amount equal to (A) the outstanding principal balance of the related Loan as of the date of the repurchase, multiplied by (B) the Purchase Price, plus, only with respect to the repurchase of Warranty Loans, any expenses or fees with respect to such Loan; provided that the Administrative Agent shall have the right to determine whether the amount so deposited is sufficient to satisfy the foregoing requirements; or
(ii) substitute for such Warranty Loan a substitute Eligible Loan, provided that all requirements with respect to Substitutions set forth in this Section 2.14 are satisfied.
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Upon receipt of written certification from the Borrower certifying to the confirmation of the deposit of the amounts set forth in Section 2.14(d)(i) into the Collection Account or the delivery by the Borrower of a substitute Eligible Loan for each Warranty Loan (the date of such confirmation or delivery, the Release Date), such Warranty Loan and related Underlying Assets shall be removed from the Collateral and, as applicable, the substitute Eligible Loan and related Underlying Assets shall be included in the Collateral. On the Release Date of each Warranty Loan, the Collateral Custodian, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall automatically and without further action be deemed to release to the Borrower, without recourse, representation or warranty, all the right, title and interest and any Lien of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties in, to and under the Warranty Loan and any related Underlying Assets and all future monies due or to become due with respect thereto.
(e) Conditions to Sales, Substitutions and Repurchases. Any Discretionary Sale or sale pursuant to a Substitution effected pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(i) the Borrower shall deliver a Borrowing Base Certificate to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to Collateral Custodian and the Collateral Administrator) that gives effect to the contemplation of a Discretionary Sale or sale pursuant to a Substitution;
(ii) the Borrower shall deliver a list of all Loans to be sold or substituted to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to Collateral Custodian and the Collateral Administrator);
(iii) the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and Collateral Custodian of any amount to be deposited into the Collection Account in connection with any sale or substitution;
(iv) as certified in writing to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to Collateral Custodian and the Collateral Administrator) by the Borrower, the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.1 and 4.2 hereof shall continue to be true and correct in all material respects (except for such representations and warranties as are qualified by materiality, a Material Adverse Effect or any similar qualifier, which representations and warranties shall be true in all respects, and except for those representations and warranties made as of a specific date which are true, correct, and complete as of such date) following any sale or substitution, except to the extent any such representation or warranty relates to an earlier date,
(v) any repayment of Advances Outstanding in connection with any sale or substitution of Loans hereunder shall comply with the requirements set forth in Section 2.3;
(vi) as certified in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, any Discretionary Sale or sale in connection with a Substitution shall be made by the Collateral Manager (on behalf of the Borrower) to an unaffiliated third party purchaser or to the Transferor or any Affiliate in a transaction (1) reflecting arms-length market terms and (2) in which the Borrower makes no representations, warranties or covenants and provides no indemnification for the benefit of any other party to such sale (other than that the Borrower has good title thereto, free and clear of all Liens and has the right to sell the related Loan);
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(vii) the Borrower shall pay an amount equal to all Breakage Costs and other accrued and unpaid costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Collateral Administrator and the Collateral Custodian in connection with any such sale, substitution or repurchase (including, but not limited to, expenses incurred in connection with the release of the Lien of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties and any other party having an interest in the Loan in connection with such sale, substitution or repurchase);
(viii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and, immediately after giving effect to such thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred the Borrower may dispose of any Loan or asset with an Assigned Value equal to zero percent (0%) through a Discretionary Sale, Substitution or otherwise without satisfying any of the foregoing.
(f) [Reserved].
(g) Notices to Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall provide the Lenders with copies of any notices and, if requested by the Lenders, other materials received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.14 in connection with any sale, substitution, or repurchase of Loans. The Borrower (or Collateral Manager, on its behalf) shall deliver an Officers Certificate to the Collateral Custodian, on which it may conclusively rely, to the effect that all conditions precedent to such sale, substitution or repurchase of Loans, as the case may be, have been satisfied.
Section 2.15 Assignment of the Sale Agreement.
The Borrower hereby assigns to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties hereunder, all of the Borrowers right, title and interest in and to, but none of its obligations under, the Sale Agreement, any Third Party Sale Agreement and any UCC financing statements filed under or in connection therewith to secure the prompt, complete and indefeasible payment and performance in full when due, whether by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise, of the Obligations of the Borrower arising in connection with this Agreement and each other Transaction Document, whether now or hereafter existing, due or to become due, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Borrower hereby assigns to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties its right to indemnification under the Sale Agreement and any Third Party Sale Agreement. The Borrower confirms that, following the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right to enforce the Borrowers rights and remedies under the Sale Agreement, any Third Party Sale Agreement and any UCC financing statements filed under or in connection therewith for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
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Section 2.16 Defaulting Lenders.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law:
(i) That Defaulting Lenders right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 12.1.
(ii) Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, or otherwise), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Advance in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Advances under this Agreement; fourth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lenders breach of its obligations under this Agreement; fifth, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by such Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lenders breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and sixth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Advances in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Advances of all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Advances of that Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post cash collateral pursuant to this Section 2.16 shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(b) If the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree in writing that a Defaulting Lender should no longer
be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect
to any cash collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of Advances Outstanding of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Advances
to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares, whereupon that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or
payments made by or on behalf of the
BorrowersBorrower while that Lender was a
Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party
hereunder arising from that Lenders having been a Defaulting Lender.
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Section 2.17 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.12, or requires the Borrower to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.13, then such Lender shall (at the request of the Borrower) use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Advances hereunder or assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgement of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.12 or Section 2.13, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. Upon receipt of such estimate, the Borrower may approve the proposed designation or assignment, in which case the Lender shall use reasonable efforts to effect the same. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such approved designation or assignment.
(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.12, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.13, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender hereunder, or if any Lender does not consent to any amendment or modification (including in the form of a consent or waiver) to the definitions described in Section 12.1(d), (e) or (g) which is approved by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 12.16), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that:
(i) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Advances, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);
(ii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.12 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.13, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and
(iii) such assignment does not conflict with Applicable Law.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
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Section 2.18 Increase of Commitment; Facility Amount.
(a) At any time during the Revolving Period, provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Commitment for any Lender may be increased in connection with a corresponding increase in the Facility Amount upon the written request of the Borrower with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and such Lender (and with notice to the Collateral Custodian) (an Increased Commitment); provided that, (i) following such Increased Commitment, the Facility Amount shall not exceed $250,000,000, and (ii) any Increased Commitment shall be in a minimum amount of $25,000,000. Except for upfront fees payable to Lenders providing any Increased Commitment, any such Increased Commitment shall be on the same terms (including the pricing and maturity date) as, and pursuant to the documentation applicable to, the Commitments provided pursuant to the Agreement as of the Effective Date. Prior to the effectiveness of any such Increased Commitment, the Borrower shall, if requested, execute and deliver to the applicable Lender a revised Note in an aggregate face amount equal to the revised Commitment. The Borrower confirms that each Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, without regard to the value or performance of the Loan or any other factor, may elect not to increase its Commitment. Upon such increase, Annex B hereto shall be deemed to be revised to reflect such increase in such Lenders Commitment.
(b) The Borrower may, with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, add additional Persons as Lenders (with notice to the Collateral Custodian). Each additional Lender shall become a party hereto by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower a Joinder Supplement and a Transferee Letter.
Section 2.19 Termination or Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Optional. The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the unused portion of the Commitments, or from time to time reduce the unused Commitments; provided that (a) each such notice shall be in writing and must be received by the Administrative Agent at least three (3) Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, and shall be irrevocable, (b) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $25,000,000 or a larger multiple of $5,000,000 (unless the aggregate amount of unused Commitments is less than $25,000,000, in which case such partial reduction shall be for an amount equal to the aggregate amount of unused Commitments then outstanding), and (c) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the total Advances Outstanding would exceed the total Commitments. Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall automatically terminate on the earlier to occur of the Revolving Period End Date or the Termination Date.
(b) Application of Commitment Reductions. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any termination or reduction of the Commitments pursuant to this Section. Upon any reduction of unused Commitments, the Commitment of each Lender shall be reduced by such Lenders ratable share of the amount of such reduction.
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ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE AND ADVANCES
Section 3.1 Conditions to Effective Date.
No Lender, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Administrator or the Collateral Custodian shall be obligated to take, fulfill or perform any other action hereunder, until the following conditions have been satisfied, in the sole discretion of, or waived in writing, by the Administrative Agent:
(a) This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall have been duly executed by, and delivered to, the parties thereto, and the Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents, instruments, agreements and legal opinions as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence that the Borrower, the Transferor and the Collateral Manager have obtained all required consents and approvals of all Persons to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby;
(c) The Borrower and the Collateral Manager shall each have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certification in the form of Exhibit D, and such certification shall, with respect to the Collateral Manager, include a representation that the Collateral Manager has neither incurred nor suffered to exist any Indebtedness as of the Effective Date except as disclosed to the Administrative Agent;
(d) The Borrower and the Collateral Manager shall each have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate as to whether such entity is Solvent in the form of Exhibit C;
(e) The Borrower and Collateral Manager shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent certification that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received the executed legal opinion or opinions of Clifford Chance US LLP, counsel to the FS/KKR Parties, covering (A) authority, (B) enforceability of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, (C) true sale and non-consolidation matters, (D) UCC, perfection and other closing matters and (E) certain tax matters; in each case, in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion;
(g) The Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall have executed the Fee Letter, and the Borrower shall have paid all fees due and unpaid under the Fee Letter;
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(h) The Borrower, the Collateral Custodian and the Collateral Administrator shall have executed the Collateral Custodian Fee Letter, and the Borrower shall have paid all fees due and unpaid under the Collateral Custodian Fee Letter;
(i) Each applicable Lender shall have received a duly executed copy of its Note (to the extent such Note has been requested), in a principal amount equal to the Commitment of the Lender;
(j) The Administrative Agent shall have received a secretarys certificate of each FS/KKR Party (i) that includes a copy of the resolutions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of the board of directors, manager(s) or member(s) of such FS/KKR Party, as applicable, authorizing (A) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and (B) the borrowings contemplated hereunder, and a certification that such resolutions have not been amended, modified, revoked or rescinded, (ii) that includes a copy of the Governing Documents of such FS/KKR Party and a certification that, except as disclosed therein, there has not been any amendment, modification or supplement to such Governing Documents, (iii) that includes a certification as to the incumbency and signature of the officers of such FS/KKR Party executing any Transaction Document and (iv) that includes certificates dated as of a recent date from the Secretary of State or other appropriate authority, evidencing the good standing of such FS/KKR Party (A) in the jurisdiction of its organization and (B) in each other jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of Property or the conduct of its business requires it to qualify as a foreign Person except, as to this subclause (B), where the failure to so qualify could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, which certificate shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall be executed by a corporate secretary or Responsible Officer of such FS/KKR Party;
(k) The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a recent search by a Person satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of the UCC, judgment and tax lien filings which may have been filed with respect to personal property of each FS/KKR Party, and bankruptcy and pending lawsuits with respect to the FS/KKR Parties and the results of such search shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(l) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) all documentation and other information requested by such Administrative Agent in its sole discretion and/or required by regulatory authorities with respect to the Borrower and the Collateral Manager under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA Patriot Act, and (ii) a Beneficial Ownership Certification with respect to the Borrower, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(m) The results of the due diligence procedures, as carried out by the Administrative Agent, are satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in its reasonable discretion; and
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(n) The representations and warranties contained in Section 4.1 and Section 4.2 are true and correct in all respects on and as of the Effective Date (other than any representation and warranty that is expressly made as of another specific date which were true, correct, and complete as of such date); and
(o) The Administrative Agent shall have received an assignment of the Collateral Manager Agreement between the Borrower and the Collateral Manager, and in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
(p) All corporate and other proceedings, and all documents, instruments and other legal matters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents and legal opinions in respect of any aspect or consequence of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby as it shall reasonably request.
Section 3.2 Conditions Precedent to All Advances and Acquisitions of Loans.
Each Loan Advance under this Agreement, each Reinvestment of Principal Collections pursuant to Section 2.14(a)(i) and each acquisition of Loans in connection with a Substitution pursuant to Section 2.14(b) (each, a Transaction) shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that:
(a) With respect to any Loan Advance, the Collateral Manager on Borrowers behalf shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Collateral Custodian and the Collateral Administrator), by not later than the deadline set forth in Section 2.2(b) (or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent and each Lender), a Funding Notice in the form of Exhibit A-1 and a Borrowing Base Certificate with respect to each Loan proposed to be acquired by the Borrower in connection with such Transaction.
(b) With respect to any Reinvestment of Principal Collections permitted by Section 2.14(a)(i) and each acquisition of Loans in connection with a Substitution pursuant to Section 2.14(b), the Collateral Manager on Borrowers behalf shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Collateral Custodian and the Collateral Administrator), no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City Time) on the date of such reinvestment, a Reinvestment Notice in the form of Exhibit A-3 and a Borrowing Base Certificate, executed by Collateral Manager and on Borrowers behalf.
(c) On the date of such Transaction the following shall be true and correct, and the Borrower and the Collateral Manager shall have certified in the related Borrowers Notice that all conditions precedent to the requested Transaction have been satisfied and shall thereby be deemed to have certified that:
(i) The representations and warranties contained in Section 4.1 and Section 4.2 are true and correct in all material respects (except for such representations and warranties as are qualified by materiality, a Material Adverse Effect or any similar qualifier, which representations and warranties shall be true in all respects) on and as of such day as though made on and as of such day and shall be deemed to have been made on such day (other than any representation and warranty that is expressly made as of another specific date which were true, correct, and complete as of such date);
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(ii) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Transaction or from the application of proceeds thereof, that constitutes a Default or Event of Default;
(iii) On and as of such day, immediately after giving effect to such Transaction, the Advances Outstanding does not exceed the Availability (or, to the extent permitted under Section 2.14, that any existing Borrowing Base Deficiency is reduced); and
(iv) No Applicable Law shall prohibit or enjoin the making of such Advance by any Lender or the proposed acquisition of Loans.
(d) (i) With respect to any Loan Advance under this Agreement or any Reinvestment of Principal Collections pursuant to Section 2.14(a)(i), the Revolving Period End Date shall not have occurred and (ii) with respect to any Transaction, the Termination Date shall not have occurred;
(e) [Reserved];
(f) The Borrower and Collateral Manager shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (and, if applicable, to Collateral Custodian and the Collateral Administrator) all reports required to be delivered as of the date of such Transaction including all deliveries required by Section 2.2;
(g) The Borrower shall have paid all fees then required to be paid and, without duplication of Section 2.11, shall have reimbursed the Lenders, the Collateral Custodian, the Collateral Administrator and the Administrative Agent for all fees, costs and expenses then required to be paid in connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents, including the reasonable attorney fees and any other legal and document preparation costs incurred by the Lenders, the Collateral Custodian, the Collateral Administrator and the Administrative Agent;
(h) [Reserved];
(i) In connection with each Loan Advance, unless otherwise waived by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, (i) the Borrower (or the Collateral Manager on its behalf) shall have delivered to the Collateral Custodian (with a copy to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Administrator), no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City Time) on the Advance Date, (a) a Loan Checklist with respect to each Loan proposed to be pledged as Collateral by the Borrower in connection with such Transaction together with the Required Loan Documents described in clause (b)(i) of the definition thereof, (b) in the case of a Noteless Loan (other than an Effective Date Participation Interest), a copy of each transfer document or instrument relating to such Noteless Loan evidencing the assignment of such Noteless Loan to the Borrower and an undated transfer or assignment document or instrument relating to such Noteless Loan, signed by the Borrower, as assignor, and the administrative agent (only in the event such administrative agent is an Affiliate of the Borrower) but not dated and not specifying an assignee and (c) for each Effective Date Participation Interest, a fully executed master
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participation agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which duly effects and evidences each such Participation Interest and evidence of payment or waiver of any fees associated with assigning any such Loan and (ii) within three (3) Business Days following any related Advance Date with respect to any Loan, the Borrower shall deliver all other Required Loan Documents with respect to each Loan pledged as Collateral by the Borrower in connection with such Transaction;
(j) The Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an Officers Certificate (which may be part of the applicable Borrowers Notice) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent certifying that each of the foregoing conditions precedent has been satisfied (other than such conditions precedent (i) subject to the judgment or satisfaction of the Administrative Agent or any Lender or (ii) otherwise waived); and
(k) The Borrower is in compliance with the Minimum Credit Enhancement Amount Test as evidenced by a Borrowing Base Certificate.
Section 3.3 Custodianship; Transfer of Loans and Permitted Investments.
(a) The Collateral Custodian shall hold all Certificated Securities and Instruments delivered to it as Collateral in accordance with the terms hereof in physical form at the Custody Facilities or at such other location identified to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower. Any successor Collateral Custodian shall be a state or national bank or trust company which is not an Affiliate of the Borrower and which is a Qualified Institution.
(b) Each time that the Borrower (or the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Borrower) shall direct or cause the acquisition of any Loan or Permitted Investment, the Borrower shall (or the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Borrower), if such Permitted Investment or, in the case of a Loan, the related promissory note or (with respect to a Noteless Loan) assignment documentation has not already been delivered to the Collateral Custodian in accordance with the requirements set forth in clause (a) of the definition of Required Loan Documents, cause the delivery of such Permitted Investment or, in the case of a Loan, the related promissory note or (with respect to a Noteless Loan) assignment documentation in accordance with the requirements set forth in clause (a) of the definition of Required Loan Documents to the Collateral Custodian at the Custody Facilities.
(c) The Borrower (or the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Borrower) shall direct that the Collateral Custodian cause all Collateral acquired by the Borrower that constitutes Financial Assets to be credited to the Collateral Account, and shall cause all Loans and Permitted Investments acquired by the Borrower to be delivered to the Collateral Custodian or the Collateral Custodian, as applicable, by one of the following means (and shall take any and all other actions necessary to create and perfect in favor of the Administrative Agent a valid security interest in each Loan and Permitted Investment, which security interest shall be senior to that of any other creditor of the Borrower (whether now existing or hereafter acquired) (other than pursuant to Permitted Liens)):
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(i) in the case of an Instrument or a Certificated Security represented by a Security Certificate in registered form by having it Indorsed to the Collateral Custodian or in blank by an effective Indorsement or registered in the name of the Administrative Agent and by (A) delivering such Instrument to the Collateral Custodian or delivering such Security Certificate to the Collateral Custodian at the Custody Facilities (or at such other location identified to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) and (B) causing the Collateral Custodian to maintain (on behalf of the Administrative Agent) continuous possession of such Instrument or Security Certificate at the Custody Facilities (or at such other location identified to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower);
(ii) in the case of an Uncertificated Security, by (A) causing the Administrative Agent to become the registered owner of such Uncertificated Security and (B) causing such registration to remain effective;
(iii) in the case of any Security Entitlement, by causing each such Security Entitlement to be credited to a Securities Account in the name of the Borrower pursuant to the Account Control Agreement; and
(iv) in the case of General Intangibles (including any Loan or Permitted Investment not evidenced by an Instrument) by filing, maintaining and continuing the effectiveness of, a financing statement naming the Borrower as debtor and the Administrative Agent as secured party and describing the Loan or Permitted Investment (as the case may be) as the collateral at the filing office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (it being understood that a UCC financing statement describing the collateral as all assets of the Borrower or words of similar effect will be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this clause (iv) in the case of any General Intangibles to be delivered by the Borrower).
(d) The security interest of the Administrative Agent in any Collateral disposed of in a transaction permitted by this Agreement shall, immediately and without further action on the part of the Administrative Agent, be released and the Collateral Custodian shall immediately release such Collateral to, or as directed by, the Borrower.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 4.1 Representations and Warranties of the Borrower.
The Borrower represents and warrants as follows as of the Effective Date, each Funding Date, and as of each other date provided under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents on which such representations and warranties are required to be (or deemed to be) made:
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(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Borrower has been duly organized, and is validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing, under the laws of the State of Delaware, with all requisite limited liability company power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as such business is presently conducted, and had at all relevant times, and now has all necessary power, authority and legal right to acquire, own and sell the Collateral.
(b) Due Qualification. The Borrower is (i) duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a limited liability company in its jurisdiction of formation, and (ii) has obtained all necessary qualifications, licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualifications, licenses or approvals, except where the failure to be so qualified, licensed or approved could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Power and Authority; Due Authorization; Execution and Delivery. The Borrower (i) has all necessary limited liability company power, authority and legal right to (a) execute and deliver each Transaction Document to which it is a party, and (b) carry out the terms of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and (ii) has duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action, the execution, delivery and performance of each Transaction Document to which it is a party and the transfer and assignment of an ownership and security interest in the Collateral on the terms and conditions herein provided. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower.
(d) Binding Obligation. Each Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Insolvency Laws and by general principles of equity.
(e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by each Transaction Document to which it is a party and the fulfillment of the terms thereof will not (i) conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, the Governing Documents of the Borrower or any Contractual Obligation of the Borrower, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of the Borrowers properties pursuant to the terms of any such Contractual Obligation, or (iii) violate any Applicable Law.
(f) Agreements. The Borrower is not a party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any corporate restriction that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower is not a party to or otherwise subject or has any of its property that is subject to any indenture or other agreement or instrument evidencing Indebtedness of the Borrower, or any other agreement or instrument where a default could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(g) No Proceedings. (i) As of the Effective Date, there is no litigation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower, before any Governmental Authority and as of any date thereafter, and, (ii) as of any date thereafter, there is no litigation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower, before any Governmental Authority (x) asserting the invalidity of any Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party, (y) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by any Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party or (z) that could reasonably be expected to have Material Adverse Effect.
(h) All Consents Required. All approvals, authorizations, consents, orders, licenses, filings or other actions of any Person or of any Governmental Authority (if any) required for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of each Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party have been obtained, except where the failure to obtain such approval, authorization, consent, order, license, filing or other action could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(i) [Reserved].
(j) Solvency. The Borrower is not the subject of any Insolvency Proceedings or Insolvency Event. The transactions under the Transaction Documents to which the Borrower is a party do not and will not render the Borrower not Solvent.
(k) Taxes.
(i) The Borrower is and has always been treated as a disregarded entity of Transferor for U.S. federal income tax purposes and no election has been filed by the Borrower to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The Borrower will, unless otherwise required by applicable law, treat the Advances and Notes as indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
(ii) Each of the Borrower, the Transferor has timely filed or caused to be timely filed (taking into account valid extensions of the time for filing) all material Tax returns required to be filed by it and has timely paid all material Taxes due, except Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which it has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP.
(l) Exchange Act Compliance; Regulations T, U and X. None of the transactions contemplated herein or in the other Transaction Documents (including the use of the proceeds from the transfer of the Collateral) will violate or result in a violation of Section 7 of the Exchange Act, or any regulations issued pursuant thereto, including Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R., Chapter II. The Borrower does not own or intend to carry or purchase, and no proceeds from the Advances will be used to carry or purchase, any margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U or to extend purpose credit within the meaning of Regulation U.
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(m) Security Interest.
(i) This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the UCC as in effect from time to time in the State of New York) in the Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, which security interest is validly perfected under Article 9 of the UCC and is prior to all other Liens other than Permitted Liens, and is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from the Borrower;
(ii) This Agreement constitutes a security agreement within the meaning of Section 9-102(a)(73) of the UCC as in effect from time to time in the State of New York.
(iii) the Collateral is comprised of instruments, general intangibles, certificated securities, security entitlements, uncertificated securities, deposit accounts, securities accounts, investment property and proceeds (each as defined in the applicable UCC) and such other categories of collateral under the applicable UCC as to which the Borrower has complied with its obligations under Section 4.1(m)(i);
(iv) with respect to Collateral that constitutes Deposit Accounts:
(1) the Borrower has taken all steps necessary to enable the Administrative Agent to obtain control (within the meaning of the UCC as in effect from time-to-time in the State of New York) with respect to each such Account; and
(2) such Accounts are not in the name of any Person other than the Borrower, subject to the Lien of the Administrative Agent. The Borrower has not instructed the depository bank of any Account to comply with the instructions of any Person other than the Administrative Agent; provided that, until the Administrative Agent delivers a Notice of Exclusive Control, the Borrower and the Collateral Manager may cause cash in such Accounts to be invested in Permitted Investments, and the proceeds thereof to be distributed in accordance with this Agreement.
(v) with respect to Collateral that constitutes Security Entitlements:
(1) all of such Security Entitlements have been credited to an Account that is a Securities Account and the securities intermediary for each such Securities Account has agreed to treat all assets credited to such Account as Financial Assets within the meaning of the UCC as in effect from time-to-time in the State of New York;
(2) the Borrower has taken all steps necessary to enable the Administrative Agent to obtain control (within the meaning of the UCC as in effect from time-to-time in the State of New York) with respect to each Account that is a Securities Account; and
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(3) the Accounts that are Securities Accounts are not in the name of any Person other than the Borrower, subject to the Lien of the Administrative Agent. The Borrower has not instructed the securities intermediary of any Account that is a Securities Account to comply with the entitlement order of any Person other than the Administrative Agent; provided that, until the Administrative Agent delivers a Notice of Exclusive Control, the Borrower and the Collateral Manager may cause cash in the Accounts that are Securities Accounts to be invested in Permitted Investments, and the proceeds thereof to be distributed in accordance with this Agreement.
(vi) all Accounts (other than the Collateral Account) constitute deposit accounts as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC as in effect from time-to-time in the State of New York and the Collateral Account constitutes a securities account as defined in the Section 8-501(a) of the UCC as in effect from time-to-time in the State of New York;
(vii) the Borrower owns and has good and marketable title to the Collateral free and clear of any Lien of any Person (other than Permitted Liens);
(viii) the Borrower has received all consents and approvals required by the terms of any Loan to the granting of a security interest in the Loans hereunder to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties;
(ix) the Borrower has taken all necessary steps to authorize the Administrative Agent to file all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under Applicable Law in order to perfect the security interest in that portion of the Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing pursuant to Article 9 of the UCC as in effect in the Borrowers jurisdiction of organization;
(x) upon the delivery to the Collateral Custodian of all Collateral constituting instruments and certificated securities (as defined in the UCC as in effect from time to time in the jurisdiction where the Collateral Custodians Custody Facilities is located), the crediting of all Collateral that constitutes Financial Assets (as defined in the UCC as in effect from time to time in the State of New York) to an Account and the filing of the financing statements described in this Section 4.1(m) in the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, such security interest shall be a valid and first priority (subject to Permitted Liens) perfected security interest in that portion of the Collateral in which a security interest may be created under Article 9 of the UCC as in effect from time to time in the State of New York;
(xi) other than Permitted Liens, the Borrower has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in or otherwise conveyed any of the Collateral. The Borrower has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the Borrower that include a description of any collateral included in the Collateral other than any financing statement (A) relating to the security interest granted to the Borrower under the Sale Agreement or any Third Party Sale Agreement, as applicable, or (B) that has been terminated and/or fully and validly assigned to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date hereof. There are no judgments or tax lien filings against the Borrower;
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(xii) all original executed copies of each underlying promissory note that constitute or evidence each Loan have been or, subject to the delivery requirements contained herein, will be delivered to the Collateral Custodian;
(xiii) none of the underlying promissory notes that constitute or evidence the Loans has any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties;
(xiv) with respect to Collateral that constitutes a certificated security, such certificated security has been delivered to the Collateral Custodian on behalf of the Administrative Agent and, if in registered form, has been specially Indorsed to the Collateral Custodian or in blank by an effective Indorsement or has been registered in the name of the Administrative Agent upon original issue or registration of transfer by the Borrower of such certificated security; and
(xv) with respect to Collateral that constitutes an Uncertificated Security, the Borrower has caused the Administrative Agent to gain control of such Collateral pursuant to Section 8-106(c) of the UCC and such control remains effective.
(n) Reports Accurate. All information, exhibits, financial statements, documents, books, records or reports relating to the Borrower furnished or to be furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Custodian, the Collateral Administrator or any Lender by any FS/KKR Party in connection with this Agreement are true, complete and correct in all material respects when taken as a whole (or, (A) in the case of general economic data, industry information or information, or if not prepared by or under the direction of the Borrower, true and correct in all material respects as of the date furnished, when taken as a whole to the knowledge of the Borrower after reasonable inquiry or (B) in the case of any projections and forward-looking information, such has been prepared in good faith and is reasonable in light of information available to Borrower at the relevant time after reasonable inquiry).
(o) Location of Offices. The Borrowers location (within the meaning of Article 9 of the UCC) is, and at all times has been, the State of Delaware. Except as set forth on Schedule I hereto, the Borrower has not changed its name (whether by amendment of its certificate of formation, by reorganization or otherwise) or its jurisdiction of organization and has not changed its location within the four (4) months preceding the Effective Date, in each case other than any change of name or other corporate change for which notice has been duly provided pursuant to Section 5.1(o)(vii).
(p) Legal Name. Each FS/KKR Partys exact legal name is, and, except as specified on Schedule I hereto, at all times has been the name as set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(q) Sale Agreement. The Sale Agreement is the only agreement pursuant to which the Borrower purchases Collateral from the Transferor.
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(r) Value Given. The Borrower has given reasonably equivalent value to the Transferor or the applicable third party seller of each Loan in consideration for the transfer to the Borrower of each Loan, and no such transfer has been made for or on account of an antecedent debt, and no such transfer is or may be voidable or subject to avoidance under any section of the Bankruptcy Code.
(s) Accounting. The Borrower accounts for the transfers to it of interests in Collateral as sales of such Collateral for financial accounting purposes and for legal purposes on its books, records and financial statements, in each case consistent with GAAP and with the requirements set forth herein.
(t) Special Purpose Entity. The Borrower has not and shall not:
(i) engage in any business or activity other than the purchase, receipt and management of Collateral, the transfer and pledge of Collateral pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents, the sale of Collateral as permitted hereunder, the entry into and the performance under the Transaction Documents and such other activities as are incidental thereto;
(ii) acquire or own any assets other than (a) the Collateral or (b) incidental property as may be necessary for the operation of the Borrower and the performance of its obligations under the Transaction Documents;
(iii) merge into or consolidate with any Person or dissolve, terminate or liquidate in whole or in part, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (other than in accordance with the provisions hereof), without in each case first obtaining the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, or except as permitted by this Agreement, change its legal structure, or jurisdiction of formation;
(iv) fail to preserve its existence as an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or formation, amend, modify, terminate or fail to comply with the provisions of its partnership agreement except as otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 5.2(h), or fail to observe limited liability company formalities;
(v) form, acquire or own any Subsidiary, own any equity interest in any other entity (other than any Equity Security received in exchange for a defaulted Loan or portion thereof in connection with an insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, debt restructuring or workout of the Obligor thereof), or make any Investment in any Person (other than Permitted Investments) without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent;
(vi) commingle its assets with the assets of any of its Affiliates, or of any other Person;
(vii) incur any Indebtedness, secured or unsecured, direct or contingent (including guaranteeing any obligation), other than Indebtedness to the Secured Parties hereunder or in conjunction with a repayment of all Advances owed to the Lenders and a termination of all the Commitments;
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(viii) fail to pay its debts and liabilities from its assets as the same shall become due;
(ix) fail to maintain its records, books of account and bank accounts separate and apart from those of any other Person;
(x) enter into any contract or agreement with any Person, except (a) the Transaction Documents and (b) other contracts or agreements that are upon terms and conditions that are commercially reasonable and that would be available on an arms-length basis with third parties other than such Person;
(xi) seek its dissolution or winding up in whole or in part;
(xii) fail to correct any known misunderstandings regarding the separate identity of the Borrower, the Transferor or any other Person;
(xiii) except as provided in this Agreement, guarantee, become obligated for, or hold itself out to be responsible for the debt of another Person;
(xiv) fail either to hold itself out to the public as a legal entity separate and distinct from any other Person or to conduct its business solely in its own name in order not (a) to mislead others as to the identity of the Person with which such other party is transacting business, or (b) to suggest that it is responsible for the debts of any third party (including any of its principals or Affiliates);
(xv) fail to maintain adequate capital for the normal obligations reasonably foreseeable in a business of its size and character and in light of its contemplated business operations;
(xvi) [Reserved];
(xvii) except as may be required or permitted by the Code and regulations or other applicable state or local tax law, hold itself out as or be considered as a department or division of (a) any of its principals or Affiliates, (b) any Affiliate of a principal or (c) any other Person;
(xviii) fail to maintain separate financial statements, showing its assets and liabilities separate and apart from those of any other Person and not have its assets listed on any financial statement of any other Person; provided, however, that the Borrowers assets may be included in a consolidated financial statement of its Affiliate provided that (a) appropriate notation shall be made on such consolidated financial statements to indicate the separateness of the Borrower from such Affiliate and to indicate that the Borrowers assets and credit are not available to satisfy the debts and other obligations of such Affiliate or any other Person and (b) such assets shall also be listed on the Borrowers own separate balance sheet;
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(xix) fail to pay its own liabilities and expenses only out of its own funds;
(xx) fail to maintain a sufficient number of employees, if any, in light of its contemplated business operations or to pay the salaries of its own employees, if any;
(xxi) acquire the obligations of or securities issued by its Affiliates or members, it being understood that this clause (xxi) shall not prevent the Borrower from acquiring Loans from the Transferor;
(xxii) guarantee any obligation of any person, including an Affiliate;
(xxiii) fail to allocate fairly and reasonably any overhead expenses that are shared with an Affiliate, including paying for office space and services performed by any employee of an Affiliate;
(xxiv) fail to use separate invoices and checks bearing its own name;
(xxv) pledge its assets for the benefit of any other Person, other than with respect to payment of the indebtedness to the Secured Parties hereunder;
(xxvi) other than prior to the Effective Date. (A) fail at any time to have at least one (1) independent member (the Special Member) which shall be a natural Person approved by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, which member must, in each such instance, be a Person who has prior experience as an independent director, independent manager or independent member with at least three years of employment experience and who is provided by CT Corporation, Corporation Service Company, Global Securitization Services, National Registered Agents, Inc., Wilmington Trust Company, Stewart Management Company, Lord Securities Corporation or, if none of those companies is then providing professional Special Members, another nationally recognized company reasonably approved by the Lenders, in each case that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower and that provides professional Special Members and other corporate services in the ordinary course of its business, and which individual is duly appointed as a Special Member and is not, and has never been, and will not while serving as Special Member be, any of the following: (w) a member, partner, equityholder, manager, director, officer or employee of the Borrower or any of its equityholders or Affiliates (other than as a Special Member of the Borrower or any of its equityholders or Affiliates that is required by a creditor to be a single purpose bankruptcy remote entity); (x) a creditor, supplier or service provider (including provider of professional services) to the Borrower or any of its equityholders or Affiliates (other than a nationally recognized company that routinely provides professional Special Members and other corporate services to the Borrower or any of its equityholders or Affiliates in the ordinary course of business); (y) a family member of any such member, partner, equityholder, manager, director, officer, employee, creditor, supplier or service provider; or (z) a Person that controls (whether directly, indirectly or otherwise) any of (w), (x) or (y) above; provided that the Borrower shall have ten (10) Business Days to replace any Special Member with a person approved by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion upon the death,
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resignation or incapacitation of the current Special Member; or (B) fail to ensure that all limited liability company action relating to the selection, maintenance or replacement of the Special Member during the Covenant Compliance Period shall require the written consent of the Administrative Agent. A natural person who otherwise satisfies the foregoing definition and satisfies subparagraph (w) by reason of being the Special Member of a special purpose entity affiliated with the Borrower shall be qualified to serve as a Special Member of the Borrower, provided that the fees that such individual earns from serving as Special Member of affiliates of the Borrower in any given year constitute in the aggregate less than five percent (5.00%) of such individuals annual income for that year;
(xxvii) fail to provide that the unanimous consent of all members (including the consent of the Borrowers Special Member) is required for the Borrower to (a) institute proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, (b) institute or consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, (c) file a petition seeking or consent to reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, (d) seek or consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator, custodian or any similar official for the Borrower, (e) make any assignment for the benefit of the Borrowers creditors, (f) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or (g) take any action in furtherance of any of the foregoing; or
(xxviii) fail to file its own tax returns separate from those of any other Person, except to the extent that the Borrower is treated as a disregarded entity for tax purposes and is not required to file tax returns under applicable law, and pay any taxes required to be paid under applicable law.
(u) Beneficial Ownership Certification. As of the Effective Date, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all material respects.
(v) Investment Company Act. The Borrower is not required to register as an investment company under the 1940 Act, and is not controlled by an entity required to register as an investment company under the 1940 Act.
(w) ERISA. The Borrower does not maintain, nor are any employees of the Borrower permitted to participate in, an employee pension benefit plan, as such term is defined in Section 3 of ERISA which is subject to Title IV of ERISA (a Pension Plan).
(x) Compliance with Law. The Borrower has complied in all respects with all Applicable Law to which it may be subject, and no item of Collateral contravenes any Applicable Law, in each case, except for instances of non-compliance or contravention that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(y) No Material Adverse Effect. Except as previously disclosed to the Administrative Agent, no event, change or condition has occurred that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on any FS/KKR Party since the last Reporting Date.
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(z) Amendments. No Loan has been amended, modified or waived since the Effective Date or the related Funding Date, as the case may be, except for amendments, modifications or waivers, if any, to such Loan otherwise permitted under Section 6.4(a) and in accordance with the Collateral Manager Standard.
(aa) Full Payment. As of the date of the Borrowers acquisition thereof, the Borrower has no knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead it to expect that any Loan will not be repaid by the relevant Obligor in full.
(bb) [Reserved].
(cc) USA Patriot Act. Neither the Borrower nor any Affiliate of the Borrower is (i) a country, territory, organization, person or entity named on an Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) list; (ii) a Person that resides or has a place of business in a country or territory named on such lists or which is designated as a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction by the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering, or whose subscription funds are transferred from or through such a jurisdiction; (iii) a Foreign Shell Bank within the meaning of the USA Patriot Act, i.e., a foreign bank that does not have a physical presence in any country and that is not affiliated with a bank that has a physical presence and an acceptable level of regulation and supervision; or (iv) a person or entity that resides in or is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction designated by the United States Secretary of the Treasury under Sections 311 or 312 of the USA Patriot Act as warranting special measures due to money laundering concerns.
The representations and warranties in Section 4.1(m) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and such representations and warranties may not be waived by any party hereto without the consent of the Administrative Agent.
Section 4.2 Representations and Warranties of the Borrower Relating to the Agreement and the Collateral.
The Borrower represents and warrants as follows as of the Effective Date, each Funding Date, and as of each other date provided under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents on which such representations and warranties are required to be (or deemed to be) made:
(a) Eligibility of Collateral. The Borrower has conducted such due diligence and other review as it considered necessary with respect to the Loans set forth on the Loan List. As of the Effective Date and each Funding Date, (i) the Loan List and the information contained in each Funding Notice delivered pursuant to Section 2.2, is an accurate and complete listing of all Loans included in the Collateral as of the related Funding Date and the information contained therein with respect to the identity of such Loans and the amounts owing thereunder is true, correct and complete as of the related Funding Date, (ii) each such Loan included in the Borrowing Base is an Eligible Loan, (iii) each Loan included in the Collateral is free and clear of any Lien of any Person (other than Permitted Liens) and in compliance with all Applicable Laws and (iv) with respect to each Loan included in the Collateral, all consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations of or registrations or declarations of any Governmental Authority or any Person required to be obtained, effected or given by the Borrower in connection with the transfer of an ownership interest or security interest in such Collateral to the Administrative Agent as agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties have been duly obtained, effected or given and are in full force and effect.
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(b) No Fraud. Each Loan was originated without any fraud or material misrepresentation by the Borrower or its Affiliates or to the knowledge of the Borrower or its Affiliates, of the related Obligors.
Section 4.3 [Reserved].
Section 4.4 Representations and Warranties of the Collateral Custodian.
The Collateral Custodian represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Organization; Power and Authority. It is a duly organized and validly existing national banking association in good standing under the laws of the United States. It has full corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations as Collateral Custodian under this Agreement.
(b) Due Authorization. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions provided for herein have been duly authorized by all necessary association action on its part, either in its individual capacity or as Collateral Custodian as the case may be.
(c) No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and the fulfillment of the terms hereof will not conflict with, result in any breach of its articles of incorporation or bylaws or any of the material terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument to which the Collateral Custodian is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
(d) No Violation. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance of the Transactions contemplated hereby to be performed by it and the fulfillment of the terms hereof applicable to it will not conflict with or violate, in any material respect, any Applicable Law as to the Collateral Custodian.
(e) All Consents Required. All approvals, authorizations, consents, orders or other actions of any Person or Governmental Authority applicable to the Collateral Custodian required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance by the Collateral Custodian of the transactions contemplated hereby and the fulfillment by the Collateral Custodian of the terms hereof have been obtained.
(f) Validity, Etc. The Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Collateral Custodian, enforceable against the Collateral Custodian in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable Insolvency Laws and general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in equity).
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Section 4.5 [Reserved].
ARTICLE V
GENERAL COVENANTS
Section 5.1 Affirmative Covenants of the Borrower.
During the Covenant Compliance Period:
(a) Compliance with Laws. The Borrower will comply in all material respects with all Applicable Laws, including those with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof, except for instances of non-compliance that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Preservation of Company Existence. The Borrower will (i) preserve and maintain its company existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its formation, (ii) qualify and remain qualified in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in such jurisdiction) as a limited liability company in each jurisdiction where the failure to preserve and maintain such existence, rights, franchises, privileges and qualification has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) maintain the Governing Documents of the Borrower in full force and effect and shall not amend the same without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent except as permitted under Section 5.2(h).
(c) Performance and Compliance with Collateral. The Borrower will, at its expense, timely and fully perform and comply (or cause the Transferor or any third party seller to perform and comply pursuant to the Sale Agreement or any Third Party Sale Agreement, as applicable) with all provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the Collateral, the Transaction Documents and all other agreements related to such Collateral.
(d) Keeping of Records and Books of Account; Inspection Rights.
(i) The Borrower will keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP and all requirements of law are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The Borrower, the Transferor and the Collateral Manager will permit representatives and agents of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Administrator to visit and inspect any of its properties or the properties of its Affiliates, to examine it and its Affiliates corporate, financial and operating records relating to the Collateral, the Eligible Loans, and make copies of the Required Loan Documents, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors and officers (provided, that (i) representatives of such Person may be present at any such discussion and (ii) any third partys confidential information subject to a confidentiality agreement with a FS/KKR Party that prohibits the disclosure of such third partys information to Administrative Agent may be redacted from the information provided to Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 5.1(d), all at the expense of the Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and
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as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable (and in any event not less than two (2) Business Days) advance written notice from Administrative Agent to such Person; provided, that when an Event of Default exists the Administrative Agent (or any representative or agent thereof) may do any of the foregoing at any time and without advance notice (other than discussions with auditors and other third parties, for which reasonable prior notice shall still be required); provided, further, that so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (at which time no limits shall apply), (x) no more than two (2) such inspections or audits shall be conducted in any one year and (y) the Borrower shall not be obligated to reimburse Administrative Agent for more than one (1) inspection or audit in any calendar year.
(ii) In connection with the foregoing paragraph, Administrative Agent (through any of its officers, employees, or agents) shall have the right, from time to time hereafter (i) at any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and following delivery of notice of acceleration of the Obligations hereunder, but solely after a failure of the Collateral Manager to make any such notifications or communications within 10 Business Days of Administrative Agents written demand therefor, to the extent the Borrower has such right under the applicable Underlying Instruments, to communicate directly with any and all of the Borrowers account debtors and Obligors to verify the existence and terms thereof; provided that the Administrative Agent has given the Borrower prior notice of its intention to do so; and (ii) from time to time, upon reasonable advance notice, to audit the Collateral, or any portion thereof, in order to verify any FS/KKR Partys financial condition or the amount, quality, value, condition of, or any other matter relating to, the Collateral; and each of Transferor and the Borrower shall, and shall cause the Collateral Manager to permit any designated representative of Administrative Agent to visit and inspect any of the properties of Transferor, the Borrower or the Collateral Manager, as applicable, to inspect and to discuss their respective finances and any of their respective properties and Collateral, during normal business hours. The Borrower shall reimburse Administrative Agent for any expense incurred in the exercise of the foregoing provisions. Audit fees and other charges for the inspections contemplated in this Section 5.1(d) shall be as follows: (a) a fee of $1,000.00 per day, per auditor, plus reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses for each field audit of Transferor, the Borrower or any other FS/KKR Party or Person performed by personnel employed by Administrative Agent, and (b) the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket charges and expenses paid or incurred by Administrative Agent if it elects to employ the services of one or more third Persons to perform field audits of Transferor, Borrower, any other FS/KKR Party or the Collateral Manager or to appraise the Collateral, or any portion thereof; provided, that so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (x) the Borrower shall not be obligated to reimburse Administrative Agent for more than one (1) field audit or appraisal of the Collateral, in either case, in any calendar year and (y) no more than two (2) such field audits and appraisals shall be conducted in any one year. For purposes of clarity, any Lender or its designated representatives having requested to attend in the case of physical inspections may, at such Lenders expense, accompany Administrative Agent in the case of such physical inspections.
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(e) Protection of Interest in Collateral. With respect to the Collateral acquired by the Borrower, the Borrower will (i) acquire such Collateral pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Sale Agreement or directly from a third party pursuant to a Third Party Sale Agreement and (ii) at the Borrowers expense, take all action necessary to perfect, protect and more fully evidence the Borrowers ownership of such Collateral free and clear of any Lien, including (a) with respect to the Loans and that portion of the Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing and maintaining (at the Borrowers expense), effective financing statements against the Obligor in all necessary or appropriate filing offices, (including any amendments thereto or assignments thereof) and filing continuation statements, amendments or assignments with respect thereto in such filing offices, (including any amendments thereto or assignments thereof) and (b) executing or causing to be executed such other instruments or notices as may be necessary or appropriate.
(f) Deposit of Collections.
(i) The Borrower shall, or cause the Collateral Manager to, instruct each Obligor or relevant administrative agent, as applicable, to deliver all Collections in respect of the Collateral to the General Collection Account.
(ii) The Borrower shall, within two (2) Business Days after receipt thereof, direct the Collateral Custodian to transfer from the General Collection Account (A) all Collections received by it in respect of the Collateral attributable to Interest Collections to the Interest Collection Account, (B) other than as provided in clause (C), all Collections received by it in respect of the Collateral attributable to Principal Collections to the Principal Collection Account and (C) to the extent provided in Section 2.9(e), Collections to the Unfunded Exposure Account.
(g) Special Purpose Entity. The Borrower shall be in compliance with the special purpose entity requirements set forth in Section 4.1(t).
(h) Collateral Manager Standard. The Borrower will (i) ensure that the Collateral Manager acts in compliance with the Collateral Manager Standard in all material respects and (ii) maintain an investment strategy consistent with the terms of the Transaction Documents.
(i) Events of Default. Promptly following the Borrowers knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default or Default, the Borrower will provide the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Custodian and the Collateral Administrator with written notice of the occurrence of such Event of Default or Default of which the Borrower has knowledge or has received notice. In addition, such notice will include a written statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of such event and the action that the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto. The Administrative Agent will provide each Lender with a copy of any such notice promptly upon receipt thereof.
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(j) Obligations. Each FS/KKR Party shall pay its respective Indebtedness and other obligations promptly and in accordance with their terms and pay and discharge promptly when due all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies or otherwise that, if unpaid, might give rise to a Lien upon the Collateral or any part thereof.
(k) Taxes.
(i) The Borrower will at all times continue to be treated as a disregarded entity of the Transferor for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The Borrower is and has always been treated as a disregarded entity of Transferor for U.S. federal income tax purposes and no election has been filed or will be filed in the future by the Borrower to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The Borrower will, unless otherwise required by applicable law, treat the Advances and Notes as indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
(ii) The Borrower will at all times continue to be owned by the Transferor.
(iii) The Transferor will, unless otherwise required by applicable law, treat the Advances and Notes as indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
(iv) Each of the Borrower and the Transferor will timely file or cause to be timely filed (taking into account valid extensions of the time for filing) all material Tax returns required to be filed by it and will timely pay all material Taxes due (including all Taxes on the income and gain or the Borrower and the Transferor), except Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which it has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP.
(l) Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Advances only to acquire Loans or fund unfunded commitments with respect to Loans, to make distributions to its members in accordance with the terms hereof or to pay related expenses (including expenses payable hereunder) and for such other purposes as are necessary or incidental to the foregoing.
(m) Obligor Notification Forms. The Administrative Agent may, in its discretion after the occurrence of an Event of Default, send notification forms giving each relevant administrative agent or Obligor, as applicable, notice of the Secured Parties interest in the Collateral and the obligation to make payments as directed by the Administrative Agent.
(n) Adverse Claims. The Borrower will not (i) create, or participate in the creation of, any Liens on any of the Accounts or (ii) permit to exist, any Liens on any of the Accounts, in each case, other than the Lien created by this Agreement and Permitted Liens.
(o) Notices. The Borrower will furnish each of the following documents to the Collateral Administrator and the Administrative Agent, which shall forward copies of the same to the Lenders:
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(i) Income Tax Liability. Within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt of revenue agent reports or other written proposals, determinations or assessments of the IRS or any other taxing authority which propose, determine or otherwise set forth positive adjustments to the Tax liability of, or assess or propose the collection of Taxes required to have been withheld by, the Borrower which equal or exceed $100,000 in the aggregate, telephonic or facsimile notice (confirmed in writing within five (5) Business Days) specifying the nature of the items giving rise to such adjustments and the amounts thereof;
(ii) Auditors Management Letters. Promptly after the receipt thereof, any auditors management letters are received by the Borrower;
(iii) Representations and Warranties. Promptly after receiving knowledge or notice of the same, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent if any representation or warranty set forth in Section 4.1 or Section 4.2 was incorrect in any material respect (except for such representations and warranties as are qualified by materiality, a Material Adverse Effect or any similar qualifier, which representations and warranties shall have been incorrect in any respect) at the time it was given or deemed to have been given and at the same time deliver to the Administrative Agent a written notice setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such facts and circumstances. In particular, but without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in the manner set forth in the preceding sentence before any Funding Date of any facts or circumstances within the knowledge of the Borrower which would render any of the said representations and warranties untrue in any material respect (except for such representations and warranties as are qualified by materiality, a Material Adverse Effect or any similar qualifier, which representations and warranties would be rendered untrue in any respect) as of such Funding Date;
(iv) ERISA. Promptly after receiving notice of any Reportable Event with respect to the Borrower (or any ERISA Affiliate thereof), a copy of such notice;
(v) Proceedings. As soon as possible and
in any event within two (2) Business Days after an executive officer of the Borrower or the Transferor receives notice or obtains knowledge thereof or at the request of the Administrative Agent, notice of any settlement of, material judgment
(including a material judgment with respect to the liability phase of a bifurcated trial) in or commencement of any material labor controversy, material litigation, material action, material suit or material proceeding before any court or
governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, affecting the Collateral, the Transaction Documents, the Secured Parties interest in the Collateral, or any FS/KKR Party or any of its
Affiliates; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, any settlement, judgment, labor controversy, litigation, action, suit or proceeding affecting the Collateral, the Transaction Documents, the Secured Parties interest in the
Collateral, or the Borrower in excess of $500,000, the Transferor in excess of $2,000,000 (or, following any merger, consolidation or amalgamation with or into a
Permitted BDC which results in the Transferor having net assets in excess of $1,000,000,000,
$5,000,000) shall be deemed to be material for purposes of this Section 5.1(o);
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(vi) Notice of Certain Events. Promptly upon becoming aware thereof (and in any event within two (2) Business Days), notice of (1) any Event of Default, (2) any Value Adjustment Event, (3) any other event or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (4) any event or circumstance whereby any Loan which was included in the latest calculation of the Borrowing Base as an Eligible Loan shall fail to meet one or more of the criteria (other than criteria waived by the Administrative Agent on or prior to the related Funding Date in respect of such Loan) listed in the definition of Eligible Loan, or (5) any amendment to the Governing Documents of the Transferor if such amendment materially and adversely effects the interests of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, as determined in the reasonable judgement of the Collateral Manager (on behalf of the Borrower);
(vii) Corporate Changes. As soon as possible and in any event within five (5) Business Days after the effective date thereof, notice of any change in the name, jurisdiction of organization, corporate structure, tax characterization or location of records of the Borrower; provided that the Borrower agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under the UCC or otherwise that are required in order for the Administrative Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral; and
(viii) Accounting Changes. As soon as possible and in any event within two (2) Business Days after the effective date thereof, notice of any material change in the accounting policies of the Borrower relating to loan accounting or revenue recognition.
(p) Contest Recharacterization. The Borrower shall in good faith contest any attempt to recharacterize the treatment of the Loans as property of the bankruptcy estate of the Transferor.
(q) Payment Date Reporting.
(i) The Borrower shall deliver (or shall cause to be delivered) a Payment Date Report, for the previous quarter ending as of the applicable Determination Date, and delivered to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Administrator and Collateral Custodian not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City Time) on the Business Day preceding the related Payment Date. Each such Payment Date Report shall contain instructions to the Collateral Custodian to withdraw funds on the related Payment Date from the applicable Collection Account and pay or transfer amounts set forth in such report in the manner specified, and in accordance with the priorities established, in Section 2.7 or Section 2.8, as applicable.
(ii) Each Payment Date Report shall include a calculation of Availability, the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Advances, the Aggregate Unfunded Exposure Amount, and the Borrowing Base.
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(iii) If and to the extent the Collateral Manager may be required to calculate or to report in a Payment Date Report or other accounting hereunder, the Dollar Equivalent of any amount, including the outstanding principal amount of an Eligible Loan, the Advances, the Borrowing Base or other such calculation or amount involving Canadian Dollars, it shall use (A) the Dollar Equivalent identified in or the (B) Assigned Value provided in, as the case may be, the collateral database compiled and delivered (or caused to be compiled and delivered) to the Collateral Manager by the Collateral Administrator under the Collateral Administration Agreement for the related collection or reporting period or other such amount as is identified in such calculation or such report by the Collateral Manager; provided that nothing herein shall impose a duty upon the Collateral Administrator under this Agreement or the Collateral Administration Agreement to determine the Dollar Equivalent or the Assigned Value of any Eligible Loan.
(iv) In preparing the Payment Date Report and other information and statements required hereunder, the Collateral Administrator shall provide the Collateral Manager with such information and data maintained pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Administration Agreement to assist the Collateral Manager in preparing the Payment Date Report and to the extent required under the terms of the Collateral Administration Agreement. The Collateral Administrator shall have the rights, protections and immunities provided to it in the Collateral Administration Agreement.
(r) [Reserved].
(s) Financial Statements. The Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender:
(i) as soon as available, but in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of Transferor, a copy of the audited consolidated balance sheet of Transferor and the Borrower and the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Transferor, in each case, as at the end of such year and the related statements of income and retained earnings and of cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, and, in the case of financial statements of Transferor, reported on without a going concern or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit, by an independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing;
(ii) as soon as available, but in any event not later than seventy-five (75) days after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of Transferor, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Transferor as at the end of such quarter and the related unaudited statements of income and retained earnings and of cash flows of the Borrower and the Transferor for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer as being fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments);
(iii) all such financial statements shall be complete and correct in all material respects and shall be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods (except as approved by such accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed therein).
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(t) Certificates; Other Information. The Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender:
(i) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements of the Borrower and the Transferor referred to in Section 5.1(s)(i), a certificate of the independent certified public accountants firm reporting on such financial statements stating that in making the examination necessary therefor no knowledge was obtained of any Default or Event of Default, except as specified in such certificate;
(ii) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 5.1(s)(i) and 5.1(s)(ii), a fully and properly completed certificate in the form of Exhibit K, certified on behalf of the Borrower by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower;
(iii) on each Measurement Date, a Borrowing Base Certificate showing the Borrowing Base and the Availability as of such date (including, with respect to any Principal Finance Loan, the Fair Market Value), and a calculation of the Borrowers Total Interest Coverage Ratio to the extent tested pursuant to Section 5.2(n), certified as complete and correct by a Responsible Officer;
(iv) within five (5) Business Days following its effective date, a copy of any material amendment, restatement, supplement, waiver or other modification to any Underlying Instrument of any Eligible Loan, together with any documentation prepared by the Borrower or the Collateral Manager in connection with such document;
(v) within five (5) Business Days after the same are filed, copies of all financial statements, filings and reports which the Borrower or Transferor may make to, or file with, the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor or analogous Governmental Authority;
(vi) within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of Transferor, a report covering such fiscal year of a firm of independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing (or any other party identified by the Administrative Agent) to the effect that such accountants (or such other party) have applied certain agreed-upon procedures (the Agreed-Upon Procedures Report) (a copy of which procedures are attached hereto as Schedule IV, it being understood that Transferor and the Administrative Agent may provide an updated Schedule IV reflecting any further amendments to such Schedule IV on or prior to the last day of the first fiscal year of Transferor to end following the Effective Date), a copy of which shall replace the then existing Schedule IV) to certain documents and records relating to the Collateral and the FS/KKR Parties, compared the information contained in the Borrowing Base Certificates (including the Borrowing Base Certificates delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(q)) delivered during the period covered by such Agreed-Upon Procedures Report with such documents and records and that no matters came to the attention of such accountants (or
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such other party) that caused them to believe that (A) the information and the calculations included in such Borrowing Base Certificates were not determined or performed in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, except for such exceptions as such accountants (or such other party) shall believe to be immaterial and such other exceptions as shall be set forth in such statement, or (B) an Event of Default occurred during the applicable reporting period; provided that, if the Administrative Agent has provided written notice to the Borrower that the Administrative Agent has, in its reasonable discretion, elected to directly engage a firm of independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing (or any other party identified by the Administrative Agent) to provide an Agreed-Upon Procedures Report for an applicable fiscal year, the Borrower shall not be obligated to separately furnish an Agreed-Upon Procedures Report for such fiscal year;
(vii) promptly, (A) such information, documents, records or reports reasonably available to it respecting the Collateral
or the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower or the Collateral Manager as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request in order to protect the interests of the Administrative Agent or
Secured Parties under or as contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, and (B) such additional financial and other information as any Lender may from time to time reasonably request; and
(viii) within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year, a static pool report in the form of Exhibit A-7 shall be provided to Administrative Agent; and
(ix) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 5.1(s)(i) and 5.1(s)(ii), to the extent not already included in such financial statements, a calculation of Available Capital of the Transferor certified as complete and correct by a Responsible Officer of the Transferor.
(u) Further Assurances. The Borrower will execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all further action (including filing UCC and other financing statements, agreements or instruments) that may be required under applicable law, or that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, in order to effectuate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and in order to grant, preserve, protect, perfect or more fully evidence the validity and first priority (subject to Permitted Liens) of the security interests and Liens created or intended to be created hereby. Such security interests and Liens will be created hereunder and the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent all such instruments and documents (including legal opinions and lien searches) as it shall reasonably request to evidence compliance with this Section 5.1(u). The Borrower agrees to provide such evidence as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request as to the perfection and priority status of each such security interest and Lien.
(v) Non-Consolidation. The Borrower shall at all times act in a manner such that each of the assumptions made by Clifford Chance US LLP in their opinion delivered pursuant to Section 3.1(f) is true and accurate in all material respects. The Borrower shall at all times observe and be in compliance in all material respects with all covenants and requirements in the Governing Documents of the Borrower.
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(w) Know Your Customer Laws. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent promptly, from time to time, information and documentation requested by Administrative Agent or any Lender for the purpose of compliance with know your customer laws, including the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
(x) Other. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent promptly, from time to time, such other information, documents, records or reports reasonably available to it respecting the Collateral or the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of the Collateral Manager or the Borrower as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request in order to protect the interests of the Administrative Agent or the other Secured Parties under or as contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 5.2 Negative Covenants of the Borrower.
During the Covenant Compliance Period:
(a) Other Business. The Borrower will not (i) engage in any business other than (A) entering into and performing its obligations under the Transaction Documents and other activities contemplated by the Transaction Documents, (B) the acquisition, ownership and management of the Collateral and (C) the sale of Loans as permitted hereunder, (ii) incur any Indebtedness, obligation, liability or contingent obligation of any kind other than pursuant to this Agreement, or (iii) form any Subsidiary or make any Investment in any other Person except as permitted hereunder.
(b) Collateral Not to be Evidenced by Instruments. The Borrower will take no action to cause any Loan that is not, as of the Effective Date or the related Funding Date, as the case may be, evidenced by an Instrument, to be so evidenced except in connection with the enforcement or collection of such Loan or unless such Instrument is immediately delivered to the Collateral Custodian, together with an Indorsement in blank, as collateral security for such Loan.
(c) Security Interests. Except as otherwise permitted herein and in respect of any Discretionary Sale, Substitution or sale of a Warranty Loan, the Borrower will not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (other than the security interest granted to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement or Permitted Liens) on any Collateral, whether now existing or hereafter transferred hereunder, or any interest therein. The Borrower will promptly notify the Administrative Agent of the existence of any Lien (other than the security interest granted to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement or Permitted Liens) on any Collateral and the Borrower shall defend the right, title and interest of the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties in, to and under the Collateral against all claims of third parties (other than Permitted Liens).
(d) Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, etc. The Borrower will not be a party to any merger or consolidation, or purchase or otherwise acquire any of the assets or any stock of any class of, or any partnership or joint venture interest in, any other Person, or sell, transfer, convey or lease any of its assets, or sell or assign with or without recourse any Collateral or any interest therein (other than as permitted pursuant to this Agreement, the Sale Agreement or any Third Party Sale Agreement).
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(e) Restricted Payments. The Borrower shall not make any Restricted Payments other than distributions of amounts paid to it in accordance with Sections 2.7 and 2.8.
(f) Change of Location of Underlying Instruments. The Borrower shall not, without the prior consent of the Administrative Agent, consent to the Collateral Custodian moving any Certificated Securities or Instruments from the Collateral Custodians Custody Facilities on the Effective Date, unless the Borrower has given at least thirty (30) days written notice to the Administrative Agent and has taken all actions required under the UCC of each relevant jurisdiction in order to ensure that the Secured Parties first priority perfected security interest continues in effect.
(g) ERISA Matters. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower will not (i) engage or permit any ERISA Affiliate to engage in any transaction that is a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code for which an exemption is not available or has not previously been obtained from the U.S. Department of Labor, (ii) knowingly permit to exist any accumulated funding deficiency, as defined in Section 302(a) of ERISA and Section 412(a) of the Code, or funding deficiency with respect to any Pension Plan of an ERISA Affiliate, if any, other than a Multiemployer Plan, (iii) fail to make or knowingly permit any ERISA Affiliate to fail to make, any payments to a Multiemployer Plan that the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate may be required to make under the agreement relating to such Multiemployer Plan or any law pertaining thereto, (iv) terminate any Pension Plan of an ERISA Affiliate, if any, or (v) knowingly permit to exist any occurrence of any Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan of an ERISA Affiliate, if any.
(h) Operating Agreement. The Borrower will not amend, modify, waive or terminate any provision of its operating agreement in any matter that is materially adverse to the Lenders or otherwise prohibited under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
(i) Changes in Payment Instructions to Obligors. The Borrower will not make any change, or permit the Collateral Manager to make any change, in its instructions to any relevant administrative agent or Obligor, as applicable, regarding payments to be made with respect to the Collateral to the Collection Account, unless the Administrative Agent has consented to such change.
(j) Extension or Amendment of Collateral. The Borrower will not, except as otherwise permitted in Section 2(d)(i) of the Collateral Management Agreement, extend, amend or otherwise modify the terms of any Loan. Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower shall not may waive, modify or otherwise vary any provision of an item of Collateral (including, but not limited to, any Loan) in any manner contrary to the Collateral Manager Standard and without the approval of Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, provided, that if Administrative Agent does not provide its approval for any such waiver or modification, Borrower shall have the option, subject to Sections 2.14(d) and (e), to repurchase such item of Collateral immediately prior to the effectiveness of such modification for an amount equal to the amount calculated in clause (i) of the definition of Borrowing Base with respect to such Collateral and provided, further, that if Borrower does not elect to repurchase such item of Collateral pursuant to this Section 5.2(j), the Assigned Value with respect to such Collateral shall be zero.
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(k) Fiscal Year. The Borrower shall not change its fiscal year or method of accounting without providing the Administrative Agent with prior written notice (i) providing a detailed explanation of such changes and (ii) including pro forma financial statements demonstrating the impact of such change.
(l) Change of Control. The Borrower shall not enter into any transaction or agreement which results or, upon consummation, would result, in a Change of Control.
(m) Ownership. The Borrower shall not have any direct owners other than the Transferor.
(n) Financial Covenants.
(i) Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio. As of the end of any fiscal month, beginning with the month ending twelve (12) months after the Effective Date or, if earlier, the fiscal quarter end the following test was first
passedquarter, Borrower shall not permit its Total
Interest Coverage Ratio to be less than 1.50 to 1.00.
(o) Eligible Loans. The Borrower shall not permit any of the three largest Eligible Loans (measured in terms of the Adjusted Borrowing Value of such Eligible Loan) included in the calculation of the Borrowing Base to be (i) First Lien Last Out Loans, (ii) Second Lien Loans or (iii) Loans for which the related Obligor has Permitted EBITDA of less than $15,000,000.
(p) Collateral Administration Agreement.
(i) The Borrower shall not (A) permit the Collateral Administration Agreement to be modified, amended, or terminated, or (B) waive any material duties or obligations of the Collateral Administrator (or any of its permitted assigns) thereunder, in each case, in a manner that adversely affects any Secured Party without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
(ii) Other than a collateral assignment in favor of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall not permit either of the Collateral Administration Agreement to be assigned (except to an Affiliate of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.).
(q) Collateral Management Agreement. The Borrower shall not (A) permit the Collateral Management Agreement to be modified, amended, or terminated, or (B) waive any material duties or obligations of the Collateral Manager (or any of its permitted assigns) thereunder, in each case, in a manner that adversely affects any Secured Party without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
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Section 5.3 [Reserved].
Section 5.4 [Reserved].
Section 5.5 Affirmative Covenants of the Collateral Custodian.
During the Covenant Compliance Period:
(a) Compliance with Law. The Collateral Custodian will comply in all material respects with all Applicable Law.
(b) Preservation of Existence. The Collateral Custodian will preserve and maintain its existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its formation and qualify and remain qualified in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to preserve and maintain such existence, rights, franchises, privileges and qualification has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Location of Underlying Instruments. Subject to Section 7.8, the Underlying Instruments shall remain at all times in the possession of the Collateral Custodian at the Custody Facilities unless notice of a different address is given in accordance with the terms hereof or unless the Administrative Agent agrees to allow certain Underlying Instruments to be released to the Collateral Manager on a temporary basis in accordance with the terms hereof, except as such Underlying Instruments may be released pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 5.6 Negative Covenants of the Collateral Custodian.
During the Covenant Compliance Period:
(a) Underlying Instruments. The Collateral Custodian will not dispose of any documents constituting the Underlying Instruments in any manner that is inconsistent with the performance of its obligations as the Collateral Custodian pursuant to this Agreement and will not dispose of any Collateral except as contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) No Changes to Collateral Custodian Fee. The Collateral Custodian will not make any changes to the Collateral Custodian Fee set forth in the Collateral Custodian Fee Letter without the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
Section 5.7 Affirmative Covenants of the Collateral Administrator.
During the Covenant Compliance Period:
(a) Compliance with Law. The Collateral Administrator will comply in all material respects with all Applicable Law.
(b) Preservation of Existence. The Collateral Administrator will preserve and maintain its existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its formation and qualify and remain qualified in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to preserve and maintain such existence, rights, franchises, privileges and qualification has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
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Section 5.8 Negative Covenants of the Collateral Administrator.
During the Covenant Compliance Period:
(a) No Changes to Collateral Administration Agreement. The Collateral Administrator will not permit the Collateral Administration Agreement to be modified, amended, or terminated in a manner that materially adversely affects any Secured Party without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
ARTICLE VI
COLLATERAL ADMINISTRATION
Section 6.1 Accounts.
Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that the Collateral Account shall be deemed to be a Securities Account, together with any additional subaccounts as the Collateral Custodian may determine from time to time are necessary for administrative convenience. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that with respect to the Collateral Account, (A) the cash and other property (subject to Section 2(d)(v) of the Collateral Management Agreement with respect to any property other than investment property, as defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the UCC) is to be treated as a Financial Asset and (B) the jurisdiction governing the Account, all Cash and other Financial Assets credited to the Account and the securities intermediarys jurisdiction (within the meaning of Section 9-304(b) of the UCC) shall, in each case, be the State of New York. In no event may any Financial Asset held in the Collateral Account be registered in the name of, payable to the order of, or specially Indorsed to, the Borrower, unless such Financial Asset has also been Indorsed in blank or to the Collateral Custodian. In addition, for Canadian Dollars, the Collateral Custodian shall establish the Canadian Dollar Principal Collection Account and Canadian Dollar Interest Collection Account. Any amounts received by the Collateral Custodian that are denominated in Canadian Dollars shall be deposited by the Collateral Custodian into the Canadian Dollar Principal Collection Account or Canadian Dollar Interest Collection Account, as applicable.
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Section 6.2 [Reserved].
Section 6.3 [Reserved].
Section 6.4 [Reserved].
Section 6.5 [Reserved].
Section 6.6 [Reserved].
Section 6.7 [Reserved].
Section 6.8 Reports.
(a) Borrowers Notice. On each Funding Date and on the date of each Reinvestment of Principal Collections pursuant to Section 2.14(a)(i) or acquisition by the Borrower of Loans in connection with a Substitution pursuant to Section 2.14(b), the Borrower (or the initial Collateral Manager on its behalf) will provide the applicable Borrowers Notice and a Borrowing Base Certificate, each updated as of such date, to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Collateral Custodian and the Collateral Administrator).
(b) Tax Returns. Upon demand by the Administrative Agent, the initial Collateral Manager shall deliver copies of all foreign, federal, state and local income tax returns and reports filed by the Borrower and the initial Collateral Manager, or in which the Borrower or the Collateral Manager was included.
(c) Obligor Financial Statements; Other Reports. The Collateral Manager will deliver to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Collateral Custodian and the Collateral Administrator), to the extent received by the Borrower or the Collateral Manager pursuant to the Underlying Instruments, the complete financial reporting package with respect to each Obligor and with respect to each Loan for such Obligor (including any financial statements, management discussion and analysis, executed covenant compliance certificates and related covenant calculations with respect to such Obligor and with respect to each Loan for such Obligor) provided to the Borrower or the Collateral Manager for the periods required by the Underlying Instruments, which delivery shall be made within five (5) Business Days after receipt by the Borrower or the Collateral Manager as specified in the Underlying Instruments. Upon demand by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Collateral Manager will provide such other information reasonably available to it as the Administrative Agent or such Lender may reasonably request with respect to any Obligor.
(d) Amendments to Loans. The Collateral Manager will furnish via electronic communication pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, to the Administrative Agent, a copy of any material amendment, restatement, supplement, waiver or other modification to the Underlying Instruments of any Loan (along with any internal documents prepared by the Collateral Manager and provided to its credit committee in connection with such amendment, restatement, supplement, waiver or other modification) within ten (10) Business Days of the effectiveness of such amendment, restatement, supplement, waiver or other modification.
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Section 6.9 [Reserved].
Section 6.10 [Reserved].
Section 6.11 [Reserved].
Section 6.12 [Reserved].
ARTICLE VII
THE COLLATERAL CUSTODIAN AND COLLATERAL ADMINISTRATOR
Section 7.1 Designation of Collateral Custodian.
(a) Initial Collateral Custodian. The role of Collateral Custodian with respect to the Underlying Instruments relating to the Permitted Investments shall be conducted by the Person designated as Collateral Custodian hereunder from time to time in accordance with this Section 7.1. Until the Administrative Agent shall give to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. a Collateral Custodian Termination Notice, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. is hereby appointed as, and hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the duties and obligations of, Collateral Custodian pursuant to the terms hereof.
(b) Successor Collateral Custodian. Upon the Collateral Custodians receipt of a Collateral Custodian Termination Notice from the Administrative Agent of the designation of a successor Collateral Custodian pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.5, the Collateral Custodian agrees that it will terminate its activities as Collateral Custodian hereunder.
Section 7.2 Duties of Collateral Custodian.
(a) Appointment. Each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent hereby designate and appoint the Collateral Custodian to act as its agent and hereby authorizes the Collateral Custodian to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly granted to the Collateral Custodian by this Agreement. The Collateral Custodian hereby accepts such agency appointment to act as Collateral Custodian pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, until its resignation or removal as Collateral Custodian pursuant to the terms hereof.
(b) Duties. On or before the initial Funding Date, and until its removal pursuant to Section 7.5, the Collateral Custodian shall perform, on behalf of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties, the following duties and obligations:
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(i) The Collateral Custodian shall take and retain custody of the Required Loan Documents delivered by the Borrower pursuant to the definition of Eligible Loan in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, all for the benefit of the Secured Parties and subject to the Lien thereon in favor of the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties. Within five (5) Business Days of its receipt of any Required Loan Documents and the Loan Checklist (the Review Period), the Collateral Custodian shall review the Required Loan Documents delivered to it to confirm that (A) if the files delivered per the following sentence indicate that any document must contain an original signature, each such document appears to bear the original signature, or if the file indicates that such document may contain a copy of a signature, that such copies appear to bear an original or a reproduction of such signature and (B) based on a review of the applicable note, the related initial Loan balance when entered into or obtained by the Borrower, Loan identification number and Obligor name with respect to such Loan is referenced on the related Loan Checklist and is not a duplicate Loan (such items (A) through (B) collectively, the Review Criteria). In order to facilitate the foregoing review by the Collateral Custodian, in connection with each delivery of Required Loan Documents hereunder to the Collateral Custodian, the Collateral Manager shall provide to the Collateral Custodian an electronic file (in EXCEL or a comparable format acceptable to the Collateral Custodian) listing Loan Identification Number, name of Obligor, and initial Loan balance and the related Loan Checklist per file that contains a list of all Required Loan Documents and whether they require original signatures, the Loan identification number and the name of the Obligor and the initial Loan balance when entered into or obtained by the Borrower with respect to each related Loan. If, at the conclusion of such review, the Collateral Custodian shall determine that any Review Criteria are not satisfied, the Collateral Custodian shall within one (1) Business Day notify the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Manager of such determination and provide the Collateral Manager and the Borrower with a list of the non-complying Loans and the applicable Review Criteria that they fail to satisfy. The Collateral Manager shall have ten (10) Business Days to correct any non-compliance with any Review Criteria as stated in part (2) of the preceding sentence. After the Review Period, the Collateral Custodian shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Manager and the Administrative Agent a certification substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J, including an attached exception report. In addition, if requested in writing in the form of Exhibit E by the Collateral Manager and approved by the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days of the Collateral Custodians delivery of such report, the Collateral Custodian shall return the Required Loan Documents for any Loan which fails to satisfy a Review Criteria to the Borrower. Other than the foregoing, the Collateral Custodian shall not have any responsibility for reviewing any Underlying Instruments. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Collateral Custodians obligation to review the Required Loan Documents shall be limited to the Review Criteria.
(ii) In taking and retaining custody of the Underlying Instruments with respect to the Permitted Investments and the Required Loan Documents, the Collateral Custodian shall be deemed to be acting as the agent of the Secured Parties; provided that the Collateral Custodian makes no representations as to the existence, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Underlying Instruments or the instruments therein; and provided further that the Collateral Custodians duties as agent shall be limited to those expressly contemplated herein.
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(iii) All Required Loan Documents that are originals or copies shall be kept in fire resistant vaults, rooms or cabinets at the Custody Facilities (or such other location identified to the Administrative Agent and Borrower). All such Required Loan Documents that are originals or copies shall be placed together with an appropriate identifying label and maintained in such a manner so as to permit retrieval and access. All such Required Loan Documents that are originals or copies shall be clearly segregated from any other documents or instruments maintained by the Collateral Custodian. All such Required Loan Documents that are delivered to the Collateral Custodian in electronic format shall be saved onto disks and/or onto the Collateral Custodians secure computer system, and maintained in a manner so as to permit retrieval and access. The Collateral Custodian shall segregate the Required Loan Documents on its inventory system and will not commingle the physical Required Loan Documents with any other files of the Collateral Custodian.
(iv) The Collateral Custodian shall make payments in accordance with Section 2.7 and Section 2.8 (the Payment Duties).
(v) On each Reporting Date, the Collateral Custodian shall provide a written report to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, and the Collateral Manager (in a form acceptable to the Administrative Agent) identifying each Loan for which it holds Required Loan Documents, the non-complying Loans and the applicable Review Criteria that any non-complying Loan fails to satisfy.
(vi) The Collateral Custodian shall provide a written daily report to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Manager of (x) all deposits to and withdrawals from the Accounts for such Business Day and the outstanding balance as of the end of such Business Day, and (y) a report of settled trades for such Business Day.
(vii) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in the Transaction Documents, the Collateral Custodian shall not have any fiduciary relationship with any party hereto or any Secured Party in its capacity as such, and no implied covenants, functions, obligations or responsibilities shall be read into this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents or otherwise exist against the Collateral Custodian. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is hereby expressly agreed and stipulated by the other parties hereto that the Collateral Custodian shall not be required to exercise any discretion hereunder and shall have no investment or management responsibility. The Collateral Custodian shall not be deemed to assume any obligations or liabilities of the Borrower or Collateral Manager hereunder or under any other Transaction Document.
(viii) The Administrative Agent may direct the Collateral Custodian to take any action incidental to its duties hereunder. With respect to other actions which are incidental to the actions specifically delegated to the Collateral Custodian hereunder, the Collateral Custodian shall not be required to take any such incidental action hereunder, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting) upon the direction of the Administrative Agent; provided that,
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the Collateral Custodian shall not be required to take any action hereunder at the request of the Administrative Agent or otherwise if the taking of such action, in the reasonable determination of the Collateral Custodian, (x) shall be in violation of any Applicable Law or contrary to any provisions of this Agreement or (y) shall expose the Collateral Custodian to liability hereunder or otherwise (unless it has received indemnity which it reasonably deems to be satisfactory with respect thereto). In the event the Collateral Custodian requests the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Custodian does not receive a consent (either positive or negative) from the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days of its receipt of such request, then the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have declined to consent to the relevant action.
(ix) The Collateral Custodian shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in accordance with the request or direction of any Secured Party, to the extent that this Agreement provides such Secured Party the right to so direct the Collateral Custodian. The Collateral Custodian shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any matter hereunder, including an Event of Default, unless a Responsible Officer of the Collateral Custodian has actual knowledge of such matter or written notice thereof is received by the Collateral Custodian.
(x) The parties acknowledge that in accordance with the Customer Identification Program (CIP) requirements under the USA PATRIOT Act and its implementing regulations, the Collateral Custodian in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Collateral Custodian. The Borrower hereby agrees that it shall provide the Collateral Custodian with such information as it may request including but not limited to the Borrowers name, physical address, tax identification number and other information that will help the Collateral Custodian to identify and verify the Borrowers identity such as organizational documents, certificate of good standing, license to do business, or other pertinent identifying information.
Section 7.3 Merger or Consolidation.
Any Person (i) into which the Collateral Custodian may be merged or consolidated, (ii) that may result from any merger or consolidation to which the Collateral Custodian shall be a party, or (iii) that may succeed to the properties and assets of the Collateral Custodian substantially as a whole, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Collateral Custodian hereunder, shall be the successor to the Collateral Custodian under this Agreement without further act of any of the parties to this Agreement.
Section 7.4 Collateral Custodian Compensation.
As compensation for its collateral custodian activities hereunder, the Collateral Custodian shall be entitled to a Collateral Custodian Fee pursuant to the provision of Section 2.7(a)(2), Section 2.7(b)(1) or Section 2.8(2), as applicable. The Collateral Custodians entitlement to receive the Collateral Custodian Fee shall cease on the earlier to occur of: (i) its removal as Collateral Custodian pursuant to Section 7.5 or (ii) the termination of this Agreement.
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Section 7.5 Collateral Custodian Removal.
The Collateral Custodian may be removed, with or without cause, by the Administrative Agent by notice given in writing to the Collateral Custodian (the Collateral Custodian Termination Notice); provided that notwithstanding its receipt of a Collateral Custodian Termination Notice, the Collateral Custodian shall continue to act in such capacity until a successor Collateral Custodian has been appointed, has agreed to act as Collateral Custodian hereunder, and has received all Underlying Instruments held by the previous Collateral Custodian.
Section 7.6 Limitation on Liability.
(a) The Collateral Custodian may conclusively rely on and shall be fully protected in acting upon any certificate, instrument, opinion, notice, letter, telegram or other document delivered to it and that in good faith it reasonably believes to be genuine and that has been signed by the proper party or parties. The Collateral Custodian may rely conclusively on and shall be fully protected in acting upon (a) the written instructions of any designated officer of the Administrative Agent or, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Collateral Manager or (b) the verbal instructions of the Administrative Agent or, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Collateral Manager.
(b) The Collateral Custodian may consult counsel satisfactory to it and the advice or opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
(c) The Collateral Custodian shall not be liable for any error of judgment, or for any act done or step taken or omitted by it, in good faith, or for any mistakes of fact or law, or for anything that it may do or refrain from doing in connection herewith except, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the case of its willful misconduct, bad faith or grossly negligent performance or omission of its duties and in the case of its grossly negligent performance of its Payment Duties and in the case of its grossly negligent performance of its duties in taking and retaining custody of the Underlying Instruments or Required Loan Documents. Under no circumstances will the Collateral Custodian be liable for indirect, special, punitive, consequential or incidental damages, such as loss of use, revenue or profit.
(d) The Collateral Custodian makes no warranty or representation and shall have no responsibility (except as expressly set forth in this Agreement) as to the content, enforceability, completeness, validity, sufficiency, value, genuineness, ownership or transferability of the Collateral, and will not be required to and will not make any representations as to the validity or value (except as expressly set forth in this Agreement) of any of the Collateral. The Collateral Custodian shall not be obligated to take any legal action hereunder that might in its judgment be contrary to Applicable Law or involve any expense or liability unless it has been furnished with an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it.
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(e) The Collateral Custodian shall have no duties or responsibilities except such duties and responsibilities as are specifically set forth in this Agreement and no covenants or obligations shall be implied in this Agreement against the Collateral Custodian.
(f) The Collateral Custodian shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds in the performance of its duties hereunder.
(g) It is expressly agreed and acknowledged that the Collateral Custodian is not guaranteeing performance of or assuming any liability for the obligations of the other parties hereto or any parties to the Collateral.
(h) The Collateral Custodian may assume the genuineness of any such Required Loan Document it may receive and the genuineness and due authority of any signatures appearing thereon, and shall be entitled to assume that each Required Loan Document it may receive is what it purports to be. If an original security or instrument as defined in Section 8-102 and Section 9-102(a)(47) of the UCC, respectively, is or shall be or become available with respect to any Collateral to be held by the Collateral Custodian under this Agreement, it shall be the sole responsibility of the Borrower to make or cause delivery thereof to the Collateral Custodian, and the Collateral Custodian shall not be under any obligation at any time to determine whether any such original security or instrument has been or is required to be issued or made available in respect of any Collateral or to compel or cause delivery thereof to the Collateral Custodian. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Custodian shall be without liability to the Borrower, Collateral Manager, the Administrative Agent or any other Person for any damage or loss resulting from or caused by events or circumstances beyond the Collateral Custodians reasonable control, including nationalization, expropriation, currency restrictions, the interruption, disruption or suspension of the normal procedures and practices of any securities market, power, mechanical, communications or other technological failures or interruptions, computer viruses or the like, fires, floods, earthquakes or other natural disasters, civil and military disturbance, acts of war or terrorism, riots, revolution, acts of God, work stoppages, strikes, national disasters of any kind, or other similar events or acts; errors by the Borrower, the Collateral Manager or the Administrative Agent (including any Responsible Officer of any thereof) in its instructions to the Collateral Custodian; or changes in applicable law, regulation or orders.
(i) It is expressly acknowledged by the parties hereto that application and performance by the Collateral Custodian of its various duties hereunder (including, without limitation, recalculations to be performed in respect of the matters contemplated hereby) shall be based upon, and in reliance upon data information and notice provided to it by the Collateral Manager, the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and/or any related bank agent obligor or similar party, and the Collateral Custodian shall have no responsibility for the accuracy of any such information or data provided to it by such person and shall be entitled to update its records (as it may deem necessary or appropriate).
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(j) In the event that (i) the Borrower, Collateral Manager, the Administrative Agent, Lenders, the Collateral Administrator or Collateral Custodian shall be served by a third party with any type of levy, attachment, writ or court order with respect to any Loan or Required Loan Document or (ii) a third party shall institute any court proceeding by which any Required Loan Document shall be required to be delivered otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the party receiving such service shall promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to the other parties to this Agreement copies of all court papers, orders, documents and other materials concerning such proceedings. The Collateral Custodian shall, to the extent permitted by law, continue to hold and maintain all the Required Loan Documents that are the subject of such proceedings pending a final, nonappealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction permitting or directing disposition thereof. Upon final determination of such court, the Collateral Custodian shall dispose of such Required Loan Documents as directed by the Administrative Agent, which shall give a direction consistent with such determination. Expenses of the Collateral Custodian incurred as a result of such proceedings shall be borne by the Borrower.
(k) In case any reasonable question arises as to its duties hereunder, the Collateral Custodian may, in the absence of a continuing of an Event of Default or the occurrence of the Termination Date, request instructions from the Collateral Manager and during the existence of an Event of Default or following the occurrence of the Termination Date, request instructions from the Administrative Agent, and shall be entitled at all times to refrain from taking any action unless it has received instructions from the Collateral Manager or the Administrative Agent, as applicable. The Collateral Custodian shall in all events have no liability, risk or cost for any action taken pursuant to and in compliance with the instruction of the Administrative Agent.
(l) Without limiting the generality of any terms of this section, the Collateral Custodian shall have no liability for any failure, inability or unwillingness on the part of the Collateral Manager, the Administrative Agent, any agent or the Borrower to provide accurate and complete information on a timely basis to the Collateral Custodian, or otherwise on the part of any such party to comply with the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability for any inaccuracy or error in the performance or observance on the Collateral Custodians part of any of its duties hereunder that is caused by or results from any such inaccurate, incomplete or untimely information received by it, or other failure on the part of any such other party to comply with the terms hereof.
(m) The Collateral Custodian shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of any matter unless actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Collateral Custodian.
(n) The Collateral Custodian may exercise any of its rights or powers hereunder or perform any of its duties hereunder, including with respect to any foreign exchange transaction, either directly or, by or through agents or attorneys, and the Collateral Custodian shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed hereunder with due care by it. Neither the Collateral Custodian nor any of its affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, agents or employees will be liable to the Collateral Manager, Borrower or any other Person, except by reason of acts or omissions by the Collateral Custodian constituting bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the Collateral Custodians duties hereunder. The Collateral Custodian shall in no event have any liability for the actions or omissions of the Borrower, the Collateral Manager, the Administrative Agent, or any other Person, and shall have no liability for any inaccuracy or error in any duty performed by it that results from or is caused by inaccurate, untimely or incomplete information or data received by it from the Borrower, the Collateral Manager, the Administrative Agent, or another Person except to the extent that such inaccuracies or errors are caused by the Collateral Custodians own bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of its duties hereunder.
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(o) It is understood and agreed that any foreign exchange transaction effected by the Collateral Custodian acting at the direction of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower or the Collateral Manager may be entered with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates acting as principal or otherwise through customary banking channels. The Collateral Custodian shall be entitled at all times to comply with any legal or regulatory requirements applicable to currency or foreign exchange transactions. Each party hereto acknowledges that the Collateral Custodian or any affiliates of the Collateral Custodian involved in any such foreign exchange transactions may make a margin or banking income from foreign exchange transactions entered into pursuant to this section for which they shall not be required to account to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Manager. All risk and expense incident to such conversion is the responsibility of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Manager. Neither the Collateral Custodian nor the Collateral Administrator, shall have (x) responsibility for fluctuations in exchange rates affecting any collections or conversion thereof and (y) to the extent it complies with the instructions provided by the respective party, liability for any losses incurred or resulting from the rates obtained in such foreign exchange transactions.
Section 7.7 Resignation of the Collateral Custodian.
The Collateral Custodian shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except upon (a) ninety (90) days written notice to the Borrower, Collateral Manager, Administrative Agent and each Lender, or (b) the Collateral Custodians determination that (i) the performance of its duties hereunder is or becomes impermissible under Applicable Law and (ii) there is no reasonable action that the Collateral Custodian could take to make the performance of its duties hereunder permissible under Applicable Law. Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Collateral Custodian shall be evidenced as to clause (i) above by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Administrative Agent. No such resignation shall become effective until a successor Collateral Custodian shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the Collateral Custodian hereunder. In the case of a resignation of the Collateral Custodian, if no successor custodian shall have been appointed and an instrument of acceptance by a successor custodian shall not have been delivered to the Collateral Custodian within ninety (90) days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the Collateral Custodian may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor custodian.
Section 7.8 Release of Documents.
(a) Release for Servicing. From time to time and as appropriate for the enforcement or servicing of any of the Collateral, the Collateral Custodian is hereby authorized (unless and until such authorization is revoked by the Administrative Agent) to, and shall, upon written receipt from the Collateral Manager of a request for release of documents and receipt in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit E, release to the Borrower within two (2) Business Days of
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receipt of such request, the related Required Loan Documents or the documents set forth in such request and receipt to the Borrower. All documents so released to the Borrower shall be held by the Borrower in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Borrower shall return to the Collateral Custodian the Required Loan Documents or other such documents (i) promptly upon the request of the Administrative Agent, or (ii) when the Borrowers need therefor in connection with such enforcement or servicing no longer exists, unless the Loan shall be liquidated or sold, in which case, upon receipt of an additional request for release of documents and receipt certifying such liquidation or sale from the Borrower to the Collateral Custodian in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit E, the Collateral Managers request and receipt submitted pursuant to the first sentence of this subsection shall be released by the Collateral Custodian to the Borrower.
(b) Release for Payment. Upon receipt by the Collateral Custodian of the Collateral Managers request for release of documents and receipt in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit E (which certification shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received in connection with such payment or repurchase have been credited to the Collection Account as provided in this Agreement), the Collateral Custodian shall promptly release the related Required Loan Documents to the Borrower.
(c) Limitation on Release. During the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, the foregoing provision with respect to the release to the Borrower of the Required Loan Documents and documents by the Collateral Custodian upon request by the Collateral Manager shall be operative only to the extent that the Administrative Agent have consented to such release. Promptly after delivery to the Collateral Custodian of any request for release of documents, the Collateral Manager shall provide notice of the same to the Administrative Agent.
(d) Shipment of Required Loan Documents. Written instructions as to the method of shipment and shipper(s) the Collateral Custodian is directed to utilize in connection with the transmission of Required Loan Documents in the performance of the Collateral Custodians duties hereunder shall be delivered by the Borrower, the Collateral Manager or the Administrative Agent to the Collateral Custodian prior to any shipment of any Underlying Instruments hereunder. The Collateral Manager shall arrange for the provision of such services at the cost and expense of the Borrower (or, at the Collateral Custodians option, the Borrower shall reimburse the Collateral Custodian for all reasonable and documented costs and expenses of the Collateral Custodian consistent with such instructions) and shall maintain such insurance against loss or damage to the Underlying Instruments as the Collateral Manager deems appropriate.
Section 7.9 Return of Required Loan Documents.
The Borrower may, with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), require that the Collateral Custodian return each Required Loan Document (as applicable), respectively (a) delivered to the Collateral Custodian in error, (b) as to which the lien on the Underlying Asset has been so released pursuant to Section 8.2, (c) that has been the subject of a Discretionary Sale or Substitution pursuant to Section 2.14 or (d) that is required to be redelivered to the Borrower in connection with the termination of this Agreement, in each case by submitting to the Collateral Custodian and the
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Administrative Agent a written request in the form of Exhibit E hereto (signed by both the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) specifying the Collateral to be so returned and reciting that the conditions to such release have been met (and specifying the Section or Sections of this Agreement being relied upon for such release). The Collateral Custodian shall upon its receipt of each such request for return executed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly, but in any event within two (2) Business Days, return the Underlying Instruments so requested to the Borrower.
Section 7.10 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Collateral; Audits.
(a) The Collateral Manager, the Borrower and the Collateral Custodian shall, at the Borrowers expense, provide to the Administrative Agent access to the Underlying Instruments and all other documentation regarding the Collateral including in such cases where the Administrative Agent is required in connection with the enforcement of the rights or interests of the Secured Parties, or by applicable statutes or regulations, to review such documentation, such access being afforded without charge but only (i) upon two (2) Business Days prior written request, (ii) during normal business hours and (iii) subject to the Collateral Managers and Collateral Custodians normal security and confidentiality procedures; provided that the Administrative Agent may, and shall upon request of any Lender, permit each Lender to be included on any such review, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to schedule any review on a day when Lenders desiring to participate in such review may be included. From time to time at the discretion of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may review the Collateral Managers collection and administration of the Collateral in order to assess compliance by the Collateral Manager with ARTICLE VI and may conduct an audit of the Collateral, and Underlying Instruments in conjunction with such a review. Such review shall be reasonable in scope and shall be completed in a reasonable period of time. The fees and expenses of the Collateral Custodian incurred under this Section 7.10 shall be borne by the Borrower; provided that so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower shall be responsible for all costs and expenses for only one such visit per fiscal year.
(b) Without limiting the foregoing provisions of Section 7.10(a), from time to time on request of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Custodian shall permit certified public accountants or other independent auditors acceptable to the Administrative Agent to conduct a review of the Underlying Instruments and all other documentation regarding the Collateral. Up to two such reviews per fiscal year shall be at the expense of the Borrower and additional reviews in a fiscal year shall be at the expense of the requesting Lender(s); provided that, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any such reviews, regardless of frequency, shall be at the expense of the Borrower.
Section 7.11 Designation of Collateral Administrator.
(a) Initial Collateral Administrator. The role of Collateral Administrator with respect to the Underlying Instruments shall be conducted by the Person designated as Collateral Administrator hereunder from time to time in accordance with this Section 7.11. Until the Administrative Agent shall give to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. a Collateral Administrator Termination Notice, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. is hereby appointed as, and hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the duties and obligations of, Collateral Administrator pursuant to the terms hereof and the Collateral Administration Agreement.
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(b) Successor Collateral Administrator. Upon the Collateral Administrators receipt of a Collateral Administrator Termination Notice from the Administrative Agent of the designation of a successor Collateral Administrator pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.15, the Collateral Administrator agrees that it will terminate its activities as Collateral Administrator hereunder.
Section 7.12 Appointment of Collateral Administrator.
Each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent hereby designate and appoint the Collateral Administrator to act as its agent and hereby authorizes the Collateral Administrator to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly granted to the Collateral Administrator by this Agreement. The Collateral Administrator hereby accepts such agency appointment to act as Collateral Administrator pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, until its resignation or removal as Collateral Administrator pursuant to the terms hereof.
Section 7.13 Merger or Consolidation.
Any Person (i) into which the Collateral Custodian or Collateral Administrator may be merged or consolidated, (ii) that may result from any merger or consolidation to which the Collateral Custodian or Collateral Administrator shall be a party, or (iii) that may succeed to the properties and assets of the Collateral Custodian or Collateral Administrator substantially as a whole, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of Collateral Custodian or Collateral Administrator hereunder, shall be the successor to the Collateral Custodian or Collateral Administrator under this Agreement without further act of any of the parties to this Agreement.
Section 7.14 Reserved.
Section 7.15 Collateral Administrator Removal.
The Collateral Administrator may be removed, with or without cause, by the Administrative Agent (with the Borrowers consent, which consent is not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) by notice given in writing to the Collateral Administrator (the Collateral Administrator Termination Notice); provided that notwithstanding its receipt of a Collateral Administrator Termination Notice, the Collateral Administrator shall continue to act in such capacity until a successor Collateral Administrator has been appointed and has agreed to act as Collateral Administrator hereunder.
Section 7.16 Limitation on Liability.
(a) The Collateral Administrator may conclusively rely on and shall be fully protected in acting upon any certificate, instrument, opinion, notice, letter, telegram or other document delivered to it and that in good faith it reasonably believes to be genuine and that has been signed by the proper party or parties. The Collateral Administrator may rely conclusively on and shall be fully protected in acting upon (a) the written instructions of any designated officer of the Administrative Agent or (b) the verbal instructions of the Administrative Agent.
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(b) The Collateral Administrator may consult counsel satisfactory to it and the advice or opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
(c) The Collateral Administrator shall not be liable for any error of judgment, or for any act done or step taken or omitted by it, in good faith, or for any mistakes of fact or law, or for anything that it may do or refrain from doing in connection herewith except, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the case of its willful misconduct, or grossly negligent performance or omission of its duties.
(d) The Collateral Administrator makes no warranty or representation and shall have no responsibility (except as expressly set forth in this Agreement) as to the content, enforceability, completeness, validity, sufficiency, value, genuineness, ownership or transferability of the Collateral, and will not be required to and will not make any representations as to the validity or value (except as expressly set forth in this Agreement) of any of the Collateral. The Collateral Administrator shall not be obligated to take any legal action hereunder that might in its judgment involve any expense or liability unless it has been furnished with an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it.
(e) The Collateral Administrator shall have no duties or responsibilities except such duties and responsibilities as are specifically set forth in this Agreement and the Collateral Administration Agreement and no covenants or obligations shall be implied in this Agreement against the Collateral Administrator.
(f) The Collateral Administrator shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds in the performance of its duties hereunder.
(g) It is expressly agreed and acknowledged that the Collateral Administrator is not guaranteeing performance of or assuming any liability for the obligations of the other parties hereto or any parties to the Collateral.
(h) The Collateral Administrator shall have no obligation to supervise, verify, monitor or administer the performance of the Collateral Manager or the Borrower and shall have no liability for any action taken or omitted by the Collateral Manager (including any successor to the Collateral Manager or the Borrower. The Collateral Administrator may act through its agents, attorneys and custodians in performing any of its duties and obligations under this Agreement, it being understood by the parties hereto that the Collateral Administrator will be liable for any acts or omissions of any such agents, attorneys or custodians acting for and on behalf of the Collateral Administrator. Neither the Collateral Administrator nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable, directly or indirectly, for any damages or expenses arising out of the services performed under this Agreement other than damages or expenses that result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of it or them or the failure to perform materially in accordance with this Agreement.
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(i) In addition to those set forth herein, the Collateral Administrator shall be entitled to each of the rights, protections, immunities and indemnities set forth in the Collateral Administration Agreement.
Section 7.17 Resignation of the Collateral Administrator.
(a) The Collateral Administrator shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except upon (a) ninety (90) days written notice to the Borrower, Collateral Manager, Administrative Agent and each Lender, or (b) the Collateral Administrators determination that (i) the performance of its duties hereunder is or becomes impermissible under Applicable Law and (ii) there is no reasonable action that the Collateral Administrator could take to make the performance of its duties hereunder permissible under Applicable Law. Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Collateral Administrator shall be evidenced as to clause (i) above by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Administrative Agent. No such resignation shall become effective until a successor Collateral Administrator shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the Collateral Administrator hereunder. Upon the resignation of the Collateral Administrator, the Administrative Agent shall appoint a successor Collateral Administrator and if it does not do so within thirty (30) days of the Collateral Administrators resignation, the Borrower may so appoint the successor and if it does not do so within sixty (60) days of the Collateral Administrators resignation, Collateral Administrator may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor.
(b) Upon ninety (90) days prior written notice to the Borrower, Collateral Manager, Administrative Agent and each Lender, the Collateral Administrator will have the right to assign its obligations hereunder with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld, provided, that such assignment must be to a Person that is a nationally reputable Collateral Administrator with experience providing services of the type that Collateral Administrator is obligated to provide hereunder and with respect to loans of the type represented by the Loans. In addition, the Collateral Administrator may execute any of its duties under this Agreement by or through agents; provided that the Collateral Administrator shall remain primarily liable for the due performance of its duties hereunder.
ARTICLE VIII
SECURITY INTEREST
Section 8.1 Grant of Security Interest.
(a) This Agreement constitutes a security agreement and the Advances effected hereby constitute secured loans by the applicable Lenders to the Borrower under Applicable Law. For such purpose, the Borrower hereby transfers, conveys, assigns and grants as of the Effective Date to the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties, a lien and continuing security interest in all of the Borrowers right, title and interest in, to and under (in each case, whether now owned or existing, or hereafter acquired or arising) all Accounts, General Intangibles, Instruments and Investment Property and any and all other property of any type or nature owned by it (the Collateral), including but not limited to:
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(i) all Loans, Permitted Investments and Equity Securities, all payments thereon or with respect thereto and all contracts to purchase, commitment letters, confirmations and due bills relating to any Loans, Permitted Investments or Equity Securities;
(ii) the Accounts and all Cash and Financial Assets credited thereto and all income from the investment of funds therein;
(iii) all Transaction Documents to which the Borrower is a party;
(iv) all funds delivered to the Collateral Custodian (directly or through a bailee);
(v) all Collections, rights in Underlying Assets and Underlying Instruments, Insurance Policies, all Required Loan Documents and related records and assets; and
(vi) all accounts, accessions, profits, income benefits, proceeds, substitutions and replacements, whether voluntary or involuntary, of and to any of the property of the Borrower described in the preceding clauses;
in each case, whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired by the Borrower, and wherever the same may be located, to secure the prompt, complete and indefeasible payment and performance in full when due, whether by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise, of the Obligations of the Borrower arising in connection with this Agreement and each other Transaction Document, whether now or hereafter existing, due or to become due, direct or indirect, or absolute or contingent, including all Obligations. Notwithstanding any of the other provisions set forth in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in (A) any Excluded Amounts, (B) any amounts received by the Borrower from an Obligor following the sale of the related Loan by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.14 which the Borrower is required to pay to the purchaser of such Loan, and (C) any property to the extent that such grant of a security interest is prohibited by any Applicable Law not in effect as of the date hereof or requires a consent not obtained of any Governmental Authority pursuant to such Applicable Law, provided that (x) immediately at such time as the prohibition shall no longer be applicable, such security interest shall attached immediately to such assets and (y) the Collateral includes any Proceeds of any such assets. The powers conferred on the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder are solely to protect the Administrative Agents and the other Secured Parties interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party to exercise any such powers. Each of the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to the Borrower for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. If the Borrower fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein, the Administrative Agent, at its option, but without any obligation to do so, may itself perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such agreement. The expenses of the Administrative Agent incurred in connection with such performance or compliance, together with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to Advances, shall be payable by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent on demand and shall constitute Obligations secured hereby.
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(b) The grant of a security interest under this Section 8.1 does not constitute and is not intended to result in a creation or an assumption by the Administrative Agent or any of the other Secured Parties of any obligation of the Borrower or any other Person in connection with any or all of the Collateral or under any agreement or instrument relating thereto. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) the Borrower shall remain liable under any applicable Collateral to the extent set forth therein to perform all of its duties and obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed, (ii) the exercise by the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties, of any of its rights in the Collateral shall not release the Borrower from any of its duties or obligations under any applicable Collateral, and (iii) none of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party shall have any obligations or liability under the Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of the Borrower thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned hereunder.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Borrower, the Collateral Manager, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Custodian, the Collateral Administrator and each Lender hereby agree to treat, and to cause each of their respective Affiliates to treat, each Note as indebtedness for purposes of United States federal and state income tax or state franchise tax to the extent permitted by Applicable Law and shall file its tax returns or reports, or cause its Affiliates to file such tax returns or reports, in a manner consistent with such treatment.
Section 8.2 Release of Lien on Collateral.
The Lien created pursuant to this Agreement shall be automatically released with upon the occurrence of the following: (i) any Collateral expires by its terms and all amounts in respect thereof have been paid in full by the related Obligor and deposited in the Collection Account, (ii) such Loan has been the subject of a Discretionary Sale, Substitution or a sale of a Warranty Loan pursuant to Section 2.14 or (iii) this Agreement terminates in accordance with Section 12.6. In connection with any sale of such Collateral, the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties, will after the deposit by the Collateral Manager of the Proceeds of such sale into the Collection Account, at the sole expense of the Borrower, execute and deliver to the Borrower any assignments, bills of sale, termination statements and any other releases and instruments as the Borrower may reasonably request in order to effect the release and transfer of such Collateral; provided that, the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties, will make no representation or warranty, express or implied, with respect to any such Collateral in connection with such sale or transfer and assignment. Nothing in this section shall diminish the Borrowers or the Collateral Managers obligations pursuant to Section 2(e) of the Collateral Management Agreement with respect to the Proceeds of any such sale.
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Section 8.3 Remedies.
Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent and Secured Parties shall have, with respect to the Collateral granted pursuant to Section 8.1, and in addition to all other rights and remedies available to the Administrative Agent and Secured Parties under this Agreement or other Applicable Law, all rights and remedies set forth in Section 9.2.
Section 8.4 Waiver of Certain Laws.
The Borrower agrees, to the full extent that it may lawfully so agree, that neither it nor anyone claiming through or under it will set up, claim or seek to take advantage of any appraisement, valuation, stay, extension or redemption law now or hereafter in force in any locality where any Collateral may be situated in order to prevent, hinder or delay the enforcement or foreclosure of this Agreement, or the absolute sale of any of the Collateral or any part thereof, or the final and absolute putting into possession thereof, immediately after such sale, of the purchasers thereof, and the Borrower, for itself and all who may at any time claim through or under it, hereby waives, to the full extent that it may be lawful so to do, the benefit of all such laws, and any and all right to have any of the properties or assets constituting the Collateral marshaled upon any such sale, and agrees that the Administrative Agent or any court having jurisdiction to foreclose the security interests granted in this Agreement may sell the Collateral as an entirety or in such parcels as the Administrative Agent or such court may determine.
Section 8.5 Power of Attorney.
The Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent its true and lawful attorney (with full power of substitution) in its name, place and stead and at the Borrowers expense, in connection with the enforcement of the rights and remedies provided for (and subject to the terms and conditions set forth) in this Agreement during the continuance of an Event of Default, including the following powers: (a) to give any necessary receipts or acquittance for amounts collected or received hereunder, (b) to make all necessary transfers of the Collateral in connection with any such sale or other disposition made pursuant hereto, (c) to execute and deliver for value all necessary or appropriate bills of sale, assignments and other instruments in connection with any such sale or other disposition, the Borrower hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney (or any substitute) shall lawfully do hereunder and pursuant hereto, and (d) to sign any agreements, orders or other documents in order to enforce any and all right hereunder or pursuant to any Transaction Document, including, without limitation, Section 9 of the Collateral Management Agreement. Nevertheless, if so requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall ratify and confirm any such sale or other disposition by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent or such purchaser all proper bills of sale, assignments, releases and other instruments as may be designated in any such request.
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ARTICLE IX
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section 9.1 Events of Default.
The following events shall be Events of Default (Events of Default) hereunder:
(a) any failure by the Borrower to pay any principal when due (including on the Termination Date);
(b) any failure by the Borrower to pay all accrued and unpaid Interest, Minimum Usage Fees and Non-Usage Fees on any Payment Date and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three (3) Business Days; provided only that if such failure to pay is due to administrative error or omission, such failure to pay shall constitute an Event of Default if not cured within three (3) Business Days after the agent responsible for such error or omission receives written notice or has actual knowledge of such error or omission and so notifies the Borrower, or the Borrower or the Transferor has actual knowledge of such administrative error or omission; or
(c) the Borrower fails to make any payments not addressed by Section 9.1(a) through (b) or when due under the Transaction Documents and the same continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which written notice of such failure shall have been given to the Borrower and (ii) the date on which the Borrower acquires knowledge thereof; or
(d) the failure on the part of the Borrower to observe or perform the covenants set forth in Sections 5.1(a), 5.1(b), 5.1(e), 5.1(f), 5.1(g), 5.1(h), 5.1(k), 5.1(n), 5.1(p), 5.1(v) or 5.2; provided, that with respect to a failure on the part of the Borrower to observe or perform the covenant set forth in Section 5.1(n)(ii), such failure shall not be an Event of Default hereunder if, (i) such Lien is released within five (5) Business Days after the earlier to occur of (x) the date on which written notice of such failure requiring the same to be remedied shall have been given to the Borrower and (y) the date on which the Borrower acquires knowledge thereof, or (ii) a reserve has been established for such Lien in accordance with GAAP and such Lien is being diligently contested in good faith by the Borrower (except to the extent that the amount secure by such Lien exceeds $500,000); or
(e) the failure on the part of the Collateral Manager to (i) to make any payment, transfer or deposit into the
Collection Account as required by this Agreement or the Collateral Management Agreement, which failure continues unremedied for a period of three (3) Business Days, (ii) make any payment when due (after giving effect to any related grace
period) with respect to any recourse debt or other obligations, which debt or other obligations are in excess of $2,000,00010,000,000 in the aggregate, or the occurrence of any event or condition
that has resulted in the acceleration of such recourse debt or other obligations, whether or not waived, (iii) to deliver on behalf of the Borrower any Required Reports hereunder on or before the date occurring two (2) Business Days after
the date such report is required to be made or
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given, as the case may be, under the terms of this Agreement, or (iv) duly observe or perform in any material respect any material covenants or agreements of the Collateral Manager (other than those specifically addressed by a separate Event of Default) set forth in any Transaction Document to which the Collateral Manager is a party (including any material delegation of the Collateral Managers duties) and the same continues unremedied for a period of ten (10) days after the earlier to occur of (x) the date on which written notice of such failure requiring the same to be remedied shall have been given to the Collateral Manager and (y) the date on which the Collateral Manager acquires knowledge thereof; or
(f) any failure on the part of any FS/KKR Party duly to observe or perform in any material respect any other covenants or agreements of such FS/KKR Party (other than those specifically addressed by a separate Event of Default), as applicable, set forth in this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to which such FS/KKR Party is a party and the same continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days (if such failure can be remedied) after the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which written notice of such failure requiring the same to be remedied shall have been given to the applicable FS/KKR Party and (ii) the date on which the applicable FS/KKR Party acquires knowledge thereof; or
(g) the occurrence of an Insolvency Event relating to the Borrower or the Collateral Manager; or
(h) the occurrence of a Change of Control; or
(i) the Collateral Manager Bylaws shall fail to be in full force and effect or shall have been amended in a manner that materially and
adversely effects the interests of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, as determined in the reasonable judgement of the Collateral Manager, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (for the avoidance of doubt, it shall not
be an Event of Default if the Collateral Manager Bylaws cease to be in full force and effect as a result of the Collateral Manager entering into a merger, consolidation or amalgamation with or into a Permitted BDC so long as the constitutional
documents of such Permitted BDC or any other successor entity formed by or surviving such merger, consolidation or amalgamation shall not prejudice the interests of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in a manner that is adverse and material to
such
interests); or
(j) the rendering of one or more final judgments, decrees or orders by a
court or arbitrator of competent jurisdiction against any FS/KKR Party for the payment of money in excess individually or in the aggregate of $1,000,000 (in the case of the Borrower), the lesser of (x) three percent 3% of the net asset value of such
Person or
(y)
$5,000,00025,000,000
(in the case of the Collateral Manager or the
Transferor), and the Borrower, the Collateral Manager or the Transferor, as applicable, shall not have within thirty (30) days either (i) discharged or provided for the discharge of any
such judgment, decree or order in accordance with its terms or (ii) perfected a timely appeal of such judgment, decree or order and cause the execution of same to be stayed during the pendency of the appeal; or
(k) the Borrower shall assign or attempt to assign any of its rights, obligations or duties under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent to be provided) in the sole and absolute discretion of the Administrative Agent; or
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(l) failure to pay, on the Termination Date, the outstanding principal of all Advances Outstanding, and all Interest and all fees accrued and unpaid thereon together with all other Obligations; or
(m) [reserved]; or
(n) the Borrower shall fail to qualify as a bankruptcy-remote entity based upon the criteria set forth in Section 4.1(t), such that Clifford Chance US LLP, Dechert LLP or another law firm reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent could no longer render a customary non-consolidation opinion with respect thereto; or
(o) any Transaction Document, or any material portion of a Lien granted thereunder, shall (except in accordance with its terms), in whole or in part, terminate, cease to be effective or cease to be the legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation of any FS/KKR Party party thereto, or
(p) any FS/KKR Party shall, directly or indirectly, contest in any manner the effectiveness, validity, binding nature or enforceability of any Transaction Document or any lien or security interest thereunder; or
(q) any security interest securing any obligation under any Transaction Document shall, in whole or in part, cease to be a first priority perfected security interest (subject only to the Permitted Liens described in clauses (a), (d) or (f) of the definition of Permitted Liens) except as otherwise expressly permitted to be released in accordance with the applicable Transaction Document; or
(r) the existence of a Borrowing Base Deficiency which continues unremedied for three (3) Business Days; or
(s) the Borrower or the Collateral Manager shall become required to register as an investment company within the meaning of the 1940 Act; or
(t) the IRS or any other Governmental Authority shall file notice of a lien pursuant to Section 6323 of the Code with regard to any assets of the Borrower, or the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation shall file notice of a lien pursuant to Section 4068 of ERISA with regard to any assets of the Borrower and such lien shall not have been released within five (5) Business Days, unless in each case, a reserve has been established therefor in accordance with GAAP and such lien is being diligently contested in good faith by the Borrower (except to the extent that the amount secure by such lien exceeds $500,000); or
(u) any representation, warranty or certification made by any FS/KKR Party in any Transaction Document or in any certificate delivered pursuant to any Transaction Document shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made (except for such representations and warranties as are qualified by materiality, a Material Adverse Effect or any similar qualifier, which representations and warranties shall be true in all respects) and the same continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days (if such failure can be remedied) after the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which written notice of such failure requiring the same to be remedied shall have been given to such FS/KKR Party and (ii) the date on which such FS/KKR Party acquires knowledge thereof; or
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(v) [reserved]; or
(w) [reserved]; or
(x) the Collateral Manager agrees to or otherwise permits to occur any change in the Collateral Manager Standard or its investment strategy as identified in Section 5.1(h)(ii) that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to adversely affect the interests of Administrative Agent or any Lender without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent shall be required from the Administrative Agent in connection with any change mandated by Applicable Law or a Governmental Authority as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to that effect delivered to the Administrative Agent; or
(y) a failure of the Investment Advisor to maintain at least $1,000,000,000 of assets under management (measured on the last day of any fiscal quarter of Collateral Manager and measured, for purposes of this Agreement, to include all assets of the Investment Advisor); or
(z) any of the following events occur with respect to the Collateral Manager:
(i) a finding by any court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment, or an admission by it in a settlement of any lawsuit, that it has committed fraud, willful misconduct, or a material violation of applicable securities laws, in each case which has a material adverse effect on the business of Collateral Manager;
(ii) a conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere by the senior officers of the Collateral Manager in respect of a felony in connection with any activity of any FS/KKR Party or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; or
(iii) the Administrative Agent otherwise has the right to direct that actions of the Collateral Manager pursuant to Section 9 of the Collateral Management Agreement; or
(aa) (i)(A) the Investment Advisory Agreement is modified or amended, or (B) any material duties or obligations of the Investment Advisor (or any of its permitted assigns) thereunder are waived, in either case, in a manner that materially adversely affects any Secured Party without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, (ii) the Investment Advisory Agreement is assigned, or any material duties or obligations of the Investment Advisor (or any of its permitted assigns) thereunder are waived, without giving the Administrative Agent at least ten (10) Business Days prior written notice, or (iii) any party to the Investment Advisory Agreement shall be in material breach of any of its representations, warranties, agreements and/or covenants thereunder, except as a result of insufficient funds being available to make any payments pursuant to Section 2.7.
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Section 9.2 Remedies.
(a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, or, at the direction of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Collateral Custodian and Collateral Administrator, it being agreed that the failure to give such notice shall not impair the rights of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder), declare (i) the Termination Date to have occurred and the Notes and all other Obligations to be immediately due and payable in full (without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower) or (ii) the Revolving Period End Date to have occurred; provided that in the case of any event involving the Borrower described in Section 9.1(g), the Notes and all other Obligations shall be immediately due and payable in full (without presentment, demand, notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly, waived by the Borrower) and the Termination Date shall be deemed to have occurred automatically upon the occurrence of any such event. The Administrative Agent shall forward a copy of any notice delivered to the Borrower pursuant to this Section 9.2(a) to the Lenders.
(b) On and after the declaration or occurrence of the Termination Date, the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall have, in addition to all other rights and remedies under this Agreement or otherwise, all other rights and remedies provided under the UCC of each applicable jurisdiction and other Applicable Laws, which rights shall be cumulative. The Borrower hereby agrees that it will, at the Borrowers expense and at the direction of the Administrative Agent, forthwith, (i) assemble all or any part of the Loans as directed by the Administrative Agent and make the same available to the Administrative Agent at a place to be designated by the Administrative Agent and (ii) subject to the limitations set forth in Section 9.2(c), without notice except as specified below, sell the Loans or any part thereof upon such terms, in such lots, to such buyers, and according to such other instructions as the Administrative Agent may deem commercially reasonable; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Administrative Agent will not cause or direct the sale of any Loans or other Collateral on and after the declaration or occurrence of the Termination Date unless either (i) the Administrative Agent determines that the anticipated proceeds of a sale or liquidation of all or any portion of the Collateral (after deducting the reasonable expenses of such sale or liquidation) would be sufficient to discharge in full the Obligations (or in the case of a sale of less than all of the Collateral, an amount sufficient to discharge the amount of the Obligations attributable to such portion of the Collateral); or (ii) the Required Lenders direct such sale and liquidation. The Borrower agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, ten (10) days notice to the Borrower of any sale hereunder shall constitute reasonable notification. All cash Proceeds received by the Administrative Agent in respect of any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, all or any part of the Loans (after payment of any amounts incurred in connection with such sale) shall be deposited into the Collection Account and to be applied pursuant to Section 2.8. The occurrence of a Termination Date as defined in clauses (a) through (c), inclusive, of the definition of Termination Date shall constitute a Termination Date for the purposes of this Section 9.2.
(c) (i) If the Administrative Agent elects, subject to clause (b) above, to sell the Collateral in whole, but not in part, at a public or private sale, the Borrower may exercise its right of first refusal to repurchase the Collateral, in whole but not in part, prior to such sale at a
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purchase price that is not less than the amount of the Obligations as of the date of such proposed sale. The Borrowers right of first refusal shall terminate not later than 4:00 p.m. (New York City Time) on the tenth Business Day following the Business Day on which the Borrower receives notice of the Administrative Agents election to sell such Collateral, such notice to attach copies of all Eligible Bids received by the Administrative Agent in respect of such Collateral.
(ii) If the Borrower elects not to exercise its right of first refusal as provided in clause (i) above, the Administrative
Agent
shallmay sell such Collateral or portion thereof
for a purchase price equal to the highest of the Eligible Bids then received. Any determination of the highest Eligible Bid shall only consider bids for the same parcels of the Collateral.
(iii) It is understood that the Borrower may submit its bid for the Collateral as a combined bid with the bids of other members of a group of bidders, and shall have the right to find bidders to bid on the Collateral or any portion thereof.
(iv) It is understood that the Borrowers right of first refusal shall apply to each proposed sale of the same parcel of the Collateral.
(d) (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the exercise by the Administrative Agent or the
Secured Parties of their rights hereunder, shall not release the Transferor or the Borrower from any of their duties or responsibilities with respect to the Collateral except to the extent expressly provided herein. The Secured Parties, the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Administrator, the Collateral Custodian shall not have any obligation or liability with respect to any Collateral, other than to use reasonable care in the custody and preservation of collateral in such
partys possession, nor shall any of them be obligated to perform any of the obligations of the Borrower or the Transferor hereunder.
ARTICLE X
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 10.1 Indemnities by the Borrower.
(a) Without limiting any other rights that any such Person may have hereunder or under Applicable Law, the Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Custodian, the Collateral Administrator, the Securities Intermediary, the Secured Parties, the Lenders and each of their respective assigns and directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors (collectively, the Indemnified Parties), forthwith on demand, from and against any and all damages, losses, claims, liabilities and related costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements (limited to one primary counsel and such other local or special counsel as may be necessary) (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as the Indemnified Amounts) awarded against or incurred by such Indemnified Party and other non-monetary damages of any such Indemnified Party or any of them arising out of or as a result of this Agreement or having an interest in the Collateral or in respect of any Loan included in the Collateral, excluding, however, any Indemnified Amounts to the extent
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resulting from gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of any Indemnified Party. If the Borrower has made any indemnity payment pursuant to this Section 10.1 and Section 10.3 and such payment fully indemnified the recipient thereof and the recipient thereafter collects any payments from others in respect of such Indemnified Amounts then, the recipient shall repay to the Borrower an amount equal to the amount it has collected from others in respect of such indemnified amounts. Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower shall indemnify each Indemnified Party for Indemnified Amounts (except to the extent resulting from gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such Indemnified Party) relating to or resulting from:
(i) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Borrower, the Collateral Manager or any of their respective officers under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, which shall have been false or incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made or delivered;
(ii) the failure of any Loan acquired on the Effective Date to be an Eligible Loan as of the Effective Date and the failure of any Loan acquired after the Effective Date to be an Eligible Loan on the related Funding Date;
(iii) the failure by the Borrower or the Collateral Manager to comply with any term, provision or covenant contained in this Agreement or any agreement executed in connection with this Agreement, or with any Applicable Law, with respect to any Collateral or the nonconformity of any Collateral with any such Applicable Law;
(iv) the failure to vest and maintain vested in the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties, an undivided interest in the Collateral, together with all Collections, free and clear of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) whether existing at the time of any Advance or at any time thereafter;
(v) [reserved];
(vi) the failure to file, or any delay in filing, financing statements, continuation statements or other similar instruments or documents under the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction or other Applicable Law with respect to any Collateral, whether at the time of any Advance or at any subsequent time;
(vii) any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than the discharge in bankruptcy of the Obligor) of the Obligor to the payment with respect to any Collateral (including a defense based on the Collateral not being a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms), or any other claim resulting from the sale of the merchandise or services related to such Collateral or the furnishing or failure to furnish such merchandise or services;
(viii) any failure of any FS/KKR Party to perform its duties or obligations in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party or any failure by any FS/KKR Party or any Affiliate thereof to perform its respective duties under any Collateral;
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(ix) any inability to obtain any judgment in, or utilize the court or other adjudication system of, any state in which an Obligor may be located as a result of the failure of the Borrower or the Transferor to qualify to do business or file any notice or business activity report or any similar report;
(x) any action taken by the Borrower or the Collateral Manager in the enforcement or collection of any Collateral in breach of the servicing and administration standards set forth in Article VI of this Agreement;
(xi) any products liability claim or personal injury or property damage suit or other similar or related claim or action of whatever sort arising out of or in connection with the Underlying Assets or services that are the subject of any Collateral;
(xii) the failure by the Borrower to pay when due any Taxes for which the Borrower is liable, including sales, excise or personal property taxes payable in connection with the Collateral;
(xiii) any repayment by the Administrative Agent or another Secured Party of any amount previously distributed in repayment of Advances Outstanding or payment of Interest or any other amount due hereunder, in each case, which amount the Administrative Agent or another Secured Party believes in good faith is required to be repaid;
(xiv) except with respect to funds held in the Collection Account, the commingling of Collections on the Collateral at any time with other funds;
(xv) any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to this Agreement or the use of proceeds of Advances or the security interest in the Collateral;
(xvi) any failure by the Borrower to give reasonably equivalent value to the Transferor or to the applicable third party transferor, in consideration for the transfer by the Transferor or such third party to the Borrower of any item of Collateral or any attempt by any Person to void or otherwise avoid any such transfer under any statutory provision or common law or equitable action, including any provision of the Bankruptcy Code;
(xvii) the use of the proceeds of any Advance in a manner other than as provided in this Agreement and the Sale Agreement or any Third Party Sale Agreement;
(xviii) the failure of the Borrower or any of its agents or representatives to remit to the Collateral Manager or the Administrative Agent, Collections on the Collateral remitted to the Borrower, the Collateral Manager or any such agent or representative as provided in this Agreement; or
(xix) the failure of the Collateral Manager to satisfy its obligations under Section 4(a) of the Collateral Management Agreement.
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(b) Any amounts subject to the indemnification provisions of this Section 10.1 shall be paid by the Borrower to the Indemnified Party on the Payment Date following such Persons demand therefor, accompanied by a reasonably detailed description in writing of the related damage, loss, claim, liability and related costs and expenses.
(c) If for any reason the indemnification provided above in this Section 10.1 is unavailable to the Indemnified Party or is insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless, then the Borrower shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits received by such Indemnified Party on the one hand and the Borrower on the other hand but also the relative fault of such Indemnified Party as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to contribute in respect of any Indemnified Amounts excluded in Section 10.1(a).
(d) The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 10.1 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Manager, the Collateral Custodian, the Securities Intermediary or the Collateral Administrator and the termination of this Agreement.
Section 10.2 [Reserved].
Section 10.3 After-Tax Basis.
Indemnification under Section 10.1, Section 2.12, and Section 12.9 shall be on an after-Tax basis to the extent not applicable to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.
ARTICLE XI
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Section 11.1 Appointment.
Each Secured Party hereby appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent as its agent and bailee for purposes of perfection pursuant to the applicable UCC and hereby further authorizes the Administrative Agent to appoint additional agents and bailees (including the Collateral Custodian) to act on its behalf and for the benefit of each of the Secured Parties. Each Secured Party further authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In furtherance, and without limiting the generality, of the foregoing, each Secured Party hereby appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent to execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or appropriate or that a Secured Party may reasonably request in order to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the security interests granted by the Borrower hereunder, or to enable any of them to exercise or enforce any of their respective rights
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hereunder, including the execution by the Administrative Agent as secured party/assignee of such financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto or assignments thereof, relative to all or any of the Collateral now existing or hereafter arising, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or appropriate for the purposes stated hereinabove. The Lenders may direct the Administrative Agent to take any such incidental action hereunder. With respect to other actions which are incidental to the actions specifically delegated to the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any such incidental action hereunder, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting) upon the direction of the Lenders; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action hereunder if the taking of such action, in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent, shall be in violation of any Applicable Law or contrary to any provision of this Agreement or shall expose the Administrative Agent to liability hereunder or otherwise. In the event the Administrative Agent requests the consent of a Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions and the Administrative Agent does not receive a consent (either positive or negative) from such Person within ten (10) Business Days of such Persons receipt of such request, then such Lender shall be deemed to have declined to consent to the relevant action.
The Administrative Agent shall also act as the collateral agent under the Transaction Documents, and each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the FS/KKR Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as collateral agent and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Article XI for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Transaction Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article XI and Articles X and XII (as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the collateral agent under the Transaction Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
Section 11.2 Standard of Care; Exculpatory Provisions.
(a) The Administrative Agent shall exercise such rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such persons own affairs.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Transaction Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:
(i) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
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(ii) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Transaction Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Transaction Document or Applicable Law; and
(iii) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Transaction Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final nonappealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Collateral Manager, the Borrower or a Lender.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article III or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
Section 11.3 Administrative Agents Reliance, Etc.
Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them as Administrative Agent under or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent: (i) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for any FS/KKR Party with the consent of such counsel), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts; (ii) makes no warranty or
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representation and shall not be responsible for any statements, warranties or representations made by any other Person in or in connection with this Agreement; (iii) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents on the part of any FS/KKR Party or to inspect the property (including the books and records) of any FS/KKR Party; (iv) shall not be responsible for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement, any of the other Transaction Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (v) may rely upon and shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents by acting upon any notice (including notice by telephone), consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by facsimile) believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper party or parties, or upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of an Advance, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Advance.
Section 11.4 Credit Decision with Respect to the Administrative Agent.
Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, or any of the Administrative Agents Affiliates, and based upon such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own evaluation and decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, or any of the Administrative Agents Affiliates, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
Section 11.5 Indemnification of the Administrative Agent.
Each Lender agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower), ratably in accordance with its Pro Rata Share from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent hereunder or thereunder; provided that, the Lenders shall not be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Administrative Agents gross negligence or willful misconduct. The payment of amounts under this Section 11.5 shall be on an after-Tax basis. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent, ratably in accordance with its Pro Rata Share promptly upon demand for any out-of-pocket expenses (including counsel fees) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or
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responsibilities under, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, to the extent that such expenses are incurred in the interests of or otherwise in respect of the Lenders hereunder and/or thereunder and to the extent that the Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by the Borrower.
Section 11.6 Successor Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon thirty (30) days notice to the Lenders. If the Administrative Agent resigns under this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor administrative agent for the Lenders, with the approval of the Borrower at all times other than during the existence of a Default or an Event of Default (which approval of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor administrative agent hereunder, the Person acting as such successor administrative agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and the term Administrative Agent means such successor administrative agent and the retiring Administrative Agents appointment, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated. After any retiring Administrative Agents resignation or removal hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this ARTICLE XI and Sections 12.9 and 12.11 shall continue to inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement.
Section 11.7 Delegation of Duties.
The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Transaction Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facility as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
Section 11.8 Payments by the Administrative Agent.
Unless specifically allocated to a specific Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, all amounts received by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders shall be paid by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares in the applicable Advances Outstanding, or if there are no Advances Outstanding in accordance with their most recent Commitments, on the Business Day received by the Administrative Agent, unless such amounts are received after 12:00 noon (New York City Time) on such Business Day, in which case the Administrative Agent shall use its reasonable efforts to pay such amounts to each Lender on such Business Day, but, in any event, shall pay such amounts to such Lender not later than the following Business Day. The Administrative Agent shall pay amounts owing to each Lender in accordance with the written instructions delivered by each such Lender to the Administrative Agent.
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Section 11.9 Collateral Matters.
Each of the Lenders irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion:
(a) to release any Lien on any Collateral granted to or held by the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, under any Transaction Document (i) upon the termination of the Commitment and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale permitted hereunder or under any other Transaction Document, or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing in accordance with Section 12.1; and
(b) to subordinate or release any Lien on any Collateral granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Transaction Document to the holder of any other Lien on the Collateral.
Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agents authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property pursuant to this Section 11.9. In each case as specified in this Section 11.9, the Administrative Agent will, at the Borrowers expense, execute and deliver to the applicable FS/KKR Party such documents as such FS/KKR Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Transaction Documents or to subordinate its interest in such item, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents and this Section 11.9.
Section 11.10 Erroneous Payments.
(a) If the Administrative Agent (x) notifies a Lender or Secured Party, or any Person who has received funds on behalf of a Lender or Secured Party (any such Lender, Secured Party or other recipient (and each of their respective successors and assigns), a Payment Recipient) that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion (whether or not after receipt of any notice under immediately succeeding clause (b)) that any funds (as set forth in such notice from the Administrative Agent) received by such Payment Recipient from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates were erroneously or mistakenly transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Payment Recipient (whether or not known to such Lender, Secured Party or other Payment Recipient on its behalf) (any such funds, whether transmitted or received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise, individually and collectively, an Erroneous Payment) and (y) demands in writing the return of such Erroneous Payment (or a portion thereof), such Erroneous Payment shall at all times remain the property of the Administrative Agent pending its return or repayment as contemplated below in this Section 11.10 and held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, and such Lender or Secured Party shall (or, with respect to any Payment Recipient who received such funds on its behalf, shall cause such Payment Recipient to) promptly, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days thereafter (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, specify in writing), return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a
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demand was made, in same day funds (in the currency so received) together with interest thereon (except to the extent waived in writing by the Administrative Agent) in respect of each day from and including the date such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in same day funds at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Payment Recipient under this clause (a) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(b) Without limiting the immediately preceding clause (a), each Lender or Secured Party, or any Person who has received funds on behalf of a Lender or Secured Party (and each of their respective successors and assigns) hereby further agrees that if it receives a payment, prepayment or repayment (whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise) from the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in this Agreement or in a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of their respective Affiliates) with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment, (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of their respective Affiliates), or (z) that such Lender or Secured Party, or other such recipient, otherwise becomes aware was transmitted, or received, in error or by mistake (in whole or in part), then in each such case:
(i) it acknowledges and agrees that (A) in the case of immediately preceding clauses (x) or (y), an error and mistake shall be presumed to have been made (absent written confirmation from the Administrative Agent) to the contrary) or (B) an error and mistake has been made (in the case of immediately preceding clause (z)), in each case, with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment; and
(ii) such Lender or Secured Party shall (and shall cause any other recipient that receives funds on its respective behalf to) promptly (and, in all events, within one (1) Business Day of its knowledge of the occurrence of any of the circumstances described in immediately preceding clauses (x), (y) and (z)) notify the Administrative Agent of its receipt of such payment, prepayment or repayment, the details thereof (in reasonable detail) and that it is so notifying the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 11.10(b). For the avoidance of doubt, the failure to deliver a notice to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 11.10(b) shall not have any effect on a Payment Recipients obligations pursuant to Section 11.10(a) or on whether or not an Erroneous Payment has been made.
(c) Each Lender and each Secured Party hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off, net and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or Secured Party under any Transaction Document, or otherwise payable or distributable by the Administrative Agent to such Lender or Secured Party under any Transaction Document with respect to any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts, against any amount that the Administrative Agent has demanded to be returned under immediately preceding clause (a).
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(d) (i) In the event that an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered by the Administrative Agent for any reason, after demand therefor in accordance with immediately preceding clause (a), from any Lender that has received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) (and/or from any Payment Recipient who received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) on its respective behalf) (such unrecovered amount, an Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency), upon the Administrative Agents notice to such Lender at any time, then effective immediately (with the consideration therefor being acknowledged by the parties hereto), (A) such Lender shall be deemed to have assigned its Loan Advances (but not its Commitments) of the relevant class with respect to which such Erroneous Payment was made (the Erroneous Payment Impacted Class) in an amount equal to the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency (or such lesser amount as the Administrative Agent may specify) (such assignment of the Loan Advances (but not Commitments) of the Erroneous Payment Impacted Class, the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment) (on a cashless basis and such calculated at par plus any accrued and unpaid interest (with the assignment fee set forth in Section 12.16(a)(5) to be deemed waived by the Administrative Agent in such instance)), and is hereby (together with the Borrower) deemed to execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption (or, to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to a Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and such parties are participants) with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, and such Lender shall deliver any Notes evidencing such Loan Advances to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (but the failure of such Person to deliver any such Notes shall not affect the effectiveness of the foregoing assignment), (B) the Administrative Agent as the assignee Lender shall be deemed to have acquired the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, (C) upon such deemed acquisition, the Administrative Agent as the assignee Lender shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment and the assigning Lender shall cease to be a Lender hereunder with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, its obligations under the indemnification provisions of this Agreement and its applicable Commitments which shall survive as to such assigning Lender (D) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall each be deemed to have waived any consents required under this Agreement to any such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, and (E) the Administrative Agent will reflect in the Register its ownership interest in the Loan Advances subject to the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment. For the avoidance of doubt, no Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment will reduce the Commitments of any Lender and such Commitments shall remain available in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(ii) Subject to Section 12.16 (but excluding, in all events, any assignment consent or approval requirements (whether from the Borrower or otherwise)), the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, sell any Loan Advances acquired pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment and upon receipt of the proceeds of such sale, the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency owing by the applicable Lender shall be reduced by the net proceeds of the sale of such Loan Advance (or portion thereof), and the Administrative Agent shall retain all other rights, remedies and claims against such Lender (and/or against any recipient that receives funds on its respective behalf). In addition, an Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency owing by the applicable Lender (x) shall be reduced by the proceeds of prepayments or repayments of principal and interest, received by the Administrative Agent on or with respect to any such Loans acquired from such Lender pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment (to the extent that any such Loans are then owed by the Administrative Agent) and (y) in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent be reduced by any amount specified by Administrative Agent in writing to the applicable Lender from time to time.
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(e) The parties hereto agree that (x) irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent may be equitably subrogated, in the event that an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered from any Payment Recipient that has received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) for any reasons, the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights and interests of such Payment Recipient (and, in the case of any Payment Recipient who has received funds on behalf of a Lender or Secured Party, to the rights and interests of such Lender or Secured Party, as the case may be) under the Loan Documents with respect to such amount (the Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights) (provided that the Loan Parties Obligations under the Transaction Documents in respect of the Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights shall not be duplicative of such Obligations in respect of Loan Advances that have been assigned to the Administrative Agent under an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment) and (y) an Erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Obligations owed by the Borrower or any other FS/KKR Party; provided that this Section 11.10 shall not be interpreted to increase (or accelerate the due date for), or have the effect of increasing (or accelerating the due date for), the Obligations of the Borrower relative to the amount (and/or timing for payment) of the Obligations that would have been payable had such Erroneous Payment not been made by the Administrative Agent; provided, further, that for the avoidance of doubt, immediately preceding clauses (x) and (y) shall not apply to the extent any such Erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such Erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower for the purpose of making such Erroneous Payment.
(f) To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Payment Recipient shall assert any right or claim to an Erroneous Payment, and each Payment Recipient hereby waives, and is deemed to waive, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payment received, including without limitation, any defense based on discharge for value or any similar doctrine.
(g) Each partys obligations, agreements and waivers under this Section 11.10 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and/or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations (or any portion thereof) under any Transaction Document.
ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.1 Amendments and Waivers.
Except as provided in this Section 12.1, no amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective without the written agreement of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders; provided, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall:
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(a) increase the Commitment of any Lender or the amount of Advances of any Lender, in any case, without the written consent of such Lender;
(b) waive, extend or postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document for any payment or mandatory prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) or any scheduled or mandatory reduction of the Commitments hereunder or under any other Transaction Document (including as a result of any modification to the definition of Revolving Period or Scheduled Revolving Period End Date) without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(c) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Advance or Obligation, or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Transaction Document without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(d) change Section 2.7, 2.8 or any related definitions or provisions in a manner that would alter the order of application of proceeds or would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, in each case, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(e) change any provision of this Section or reduce the percentages specified in the definition of Required Lenders or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(f) consent to the assignment or transfer by any FS/KKR Party of such FS/KKR Partys rights and obligations under any Transaction Document to which it is a party (except as expressly permitted hereunder), in each case, without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) make any modification to the definition of (i) Borrowing Base, Availability, Advance Rate, Adjusted Borrowing Value, Dollar Equivalent or Excess Concentration Amount, in each case, which would have a material adverse effect on the calculation of the Borrowing Base or the Availability or (ii) Eligible Loan in a manner that would reduce or make less restrictive the requirements for a Loan to be an Eligible Loan, in either case without the written consent of each Lender;
(h) release all or substantially all of the Collateral or release any Transaction Document (other than as specifically permitted or contemplated in this Agreement or the applicable Transaction Document) without the written consent of each Lender; or
(i) provide for any additional duties or obligations to be performed by the Collateral Custodian or the Collateral Administrator or modify the rights of the Collateral Custodian or the Collateral Administrator hereunder in any manner materially adverse to the Collateral Custodian or the Collateral Administrator without the written consent of the Collateral Custodian or the Collateral Administrator;
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provided further, that (i) any amendment of the Agreement that is solely for the purpose of adding a Lender or waiving, extending or postponing any fee to the Administrative Agent may be effected without the written consent of any Lender and, at any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower, (ii) no such amendment, waiver or modification materially adversely affecting the rights or obligations of the Collateral Custodian or the Collateral Administrator shall be effective without the written agreement of such Person, (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (iv) any amendment of the Agreement that a Lender is advised by its legal or financial advisors to be necessary or desirable in order to avoid the consolidation of the Borrower with such Lender for accounting purposes may be effected without the written consent of the Borrower or any other Lender and (v) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend any provision of the Transaction Documents (and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Transaction Document) if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified a facial error or any error or omission of a technical or immaterial nature in any such provision. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender.
Section 12.2 Notices, Etc.
(a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
(i) if to the Borrower, the Collateral Manager, Ally Bank, Collateral Administrator, the Collateral Custodian, as set forth on Annex A;
(ii) if to the Administrative Agent, to Ally Bank, , as set forth on Annex A;
(iii) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that, the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications
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pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that, approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the senders receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the return receipt requested function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement); provided that, if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
(c) The Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make Syndicate Communications available to the Lenders by posting such Syndicate Communications on the Platform. The Platform is provided by the Administrative Agent as is and as available. The Agent Parties (defined below) do not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the Syndicate Communications or the adequacy of the Platform and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Syndicate Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party in connection with the Syndicate Communications or the Platform. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (collectively, the Agent Parties) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lenders or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrowers or any Agent Partys transmission or posting of Obligor materials through the Platform or via email, except to the extent such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower hereby acknowledges that certain of the Lenders (each, a Public Lender) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Persons securities. The Borrower hereby agrees that (i) all Syndicate Communications that are not to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked PRIVATE which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word PRIVATE shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (ii) unless marking Syndicate Communications PRIVATE, the Borrower shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to treat such Syndicate Communications as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof or their respective securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws; (iii) unless marked PRIVATE, all Syndicate Communications are permitted to be made available through the Platform; and (iv) the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to treat any Syndicate Communications that are marked PRIVATE as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform designated as Non-Public Information.
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Section 12.3 Ratable Payments.
If any Secured Party, whether by setoff or otherwise, has payment made to it with respect to any portion of the Obligations owing to such Secured Party (other than payments received pursuant to Section 10.1) in a greater proportion than that received by any other Secured Party, such Secured Party agrees, promptly upon demand, to purchase for cash without recourse or warranty a portion of the Obligations held by the other Secured Parties so that after such purchase each Secured Party will hold its ratable proportion of the Obligations; provided that if all or any portion of such excess amount is thereafter recovered from such Secured Party, such purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.
Section 12.4 No Waiver; Remedies.
No failure on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Custodian, the Collateral Administrator or a Secured Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights and remedies provided by law.
Section 12.5 Binding Effect; Benefit of Agreement.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the FS/KKR Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Custodian, the Collateral Administrator, the Secured Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Each Indemnified Party and each Indemnified Party shall be an express third party beneficiary of this Agreement.
Section 12.6 Term of this Agreement.
This Agreement, including the Borrowers representations and covenants set forth in Articles IV and V, create and constitute the continuing obligation of the parties hereto in accordance with its terms, and shall remain in full force and effect during the Covenant Compliance Period; provided that the rights and remedies with respect to any breach of any representation and warranty made or deemed made by the Borrower pursuant to Articles IV and V, the provisions, including the indemnification and payment provisions, of Article X, Section 2.13, Section 12.9, Section 12.10 and Section 12.11, shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
Section 12.7 Governing Law; Jury Waiver.
THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER.
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Section 12.8 Consent to Jurisdiction; Waivers.
Each of the Borrower, the Lenders, Collateral Custodian, the Collateral Administrator and the Administrative Agent hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York City, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient forum and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees that service of process (other than with respect to the Collateral Custodian and Collateral Administrator) in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to its address as provided in Section 12.2;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and
(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 12.8 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
Section 12.9 Costs and Expenses.
(a) In addition to the rights of indemnification granted to the Indemnified Parties under ARTICLE X hereof, the Borrower agrees to pay on demand all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Custodian, the Securities Intermediary, the Collateral Administrator and the Secured Parties incurred in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration (including periodic auditing), renewal, amendment or modification of, or any waiver or consent issued in connection with, this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, including the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of one primary counsel and such other local or special counsel as may be necessary for the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Custodian, the Securities Intermediary, the Collateral Administrator and the Secured Parties with respect thereto and with respect to advising the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Custodian, the Securities Intermediary, the Collateral Administrator and the Secured Parties as to their respective rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other documents to be
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delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, and all costs and expenses, if any (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses), incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Custodian, the Securities Intermediary, the Collateral Administrator or the Secured Parties in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement by such Person and the other documents to be delivered hereunder or in connection herewith.
(b) The Borrower shall pay on the Payment Date following receipt of a request therefor, all other costs and expenses that have been invoiced at least two (2) Business Days prior to such Payment Date and incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties, in each case in connection with periodic audits of the FS/KKR Parties books and records.
Section 12.10 No Proceedings.
(a) Each of the parties hereto (other than the Administrative Agent) hereby agrees that it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, the Borrower any Insolvency Proceeding so long as there shall not have elapsed one year and one day (or such longer preference period as shall then be in effect) since the end of the Covenant Compliance Period.
(b) The provisions of this Section 12.10 shall survive the termination hereof.
Section 12.11 Recourse Against Certain Parties.
(a) No recourse under or with respect to any obligation, covenant or agreement (including the payment of any fees or any other obligations) of the Administrative Agent, any Secured Party, or any FS/KKR Party as contained in this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document entered into by it pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall be had against any incorporator, affiliate, stockholder, member, officer, partner, employee, administrator, partner, organizer or director of the Administrative Agent, any Secured Party, or any FS/KKR Party by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that the agreements of the Administrative Agent, any Secured Party, or any FS/KKR Party contained in this Agreement and all of the other agreements, instruments and documents entered into by it pursuant hereto or in connection herewith are, in each case, solely the corporate obligations of the Administrative Agent, any Secured Party, or any FS/KKR Party, and that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to or be incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Secured Party, any FS/KKR Party or any incorporator, stockholder, affiliate, officer, partner, employee or director of the Administrative Agent, any Secured Party, or any FS/KKR Party under or by reason of any of the obligations, covenants or agreements of the Administrative Agent, any Secured Party, or any FS/KKR Party contained in this Agreement or in any other such instruments, documents or agreements, or that are implied therefrom, and that any and all personal liability of the Administrative Agent, any Secured Party, or any FS/KKR Party and each incorporator, stockholder, affiliate, officer, partner, employee administrator, partner, organizer or director of the Administrative Agent, any Secured Party or any FS/KKR Party, or any of them, for breaches by the Administrative Agent, any Secured Party, or any FS/KKR Party of any such obligations, covenants or agreements, which liability may arise either at common law or at equity, by statute
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or constitution, or otherwise, is hereby expressly waived as a condition of and in consideration for the execution of this Agreement; provided that the foregoing non-recourse provisions shall in no way affect any rights the Secured Parties might have against any incorporator, affiliate, stockholder, officer, employee or director of any FS/KKR Party to the extent of any fraud, misappropriation, embezzlement or any other financial crime constituting a felony by such Person.
(b) Notwithstanding any contrary provision set forth herein, no claim may be made by any FS/KKR Party or any other Person against the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties or their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys or agents for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages in respect to any claim for breach of contract or any other theory of liability arising out of or related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or any act, omission or event occurring in connection therewith; and each FS/KKR Party hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to sue upon any claim for any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected.
(c) No obligation or liability to any Obligor under any of the Loans is intended to be assumed by the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties under or as a result of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
(d) The provisions of this Section 12.11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Section 12.12 Protection of Right, Title and Interest in the Collateral; Further Action Evidencing Advances.
(a) [Reserved].
(b) The Borrower agrees that from time to time, at its expense, it will promptly authorize, execute and deliver all instruments and documents, and take all actions, that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in order to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the security interest granted in the Collateral, or to enable the Administrative Agent or the Secured Parties to exercise and enforce their rights and remedies hereunder or under any other Transaction Document.
(c) If the Borrower fails to perform any of its obligations hereunder, the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party may (but shall not be required to) perform, or cause performance of, such obligation; and the Administrative Agents or such Secured Partys costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by the Borrower as provided in ARTICLE X. The Borrower irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent and appoints the Administrative Agent as its attorney-in-fact to act on behalf of the Borrower (i) to execute on behalf of the Borrower as debtor and to file financing statements necessary or desirable in the Administrative Agents sole discretion to perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of the interest of the Secured Parties in the Collateral, including those that describe the Collateral as all assets, or words of similar effect, and (ii) to file a carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement or any financing statement with respect to the Collateral as a financing statement in such offices as the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion deems necessary or desirable to perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of the interests of the Secured Parties in the Collateral. This appointment is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
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(d) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower will, not earlier than six (6) months and not later than three (3) months prior to the fifth anniversary of the date of filing of the financing statement referred to in Section 3.1(k) or any other financing statement filed pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with any Advance hereunder, unless the Covenant Compliance Period shall have ended, authorize, execute and deliver and file or cause to be filed an appropriate continuation statement with respect to such financing statement.
Section 12.13 Confidentiality.
(a) Each of the Administrative Agent, the Secured Parties, the Collateral Custodian, the Collateral Administrator and each FS/KKR Party shall maintain and shall cause each of its employees and officers to maintain the confidentiality of the Agreement and all information with respect to the other parties, including all information regarding the business and beneficial ownership of the Borrower and the Collateral Manager hereto and their respective businesses obtained by it or them in connection with the structuring, negotiating and execution of the transactions contemplated herein, except that each such party and its officers and employees may (i) disclose such information to its external accountants, investigators, auditors, attorneys, investors, potential investors or other agents, engaged by such party in connection with any due diligence or comparable activities with respect to the transactions and Loans contemplated herein and the agents of such Persons (Excepted Persons); provided that each Excepted Person shall, as a condition to any such disclosure, agree for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Secured Parties, the Collateral Custodian, the Collateral Administrator and the FS/KKR Parties that such information shall be used solely in connection with such Excepted Persons evaluation of, or relationship with, the Borrower and its affiliates, (ii) disclose the existence of the Agreement, but not the financial terms thereof, (iii) disclose such information as is required by Applicable Law and (iv) disclose the Agreement and such information in any suit, action, proceeding or investigation (whether in law or in equity or pursuant to arbitration) involving any of the Transaction Documents for the purpose of defending itself, reducing its liability, or protecting or exercising any of its claims, rights, remedies, or interests under or in connection with any of the Transaction Documents. It is understood that the financial terms that may not be disclosed except in compliance with this Section 12.13(a) include all fees and other pricing terms, and all Events of Default, and priority of payment provisions.
(b) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each FS/KKR Party hereby consents to the disclosure of any nonpublic information with respect to it (i) to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Custodian, the Collateral Administrator or the Secured Parties by each other, (ii) by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Custodian, the Collateral Administrator and the Secured Parties to any prospective or actual assignee or participant of any of them provided such Person agrees to hold such information confidential in accordance with the terms hereof or (iii) by the Administrative Agent, and the Secured Parties to any Rating Agency, any commercial paper dealer or other provider of a surety, guaranty or credit or liquidity enhancement to any Lender, and to any officers, directors, employees, outside accountants and attorneys of any of the foregoing, provided each such Person is informed of the confidential nature of such information and agrees to maintain the confidentiality thereof. In addition, the Secured Parties and the Administrative Agent, may disclose any such nonpublic information as required pursuant to any law, rule, regulation, direction, request or order of any judicial, administrative or regulatory authority or proceedings (whether or not having the force or effect of law).
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(c) Each of the Administrative Agent, the Secured Parties, the Collateral Custodian and the Collateral Administrator agrees that (i) it will keep the information of the Obligors confidential in the manner required by the applicable Underlying Instruments, (ii) it will hold confidential any information provided to it by any FS/KKR Party in connection with a prospective Loan in the same manner and pursuant to the same procedures and exceptions that it applies to confidential information delivered directly to it when acting in the same capacity as it is acting under this Agreement, (iii) it will use any information described in clauses (i) and (ii) above only in connection with this Agreement, and (iv) if (a) the applicable FS/KKR Party delivers information in connection with a Loan or a prospective Loan that was prepared by a third party (other than the Obligor or any agent thereof), and (b) such third party has entered into an agreement with the applicable FS/KKR Party restricting the ability of the applicable FS/KKR Party to rely on such report, it will not have any direct rights against such third party (or the party which has engaged such third party) unless otherwise expressly acknowledged and agreed to by such third party or engaging party.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the foregoing shall not be construed to prohibit (i) disclosure of any and all information that is or becomes publicly known; (ii) disclosure of any and all information (a) if required to do so by any applicable statute, law, rule or regulation, (b) to any government agency or regulatory body having or claiming authority to regulate or oversee any respects of the Administrative Agents, the Secured Parties, the Collateral Custodians, the Collateral Administrators or the Borrowers business or that of their affiliates, (c) pursuant to any subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar demand or request of any court, regulatory authority, arbitrator or arbitration to which the Administrative Agent, the Secured Parties, the Collateral Custodian, the Collateral Administrator or the Borrower or an officer, director, employer, shareholder or affiliate of any of the foregoing is a party, (d) in any preliminary or final offering circular, registration statement or contract or other document approved in advance by the Borrower or the Collateral Manager or (e) to any affiliate, independent or internal auditor, agent (including any potential sub-or-successor Collateral Manager), employee or attorney of the Collateral Custodian or the Collateral Administrator having a need to know the same, provided that the Collateral Custodian or the Collateral Administrator advises such recipient of the confidential nature of the information being disclosed and such person agrees to the terms hereof for the benefit of the Borrower and the Collateral Manager; or (iii) any other disclosure authorized by the Borrower or the Collateral Manager, as applicable.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each FS/KKR Party shall each have the right to keep confidential from the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Custodian, the Collateral Administrator and/or the Secured Parties, for such period of time as such FS/KKR Party determines is reasonable (i) any information that any FS/KKR Party reasonably believes to be in the nature of trade secrets and (ii) any other information that any FS/KKR Party or any of their Affiliates, or the officers, employees or directors of any of the foregoing, is required to by law.
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Section 12.14 Execution in Counterparts; Severability; Integration.
This Agreement (including any amendment, modification or waiver in respect of this Agreement) may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts (including by facsimile), each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. The words execution, signed, signature, and words of similar import herein shall be deemed to include electronic or digital signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same effect, validity and enforceability as manually executed signatures or a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for under applicable law, including the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act of 2000 (15 USC § 7001 et seq.), the Electronic Signatures and Records Act of 1999 (NY State Technology Law §§ 301-309), or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Delivery of an executed counterpart signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or any such electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability with respect to, any faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, of any other party and shall have no duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity thereof. In case any provision in or obligation under this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any 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. This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and any agreements or letters (including fee letters) executed in connection herewith contain the final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings.
Section 12.15 Waiver of Setoff.
Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right of setoff it may have or to which it may be entitled under this Agreement from time to time against any Lender or its assets.
Section 12.16 Assignments by the Lenders.
(a) Each Lender may at any time assign, or grant a security interest or sell a participation interest in or sell any Advance or Commitment (or portion thereof) or any Note (or any portion thereof) to any Person; provided that, as applicable, (i) no transfer of any Advance or Commitment (or any portion thereof) or of any Note (or any portion thereof) shall be made unless such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the Securities Act and such laws, and is made only to either an accredited investor as defined in paragraphs (a)(1), (2), (3), or (7) of Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act or any entity in which all of the equity owners come within such paragraphs or to a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule
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144A under the Securities Act which in each case is a qualified purchaser as defined in the 1940
Act, (ii) so long as no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing, no such assignment, grant or sale of a participation interest shall be to an Ineligible Assignee, (iii) such Person shall have a long-term unsecured debt rating of A or better by S&P and A3 or better by Moodys[reserved], (iv) in the case of an assignment of any Advance or
Commitment (or any portion thereof) or of any Note (or of any portion thereof) the assignee executes and delivers to the Collateral Manager, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a fully executed Joinder Supplement substantially in the form of
Exhibit H hereto and a transferee letter substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto (a Transferee Letter), (v) the consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for any assignment, and (vi) so
long as no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing, the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed and shall be deemed if no response is made by the Borrower within ten (10) Business Days after
delivery to Borrower of notice of a proposed assignment) shall be required for any assignment or participation, other than an assignment or participation to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund. The parties to any such assignment,
grant or sale of a participation interest shall execute and deliver to such assigning Lender for its acceptance and recording in its books and records, such agreement or document as may be satisfactory to such parties. The Borrower shall not assign
or delegate, or grant any interest in, or permit any Lien to (other than Permitted Liens) exist upon, any of the Borrowers rights, obligations or duties under the Transaction Documents without the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) Ally Bank shall not need prior consent of the Borrower or any other party hereto to consolidate with or merge into any Person or convey or transfer substantially
all of its properties and assets, including as part of such a transaction all or substantially all of its Advances, Commitments and Notes, to any Person, (ii)
if any Lender fails at any time to satisfy the Rating Criteria, and such failure has not been remedied within 30 days (as evidenced by a certification to the
Borrower, the Collateral Manager and the Administrative Agent including a letter from Moodys, S&P, and/or an equivalent rating agency, as the case maybe establishing the existence of the rating criteria)[reserved], or (iii) if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender,
unless such Lender shall have been deemed to no longer be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.16(b), then, in each case, the Administrative Agent shall have the right to cause such Person to assign its entire interest in the
Advances and Commitments and this Agreement to a transferee selected by the Administrative Agent prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with the consent of the Borrower, in an assignment which satisfies the conditions set forth in the first
sentence of this Section 12.16(a). Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(1) no assignments shall be made to (x) the Borrower or any of the Borrowers Affiliates or Subsidiaries or (y) any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (y);
(2) no assignments shall be made to a natural person;
(3) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the
entire remaining amount of the assigning Lenders Commitment or
LoansLoan
Advances of any class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans Loan Advances
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of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the assignmentAssignment
and
assumptionAssumption
with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $1,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent,
provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(4) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights
and obligations under this Agreement, provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations in respect of one class of Commitments or LoansLoan
Advances;
(5) the parties to each assignment shall execute and
deliver to the Administrative Agent an
assignmentAssignment
and
assumptionAssumption
, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, such fee to be paid by either the assigning Lender or the assignee Lender or shared between such Lenders; and
(6) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and its affiliates and their Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignees compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws, and containing payment instruction for such assignee.
(b) The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of Borrower, shall maintain at one of its lending offices, a copy of
each transfer pursuant to Section 12.16(a) delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Advances as well as entitlements to interest
owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the Register). Transfer by a Lender of its rights hereunder or under any Note may be effected only by the recording by the Administrative Agent of the identity
of the transferee in the Register. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender
hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. Each Lender
that sells a participation interest shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of
each participants interest in the
loansAdvances
or other obligations under this Agreement (the Participant Register); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register
(including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participants interest hereunder) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment,
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loanCommitment, Advance, letter of credit or other obligation is in
Registered form. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of
this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(c) The Collateral Custodian may, at any time, assign all or any part of its rights and obligations hereunder as Collateral Custodian; provided, however, that any such assignee shall (i) be a bank or other financial institution organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof, (ii) be authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, (iii) have a combined capital and surplus of at least $200,000,000, (iv) be subject to supervision or examination by a United States federal or state banking authority, (v) have a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least Baa1 by Moodys and BBB+ by S&P, (vi) have an office within the United States; (vii) be in the business of providing collateral custodian services consistent with those required pursuant to this Agreement and (viii) is otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default the Borrower; and provided, further, that such assignment shall not be effective unless (i), prior to such assignment, Collateral Custodian shall have given ninety (90) days written notice to the Borrower, Collateral Manager, Administrative Agent and each Lender describing such assignment and (ii) such assignee has assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the Collateral Custodian, being assigned to it in writing.
Section 12.17 Heading and Exhibits.
The headings herein are for purposes of references only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof. The schedules and exhibits attached hereto and referred to herein shall constitute a part of this Agreement and are incorporated into this Agreement for all purposes.
Section 12.18 Effect of BenchmarkReplacement Settings. Transition Event
(a) Benchmark Replacement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Transaction Document, upon the occurrence of
a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as
applicablewith respect to each of Term SOFR and Daily Simple SOFR, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace the LIBOR Ratethen-current Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement. Any such amendment
with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event will become effective at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the
Administrative Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendment from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.
Any such amendment with respect to an Early Opt-in Election will become effective on the date that Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the
Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders accept such amendment. No replacement of
the LIBOR
Ratea Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement
pursuant to this Section titled Effect of
Benchmark Transition
Event12.18
(a) will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark
Transition Start Date, and, for the avoidance of doubt, no Benchmark
replacement shall occur under this Section 12.18 unless a Benchmark Transition
Event
shall have occurred with respect to each of Term SOFR and Daily Simple SOFR.
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(b) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Transaction Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
(c) Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (iA)
anythe occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event
or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date and Benchmark Transition Start Date, (iiB) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iiiC) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming
Changes, (D) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to Section 12.18(d)
below and
(ivE
) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section titled Effect of Benchmark Transition
Event12.18, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or
non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or
any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party heretoto this Agreement or
any other Transaction Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section
titled
Effect12.18.
(d)
Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark Transition Event..
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Transaction Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (A) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate and either
(1) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (2) 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 the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of
Interest Period for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (B) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (A) above either (1) is subsequently displayed
on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (2) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark
Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of Interest Period for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
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(e)
(d) Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the
Borrowers receipt of notice of the commencement of
aany
Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any request for an Advance for which Interest
accrues at the LIBOR Rate, conversion to or continuation of an Advance for which Interest accrues at
the LIBOR Rate to be made, converted or continuedthen-current Benchmark, and failing that, all Advances
shall bear interest at the Base Rate in lieu of Daily Simple SOFR or Term SOFR, as applicable, computed as otherwise described herein; provided, however, the Administrative Agent may, in consultation with the Borrower, establish an alternative
interest rate with respect to such Advances during the
pendency of such period. During any Benchmark Unavailability
Period or at any time that
a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of the Base Rate based upon
the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of the Base Rate.
Section 12.19 Divisions.
Any reference herein to a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, shall be deemed to apply to a division of or by a limited liability company, or an allocation of assets to a series of a limited liability company (or the unwinding of such a division or allocation), as if it were a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment, sale or transfer, or similar term, as applicable, to, of or with a separate Person. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) any division of a limited liability company shall constitute a separate Person hereunder, and each resulting division of any limited liability company that, prior to such division, is a Subsidiary, a Guarantor, a FS/KKR Party, a joint venture or any other like term shall remain a Subsidiary, a FS/KKR Party, a joint venture, or other like term, respectively, after giving effect to such division, to the extent required under this Agreement, and any resulting divisions of such Persons shall remain subject to the same restrictions and corresponding exceptions applicable to the pre-division predecessor of such divisions, and (ii) in no event shall Transferor or Borrower be permitted to effectuate a division.
Section 12.20 Judgment Currency.
This is an international loan transaction in which the specification of Dollars or Canadian Dollars, as the case may be (the Specified Currency), and payment in New York City, New York or the country of the Specified Currency, as the case may be (the Specified Place), is of the essence, and the Specified Currency shall be the currency of account in all events relating to Advances denominated in the Specified Currency. The payment obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement shall not be discharged or satisfied by an amount paid in another currency or in another place, whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise, to the extent that the amount so paid on conversion to the Specified Currency and transfer to the Specified Place under normal banking procedures does not yield the amount of the Specified Currency at the Specified Place due hereunder. If for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder in the Specified Currency into another currency (the Second Currency), the rate of exchange that shall be applied shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the Specified Currency with the Second Currency on the Business Day next preceding the day on which such judgment is rendered. The obligation of the Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder or under any other Facility Document (in this Section called an Entitled Person) shall, notwithstanding the rate of exchange actually applied in rendering such judgment be discharged only to the extent that on
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the Business Day following receipt by such Entitled Person of any sum adjudged to be due hereunder in the Second Currency such Entitled Person may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase and transfer to the Specified Place the Specified Currency with the amount of the Second Currency so adjudged to be due; and the Borrower hereby, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment (but subject to the provisions set forth in Article X, agrees to indemnify such Entitled Person against, and to pay such Entitled Person on demand, in the Specified Currency, the amount (if any) by which the sum originally due to such Entitled Person in the Specified Currency hereunder exceeds the amount of the Specified Currency so purchased and transferred.
ARTICLE XIII
TAX CONSIDERATIONS
Section 13.1 Acknowledgement of Parties.
The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, financial accounting and other purposes, the parties will treat the Advances and the Notes as indebtedness and not an equity interests in the Borrower unless otherwise required by Applicable Law.
ARTICLE XIV
[RESERVED]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
AMBLER FUNDING LLC, as the Borrower | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Solely with respect to Section 5.1(d), 5.1(k), 9.2(d) and 12.19: | ||
TRANSFEROR: | ||
FS KKR CAPITAL CORP. (as successor by merger to FS INVESTMENT CORPORATION IV), as Transferor | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND ARRANGER: | ||
ALLY BANK, as Administrative Agent and Arranger | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
LENDERS: | ||
ALLY BANK, as a Lender | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
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[Signature Page]
Loan and Security Agreement
THE COLLATERAL CUSTODIAN: | ||
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Collateral Custodian | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
THE COLLATERAL ADMINISTRATOR: | ||
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as the Collateral Administrator | ||
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Name: | ||
Title: |
[Signature Page]
Loan and Security Agreement
Annex A
If to Borrower:
201 Rouse Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19112
Attention: William Goebel
Facsimile No.: 215-222-4649
Email:credit.notices@fsinvestments.com; credit.notices@fsinvestments.com; FSICIV_Team@fsinvestments.com; portfolio_finance@fsinvestments.com
FSICIV_Team@fsinvestments.com; portfolio_finance@fsinvestments.com
If to Ally Bank:
ALLY BANK
3 Bethesda Metro Centeras
the Administrative Agent
Suite 925
Bethesda, MD 20814
Attn: Keith Harris
300 Park Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: SFD Portfolio Manager
Facsimile No.: (212)-884-7693
Email: Keith.Harris@Allyally.com
with a copy to:
HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLPALLY
BANK
200 Crescent Court, Suite 1600
Dallas, TX 75201
300 Park Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: James L. Baker, Esq.Legal
Services/SFD
Facsimile No.:
(214)
964-9501212)-884-7189
Email:
jay.baker@hklawJorge.Wagner@ally
.com
[Annex A]
Loan and Security Agreement
Annex A
If to the Collateral Custodian or Collateral Administrator:
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Corporate Trust Services Division
9062 Old Annapolis Rd
Columbia, MD 21045
Attn: CDO Trust Services Ambler Funding LLC
Telephone No.: 410-884-2000
Facsimile No.: 410-715-3748
[Annex A]
Loan and Security Agreement
Annex B
COMMITMENTS
Lender |
Commitment | |||
Ally Bank |
$ | 200,000,000.00 | ||
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Total: |
$ | 200,000,000.00 | ||
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[Annex B]
Loan and Security Agreement
EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
TO
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Dated as of November 22, 2019
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A-1 |
Form of Funding Notice | |
EXHIBIT A-2 |
Form of Repayment Notice | |
EXHIBIT A-3 |
Form of Reinvestment Notice | |
EXHIBIT A-4 |
Form of Borrowing Base Certificate | |
EXHIBIT A-5 |
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EXHIBIT A-6 |
Form of Payment Date Report | |
EXHIBIT A-7 |
Form of Static Pool Analysis | |
EXHIBIT B |
Form of Promissory Note | |
EXHIBIT C |
Form of Officers Certificate as to Solvency | |
EXHIBIT D |
Form of Officers Closing Certificate | |
EXHIBIT E |
Form of Release of Underlying Instruments | |
EXHIBIT F |
[Reserved] | |
EXHIBIT G |
Form of Transferee Letter | |
EXHIBIT H |
Form of Joinder Supplement | |
EXHIBIT I |
Form of Section 2.13 Certificate | |
EXHIBIT J |
Form of Collateral Custodian Certification | |
EXHIBIT K |
Form of Compliance Certificate | |
EXHIBIT L |
Form of Assignment and Assumption | |
SCHEDULES | ||
SCHEDULE I |
Loan Party Names | |
SCHEDULE II |
Loan List | |
SCHEDULE III |
[Reserved] | |
SCHEDULE IV |
Agreed-Upon Procedures | |
SCHEDULE V |
S&P Industry Classifications |
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EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF FUNDING NOTICE
[Date]
AMBLER FUNDING LLC
Ally Bank,
as the Administrative Agent
300 Park Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: SFD Portfolio Manager
Facsimile No.: (212) 884-7693
Email: SFOperations@ally.com
with a copy to:
Ally Bank
300 Park Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: Legal Services/SFD
Facsimile No.: (212) 884-7189
Email: jorge.wagner@ally.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
as the Collateral Custodian
Corporate Trust Services Division
9062 Old Annapolis Rd
Columbia, MD 21045
Attention: CDO Trust Services Ambler
Funding LLC
Telephone No.: (410) 884-2000
Facsimile No.: (410) 715-3748
Re: | Loan and Security Agreement dated as of |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Funding Notice is
delivered to you pursuant to Sections 2.2 and 3.2 of that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of
[ ]November 22, 2019 (as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated
or replaced from time to time, the Loan and Security Agreement), by and among Ambler Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the borrower (in such capacity, the Borrower), each of the lenders from
time to time party thereto (together with its representatives, successors and assigns in such capacity,
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Exhibit A-1
each a Lender and collectively, the Lenders), Ally Bank, as the administrative agent thereunder (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and as Arranger and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but as the collateral custodian (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Custodian) and the collateral administrator (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Administrator). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Loan and Security Agreement.
The undersigned, through their duly appointed Responsible Officers, as applicable, hereby certify as follows:
1. The Borrower hereby requests an Advance as described in the Notice of Borrowing attached hereto as Annex A. The Advance shall be at least equal to $500,000 (or, in the case of any Advance to be applied to fund any draw under a Revolving Loan or Delayed Draw Loan, such lesser amount as may be required to fund such draw).
2. Attached to this Funding Notice is a true, correct and complete list of the Obligors and all Loans which will become part of the Collateral on the date hereof, each Loan reflected thereon being an Eligible Loan except to the extent a portion of any such Loan is being acquired solely with equity contributions, and specifying (a) the Outstanding Balance, Assigned Value and Purchase Price of each such Loan, (b) with respect to any Revolving Loan or Delayed Draw Loan, the amount to be deposited in the Unfunded Exposure Account in connection with the acquisition of each such Loan pursuant to Section 2.9(e) of the Loan and Security Agreement, [(c) whether such Loan is a First Lien Loan, First Lien Last Out Loan or Second Lien Loan and (d) the Advance Rate applicable to such Loan.
3. All of the conditions precedent to the Advance requested herein as set forth in Section 3.1 or Section 3.2, as applicable, of the Loan and Security Agreement have been satisfied or will be satisfied to the date of such Advance, including the following:
(i) | The representations and warranties contained in Section 4.1 and Section 4.2 are true and correct in all material respects (except for such representations and warranties as are qualified by materiality, a Material Adverse Effect or any similar qualifier, which representations and warranties shall be true in all respects) on and as of such day as though made on and as of such day and shall be deemed to have been made on such day (other than any representation and warranty that is made as of a another specific date which were true, correct, and complete in all material respects as of such date); |
(ii) | No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Advance or from the application of proceeds therefrom, which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default; |
(iii) | On and as of such day, immediately after giving effect to such Advance, the Advances Outstanding do not exceed the Availability (or, to the extent permitted under Section 2.14, any existing Borrowing Base Deficiency is reduced); and |
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Exhibit A-1
(iv) | No Applicable Law prohibits or enjoins the making of such Advance by any Lender or the proposed acquisition of Loans. |
4. Each of the undersigned certify that all information contained herein and in the attached Borrowing Base Certificate is true, correct and complete as of the date hereof.
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Exhibit A-1
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Funding Notice this day of , .
AMBLER FUNDING LLC, as the Borrower | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
[Attach Borrowing Base Certificate and List of Loans]
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Exhibit A-1
ANNEX A TO FUNDING NOTICE
NOTICE OF BORROWING
Borrower gives notice that it hereby requests an Advance under the Loan and Security Agreement, and in that connection sets forth below the information relating to such Advance (the Proposed Advance):
(i) | The Proposed Advance is in the aggregated amount of $ , and is to be made on (date) , and shall bear interest at [Daily Simple SOFR] [Term SOFR for an Available Tenor of one months duration with an Interest Period of one month]. |
(ii) | The Borrower hereby directs Administrative Agent to deposit $ in the Unfunded Exposure Account in accordance with Section 2.9(e) of the Loan and Security Agreement. |
The remaining proceeds of the Proposed Advance should be transmitted to Borrower in accordance with the following wire transfer instructions:
Bank Name
City, State & ZIP
ABA Routing No.
Account Name:
Account No:
Amount:
Reference:
Bank Name
City, State & ZIP
ABA Routing No.
Account Name:
Account No:
Amount:
Reference:
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EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF REPAYMENT NOTICE
[Date]
AMBLER FUNDING LLC
Ally Bank,
as the Administrative Agent
300 Park Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: SFD Portfolio Manager
Facsimile No.: (212) 884-7693
Email: SFOperations@ally.com
with a copy to:
Ally Bank
300 Park Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: Legal Services/SFD
Facsimile No.: (212) 884-7189
Email: jorge.wagner@ally.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
as the Collateral Custodian
Corporate Trust Services Division
9062 Old Annapolis Rd
Columbia, MD 21045
Attention: CDO Trust Services Ambler
Funding LLC
Telephone No.: (410) 884-2000
Facsimile No.: (410) 715-3748
Re: | Loan and Security Agreement dated as of November 22, 2019 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Repayment Notice is delivered to you pursuant to Section 2.3 of that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2019 (as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time, the Loan and Security Agreement), by and among Ambler Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the borrower (in such capacity, the Borrower), each of the lenders from time to time party thereto (together with its representatives, successors and assigns in such capacity, each a Lender and collectively, the Lenders), Ally Bank, as the administrative agent thereunder (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and as Arranger and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but as the collateral custodian
[FS Investment] Exhibits and Schedules to Loan and Security Agreement
Exhibit A-2
(together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Custodian) and the collateral administrator (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Administrator). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Loan and Security Agreement.
The undersigned, through their duly appointed Responsible Officers, as applicable, hereby certify as follows:
1. Pursuant to Section 2.3(a) of the Loan and Security Agreement, the Borrower desires to reduce the Advances Outstanding (an
Advance Reduction) by the amount of $ . Any reduction of the Advances Outstanding (other than with
respect to payments of Advances Outstanding made by the Borrower to reduce a Borrowing Base Deficiency Amount
to $0.00) shall be in a minimum amount of $500,000 and in integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof (other than any such partial reduction of Advances Outstanding which is funded (A) solely with proceeds from the repayment of a Revolving
Loan or (B) solely with amounts otherwise distributable to the Borrower under Sections 2.7(a)(17), 2.7(b)(5) or 2.8(11) of the Loan and Security Agreement)).
2. In connection with any such Advance Reduction, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent funds sufficient to repay such Advances Outstanding together with all accrued Interest and Breakage Costs, but only to the extent such accrued Interest and Breakage Costs are requested with such repayment by an applicable Lender.
3. The Borrower hereby requests that such Advance Reduction be made on the following date: .
Each of the undersigned certify that all information contained herein is true and correct as of the date hereof.
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Exhibit A-2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Repayment Notice this day of , .
AMBLER FUNDING LLC, as the Borrower | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
[Attach Borrowing Base Certificate]
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Exhibit A-2
EXHIBIT A-3
FORM OF REINVESTMENT NOTICE
[Date]
AMBLER FUNDING LLC
Ally Bank,
as the Administrative Agent
300 Park Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: SFD Portfolio Manager
Facsimile No.: (212) 884-7693
Email: SFOperations@ally.com
with a copy to:
Ally Bank
300 Park Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: Legal Services/SFD
Facsimile No.: (212) 884-7189
Email: jorge.wagner@ally.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
as the Collateral Custodian
Corporate Trust Services Division
9062 Old Annapolis Rd
Columbia, MD 21045
Attention: CDO Trust Services Ambler
Funding LLC
Telephone No.: (410) 884-2000
Facsimile No.: (410) 715-3748
Re: | Loan and Security Agreement dated as of November 22, 2019 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Reinvestment Notice is delivered to you pursuant to Section 3.2(b) of that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2019 (as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time, the Loan and Security Agreement), by and among Ambler Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the borrower (in such capacity, the Borrower), each of the lenders from time to time party thereto (together with its representatives, successors and assigns in such capacity, each a Lender and collectively, the Lenders), Ally Bank, as the administrative agent thereunder (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and as Arranger and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but as the collateral custodian
[FS Investment] Exhibits and Schedules to Loan and Security Agreement
Exhibit A-3
(together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Custodian) and the collateral administrator (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Administrator). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Loan and Security Agreement.
The undersigned, through their duly appointed Responsible Officers, as applicable, hereby certify as follows:
1. In connection with a proposed [Reinvestment of Principal Collections permitted by Section 2.14(a)] [acquisition of Loans in connection with a Substitution pursuant to Section 2.14(b)] of the Agreement, the Borrower hereby requests a disbursement (a Disbursement) of Principal Collections from the Principal Collections Account in the amount of $ ; the Eligible Loans supporting this Advance are in Dollars or Canadian Dollars.
2. The Borrower hereby request that such Disbursement be made on the following date: .
3. Attached to this Reinvestment Notice is a true, correct and complete calculation of the Borrowing Base and all components thereof and a true, correct and complete list of the Obligors and all Loans which will become part of the Collateral on the date hereof, each Loan reflected thereon being an Eligible Loan, and specifying (a) the Outstanding Balance, Assigned Value and Purchase Price of each such Loan, (b) with respect to any Revolving Loan or Delayed Draw Loan, the amount to be deposited in the Unfunded Exposure Account in connection with the acquisition of each such Loan pursuant to Section 2.9(e) of the Loan and Security Agreement, (c) whether such Loan is a First Lien Loan, First Lien Last Out Loan or Second Lien Loan and (d) the Advance Rate applicable to such Loan.
4. All of the conditions precedent to the Disbursement as set forth in Section 3.2 of the Loan and Security Agreement have been satisfied as of the date hereof and will remain satisfied to the date of such Disbursement including the following:
(i) | The representations and warranties contained in Section 4.1 and Section 4.2 are true and correct in all material respects (except for such representations and warranties as are qualified by materiality, a Material Adverse Effect or any similar qualifier, which representations and warranties shall be true in all respects) on and as of such day as though made on and as of such day and shall be deemed to have been made on such day (other than any representation and warranty that is made as of a another specific date which were true, correct, and complete in all material respects as of such date); |
(ii) | No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Advance or from the application of proceeds therefrom, which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default; |
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(iii) | On and as of such day, immediately after giving effect to such Advance, the Advances Outstanding do not exceed the Availability (or, to the extent permitted under Section 2.14, any existing Borrowing Base Deficiency is reduced); and |
(iv) | No Applicable Law prohibits or enjoins the making of such Advance by any Lender or the proposed Reinvestment of Principal Collections or acquisition of Loans; |
Each of the undersigned certify that all information contained herein and in the attached Borrowing Base Certificate is true and correct as of the date hereof.
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Exhibit A-3
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Reinvestment Notice this day of , .
AMBLER FUNDING LLC, as the Borrower | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
[Attach Borrowing Base Certificate]
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Exhibit A-3
EXHIBIT A-4
FORM OF BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE
This certificate is delivered pursuant to that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2019 (as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time, the Loan and Security Agreement), by and among Ambler Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the borrower (in such capacity, the Borrower), each of the lenders from time to time party thereto (together with its representatives, successors and assigns in such capacity, each a Lender and collectively, the Lenders), Ally Bank, as the administrative agent thereunder (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and as Arranger and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but as the collateral custodian (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Custodian) and the collateral administrator (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Administrator). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Loan and Security Agreement.
As of the date hereof, the undersigned each certify that
(i) all of the information set forth in Annex I attached hereto is true, correct and complete and for the avoidance doubt, includes the amount and type (whether Principal Collections, Interest Collections or other Collections) of all Collections received since the last Reporting Date, all Principal Collections and Interest Collections on deposit as of the date hereof and a detailed aging of each Loan;
(ii) the Borrower is in compliance with all covenants and agreement under the Loan and Security Agreement and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Loan and Security Agreement;
(iii) all of the Loans owned by the Borrower are Eligible Loans, within the meaning of such term in the Loan and Security Agreement other than as waived by the Administrative Agent as of the Funding Date with respect to any such Loan; and
(iv) the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.1 and Section 4.2 are true and correct in all material respects (except for such representations and warranties as are qualified by materiality, a Material Adverse Effect or any similar qualifier, which representations and warranties shall be true in all respects) on and as of such day as though made on and as of such day and shall be deemed to have been made on such day (other than any representation and warranty that is made as of a another specific date which were true, correct, and complete in all material respects as of such date).
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Certified as of the day of , .
AMBLER FUNDING LLC, as the Borrower | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
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Exhibit A-4
ANNEX I
To Exhibit A-4
BORROWING BASE REPORT
[See attached.]
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Exhibit A-4
EXHIBIT A-5
FORM OF NOTICE OF CONTINUATION
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AMBLER FUNDING LLC
Ally Bank,
as the Administrative Agent
300 Park Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: SFD Portfolio Manager
Facsimile No.: (212) 884-7693
Email: SFOperations@Ally.com
with a copy to:
Ally Bank
300 Park Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: Legal Services/SFD
Facsimile No.: (212) 884-7189
Email: Jorge.Wagner@Ally.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
as the Collateral Custodian
Corporate Trust Services Division
9062 Old Annapolis Rd
Columbia, MD 21045
Attention: CDO Trust Services Ambler
Funding LLC
Telephone No.: (410) 884-2000
Facsimile No.: (410) 715-3748
Re: | Loan and Security Agreement dated as of November 22, 2019 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Notice of Continuation is delivered to you pursuant to Section 2.10(e) of that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2019 (as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time, the Loan and Security Agreement), by and among Ambler Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the borrower (in such capacity, the Borrower), each of the lenders from time to time party
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Exhibit
A-65
thereto (together with its representatives, successors and assigns in such capacity, each a Lender and collectively, the Lenders), Ally Bank, as the administrative agent thereunder (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and as Arranger and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but as the collateral custodian (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Custodian) and the collateral administrator (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Administrator). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Loan and Security Agreement.
The undersigned, through its duly appointed Responsible Officer, hereby gives Administrative Agent notice, pursuant to Section 2.10(e) of the Loan and Security Agreement, of its request to continue as an Advance that bears interest at Term SOFR for an Available Tenor of one months duration $[ ] in principal amount of present outstanding Advances that bear interest at Term SOFR for an Available Tenor of one months duration that expire on [ , ]. The Interest Period for such Advances commencing on [ , ] is requested to be one month.
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[Reserved]
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Exhibit
A-65
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Notice of Continuation as of the first date written above.
AMBLER FUNDING LLC, as the Borrower
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT A-6
FORM OF PAYMENT DATE REPORT
This certificate is delivered pursuant to that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2019 (as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time, the Loan and Security Agreement), by and among Ambler Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the borrower (in such capacity, the Borrower), each of the lenders from time to time party thereto (together with its representatives, successors and assigns in such capacity, each a Lender and collectively, the Lenders), Ally Bank, as the administrative agent thereunder (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and as Arranger and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but as the collateral custodian (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Custodian) and the collateral administrator (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Administrator). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Loan and Security Agreement.
As of the date hereof, the undersigned each certify that:
(i) all of the information set forth in Annex I attached hereto is true, correct and complete;
(ii) the Borrower is in compliance with all covenants and agreement under the Loan and Security Agreement and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Loan and Security Agreement;
(iii) except as set forth on Annex II attached hereto, all of the Loans owned by the Borrower are Eligible Loans, within the meaning of such term in the Loan and Security Agreement other than as waived by the Administrative Agent as of the Funding Date with respect to any such Loan; and
(iv) the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.1 and Section 4.2 are true and correct in all material respects (except for such representations and warranties as are qualified by materiality, a Material Adverse Effect or any similar qualifier, which representations and warranties shall be true in all respects) on and as of such day as though made on and as of such day and shall be deemed to have been made on such day (other than any representation and warranty that is made as of a another specific date which were true, correct, and complete in all material respects as of such date).
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Certified as of the day of , .
AMBLER FUNDING LLC, as the Borrower | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
[See attached.]
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Exhibit A-6
ANNEX I
To Exhibit A-6
PAYMENT DATE REPORT1
[See attached.]
1 | 0 Report to set forth (a) application of payments under either of Section 2.7 or 2.8 as applicable; (b) currency calculations under Section 5.1(q) and (c) calculations of financial covenants under Sectin5.2(n). |
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EXHIBIT A-7
FORM OF STATIC POOL ANALYSIS
[On file with the Administrative Agent.]
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF PROMISSORY NOTE
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THIS PROMISSORY NOTE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS IN THE UNITED STATES OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION AND THE BORROWER HAS NOT REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT). THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PROMISSORY NOTE, REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS OBTAINED THIS PROMISSORY NOTE IN A TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT AND ALL OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION, AND THE RESTRICTIONS ON SALE AND TRANSFER SET FORTH IN THE LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PROMISSORY NOTE, FURTHER REPRESENTS, ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RE-OFFER, RE-SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN) EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT AND ALL OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED IN THE LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS PROMISSORY NOTE IS TRANSFERABLE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN THE LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT. ANY SALE OR TRANSFER IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING WILL BE OF NO FORCE AND EFFECT, WILL BE VOID AB INITIO, AND WILL NOT OPERATE TO TRANSFER ANY RIGHTS TO THE TRANSFEREE, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CONTRARY TO THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY INTERMEDIARY. EACH TRANSFEROR OF THIS PROMISSORY NOTE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN AGREES TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH HEREIN AND IN THE LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT TO THE TRANSFEREE.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Ambler Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Borrower), promises to pay to [ ] (Lender) or its assigns, the principal sum of [ ] Dollars ($[ ]), or, if less, the unpaid principal amount of the aggregate advances (Advances) made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Loan and Security Agreement (as defined below), as set forth on the attached Schedule, on the dates specified in the Loan and Security Agreement, and to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Advance on each day that such unpaid principal amount is outstanding, at the Interest Rate related to such Advance as provided in the Loan and Security Agreement, on each Payment Date and each other date specified in the Loan and Security Agreement.
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This Promissory Note (this Note) is issued pursuant to that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2019 (as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time, the Loan and Security Agreement), by and among Borrower, each of the lenders from time to time party thereto (together with its representatives, successors and assigns in such capacity, each a Lender and collectively, the Lenders), Ally Bank, as the administrative agent thereunder (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and as Arranger and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but as the collateral custodian (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Custodian) and the collateral administrator (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Administrator). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Loan and Security Agreement.
Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this Note, if at any time the rate of interest payable by the Borrower under this Note, when combined with any and all other charges provided for in this Note, in the Loan and Security Agreement or in any other document (to the extent such other charges would constitute interest for the purpose of any applicable law limiting interest that may be charged on this Note), exceeds the highest rate of interest permissible under applicable law (the Maximum Lawful Rate), then for so long as the Maximum Lawful Rate would be exceeded, the rate of interest under this Note shall be equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate. If at any time thereafter the rate of interest payable under this Note is less than the Maximum Lawful Rate, the Borrower shall continue to pay interest under this Note at the Maximum Lawful Rate until such time as the total interest paid by the Borrower is equal to the total interest that would have been paid had applicable law not limited the interest rate payable under this Note. In no event shall the total interest received by the Lender under this Note exceed the amount which the Lender could lawfully have received had the interest due under this Note been calculated since the date of this Note at the Maximum Lawful Rate.
Payments of the principal of, and interest on, Advances represented by this Note shall be made by or on behalf of the Borrower to the holder hereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds in the manner and at the address specified for such purpose as provided in the Loan and Security Agreement, or in such manner or at such other address as the holder of this Note shall have specified in writing to the Borrower for such purpose, without the presentation or surrender of this Note or the making of any notation on this Note.
If any payment under this Note falls due on a day that is not a Business Day, then such due date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and interest shall be payable on any principal so extended at the applicable Interest Rate.
If all or a portion of (i) the principal amount hereof or (ii) any interest payable thereon or (iii) any other amounts payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum set forth in the Loan and Security Agreement, in each case from the date of such non-payment to (but excluding) the date such amount is paid in full, provided that such interest rate shall not at any time exceed the Maximum Lawful Rate.
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Portions or all of the principal amount of the Note shall become due and payable at the time or times set forth in the Loan and Security Agreement. Any portion or all of the principal amount of this Note may be prepaid, together with interest thereon (and, as set forth in the Loan and Security Agreement, certain costs and expenses of the Lender) at the time and in the manner set forth in, but subject to the provisions of, the Loan and Security Agreement.
Except as provided in the Loan and Security Agreement, the Borrower expressly waives presentment, demand, diligence, protest and all notices of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Note.
All amounts evidenced by this Note, the Lenders Advances and all payments and prepayments of the principal hereof and the respective dates and maturity dates thereof shall be endorsed by the Lender on the schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof or on a continuation thereof, which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof; provided, however, that the failure of the Lender to make such a notation shall not in any way limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower under this Note as provided in the Loan and Security Agreement.
The holder hereof may sell, assign, transfer, negotiate, grant participations in or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of any Advances made by the Lender and represented by this Note and the indebtedness evidenced by this Note, subject to the applicable provisions of the Loan and Security Agreement.
This Note is secured by the security interests granted pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Loan and Security Agreement. The holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Loan and Security Agreement and may enforce the agreements of the Borrower contained in the Loan and Security Agreement and exercise the remedies provided for by, or otherwise available in respect of, the Loan and Security Agreement, all in accordance with, and subject to the restrictions contained in, the terms of the Loan and Security Agreement. If an Event of Default shall occur, the Lenders may declare, or in certain circumstances, the unpaid principal balance thereof, together with accrued interest thereon, shall be declared, and become, due and payable, in each case, in the manner and with the effect provided in the Loan and Security Agreement.
The Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Custodian, and each Lender each intend, for federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes only, that this Note be evidence of indebtedness secured by the Collateral, and the Lender, as a lender under the Loan and Security Agreement, by the acceptance hereof, agrees to treat the Note for federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness.
This Note is one of the Notes referred to in Section 2.1 of the Loan and Security Agreement. This Note shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Note as on the date first written above.
AMBLER FUNDING LLC, as the Borrower | ||
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Name: | ||
Title: |
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Schedule attached to Promissory Note dated [ ] [ ], 20[ ] of [Borrower] payable to the order of [Lender].
Date of Advance or Repayment |
Principal Amount of Advance |
Principal Amount of Repayment |
Outstanding Principal Amount |
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF OFFICERS CERTIFICATE AS TO SOLVENCY
[FS INVESTMENT CORPORATION IVKKR CAPITAL CORP.]
[AMBLER FUNDING LLC]
Reference is made to that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2019 (as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time, the Loan and Security Agreement), by and among Ambler Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the borrower (in such capacity, the Borrower) each of the lenders from time to time party thereto (together with its representatives, successors and assigns in such capacity, each a Lender and collectively, the Lenders), Ally Bank, as the administrative agent thereunder (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and as Arranger and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but as the collateral custodian (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Custodian) and the collateral administrator (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Administrator). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Loan and Security Agreement.
The undersigned, through their duly appointed Responsible Officers, as applicable, hereby certify as of the [__]th day of [ ], 2019 (the Certification Date) to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the other Secured Parties, and their respective successors and assigns, as follows:
Both before and after giving effect to (a) the transactions contemplated by the Loan and Security Agreement and (b) the payment and accrual of all transaction costs, fees, and expenses in connection with the foregoing, each of the undersigned is and will be Solvent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed and delivered this Officers Certificate as to Solvency as of the Certification Date.
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Title: ] | ||
[AMBLER FUNDING LLC, as the Borrower |
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Title: ] |
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF OFFICERS CLOSING CERTIFICATE
[FS INVESTMENT CORPORATION IVKKR CAPITAL CORP.
AMBLER FUNDING LLC]
Reference is made to that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2019 (as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time, the Loan and Security Agreement), by and among Ambler Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the borrower (in such capacity, the Borrower), each of the lenders from time to time party thereto (together with its representatives, successors and assigns in such capacity, each a Lender and collectively, the Lenders), Ally Bank, as the administrative agent thereunder (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and as Arranger and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but as the collateral custodian (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Custodian) and the collateral administrator (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Administrator). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Loan and Security Agreement.
The undersigned, through their duly appointed Responsible Officers, as applicable, hereby certify as of the [ ]th day of [ ], 2019 (the Certification Date) to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the other Secured Parties, and their respective successors and assigns, as follows (other than with respect to item 5 below, which is made only by and with respect to the Collateral Manager):
1. Each of the representations and warranties of the undersigned contained in the Transaction Documents is true, complete and correct in all material respects (except for such representations and warranties as are qualified by materiality, a Material Adverse Effect or any similar qualifier, which representations and warranties are true in all respects) and no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from the transactions effected pursuant thereto that constitutes or would constitute a Default, an Event of Default or a Change of Control.
2. The undersigned are each in compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Laws except in instances where non-compliance or contravention that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3. Except as otherwise indicated on a schedule to a Transaction Document, or as otherwise consented to by the Administrative Agent, the undersigned have delivered to the Administrative Agent true, complete and correct copies of all documents required to be delivered by them to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Transaction Documents, all such documents are true, complete and correct in all respects on and as of the date hereof, and each and every other condition to the closing of the transactions as set forth in Section 3.1 of the Loan and Security Agreement has been performed.
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4. No Liens have arisen or been granted with respect to the Collateral other than Permitted Liens.
5. The Collateral Manager has neither incurred nor suffered to exist any Indebtedness as of the Effective Date except as previously disclosed to the Administrative Agent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed and delivered this Officers Closing Certificate as of the Certification Date.
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[AMBLER FUNDING LLC, as the Borrower |
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF RELEASE OF UNDERLYING INSTRUMENTS
[Delivery Date]
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
as the Collateral Custodian
Corporate Trust Services Division
9062 Old Annapolis Rd
Columbia, MD 21045
Attention: CDO Trust Services Ambler Funding LLC
Telephone No.: (410) 884-2000
Facsimile No.: (410) 715-3748
Ally Bank,
as the Administrative Agent
300 Park Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: SFD Portfolio Manager
Facsimile No.: (212) 884-7693
Email: SFOperations@ally.com
with a copy to:
Ally Bank
300 Park Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: Legal Services/SFD
Facsimile No.: (212) 884-7189
Email: jorge.wagner@ally.com
Re: | Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2019 (as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time, the Loan and Security Agreement), by and among Ambler Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the borrower (in such capacity, the Borrower), each of the lenders from time to time party thereto (together with its representatives, successors and assigns in such capacity, each a Lender and collectively, the Lenders), Ally Bank, as the administrative agent thereunder (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and as Arranger and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but as the collateral custodian (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Custodian) and the collateral administrator (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Administrator). |
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the administration of the Underlying Instruments held by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as the Collateral Custodian on behalf of the Administrative Agent as agent for the Secured Parties, under the Loan and Security Agreement, we request the release of the Underlying Instruments (or such documents as specified below) for the Loans described below, for the reason indicated. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning provided in the Loan and Security Agreement.
Obligors Name, Address & Zip Code:
Loan Identification Number:
Reason for Requesting Documents (check one)
☐ | 1. Loan paid in full. | |
☐ | 2. Loan liquidated by [ ]. | |
☐ | 3. Loan in foreclosure. | |
☐ | 4. Delivered in Error. | |
☐ | 5. Substitution. | |
☐ | 6. Failure to satisfy Review Criteria. | |
☐ | 7. Repurchased. | |
☐ | 8. Discretionary Sale. | |
☐ | 9. Termination of Loan and Security Agreement. | |
☐ | 10. Servicing. | |
☐ | 11. Other (explain). |
If box 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 above is checked, and if all or part of the Underlying Instruments were previously released to us, please release to us the Underlying Instruments, requested in our previous request and receipt on file with you, as well as any additional documents in your possession relating to the specified Loan.
If box 3, 10 or 11 above is checked, we will return all of the above Underlying Instruments to you as the Collateral Custodian (i) promptly upon the request of the Administrative Agent or (ii) when our need therefor no longer exists.
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Consent of Administrative Agent if required under the Loan and Security Agreement:
ALLY BANK, as the Administrative Agent | ||
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EXHIBIT F
[Reserved]
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EXHIBIT G
FORM OF TRANSFEREE LETTER
, 20
Ambler Funding LLC,
as the Borrower
[ ]
[
]
201 Rouse Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19112
Attention:
William Goebel [
]
Telephone No.:
[ ]
Facsimile No.: 215-222-4649
Email:
credit.notices@fsinvestments.com;
[
]
FSICIV_Team@fsinvestments.com;
portfolio_finance@fsinvestments.com
FS
Investment Corporation IVKKR Capital Corp.,
as the Collateral Manager
[ ]
[
]
201 Rouse Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19112
Attention:
William Goebel [
]
Telephone No.:
[ ]
Facsimile No.: 215-222-4649
Email:credit.notices@fsinvestments.com;
[
]
FSICIV_Team@fsinvestments.com;
portfolio_finance@fsinvestments.com
Ally Bank,
as the Administrative Agent
300 Park Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: SFD Portfolio Manager
Facsimile No.: (212) 884-7693
Email: SFOperations@ally.com
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Exhibit G
with a copy to:
Ally Bank
300 Park Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: Legal Services/SFD
Facsimile No.: (212) 884-7189
Email: jorge.wagner@ally.com
Re: | Ambler Funding LLC Notes issued to [Name of Lender] (the Notes) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our acquisition of the above-captioned Notes, we certify that (a) we understand that the Notes are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), or any state securities laws and are being transferred to us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any such laws, (b) we are either a Qualified Institutional Buyer under Rule 144A of the Securities Act or an institutional Accredited Investor as defined in Rule (1)-501(a)(l)-(3) or (7) under the Securities Act, and have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the Notes, (c) we are a Qualified Purchaser for the purpose of Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (d) we have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Borrower concerning the purchase of the Notes and all matters relating thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our decision to purchase the Notes, (e) we are acquiring the Notes for investment for our own account and not with a view to any distribution of such Notes (but without prejudice to our right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of the Notes in accordance with clause (g) below), (f) we have not offered or sold any Notes to, or solicited offers to buy any Notes from, any person, or otherwise approached or negotiated with any person with respect thereto, or taken any other action which would result in a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act, (g) we will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Notes unless (1) such sale, transfer or other disposition is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or is exempt from such registration requirements, and if requested, we will at our expense provide an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the addressees of this certificate that such sale, transfer or other disposition may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act, (2) the purchaser or transferee of such Notes has executed and delivered to you a certificate to substantially the same effect as this certificate, and (3) the purchaser or transferee has otherwise complied with any conditions for transfer set forth in the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2019 (as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time, the Loan and Security Agreement), by and among Ambler Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the borrower (in such capacity, the Borrower), each of the lenders from time to time party thereto (together with its representatives, successors and assigns in such capacity, each a Lender and collectively, the Lenders), Ally Bank, as the administrative agent thereunder (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and as Arranger and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but as the collateral custodian (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Custodian) and the collateral administrator (together with its successors and assigns in such
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capacity, the Collateral Administrator), (h) we are not acquiring a Note, directly or indirectly, for or on behalf of an employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and/or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any entity, the assets of which would be deemed plan assets under the Department of Labor regulations set forth at 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-101; unless Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (PTCE) 84-14, PTCE 90-1, PTCE 91-38, PTCE 95-60 or PTCE 92-23 or some other applicable prohibited transaction exemption is applicable to the acquisition and holdings of such Notes and (i) we are a U.S. Person, as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Loan and Security Agreement.
Very truly yours. | ||
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EXHIBIT H
FORM OF JOINDER SUPPLEMENT
JOINDER SUPPLEMENT, dated as of the date set forth in Item 1 of Schedule I hereto, among the financial institution identified in Item 2 of Schedule I hereto, Ambler Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the borrower (the Borrower) and Ally Bank, as administrative agent (the Administrative Agent).
WHEREAS, this Joinder Supplement is being executed and delivered under Section 2.1 of the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2019 (as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time, the Loan and Security Agreement), by and among Borrower, each of the lenders from time to time party thereto (together with its representatives, successors and assigns in such capacity, each a Lender and collectively, the Lenders), Administrative Agent and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but as the collateral custodian (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Custodian) and the collateral administrator (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Administrator). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning provided in the Loan and Security Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the party set forth in Item 2 of Schedule I hereto (the Proposed Lender) wishes to become a Lender party to the Loan and Security Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
(a) Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of the executed counterparts to this Joinder Supplement, to which is attached a fully completed Schedule I and Schedule II, each of which has been executed by the Proposed Lender, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, this Joinder Supplement shall become effective (the Joinder Effective Date). From and after the Joinder Effective Date, the Proposed Lender shall be a Lender party to the Loan and Security Agreement for all purposes thereof.
(b) Each of the parties to this Joinder Supplement agrees and acknowledges that at any time and from time to time upon the written request of any other party, it will execute and deliver such further documents and do such further acts and things as such other party may reasonably request in order to affect the purposes of this Joinder Supplement.
By executing and delivering this Joinder Supplement, the Proposed Lender confirms to and agrees with the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders as follows: (i) none of the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders makes any representation or warranty or assumes any responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Loan and Security Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan and Security Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto, or with respect to any Notes issued under the Loan and Security Agreement, or the Collateral (as defined under the Loan and Security Agreement) or the financial condition of any FS/KKR Party, or the performance or observance by any FS/KKR Party of any of their respective obligations under the Loan and
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Security Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; (ii) the Proposed Lender confirms that it has received a copy of such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Joinder Supplement; (iii) the Proposed Lender will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan and Security Agreement; (iv) the Proposed Lender appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Custodian, as applicable, to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Loan and Security Agreement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Custodian, as applicable, by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, all in accordance with the Loan and Security Agreement; (v) the Proposed Lender agrees (for the benefit of the parties hereto and the other Lenders) that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan and Security Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender; and (vi) the Proposed Lender hereby individually represents and warrants, as to itself, that it would satisfy the requirements of a qualified purchaser as defined in Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended , or an accredited investor as defined in paragraphs (a)(1), (2), (3), or (7) of Rule 501 of Regulation D under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any entity in which all of the equity owners come within such paragraphs.
(c) Schedule II hereto sets forth administrative information with respect to the Proposed Lender.
(d) This Joinder Supplement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Joinder Supplement to be executed by their respective duly authorized officers on Schedule I hereto as of the date set forth in Item 1 of Schedule I hereto.
ALLY BANK, as Administrative Agent | ||
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[NAME OF LENDER], as Lender | ||
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[AMBLER FUNDING LLC, as the Borrower |
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Title: ]2 |
2 | To be included if Borrower consent is required pursuant to Section 12.16 of the Loan and Security Agreement. |
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SCHEDULE I TO
JOINDER SUPPLEMENT
COMPLETION OF INFORMATION AND
SIGNATURES FOR JOINDER SUPPLEMENT
Re: | Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2019 (as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time, the Loan and Security Agreement), by and among Ambler Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the borrower (in such capacity, the Borrower), each of the lenders from time to time party thereto (together with its representatives, successors and assigns in such capacity, each a Lender and collectively, the Lenders), Ally Bank, as the administrative agent thereunder (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and as Arranger and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but as the collateral custodian (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Custodian) and the collateral administrator (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Administrator). |
Item 1: Date of Joinder Supplement:
Item 2: Proposed Lender:
Item 3: |
Commitment: $ |
Commitment Termination Date:
Item 4: Signatures of Parties to Agreement:
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Proposed Lender | ||
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Name: | ||
Title: |
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SCHEDULE II TO
JOINDER SUPPLEMENT
ADDRESS FOR NOTICES
AND
WIRE INSTRUCTIONS
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EXHIBIT I
FORM OF SECTION 2.13 CERTIFICATE
Reference is hereby made to the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2019 (as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time, the Loan and Security Agreement), by and among Ambler Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the borrower (in such capacity, the Borrower), each of the lenders from time to time party thereto (together with its representatives, successors and assigns in such capacity, each a Lender and collectively, the Lenders), Ally Bank, as the administrative agent thereunder (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and as Arranger and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but as the collateral custodian (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Custodian) and the collateral administrator (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Administrator). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Loan and Security Agreement. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.13 of the Loan and Security Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that:
1. It is a ☐ natural individual person, ☐ treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, ☐ disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes (in which case a copy of this Section 2.13 Certificate is attached in respect of its sole beneficial owner), or ☐ treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes (one must be checked).
2. It is the sole beneficial owner of amounts received pursuant to the Loan and Security Agreement.
3. It is not a bank, as such term is used in section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), or the Loan and Security Agreement is not, with respect to the undersigned, a Loan and Security Agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business, within the meaning of such section.
4. It is not a 10-percent shareholder of Borrower within the meaning of section 871(h)(3) or 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code.
5. It is not a controlled foreign corporation that is related to Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
6. Amounts paid to it under the Loan and Security Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are not effectively connected with its conduct of a trade or business in the United States.
7. If the undersigned is not a U.S. Tax Person and is not treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, it has provided the Borrower (or participating Lender, as applicable) with a certificate that it is not a U.S. Tax Person on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E.
8. If the undersigned is not a U.S. Tax Person and is treated as a partnership for U.S.
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federal income tax purposes, it has provided the Borrower (or participating Lender, as applicable) with an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners or members (as applicable) that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E from each of such partners or members beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption.
9. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided in this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower (or participating Lender, as applicable), and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower (or participating Lender, as applicable) with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
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[NAME OF UNDERSIGNED] | ||
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EXHIBIT J
FORM OF COLLATERAL CUSTODIAN CERTIFICATION
[Date]
FS Investment Corporation
IVKKR Capital Corp.,
as the Collateral Manager
[ ]
[
]
201 Rouse Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19112
Attention:
William Goebel [
]
Telephone No.:
[ ]
Facsimile No.:
215-222-4649 [
]
Email:
credit.notices@fsinvestments.com;
[
]
FSICIV_Team@fsinvestments.com;
portfolio_finance@fsinvestments.com
Ally Bank,
as the Administrative Agent
300 Park Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: SFD Portfolio Manager
Facsimile No.: (212) 884-7693
Email: SFOperations@ally.com
with a copy to:
Ally Bank
300 Park Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention: Legal Services/SFD
Facsimile No.: (212) 884-7189
Email: jorge.wagner@ally.com
Re: Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2019 (as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time, the Loan and Security Agreement), by and among Ambler Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the borrower (in such capacity, the Borrower), each of the lenders from time to time party thereto (together with its representatives, successors and assigns in such
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capacity, each a Lender and collectively, the Lenders), Ally Bank, as the administrative agent thereunder (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and as Arranger and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but as the collateral custodian (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Custodian) and the collateral administrator (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Administrator)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with the provisions of Section 7.2(b)(i) of the above-referenced Loan and Security Agreement, the undersigned, as Collateral Custodian, hereby certifies and confirms that with respect to each Loan listed on the Loan List annexed hereto as Schedule I, except as noted on the report of exceptions attached hereto as Schedule II;
(i) | all Required Loan Documents set forth on the applicable Loan Checklist are in the Collateral Custodians possession; and |
(ii) | all Required Loan Documents delivered to the Collateral Custodian related to each such Loans have been reviewed by the Collateral Custodian in accordance with the Review Criteria and each of the Review Criteria are satisfied other than as set forth on Schedule II hereof. |
The Collateral Custodian shall have no liability for or obligation with respect to, and shall not be construed or obliged to make any representation or warranty as to: (i) the validity, sufficiency, marketability, genuineness, value, contents or enforceability of any Loan or Required Loan Document; (ii) the validity, adequacy or perfection of any lien upon or security interest purported to be evidenced or created thereby; or (iii) to determine that the contents of any Loan or Required Loan Document are appropriate for the represented purpose or that any Loan or Required Loan Document has actually been recorded or filed, as maybe applicable, or that any Loan or Required Loan Document is other than what it purports on its face to be. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning provided in the Loan and Security Agreement.
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WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., | ||
as Collateral Custodian | ||
By: | ||
Name: |
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Title: |
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SCHEDULE I
TO EXHIBIT J
Loan List
[See attached.]
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SCHEDULE II
TO EXHIBIT J
Exceptions
[See attached.]
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EXHIBIT K
FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
AMBLER FUNDING LLC
Date: , 20__
This Compliance Certificate (this Certificate) is given by Ambler Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Borrower), pursuant to Section 5.1(t)(ii) of that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2019 (as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time, the Loan and Security Agreement), by and among Ambler Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the borrower (in such capacity, the Borrower), each of the lenders from time to time party thereto (together with its representatives, successors and assigns in such capacity, each a Lender and collectively, the Lenders), Ally Bank, as the administrative agent thereunder (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and as Arranger and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but as the collateral custodian (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Custodian) and the collateral administrator (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Administrator). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Loan and Security Agreement.
The officer executing this Certificate is a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and as such is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Certificate on behalf of the Borrower. By executing this Certificate, such officer hereby certifies to Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on behalf of the Borrower and not in his/her individual capacity, that:
(a) the financial statements delivered with this Certificate in accordance with Sections 5.1(s)(i) and/or 5.1(s)(ii) of the Loan and Security Agreement are correct and complete and fairly present, in all material respects, in accordance with GAAP the financial position and the results of operations of the Transferor, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries as of the dates of and for the periods covered by such financial statements (subject, in the case of interim financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnote disclosure);
(b) Annex A hereto includes a correct calculation of the Borrowers Total Interest Coverage Ratio for the relevant period ended
, 20__;3
(c) to the best of such officers knowledge, no Default or Event of Default exists [except as specified on Annex B attached hereto];
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(d) since the Effective Date and except as disclosed in prior Compliance Certificates delivered to Administrative Agent, no FS/KKR Party and no Subsidiary of any FS/KKR Party has:
(i) changed its legal name, identity, jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation or organizational structure or formed or acquired any Subsidiary except as follows: ;
(ii) acquired all or substantially all of the assets of, or merged or consolidated with or into, any Person, except as follows: ; or
(iii) changed its address or otherwise relocated, acquired fee simple title to any real property or entered into any real property leases, except as follows: .
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Certificate to be executed by one of its Responsible Officers this day of , 20__.
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AMBLER FUNDING LLC, as the Borrower | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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Annex A
Total Interest Coverage Ratio Calculations
[See attached]
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[Annex B]
Defaults or Events of Default]
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EXHIBIT L
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
This Assignment and Assumption Agreement (the Assignment and Assumption) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between the Assignor identified in item 1 below (the Assignor) and the Assignee identified in item 2 below (the Assignee). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan, Security and Collateral Management Agreement, identified in item 5 below (as amended, the Loan and Security Agreement), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Loan and Security Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignors rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Loan and Security Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below, and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Loan and Security Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned by the Assignor to the Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the Assigned Interest). Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
1. Assignor:
2. Assignee:
3. Borrower: Ambler Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
4. Administrative Agent: Ally Bank, as the administrative agent under the Loan and Security Agreement
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5. Loan and Security Agreement: Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2019, by and among Borrower, each of the lenders from time to time party thereto (together with its representatives, successors and assigns in such capacity, each a Lender and collectively, the Lenders), Ally Bank, as the administrative agent thereunder (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and as Arranger and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but as the collateral custodian (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Custodian) and the collateral administrator (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Administrator).
6. Assigned Interest:
Assignor |
Assignee |
Aggregate Amount of Commitment |
Amount of Commitment Assigned |
Percentage Assigned of Aggregate Amount of Commitment for all Lenders | ||||
Effective Date: [ ] [__], 20[__]
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The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:
[ASSIGNOR] | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
[ASSIGNEE] | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Consented to:
ALLY BANK,
as Administrative Agent
By: |
Name: |
Title: |
[AMBLER FUNDING LLC, as Borrower |
By: |
Name: |
Title: ]1
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1 | To be included if Borrower consent required for assignment. |
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ANNEX 1
TO ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
1. Representations and Warranties.
1.1 Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Loan and Security Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Transaction Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Transaction Document, or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Transaction Document.
1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Loan and Security Agreement, (ii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Loan and Security Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iii) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (iv) it has received a copy of the Loan and Security Agreement and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest, (v) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest, and (vi) attached to this Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Loan and Security Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Transaction Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Transaction Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
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2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.
3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by facsimile or any other electronic format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
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SCHEDULE I
LEGAL NAMES
Pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Loan and Security Agreement, each FS/KKR Partys exact legal name is as follows:
Borrower: Ambler Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
Transferor: FS Investment Corporation IVKKR Capital Corp., a Maryland corporation
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SCHEDULE II
LOAN LIST
TO BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH EACH BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE
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SCHEDULE III
[reserved]
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SCHEDULE IV
AGREED-UPON PROCEDURES
In accordance
with Section 5.1(t)(vi) of the
CreditLoan and Security Agreement, the
Borrower or Collateral Manager will cause a firm of
nationally recognized independent public accountants (or any other party identified by the Administrative
Agent) to furnish in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants a report to the effect that such accountants (or such other party) have either verified, compared, or recalculated
each of the
following
accountsinformation contained in the Collateral
Reportapplicable Borrowing Base Certificates to
the applicable system or records of the Borrower or
the
TransferorCollateral Manager and the financial
statements of the underlying Obligors, as applicable:
| Borrowing Base |
| Availability |
| Minimum Credit Enhancement Amount |
| Total Interest Coverage Ratio |
| Loan
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| Loan
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| Outstanding Balance |
| Purchase Price |
| Loan maturity date |
| Interest Rate: |
| fixed/floating |
| index (if applicable) |
| spread or coupon |
| PIK (if applicable) |
| S&P Industry Classification |
| Eligible principal amount |
| Assigned Value |
Moodys, S&P, and Fitch ratings (if
applicable)
| Trailing twelve-month EBITDA for the current test period |
| Original trailing twelve-month |
| Obligor Net Senior |
| Original Obligor Net
Senior |
| Obligor Net Total |
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| Original Obligor Net
Total |
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| Original Obligor Cash
Interest Coverage Ratio ( |
Fair Market Value, with respect to Principal Finance Loans
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Non-Senior Secured Loans
Largest to fifth largest Industries
Second Lien Loans
First Lien/Last Out Loans
First Lien Loans to Tier 3 Obligors
First Lien Last Out Loans or Second Lien Loans to Tier 3 Obligors
Loans with maturities greater than 7 years
DIP Loans
Obligor concentrations
Collateral Loans that permit payment of interest less frequently than quarterly
Obligors domiciled in Canada
Cov-Lite Loans
Collateral Loans with an Obligor that has a trailing twelve month EBITDA most recently calculated in accordance with the
related Underlying Instrument, of less than $10,000,000 at the time of acquisition
Revolving Loans and the unfunded portion of Delayed Draw Loans
PIK Loans and Partial PIK Loans
Principal Finance Loans
Loans to Obligors principally engaged in gaming businesses
At the discretion of the Administrative Agent and sucha firm, the foregoing review will be of no more than (i) one (1) random Borrowing Base Certificate from the 2019 fiscal year and (ii of nationally recognized independent public accountants (or such other party identified by the Administrative Agent),
(i) three (3) random Borrowing Base CertificateCertificates for each subsequentfiscal year
beginning in fiscal year.
For2021, and, (ii) in each such Borrowing Base Certificate, such firm shall
alsocase, for the ten (10) largest single Obligors
in each
suchthe corresponding Borrowing Base Certificate,
compare the cash activity information in the Administrative Agents cash log to the corresponding information in the Collateral ManagerCustodians cash log for the collection period relating to
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the corresponding to such Borrowing Base Certificate and verifynoted
that the interest and principal payments received during suchthe collection period on the respective top ten Obligors
cash activity were in agreement.
The report provided by such firm (or such other party) may be in a format such typically utilized for a report of this nature; provided that it will consist of at a minimum (i) a list of deviations from the applicable Borrowing Base Certificate and (ii) discuss with the Borrower and the Collateral Manager the reason for such deviations, and set forth the findings in such report.
For the purposes of this
Schedule IV, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Net Senior
Debt shall mean the Dollar amount equal to either (a) the meaning of Net Senior Debt or comparable definition set forth in the Underlying Instruments for such Loan, or(b) in the case of any Loan with respect to which the related Underlying Instruments do not include a definition of
Net Senior Debt or comparable definition, the total indebtedness (as defined in the Underlying Instruments or comparable definition thereof, including such Loan) of the applicable Obligor as of the date of determination,
excluding any junior indebtedness and any unsecured indebtedness of such Obligor or non-recourse indebtedness of such Obligor secured solely by the real property and related improvements and fixtures of such Obligor as of such date, minus the
Unrestricted Cash of such Obligor as of such date.
Net Total Debt shall mean the Dollar amount equal to either (a) the meaning of
Net Total Debt or comparable definition set forth in the Underlying Instruments for such Loan, or(b) in the case of any Loan with respect to which the related Underlying Instruments do not include a definition of Net Total Debt or comparable
definition, the Dollar Equivalent of the total indebtedness (as defined in the Underlying Instruments or comparable definition thereof, including such Loan) of the applicable Obligor as of the date of determination, minus the
Dollar Equivalent of Unrestricted Cash of such Obligor as of such date.
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SCHEDULE V
S&P INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATIONS
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Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION VERSION
TENTH AMENDMENT, dated as of December 28, 2021 (this Amendment), among Darby Creek LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Borrower), Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as facility agent (the Facility Agent) and each Lender party here (each, a Lender, and collectively, the Lenders).
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as collateral agent (the Collateral Agent) and the Facility Agent are party to the Loan Financing and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2014 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated and otherwise modified from time to time, the Loan Agreement); and
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Facility Agent and the Lenders have agreed to amend the Loan Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.1. Defined Terms. Terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Loan Agreement.
ARTICLE II
Amendments
SECTION 2.1.
Amendments to the Loan Agreement. As of the date of this Amendment, the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the bold and double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the
following example: bold and double-underlined text) as set forth on the pages of the Loan Agreement attached as
Appendix A hereto.
ARTICLE III
Conditions to Effectiveness
SECTION 3.1. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date first written above upon:
(a) the execution and delivery of this Amendment by each party hereto; and
(b) the payment in full of all fees (including reasonable fees and out-of-pocket, documented expenses of counsel) due to the Lenders and Facility Agent on or prior to the effective date of this Amendment.
ARTICLE IV
Representations and Warranties
SECTION 4.1. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Facility Agent that, as of the date first written above, (i) no Facility Termination Event or Unmatured Facility Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and (ii) the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in the Loan Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of such day (other than any representation and warranty that is made as of a specific date).
ARTICLE V
Miscellaneous
SECTION 5.1. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 5.2. Severability Clause. In case any provision in this Amendment shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 5.3. Ratification. Except as expressly amended and waived hereby, the Loan Agreement is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5.4. Counterparts. The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this Amendment in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or email transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
SECTION 5.5. Headings. The headings of the Articles and Sections in this Amendment are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
DARBY CREEK LLC, as Borrower | ||
By: | /s/ William Goebel | |
Name: William Goebel | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK | ||
BRANCH, as Facility Agent and as a Committed Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Amit Patel | |
Name: Amit Patel Title: Managing Director | ||
By: | /s/ Andrew Goldsmith | |
Name: Andrew Goldsmith | ||
Title: Vice President |
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TIAA, FSA, as a Committed Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Martin OBrien | |
Name: Martin OBrien | ||
Title: Director |
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KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Committed Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Richard Andersen | |
Name: Richard Andersen | ||
Title: Senior Vice President |
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APPENDIX A
EXECUTION VERSION
CONFORMED THROUGH 910th AMENDMENT DATED AS OF 10.08.21DECEMBER
28, 2021
LOAN FINANCING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
dated as of February 20, 2014
DARBY CREEK LLC
as Borrower
THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES HERETO,
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Facility Agent
THE OTHER AGENTS PARTIES HERETO,
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Collateral Agent and as Collateral Custodian
LOAN FINANCING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
THIS LOAN FINANCING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of February 20, 2014, among DARBY CREEK LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Borrower), each LENDER (as hereinafter defined) FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO, the AGENTS for the Lender Groups (as hereinafter defined) from time to time parties hereto (each such party, in such capacity, together with their respective successors and permitted assigns in such capacity, an Agent), WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent and Collateral Custodian (each as hereinafter defined), and DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as Facility Agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns in such capacity, the Facility Agent).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Borrower desires that each Lender extend financing on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, each Lender desires to extend financing on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, based upon the foregoing Recitals, the premises and the mutual agreements herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:
1940 Act means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Account means the Unfunded Exposure Account, the Principal Collection Account and the Interest Collection Account, together with any sub-accounts deemed appropriate or necessary by the Securities Intermediary, for convenience in administering such accounts.
Account Collateral has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1(d).
Account Control Agreement means the Securities Account Control Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, by and between the Borrower, as pledgor, the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties, as secured party, and the Collateral Custodian, as Securities Intermediary.
Accrual Period means, with respect to any Distribution Date,
the period from and including the previous Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, from and including the Effective Date) through and including the day preceding such Distribution Date.
AIFMD Law means (a) the AIFMD and (b) any applicable law of a member state of the European Union implementing the AIFMD.
Alternate Base Rate means a fluctuating rate per annum as shall be in effect from time to time, which rate shall be at all times equal to the highest of:
(a) the rate of interest announced publicly by DBNY in New York, New York, from time to time as DBNYs base commercial lending rate;
(b) 1⁄2 of one percent above the Federal Funds Rate; and
(c) zero.
Amount
Available means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of (a) the amount of Collections with respect to the related Collection Period and any amounts paid into the Collection Account under any Hedging Agreement with respect
to the
AccrualCollection
Period ending on the
dayDetermination
Date preceding such Distribution Date (excluding any Collections necessary to settle the acquisition of Eligible Collateral Obligations), plus (b) any investment income earned on
amounts on deposit in the Collection Account since the immediately prior Distribution Date (or since the Effective Date in the case of the first Distribution Date), plus (c) any Repurchase Amounts deposited in the Collection Account with
respect to the related Collection Period.
Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws has the meaning set forth in Section 9.30(a). Anti-Money Laundering Laws has the meaning set forth in Section 9.29(b).
Applicable Conversion Rate means, with respect to Euros, GBPs, AUDs or CADs (x) for an actual currency exchange, the applicable currency-Dollar spot rate obtained by the Borrower through customary banking channels, including the Collateral Agents own banking facilities or (y) for all other purposes, the applicable currency-Dollar spot rate that appeared on the Bloomberg screen for such currency (i) if such date is a Determination Date, at the end of such day or (ii) otherwise, at the end of the immediately preceding Business Day.
Applicable Exchange Rate means with respect to any Collateral Obligation denominated and payable in Euros, GBPs, AUDs or CADs on any day, the lesser of (a) the applicable currency-Dollar spot rate used by the Borrower (as determined by the Investment Manager) to acquire such currency on the related Cut-Off Date and (b) the Applicable Conversion Rate for such currency.
Applicable Interest Rate means (a) with respect to any Collateral Obligation or any Advance denominated in CAD, the CDOR Rate, (b) with respect to any Collateral Obligation or any Advance denominated in AUD, the BBSW Rate, (c) with respect to any Collateral Obligation or any Advance denominated in Euros, the EURIBOR Rate, (d) with respect to any Collateral Obligation or any Advance denominated in GBP, the sum of (i) Daily Simple SONIA and (ii) the SONIA Adjustment (provided that if such sum is less than 0%, the Applicable Interest Rate determined pursuant to this clause (d) shall be deemed to be 0% for purposes of this Agreement), and (e) with respect to any other Collateral Obligation or any other Advance, the LIBOR Rate.
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Applicable Law means for any Person all existing and future laws, rules, regulations (including temporary and final income tax regulations), statutes, treaties, codes, ordinances, permits, certificates, orders, licenses of and interpretations by any Official Body applicable to such Person (including, without limitation, predatory and abusive lending laws, usury laws, the Federal Truth in Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Billing Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Magnuson Moss Warranty Act, the Federal Reserve Boards Regulations B and Z, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of 2003 and state adaptations of the National Consumer Act and of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code and all other consumer credit laws and equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws) and applicable judgments, decrees, injunctions, writs, awards or orders of any court, arbitrator or other administrative, judicial, or quasi-judicial tribunal or agency of competent jurisdiction.
Applicable Margin means prior to the occurrence of any Facility Termination Event,
(i) during the Revolving Period,
1.951.85% per annum and (ii) thereafter, 2.051.95% per annum; provided that, during any period while a Facility
Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Applicable Margin otherwise in effect shall be increased by the addition thereto of 2.00% per annum.
Applicable Time Zone means (i) with respect to Dollar Advances and CAD Advances, New York City time, (ii) with respect to Euro Advances and GBP Advances, London time and (iii) with respect to AUD Advances, Sydney time.
Appraised Value means, with respect to any Asset Based Loan, the appraised value of the pro rata portion of the underlying collateral securing such Collateral Obligation as determined by an Approved Valuation Firm.
Approval Notice means, with respect to any Collateral Obligation, a copy of a notice executed by the Facility Agent in the form of Exhibit E, evidencing, among other things, the approval of the Facility Agent, in its sole discretion, of such Collateral Obligation, the applicable Eligible Currency and the applicable Discount Factor, the jurisdiction (if other than the United States or any State thereof) of the applicable Obligor, the loan type and lien priority, the Effective LTV, the Original Effective LTV and the Attaching Original Effective LTV (if such Collateral Obligation is an Asset Based Loan), the Original Leverage Multiple and the Attaching Leverage Multiple, other non-cash charges included in EBITDA and each other item listed in Section 6.2(h).
Approved Appraisal Firm means an independent third-party appraisal firm, including, Hilco Valuation Services, Gordon Brothers, Great American Group and Tiger Group and, any other independent nationally recognized third-party appraisal firm either (a) specified on the related Asset Approval Request and approved on the related Approval Notice or (b) selected by the Borrower and approved in writing by the Facility Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
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document supplementing, clarifying or otherwise relating to any of the foregoing, or (b) any accord, treaty, statute, law, rule, regulation, guideline or pronouncement (whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental authority implementing, furthering or complementing any of the principles set forth in the foregoing documents of strengthening capital and liquidity, in each case as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Basel III Regulation shall include Part 6 of the European Union regulation on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms (the CRR) and any law, regulation, standard, guideline, directive or other publication supplementing or otherwise modifying the CRR.
BBSW Rate means, with respect to any
AccrualCollection
Period, the greater of (a) 0 and (b) the average rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) applicable to bankers acceptances for a term equivalent to the
AccrualCollection
Period appearing on the Bloomberg Professional Service (or any successor thereto) Bank Bill Swap Reference Bid Rate as of 10:00 a.m. (Sydney, Australia time), on the first day of such AccrualCollection
Period, or if such date is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day; provided, however, if such rate does not appear on the Bloomberg Professional Service (or any
successor thereto) Bank Bill Swap Reference Bid Rate as contemplated, then the BBSW Rate on any date shall be calculated as the arithmetic mean of the rates of interest quoted as of 10:00 a.m. (Sydney, Australia time) on such day by the Facility
Agent on the basis of the discount amount at which the Facility Agent is then offering to purchase AUD denominated bankers acceptances that have a comparable aggregate face amount to the Advances outstanding in AUD and the same term to
maturity as such
AccrualCollection
Period, or if such date is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day.
Borrower has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Borrower Assigned Agreements has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1(c).
Borrowing Base means, on any day of determination, (i) the product of the lower of (a) the Weighted Average Advance Rate and (b) the Maximum Portfolio Advance Rate multiplied by the Adjusted Aggregate Eligible Collateral Obligation Balance plus (ii) the equivalent in Dollars of the amount on deposit in the Principal Collection Account (as determined by the Investment Manager using the Applicable Conversion Rate) minus (iii) the Aggregate Unfunded Amount plus (iv) the equivalent in Dollars of the amount on deposit in the Unfunded Exposure Account (as determined by the Investment Manager using the Applicable Conversion Rate).
Borrowing Base Condition means, both before and after giving pro forma effect to any such distribution, (i) with respect to any distribution permitted under Sections 10.16(a)(A)(1) and 10.16(a)(A)(2), the Borrowing Base is greater than or equal to the Advances outstanding, and (ii) with respect to any distribution permitted under Section 10.16(a)(A)(3), the Borrowing Base is greater than or equal to 110% of the Advances outstanding.
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Business Day means any day that is not (i) a Saturday or Sunday, (ii) any other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or the city in which the offices of the Collateral Agent or Collateral Custodian are located are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or government decree to remain closed or (iii) if the applicable Business Day relates to the advance or continuation of, or payment of an Advance bearing interest at the Applicable Interest Rate or the determination of the Applicable Interest Rate, days on which banks are dealing in Dollar deposits in the interbank eurodollar market in London, England, Toronto, Canada or Sydney, Australia are closed. All references to any day or any particular day of any calendar month shall mean calendar day unless otherwise specified.
CAD means the lawful money of Canada.
CAD Advance means each Advance made in CAD.
CAD Lender means the Persons executing this Agreement (or an assignment hereof in accordance with Article XV) in the capacity of a CAD Lender.
Capped Fees/Expenses means, at any time, the Collateral Agent Fees and Expenses and Collateral Custodian Fees and Expenses such that the aggregate amount of such Collateral Agent Fees and Expenses and Collateral Custodian Fees and Expenses paid to the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Custodian under the Transaction Documents in any calendar year do not exceed the sum of (i) 0.03% per annum of the Aggregate Eligible Collateral Obligation Amount plus (ii) $200,000.
CDOR Rate means, with respect to any
AccrualCollection
Period, the greater of (a) 0 and (b) the average rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) applicable to bankers acceptances for a term equivalent to the
AccrualCollection
Period appearing on the Bloomberg Professional Service (or any successor thereto) Canadian Dealer Offered Rate as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time), on the first day of such AccrualCollection
Period, or if such date is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day; provided, however, if such rate does not appear on the Bloomberg Professional Service (or any
successor thereto) Canadian Dealer Offered Rate as contemplated, then the CDOR Rate on any date shall be calculated as the arithmetic mean of the rates of interest quoted as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on such day by the Facility Agent on the basis
of the discount amount at which the Facility Agent is then offering to purchase CAD denominated bankers acceptances that have a comparable aggregate face amount to the Advances outstanding in CAD and the same term to maturity as such AccrualCollection
Period, or if such date is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day.
Change of Control means the Equityholder shall no longer be the sole equityholder of the Borrower; provided, however, that (i) a merger of FS Investment Corporation II with FS KKR Capital Corp. or other fundamental change transaction the result of which effectively combines the ownership
and/or assets of FS Investment Corporation II and FS KKR Capital Corp. shall not constitute a Change of Control and (ii) any publicly announced transaction or other series of
transactions, the result of which is that the Borrower is a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a business development company advised by a joint venture entity between (x) KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC (and any successor entity
thereto) or its Affiliate and (y) Franklin Square Holdings, L.P. (and any successor entity thereto) or its Affiliate, shall not constitute a Change of Control.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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by another Person on the Obligors behalf in respect of such Collateral Obligation, and (iv) any other document included by the Investment Manager on the related Document Checklist.
Collateral Obligation Schedule means the list of Collateral Obligations set forth on Schedule 3, as the same may be updated by the Borrower (or the Investment Manager on behalf of the Borrower) from time to time.
Collateral Quality Tests means, collectively or individually as the case may be, the Minimum Diversity Test, the Minimum Weighted Average Spread Test and the Maximum Weighted Average Life Test.
Collection Account means, collectively, the Principal Collection Account and the Interest Collection Account.
Collection Period means, with respect to the first Distribution Date, the period from and including the Effective Date to and including the Determination Date preceding the first Distribution Date; and thereafter, the period from but excluding the Determination Date preceding the previous Distribution Date to and including the Determination Date preceding the current Distribution Date.
Collections means the sum of all Interest Collections and all Principal Collections received with respect to the Collateral.
Commitment means, for each Committed Lender, (a) prior to the Facility Termination Date, the commitment of such Committed Lender to make Advances to the Borrower in an amount not to exceed, in the aggregate, the amount set forth opposite such Committed Lenders name on Annex B or pursuant to the assignment executed by such Committed Lender and its assignee(s) and delivered pursuant to Article XV (as such Commitment may be reduced as set forth in Section 2.5), and (b) on and after the earlier to occur of (i) Facility Termination Date and
(ii) the end of the Revolving Period, such Committed Lenders pro rata share of all Advances outstanding.
Committed Lenders means, for any Lender Group, the Persons executing this Agreement in the capacity of a Committed Lender for such Lender Group (or an assignment hereof) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Competitor means (a) any Person primarily engaged in the business of private investment management as a business development company, mezzanine fund, private debt fund, hedge fund or private equity fund, which is in direct or indirect competition with the Borrower, the Investment Manager, the advisor of the Investment Manager, or any Affiliate thereof that is an investment advisor, (b) any Person controlled by, or controlling, or under common control with, a Person referred to in clause (a) above, or (c) any Person for which a Person referred to in clause (a) above serves as an investment advisor with discretionary investment authority.
Corporate Facility means the Second Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2020 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time), among FS KKR Capital Corp., a Maryland corporation (including as successor by merger of FSK Capital Corp. II, the Borrower), the Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and ING Capital LLC, as Collateral Agent, or any such successor or replacement parent loan facility.
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Corporate Trust Office means the applicable designated corporate trust office of the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Custodian, as applicable, specified on Annex A, or such other address within the United States as it may designate from time to time by notice to the Facility Agent.
Cut-Off Date means, with respect to each Collateral Obligation, the date such Collateral Obligation becomes a part of the Collateral.
Daily Simple SONIA means, for any day, SONIA for the day that is the fifth Business Day in London England prior to (A) if the relevant date of such setting is a Business Day in London England, such date of setting or (B) if the relevant date of such setting is not a Business Day in London England, the Business Day in London England immediately preceding such date of setting; provided that, if the Facility Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Facility Agent, then the Facility Agent may establish another convention with the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld).
DBNY means Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, and its successors.
Defaulted Collateral Obligation means any Collateral Obligation as to which any one of the following events has occurred:
(a) any Scheduled Collateral Obligation Payment or part thereof is unpaid more than 2 Business Days beyond the grace period (if any) permitted by the related Underlying Instrument;
(b) an Insolvency Event occurs with respect to the Obligor thereof;
(c) the Investment Manager or the Borrower has actual knowledge of a default as to the payment of principal and/or interest that has occurred and continues for more than two Business Days on another loan or other debt obligation of the same Obligor that is (a) senior or pari passu in right of payment to such Collateral Obligation, (b) either a full recourse obligation of the Obligor or secured by the same collateral securing such Collateral Obligation and (c) in an amount (whether separately or in the aggregate) in excess of $250,000;
(d) a Responsible Officer of the Investment Manager or the Borrower has received written notice or has actual knowledge that a default has occurred under the Underlying Instruments, any applicable grace period has expired and the holders of such Collateral Obligation have accelerated the repayment of such Collateral Obligation (but only until such default is cured or waived) in the manner provided in the Underlying Instruments;
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(e) with respect to any Related Collateral Obligation, (i) the Equityholder or any of its subsidiaries fails to comply with any funding obligation under such Variable Funding Asset, and (ii) the Equityholder fails to notify the Facility Agent prior to such failure to fund and in for instruments similar to such Collateral Obligation, to the Facility Agent, (b) subject to customary qualifications for instruments similar to such Collateral Obligation, to any assignee of the Facility Agent permitted or contemplated under this Agreement, (c) subject to customary qualifications for instruments similar to such Collateral Obligation, to any Person at any foreclosure or strict sale or other disposition initiated by a secured creditor in furtherance of its security interest, and (d) subject to customary qualifications for instruments similar to such Collateral Obligation, to commercial banks, financial institutions, offshore and other funds (in each case, including transfer permitted by operation of the Uniform Commercial Code);
(v) the proceeds of such Loan will not be used to finance activities of the type engaged in by businesses classified under NAICS Codes 2361 (Residential Building Construction), 2362 (Nonresidential Building Construction), 2371 (Utility System Construction), or 2372 (Land Subdivision); and
(w) the Related Security for such Collateral Obligation is primarily located in the United States or an Eligible Jurisdiction.
Eligible Currency means AUDs, CADs, Dollars, Euros and GBPs.
Eligible Jurisdiction means Australia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Eligible Obligor means, on any day, any Obligor that (i) is a business organization (and not a natural person) that is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of, the United States or any State thereof (or any other Eligible Jurisdiction), (ii) is a legal operating entity or holding company, (iii) is not an Official Body and (iv) is not an Affiliate of, or controlled by, the Borrower, the Investment Manager or the Equityholder.
Enterprise Value Loan means any Loan that is not an Asset Based Loan.
Environmental Laws means any and all foreign, federal, state and local laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations and orders of courts or any other Official Body, relating to the protection of human health or the environment, including requirements pertaining to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation, handling, reporting, licensing, permitting, investigation or remediation of Hazardous Materials. Environmental Laws include the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.), the Hazardous Material Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. § 331 et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.), the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. § 300, et seq.), the Environmental Protection Agencys regulations relating to underground storage tanks (40 C.F.R. Parts 280 and 281), and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), and the rules and regulations thereunder, each as amended or supplemented from time to time.
Equityholder means FS Investment Corporation
IIKKR Capital Corp., a Maryland corporation,
together with its permitted successors and assigns.
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Equity Security means any asset that is not a First Lien Loan, a Second Lien Loan, a an Unsecured Loan, a Permitted Investment, a Senior Secured Bond or an Unsecured Bond.
ERISA means the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
EURIBOR Rate means, with respect
to any
AccrualCollection
Period, the greater of (a) 0 and (b) the rate per annum shown by the Reuters Screen (or any applicable successor page) that displays an average European Money Markets Institute Settlement
Rate for deposits in Euros for a period equal to such
AccrualCollection
Period as of 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, two Business Days prior to the first day of such
AccrualCollection
Period; provided, that in the event no such rate is shown, the EURIBOR Rate shall be the rate per annum based on the rates at which Euro deposits for a period equal to such AccrualCollection
Period are displayed on page EURIBOR of the Reuters Screen (or any applicable successor page) for the purpose of displaying Euro interbank offered rates of major banks as of 11:00 a.m., Brussels
time, two Business Days prior to the first day of such
AccrualCollection
Period (it being understood that if at least two such rates appear on such page, the rate will be the arithmetic mean of such displayed rates); provided, further, that in the event
fewer than two such rates are displayed, or if no such rate is relevant, the EURIBOR Rate shall be a rate per annum at which deposits in Euros are offered by the principal office of the Facility Agent in Brussels, Belgium to prime banks in
the euro interbank market at 11:00 a.m. (Brussels time) two Business Days before the first day of such AccrualCollection Period for delivery on such first day and for a period equal
to such
AccrualCollection
Period.
Euro, Euros, euro and mean the lawful currency of the Member States of the European Union that have adopted and retain the single currency in accordance with the treaty establishing the European Community, as amended from time to time; provided, that if any member state or states ceases to have such single currency as its lawful currency (such member state(s) being the Exiting State(s)), such term shall mean the single currency adopted and retained as the lawful currency of the remaining member states and shall not include any successor currency introduced by the Exiting State(s).
Euro Advance means each Advance made in Euros.
Euro Lender means the Persons executing this Agreement (or an assignment hereof in accordance with Article XV) in the capacity of a Euro Lender.
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.
Exceptions has the meaning set forth in Section 18.4(b).
Excess Concentration Amount means, as of the most recent Measurement Date (and after giving effect to all Collateral Obligations to be purchased or sold by the Borrower on such date), the sum, without duplication, of the following amounts, in each case multiplied by the Discount Factor applicable to each such individual Collateral Obligation:
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(a) the excess, if any, of the sum of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations
that are First Lien Last Out Loans, Second Lien Loans, Unsecured Loans or Unsecured Bonds over 3015% of the Excess Concentration Measure; provided, that the sum
of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations that are Unsecured Loans or Unsecured Bonds shall not exceed 17.510% of the Excess Concentration Measure;
(b) the excess, if any, of the sum of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations that are obligations of any single Obligor (other than an Obligor described in the following proviso) over 5% of the Excess Concentration Measure; provided, that (x) the sum of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations that are obligations of any Obligor that represents Principal Balances in excess of all other single Obligors may be up to 10% of the Excess Concentration Measure and (y) the sums of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations that are obligations of any three Obligors (other than the Obligor specified in clause (x)) that represent Principal Balances in excess of all other single Obligors (other than the Obligor specified in clause (x)) may be up to 7.5% of the Excess Concentration Measure;
(c) the excess, if any, of the sum of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations in any single Moodys Industry Classification (other than the Moodys Industry Classifications described in the following proviso) over 15% of the Excess Concentration Measure; provided, that (i) the sum of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations that are obligations of Obligors in the largest Moodys Industry Classification may be up to 22.5% of the Excess Concentration Measure, (ii) the sum of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations that are obligations of Obligors (other than any Obligor specified in clause (i)) in any two Moodys Industry Classifications in excess of all other Moodys Industry Classifications may be up to 20% of the Excess Concentration Measure, (iii) the sum of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations that are obligations of Obligors (other than any Obligor specified in clause (i) and (ii)) in any one Moodys Industry Classification in excess of all other Moodys Industry Classifications may be up to 17.5% of the Excess Concentration Measure, (iv) the sum of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations that are obligations of Obligors in the Utilities: Oil & Gas, Corp-Energy: Oil & Gas and Corp-Metals & Mining Moodys Industry Classifications may be up to 10% of the Excess Concentration Measure and (v) the sum of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations that are obligations of Obligors in the Corp-Retail Moodys Industry Classifications may be up to 15% of the Excess Concentration Measure;
(d) the excess, if any, of the sum of the Principal Balances of all Loans that are Fixed Rate Collateral Obligations that are not subject to a qualifying Hedging Agreement pursuant to Section 10.6 over (i) if the Interest Spread Test is not satisfied, 10% or (ii) if the Interest Spread Test is satisfied, 15% of the Excess Concentration Measure;
(f) the excess, if any, of the sum of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations which have an Obligor organized in country other than the United States over 40% of the Excess Concentration Measure; provided that, (x) the sum of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations which have an Obligor organized in Europe or the United Kingdom may be up to 25% of the Excess Concentration Measure and (y) the sum of the Principal Balances of
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Person of a voluntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by such Person to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or the making by such Person of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or such Person shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by such Person in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
Instrument has the meaning given such term in the UCC.
Interest Collections means, with respect to the Collateral following the applicable Cut-Off Date, (i) all payments and collections owing to the Borrower in its capacity as lender and attributable to interest on any Collateral Obligation or other Collateral, including scheduled payments of interest and payments of interest relating to principal prepayments, all guaranty payments attributable to interest and proceeds of any liquidations, sales, dispositions or securitizations attributable to interest on such Collateral Obligation or other Collateral, (ii) any commitment, ticking, upfront, underwriting, origination or amendment fees received in respect of any Collateral Obligation (including any proceeds received by the Borrower as a result of exercising any Warrant Asset at any time), (iii) all payments received by the Borrower pursuant to any Hedging Agreement that is an interest rate cap transaction and (iv) the earnings on Interest Collections in the Collection Account that are invested in Permitted Investments, in each case other than Retained Interests.
Interest Collection Account means the collective reference to the segregated, non-interest bearing securities accounts (within the meaning of Section 8-501 of the UCC) created and maintained on the books and records of the Securities Intermediary identified as interest collection accounts and, in each case, (x) is in the name of the Borrower or the applicable Permitted Subsidiary, subject to the Lien of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (y) includes any and all sub-accounts and (z) is established and maintained pursuant to Section 8.1(a).
Interest Rate means, for any
AccrualCollection
Period and any Lender, a rate per annum equal to the sum of (a) the Applicable Margin and (b) the Base Rate for such AccrualCollection
Period and such Lender.
Interest Spread Test means a test that will be satisfied on any day if the excess of Weighted Average Coupon minus the Applicable Interest Rate is not less than 2.00%.
Investment Management Agreement means the Investment Management Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Investment Manager and the Borrower.
Investment Management Standard means, with respect to any Collateral Obligations, to service and administer such Collateral Obligations on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with Applicable Law, the terms of the Transaction Documents, all customary and usual servicing practices for loans like the Collateral Obligations and, to the extent consistent with the foregoing, (i) with reasonable care, using a degree of skill and diligence not less than that with which the
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Borrower or Investment Manager, as applicable, services and administers loans for its own account or for the account of its Affiliates having similar lending objectives and restrictions, and (ii) to the extent not inconsistent with clause (i), in a manner consistent with the customary standards, policies and procedures followed by institutional managers of national standing relating to assets of the nature and character of the Collateral Obligations and without regard to any relationship that the Investment Manager or any Affiliate thereof may have with any Obligor or any Affiliate of any Obligor.
Investment Manager means initially FS
Investment Corporation
IIKKR Capital Corp., a Maryland corporation or any
successor investment manager appointed pursuant to this Agreement.
Investment Manager Event of Default means the occurrence of one of the following events:
(a) any failure by the Investment Manager to deposit or credit, or to deliver for deposit, in the Collection Account any amount required hereunder to be so deposited, credited or delivered or to make any required distributions therefrom;
(b) failure on the part of the Investment Manager duly to observe or to perform in any respect any other covenant or agreement of the Investment Manager set forth in the Investment Management Agreement which failure continues unremedied for a period of 30 days (if such failure can be remedied) after the date on which written notice of such failure shall have been given to the Investment Manager by the Borrower, the Collateral Agent or the Facility Agent (with a copy to each Agent);
(c) the occurrence of an Insolvency Event with respect to the Investment Manager;
(d) any representation, warranty or statement of the Investment Manager made in the Investment Management Agreement or any certificate, report or other writing delivered pursuant hereto shall prove to be incorrect as of the time when the same shall have been made (i) which incorrect representation, warranty or statement has a material and adverse effect on (1) the validity, enforceability or collectability of the Investment Management Agreement or any other Transaction Document or (2) the rights and remedies of any Secured Party with respect to matters arising under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, and (ii) within 30 days after written notice thereof shall have been given to the Investment Manager by the Borrower, the Collateral Agent or the Facility Agent, the circumstance or condition in respect of which such representation, warranty or statement was incorrect shall not have been eliminated or otherwise cured;
(e) a Facility Termination Event occurs;
(f) the failure of the Investment Manager to make any payment when due (after giving effect to any related grace period) under one or more agreements for borrowed money to which it is a party in an aggregate amount in excess of $2,500,000, individually or in the aggregate; or (ii) the occurrence of any event or condition that has resulted in or permits the acceleration of such recourse debt, whether or not waived;
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(g) the rendering against the Investment Manager of one or more final, non-appealable judgments, decrees or orders for the payment of money in excess of $2,500,000, individually or in the aggregate, and the continuance of such judgment, decree or order unsatisfied and in effect for any period of more than sixty (60) consecutive days without a stay of execution;
(h) a Change of Control occurs;
(i) the Equityholder ceases to be a business development company within the meaning of the 1940 Act;
(j) a cause event (as defined in Section 11(a) of the Investment Management Agreement) occurs; or
(k) either FS Investment Corporation IIKKR Capital Corp. is terminated as, removed from being, or otherwise
ceases to be the Investment Manager (including by reason of any failure to renew the term of the Investment Management Agreement), or FS/KKR Advisor, LLC ceases to be the investment advisor to the Investment Manager in each case, for a period of 30
consecutive days; provided, however, that (i) a merger of FS Investment Corporation II with FS KKR Capital Corp. or other fundamental change transaction the result of which effectively combines the ownership and/or assets of FS Investment
Corporation II and FS KKR Capital Corp. and (ii), any publicly announced other transaction or series of transactions, the result of which is that the Borrower is a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a business development company advised by a joint venture entity between
(x) KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC (and any successor entity thereto) or its Affiliate and (y) Franklin Square Holdings, L.P. (and any successor entity thereto) or its Affiliate, shall not constitute an Investment Manager Event of Default.
IRS means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Lender means each Committed Lender and each Dollar Lender, each Euro Lender, each CAD Lender, each AUD Lender and each GBP Lender, in each case as the context may require.
Lender Group means each Lender and related Agent from time to time party hereto.
Leverage Multiple means, with respect to any Collateral Obligation for the most recent relevant period of time for which the Borrower has received the financial statements of the relevant Obligor, the ratio of (i) Indebtedness of the relevant Obligor (other than Indebtedness of such Obligor that is junior in terms of payment or lien subordination (including unsecured Indebtedness) to Indebtedness of such Obligor held by the Borrower) less unrestricted cash of the relevant Obligor to (ii) EBITDA of such Obligor (as such calculation may be updated in connection with a modification of such Collateral Obligation described in clause (j) of the definition of Material Modification).
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LIBOR Rate means, with respect to any AccrualCollection
Period, the greater of (a) 0% and (b) the rate per annum shown by the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL Service as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to such
AccrualCollection
Period as of 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such
AccrualCollection
Period; provided that, in the event no such rate is shown, the LIBOR Rate shall be the rate per annum based on the rates at which deposits in Dollars for a period equal to such
AccrualCollection
Period are displayed on page LIBOR of the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service or such other page as may replace the LIBOR page on that service for the purpose of displaying London
interbank offered rates of major banks as of 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such AccrualCollection Period (it being understood that if at least two such rates
appear on such page, the rate will be the arithmetic mean of such displayed rates); provided, further, that in the event fewer than two such rates are displayed, or if no such rate is relevant, the LIBOR Rate shall be a rate per
annum at which deposits in Dollars are offered by the principal office of the Facility Agent in London, the United Kingdom to prime banks in the London interbank market at 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days before the first day
of such
AccrualCollection
Period for delivery on such first day and for a period equal to such AccrualCollection Period.
Lien means any security interest, lien, charge, pledge, preference, equity or encumbrance of any kind, including tax liens, mechanics liens and any liens that attach by operation of law.
Loan means any commercial loan, bond or note.
Majority Lenders means, at any time, Required Lenders; provided that, in addition to the foregoing, if there are more than two (2) Lenders at such time, at least two (2) Lenders shall be required to constitute Majority Lenders.
Make-Whole Fee means a fee equal to the positive difference, if any, of (x) the product of (1) the Applicable
Margin multiplied by (2) the average daily Commitment of the applicable Lender Group during the related AccrualCollection Period multiplied by (3) 75% minus
(y) the product of (1) the Applicable Margin multiplied by (2) the daily average Advances funded by the applicable Lender Group during such
AccrualCollection
Period minus (z) the Undrawn Fee accrued during such AccrualCollection Period with respect to the amount of the unutilized
Commitment for which a Make-Whole Fee is owing pursuant to the foregoing clauses (x) and (y).
Margin Stock means Margin Stock as defined under Regulation U issued by the FRS Board.
Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse effect on: (a) the assets, operations, properties, financial condition, or business of the Borrower or the Investment Manager; (b) the ability of the Borrower or the Investment Manager to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents; (c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any of the other Transaction Documents, or the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties hereunder or thereunder taken as a whole; or (d) the aggregate value of the Collateral or on the collateral assignments and Liens granted by the Borrower in this Agreement.
Material Modification means any amendment or waiver of, or modification or supplement to, any Underlying Instrument governing a Collateral Obligation which:
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commitment equal to not more than 15% of the sum of (i) the aggregate commitment amount of such working capital facility, (ii) the aggregate commitment amount of such Collateral Obligation and (iii) the aggregate commitment amount of any other debt that is pari passu with, or senior to, such Collateral Obligation less unrestricted cash; (b) has a ratio of the aggregate commitment amount of such working capital facility to EBITDA of such Obligor (determined on the date such Collateral Obligation is acquired or proposed to be acquired) is not greater than 1.0x; (c) is not contractually or structurally senior to such Collateral Obligation; and (d) is secured primarily by inventory and account receivables.
Person means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), joint stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
Prepayment Fee means if the Facility Amount is permanently reduced in whole or in part prior to the second year
anniversaryend of the Eighth Amendment Effective
DateRevolving Period, the Borrower shall pay to
each applicable Lender Group a nonrefundable fee equal to the product of (a) the amount of each such permanent reduction in the aggregate amount of the Commitments of such Lender Group multiplied by (b)(1) from the Eighth Amendment Effective Date until and excluding the twelve-month anniversary of the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, 1.50%, (2) from the twelve-month
anniversary of the Eighth Amendment Effective Date until and excluding the eighteen-month anniversary of the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, 0.75%, 1.0%; provided that no Prepayment Fee will apply if such reduction is made from proceeds of any of (3x) from the eighteen-month anniversary of the Eighth Amendment Effective Date until and
excluding the twenty-four-month anniversary of the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, 0.5% andCorporate Facility, (4y) thereafter, 0.0%an
unsecured capital markets transaction or (z) an on-balance sheet CLO.
Prepayment Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).
Primary IM Fee means with respect to any Distribution Date, the fee payable to the Investment Manager or successor investment manager (as applicable) for services rendered during the related Collection Period, which shall be equal to one-fourth of the product of (i) the Primary IM Fee Percentage multiplied by (ii) the average of the values of the aggregate Collateral Obligation Amount of the Eligible Collateral Obligations on the first day and the last day of the related Collection Period. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investment Manager may waive or defer the payment of any Primary IM Fee in its sole discretion.
Primary IM Fee Percentage means 0.45%.
Principal Balance means with respect to any Collateral Obligation and as of any date, the lower of (x) the Purchase Price paid by the Borrower for such Collateral Obligation and (y) the Dollar equivalent of the outstanding principal balance of such Collateral Obligation (if such Collateral Obligation is denominated and payable in any Eligible Currency other than Dollars and such Collateral Obligation is match-funded by Advances in the same Eligible Currency, then the Dollar equivalent shall be determined by the Applicable Conversion Rate, otherwise it shall be determined by the Applicable Exchange Rate), exclusive of (x) any deferred or capitalized interest on any Deferrable Collateral Obligation that is deferred or capitalized after the Cut-Off
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(g) with respect to any Enterprise Value Loan, the Leverage Multiple with respect to such Collateral Obligation increases by 1x or more over the Original Leverage Multiple with respect to such Collateral Obligation; provided that each subsequent increase of an additional 1x over the applicable Original Leverage Multiple shall be an additional Revaluation Event;
(h) with respect to any Asset Based Loan, (A) the Borrower fails (or fails to cause the Obligor to) retain either an Approved Appraisal Firm or an Approved Valuation Firm to re-calculate the Appraised Value of (x) with respect to any such Asset Based Loan that has intellectual property, equipment or real property, as the case may be, in its borrowing base, the collateral securing such Asset Based Loan that at least once every twelve (12) months that such Loan is included in the Collateral (subject to a 30 day grace period with respect to any such review) and (y) with respect to all other Asset Based Loans included in the Collateral, the collateral securing such Loan at least once every six (6) months that such Loan is included in the Collateral (subject to a 30 day grace period with respect to any such review) or (B) the Borrower (or the related Obligor, as applicable) changes the Approved Appraisal Firm or Approved Valuation Firm, as applicable, with respect to any Asset Based Loan that or the related Approved Appraisal Firm or Approved Valuation Firm changes the metric for valuing the collateral of such Loan, each without the written approval of the Facility Agent;
(j) with respect to any Asset Based Loan, the Effective LTV of such Collateral Obligation increases by more than an amount equal to 15% of the Original Effective LTV of such Collateral Obligation; provided that each subsequent increase of an additional 15% over the applicable Original Effective LTV shall be an additional Revaluation Event;
(k) if such Collateral Obligation is rated by either S&P or Moodys and is not a DIP Loan, such Collateral Obligation has (x) a public rating by
Standard & Poors of CCC- or
below, or SD or (y) a Moodys probability of default rating (as published by
Moodys) of
DCaa3
or
LDbelow
or, in each case, had such ratings before they were withdrawn by Standard & Poors or Moodys, as applicable; or
(l) the Investment Manager or the Borrower has actual knowledge that such Collateral Obligation is pari passu or junior in right of payment as to the payment of principal and/or interest to another debt obligation of the same issuer which has (i) a public rating by Standard & Poors of CC or below, or SD or (ii) a Moodys probability of default rating (as published by Moodys) of D or LD, and in each case such other debt obligation remains outstanding (provided that both the Collateral Obligation and such other debt obligation are full recourse obligations of the applicable Obligor).
Revolving Loan means a Collateral Obligation that specifies a maximum aggregate amount that can be borrowed by the related Obligor and permits such Obligor to re-borrow any amount previously borrowed and subsequently repaid during the term of such Collateral Obligation.
Revolving Period means the period of time starting on the Effective Date and ending on the earliest to occur of
(i) February 26,
20222023 (if such date is not a Business Day, the next Business Day) or, if such date is extended pursuant to Section 2.6, the date mutually agreed upon
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(b) If, but only if, a Revaluation Event occurs with respect to any Collateral Obligation, the Discount Factor of such Collateral Obligation may be amended by the Facility Agent, in its sole discretion, subject to the Investment Managers dispute rights set forth in this Section 2.7(b). The Facility Agent will provide written notice of the revised Discount Factor to the Borrower, the Collateral Agent and the Investment Manager. The Collateral Agent shall forward a copy of such notice to each Agent. To the extent the Investment Manager has actual knowledge or, pursuant to the terms of the applicable Underlying Instruments, has received notice of any Revaluation Event with respect to any Collateral Obligation, the Investment Manager shall give prompt notice thereof to the Facility Agent and the Collateral Agent (but, in any event, not longer than two Business Days after it receives notice or gains actual knowledge thereof). The Collateral Agent shall forward a copy of such notice to each Agent. So long as (i) the then-current Leverage Multiple with respect to the Collateral Obligation subject to such Revaluation Event is no more than 2.00x higher than the related Original Leverage Multiple, (ii) such Collateral Obligation was not previously subject to a Revaluation Event and (iii) such Collateral Obligation is not a Defaulted Collateral Obligation pursuant to clause (a) or (b) of the definition thereof, the Investment Manager may dispute the Discount Factor determined by the Facility Agent and at the expense of the Borrower shall retain an Approved Valuation Firm to determine the Discount Factor no later than sixty (60) days after the date of such initial determination by the Facility Agent (any such determination not to exceed the least of (x) the Purchase Price paid by the Borrower for such Collateral Obligation, (y) the outstanding Principal Balance of such Collateral Obligation and (z) any Discount Factor or haircut (including due to synthetic tranching) that the Facility Agent assigned pursuant to Section 2.7(a) or otherwise in the related Approval Notice). If the Facility Agent disputes the Discount Factor determined by the Borrowers Approved Valuation Firm in good faith based on its reasonable judgment, the Facility Agent may at the expense of the Borrower elect to retain a different Approved Valuation Firm to determine the Discount Factor in accordance with the Valuation Standard. In either case, the Discount Factor determined by the Facility Agent shall apply during the process of any such dispute. Any determination by any Approved Valuation Firm of the Discount Factor after a Revaluation Event shall be re-calculated every six (6) months after the date of such initial determination until the Borrower provides notice pursuant to clause (d) below that such Revaluation Event is no longer continuing. If any additional Revaluation Event occurs with respect to any Collateral Obligation, the Discount Factor of such Collateral Obligation may be amended by the Facility Agent, in its sole discretion and there shall be no right to dispute such determination. In the event more than one Discount Factor has been determined by Approved Valuation Firms for any Collateral Obligation in accordance with this clause (b), the Discount Factor for such Collateral Obligation shall be recalculated by the Facility Agent as the average of the valuations provided by all such Approved Valuation Firms (such determination not to exceed the least of (x) the Purchase Price paid by the Borrower for such Collateral Obligation, (y) the outstanding Principal Balance of such Collateral Obligation and (z) any Discount Factor or haircut (including due to synthetic tranching) that the Facility Agent assigned pursuant to Section 2.7(a) or otherwise in the related Approval Notice).
(c) The Facility Agent will provide written notice of each revised Discount Factor to the Borrower, the Investment Manager, each Agent and the Collateral Agent.
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(d) Upon notice from the Borrower to the Facility Agent that a Revaluation Event has been cured, the Facility Agent, in its sole discretion, shall revise the Discount Factor to revert to the Discount Factor prevailing immediately prior to the occurrence of the relevant Revaluation Event if the Facility Agent, in its reasonable discretion, is satisfied that such Revaluation Event has been cured.
Section 2.8 Increase in Facility Amount. The Borrower may, with the prior written consent of the Facility Agent (which consent may be conditioned on one or more conditions precedent in its sole discretion), (i) increase the Commitment of the existing Lender Groups (pro rata) with the consent of each such Lender Group, (ii) subject to Section 15.4(b), add additional Lender Groups and/or (iii) increase the Commitment of any Lender Group with the consent of such Lender Group, in each case which shall increase the Facility Amount by the amount of the increased or new Commitment of each such existing or additional Lender Group; provided that the Facility Amount may be increased to $500,000,000 with the consent of solely the Facility Agent and the Lender Group increasing its Commitment. Each increase in the Facility Amount pursuant to clause (i) above shall be allocated to each participating Lender Group pro rata based on their Commitments immediately prior to giving effect to such increase. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such increase shall be permitted without the prior written consent of DBNY if, after giving effect to any such increase, DBNYs Commitment will no longer be at least 51% of the Facility Amount.
YIELD, UNDRAWN FEE, ETC.
Section 3.1 Yield and Undrawn Fee. (a) The Borrower hereby promises to pay, on the dates specified in Section 3.2, Yield on the unpaid principal amount of each Advance (or each portion thereof) for the period commencing on the applicable Advance Date until such Advance is paid in full. No provision of this Agreement or the Notes shall require the payment or permit the collection of Yield in excess of the maximum permitted by Applicable Law.
(b) The Borrower shall pay the Undrawn Fee on the dates specified in Section 3.2.
Section 3.2 Yield Distribution Dates. Yield accrued on each Advance (including any previously accrued and unpaid Yield) and Undrawn Fee (as applicable) shall be payable, without duplication:
(a) on the Facility Termination Date;
(b) on the date of any payment or prepayment, in whole or in part, of principal outstanding on such Advance; and
(c) on each Distribution Date.
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Section 3.3 Yield Calculation. Each Note shall bear interest on each day during
each
AccrualCollection
Period at a rate per annum equal to the product of (a) the Interest Rate for such AccrualCollection Period multiplied by (b) the outstanding Advances
attributable to such Note on such day. All Yield shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring during the period for which such Yield is payable over a year comprised of
360 days (other than Yield accruing by the reference rate set forth in clause (a) of the definition of Alternate Base Rate, which shall be computed over a year comprised of 365/366 days and with respect to GBP Advances, AUD Advances and CAD
Advances 365 days).
Section 3.4 Computation of Yield, Fees, Etc. Each Agent (on behalf of its respective Lender Group)
and the Facility Agent shall determine the applicable Yield and all Fees to be paid by the Borrower on each Distribution Date for the related AccrualCollection Period and shall advise the Collateral Agent thereof in
writing no later than the Determination Date
immediatelyeighth (8th) Business
Day prior to such Distribution Date. Such reporting may also include an accounting of any amounts due and payable pursuant to Sections 4.3 and 5.1.
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS; TAXES
Section 4.1 Making of Payments. Subject to, and in accordance with, the provisions hereof, all payments of principal of or Yield on the Advances and other amounts due to the Lenders shall be made pursuant to Section 8.3(a) by no later than 3:00 p.m., in the Applicable Time Zone, on the day when due in the Eligible Currency in immediately available funds. Payments received by any Lender or Agent after 3:00 p.m., in the Applicable Time Zone, on any day will be deemed to have been received by such Lender or Agent on its next following Business Day. Each Agent shall allocate to the Lenders in its Lender Group each payment in respect of the Advances received by such Agent as provided by Section 8.3 or Section 2.4. Payments in reduction of the principal amount of the Advances shall be allocated and applied to Lenders pro rata based on their respective portions of such Advances, or in any such case in such other proportions as each affected Lender may agree upon in writing from time to time with such Agent and the Borrower. Payments of Yield and Undrawn Fee shall be allocated and applied to Lenders pro rata based upon the respective amounts of interest and fees due and payable to them.
Section 4.2 Due Date Extension. If any payment of principal or Yield with respect to any Advance falls due on a day which is not a Business Day, then such due date shall be extended to the next following Business Day, and additional Yield shall accrue and be payable for the period of such extension at the rate applicable to such Advance.
Section 4.3 Taxes. (a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under any Transaction Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax 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 Official Body in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional
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shall cause the Investment Manager to maintain its computer systems so that, from and after the time of sale of any Collateral Obligation to the Borrower, the Investment Managers master computer records (including any back-up archives) that refer to such Collateral Obligation shall indicate the interest of the Borrower and the Facility Agent in such Collateral Obligation and that such Collateral Obligation is owned by the Borrower and has been pledged to the Facility Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement.
(h) Liens. The Borrower shall not permit the Investment Manager to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any of its rights under any of the Transaction Documents, whether with respect to the Collateral Obligations or any other Collateral other than Permitted Liens.
(i) Mergers. The Borrower shall not permit the Investment Manager to directly or indirectly,
by operation of law or otherwise, merge with, consolidate with, acquire all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock of, or otherwise combine with or acquire, any Person, except that the Investment Manager shall be permitted to merge with
any entity so long as the Investment Manager remains the surviving corporation of such merger and such merger does not result in a Change of Control; provided, however,
that (i) a merger of FS Investment Corporation II with FS KKR Capital Corp. or other fundamental change transaction the result of which effectively combines the
ownership and/or assets of FS Investment Corporation II and FS KKR Capital Corp. and (ii), any publicly
announced other transaction or series of transactions, the result of which is that the Borrower is a
direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a business development company advised by a joint venture entity between (x) KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC (and any successor entity thereto) or its Affiliate and (y) Franklin Square Holdings,
L.P. (and any successor entity thereto) or its Affiliate, shall be permitted hereunder, with the surviving entity becoming the Equityholder for purposes of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and the parties hereto agree for the
benefit of the Investment Manager that such merger or fundamental change transaction shall be permitted under the Sale Agreement and the Investment Management Agreement, and shall not constitute a change in control or management of the
Investment Manager for purposes of Section 13 of the Investment Management Agreement. The Borrower shall cause the Investment Manager to give prior written notice of any merger to the Facility Agent and each Agent.
(j) Investment Management Obligations. The Borrower shall not permit the Investment Manager to (i) agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification of any Transaction Document to which it is a party and to which the Facility Agent is not a party without the prior written consent of the Facility Agent, (ii) agree or permit the Borrower to agree to a Material Modification with respect to any Collateral Obligation without the prior written consent of the Facility Agent, (iii) interpose any claims, offsets or defenses it may have as against the Borrower as a defense to its performance of its obligations in favor of any Affected Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents or (iv) change its fiscal year so that the reports described in Section 7.5(k) would be delivered to the Facility Agent and each Agent less frequently than every 12 months.
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Excluded Amounts if the Investment Manager has, prior to such withdrawal and consent, delivered to the Facility Agent and the Collateral Agent a report setting forth the calculation of such Excluded Amounts in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Facility Agent, which report shall include a brief description of the facts and circumstances supporting such request and designate a date for the payment of such reimbursement, which date shall not be earlier than two (2) Business Days following delivery of such notice.
Section 8.3 Distributions, Reinvestment and Dividends. (a) On each Distribution Date, the Collateral Agent shall distribute from the Collection Account, in accordance with the applicable Monthly Report prepared by the Collateral Agent and approved by the Facility Agent pursuant to Section 8.5, the Amount Available for such Distribution Date in the following order of priority:
(A) FIRST, to the payment of taxes and governmental fees owing by the Borrower, if any, which expenses shall not exceed $100,000 on any Distribution Date;
(B) SECOND, to the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Custodian, any accrued and unpaid Collateral Agent Fees and Expenses and Collateral Custodian Fees and Expenses for the related Collection Period pursuant to the Collateral Agent and Collateral Custodian Fee Letter, which expenses shall not exceed the amount of the Capped Fees/Expenses;
(C) THIRD, to the Investment Manager (unless waived or deferred in whole or in part by the Investment Manager), any fees of the Investment Manager in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of any accrued and unpaid Primary IM Fee for the related Collection Period;
(D) FOURTH, pro rata, based on the amounts owed to such Persons under this Section 8.3(a)(D), (A) to
the Lenders, an amount equal to the Yield on the Advances accrued during the AccrualCollection Period with respect to such Distribution Date (and any Yield
with respect to any prior
AccrualCollection
Period to the extent not paid on a prior Distribution Date), (B) to the Facility Agent and the Agents on behalf of their respective Lenders, all accrued and unpaid Fees due to the Lenders,
the Agents and the Facility Agent and (C) to the Hedge Counterparties, any amounts owed for the current and prior Distribution Dates to the Hedge Counterparties under Hedging Agreements (other than Hedge Breakage Costs), together with interest
accrued thereon;
(E) FIFTH, during the Revolving Period, to the Agents on behalf of their respective Lenders pro rata in accordance with the outstanding Advances, (1) in the amount necessary to reduce the Advances outstanding to an amount not to exceed any Borrowing Base and (2) if the Diversity Score is lower than 8, in the amount necessary to reduce the Advances outstanding to zero;
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(f) the Internal Revenue Service shall file notice of a lien pursuant to Section 6323 of the Code with regard to any of the assets of the Borrower (other than a Permitted Lien), or the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation shall file notice of a lien pursuant to Section 4068 of ERISA with regard to any of the assets of the Borrower;
(g) (i) any Transaction Document or any lien or security interest granted thereunder by the Borrower shall (except in accordance with its terms), in whole or in material part, terminate, cease to be effective or cease to be the legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Borrower; or (ii) the Borrower or the Investment Manager or any other party shall, directly or indirectly, contest in any manner the effectiveness, validity, binding nature or enforceability of any Transaction Document; or (iii) any security interest securing any Obligation shall, in whole or in part, cease to be a perfected first priority security interest (except, as to priority, for Permitted Liens) against the Borrower;
(h) an Investment Manager Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing past any applicable notice or cure period provided in the definition thereof or any other applicable section of this Agreement;
(i) the Borrower or the Investment Manager shall fail to pay any principal of or premium or interest on any Indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount of $250,000 or greater (or in the case of the Investment Manager $1,000,000 or greater), when the same becomes due and payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise) and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument relating to such Indebtedness; or any other default under any agreement or instrument relating to any such Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Investment Manager, as applicable, or any other event, shall occur and such default or event shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument if the effect of such default or event is to accelerate the maturity of such Indebtedness; or any such Indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable or required to be prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment), redeemed, purchased or defeased, or an offer to prepay, redeem, purchase or defease such Indebtedness shall be required to be made, in each case, prior to the stated maturity thereof; or any early amortization event, pay out event or other similar event (other than as a result of a voluntary prepayment) shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument relating to any such Indebtedness if the effect of such event is to cause the principal of such Indebtedness to be amortized on an accelerated basis;
(j) a Change of Control shall have occurred;
(k) either (i) the Borrower shall become required to register as an investment company within the meaning of the 1940 Act or
the arrangements contemplated by the Transaction Documents shall require registration as an investment company within the meaning of the 1940 Act or (ii) FS
Investment Corporation
IIKKR Capital Corp. ceases to be a business
development company within the meaning of the 1940 Act;
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DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK | ||
BRANCH, as Facility Agent | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK | ||
BRANCH, as an Agent, as a Dollar Lender, as a Euro Lender, as a GBP Lender, as a CAD Lender, as a AUD Lender and as a Committed Lender | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as an Agent, as a Dollar Lender and as a Committed Lender | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
TIAA, FSB, as an Agent, as a Dollar Lender and as a Committed Lender | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
ANNEX A
DARBY CREEK LLC
201 Rouse Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19112
Attention: William Goebel, Chief Financial Officer
Telephone: (215) 220-4247
Facsimile: (215) 339-1931
Email: credit.notices@fsinvestments.com; FSICII_Team@fsinvestments.com;
portfolio_finance@fsinvestments.com
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Collateral Agent and Collateral Custodian
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Rd.
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attn: CDO Trust ServicesDarby Creek LLC
Fax: (410) 715 3748
Phone: (410) 884 2000
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Facility Agent
60 Wall StreetOne Columbus
Circle
New York, New York 1000510019
Attention: Asset Finance Department
Email: Amit.Patel@db.com, James.Kwak@db.com
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as an Agent and as a Committed Lender
60 Wall StreetOne Columbus Circle
New York, New York 1000510019
Attention: Asset Finance Department
Email: Amit.Patel@db.com, James.Kwak@db.com
TIAA, FSB, as successor in interest to certain assets of EverBank Commercial Finance, Inc.,
as an Agent and as a Committed Lender
10000 Midlantic Drive, Suite 400 E
Mount Laurel, NJ 08054
Attention: Lender Finance
Facsimile No.: 201-770-4768
Email: LFLoanAdmin@tiaabank.com
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KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as an Agent and as a Committed Lender
1000 S. McCaslin Blvd.
Superior, CO 80027
Attention: Richard Andersen
Facsimile No.: 216-370-6396
Email: richard_s_anderson@key.com
CUSTOMERS BANK,
as an Agent and as a Committed Lender
99 Bridge Street
Phoenixville, PA 19046
Attention: Brian Luff
Telephone No.: (484) 302-0932
Facsimile No.: (610) 302-0932
Email: participationwires@customersbank.com
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Annex B
Lender |
Commitment | |||
Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch |
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TIAA, FSB, as successor in interest to certain assets of EverBank Commercial Finance, Inc. |
$ | 50,000,000 | ||
KeyBank National Association |
$ | 50,000,000 | ||
Customers Bank |
$ | 50,000,000 | ||
Total |
$ | 250,000,000 |
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Exhibit 10.3
EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDMENT NO. 14 TO LOAN FINANCING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of December 28, 2021 (this Amendment), among Dunlap Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Borrower) and Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as facility agent (the Facility Agent) and as lender (the Lender).
WHEREAS, the Borrower, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as collateral agent and collateral custodian (the Collateral Agent), the Lender and the Facility Agent are party to the Loan Financing and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 2, 2014 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated and otherwise modified from time to time, the Loan Agreement); and
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Facility Agent and the Lender have agreed to amend the Loan Agreement in accordance with Section 17.2 of the Loan Agreement and the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.1. Defined Terms. Terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Loan Agreement.
ARTICLE II
SECTION 2.1. Amendments to Loan Agreement. As of the date of this Amendment, the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to delete
the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add
the bold and double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: bold and
double-underlined text) as set forth on the pages of the Loan Agreement attached as Appendix A hereto.
ARTICLE III
Conditions to Effectiveness
SECTION 3.1. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date first written above upon:
(a) the execution and delivery of this Amendment by each party hereto; and
(b) the payment in full of all fees (including reasonable fees and out-of-pocket, documented expenses of counsel) due to the Lenders on or prior to the effective date of this Amendment.
ARTICLE IV
Representations and Warranties
SECTION 4.1. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Facility Agent that, as of the date first written above, (i) no Facility Termination Event or Unmatured Facility Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and (ii) the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in the Loan Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of such day (other than any representation and warranty that is made as of a specific date).
ARTICLE V
Miscellaneous
SECTION 5.1. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 5.2. Severability Clause. In case any provision in this Amendment shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 5.3. Ratification. Except as expressly amended and waived hereby, the Loan Agreement is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5.4. Counterparts. The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this Amendment in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or email transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
SECTION 5.5. Headings. The headings of the Articles and Sections in this Amendment are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof.
[Signature pages follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
DUNLAP FUNDING LLC, as Borrower | ||
By: | /s/ William Goebel | |
Name: William Goebel | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Fourteenth Amendment to LFSA]
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as Facility Agent and Lenders | ||
By: | /s/ Amit Patel | |
Name: Amit Patel Title: Managing Director | ||
By: | /s/ Andrew Goldsmith | |
Name: Andrew Goldsmith | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Fourteenth Amendment to LFSA]
Appendix A
EXECUTION VERSION
CONFORMED THROUGH AMENDMENT #1314 DATED AS OF 10.08.2112.28.21
LOAN FINANCING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
dated as of December 2, 2014
DUNLAP FUNDING LLC,
as Borrower
THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES HERETO,
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Facility Agent
THE OTHER AGENTS PARTIES HERETO,
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Collateral Agent and as Collateral Custodian
LOAN FINANCING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
THIS LOAN FINANCING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of December 2, 2014, among DUNLAP FUNDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Borrower), each LENDER (as hereinafter defined) FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO, the AGENTS for the Lender Groups (as hereinafter defined) from time to time parties hereto (each such party, in such capacity, together with their respective successors and permitted assigns in such capacity, an Agent), WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent and Collateral Custodian (each as hereinafter defined), and DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as Facility Agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns in such capacity, the Facility Agent).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Borrower desires that each Lender extend financing on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, each Lender desires to extend financing on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, based upon the foregoing Recitals, the premises and the mutual agreements herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:
1940 Act means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Account means the Unfunded Exposure Account, the Principal Collection Account and the Interest Collection Account, together with any sub-accounts deemed appropriate or necessary by the Securities Intermediary, for convenience in administering such accounts.
Account Collateral has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1(d).
Account Control Agreement means the Securities Account Control Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, by and between the Borrower, as pledgor, the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties, as secured party, and the Collateral Custodian, as Securities Intermediary.
Accrual Period means,
with respect to any Distribution Date, the period from and including the previous Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, from and including the Effective Date) through and including the day preceding such Distribution
Date.
AIFMD Law means (a) the AIFMD and (b) any applicable law of a member state of the European Union implementing the AIFMD.
Alternate Base Rate means a fluctuating rate per annum as shall be in effect from time to time, which rate shall be at all times equal to the highest of:
(a) the rate of interest announced publicly by DBNY in New York, New York, from time to time as DBNYs base commercial lending rate;
(b) 1⁄2 of one percent above the Federal Funds Rate; and
(c) zero.
Amount Available means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of (a) the amount of Collections with respect
to the related Collection Period and any amounts paid into the Collection Account under any Hedging Agreement with respect to the AccrualCollection Period ending on the dayDetermination
Date preceding such Distribution Date (excluding any Collections necessary to settle the acquisition of Eligible Collateral Obligations), plus (b) any investment income earned on
amounts on deposit in the Collection Account since the immediately prior Distribution Date (or since the Effective Date in the case of the first Distribution Date), plus (c) any Repurchase Amounts deposited in the Collection Account with
respect to the related Collection Period.
Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws has the meaning set forth in Section 9.30(a). Anti-Money Laundering Laws has the meaning set forth in Section 9.29(b).
Applicable Conversion Rate means, with respect to Euros, GBPs, AUDs or CADs (x) for an actual currency exchange, the applicable currency-Dollar spot rate obtained by the Borrower through customary banking channels, including the Collateral Agents own banking facilities or (y) for all other purposes, the applicable currency-Dollar spot rate that appeared on the Bloomberg screen for such currency (i) if such date is a Determination Date, at the end of such day or (ii) otherwise, at the end of the immediately preceding Business Day.
Applicable Exchange Rate means with respect to any Collateral Obligation denominated and payable in Euros, GBPs, AUDs or CADs on any day, the lesser of (a) the applicable currency-Dollar spot rate used by the Borrower (as determined by the Investment Manager) to acquire such currency on the related Cut-Off Date and (b) the Applicable Conversion Rate for such currency.
Applicable Interest Rate means (a) with respect to any Collateral Obligation or any Advance denominated in CAD, the CDOR Rate, (b) with respect to any Collateral Obligation or any Advance denominated in AUD, the BBSW Rate, (c) with respect to any Collateral Obligation or any Advance denominated in Euros, the EURIBOR Rate, (d) with respect to any Collateral Obligation or any Advance denominated in GBP, the sum of (i) Daily Simple SONIA and (ii) the SONIA Adjustment (provided that if such sum is less than 0%, the Applicable Interest Rate determined pursuant to this clause (d) shall be deemed to be 0% for purposes of this Agreement), and (e) with respect to any other Collateral Obligation or any other Advance, the LIBOR Rate.
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Applicable Law means for any Person all existing and future laws, rules, regulations (including temporary and final income tax regulations), statutes, treaties, codes, ordinances, permits, certificates, orders, licenses of and interpretations by any Official Body applicable to such Person (including, without limitation, predatory and abusive lending laws, usury laws, the Federal Truth in Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Billing Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Magnuson Moss Warranty Act, the Federal Reserve Boards Regulations B and Z, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of 2003 and state adaptations of the National Consumer Act and of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code and all other consumer credit laws and equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws) and applicable judgments, decrees, injunctions, writs, awards or orders of any court, arbitrator or other administrative, judicial, or quasi-judicial tribunal or agency of competent jurisdiction.
Applicable Margin means prior to the occurrence of any Facility Termination Event,
(i) during the Revolving Period,
2.001.85% per annum and (ii) thereafter, 2.101.95% per annum; provided that, during any period while a Facility
Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Applicable Margin otherwise in effect shall be increased by the addition thereto of 2.00% per annum.
Applicable Time Zone means (i) with respect to Dollar Advances and CAD Advances, New York City time, (ii) with respect to Euro Advances and GBP Advances, London time and (iii) with respect to AUD Advances, Sydney time.
Appraised Value means, with respect to any Asset Based Loan, the appraised value of the pro rata portion of the underlying collateral securing such Collateral Obligation as determined by an Approved Valuation Firm.
Approval Notice means, with respect to any Collateral Obligation, a copy of a notice executed by the Facility Agent in the form of Exhibit E, evidencing, among other things, the approval of the Facility Agent, in its sole discretion, of such Collateral Obligation, the applicable Eligible Currency and the applicable Discount Factor, the jurisdiction (if other than the United States or any State thereof) of the applicable Obligor, the loan type and lien priority, the Effective LTV, the Original Effective LTV and the Attaching Original Effective LTV (if such Collateral Obligation is an Asset Based Loan), the Original Leverage Multiple and the Attaching Leverage Multiple, other non-cash charges included in EBITDA and each other item listed in Section 6.2(h).
Approved Appraisal Firm means an independent third-party appraisal firm, including, Hilco Valuation Services, Gordon Brothers, Great American Group and Tiger Group and, any other independent nationally recognized third-party appraisal firm either (a) specified on the related Asset Approval Request and approved on the related Approval Notice or (b) selected by the Borrower and approved in writing by the Facility Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
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document supplementing, clarifying or otherwise relating to any of the foregoing, or (b) any accord, treaty, statute, law, rule, regulation, guideline or pronouncement (whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental authority implementing, furthering or complementing any of the principles set forth in the foregoing documents of strengthening capital and liquidity, in each case as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Basel III Regulation shall include Part 6 of the European Union regulation on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms (the CRR) and any law, regulation, standard, guideline, directive or other publication supplementing or otherwise modifying the CRR.
BBSW Rate means, with respect to any
AccrualCollection
Period, the greater of (a) 0 and (b) the average rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) applicable to bankers acceptances for a term equivalent to the
AccrualCollection
Period appearing on the Bloomberg Professional Service (or any successor thereto) Bank Bill Swap Reference Bid Rate as of 10:00 a.m. (Sydney, Australia time), on the first day of such AccrualCollection
Period, or if such date is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day; provided, however, if such rate does not appear on the Bloomberg Professional Service (or any
successor thereto) Bank Bill Swap Reference Bid Rate as contemplated, then the BBSW Rate on any date shall be calculated as the arithmetic mean of the rates of interest quoted as of 10:00 a.m. (Sydney, Australia time) on such day by the Facility
Agent on the basis of the discount amount at which the Facility Agent is then offering to purchase AUD denominated bankers acceptances that have a comparable aggregate face amount to the Advances outstanding in AUD and the same term to
maturity as such
AccrualCollection
Period, or if such date is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day.
Borrower has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Borrower Assigned Agreements has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1(c).
Borrowing Base means, on any day of determination, (i) the product of the lower of (a) the Weighted Average Advance Rate and (b) the Maximum Portfolio Advance Rate multiplied by the Adjusted Aggregate Eligible Collateral Obligation Balance plus (ii) the equivalent in Dollars of the amount on deposit in the Principal Collection Account (as determined by the Investment Manager using the Applicable Conversion Rate) minus (iii) the Aggregate Unfunded Amount plus (iv) the equivalent in Dollars of the amount on deposit in the Unfunded Exposure Account (as determined by the Investment Manager using the Applicable Conversion Rate).
Borrowing Base Condition means, both before and after giving pro forma effect to any such distribution, (i) with respect to any distribution permitted under Sections 10.16(a)(A)(1) and 10.16(a)(A)(2), the Borrowing Base is greater than or equal to the Advances outstanding, and (ii) with respect to any distribution permitted under Section 10.16(a)(A)(3), the Borrowing Base is greater than or equal to 110% of the Advances outstanding.
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Business Day means any day that is not (i) a Saturday or Sunday, (ii) any other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or the city in which the offices of the Collateral Agent or Collateral Custodian are located are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or government decree to remain closed or (iii) if the applicable Business Day relates to the advance or continuation of, or payment of an Advance bearing interest at the Applicable Interest Rate or the determination of the Applicable Interest Rate, days on which banks are dealing in Dollar deposits in the interbank eurodollar market in London, England, Toronto, Canada or Sydney, Australia are closed. All references to any day or any particular day of any calendar month shall mean calendar day unless otherwise specified.
CAD means the lawful money of Canada.
CAD Advance means each Advance made in CAD.
CAD Lender means the Persons executing this Agreement (or an assignment hereof in accordance with Article XV) in the capacity of a CAD Lender.
Capped Fees/Expenses means, at any time, the Collateral Agent Fees and Expenses and Collateral Custodian Fees and Expenses such that the aggregate amount of such Collateral Agent Fees and Expenses and Collateral Custodian Fees and Expenses paid to the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Custodian under the Transaction Documents in any calendar year do not exceed the sum of (i) 0.03% per annum of the Aggregate Eligible Collateral Obligation Amount plus (ii) $200,000.
CDOR Rate means, with respect to any
AccrualCollection
Period, the greater of (a) 0 and (b) the average rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) applicable to bankers acceptances for a term equivalent to the
AccrualCollection
Period appearing on the Bloomberg Professional Service (or any successor thereto) Canadian Dealer Offered Rate as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time), on the first day of such AccrualCollection
Period, or if such date is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day; provided, however, if such rate does not appear on the Bloomberg Professional Service (or any
successor thereto) Canadian Dealer Offered Rate as contemplated, then the CDOR Rate on any date shall be calculated as the arithmetic mean of the rates of interest quoted as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on such day by the Facility Agent on the basis
of the discount amount at which the Facility Agent is then offering to purchase CAD denominated bankers acceptances that have a comparable aggregate face amount to the Advances outstanding in CAD and the same term to maturity as such AccrualCollection
Period, or if such date is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day.
Change of Control means the Equityholder shall no longer be the sole equityholder of the Borrower; provided, however, that (i) a merger of FS Investment Corporation III with FS KKR Capital Corp. or other fundamental change transaction the result of which effectively combines the ownership
and/or assets of FS Investment Corporation III and FS KKR Capital Corp. shall not constitute a Change of Control and (ii) any publicly announced transaction or other series of
transactions, the result of which is that the Borrower is a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a business development company advised by a joint venture entity between (x) KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC (and any successor entity
thereto) or its Affiliate and (y) Franklin Square Holdings, L.P. (and any successor entity thereto) or its Affiliate, shall not constitute a Change of Control.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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by another Person on the Obligors behalf in respect of such Collateral Obligation, and (iv) any other document included by the Investment Manager on the related Document Checklist.
Collateral Obligation Schedule means the list of Collateral Obligations set forth on Schedule 3, as the same may be updated by the Borrower (or the Investment Manager on behalf of the Borrower) from time to time.
Collateral Quality Tests means, collectively or individually as the case may be, the Minimum Diversity Test, the Minimum Weighted Average Spread Test and the Maximum Weighted Average Life Test.
Collection Account means, collectively, the Principal Collection Account and the Interest Collection Account.
Collection Period means, with respect to the first Distribution Date, the period from and including the Effective Date to and including the Determination Date preceding the first Distribution Date; and thereafter, the period from but excluding the Determination Date preceding the previous Distribution Date to and including the Determination Date preceding the current Distribution Date.
Collections means the sum of all Interest Collections and all Principal Collections received with respect to the Collateral.
Commitment means, for each Committed Lender, (a) prior to the Facility Termination Date, the commitment of such Committed Lender to make Advances to the Borrower in an amount not to exceed, in the aggregate, the amount set forth opposite such Committed Lenders name on Annex B or pursuant to the assignment executed by such Committed Lender and its assignee(s) and delivered pursuant to Article XV (as such Commitment may be reduced as set forth in Section 2.5), and (b) on and after the earlier to occur of (i) Facility Termination Date and (ii) the end of the Revolving Period, such Committed Lenders pro rata share of all Advances outstanding.
Committed Lenders means, for any Lender Group, the Persons executing this Agreement in the capacity of a Committed Lender for such Lender Group (or an assignment hereof) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Competitor means (a) any Person primarily engaged in the business of private investment management as a business development company, mezzanine fund, private debt fund, hedge fund or private equity fund, which is in direct or indirect competition with the Borrower, the Investment Manager, the advisor of the Investment Manager, or any Affiliate thereof that is an investment advisor, (b) any Person controlled by, or controlling, or under common control with, a Person referred to in clause (a) above, or (c) any Person for which a Person referred to in clause (a) above serves as an investment advisor with discretionary investment authority.
Corporate Facility means the Second Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2020 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time), among FS KKR Capital Corp., a Maryland corporation (including as successor by merger of FSK Capital Corp. II, the Borrower), the Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and ING Capital LLC, as Collateral Agent, or any such successor or replacement parent loan facility.
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Corporate Trust Office means the applicable designated corporate trust office of the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Custodian, as applicable, specified on Annex A, or such other address within the United States as it may designate from time to time by notice to the Facility Agent.
Cut-Off Date means, with respect to each Collateral Obligation, the date such Collateral Obligation becomes a part of the Collateral.
Daily Simple SONIA means, for any day, SONIA for the day that is the fifth Business Day in London England prior to (A) if the relevant date of such setting is a Business Day in London England, such date of setting or (B) if the relevant date of such setting is not a Business Day in London England, the Business Day in London England immediately preceding such date of setting; provided that, if the Facility Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Facility Agent, then the Facility Agent may establish another convention with the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld).
DBNY means Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, and its successors.
Defaulted Collateral Obligation means any Collateral Obligation as to which any one of the following events has occurred:
(a) any Scheduled Collateral Obligation Payment or part thereof is unpaid more than 2 Business Days beyond the grace period (if any) permitted by the related Underlying Instrument;
(b) an Insolvency Event occurs with respect to the Obligor thereof;
(c) the Investment Manager or the Borrower has actual knowledge of a default as to the payment of principal and/or interest that has occurred and continues for more than two Business Days on another loan or other debt obligation of the same Obligor that is (a) senior or pari passu in right of payment to such Collateral Obligation, (b) either a full recourse obligation of the Obligor or secured by the same collateral securing such Collateral Obligation and (c) in an amount (whether separately or in the aggregate) in excess of $250,000;
(d) a Responsible Officer of the Investment Manager or the Borrower has received written notice or has actual knowledge that a default has occurred under the Underlying Instruments, any applicable grace period has expired and the holders of such Collateral Obligation have accelerated the repayment of such Collateral Obligation (but only until such default is cured or waived) in the manner provided in the Underlying Instruments;
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(e) with respect to any Related Collateral Obligation, (i) the Equityholder or any of its subsidiaries fails to comply with any funding obligation under such Variable Funding Asset, and (ii) the Equityholder fails to notify the Facility Agent prior to such failure to fund and any foreclosure or strict sale or other disposition initiated by a secured creditor in furtherance of its security interest, and (d) subject to customary qualifications for instruments similar to such Collateral Obligation, to commercial banks, financial institutions, offshore and other funds (in each case, including transfer permitted by operation of the Uniform Commercial Code);
(v) the proceeds of such Loan will not be used to finance activities of the type engaged in by businesses classified under NAICS Codes 2361 (Residential Building Construction), 2362 (Nonresidential Building Construction), 2371 (Utility System Construction), or 2372 (Land Subdivision); and
(w) the Related Security for such Collateral Obligation is primarily located in the United States or an Eligible Jurisdiction.
Eligible Currency means AUDs, CADs, Dollars, Euros and GBPs.
Eligible Jurisdiction means Australia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Eligible Obligor means, on any day, any Obligor that (i) is a business organization (and not a natural person) that is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of, the United States or any State thereof (or any other Eligible Jurisdiction), (ii) is a legal operating entity or holding company, (iii) is not an Official Body and (iv) is not an Affiliate of, or controlled by, the Borrower, the Investment Manager or the Equityholder.
Enterprise Value Loan means any Loan that is not an Asset Based Loan. Environmental Laws means any and all foreign, federal, state and local laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations and orders of courts or any other Official Body, relating to the protection of human health or the environment, including requirements pertaining to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation, handling, reporting, licensing, permitting, investigation or remediation of Hazardous Materials. Environmental Laws include the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.), the Hazardous Material Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. § 331 et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.), the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. § 300, et seq.), the Environmental Protection Agencys regulations relating to underground storage tanks (40 C.F.R. Parts 280 and 281), and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), and the rules and regulations thereunder, each as amended or supplemented from time to time.
Equityholder means FS Investment
Corporation IIIKKR Capital Corp., a Maryland
corporation, together with its permitted successors and assigns.
Equity Security means any asset that is not a First Lien Loan, a Second Lien Loan, a an Unsecured Loan, a Permitted Investment, a Senior Secured Bond or an Unsecured Bond.
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ERISA means the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
EURIBOR Rate means, with respect to any AccrualCollection
Period, the greater of (a) 0 and (b) the rate per annum shown by the Reuters Screen (or any applicable successor page) that displays an average European Money Markets Institute Settlement
Rate for deposits in Euros for a period equal to such
AccrualCollection
Period as of 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, two Business Days prior to the first day of such
AccrualCollection
Period; provided, that in the event no such rate is shown, the EURIBOR Rate shall be the rate per annum based on the rates at which Euro deposits for a period equal to such AccrualCollection
Period are displayed on page EURIBOR of the Reuters Screen (or any applicable successor page) for the purpose of displaying Euro interbank offered rates of major banks as of 11:00 a.m., Brussels
time, two Business Days prior to the first day of such
AccrualCollection
Period (it being understood that if at least two such rates appear on such page, the rate will be the arithmetic mean of such displayed rates); provided, further, that in the event
fewer than two such rates are displayed, or if no such rate is relevant, the EURIBOR Rate shall be a rate per annum at which deposits in Euros are offered by the principal office of the Facility Agent in Brussels, Belgium to prime banks in
the euro interbank market at 11:00 a.m. (Brussels time) two Business Days before the first day of such AccrualCollection Period for delivery on such first day and for a period equal
to such
AccrualCollection
Period.
Euro, Euros, euro and mean the lawful currency of the Member States of the European Union that have adopted and retain the single currency in accordance with the treaty establishing the European Community, as amended from time to time; provided, that if any member state or states ceases to have such single currency as its lawful currency (such member state(s) being the Exiting State(s)), such term shall mean the single currency adopted and retained as the lawful currency of the remaining member states and shall not include any successor currency introduced by the Exiting State(s).
Euro Advance means each Advance made in Euros.
Euro Lender means the Persons executing this Agreement (or an assignment hereof in accordance with Article XV) in the capacity of a Euro Lender.
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.
Exceptions has the meaning set forth in Section 18.4(b).
Excess Concentration Amount means, as of the most recent Measurement Date (and after giving effect to all Collateral Obligations to be purchased or sold by the Borrower on such date), the sum, without duplication, of the following amounts, in each case multiplied by the Discount Factor applicable to each such individual Collateral Obligation:
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(a) the excess, if any, of the sum of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations
that are First Lien Last Out Loans, Second Lien Loans, Unsecured Loans or Unsecured Bonds over 3015% of the Excess Concentration Measure; provided, that the sum
of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations that are Unsecured Loans or Unsecured Bonds shall not exceed 17.510% of the Excess Concentration Measure;
(b) the excess, if any, of the sum of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations that are obligations of any single Obligor (other than an Obligor described in the following proviso) over 5% of the Excess Concentration Measure; provided, that (x) the sum of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations that are obligations of any Obligor that represents Principal Balances in excess of all other single Obligors may be up to 10% of the Excess Concentration Measure and (y) the sums of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations that are obligations of any three Obligors (other than the Obligor specified in clause (x)) that represent Principal Balances in excess of all other single Obligors (other than the Obligor specified in clause (x)) may be up to 7.5% of the Excess Concentration Measure;
(c) the excess, if any, of the sum of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations in any single Moodys Industry Classification (other than the Moodys Industry Classifications described in the following proviso) over 15% of the Excess Concentration Measure; provided, that (i) the sum of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations that are obligations of Obligors in the largest Moodys Industry Classification may be up to 22.5% of the Excess Concentration Measure, (ii) the sum of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations that are obligations of Obligors (other than any Obligor specified in clause (i)) in any two Moodys Industry Classifications in excess of all other Moodys Industry Classifications may be up to 20% of the Excess Concentration Measure, (iii) the sum of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations that are obligations of Obligors (other than any Obligor specified in clause (i) and (ii)) in any one Moodys Industry Classification in excess of all other Moodys Industry Classifications may be up to 17.5% of the Excess Concentration Measure, (iv) the sum of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations that are obligations of Obligors in the Utilities: Oil & Gas, Corp-Energy: Oil & Gas and Corp-Metals & Mining Moodys Industry Classifications may be up to 10% of the Excess Concentration Measure and (v) the sum of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations that are obligations of Obligors in the Corp-Retail Moodys Industry Classifications may be up to 15% of the Excess Concentration Measure;
(d) the excess, if any, of the sum of the Principal Balances of all Loans that are Fixed Rate Collateral Obligations that are not subject to a qualifying Hedging Agreement pursuant to Section 10.6 over (i) if the Interest Spread Test is not satisfied, 10% or (ii) if the Interest Spread Test is satisfied, 15% of the Excess Concentration Measure;
(f) the excess, if any, of the sum of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations which have an Obligor organized in country other than the United States over 40% of the Excess Concentration Measure; provided that, (x) the sum of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations which have an Obligor organized in Europe or the United Kingdom may be up to 25% of the Excess Concentration Measure and (y) the sum of the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations which have an Obligor organized in Australia may be up to 10% of the Excess Concentration Measure;
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Fitch means Fitch Ratings, Inc., Fitch Ratings Ltd. and their subsidiaries, including Derivative Fitch Inc. and Derivative Fitch Ltd. and any successor thereto.
Fixed Rate Collateral Obligation means any Collateral Obligation that bears a fixed rate of interest.
Foreign Currency Advance Amount means, on any Measurement Date, the sum of (a) the equivalent in Dollars of the aggregate principal amount of all Advances denominated in Euros outstanding on such date, as determined by the Investment Manager using the Applicable Conversion Rate plus (b) the equivalent in Dollars of the aggregate principal amount of all Advances denominated in GBPs outstanding on such date, as determined by the Investment Manager using the Applicable Conversion Rate, plus (c) the equivalent in Dollars of the aggregate principal amount of all Advances denominated in AUDs outstanding on such date, as determined by the Investment Manager using the Applicable Conversion Rate, plus (d) the equivalent in Dollars of the aggregate principal amount of all Advances denominated in CADs outstanding on such date, as determined by the Investment Manager using the Applicable Conversion Rate, in each case after giving effect to all repayments of Advances and the making of new Advances on such date.
Foreign Currency Sublimit means, on any Measurement Date and with respect to any Eligible Currency (other than Dollars), a Dollar amount equal to the lesser of (a) the sum of each AUD Lenders, CAD Lenders, Euro Lenders or GBP Lenders, as applicable, Pro Rata Percentage of the Advances outstanding and (b) 30% of the Facility Amount on such date; provided, that on any Measurement Date and with respect to Euros and GBPs, a Dollar amount equal to the lesser of (x) the sum of each Euro Lenders and GBP Lenders, as applicable, Pro Rata Percentage of the Advances outstanding, as determined by the Investment Manager using the Applicable Conversion Rate and (y) 25.0% of the Facility Amount on such date.
Foreign Lender means a Lender that is not a United States person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date means December 28, 2021.
FRS Board means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and, as applicable, the staff thereof.
Fundamental Amendment means any amendment, modification, waiver or supplement of or to this Agreement that would have a material and adverse effect on any Lender and (a) increase or extend the term of the Commitments (other than an increase in the Commitment of another Lender or the addition of a new Lender) or change the Facility Termination Date, (b) extend the date fixed for the payment of principal of or interest on any Advance or any fee hereunder, in each case owing to such Lender, (c) reduce the amount of any such payment of principal or interest owing to such Lender, (d) reduce the rate at which interest is payable to such Lender or any fee is payable hereunder to such Lender, excluding in each case, any such reduction as a result of a full or partial waiver of interest or fees accruing at a default rate imposed during a Facility Termination Event or a result of a waiver of a Facility Termination Event), (e) release any material portion of the Collateral, except in connection with dispositions
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hereinafter in effect, or another present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law and such case is not dismissed within 60 days; or (b) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by such Person to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or the making by such Person of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or such Person shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by such Person in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
Instrument has the meaning given such term in the UCC.
Interest Collections means, with respect to the Collateral following the applicable Cut-Off Date, (i) all payments and collections owing to the Borrower in its capacity as lender and attributable to interest on any Collateral Obligation or other Collateral, including scheduled payments of interest and payments of interest relating to principal prepayments, all guaranty payments attributable to interest and proceeds of any liquidations, sales, dispositions or securitizations attributable to interest on such Collateral Obligation or other Collateral, (ii) any commitment, ticking, upfront, underwriting, origination or amendment fees received in respect of any Collateral Obligation (including any proceeds received by the Borrower as a result of exercising any Warrant Asset at any time), (iii) all payments received by the Borrower pursuant to any Hedging Agreement that is an interest rate cap transaction and (iv) the earnings on Interest Collections in the Collection Account that are invested in Permitted Investments, in each case other than Retained Interests.
Interest Collection Account means the collective reference to the segregated, non-interest bearing securities accounts (within the meaning of Section 8-501 of the UCC) created and maintained on the books and records of the Securities Intermediary identified as interest collection accounts and, in each case, (x) is in the name of the Borrower or the applicable Permitted Subsidiary, subject to the Lien of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (y) includes any and all sub-accounts and (z) is established and maintained pursuant to Section 8.1(a).
Interest Rate means, for any AccrualCollection
Period and any Lender, a rate per annum equal to the sum of (a) the Applicable Margin and (b) the Base Rate for such AccrualCollection
Period and such Lender.
Interest Spread Test means a test that will be satisfied on any day if the excess of Weighted Average Coupon minus the Applicable Spread is not less than 2.00%.
Investment Management Agreement means the Investment Management Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Investment Manager and the Borrower.
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Investment Management Standard means, with respect to any Collateral Obligations, to service and administer such Collateral Obligations on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with Applicable Law, the terms of the Transaction Documents, all customary and usual servicing practices for loans like the Collateral Obligations and, to the extent consistent with the foregoing, (i) with reasonable care, using a degree of skill and diligence not less than that with which the Borrower or Investment Manager, as applicable, services and administers loans for its own account or for the account of its Affiliates having similar lending objectives and restrictions, and (ii) to the extent not inconsistent with clause (i), in a manner consistent with the customary standards, policies and procedures followed by institutional managers of national standing relating to assets of the nature and character of the Collateral Obligations and without regard to any relationship that the Investment Manager or any Affiliate thereof may have with any Obligor or any Affiliate of any Obligor.
Investment Manager means initially FS Investment Corporation
IIIKKR Capital Corp., a Maryland corporation or
any successor investment manager appointed pursuant to this Agreement.
Investment Manager Event of Default means the occurrence of one of the following events:
(a) any failure by the Investment Manager to deposit or credit, or to deliver for deposit, in the Collection Account any amount required hereunder to be so deposited, credited or delivered or to make any required distributions therefrom;
(b) failure on the part of the Investment Manager duly to observe or to perform in any respect any other covenant or agreement of the Investment Manager set forth in the Investment Management Agreement which failure continues unremedied for a period of 30 days (if such failure can be remedied) after the date on which written notice of such failure shall have been given to the Investment Manager by the Borrower, the Collateral Agent or the Facility Agent (with a copy to each Agent);
(c) the occurrence of an Insolvency Event with respect to the Investment Manager;
(d) any representation, warranty or statement of the Investment Manager made in the Investment Management Agreement or any certificate, report or other writing delivered pursuant hereto shall prove to be incorrect as of the time when the same shall have been made (i) which incorrect representation, warranty or statement has a material and adverse effect on (1) the validity, enforceability or collectability of the Investment Management Agreement or any other Transaction Document or (2) the rights and remedies of any Secured Party with respect to matters arising under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, and (ii) within 30 days after written notice thereof shall have been given to the Investment Manager by the Borrower, the Collateral Agent or the Facility Agent, the circumstance or condition in respect of which such representation, warranty or statement was incorrect shall not have been eliminated or otherwise cured;
(e) a Facility Termination Event occurs;
(f) the failure of the Investment Manager to make any payment when due (after giving effect to any related grace period) under one or more agreements for borrowed money to which it is a party in an aggregate amount in excess of $2,500,000, individually or in the aggregate; or (ii) the occurrence of any event or condition that has resulted in or permits the acceleration of such recourse debt, whether or not waived;
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(g) the rendering against the Investment Manager of one or more final, non-appealable judgments, decrees or orders for the payment of money in excess of $2,500,000, individually or in the aggregate, and the continuance of such judgment, decree or order unsatisfied and in effect for any period of more than sixty (60) consecutive days without a stay of execution;
(h) a Change of Control occurs;
(i) the Equityholder ceases to be a business development company within the meaning of the 1940 Act;
(j) a cause event (as defined in Section 11(a) of the Investment Management Agreement) occurs; or
(k) either FS Investment Corporation IIIKKR Capital Corp. is terminated as, removed from being, or otherwise
ceases to be the Investment Manager (including by reason of any failure to renew the term of the Investment Management Agreement), or FS/KKR Advisor, LLC ceases to be the investment advisor to the Investment Manager in each case, for a period of 30
consecutive days; provided, however, that (i) a merger of FS Investment Corporation III with FS KKR Capital Corp. or other fundamental change transaction
the result of which effectively combines the ownership and/or assets of FS Investment Corporation III and FS KKR Capital Corp. and (ii), any publicly announced other transaction or series of
transactions, the result of which is that the Borrower is a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a business development company advised by a joint venture entity between (x) KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC (and any successor entity
thereto) or its Affiliate and (y) Franklin Square Holdings, L.P. (and any successor entity thereto) or its Affiliate, shall not constitute an Investment Manager Event of Default
IRS means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Lender means each Committed Lender and each Dollar Lender, each Euro Lender, each CAD Lender, each AUD Lender and each GBP Lender, in each case as the context may require.
Lender Group means each Lender and related Agent from time to time party hereto. Leverage Multiple means, with respect to any Collateral Obligation for the most recent relevant period of time for which the Borrower has received the financial statements of the relevant Obligor, the ratio of (i) Indebtedness of the relevant Obligor (other than Indebtedness of such Obligor that is junior in terms of payment or lien subordination (including unsecured Indebtedness) to Indebtedness of such Obligor held by the Borrower) less unrestricted cash of the relevant Obligor to (ii) EBITDA of such Obligor (as such calculation may be updated in connection with a modification of such Collateral Obligation described in clause (j) of the definition of Material Modification).
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LIBOR Rate means, with respect to any AccrualCollection
Period, the greater of (a) 0% and (b) the rate per annum shown by the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL Service as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to
such
AccrualCollection Period as of 11:00 a.m., London
time, two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such
AccrualCollection
Period; provided that, in the event no such rate is shown, the LIBOR Rate shall be the rate per annum based on the rates at which deposits in Dollars for a period equal to such
AccrualCollection
Period are displayed on page LIBOR of the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service or such other page as may replace the LIBOR page on that service for the purpose of displaying London
interbank offered rates of major banks as of 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such AccrualCollection Period (it being understood that if at least two such rates
appear on such page, the rate will be the arithmetic mean of such displayed rates); provided, further, that in the event fewer than two such rates are displayed, or if no such rate is relevant, the LIBOR Rate shall be a rate per
annum at which deposits in Dollars are offered by the principal office of the Facility Agent in London, the United Kingdom to prime banks in the London interbank market at 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days before the first day
of such
AccrualCollection
Period for delivery on such first day and for a period equal to such AccrualCollection Period.
Lien means any security interest, lien, charge, pledge, preference, equity or encumbrance of any kind, including tax liens, mechanics liens and any liens that attach by operation of law.
Loan means any commercial loan, bond or note.
Majority Lenders means, at any time, Required Lenders; provided that, in addition to the foregoing, if there are more than two (2) Lenders at such time, at least two (2) Lenders shall be required to constitute Majority Lenders.
Make-Whole Fee means a fee equal to the positive difference (if any) of (x) the product of (1) the Applicable
Margin multiplied by (2) the average daily Facility Amount during the related AccrualCollection Period multiplied by (3) 75% minus
(y) the product of (1) the Applicable Margin multiplied by (2) the daily average Advances funded by the Lenders during such
AccrualCollection
Period minus (z) the Undrawn Fee accrued during such AccrualCollection Period with respect to the amount of the unutilized
Commitment for which a Make-Whole Fee is owing pursuant to the foregoing clauses (x) and (y).
Margin Stock means Margin Stock as defined under Regulation U issued by the FRS Board.
Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse effect on: (a) the assets, operations, properties, financial condition, or business of the Borrower or the Investment Manager; (b) the ability of the Borrower or the Investment Manager to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents; (c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any of the other Transaction Documents, or the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties hereunder or thereunder taken as a whole; or (d) the aggregate value of the Collateral or on the collateral assignments and Liens granted by the Borrower in this Agreement.
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Underlying Instruments and (iv) as to agented Loans, Liens in favor of the agent on behalf of all the lenders of the related Obligor.
Permitted Working Capital Facility means, in respect of an Obligor and a Collateral Obligation, a working capital facility incurred by the relevant Obligor that (a) has an aggregate commitment equal to not more than 15% of the sum of (i) the aggregate commitment amount of such working capital facility, (ii) the aggregate commitment amount of such Collateral Obligation and (iii) the aggregate commitment amount of any other debt that is pari passu with, or senior to, such Collateral Obligation less unrestricted cash; (b) has a ratio of the aggregate commitment amount of such working capital facility to EBITDA of such Obligor (determined on the date such Collateral Obligation is acquired or proposed to be acquired) is not greater than 1.0x; (c) is not contractually or structurally senior to such Collateral Obligation; and (d) is secured primarily by inventory and account receivables.
Person means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), joint stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
Prepayment Fee means if the Facility Amount is permanently reduced in whole or in part prior to the second year
anniversaryend of the Thirteenth Amendment Effective
DateRevolving Period, the Borrower shall pay to
each applicable Lender Group a nonrefundable fee equal to the product of (a) the amount of each such permanent reduction in the aggregate amount of the Commitments of such Lender Group multiplied by (b)(1) from the Thirteenth Amendment Effective Date until and excluding the twelve-month anniversary of the Thirteenth Amendment Effective Date, 1.50%, (2) from the twelve-month anniversary of
the Thirteenth Amendment Effective Date until and excluding the eighteen-month anniversary of the Thirteenth Amendment Effective Date,
0.75%, 1.0%; provided that no Prepayment Fee will apply if such reduction is made from proceeds of any
of
(3x) from the eighteen-month anniversary of the Thirteenth Amendment Effective Date until
and excluding the twenty-four-month anniversary of the Thirteenth Amendment Effective Date, 0.5%
andCorporate Facility, (4y) thereafter,
0.0%an unsecured capital markets transaction or (z) an on-balance sheet CLO.
Prepayment Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).
Primary IM Fee means with respect to any Distribution Date, the fee payable to the Investment Manager or successor investment manager (as applicable) for services rendered during the related Collection Period, which shall be equal to one-fourth of the product of (i) the Primary IM Fee Percentage multiplied by (ii) the average of the values of the aggregate Collateral Obligation Amount of the Eligible Collateral Obligations on the first day and the last day of the related Collection Period. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investment Manager may waive or defer the payment of any Primary IM Fee in its sole discretion.
Primary IM Fee Percentage means 0.45%.
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Principal Balance means with respect to any Collateral Obligation and as of any date, the lower of (x) the Purchase Price paid by the Borrower for such Collateral Obligation and (y) the Dollar equivalent of the outstanding principal balance of such Collateral Obligation (if such quarterly, that in each case has an adverse effect on the ability of the Investment Manager or the Facility Agent (as determined by the Facility Agent in its reasonable discretion) to make any determinations or calculations required hereunder; provided, however, that the Borrower (or the Investment Manager on its behalf) may, on a single occasion (or any other additional occasions approved by the Facility Agent in its sole discretion) with respect to any Obligor, grant an extension of up to 30 days for the delivery of such financial statements by such Obligor;
(g) with respect to any Enterprise Value Loan, the Leverage Multiple with respect to such Collateral Obligation increases by 1x or more over the Original Leverage Multiple with respect to such Collateral Obligation; provided that each subsequent increase of an additional 1x over the applicable Original Leverage Multiple shall be an additional Revaluation Event;
(h) with respect to any Asset Based Loan, (A) the Borrower fails (or fails to cause the Obligor to) retain either an Approved Appraisal Firm or an Approved Valuation Firm to re-calculate the Appraised Value of (x) with respect to any such Asset Based Loan that has intellectual property, equipment or real property, as the case may be, in its borrowing base, the collateral securing such Asset Based Loan that at least once every twelve (12) months that such Loan is included in the Collateral (subject to a 30 day grace period with respect to any such review) and (y) with respect to all other Asset Based Loans included in the Collateral, the collateral securing such Loan at least once every six (6) months that such Loan is included in the Collateral (subject to a 30 day grace period with respect to any such review) or (B) the Borrower (or the related Obligor, as applicable) changes the Approved Appraisal Firm or Approved Valuation Firm, as applicable, with respect to any Asset Based Loan that or the related Approved Appraisal Firm or Approved Valuation Firm changes the metric for valuing the collateral of such Loan, each without the written approval of the Facility Agent;
(j) with respect to any Asset Based Loan, the Effective LTV of such Collateral Obligation increases by more than an amount equal to 15% of the Original Effective LTV of such Collateral Obligation; provided that each subsequent increase of an additional 15% over the applicable Original Effective LTV shall be an additional Revaluation Event;
(k) if such Collateral Obligation is rated by either S&P or Moodys and is not a DIP Loan, such Collateral Obligation has (x) a public rating by
Standard & Poors of CCC- or
below, or SD or (y) a Moodys probability of default rating (as published by
Moodys) of
DCaa3
or
LDbelow
or, in each case, had such ratings before they were withdrawn by Standard & Poors or Moodys, as applicable; or
(l) the Investment Manager or the Borrower has actual knowledge that such Collateral Obligation is pari passu or junior in right of payment as to the payment of principal and/or interest to another debt obligation of the same issuer which has (i) a public rating by Standard & Poors of CC or below, or SD or (ii) a Moodys probability of default rating (as published by Moodys) of D or LD, and in each case such other debt obligation remains outstanding (provided that both the Collateral Obligation and such other debt obligation are full recourse obligations of the applicable Obligor).
Revolving Loan means a Collateral Obligation that specifies a maximum aggregate amount that can be borrowed by the related Obligor and permits such Obligor to re-borrow any amount previously borrowed and subsequently repaid during the term of such Collateral Obligation.
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Revolving Period means the period of time starting on the Effective Date
and ending on the earliest to occur of (i) February 26,
20222023 (if such date is not a Business Day, the next Business Day) or, if such date is extended pursuant to Section 2.6, the date mutually agreed upon by the Borrower and each Agent, (ii) the date on
which the Facility Amount is terminated in full pursuant to Section 2.5 or (iii) the termination of the Revolving Period pursuant to Section 13.2.
Sale Agreement means the Sale and Contribution Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Equityholder, as seller, and the Borrower, as purchaser.
Sanctioned Countries has the meaning set forth in Section 9.29(a). Sanctions has the meaning set forth in Section 9.29(a).
Schedule of Collateral Obligations means the list or lists of Collateral Obligations attached to each Asset Approval Request. Each such schedule shall identify the assets that will become Collateral Obligations, shall set forth such information with respect to each such Collateral Obligation as the Borrower or the Facility Agent may reasonably require and shall supplement any such schedules attached to previously-delivered Asset Approval Requests.
Scheduled Collateral Obligation Payment means each periodic installment payable by an Obligor under a Collateral Obligation for principal and/or interest in accordance with the terms of the related Underlying Instrument.
Second Lien Loan means any Loan that (i) is not (and that by its terms is not permitted to become) subordinate in right of payment to any other obligation of the related Obligor other than a First Lien Loan with respect to the liquidation of such Obligor or the collateral for such Loan and (ii) is secured by a valid second priority perfected Lien to or on specified collateral securing the related Obligors obligations under the Loan, which Lien is not subordinate to the Lien securing any other debt for borrowed money other than a First Lien Loan on such specified collateral (subject to Liens permitted under the applicable Underlying Instrument that are reasonable for similar loans and, if permitted to secure borrowed money in excess of $500,000 and rank in priority senior to or pari passu with such Second Lien Loan, whether individually or in the aggregate, are set forth on the related Asset Approval Request).
Secondary IM Fee means with respect to any Distribution Date, the fee payable to the Investment Manager or successor investment manager (as applicable) for services rendered during the related Collection Period, which shall be equal to one-fourth of the product of (i) the Secondary IM Fee Percentage multiplied by (ii) the average of the values of the aggregate Collateral Obligation Amount of the Eligible Collateral Obligations on the first day and the last day of the related Collection Period. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investment Manager may waive or defer the payment of any Secondary IM Fee in its sole discretion.
Secondary IM Fee Percentage means 0.30%.
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Section 2.7 Calculation of Discount Factor.
(a) In connection with the purchase of each Collateral Obligation and prior to such Collateral Obligation being purchased by the Borrower and included in the Collateral, the Facility Agent will assign (in its sole discretion) a Discount Factor for such Collateral Obligation.
(b) If, but only if, a Revaluation Event occurs with respect to any Collateral Obligation, the Discount Factor of such Collateral Obligation may be amended by the Facility Agent, in its sole discretion, subject to the Investment Managers dispute rights set forth in this Section 2.7(b). The Facility Agent will provide written notice of the revised Discount Factor to the Borrower, the Collateral Agent and the Investment Manager. The Collateral Agent shall forward a copy of such notice to each Agent. To the extent the Investment Manager has actual knowledge or, pursuant to the terms of the applicable Underlying Instruments, has received notice of any Revaluation Event with respect to any Collateral Obligation, the Investment Manager shall give prompt notice thereof to the Facility Agent and the Collateral Agent (but, in any event, not longer than two Business Days after it receives notice or gains actual knowledge thereof). The Collateral Agent shall forward a copy of such notice to each Agent. So long as (i) the then-current Leverage Multiple with respect to the Collateral Obligation subject to such Revaluation Event is no more than 2.00x higher than the related Original Leverage Multiple, (ii) such Collateral Obligation was not previously subject to a Revaluation Event and (iii) such Collateral Obligation is not a Defaulted Collateral Obligation pursuant to clause (a) or (b) of the definition thereof, the Investment Manager may dispute the Discount Factor determined by the Facility Agent and at the expense of the Borrower shall retain an Approved Valuation Firm to determine the Discount Factor no later than sixty (60) days after the date of such initial determination by the Facility Agent (any such determination not to exceed the least of (x) the Purchase Price paid by the Borrower for such Collateral Obligation, (y) the outstanding Principal Balance of such Collateral Obligation and (z) any Discount Factor or haircut (including due to synthetic tranching) that the Facility Agent assigned pursuant to Section 2.7(a) or otherwise in the related Approval Notice). If the Facility Agent disputes the Discount Factor determined by the Borrowers Approved Valuation Firm in good faith based on its reasonable judgment, the Facility Agent may at the expense of the Borrower elect to retain a different Approved Valuation Firm to determine the Discount Factor in accordance with the Valuation Standard. In either case, the Discount Factor determined by the Facility Agent shall apply during the process of any such dispute. Any determination by any Approved Valuation Firm of the Discount Factor after a Revaluation Event shall be re-calculated every six (6) months after the date of such initial determination until the Borrower provides notice pursuant to clause (d) below that such Revaluation Event is no longer continuing. If any additional Revaluation Event occurs with respect to any Collateral Obligation, the Discount Factor of such Collateral Obligation may be amended by the Facility Agent, in its sole discretion and there shall be no right to dispute such determination. In the event more than one Discount Factor has been determined by Approved Valuation Firms for any Collateral Obligation in accordance with this clause (b), the Discount Factor for such Collateral Obligation shall be recalculated by the Facility Agent as the average of the valuations provided by all such Approved Valuation Firms (such determination not to exceed the least of (x) the Purchase Price paid by the Borrower for such Collateral Obligation, (y) the outstanding Principal Balance of such Collateral Obligation and (z) any Discount Factor or haircut (including due to synthetic tranching) that the Facility Agent assigned pursuant to Section 2.7(a) or otherwise in the related Approval Notice).
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(c) The Facility Agent will provide written notice of each revised Discount Factor to the Borrower, the Investment Manager, each Agent and the Collateral Agent.
(d) Upon notice from the Borrower to the Facility Agent that a Revaluation Event has been cured, the Facility Agent, in its sole discretion, shall revise the Discount Factor to revert to the Discount Factor prevailing immediately prior to the occurrence of the relevant Revaluation Event if the Facility Agent, in its reasonable discretion, is satisfied that such Revaluation Event has been cured.
Section 2.8 Increase in Facility Amount. The Borrower may, with the prior written consent of the Facility Agent (which consent may be conditioned on one or more conditions precedent in its sole discretion), (i) increase the Commitment of the existing Lender Groups (pro rata) with the consent of each such Lender Group, (ii) subject to Section 15.4(b), add additional Lender Groups and/or (iii) increase the Commitment of any Lender Group with the consent of such Lender Group, in each case which shall increase the Facility Amount by the amount of the increased or new Commitment of each such existing or additional Lender Group; provided that the Facility Amount may be increased to $750,000,000 with the consent of solely the Facility Agent and the Lender Group increasing its Commitment. Each increase in the Facility Amount pursuant to clause (i) above shall be allocated to each participating Lender Group pro rata based on their Commitments immediately prior to giving effect to such increase. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such increase shall be permitted without the prior written consent of DBNY if, after giving effect to any such increase, DBNYs Commitment will no longer be at least 51% of the Facility Amount.
ARTICLE III
YIELD, UNDRAWN FEE, ETC.
Section 3.1 Yield and Undrawn Fee. (a) The Borrower hereby promises to pay, on the dates specified in Section 3.2, Yield on the unpaid principal amount of each Advance (or each portion thereof) for the period commencing on the applicable Advance Date until such Advance is paid in full. No provision of this Agreement or the Notes shall require the payment or permit the collection of Yield in excess of the maximum permitted by Applicable Law.
(b) The Borrower shall pay the Undrawn Fee on the dates specified in Section 3.2.
Section 3.2 Yield Distribution Dates. Yield accrued on each Advance (including any previously accrued and unpaid Yield) and Undrawn Fee (as applicable) shall be payable, without duplication:
(a) on the Facility Termination Date;
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(b) on the date of any payment or prepayment, in whole or in part, of principal outstanding on such Advance; and
(c) on each Distribution Date.
Section 3.3 Yield Calculation. Each Note shall bear interest on each day during each
AccrualCollection Period at a rate per annum
equal to the product of (a) the Interest Rate for such
AccrualCollection
Period multiplied by (b) the outstanding Advances attributable to such Note on such day. All Yield shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days (including the first day but
excluding the last day) occurring during the period for which such Yield is payable over a year comprised of 360 days (other than Yield accruing by the reference rate set forth in clause (a) of the definition of Alternate Base Rate, which shall
be computed over a year comprised of 365/366 days and with respect to GBP Advances, AUD Advances and CAD Advances 365 days).
Section 3.4 Computation of Yield, Fees, Etc. Each Agent (on behalf of its respective Lender Group) and the Facility Agent
shall determine the applicable Yield and all Fees to be paid by the Borrower on each Distribution Date for the related AccrualCollection Period and shall advise the Collateral Agent thereof in
writing no later than the Determination Date
immediatelyeighth (8th) Business
Day prior to such Distribution Date. Such reporting may also include an accounting of any amounts due and payable pursuant to Sections 4.3 and 5.1.
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS; TAXES
Section 4.1 Making of Payments. Subject to, and in accordance with, the provisions hereof, all payments of principal of or Yield on the Advances and other amounts due to the Lenders shall be made pursuant to Section 8.3(a) by no later than 3:00 p.m., in the Applicable Time Zone, on the day when due in the Eligible Currency in immediately available funds. Payments received by any Lender or Agent after 3:00 p.m., in the Applicable Time Zone, on any day will be deemed to have been received by such Lender or Agent on its next following Business Day. Each Agent shall allocate to the Lenders in its Lender Group each payment in respect of the Advances received by such Agent as provided by Section 8.3 or Section 2.4. Payments in reduction of the principal amount of the Advances shall be allocated and applied to Lenders pro rata based on their respective portions of such Advances, or in any such case in such other proportions as each affected Lender may agree upon in writing from time to time with such Agent and the Borrower. Payments of Yield and Undrawn Fee shall be allocated and applied to Lenders pro rata based upon the respective amounts of interest and fees due and payable to them.
Section 4.2 Due Date Extension. If any payment of principal or Yield with respect to any Advance falls due on a day which is not a Business Day, then such due date shall be extended to the next following Business Day, and additional Yield shall accrue and be payable for the period of such extension at the rate applicable to such Advance.
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imposition of a Lien on the Collateral under Section 430 of the Code or Section 303(k) or 4068 of ERISA.
(f) Compliance with Collateral Obligations and Investment Management Standard. The Borrower shall cause the Investment Manager to, at its expense, timely and fully perform and comply with all material provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by the Investment Manager under any Collateral Obligations (except, in the case of a successor Investment Manager, such material provisions, covenants and other provisions shall only include those provisions relating to the collection and managing the Collateral Obligations to the extent such obligations are set forth in a document included in the related Collateral Obligation File) and shall comply with the Investment Management Standard in all material respects with respect to all Collateral Obligations.
(g) Maintain Records of Collateral Obligations. The Borrower shall cause the Investment Manager to, at its own cost and expense, maintain reasonably satisfactory and complete records of the Collateral, including a record of all payments received and all credits granted with respect to the Collateral and all other dealings with the Collateral. The Borrower shall cause the Investment Manager to maintain its computer systems so that, from and after the time of sale of any Collateral Obligation to the Borrower, the Investment Managers master computer records (including any back-up archives) that refer to such Collateral Obligation shall indicate the interest of the Borrower and the Facility Agent in such Collateral Obligation and that such Collateral Obligation is owned by the Borrower and has been pledged to the Facility Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement.
(h) Liens. The Borrower shall not permit the Investment Manager to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any of its rights under any of the Transaction Documents, whether with respect to the Collateral Obligations or any other Collateral other than Permitted Liens.
(i) Mergers. The Borrower shall not permit the Investment Manager to directly or indirectly, by operation of law or
otherwise, merge with, consolidate with, acquire all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock of, or otherwise combine with or acquire, any Person, except that the Investment Manager shall be permitted to merge with any entity so long as
the Investment Manager remains the surviving corporation of such merger and such merger does not result in a Change of Control; provided, however, that (i) a
merger of FS Investment Corporation III with FS KKR Capital Corp. or other fundamental change transaction the result of which effectively combines the ownership and/or assets of FS Investment Corporation III and FS KKR Capital Corp. and
(ii), any publicly announced other transaction or series of transactions, the result of which is that the Borrower is a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a business development
company advised by a joint venture entity between (x) KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC (and any successor entity thereto) or its Affiliate and (y) Franklin Square Holdings, L.P. (and any successor entity thereto) or its Affiliate, shall be
permitted hereunder, with the surviving entity becoming the Equityholder for purposes of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and the parties hereto agree for the benefit of the Investment Manager that such merger or fundamental
change transaction shall be permitted under the Sale Agreement and the Investment Management
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(d) The Equityholder may, from time to time in its sole discretion (x) deposit amounts into the Principal Collection Account and/or (y) transfer Eligible Collateral Obligations as equity contributions to the Borrower. All such amounts will be included in each applicable compliance calculation under this Agreement, including, without limitation, calculation of the Borrowing Base and the Minimum Equity Condition.
Section 8.2 Excluded Amounts. The Borrower may cause the Investment Manager to direct the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary to withdraw from the applicable Account and pay to the Person entitled thereto any amounts credited thereto constituting Excluded Amounts if the Investment Manager has, prior to such withdrawal and consent, delivered to the Facility Agent and the Collateral Agent a report setting forth the calculation of such Excluded Amounts in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Facility Agent, which report shall include a brief description of the facts and circumstances supporting such request and designate a date for the payment of such reimbursement, which date shall not be earlier than two (2) Business Days following delivery of such notice.
Section 8.3 Distributions, Reinvestment and Dividends. (a) On each Distribution Date, the Collateral Agent shall distribute from the Collection Account, in accordance with the applicable Monthly Report prepared by the Collateral Agent and approved by the Facility Agent pursuant to Section 8.5, the Amount Available for such Distribution Date in the following order of priority:
(A) FIRST, to the payment of taxes and governmental fees owing by the Borrower, if any, which expenses shall not exceed $100,000 on any Distribution Date;
(B) SECOND, to the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Custodian, any accrued and unpaid Collateral Agent Fees and Expenses and Collateral Custodian Fees and Expenses for the related Collection Period pursuant to the Collateral Agent and Collateral Custodian Fee Letter, which expenses shall not exceed the amount of the Capped Fees/Expenses;
(C) THIRD, to the Investment Manager (unless waived or deferred in whole or in part by the Investment Manager), any fees of the Investment Manager in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of any accrued and unpaid Primary IM Fee for the related Collection Period;
(D) FOURTH, pro rata, based on the amounts owed to such Persons under this Section 8.3(a)(D), (A) to
the Lenders, an amount equal to the Yield on the Advances accrued during the AccrualCollection Period with respect to such Distribution Date (and any Yield
with respect to any prior
AccrualCollection
Period to the extent not paid on a prior Distribution Date), (B) to the Facility Agent and the Agents on behalf of their respective Lenders, all accrued and unpaid Fees due to the Lenders,
the Agents and the Facility Agent and (C) to the Hedge Counterparties, any amounts owed for the current and prior Distribution
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(k) either (i) the Borrower shall become required to register as an
investment company within the meaning of the 1940 Act or the arrangements contemplated by the Transaction Documents shall require registration as an investment company within the meaning of the 1940 Act or (ii) FS Investment Corporation
IIIKKR Capital Corp. ceases to be a business
development company within the meaning of the 1940 Act;
(l) failure on the part of the Borrower or the Investment Manager to (i) make any payment or deposit (including, without limitation, with respect to bifurcation and remittance of Principal Collections and Interest Collections or any other payment or deposit required to be made by the terms of the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, to any Secured Party, Affected Person or Indemnified Party) required by the terms of any Transaction Document in accordance with Section 7.3(b) and Section 10.10 or (ii) otherwise observe or perform any covenant, agreement or obligation with respect to the management and distribution of funds received with respect to the Collateral;
(m) (i) failure of the Borrower to maintain at least one Independent Manager or (ii) the removal of any Independent Manager without cause or prior written notice to the Facility Agent and each Agent (in each case as required by the organization documents of the Borrower); provided that, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), the Borrower shall have five (5) Business Days to replace any Independent Manager upon the death or incapacitation of the current Independent Manager;
(n) the Borrower makes any assignment or attempted assignment of its respective rights or obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document without first obtaining the specific written consent of the Majority Lender, which consent may be withheld in the exercise of its sole and absolute discretion;
(o) any court shall render a final, non-appealable judgment against the Borrower or the Investment Manager (i) in an amount in excess of $250,000 (or, with respect to the Investment Manager, $1,000,000) which shall not be satisfactorily stayed, discharged, vacated, set aside or satisfied within 60 days of the making thereof or (ii) for which the Facility Agent shall not have received evidence satisfactory to it that an insurance provider for the Borrower or the Investment Manager, as applicable, has agreed to satisfy such judgment in full subject to any deductibles not exceeding $250,000 (or, with respect to the Investment Manager, $1,000,000); or the attachment of any material portion of the property of the Borrower or the Investment Manager which has not been released or provided for to the reasonable satisfaction of the Facility Agent within 30 days after the making thereof;
(p) the Borrower shall fail to qualify as a bankruptcy-remote entity based upon customary criteria such that Dechert LLP or any other reputable counsel could no longer render a substantive nonconsolidation opinion with respect to the Borrower;
(q) failure to pay, on the Facility Termination Date, all outstanding Obligations; or
(r) during the Revolving Period, the Minimum Equity Condition is not satisfied and such condition continues unremedied for two (2) consecutive Business Days.
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ANNEX A
DUNLAP FUNDING LLC
201 Rouse Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19112
Attention: William Goebel, Chief Financial Officer
Telephone: (215) 220-4247
Facsimile: (215) 339-1931
Email: credit.notices@fsinvestments.com; FSICIII_Team@fsinvestments.com;
portfolio_finance@fsinvestments.com
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Collateral Agent and Collateral Custodian
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Rd.
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attn: CDO Trust ServicesDunlap Funding LLC
Fax: (410) 715-3748
Phone: (410) 884-2000
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Facility Agent
60 Wall StreetOne Columbus
Circle
New York, New York 1000510019
Attention: Asset Finance Department
Email: Amit.Patel@db.com, James.Kwak@db.com
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as an Agent and as a Committed Lender
60 Wall StreetOne Columbus Circle
New York, New York 1000510019
Attention: Asset Finance Department
Email: Amit.Patel@db.com, James.Kwak@db.com
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Exhibit 10.4
EXECUTION VERSION
THIRD AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SERVICING AGREEMENT AND OMNIBUS AMENDMENT TO TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS (this Amendment), dated as of December 28, 2021 (the Amendment Date), among Meadowbrook Run LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the borrower (the Borrower), FS KKR Capital Corp., a Maryland corporation, as the servicer (the Servicer), Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., as the lender (the Lender), and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns in such capacity, the Administrative Agent).
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Servicer, the Lender and the Administrative Agent are party to that certain Loan and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2019 (as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented prior to the Amendment Date in accordance with the terms thereof, the Loan and Servicing Agreement), by and among the Borrower, the Servicer, FS Investment Corporation II, as the equityholder, the Lender, each of the other lenders from time to time party thereto, the Administrative Agent and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the collateral agent, the account bank and the collateral custodian, providing, among other things, for the making and the administration of the Advances by the Lender to the Borrower; and
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Servicer, the Lender and the Administrative Agent desire to amend certain provisions of the Loan and Servicing Agreement, in accordance with Section 12.01 thereof and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.1. Defined Terms. Terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Loan and Servicing Agreement.
ARTICLE II
Amendments to Loan and Servicing Agreement
SECTION 2.1. As of the Amendment Date, the Loan and Servicing Agreement is hereby amended to delete
the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and
to add the bold and double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: bold and
double-underlined text) as set forth on the pages of the Loan and Servicing Agreement attached as Appendix A hereto.
ARTICLE III
Omnibus Amendment to Transaction Documents
SECTION 3.1. All Transaction Documents are hereby amended, to the extent applicable, by deleting all references to FS KKR Capital Corp. II and inserting FS KKR Capital Corp. in lieu thereof.
ARTICLE IV
Representations and Warranties
SECTION 4.1. The Borrower and the Servicer hereby represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Lender that, as of the Amendment Date, (i) no Unmatured Event of Default, Event of Default or Servicer Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) the representations and warranties of the Borrower and the Servicer contained in the Loan and Servicing Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of such day.
ARTICLE V
Conditions Precedent
SECTION 5.1. This Amendment shall become effective upon its execution and delivery by each party hereto and the payment by the Borrower in immediately available funds of any fees (including reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of outside counsel to the Administrative Agent) to be received on the Amendment Date.
ARTICLE VI
Miscellaneous
SECTION 6.1. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).
SECTION 6.2. Severability Clause. In case any provision in this Amendment shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 6.3. Ratification. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Loan and Servicing Agreement is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Amendment shall form a part of the Loan and Servicing Agreement for all purposes.
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SECTION 6.4. Counterparts. The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this Amendment in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or email transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
SECTION 6.5. Headings. The headings of the Articles and Sections in this Amendment are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof.
[Signature Pages Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the Amendment Date.
BORROWER: | ||
MEADOWBROOK RUN LLC | ||
By: | /s/ William Goebel | |
Name: William Goebel | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
SERVICER: | ||
FS KKR CAPITAL CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ William Goebel | |
Name: William Goebel | ||
Title: Chief Accounting Officer |
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT: | ||
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Matthieu Milgrom | |
Name: Matthieu Milgrom | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Third Amendment to Loan and Servicing Agreement]
LENDER: | ||
MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A. | ||
By: | /s/ Nii Dodoo | |
Name: Nii Dodoo | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Third Amendment to Loan and Servicing Agreement]
APPENDIX A
EXECUTION VERSION
Conformed through SecondThird Amendment dated as of June 16December 28, 20202021
Up to $300,000,000
LOAN AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of November 22, 2019
among
MEADOWBROOK RUN LLC,
as the Borrower
FS KKR CAPITAL
CORP. II,
as the Servicer and the Equityholder
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
as the Administrative Agent
EACH OF THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
as the Lenders
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as the Collateral Agent, Account Bank and Collateral Custodian
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.01 Certain Defined Terms |
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Section 1.02 Other Terms |
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Section 1.03 Computation of Time Periods |
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Section 1.04 Interpretation |
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Section 1.05 Currency Conversion |
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ARTICLE II. THE FACILITY |
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Section 2.01 Advances |
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Section 2.02 Procedure for Advances |
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Section 2.03 Yield and Unused Fees |
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Section 2.04 Remittance Procedures |
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Section 2.05 Instructions to the Collateral Agent and the Account Bank |
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Section 2.06 Borrowing Base Deficiency Payments; Equity Cure |
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Section 2.07 Discretionary Sales, Substitutions and Lien Release Dividends |
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Section 2.08 Payments and Computations, Etc. |
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Section 2.09 Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy |
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Section 2.10 Taxes |
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Section 2.11 Mitigation Obligations |
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Section 2.12 Grant of a Security Interest |
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Section 2.13 Evidence of Debt |
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Section 2.14 [Reserved] |
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Section 2.15 Release of Loans |
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Section 2.16 Treatment of Amounts Received by the Borrower |
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Section 2.17 Prepayment; Repayment; Reduction of Commitments |
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Section 2.18 Collections and Allocations |
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Section 2.19 Reinvestment of Principal Collections |
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Section 2.20 Loan Approval Procedure |
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Section 2.21 Incremental Facilities |
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Section 2.22 Defaulting Lenders |
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ARTICLE III. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
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Section 3.01 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness |
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Section 3.02 Conditions Precedent to All Transactions |
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Section 3.03 Advances Do Not Constitute a Waiver |
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ARTICLE IV. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Section 4.01 Representations and Warranties of the Borrower |
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Section 4.02 Representations and Warranties of the Borrower Relating to the Agreement and the Collateral Portfolio |
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Section 4.03 Representations and Warranties of the Servicer |
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Section 4.04 Representations and Warranties of the Collateral Agent |
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Section 4.05 Representations and Warranties of the Collateral Custodian |
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Section 4.06 Representations and Warranties of the Lender |
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ARTICLE V. GENERAL COVENANTS |
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Section 5.01 Affirmative Covenants of the Borrower |
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Section 5.02 Negative Covenants of the Borrower |
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Section 5.03 Affirmative Covenants of the Servicer |
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Section 5.04 Negative Covenants of the Servicer |
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Section 5.05 Affirmative Covenants of the Collateral Agent |
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Section 5.06 Negative Covenants of the Collateral Agent |
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Section 5.07 Affirmative Covenants of the Collateral Custodian |
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Section 5.08 Negative Covenants of the Collateral Custodian |
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ARTICLE VI. ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF CONTRACTS |
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Section 6.01 Appointment and Designation of the Servicer |
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Section 6.02 Duties of the Servicer |
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Section 6.03 Authorization of the Servicer |
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Section 6.04 Collection of Payments; Accounts |
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Section 6.05 Realization Upon Loans |
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Section 6.06 [Reserved] |
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Section 6.07 Payment of Certain Expenses by Servicer |
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Section 6.08 Reports to the Administrative Agent; Account Statements; Servicing Information |
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Section 6.09 Annual Statement as to Compliance |
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Section 6.10 Annual Independent Public Accountants Servicer Reports |
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Section 6.11 Procedural Review of Loans; Access to Servicer and Servicers Records |
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Section 6.12 [Reserved] |
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Section 6.13 Obligations and Compliance with Collateral Portfolio |
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Section 6.14 Preservation of Security Interest |
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Section 6.15 Special Purpose Entity Requirements |
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ARTICLE VII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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Section 7.01 Events of Default |
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Section 7.02 Additional Remedies of the Administrative Agent |
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ARTICLE VIII. INDEMNIFICATION |
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Section 8.01 Indemnities by the Borrower |
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Section 8.02 Indemnities by Servicer |
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Section 8.03 Legal Proceedings |
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Section 8.04 After-Tax Basis |
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ARTICLE IX. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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Section 9.01 The Administrative Agent |
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ARTICLE X. COLLATERAL AGENT |
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Section 10.01 Designation of Collateral Agent |
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Section 10.02 Duties of Collateral Agent |
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Section 10.03 Merger or Consolidation |
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Section 10.04 Collateral Agent Compensation |
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Section 10.05 Collateral Agent Removal |
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Section 10.06 Limitation on Liability |
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Section 10.07 Collateral Agent Resignation |
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ARTICLE XI. COLLATERAL CUSTODIAN |
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Section 11.01 Designation of Collateral Custodian |
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Section 11.02 Duties of Collateral Custodian |
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Section 11.03 Merger or Consolidation |
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Section 11.04 Collateral Custodian Compensation |
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Section 11.05 Collateral Custodian Removal |
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Section 11.06 Limitation on Liability |
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Section 11.07 Collateral Custodian Resignation |
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Section 11.08 Release of Documents |
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Section 11.09 Return of Required Loan Documents |
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Section 11.10 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Collateral Portfolio |
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Section 11.11 Bailment. |
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ARTICLE XII. MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 12.01 Amendments and Waivers |
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Section 12.02 Notices, Etc. |
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Section 12.03 No Waiver; Remedies |
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Section 12.04 Binding Effect; Assignability; Multiple Lenders |
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Section 12.05 Term of This Agreement |
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Section 12.06 Governing Law; Jury Waiver |
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Section 12.07 Costs, Expenses and Taxes |
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Section 12.08 Further Assurances |
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Section 12.09 Recourse Against Certain Parties |
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Section 12.10 Execution in Counterparts; Severability; Integration |
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Section 12.11 Consent to Jurisdiction; Service of Process |
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Section 12.12 Confidentiality |
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Section 12.13 [Reserved] |
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Section 12.14 Intent of the Parties |
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Section 12.15 Waiver of Set Off |
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Section 12.16 Headings and Exhibits |
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Section 12.17 Ratable Payments |
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Section 12.18 Failure of Borrower or Servicer to Perform Certain Obligations |
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Section 12.19 Power of Attorney |
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Section 12.20 Delivery of Termination Statements, Releases, etc. |
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Section 12.21 Non-Petition |
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Section 12.22 Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions |
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THIS LOAN AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time, this Agreement) is made as of November 22, 2019, among:
(1) MEADOWBROOK RUN LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Borrower);
(2) FS KKR CAPITAL CORP. II, a Maryland corporation, as the Servicer (as defined herein) and the Equityholder (as defined herein);
(3) EACH OF THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO (together with its respective successors and assigns in such capacity, each a Lender and collectively, the Lenders);
(4) MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Administrative Agent (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Administrative Agent); and
(5) WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (Wells Fargo), as the Collateral Agent (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Agent), the Account Bank (as defined herein) and the Collateral Custodian (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Custodian).
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WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders make available to the Borrower a revolving loan facility in the maximum principal amount of up to the Facility Amount (as defined below), the proceeds of which shall be used by the Borrower to fund the purchase of certain Eligible Loan Assets (as defined below);
WHEREAS, the Borrower is willing to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined below), a lien on and security interest in the Collateral Portfolio (as defined below) to secure the payment in full of the Obligations (as defined below);
WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to extend financing to the Borrower on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS, the Borrower also desires to retain the Servicer to perform certain servicing functions related to the Collateral Portfolio on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the Servicer desires to perform certain servicing functions related to the Collateral Portfolio on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
Agented Loan means any Loan originated as part of a syndicated loan transaction that has one (1) or more administrative, paying and/or collateral agents who receive payments and hold the collateral pledged by the related Obligor on behalf of all lenders with respect to the related credit facility.
Aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of the Adjusted Borrowing Values of all Eligible Loan Assets included as part of the Collateral Portfolio on such date, after giving effect to all Eligible Loan Assets added to and removed from the Collateral Portfolio on such date.
Agreement means this Loan and Servicing Agreement, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time hereafter in accordance with the terms hereof.
Alternative Currency Advance means any AUD Advance, CDOR Advance, EURO Advance or GBP Advance.
Amortization Period means the period commencing on the Commitment Termination Date and ending on the Collection Date.
Anti-Corruption Laws means all Applicable Law of any jurisdiction from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, including, in each case, any regulations thereunder and as may be amended from time to time.
Anti-Money Laundering Laws includes the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 and the Patriot Act, and means all Applicable Law of any jurisdiction that relates to money laundering or terrorism financing, any predicate crime thereto, or any financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements related thereto.
Applicable Index means
(i) initially, with respect to (a) Dollar Advances, LIBOR (Dollar), (b) with respect to GBP Advances, LIBOR (GBP), (c) with respect to Euro Advances, EURIBOR, (d) with respect to CDOR Advances, CDOR and (e) with respect
to AUD Advances, BBSW and (ii) on and after an Index Transition Date, the Index Replacement in effect on such Index Transition Date.
Applicable Law means for any Person all existing and future laws, rules, regulations, to the extent applicable to such Person or its property or assets, all statutes, treaties, codes, ordinances, permits, certificates, orders, licenses of and interpretations by any Governmental Authority applicable to such Person and applicable judgments, decrees, injunctions, writs, awards or orders of any court, arbitrator or other administrative, judicial, or quasi-judicial tribunal or agency of competent jurisdiction.
Applicable LIBOR Rate means, with respect to any Loan, the definition of LIBOR Rate or any comparable definition in the Underlying Instrument for each such Loan, including any successor
or replacement for such definition implemented pursuant to such Underlying Instrument.
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Applicable Margin means (x) during the Revolving Period, 2.252.05% per annum and (y) during the Amortization Period, 2.752.55% per annum; provided that, at any time following notice from the
Administrative Agent of and during the existence of an Event of Default or after the Facility Maturity Date, the Applicable Margin shall be increased by an additional 2.00% per annum.
Applicable Prime Rate means, with respect to any Loan, the definition of Prime Rate or any comparable definition in the Underlying Instrument for each such Loan.
Approval Notice means, with respect to any Eligible Loan Asset, the written notice, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, evidencing (i) the approval by the Administrative Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, of the acquisition of such Eligible Loan Asset by the Borrower, (ii) the determination of the Advance Rate in respect of such Eligible Loan Asset by the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, in accordance with the terms hereof, (iii) the Assigned Value for such Eligible Loan Asset if determined in accordance with clause (b)(ii) of the definition of Assigned Value and (iv) in the case of a Qualified Loan, the Value Adjustment Events applicable for purposes of clauses (i)(a) and (b) of the definition thereof for such Qualified Loan.
Approval Request has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.20(a).
Approved Foreign Jurisdiction means each of Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Channel Islands, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and any other country that has a Moodys foreign currency rating of at least Aa3 and an S&P foreign issuer credit rating of at least AA-.
Approved Valuation Firm means any of Lincoln Partners Advisors LLC, Valuation Research Corporation, Duff & Phelps, LLC, Murray Devine & Company, Houlihan Lokey or any other nationally recognized accounting firm or valuation firm approved by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent; provided that, prior to the Closing Date, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall designate Lincoln Partners Advisors LLC and Valuation Research Corporation as initial Approved Valuation Firms; provided, further, that, after the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent may, upon 30 days prior written notice to the Borrower and the Servicer and with the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld), remove Lincoln Partners Advisors LLC and/or Valuation Research Corporation and designate one or more new Approved Valuation Firms from among the previously agreed upon Approved Valuation Firms; provided, further that, if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower may designate one or more new Approved Valuation Firms from among the previously agreed upon Approved Valuation Firms with the consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
Asset Replacement Percentage means, on any date of calculation, a fraction (expressed as a percentage) where the numerator is the outstanding principal balance of the Floating Rate Loans that were indexed to the Benchmark Replacement (Dollar) for the Corresponding Tenor as of such calculation date and the denominator is the outstanding principal balance of the Floating Rate Loans as of such calculation date.
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Assigned Value means, with respect to each Eligible Loan Asset, as of any date of determination and expressed as a percentage of the Outstanding Balance of such Eligible Loan Asset, the lowest of (a) 100%, (b)(i) if the Eligible Loan Asset was originated by the Transferor or an Affiliate of the Transferor within six months of sale or contribution to the Borrower (or was originated by the Borrower), 100% provided that the origination price was 97% or more of par, representing an original issue discount of 3% or less (Permitted Origination Discount), and otherwise the actual origination price as a percentage of par or (ii) if clause (i) does not apply, the value assigned by the Approved Valuation Firm or, if no such value has been assigned within the prior three months, the value assigned by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion in the Approval Notice (each as of the Addition Date), (c) the Assigned Value (Servicer) most recently notified to the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent by the Servicer as of such date of determination, or (d) the higher of (I) the Assigned Value (Post Valuation Adjustment) determined following the relevant Value Adjustment Event or Subsequent Event or (II) (if applicable) any Assigned Value (Ratio Recovery), in each case, subject to the following terms:
(i) if a Value Adjustment Event of the type described in clause (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi) (solely pursuant to a Material Modification pursuant to clauses (i), (iii), (iv) or (v) of the definition thereof) or (ix) of the definition thereof with respect to such Eligible Loan Asset occurs (provided that, in the case of a Reapproved Loan Asset, such Value Adjustment Event occurs after the date on which such asset becomes a Reapproved Loan Asset), the Assigned Value of such Eligible Loan Asset will, automatically and without further action by the Administrative Agent, be zero as of the date any Responsible Officer of the Borrower or the Servicer has knowledge of such Value Adjustment Event;
(ii) upon the occurrence of any Value Adjustment Event (or Subsequent Event as described below) in respect of any Eligible Loan Asset (provided that, in the case of a Reapproved Loan Asset, such Value Adjustment Event (or Subsequent Event) occurs after the date on which such asset becomes a Reapproved Loan Asset), the then-current Assigned Value thereof may be amended by the Administrative Agent on a single date designated by the Administrative Agent after the relevant occurrence (including, at the Administrative Agents sole discretion, by reference to a valuation obtained from an Approved Valuation Firm at the expense of the Borrower (unless the Administrative Agent determines in good faith and in consultation with the Borrower that such valuation is inaccurate in which case it can assign a value in its sole discretion and, in any event, the Administrative Agent may designate such valuation from the date of the relevant occurrence until the date such Approved Valuation Firm shall have provided its valuation)); provided, that the Borrower may dispute such amended Assigned Value by obtaining a valuation from another Approved Valuation Firm. If the valuation obtained by the Borrower is higher than the valuation obtained by the Administrative Agent, such higher valuation shall become the Assigned Value of such Loan (unless the Administrative Agent
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Assigned Value (Servicer) means, with respect to each Eligible Loan Asset, as of any date of determination and expressed as a percentage of the Outstanding Balance of such Eligible Loan Asset, any value lower than par (other than to reflect Permitted Origination Discount) assigned by the Servicer to such Eligible Loan Asset for any purpose other than determination of the Borrowing Base.
Assignment and Acceptance has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.04(a).
AUD means the lawful money of Australia.
AUD Advances means Advances made in AUD.
Availability means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the positive difference, if any, of (a) the Borrowing Base over (b) the Advances Outstanding on such day; provided that at all times on and after the earlier to occur of the Commitment Termination Date or the Facility Maturity Date, the Availability shall be zero.
Available Collections means the sum of all Interest Collections and all Principal Collections received with respect to the Collateral Portfolio; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, Available Collections shall not include amounts on deposit in the Unfunded Exposure Account that do not represent proceeds of Permitted Investments.
Available Tenor means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, any tenor for such Benchmark or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Collection Period pursuant to this Agreement as of such date.
Bail-In Action means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
Bail-In Legislation means, 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 for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
Bankruptcy Code means Title 11, United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq., as amended from time to time.
Bankruptcy Event means an event that shall be deemed to have occurred, with respect to a Person if:
(i) a case or other proceeding shall be commenced, without the application or consent of such Person, in any court, seeking the liquidation, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution, winding up, or composition or
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BBSW means, for any date of determination, with respect to any AUD
Advance (or portion thereof), the rate per annum (carried out to the fifth decimal place) equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears on the Reuters Screen BBSW Page (or any applicable
successor or substitute page providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (Sydney time) two (2) Business Days prior to the beginning of such Collection Period for
deposits in AUD with a term equivalent to three months; provided that if such rate is not available at any such time for any reason, BBSW with respect to any AUD Advance shall be the rate at which AUD deposits of AUD5,000,000 and
for a three-month maturity are offered by the principal Sydney office of any bank (which may be the Administrative Agent) reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at approximately 11:00 a.m. (Sydney time) on the
applicable day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day); provided, further that, in the event that the rate as so determined above shall be less than zerothe Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be
zerothe
Floor for purposes of this Agreement. BBSW shall always be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Benchmark means with respect to (a) Dollar Advances, the Benchmark (Dollar), (b) GBP Advances, Daily Simple SONIA, (c) Euro Advances, EURIBOR, (d) with respect to CDOR Advances, CDOR and (e) with respect to AUD Advances, BBSW
Benchmark (Dollar) means, initially, Term SOFR; provided that, if a Benchmark Transition Event and the Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate or the then-current Benchmark (Dollar), then Benchmark (Dollar) means the applicable Benchmark Replacement (Dollar) to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement (Dollar) has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Sections 12.01(c)-(f); provided, further that, in the event that the rate resulting from the sum of any Benchmark (Dollar) plus, if applicable, the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment shall be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be the Floor for purposes of this Agreement.
Benchmark Replacement (Dollar) means, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:
(1) | the sum of: (a) Daily Simple SOFR and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment related thereto; |
(2) | the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark (Dollar) for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection, endorsement 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 for the then-current Benchmark for U.S. dollar denominated secured financings or securitizations relating to the relevant asset class, as applicable, at such time and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment with respect thereto. |
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If at any time the Benchmark Replacement (Dollar) as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) of this definition would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement (Dollar) will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
Benchmark Replacement Adjustment means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Collection Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement:
(1) | for purposes of clause (1) of the definition of Benchmark Replacement (Dollar), the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) as of the Reference Time such Benchmark Replacement is first set for such Collection Period that has been selected, endorsed or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for the Corresponding Tenor; and |
(2) | for purposes of clause (2) of the definition of Benchmark Replacement (Dollar), the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection, endorsement or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. dollar denominated secured financing or securitization transactions relating to the relevant asset class, as applicable, at such time; |
provided that, in the case of clause (1) above, such adjustment is displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such Benchmark Replacement Adjustment from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion; provided, further, that, in the case of clause (2) above, such adjustment shall not be in the form of an increase of the Applicable Margin).
Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes means, with respect to either the use or administration of any Benchmark Replacement (Dollar), any technical, administrative or operational changes (including but not limited to changes to the definition of Business Day, the definition of Collection Period, the definition of
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Determination Date, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement (Dollar) and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement (Dollar) exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent determines is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Transaction Document); provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes shall result in any material effect on the timing or amount of payments or borrowings without the prior written consent of the Borrower.
Benchmark Replacement Date means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark (Dollar):
(1) | in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of Benchmark Transition Event, the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); |
(2) | in the case of clause (3) of the definition of Benchmark Transition Event, the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein; or |
(3) | in the case of clause (4) of the definition of Benchmark Transition Event, the fifth (5th) Business Day following the date of such Servicer Monthly Report. |
For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and (ii) the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
Benchmark Transition Event means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark (solely with respect to a Benchmark Replacement (Dollar)):
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(1) | a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); |
(2) | a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); |
(3) | a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer representative; or |
(4) | the Asset Replacement Percentage is greater than 50%, as reported in the most recent Servicer Monthly Report. |
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).
Beneficial Ownership Certification means a certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, which certification shall be either substantially similar in form and substance to the form of Certification Regarding Beneficial Owners of Legal Entity Customers published jointly, in May 2018, by the Loan Syndications and Trading Association and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association or in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
Beneficial Ownership Regulation means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
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Benefit Plan Investor means a benefit plan investor as defined in Department of Labor regulation 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, and includes an employee benefit plan that is subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of Title I of ERISA, a plan that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code, and an entity the underlying assets of which are deemed to include plan assets by reason of such employee benefit plans or other plans investment in such entity.
Borrower has the meaning assigned to those terms in the preamble hereto.
Borrowing Base means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the lowest of:
(a) (i) the sum of the products of (x) the lower of (1) the Weighted Average Advance Rate for all Eligible Loan Assets as of such date and (2) the Maximum Portfolio Advance Rate as of such date, multiplied by (y) the Aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value as of such date, plus (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of Principal Collections on deposit in the Collection Account as of such date using the Spot Rate, plus (iii) the amount on deposit in the Unfunded Exposure Account as of such date minus (iv) the Unfunded Exposure Equity Amount as of such date;
(b) (i) the Aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value as of such date minus (ii) the Minimum Equity Amount, plus (iii) the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of Principal Collections on deposit in the Collection Account as of such date using the Spot Rate, plus (iv) the amount on deposit in the Unfunded Exposure Account as of such date minus (v) the Unfunded Exposure Equity Amount as of such date; or
(c) (i) the Facility Amount, plus (ii) the amount on deposit in the Unfunded Exposure Account as of such date minus (iii) the aggregate Unfunded Exposure Amount as of such date.
Borrowing Base Certificate means a certificate prepared by the Servicer, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, setting forth the calculation of the Borrowing Base as of the date of delivery of such certificate (and giving pro forma effect to a relevant action where specified under this Agreement); provided that any information from the Loan Tape referenced in such certificate shall be based on the Loan Tape Cut-Off Date for the most recent Loan Tape delivered on or prior to the date of such certificate.
Borrowing Base Deficiency means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the positive difference, if any, of (a) the Advances Outstanding on such date over (b) the Borrowing Base.
Breakage Fee means, for Advances Outstanding which are repaid (in whole or in part) on any date other than a Payment Date, the breakage costs, if any, related to such repayment, based upon the assumption that the applicable Lender funded its loan commitment in the applicable interbank offered rate market (or, to the extent a different Benchmark applies, such Benchmark) and using any reasonable attribution or averaging methods which the Lender deems appropriate and practical, it hereby being understood that the amount of any loss, costs or expense payable by the Borrower to any Lender as Breakage Fee shall be determined in good faith in the respective Lenders commercially reasonable discretion and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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Bridge Loan means any loan that (a) is unsecured and incurred in connection with a merger, acquisition, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of a person or similar transaction and (b) by its terms, is required to be repaid within one (1) year of the incurrence thereof with proceeds from additional borrowings or other refinancings.
Business Day means a day of the year other than
(a) Saturday or a Sunday or (b) any other day (x) on which commercial banks in New York, New York or, with respect to any act required to be taken by the Collateral Agent, in the city in which the corporate trust office of the
Collateral Agent is located are authorized or required by applicable law, regulation or executive order to close or (y) with respect to any determinations relating to an Alternative Currency Advance, on which banks are not open for dealings
(i) in Dollar or GBP deposits in the London interbank market, (ii) in Euro deposits in the Euro-zone interbank market, (iii) in CAD deposits in Toronto,
Canada or, (iv) in AUD deposits in Sydney, Australia or (z) with respect to the
calculation of Daily Simple SONIA, a day on which banks are closed for general business in London, United Kingdom.
CAD means the lawful money of Canada.
Capital Lease Obligations means, with respect to any entity, the obligations of such entity to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such entity under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
Cash Interest Expense means, with respect to any Obligor for any period, the amount which, in conformity with GAAP, would be set forth opposite the caption interest expense (exclusive of any Accreted Interest that, according to the term of the Underlying Instrument, can never be converted to cash interest that is due and payable prior to maturity (except upon default)) or any like caption reflected on the most recent financial statements delivered by such Obligor to the Borrower for such period, as determined by the Servicer.
CDOR means, for any date of determination, with respect to any CDOR Advance (or portion thereof) the rate per annum (carried out to the fifth decimal place) equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears on the Bloomberg Professional Service CDOR Page (or any applicable successor or substitute page providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (Toronto time) two (2) Business Days prior to the beginning of such Collection Period for deposits in CAD with a term equivalent to three months; provided that if such rate is not available at any such time for any reason, then CDOR with respect to any CDOR Advance shall be the rate at which CAD deposits of CAD5,000,000 and for a three-month maturity are offered by the principal Toronto office of any bank (which may be the Administrative Agent) reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent in immediately available
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funds at approximately 11:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on the applicable day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day); provided, further that, in
the event that the rate as so determined above shall be less than
zerothe Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be
zerothe Floor for purposes of this Agreement. CDOR shall
always be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
CDOR Advance means an Advance denominated in CAD.
Change in Law means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority or (d) any change in any generally accepted accounting principles or regulatory accounting principles and affecting the application of any law, rule, regulation or treaty referred to in clause (a) or (b) above; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines or directives promulgated thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all law, requests, rules, regulations, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a Change in Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
Change of Control means that (a) the Equityholder or the Servicer shall cease to be managed by FS/KKR Advisor, LLC or any Affiliate thereof, (b) the failure of the Equityholder to own, directly (or through one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries if approved by the Administrative Agent), 100% of the Equity Interest of the Borrower, or (c) the dissolution, termination or liquidation in whole or in part, transfer or other disposition, in each case, of all or substantially all of the assets of, the Servicer, other than as permitted under Section 5.04(a); provided that a Permitted Equityholder Transaction shall not constitute a Change of Control under this clause (c).
Clearing Agency means an organization registered as a clearing agency pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
Closing Date means November 22, 2019.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Collateral Agent has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble hereto.
Collateral Agent Expenses means the expenses set forth in the Wells Fargo Fee Letter and any other accrued and unpaid expenses (including attorneys fees, costs and expenses) and indemnity amounts payable by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent under the Transaction Documents.
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Collateral Quality Tests means (a) the Weighted Average Spread Test and (b) the Weighted Average Life Test.
Collection Account means, collectively, the Interest Collection Account and the Principal Collection Account.
Collection Date means the date on which the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Advances Outstanding have been repaid in full and all Yield and Fees and all other Obligations (other than unmatured contingent obligations for which no claim has been made) have been paid in full, and the Borrower shall have no further right to request any additional Advances.
Collection Period means, with respect to a Payment Date during which the Applicable Index is (a) as set forth in clause (i) of the definition thereof: (i) as to the initial Payment Date, the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on, and including, the Determination Date immediately preceding such Payment Date and (ii) as to any subsequent
Payment Date, the period beginning on the first day after the most recently ended Collection Period and ending on, and including, the Determination Date immediately preceding such Payment Date, or, with respect to the final Collection Period, the
Collection Date, and (b) an Index Replacement, a period the Administrative Agent determines is consistent with market practice for secured transactions
involving middle market commercial loans.
Collections means (a) all cash collections and other cash proceeds of any Loan, including, without limitation or duplication, any Interest Collections, Principal Collections and other amounts received in respect thereof (but excluding any Excluded Amounts) and (b) earnings on Permitted Investments or otherwise in any account.
Commitment means, with respect to each Lender, (i) prior to the Revolving Period End Date, the dollar amount set forth opposite such Lenders name on Annex B hereto (as such amount may be revised from time to time in accordance with this Agreement) or the amount set forth as such Lenders Commitment on the Assignment and Acceptance or Schedule I to the Joinder Supplement relating to such Lender, as applicable and (ii) on or after the Revolving Period End Date, such Lenders Pro Rata Share of the aggregate Advances Outstanding.
Commitment Termination Date means the earliest to occur of (a) the Revolving Period End Date, (b) the date of written notice from the Administrative Agent terminating the Lenders commitments hereunder following an Event of Default, (c) the effective date of a Prepayment Election and (d) the effective date of written notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent electing voluntary termination of the Revolving Period.
Concentration Denominator means, on any date of determination (a) during the Ramp-Up Period, the applicable Target Portfolio Amount and (b) thereafter, the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Loan Assets in the Collateral Portfolio on such date, plus amounts on deposit in the Principal Collection Account; provided that the Concentration Denominator, with respect to (i) clause (h) set forth in the definition of Concentration
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Controlled Accounts means the Collection Account, each Eligible Currency Account and the Unfunded Exposure Account.
Corresponding Tenor with respect to any Available Tenor, as applicable, means either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.
Cov-Lite Loan means a Loan that is not subject to any Maintenance Covenants; provided that a Loan shall not constitute a Cov-Lite Loan if the Underlying Instruments contain a cross-default provision to, or such Loan is senior to or pari passu with another loan of the Obligor forming part of the same loan facility that requires the Obligor to comply with one or more Maintenance Covenants.
Credit Party means the Borrower, the Servicer, the Equityholder and the Transferor.
CRR has the meaning assigned to that term in the definition of Basel III.
Currency Disruption Event means the occurrence of any of the following with respect to any Eligible Currency: (a) any Lender shall have notified the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Servicer and the Borrower of a determination by such Lender that it would be contrary to law or to the directive of any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law) to obtain such Eligible Currency in the applicable market to fund any Advance, (b) any Lender shall have notified the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Servicer and the Borrower of a determination by such Lender that the rate at which such Eligible Currency is being offered to such Lender in the applicable market does not accurately reflect the cost to such Lender of making, funding or maintaining any Advance or (c) any Lender shall have notified the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Servicer and the Borrower of the inability of such Lender, as applicable, to obtain such Eligible Currency or such other rate in the applicable market to make, fund or maintain any Advance.
Daily Simple SOFR means, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which may include a lookback) being established by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining Daily Simple SOFR for business loans at such times; provided that, if the Administrative Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible, then the Administrative Agent may establish another convention in its reasonable discretion which shall be consistent with the then-prevailing market conventions and shall not be adverse to the interests of the Borrower.
Daily Simple SONIA means, for any day (a SONIA Rate Day), a rate per annum equal to, for any Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to, GBP, the sum of (i) SONIA for the day (such day, a SONIA Determination Day) that is five (5) Business Days prior to (x) if such SONIA Rate Day is a Business Day, such SONIA Rate Day or (y) if such SONIA Rate Day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such SONIA Rate Day, in
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each case, as such SONIA is published by the SONIA Administrator on the SONIA Administrators Website by 12:00 p.m. (London, United Kingdom time) and (ii) 0.0326%. If by 5:00 p.m. (London, United Kingdom time) on the second (2nd) Business Day immediately following the SONIA Determination Day, SONIA in respect of such SONIA Determination Day has not been published on the SONIA Administrators Website and a SONIA Replacement Date has not occurred, then the SONIA for such SONIA Determination Day will be the SONIA as published in respect of the first preceding Business Day for which such SONIA was published on the SONIA Administrators Website; provided that any SONIA determined pursuant to this sentence shall be utilized for purposes of calculating Daily Simple SONIA for no more than three (3) consecutive SONIA Rate Days; provided, further, that any calculation of Daily Simple SONIA shall be rounded to four decimal places and if that rate is less than the Floor, the Daily Simple SONIA shall be deemed to be the Floor. Any change in Daily Simple SONIA due to a change in the SONIA shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the SONIA without notice to the Borrower.
Defaulted Loan means any Loan as to which any one of the following events has occurred:
(a) an Obligor payment default occurs under such Loan that continues and has not been cured after giving effect to any grace period applicable thereto or a default has occurred under the Underlying Instruments and any applicable grace period has expired and the holders of such Loan have accelerated the repayment of the Loan (but only until such acceleration has been rescinded) in the manner provided in the Underlying Instruments, but in no event more than five (5) Business Days, after the applicable due date under the related Underlying Instruments;
(b) a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the related Obligor;
(c) any payment default occurs under any other senior or pari passu obligation for borrowed money of the related Obligor that continues and has not been cured after giving effect to any grace period applicable thereto, but in no event more than five (5) Business Days, after the applicable due date under the related agreement (including in respect of the acceleration of the debt under the applicable agreement);
(d) such Loan has (x) a public rating by S&P of CC or below or SD or (y) a Moodys probability of default rating (as published by Moodys) of D or LD or, in each case, had such ratings before they were withdrawn by S&P or Moodys, as applicable;
(e) a Responsible Officer of the Servicer or the Borrower has actual knowledge that such Loan is pari passu or junior in right of payment as to the payment of principal and/or interest to another debt obligation of the same Obligor which has (i) a public rating by S&P of CC or below or SD or (ii) a Moodys probability of default rating (as published by Moodys) of D or LD, and in each case such other debt obligation remains outstanding (provided that both the Loan and such other debt obligation are full recourse obligations of the applicable Obligor);
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(f) a Responsible Officer of the Servicer or the Borrower has received written notice or has actual knowledge that an Acceleration Default has occurred under the Underlying Instruments and any applicable grace period has expired (but only until such Acceleration Default is cured or waived) in the manner provided in the Underlying Instruments;
(g) the Servicer determines that all or a material portion of such Loan is uncollectible or otherwise places it on non-accrual status in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Servicer and the Servicer Standard; or
(h) a Value Adjustment Event of the type described in clause (vi) (solely with respect to a Material Modification described in clause (i), clause (iii), clause (iv) or clause (v) of the definition thereof).
Defaulting Lender means any Lender that: (i) has failed to fund any of its obligations to made Advances within two (2) Business Days following the applicable Advance Date, (ii) has notified the Administrative Agent or the Borrower that it does not intend to comply with such funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to such funding obligations hereunder or under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (iii) has, for two (2) or more Business Days, failed, in good faith, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent, in response to a written request of the Administrative Agent, that it will comply with its funding obligations hereunder, (iv) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, become subject to a Bankruptcy Event or (v) has become the subject of a Bail-In Action. Any determination that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clauses (i) through (iv) above will be made by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
Delayed Draw Loan Asset means a Loan that (a) is fully committed on the initial funding date of such Loan, (b) is required to be fully funded in one or more installments or advances on draw dates (whether or not scheduled), (c) does not permit (as of the date of determination) the re-borrowing of any amounts previously repaid by the Obligor and (d) has not been (or is no longer required to be) fully funded. A Loan that is a funded portion of an obligation for which a future advance or funding obligation is retained by the assignor will not be a Delayed Draw Loan Asset if the Borrower as the owner of such Loan is not obligated to make any such future advances or fundings.
Determination Date means, with respect to
aeach Payment Date during which the Applicable Index is (a) as set forth in clause (i) of the definition thereof, in connection with a Quarterly Payment Date, the last Business Day of each
calendar quarter (i.e. December, March, June and September) and (b) an Index Replacement, a date the Administrative Agent determines, on or prior to the
applicable Index Transition Date, is consistent with market practice for secured transactions involving middle market commercial loans.
DIP Loan means any Loan (a) with respect to which the related Obligor is a debtor-in-possession as defined under the Bankruptcy Code, (b) which has the priority allowed pursuant to Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code and (c) the terms of which have been approved by a court of competent jurisdiction.
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Disbursement Request means a disbursement request from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent in the form of Exhibit C in connection with a disbursement request from the Unfunded Exposure Account in accordance with Section 2.04(g) or a disbursement request from the Principal Collection Account in accordance with Section 2.19.
Discretionary Sale has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(b).
Disqualified Institution means (a) any Person set forth on Schedule VI hereto, as such schedule may be amended from time to time with the consent of the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, and (b) any Affiliates of such Persons that are identified in writing by the Borrower from time to time.
Diversity Score means, as of any day, a single number that indicates collateral concentration in terms of both issuer and industry concentration, calculated as set forth in Schedule I hereto, as such Schedule I may be updated to reflect any revisions to criteria published by Moodys.
Dollar Advance means an Advance denominated in Dollars.
Dollar Equivalent means, (a) for any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount and (b) for any amount denominated in any other currency, (i) with respect to any amount relating to an Advance, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of the current spot rate determined by the Administrative Agent in a commercially reasonable manner using the current spot rate and (ii) with respect to any amount relating to any Loan, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars determined by the Servicer using the Spot Rate.
Dollars means, and the conventional $ signifies, the lawful currency of the United States of America.
Early Opt-in
Electionmeans the occurrence of:
(a) (i) a determination by the Administrative Agent or (ii) a notification by the Required Lenders to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrower) that
the Required Lenders have determined that U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities being executed at such time, or that include language similar to that contained in Section 12.01(c), are being executed or
amended, as applicable, to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace LIBOR (Dollar); and
(b) (i) the election by the
Administrative Agent or (ii) the election by the Required Lenders to declare that an Early Opt-in Election has occurred and the provision, as applicable, by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Borrower and the
Lenders or by the Required Lenders of written notice of such election to the Administrative Agent.
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EBITDA means, with respect to any period and any Loan, the meaning of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA or any comparable definition in the Underlying Instrument for each such Loan (together with all add-backs and exclusions as designated in such Underlying Instrument), and in any case that EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA or such comparable definition is not defined in such Underlying Instrument, an amount, for the principal Obligor on such Loan and any of its parents or Subsidiaries that are obligated pursuant to the Underlying Instrument for such Loan (determined on a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with GAAP) equal to earnings from continuing operations for such period plus interest expense, income taxes and depreciation and amortization for such period (to the extent deducted in determining earnings from continuing operations for such period), in each case as determined by the Servicer consistent with its standard practices for adjusting EBITDA as reported by borrowers (in consultation with the Administrative Agent).
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, 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.
Effective Spread means, with respect to any floating rate Eligible Loan Asset as of any date of determination, the
current per annum rate at which it pays interest minus the Applicable LIBOR Rate or Applicable Prime RateBenchmark applicable during the Collection Period in which such date of determination occurs and (ii) fixed rate Eligible Loan Asset,
the interest rate for such Eligible Loan Asset minus the Benchmark applicable during the Collection Period in which such date of determination occurs; provided, that (a) with respect to any unfunded commitment of any Delayed Draw Loan Asset or Revolving Loan, as
applicable, the Effective Spread means the commitment fee payable with respect to such unfunded commitment and (b) with respect to the funded portion of any commitment under any Delayed Draw Loan Asset or Revolving Loan, as applicable, the
Effective Spread means the current per annum rate at which it pays interest minus the Applicable LIBOR Rate or Applicable Prime
RateBenchmark applicable during the Collection Period in
which such date of determination occurs.
Eligibility Criteria has the meaning assigned to such term in Schedule III.
Eligible Currency means GBPs, CADs, AUDs, Euros and Dollars.
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Eligible Currency Accounts means the segregated trust accounts designated for each Eligible Currency as [CURRENCY] Eligible Currency Account in the name of the Borrower subject to the Lien of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, including any sub-account thereof; provided that the funds deposited therein (including any interest and earnings thereon) from time to time shall constitute the property and assets of the Borrower, and the Borrower shall be solely liable for any Taxes payable with respect to each Eligible Currency Account. For the avoidance of doubt, there shall be one Eligible Currency Account for each Eligible Currency other than Dollars.
Eligible Loan Asset means each Loan (A) with respect to which an Approval Notice has been executed by the Administrative Agent and (B) that satisfies each of the Eligibility Criteria set forth in Schedule III (unless the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion agrees to waive any such Eligibility Criteria with respect to such Loan).
Eligible Obligor means, on any date of determination, any Obligor that:
(a) is a business organization (and not a natural person) duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization;
(b) is a legal operating entity or holding company;
(c) is not a Governmental Authority;
(d) is not an Investment Affiliate of the Borrower or the Servicer (excluding any Person that constitutes an investment held by the Servicer in the ordinary course of business and that is not, under GAAP, consolidated on the financial statements of the Servicer); and
(e) is organized and incorporated in, or has its principal place of business in, the United States or any State thereof or an Approved Foreign Jurisdiction.
Environmental Laws means any and all laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, guidelines, codes, decrees, or other legally binding requirements (including, without limitation, principles of common law) of any Governmental Authority, regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning pollution, the preservation or protection of the environment, natural resources or human health (including employee health and safety), or the generation, manufacture, use, labeling, treatment, storage, handling, transportation or release of, or exposure to, Materials of Environmental Concern, as has been, is now, or may at any time hereafter be, in effect.
Equity Cure Notice has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(c).
Equityholder means FS KKR II, as the owner of 100% of the membership interests in the Borrower (or, following a Permitted Equityholder
Transaction, the surviving entity of such Permitted Equityholder Transaction).
Equity Interest means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or share or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or share or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible
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EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
EURIBOR means, for
any date of determination, with respect to any Euro Advance (or portion thereof), the rate per annum (carried out to the fifth decimal place) equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears on the
page of the Reuters Screen that displays an average European Money Markets Institute Settlement Rate (such page currently being EURIBOR01) (or any applicable successor or substitute page providing rate quotations comparable to those currently
provided on such page of such service) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the beginning of such Collection Period for deposits in Euros with a term equivalent to three month; provided that if such
rate is not available at any such time for any reason, then EURIBOR with respect to any Advance shall be the rate at which Euro deposits of 5,000,000 and for a three-month maturity are offered by the principal London office of any
bank (which may be the Administrative Agent) reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the Euro-zone interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the applicable day (or, if such day is not a
Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day); provided, further that, in the event that the rate as so determined above shall be less than
zerothe
Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be
zerothe
Floor for purposes of this Agreement. EURIBOR shall always be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Euro means the lawful currency of the Member States of the European Union that have adopted and retain the single currency in accordance with the treaty establishing the European Community, as amended from time to time; provided that if any member state or states ceases to have such single currency as its lawful currency (such member state(s) being the Exiting State(s)), such term shall mean the single currency adopted and retained as the lawful currency of the remaining member states and shall not include any successor currency introduced by the Exiting State(s).
Euro Advance means an Advance denominated in Euro.
Event of Default has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.01.
Excepted Persons has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.12(a).
Excess Concentration Amount means, as of any date of determination, with respect to all Loans included in the Collateral Portfolio, the amount by which the sum of the Outstanding Balance of such Loans exceeds any applicable Concentration Limitations, to be calculated without duplication, after giving effect to any sales, purchases or substitutions of Loans as of such date; provided that with respect to any Eligible Loan Asset or portion thereof, if more than one Concentration Limitation would be exceeded, the Concentration Limitation that would result in the highest Excess Concentration Amount shall be used to determine the Excess Concentration Amount.
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Exiting States has the meaning assigned to that term in the definition of Euro.
Facility Amount means the aggregate Commitments as then in effect, which on the Closing Date shall be $300,000,000, after giving effect to any decrease pursuant to Section 2.17 or any increase pursuant to Section 2.21; provided that at all times (a) when an Event of Default exists and is continuing and (b) during the Amortization Period, the Facility Amount shall mean the aggregate Advances Outstanding at such time.
Facility Maturity Date means the earliest to occur of (i) the Stated Maturity Date, (ii) the date of the declaration or automatic occurrence of the Facility Maturity Date pursuant to Section 7.01, (iii) the date of a voluntary termination of the facility (in whole) by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.17 and (iv) the Collection Date.
FATCA means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code or any U.S. or non-U.S. fiscal or regulatory law, regulation, rule, promulgation, guidance notes, practices or official agreement implementing an intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such sections of the Code or analogous provisions of non-U.S. law.
Federal Reserve Bank of New Yorks Website means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.
Fees means (a) the Unused Fee, (b) the Administrative Agent Fee and (c) the fees payable to each Lender pursuant to the terms of any Lender Fee Letter.
Financial Asset has the meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC.
Financial Covenant Test means a test that will be satisfied on any date of determination if the Equityholder maintains a Net Asset Value of at least $1,000,000,000.
First Lien Loan means any Loan (a) that is secured by a valid and perfected first priority Lien on substantially all of the Obligors assets constituting Underlying Collateral, subject to any Permitted Working Capital Liens and any expressly permitted Liens under the Underlying Instrument for such Loan or such comparable definition if permitted liens is not defined therein and carveouts for traditional bank revolving asset based loan facilities, in each case that are customary for similar loans, (b) that provides that the payment obligation of the Obligor on such Loan is either senior to, or pari passu with, and is not (and cannot by its terms become) subordinate in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of such Obligor (excluding Permitted Working Capital Liens), (c) for which Liens on the Underlying Collateral securing any other outstanding Indebtedness of the Obligor (excluding Permitted Working Capital Liens and expressly permitted Liens described in clause (a) above but including Liens securing Second Lien Loans) are expressly subject to and contractually or structurally subordinate to the priority Liens securing such First Lien Loan, (d) that the Servicer determines in accordance with the
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Servicer Standard that the value of the Underlying Collateral (or the enterprise value and ability to generate cash flow) securing the Loan on or about the time of origination equals or exceeds the Outstanding Balance of the Loan plus the aggregate outstanding balances of all other Indebtedness of equal seniority secured by the same Underlying Collateral, (e) for which the Senior Net Leverage Ratio as of the Addition Date is less than 4.50:1.00, and (f) that is not a Second Lien Loan, Unitranche Loan, Qualified Loan or FLLO Loan; provided that any Loan that would otherwise be a FLLO Loan, but for which the ratio of (x) Indebtedness of the Obligor to (y) EBITDA of the Obligor is less than 1.25:1.00 as of the Addition Date, shall be deemed to be a First Lien Loan for all purposes hereunder.
Fitch means Fitch Ratings, Inc. or any successor thereto.
Fixed Rate Loan means a Loan other than a Floating Rate Loan.
FLLO Loan means any Loan that satisfies all of the requirements set forth in the definition of First Lien Loan (without regard to clause (e) of the definition thereof) except that, at any time prior to and/or after an event of default under the Underlying Instrument, such Loan will be paid after one or more tranches of First Lien Loans issued by the Obligor have been paid in full in accordance with a specified waterfall or other priority of payments as specified in the Underlying Instrument, an agreement among lenders or other applicable agreement; provided that the ratio of the outstanding principal balance of the first out position to the EBITDA of the Obligor is less than or equal to 2:00:1.00 as of the Addition Date; provided, further, that any Loan that otherwise satisfies the requirements of this definition other than the immediately preceding proviso shall constitute a Second Lien Loan for purposes of the Advance Rate but not for purposes of the Concentration Limitations.
Floating Rate Loan means a Loan under which the interest rate payable by the Obligor thereof is based on the Applicable Prime Rate or Applicable LIBOR Rate, plus some specified interest percentage in addition thereto, and which provides that such interest rate will reset immediately upon any change in the related Applicable Prime Rate or Applicable LIBOR Rate.
Floor means a rate of interest equal to 0.0%.
Foreign Plan means each defined benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(35) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA) that is not subject to U.S. law and is maintained or sponsored by the Borrower, but excluding any Governmental Plan.
FS KKR II means FS KKR Capital Corp. II, a Maryland corporation.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States.
GBP means the lawful currency for the time being of the United Kingdom.
GBP Advance means an Advance denominated in GBP.
Indemnifying Party has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.03.
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Independent Director means a natural person who, (A) has not been, and during the continuation of his or her service as Independent Director is not: (i) an employee, director, stockholder, member, manager, partner or officer of the Borrower or any of their respective Investment Affiliates (other than his or her service as an Independent Director of the Borrower or other Investment Affiliates that are structured to be bankruptcy remote and does not hold, either directly or indirectly, any Equity Interest in the Borrower or in any direct or indirect parent or Subsidiary thereof); (ii) a customer, creditor, service provider (including a provider of professional services) or supplier of the Borrower or any of its Investment Affiliates (other than his or her service as an Independent Director of the Borrower); (iii) any member of the family of a person described in (i) or (ii), or (iv) a Person that controls (whether directly, indirectly or otherwise) any of (i), (ii) or (iii) and (B) has (i) prior experience as an Independent Director for a corporation or limited liability company whose charter documents required the unanimous consent of all Independent Directors thereof before such corporation or limited liability company could consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it or could file a petition seeking relief under any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy and (ii) at least five (5) years of employment experience with one or more entities that provide, in the ordinary course of their respective businesses, advisory, management or placement services to issuers of secured or securitized structured finance instruments, agreements or securities.
Index Replacement means
the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate (which may include Term SOFR) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement 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 rate of interest as a replacement to LIBOR (Dollar) for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated
credit facilities and (b) the Index Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if the Index Replacement as so determined would be less than zero, the Index Replacement will be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this
Agreement.
Index Replacement Adjustment means, with respect to any replacement of LIBOR (Dollar) with an Unadjusted Index Replacement for each
applicable Yield Period, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due
consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of LIBOR (Dollar) with the applicable Unadjusted Index Replacement by the Relevant
Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of LIBOR (Dollar) with the applicable
Unadjusted Index Replacement for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.
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Index Replacement
Datemeans the earlier to occur of the following events with respect to LIBOR (Dollar):
(a) in the case of clause (a) or
(b) of the definition of Index 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 LIBOR (Dollar) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide LIBOR (Dollar); or
(b) in the case of clause (c) of
the definition of Index Transition Event, the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein.
Index Transition Date
means (a) in the case of an Index Transition Event, the earlier of (i) the applicable Index Replacement Date and (ii) if such Index 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) and (b) in the case of an Early Opt-in Election, the date specified by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, as applicable, by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent (in the case of such notice by the Required
Lenders) and the Lenders.
Index Transition Event means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to LIBOR (Dollar):
(a) a public statement or publication of
information by or on behalf of the administrator of LIBOR (Dollar) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide LIBOR (Dollar) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such
statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide LIBOR (Dollar); or
(b) a public statement or publication of
information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of LIBOR (Dollar), a Relevant Governmental Body, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for LIBOR (Dollar), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the
administrator for LIBOR (Dollar) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for LIBOR (Dollar), which states that the administrator of LIBOR (Dollar) has ceased or will cease to provide LIBOR
(Dollar) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide LIBOR (Dollar); or
(c) a public statement or publication of
information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of LIBOR (Dollar) announcing that LIBOR (Dollar) is no longer representative.
Index Unavailability
Period means, if an Index Transition Event and its related Index Replacement Date have occurred with respect to LIBOR (Dollar) and solely to the extent that LIBOR (Dollar) has not been replaced with an Index Replacement, the
period (x) beginning at the time that such Index Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Index Replacement has replaced LIBOR (Dollar) for all purposes hereunder in accordance with Section 12.01(c) and
(y) ending at the time that an Index Replacement has replaced LIBOR (Dollar) for all purposes hereunder pursuant to Section 12.01(c).
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means, when used with respect to any specified Person, the power to vote more than 20% of the voting securities of such Person or to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
IRS means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Joinder Supplement means an agreement among the Borrower, a Lender and the Administrative Agent in the form of Exhibit L to this Agreement (appropriately completed) delivered in connection with a Person becoming a Lender hereunder after the Closing Date.
Lender has the meaning specified in the preamble, including Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., each other financial institution identified on Annex B hereto, each financial institution which may from time to time become a Lender hereunder by executing and delivering a Joinder Supplement to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower and any Lender, and/or any other Person to whom a Lender assigns any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the terms of Section 12.04.
Lender Fee Letter means each fee letter agreement that shall be entered into by and among the Borrower, the Servicer and the applicable Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time.
LIBOR (Dollar) means,
for any date of determination, with respect to any Dollar Advance (or portion thereof), the rate per annum (carried out to the fifth decimal place) equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears
on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or, in each case, on any applicable successor or substitute page of such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service (including by any successor to the
British Bankers Association in providing or calculating LIBOR)) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the beginning of such Collection Period for deposits in Dollars, with a term equivalent to one month;
provided that if such rate is not available at any such time for any reason, then LIBOR with respect to any Advance shall be the rate at which Dollar deposits of $5,000,000, and for a one-month maturity are
offered by the principal London office of any bank (which may be the Administrative Agent) reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the
applicable day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day); provided, further that, in the event that the rate as so determined above shall be less than zero,
such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement. LIBOR (Dollar) shall always be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
LIBOR (Dollar) Successor Rate Conforming
Changes means, with respect to any Index Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Index
Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in
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a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of
any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of the Index Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this
Agreement).
LIBOR (GBP) means, for any date of determination, with respect to any GBP Advance (or portion thereof), the rate per annum
(carried out to the fifth decimal place) equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or, in each case, on any applicable successor or substitute page of such
service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service (including by any successor to the British Bankers Association in providing or calculating LIBOR)) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two
(2) Business Days prior to the beginning of such Collection Period for deposits in GBPs, with a term equivalent to one month; provided that if such rate is not available at any such time for any reason, then
LIBOR with respect to any Advance shall be the rate at which GBP deposits of £2,500,000, and for a one-month maturity are offered by the principal London office of any bank (which may be the Administrative Agent) reasonably
selected by the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the applicable day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day);
provided, further that, in the event that the rate as so determined above shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement. LIBOR (GBP) shall always be
determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Lien means any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, collateral assignment, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale, lease or other title retention agreement, sale subject to a repurchase obligation and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing); provided that in the case of investments that are loans or other debt obligations, restrictions on assignments or transfers thereof on customary and market based terms pursuant to the underlying documentation relating to such investment shall not be deemed to be a Lien.
Lien Release Dividend has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.07(g).
Lien Release Dividend Date means the date specified by the Borrower, which date may be any Business Day; provided that written notice is given in accordance with Section 2.07(g).
Liquidation Expenses means, with respect to any Loan, the aggregate amount of all out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by the Servicer (including amounts paid to any subservicer) in accordance with the Servicers customary procedures in connection with the work-out or restructuring of or amendments, waivers or consents to any Loan for the purpose of preserving the value of such Loan and with the repossession, refurbishing and disposition of any related assets securing such Loan upon or after the expiration or earlier termination of such
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Payment Date means the 15th day of each of January, April, July and October or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing in January 2020; provided that the final Payment Date shall occur on the Collection Date.
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).
Pension Plan means an employee pension benefit plan as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code and is sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or has any liability (whether actual or contingent).
Permitted Equityholder
Transaction means any merger, consolidation or other combination or fundamental change transaction, the result of which effectively combines the ownership and/or assets of FS KKR II with one or more other business development companies, and/or and any publicly announced other transaction or
series of transactions, the result of which is that the Borrower is a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a business development company advised by a joint venture entity between (i) KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC (and any successor
entity thereto) or its Affiliate and (ii) Franklin Square Holdings, L.P. (and any successor entity thereto) or its Affiliate; provided that such merger, consolidation or other combination or fundamental change transaction
(x) results in FS KKR II being the surviving entity or substantially all of the assets of FS
KKR II being assumed or acquired by the surviving entity after giving effect to such transaction (the
Surviving Obligor), and (y) as a matter of law or pursuant to the express terms of the agreement or certificate effectuating such merger, consolidation or other combination or transaction, to the extent applicable, the
obligations of FS KKR II under this Agreement and each of the other Facility Documents to which FS
KKR II is a party are assumed by the Surviving Obligor (it being the understanding that, as applicable
in connection with any merger, consolidation, combination or other transaction effectuated in reliance on Section 5.04(a), the obligations of such Surviving Obligor under this Agreement and each of the other Facility Documents to which
such Surviving Obligor is a party shall be deemed automatically assumed hereunder by such Surviving Obligor pursuant to Section 12.04(g)), and the parties hereto agree for the benefit of the Servicer that such merger or fundamental
change transaction shall be permitted under the Sale and Contribution Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, and shall not constitute a change in control or management of the Servicer for purposes of Section 13 of the Servicing
Agreement.
Permitted Investments means negotiable instruments or securities or other investments, which may include obligations or securities of issuers for which the Collateral Agent or an Affiliate of the Collateral Agent provides services or receives compensation, that (i) except in the case of demand or time deposits and investments in money market funds, are represented by instruments in bearer or registered form or ownership of which is represented by book entries by a Clearing Agency or by a Federal Reserve Bank in favor of depository institutions eligible to have an account with such Federal Reserve Bank who hold such investments on behalf of their customers, (ii) as of any date of determination, mature by their
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Quarterly Reporting Date has the meaning set forth in the definition of Reporting Date.
Ramp-Up Period means the period from the Closing Date to March 22, 2020.
Rating Agency means each of Moodys and S&P.
Reapproved Loan Asset has the meaning assigned to that term in the definition of Assigned Value.
Recipient means the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as applicable.
Records means all material books and records that the Borrower or the Servicer have generated and maintained with respect to the Collateral Portfolio and the related Obligors.
Recourse Assets has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.09(c).
Recoveries means, as of the time any Underlying Collateral with respect to any Loan is sold, discarded or abandoned (after a determination by the Servicer that such Underlying Collateral has little or no remaining value) or otherwise determined to be fully liquidated by the Servicer in accordance with the Servicer Standard, the proceeds from the sale of the Underlying Collateral, the proceeds of any related Insurance Policy, any other recoveries with respect to such Loan, as applicable, the Underlying Collateral, and amounts representing late fees and penalties, net of any Liquidation Expenses and any other amounts received that are required under such Loan, as applicable, to be refunded to the related Obligor.
Reference Time with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (1) if such Benchmark is Term SOFR, the time set forth in the definition of Term SOFR and (2) if such Benchmark is not Term SOFR, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes.
Register has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.13.
Registered means a debt obligation that is in registered form for U.S. federal income tax purposes within the meaning of Section 881(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Code and the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder (including Treasury Regulations Section 5f.103-1(c)).
Release Date has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.07(d).
Relevant Governmental Body means
(a)the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve Board and/System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or (b) a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board and/System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
Relevant Test Period means, with respect to any Loan, the relevant test period for the reporting and calculation of the applicable financial covenants included in the Underlying
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(h) the failure of the Servicer to make any payment when due (after giving effect to any related grace period) under one or more agreements for borrowed money to which it is a party in an aggregate amount in excess of $5,000,000, individually or in the aggregate; or (ii) the occurrence of any event or condition that has resulted in the acceleration of such recourse debt, whether or not waived;
(i) the rendering against the Servicer of one or more final, non-appealable judgments, decrees or orders for the payment of money in excess of $5,000,000, individually or in the aggregate, and the continuance of such judgment, decree or order unsatisfied and in effect for any period of more than sixty (60) consecutive days without a stay of execution;
(j) a Change of Control occurs;
(k) the Equityholder ceases to be a business development company within the meaning of the 1940 Act;
(l) a cause event (as defined in Section 11(a) of the Servicing Agreement) occurs;
(m) the failure of the Servicer to satisfy the Financial Covenant Test; or
(n) either FS KKR II is terminated as, removed from being, or otherwise ceases to be the Servicer (including by reason of any failure to renew the term of the Servicing Agreement), or FS/KKR Advisor, LLC or any Affiliate thereof
ceases to be the investment advisor to the Servicer in each case, for a period of 30 consecutive days; provided, however, that a Permitted Equityholder Transaction that results in an entity other than FS KKR II acting as Servicer hereunder shall not constitute a Servicer Default.
Servicer Fees means the fee payable to the Servicer on each Payment Date in arrears in respect of each Collection Period, which fee shall be equal to the product of (i) 0.25%, (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Loans included in the Collateral Portfolio and (iii) the actual number of days in such Collection Period divided by 360; provided that the Servicer may waive the payment of the Servicer Fee in its sole discretion.
Servicer Monthly Report has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.08(d).
Servicer Quarterly Report has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.08(c).
Servicer Standard means, with respect to any Loans included in the Collateral Portfolio, to service and administer such Loans on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance in all material respects with Applicable Law, and in all respects with the terms of this Agreement, the Underlying Instruments, all customary and usual servicing practices for loans like the Loans and, to the extent consistent with the foregoing, (a) with reasonable care, using a degree of skill and diligence not less than that with which the Servicer services and administers loans for its
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own account or for the account of its Investment Affiliates having similar lending objectives and restrictions, and (b) to the extent not inconsistent with clause (a), in a manner consistent with the customary and usual servicing practices, standards, policies and procedures followed by institutional managers of national standing relating to assets of the nature and character of such assets in the Collateral Portfolio; in each case where the foregoing requirements shall not be affected by (i) any relationship that the Servicer or any Investment Affiliate of the Servicer may have with any Obligor or any Investment Affiliate of any Obligor, (ii) the Servicers obligations to incur servicing and administrative expenses with respect to a Loan, (iii) the Servicers right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction, (iv) the ownership by the Servicer or any Investment Affiliate thereof of any Loans, (v) the ownership, servicing or management for others by the Servicer of any other loans or property by the Servicer, or (vi) any relationship that the Servicer or any Investment Affiliate of the Servicer may have with any holder of other loans of the Obligor with respect to such Loans.
Servicing Agreement means the Servicing Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Servicer and the Borrower.
Similar Law has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.01(x).
SOFR
with respect to any day means the secured overnight financing rate published
for such day by the Relevant Governmental BodyFederal
Reserve Bank of New York, as the administrator of the benchmark, (or a successor administrator) on the Federal Reserve Bank of New Yorks Website.
Solvent means, as to any Person at any time, having a state of affairs such that all of the following conditions are met: (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the amount of such Persons liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as such value is established and liabilities evaluated for purposes of Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of such Person in an orderly liquidation of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts and other liabilities as they become absolute and matured; (c) such Person is able to realize upon its property and pay its debts and other liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as they mature or fall due in the normal course of business; (d) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Persons ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature or fall due; and (e) such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and does not propose to engage in a business or a transaction, for which such Persons property assets would constitute unreasonably small capital.
SONIA means, with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the Sterling Overnight Index Average for such Business Day published by the SONIA Administrator on the SONIA Administrators Website.
SONIA Administrator means the Bank of England (or any successor administrator of the Sterling Overnight Index Average).
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SONIA Administrators Website means the Bank of Englands website, currently at http://www.bankofengland.co.uk, or any successor source for the Sterling Overnight Index Average identified as such by the SONIA Administrator from time to time.
SONIA Determination Day has the meaning assigned to that term in the definition of Daily Simple SONIA.
SONIA Rate Day has the meaning assigned to that term in the definition of Daily Simple SONIA.
SONIA Replacement Date means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to Daily Simple SONIA:
(a) 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 Daily Simple SONIA (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of Daily Simple SONIA (or such component thereof); or
(b) the first date on which Daily Simple SONIA (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of Daily Simple SONIA (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 and even if any Available Tenor of Daily Simple SONIA (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt, (A) if the event giving rise to the SONIA Replacement Date for Daily Simple SONIA occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the SONIA Determination Day in respect of any determination, the SONIA Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the SONIA Determination Day for Daily Simple SONIA and for such determination and (B) the SONIA Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clauses (a) or (b) with respect to Daily Simple SONIA upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of Daily Simple SONIA (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
Specified Transaction has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.1(b).
Spot Rate means, as of any date of determination, with respect to the conversion of any Eligible Currency (other than Dollars), (x) for an actual currency exchange, the applicable currency Dollar spot rate obtained by the Servicer through customary banking channels or (y) for all other purposes, the applicable currency Dollar spot rate that appeared on the Bloomberg screen for such currency at the end of the immediately preceding Business Day (or if such date is a Determination Date, at the end of such day).
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Taxes means any and 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, with respect to any Advance for any day during a Collection Period, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one month on such day, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator at 6:00 a.m. on the Term SOFR Determination Date for such Collection Period; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. on the Term SOFR Determination Date the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the foregoing tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, further, that if Term SOFR as so determined shall ever be less than the Floor, then Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor for purposes of this Agreement.
Term SOFR Administrator means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
Term SOFR Determination Date means, with respect to each Collection Period, the day that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Collection Period.
Term
SOFR Reference Rate means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or
recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.
Total Leverage Ratio means, with respect to any Loan for any Relevant Test Period, the meaning of Total Leverage Ratio or any comparable definition in the Underlying Instrument for each such Loan, and in any case that Total Leverage Ratio or such comparable definition is not defined in such Underlying Instrument, the ratio of (a) Indebtedness minus Unrestricted Cash to (b) EBITDA, in each case for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to such date, or if the Obligor of such Loan was organized or formed within the previous year, another applicable test period as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, as calculated by the Servicer in good faith using information from and calculations consistent with relevant compliance statements and financial reporting packages provided by the relevant Obligor.
Transaction has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 3.02.
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Transaction Documents means this Agreement, any Assignment and Acceptance, any Joinder Supplement, the Sale and Contribution Agreement, the Master Participation Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Securities Account Control Agreement, the Wells Fargo Fee Letter, each Lender Fee Letter, the Administrative Agent Fee Letter and any additional document the execution of which is necessary or incidental to carrying out the terms of the foregoing documents.
Transferor means FS KKR
II (or, following a Permitted Equityholder Transaction, the surviving entity of such Permitted Equityholder Transaction).
Transferor Participation Interest means a participation interest in a loan that satisfies each of the following criteria: (a) such participation would constitute a Loan were it acquired directly, (b) the seller of such participation is a lender on the underlying loan (except as set forth in the applicable Master Participation Agreement), (c) the aggregate participation in the loan granted by such participation seller to all participants (including the Borrower) does not exceed the principal amount or commitment with respect to which such participation seller is a lender under such loan, (d) such participation does not grant, in the aggregate, to the participant in such participation a greater interest than the selling participation seller holds in the loan or commitment that is the subject of the participation, (e) the entire purchase price for such participation is paid in full (without the benefit of financing from the participation seller) at the time of the participants acquisition, (f) the participation provides the participant with all of the economic benefit and risk of the whole or part of the loan or commitment that is the subject of the loan participation, (g) such participation is documented under a Loan Syndications and Trading Association or similar market agreement standard for loan participation transactions among institutional market participants, (h) such participation is not a sub-participation interest in any loan, (i) the participation seller is the Transferor pursuant to the Sale and Contribution Agreement or the Master Participation Agreement, as applicable, or an Affiliate pursuant to substantially similar provisions, and (j) such participation interest shall be elevated to a full assignment within sixty (60) calendar days; provided that participation interests transferred on the Closing Date shall be elevated to a full assignment within ninety (90) calendar days.
UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code or any successor provision thereof as from time to time in effect in the State of New York; provided that if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, the attachment, perfection, the effect of perfection or non-perfection, priority of a security interest or remedy is governed by the personal property security laws of any jurisdiction other than New York, UCC shall mean those personal property security laws as in effect, from time to time, in such other jurisdiction for the purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority or remedy and for the definitions related to such provisions.
U.S. Government Securities Business Day means any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
Unadjusted IndexBenchmark Replacement means the Indexapplicable Benchmark Replacement (Dollar) excluding the IndexBenchmark Replacement Adjustment with respect thereto.
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or common law or equitable action, including, without limitation, any provision of the Bankruptcy Code.
Yield Rate means, for any Advance in any Eligible Currency, as of any date of determination during any Collection Period
applicable to such Advance, an interest rate per annum equal to the Applicable
IndexBenchmark for such date plus the Applicable
Margin.
Zero-Coupon Obligation means any loan that, at the time of purchase, does not by its terms provide for the payment of cash interest.
Section 1.02 Other Terms. All accounting terms used but not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP; provided that, unless otherwise expressly stated in this Agreement, if at any time any change in GAAP (including the adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards) would affect the computation of any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) set forth in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall negotiate in good faith to amend such covenant to preserve the original intent in light of such change; provided that, until so amended, (i) such covenant shall continue to be computed in accordance with the application of GAAP prior to such change and (ii) Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent a written reconciliation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, between calculations of such covenant made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP. All terms used in Article 9 of the UCC in the State of New York, and used but not specifically defined herein, are used herein as defined in such Article 9.
Section 1.03 Computation of Time Periods. Unless otherwise stated in this Agreement, in the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word from means from and including and the words to and until each mean to but excluding.
Section 1.04 Interpretation.
In each Transaction Document, unless a contrary intention appears:
(a) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa;
(b) reference to any Person includes such Persons successors and assigns but only if such successors and assigns are not prohibited by the Transaction Documents;
(c) reference to any gender includes each other gender;
(d) reference to day or days without further qualification means calendar days;
(e) reference to any time means New York, New York time (unless expressly specified otherwise);
(f) any reference to close of business means 5:00 p.m., New York, New York time;
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(b) Preservation of Existence. The Collateral Custodian will preserve and maintain its existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its formation and qualify and remain qualified in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to preserve and maintain such existence, rights, franchises, privileges and qualification could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Location of Required Loan Documents. Subject to Article XI, the Required Loan Documents shall remain at all times in the possession of the Collateral Custodian at 425 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55414, unless notice of a different address is given in accordance with the terms hereof or unless the Administrative Agent agrees to allow certain Required Loan Documents to be released to the Servicer on a temporary basis in accordance with the terms hereof, except as such Required Loan Documents may be released pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
Section 5.08 Negative Covenants of the Collateral Custodian.
From the Closing Date until the Collection Date:
(a) Required Loan Documents. The Collateral Custodian will not dispose of any documents constituting the Required Loan Documents in any manner that is inconsistent with the performance of its obligations as the Collateral Custodian pursuant to this Agreement and will not dispose of any Collateral Portfolio except as contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) No Changes in Collateral Custodian Fees. The Collateral Custodian will not make any changes to the Collateral Custodian Fees without the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent.
ARTICLE VI.
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF CONTRACTS
Section 6.01 Appointment and Designation of the Servicer.
(a) Initial Servicer. The Borrower hereby appoints FS
KKR II, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, as Servicer, with the authority to service,
administer and exercise rights and remedies, on behalf of the Borrower, in respect of the Collateral Portfolio. FS KKR II hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the duties and responsibilities of the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof and in accordance with the Servicing Agreement. The Servicer and the Borrower
hereby acknowledges that the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties are third party beneficiaries of the obligations undertaken by the Servicer hereunder and under the Servicing Agreement.
(b) Servicer Defaults. If a Servicer Default shall occur and be continuing, at the election of the Administrative Agent (individually or as directed by the Required Lenders) by written notice to the Borrower, the Borrower shall (i) not permit the Servicer to (x) consent to modifications to Loans, (y) consent to any acquisition or disposition of Loans under the
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time to time, all in accordance with Applicable Law, the applicable Loan and its Underlying Instruments and the Servicer Standard. It is acknowledged and agreed that in circumstances in which a Person other than the Borrower or the Servicer acts as administrative agent with respect to any Loan, the Servicer shall perform its servicing duties hereunder only to the extent a lender under the related loan syndication Underlying Instruments has the right or obligation to do so.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Servicing Agreement, the exercise by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Lender and the Secured Parties of their rights hereunder shall not release the Servicer (unless replaced by a replacement Servicer hereunder) or the Borrower from any of their duties or responsibilities with respect to the Collateral Portfolio. The Secured Parties, the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Collateral Agent shall not have any obligation or liability with respect to any Collateral Portfolio, nor shall any of them be obligated to perform any of the obligations of the Servicer hereunder or under the Servicing Agreement, unless one of them becomes a replacement Servicer hereunder.
(c) Any payment by an Obligor in respect of any indebtedness owed by it to the BorrowersBorrower shall, except as otherwise specified by such Obligor or otherwise required by contract or law, be applied in accordance with the Servicer Standard.
Section 6.03 Authorization of the Servicer.
(a) Each of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby authorizes the Servicer (including any successor thereto) to take any and all reasonable steps consistent with the Servicer Standard in its name and on its behalf necessary or desirable in the determination of the Servicer and not inconsistent with the Pledge of the Collateral Portfolio by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties hereunder, to collect all amounts due under any and all Collateral Portfolio, including, without limitation, endorsing any of their names on checks and other instruments representing Interest Collections and Principal Collections, executing and delivering any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Collateral Portfolio and, after the delinquency of any Collateral Portfolio and to the extent permitted under and in compliance with Applicable Law, to commence proceedings with respect to enforcing payment thereof. The Borrower and the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties shall furnish the Servicer (and any successors thereto) with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and shall cooperate with the Servicer to the fullest extent in order to ensure the collectability of the Collateral Portfolio. In no event shall the Servicer be entitled to make the Secured Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender a party to any litigation without such partys express prior written consent, or to make the Borrower a party to any litigation (other than any routine foreclosure or collection procedure or other routine enforcement of the obligations of any Obligor owing to the Borrower) without the Administrative Agents and each Lenders consent.
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(b) After the declaration of the Facility Maturity Date with respect to clause (ii) of the definition thereof, at the direction of the Administrative Agent, the Servicer shall take such action as the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or advisable to enforce collection
Agent and, solely if such amendment or modification would adversely affect the rights and obligations of the Collateral Agent, the Account Bank or the Collateral Custodian, the written agreement of the Collateral Agent, the Account Bank or the Collateral Custodian, as applicable; and (ii) no termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure therefrom by the Borrower or the Servicer shall be effective without the written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12.01(a), the written consent of all of the Lenders shall be required for any
amendment, modification or waiver (i) reducing any Advances Outstanding or the Yield thereon (other than as the result of the imposition of any Index
Replacementor reducing any payment due or owed with respect thereto), (ii) postponing any date for any payment of any Advance or the Yield thereon, (iii) modifying the provisions of this Section 12.01 or (iv) extending the Stated Maturity Date or
clause (a) of the definition of Commitment Termination Date.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Transaction Document, if
(A) a Benchmark Transition Event and (B) a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect thereto have occurred prior to the Reference Time in connection with any setting of the then-current Benchmark (Dollar), then such Benchmark Replacement
(Dollar) will replace the then-current Benchmark for all purposes under this Agreement and under any other Transaction Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without requiring any amendment to, or requiring
any further action by or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. Index
Replacement.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any
other Transaction Document, upon the occurrence of an Index Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace LIBOR (Dollar) with an Index Replacement. Any such
amendment with respect to an Index Transition Event will become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Administrative Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower so long as the
Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendment from the Required Lenders. Any such amendment with respect to an Early Opt-in Election will become effective on the date that Required Lenders have
delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders accept such amendment. No replacement of LIBOR (Dollar) with an Index Replacement pursuant to this Section 12.01(c) will occur prior to the applicable Index
Transition Date.
(d) (ii) In connection with the implementation of an Indexa Benchmark Replacement (Dollar), the Administrative Agent will have the right to make
LIBOR (Dollar) Successor
RateBenchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to
time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Transaction Document, any amendments implementing such LIBOR (Dollar) Successor
RateBenchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become
effective without requiring any further action
by or consent of any other party to this Agreement
or any other Transaction Document (other than as provided in the definition of Benchmark Replacement Conforming
Changes).
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(e) (iii) The Administrative Agent will promptly
(and in any event within five (5) Business Days) notify the Borrower andall the
Lendersparties hereto of (i) any occurrence of an Index(A) a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related
Indexand (B) the Benchmark Replacement Date and Index Transition Datewith respect
thereto, (ii) the implementation of any IndexBenchmark Replacement
(Dollar), and
(iii) the effectiveness of any LIBOR (Dollar) Successor RateBenchmark Replacement Conforming Changes and (iv) the commencement or conclusion of any Index Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or
election that may be made by the Administrative Agent
or, or, if applicable, the Borrower or any Lender (or group
of Lenders) pursuant to this
SectionSections
12.01(c)-(f) hereof, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may
be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party
heretoto this Agreement or
any other Transaction Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this
Sections
12.01(c)-(f) hereof. Section
(iv) Upon the Borrowers receipt of
notice of the commencement of an Index Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any pending Notice of Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Index Unavailability Period and, failing
that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Notice of Borrowing of or conversion to Loans with an index set at the rate agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(v) With respect to any Applicable Index
other than LIBOR (Dollar), upon the occurrence of any event that results in the unavailability of such Applicable Index, the index rate shall be the reference rate determined by the Administrative Agent that is consistent with accepted market
practice for secured transactions involving middle market commercial loans, and as to which the Administrative Agent may, in its reasonable discretion, make such adjustments to such rate or the spread thereon, as well as the business day convention,
interest determination dates and related provisions and definitions, in each case that are consistent with such accepted market practice for the use of such rate; provided that if the Borrower does not agree with such index
rate, the Borrower may request that the Administrative Agent provide a hedging agreement in an amount sufficient to cover the notional difference between the index rate determined by the Administrative Agent and the index rate requested by the
Borrower; provided, further, that if the Administrative Agent declines to provide a hedging agreement or if the Borrower does not agree to the terms of the hedging agreement, in the reasonable
discretion of the Borrower, any Advances with such Applicable Index shall be converted into Dollar Advances, using the applicable exchange rate determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
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(f) Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Transaction Document to the contrary, any Benchmark Replacement (Dollar) pursuant to Sections 12.01(c)-(f) hereof shall be required to meet the standards set forth in Proposed Unite States Treasury Regulations under Section 1.1001-6 (or any successor United States Treasury Regulations or other official IRS guidance promulgated that supersedes such Proposed United States Treasury Regulations) such that that use of the Benchmark Replacement (Dollar) is not treated as a modification (and therefore an exchange) of any Advance for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1001-3 (and, if the Administrative Agent determines in good faith consultation with the Borrower that the Benchmark Replacement (Dollar) as determined pursuant to clauses (1) through (3) of the definition thereof does not meet such standards, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall cooperate in good faith to make such commercially reasonable adjustments to the Benchmark Replacement (Dollar) that are necessary to ensure that that the use of the Benchmark Replacement (Dollar) is not treated as a modification (and therefore an exchange) of any Advance for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1001-3).
Section 12.02 Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications hereunder shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing (which shall include communication by e-mail) and e-mailed or delivered, to each party hereto, at its address set forth on Annex A to this Agreement or at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties hereto. All such notices and communications shall be effective upon receipt, or in the case of notice by e-mail, when verbal or electronic communication of receipt is obtained.
Section 12.03 No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
Section 12.04 Binding Effect; Assignability; Multiple Lenders.
(a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Servicer, the Administrative Agent, each Lender, the Collateral Agent, the Account Bank, the Collateral Custodian and their respective successors and permitted assigns. With the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (unless such assignment is to an Affiliate of a Lender or is otherwise required by Applicable Law), each Lender and their respective successors and assigns may assign, grant a security interest or sell a participation interest in, (i) this Agreement and such Lenders rights and obligations hereunder and interest herein in whole or in part (including by way of the sale of participation interests therein) and/or (ii) any Advance (or portion thereof) to any Person; provided that, so long as no Event of Default has occurred, the Borrower has provided its written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to such assignment to any Person that is not a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender (but, for the avoidance of doubt, no such consent of the Borrower shall be required for any grant of a security interest or sale of a participation interest to any Person, an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an assignment that is required by Applicable Law); provided, further, that, so long as the Facility Maturity Date has not been declared or has not automatically occurred, the Borrower has provided its written consent to any assignment to a Disqualified Institution; provided, further, that the applicable Lender shall provide to the Borrower not less than two Business Days prior written notice of any proposed assignment (except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a
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THE SERVICER AND THE EQUITYHOLDER: | FS KKR CAPITAL CORP. | |||||
By: |
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Name: Title: |
[SIGNATURES CONTINUE ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]
ANNEX A
Notices for Addresses
If to the Borrower:
Meadowbrook Run LLC
c/o FS KKR Capital Corp. II
201 Rouse Boulevard
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19112
Attention: William Goebel, Chief Financial Officer
Email: FSICII_Team@fsinvestments.com; portfolio_finance@fsinvestments.com;
credit.notices@fsinvestments.com
With copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Dechert LLP
Three Bryant Park
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036-6797
Attention: Jay R. Alicandri
Email: jay.alicandri@dechert.com
If to the Servicer:
FS KKR Capital Corp. II
201 Rouse Boulevard
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19112
Attention: William Goebel, Chief Accounting Officer
Email: FSICII_Team@fsinvestments.com; portfolio_finance@fsinvestments.com;
credit.notices@fsinvestments.com
With copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Dechert LLP
Three Bryant Park
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036-6797
Attention: Jay R. Alicandri
Email: jay.alicandri@dechert.com
Annex A-1