0001104659-15-086306.txt : 20151222 0001104659-15-086306.hdr.sgml : 20151222 20151222164622 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-15-086306 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20151217 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20151222 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20151222 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Carey Credit Income Fund - I CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001618696 IRS NUMBER: 472009064 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 814-01091 FILM NUMBER: 151302643 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 50 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10020 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-492-1100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 50 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10020 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Carey Credit Income Fund 2015 A DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20141028 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Carey Credit Income Fund - Series 2015 A DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20140917 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Carey Credit Income Fund Series 2015-A DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20140904 8-K 1 a15-25281_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

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 22, 2015 (December 17, 2015)

 

 

CAREY CREDIT INCOME FUND - I

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

814-01091

 

47-2009064

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

50 Rockefeller Plaza

 

 

New York, New York

 

10020

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 492-1100

 

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:

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 1.01.    Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On December 17, 2015, Hamilton Finance LLC (“Hamilton”), a newly-formed, wholly-owned, special purpose financing subsidiary of Carey Credit Income Fund (the “Master Fund”), into which Carey Credit Income Fund — I (the “Company”) invests all or substantially all of its assets as part of a master-feeder structure, entered into a senior-secured term loan credit facility (the “Hamilton Credit Facility”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (“JPM”), as administrative agent, each of the lenders from time to time party thereto, and U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent, collateral administrator and securities intermediary. The Hamilton Credit Facility provides for delayed-draw borrowings in an aggregate principal amount of $175,000,000 on a committed basis during the four years following the closing date of the Hamilton Credit Facility.

 

The Master Fund may contribute cash and sell or contribute loans or bonds (collectively, “assets”) to Hamilton from time to time, and will receive fair market value for any assets sold to Hamilton or will receive an increase in the value of its interests in Hamilton for any assets contributed. Hamilton may purchase additional assets from various sources. Hamilton has appointed the Master Fund to manage its portfolio of assets pursuant to the terms of an investment management agreement. Hamilton’s obligations to JPM under the Hamilton Credit Facility are secured by a first priority security interest in substantially all of the assets of Hamilton, including its portfolio of assets. The obligations of Hamilton under the Hamilton Credit Facility are non-recourse to the Master Fund, and the Master Fund’s exposure under the Hamilton Credit Facility is limited to the value of the Master Fund’s investment in Hamilton.

 

Pricing under the Hamilton Credit Facility is based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) for a three-month interest period, plus a spread of 2.65% per annum. Interest is payable in arrears beginning on March 24, 2016 and each quarter thereafter. Any amounts borrowed under the Hamilton Credit Facility will mature, and all accrued and unpaid interest thereunder will be due and payable, on December 17, 2019. Hamilton incurred certain customary costs and expenses in connection with obtaining the Hamilton Credit Facility.

 

Borrowings under the Hamilton Credit Facility are subject to a compliance condition which will be satisfied at any given time if the outstanding advances to Hamilton by the lenders minus the amount of principal and certain interest proceeds in Hamilton’s accounts is less than or equal to sixty percent (60%) of the net asset value of Hamilton’s portfolio of assets.

 

In connection with the Hamilton Credit Facility, Hamilton has made certain representations and warranties and is required to comply with various covenants, reporting requirements and other customary requirements for similar facilities. The Hamilton Credit Facility contains customary events of default for similar financing transactions, including: (a) the failure to make principal payment when due or any other payments under the Hamilton Credit Facility within two business days of when due; (b) the insolvency or bankruptcy of Hamilton or the Master Fund; (c) a change of control of Hamilton shall have occurred; (d) Carey Credit Advisors, LLC or an affiliate thereof ceases to be the Master Fund’s investment advisor; and (e) Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC or an affiliate thereof ceases to be the Master Fund’s investment sub-advisor. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an event of default, JPM may declare the outstanding advances and all other obligations under the Hamilton Credit Facility immediately due and payable.

 

The occurrence of events of default (as described above) or events defined as “Coverage Events” in the loan agreement governing the Hamilton Credit Facility triggers (i) a requirement that Hamilton obtain the consent of JPM prior to entering into any sale or disposition with respect to portfolio assets and (ii) certain rights of JPM to direct Hamilton to enter into sales or dispositions with respect to any portfolio assets, in each case, in JPM’s sole discretion.

 

Borrowings of Hamilton will be considered borrowings by the Master Fund for purposes of complying with the asset coverage requirements under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, applicable to business development companies. In no event will the Company itself directly engage in borrowing.

 

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The foregoing descriptions of the Hamilton Credit Facility and related agreements as set forth in this Item 1.01 are summaries only and are each qualified in all respects by the provisions of such agreements, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1 through 10.4 and are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 1.02.    Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On December 17, 2015, in connection with its entry into the Hamilton Credit Facility, the Master Fund repaid all outstanding obligations under a promissory note (the “Promissory Note”) with WPC Holdco LLC (the “Lender”), in the amount of thirty-three million dollars ($33,000,000) plus all accrued interest outstanding as of December 17, 2015. Under the Promissory Note, the Master Fund may have borrowed up to an additional seventeen million dollars ($17,000,000) from the Lender under a series of similar promissory notes on an unsecured basis; however, there was no funding commitment agreement between the Master Fund and the Lender. The floating interest rate on the borrowed amount was 1.10% plus one month LIBOR. All amounts borrowed from the Lender were due on December 30, 2015.

 

The Master Fund was permitted to repay its obligations under the Promissory Note prior to December 30, 2015 and no termination fee or other penalty was payable in connection with the early repayment.

 

The Lender was a wholly owned subsidiary of W. P. Carey Inc. and it was the direct owner of Carey Credit Advisors, LLC (“CCA”). The Master Fund is externally managed by CCA pursuant to an investment advisory agreement. CCA owns approximately fifty percent (50%) of the Master Fund’s outstanding common stock.

 

The foregoing description of the Promissory Note does not purport to be complete and it is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the form of Promissory Note which was filed as an exhibit to the Master Fund’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ending June 30, 2015 on August 14, 2015.

 

Item 2.03.  Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The information in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                                 Exhibits.

 

EXHIBIT
NUMBER

 

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

10.1

 

Loan Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2015, by and among Hamilton Finance LLC, as borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, each of the lenders from time to time party thereto, and U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent, collateral administrator and securities intermediary.

 

 

 

10.2

 

Sale and Contribution Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2015, between Hamilton Finance LLC, as purchaser, and the Master Fund, as seller.

 

 

 

10.3

 

Investment Management Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2015, by and between Hamilton Finance LLC and the Master Fund, as investment manager.

 

 

 

10.4

 

Collateral Administration Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2015, by and among Hamilton Finance LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, the Master Fund, as investment manager and U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral administrator.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

CAREY CREDIT INCOME FUND - I

 

 

 

Date: December 22, 2015

By:

/s/ Paul S. Saint-Pierre

 

 

PAUL S. SAINT-PIERRE

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

EXHIBIT
NUMBER

 

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

10.1

 

Loan Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2015, by and among Hamilton Finance LLC, as borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, each of the lenders from time to time party thereto, and U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent, collateral administrator and securities intermediary.

 

 

 

10.2

 

Sale and Contribution Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2015, between Hamilton Finance LLC, as purchaser, and the Master Fund, as seller.

 

 

 

10.3

 

Investment Management Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2015, by and between Hamilton Finance LLC and the Master Fund, as investment manager.

 

 

 

10.4

 

Collateral Administration Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2015, by and among Hamilton Finance LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, the Master Fund, as investment manager and U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral administrator.

 

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EX-10.1 2 a15-25281_1ex10d1.htm EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

LOAN AGREEMENT

 

dated as of

 

December 17, 2015

 

among

 

HAMILTON FINANCE LLC

 

the Financing Providers party hereto

 

the Collateral Administrator, Collateral Agent and Securities Intermediary party hereto

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Administrative Agent

 

 

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

ARTICLE I

THE PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

23

 

 

 

Section 1.01.

Purchases of Portfolio Investments

23

Section 1.02.

Procedures for Purchases, Substitutions and Related Financings

23

Section 1.03.

Conditions to Purchases or Substitutions

24

Section 1.04.

Sales of Portfolio Investments

25

Section 1.05.

Review of Portfolio Investments

27

Section 1.06.

Substitutions

28

Section 1.07.

Repurchase Limits

28

Section 1.08.

Deposits and Contributions by Parent

28

Section 1.09.

Valuation of Permitted Non-USD Currency Assets

29

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

THE FINANCINGS

29

 

 

 

Section 2.01.

Financing Commitments

29

Section 2.02.

First Advance; Additional Advances

29

Section 2.03.

Financings; Use of Proceeds

29

Section 2.04.

Other Conditions to Financings

31

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

ADDITIONAL TERMS APPLICABLE TO THE FINANCINGS

32

 

 

 

Section 3.01.

The Advances

32

Section 3.02.

General

35

Section 3.03.

Taxes

35

Section 3.04.

Mitigation Obligations

39

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

COLLECTIONS AND PAYMENTS

40

 

 

 

Section 4.01.

Interest Proceeds

40

Section 4.02.

Principal Proceeds

41

Section 4.03.

Principal and Interest Payments; Prepayments; Commitment Fee; Upfront Fee

41

Section 4.04.

Payments Generally

43

Section 4.05.

CE Cure Account

43

Section 4.06.

Optional Redemption

44

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

[RESERVED]

44

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

44

 

 

 

Section 6.01.

Representations and Warranties

44

Section 6.02.

Representations Regarding the Portfolio Investments

48

Section 6.03.

Covenants of the Company

48

Section 6.04.

Amendments, Etc.

56

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

56

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

ACCOUNTS; COLLATERAL SECURITY

58

 

 

 

Section 8.01.

The Accounts; Agreement as to Control

58

Section 8.02.

Collateral Security; Pledge; Delivery

61

Section 8.03.

Accountings

64

Section 8.04.

Additional Reports

65

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX

THE AGENTS

65

 

 

 

Section 9.01.

Appointment of Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Collateral Administrator and Securities Intermediary

65

Section 9.02.

Additional Provisions Relating to the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Administrator

69

 

 

 

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

73

 

 

 

Section 10.01.

Non-Petition

73

Section 10.02.

Notices

73

Section 10.03.

No Waiver

73

Section 10.04.

Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver

73

Section 10.05.

Amendments

75

Section 10.06.

Confidentiality

75

Section 10.07.

Non-Recourse

76

Section 10.08.

Successors; Assignments

76

Section 10.09.

Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Etc.

78

Section 10.10.

Right of Setoff

79

Section 10.11.

Interest Rate Limitation

79

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

Section 10.12.

USA PATRIOT Act

79

Section 10.13.

Counterparts

79

Section 10.14.

Headings

80

 

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Schedules

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule 1

 

Transaction Schedule

Schedule 2

 

Contents of Approval Requests

Schedule 3

 

Eligibility Criteria

Schedule 4

 

Concentration Limitations

Schedule 5

 

Form of Position Report

 

 

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Request for Advance

Exhibit B

 

Moody’s Industry Classification Groups

 

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LOAN AGREEMENT dated as of December 17, 2015 (this “Agreement”) among Hamilton Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as borrower (the “Company”); the Financing Providers party hereto; U.S. Bank National Association (“U.S. Bank”), in its capacities as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), collateral administrator (in such capacity, the “Collateral Administrator”) and securities intermediary (in such capacity, the “Securities Intermediary”); and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as administrative agent for the Financing Providers hereunder (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

 

The Company, a newly formed special purpose vehicle wholly owned and managed by Carey Credit Income Fund, which in turn is advised by Carey Credit Advisors, LLC and sub-advised by Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, wishes to accumulate certain loans and other debt securities (the “Portfolio Investments”), all on and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

On and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (“JPMCB”) has agreed to make advances to the Company (“Advances”) hereunder to the extent specified on the transaction schedule attached as Schedule 1 hereto (the “Transaction Schedule”).  JPMCB, together with its respective successors and permitted assigns, are referred to herein as the “Financing Providers”, and the types of financings to be made available by them hereunder are referred to herein as the “Financings”.  For the avoidance of doubt, the terms of this Agreement relating to types of Financings not indicated on the Transaction Schedule as being available hereunder shall not bind the parties hereto, and shall be of no force and effect.

 

Furthermore, on or about the date hereof, the Company intends to acquire certain Portfolio Investments pursuant to a Sale and Contribution Agreement (the “Sale Agreement”), dated on or about the date hereof, between the Company and Carey Credit Income Fund (the “Parent”).

 

Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Defined Terms

 

Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, whenever used herein, the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings

 

Account Bank” means Elavon Financial Services Limited, UK Branch, in its capacity as account bank under the Custody and Account Bank Agreement.

 

Accounts” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).

 

Administrative Agent” has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.

 

Advances” has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.

 

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Adverse Claim” means any claim of ownership or any Lien, title retention, trust or other charge or encumbrance, or other type of preferential arrangement having the effect or purpose of creating a Lien, other than Permitted Liens.

 

Adverse Proceeding” means any action, suit, proceeding (whether administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of Company) at law or in equity, or before or by any governmental authority, domestic or foreign, whether pending, active or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Company or its property that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such Person (whether by virtue of ownership, contractual rights or otherwise).  For the purposes of this definition, “control” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly (including through affiliated entities), of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

 

Agent” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.01.

 

Agent Business Day” means any day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments in each of New York City and the city in which the corporate trust office of the Collateral Agent is located.

 

Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.

 

Amendment” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.04.

 

Annual Cap” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.02(e).

 

Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

 

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 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 Margin” means 2.65%.

 

Approval Request” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.02(a).

 

Approved” means, with respect to an Approval Request relating to any Portfolio Investment for which the Administrative Agent has received all requested follow-up information, within ten (10) Business Days succeeding the latest date on which it received such Approval

 

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Request or follow-up information it has requested, the Administrative Agent has notified the Investment Manager and the Company that the Administrative Agent is approving the purchase of such Portfolio Investment.  For the avoidance of doubt, an Approval Request shall not be deemed “not Approved” until such ten (10) Business Day period has elapsed.

 

Base Rate” shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 0.5%.  Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.

 

Business Day” means any day on which commercial banks are open in New York City; provided that (i) with respect to any provisions herein relating to the setting of LIBOR or the payment or conversion of amounts denominated in GBP, “Business Day” shall be deemed to exclude any day on which banks are required or authorized to be closed in London, England and (ii) with respect to any provisions herein relating to the conversion of amounts denominated in Euros, Business Day shall be deemed to exclude any day on which banks are required or authorized to be closed in London, England or which is not a TARGET2 Settlement Day.

 

Calculation Period” means the period from the date on which the First Advance is made hereunder to but excluding March 17, 2016, and each successive quarterly period ending on June 17, September 17, December 17 and March 17 of each year during the term of this Agreement (or, (i) if such date is not a Business Day, then the prior Business Day, and (ii) in the case of the last Calculation Period, if the last Calculation Period does not end on a Calculation Period Start Date, the period from and including the preceding Calculation Period Start Date to but excluding the Maturity Date).

 

Calculation Period Start Date” means a quarterly anniversary of the date of the First Advance hereunder.

 

Cash Flow Report” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.03(a).

 

CE Cure Account” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).

 

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 or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority.

 

Change of Control” means an event or series of events by which the Parent or its Affiliates, collectively, (i) shall cease to possess, directly or indirectly, the right to elect or appoint (through contract, ownership of voting securities, or otherwise) managers that at all times have a majority of the votes of the board of managers (or similar governing body) of the Company or to direct the management policies and decisions of the Company or (ii) cease, directly or indirectly, to own and control legally and beneficially all of the equity interests of the Company; provided, however, that a merger of the Parent with another business development

 

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company sponsored by W.P. Carey Inc. or other fundamental change transaction the result of which effectively combines the ownership and/or assets of the Parent and a business development company sponsored by W.P. Carey Inc., or merges or consolidates their respective collateral advisors or sub-advisors shall not constitute a Change of Control.

 

Charges” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.11.

 

Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Collateral” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.02.

 

Collateral Administration Agreement” means the collateral administration agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, among the Company, the Administrative Agent, the Investment Manager and the Collateral Administrator.

 

Collateral Administrator” has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.

 

Collateral Agent” has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.

 

Collateral Trustee” means the Collateral Agent, in its capacity as collateral trustee under the Security Deed.

 

Company” has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.

 

Company LLC Agreement” means the amended and restated limited liability company agreement of Hamilton Finance LLC, dated December 17, 2015.

 

Compliance Condition” means, on any date of determination, a condition that is satisfied if the Administrative Agent determines that the principal amount of then outstanding Advances (assuming that Advances have been made for any outstanding Purchase Commitments which have traded but not settled) minus the amounts then on deposit in the Accounts (including cash and Eligible Investments) representing Principal Proceeds and Excess Interest Proceeds, is less than or equal to 60% of the Net Asset Value.

 

Concentration Limitations” has the meaning ascribed to it in Schedule 4.

 

Coverage Event” means (A) the occurrence of both of the following events: (i) the Administrative Agent shall have determined and notified the Investment Manager in writing (with a copy to the Collateral Agent) as of any date that the Net Asset Value does not equal or exceed the product of (a) the Market Value Trigger specified on the Transaction Schedule and (b)(x) the principal amount of the outstanding Advances (assuming that Advances have been made for any outstanding Purchase Commitments which have traded but not settled) minus (y) the amounts then on deposit in the Accounts (including cash and Eligible Investments) representing Principal Proceeds and Excess Interest Proceeds; provided that, solely for the purposes of calculating the Net Asset Value under this clause (A)(i), the Market Value for any Portfolio Asset shall not be greater than the par amount thereof; and (ii) a Coverage Event Cure Failure or (B) if in connection with any Coverage Event Cure, a Portfolio Investment sold, contributed or deemed to have been contributed to the Company shall fail to settle within (1)

 

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fifteen (15) Business Days from the related Trade Date thereof with respect to Portfolio Investments consisting of Loans and (2) three (3) Business Days from the related Trade Date thereof with respect to Portfolio Investments other than Loans or, in each case, in such longer period as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion; provided that, the failure of such sale, contribution or deemed contribution to settle within the applicable time frame shall not constitute a “Coverage Event” if the condition set forth in clause (A)(i) of this definition is otherwise satisfied at the end of such time frame.

 

Coverage Event Cure” means, on any date of determination, (i) the contribution by Parent of cash to the Company (which shall be deposited in the CE Cure Account) or, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (in accordance with the Sale Agreement), additional Portfolio Investments to the Company and the pledge and Delivery thereof by the Company to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms hereof, (ii) the prepayment by the Company of an aggregate principal amount of Advances (together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon) or (iii) any combination of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), in each case during the Coverage Event Cure Period and in an amount such that the Net Asset Value exceeds the product of (a) the Market Value Trigger specified on the Transaction Schedule and (b)(x) the principal amount of the outstanding Advances (assuming that Advances have been made for any outstanding Purchase Commitments which have traded but not settled) minus (y) the amounts then on deposit in the Accounts (including cash and Eligible Investments) representing Principal Proceeds and Excess Interest Proceeds; provided that, any Portfolio Investment contributed or deemed to be contributed to the Company in connection with the foregoing must meet all of the applicable Eligibility Criteria (unless otherwise consented to by the Administrative Agent); and provided further, that solely for the purposes of the calculation set forth above, when determining the Net Asset Value, the Market Value for any Portfolio Asset shall not be greater than the par amount thereof.  In connection with any Coverage Event Cure, a Portfolio Investment shall be deemed to have been sold or contributed to the Company, as applicable, if there has been a valid, binding and enforceable contract for the assignment of such Portfolio Investment and, in the reasonable judgment of the Investment Manager, such assignment will settle within (1) fifteen (15) Business Days from the related Trade Date thereof with respect to Portfolio Investments consisting of loans and (2) three (3) Business Days from the related Trade Date thereof with respect to Portfolio Investments other than Loans.  For the purposes of any request for consent of the Administrative Agent pursuant to clause (i) in the immediately preceding sentence, if the Company notifies the Administrative Agent on the day on which the events set forth in clause (A)(i) of the definition of “Coverage Event” has occurred of the Parent’s intention to contribute one or more Portfolio Investments to the Company to cure such event and requests the related consent thereto, the Administrative Agent shall respond to such request no later than two (2) Business Day after such notice is received.

 

Coverage Event Cure Failure” means the failure by the Company to effect a Coverage Event Cure as set forth in the definition of such term.

 

Coverage Event Cure Period” means the period commencing on the Business Day on which the Administrative Agent notifies the Investment Manager (which such notice shall be given by the Administrative Agent prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, and if not given by such time, such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the next succeeding Business Day) of the occurrence of the events set forth in clause (A)(i) of the

 

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definition of the term Coverage Event and ending at (x) the close of business in New York two (2) Business Days thereafter or (y) such later date and time as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

 

Credit Risk Parties” has the meaning ascribed to it in Article VII.

 

Current Pay Obligation” means any Portfolio Investment that would otherwise be treated as a Defaulted Obligation but as to which no payments are due and payable that are unpaid and with respect to which the Investment Manager has certified to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Collateral Administrator and the Collateral Agent) in writing that it believes, in its reasonable business judgment, that (a) the issuer or obligor of such Portfolio Investment will continue to make scheduled payments of interest thereon and will pay the principal thereof by maturity or as otherwise contractually due, or (b) if the issuer or obligor is subject to a bankruptcy proceeding, it has been the subject of an order of a bankruptcy court that permits it to make the scheduled payments on such Portfolio Investment and all interest and principal payments due thereunder have been paid in cash when due.

 

Custodian” means Elavon Financial Services Limited, UK Branch, in its capacity as custodian under the Custody and Account Bank Agreement.

 

Custody and Account Bank Agreement” means the Custody and Account Bank Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company, the Account Bank, the Custodian and the Collateral Trustee.

 

Default” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.03.

 

Defaulted Obligation” means any Portfolio Investment that is subject to an event of default (as defined in the underlying instruments for such obligation) in accordance with its terms (including the terms of its underlying instruments after giving effect to any grace and/or cure period set forth in the related loan agreement, but not to exceed five (5) days) and no Indebtedness of the obligor thereon ranking pari passu with such obligation is in default with respect to the payment of principal or interest for which the lenders for such pari passu Indebtedness have elected to accelerate such Indebtedness, which such default would trigger a default under the related loan agreement (after giving effect to any grace and/or cure period set forth in the related loan agreement, but not to exceed five (5) days); provided that a Portfolio Investment shall not constitute a Defaulted Obligation if it is a Current Pay Obligation; provided further that the principal balances of Current Pay Obligations exceeding 5.0% of the Total Principal Balance will be treated as Defaulted Obligations.

 

Delayed Funding Term Loan” means any Portfolio Investment that (a) requires the holder thereof to make one or more future advances to the obligor under the Underlying Instruments relating thereto, (b) specifies a maximum amount that can be borrowed on one or more fixed borrowing dates, and (c) does not permit the re-borrowing of any amount previously repaid by the obligor thereunder; but any such loan will be a Delayed Funding Term Loan only to the extent of undrawn commitments and only until all commitments by the holders thereof to make advances to the obligor thereon expire or are terminated or reduced to zero.

 

Deliver” (and its correlative forms) means the taking of the following steps:

 

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(1)           in the case of Portfolio Investments and Eligible Investments denominated in U.S. dollars and amounts deposited into the CE Cure Account, by instructing the Securities Intermediary (x) to indicate by book entry that a financial asset comprised thereof has been credited to the USD Custodial Account and (y) to comply with entitlement orders originated by the Collateral Agent with respect to each such security entitlement without further consent by the Company;

 

(2)           in the case of each general intangible, by notifying the obligor thereunder of the security interest of the Collateral Agent; provided the Company shall not be required to notify the obligor unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or a Coverage Event shall have occurred;

 

(3)           except as otherwise provided in clauses (6) and (7) below, in the case of Possessory Collateral that do not constitute a financial asset forming the basis of a security entitlement delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to clause (1) above, by causing (x) the Collateral Agent to obtain possession of such Possessory Collateral in the State of Wisconsin, or (y) a person other than the Company and a securities intermediary (A)(I) to obtain possession of such Possessory Collateral in the State of Wisconsin, and (II) to then authenticate a record acknowledging that it holds possession of such Possessory Collateral for the benefit of the Collateral Agent or (B)(I) to authenticate a record acknowledging that it will take possession of such Possessory Collateral for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and (II) to then acquire possession of such Possessory Collateral in the State of Wisconsin;

 

(4)           in the case of any account which constitutes a “deposit account” under Article 9 of the UCC, by instructing the Securities Intermediary to continuously identify in its books and records the security interest of the Collateral Agent in such account and, except as may be expressly provided herein to the contrary, establishing dominion and control over such account in favor of the Collateral Agent;

 

(5)           with respect to the security interest granted pursuant to Section 8.02, by filing or causing the filing of a financing statement with respect to such Collateral with the Delaware Secretary of State; and

 

(6)           in the case of all Euro Investments, Eligible Investments denominated in Euro, GBP Investments and Eligible Investments denominated in GBP, by entering into the Custody and Account Bank Agreement and the Security Deed and, in the case of securities and other tangible assets, to credit such assets to the Euro Custodial Account, the Euro Interest Collection Account, the Euro Principal Collection Account, the GBP Custodial Account, the GBP Interest Collection Account or the GBP Principal Collection Account, as applicable.

 

Designated Email Notification Address” means CCIFundadmin@wpcarey.com, provided that, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Parent may, upon at least five (5) Business Day’s written notice to the applicable Agent, designate any other email address with respect to Parent as the Designated Email Notification Address.

 

Designated Independent Broker-Dealer” means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC; provided that, so long as no Coverage Event shall have occurred and no Event of Default shall have

 

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occurred and be continuing, Parent may, upon at least five (5) Business Day’s written notice to the applicable Agent, designate another Independent Broker-Dealer as the Designated Independent Broker-Dealer; provided further that, with respect to the proposed sale of a Portfolio Investment, no other Independent Broker-Dealer may be designated as the Designated Independent Broker-Dealer without the consent of the Administrative Agent.

 

Effective Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.04.

 

Eligibility Criteria” means the eligibility criteria set forth in Schedule 3.

 

Eligible Assignee” means (i) an Affiliate of the related assignor, (ii) a bank, (iii) an insurance company or (iv) any Person, other than (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 Company, the Investment Manager or the sub-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, or which is a sponsor of, 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; provided that conditions (a), (b) and (c) shall not apply (i) on any day when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (ii) on any day that is after a Market Value Event has occurred.

 

Eligible Investments” means any (a) cash or (b) U.S. dollar denominated (or, with respect to Accounts other than the USD Accounts, denominated in the applicable Permitted Non-USD Currency) investment that, at the time it, or evidence of it, is Delivered to the Collateral Agent (directly or through an intermediary or bailee), is one or more of the following obligations or securities:

 

(i)                                     direct Registered debt obligations of, and Registered debt obligations the timely payment of principal and interest on which is fully and expressly guaranteed by, the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America (or, with respect to Accounts other than the USD Accounts, the central government of the applicable Eligible Jurisdiction or any agency or instrumentality of such Eligible Jurisdiction) the obligations of which are expressly backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America (or, with respect to Accounts other than the USD Accounts, the central government of the applicable Eligible Jurisdiction) that satisfies the Eligible Investment Required Ratings at the time of such investment or contractual commitment providing for such investment; provided, notwithstanding the foregoing, the following securities shall not be Eligible Investments: (i) General Services Administration participation certificates; (ii) U.S. Maritime Administration guaranteed Title XI financing; (iii) Financing Corp. debt obligations; (iv) Farmers Home Administration Certificates of Beneficial Ownership; and (v) Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority guaranteed transit bonds;

 

(ii)                                  demand and time deposits in, certificates of deposit of, trust accounts with, bankers’ acceptances issued by, or federal funds sold by any depository institution

 

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or trust company (including, in each case, U.S. Bank or an Affiliate thereof) incorporated under the laws of the United States of America (or, with respect to Accounts other than the USD Accounts, the laws of the applicable Eligible Jurisdiction) or any state of the United States of America and subject to supervision and examination by federal and/or state banking authorities (or, if applicable, banking authorities of the relevant Eligible Jurisdiction), so long as the commercial paper and/or the debt obligations of such depository institution or trust company (or, in the case of the principal depository institution in a holding company system, the commercial paper or debt obligations of such holding company) at the time of such investment or contractual commitment providing for such investment have the Eligible Investment Required Ratings;

 

(iii)                               unleveraged repurchase obligations with respect to (a) any security described in clause (i) above or (b) any other security issued or guaranteed by an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America (or, with respect to Accounts other than the USD Accounts, an agency or instrumentality of the applicable Eligible Jurisdiction), in either case entered into with a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) described in clause (ii) above or entered into with an entity (acting as principal) with, or whose parent company has, the Eligible Investment Required Ratings;

 

(iv)                              Registered debt securities bearing interest or sold at a discount with maturities up to 365 days (but in any event such securities will mature by the next succeeding Interest Payment Date) issued by any entity formed under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof (or, with respect to Accounts other than the USD Accounts, the laws of the applicable Eligible Jurisdiction) that have a S&P Rating of “AA” at the time of such investment or contractual commitment providing for such investment;

 

(v)                                 commercial paper or other short-term debt obligations with the Eligible Investment Required Ratings and that either bear interest or are sold at a discount from the face amount thereof; provided that this clause (v) will not include extendible commercial paper or asset backed commercial paper; and

 

(vi)                              money market funds which have, at the time of such reinvestment, a credit rating of “AAAm” by S&P;

 

provided that Eligible Investments shall not include (a) any interest-only security, any security purchased at a price in excess of 100% of the par value thereof or any security whose repayment is subject to substantial non-credit related risk as determined in the sole judgment of the Investment Manager, or (b) any security whose rating assigned by Standard & Poor’s includes the subscript “f”, “p”, “q”, “pi”, “r”, “sf” or “t”.  Eligible Investments may include those investments with respect to which U.S. Bank or an Affiliate of U.S. Bank is an obligor or provides services.

 

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Eligible Investment Required Ratings” means a long-term senior unsecured debt rating of at least “A” and a short-term credit rating of at least “A-1” by S&P (or, if such institution has no short-term credit rating, a long-term senior unsecured debt rating of at least “A+” by S&P).

 

Eligible Jurisdictions” means Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.

 

ERISA” means the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412, 430 or 431 of the Code).

 

ERISA Event” means that (1) the Company’s underlying assets constitute “plan assets” within the meaning of the Plan Asset Rules or (2) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate sponsors, maintains, contributes to, is required to contribute to or has any liability with respect to any Plan.

 

Euro Account” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).

 

Euro Custodial Account” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).

 

Euro Interest Collection Account” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).

 

Euro Investments” means Portfolio Investments denominated in Euro.

 

Euro Principal Collection Account” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).

 

Events of Default” has the meaning ascribed to it in Article VII.

 

Excess Concentration Amount” means, as of any date of determination, the sum, without duplication, of the Market Value of each Portfolio Investment, if any, that is in excess of any Concentration Limitations.  If multiple Portfolio Investments are in excess of the Concentration Limitations, then from those Portfolio Investments, the Company may select the Portfolio Investments to be counted above, provided that, absent a selection by the Company, Portfolio Investments with the lowest Market Values shall be counted above until the Concentration Limitations are satisfied.

 

Excess Interest Proceeds” means, at any time of determination, the excess of (1) amounts then on deposit in the Accounts representing Interest Proceeds over (2) the sum of (a) the projected amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 4.03(b) on the next Interest Payment Date plus (b) $30,000, in each case, as determined by the Company in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner and verified by in the case of clause (1) the Collateral Agent and otherwise by the Administrative Agent.

 

Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes

 

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imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each case, imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or its applicable lending office (or relevant office for receiving payments from or on account of the Company or making funds available to or for the benefit of the Company) located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof), (b) Other Connection Taxes, (c) U.S. federal withholding Taxes on amounts payable to or for the account of such Recipient that are or would be required to be withheld pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Recipient acquires an interest in the Financing Commitment or Advance or becomes a party hereunder or (ii) such Recipient changes its office for receiving payments by or on account of the Company or making funds available to or for the benefit of the Company, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.03, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Recipient’s assignor immediately before such Recipient became a party hereto or to such Recipient immediately before it changed its office for receiving payments by or on account of the Company or making funds available to or for the benefit of the Company, (d) Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with Section 3.03(f), (e) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA and (f) U.S. backup withholding Taxes.

 

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, and intergovernmental agreements thereunder, similar or related non-U.S. Law that correspond to Sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code and any U.S. or non-U.S. fiscal or regulatory Law, legislation, rules, guidance, notes or practices adopted pursuant to such intergovernmental agreement.

 

Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

 

Financing Commitment” means, with respect to each Financing Provider and each type of Financing available hereunder at any time, the commitment of such Financing Provider to provide such type of Financing to the Company hereunder in an amount up to but not exceeding the portion of the applicable financing limit set forth on the Transaction Schedule that is held by such Financing Provider at such time reduced by any Advances prepaid in connection with a Coverage Event.

 

Financing Providers” has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.

 

Financings” has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.

 

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First Advance” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.02(a).

 

First Lien Loan” means a Portfolio Investment (i) that is not (and cannot by its terms become) subordinate in right of payment to any obligation of the obligor thereof in any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, moratorium or liquidation proceedings (other than pursuant to a Permitted Working Capital Lien and customary waterfall provisions contained in the applicable loan agreement), (ii) that is secured by a pledge of collateral, which security interest is (a) validly perfected and first priority (subject to liens for taxes or regulatory charges and any other liens permitted under the related underlying instruments that are reasonable and customary for similar loans) under applicable law or (b)(1) validly perfected and second priority in the accounts, documents, instruments, chattel paper, letter-of-credit rights, supporting obligations, deposit accounts, investments accounts and any other assets securing any Working Capital Revolver under applicable law and proceeds of any of the foregoing (a first priority lien on such assets a “Permitted Working Capital Lien”) and (2) validly perfected and first priority (subject to liens for taxes or regulatory charges and any other liens permitted under the related underlying instruments that are reasonable and customary for similar loans) in all other collateral under applicable law and (iii) the Investment Manager determines in good faith that the value of the collateral securing the loan (including based on enterprise value) on or about the time of origination or acquisition by the Company equals or exceeds the outstanding principal balance thereof plus the aggregate outstanding balances of all other loans of equal or higher seniority secured by the same collateral. For the avoidance of doubt, first-out unitranche loans and debtor-in-possession loans shall constitute First Lien Loans.

 

Foreign Lender” means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.

 

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the effect from time to time in the United States, as applied from time to time by the Company.

 

GBP” means British Pounds.

 

GBP Account” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).

 

GBP Custodial Account” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).

 

GBP Interest Collection Account” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).

 

GBP Investments” means Portfolio Investments denominated in GBP.

 

GBP Principal Collection Account” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).

 

Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

 

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Indebtedness” as applied to any Person, means, without duplication, (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money; (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, deferrable securities or other similar instruments; (iii) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business; (iv) all obligations of such Person as lessee under capital leases; (v) all non-contingent obligations of such Person to reimburse or prepay any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under a letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar instrument; (vi) all debt of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such debt is assumed by such Person; and (vii) all debt of others guaranteed by such Person and other contingent obligations to purchase, to provide funds for payment, to supply funds to invest in any Person or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Indebtedness” shall not include a commitment arising in the ordinary course of business to purchase a future Portfolio Investment in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents.

 

Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Company under this Agreement and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.

 

Indemnitee” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.04(b).

 

Independent Bid” means a firm bid for the full amount of the relevant Portfolio Investment from an Independent Broker-Dealer.

 

Independent Broker-Dealer” means any of the following (as such list may be revised from time to time by mutual written agreement (which may be by email) of the Company and the Administrative Agent): Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, Bank of Montreal, Barclays Bank plc, BNP Paribas, Citibank, N.A., Credit Suisse AG, Deutsche Bank AG, Goldman Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co., Nomura Securities, Royal Bank of Canada, Royal Bank of Scotland, UBS AG, Wells Fargo Securities and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, but in no event including the Company or any Affiliate of the Company.

 

Ineligible Investment” means, from time to time, any Portfolio Investment that fails, at such time, to satisfy the Eligibility Criteria; provided, that, with respect to any Portfolio Investment for which the Administrative Agent has waived one or more of the criteria set forth on Schedule 3 pursuant to Section 1.03 in its Approval of such Portfolio Investment, the Eligibility Criteria in respect of such Portfolio Investment shall be deemed not to include such waived criteria at any time after such Approval and such Portfolio Investment shall not be considered an “Ineligible Investment” by reason of its failure to meet such waived criteria.

 

Information” means all information received from the Company or the Investment Manager relating to the Company or its business or any obligor in respect of any Portfolio Investment.

 

Interest Payment Date” means March 24, June 24, September 24 and December 24 of each year during the term of this Agreement or if such date is not a Business Day, then the succeeding Business Day commencing March 24, 2016.

 

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Interest Proceeds” means all payments of interest received by the Company in respect of the Portfolio Investments and Eligible Investments (in each case other than accrued interest purchased by the Company using Principal Proceeds, but including proceeds received from the sale of interest accrued after the date on which the Company acquired the related Portfolio Investment), all other payments on the Eligible Investments acquired with the proceeds of Portfolio Investments (for the avoidance of doubt, such other payments shall not include principal payments (including, without limitation, prepayments, repayments or sale proceeds) with respect to Eligible Investments acquired with Principal Proceeds) and all payments of fees and other similar amounts received by the Company or deposited into any of the Accounts (including, but not limited to, commitment fees, facility fees, late payment fees, prepayment premiums, amendment fees and waiver fees, but excluding syndication or other up-front fees and administrative agency or similar fees); provided, however, that for the avoidance of doubt, Interest Proceeds shall not include amounts or Eligible Investments in the CE Cure Account or any proceeds therefrom.

 

Investment” means (a) the purchase of any debt or equity security of any other Person, or (b) the making of any loan or advance to any other Person, or (c) becoming obligated with respect to Indebtedness of any other Person.

 

Investment Management Agreement” means the Investment Management Agreement, dated on the date hereof, between the Company and the Investment Manager relating to the management of the Portfolio Investments, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Investment Manager” means Carey Credit Income Fund, a Delaware statutory trust.

 

IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

JPMCB” has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.

 

Lender” means a Financing Provider with a Financing Commitment to make Advances hereunder.

 

Letter of Credit” means a facility whereby (i) a fronting bank issues or will issue a letter of credit for or on behalf of a borrower, (ii) if the letter of credit is drawn upon, and the borrower does not reimburse the letter of credit agent bank, the lender/participant is obligated to fund its portion of the facility, and (iii) the letter of credit agent bank passes on (in whole or in part) the fees and any other amounts it receives for providing the letter of credit to the lender.

 

LIBO Rate” means, for each Calculation Period, the greater of (A) 0.00% and (B)(i) the rate per annum equal to the offered rate which appears on the page of the Reuters Screen which displays an average Inter-continental Exchange Benchmark Administration Ltd. Interest Settlement Rate for dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Calculation Period) with a term equivalent to the LIBOR Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Calculation Period, or (ii) if the rate referenced in the preceding clause (B)(i) does not appear on such page or service or if such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service which

 

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displays an average Intercontinental Exchange Benchmark Administration Ltd. Interest Settlement Rate for dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Calculation Period) with a term equivalent to the LIBOR Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Calculation Period.  The LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent (and notified to the Collateral Administrator), and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

LIBOR Period” means three months.

 

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 obligation for the payment or repayment of borrowed money that is documented by a term loan agreement, revolving loan agreement or other similar credit agreement.

 

Loan/Assignment Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).

 

Loan Documents” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.04(b).

 

Market Value” means, on any date of determination, (i) with respect to each Portfolio Investment held by the Company that is a First Lien Loan or a Second Lien Loan, the aggregate outstanding amount of such Portfolio Investment multiplied by (x) the indicative bid-side price determined by one of Markit Partners, Reuters Loan Pricing Corporation or any other contributor-based pricing provider agreed to by the Company and the Administrative Agent in writing (which may be by email) (each, an “Approved Pricing Service”) or (y) if the Administrative Agent determines in its sole discretion that the indicative bid-side price to be obtained in clause (x) above is unavailable or is not indicative of the actual current market value, the market value of such First Lien Loan or Second Lien Loan as determined by the Administrative Agent in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner; (ii) with respect to any other Portfolio Investment held by the Company, the aggregate outstanding amount of such Portfolio Investment multiplied by the market value (expressed as a percentage) of such Portfolio Investment as determined by the Administrative Agent in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner; and (iii) with respect to any cash held by the Company, the amount of such cash; provided, however, a Portfolio Investment shall have a Market Value of $0 if (i) the related Approval Request was not Approved by the Administrative Agent or (ii) it is an Ineligible Investment.  Except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the Market Value for any Portfolio Investment shall not be greater than the par amount thereof.  So long as no Coverage Event has occurred or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company (or the Investment Manager on its behalf) shall have the right to initiate a dispute of the Market Value of certain Portfolio Investments as set forth in Section 1.05 and Market Value may then be determine in accordance with Section 1.05.

 

Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company or the Investment Manager, (b) the ability of the Company or the Investment Manager to perform its obligations under this

 

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Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or (c) the rights of or benefits available to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

 

Material Amendment” means any amendment, modification or supplement to this Agreement that (i) increases the Financing Commitment of any Lender, (ii) reduces the principal amount of any Advance or reduces the rate of interest thereon, or reduces any fees payable hereunder, (iii) postpones the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Advance, or any interest thereon, or any other amounts payable hereunder, or reduces the amount of, waives or excuses any such payment, or postpones the scheduled date of expiration of any Financing Commitment, (iv) changes any provision in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required hereby, or (v) changes any of the provisions of Section 10.08 or the definition of “Required Financing Providers” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Financing Providers required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder.

 

Maturity Date” means the date that is the earliest of (1) the Scheduled Termination Date set forth on the Transaction Schedule, (2) the date on which the Secured Obligations become due and payable following the occurrence of an Event of Default under Article VII, (3) the date following a Coverage Event on which all Portfolio Investments have been sold and the proceeds therefrom have been received by the Company and (4) the date specified for optional redemption in full in the written notice delivered pursuant to Section 4.06.

 

Maximum Rate” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.11.

 

Mezzanine Loan” means a Portfolio Investment which is unsecured, subordinated debt of a company that represents a claim on such company’s assets which is senior only to that of the equity securities of such company.

 

Minimum Equity Condition” means a condition that will be satisfied on any date on which (a) the Market Value of the Portfolio Investments minus (y) the aggregate outstanding amount of the Advances plus amounts then on deposit in the Accounts other than the CE Cure Account (including cash and Eligible Investments) representing Principal Proceeds equals at least $60,000,000.

 

Minimum Funding Amount” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.03(e).

 

Moody’s Classified Industry”: An industry classified by a given Moody’s Industry Classification Group code (three digit).

 

Moody’s Industry Classification Group”: As set forth in Exhibit B hereto.

 

Nationally Recognized Valuation Provider” means and of the following (as such list may be revised from time to time by mutual written agreement (which may be by email) of the Company and the Administrative Agent) (i) Houlihan Lokey Financial Advisors, (ii) Lincoln International LLC (f/k/a Lincoln Partners LLC), (iii) Duff & Phelps Corp., (iv) Valuation Research Corporation, (v) FTI Consulting, Inc. and (vi) Murray Devine.

 

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Net Asset Value” means the sum of the Market Value of each Portfolio Investment (both owned and in respect of which there are outstanding Purchase Commitments which have traded but not settled) in the Portfolio that is not (x) an Ineligible Investment or (y) a Portfolio Investment which has traded but not settled within (1) fifteen (15) Business Days from the related Trade Date thereof with respect to Portfolio Investments consisting of Loans and (2) three (3) Business Days from the related Trade Date thereof with respect to Portfolio Investments other than Loans minus the Excess Concentration Amount.

 

Net Purchased Loan Balance” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the aggregate principal balance of all Portfolio Investments acquired by the Company prior to such date minus (b) the aggregate principal balance of all Portfolio Investments (other than Warranty Portfolio Investments) repurchased by the Parent or an Affiliate thereof prior to such date.

 

Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising as a result of such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document.

 

Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment, grant of a participation, designation of a new office for receiving payments by or on account of a Recipient.

 

Parent” has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.

 

Participant” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.08(c).

 

Participant Register” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.08(d).

 

Permitted Distribution” means, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6.03(t):

 

(a)           distributions of Interest Proceeds (at the discretion of the Company) (i) to Parent (or other permitted equity holders of the Company) or (ii) to the Investment Manager in respect of accrued management fees payable in accordance with the Investment Management Agreement; provided that amounts may be distributed pursuant to this paragraph (a) only to the extent of available Excess Interest Proceeds and so long as immediately prior and after giving effect to any such distribution, no Coverage Event shall have occurred; and

 

(b)           distributions of Principal Proceeds to Parent (or other permitted equity holders of the Company) so long as after giving effect to any such distribution, the Compliance Condition is satisfied and would be satisfied after funding any outstanding purchase commitments.  Parent may contribute Portfolio Investments to the Company in order to enable the Company to satisfy the foregoing conditions of this paragraph (b); provided that (i) the Company’s purchase of any

 

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such Portfolio Investments must be made in compliance with the provisions set forth in Sections 1.02 and 1.03 and (ii) the Market Value of such Portfolio Investments shall be $0 unless the Administrative Agent approves such purchase.

 

Permitted Lien” means 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 materialmen’s, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s and repairmen’s 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 collateral underlying a Portfolio Investment, the Lien in favor of the Company herein and Liens permitted under the Underlying Instruments, (d) as to agented Portfolio Investments, Liens in favor of the agent on behalf of all the lenders of the related obligor, and (e) Liens granted pursuant to or by the Loan Documents.

 

Permitted Non-USD Currency” means GBP and Euros.

 

Person” means any natural person, corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company, association, governmental authority or unit, or any other entity, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity.

 

Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by the Company or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.

 

Plan Asset Rules” means the regulations issued by the United States Department of Labor at Section 2510.3-101 of Part 2510 of Chapter XXV, Title 29 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA.

 

Portfolio” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.01.

 

Portfolio Investments” has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.

 

Position Report” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.03(a).

 

Possessory Collateral” means Portfolio Investments consisting of money or instruments.

 

Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMCB as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.

 

Principal Proceeds” means all amounts received by the Company with respect to the Portfolio Investments or any other Collateral, and all amounts otherwise on deposit in the Accounts (including cash contributed by the Company), in each case other than Interest Proceeds.

 

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Proceedings” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.09(b).

 

Purchase” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.01.

 

Purchase Commitment” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.02(a).

 

Ramp-Up Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to, but excluding, September 17, 2016.

 

Recipient” means any Agent and any Lender, as applicable.

 

Register” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.01(c).

 

Registered” means a debt obligation that is issued after July 18, 1984 and that is in registered form within the meaning of Section 881(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Code and the United States Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, provided that an interest in a grantor trust will be considered to be Registered if such interest is in registered form and each of the obligations or securities held by such trust was issued after July 18, 1984.

 

Reinvestment Period” means the period beginning on, and including, the Effective Date and ending on, but excluding, December 17, 2018.

 

Related Parties” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.01.

 

Repayment Event” means an event that occurs at any time on or prior to the twelve month anniversary of the Effective Date if (i) the Company has properly delivered at least ten (10) Approval Requests during such period, so long as each such Approval Request would have satisfied all conditions set forth in this Agreement and (ii) the Administrative Agent has not Approved at least 75% of the Approval Requests properly made and which would have satisfied all conditions set forth in this Agreement as of the applicable date of determination.

 

Required Financing Providers” means, at all times, JPMCB.

 

Restricted Payment” means (i) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares or other equity interests in the Company now or hereafter outstanding; (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares or other equity interests in the Company now or hereafter outstanding; and (iii) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares or other equity interests in the Company now or hereafter outstanding.

 

Restricted Security” has the meaning ascribed to it in Schedule 1.

 

Revolving Credit Facility” means any Portfolio Investment (other than a Delayed Funding Term Loan) that is a loan (including revolving loans, including funded and unfunded portions of revolving credit lines and letter of credit facilities, unfunded commitments under specific facilities and other similar loans and investments) that by its terms may require one or more future advances to be made to the obligor by the Company, provided that any such loan

 

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will be a Revolving Credit Facility only until all commitments to make advances to the Company expire or are terminated or irrevocably reduced to zero.

 

Sale Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.

 

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business or any successor to the ratings business thereof.

 

Sanctions” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom.

 

Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).

 

Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any EU member state, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons.

 

Second Lien Loan” means any interest in a 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, (ii) is secured by a valid second priority perfected Lien to or on specified collateral securing the related obligor’s 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 for taxes or regulatory charges and other Liens permitted under the applicable Underlying Instrument that are reasonable for similar loans) and (iii) the Investment Manager determines in good faith that the value of the collateral for such loan or the enterprise value securing the loan on or about the time of acquisition 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 a second priority Lien over the same collateral.

 

Secured Obligations” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.02.

 

Secured Parties” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.02.

 

Securities Intermediary” has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.

 

Security Deed” means the Security Deed, dated the date hereof, among the Company, the Administrative Agent, the Investment Manager, U.S. Bank National Association, in its capacity as collateral trustee, and Elavon Financial Services Limited, UK Branch, in its capacities as custodian and account bank.

 

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Settlement Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.03.

 

Solvent” means, with respect to any entity, that as of the date of determination, both (i) (a) the sum of such entity’s debt (including contingent liabilities) does not exceed the present fair value of such entity’s present assets; (b) such entity’s capital is not unreasonably small in relation to its business as contemplated on the date of this Agreement; and (c) such entity has not incurred debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise); and (ii) if such entity is subject to fraudulent transfer or conveyance laws that apply standards for solvency materially different from the standards set forth in clause (i), such entity is “solvent” within the meaning given that term and similar terms under such applicable laws.  For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

 

Special Purpose Provisions” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Company LLC Agreement.

 

Spot Rate” means, as of any date of determination, (x) with respect to actual currency exchange between U.S. dollars and Euros or GBP, the applicable currency-Dollar rate available through U.S. Bank’s banking facilities (or, if U.S. Bank has notified the Administrative Agent and the Company that it will no longer provide such services or if U.S. Bank or one of its affiliates is no longer the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Trustee, the Account Bank or the Custodian, through such other source agreed to by the Administrative Agent in writing) and (y) with respect to all other purposes between U.S. dollars and Euros or GBP, the applicable currency-Dollar spot rate that appeared on the Bloomberg screen for such currency at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the immediately preceding Business Day.  The determination of the Spot Rate shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

Structured Finance Obligation” means an obligation issued by a special purpose vehicle and secured directly by, referenced to, or representing ownership of, a pool of receivables or other financial assets of any obligor, including collateralized debt obligations and mortgaged-backed securities.

 

Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.

 

Substitute Portfolio Investment” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.06.

 

Substitution” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.06.

 

Substitution Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.03.

 

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Synthetic Security” means a security or swap transaction, other than a participation or a Letter of Credit, that has payments associated with either payments of interest on and/or principal of a reference obligation or the credit performance of a reference obligation.

 

TARGET2 Settlement Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET2) system is open.

 

Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest or penalties applicable thereto.

 

Total Principal Balance” means the sum of (i) the principal balances of all approved Portfolio Investments and (ii) the amounts on deposit in the Accounts (including cash and Eligible Investments) representing Principal Proceeds.

 

Trade Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.03.

 

Transaction Schedule” has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.

 

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the state of the United States that governs any relevant security interest.

 

Underlying Instruments” means the loan agreement, credit agreement or other customary agreement pursuant to which a Portfolio Investment has been created or issued and each other agreement that governs the terms of or secures the obligations represented by such Portfolio Investment or of which the holders of such Portfolio Investment are the beneficiaries.

 

Unused Facility Amount” means, on any applicable date of determination, (i) the aggregate Financing Commitments of all Lenders minus (ii) the greater of (x) the Minimum Funding Amount in effect on such date and (y) the aggregate outstanding amount of the Advances.

 

USA Patriot Act” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.04(e).

 

USD Account” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).

 

USD Custodial Account” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).

 

USD Interest Collection Account” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).

 

USD Principal Collection Account” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.01(a).

 

U.S. Bank” has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.

 

U.S. Bank Agent” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.01.

 

U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

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U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.03.

 

Warranty Portfolio Investments” means any Warranty Portfolio Investments (as such term is defined in the Sale Agreement) repurchased or substituted in accordance with Section 5.1(n)(i) of the Sale Agreement.

 

Working Capital Revolver” means a revolving lending facility secured by all or a portion of the current assets of the related obligor, which current assets subject to such security interest do not constitute a material portion of the obligor’s total assets.

 

Zero-Coupon Security” means any debt security that at the time of purchase does not by its terms provide for the payment of cash interest; provided that, if after such purchase such debt security provides for the payment of cash interest, it will cease to be a “Zero-Coupon Security”.

 

ARTICLE I

 

THE PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

 

Section 1.01.         Purchases of Portfolio Investments.

 

From time to time during the Reinvestment Period, the Company may acquire or originate Portfolio Investments, or request that Portfolio Investments be acquired or originated for the Company’s account, all on and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.  Each such acquisition or origination is referred to herein as a “Purchase”, and all Portfolio Investments so Purchased (or Substituted) and not otherwise sold or liquidated are referred to herein as the Company’s “Portfolio.”

 

Section 1.02.         Procedures for Purchases, Substitutions and Related Financings.

 

(a)           Timing of Approval Requests.  No later than five (5) Agent Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion) before the date on which the Company proposes that a commitment to acquire any Portfolio Investment be made by it or for its account (a “Purchase Commitment”) or that a Substitution occur, the Company shall cause the Investment Manager to deliver to the Administrative Agent a request (an “Approval Request”) for such Purchase or Substitution (with a copy to the Collateral Agent).

 

(b)           Contents of Approval Requests.  Each Approval Request shall consist of one or more electronic submissions to the Administrative Agent (transmitted in such a manner as the Administrative Agent may specify to the Investment Manager and the Company from time to time), shall be substantially in the form attached as Schedule 2 hereto and shall be accompanied by such other information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

 

(c)           [RESERVED].

 

(d)           Right of the Administrative Agent to Approve Approval Requests.  The Administrative Agent shall have the right, on behalf of all Financing Providers, in its sole and absolute discretion, to Approve or not Approve any Approval Request and to request additional information regarding any proposed Portfolio Investment.  The Administrative Agent shall notify

 

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the Investment Manager and the Company (including via e-mail or other electronic messaging system) of its Approval or failure to Approve each Approval Request (and, if Approved, an initial determination of the Market Value for the related Portfolio Investment) no later than the fifth (5th) Agent Business Day succeeding the date on which it receives such Approval Request and any information reasonably requested in connection therewith; provided that any Portfolio Investments acquired by the Company pursuant to the Sale Agreement on the date hereof shall be deemed to be approved by the Administrative Agent.  With respect to any Approved Approval Request, the Administrative Agent shall promptly forward such request to the Lenders and the Collateral Agent, together with a preliminary indication of the amount and type of Financing that each Lender is being asked to provide in connection therewith.

 

Section 1.03.         Conditions to Purchases or Substitutions.

 

No Purchase Commitment, Purchase or Substitution shall be entered into unless each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived as provided below) as of the date on which such Purchase Commitment is entered into (such Portfolio Investment’s “Trade Date”) or the Company consummates a Substitution (the “Substitution Date”) (and such Portfolio Investment shall not be Purchased and no Substitution shall occur, and the related Financing shall not be required to be made available to the Company by the applicable Financing Providers, unless each of the following conditions is satisfied or waived as of such Trade Date or Substitution Date, as applicable):

 

(1)           the related Trade Date or Substitution Date is not later than ten (10) Agent Business Days after the date on which the Administrative Agent has Approved or not Approved the related Approval Request;

 

(2)           the related Approval Request accurately describes in all material respects such Portfolio Investment and such Portfolio Investment satisfies the Eligibility Criteria;

 

(3)           in the case of a Purchase, the proposed Settlement Date for such Portfolio Investment is not later than 20 Agent Business Days following the last day of the Reinvestment Period;

 

(4)           no Event of Default or event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default (a “Default”), in each case, has occurred and is continuing and no Coverage Event has occurred;

 

(5)           after giving effect to the Purchase or Substitution of such Portfolio Investment and the related provision of Financing (if any) hereunder:

 

(w)          the Compliance Condition is satisfied;

 

(x)           the Concentration Limitations are satisfied;

 

(y)           the aggregate amount of Financings then outstanding will not exceed the limit set forth in the Transaction Schedule; and

 

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(z)           in the case of a Purchase, the amount of any Financing requested shall be not less than U.S. $3,000,000;

 

The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Financing Providers, may waive any condition to a Purchase or Substitution specified above in this Section 1.03 by written notice thereof to the Company, the Collateral Administrator, the Investment Manager and the Collateral Agent.

 

If the above conditions to a Purchase are satisfied or waived, the Investment Manager shall determine, in consultation with the Administrative Agent and with notice to any applicable Financing Providers and the Collateral Administrator, the date on which such Purchase shall settle (the “Settlement Date” for such Portfolio Investment) and on which any related Financing shall be provided.

 

Section 1.04.         Sales of Portfolio Investments.

 

The Company will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Portfolio Investment or any other asset without the prior consent of the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Financing Providers), except that, (i) the Company may make Permitted Distributions in accordance with this Agreement and (ii) the Company (or the Investment Manager on its behalf) may, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 1.07 hereof and Section 5.01(n)(iii) of the Sale Agreement, sell any Portfolio Investment, Ineligible Investment or other asset so long as such sale is on an arm’s length basis (other than with respect to Warranty Portfolio Investments) and in accordance with the Investment Manager’s standard market practices and, after giving effect thereto, no Coverage Event has occurred and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.  The Company may sell any Warranty Portfolio Investments to the Parent pursuant to the terms of the Sale Agreement.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary: (i) following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Company shall have no right to cause the sale, transfer or other disposition of a Portfolio Investment or any other asset (including, without limitation, the transfer of amounts on deposit in the Accounts) without the consent of the Administrative Agent, (ii) following the occurrence of a Coverage Event, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to sell any or all of the Collateral (individually or in lots, including a lot comprised of all of the Portfolio Investments) at the sole direction of, and in the manner (including, without limitation, the time of sale, sale price, principal amount to be sold and purchaser) required by the Administrative Agent (provided that each such sale shall be made at the direction of the Required Financing Providers) at then-current fair market values and in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s standard market practices, and the proceeds thereof shall be deposited into the CE Cure Account, (iii) following the occurrence of a Coverage Event, the Investment Manager shall have no right to act on behalf of, or otherwise direct, the Company, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other person in connection with a sale of Portfolio Investments pursuant to any provision of this Agreement and (iv) in connection with any Coverage Event Cure, the Company shall cause the Investment Manager to use its best efforts to effect an assignment of any Portfolio Investment within the applicable time period specified in the definition of Coverage Event Cure; provided that in connection with any sale of Portfolio Investments required by the Administrative Agent (or the Required Financing

 

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Providers) pursuant to (x) the preceding clause (ii) or (y) Section 8.02(c) following the occurrence of an Event of Default, in connection with such sale, the applicable Agent shall (a) use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit a bid for such Portfolio Investments from the Designated Independent Broker-Dealer, (b) use reasonable efforts to notify the Company at the Designated Email Notification Address promptly upon distribution of bid solicitations regarding the sale of such Portfolio Investments and (c) sell such Portfolio Investments to the Designated Independent Broker-Dealer if the Designated Independent Broker-Dealer provides the highest bid in the case where bids are received in respect of the sale of such Portfolio Investments, it being understood that if the Designated Independent Broker-Dealer provides a bid to the applicable Agent that is the highest bona fide bid to purchase a Portfolio Investment on a line-item basis where such Portfolio Investment is part of a pool of Portfolio Investments for which there is a bona fide bid on a pool basis proposed to be accepted by the applicable Agent (in its sole discretion), then the applicable Agent shall accept any such line-item bid only if such line-item bid (together with any other line-item bids by the Designated Independent Broker-Dealer or any other bidder for other Portfolio Investments in such pool) is greater than the bid on a pool basis.  For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Agent shall be entitled to disregard as invalid any bid submitted by any Independent Broker-Dealer if, in such Agent’s good faith judgment: (i) either (x) such Independent Broker-Dealer is ineligible to accept assignment or transfer of the relevant Portfolio Investments or any portion thereof, as applicable, substantially in accordance with the then-current market practice in the principal market for the relevant Portfolio Investments or (y) such Independent Broker-Dealer would not, through the exercise of its commercially reasonable efforts, be able to obtain any consent required under any agreement or instrument governing or otherwise relating to the relevant Portfolio Investments to the assignment or transfer of the relevant Portfolio Investments or any portion thereof, as applicable, to it; or (ii) such bid is not bona fide, including, without limitation, due to (x) the insolvency of the Independent Broker-Dealer or (y) the inability, failure or refusal of the Independent Broker-Dealer to settle the purchase of the relevant Portfolio Investments or any portion thereof, as applicable, or otherwise settle transactions in the relevant market or perform its obligations generally.

 

Following the occurrence of a Coverage Event or an Event of Default, in connection with any sale of a Portfolio Investment directed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 1.04 and the application of the net proceeds thereof, the Company hereby appoints the Administrative Agent as the Company’s attorney-in-fact (it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have assumed any of the obligations of the Company by this appointment), with full authority in the place and stead of the Company and in the name of the Company to effectuate the provisions of this Section 1.04 (including, without limitation, the power to execute any instrument which the Administrative Agent or the Required Financing Providers may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 1.04 or any direction or notice to the Collateral Agent in respect to the application of net proceeds of any such sales).  None of the Administrative Agent, the Financing Providers, the Collateral Administrator, the Securities Intermediary, the Collateral Agent nor any affiliate of any thereof shall incur any liability to the Company, the Investment Manager or any other person in connection with any sale effected at the direction of the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Section 1.04, including, without limitation, as a result of the price obtained for any Portfolio Investment, the timing of any sale or sales of Portfolio Investments or the notice or lack

 

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of notice provided to any person in connection with any such sale, so long as, in the case of the Administrative Agent only, any such sale does not violate Applicable Law.

 

After the termination of the Financing Commitments and the payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations, any remaining proceeds of any sale or transfer of the Collateral shall be delivered to the Company.

 

Section 1.05.         Review of Portfolio Investments.

 

The Company (or the Investment Manager on its behalf), acting in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner, may dispute the Market Value of some or all of the Portfolio Investments.  By no later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately following the related date of determination, the Company may (x) obtain an Independent Bid from at least two Independent Broker-Dealers or (y) with respect to up to three Portfolio Investments per calendar quarter, engage a Nationally Recognized Valuation Provider, at the expense of the Company, to provide a valuation of the applicable Portfolio Investment and submit evidence of such valuation to the Administrative Agent; provided that the Company may not dispute the Market Value of the same Portfolio Investment under both clause (x) and clause (y) simultaneously.  Upon satisfaction of clause (x) or clause (y) above (subject, in the case of clause (x), to the terms of the immediately succeeding paragraph), the value established will be the Market Value for the applicable Portfolio Investment from and after (but not earlier than) delivery of notice of such value to the Administrative Agent; provided that, on any date other than the date on which a Market Value was established under clause (x) or clause (y) above, the Administrative Agent may determine in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner that the Market Value for the applicable Portfolio Investment has changed, in which case the Administrative Agent may determine another Market Value (in accordance with this definition of Market Value).

 

Each Independent Bid must be maintained by the applicable Independent Broker-Dealer and actionable for the Administrative Agent before 12:00 noon, New York City time, on such next Business Day.  If the Company obtains Independent Bids and submits to the Administrative Agent evidence of two such Independent Bids no later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such next Business Day, then the average of such Independent Bids shall be used to determine the Market Value of such Portfolio Investment.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to disregard as invalid any Independent Bid submitted by any Independent Broker-Dealer if, in the Administrative Agent’s good faith judgment: (i) such Independent Broker-Dealer is ineligible to accept assignment or transfer of the relevant Portfolio Investment or portion thereof, as applicable, substantially in accordance with the then-current market practice in the principal market for such Portfolio Investment, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent; or (ii) such firm bid or such firm offer is not bona fide due to the insolvency of the Independent Broker-Dealer.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, the Market Value of any (i) Portfolio Investment that has not been Approved by the Administrative Agent or (ii) Ineligible Investment shall be $0 and cannot be disputed.

 

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Section 1.06.         Substitutions.  The Company may, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 1.07 hereof and Section 5.01(n)(iii) of the Sale Agreement, replace a Portfolio Investment with another Portfolio Investment (each such replacement, a “Substitution” and such new Portfolio Investment, a “Substitute Portfolio Investment”) so long as the Company has submitted an Approval Request and the Substitute Portfolio Investment has been approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion (which approval or refusal to approve may be based on the Administrative Agent’s assessment of the credit quality of the original Portfolio Investment and the proposed Substitute Portfolio Investment) and all other applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 1.03 have been satisfied with respect to each Substitute Portfolio Investment to be acquired by the Company in connection with such Substitution; provided that after the Reinvestment Period, the aggregate outstanding balance of Portfolio Investments in the Portfolio subject to a Substitution may not exceed 20% of the aggregate Financing Commitments in effect during the Reinvestment Period.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in no event shall the aggregate outstanding balance of Portfolio Investments in the Portfolio subject to a Substitution, together with the aggregate outstanding balance of Portfolio Investments sold to the Parent or its Affiliates by the Company (in each case other than in connection with the sale or Substitution of a Warranty Portfolio Investment), exceed 20% of the Net Purchased Loan Balance measured as of the date of such sale or Substitution; provided further that in no event shall the aggregate outstanding balance of Portfolio Investments in the Portfolio that are in default and subject to a Substitution, together with the aggregate outstanding balance of Portfolio Investments that are in default and sold to the Parent or its Affiliates by the Company (in each case other than in connection with the sale or Substitution of a Warranty Portfolio Investment), exceed 10% of the Net Purchased Loan Balance measured as of the date of such sale or Substitution.

 

Section 1.07.         Repurchase Limits.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in no event shall the aggregate outstanding balance of Portfolio Investments in the Portfolio subject to a Substitution, together with the aggregate outstanding balance of Portfolio Investments sold to the Parent or its Affiliates by the Company (in each case other than in connection with the sale or Substitution of a Warranty Portfolio Investment), exceed 20% of the Net Purchased Loan Balance measured as of the date of such sale or Substitution; provided further that in no event shall the aggregate outstanding balance of Portfolio Investments in the Portfolio that are in default and subject to a Substitution, together with the aggregate outstanding balance of Portfolio Investments that are in default and sold to the Parent or its Affiliates by the Company (in each case other than in connection with the sale or Substitution of a Warranty Portfolio Investment), exceed 10% of the Net Purchased Loan Balance measured as of the date of such sale or Substitution.

 

Section 1.08.         Deposits and Contributions by Parent.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Parent may, from time to time in its sole discretion, (x) deposit amounts in U.S. dollars into the USD Principal Collection Account, and/or (y) transfer Portfolio Investments approved in writing by the Administrative Agent (in its sole discretion) as equity contributions to the Company pursuant to the Sale Agreement.  All such amounts will be included in each applicable calculation to the extent provided under this Agreement, including, without limitation, calculation of Market Value, Net Asset Value, the Compliance Condition and Coverage Events.

 

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Section 1.09.         Valuation of Permitted Non-USD Currency Assets.  For purposes of all calculations hereunder, (i) the principal amount of all Euro Investments (and Eligible Investments denominated in Euros) and proceeds denominated in Euro on deposit in any Account and (ii) the principal amount of all GBP Investments (and Eligible Investments denominated in GBP) and proceeds denominated in GBP on deposit in any Account, in each case, shall be converted to U.S. dollars at the Spot Rate in accordance with the definition of such term in consultation with the Administrative Agent on the applicable date of calculation.

 

ARTICLE II

 

THE FINANCINGS

 

Section 2.01.         Financing Commitments.

 

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, during the Reinvestment Period, each Financing Provider hereby severally agrees to make available to the Company the types of Financing identified on the Transaction Schedule as applicable to such Financing Provider, in U.S. dollars, in an aggregate amount, for such Financing Provider and such type of Financing, not exceeding the amount of its Financing Commitment for such type of Financing.  The Financing Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date (or, if earlier, the date of termination of the Financing Commitments pursuant to Article VII or upon a Coverage Event).

 

Section 2.02.         First Advance; Additional Advances.

 

(a)           Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Sections 2.03 and 2.04, each Financing Provider as of the Effective Date agrees, severally and not jointly, to make or cause to be made on the Effective Date, an advance in an aggregate principal amount equal to $39,000,000 subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement (the “First Advance”).  Each Financing Provider shall make its portion of the First Advance available to the Company no later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Effective Date in accordance with the terms set forth in Section 3.01.

 

(b)           On any date during the term of the Reinvestment Period, subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company may request, and the Financing Providers may provide, additional Advances.

 

Section 2.03.         Financings; Use of Proceeds.

 

(a)           Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to the Purchase of a Portfolio Investment set forth in Section 1.03 both as of the related Trade Date and Settlement Date, the applicable Financing Providers will make the applicable Financing available to the Company on the related Settlement Date (or otherwise on the related specified borrowing date if no Portfolio Investment is being acquired on such date) as provided herein; provided that, if no Portfolio Investment is being acquired on such date, only the conditions set forth in clauses (4) and (5) of Section 1.03 shall require satisfaction or waiver.

 

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obligations hereunder.  If any Financing Provider shall fail to provide any Financing to the Company required hereunder, then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Financing Provider to satisfy such Financing Provider’s obligations hereunder until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.

 

(c)           Subject to Section 2.03(e), the Company shall use the proceeds of the Financings received by it hereunder to purchase the Portfolio Investments identified in the related Approval Request, provided that, if the proceeds of a Financing are deposited in the USD Principal Collection Account as provided in Section 3.01 on or prior to the Settlement Date for any Portfolio Investment but the Company is unable to Purchase such Portfolio Investment on such Settlement Date, or if there are proceeds of such Financing remaining after such Purchase, then, subject to Section 3.01(a), the Collateral Agent shall apply such proceeds on such date as provided in Article IV.  The proceeds of the Financings shall not be used for any other purpose.

 

(d)           With respect to any Advance, the Company shall cause the Investment Manager to submit a request substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, with a copy to the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Administrator, not later than 2:00 p.m. New York City time, two (2) Business Days prior to the Business Day specified as the date on which such Advance shall be made and, upon receipt of such request, the Lenders shall make such Advances in accordance with the terms set forth in Section 3.01.  Any requested Advance shall be (i) if applicable, in an amount such that, after giving effect thereto and the related purchase of the applicable Portfolio Investment(s), the Compliance Condition is satisfied; provided that the Compliance Condition will not be applicable with respect to the First Advance used principally to acquire Portfolio Investments from the Parent, and (ii) if related to the Purchase of any Portfolio Investment, no later than ten (10) Agent Business Days after the date on which the Administrative Agent Approved the related Approval Request in accordance herewith.

 

(e)           If, the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Advances (assuming that Advances have been made for any outstanding Purchase Commitments which have traded but not settled) is less than (i) $100,000,000 on June 17, 2016 or (ii) $150,000,000 on September 17, 2016 (each, a “Minimum Funding Amount”), then the Investment Manager (on behalf of the Company) shall be deemed to have requested a Financing on each such date such that, after the funding thereof, the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Advances (assuming that Advances have been made for any outstanding Purchase Commitments which have traded but not settled) is equal to the applicable Minimum Funding Amount.  Unless a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing or a Coverage Event shall have occurred, the Lenders shall make a corresponding Advance in accordance with Article III on each such date (or, if either such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), such that after the funding thereof, the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Advances (assuming that Advances have been made for any outstanding Purchase Commitments which have traded but not settled) is equal to the applicable Minimum Funding Amount.

 

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Section 2.04.         Other Conditions to Financings.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the obligations of the Lenders to make Advances shall not become effective until the date (the “Effective Date”) on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion):

 

(a)           Executed Counterparts.  The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.

 

(b)           Loan Documents.  The Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence that the Sale Agreement, the Collateral Administration Agreement, the Security Deed, the Custody and Account Bank Agreement and the Investment Management Agreement (such documents, together with this Agreement, the “Loan Documents”) have been executed and are in full force and effect, and that the initial sales and contributions contemplated by the Sale Agreement shall have been consummated.

 

(c)           Corporate Documents.  The Administrative Agent shall have received certified copies of the resolutions of the board of managers (or similar items) of the Company and the Investment Manager approving the Loan Documents to be delivered by it hereunder and the transactions contemplated hereby, certified by its secretary or assistant secretary.  Good standing certificates for each of the Company and the Investment Manager issued by the applicable Governmental Authority of its jurisdiction of organization.  A certificate of the secretary or assistant secretary of each of the Company and the Investment Manager certifying the names and true signatures of the officers authorized on its behalf to sign this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to be delivered by it.

 

(d)           Payment of Fees, Etc.  The Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Administrator shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable by the Company in connection herewith on or prior to the Effective Date and, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including legal fees and expenses) required to be reimbursed or paid by the Company hereunder (except as provided in Section 4.03(f)).

 

(e)           Patriot Act, Etc.  To the extent requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, shall have received all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107 56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “USA Patriot Act”) and other applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations.

 

(f)            Filings.  Copies of proper financing statements, as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, desirable under the UCC of all appropriate jurisdictions or any comparable law to perfect the security interest of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in all Collateral in which an interest may be pledged hereunder.

 

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(g)           Certain Acknowledgements and Search Reports.  The Administrative Agent shall have received (a) UCC, tax and judgment lien searches and (b) such other searches that the Administrative Agent deems necessary or appropriate.

 

(h)           Officers’ Certificates of the Company Regarding This Agreement.  An officer’s certificate of the Company stating that, to the best of the signing officer’s knowledge, there has been no Event of Default under this Agreement and that all representations and warranties of the Company are true and correct in all material respects as of the Effective Date (provided that to the extent such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

 

(i)            Opinions.  Legal opinions of Dechert LLP, counsel for the Company and the Investment Manager, and counsel for the Collateral Agent, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent covering such matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request (including, without limitation, certain non-consolidation and bankruptcy matters).

 

(j)            Other Documents.  Such other documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.

 

ARTICLE III

 

ADDITIONAL TERMS APPLICABLE TO THE FINANCINGS

 

Section 3.01.         The Advances.

 

(a)           Making the Advances.  If the Lenders are required to make an Advance to the Company as provided in Sections 2.02 and 2.03, then each Lender shall make such Advance on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon (or 3:00 p.m. with respect to the First Advance), New York City time, to the Collateral Agent for deposit to the USD Principal Collection Account.  Each Lender at its option may make any Advance by causing any domestic or foreign branch or affiliate of such Lender to make such Advance, provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Company to repay such Advance in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  Once drawn, Advances may only be repaid or prepaid in accordance with this Agreement and may not be reborrowed.

 

(b)           Interest on the Advances.  All outstanding Advances shall bear interest (from and including the date on which such Advance is made) at a per annum rate equal to the LIBO Rate for each Calculation Period in effect plus the Applicable Margin.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Advance is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to the Advances as provided in the preceding sentence.

 

(c)           Evidence of the Advances.  Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Company to such Lender resulting from each Advance made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal

 

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and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.  The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Company, shall maintain at one of its offices in the United States a register (the “Register”) in which it shall record the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Financing Commitment of, and principal amount of the Advances (and related interest amounts) due and payable or to become due and payable from the Company to each Lender hereunder and the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.  The entries made in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the parties hereto shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender and the owner of the amounts owing to it hereunder as reflected in the Register for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.

 

Any Lender may request that Advances made by it be evidenced by a promissory note.  In such event, the Company shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent.  Notwithstanding the creation of a promissory note, any transfer of an interest in such note shall not be effective until reflected in the Register.  Thereafter, the Advances evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to such payee and its registered assigns.

 

(d)           Pro Rata Treatment.  Except as otherwise provided herein, all borrowings of, and payments in respect of, the Advances shall be made on a pro rata basis by or to the Lenders in accordance with their respective portions of the Financing Commitments in respect of Advances held by them.

 

(e)           Illegality.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Lender or the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company that any Change in Law makes it unlawful, or any central bank or other governmental authority asserts that it is unlawful, for a Lender or the Administrative Agent to perform its obligations hereunder to fund or maintain Advances hereunder, then (1) the obligation of such Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder shall immediately be suspended until such time as such Lender or the Administrative Agent determines (in its sole discretion) that such performance is again lawful, (2) such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, shall use reasonable efforts (which will not require such party to incur a loss, other than immaterial, incidental expenses), to transfer within twenty (20) days after it gives notice under this clause (e), all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to another of its offices, branches or affiliates with respect to which such performance would not be unlawful, and (3) if such Lender or the Administrative Agent is unable to effect a transfer under clause (2), then any outstanding Advances of such Lender shall be promptly paid in full by the Company (together with all accrued interest and other amounts owing hereunder) but not later than the end of the then-current Calculation Period (or, if sooner repayment is required by law, be repaid within ten (10) Business Days of such Lender giving the Company notice thereof); provided that, to the extent that any such adoption or change makes it unlawful for the Advances to bear interest by reference to the LIBO Rate, then the foregoing clauses (1) through (3) shall not apply and the Advances shall bear interest (from and after the last day of the Calculation Period ending immediately after such adoption or change) at a per annum rate equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for Advances.

 

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(f)            Change in Law.

 

(i)  If any Change in Law shall:

 

(A)  impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, liquidity or similar requirement (including any compulsory loan requirement, insurance charge or other assessment) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender;

 

(B)  impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Advances made by such Lender; or

 

(C)  subject any Lender or the Administrative Agent to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Excluded Taxes and (C) Other Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;

 

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or the Administrative Agent of making, continuing, converting or maintaining any Advance or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Company will pay to such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

 

(ii)  If any Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Advances made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material (which demand shall be accompanied by a statement setting forth the basis for such demand), then from time to time the Company will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

 

(iii)  A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (i) or (ii) of this Section shall be delivered to the Company and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The Company shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

 

(iv)          Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Company shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than

 

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180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Company of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

 

(v)           Each Lender agrees that it will take such commercially reasonable actions as the Company may reasonably request that will avoid the need to pay, or reduce the amount of, any increased amounts referred to in this Section 3.01(f); 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 (including, without limitation, due to a loss of money).  In no event will the Company be responsible for increased amounts referred to in this Section 3.01(f) which relates to any other entities to which any Lender provides financing.

 

All payments to be made hereunder by the Company in respect of the Advances shall be made without set-off or counterclaim.

 

Section 3.02.         General.

 

The provisions of Section 3.01 and any other provisions relating to the types of Financings contemplated by each such section shall not be operative until and unless such types of Financing have been made available to the Company, as evidenced by the Transaction Schedule.

 

Section 3.03.         Taxes.

 

(a)           Payments Free of Taxes.  All payments to be made hereunder by the Company in respect of the Advances shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by Applicable Law.  If any Applicable Law requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by the Company, then the Company shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the Company shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the applicable Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

 

(b)           Payment of Other Taxes by the Company.  Without duplication of other amounts payable by the Company under this Section 3.03, the Company shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent timely reimburse them for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

 

(c)           Indemnification by the Company.  The Company shall indemnify each Lender, within ten (10) Business Days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to

 

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amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Lender and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Company by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(d)           Indemnification by the Lenders.  Each Lender shall indemnify, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, (i) the Administrative Agent for any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Company has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Company to do so), and (ii) the Administrative Agent for any (A) Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of 10.08 relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (B) Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (d).

 

(e)           Evidence of Payments.  As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by the Company to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 3.03, the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(f)            Status of Lenders.  (i) Any Recipient that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Company or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.

 

(ii)           Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,

 

(A)          any Recipient that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Recipient becomes a Recipient under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Company or

 

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the Administrative Agent), an executed IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Recipient is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding Tax;

 

(B)          any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Company or the Administrative Agent or any information in a previously provided form changes), whichever of the following is applicable:

 

(i)            in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, an executed IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8EXP or applicable successor form establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such Tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, an IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E or W-8EXP or applicable successor form establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such Tax treaty;

 

(ii)           an executed IRS Form W-8ECI;

 

(iii)          in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, is not a “10 percent shareholder” of the Company within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, and is not a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) an executed IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E or applicable successor form; or

 

(iv)          to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, an executed IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E or applicable successor form, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable;

 

(C)          any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Company or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by Applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by Applicable Law to permit the Company or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

 

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(D)          if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by FATCA and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Company and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

Each Lender 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 Company and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

 

(g)           Treatment of Certain Refunds.  If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or credit in lieu thereof as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 3.03 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.03), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund or credit (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund or credit), net of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund or credit).  Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund or credit to such Governmental Authority.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (g) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the indemnification payments or additional amounts giving rise to such refund or credit had never been paid.  This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

 

(h)           Administrative Agent’s Tax Status. The Administrative Agent represents to the Company that it is a “U.S. person” and a “financial institution” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1 and a “U.S. financial institution” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1471-3T and that it will comply with its obligations to withhold under Section 1441 and FATCA.

 

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replacement of, a Lender, and the termination, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

 

Section 3.04.         Mitigation Obligations.

 

(a)           Designation of a Different Office.  If any Recipient requests compensation under Section 3.01(f), or requires the Company to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Recipient or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Recipient pursuant to Section 3.03, then such Recipient shall at the request of the Company use reasonable efforts to designate a different office for funding or booking the Advances hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Recipient, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01(f) or Section 3.03, as the case may be, in the future, and (ii) would not subject such Recipient to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Recipient. The Company hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Recipient in connection with any such designation or assignment.

 

(b)           Replacement of Recipient.  If any Recipient requests compensation under Section 3.01(f), or if the Company is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Recipient or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Recipient pursuant to Section 3.03 and, in each case, such Recipient has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with Section 3.04(a) or such designation would not eliminate the need for such payments, or if any Lender is a defaulting Lender, then the Company may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Recipient and the Administrative Agent, require such Recipient to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 10.08), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 3.01(f) or Section 3.03) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such rights and 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, and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Company (in the case of all other amounts);

 

(ii)           in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.01(f) or gross-up payments under Section 3.03, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and

 

(iii)          such assignment does not conflict with Applicable Law.

 

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the circumstances entitling the Company to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

COLLECTIONS AND PAYMENTS

 

Section 4.01.         Interest Proceeds.

 

The Company shall cause all Interest Proceeds on the Portfolio Investments owned by it to be deposited in the USD Interest Collection Account or remitted to the Collateral Agent, and the Collateral Agent shall credit to the USD Interest Collection Account all Interest Proceeds received by it immediately upon receipt thereof; provided that Interest Proceeds denominated in Permitted Non-USD Currencies shall be deposited into the Euro Interest Collection Account or the GBP Interest Collection Account, as applicable.

 

All Interest Proceeds shall be retained in the USD Interest Collection Account, the Euro Interest Collection Account or the GBP Interest Collection Account, as applicable, and invested (and reinvested) at the written direction of the Investment Manager (or, if a Coverage Event has occurred or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent) in Eligible Investments.  Eligible Investments shall mature no later than the end of the next succeeding Calculation Period.

 

Interest Proceeds on deposit in the USD Interest Collection Account may be withdrawn by the Collateral Agent (at the written direction of the Company or the Investment Manager on its behalf (or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default or upon the occurrence of a Coverage Event, the Administrative Agent)) and applied (i) to make payments or (ii) to make Permitted Distributions, in each case, in accordance with this Agreement and with two (2) Business Days prior notice to the Administrative Agent.  Interest Proceeds on deposit in the Euro Interest Collection Account or the GBP Interest Collection Account shall be converted to U.S. dollars at the Spot Rate one (1) Business Day after receipt of such Interest Proceeds and deposited into the USD Interest Collection Account for application as described above at the written direction of the Company or the Investment Manager on its behalf (or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default or upon the occurrence of a Coverage Event, the Administrative Agent).

 

The Investment Manager shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent if the Investment Manager reasonably determines in good faith that any amounts in the USD Interest Collection Account, the Euro Interest Collection Account or the GBP Interest Collection Account have been deposited in error or do not otherwise constitute Interest Proceeds, whereupon such amounts on deposit in such Account may be withdrawn by the Collateral Agent or Collateral Trustee, as applicable (at the direction of the Company or the Investment Manager on its behalf (or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default or upon the occurrence of a Coverage Event, the Administrative Agent)) on the next succeeding Business Day and remitted to or at the direction of the Company or the Investment Manager on its behalf.

 

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Section 4.02.         Principal Proceeds.

 

The Company shall cause all Principal Proceeds received on the Portfolio Investments owned by it to be deposited in the USD Principal Collection Account or remitted to the Collateral Agent, and the Collateral Agent shall credit to the USD Principal Collection Account all Principal Proceeds received by it immediately upon receipt thereof; provided that Principal Proceeds denominated in Permitted Non-USD Currencies shall be deposited into the Euro Principal Collection Account or the GBP Principal Collection Account, as applicable.

 

All Principal Proceeds shall be retained in the USD Principal Collection Account, the Euro Principal Collection Account or the GBP Principal Collection Account, as applicable, and invested (and reinvested) at the written direction of the Investment Manager (or, if a Coverage Event has occurred or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent) in overnight Eligible Investments.  All investment income on such Eligible Investments shall constitute Interest Proceeds.

 

Principal Proceeds on deposit in the USD Principal Collection Account may be withdrawn by the Collateral Agent (at the written direction of the Company or the Investment Manager on its behalf (or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default or upon the occurrence of a Coverage Event, the Administrative Agent)) and applied (i) to make payments, (ii) towards the purchase price of Portfolio Investments or (iii) to make Permitted Distributions, in each case, in accordance with this Agreement and with, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), two (2) Business Days prior notice to the Administrative Agent, and in the case of clause (ii), with one (1) Business Day prior notice to the Administrative Agent.  Principal Proceeds on deposit in the Euro Principal Collection Account or the GBP Principal Collection Account shall be converted to U.S. dollars at the Spot Rate one (1) Business Day after receipt of such Principal Proceeds and deposited into the USD Principal Collection Account for application as described above at the written direction of the Company or the Investment Manager on its behalf (or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default or upon the occurrence of a Coverage Event, the Administrative Agent).

 

The Investment Manager shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent if the Investment Manager reasonably determines in good faith that any amounts in any such Account have been deposited in error or do not otherwise constitute Principal Proceeds, whereupon such amounts may be withdrawn by the Collateral Agent or Collateral Trustee, as applicable (at the direction of the Company or the Investment Manager on its behalf (or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default or upon the occurrence of a Coverage Event, the Administrative Agent)) on the next succeeding Business Day and remitted to or at the direction of the Company or the Investment Manager on its behalf.

 

Section 4.03.         Principal and Interest Payments; Prepayments; Commitment Fee; Upfront Fee.

 

(a)           The unpaid aggregate principal amount of the Advances (together with accrued interest thereon) shall be paid in full in cash to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender on the Maturity Date and any and all cash in the Accounts shall be applied to the satisfaction of the Secured Obligations on the Maturity Date.

 

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(b)           Accrued interest on the Advances shall be payable in cash in arrears on each Interest Payment Date; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to the second sentence of Section 3.01(b) shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Advances, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) payments on Interest Payment Dates shall be subject to the requirements of Section 9.02(e).

 

(c)           Subject to the requirements of this Section 4.03(c), the Company shall have the right from time to time to prepay outstanding Advances in whole or in part (i) on any Business Day that JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association ceases to act as Administrative Agent, (ii) upon the occurrence of a Repayment Event, (iii) in connection with a Coverage Event Cure; (iv) if the Company elects to terminate or reduce the Financing Commitments as a result of a Lender’s default in its obligations hereunder or (v) subject to the payment of the premium described in Section 4.03(d), on the last day of any Calculation Period; provided that, the Company may not prepay any outstanding Advances pursuant to this Section 4.03(c)(v) prior to the 24-month anniversary of the date hereof.  The Company shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by facsimile with a copy to the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Administrator) of any prepayment hereunder not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, three (3) Business Days before the date of prepayment (which shall be the last day of a Calculation Period).  Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of the Advances to be prepaid.  Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.  Except in connection with a Coverage Event Cure, each partial prepayment of outstanding Advances shall be in an amount not less than $1,000,000.  Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued and unpaid interest.

 

(d)           Each prepayment pursuant to Section 4.03(c)(v) or optional redemption pursuant to Section 4.06, whether in full or in part, shall be accompanied by a premium equal to 1% of the principal amount of such prepayment or optional redemption, as applicable.  Notwithstanding anything in this Article IV, no premium shall be payable by the Company in the event that the Company terminates or reduces the Financing Commitments or prepays Advances outstanding hereunder, in each case as expressly permitted hereunder, (i) if JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association ceases to act as Administrative Agent hereunder, (ii) if the Company elects to terminate or reduce the Financing Commitments as a result of a Lender’s default in its obligations hereunder, (iii) the Advances are prepaid in connection with a Coverage Event Cure, (iv) the Advances are prepaid at any time after the 36-month anniversary of the Effective Date, or (v) in connection with a Repayment Event.

 

(e)           The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, (A) from and after September 17, 2016, for the account of each Lender, a commitment fee which shall accrue at 1.00% per annum on the average daily Unused Facility Amount during the period from and including September 17, 2016, to but excluding the last day of the Reinvestment Period.  Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date occurring after the September 17, 2016, to earlier of (i) date on which the Financing Commitments terminate and (ii) the last day of the Reinvestment Period.  All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

 

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(f)            The Company agrees to pay the Administrative Agent, on the date of the First Advance, for the account of each Lender, an upfront fee on the date hereof in an aggregate amount equal to $1,575,000.  Such amount shall be paid by retention by the Lender of a principal amount of the initial Advance equal to such amount and the Company hereby directs the Lender to so withhold such amount and acknowledges and agrees that such amount shall be deemed to be an outstanding Advance for all purposes hereunder.

 

(g)           Once paid, all fees or any part thereof payable hereunder shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

 

(h)           The Financing Commitments shall be automatically reduced in part on the date of any prepayment made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in each case in an amount equal to the amount of such prepayment.

 

Section 4.04.         Payments Generally.

 

All payments to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent shall be made to the Administrative Agent at the account designated in writing to the Company and the Collateral Agent for further distribution by the Administrative Agent (if applicable).  The Administrative Agent shall give written notice to the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Administrator (on which the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Administrator may conclusively rely) and the Investment Manager of the calculation of amounts payable to the Financing Providers in respect of the Financings and the amounts payable to the Investment Manager.  At least three (3) Business Days prior to each Interest Payment Date, the Administrative Agent shall deliver an invoice to the Investment Manager, the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Administrator in respect of the interest due on such Interest Payment Date.  All payments not made to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders shall be made as directed in writing by the Administrative Agent.  All payments hereunder shall be made without setoff or counterclaim.  All payments hereunder shall be made in U.S. dollars.  To the extent not already in U.S. dollars, all amounts in any Euro Account or GBP Account to be disbursed hereunder will be converted into U.S. dollars at the Spot Rate on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of disbursement.  All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

 

Section 4.05.         CE Cure Account.

 

(a)           The Company shall cause all cash received by it in connection with a Coverage Event Cure to be deposited in the CE Cure Account or remitted to the Collateral Agent, and the Collateral Agent shall credit to the CE Cure Account such amounts received by it (and identified as such) immediately upon receipt thereof.  Prior to the Maturity Date, all cash amounts in the CE Cure Account shall be invested in overnight Eligible Investments at the written direction of the Administrative Agent (as directed by the Required Financing Providers).  All amounts contributed to the Company by Parent in connection with a Coverage Event Cure shall be paid free and clear of any right of chargeback or other equitable claim.

 

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(b)           Amounts on deposit in the CE Cure Account may be withdrawn by the Collateral Agent (at the written direction of the Company or the Investment Manager on its behalf (or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default or upon the occurrence of a Coverage Event, the Administrative Agent)) and remitted to the Company with prior notice to the Administrative Agent (or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default or upon the occurrence of a Coverage Event, to the Lenders for prepayment of Advances and reduction of Financing Commitment); provided that the Company may not direct any withdrawal from the CE Cure Account if the Compliance Condition is not satisfied (or would not be satisfied after such withdrawal).

 

Section 4.06.         Optional Redemption.

 

From and after the 24-month anniversary of the date hereof, the Company shall be entitled at its option and upon three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Collateral Agent) to terminate the Financing Commitments in whole upon payment in full, including the premium specified in Section 4.03(d), of all Advances, all accrued and unpaid interest and all other Secured Obligations (other than unmatured contingent indemnification obligations).

 

ARTICLE V

 

[RESERVED]

 

ARTICLE VI

 

REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

 

Section 6.01.         Representations and Warranties.

 

The Company represents to the other parties hereto solely with respect to itself that as of the date hereof (or as of such other date as maybe expressly set forth below):

 

(a)           it is duly organized or incorporated, as the case may be, and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation and has all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party and to consummate the transactions herein and therein contemplated;

 

(b)           the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each such other Loan Document, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein have been duly authorized by it and this Agreement and each such other Loan Document constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (subject to (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (B) equitable limitations on the availability of specific remedies, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and (C) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing);

 

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(c)           the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each other Loan Document and the consummation of such transactions do not conflict with the provisions of its governing instruments and will not violate in any material way any provisions of Applicable Law or regulation or any applicable order of any court or regulatory body and will not result in the material breach of, or constitute a default, or require any consent, under any material agreement, instrument or document to which it is a party or by which it or any of its property may be bound or affected;

 

(d)           no actions, suits, proceedings or governmental investigations at law or in equity are pending or active (or, to its knowledge, threatened) against it before any Governmental Authority or any arbitrator (A) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, (B) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, (C) seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the performance by the Company of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or (D) seeking any determination or ruling that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(e)           it has obtained all consents and authorizations (including all required consents and authorizations of any governmental authority) that are necessary or advisable to be obtained by it in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each other Loan Document and each such consent and authorization is in full force and effect, except where such failure would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(f)            it is not an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;

 

(g)           it has not issued any securities that are or are required to be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and it is not a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

 

(h)           the Company has no Indebtedness or other indebtedness, secured or unsecured, direct or contingent (including guaranteeing any obligation), other than (i) Indebtedness incurred under the terms of the Loan Documents and (ii) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to certain ordinary business expenses arising pursuant to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

 

(i)            (x) its underlying assets do not constitute “plan assets” within the meaning of the Plan Asset Rules; and (y) neither it nor any ERISA Affiliate has sponsored, maintained, contributed to, been required to contribute to or has any liability with respect to any Plan;

 

(j)            as of the date of this Agreement it is, and after giving effect to any Advance it will be, Solvent and it is not entering into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consummating any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors;

 

(k)           it is not in default under any other contract to which it is a party, except where such default would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(l)            it has complied and will comply in all material respects with all Applicable Laws, judgments, agreements with governmental authorities, decrees and orders with respect to its business and properties and the Portfolio;

 

(m)          it does not have any Subsidiaries or own any Investments in any Person other than the Portfolio Investments or Investments (i) constituting Eligible Investments and (ii) those the Company shall have acquired or received as a distribution in connection with a workout, bankruptcy, foreclosure, restructuring or similar process or proceeding involving a Portfolio Investment or any issuer thereof;

 

(n)           (x) it has disclosed to the Administrative Agent all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it is subject, and all other matters actually known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (y) no report, financial statement, certificate or other information (other than projections, forward-looking information, general economic data, industry information or information relating to third parties) furnished in writing by or on behalf of it or any of its Affiliates to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or any other Loan Document (in each case as updated, modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains (or, to the extent any such information was furnished to the Company by a third party, to the Company’s knowledge contains), when taken as a whole, as of its delivery date, any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

(o)           except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, no Portfolio Investment has been sold, transferred, assigned or pledged by the Company (other than liens in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Loan Documents, Permitted Liens and inchoate liens arising by operation of law);

 

(p)           the Company has timely filed all Tax returns required by Law to have been filed by it; all such Tax returns are true and correct in all material respects; and the Company has paid or withheld (as applicable) all Taxes owing or required to be withheld by it (if any) shown on such Tax returns, except any such Taxes which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves shall have been set aside in accordance with GAAP on its books and records;

 

(q)           the Company is and will be treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income Tax purposes;

 

(r)            the Company is wholly owned by the Parent, which is a U.S. Person; provided, however, that a merger of the Parent with another business development company sponsored by W.P. Carey Inc. or other fundamental change transaction the result of which effectively combines the ownership and/or assets of the Parent and a business development company sponsored by W.P. Carey Inc., or merges or consolidates their respective collateral advisors or sub-advisors shall not constitute a breach of this representation;

 

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(s)            prior to the date hereof, the Company has not engaged in any business operations or activities other than as an ownership entity for Portfolio Investments and similar loan or debt obligations and activities incidental thereto;

 

(t)            neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company 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 Company is in compliance with all applicable OFAC rules and regulations and also in compliance with all applicable provisions of the USA Patriot Act;

 

(u)           the Company has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Company, its agents and their respective directors, managers, officers and employees (as applicable) with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Company and its officers and employees and, to its knowledge, its members and agents are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects and are not knowingly engaged in any activity that would reasonably be expected to result in the Company being designated as a Sanctioned Person.  None of (i) the Company or its officers and employees or (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, any manager or agent of the Company that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person.  No Advances, use of proceeds or other transaction contemplated by the Agreement will directly, or to the knowledge of the Company, indirectly violate Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions;

 

(v)           the Loan Documents represent all of the material agreements between the Investment Manager or Parent, as applicable, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other.  Upon the purchase and/or contribution of each Portfolio Investment (or an interest in a Portfolio Investment) pursuant to this Agreement or the Sale Agreement, the Company shall be the lawful owner of, and have good title to, such Portfolio Investment and all assets relating thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claim (other than Permitted Liens).  All such assets are transferred to the Company without recourse to the Parent except as described in the Sale Agreement.  The purchases of such assets by the Company constitute valid and true sales for consideration (and not merely a pledge of such assets for security purposes) and the contributions of such assets received by the Company constitute valid and true transfers for consideration, each enforceable against creditors of the Parent, and no such assets shall constitute property of the Parent;

 

(w)          the Company is not relying on any advice (whether written or oral) of any other party other than the Investment Manager; and

 

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(x)           there are no judgments or Liens for Taxes with respect to the Company and no claim is being asserted with respect to the Taxes of the Company.

 

Section 6.02.         Representations Regarding the Portfolio Investments.  The Company represents to the other parties hereto that:

 

(a)           as of the Trade Date for each Portfolio Investment, such Portfolio Investment meets all of the applicable Eligibility Criteria (unless otherwise consented to by the Administrative Agent);

 

(b)           all of the conditions to the acquisition of the Portfolio Investments specified in Section 1.03 of this Agreement have been satisfied or waived;

 

(c)           all of the information contained in the related Approval Request is true, correct and complete in all material respects, provided that, to the extent any such information was furnished to the Company by any third party or was not prepared by or under the direction of the Company, such information is as of its delivery date true, complete and correct in all material respects to the knowledge of the Company;

 

(d)           the Company has good and marketable title to such Collateral free and clear of any Adverse Claim (other than Permitted Liens) or restrictions on transferability and the Company has the full right, power and lawful authority to assign, transfer and pledge the same and interests therein, and upon the making of each Advance, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, will have acquired a perfected, first priority and valid security interest (except, as to priority, for any Permitted Liens) in such Collateral, free and clear of any Adverse Claim (other than Permitted Liens) or restrictions on transferability, to the extent (as to perfection and priority) that a security interest in said Collateral may be perfected under the applicable UCC; and

 

(e)           the Company has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in or otherwise encumbered or conveyed any interest in any of the Collateral and no effective financing statement (other than with respect to Permitted Liens) or other instrument similar in effect naming or purportedly naming the Company or any of its Affiliates as debtor and covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file in any recording office, except such as may have been filed in favor of the Collateral Agent as “Secured Party” pursuant hereto, as necessary or advisable in connection with the Sale Agreement or which has been terminated.

 

Section 6.03.         Covenants of the Company.

 

The Company:

 

(a)           shall at all times:  (i) maintain at least one independent manager or director (who is in the business of serving as an independent manager or director); (ii) maintain its own separate books and records and bank accounts; (iii) hold itself out to the public and all other Persons as a legal entity separate from any other Person; (iv) have the Parent as its sole equityholder, unless otherwise permitted by the Loan Document; (v) file its own Tax returns, except to the extent that the Company is treated as a “disregarded entity” for Tax purposes and is not required to file Taxes under Applicable Law, and pay any Taxes so required to be paid under

 

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Applicable Law, except for (x) those Taxes being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and in respect of which the Company has established proper reserves on its books in accordance with GAAP or (y) those Taxes the failure of which to pay or discharge would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (vi) not commingle its assets with assets of any other Person; (vii) conduct its business in its own name and comply with all organizational formalities to maintain its separate existence; (viii) maintain separate financial statements; provided, however, that the Company’s assets may be included in a consolidated financial statement of its Affiliate if (A) appropriate notation shall be made on such consolidated financial statements to indicate the separateness of the Company from such Affiliate and to indicate that the Company’s 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 Company’s own separate balance sheet (if the Company prepares its own separate balance sheet); (ix) pay its own liabilities only out of its own funds; (x) maintain an arm’s length relationship with Parent and each of its other Affiliates; (xi) not hold out its credit or assets as being available to satisfy the obligations of others; (xii) allocate fairly and reasonably any overhead expenses that are shared with an Affiliate, including for shared office space; (xiii) use separate stationery, invoices and checks; (xiv) except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, not pledge its assets as security for the obligations of any other Person; (xv) correct any known misunderstanding regarding its separate identity; (xvi) maintain adequate capital in light of its contemplated business purpose, transactions and liabilities and pay its operating expenses and liabilities from its own assets; (xvii) cause its member to meet at least annually or act pursuant to written consent and keep minutes of such meetings and actions and observe in all respects all other requirements under its constituent documents and Delaware limited liability company formalities; (xviii) not acquire the obligations or any securities of its Affiliates; (xix) cause the managers, officers, agents and other representatives of the Company to act at all times with respect to the Company consistently and in furtherance of the foregoing and in the best interests of the Company; and (xx) maintain at least one special member, who, upon the dissolution of the sole member or the withdrawal or the disassociation of the sole member from the Company, shall immediately become the member of the Company in accordance with its organizational documents.

 

(b)           shall not (i) engage, directly or indirectly, in any business, other than the actions required or permitted to be performed under the preceding clause (a), including, other than with respect to any warrants received in connection with a Portfolio Investment, controlling the decisions or actions respecting the daily business or affairs of any other Person except as otherwise permitted hereunder (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not prohibit the Company from taking, or refraining to take, any action under or with respect to a Portfolio Investment); (ii) fail to be Solvent; (iii) release, sell, transfer, convey or assign any Portfolio Investment unless in accordance with the Loan Documents; (iv) except for capital contributions or capital distributions permitted under the terms and conditions of this Agreement and properly reflected on the books and records of the Company and transactions pursuant to the Sale Agreement, enter into any transaction with an Affiliate of the Company except on commercially reasonable terms similar to those available to unaffiliated parties in an arm’s-length transaction; (v) identify itself as a department or division of any other Person; or (vi) own any asset or property other than the Portfolio and the related assets and incidental personal property necessary for the ownership or operation of these assets.

 

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(c)           shall take all actions consistent with and shall not take any action contrary to the “Assumptions and Facts” section in the opinions of Dechert LLP, dated the date hereof, relating to certain nonconsolidation and true sale matters;

 

(d)           shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness other than (i) Indebtedness permitted under the Loan Documents or (ii) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to certain ordinary business expenses arising pursuant to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  The Company shall incur no Indebtedness secured by the Collateral other than the Secured Obligations.  The Company shall not assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise be or become directly or contingently liable for the obligations of any Person by, among other things, agreeing to purchase any obligation of another Person, agreeing to advance funds to such Person or causing or assisting such Person to maintain any amount of capital, other than as expressly permitted under the Loan Documents;

 

(e)           shall comply with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions and shall maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Company, its agents and their respective directors, managers, officers and employees (as applicable) with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions;

 

(f)            shall not amend any of its constituent documents or any document to which it is a party in any manner that could reasonably be expected to, or that does, adversely affect the Lenders in any material respect without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Financing Providers;

 

(g)           shall not amend the Special Purpose Provisions (as defined therein) of its limited liability company agreement, except in accordance therewith, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Financing Providers;

 

(h)           shall not, without the prior consent of the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Financing Providers), which consent may be withheld in the sole and absolute discretion of the Required Financing Providers, enter into any hedge agreement;

 

(i)            shall not change its name, identity or corporate structure in any manner that would make any financing statement or continuation statement filed by the Company (or by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Company) in accordance with subsection (a) above seriously misleading or change its jurisdiction of organization, unless the Company shall have given the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent at least 30 days prior written notice thereof, and shall promptly file, or authorize the filing of, appropriate amendments to all previously filed financing statements and continuation statements (and shall provide a copy of such amendments to the Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent together with written confirmation to the effect that all appropriate amendments or other documents in respect of previously filed statements have been filed);

 

(j)            shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to (i) preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence as a limited liability company and take all reasonable action to maintain its rights, franchises, licenses and permits material to its business in the jurisdiction of its formation and (ii) qualify and remain qualified as a limited liability company in good standing

 

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in each jurisdiction where the failure to qualify and remain qualified would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(k)           shall comply with all Applicable Law (whether statutory, regulatory or otherwise), the noncompliance with which could reasonably be expected to have, individually or collectively, a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(l)            shall not merge into or consolidate with any person or dissolve, terminate or liquidate in whole or in part, in each case, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent;

 

(m)          except for Investments permitted by Section 6.03(u) and without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, shall not form, or cause to be formed, any Subsidiaries; or make or suffer to exist any loans or advances to, or extend any credit to, or make any investments (by way of transfer of property, contributions to capital, purchase of stock or securities or evidences of indebtedness, acquisition of the business or assets, or otherwise) in, any Affiliate or any other Person except investments as otherwise permitted herein and pursuant to the other Loan Documents;

 

(n)           shall ensure that (i) its affairs are conducted so that its underlying assets do not constitute “plan assets” within the meaning of the Plan Asset Rules, and (ii) neither it nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors, maintains, contributes to or is required to contribute to or have any liability with respect to any Plan;

 

(o)           except for the security interest granted hereunder, under the Security Deed and as otherwise permitted hereunder, shall not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on the Collateral or any interest therein (other than Permitted Liens and inchoate liens arising by operation of law), and the Company shall defend the right, title, and interest of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) and the Lenders in and to the Collateral against all claims of third parties claiming through or under the Company (other than Permitted Liens and inchoate liens arising by operation of law);

 

(p)           shall promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall furnish to the Lenders, copies of the following financial statements, reports and information:  (i) as soon as available, but in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of Parent, a copy of the audited consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of Parent, including its consolidated Subsidiaries, as at the end of such year, the related consolidated and consolidating statements of income for such year and the related consolidated statements of changes in net assets and of cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year; provided, that the financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to this clause (i) which are made available via EDGAR, or any successor system of the Securities Exchange Commission, in Parent’s annual report on Form 10-K, shall be deemed delivered to the Administrative Agent on the date such documents are made so available; (ii) as soon as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of each fiscal year (other than the last fiscal quarter of each fiscal year), an unaudited consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of Parent, including its consolidated Subsidiaries, as of the end

 

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of such fiscal quarter and including the prior comparable period (if any), and the unaudited consolidated and consolidating statements of income of Parent, including its consolidated Subsidiaries, for such fiscal quarter and for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such fiscal quarter, and the unaudited consolidated statements of cash flows of Parent, including its consolidated Subsidiaries, for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such fiscal quarter; provided, that the financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to this clause (ii) which are made available via EDGAR, or any successor system of the Securities Exchange Commission, in Parent’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q, shall be deemed delivered to the Administrative Agent on the date such documents are made so available; and (iii) from time to time, such other information or documents (financial or otherwise) as the Administrative Agent or the Required Financing Providers may reasonably request;

 

(q)           shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, all Taxes levied or imposed upon the Company or upon the income, profits or property of the Company; provided that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such Tax (i) the amount, applicability or validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which disputed amounts adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been made or (ii) the failure of which to pay or discharge could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(r)            shall permit representatives of the Administrative Agent at any time and from time to time as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request (A) to inspect and make copies of and abstracts from its records relating to the Portfolio Investments and (B) to visit its properties in connection with the collection, processing or managing of the Portfolio Investments for the purpose of examining such records, and to discuss matters relating to the Portfolio Investments or such Person’s performance under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with any officer or employee or auditor (if any) of such Person having knowledge of such matters.  The Company agrees to render to the Administrative Agent such clerical and other assistance as may be reasonably requested with regard to the foregoing; provided, that such assistance shall not interfere in any material respect with the Company’s or the Investment Manager’s business and operations.  So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such visits and inspections shall occur only (i) upon five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice, (ii) during normal business hours and (iii) no more than once in any calendar year.  During the existence of an Event of Default, there shall be no limit on the timing or number of such inspections and only one (1) Business Day’s prior notice will be required before any inspection;

 

(s)            [RESERVED];

 

(t)            shall not make any Restricted Payments without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent; provided that the Company may make Permitted Distributions so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (or would occur after giving effect to such Permitted Distribution), (ii) no Coverage Event shall have occurred (or would occur after giving effect to such Permitted Distribution), (iii) all Concentration Limitations are satisfied and (iv) in the case of a Permitted Distribution of Principal Proceeds, (x) at least 10 Portfolio Investments are owned by the Company and pledged to the Collateral Agent

 

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hereunder and (y) each of the Minimum Equity Condition and the Compliance Condition is satisfied and (iv) the Company gives at least two (2) Business Days’ prior written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent;

 

(u)           shall not make or hold any Investments, except the Portfolio Investments or Investments (A) constituting Eligible Investments, (B) that have been consented to by the Administrative Agent or (C) those the Company shall have acquired or received as a distribution in connection with a workout, bankruptcy, foreclosure, restructuring or similar process or proceeding involving a Portfolio Investment or any issuer thereof;

 

(v)           shall not request any Advance, and the Company shall not directly, or to the knowledge of the Company, indirectly, use, and shall procure that its agents shall not directly, or to the knowledge of the Company, indirectly, use, the proceeds of any Advance (A) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (B) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, or (C) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto;

 

(w)          shall not cancel, terminate or consent to or accept any cancellation or termination of, amend, modify or change in any manner any term or condition of the Management Agreement in any manner that adversely affects the Lenders in any material respect;

 

(x)           other than pursuant to the Sale Agreement and the Investment Management Agreement or in connection with a Substitution, shall not (A) transfer to any of its Affiliates any Portfolio Investment purchased from any of its Affiliates (other than sales to Affiliates conducted on terms and conditions consistent with those of an arm’s length transaction and, if applicable, at fair market value and subject to the limitations set forth in Section 1.07 hereof and Section 5.01(n)(iii) of the Sale Agreement); provided that nothing in this clause (x) shall prohibit a Permitted Distribution or (B) enter into any other transaction with any of its Affiliates, other than any transaction on terms that are no less favorable than those obtainable in an arm’s-length transaction with a wholly unaffiliated Person and on terms that are fair and equitable to the Company under all the facts or circumstances under Applicable Law;

 

(y)           shall cause the Investment Manager to post on a password protected website maintained by the Investment Manager to which the Administrative Agent will have access or deliver via email to the Administrative Agent, with respect to each obligor in respect of a Portfolio Investment, to the extent received by the Company pursuant to the underlying loan documents in respect of each Portfolio Investment, the complete financial reporting package with respect to the related obligor (including any financial statements, management discussion and analysis, executed covenant compliance certificates and related covenant calculations with respect to such obligor), the annual budget provided to the Company either monthly, quarterly or annually, as the case may be, by such obligor, which delivery or posting shall be made, if received by the 15th day of any month, by the 30th day of such month, and if received after the 15th day but prior to the 30th day of any month, by the 15th day of the succeeding month.  Upon demand by the Administrative Agent, the Company shall also cause the Investment Manager to

 

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provide such other information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request with respect to any Portfolio Investment or obligor (to the extent reasonably available to the Investment Manager);

 

(z)           shall not elect to be classified as other than a disregarded entity or partnership for U.S. federal income Tax purposes, nor shall the Company take any other action or actions that would cause it to be classified, taxed or treated as a corporation or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income Tax purposes (including transferring interests in the Company on or through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof), within the meaning of Section 7704(b) of the Code (and Treasury regulations thereunder);

 

(aa)         shall only have partners or owners that are treated as U.S. Persons or that are disregarded entities owned by a U.S. Person and shall not recognize the transfer of any interest in the Company that constitutes equity for U.S. federal income Tax purposes to a person that is not a U.S. Person;

 

(bb)         shall from time to time execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto and all such financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other instruments, and shall take such other action as may be reasonably necessary to secure the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties hereunder and to grant more effectively all or any portion of the Collateral, maintain or preserve the security interest (and the priority thereof) of this Agreement or to carry out more effectively the purposes hereof, perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any grant made or to be made by this Agreement, preserve and defend title to the Collateral and the rights therein of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties in the Collateral against the claims of all persons and parties, pay any and all Taxes levied or assessed upon all or any part of the Collateral and use its commercially reasonable efforts to minimize Taxes and any other costs arising in connection with its activities or give, execute, deliver, file and/or record any financing statement, notice, instrument, document, agreement or other papers that may be necessary or desirable to create, preserve, perfect or validate the security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement or to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its rights hereunder with respect to such pledge and security interest, and hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to file a UCC financing statement listing ‘all assets of the debtor’ in the collateral description of such financing statements;

 

(cc)         shall not (A) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Agreement or any grant hereunder to be impaired, or permit the lien of this Agreement to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be released from any covenants or obligations with respect to this Agreement or the Advances, except as may be expressly permitted hereby, (B) permit any lien, charge, adverse claim, security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (including any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever or otherwise, other than the lien of this Agreement) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Collateral or any part thereof, any interest therein or the proceeds thereof, in each case, other than Permitted Liens, or (C) take any action that would cause the lien of this Agreement not to constitute a valid perfected security interest in the Collateral that is of first priority, free of any adverse claim or

 

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the legal equivalent thereof, as applicable, except as may be expressly permitted hereby (or in connection with a disposition of Collateral required hereby);

 

(dd)         shall not make or incur any capital expenditures, except as reasonably required to perform its functions in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;

 

(ee)         shall not become liable in any way, whether directly or by assignment or as a guarantor or other surety, for the obligations of a lessee under any lease, hire any employees or make any distributions (other than in accordance with this Agreement);

 

(ff)          shall not maintain any bank accounts other than the Accounts;

 

(gg)         shall not authorize or otherwise permit the Investment Manager to act in contravention of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Investment Manager under any Loan Document;

 

(hh)         shall not act on behalf of, a country, territory, entity or individual of prohibited countries, territories, entities and individuals listed on, among other places, the OFAC website, and none of the Company, the Investment Manager or any of their respective Affiliates, owners, directors or officers is a natural person or entity with whom dealings with U.S. persons or persons under the jurisdiction of the United States are prohibited under any OFAC regulation or other applicable federal law or acting on behalf of such a person or entity.  The Company does not own and will not acquire, and the Investment Manager will not cause the Company to own or acquire, any security issued by, or interest in, any country, territory, or entity whose direct ownership by U.S. persons or persons under the jurisdiction of the U.S. would be or is prohibited under any OFAC regulation or other applicable federal law;

 

(ii)           except as otherwise expressly permitted herein, shall not cancel or terminate any of the Loan Documents to which it is party (in any capacity), or consent to or accept any cancellation or termination of any of such agreements, or amend or otherwise modify any term or condition of any of the Loan Documents to which it is party (in any capacity) or give any consent, waiver or approval under any such agreement, or waive any default under or breach of any of the Loan Documents to which it is party (in any capacity) or take any other action under any such agreement not required by the terms thereof, unless (in each case) the Administrative Agent shall have consented thereto in its sole discretion;

 

(jj)           shall, and shall cause the Investment Manager to perform each of its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and comply with all Applicable Laws, including those applicable to the Portfolio Investments and the collection of all Interest Proceeds and Principal Proceeds thereof, except to the extent that the failure to so comply would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

 

(kk)         shall give notice to the Administrative Agent promptly in writing upon the occurrence of any of the following:

 

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(ii)                                  any Adverse Claim asserted against any of the Portfolio Investments, the Accounts or any other Collateral.

 

Section 6.04.                          Amendments, Etc.

 

If the Company or the Investment Manager receives any notice of an amendment, supplement, consent, waiver or other modification of any Portfolio Investment or any related Underlying Instrument or rights thereunder (each, an “Amendment”) with respect to any Portfolio Investment or any related Underlying Instrument, or makes any affirmative determination to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights or remedies thereunder, it will give prompt (and in any event, not later than five (5) Business Days’) notice thereof to the Administrative Agent.  In any such event, the Company shall exercise all voting and other powers of ownership relating to such Amendment or the exercise of such rights or remedies as the Investment Manager shall deem appropriate under the circumstances.  If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or a Coverage Event has occurred, the Company will exercise all voting and other powers of ownership as the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Financing Providers) shall instruct (it being understood that if the terms of the related Underlying Instrument expressly prohibit or restrict any such rights given to the Administrative Agent, then such right shall be limited to the extent necessary so that such prohibition or restriction is not violated).

 

ARTICLE VII

 

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:

 

(a)                                 the Company shall fail to pay (i) any principal amount owing by it in respect of the Secured Obligations when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise or (ii) any other amount in respect of the Secured Obligations (whether for interest, fees or other amounts owing by it) within two (2) Business Days of when such amount becomes due and payable; or

 

(b)                                 any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Company, the Parent or the Investment Manager (collectively, the “Credit Risk Parties”) herein or in any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or in any report, certificate, or other document furnished pursuant hereto or in connection herewith or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder shall prove to have been false or incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed to have been made 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 Company or the Investment Manager, and (ii) the date on which the Company or the Investment Manager acquires knowledge thereof; or

 

(c)                                  (A)  the Company shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Sections 6.03(a), (b), (d), (f), (g), (h), (i), (l), (m), (o), (p), (t), (u), (v),

 

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(x), (ff)(B), (ff)(C) or (hh) or (B) any Credit Risk Party shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant, condition or agreement contained herein (it being understood that (x) the failure of a Portfolio Investment to satisfy the Eligibility Criteria and/or the Concentration Limitations or (y) the failure of the Compliance Condition due to a reduction in the value of a Portfolio Investment, in each case, after its Trade Date shall not constitute such a failure) or in any other Loan Document and, in the case of this clause (B), if such failure is capable of being remedied, such failure shall not have been remedied or waived within thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i) receipt by such Credit Risk Party of written notice of such failure from the Administrative Agent and (ii) an officer of such Credit Risk Party becoming aware of such failure; or

 

(d)                                 an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of either the Company or the Investment Manager or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for either the Company or the Investment Manager or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in each such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for sixty (60) days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; or

 

(e)                                  either the Company or the Investment Manager shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (d) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company or the Investment Manager, as applicable, or for a substantial part of its assets, or (iv) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

 

(f)                                   any Credit Risk Party shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due; or

 

(g)                                  unless otherwise permitted under the Loan Documents (other than the Investment Management Agreement), the Investment Manager ceases to be the Investment Manager in accordance with the Investment Management Agreement and an Affiliate of the Investment Manager meeting the requirements set forth in the Investment Management Agreement as in effect on the Effective Date is not appointed (or has not accepted such appointment) as a replacement Investment Manager under the Investment Management Agreement; or

 

(h)                                 the passing of a resolution by the equity holders of the Company in respect of the winding up on a voluntary basis of the Company; or

 

(i)                                     any final judgments or orders (not subject to appeal or otherwise non-appealable) by one or more courts of competent jurisdiction for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $5,000,000 (after giving effect to insurance, if any, available with respect thereto) shall be rendered against the Company, and the same shall remain unsatisfied,

 

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unvacated, unbonded or unstayed, un-discharged or not set aside for a period of sixty (60) days after the date on which the right to appeal has expired; or

 

(j)                                    an ERISA Event occurs; or

 

(k)                                 a Change of Control occurs; or

 

(l)                                     the Company, or the arrangements contemplated by the Loan Documents, shall become required to register as an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; or

 

(m)                             Carey Credit Advisors, LLC or an Affiliate of Carey Credit Advisors, LLC meeting the criteria specified in the investment advisory agreement between the Parent and Carey Credit Advisors LLC as in effect on the Effective Date ceases to be the investment advisor of the Parent; or

 

(n)                                 Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC or an Affiliate of Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC meeting the criteria specified in the investment sub-advisory agreement between the Parent and Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC as in effect on the Effective Date ceases to be the investment sub-advisor of the Parent;

 

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Company described in clause (d), (e) or (h) of this Article), and at any time thereafter in each case during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Financing Providers shall, by notice to the Company, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times:  (i) terminate the Financing Commitments, and thereupon the Financing Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare all of the Secured Obligations then outstanding to be due and payable in cash in whole (or in part, in which case any Secured Obligations not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the Secured Obligations so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Company accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Company; and in case of any event with respect to the Company described in clause (d), (e) or (h) of this Article, the Financing Commitments shall automatically terminate and all Secured Obligations then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Company accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Company.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

ACCOUNTS; COLLATERAL SECURITY

 

Section 8.01.                          The Accounts; Agreement as to Control.

 

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designated as the “USD Custodial Account”; (2) an account designated as the “CE Cure Account”; (3) an account designated as the “USD Interest Collection Account” and (4) an account designated as the “USD Principal Collection Account” (the USD Custodial Account, CE Cure Account, USD Interest Collection Account and USD Principal Collection Account, each, a “USD Account” and, collectively, the “USD Accounts”), and the account numbers for such Accounts are set forth on the Transaction Schedule.  The Securities Intermediary agrees to maintain each of the USD Accounts as a securities intermediary in the name of the Company subject to the lien of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement, and agrees not to change the name or account number of any Account without the prior consent of the Collateral Agent.  The Securities Intermediary hereby certifies that it is a bank or trust company that in the ordinary course of business maintains securities accounts for others and in that capacity has established the USD Accounts in the name of the Company.

 

Nothing herein shall require the Securities Intermediary to credit to any USD Account or to treat as a financial asset (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC) any asset in the nature of a general intangible (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(42) of the UCC) or to “maintain” a sufficient quantity thereof (within the meaning of Section 8-504 of the UCC).  Notwithstanding any term hereof or elsewhere to the contrary, it is hereby expressly acknowledged that (a) interests in loans may be acquired and delivered by the Company to the Securities Intermediary or the Collateral Agent from time to time that are not evidenced by, or accompanied by delivery of, a security (as that term is defined in UCC Section 8-102) or an instrument (as that term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(47) of the UCC), and may be evidenced solely by delivery to the Collateral Agent of a facsimile copy of a loan agreement or an assignment agreement (“Loan/Assignment Agreement”) in favor of the Company, (b) any such Loan/Assignment Agreement (and the registration of the related loan on the books and records of the applicable obligor or bank agent) shall be registered in the name of the Company and (c) any duty on the part of the Securities Intermediary or Collateral Agent with respect to such loan (including in respect of any duty it might otherwise have to maintain a sufficient quantity of such loan for purposes of UCC Section 8-504) shall be limited to the exercise of reasonable care by the Collateral Agent in the physical custody of any such Loan/Assignment Agreement that may be delivered to it.  It is acknowledged and agreed that neither the Collateral Agent nor the Securities Intermediary is under a duty to examine Underlying Instruments to determine the validity or sufficiency of any Loan/Assignment Agreement (and shall have no responsibility for the genuineness or completeness thereof), or for the issuer’s title to any related loan.

 

The Company has caused the Account Bank and Custodian under the Custody and Account Bank Agreement to establish (1) an account designated as the “Euro Custodial Account”; (2) an account designated as the “Euro Interest Collection Account” and (3) an account designated as the “Euro Principal Collection Account” (the Euro Custodial Account, Euro Interest Collection Account and Euro Principal Collection Account, each, a “Euro Account” and, collectively, the “Euro Accounts”), and the account numbers for such Accounts are set forth in Schedule 1 to the Custody and Account Bank Agreement.

 

The Company has caused the Account Bank and Custodian under the Custody and Account Bank Agreement to establish (1) an account designated as the “GBP Custodial Account”; (2) an account designated as the “GBP Interest Collection Account” and (3) an account designated as the “GBP Principal Collection Account” (the GBP Custodial Account,

 

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GBP Interest Collection Account and GBP Principal Collection Account, each, a “GBP Account” and, collectively, the “GBP Accounts”), and the account numbers for such Accounts are set forth in Schedule 1 to the Custody and Account Bank Agreement.

 

The USD Accounts, the Euro Accounts and the GBP Accounts are collectively referred to herein as the “Accounts”.

 

Each of the Account Bank and the Custodian shall have the same rights and immunities as the Collateral Trustee set forth in Clauses 14.4(a), (b), (c), (f), (g), (h), (i) and (j) of the Security Deed.

 

(b)                                 Collateral Agent in Control of Securities Accounts.  Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that (1) each USD Account shall be deemed to be a “securities account” (within the meaning of Section 8-501 of the UCC in effect in the State of New York), (2) all property credited to any USD Account shall be treated as a financial asset for purposes of Article 8 of the UCC and (3) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Collateral Agent will be exclusively entitled to exercise the rights that comprise each financial asset credited to each USD Account.  The parties hereto agree that the Securities Intermediary shall act only on entitlement orders or other instructions with respect to the USD Accounts originated by the Collateral Agent and no other person (and without further consent by any other person); and the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall have exclusive control and the sole right of withdrawal over each USD Account.  The only permitted withdrawals from the USD Accounts shall be in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

(c)                                  Subordination of Lien, Etc.  If the Securities Intermediary has or subsequently obtains by agreement, operation of law or otherwise a security interest in any USD Account or any security entitlement credited thereto, the Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that such security interest shall be subordinate to the security interest of the Collateral Agent.  The property credited to any USD Account will not be subject to deduction, set-off, banker’s lien, or any other right in favor of any person other than the Collateral Agent (except that the Securities Intermediary may set-off (1) all amounts due to the Securities Intermediary in respect of its customary fees and expenses for the routine maintenance and operation of the USD Accounts, and (2) the face amount of any checks which have been credited to any USD Account but are subsequently returned unpaid because of uncollected or insufficient funds).

 

(d)                                 Property Registered, Indorsed, etc. to Securities Intermediary.  All securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to any USD Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary in blank or credited to another securities account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary, and in no case will any financial asset credited to any USD Account be registered in the name of the Company, payable to the order of the Company or specially indorsed to the Company except to the extent the foregoing have been specially indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank.

 

(e)                                  Jurisdiction; Governing Law of USD Accounts.  The establishment and maintenance of each USD Account and all interests, duties and obligations related thereto shall be governed by the law of the State of New York and the “securities intermediary’s jurisdiction”

 

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(within the meaning of Section 8-110 of the UCC) shall be the State of New York.  Terms used in this Section 8.01 without definition have the meanings given to them in the UCC.

 

(f)                                   No Duties.  The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Securities Intermediary shall not have any additional duties other than those expressly set forth in this Section 8.01, and the Securities Intermediary shall satisfy those duties expressly set forth in this Section 8.01 so long as it acts without gross negligence or willful misconduct.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Securities Intermediary shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, and the Securities Intermediary shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers.

 

(g)                                  Permitted Non-USD Currency Accounts.  All Euro Accounts and GBP Accounts will be administered in accordance with the Custody and Account Bank Agreement subject to the requirements of the Security Deed and the security interest granted to the Collateral Trustee thereunder.  The only permitted withdrawals from the Euro Accounts and the GBP Accounts shall be in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Deed.

 

Section 8.02.                          Collateral Security; Pledge; Delivery.

 

(a)                                 Grant of Security Interest.  As collateral security for the prompt payment in full when due of all the Company’s obligations to the Agents, the Collateral Trustee, the Custodian, the Account Bank and the Lenders (collectively, the “Secured Parties”) under the Loan Documents (collectively, the “Secured Obligations”), the Company hereby pledges, hypothecates, assigns, charges, mortgages, delivers, and transfers the Collateral to the Collateral Agent, including a continuing first priority security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent in all of the Company’s right, title and interest in, to and under (in each case, whether now owned or existing, or hereafter acquired or arising) all accounts, payment intangibles, general intangibles, chattel paper, electronic chattel paper, instruments, deposit accounts, letter-of-credit rights, investment property, and any and all other assets or property of any type or nature owned by it (all of the property described in this clause (a) being collectively referred to herein as “Collateral”), including:  (1) each Portfolio Investment, (2) the Accounts and all investments, obligations and other property from time to time credited thereto, (3) the Investment Management Agreement and all rights relating thereto, (4) the Sale Agreement and all rights related thereto, (5) the Custody and Account Bank Agreement and all related rights thereto, (6) all other property of the Company and (7) all proceeds thereof, all accessions to and substitutions and replacements for, any of the foregoing, and all rents, profits and products of any thereof.

 

(b)                                 Delivery and Other Perfection.  In furtherance of the collateral arrangements contemplated herein, the Company shall (1) Deliver to the Collateral Agent the Collateral hereunder as and when acquired by the Company; and (2) if any of the securities, monies or other property pledged by the Company hereunder are received by the Company, forthwith take such action as is necessary to ensure the Collateral Agent’s continuing perfected security interest in such Collateral (including Delivering such securities, monies or other property to the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Trustee, as applicable).

 

Any Underlying Instruments that are delivered to the Collateral Agent shall be delivered to U.S. Bank at its document custody office located at 1719 Otis Way, Florence, South Carolina

 

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29501, Ref: Hamilton Finance LLC, Attention: Steven Garrett, or at such other office as shall be specified to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by the Collateral Agent in a written notice prior to such change. Any Underlying Instruments that are originals or copies shall be kept in fire resistant vaults, rooms or cabinets at such offices and placed together with an appropriate identifying label and maintained in such a manner so as to permit retrieval and access.  Any Underlying Instruments that are originals or copies shall be clearly segregated from any other documents or instruments maintained by the Collateral Agent.  The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to review or monitor any Underlying Instruments but shall only be required to hold those Underlying Instruments received by it in safekeeping. In taking and retaining custody of the Underlying Instruments, the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to be acting as the agent of the Secured Parties; provided that the Collateral Agent makes no representations as to the existence, perfection or priority of any lien on the Collateral; and provided further that the Collateral Agent’s duties as agent shall be limited to those expressly contemplated herein.

 

(c)                                  Remedies, Etc.  During the period in which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent shall (but only if and to the extent directed in writing by the Required Financing Providers with, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, a copy to the Company) do any of the following:

 

(1)                                 Exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the affected Collateral) and also may, without notice except as specified below, sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any of the Collateral Agent’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and upon such other terms as the Collateral Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Financing Providers) may deem commercially reasonable.  The Company agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least ten (10) days’ prior notice to the Company of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification.  The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of the Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given.  The Collateral Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned.

 

(2)                                 Transfer all or any part of the Collateral into the name of the Collateral Agent or a nominee thereof.

 

(3)                                 Enforce collection of any of the Collateral by suit or otherwise, and surrender, release or exchange all or any part thereof, or compromise or extend or renew for any period (whether or not longer than the original period) any obligations of any nature of any party with respect thereto.

 

(4)                                 Endorse any checks, drafts, or other writings in the Company’s name to allow collection of the Collateral.

 

(5)                                 Take control of any proceeds of the Collateral.

 

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(6)                                 Execute (in the name, place and stead of any of the Company) endorsements, assignments, stock powers and other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to all or any of the Collateral.

 

(7)                                 Perform such other acts as directed by the Administrative Agent and as may be reasonably required to do to protect the Collateral Agent’s rights and interest hereunder.

 

(8)                                 Without limitation to the foregoing, exercise any available rights and remedies under the Security Deed.  In addition, nothing in this Agreement shall limit, or be construed as limiting, any rights and remedies which U.S. Bank or any affiliate thereof (as Collateral Agent, Collateral Trustee or in a similar role) has under the Security Deed or the Custody and Account Bank Agreement or under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States.

 

In connection with the sale of Portfolio Investments by any Agent in accordance with the terms of this Section 8.02(c), subject to the limitations set forth therein, the provisions set forth in the second paragraph of Section 1.04 regarding the sale of Portfolio Investments by an Agent shall apply to any such sale hereunder.

 

After the termination of the Financing Commitments and the payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations, any remaining proceeds of any sale or transfer of the Collateral shall be delivered to the Company.

 

(d)                                 Compliance with Restrictions.  The Company agrees that in any sale of any of the Collateral whenever an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to comply with any limitation or restriction in connection with such sale as it may be advised by counsel is necessary in order to avoid any violation of Applicable Law (including compliance with such procedures as may restrict the number of prospective bidders and purchasers, require that such prospective bidders and purchasers have certain qualifications, and restrict such prospective bidders and purchasers to persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale of such Collateral), or in order to obtain any required approval of the sale or of the purchaser by any governmental regulatory authority or official, and the Company further agrees that such compliance shall not, in and of itself, result in such sale being considered or deemed not to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner, nor shall the Collateral Agent be liable or accountable to the Company or the Investment Manager for any discount allowed by the reason of the fact that such Collateral is sold in compliance with any such limitation or restriction.

 

(e)                                  Private Sale.  The Collateral Agent shall incur no liability as a result of a sale of the Collateral, or any part thereof, at any private sale pursuant to clause (c) above conducted in a commercially reasonable manner.  In the absence of fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct, the Company hereby waives any claims against each Agent and Financing Provider arising by reason of the fact that the price at which the Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less than the price which might have been obtained at a public sale.

 

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(f)                                   Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact.  The Company hereby appoints the Collateral Agent as the Company’s attorney-in-fact (it being understood that the Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have assumed any of the obligations of the Company by this appointment), with full authority in the place and stead of the Company and in the name of the Company, from time to time in the Collateral Agent’s discretion (exercised at the written direction of the Administrative Agent or the Required Financing Providers, as the case may be), after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, to take any action and to execute any instrument which the Administrative Agent or the Required Financing Providers may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement.  The Company hereby acknowledges, consents and agrees that the power of attorney granted pursuant to this clause is irrevocable during the term of this Agreement and is coupled with an interest.

 

(g)                                  Further Assurances.  The Company covenants and agrees that, from time to time upon the request of the Collateral Agent (as directed by the Administrative Agent), the Company will execute and deliver such further documents, and do such other acts and things as the Collateral Agent (as directed by the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request in order fully to effect the purposes of this Agreement and to protect and preserve the priority and validity of the security interest granted hereunder or to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Collateral.

 

(h)                                 Termination.  Upon the payment in full in cash of all Secured Obligations, the security interest granted herein shall automatically (and without further action by any party) terminate and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Company.  Upon any such termination, the Collateral Agent will, at the Company’s sole expense, deliver to the Company, or cause the Securities Intermediary to deliver, without any representations, warranties or recourse of any kind whatsoever, all certificates and instruments representing or evidencing all of the Collateral held by the Securities Intermediary hereunder, and execute and deliver to the Company or its nominee such documents as the Company shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.

 

Section 8.03.                          Accountings.

 

(a)                                 Daily Reports.  On each Business Day, commencing on December 18, 2015, the Company shall compile and provide (or cause to be compiled and provided) to the Agents and the Lenders, a position report (each, a “Position Report”) and a cash flow report (the “Cash Flow Report”) for the previous Business Day.  The Position Report shall be substantially in the form set forth in Schedule 5 and the Cash Flow Report shall contain such information as is reasonably available to the Collateral Administrator and as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Company has engaged the Collateral Administrator pursuant to the Collateral Administration Agreement to compile and provide the information and reports to be provided in this Section 8.03.

 

(b)                                 Cooperation.  The Company shall cause the Investment Manager to cooperate with the Collateral Administrator in the preparation of the reports to be delivered under this Section 8.03.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall cause the Investment Manager to supply in a timely fashion any information maintained by it that the Collateral Administrator may from time to time reasonably request with respect to the

 

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Portfolio Investments and any information reasonably necessary to complete the reports to be prepared by the Collateral Administrator hereunder or required to permit the Collateral Administrator to perform its obligations hereunder.

 

Section 8.04.                          Additional Reports.  In addition to the information and reports specifically required to be provided pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Company (at its expense), or the Collateral Administrator, at the direction and expense of the Company, shall compile and the Company shall then provide the Administrative Agent with all information or reports, and such additional information as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request and the Company shall reasonably determine may be obtained and provided without unreasonable burden or expense as more particularly described and provided for under the Collateral Administration Agreement.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

THE AGENTS

 

Section 9.01.                          Appointment of Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Collateral Administrator and Securities Intermediary.

 

Each of the Financing Providers hereby irrevocably appoints each of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Administrator and the Securities Intermediary (the Collateral Agent, Collateral Administrator and the Securities Intermediary, the “U.S. Bank Agents” and, collectively with the Administrative Agent, the “Agents”) as its agent and authorizes such Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to such Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Agent and each Financing Provider hereby agree that no Financing Provider shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral hereunder, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies hereunder with respect to the Collateral shall be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

Each of the Financing Providers hereby instructs U.S. Bank to execute, perform and deliver the Security Deed and the Custody and Account Bank Agreement and any instruments and agreements ancillary thereto, in each case, in its capacities as Collateral Agent, Collateral Administrator, Securities Intermediary and Collateral Trustee and irrevocably instructs U.S. Bank to act in such capacities pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and each such agreement.

 

Each financial institution serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Financing Provider (if applicable) as any other Financing Provider and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such financial institution and its affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Company as if it were not an Agent hereunder.

 

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other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) no Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except that the foregoing shall not limit any duty expressly set forth in this Agreement to include such rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that such Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by (i) in the case of the Collateral Agent (A) in respect of the exercise of remedies under Section 8.02(c), the Required Financing Providers, or (B) in all other cases, the Administrative Agent or (ii) in the case of any Agent, the Required Financing Providers (or such other number or percentage of the Financing Providers as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided herein), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, no Agent shall have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company that is communicated to or obtained by the financial institution serving in the capacity of such Agent or any of its affiliates in any capacity.  The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct or with the consent or at the request or direction of the Administrative Agent or the Required Financing Providers (or such other number or percentage of the Financing Providers that shall be permitted herein to direct such action or forbearance).  No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct or with the consent or at the request or direction of the Administrative Agent (in the case of any U.S. Bank Agent only) or the Required Financing Providers (or such other number or percentage of the Financing Providers that shall be permitted herein to direct such action or forbearance).  Each Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Coverage Event unless and until written notice thereof is given to it by the Company or a Financing Provider, and no Agent shall 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, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness, genuineness, value or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent.  No Agent shall be required to risk or expend its own funds in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder if it reasonably believes it will not receive reimbursement therefor hereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement shall eliminate or limit the express obligations, rights and remedies of U.S. Bank (in any capacity as Collateral Agent, Collateral Trustee or in a similar role) under the Security Deed or the Custody and Account Bank Agreement or under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States.

 

Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, direction, opinion, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper person.  Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon.  Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts or be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of attorneys appointed by it with due care.

 

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In the event any U.S. Bank Agent shall receive conflicting instruction from the Administrative Agent and the Required Financing Providers, the instruction of the Required Financing Providers shall govern.  No U.S. Bank Agent shall have any duties or obligations under or in respect of any other agreement (including any agreement that may be referenced herein) to which it is not a party.  The grant of any permissive right or power to any U.S. Bank Agent hereunder shall not be construed to impose a duty to act.

 

It is expressly acknowledged and agreed that no U.S. Bank Agent shall be responsible for, and shall not be under any duty to monitor or determine, compliance with the Eligibility Criteria (Schedule 3) or the conditions to any purchase hereunder in any instance, or to determine if the conditions of “Deliver” have been satisfied or otherwise to monitor or determine compliance by any other person with the requirements of this Agreement.

 

Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it; provided, however, that any such sub-agent receiving payments from the Company shall be a “U.S. person” and a “financial institution” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1 and a “U.S. financial institution” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1471-3T.  No Agent shall be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any sub-agent or attorney appointed by such Agent with due care.  Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such person and its affiliates (the “Related Parties”) for such Agent.  The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be.

 

Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, each Agent may resign at any time by notifying the other Agents, the Financing Providers, the Investment Manager and the Company.  Upon any such resignation, the Required Financing Providers shall have the right (with, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or no Coverage Event has occurred, the consent of the Company) to appoint a successor; provided, however, that any such successor receiving payments from the Company shall be a “U.S. person” and a “financial institution” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1 and a “U.S. financial institution” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1471-3T.  If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Financing Providers and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Financing Providers, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a financial institution with an office in New York, New York, or an affiliate of any such bank provided, however, that any such successor receiving payments from the Company shall be a “U.S. person” and a “financial institution” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1 and a “U.S. financial institution” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1471-3T.  If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Administrative Agent and shall have accepted such appointment within sixty (60) days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, such Agent may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor provided, however, that any such successor receiving payments from the Company shall be a “U.S. person” and a

 

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“financial institution” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1 and a “U.S. financial institution” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1471-3T.  Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder.  After the retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be.

 

Each Financing Provider acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Financing Provider and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.  Each Financing Provider also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Financing Provider and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

 

Anything in this Agreement notwithstanding, in no event shall any Agent be liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including lost profits), even if such Agent has been advised of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

 

Each Agent shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by an officer or officers of such Agent, unless it shall be conclusively determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that such Agent was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.

 

Each Agent shall not be responsible for the accuracy or content of any certificate, statement, direction or opinion furnished to it in connection with this Agreement.

 

Each Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, consent, order, approval, bond or other document or have any responsibility for filing or recording any financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien granted to it hereunder.

 

In the absence of gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on the part of the Agents, the Agents may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any request, instruction, certificate, opinion or other document furnished to the Agents, reasonably believed by the Agents to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement; but in the case of a request, instruction, document or certificate which by any provision hereof is specifically required to be furnished to the Agents, the Agents shall be under a duty to examine the same in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement to determine that it conforms to the form required by such provision.

 

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No Agent shall be responsible for delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its control. Such acts include but are not limited to acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots and acts of war.  In executing, performing and delivering any of the Loan Documents, the rights, protections and indemnities set forth in this Agreement shall likewise be available and applicable to the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Trustee under each other Loan Document; provided that, in the event of a conflict between the express terms of any such Loan Document and the express terms of this Agreement, the terms of such Loan Document shall govern.

 

Section 9.02.                          Additional Provisions Relating to the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Administrator.

 

(a)                                 Collateral Agent May Perform.  The Collateral Agent shall from time to time take such action (at the written direction of the Administrative Agent or the Required Financing Providers) for the maintenance, preservation or protection of any of the Collateral or of its security interest therein, provided that the Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to take any such action in the absence of such direction and shall have no obligation to comply with any such direction if it reasonably believes that the same (1) is contrary to Applicable Law or (2) might subject the Collateral Agent to any loss, liability, cost or expense, unless the Administrative Agent or the Required Financing Providers, as the case may be, issuing such instruction provides indemnity or security satisfactory to the Collateral Agent for payment of same.  With respect to actions which are incidental to the actions specifically delegated to the Collateral Agent hereunder, the Collateral 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 written direction of the Administrative Agent; provided that the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action hereunder at the request of the Administrative Agent, the Required Financing Providers or otherwise if the taking of such action, in the determination of the Collateral Agent, (1) is contrary to Applicable Law or (2) is reasonably likely to subject the Collateral Agent to any loss, liability, cost or expense, unless the Administrative Agent or the Required Financing Providers, as the case may be, issuing such instruction provides indemnity or security satisfactory to the Collateral Agent for payment of same. In the event the Collateral Agent requests the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent does not receive a consent (either positive or negative) from the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days of its receipt of such request, the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have declined to consent to the relevant action.

 

If, in performing its duties under this Agreement, the Collateral Agent is required to decide between alternative courses of action, the Collateral Agent may request written instructions from the Administrative Agent as to the course of action desired by it. If the Collateral Agent does not receive such instructions within five (5) Business Days after it has requested them, the Collateral Agent may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking any such courses of action and shall have no liability in connection therewith except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. The Collateral Agent shall act in accordance with instructions received after such five (5) Business Day period except to the extent it has already, in good faith, taken or committed itself to take, action inconsistent with such instructions. The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely on the advice of legal counsel and independent accountants in performing its duties hereunder with no liability therefor and shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if it acts in accordance with such advice.

 

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(b)                                 Reasonable Care.  The Collateral Agent is required to exercise reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any of the Collateral in its possession, provided that the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any of the Collateral if it takes such action for that purpose as the Company reasonably requests at times other than upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default (and upon such occurrence, the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral if it acts in accordance with direction by the Administrative Agent), but failure of the Collateral Agent to comply with any such request at any time shall not in itself be deemed a failure to exercise reasonable care.  The Collateral Agent will not be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any liens thereon.

 

(c)                                  Collateral Agent Not Liable.  Except to the extent arising from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent shall not be liable by reason of its compliance with the terms of this Agreement with respect to (1) the investment of funds held thereunder in Eligible Investments (other than for losses attributable to the Collateral Agent’s failure to make payments on investments issued by the Collateral Agent, in its commercial capacity as principal obligor and not as collateral agent, in accordance with their terms) or (2) losses incurred as a result of the liquidation of any Eligible Investment prior to its stated maturity.  It is expressly agreed and acknowledged that the Collateral Agent is not guaranteeing performance of or assuming any liability for the obligations of the other parties hereto or any parties to the Portfolio Investments or other Collateral.

 

(d)                                 Certain Rights and Obligations of the Collateral Agent.  Prior to the occurrence of a Coverage Event or an Event of Default, without further consent or authorization from any Financing Providers or the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent may execute any documents or instruments necessary to release any lien encumbering any item of Collateral that is the subject of a sale or other disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement or as otherwise permitted or required hereunder or to which the Required Financing Providers or the Administrative Agent have otherwise consented and shall release any related Underlying Instruments as instructed by the Company (or the Investment Manager on its behalf).  Following the occurrence of a Coverage Event or an Event of Default, without further consent or authorization from the Company, the Collateral Agent may execute any documents or instruments necessary to release any lien encumbering any item of Collateral that is the subject of a sale or other disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement or as otherwise permitted or required hereunder.  Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event of a foreclosure by the Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale, any Agent or Financing Provider may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of the Financing Providers (but not any Financing Provider in its individual capacity unless the Required Financing Providers shall otherwise agree), shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Secured Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by the purchaser at such sale.

 

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(e)                                  Fees and Expenses.  The Company agrees to pay to the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Collateral Administrator such fees as agreed to in a separate fee letter agreement, dated December 4, 2015, among the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Administrator and the Company and acknowledged hereby by the Administrative Agent and as may be subsequently modified as agreed among the Company, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Collateral Administrator in writing.  The Company further agrees to pay to the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Collateral Administrator, or reimburse the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Collateral Administrator for paying, properly documented out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document and the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.  The Company agrees to pay to the Custodian and the Account Bank such fees as agreed to in a separate fee letter agreement, dated December 4, 2015, among the Account Bank, the Custodian and the Company and acknowledged hereby by the Administrative Agent and as may be subsequently modified as agreed among the Company, the Administrative Agent, the Custodian and the Account Bank in writing.  The Company further agrees to pay to the Custodian and the Account Bank, or reimburse the Custodian and the Account Bank for paying, reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the Custody and Account Bank Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.  On each Interest Payment Date, prior to the payment of any other amounts due under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, the Company agrees that it shall first pay any fees and amounts due to the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent as Collateral Trustee, the Collateral Administrator, the Securities Intermediary, the Custodian and the Account Bank under the Loan Documents to the extent of Interest Proceeds available for distribution in the USD Interest Collection Account on such Interest Payment Date; provided that in no event shall the aggregate amount of such fees and amounts exceed $300,000 in any 12 month period (the “Annual Cap”) during the term of this Agreement; provided further that (i) if an Event of Default has occurred, the Annual Cap shall be increased to $800,000 for payment to the Collateral Agent (including in its capacity as the Collateral Trustee), the Collateral Administrator, the Securities Intermediary, the Custodian and the Account Bank and such amounts shall be payable on demand subject to (i) the availability of funds and (ii) the Annual Cap as of the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.  If any amounts are due and owing in excess of the Annual Cap on any Interest Payment Date, the Company agrees to pay such excess amounts, to the extent of Interest Proceeds available for distribution in the USD Interest Collection Account on such  Interest Payment Date, on a pari passu basis with any indemnities or expense reimbursements payable to the Administrative Agent, immediately after payment of any interest and principal amounts owed and fees and other amounts payable to the Lenders and prior to payments to any other party under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.  Any amounts due and owing in excess of the Annual Cap on any Interest Payment Date and not paid in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be paid on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date on which funds are available to make such payment in accordance with this Agreement.

 

(f)                                   Execution by the Collateral Agent, Collateral Administrator and Securities Intermediary.  The Collateral Agent, the Collateral Administrator and the Securities Intermediary are executing this Agreement solely in their capacity as Collateral Agent, Collateral Administrator and Securities Intermediary hereunder and in no event shall have any obligation to make any Advance, provide any Financing or perform any obligation of the Administrative Agent or any of the Financing Providers under any of the Loan Agreements.

 

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(g)                                  Information Provided to Collateral Agent and Collateral Administrator.  Without limiting the generality of any terms of this Section, neither the Collateral Agent nor the Collateral Administrator shall have liability for any failure, inability or unwillingness on the part of the Investment Manager, the Administrative Agent or the Company to provide accurate and complete information on a timely basis to the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Administrator, as applicable, or otherwise on the part of any such party to comply with the terms of this Agreement, and, absent gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith, shall have no liability for any inaccuracy or error in the performance or observance on the Collateral Agent’s or Collateral Administrator’s, as applicable, 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.

 

(h)                                 Instructions to U.S. Bank Agents.  The U.S. Bank Agents (each in their respective capacities) agree to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Agreement or any other related transaction document sent by unsecured email, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods, provided, however, that any Person providing such instructions or directions shall provide to the U.S. Bank Agent, as applicable, an incumbency certificate listing authorized officers designated to provide such instructions or directions, which incumbency certificate shall be amended whenever a person is added or deleted from the listing. If such person elects to give the U.S. Bank Agents email or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the U.S. Bank Agent, as applicable, in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the U.S. Bank Agent’s reasonable understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The U.S. Bank Agents (each in their respective capacities) shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from their reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflicting with or being inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. Any person providing such instructions or directions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the U.S. Bank Agents, including without limitation the risk of the U.S. Bank Agents acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.

 

(i)                                     Anti-Terrorism, Anti-Money Laundering.  To help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, the Collateral Agent will obtain, verify and record information that identifies individuals or entities that establish a relationship or open an account with any U.S. Bank Agent.  The Collateral Agent will ask for the name, address, tax identification number and other information that will allow the Collateral Agent to identify the individual or entity who is establishing the relationship or opening the account.  The Collateral Agent may also ask for formation documents such as articles of incorporation, an offering memorandum or other identifying documents to be provided.

 

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ARTICLE X

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 10.01.                   Non-Petition.

 

Each of the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Collateral Administrator hereby agrees not to commence, or join in the commencement of, any proceedings in any jurisdiction for the bankruptcy, winding-up, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, moratorium or liquidation of the Company or any similar proceedings, in each case prior to the date that is one year and one day (or if longer, any applicable preference period plus one day) after the payment in full of all Indebtedness, Secured Obligations or other obligations owing by the Company.  The foregoing restrictions are a material inducement for the parties hereto to enter into this Agreement and are an essential term of this Agreement.  The Administrative Agent or the Company may seek and obtain specific performance of such restrictions (including injunctive relief), including, without limitation, in any bankruptcy, winding-up, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, moratorium or liquidation or similar proceedings.  The Company shall promptly object to the institution of any bankruptcy, winding-up, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, moratorium or liquidation or similar proceedings against it and take all necessary or advisable steps to cause the dismissal of any such proceeding; provided that such obligation shall be subject to the availability of funds therefor.

 

Section 10.02.                   Notices.

 

All notices and other communications in respect hereof (including, without limitation, any modifications hereof, or requests, waivers or consents hereunder) to be given or made by a party hereto shall be in writing (including by electronic mail or other electronic messaging system) to the other parties hereto at the addresses for notices specified on the Transaction Schedule (or, as to any such party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a notice to each other party hereto).  All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when transmitted by facsimile, electronic mail or personally delivered or, in the case of a mailed notice, upon receipt, in each case given or addressed as aforesaid.

 

Section 10.03.                   No Waiver.

 

No failure on the part of any party hereto to exercise and no delay in exercising, and no course of dealing with respect to, any right, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege under this Agreement preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.  The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

 

Section 10.04.                   Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

 

(a)                                 The Company agrees to pay on demand all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges, disbursements, costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Administrator, the Securities Intermediary and the Lenders in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, syndication and administration of this Agreement or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated) and the other documents and agreements to be delivered hereunder or with respect hereto, including but not limited to the Security Deed, in each case, subject to any cap on such fees, charges, disbursements, costs and expenses set forth in the Loan Documents or otherwise agreed by the

 

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parties, and the Company further agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges, disbursements, costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Administrator and the Securities Intermediary in connection with any amendments, waivers or consents executed in connection with this Agreement, including the reasonable fees and out of pocket, documented expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Administrator, the Securities Intermediary and the Lenders with respect thereto and with respect to advising the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as to its rights and remedies under this Agreement, and to pay all reasonable, documented and out-of-pocket fees, charges, disbursements, costs and expenses, if any (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses), of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Administrator, the Securities Intermediary and the Lenders, in connection with the enforcement or protection of their rights in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and the other documents and agreements to be delivered hereunder or with respect hereto; provided, that in the case of reimbursement of (A) counsel for the Lenders other than the Administrative Agent, such reimbursement shall be limited to one counsel for all the Administrative Agent and Lenders, (B) counsel for the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall be limited to one counsel for such Person and (C) counsel for the Collateral Administrator shall be limited to one counsel for such Person.

 

(b)                                 The Company shall indemnify the Agents, the Collateral Administrator, the Securities Intermediary, the Lenders and each Related Party of any of the foregoing persons (each such person being called an “Indemnitee”), against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (1) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the performance by the parties thereto of their respective obligation, the exercise of the parties thereto of their respective rights or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including any breach of any representation, warranty or covenant of the Company or the Investment Manager in any Loan Document, (2) any Financing or the use of the proceeds therefrom or (3) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based in tort or contract or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available (a) to the extent determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of any Indemnitee, (b) to the extent resulted from the nonperformance or noncompliance by the Agents, the Collateral Administrator, the Securities Intermediary or the Lenders with their respective obligations under this Agreement or (c) resulting from the performance of the Portfolio Investments.  In addition, this Section 10.04(b) shall not apply to Taxes.  Payments under this Section 10.04(b) shall be made by the Company to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the relevant Indemnitee

 

(c)                                  To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, neither the Company nor any Indemnitee shall assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against the Company or any Indemnitee, as applicable, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or

 

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as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement, instrument or transaction contemplated hereby, any Financing or the use of the proceeds thereof.

 

(d)                                 For the avoidance of doubt, the fees, charges, disbursements, costs and expenses described in this Section 10.04 shall not include Taxes.

 

(e)                                  This Section 10.04 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the repayment of all amounts owing to the Financing Providers and Agents hereunder.

 

Section 10.05.                   Amendments.

 

No amendment, modification or waiver in respect of this Agreement will be effective unless in writing (including, without limitation, a writing evidenced by a facsimile transmission or electronic mail) and executed by each of the Company, the Agents and the Required Financing Providers; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent may waive any of the Eligibility Criteria and the requirements set forth in Schedule 3 or Schedule 4 in its sole discretion.

 

Section 10.06.                   Confidentiality.

 

Each Agent, the Securities Intermediary and each Lender agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information for a period of three (3) years after receipt thereof (or, with respect to Information relating to or provided by an obligor in respect of a Portfolio Investment, for a period (as notified to the Agents, the Securities Intermediary and the Lenders) commencing upon receipt thereof and ending on the date on which the confidentiality obligations of the Company with respect to such obligor terminate) (it being understood that documents provided to the Administrative Agent hereunder may in all cases be distributed by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders) except that the Agents, the Securities Intermediary or such Lender may disclose such information (i) to its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, counsel, accountants, auditors, advisors or representatives, (ii) to the extent such information has become available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure in violation of this Agreement, (iii) to the extent such information was available to such party on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure to such party hereunder, (iv) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (v) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 10.06, to (x) any assignee of or Participant in (to the extent such Person is permitted to become an assignee or Participant hereunder), or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (y) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Company and its obligations, (vi) with the consent of the Investment Manager, or (vii) to the extent the such party should be (A) required in connection with any legal or regulatory proceeding or (B) requested by any Governmental Authority to disclose such information; provided, that in the case of clause (vii) above, the Agent, the Securities Intermediary or such Lender, as applicable, will use reasonable efforts to maintain confidentiality and will (unless otherwise prohibited by law) notify the Investment Manager of its intention to make any such disclosure prior to making any such disclosure.  Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section 10.06 shall be

 

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considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Lender may disclose the U.S. tax treatment and U.S. tax structure with respect to the Financings.

 

Section 10.07.                   Non-Recourse.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no recourse under any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company, the Parent or the Investment Manager contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, partner, officer, director, member, manager, employee or agent of Company, the Investment Manager or any of their respective Affiliates (solely by virtue of such capacity) 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 this Agreement is solely a corporate obligation of the Company, the Parent and/or the Investment Manager, and that no personal liability whatever shall attach to or be incurred by any incorporator, stockholder, officer, director, member, manager, employee or agent of the Company, the Parent, the Investment Manager or any of their respective Affiliates (solely by virtue of such capacity) or any of them under or by reason of any of the obligations, covenants or agreements of the Company, the Parent or the Investment Manager contained in this Agreement, or implied therefrom, and that any and all personal liability for breaches by the Company, the Parent or the Investment Manager of any of such obligations, covenants or agreements, either at common law or at equity, or by statute, rule or regulation, of every such incorporator, stockholder, officer, director, member, manager, employee or agent is hereby expressly waived as a condition of and in consideration for the execution of this Agreement; provided however, the foregoing shall not be construed so as to exonerate or exculpate the Company, the Parent or the Investment Manager from any liability by reason of a breach by such party of any of its obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Loan Documents or its willful misconduct or gross negligence.

 

Section 10.08.                   Successors; Assignments

 

(a)                                 The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Company may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Financing Providers (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Company without such consent shall be null and void).  Each of the Account Bank and the Custodian shall be an express third party beneficiary of Section 8.01(a) and Section 9.02(e).  Except as expressly set forth herein, nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 Subject to the conditions set forth below, any Lender may assign to one or more Persons all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Financing Commitment and the Advances at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of the Administrative Agent and, if such assignee is not an Eligible Assignee, the Company; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent or the Company shall be required for an assignment of any Financing

 

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Commitment to an assignee that is a Lender with a Financing Commitment immediately prior to giving effect to such assignment; provided further that no assignment shall be permitted to any Lender that, immediately prior to such assignment, is in default of its obligations hereunder.

 

Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:  (A) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement; and (B) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an assignment and assumption agreement in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

 

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof below, from and after the effective date specified in each assignment and assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such assignment and assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such assignment and assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an assignment and assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto as a Lender but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.04).

 

The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Company, shall maintain at one of its offices in the United States a copy of each assignment and assumption delivered to it and the Register.  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the parties hereto shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender and the owner of the amounts owing to it hereunder as reflected in the Register for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the Company, any Lender and the Investment Manager, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.  Upon its receipt of a duly completed assignment and assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the Administrative Agent shall accept such assignment and assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register.

 

(c)                                  Any Lender may, without the consent of the Company or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Financing Commitment and the Advances owing to it); provided that (1) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (2) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (3) the Company, the Agents and the other Financing Providers shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Participant shall not be in privity with the Company and (4) such Participant (x) is not a Lender that, immediately prior to such participation, is in default of its obligations hereunder and (y) would be an Eligible Assignee.  Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any Material Amendment that affects such Participant.

 

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(d)                                 Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Company, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of each Participant’s interest in the Advances 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 Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure (i) is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations, (ii) is reasonably requested by the Company to determine whether a Participant is eligible to receive additional amounts pursuant to Section 3.01(e) or (f) as a result of a Change in Law occurring after the Participant acquired the applicable participation or (iii) is otherwise required thereunder.  The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register shall be treated 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.  The Company agrees that each Participant shall be entitled through the Lender granting such participation (and for the avoidance of doubt shall have no direct rights against the Company) to the benefits of Sections 3.01(e) and 3.03 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 3.03(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 3.03(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 3.04 as if it were an assignee under Section 10.08(b) and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 3.01(e) and 3.03, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation.

 

Section 10.09.                   Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Etc.

 

(a)                                 Governing Law.  This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York.

 

(b)                                 Submission to Jurisdiction.  With respect to any suit, action or proceedings relating to this Agreement (collectively, “Proceedings”), each party hereto irrevocably (i) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and the United States District Court located in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City and (ii) waives any objection which it may have at any time to the laying of venue of any Proceedings brought in any such court, waives any claim that such Proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum and further waives the right to object, with respect to such Proceedings, that such court does not have any jurisdiction over such party.  Nothing in this Agreement precludes any party hereto from bringing Proceedings in any other jurisdiction, nor will the bringing of Proceedings in any one or more jurisdictions preclude the bringing of Proceedings in any other jurisdiction.

 

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(c)                                  Waiver of Jury Trial.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

Section 10.10.                   Right of Setoff.  If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and if the Company shall fail to pay when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) to or for the account of any Lender any amount payable by the Company hereunder, each such Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Company against such amounts, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured.  Such Lender shall promptly provide notice of such setoff to the Company; provided that failure by such Lender to provide such notice shall not give the Company any cause of action or right to damages or affect the validity of such setoff and application.  The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.

 

Section 10.11.                   Interest Rate Limitation.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Advance, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Advance under Applicable Law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Advance in accordance with Applicable Law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Advance hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Advance but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Advances or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.

 

Section 10.12.                   USA PATRIOT Act.  Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act hereby notifies the Company that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Company, which information includes the name and address of the Company and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Company in accordance with the USA Patriot Act.

 

Section 10.13.                   Counterparts.

 

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts by facsimile or other written form of communication including electronic mail, each of which shall be deemed to be an original as against the party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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Section 10.14.                   Headings.

 

Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

 

[remainder of page intentionally blank]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

HAMILTON FINANCE LLC, as Company

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul S. Saint-Pierre

 

 

Name: Paul S. Saint-Pierre

 

 

Title:   CFO of Designated Manager and Member

 

 

 

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Louis Cerrotta

 

 

Name: Louis Cerrotta

 

 

Title:   Executive Director

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

as Collateral Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott D. DeRoss

 

 

Name: Scott D. DeRoss

 

 

Title:   Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

as Securities Intermediary

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott D. DeRoss

 

 

Name: Scott D. DeRoss

 

 

Title:   Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

as Collateral Administrator

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott D. DeRoss

 

 

Name: Scott D. DeRoss

 

 

Title:   Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Loan Agreement]

 



 

 

The Financing Providers

 

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Lender

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Louis Cerrotta

 

 

Name: Louis Cerrotta

 

 

Title:   Executive Director

 

[Signature Page to Loan Agreement]

 



 

SCHEDULE 1

 

Transaction Schedule

 

1.

 

Types of Financing

 

Available

 

Financing Limit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances

 

yes

 

U.S. $175,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

 

Financing Providers

 

 

 

Financing Commitment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lender:

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

 

U.S.$175,000,000, as reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 1.04, Section 4.03(c) or Section 4.06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

 

Scheduled Termination Date:

 

December 17, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

 

Account Numbers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USD Custodial Account:

 

183233-200

 

 

 

 

USD Interest Collection Account:

 

183233-201

 

 

 

 

USD Principal Collection Account:

 

183233-202

 

 

 

 

CE Cure Account:

 

183233-707

 

 

 

 

Euro Custodial Account:

 

732489-02

 

 

 

 

Euro Interest Collection Account:

 

732489-03

 

 

 

 

Euro Principal Collection Account:

 

732489-02

 

 

 

 

GBP Custodial Account:

 

732489-05

 

 

 

 

GBP Interest Collection Account:

 

732489-06

 

 

 

 

GBP Principal Collection Account:

 

732489-05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.

 

Market Value Trigger:

 

142%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.

 

Purchases of Restricted Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Portfolio Investment may constitute a Restricted Security. As used herein, “Restricted Security” means any security that forms part of a new issue of publicly or privately issued securities (a) with respect to which an affiliate of any Financing Provider that is a “broker” or a “dealer”, within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, participated in the distribution as a member of a selling syndicate or group within thirty (30) days of the proposed purchase by the Company and (b) that the Company proposes to purchase from any such affiliate of any Financing Provider.

 

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Addresses for Notices

 

The Company:

 

Hamilton Finance LLC
c/o Carey Credit Income Fund
50 Rockefeller Plaza
13th Floor
New York, NY 10020

 

Attention: Chief Financial Officer, Chief Legal Counsel
Telephone: (212) 492-8990
Facsimile: (212) 492-8922

 

 

 

 

 

The Investment Manager:

 

Carey Credit Income Fund
50 Rockefeller Plaza
13th Floor
New York, NY 10020

 

Attention: Chief Financial Officer, Chief Legal Counsel
Telephone: (212) 492-8990
Facsimile: (212) 492-8922

 

 

 

 

 

The Administrative Agent:

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
c/o JPMorgan Services Inc.
500 Stanton Christiana Rd., 3rd Floor
Newark, Delaware 19713

 

Attention: Ryan Hanks
Telephone: (302) 634-2030

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with a copy to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
383 Madison Ave.
New York, New York 10179

 

Attention: Louis Cerrotta
Telephone: 212-622-7092
Email: louis.cerrotta@jpmorgan.com
desiree.fixler@jpmorgan.com
ji.han@jpmorgan.com
ruchira.patel@jpmorgan.com
pooja.malhotra@jpmchase.com
de_custom_business@jpmchase.com

 

 

 

 

 

The Collateral Agent:

 

U.S. Bank National Association
214 N. Tryon Street, 26th Floor
Charlotte, NC 28202

 

Attention: Scott DeRoss and Christopher Hagen
Telephone: (704) 335-4546; (704) 335-2339
Email: scott.deross@usbank.com; christopher.hagen@usbank.com

 

 

 

 

 

The Securities Intermediary:

 

U.S. Bank National Association
214 N. Tryon Street, 26th Floor
Charlotte, NC 28202

 

Attention: Scott DeRoss and Christopher Hagen
Telephone: (704) 335-4546; (704) 335-2339
Email: scott.deross@usbank.com; christopher.hagen@usbank.com

 

 

 

 

 

The Collateral

 

U.S. Bank National Association
214 N. Tryon Street, 26th Floor

 

Attention: Scott DeRoss and Christopher Hagen

 

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Administrator:

 

Charlotte, NC 28202

 

Telephone: (704) 335-4546; (704) 335-2339
Email: scott.deross@usbank.com; christopher.hagen@usbank.com

 

 

 

 

 

JPMCB:

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
c/o JPMorgan Services Inc.
500 Stanton Christiana Rd., 3rd Floor
Newark, Delaware 19713

 

Attention: Robert Nichols
Facsimile: (302) 634-1092

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with a copy to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
270 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017

 

Attention: Eugene O’Neill
Telephone: 212-834-9295

 

 

 

 

 

The Custodian and the Account Bank:

 

Elavon Financial Services Limited, UK Branch
125 Old Broad Street, London, EC2N 1AR

 

Attention: CLO Relationship Management

Email: CLO.Relationship.Management@usbank.com

 

 

 

 

 

Each other Financing Provider:

 

The address (or facsimile number or electronic mail address) provided by it to the Administrative Agent.

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE 2

 

Contents of Approval Requests

 

Each Approval Request shall include the below information for the related Portfolio Investment.  Additionally, the excel file attached as Exhibit I to the Approval Request shall be emailed separately to the following addresses:

louis.cerrotta@jpmorgan.com; ji.han@jpmorgan.com; ruchira.patel@jpmorgan.com; desiree.fixler@jpmorgan.com; pooja.malhotra@jpmorgan.com; Jacob.s.pollack@jpmorgan.com; ravi.d.sarawgi@jpmorgan.com; jason.e.adler@jpmorgan.com; de_custom_business@jpmchase.com; ct.financing.requests@jpmorgan.com

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association,
as Administrative Agent
c/o JPMorgan Services Inc.
500 Stanton Christiana Rd., 3rd Floor
Newark, Delaware 19713
Attention:  Ryan Hanks
Email: ryan.j.hanks@jpmorgan.com

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association,
as Administrative Agent
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
Attention:  Louis Cerrotta
Email: desiree.fixler@jpmorgan.com

ji.han@jpmorgan.com

pooja.malhotra@jpmorgan.com

Jeffrey.l.panzo@jpmorgan.com

Arthur.flynn@jpmorgan.com

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association,
as Lender
c/o JPMorgan Services Inc.
500 Stanton Christiana Rd., 3rd Floor
Newark, Delaware 19713
Attention:  Ryan Hanks

 

cc:

 

U.S. Bank National Association,
as Collateral Agent and Collateral Administrator

214 N. Tryon Street, 26th Floor
Charlotte, NC 28202
Attention:  Scott DeRoss and Christopher Hagen

 

Sch. 2-1



 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is hereby made to the Loan Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2015 (the “Agreement”), among Hamilton Finance LLC, as borrower (the “Company”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), the financing providers party thereto, and the collateral agent, collateral administrator and securities intermediary party thereto.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given such terms in the Agreement.

 

Pursuant to the Agreement, the Investment Manager hereby requests approval for the Company to acquire the Portfolio Investment described in Exhibit I hereto via [Purchase][Substitution].

 

To the extent available, we will, promptly following delivery of this Approval Request, send the information below to the following e-mail addresses:

 

desiree.fixler@jpmorgan.com, ji.han@jpmorgan.com, pooja.malhotra@jpmorgan.com, Jeffrey.l.panzo@jpmorgan.com and Arthur.flynn@jpmorgan.com

 

(1) the material Underlying Instruments (including the collateral and security documents) relating to each such Portfolio Investment, (2) audited financial statement for the previous most recently ended three years of the obligor of each such Portfolio Investment, (3) quarterly statements for the previous most recently ended eight fiscal quarters of the obligor of each such Portfolio Investment, (4) any appraisal or valuation reports conducted by third parties, (5) applicable “proof of existence” details (if requested by the Administrative Agent) and (6) the ratio of indebtedness to EBITDA as calculated by the Investment Manager using information provided to the Investment Manager by the related obligor.  The Investment Manager acknowledges that it will provide such other information from time to time reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

CAREY CREDIT INCOME FUND,

 

as Investment Manager

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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Exhibit I to Approval Request

 

(attach an Excel file containing the following information relating to the Portfolio Investment)

 

Fund

Issuer / Obligor

Jurisdiction

Identifier (LoanX; CUSIP)

Requested Notional Amount

Asset Class

Current Pay

Syndication Type

Lien

Tranche Size (Pro Forma)

Price

Spread / Coupon

Base Rate

LIBOR Floor

Maturity

Moody’s SIC

LTM EBITDA (In Millions)

LTM Capital Expenditures (in Millions)

Leverage Through Tranche (Net)

 

Sch. 2-3



 

SCHEDULE 3

 

Eligibility Criteria

 

(i)                                     is a Loan or a debt security and is not a Structured Finance Obligation, Letter of Credit, Synthetic Security, participation interest in a Loan or debt security, Delayed Funding Term Loan (unless collateral with respect to the amount of any unfunded commitment thereunder satisfactory to the Administrative Agent has been provided to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders), Revolving Credit Facility or Zero-Coupon Security;

 

(ii)                                  it is a debt obligation payable in U.S. dollars or a Permitted Non-USD Currency, purchased at a price that is at least 80% of the par amount of such obligation;

 

(iii)                               it is issued by a company organized in an Eligible Jurisdiction and if such company is organized in an Eligible Jurisdiction other than the United States and such obligation is not denominated in a Permitted Non-USD Currency, such company has submitted to jurisdiction in the United States in the related Underlying Instrument and the related Underlying Instrument is governed by the laws of a State of the United States;

 

(iv)                              it is eligible to be entered into by, sold or assigned to the Company and pledged to the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Trustee, as applicable;

 

(v)                                 it provides for periodic payments of interest thereon in cash at least semi-annually;

 

(vi)                              it is an obligation upon which no payments are subject to deduction or withholding for or on account of any withholding Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction unless the related obligor is required to make “gross-up” payments that cover the full amount of any such withholding Taxes (subject to customary conditions to such payments which the Company (or the Investment Manager on behalf of the Company) in its good faith reasonable judgment expects to be satisfied);

 

(vii)                           it is not a Defaulted Obligations (unless it is a Current Pay Obligation);

 

(viii)                        its acquisition and holding by the Company will not require the Company to register as a lender or take any similar action in any jurisdiction;

 

(ix)                              it is not at the time of purchase or commitment to purchase the subject of an offer other than (a) an offer of publicly registered securities with equal or greater face value and substantially identical terms issued in exchange for securities issued under Rule 144A (or other obligations with equal or greater face value and terms that are at least as favorable as the obligation to be exchanged (as agreed to by the Investment Manager and the Administrative Agent in their respective sole discretion)) or (b) an offer pursuant to the terms of which the offeror offers to acquire a debt obligation in exchange for consideration consisting solely of cash

 

Sch. 3-1



 

in an amount equal to or greater than the full face amount of such debt obligation plus any accrued and unpaid interest;

 

(x)                                 it is not a security whose repayment is subject to substantial material non-credit related risk as determined by the Investment Manager in its good faith and reasonable judgment;

 

(xi)                              if such obligation provides for the payment of interest at a floating rate, such floating rate is determined by reference to (1) the Dollar prime rate, the LIBO Rate, a EURIBOR Rate, a GBP-LIBOR rate or similar interbank offered rate or commercial deposit rate or (2) any other index approved by the Administrative Agent;

 

(xii)                           it will not cause the Company or the pool of Collateral to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and

 

(xiii)                        it is not an equity security and does not provide, on the date of acquisition, for conversion or exchange at any time over its life into an equity security;

 

provided, however, that one or more of the foregoing requirements may be waived in writing by the Administrative Agent (in its sole and absolute discretion) prior to the Company’s commitment to purchase a Portfolio Investment.

 

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SCHEDULE 4

 

Concentration Limitations

 

The “Concentration Limitations” shall be satisfied on any date of determination if, in the aggregate, the Portfolio Investments owned (or in relation to a proposed purchase of a Portfolio Investment, proposed to be owned) by the Company comply with all the requirements set forth below:

 

1.                                      Portfolio Investments issued by a single obligor and its affiliates may not exceed an aggregate principal balance equal to $17,500,000 (or, prior to the end of the Ramp-Up Period, the greater of (i) 6.00% of the Total Principal Balance and (ii) $17,500,000); provided that Portfolio Investments issued by two (2) obligors and their respective affiliates may each constitute up to an aggregate principal balance equal to $21,875,000 (or, prior to the end of the Ramp-Up Period, the greater of (i) 7.5% of the Total Principal Balance and (ii) $21,875,000).

 

2.                                      From and after the end of the Ramp-Up Period, not less than 70% of the Total Principal Balance may consist of First Lien Loans and cash and Eligible Investments on deposit in the Accounts representing Principal Proceeds.

 

3.                                      From and after the end of the Ramp-Up Period, not more than an aggregate of 30% of the Total Principal Balance may consist of Portfolio Investments other than First Lien Loans.

 

4.                                      From and after the end of the Ramp-Up Period, not more than an aggregate of 10% of the Total Principal Balance may consist of Mezzanine Loans (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any other unsecured obligation of an obligor).

 

5.                                      From and after the end of the Ramp-Up Period, not more than an aggregate of 20% of the Total Principal Balance may consist of Portfolio Investments that are issued by obligors that belong to a given Moody’s Classified Industry, with the exception of any one Moody’s Classified Industry, for which up to 30% of the Total Principal Balance may be issued by obligors that belong to such Moody’s Classified Industry.

 

6.                                      Not more than an aggregate of 5% of the Total Principal Balance may consist of Current Pay Obligations.

 

7.                                      Not more than an aggregate of 15% of the Total Principal Balance may consist of Portfolio Investments denominated in Permitted Non-USD Currencies.

 

8.                                      Not more than an aggregate of 15% of the Total Principal Balance may consist of Portfolio Investments whose obligors are organized in Eligible Jurisdictions other than the United States.

 

Sch. 4-1



 

SCHEDULE 5

 

Form of Position Report

 

Asset
ID

 

Issuer
Name

 

Asset
Name

 

Asset
Detail
Type
Name

 

Asset
Rate
Type
Name

 

Asset
Maturity
Date

 

Asset
Security
ID

 

Issuer
ID

 

Currency
Type ID

 

Spot
Rate

 

Asset
Type
Name

 

Facility
LIBOR
Spread

 

Out-
standing
Settled

 

Current
Pay

 

Juristiction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sch. 6-1



 

EXHIBIT A

 

Form of Request for Advance

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association,
as Administrative Agent
c/o JPMorgan Services Inc.
500 Stanton Christiana Rd., 3rd Floor
Attention:  Ryan Hanks

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association,
as Administrative Agent
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
Attention:  Louis Cerrotta
Email:    louis.cerrotta@jpmorgan.com
ji.han@jpmorgan.com
ruchira.patel@jpmorgan.com
desiree.fixler@jpmchase.com
Pooja.malhotra@jpmorgan.com
de_custom_business@jpmchase.com

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association,
as Lender
c/o JPMorgan Services Inc.
500 Stanton Christiana Rd., 3rd Floor
Newark, Delaware 19713
Attention:  Robert Nichols

 

cc:

 

Hamilton Finance LLC
c/o Carey Credit Income Fund

50 Rockefeller Plaza

13th Floor

New York, NY 10020

 

U.S. Bank National Association,
as Collateral Agent and Collateral Administrator
214 N. Tryon Street, 26th Floor
Charlotte, NC 28202
Attention:  Scott DeRoss and Christopher Hagen

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is hereby made to the Loan Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2015 (the “Agreement”), among Hamilton Finance LLC, as borrower (the “Company”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), the financing

 

Exh. A-1



 

providers party thereto, and the collateral agent, collateral administrator and securities intermediary party thereto.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given such terms in the Agreement.

 

Pursuant to the Agreement, you are hereby notified of the following:

 

(1)           The Company hereby requests an Advance under Section 2.03 of the Agreement to be funded on [*].

 

(2)           The aggregate amount of the Advance requested hereby is $[*].(1)

 

(3)           The proposed purchases (if any) relating to this request are as follows:

 

Asset Name(s)

 

Draw Amount(s)
Requested

 

Market Value of
Asset(s)

 

Price of Asset(s)

 

Purchased
Interest (if any)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We hereby certify that all conditions to the Purchase of such Portfolio Investment(s) set forth in Section 1.03 of the Agreement have been satisfied or waived as of the related Trade Date (and shall be satisfied or waived as of the related Settlement Date).

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

CAREY CREDIT INCOME FUND

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


(1)                                 Note:  The requested Financing shall be in an amount such that, after giving effect thereto and the related purchase of the applicable Portfolio Investment(s) and/or Permitted Distribution (if any), the Compliance Condition is satisfied.

 

Exh. A-2



 

EXHIBIT B

 

Moody’s Industry Classification Groups

 

Industry
Code

 

Description

1

 

Aerospace & Defense

2

 

Automotive

3

 

Banking, Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

4

 

Beverage, Food & Tobacco

5

 

Capital Equipment

6

 

Chemicals, Plastics & Rubber

7

 

Construction & Building

8

 

Consumer goods:  Durable

9

 

Consumer goods:  Non-durable

10

 

Containers, Packaging & Glass

11

 

Energy:  Electricity

12

 

Energy:  Oil & Gas

13

 

Environmental Industries

14

 

Forest Products & Paper

15

 

Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals

16

 

High Tech Industries

17

 

Hotel, Gaming & Leisure

18

 

Media: Advertising, Printing & Publishing

19

 

Media:  Broadcasting & Subscription

20

 

Media:  Diversified & Production

21

 

Metals & Mining

22

 

Retail

23

 

Services:  Business

24

 

Services:  Consumer

25

 

Sovereign & Public Finance

26

 

Telecommunications

27

 

Transportation:  Cargo

28

 

Transportation:  Consumer

29

 

Utilities:  Electric

30

 

Utilities:  Oil & Gas

31

 

Utilities:  Water

32

 

Wholesale

 

Exh. B-1


EX-10.2 3 a15-25281_1ex10d2.htm EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

SALE AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

 

 

between

 

 

CAREY CREDIT INCOME FUND,
as Seller

 

 

and

 

 

HAMILTON FINANCE LLC,
as Purchaser

 

 

Dated as of December 17, 2015

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS

1

 

 

 

Section 1.1.

Definitions

1

Section 1.2.

Other Terms

3

Section 1.3.

Computation of Time Periods

3

Section 1.4.

Interpretation

3

Section 1.5.

In this Agreement, unless a contrary intention appears:

3

 

 

 

ARTICLE II. CONVEYANCES OF TRANSFERRED ASSETS

4

 

 

 

Section 2.1.

Conveyances

4

Section 2.2.

Indemnification

6

Section 2.3.

Assignments

7

Section 2.4.

Delivery of Underlying Instruments

7

 

 

 

ARTICLE III. CONSIDERATION AND PAYMENT; REPORTING

7

 

 

 

Section 3.1.

Purchase Price

7

Section 3.2.

Payment of Purchase Price

7

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

8

 

 

 

Section 4.1.

Seller’s Representations and Warranties

8

Section 4.2.

Reaffirmation of Representations and Warranties by the Seller; Notice of Breach

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ARTICLE V. COVENANTS OF THE SELLER

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Section 5.1.

Covenants of the Seller

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ARTICLE VI. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

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Section 6.1.

Conditions Precedent

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ARTICLE VII. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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Section 7.1.

Amendments, Etc.

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Section 7.2.

Governing Law: Submission to Jurisdiction

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Section 7.3.

Notices

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Section 7.4.

Severability of Provisions

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Section 7.5.

Further Assurances

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Section 7.6.

No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

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Section 7.7.

Counterparts

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Section 7.8.

Binding Effect; Third-Party Beneficiaries

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Section 7.9.

Merger and Integration

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Section 7.10.

Headings

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Section 7.11.

Non-Petition

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This SALE AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT, dated as of December 17, 2015 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, this “Agreement”), between Carey Credit Income Fund, a Delaware statutory trust, as seller (in such capacity, the “Seller”) and Hamilton Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as purchaser (in such capacity, the “Purchaser”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Purchaser desires to purchase and receive substitutions of certain loans and related assets existing on the Effective Date and from time to time thereafter;

 

WHEREAS, the Seller may also wish to contribute certain loans and related contracts to the capital of the Purchaser on the Effective Date and from time to time on each Purchase Date;

 

WHEREAS, the Seller desires to sell, assign and contribute such loans and related contracts to the Purchaser upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, it is hereby agreed by and between the Purchaser and the Seller as follows:

 

ARTICLE I.

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1.                                 Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined). All capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings specified in, or incorporated by reference into, the Loan Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), by and among the Purchaser, as borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, U.S. Bank National Association., as collateral agent, as securities intermediary and as collateral administrator, and the agents and lenders party from time to time thereto.

 

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

Bankruptcy Code” means the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 101, et seq., as amended.

 

Collection Account” means, collectively, each of the Euro Interest Collection Account, the Euro Principal Collection Account, the GBP Interest Collection Account, the GBP Principal Collection Account, the USD Interest Collection Account and the USD Principal Collection Account.

 

Convey” means to sell, transfer, assign, contribute, substitute or otherwise convey assets hereunder.

 



 

Conveyance” means, as the context may require, the Initial Conveyance or a Subsequent Conveyance.

 

Excluded Amounts” means (i) any amount deposited into the Collection Account with respect to any Portfolio Investment, which amount is attributable to the reimbursement of payment by or on behalf of the Purchaser or Seller, as applicable, of any Taxes, fee or other charge imposed by any Governmental Authority on such Portfolio Investment or on any Related Security, (ii) any interest or fees (including origination, agency, structuring, management or other up-front fees) that are for the account of the Seller, (iii) any reimbursement of insurance premiums, (iv) any escrows relating to Taxes, insurance and other amounts in connection with Portfolio Investments which are held in an escrow account for the benefit of the obligor and the secured party pursuant to escrow arrangements under the related underlying instruments, (v) to the extent paid using amounts other than Interest Proceeds, Principal Proceeds and proceeds of Advances, any amount paid in respect of reimbursement for expenses owed in respect of any Portfolio Investment pursuant to the related underlying instrument or (vi) any amount deposited into the Collection Account in error (including any amounts relating to any portion of an asset sold by the Purchaser and occurring after the date of such sale).

 

Indorsement” has the meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(11) of the UCC, and “Indorsed” has a corresponding meaning.

 

Initial Conveyance” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

Payment Date” means each Subsequent Conveyance Date and the date of the Initial Conveyance.

 

Purchase Date” means each Subsequent Conveyance Date, the date of the Initial Conveyance and the date of each Substitution.

 

Purchase Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).

 

Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

 

Purchaser” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

Related Security” means, with respect to each Portfolio Investment:

 

(a)                                 any property or other assets designated and pledged or mortgaged as collateral to secure repayment of a Portfolio Investment, all payments paid in respect thereof and all monies due, to become due and paid in respect thereof accruing after the date of the applicable Purchase and all liquidation proceeds thereof;

 

(b)                                 all guaranties, indemnities and warranties, insurance policies, financing statements and other agreements or arrangements of whatever character from time to time supporting or securing payment of any such indebtedness;

 

(c)                                  all Interest Proceeds and Principal Proceeds with respect to such Portfolio Investment and any of the foregoing;

 

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(d)                                 any guarantees or similar credit enhancement for an obligor’s obligations under any Portfolio Investment, all UCC financing statements or other filings relating thereto, including all rights and remedies, if any, against any Related Security, including all amounts due and to become due to the Purchaser thereunder and all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Purchaser thereunder (whether arising pursuant to the terms of such agreement or otherwise available to the Purchaser at law or in equity);

 

(e)                                  all records with respect to such Portfolio Investment and any of the foregoing; and

 

(f)                                   all recoveries and proceeds of the foregoing.

 

Repurchase Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(n).

 

Schedule of Portfolio Investments” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

Seller” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

Subsequent Conveyance” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).

 

Subsequent Conveyance Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).

 

Substitution” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(n)(ii).

 

Transferred Assets” means, collectively, the Transferred Portfolio Investments and Related Security Conveyed by the Seller to the Purchaser hereunder.

 

Transferred Portfolio Investment” means each Portfolio Investment Conveyed from the Seller to the Purchaser pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

Transfer Supplement” means the supplement to this Agreement between the Seller and the Purchaser substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

Section 1.2.                                 Other Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. All terms used in Article 9 of the UCC, and not specifically defined herein, are used herein as defined in such Article 9. The term “including” when used in this Agreement means “including without limitation.”

 

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 means “to but excluding.”

 

Section 1.4.                                 Interpretation. In this Agreement, unless a contrary intention appears:

 

(i)                                     reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by the Loan Documents;

 

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(ii)                                  reference to any gender includes each other gender;

 

(iii)                               reference to day or days without further qualification means calendar days;

 

(iv)                              unless otherwise stated, reference to any time means New York time;

 

(v)                                 references to “writing” include printing, typing, lithography, electronic or other means of reproducing words in a visible form;

 

(vi)                              reference to any agreement (including any Loan Document or underlying instrument), document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended, modified, supplemented, replaced, restated, waived or extended and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms of the other Loan Documents, and reference to any promissory note includes any promissory note that is an extension or renewal thereof or a substitute or replacement therefor;

 

(vii)                           reference to any requirement of law means such requirement of 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 requirement of law means that provision of such requirement of law from time to time in effect and constituting the substantive amendment, modification, codification, replacement or reenactment of such Section or other provision; and

 

(viii)                        references to “including” means “including, without limitation”.

 

ARTICLE II.

 

CONVEYANCES OF TRANSFERRED ASSETS

 

Section 2.1.                                 Conveyances.

 

(a)                                 On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Seller agrees to Convey to the Purchaser, without recourse (except to the extent specifically provided herein) on the Effective Date, and the Purchaser agrees to accept such Conveyance from the Seller on the Effective Date (the “Initial Conveyance”), all of the Seller’s right, title and interest in and to each Portfolio Investment listed on Schedule A to this Agreement (as such schedule may be amended, supplemented, updated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Schedule of Portfolio Investments”) (the Schedule of Portfolio Investments, as amended, supplemented, updated or otherwise modified in connection with an Approval Request, Subsequent Conveyance (as defined below), or otherwise, shall become part of the Schedule of Portfolio Investments), together with all other Related Security and all proceeds of the foregoing.

 

(b)                                 In the event the Purchaser agrees, from time to time after the Effective Date, to acquire additional Portfolio Investments (including Related Security) from the Seller, the Purchaser shall deliver an Approval Request to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the Loan Agreement and designating the date of the proposed Conveyance (a “Subsequent

 

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Conveyance Date”) and including a Transfer Supplement which shall include a Schedule of Portfolio Investments identifying the Transferred Assets proposed to be Conveyed. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Loan Documents, the Seller shall Convey to the Purchaser, without recourse (except to the extent specifically provided herein) and the Purchaser shall accept such Conveyance, on the applicable Subsequent Conveyance Date (each such Conveyance being herein called a “Subsequent Conveyance”), all of the Seller’s right, title and interest in and to each Portfolio Investment then reported by the Seller on the Schedule of Portfolio Investments attached to the related Approval Request together with all other Related Security and all proceeds of the foregoing.

 

(c)                                  It is the express intent of the Seller and the Purchaser that each Conveyance of Transferred Assets by the Seller to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement be construed as an absolute sale and/or contribution of such Transferred Assets by the Seller to the Purchaser. Further, it is not the intention of the Seller and the Purchaser that any Conveyance be deemed a grant of a security interest in the Transferred Assets by the Seller to the Purchaser to secure a debt or other obligation of the Seller. However, in the event that, notwithstanding the intent of the parties, the Conveyances hereunder shall be characterized as loans and not as sales and/or contributions, then (i) this Agreement also shall be deemed to be, and hereby is, a security agreement within the meaning of the UCC and other applicable law and (ii) the Conveyances by the Seller provided for in this Agreement shall be deemed to be, and the Seller hereby grants to the Purchaser, a security interest in, to and under all of the Seller’s right, title and interest in, to and under, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, such Transferred Assets and all proceeds of the foregoing. The Purchaser and its assignees shall have, with respect to such Transferred Assets and other related rights, in addition to all the other rights and remedies available to the Purchaser and its assignees and under the other Loan Documents, all the rights and remedies of a secured party under any applicable UCC.

 

The Seller and the Purchaser shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the Transferred Assets to secure a debt or other obligation, such security interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest in favor of the Purchaser under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of this Agreement. The Seller represents and warrants that the Transferred Assets are being transferred with the intention of removing them from the Seller’s estate pursuant to Section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code.  The Purchaser assumes all risk relating to nonpayment or failure by the obligors to make any distributions owed by them under the Transferred Assets.  Except with respect to breach of representations, warranties and covenants expressly stated in this Agreement, the Seller assigns each Transferred Asset “as is,” and makes no covenants, representations or warranties regarding the Transferred Assets.

 

(d)                                 In connection with the Initial Conveyance, the Seller agrees to file (or cause to be filed) on or prior to the Effective Date, at its own expense, a financing statement or statements with respect to the Transferred Assets Conveyed by the Seller hereunder from time to time meeting the requirements of applicable state law in the jurisdiction of the Seller’s organization to perfect and protect the interests of the Purchaser created hereby under the UCC against all creditors of, and purchasers from, the Seller, and to deliver a file-stamped copy of

 

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such financing statements or other evidence of such filings to the Purchaser as soon as reasonably practicable after its receipt thereof.

 

(e)                                  The Seller agrees that from time to time, at its expense, it will promptly execute and deliver all instruments and documents and take all actions as may be reasonably necessary or as the Purchaser may reasonably request, in order to perfect or protect the interest of the Purchaser in the Transferred Assets Conveyed hereunder or to enable the Purchaser to exercise or enforce any of its rights hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, the Seller will, in order to accurately reflect the Conveyances contemplated by this Agreement, execute and file such financing or continuation statements or amendments thereto or assignments thereof (as permitted pursuant hereto) or other documents or instruments as may be reasonably requested by the Purchaser and mark its master computer records (or related sub-ledger) noting the Conveyance by the Purchaser of the Transferred Assets and the Lien of the Collateral Agent (and, if applicable, the Collateral Trustee (as defined in the Loan Agreement) pursuant to the Loan Documents. The Seller hereby authorizes the Purchaser to file and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law the Purchaser shall be permitted to file initial financing statements, continuation statements and amendments thereto and assignments thereof without the Seller’s further action; provided that the description of collateral contained in such financing statements shall be limited to only Transferred Assets. Carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement or any financing statement shall be sufficient as a financing statement.

 

(f)                                   Each of the Seller and the Purchaser agree that prior to the time of Conveyance of any Portfolio Investment hereunder, the Purchaser has no rights to or claim of benefit from any Portfolio Investment (or any interest therein) owned by the Seller.

 

(g)                                  The Transferred Assets acquired, transferred to and assumed by the Purchaser from the Seller shall include the Seller’s entitlement to any surplus or responsibility for any deficiency that, in either case, arises under, out of, in connection with, or as a result of, the foreclosure upon or acceleration of any such Transferred Assets (other than Excluded Amounts).

 

Section 2.2.                                 Indemnification. Without limiting any other rights which any such Person may have hereunder or under applicable law, the Seller agrees to indemnify on a net after-tax basis (including, for example, taking into account the deductibility of an applicable underlying damage, loss, liability or related cost and expense) the Purchaser and its successors, transferees, and assigns (including each Secured Party) and all trustees, officers, directors, shareholders, controlling persons, employees and agents of any of the foregoing (each of the foregoing Persons being individually called an “Indemnified Party”), forthwith on demand, from and against any and all actual and direct damages, losses, claims, liabilities and related reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and disbursements for external counsel (all of the foregoing being collectively called “Indemnified Amounts”) awarded against or incurred by any of them arising out of any breach by the Seller of any of its obligations hereunder or arising as a result of the failure of any representation or warranty of the Seller herein to be true and correct on the date such representation or warranty was made, excluding, however, (a) Indemnified Amounts in respect of any Transferred Asset due to such obligor’s creditworthiness, (b) Indemnified Amounts payable to an Indemnified Party to the extent determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have

 

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resulted from gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct, fraud or reckless disregard on the part of any Indemnified Party or its agent or subcontractor, (c) except as otherwise specifically provided herein, non-payment by any obligor of an amount due and payable with respect to a Transferred Asset, (d) any Excluded Taxes and any Taxes indemnifiable under the Loan Agreement,  (e) Indemnified Amounts resulting from the performance or non-performance of the Portfolio Investments and (f) any punitive, indirect, consequential, special damages, lost profits or other similar damages.

 

Section 2.3.                                 Assignments. The Seller and the Purchaser acknowledge and agree that, solely for administrative convenience, any transfer document or assignment agreement required to be executed and delivered in connection with the transfer of a Transferred Asset in accordance with the terms of the related underlying instruments may reflect that (i) the Seller (or any Affiliate or third party from whom the Seller or the applicable Affiliate may purchase Transferred Asset) is assigning such Transferred Asset directly to the Purchaser or (ii) the Purchaser is acquiring such Transferred Asset at the closing of such Transferred Asset.

 

Section 2.4.                                 Delivery of Underlying Instruments.  With respect to each Portfolio Investment Conveyed hereunder as part of the Transferred Assets, within the time period required for delivery thereof under the Loan Agreement, the Seller will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser or will deliver, on behalf of the Purchaser, or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent each underlying instrument required to be delivered for such Portfolio Investment.

 

ARTICLE III.

 

CONSIDERATION AND PAYMENT; REPORTING

 

Section 3.1.                                 Purchase Price. The purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) with respect to each Transferred Asset that is Conveyed on each Purchase Date shall be a dollar amount equal to the fair market value (as agreed upon between the Seller and the Purchaser at the time of such Conveyance) of such Transferred Asset as of such date.

 

Section 3.2.                                 Payment of Purchase Price. The Purchase Price for the Transferred Assets Conveyed shall be paid on the related Purchase Date at the option of the Seller (a) by payment in cash in immediately available funds in an amount not greater than the sum of (i) the proceeds of Advances made to the Purchaser with respect to such Portfolio Investments to be Conveyed on such Purchase Date and (ii) amounts constituting Principal Proceeds in the Collection Account that may be utilized for reinvestment pursuant to the Loan Agreement or (b) by the Seller making a capital contribution to the Purchaser in an amount equal to the unpaid portion of the Purchase Price, or (c) any combination of the foregoing (a) and (b).  With respect to Substitutions, the Seller shall make on the related Substitution Date a capital contribution to the Purchaser in an amount equal to the excess of the Purchase Price of the Substitute Portfolio Investments over the fair market value of the replaced Portfolio Investments.

 

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ARTICLE IV.

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 4.1.                                 Seller’s Representations and Warranties. The Seller represents and warrants to the Purchaser as of the Effective Date and as of each Purchase Date (or, if such representation or warranty is limited to a specific date, such specific date):

 

(a)                                 Organization and Good Standing. The Seller is a Delaware statutory trust duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is duly qualified to do business, and is in good standing, in every jurisdiction in which the nature of its business and the performance of its obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents to which it is a party requires it to be so qualified, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (i) its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement, (ii) the validity or enforceability of the Transferred Assets and the Related Security or (iii) its ability to perform its obligations under the other Loan Documents to which it is a party.

 

(b)                                 Power and Authority. The Seller has the power and authority to own, pledge, mortgage, operate and convey the Transferred Assets, to conduct its business as now, or proposed to be, conducted and to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to perform the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

(c)                                  Authorization; Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement, each other Loan Document to which it is a party and all other agreements, instruments and documents which may be delivered by it pursuant hereto or thereto and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Seller and (ii) except where such violation would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect, will not violate any provisions of applicable law or regulation or any applicable order of any court or regulatory body and will not result in the breach of, or constitute a default, or require any consent, under any material agreement, instrument or document to which it is a party or by which it or any of its property may be bound or affected.

 

(d)                                 Execution and Delivery. This Agreement and each other Loan Document to which the Seller is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the Seller.

 

(e)                                  Governmental Authorization. No approval, consent of, notice to, filing with or permits, licenses, qualifications or other action by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over it or its properties is required or necessary (i) for the conduct of the Seller’s business as currently conducted, for the ownership, use, operation or maintenance of its properties and for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (ii) for the perfection of or the exercise by each of the Company and the Administrative Agent of any of its rights or remedies under the Loan Documents or hereunder, or (iii) to ensure the legality, validity, or enforceability of this Agreement in any jurisdiction in which the Seller does business, in each case other than (A) consents, notices, filings and other actions which have been obtained or made (or will be

 

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obtained or made substantially simultaneously with the Effective Date), and continuation statements and renewals in respect thereof and (B) where the lack of such consent, notice, filing or other action would not have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Loan Documents to which it is a party.

 

(f)                                   Legality; Validity; Enforceability. Assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each other party hereto and thereto, this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (B) equitable limitations on the availability of specific remedies, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and (C) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

 

(g)                                  No Litigation. There are no proceedings or investigations pending or, to its knowledge, threatened against the Seller, before any court or Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over it or its properties (A) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, (B) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, (C) seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the performance by the Purchaser of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, (D) seeking any determination or ruling that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on any of the Transferred Assets or (E) seeking to impose any excise, franchise, transfer or similar tax upon the conveyance of the Transferred Assets hereunder.

 

(h)                                 Legal Compliance. The Seller has complied and will comply in all material respects with all Applicable Laws, judgments, agreements with governmental authorities, decrees and orders with respect to its business and properties and the Transferred Assets.

 

(i)                                     Taxes. The Seller has timely filed all federal and other material Tax returns (foreign, federal, state, local and otherwise) required to be filed by it relating to the Transferred Assets and has paid all federal and other material Taxes due and payable by it relating to the Transferred Assets (other than any amount the validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of the Seller). It is not liable for taxes with respect to the Transferred Assets payable by any other Person. No Tax lien or similar Adverse Claim has been filed, and no claim has been filed or is being asserted, with respect to any Tax relating to the Transferred Assets. Any taxes, fees and other governmental charges payable by the Seller in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the execution and delivery of this Agreement have been paid or shall have been paid if and when due.

 

(j)                                    Place of Business. The principal place of business and chief executive office of the Seller, and the offices where the Seller keeps all its records, are located at its address specified in Section 7.3, or such other locations notified to the Purchaser in accordance

 

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with this Agreement in jurisdictions where all action required by the terms of this Agreement has been taken and completed. There are currently no, and during the past four months (or such shorter time as the Seller has been in existence) there have not been, any other locations where the Seller is located (as that term is used in the UCC of the jurisdiction where such principal place of business is located).

 

(k)                                 Ownership; Security Interest.

 

(i)                                     In the event that, notwithstanding the intent of the parties, the Conveyances hereunder shall be characterized as loans and not as sales and/or contributions, then this Agreement creates a valid and continuing Lien on the Transferred Assets in favor of the Purchaser and the Collateral Agent, as assignee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, which security interest is validly perfected under Article 9 of the UCC (to the extent such security interest may be perfected under such article), and is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from the Company; the Transferred Assets are comprised of Instruments, Security Entitlements, General Intangibles, Certificated Securities, Uncertificated Securities, Securities Accounts, Investment Property and Proceeds and such other categories of collateral under the applicable UCC as to which the Seller has complied with its obligations as set forth herein; the Seller has received all consents and approvals required by the terms of any Portfolio Investment to the sale and granting of a security interest in the Portfolio Investments hereunder to the Purchaser and the Collateral Agent, as assignee on behalf of the Secured Parties; the Seller has taken all necessary steps to file or authorize the filing of 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 Transferred Assets in which a security interest may be perfected by filing pursuant to Article 9 of the UCC as in effect in New York; all original executed copies of each underlying promissory note constituting or evidencing any Transferred Asset have been or, subject to the delivery requirements contained in the Loan Documents, will be delivered to the Purchaser or its designee; none of the underlying promissory notes that constitute or evidence the Portfolio Investments has any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Purchaser and the Collateral Agent, as assignee on behalf of the Secured Parties; with respect to a Transferred Asset that constitutes a Certificated Security, such certificated security has been delivered to the Purchaser or its designee and, if in registered form, has been specially Indorsed (within the meaning of the UCC) to the Securities Intermediary or in blank by an effective Indorsement or has been registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary upon original issue or registration of transfer by the Seller of such Certificated Security; in the case of an Uncertificated Security, by causing the Securities Intermediary or its designee to become the registered owner of such uncertificated security; and, in the case of Euro Investments and GBP Investments, such Portfolio Investment has been delivered in accordance with the requirements of the Security Deed.

 

(l)                                     Fair Consideration; No Avoidance for Portfolio Investment Payments. With respect to each Transferred Portfolio Investment sold, substituted or contributed hereunder, the Seller sold, substituted or contributed such Transferred Portfolio Investment to the Purchaser in exchange for payment, made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, in an amount which constitutes fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value. Each such Conveyance referred to in the preceding sentence shall not have been made for or on account of

 

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an antecedent debt owed by the Seller to the Purchaser. In addition, no such Conveyance shall have been made with the intent to hinder or delay payment to or defraud any creditor of the Seller.

 

(m)                             Eligibility of Transferred Portfolio Investments. Each Transferred Portfolio Investment Conveyed hereunder, at the time of such Conveyance, meets all of the Eligibility Criteria and shall not cause the Concentration Limitations to not be satisfied (in each case, unless otherwise consented to by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the Loan Agreement). As of each Purchase Date, Schedule A is an accurate and complete listing of all the Transferred Portfolio Investments and other Transferred Assets hereunder as of such Purchase Date.

 

(n)                                 Adequate Capitalization; No Insolvency. The Seller is adequately capitalized and will not become insolvent after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Loan Documents. The Seller is adequately capitalized for its business as proposed to be conducted in the foreseeable future and does not expect the commencement of any insolvency, bankruptcy or similar proceedings or the appointment of a receiver, liquidator or similar official in respect of its assets. The Seller executed and delivered each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party for fair consideration and without the intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors or any other Person.

 

(o)                                 True and Complete Information. All information heretofore or hereafter furnished by or on behalf of the Seller in writing to any Lender, the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Transferred Assets, or any transaction contemplated hereby is and will be (when taken as a whole) true, correct and complete in all material respects; provided that, to the extent any such information was furnished to the Seller by any third party or was not prepared by or under the direction of the Seller, such information is as of its delivery date true, correct and complete in all material respects to the knowledge of the Seller.

 

(p)                                 Payment in Full. The Seller had no actual knowledge at the time of Conveyance of a Transferred Asset of any fact which leads it to expect that any payments on such Transferred Asset will not be paid in full when due or to expect any other material adverse effect on (A) the performance by the Seller of its obligations under this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (B) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, or (C) the Transferred Assets or the interests of the Seller therein.

 

(q)                                 No Brokers or Finders. No broker or finder acting on behalf of the Seller was employed or utilized in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby and the Seller has no obligation to any Person in respect of any finder’s or brokerage fees in connection therewith.

 

(r)                                    Restricted Payments. The Seller shall not cause or permit the Purchaser to make any payments or distributions which would be in violation of the Loan Documents.

 

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(s)                                   Special Purpose Entity. The Purchaser is an entity with assets and liabilities separate and distinct from those of the Seller and any Affiliates thereof, and the Seller hereby acknowledges that the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other Secured Parties are entering into the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents in reliance upon the Purchaser’s identity as a legal entity that is separate from the Seller and from each other Affiliate of the Seller. Therefore, from and after the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Seller shall take all reasonable steps, including all steps that the Purchaser or the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request, to maintain the Purchaser’s identity as a legal entity that is separate from the Seller and from each other Affiliate of the Seller, and to make it manifest to third parties that the Purchaser is an entity with assets and liabilities distinct from those of the Seller and each other Affiliate thereof and not just a division of the Seller or any such other Affiliate, including ensuring that each of the Seller and the Purchaser respectively will pay from its funds and assets all obligations and indebtedness incurred by it.

 

(t)                                    Set—Off, etc. At the time of Conveyance of a Transferred Asset and to the knowledge of the Seller after reasonable inquiry, such Transferred Asset has not been compromised, adjusted, extended, satisfied, subordinated, rescinded, set—off or modified by the Seller or by the obligor thereof, and at such time such Transferred Asset is not subject to compromise, adjustment, extension, satisfaction, subordination, rescission, set—off, counterclaim, defense, abatement, suspension, deferment, deduction, reduction, termination or modification, whether arising out of transactions concerning such Transferred Asset or otherwise, by the Seller or by the obligor with respect thereto, except, in each case, for amendments, extensions and modifications, if any, to such Transferred Asset otherwise permitted under the Loan Documents.

 

(u)                                 No Fraud. Each Portfolio Investment Conveyed hereunder was originated without any fraud or material misrepresentation by the Seller or, to the Seller’s knowledge, on the part of the related obligor.

 

(v)                                 Good Title to Transferred Assets.  The Seller has not assigned, pledged, or otherwise conveyed or encumbered any interest in the Transferred Assets to any other person, which assignment, pledge, conveyance or encumbrance remains effective as of the applicable Purchase Date.  Immediately prior to the purchase of any of the Transferred Assets by the Purchaser from the Seller, such Transferred Assets are free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or impediment to transfer created by Seller (including any “adverse claim” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(1) of the Uniform Commercial Code), and the Seller is the sole record and beneficial owner of and has good and marketable title to and the right to sell and transfer such Transferred Assets to the Purchaser and, upon transfer of such Transferred Asset to the Purchaser, the Purchaser shall be the sole owner of such Transferred Assets free of any adverse claim created by the Seller.

 

(w)                               No Default.  Except as otherwise permitted by the Loan Agreement, no default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to any Transferred Asset as of the applicable Purchase Date.

 

Section 4.2.                                 Reaffirmation of Representations and Warranties by the Seller; Notice of Breach. On the Effective Date and on each Purchase Date, the Seller, by accepting the proceeds of such Conveyance, shall be deemed to have certified that all representations and warranties

 

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described in Section 4.1 are true and correct (in the case of clauses (a), (b), (c), (e), (g), (h), (i), (j) and (o), in all material respects) on and as of such day as though made on and as of such day (or, if such representation or warranty is limited to a specific date, such specific date). The representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.1 shall survive (i) the Conveyance of the Transferred Assets to the Purchaser, (ii) the termination of the rights and obligations of the Purchaser and the Seller under this Agreement and (iii) the termination of the rights and obligations of the Purchaser under the Loan Agreement. Upon discovery by an officer of the Purchaser or the Seller of a breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties in any material respect, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other and to the Administrative Agent.

 

ARTICLE V.

 

COVENANTS OF THE SELLER

 

Section 5.1.                                 Covenants of the Seller. The Seller hereby covenants and agrees with the Purchaser that, from the date hereof, and until all amounts owed by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement have been paid in full (other than as expressly survive the termination of this Agreement), unless the Purchaser otherwise consents in writing:

 

(a)                                 Compliance with Agreements and Applicable Laws. The Seller shall perform each of its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party and comply with all Applicable Laws, including those applicable to the Transferred Portfolio Investments and all proceeds thereof, except to the extent that the failure to so comply would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (i) its ability to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (ii) its assets, operations, properties, financial condition, or business or (iii) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

 

(b)                                 Maintenance of Existence and Conduct of Business. The Seller shall: (i) do or cause to be done all things necessary to (A) preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence as a corporation and maintain its rights and franchises in its jurisdiction of formation and (B) qualify and remain qualified as a foreign corporation in good standing and preserve its rights and franchises in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify and remain qualified and preserve its rights and franchises would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on its assets, operations, properties, financial condition, or business; (ii) continue to conduct its business substantially as now conducted or as otherwise permitted hereunder and under its organizational documents; and (iii) at all times maintain, preserve and protect all of its licenses, permits, charters and registrations in each case except where the failure to maintain such liens, permits, charters and registrations would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on its assets, operations, properties, financial condition, or business.

 

(c)                                  Cash Management Systems: Deposit of Collections. The Seller shall transfer, or cause to be transferred, all Interest Proceeds and Principal Proceeds received by the Seller to the appropriate Account by the close of business on the Business Day following the date such amounts are received.

 

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(d)                                 Books and Records. The Seller shall keep proper books of record and account in which full and correct entries shall be made of all transactions with the Purchaser and the assets and business of the Seller related to its obligations under this Agreement or any Transferred Assets or assets proposed to be transferred in accordance with GAAP, maintain and implement administrative and operating procedures necessary to fulfill its obligations hereunder; and keep and maintain all documents, books, records and other information necessary or reasonably advisable and relating to the Transferred Assets prior to their Conveyance hereunder for the collection of all Transferred Assets.

 

(e)                                  Accounting of Purchases. Other than for tax and accounting purposes, the Seller will not account for or treat the transactions contemplated hereby in any manner other than as a sale or contribution of the Transferred Assets by the Seller to the Purchaser; provided that, solely for federal income tax reporting purposes, the Purchaser is treated as a “disregarded entity” and, therefore, the Conveyance of Transferred Assets by the Seller to the Purchaser hereunder will not be recognized.

 

(f)                                   Taxes. The Seller will file on a timely basis all federal and other material Tax returns required to be filed and will pay all federal and other material Taxes due and payable by it (other than any amount the validity of which is contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP are provided on the books of the Seller).

 

(g)                                  ERISA. The Seller shall not, and shall not cause or permit any of its Affiliates to, cause or permit to occur an event that results in the imposition of a Lien on its interest, if any, in any Transferred Asset under Section 412 of the IRC or Section 303(K) or 4068 of ERISA.

 

(h)                                 Liens. The Seller shall not create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any of its rights under any of the Loan Documents (other than the Lien covering this Agreement and existing on the Effective Date, which has been disclosed to the Administrative Agent) or on or with respect to any of its rights in the Transferred Assets, in each case other than Permitted Liens. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 5.1(h) shall not apply to any property retained by the Seller and not Conveyed or purported to be Conveyed hereunder.

 

(i)                                     Change of Name, Etc. The Seller shall not change its name, or name under which it does business, in any manner that would make any financing statement or continuation statement filed by the Seller or the Purchaser pursuant hereto (or by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Seller or Purchaser) in accordance with Section 2.1(c) seriously misleading or change its jurisdiction of organization, unless the Seller shall have given the Purchaser at least 10 days prior written notice thereof, and shall promptly file appropriate amendments to all previously filed financing statements and continuation statements.

 

(j)                                    Sale Characterization. The Seller shall not make statements or disclosures, or treat the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (other than for tax or accounting purposes) in any manner other than as a true sale, contribution or absolute assignment of the title to and sole record and beneficial ownership interest of the Transferred Portfolio Investments Conveyed or purported to be Conveyed hereunder; provided that the Seller may consolidate the

 

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Purchaser and/or its properties and other assets for accounting purposes in accordance with GAAP.

 

(k)                                 Commingling. The Seller shall not, and shall not permit any of its Affiliates to, deposit or permit the deposit of any funds that do not constitute Collections or other proceeds of any Portfolio Investments into the Collection Account or permit its assets to be commingled with those of any subsidiary of the Seller or such Affiliate.

 

(l)                                     Nonconsolidation & True Sale Opinion. The Seller shall not take any action contrary to the “Assumptions and Facts” section in the opinions of Dechert LLP, delivered in connection with the Loan Agreement, relating to certain nonconsolidation and true sale matters.

 

(m)                             Obligations with Respect to Transferred Assets.  The Seller hereby retains and undertakes to perform, pay or discharge in accordance with the terms and conditions under such Portfolio Investments all of the obligations of the holder of the Transferred Asset to the extent such obligations arose or accrued prior to the effectiveness of such transfer.  Except as may otherwise have been agreed to between the parties with respect to any particular Transferred Asset, (i) the Seller hereby represents, warrants and agrees that any amounts received by it with respect to any Transferred Asset and which accrue from and after the effectiveness of the transfer of such Transferred Asset shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be promptly remitted to the Purchaser upon receipt thereof, and (ii) the Purchaser hereby represents, warrants and agrees that any amounts received by it with respect to a Transferred Asset which accrue with respect to the period prior to the effectiveness of such transfer of such Transferred Asset shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be promptly remitted to the Seller upon receipt thereof.

 

(n)                                 Repurchase; Substitution; Repurchase Limits.

 

(i)                                     Each party to this Agreement shall give notice to the other party promptly, in writing, upon the discovery of any breach of the Seller’s representations and warranties with respect to any Transferred Asset made pursuant to Section 4.1(k), Section 4.1(l), Section 4.1(m), Section 4.1(p), Section 4.1(t), Section 4.1(u), Section 4.1(v) or Section 4.1(w) hereof on the date of any Conveyance or Subsequent Conveyance Date, as applicable, which has a material adverse effect on the interest of the Purchaser in such Transferred Portfolio Investment (each such Transferred Portfolio Investment, a “Warranty Portfolio Investment”).  In the event of such a material breach, the Seller shall, no later than 30 days after knowledge of such breach on the part of Seller, (x) repurchase any affected Transferred Portfolio Investment from the Purchaser at an amount equal to (i) the purchase price paid by the Purchaser for such Transferred Portfolio Investment (excluding purchased accrued interest and original issue discount) less all payments of principal received in connection with such Transferred Portfolio Investment since the applicable Purchase Date and (ii) all accrued and unpaid interest thereon (the “Repurchase Amount”) or (y) substitute for such affected Transferred Portfolio Investment one or more Portfolio Investments with a Market Value at least equal to the Repurchase Amount of the Transferred Portfolio Investment being replaced; provided that, no such repayment or substitution shall be required to be made if such breach of Seller’s representations and warranties relating to such Transferred Portfolio Investment shall have been cured before the expiration of such 30 day period.

 

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(ii)                                  The Seller shall have the right, but not the obligation, subject to the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Purchaser, in each case, in its sole discretion, to substitute one or more Portfolio Investments (a “Substitute Portfolio Investment”) for a Portfolio Investment (each such act, a “Substitution”), in each case pursuant to and in accordance with the Loan Agreement.

 

(iii)                               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in no event shall the aggregate outstanding balance of Portfolio Investments in the Portfolio subject to a Substitution, together with the aggregate outstanding balance of Portfolio Investments sold to the Parent or its Affiliates by the Company (in each case other than in connection with the sale or Substitution of a Warranty Portfolio Investment), exceed 20% of the Net Purchased Loan Balance measured as of the date of such sale or Substitution; provided further that, in no event shall the aggregate outstanding balance of Portfolio Investments in the Portfolio that are in default and subject to a Substitution, together with the aggregate outstanding balance of Portfolio Investments that are in default and sold to the Parent or its Affiliates by the Company (in each case other than in connection with the sale or Substitution of a Warranty Portfolio Investment), exceed 10% of the Net Purchased Loan Balance measured as of the date of such sale or Substitution.

 

ARTICLE VI.

 

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

Section 6.1.                                 Conditions Precedent. The obligations of the Purchaser to pay the Purchase Price for the Transferred Assets sold on the Effective Date and any Purchase Date shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

 

(a)                                 All representations and warranties of the Seller contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects on such Purchase Date;

 

(b)                                 All information concerning the Transferred Assets provided to the Purchaser and the Administrative Agent shall be true and correct, when taken as a whole, in all material respects as of such Purchase Date; provided that, to the extent any such information was furnished to the Seller by any third party or was not prepared by or under the direction of the Seller, such information is as of its delivery date true, correct and complete in all material respects to the knowledge of the Seller as of such Purchase Date;

 

(c)                                  The Seller shall have performed in all material respects all other obligations required to be performed by the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party;

 

(d)                                 The Seller shall have either filed or caused to be filed the financing statement(s) required to be filed pursuant to Section 2.1(c);

 

(e)                                  All organizational and legal proceedings, and all instruments in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall have

 

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received from the Seller copies of all documents (including records of corporate proceedings) relevant to the transactions herein contemplated as the Purchaser may reasonably have requested;

 

(f)                                   The applicable Transfer Supplement shall be duly executed by the Seller and the Purchaser; and

 

(g)                                  The Portfolio Investments constituting the Transferred Assets and any applicable transfer documents that are requested by the Administrative Agent shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent (or otherwise at the direction of the Purchaser).

 

ARTICLE VII.

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

Section 7.1.                                 Amendments, Etc. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder may not be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified except in an instrument in writing signed by the Purchaser and the Seller and consented to in writing by the Administrative Agent. Any Conveyance executed in accordance with the provisions hereof shall not be considered an amendment or modification to this Agreement.

 

Section 7.2.                                 Governing Law: Submission to Jurisdiction.

 

(a)                                 THIS AGREEMENT AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

(b)                                 Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or Federal court sitting in New York City in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Loan Documents, and each party hereto hereby irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. The parties hereto hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent they may effectively do so, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding. The parties hereto agree that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

 

Section 7.3.                                 Notices. All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing (including by electronic mail or other electronic messaging system). All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when transmitted by facsimile, electronic mail or personally delivered or, in the case of a mailed notice, upon receipt, in each case given or addressed as set forth below:

 

(a)                                 in the case of the Purchaser:

 

Hamilton Finance LLC

c/o Carey Credit Income Fund

50 Rockefeller Plaza

 

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New York, New York 10020

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Telephone: (212) 492-8990

Facsimile: (212) 492-8922

Email: psaintpierre@wpcarey.com and bwilliams@wpcarey.com

 

(b)                                 in the case of the Seller:

 

Carey Credit Income Fund

50 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, New York 10020

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Telephone: (212) 492-8990

Facsimile: (212) 492-8922

Email: psaintpierre@wpcarey.com and bwilliams@wpcarey.com

 

(in each case, with a copy to the Administrative Agent at the address for notice provided under the Loan Agreement).

 

Either party to this Agreement may alter the address to which communications or copies are to be sent to it by giving notice of such change of address in conformity with the provisions of this Section 7.3.

 

Section 7.4.                                 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall for any reason whatsoever be held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions, or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions, or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 7.5.                                 Further Assurances.

 

(a)                                 The Purchaser and the Seller each agree that at any time and from time to time, at its expense and upon reasonable request of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, it shall promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all reasonable further action, that is necessary or desirable to perfect and protect the Conveyances and security interests granted or purported to be granted by this Agreement or to enable the Collateral Agent or any of the Secured Parties to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies under this Agreement with respect to any Collateral.

 

(b)                                 The Purchaser and the Seller agree to do and perform, from time to time, any and all acts and to execute any and all further instruments reasonably requested by the other party more fully to effect the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including the execution of any financing statements or continuation statements or equivalent documents relating to the Transferred Portfolio Investments for filing under the provisions of the UCC or other laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

 

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(c)                                  The Purchaser and the Seller hereby severally authorize the Collateral Agent, upon receipt of written direction from the Administrative Agent, to file one or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, relating to all or any part of the Transferred Assets.

 

(d)                                 The Seller shall furnish to the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent from time to time such statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Related Security and such other reports in connection with the Transferred Assets as the Collateral Agent (acting solely at the Administrative Agent’s request) or the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.

 

Section 7.6.                                 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Purchaser, the Seller or the Administrative Agent, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exhaustive of any rights, remedies, powers and privilege provided by law.

 

Section 7.7.                                 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts including telecopy transmission thereof (and by different parties on separate counterparts), each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or e-mail in portable document format (.pdf) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

Section 7.8.                                 Binding Effect; Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

The Seller hereby acknowledges that (a) the Collateral Agent is the beneficiary of a collateral assignment of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.02 of the Loan Agreement, and (b) the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties shall be an express third party beneficiary of the Purchaser’s rights hereunder, including but not limited to the Purchaser’s right to indemnification set forth in Section 2.2, subject to each of the limitations, restrictions and conditions set forth in Article VIII of the Loan Agreement with respect to the collateral assignment of this Agreement; provided that, such collateral assignment and such third party beneficiary rights shall automatically terminate upon the irrevocable payment in full of the Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations as to which no claim has been made) and the termination of the Financing Commitments in full.

 

Section 7.9.                                 Merger and Integration.  Except as specifically stated otherwise herein, this Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and all prior understandings, written or oral, are superseded by this Agreement.

 

Section 7.10.                          Headings.  The headings herein are for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof.

 

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Section 7.11.                          Non-Petition. The Seller hereby agrees not to commence, or join in the commencement of, any proceedings in any jurisdiction for the bankruptcy, winding-up or liquidation of the Purchaser or any similar proceedings, in each case prior to the date that is one year and one day (or if longer, any applicable preference period plus one day) after the payment in full of all amounts owing to the Secured Parties under the Loan Documents.  The Purchaser may seek and obtain specific performance of such restrictions (including injunctive relief), including, without limitation, in any bankruptcy, winding-up, liquidation or similar proceedings.  The Purchaser shall promptly object to the institution of any bankruptcy, winding-up, liquidation or similar proceedings against it and take all necessary or advisable steps to cause the dismissal of any such proceeding; provided that such obligation shall be subject to the availability of funds therefor.  Nothing in this Section 7.11 shall limit the right of any party hereto to file any claim or otherwise take any action with respect to any proceeding of the type described in this Section that was instituted against the Purchaser by any Person other than a party hereto.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser and the Seller each have caused this Sale and Contribution Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

CAREY CREDIT INCOME FUND,

 

as Seller

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul Saint-Pierre

 

 

Name: Paul Saint-Pierre

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

HAMILTON FINANCE LLC,

 

as Purchaser

 

 

 

By: Carey Credit Income Fund, its Designated Manager

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul Saint-Pierre

 

 

Name: Paul Saint-Pierre

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

Signature Page to the Sale and Contribution Agreement

 



 

Schedule A

 

SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

 

Issuer
Description

 

Security Description

 

Par
Amount

 

Market
Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF TRANSFER SUPPLEMENT

 

THIS TRANSFER SUPPLEMENT TO THE SALE AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this “Transfer Supplement”), dated as of [INSERT DATE], by and between Carey Credit Income Fund (the “Seller”) and Hamilton Finance LLC (the “Purchaser”).  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or unless the context otherwise requires, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings attributed to them in the Sale and Contribution Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2015, as amended from time to time (the “Sale Agreement”), between the Seller and the Purchaser.

 

Section 1.               Transferred Assets

 

(a)                                 The Transferred Assets to which this Transfer Supplement applies are described on the Schedule of Portfolio Investments attached as Schedule A hereto.

 

(b)                                 Purchase Date:          [                 ].

 

(c)                                  Purchase Price of Transferred Assets:               $[                                 ].

 

Section 2.                                          Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the SellerThe representations, warranties and covenants of the Seller set forth in Section 4 of the Sale Agreement shall be true in all material respects as of the Purchase Date (or such other date specifically provided in the particular representation or warranty).

 

Section 3.                                          Effect of SupplementExcept as specifically supplemented herein, the Sale Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its original terms.  Reference to this specific Transfer Supplement need not be made in the Sale Agreement, or any other instrument or document executed in connection therewith, or in any certificate, letter or communication issued or made pursuant to or with respect to the Sale Agreement, any reference in any of such items to the Sale Agreement being sufficient to refer to the Sale Agreement as supplemented hereby.

 

Section 4.                                          CounterpartsThis Transfer Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the different parties on different counterpart signature pages, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.  Any of the parties hereto may execute this Transfer Supplement by signing any such counterpart and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original.  This Transfer Supplement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York.

 

*  *  *  *  *

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Transfer Supplement to the Sale Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

CAREY CREDIT INCOME FUND

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

HAMILTON FINANCE LLC

 

 

 

By: Carey Credit Income Fund, its Designated Manager

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


EX-10.3 4 a15-25281_1ex10d3.htm EX-10.3

Exhibit 10.3

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

 

dated as of December 17, 2015

 

BY AND BETWEEN

 

HAMILTON FINANCE LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company

 

AND

 

CAREY CREDIT INCOME FUND,
a Delaware statutory trust

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

1.

General Duties of the Investment Manager

1

 

 

 

2.

Duties and Obligations of the Investment Manager with Respect to the Administration of the Company

4

 

 

 

3.

Authority to Bind the Company; No Joint Venture

5

 

 

 

4.

Limitations Relating to Portfolio Investments

6

 

 

 

5.

Compensation

7

 

 

 

6.

Expenses

8

 

 

 

7.

Non-Exclusivity

8

 

 

 

8.

Standard of Care

8

 

 

 

9.

Limitation of Liability; Indemnification

9

 

 

 

10.

Term of Agreement; Events Affecting the Investment Manager; Survival of Certain Terms

10

 

 

 

11.

Power of Attorney; Further Assurances

11

 

 

 

12.

Amendment of this Agreement; Assignment; Delegation

12

 

 

 

13.

Notices

12

 

 

 

14.

Binding Nature of Agreement; Successors and Assigns

13

 

 

 

15.

Entire Agreement

13

 

 

 

16.

Costs and Expenses

14

 

 

 

17.

Books and Records

14

 

 

 

18.

Titles Not to Affect Interpretation

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19.

Provisions Separable

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20.

Governing Law

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21.

Execution in Counterparts

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22.

Third Party Rights; Benefits of Agreement

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23.

Representations and Warranties of the Investment Manager

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24.

Conflict with the Loan Agreement

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Subordination

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No Proceedings

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Limited Recourse

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INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

 

This Investment Management Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of December 17, 2015, is made by and between HAMILTON FINANCE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and CAREY CREDIT INCOME FUND, a Delaware statutory trust (in its capacity as investment manager to the Company appointed pursuant to the Agreement, the “Investment Manager”).  Reference is made to that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company, the lenders (the “Lenders”) and agents (the “Agents”) referred to therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”), as securities intermediary (the “Securities Intermediary”) and as collateral administrator (the “Collateral Administrator”) (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”). Unless otherwise specified, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings given to them in the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “LLC Agreement”) or if not defined therein, shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement. References herein to the Loan Agreement shall be applicable solely while it is in effect.

 

1.             General Duties of the Investment Manager.

 

Subject to the direction and control of the Company and subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement, the LLC Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the Investment Manager agrees to (or shall cause (x) Carey Credit Advisors, LLC or its Affiliates as investment advisor to the Investment Manager or (y) Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC or its Affiliates as the investment sub-advisor of the Investment Manager, each an “Advisor” and collectively, the “Advisors”, subject to Section 12(c)) to supervise and direct the investment and reinvestment of the Portfolio Investments, manage, service, administer and make collections on the Portfolio Investments and perform its duties set forth herein, and shall perform on behalf of the Company those investment and leverage related duties and functions of the Company as shall be assigned to the Company or the Investment Manager in the Loan Documents or as delegated from time to time to the Investment Manager by the Company.  The Investment Manager shall comply in all material respects with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations.  In addition to, and without limiting, the duties set forth in this Section 1, the Investment Manager acknowledges that the Company is required or permitted to cause it to perform functions specified in the following sections of the Loan Agreement:  Sections 1.02(a), 1.04, 2.03(d), 4.01, 4.02. 4.05(b), 6.03(y), 6.03(jj), and 8.03(b), (the “Specific Loan Agreement Provisions”).  The Investment Manager acknowledges that it has read and understands the requirements of the Specific Loan Agreement Provisions, and to the extent of its authority hereunder, hereby agrees to act in all material respects in accordance with the Specific Loan Agreement Provisions subject to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  Subject to the foregoing, the other provisions of this Agreement and the terms of the Loan Agreement, each of the Investment Manager and the Advisors is hereby appointed as the Company’s agent and attorney-in-fact with power of attorney and authority to negotiate, execute and deliver all documents and agreements on behalf of the Company and to do or take all related

 



 

acts, with the power of substitution, to acquire, dispose of or otherwise take action with respect to or affecting the Portfolio Investments, including, without limitation:

 

(a)           identifying and originating Portfolio Investments to be purchased or substituted by the Company, selecting the dates for such purchases or substitutions, and purchasing, substituting or directing the purchase or substitution of such Portfolio Investments on behalf of the Company;

 

(b)           identifying Portfolio Investments owned by the Company to be sold by the Company, selecting the dates for such sales, and selling such Portfolio Investments on behalf of the Company;

 

(c)           negotiating and entering into, on behalf of the Company, documentation providing for the purchase, substitution and sale of Portfolio Investments, including without limitation, confidentiality agreements and commitment letters;

 

(d)           structuring the terms of, and negotiating, entering into and/or consenting to, on behalf of the Company, documentation relating to Portfolio Investments to be purchased, held, exchanged or sold by the Company, including any amendments, modifications or supplements with respect to such documentation;

 

(e)           exercising, on behalf of the Company, rights and remedies associated with Portfolio Investments, including without limitation, rights to petition to place an obligor or issuer in bankruptcy proceedings, to vote to accelerate the maturity of a Portfolio Investment, to waive any default, including a payment default, with respect to a Portfolio Investment and to take any other action which the Investment Manager deems necessary or appropriate in its discretion in connection with any restructuring, reorganization or other similar transaction involving an obligor or issuer with respect to a Portfolio Investment, including without limitation, initiating and pursuing litigation;

 

(f)            responding to any offer in respect of Portfolio Investments by tendering the affected Portfolio Investments, declining such offer, or taking such other actions as the Investment Manager may determine;

 

(g)           exercising all voting, consent and similar rights of the Company on its behalf and advising the Company with respect to matters concerning the Portfolio Investments;

 

(h)           advising and assisting the Company with respect to the valuation and rating of the Portfolio Investments;

 

(i)            retaining legal counsel and other professionals (such as the Advisors, other investment advisors to the Investment Manager and other financial advisers) to assist in the structuring, negotiation, documentation, administration and modification and restructuring of Portfolio Investments;

 

(j)            directing, or causing to be directed, all obligors to pay Interest Proceeds and Principal Proceeds (collectively, “Collections”) directly to the appropriate Account, depositing all Collections received directly by it into the appropriate Account within one (1)

 

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Business Day of receipt thereof and, within three (3) Business Days after receipt into the appropriate Account, identifying all Collections received by it as Interest Proceeds or Principal Proceeds.  Without limitation to the foregoing, the Investment Manager shall assist the Company and the Collateral Agent in connection with each transfer of funds from any Euro Account or GBP Account to the applicable USD Account required pursuant to the Loan Agreement.  If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Investment Manager at any time thereafter receives any Collections or any other proceeds of any Portfolio Investments constituting Interest Proceeds or Principal Proceeds, the Investment Manager shall direct or cause to be directed, the related obligor to make such payments to the Accounts and shall promptly, and in any event no later than the Business Day after receipt thereof, deposit or cause to be deposited all such amounts into the appropriate Account;

 

(k)           cooperating with the Collateral Administrator in connection with the preparation of the Position Reports and the Cash Flow Reports and any supplement thereto and (i) supplying any information maintained by it that the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Administrator may from time to time reasonably request with respect to the Collateral and reasonably needs to complete the reports, calculations and certificates required to be prepared by the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Administrator hereunder or under any applicable Loan Document or required to permit the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Administrator to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder, and (ii) reviewing and verifying the contents of the aforesaid reports (including the Position Reports and the Cash Flow Report), instructions, statements and certificates;

 

(l)            undertaking the obligations in the Specific Loan Agreement Provisions in accordance with such provisions;

 

(m)          causing the Company to pay, perform and discharge or cause to be paid, performed and discharged promptly all (i) all federal, state, county, city, municipal, local, foreign or other governmental taxes; (ii) all levies, assessments, charges, or claims of any governmental entity or any claims of statutory lienholders, the nonpayment of which could give rise by operation of law to a Lien on the Portfolio Investments or any other property of the Company and (iii) any such taxes, levies, assessment, charges or claims which constitute a lien or encumbrance on any property of the Company (collectively, “Charges”) payable by it, except where the failure to so pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy such Charge would not, individually or in the aggregate, be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

 

(n)           in the Investment Manager’s discretion, performing such actions on behalf of the Company as permitted in the Loan Documents and making such determinations as necessary (in the Investment Manager’s discretion) to carry out the Company’s business under the Loan Documents.

 

In no event whatsoever shall there be recourse to the Investment Manager or any of its Affiliates for any amounts payable on the Advances or the other payment obligations of the Company under the Loan Agreement or any of the other documents executed and delivered by the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Investment Manager does not guarantee the performance of any obligations of any other Person under any Loan Document.

 

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2.             Duties and Obligations of the Investment Manager with Respect to the Administration of the Company.

 

The Investment Manager agrees to furnish office facilities and equipment and clerical, bookkeeping and administrative services (other than such services, if any, provided by the Company’s custodian and other service providers) to the Company.  To the extent requested by the Company, the Investment Manager agrees to provide the following administrative services:

 

(a)           maintain or oversee the maintenance of the books and records of the Company and maintain (or oversee maintenance by other persons) such other books and records required by law or for the proper operation of the Company;

 

(b)           to the extent prepared or filed by the Company, oversee the preparation and filing, and in all events review and ensure the timely filing, of all federal, state and local income Tax returns required to be filed by the Company and any other required Tax returns or reports;

 

(c)           review the appropriateness of and arrange for payment of the Company’s expenses;

 

(d)           prepare for review and approval by officers and other authorized persons of the Company (collectively, the “Authorized Signatories”) financial information for any financial statements prepared for the Company (if the Company prepares separate financial statements) and such other reports, forms and filings, as may be mutually agreed upon or as may be required by law or the Loan Documents;

 

(e)           prepare reports relating to the business and affairs of the Company as may be mutually agreed upon and not otherwise prepared by others;

 

(f)            make recommendations to the Company concerning the performance and fees of any of the Company’s service providers as the Company may reasonably request or deem appropriate;

 

(g)           oversee and review calculations of fees paid to the Company’s service providers;

 

(h)           consult with the Authorized Signatories, and the Company’s independent accountants, legal counsel, custodian and other service providers in establishing the accounting policies of the Company and monitor financial accounting services;

 

(i)            determine the amounts available for distribution as dividends and distributions to be paid by the Company to Carey Credit Income Fund, as the initial member of the Company (the “Member”);

 

(j)            prepare such information and reports as may be required under the Loan Documents;

 

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(k)           provide such assistance to the Company’s custodian, counsel, auditors and other service providers as generally may be required to properly carry on the business and operations of the Company;

 

(l)            respond to, or refer to the Company’s officers or Authorized Signatories, inquiries relating to the Company;

 

(m)          supervise any other aspects of the Company’s administration as may be agreed to by the Company and the Investment Manager;

 

(n)           provide the following notices:

 

(i)            to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, promptly after having obtained actual knowledge thereof, notice of any Event of Default or Amendment;

 

(ii)           to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, promptly after having obtained actual knowledge thereof, but in no event later than three Business Days thereafter, written notice of any Default; and

 

(iii)          from time to time promptly following receipt thereof, forward to the Collateral Administrator (as identified on an accompanying Schedule of Portfolio Investments supplement) additional documents evidencing any assumption, modification, consolidation or extension of a Portfolio Investment.

 

All services are to be furnished through the medium of any officers, Authorized Signatories, the Advisors or employees of the Investment Manager or its affiliates as the Investment Manager deems appropriate in order to fulfill its obligations hereunder.

 

The Company shall, upon demand, reimburse the Investment Manager or its affiliates for all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with the performance of the administrative services described in this Section 2.

 

3.             Authority to Bind the Company; No Joint Venture.

 

(a)           Except as provided in or pursuant to Sections 1, 4 and 11 hereof, the Investment Manager shall have no authority to bind or obligate the Company.  All acts of the Investment Manager (other than as provided in the Loan Documents, the LLC Agreement or in Section 1 or Section 11 hereof with respect to any Portfolio Investment) shall require the Company’s consent and approval to bind the Company.  Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to create a joint venture or partnership between the parties with respect to the arrangements set forth in this Agreement.  For all purposes hereof, the Investment Manager shall be deemed to be an independent contractor and, unless otherwise provided herein or specifically authorized by the Company from time to time, shall have no authority to act for or represent the Company.

 

(b)           The Investment Manager shall act in conformity with the written instructions and directions of the Company delivered in accordance with the terms and

 

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conditions hereof, except to the extent that authority has been delegated to the Investment Manager pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the LLC Agreement.  The Investment Manager will not be bound to follow any amendment to the LLC Agreement until it has received written notice thereof and until it has received a copy of the amendment from the Company or the Administrative Agent; provided that if any such amendment materially affects the rights or duties of the Investment Manager, the Investment Manager shall not be obligated to respect or comply with the terms of such amendment unless it consents thereto.  The Company agrees that it shall not permit any amendment to the Loan Documents or the LLC Agreement that materially affects the rights or duties of the Investment Manager to become effective unless the Investment Manager has been given prior written notice of such amendment and has consented thereto in writing. The Investment Manager may, with respect to the affairs of the Company, consult with such legal counsel, accountants and other advisors as may be selected by the Investment Manager.  The Investment Manager shall be fully protected, to the extent permitted by applicable law, in acting or failing to act hereunder if such action or inaction is taken or not taken in good faith by the Investment Manager in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel, accountants or other advisors.  The Investment Manager shall be fully protected in relying upon any writing signed in the appropriate manner with respect to any instruction, direction or approval of the Company and may also rely on opinions of the Investment Manager’s counsel with respect to such instructions, directions and approvals.  The Investment Manager shall also be fully protected when acting upon any instrument, certificate or other writing the Investment Manager believes in good faith to be genuine and to be signed or presented by the proper person or persons.  The Investment Manager shall be under no duty to make any investigation or inquiry as to any statement contained in any such writing and may accept the same as conclusive evidence of the truth and accuracy of the statements therein contained if the Investment Manager in good faith believes the same to be genuine.

 

4.             Limitations Relating to Portfolio Investments.

 

(a)           Portfolio Investments.  Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4 and subject to the requirements of the Loan Documents, the LLC Agreement and applicable law, the Investment Manager may cause the Company (which term shall include, for all purposes relating to the purchase, substitution and sale of Portfolio Investments and the duties and obligations of the Investment Manager set forth in Section 1 hereof, the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, if any) from time to time to purchase or substitute Portfolio Investments.

 

(b)           Other Agreements of the Investment Manager.  The Investment Manager agrees to the following:

 

(i)            the Investment Manager shall cause any purchase, substitution or sale of any Portfolio Investment to be conducted in accordance with the Loan Documents and the Sale Agreement (as defined in the Loan Agreement);

 

(ii)           the Investment Manager shall provide to the Collateral Administrator all reports, data and other information (including, without limitation, any letters of representations) that the Collateral Administrator may reasonably request in connection with its duties under the Loan Documents, to the extent reasonably available to the Investment Manager; and

 

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(iii)          the Investment Manager shall notify the Company of any change in control of the Advisors or the Investment Manager within a reasonable time after such change in control occurs.

 

(c)           Other Obligations of the Investment Manager.  Subject to the terms of the Loan Documents and to Section 9 hereof, the Investment Manager shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that no action is taken by it, and shall not willfully or in a grossly negligent manner take any action which would (a) violate any law, rule or regulation of any governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company, including, without limitation, actions which would violate any U.S. federal, state or other applicable securities law the violation of which would adversely affect, in any material respect, any Lender, the business, operations, assets or financial condition of the Company, or the ability of the Investment Manager to perform its obligations hereunder, (b) require registration of the Company or the pool of Collateral as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act, (c) adversely affect the Administrative Agent in any material respect, (d) result in the Company violating the terms of any Loan Document, (e) adversely affect the interests of the Secured Parties in the pool of Collateral in any material respect (other than actions (i) permitted hereunder or under any Loan Document or (ii) taken in the ordinary course of business of the Investment Manager in accordance with its fiduciary duties to its clients) or (f) cause (i) the Company to take any action or make an election to classify itself as an association taxable as a corporation for federal, state or any applicable tax purposes or (ii) otherwise cause adverse tax consequences to the Company, it being understood that, in all circumstances, (x) the Investment Manager and its Affiliates and their respective trustees, members, managers, directors, officers, stockholders, shareholders, employees and agents shall not be liable to the Company except as provided in Section 9 and (y) in connection with the foregoing, the Investment Manager shall not be required to make any independent investigation of any facts or laws not otherwise known to it in connection with its obligations under this Agreement and the Loan Documents or the conduct of its business generally. If the Investment Manager is ordered to take any such action on behalf of the Company, the Investment Manager shall promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent of the Investment Manager’s judgment that such action would, in its reasonable business judgment, have one or more of the consequences set forth above and need not take such action, unless the Company again requests the Investment Manager to do so and the Administrative Agent has consented thereto in writing.  Notwithstanding any such request, the Investment Manager need not take such action unless arrangements satisfactory to it are made to insure or indemnify the Investment Manager from any liability it may incur as a result of such action. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, any indemnification of the Investment Manager provided for in this Section 4 shall be payable by the Company in accordance with the Loan Agreement. The Investment Manager covenants that it shall comply in all material respects with applicable laws and regulations relating to its performance under this Agreement.

 

5.             Compensation.

 

The Investment Manager hereby acknowledges that it is an Affiliate of the Company and will receive a valuable benefit from its entry into this Agreement, notwithstanding that no fees shall be payable to the Investment Manager for the performance of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

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6.             Expenses.

 

Other than as set forth below, the Company will be responsible for paying all of its expenses. On behalf of the Company, the Investment Manager may advance payment of any expenses, and the Company shall, upon request, reimburse the Investment Manager therefor within 30 days following written request from the Investment Manager.  Nothing in this Section 6 shall limit the ability of the Investment Manager to be reimbursed by any Person other than the Company (including issuers or obligors of securities, instruments or obligations owned by the Company) for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Investment Manager in connection with the performance of services hereunder.  The Investment Manager shall maintain complete and accurate records with respect to costs and expenses and shall furnish the Company with receipts or other written vouchers with respect thereto upon request of the Company.  The Company shall bear the reasonable costs and expenses of all audits and inspections permitted by Section 6.03 of the Loan Agreement.

 

7.             Non-Exclusivity.

 

The services of the Investment Manager to the Company are not to be deemed exclusive, and the Investment Manager shall be free to render asset management or management services to other Persons (including Affiliates, other investment companies, and clients having objectives similar to those of the Company).  It is understood and agreed that the trustees, officers or directors of the Investment Manager may engage in any other business activity or render services to any other Person or serve as partners, trustees, officers or directors of any other firm or corporation.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that the Investment Manager will at no time render any services to, or in any way participate in the organization or operation of, any investment company or other entity if such actions would require the Company to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act.  Subject to Sections 5 and 27 hereof, it is understood and agreed that information or advice received by the Investment Manager and trustees, officers or directors of the Investment Manager hereunder shall be used by such organization or such persons to the extent permitted by applicable law.

 

8.             Standard of Care.

 

The Investment Manager shall exercise its discretion and authority in accordance with Applicable Law, the terms of the Loan Documents, all customary and usual servicing practices for loans similar to the Portfolio Investments 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 Company 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 Portfolio Investments and without regard to any relationship that the Investment Manager or any Affiliate thereof may have with any underlying obligor or any Affiliate of an obligor.

 

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9.             Limitation of Liability; Indemnification.

 

(a)           The Investment Manager assumes no responsibility under this Agreement other than to render the services called for hereunder and under the terms of the Loan Documents made applicable to it pursuant to the terms of this Agreement applicable to it in good faith.  The Investment Manager shall not be responsible for any action or inaction of the Company in declining to follow any advice, recommendation, or direction of the Investment Manager.  The Investment Manager shall have no liability to the Administrative Agent or the Company’s other creditors, for any act, omission, error of judgment, mistake of law, or for any claim, loss, liability, damage, judgment, settlement, cost or other expense (including attorney’s fees and expenses) arising out of or with respect to any investment, or for any other act or omission in the performance of its obligations to the Company, except for any liability to which it would be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence in performance, or reckless disregard, of its obligations hereunder. The Investment Manager shall not be liable for any consequential, special, punitive, exemplary or treble damages or lost profits hereunder or under the Loan Documents.

 

(b)           The Company shall reimburse, indemnify and hold harmless the trustees, directors, officers, stockholders, shareholders, agents and employees of the Investment Manager and any of its Affiliates from any and all actual and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, losses, damages, liabilities, demands, charges and claims of any nature whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), as are incurred in investigating, preparing, pursuing or defending any claim, action, proceeding or investigation with respect to any pending or threatened litigation caused by, or arising out of or in connection with, any acts or omissions of the Investment Manager, its trustees, directors, officers, stockholders, shareholders, agents and employees made in good faith and in the performance of the Investment Manager’s duties under this Agreement or the Loan Documents except to the extent resulting from such person’s bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of its duties hereunder or thereunder.  The Investment Manager, its trustees, directors, officers, stockholders, shareholders, agents and employees may consult with counsel and accountants with respect to the affairs of the Company and shall be fully protected and justified, to the extent allowed by law, in acting, or failing to act, if such action or failure to act is taken or made in good faith and is in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel or accountants.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the obligations of the Company under this Section 9(b) shall be payable from the Company’s assets and are subject to the availability of funds and to the conditions set forth in the Loan Agreement.

 

(c)           The Investment Manager shall reimburse, indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its directors, officers, managers, members, agents and employees from any and all actual and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, losses, damages, liabilities, demands, charges and claims of any nature whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), as are incurred in investigating, preparing, pursuing or defending any claim, action, proceeding or investigation with respect to any pending or threatened litigation caused by, or arising out of or in connection with, any acts or omissions of the Investment Manager in the performance of the Investment Manager’s duties under this Agreement or the Loan Documents to the extent resulting from the Investment Manager’s bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of its duties hereunder or thereunder.

 

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10.          Term of Agreement; Events Affecting the Investment Manager; Survival of Certain Terms.

 

(a)           This Agreement shall become effective as of the date hereof and, unless sooner terminated by the Company or the Investment Manager as provided herein, shall continue in effect during the existence of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be terminated by the Company without the payment of any penalty, upon the occurrence of a “cause” event.  A “cause” event for purposes of this Section 10(a) shall have occurred by reason of:

 

(i)            the Investment Manager’s breach, in any material respect, of any provision of this Agreement or the Loan Documents applicable to it and the Investment Manager’s failure to cure such breach within 30 days of its becoming aware of, or receiving notice of, the occurrence of such breach;

 

(ii)           the Investment Manager’s intentional breach of any material provision of this Agreement or the Loan Documents applicable to it (not including a willful and intentional breach that results from a good faith dispute regarding reasonable alternative courses of action or interpretation of instructions);

 

(iii)          the failure of any representation, warranty, certification or statement made or delivered by the Investment Manager in or pursuant to this Agreement to be correct in any material respect when made which failure (a) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company, the Secured Parties or the Collateral and (b) if capable of being cured, is not corrected by the Investment Manager within 30 days of its becoming aware of, or receiving notice of, such failure;

 

(iv)          the Investment Manager (1) is dissolved (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger), (2) files, or consents by answer or otherwise to the filing against it of, a petition for relief or reorganization or arrangement or any other petition in bankruptcy, for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar law of any jurisdiction, (3) becomes insolvent or is unable to pay its debts or fails or admits in writing its inability generally to pay its debts as they become due, (4) makes a general assignment, arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of its creditors, (5) consents to the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property or (6) is subject to an involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Investment Manager, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, or sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Investment Manager or of any substantial part of its property, and the continuance of any such proceeding or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

 

(v)           the occurrence of an act by the Investment Manager that constitutes fraud or criminal activity in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, or the Investment Manager being indicted for a criminal offense materially related to its business of providing asset management services;

 

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(vi)          the occurrence of any event specified in clause (a) of the definition of Event of Default in the Loan Agreement which default is primarily the result of any act or omission of the Investment Manager resulting from a breach of its duties under this Agreement or under the Loan Agreement (but not as a result of any default of any Collateral Obligation).

 

The Investment Manager shall promptly provide written notice to the Member upon the occurrence of a “cause” event.

 

(b)           This Agreement shall be automatically terminated in the event that the Company determines in good faith that the Company or the Company’s asset portfolio has become required to be registered under the provisions of the Investment Company Act.

 

(c)           Within 30 days of the resignation or removal of the Investment Manager, the Company may appoint a successor investment manager.  No such resignation or removal will be effective until the date as of which a successor investment manager has assumed in writing the Investment Manager’s duties and obligations as specified herein.

 

(d)           Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Sections 6 and 9 of this Agreement shall survive any termination hereof.

 

11.          Power of Attorney; Further Assurances.

 

In addition to the power of attorney granted to the Investment Manager in Section 1 of this Agreement, the Company hereby makes, constitutes and appoints the Investment Manager, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in its name, place and stead, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (a) to sign, execute, certify, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file, receive and record any and all documents which the Investment Manager reasonably deems necessary or appropriate in connection with its investment management duties under this Agreement and (b) to (i) subject to any policies adopted by the Member or the Company with respect thereto, exercise in its discretion any voting or consent rights associated with any securities, instruments or obligations included in the Company’s assets, (ii) execute proxies, waivers, consents and other instruments with respect to such securities, instruments or obligations, (iii) endorse, transfer or deliver such securities, instruments and obligations and (iv) participate in or consent (or decline to consent) to any modification, work-out, restructuring, bankruptcy proceeding, class action, plan of reorganization, merger, combination, consolidation, liquidation or similar plan or transaction with regard to such securities, instruments and obligations.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, this grant of power of attorney is irrevocable and coupled with an interest, and it shall survive and not be affected by the subsequent dissolution or bankruptcy of the Company; provided that this grant of power of attorney will expire, and the Investment Manager will cease to have any power to act as the Company’s attorney-in-fact, upon termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.  The Company shall execute and deliver to the Investment Manager all such other powers of attorney, proxies, dividend and other orders, and all such instruments, as the Investment Manager may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling the Investment Manager to exercise the rights and powers which it is entitled to exercise pursuant to this Agreement.  Each of the Investment Manager and the Company shall take such other actions,

 

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and furnish such certificates, opinions and other documents, as may be reasonably requested by the other party hereto in order to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement and to facilitate compliance with applicable laws and regulations and the terms of this Agreement.

 

12.          Amendment of this Agreement; Assignment; Delegation.

 

(a)           No provision of this Agreement may be amended, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of the amendment, waiver, discharge or termination is sought and, with respect to Sections 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 22, 26 and 27, consented to by the Administrative Agent in writing. Neither the failure nor any delay on the part of any party hereto to exercise any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise of the same or of any other right, remedy, power or privilege, nor shall any waiver of any right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any occurrence be construed as a waiver of such right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any other occurrence. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and is signed by the party asserted to have granted such waiver.

 

(b)           The Investment Manager may not, directly or indirectly, assign all or any part of its rights and duties under this Agreement to any Person without the prior consent of the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Required Financing Providers; provided that no such consent shall be required in connection with (x) changes in ownership of Carey Credit Income Fund resulting from sales of shares to, or redemptions of shares held by, feeder funds of Carey Credit Income Fund, (y) a merger of Carey Credit Income Fund with another business development company sponsored by W.P. Carey Inc. and Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC or (z) other fundamental change transaction the result of which effectively combines the ownership and/or assets of Carey Credit Income Fund and a business development company sponsored by W.P. Carey Inc. and Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, or merges or consolidates their respective collateral advisors or sub-advisors.  In accordance with the foregoing, the Investment Manager may transfer this Agreement or its rights and duties under this Agreement without obtaining the prior consent of the Company or providing prior notice to the Member in a transaction that does not result in a Change of Control.

 

(c)           In providing services hereunder, the Investment Manager may, without the consent of any party, delegate to third parties (including without limitation its Advisors and/or Affiliates) the duties assigned to the Investment Manager under this Agreement and the Loan Documents, and employ third parties (including without limitation its Advisors and/or Affiliates) to render advice (including investment advice), to provide services to arrange for trade execution and otherwise provide assistance to the Company, and to perform any of the Investment Manager’s duties under this Agreement; provided that the Investment Manager shall not be relieved of any of its duties hereunder regardless of the performance of any services by third parties, including Advisors or Affiliates.

 

13.          Notices.

 

Unless expressly provided otherwise herein, any notice, request, direction, demand or other communication required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing

 

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(including by electronic mail or other electronic messaging system). All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when transmitted by facsimile, electronic mail or personally delivered or, in the case of a mailed notice, upon receipt, in each case given or addressed as set forth below:

 

(a)           If to the Company:

 

Hamilton Finance LLC
c/o Carey Credit Income Fund
50 Rockefeller Plaza
13th Floor
New York, New York 10020
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Telephone: (212) 492-8990
Facsimile: (212) 492-8922
Email: psaintpierre@wpcarey.com and bwilliams@wpcarey.com

 

(b)           If to the Investment Manager:

 

Carey Credit Income Fund
50 Rockefeller Plaza
13th Floor
New York, New York 10020
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Telephone: (212) 492-8990
Facsimile: (212) 492-8922
Email: psaintpierre@wpcarey.com and bwilliams@wpcarey.com

 

(c)           If to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Administrator or any Lender under the Loan Agreement, as provided in the Loan Agreement, as may be amended therein.

 

Either party to this Agreement may alter the address to which communications or copies are to be sent to it by giving notice of such change of address in conformity with the provisions of this Section 13.

 

14.          Binding Nature of Agreement; Successors and Assigns.

 

This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns as provided herein.

 

15.          Entire Agreement.

 

This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, inducements and conditions, express or implied, oral or written, of any nature whatsoever with respect to the subject matter hereof.  The express

 

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terms hereof control and supersede any course of performance or usage of the trade inconsistent with any of the terms hereof.

 

16.          Costs and Expenses.

 

The costs and expenses (including the fees and disbursements of counsel and accountants) incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement, and all matters incident thereto, shall be borne equally by each party hereto.

 

17.          Books and Records.

 

In compliance with the requirements of Rule 31a-3 under the Investment Company Act, the Investment Manager hereby agrees that all records which it maintains for the Company are the property of the Company and further agrees to surrender promptly to the Company any such records upon the Company’s request. The Investment Manager further agrees to preserve for the periods prescribed by Rule 31a-2 under the Investment Company Act the records maintained by it in its capacity as Investment Manager that are required to be maintained by Rule 31a-1 under the Investment Company Act.

 

18.          Titles Not to Affect Interpretation.

 

The titles of sections contained in this Agreement are for convenience only, and they neither form a part of this Agreement nor are they to be used in the construction or interpretation hereof.

 

19.          Provisions Separable.

 

The provisions of this Agreement are independent of and separable from each other, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, no provision shall be affected or rendered invalid or unenforceable by virtue of the fact that for any reason any other or others of them may be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part.

 

20.          Governing Law.

 

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

21.          Execution in Counterparts.

 

This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or e-mail in portable document format (.pdf) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

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22.          Third Party Rights; Benefits of Agreement.

 

Other than as set forth in this Section 22, none of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any creditor of the Company or by any creditor of the Member.

 

The Investment Manager hereby acknowledges that the Collateral Agent is the beneficiary of a collateral assignment of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.02 of the Loan Agreement and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties shall be an express third party beneficiary of the Company’s rights hereunder, including but not limited to the Company’s right to indemnification set forth in Section 9, subject, in each case, to each of the limitations, restrictions and conditions set forth in the Loan Agreement with respect to the collateral assignment of this Agreement, and for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any right of the Company to replace or terminate the Investment Manager; provided that, such collateral assignment and such third party beneficiary rights shall automatically terminate upon the irrevocable payment in full of the Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations as to which no claim has been made) and the termination of the Financing Commitments in full.  In addition, the Administrative Agent is an express third party beneficiary of Section 12(a) hereof; provided that such third party beneficiary rights shall automatically terminate upon the irrevocable payment in full of the Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations as to which no claim has been made) and the termination of the Financing Commitments in full).

 

23.          Representations and Warranties of the Investment Manager.

 

The Investment Manager represents, warrants and covenants as of the Effective Date and the date of each Advance as to itself:

 

(a)           Organization and Good Standing.  It has been duly organized and is validly existing as a statutory trust in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is currently conducted, and had at all relevant times;

 

(b)           Due Qualification.  It is duly qualified to do business as a Delaware statutory trust in good standing and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions where the failure to do so would have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(c)           Power and Authority.  It has the power, authority and legal right to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized by the Investment Manager by all necessary trust action;

 

(d)           Binding Obligations.  This Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Investment Manager and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (B) equitable limitations on the availability of specific remedies, regardless of whether such

 

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enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and (C) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing;

 

(e)           No Violation.  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Investment Manager, the Investment Manager’s consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and the Investment Manager’s fulfillment of the terms hereof do not (A) conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, its trust agreement, or any material indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other material instrument to which it is a party or by which it or its properties are bound, (B) result in the creation or imposition of any Adverse Claim upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such material indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other material instrument (except as may be created pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document), or (C) violate in any material respect any Applicable Law except, in the case of this subclause (C), to the extent that such conflict or violation would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(f)            No Proceedings.  There are no proceedings or investigations pending or, to the best of the Investment Manager’s knowledge, threatened against it, before any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over it or its properties (A) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, (B) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (C) seeking any determination or ruling that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Except as otherwise disclosed, there is no charge, investigation, action, suit or proceeding before or by any court pending or, to the best knowledge of the Investment Manager, threatened that, if determined adversely to the Investment Manager, would have a material adverse effect upon the performance by the Investment Manager of its duties under, or on the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement;

 

(g)           No Consents.  No consent, license, approval, authorization or order of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over it or any of its properties is required to be made in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, in each case other than (A) consents, licenses, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, declarations or filings which have been obtained or made and continuation statements and renewals in respect thereof and (B) where the lack of such consents, licenses, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, declarations or filings would not have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(h)           Investment Company Status.  It is not required to be registered as an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act;

 

(i)            Information True and Correct.  All information (other than any information provided to the Investment Manager by an un-Affiliated third party) heretofore or hereafter furnished by or on behalf of the Investment Manager in writing to any Lender, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Administrator or the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby is and will be (when taken as a whole) true and correct in all material respects. With respect to any information received from any un-Affiliated third party, the Investment Manager (i) will not furnish (and has not furnished) any

 

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such information to any Lender, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Administrator or the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby that it knows (or knew) to be incorrect at the time such information is (or was) furnished in any material respect and (ii) has informed (or will inform) the applicable Lender, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Administrator or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, of any such information which it found to be incorrect in any material respect after such information was furnished;

 

(j)            Eligibility of Portfolio Investments.  All Portfolio Investments included in the calculation of the Net Asset Value in the most recently delivered Position Report, to the knowledge of the Investment Manager, satisfy the Eligibility Criteria;

 

(k)           Collections.  The Investment Manager acknowledges that all Collections received by it or its Affiliates with respect to the Collateral are held and shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties until deposited into the applicable Account; and

 

(l)            Allocation of Charges.  There is not any agreement or understanding between the Investment Manager and the Company (other than as expressly set forth herein or as consented to by the Administrative Agent), providing for the allocation or sharing of obligations to make payments or otherwise in respect of any Taxes, fees, assessments or other governmental charges.

 

24.          Conflict with the Loan Agreement.

 

In the event that this Agreement requires any action to be taken with respect to any matter and the Loan Agreement requires that a different action be taken with respect to such matter, and such actions are mutually exclusive, the provisions of the Loan Agreement in respect thereof shall control.

 

25.          Subordination.

 

The Investment Manager agrees that the payment of all amounts to which it is entitled pursuant to this Agreement shall be subordinated to the extent set forth in, and the Investment Manager agrees to be bound by the provisions of, the Loan Agreement and each of the Investment Manager and the Company hereby consents to the assignment of this Agreement as provided in Section 8.02 of the Loan Agreement.

 

26.          No Proceedings.

 

The Investment Manager hereby agrees not to commence, or join in the commencement of, any proceedings in any jurisdiction for the bankruptcy, winding-up or liquidation of the Company or any similar proceedings, in each case prior to the date that is one year and one day (or if longer, any applicable preference period plus one day) after the payment in full of all amounts owing to the Secured Parties under the Loan Documents.  The Company may seek and obtain specific performance of such restrictions (including injunctive relief), including, without limitation, in any bankruptcy, winding-up, liquidation or similar proceedings.  The Company shall promptly object to the institution of any bankruptcy, winding-up, liquidation or similar proceedings against it and take all necessary or advisable steps to cause the dismissal

 

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of any such proceeding; provided that such obligation shall be subject to the availability of funds therefor.  Nothing in this Section 26 shall limit the right of any party hereto to file any claim or otherwise take any action with respect to any proceeding of the type described in this Section that was instituted against the Company by any Person other than a party hereto.

 

27.          Limited Recourse.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no recourse under any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company, the Member or the Investment Manager contained in this Agreement shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, shareholder, partner, officer, director, trustee, member, manager, employee or agent of Company, the Investment Manager or any of their respective Affiliates (solely by virtue of such capacity) 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 this Agreement is solely a corporate obligation of the Company, the Member and/or the Investment Manager, and that no personal liability whatever shall attach to or be incurred by any incorporator, stockholder, shareholder, officer, director, trustee, member, manager, employee or agent of the Company, the Member, the Investment Manager or any of their respective Affiliates (solely by virtue of such capacity) or any of them under or by reason of any of the obligations, covenants or agreements of the Company, the Member or the Investment Manager contained in this Agreement, or implied therefrom, and that any and all personal liability for breaches by the Company, the Member or the Investment Manager of any of such obligations, covenants or agreements, either at common law or at equity, or by statute, rule or regulation, of every such incorporator, stockholder, shareholder, officer, director, trustee, member, manager, employee or agent is hereby expressly waived as a condition of and in consideration for the execution of this Agreement; provided however, the foregoing shall not be construed so as to exonerate or exculpate the Company, the Member or the Investment Manager from any liability by reason of a breach by such party of any of its obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Loan Documents or its willful misconduct or gross negligence.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

 

CAREY CREDIT INCOME FUND

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul Saint-Pierre

 

 

Name: Paul Saint-Pierre

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

HAMILTON FINANCE LLC

 

 

 

By: Carey Credit Income Fund, its Designated Manager

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul Saint-Pierre

 

 

Name: Paul Saint-Pierre

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

Hamilton Finance LLC

Investment Management Agreement

 


EX-10.4 5 a15-25281_1ex10d4.htm EX-10.4

Exhibit 10.4

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

COLLATERAL ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT

 

This COLLATERAL ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated December 17, 2015 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among HAMILTON FINANCE LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), CAREY CREDIT INCOME FUND, a Delaware statutory trust, as Investment Manager (in such capacity, the “Investment Manager”), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“U.S. Bank”), as collateral administrator under and for purposes of this Agreement (in such capacity, the “Collateral Administrator”).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of that certain Loan Agreement dated as of December 17, 2015 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), by and among the Company, the lenders from time to time party thereto, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Administrator and U.S. Bank, as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) and Securities Intermediary (in such capacity, the “Securities Intermediary”), the Company has pledged certain collateral (the “Collateral”), which includes, among other things, all of the Portfolio Investments and Eligible Investments as security for the Advances and other Secured Obligations;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of that certain Investment Management Agreement dated as of December 17, 2015 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Investment Management Agreement”), by and between the Company and the Investment Manager, the Company has engaged the Investment Manager to undertake certain management and administrative functions with respect to the Collateral on its behalf;

 

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to engage U.S. Bank to act as Collateral Administrator to perform certain administrative duties with respect to the Collateral pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, U.S. Bank is prepared to perform as Collateral Administrator certain specified obligations of the Company, or the Investment Manager, on its behalf, under the Loan Agreement (and certain other services) as specified herein, upon and subject to the terms of this Agreement (but without assuming the obligations or liabilities of the Company or the Investment Manager under the Loan Agreement);

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.             Definitions.  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in the Loan Agreement.

 



 

2.             Powers and Duties of Collateral Administrator.

 

(a)           U.S. Bank shall act as the Collateral Administrator pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, until U.S. Bank’s resignation or removal as the Collateral Administrator pursuant to Section 7 hereof or pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement.  In such capacity, the Collateral Administrator shall assist the Company and the Investment Manager in connection with maintaining a database of certain characteristics with respect to the Collateral on an ongoing basis and in providing to the Company and the Investment Manager certain reports, schedules and calculations, all as more particularly described in Section 2(b) below (in each case, such reports, schedules and calculations shall be prepared in such form and content, and in such greater detail, as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto from time to time and as may be required by the Loan Agreement) based upon information and data received from the Company, the Administrative Agent, the Account Bank and/or the Investment Manager, as required to be prepared and delivered (or which are necessary to be prepared and delivered in order that certain other reports, schedules and calculations can be prepared and delivered) under Section 8.03 of the Loan Agreement.  U.S. Bank’s duties and authority to act as Collateral Administrator hereunder are limited to the duties and authority specifically set forth in this Agreement.  By entering into, or performing its duties under, this Agreement, the Collateral Administrator shall not be deemed to assume any obligations or liabilities of the Company or the Investment Manager under the Loan Agreement, and nothing herein contained shall be deemed to release, terminate, discharge, limit, reduce, diminish, modify, amend or otherwise alter in any respect the duties, obligations or liabilities of the Company or the Investment Manager under or pursuant to the Loan Agreement.

 

(b)           The Collateral Administrator shall perform the following general functions from time to time:

 

(i)            Within fifteen (15) days after the date of the Loan Agreement, create a collateral database with respect to the Collateral (the “Collateral Database”);

 

(ii)           Update the Collateral Database promptly and on an ongoing basis for changes, including for ratings changes as provided by the Investment Manager, and to reflect the sale or other disposition of the Portfolio Investments included in the Collateral (the “Portfolio Collateral”) and the addition to the Collateral of additional assets constituting Collateral from time to time, in each case based upon, and to the extent of, information furnished to the Collateral Administrator by or on behalf of the Company, the Investment Manager or the Account Bank as may be reasonably required by the Collateral Administrator, or by the agents for the obligors from time to time, or based on information maintained by U.S. Bank in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Loan Agreement;

 

(iii)          Provide information contained in the Collateral Database to the Investment Manager on behalf of the Company and the Administrative Agent, as the Collateral Administrator, the Administrative Agent and the Investment Manager, as applicable, shall reasonably agree, including by

 

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way of reasonable electronic access (by access to the Collateral Administrator’s internet website) to the reports generated by the Collateral Administrator pursuant to this Agreement;

 

(iv)          Track the receipt and daily allocation to the USD Interest Collection Account, Euro Interest Collection Account, GBP Interest Collection Account, USD Principal Collection Account, Euro Principal Collection Account and GBP Principal Collection Account, as applicable, with respect to Interest Proceeds and Principal Proceeds and the outstanding balance therein, and any withdrawals therefrom and, on each Business Day, provide to the Investment Manager daily reports reflecting such actions to the Accounts as of the close of business on the preceding Business Day;

 

(v)           Reasonably cooperate with the Investment Manager in the Investment Manager’s review of the Position Reports and the Cash Flow Reports;

 

(vi)          Not later than the date specified therefor in the Loan Agreement, the Collateral Administrator shall prepare each Position Report and Cash Flow Report by compiling and preparing such report using the information contained in the Collateral Database and the information set forth in clause (iv) above and provide the results of such calculations to the Administrative Agent and the Investment Manager so that the Investment Manager may confirm such results;

 

(vii)         So long as the same Person serves as the Collateral Administrator hereunder and as the Collateral Agent under the Loan Agreement, provide such other information with respect to the Collateral as may be routinely maintained by the Collateral Administrator in performing its ordinary function as the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Loan Agreement, or as may be required by the Loan Agreement, as the Company, the Administrative Agent or the Investment Manager may reasonably request from time to time; and

 

(viii)        Upon written request of the Investment Manager on any Business Day (provided such request is accompanied by such information as may be necessary to permit the Collateral Administrator to make the calculations referred to below and is received by 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on such date; otherwise such request will be deemed made on the next succeeding Business Day), the Collateral Administrator shall perform the following functions:  (i) perform a pro forma calculation of the tests and other requirements comprising the Concentration Limitations set forth in Schedule 4 to the Loan Agreement (in each case based upon information then contained in the Collateral Database and the information furnished by the Company or the Investment Manager no later than the time of such request), compare the results thereof against such requirements set forth in

 

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Schedule 4 as applicable and report the results thereof to the Collateral Manager in a mutually agreed format.

 

(c)           The Investment Manager shall cooperate with the Collateral Administrator in connection with the matters described herein.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Investment Manager shall advise in a timely manner the Collateral Administrator of the results of any determinations required or permitted to be made by it or the Company (or the Investment Manager on its behalf) under the Loan Agreement and supply the Collateral Administrator with such other information as is maintained by the Investment Manager that the Collateral Administrator may from time to time request with respect to the Collateral and reasonably needed to complete the reports required to be prepared by the Collateral Administrator hereunder or required to permit the Collateral Administrator to perform its obligations hereunder (including, without limitation, determinations of Market Value, aggregate principal balance of Portfolio Investments, satisfaction of the Compliance Condition and compliance with the Concentration Limitations, as applicable) and to permit the Company and the Investment Manager to perform their obligations under the Loan Agreement with respect thereto and any other information that may be reasonably required under the Loan Agreement with respect to a Portfolio Investment (including, without limitation, as to its status as a Delayed Funding Term Loan, Revolving Credit Facility, Synthetic Security, Zero-Coupon Security, Structured Finance Obligation, Letter of Credit, Current Pay Obligation or Defaulted Obligation).  Nothing herein shall obligate the Collateral Administrator to determine independently the correct characterization or categorization of any item of Collateral under the Loan Agreement (it being understood that any such characterization or categorization shall be based exclusively upon the determination and notification received by the Collateral Administrator from the Investment Manager).  The Investment Manager shall review and verify the contents of the aforesaid reports, instructions, statements and certificates and shall send such reports, instructions, statements and certificates to the Company for execution.  In addition, the Investment Manager shall provide prompt notice to the Collateral Administrator upon the Investment Manager’s obtaining knowledge of a Portfolio Investment becoming a Defaulted Obligation or otherwise becoming an Ineligible Investment.

 

(d)           If, in performing its duties under this Agreement, the Collateral Administrator is required to decide between alternative courses of action, the Collateral Administrator may request written instructions from the Company or the Investment Manager as to the course of action desired by it.  If the Collateral Administrator does not receive such instructions within three (3) Business Days after it has requested them, the Collateral Administrator may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking any such courses of action.  The Collateral Administrator shall act in accordance with instructions received after such three Business Day period except to the extent it has already taken, or committed itself to take, action inconsistent with such instructions.  The Collateral Administrator shall be entitled to rely on the advice of legal counsel and independent accountants in performing its duties hereunder and shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if it acts in accordance with such advice.

 

(e)           Nothing herein shall prevent the Collateral Administrator or any of its Affiliates from engaging in other businesses or from rendering services of any kind to any Person.

 

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3.             Compensation.  The Company agrees to pay, and the Collateral Administrator shall be entitled to receive, compensation for, and reimbursement for expenses in connection with, the Collateral Administrator’s performance of the duties called for herein and as provided in a separate fee letter agreement dated December 4, 2015.

 

4.             Limitation of Responsibility of the Collateral Administrator; Indemnification.

 

(a)           The Collateral Administrator will have no responsibility under this Agreement other than to render the services expressly called for hereunder in good faith and without willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of its duties hereunder.  The Collateral Administrator shall incur no liability to anyone in acting upon any signature, instrument, statement, notice, resolution, request, direction, consent, order, certificate, report, opinion, bond or other document or paper reasonably believed by it to be genuine and reasonably believed by it to be signed by the proper party or parties.  The Collateral Administrator may exercise any of its rights or powers hereunder or perform any of its duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys, and the Collateral Administrator shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed hereunder with due care by it. The Collateral Administrator shall be entitled to the same rights, protections and immunities that are afforded to it under the Loan Agreement. Neither the Collateral Administrator nor any of its affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, agents or employees will be liable to the Investment Manager, the Company or any other Person, except by reason of acts or omissions by the Collateral Administrator constituting bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the Collateral Administrator’s duties hereunder.  The Collateral Administrator shall in no event have any liability for the actions or omissions of the Company, the Investment Manager 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 Company, the Investment Manager or another Person, or other failure on the part of any such other party to comply with the terms hereof, except to the extent that such inaccuracies or errors are caused by the Collateral Administrator’s own bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of its duties hereunder.  The Collateral Administrator shall not be liable for failing to perform or any delay in performing its specified duties hereunder which results from or is caused by a failure or delay on the part of the Company, the Investment Manager or any other Person in furnishing necessary, timely and accurate information to the Collateral Administrator.  The duties and obligations of the Collateral Administrator and its employees or agents shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement and they shall not be under any obligation or duty except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth herein, and no implied covenants shall be read into this Agreement against them.

 

(b)           The Collateral Administrator may rely conclusively on any notice, certificate or other document (including facsimile or other electronically transmitted instructions, documents or information) furnished to it hereunder and reasonably believed by it in good faith to be genuine.  The Collateral Administrator shall not be liable for any action taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be within the discretion or powers conferred upon it, or taken by it pursuant to any direction or instruction by which it is governed hereunder, or omitted to be taken by it by reason of the lack of direction or instruction required hereby for such action.  The Collateral Administrator shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters

 

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stated in any certificate, report or other document; provided, however, that, if the form thereof is prescribed by this Agreement, the Collateral Administrator shall examine the same to determine whether it conforms on its face to the requirements hereof.  The Collateral Administrator shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of any matter unless actually known to a responsible officer of the Collateral Administrator responsible for the administration of this Agreement.  Under no circumstances shall the Collateral Administrator be liable for indirect, punitive, special or consequential damages (including lost profits), even if the Collateral Administrator has been advised of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action under or pursuant to this Agreement, its duties or obligations hereunder or arising out of or relating to the subject matter hereof.  It is expressly acknowledged by the Company and the Investment Manager that application and performance by the Collateral Administrator of its various duties hereunder (including recalculations to be performed in respect of the matters contemplated hereby) shall be based upon, and in reliance upon, data and information provided to it by the Investment Manager (and/or the Company) with respect to the Collateral, and the Collateral Administrator shall have no responsibility for the accuracy of any such information or data provided to it by such Persons.  Nothing herein shall impose or imply any duty or obligation on the part of the Collateral Administrator to verify, investigate or audit any such information or data, the role of the Collateral Administrator hereunder being solely to perform certain mathematical computations and data comparisons and to provide certain reports and other deliveries, as provided herein.  For purposes of monitoring changes in ratings, the Collateral Administrator shall be entitled to use and rely (in good faith) exclusively upon one or more reputable electronic financial information reporting services, and shall have no liability for any inaccuracies in the information reported by, or other errors or omissions of, any such services.

 

(c)           The Company shall, and hereby agrees to, reimburse, indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Administrator as provided in the Loan Agreement.

 

(d)           Nothing herein shall obligate the Collateral Administrator to determine independently any characteristic of a Portfolio Investment, or to evaluate or verify the Investment Manager’s characterization of any Portfolio Investment, including but not limited to whether any item of Collateral is a Delayed Funding Term Loan, Revolving Credit Facility, Synthetic Security, Zero-Coupon Security, Structured Finance Obligation, Letter of Credit, or Defaulted Obligation, any such determination being based exclusively upon notification the Collateral Administrator receives from the Investment Manager or from (or in its capacity as) the Collateral Agent (based upon notices received by the Collateral Agent from the obligor, trustee or agent bank under an underlying governing document, or similar source) and nothing herein shall obligate the Collateral Administrator to review or examine any underlying instrument or contract evidencing, governing or guaranteeing or securing any Portfolio Investment in order to verify, confirm, audit or otherwise determine any characteristic thereof. The Collateral Administrator shall have no obligation to determine or monitor on an independent basis whether any obligor under the Collateral is in default or in compliance with the underlying documents governing or securing such Portfolio Investments.

 

5.             No Joint Venture.  Nothing contained in this Agreement (a) shall constitute the Company, the Collateral Administrator, the Administrative Agent and the Investment Manager as members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate, unincorporated business or other separate entity, (b) shall be construed to impose any liability as such on any of them or (c) shall

 

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be deemed to confer on any of them any express, implied or apparent authority to incur any obligation or liability on behalf of the others.

 

6.             Term.  This Agreement shall continue in effect so long as the Loan Agreement remains in effect with respect to the Secured Obligations, unless this Agreement has been previously terminated in accordance with Section 7 hereof.

 

7.             Termination.

 

(a)           This Agreement may be terminated without cause by the Company (with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent) or the Collateral Administrator upon not less than ninety (90) days’ written notice to each other party.  If at any time, prior to payment in full of all Secured Obligations, the Collateral Administrator shall resign or be removed as Collateral Agent under the Loan Agreement, such resignation or removal shall be deemed a resignation or removal of the Collateral Administrator hereunder.

 

(b)           At the option of the Company (with the prior written consent or at the direction of the Administrative Agent), this Agreement may be terminated upon ten (10) days’ written notice of termination from the Company to the Collateral Administrator if any of the following events shall occur:

 

(i)            The Collateral Administrator shall default in the performance of any of its material duties under this Agreement and shall not cure such default within thirty (30) days (or, if such default cannot be cured in such time, the Collateral Administrator shall not have given within thirty (30) days such assurance of cure as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Administrative Agent and cured such default within the time so assured);

 

(ii)           A court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of the Collateral Administrator in any involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Collateral Administrator or for any substantial part of its property, or order the winding up or liquidation of its affairs; or

 

(iii)          The Collateral Administrator shall commence a voluntary case under applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or similar official of the Collateral Administrator or for any substantial part of its property, or shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due.

 

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If any of the events specified in clauses (ii) or (iii) of this Section 7(b) shall occur, the Collateral Administrator shall promptly, and in any event, within one (1) Business Day after the occurrence of such event, give written notice thereof to the Investment Manager, the Administrative Agent and the Company.

 

(c)           Except when the Collateral Administrator shall be removed pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 7 or shall resign pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section 7, no removal or resignation of the Collateral Administrator shall be effective until the date as of which a successor collateral administrator reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the Company and the Investment Manager shall have agreed in writing to assume all of the Collateral Administrator’s duties and obligations pursuant to this Agreement and shall have executed and delivered an agreement in form and content reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Company, the Investment Manager and the Collateral Agent.  Upon any resignation or removal of the Collateral Administrator hereunder, the Company shall promptly, and in any case within thirty (30) days after the related notice of resignation or removal, appoint a qualified successor consented to by the Administrative Agent to act as collateral administrator hereunder and cause such successor collateral administrator to execute and deliver an agreement accepting such appointment as described in the preceding sentence.  If the Company fails to appoint such a qualified successor which duly accepts its appointment by properly executing and delivering such an agreement within such time, the retiring Collateral Administrator shall be entitled to petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor to serve as collateral administrator hereunder and shall be indemnified pursuant to the Loan Agreement for the reasonable costs and expenses thereof.

 

(d)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral Administrator may resign its duties hereunder without any requirement that a successor collateral administrator be obligated hereunder and without any liability for further performance of any duties hereunder (i) immediately upon the termination (whether by resignation or removal) of U.S. Bank as Collateral Agent under the Loan Agreement, or (ii) upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Investment Manager and the Administrative Agent upon any reasonable determination by U.S. Bank that the taking of any action, or performance of any duty, on its part as the Collateral Administrator pursuant to the terms of this Agreement would be in conflict with or in violation of its duties or obligations as the Collateral Agent under the Loan Agreement or (iii) upon at least sixty (60) days’ prior written notice of termination to the Investment Manager, the Administrative Agent and the Company upon the occurrence of any of the following events and the failure to cure such event within such sixty (60) day notice period: (A) failure of the Company to pay any of the amounts specified in Section 3 hereof in accordance with the Loan Agreement or (B) failure of the Company to provide any indemnity payment to Collateral Administrator pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement, as the case may be, within sixty (60) days of the receipt by the Company of the written request for such payment or reimbursement.

 

(e)           Any corporation into which the Collateral Administrator may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Collateral Administrator shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Collateral Administrator, shall be the successor of the Collateral Administrator hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.

 

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8.             Representations and Warranties.

 

(a)           The Investment Manager hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Administrator and the Company as follows:

 

(i)            The Investment Manager is a Delaware statutory trust and has the full organizational power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all obligations required hereunder and has taken all necessary organizational action to authorize this Agreement on the terms and conditions hereof, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the performance of all obligations imposed upon it hereunder, except such as have been made or obtained and are in full force and effect.  No consent of any other Person including partners and creditors of the Investment Manager, and no license, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required by the Investment Manager in connection with this Agreement or the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement and the obligations imposed upon it hereunder except such as have been made or obtained and are in full force and effect.  When executed and delivered by the Investment Manager and the other parties hereto, this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Investment Manager enforceable against the Investment Manager in accordance with its terms, subject as to enforcement, (a) to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights as such laws would apply in the event of any bankruptcy, receivership, insolvency or similar event applicable to the Investment Manager and (b) to general equitable principles (whether enforceability of such principles is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

(ii)           The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the documents and instruments required hereunder will not violate any provision of any existing law or regulation binding on the Investment Manager, or any order, judgment, award or decree of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority binding on the Investment Manager, or the governing instruments of the Investment Manager or of any mortgage, indenture, lease, contract or other agreement, instrument or undertaking to which the Investment Manager is a party or by which the Investment Manager or any of its assets may be bound, the violation of which would have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets or financial condition of the Investment Manager.

 

(b)           The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Administrator and the Investment Manager as follows:

 

(i)            The Company is a Delaware limited liability company and has the full organizational power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this

 

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Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party and all obligations required hereunder and thereunder and has taken all necessary organizational action to authorize this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party on the terms and conditions hereof, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and such other Loan Documents and the performance of all obligations imposed upon it hereunder.  No consent of any other Person including members and creditors of the Company, and no license, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required by the Company in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is a party or the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement and the obligations imposed upon it hereunder.  When executed and delivered by the Company and the other parties hereto, this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject as to enforcement (a) to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights as such laws would apply in the event of any bankruptcy, receivership, insolvency or similar event applicable to the Company and (b) to general equitable principles (whether unenforceability of such principles is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

(ii)           The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party and the documents and instruments required hereunder and thereunder will not violate any provision of any existing law or regulation binding on the Company, or any order, judgment, award or decree of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority binding on the Company, or the governing instruments of, or any securities issued by, the Company or of any mortgage, indenture, lease, contract or other agreement, instrument or undertaking to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its assets may be bound, the violation of which would have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets or financial condition of the Company and will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any lien on any of its property, assets or revenues pursuant to the provisions of any such mortgage, indenture, lease, contract or other agreement, instrument or undertaking the creation or imposition of which would have a material adverse effect on the business operations, assets or financial condition of the Company.

 

(c)           The Collateral Administrator hereby represents and warrants to the Investment Manager and the Company as follows:

 

(i)            The Collateral Administrator is a national banking association duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of

 

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America and has full organizational power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all obligations required hereunder and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize this Agreement on the terms and conditions hereof, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all obligations required hereunder.  No consent of any other Person including stockholders or other equity holder and creditors of the Collateral Administrator, and no license, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority, except those that have been obtained, is required by the Collateral Administrator in connection with this Agreement or the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement and the obligations imposed upon it hereunder.  When executed and delivered by the Collateral Administrator and the other parties hereto, this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Collateral Administrator enforceable against the Collateral Administrator in accordance with its terms subject, as to enforcement, (a) to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights as such laws would apply in the event of any bankruptcy, receivership, insolvency or similar event applicable to the Collateral Administrator and (b) to general equitable principles (whether enforceability of such principles is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

(ii)           The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the documents and instruments required hereunder will not violate any provision of any existing law or regulation binding on the Collateral Administrator, or any order, judgment, award or decree of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority binding on the Collateral Administrator, or the articles of association or by-laws, as amended, of the Collateral Administrator or of any mortgage, indenture, lease, contract or other agreement, instrument or undertaking to which the Collateral Administrator is a party or by which the Collateral Administrator or any of its assets may be bound, the violation of which would have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets or financial condition of the Collateral Administrator and will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any lien on any of its property, assets or revenues pursuant to the provisions of any such mortgage, indenture, lease, contract or other agreement, instrument or undertaking the creation or imposition of which would have a material adverse effect on the business operations, assets or financial condition of the Collateral Administrator.

 

9.             Amendments.  This Agreement may not be amended, changed, modified or terminated (except as otherwise expressly provided herein) except by the Investment Manager, the Company and the Collateral Administrator in writing with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.

 

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10.          Governing Law.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN CONFORMITY WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

11.          Notices.  All notices, requests, directions and other communications permitted or required hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when received.

 

If to the Collateral Administrator, to:

 

U.S. Bank National Association
One Federal Street, 3
rd Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Attn: Christopher Hagen
Ref. Hamilton Finance LLC
Email:  christopher.hagen@usbank.com

 

If to the Company, the Investment Manager, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, at its respective address specified in the Loan Agreement.

 

12.          Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors and assigns of each of the Investment Manager, the Company and the Collateral Administrator; provided, however, that the Collateral Administrator may not assign its rights and obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Investment Manager, the Administrative Agent and the Company, except that the Collateral Administrator may delegate to, employ as agent, or otherwise cause any duty or obligation hereunder to be performed by, any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Collateral Administrator or its successors without the prior written consent of the Investment Manager, the Administrative Agent or the Company (provided that in such event the Collateral Administrator shall remain responsible for the performance of its duties as the Collateral Administrator hereunder).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral Administrator consents to the pledge of its rights under this Agreement by the Company to the Collateral Agent, as provided in the granting language set forth in Section 8.02 of the Loan Agreement.  The Company may not assign its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.

 

13.          Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts by facsimile or other written form of communication including electronic mail, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

14.          Conflict with the Loan Agreement.  If this Agreement shall require that any action be taken with respect to any matter and the Loan Agreement shall require that a different action be taken with respect to such matter, and such actions shall be mutually exclusive, or if this Agreement should otherwise conflict with the Loan Agreement, the Collateral Administrator shall notify the Investment Manager and act in accordance with the Investment Manager’s instructions.

 

15.          Subordination; Limited Recourse; Non-Petition.  The Collateral Administrator agrees that the payment of all amounts to which it is entitled pursuant to this Agreement shall be

 

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subordinated to the extent set forth in and otherwise subject to, and the Collateral Administrator agrees to be bound by the provisions of, the Loan Agreement (including the Annual Cap) and all other agreements entered into in connection therewith (as if it were a party to the Loan Agreement and such other agreements, in the case of any successor Collateral Administrator that is not also serving as Collateral Agent under the Loan Agreement).  The provisions of Sections 10.01 and 10.07 of the Loan Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement with respect to the Collateral Administrator and the Investment Manager (mutatis mutandis).

 

16.          Survival.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, all indemnifications set forth or provided for in this Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Collateral Administration Agreement to be executed effective as of the day first above written.

 

 

HAMILTON FINANCE LLC, as Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Carey Credit Income Fund, its Designated Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul Saint-Pierre

 

 

 

Name: Paul Saint-Pierre

 

 

 

Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

CAREY CREDIT INCOME FUND, as Investment Manager

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul Saint-Pierre

 

 

Name: Paul Saint-Pierre

 

 

Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Administrator

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott D. DeRoss

 

 

Name: Scott D. DeRoss

 

 

Title:   Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Louis Cerrotta

 

 

Name: Louis Cerrotta

 

 

Title:   Executive Director

 

[Signature Page - Collateral Administration Agreement]

 


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